Recent content by Markles

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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Dude. That's what you got from what I said? You okay?
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Weird. Meant to go to ipcamtalk but apparently ended up on Parler.
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    Car Accident Recorded by View Camera

    A classic case of "I'm driving a modern vehicle that can make a near-perfect 90 degree turn but I'mma pretend I'm driving an 18-wheeler that has a zero turning radius and pull clear onto the right f'king shoulder so I can make a left hand turn." That said, the person behind the horrible driver...
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    Zone Based Alerting

    As fenderman says, create clones and define the zones and alerts you need. Here's a good video on using clones:
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    Trigger camera to record based on Smartthings motion sensor?

    I don't know if you can issue a web command from SmartThings but BI accepts a ton of HTTP commands that let you manage cameras, including triggering them, moving them to specific PTZ presets, and such. The HTTP Commands section in the BI help file has the list of commands you can use and the...
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    Calling another camera PTZ preset based on motion zone?

    If I'm understanding the question correctly, the answer is yes. I use motion detection on a stationary camera to call presets on a PTZ camera. Go to the Trigger tab for the stationary camera and define motion criteria (e.g., object crosses from A > B) you want to use. On the Alerts tab, select...
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    Best settings for Sentry

    I really like what Sentry aims to do but it's been widely inconsistent for me. I've played with trigger and motion settings on multiple cameras for a few days but can't find a sweet spot. Has anyone else spent time fine-tuning things? If so, do you have any recommendations? Is there one...
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