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    Power/Cost Monitoring?

    That's fantastic, have you detailed your hardware and monitoring system anywhere?
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    Power/Cost Monitoring?

    Are you able to monitor individual devices or circuits?
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    Power/Cost Monitoring?

    Anyone monitoring the power consumption of your NVR infrastructure? Meaning, switches, routers, NVR, etc to get an idea of power cost? I have a Belkin Device that monitors power use and calculates monthly/yearly average cost. I'm happy to say that my TP-Link network stack and NVR with 4 4k...
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    Turn an Ethernet only Device (ie; Camera) into WiFi

    My entire security fabric at home is TP-Link. I don't trust internal antennas to do what I need, hence the GL.iNet device.
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    Turn an Ethernet only Device (ie; Camera) into WiFi

    GL.iNet Devices Model GL-AR300M16-Ext GL-AR300M Series / Shadow - GL.iNet (gl-inet.com) A big whopping $30!!! They can be configured in may different ways. As a mini travel router, WiFi repeater, Access Point, etc. Configure them in Repeater Mode, connect to your SSID, plug your camera into...
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    Camera Installation Design Software???

    I have a piece of software I use, but it is restricted to placing only 5 cameras per plan. Anyone use a free (or paid I guess) utility they'd recommend?
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    DS-2CD2387G2-LU Playback Menu disappears

    When logging into the Camera web page, Playback menu is there until the stream goes live. Then disappears. I can't playback or view what is being saved on the camera.
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    Purchased Blue Iris through ipcamtalk - can't download

    Got it downloaded and installed yesterday afternoon. Thank you! Now playing with a test camera and Deepstack and alerts...up to my eyeballs geeking out.
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    Purchased Blue Iris through ipcamtalk - can't download

    Tried to Download from Blue Iris: WTF???
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    Apologies if redundant Qs. 4k Alarm Cameras and SD Recording

    So what you're saying is...sensor size. LOL As an amateur photographer this makes complete sense and somehow didn't even consider it. Excellent response. Thanks! Changing my search criteria now. Do you have a good reference for sensor size, to understand the values? Is this any good? "CMOS...
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    Apologies if redundant Qs. 4k Alarm Cameras and SD Recording

    I did spend a few minutes searching but came up blank. 1. Are there known 4k "Alarm" cameras that work well with Blue Iris? We had a Swann system at a previous house. The Swann system could be configured to sound an Alarm for X number of seconds and flash an alert light with motion was detected...
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    LaView LV-PB932F4

    I have a camera with a destroyed connector pigtail. I have tried the Hikvision Pro and Value pinouts. Both pinouts power the camera up (POE, the IR lights light up). However, the camera will not communicate. I can't find any info but tried the Hikvision pinouts because the server's MAC address...
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