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    Dahua NVR - "It has reached the connection threshold!"

    I suspected it was something along those lines. In my implementation, there are two owners using the mobile app exclusively, a TV used as a local monitor via chromecast and me occasionally monitoring the system. Both owners are functionally illiterate, so when I set up their mobile app, I just...
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    Remote Viewing Dahua NVR, help needed.

    Would setting backlight to HLC and cranking it up help? That's what we do for nighttime LPR so headlights don't swamp the image. Not sure how it would affect a LED source.
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    Dahua NVR - "It has reached the connection threshold!"

    Just in case anyone else runs into this.... The docs that indicate setting Max Connections to zero for unlimited is incorrect. Setting it to zero completely disables remote access. It does not disable local login via loopback.
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    Changing time on Dahua NVR

    Do you have it configured to get time from an ntp server? Is your tz set correctly?
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    Poe power and Dahua nvr

    Not necessarily. Many NVR's support more cams than they have physical ports, and require an additional switch to support their full limit. Total bw and other considerations still apply.
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    Dahua NVR - "It has reached the connection threshold!"

    Started getting this last night. At first, I was having issues saving configurations from the cameras. I know the device has a"'connection limit" of 128, but I don't know what it considers a connection. Clearly not a user session - as there are only two actual users, and we both use the admin...
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    General firmware questions

    Welp....never mind. I found that by searching the Dahua site with the model number, it spits back the link to fw with rel notes.
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    General firmware questions

    How do I interpret the Dahua fw revisions? One of my cams is a HFW5231E-Z12E currently running 2.620.0000002.0.R, Build Date: 2017-08-30 On Dahua's site, I see: DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000008.0.R.190619 and...
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    I went with the poe version with the thought of extended poe plus the higher per port wattage if they want to add a ptz with a built in heater. I can't believe how much time I've piddle away though tweaking things. Doesn't help that the guy who will be using this is illiterate - I don't mean...
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    All appears normal now. Would this explain why the camera ports have been jumping around? I would open SmartPSS, and all the camera ports would be wrong. I thought I had just mixed them up until about the third iteration. In any case, thanks for the assistance!
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    Does it matter? Just trying to grok what's happening under the hood. I always assumed the 37777 was just an extraneous display bit, sing the cams are not on that port, the nvr is. I go ahead and readd and delete them.
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    Removed channel 3 - did not readd, but exited the screen and reentered instead. All is now normal, other then the ports displayed differently, and all the added cams in a state where I can't deleted them. I would have to add them before deleting. Weird.
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    Ok, this is kind of amusing. I removed the cams from channels 3/4/5. Waited a minute - then readded just channel 3. 4 and 5 came along for the ride, and the links are correct on those - still just linking to the non routable ip for channel 3 which I did explicitly add. Note also how the port...
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    Already rebooted the NVR - not going to reload the firewall unless I see a specific indicator. What seems to have worked so far is deleting the cam - and then waiting for a while before readding it. This is interesting. I removed another cam, and was waiting to readd it - when it was readded...
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    NVR not doing address translation this morning

    I am setting up a system for some folks - was remoted in via vpn and connected to the NVR web interface, while also bouncing to SmartPSS to review video. NVR address is 192.168.40.30 - cams are 10.1.1.65-69 ports 10081-10085 All addresses static. On the Registration page, links have always...
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