Recent content by Teken

LOL - True Enough . . .

Just wanted to add some comments and offer insight as to the why?!? Almost every installation I’ve done in ancient history has included a dedicated 12 / 24 VDC power cable. The AWG was obviously dictated by the cable run, required current, and meeting the 80% power limit. Why? Because there...

If you take the time to search all of the (Best Practices) as it relates to infrastructure and network security. You would have quickly found out that port security management is one of several methods and solutions used to restrict, detect, deny, and track a physical Ethernet port from being...

OMFG - LOL!

LOL - In this day and age almost anything goes! ☹️

Baring you didn’t make a filter that applies to this email. You’ll want to insure your video security system isn’t sending out hundreds of emails per minute / hours. As that will quickly get flagged by the ISP / Email provider. As it relates to any kind of filter depending upon who your cell...

And you’re using (how many) of the best security practices called out in this thread now?!?

As called out earlier defaulting the camera to an OEM state would let you know the hardware is in a good known state. There is nothing that can make the system settings change all by itself once set other than external API / Network calls, corrupted firmware, hardware failure. It goes without...

Baring it’s not a hardware (firmware) bug. I’ll wager it’s because you have two NTP systems running causing the bounce. Simple test is to default one camera to a factory state. Doing so will ensure the camera is in a good known state. Next, set the camera to connect to NTP of your choice...

You’re just being modest as it relates to your network mad skillzzz Yo! As it relates to Dahua, why would they want to keep watching you fishing in the turtle pool???

Baring the two culprits indicated by the other members are you sure the lens / dome isn’t covered by finger grease?!? The included cloth is there for a reason in case you accidentally touch the lens or the exterior dome is dirty from the final installation. As it relates to minimizing the...

Absolutely, as it relates to tools that can scan, see, and access different subnets. This is why my initial reply stated all of the industry best practices. Because when software is the only separation measure in place you’re doomed to failure! This applies to VPN, VLAN, etc . . . When...

From personal experience I’ve seen very similar issues with other network related metrics. Have two identical PTZ with apparently the same firmware. Both units have the exact same tabs and function the same. However, the rebranded version shows no model number in SADP tool. Even worse, as I...

Random question, why do you have the two time stamps in use? Is the camera vs BI not enough or was there some outside factor that needed both to be embedded into the video?

All great and valid points which do apply to the larger (general) population. I should have qualified that my comments were targeted at the Enterprise / Government clientele. Regardless, lots of people with first hand experience and knowledge have chimed in. As such the information to reduce...