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    DHI-NVR5432-16P-4KS2 won't boot up after upgrade

    Thanks so much to this article, I managed to bring my bricked NS5216-4ks2 back to life. I foolishly upgraded it from 3.x to 4.02 via web interface, and it had been rebooting ever since.. Here is how I bring it back with a windows machine.. Preparation: Get a USB to RS232 Female DB9 FTDI...
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    Found some Peephole IP camera. Have anyone tried these?

    Some more aliexpress links: US $62.0 |Door Eye Hole Home 1080P 1.78mm Wide Angle FishEye Lens Network Mini Peephole Door IP Camera P2P Onvif + Network Power Cable-in Surveillance Cameras from Security & Protection on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group US $50.08 25% OFF|2MP 1080P HD Indoor Door Eye...
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    Found some Peephole IP camera. Have anyone tried these?

    Doorbell camera does not really work for me, as the doorbell is not on the same direction of door. And I don't like the WIFI idea too much. Still looking into a wired version. Might bite this one when I replace my front door.
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    Found some Peephole IP camera. Have anyone tried these?

    I have been searching for peephole camera that can be recorded in NVR or BI, and is not too obvious from the outside that it is a camera. Finally found some promising ones that at least should look not that obvious from the outside. Poe Door Eye Hole Home Security 1080p H.264 1.78mm Lens Wide...
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    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    finally looked at alprd.. which has a setting that sends an http post to a URL you specify. The code in PHP should probably start like this: $json_srting = file_get_contents('php://input'); $json = json_decode($json_string, TRUE); Then you have the plate json data in your php script. Do...
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    Dedicated License Plate Cam project

    I only know php, have not yet set up ALPR. So the answer definitely is not the optimal. But for starter, maybe you can have a php script that watches the alpr log file, extract the last few plate read, and do the mysql compare there? if the mysql compare is a hit, then output the image and the...
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    Dahua NetAlarm HTTP API - How to trigger it?

    Thanks! Just a reminder for anyone who wants to try, the Makefile script looks for 'libavnetsdk.so' file at '../dahuasdk' folder. Put it there before you run 'make', and put the libavnetsdk.so file in your library path after the binary is built and placed in user / system path.
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    Dahua NetAlarm HTTP API - How to trigger it?

    @hdo, in your github link you mention "libavnetsdk.so" from dahua sdk is required, can you share where to find the said sdk? By the keyword dahua sdk I can't seem to find ip cam related sdk.. And, if this route does not work, I was thinking of doing it with esp8266. Does the alarm io just need...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Thanks for the info. Was trying to be patient and biding my time waiting for reply. One email per day it is then.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Could you please let me know the address, and what are the detailed steps? I tried to get this information from Andy for three weeks, has not gotten it.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    @EMPIRETECANDY Andy. PMing you and you asked me to use email to contact you, Email you and you told me there is way to replace, but did not give detail steps despite further repeated inquiry. Almost 3 weeks had passed since my first question in PM and I am still waiting for instruction on...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Andy? Calling Andy? Still waiting for your response! How do I initial Warranty process?
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    No rain, no nothing.. calm norcal night, humidity was not even 50 when it died. Andy started replying.. hopefully the warranty could run smooth. ( Waiting for your reply again~) Thanks for still helping out Nayr! Best of luck on your new.. new everything!
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Question.. I have a starlight turret ( out of a batch of 5 ), which had been installed and working fine for a week, but suddenly died the night before. The log simply says the ip camera is disconnected, and the last of the recording shows nothing unusual. does not seem like anything...
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    Am I addicted already?

    Who knows cameras can be this addicting? Heck they are not even DSLR with hundreds of lens to change!
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