Review-Dahua IPC-A46 4mp indoor PT cam.

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Dahua USA is odd. They never carried over the super popular Starlight 5231 varifocal turret, AFAIK. And they put the Starlight tag on some 5MP models that don’t seem to perform nearly as well in low-light as Starlights should. :banghead:
They clearly have an interest in marketing to the US, since they applied for and were assigned an FCC ID.
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Dahua USA is odd. They never carried over the super popular Starlight 5231 varifocal turret, AFAIK. And they put the Starlight tag on some 5MP models that don’t seem to perform nearly as well in low-light as Starlights should. :banghead:
They did have fixed starlight turret and the vf only in bullet and dome....
 

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Dahua USA is odd. They never carried over the super popular Starlight 5231 varifocal turret, AFAIK. And they put the Starlight tag on some 5MP models that don’t seem to perform nearly as well in low-light as Starlights should. :banghead:

I’ve had an A46 installed at a family member’s house for a few months now. Other than gripes about the crackling audio and how klutzy the Lechange app can be, they like the camera. I hope Dahua can really spruce up the Lechange app before any official US launch. It looks like amateur hour compared to Nest/Arlo, etc.
Dahua has thousands models and their main target is the big project, not the home users or small business, US has a super big market for the camera market. It's a super big cake.Lol. We can do better than most of the local distributors, lol.
 

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Once again courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY at EmpireTech Empire Technology Co., Ltd - Small Orders Online Store, Hot Selling and more on Aliexpress.com | Alibaba Group

We have the IPC-A46 2K H.265 Wi-Fi PT Camera to look over.

This camera is available here: Aliexpress.com : Buy IPC A46 2K H.265 Wi Fi PT Camera IPC A46,free DHL Shipping from Reliable wi-fi camera suppliers on Empire Technology Co., Ltd

Time of this post approximately $115 shipped via DHL.

Spec Sheet: http://www.dahuaconsumer.com/upload/2017/06/23/14982066211446al3nz.pdf
http://www.dahuaconsumer.com/product/info_

This cam works with:
  • SmartPss
  • Lechange App
  • Blue Iris
  • Dahua NVR
  • Dahua Configtool
  • Direct Web Interface
Each present's different options that can be adjusted in the camera. To get the best results from the cam, you will need to poke around in the settings with both the Lechange App and the Dahua ConfigTool.

The two way audio works as designed with Lechange, SmartPss, DirectWebUi. Audio is completely acceptable in both directions. I have not attempted to get "Talk" to work with BI. Receive Audio works fine.

Cam is easy to install either with the Lechange App or to the default IP of 192.168.1.108.

The only real quirk I've come across is that the Smart Tracking is spastic at best. ;)
That may work better in a room that does not have so many windows as the one I'm testing in.

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Ceiling or wall bracket. Mount bracket, twist cam onto bracket.
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Video Samples. All settings at factory default.


Thanks @looney2ns support for the forum, this camera was return by a client, and i ask him send to Looney2ns for checking, seems cam working great. This can use for a baby room. We will invite @looney2ns to make more testing on new models full color IPC-HDBW4239R-ASE and MINI PTZ SD22404T-G 4MP PTZ.
 

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Dahua has thousands models and their main target is the big project, not the home users or small business, US has a super big market for the camera market. It's a super big cake.Lol. We can do better than most of the local distributors, lol.
My local supplier is getting better based on my clients. If I need a camera, they can usually get what I need. I'm waiting to see about the starlight varifocal turret. That would be icing on the cake!
 

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Got the cam and like it for what it is.

One thing I need to turn off is the blue ring light while its on, looks like a UFO landing :smash:

I did the initial config with the Lechange app in andriod. I did not see anywhere to turn it off in that app as some have mentioned
Smartpss on windows, went into the config of the camera, saw lots of the normal stuff to play with.
For the life of me I cant find how to turn that little light off,
Any help is greatly appreciated, my old eyes must be playing tricks on me again

:)
 

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Go into the lechange app and hit the gear icon on the top right for settings. In that screen towards the bottom will be a setting called “device indicator” slide the button to the left to shut off the ring.
 

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Go into the lechange app and hit the gear icon on the top right for settings. In that screen towards the bottom will be a setting called “device indicator” slide the button to the left to shut off the ring.

LOL I cant believe I missed that

Thank you :)
 

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I don't see that it's listed in the specs but I was wondering if this camera supports POE?
 

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I’m looking to A46 also. Does yours support web acces to the camera, watching video/images and managing it through browser? Or only mobile/Windows app is supported?

Does it support storage to eg. NAS (NFS, SMB, ...)?

My local seller said none of this and I’m a little bit confused now...
Thanks.
 

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The sound made by the pan/tilt reminds me of the sound effects used for the robot in "Forbidden Planet" just before he speaks each time. Plus I got dizzy watching that!
"You ought to see my new mind... it's up there in lights..."
 

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Can i ask something?

1) Is it correct to say that if connected via wifi, the sound/audio is acceptable unless the environment is silent (which there will be static?). If connected via ethernet cable, the audio problem disappears. Does everyone experience this?
2) Can both of you talk at the same time?
3) Anyone here compared this against the IPC-A35? (they say A35 is better since you can configure it via web browser)

Thanks.
 

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I like this cam! I'm looking for a cam to replace my Canary cam.
 

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Is there a way to change the ip address? Im using the Lechange/imou app and I don't see a way to change it.

Should of googled longer,I got it. Downloaded the Dahua Toolbox and used the Config Tool.
 
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