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    Beginner question - POE 12V, 24V, 48V

    You need to consider how much power the siren needs. With the models of cameras I pull 12 volts from, the practical limit is to pull about 4 watts, and less if you use the camera's IR lights. I turn the camera IR off, then power a 4-watt external illuminator from the camera's 12 volt supply...
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    Progressive Liberal Hypocrisy

    Implodes the case??? From the other side of the coin.... George Conway: Hope Hicks’ Testimony Was a ‘Devastating Hammer Blow’ to Trump
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    Blue Iris...... As easy as Chinese Algebra.

    If you're not a bot (nothing personal at all, it's just that bots often have a post count of 1), I can relate to your pain. I got mine going with CPAI a few months back, and it took a lot of fiddling. The two things that got me through were (1) Exactly following the CPAI installation...
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    Money & Economics

    The personal exemptions got eliminated when the standard deduction went up. For me it was still a net tax reduction. Maybe the reason that bidet wants the Trump changes to expire is the limit on SALT (state and local taxes) deductions, which caused a tax increase for some in high cost of...
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    7 ways to make Windows 11 less annoying

    Seven of many reasons why I use windows 7 and linux. https://www.zdnet.com/article/seven-ways-to-make-windows-11-less-annoying/ "Increasingly, Microsoft is treating Windows as a giant billboard where it can promote and cross-sell other products." "Adoption of Windows 11 will both provide better...
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    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    This is very close to my situation, although there are 2 pea-sized nodules in addition to what they're calling a "multitude" of others "sprinkled" across the brain. I'm feeling lucky having the cancer doctors that our non-establishment GP hooked me up with. The radiologist told me upfront that...
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    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    The top 2 things on my suspect list are: 1. Until 15 years ago I spent 30 years in a house with a high radon level. 2. Oregon wildfire smoke. For anybody who understands the medical jargon, the specific diagnosis is: Stage IV right upper lobe bronchogenic adenocarcinoma with nodal and brain...
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    Pandemic threat? Anyone else concerned?

    So sorry about this. Just to state that not everything can be blamed on the jab, I've been recently diagnosed with lung cancer that has spread to the brain. No covid jabs, and no smoking history either. Nevertheless, I fully agree about the pharma-phucks crimes.
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    Cat6, Fiber optics, or wireless bridge to shed

    I recently bought some of those elbows. My guess is that they're a low volume part, with more per-piece overhead and less competition. A few years ago my Home Depot had them in stock. Now, they don't.
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    Dahua Firmware on NVR5216-4KS2

    You should determine if you have a v1 or v2 5216-4ks2. I vaguely remember that some of the later firmware was only for v2. If you have the v4 user interface, it will display the hardware version of the NVR, v1 or v2. Also, if you have the v4 user interface, there's a good chance you'd gain...
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    Supercomputer for sale

    Will it run 64 cameras on BI?
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    Starlights with strange IP address

    The only thing I can think of offhand is that with the newer cameras you don't need to open them up to get to the reset button. For a less helpful comment, I've been following this thread with some disbelief of what's happened to you. Over about 6 years I've brought up about 30 cameras without...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    More like it needs to be exterminated. It has too much disease (RINOs) to recover.
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Just another irrelevant thing the left throws against the wall to see if it will stick.
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    Beginner question - POE 12V, 24V, 48V

    I take issue with this as a blanket statement. For some people, doing brain surgery isn't dumb. For me it would be :). For me opening the cameras and screwing around with the components was a calculated risk that has turned out beautifully. Definitely not to be blanket-recommended, but it's...
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