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    Unable to access HikVision camera via browser

    You have to use onvif to get the streams, and you have to get the password for it to work. I haven't worked on dumping the firmware since I got the password, but the cameras have been sitting in a box.
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    IR filter fall - PTZ

    For what it is worth that filter is very very lightweight ... and it cantilevered into position. So any hard jar will move it (depending on orientation. Some slide up/down, some pivot. Pivot is cheaper I'd expect. Somewhere I've got photos of one I took apart to put in an IR PASS filter.
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    IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 LPR from 137 feet

    Not too bad on zoom, say 90%, and the iris was set to about 30 to 50%; i'll be checking. Maybe I have a screen cap that can show the focus process.
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    IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 LPR from 137 feet

    I still don't understand why it won't achieve focus during the day though. I mean- middle of the day, sun coming straight down- and it can't focus a single time. It's frustrating more than anything I've dealt with.
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    IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 LPR from 137 feet

    I don't believe so- the switch is on an UPS and it is loud as ... well, you know. Nothing in the UPS logs indicate a reboot either... but who really knows. Well, F-me. Detailed Information Time:2021-07-25 03:14:03Username:SystemType:Event BeginContent:Ethernet Card: eth0Event Type: Off-line...
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    IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 LPR from 137 feet

    This camera is really starting to piss me off. Last night my neighbors vehicle got wrecked- drunk slammed into it. Looks to be about 5-7k worth of damage, easily. Camera was properly focused at 0100. at 0300 when it happened, it's all out of focus. WTF? What the hell is wrong with this camera...
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    VCSEL IR Laser 850nm illuminator for long distance spot IR 250+ ft

    Curious- how are you turning your IR illuminator on @Bitslizer ? I need to keep mine on past twilight / morning- it's turning off too soon. I could wire it to a smart switch, but I'd really rather use an alarm (but that would entail modifying the cable coming out of the unit to bypass/solder in...
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    Question about Empire Technology Co.

    Just bought a week ago. Camera arrived 4 days later. No issues with any purchases.
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    Z12E NAS or Local, not both?

    I haven't run into this before- I can either select the NAS or local storage, but not both. If I unselect one option (alarm), I can't enable that on another storage medium. My NAS path is over 32 characters, but that has always been 'fixable' via Mozilla code inspector (changing 32 to 64...
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    Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset

    Look as if I'll be taking advantage of this too. My camera only focuses 'near'- anything less than 'near' is out of focus- massively so. Autofocus fails at all ranges... it would be funny if it wasn't brand new. as an aside, it seems to only let me local OR NAS, not both. That's... new?
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    Need Help tweaking HFW5231E-Z12 for night @ 240ft

    That's awesome! Honest, more is better. It's better for LEDs, lower power consumption, higher efficiency ... everything is better with more. .. and honest, if something cra..ps out ... assuming they're wired correctly (With/without bypass diodes) more is more robust. Knowing the pcb, no, they...
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    VCSEL IR Laser 850nm illuminator for long distance spot IR 250+ ft

    Since you're a good POC now (haha!) if you would ask, I would like more beams run at less power. I know the circuit he's got in the back end there and shiver while it's OK, there's a reason laser power supplies have a few more components. The chip is the standard one used in most of those IR...
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    Need Help tweaking HFW5231E-Z12 for night @ 240ft

    Sorry, I meant to say I used red for testing purposes due to being 'eye safe' blink- was much easier to visualize the beam pattern. However I should have just stuck with lasers out of pointers because they were a hell of a lot better beam shapes than the malformed junk I got for 'specialty' ones.
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    Need Help tweaking HFW5231E-Z12 for night @ 240ft

    I went to build the laser. It sucked. Did with a 660nm red one because it was easier. Beam pattern was nasty. I had some holographic glass lenses to do beam spreading and refocus but, honest, it was just awful all around. I should give it a go, new lenses came in but I didn't have time yet to do...
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    Need Help tweaking HFW5231E-Z12 for night @ 240ft

    I did a teardown on the tendelux, but I don't know if I ever put it up. The potting was excellent. That only counted as a negative because I wanted to put in long range TIR lenses. The driver was attached to the heat sink and the seals were good. The screws were a little ginchy but, ehhh, still...
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