Recent content by dragoneggs

Sorry just a pic of my monitor using my phone. Not supposed to be quality. Just a relative comparison of light gathering. Thought it was telling.

For a comparison of my new 4239 vs. 5231s (top row) and 5Mp Reolink's bottom row.

Will do and will buy a couple more for strategic locations. This camera is convincing me to improve my 12v exterior lighting around the property. Edit: In fact, I just pushed the button to order another one.

Today I installed my first (I say that now that it is night) IPC-HFW4239T-ASE. Very impressed! Running it along side three other Dahua cameras, HDW5231R-ZE, HFW5231E-Z5E, and HFW4231E-SE. The low light ability is flat out amazing compared.

Yes I think it is time for VPN. I use VPN on my business laptop but have corporate IT guys handle that. My laptop is locked down hard due to requirements by our best customers. So hard, it gives me fits when traveling. I will attempt to create a VPN so I can access from my iPad that I carry...

I'm having the same or similar problem. I can view my cams using UI3 interface app on my laptop or iPad via my home network but cannot if I try over the internet. I'm using port 81. Wondering if there is a router setting I need to change. Also have a dynamic IP address.

Okay... so give me some specifics on your set up. 12 cameras. Storage space? How many days of storage? FPS?

I changed my main (most important and activity) camera to continuous recording. Seems that with certain lighting (time of day and glare) it wouldn’t necessarily trigger. I suppose some tweaking to the sensitivity might have remedied the issue but decided not to mess with that in that one. For...

Just wondering about the pro's and con's of each. I am set up exclusively for motion trigger recording but after realizing I wasn't triggering one of my cameras without adjusting the sensitivity in BI, now wondering if I should change my tactics. There are obvious benefits such as storage and...

This is getting fun! Wife is worried about me though. I should not have found BI and ipcamtalk! :D Repostioned my cameras with the addition of a 5231 turret, and putting better use for my 5X Dahua . I now have a mix of Reolinks and Dahuas but I can see where the future is taking me w/ respect...

Okay... here is my finding. Tested 1/100th, 1/250th, and 1/500th. The first two with gain set at default 0-50, for the 1/500th I turned it up to 70. Looks like 1/250th might be the sweet spot. Any other suggestions? Note these are snapshots taken from the motion triggered video w/direct to...

Thanks J. I have some porch lighting and a motion sensor light that will help. I will try again tonight with faster shutter and compare. So is 'gain' equivalent to the old film speed rating ASA or ISO?

Okay played with this... Dahua HDW5231EP-5SE, 15fps, 15iframe. Before was default settings. After was changing to 16.67ms per Dank suggestion. Improvement... yes. Good still capture... no. Can I do better?

Thank you! Will play with this.

Okay, OP here... I'm a slow learner but I am learning (by fire) that the Reolink's, at least the ones I have... suck! I have a few Dahua Starlights installed now and at least I don't have the cut outs, blurred half screen, etc. Fenderman warned me. That said, I am still not getting a big...