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    Cable length in junction box

    The box itself is a variable too, I switched to square boxes after coming across a post from @Wildcat_1 from some years ago, because 3-hole and 4-hole plates are interchangeable on the same box, and you can pre-mount cam on cover plate. Perhaps a bit more room in those boxes. @TonyR post above...
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    FITCAMX DashCAM

    I came across the Fitcamx in this forum, and having gotten into ipcams, a dash cam in my vehicle seemed a good idea. I ordered a Fitcamx and had it installed. After my experience, I would not recommend Fitcamx. There are better options out there. Pros: The housing makes for a nice OEM-looking...
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    T54IR-ZE-S3 substreams not showing in BI

    I experimented to further test and validate above discussed regular user PW and ONVIF user PW conflict. Two recent additions to my cams are still on the test bench, so this was simple to do. Starting with a normally working scenario, I changed the user PW. The sub stream stopped coming through...
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    T54IR-ZE-S3 substreams not showing in BI

    Thank you @wittaj, the problem I posted above is resolved. Based on your observation about regular user PW and ONVIF user PW, my conjecture is: - I mistyped PWs while setting up the new cams, and ONVIF default admin user IDs got created with those incorrect PWs - when I corrected PWs, I did...
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    T54IR-ZE-S3 substreams not showing in BI

    Thank for your response @wittaj. That is the procedure I follow to add cams in BI, don't know another way. Whenever I got the invalid PW error, it was because I mistyped the PW, and then the camera didn't install in BI until PW typed correctly, thereafter everything proceeds as expected. I did...
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    T54IR-ZE-S3 substreams not showing in BI

    Recently I added two new 54IR cams to my set up. I just happened to look in my storage drives and noticed that I am storing large video files from those cams. My pre-existing 5442 cams produce 220 MB plus/minus of video per hour, and the 54IR cams are producing more than 3GB per hour. I first...
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    Firmware update – if to do, and how

    Fortunately, so far I have not messed with firmware. ... with one exception, when I converted two Annke 180 degree cams (back to their original) Hik cams. There was a good reason, discussed in a long thread even though I don't recall that reason, and it worked out. All my other cams are Andy...
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    Firmware update – if to do, and how

    I recently added some cams and was wondering if I should update firmware if updated firmware is available. I recall reading a post from Andy quite some time back that some features were going to be added via firmware updates to one of our forum favorites but couldn’t recall how old that post...
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    The 6 pm file saved at 0.1 GB, vs 2.5 GB or greater for files prior to above substream changes. So now the question is how much to increase the bit rate, and whether to increase the resolution (only two alternatives for resolution). @wittaj thank you for your insights and help.
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    Done, now the wait and watch. Note, only two choices in resolution for substream, the before-change original 1920x536 and after-change 960x272. Bit rate at 256 is the lowest available from drop-down list 8192, 6144, 4096, 3072, 2048, 1024, 512, 256.
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    By eye, it looks like it is substream because I'm seeing more detail in the live image vs when I roll back to say 15 minutes ago. I tried several times and came to the same conclusion, though subject to confirmation bias. What specifically would I do to lower the substream? I could try an...
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    I was optimistic and hopeful that turning off Motion Sensor would be a confirmation, but file size is still greater than 2.5 GB/hr over last two hours along the lines of prior pattern when Motion Sensor was on. I looked over historic alerts and there have only been one or two every 24 hours. So...
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    Am thinking the way to test your hypothesis would be to turn off motion alerts, initially. Would the best way to do that be to uncheck "Motion sensor" on the Trigger tab? Then, to fine tune motion detection, would it come down to the sliders under Motion sensor? Right now they are at defaults...
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    These cams rarely trigger, not much happens in their field of view.
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    NCD800 - fine tuning BI settings for reasonable .BVR file size

    After a period of being distracted by physical installation, I am circling back to fine-tune settings on a couple of NCD800 cams. A specific problem to solve is the .BVR file size generated each hour, currently close to 3 GB/hour. NCD800 by Annke/Hikvision are two-sensor 180-degree cams that...
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