McCarthy's latest activity
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.I did all the settings on my "test bench" and it worked for 2 days, so I installed the cam. It quit recording 4 days later. Also, I...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.Childish replies like that just confirm the bias that is being pushed here. I'll make sure to let folks know on my end to stay away...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.I was just wondering if this forum is sponsored by EmpireTec or something, so I looked around, and found that online shop selling... you...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.That's why I wrote "who knows". Maybe Synology isn't adding new Dahua cam settings due to the political issues with China, they are...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.Max settings used to be 128. Maybe they forced it to max 20 because the hardware sucks. Instead of fixing the limitations, they just...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.I can access the cams through the Synology app on my phone, but that - afaik - only accesses the Synology NAS, connection is made...
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MAre you port forwarding to the outside world? The camera didnt stop recording, Synology stopped recording. I dont know why but it...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.And that's the model version I could find 2 weeks ago when I set everything up. It is not listed, so I picked the closest version...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.The connection issue is based on unknown and unchangeable timeout settings of that cam. Its a new(er) security feature that wasn't...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.What is the exact DAHUA equivalent model for the EmpireTech IPC-B22IR-ZAS S3 ?
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.I didn't use the Synology surveillance station over night, hoping that any connections would fall off. Just tried to access the cam...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.Bad news. I just found out that this EmpirTech cam stopped recording 10 days ago. This is REALLY bad, because if I ever need evidence...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.I installed that EmpireTech IPC-B22IR-ZAS S3 cam. Took a while to find a compatible DAHUA model for the Synology Surveillance Station...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.Thank you. This will be a weekend project. I just order that EmpireTech IPC-B22IR-ZAS S3.
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MMost of us set up and host a VPN like OpenVPN so that our video system isn't touching the internet via port forward or P2P. This is...
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MGlad you were able to clean up the IR bleed. But all cameras can be hacked and have exploits. Here are just Vivotek and one this year...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.So all cams in their own vlan? What about the NAS that runs the Surveillance Station? Doesn't that have to be on the same vlan? And that...
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MGhosting .. there's IR reflections, and then there's ghosting of the image .. in general older model cameras, cameras with smaller...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.Little update on those 4 dome cams with IR leakages. I cleaned the glass and added some foam. The IR reflections are gone. :) Saves me...
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MMcCarthy replied to the thread Need help picking new cams.I have this ghosting / reflection issue at night from day one with those 4 Hikvision cams, so I don't think that cleaning or replacing...
