Recent content by cousinjoe

Yeah, looks like I'll have to go and run the Config Tool through my Blue Iris PC box to do the updates for the doorbell. Be nice if they had these very basic of apps updated to work on a mac. Thanks!

Also odd that the app itself has no "about" info, so you can't even see which version you're currently running. All I know is I downloaded the one from the Dahua website today just to make sure it was the latest: Maintenance Tools. The current active link is for file...

Anyone update the firmware on a mac? I typically use the Dahua ConfigTool app to update firmware on my other cameras, but for some reason the doorbell cam isn't showing up to be able to update and there's nowhere in the web interface to update the firmware like there is on other cameras. Am I...

I should clarify, I was referring to the camera motion/sound alerts through Blue Iris. I haven’t looked into the ability to capture the button press or if it’s possible through BI, but definitely interested if someone figures that out.

Jumping in as I just received and installed my VTO and VTH yesterday. Got it up and running pretty easily, few minor issues along the way which were solved with rebooting and at one point starting over. So I have the VTO and VTH communicating, can make a call from either side. Now that I (and...

That’s great info, thanks! With the ssd my only real concern was the amount of slots available to fit two purple HD’s in there. I thought the ssd was taking up one of the slots and I’d have to remove it and be forced to install an NVMe. But good news for me that wasn’t the case and even better...

That’s pretty cool. I don’t believe there is one around me in CT. Although to be honest I never knew they existed before.

That’s even better! Saves me from having to swap in an NVMe SSD and about $60. Covers the cost of blue iris

I just pulled the trigger on eBay. Got it for $400 with a best offer. I think they were asking $430 or $450 so that was cool. EliteDesk 800 G5 i5, 16GB memory and 256 SSD. I’m sure it’s a regular SSD so I’ll have to remove it to get two purple drives in there, but it already came with 16GB...

I know, at first it always starts as "up and running quickly" which for myself, almost always evolves into "well, might as well do it right the first time, you pay for what you get, etc.". So here we are haha. Solid point about the drives. Makes me lean towards an EliteDesk so I can have the...

So this seems to be a good breakdown for my use: ~$300 or so shipped EliteDesk 800 G4 or ProDesk 600 G4, i5-8500, 16GB RAM, Windows 10 Pro - eBay ~$50 256GB NVME SSD - Ideally included from computer above. If not, not a dealbreaker to purchase and install to run OS and any other miscellaneous...

Just saw a couple ProDesk's on eBay for even sub $300. So the difference between the EliteDesk and ProDesk is the ProDesk has less slots for hard drives? (**EDIT: answered my own question. Saw a reply on a thread from an HP rep: "EliteDesk has one 2.5" HDD and two 3.5" HDDs, while the ProDesk...

Overstock of all places, who would have thought: Overstock.com: Online Shopping - Bedding, Furniture, Electronics, Jewelry, Clothing & more

Ok, now I think I’m getting the hang of this. Much appreciated!

This might be a dumb question but how do I know which gen the processor is while searching? I know they list the gen of the computers (G3 & G4) but wasn’t looking for processor generation, only “i5-8500”.