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    Network Rack Install—Attic Penetrations—Best Practices...

    The wires on the right are primarily (quantity: 8) Belden 8768 (6 shielded pairs per cable)that my dad ran these when the house was new in 1978, he was an electronics technician for NOPD. I always thought these wires were alarm related but on closer inspection they seem to be for an intercom...
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    Network Rack Install—Attic Penetrations—Best Practices...

    In a residential situation, with a new network rack being mounted in a closet, how would you handle the attic penetration to get Cat-6 (10-20 cables) and fiber from the attic to the closet living space? I assume you would: a) drill one or more holes in the top-plate of wall and install new...
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    Home Presentation Format... so we can have an efficient discussion about camera placement?

    So, I already have some 5231 varifocals in play but willing to buy a 5442 to play with... if I had a varifocal to setup for testing, how might the data collected be used? As I recall, it was hard to correlate the varifocal setting to a particular focal length. Thanks so much for your help—you...
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    Home Presentation Format... so we can have an efficient discussion about camera placement?

    I will dig in as you suggested.... So will FOV tell it all Field of View from a certain camera: Wide: H 109.9°, V 60°, D 127.7° Zoom: H 35°, V 19.8°, D 40° R
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    Home Presentation Format... so we can have an efficient discussion about camera placement?

    Wow, Rio, excellent post. So, I do have a driveway with a brick fence halfway down, If anyone comes up the driveway the choke point would be the brick fence opening. So, without anyway to judge scientifically, I'm thinking the 12MM zoom might be an appropriate focal length and I'm not sure how...
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    Dome Camera—when to use…?

    It seems like the turret is better in every way. For example under a carport or in a garage or under an outdoor patio… it seems like the turret will offer better optics. So why is dome used so much. I suppose it blends in more.
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    Dome Camera—when to use…?

    So, when a certain company announced new dome cameras, it got me thinking about the typical use case. So far I’ve only deployed the Dahua 5231. I like the way these cams look on my 1-story house, great form factor. So, when is it a no-brainer for you to deploy a dome camera? I can see them...
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    Home Presentation Format... so we can have an efficient discussion about camera placement?

    What's the best way to present a home to the community such that I can be advised the best place to mount cameras? I assume I'll need a set of some kind combined with actual photos where they are marked with location numbers to better aid in an efficient discussion. So, how should I present my...
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    Anyone has success running Frigate in Home Assistant?

    What speaker plays the sound?
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    Moving to a new PC , my need some help.

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    Recommended Computer for Blue Iris?

    Sorry, I searched for 30 minutes and I forgot about the wiki!
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    Recommended Computer for Blue Iris?

    Recommended Computer for Blue Iris? Okay, I'm sure this is already in the forum somewhere but I didn't see it. I'm not sure about the load, eventually 6-8 4K cams. Also, I'm interested in a computer to run Home Assistant. Thanks, R
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    Nest Thermostat with Home Assistant?

    What HA hardware are you both running?
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    UNIFI—The Best Option...?

    Has anyone tested the picture quality of the Dahua 5442 to the G6 UNIFI cameras?
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    UNIFI—The Best Option...?

    Right it's the AI Port. I don't need LPR but would like to know if the motion is: human, vehicle or animal... I would like to test this for another install I have that has 5231s using SecuritySpy as an NVR. One problem I have is that when it rains the gutter splashes over with water and the...
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