What's the current recommendation for best firmware? I just got my camera and it came with "2.460.0000.15.R, Build Date: 2017-09-07". Also, where do I find the setting that disables the camera phoning home to China?
Everyone loves the IPC-HDW5231R-Z and everyone says "buy from andy". I traded PMs with him so I know he's a real person, but I don't have any confirmation on exactly what I'm buying. He doesn't have a home page and there's no information about warranty claims. From what I can Dahua won't honor...
I can't remember how the first one failed. The current stops responding. The IR lights are on and if I reset the camera then it works for a while. It is mounted on the house with the cables going straight through the siding and down into my crawl space.
I thought I installed it right side...
My HikVision failed again so looking for advice on a replacement cam. The first failed in 13mo (thanks to Wrightwood Surveillance for replacing it after warranty ran out), but the replacement failed just after 2years. I don't know if HikVision has quality problems or if had bad luck. I have a...
didn't mean to start a thread and then vanish. I was drawn to cloud-based because (a) easier administration, (b) not having to worry about local resource usage (CPU/Disk) although that would be mitigated by second machine, (c) but also interested to see how the new AI features (facial...
I've decided I want the perks of cloud based solution. I'm running two IP cams with blue Iris on my only desktop machine but it really bogs down that machine. Rather than build a new machine just for blue iris, I'd like to explore cloud options. I'm looking at Nest and Arlo Pro. I don't mind...