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With Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z cameras running 2.460.0000.15.R, my recollection is that I determined automated time syncs using NTP appeared to be ignoring my DST settings. Sync PC was working fine, albeit a one-time update. I currently just upload to an ftp server, using SD emergency backup disks...

Thanks! In the Cisco universe they're calling it Enhanced PoE, which sounds like something that would end up in my spam folder :rofl:

THANK YOU! For the record, after following the link that pcunite graciously provided, if I were to then select "Open Link in New Tab", it would drop me into the us.dahuasecurity.com site. But, as long as I just click on the links, I stay on the www.dahuasecurity.com site. And the beloved...

Thanks fenderman, Roger that. I don't allow any incoming connections and push images out to an ftp site where I can safely store and view them remotely. I have been tempted to open a port for VPN, to allow realtime access from outside, but it would be hard to convince me that it is 100%...

Thanks tigerwillow1, that model is a fixed lens unit. If you look at the layout of the lenses, you can spot how it is different from the IPC-HDW5231R-Z. Speaking of lens layouts, I'm also not seeing any models that look anything like the IPC-HDW5231R-ZE

Thanks cali_guy, the old www1.dahuasecurity.com links don't work any more, and when I go to www.dahuasecurity.com it redirects me to us.dahuasecurity.com. Any ideas how to get to their international site? Maybe I need to VPN into some Asian server somewhere and then hit www.dahuasecurity.com ..

So I was all set to pick up a combination of these IPC-HDW5231R-Z IPC-HFW5231E-Z5 when I started cross-checking them online, and I can't find them on the new Dahua North America – Proven the World Over site. The closest I see in form-factor to the IPC-HDW5231R-Z are 3MP, 4MP and 8MP units ...

BTW, from what I have heard about the Cloud Key, you'll want to be sure it is powered by a UPS, as they are prone to not coming back up properly after a power loss.

Are you thinking to just upload images, or video? I have a single Dahua configured to upload images to an Internet service via ftp upon motion detection, with a 2 second pause between images, and that works like a charm. I'm not sure what my service's upload speeds are supposed to be, but it is...