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    This thing under the lens ?

    Yes probably, but even if it is indeed a light sensor, we haven't figured out the way it functions. Like I said, I just wanna know how it works. Like "what's triggered by that button" and "what's that part". I don't feel like I'm drilling down and down. I blocked the light on a camera, I...
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    This thing under the lens ?

    Hey guys, bigredfish, before running my tests, I'd have done the same thing ! Fastb, I'm not sure I've explained correctly what I did. There was : - Total darkness for the sensor, meaning that it was all black on screen. - Full light for the thingy under. That was in broad daylight. So I did...
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    This thing under the lens ?

    Alright folks, I did what you suggested. And how about we consider this 1% possibility ? I had to agree with the idea that I didn't block the light efficiently enough, or long enough. But instead, I tried the opposite experiment by blocking only the sensor's light and it did activate the IR...
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    This thing under the lens ?

    Ok thanks, I'll try things differently and block as much light as possible to see what happens. I'll keep you informed.
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    This thing under the lens ?

    That's what I thought too at first, but I tried blocking the light with my thumb and it had absolutely no effect on the display... Nor did it activate the IR Leds.
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    This thing under the lens ?

    Hello everyone, I just bought this IP camera from Dahua, the DH-IPC-HFW4231S. There is something, one inch under the camera lens, and I just don't know what it is. I've been looking for that information, without success. Any ideas ? Here's the link to an image : Thanks
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