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    Inexpensive microphone compatible with Dahua/Empiretech PTZ6C4G-45X ?

    There's another thing you could try. I'm reluctant to bring it up in public because it sounds like an ugly hack that shouldn't work, yet it's exactly what I'm doing with one camera to drive an IR illuminator and it's working just as good as doing things the right way. The hack is to use a...
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    Money & Economics

    It would be interesting to know how much of the Social Security and Medicare budget is actually disbursed for the benefit of individuals, vs. how much for administrative overhead vs. how much for fraud. I know first hand that Medicare is a cash cow for the pharma companies. Looking at one very...
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    Inexpensive microphone compatible with Dahua/Empiretech PTZ6C4G-45X ?

    Bummer. I'm not a big PTZ user and have only one of the "mini" ones that uses a 12 volt supply. Even with the 24 volt spliiter you're faced with the microphone's maximum 20 volt supply spec. Yes, a buck converter should work. If I were faced with this I'd maybe just hack 10 or so forward...
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    NVR software for Windows

    True unless you want to use its full capability (depends on which car of course). (example) For my 2019 Subaru, just the cruise control section is 27 friggen pages long. Full length pages, not the short ones used in short-height car manuals. This thing has so many automatic functions and...
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    Money & Economics

    But are we really shocked? What to expect when we're shoveling money into Ukraine as fast as we can, pulling illegals in at warp speed and throwing money at them, encouraging and paying to mutilate kids with pseudo sex changes, still smarting from all of the destructive covid programs, all of...
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    Inexpensive microphone compatible with Dahua/Empiretech PTZ6C4G-45X ?

    https://www.microseven.com/product/Accessories-M7WP-MIC.html I've been using a few of them for about 5 years. Work good, no failures.
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    Ethernet-over-Coax(EoC)

    There's an example load vs. distance chart at the bottom of Andy's product page. EmpireTech LR1002-1ET + LR1002-1EC Single-Port Long Reach Ethernet ove
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    Ethernet-over-Coax(EoC)

    If I'm reading the specs correctly, the LR1002-1ET /LR1002-1EC will operate from Mode A POE and pass that on to the device on the other end. Then at the other end you could use a 2-port POE powered switch (EmpireTech PFT1300 PoE Extender) to operate both cameras. You couldn't use this on an...
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    AI thought 2 crow's were a person? WTF haha

    You're in for more laughs. Don't be surprised at all the things it identifies as a fireplug :).
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    Please recommend bullet; I'm lost in options.

    IMO there are only two choices that would fit your criteria the best: 541 (5442) fixed focal 541 (5442) varifocal If by angle 120 you mean horizontal field of view, neither of these hit it but come awfully close. If you're absolutely positive you don't need the varifocal. the fixed focal not...
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    2nd Amendment thread

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    Pearl Harbor and Midway

    In the Tora Tora Tora movie, which of course is correct because movies are always correct and factual, it showed that a radar station in Hawaii saw the incoming aircraft and the higher-ups didn't take it seriously.
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    CEO Of UnitedHealthcare Killed In Targeted Attack In Manhattan, Suspect At Large

    I'm starting to wonder if this guy might be a pro masquerading as an amateur? He was pretty careful with the face covering up front, then all of a sudden, allows really good shots of his face. Could he just be leading the police on a dead-end rabbit trail? What if he used a Mission Impossible...
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    What is the best way to power available cameras?

    Why do you people keep tempting me with new $$$ toys? Aside from that rant, 40+ watts makes for a pretty darn powerful LED light. Max. (Illuminator+IPC): 48.3 W (100–240 VAC )
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    lots of short alerts?

    I've worked through the same dilemma. I don't fully understand the details to give a good explanation but I think part of the problem is the labeling of the settings leads to bad assumptions about what they do. My hints based on experience but as I said less than full understanding, in order...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    A neighbor of mine closed his Christmas letter with this: Hope you have a productive and healthy 2025, and with hopes our democracy will survive fascist Trump and his anti-government maga extremists! I flipflop between being angry at him over being such a dumb drone echoing when he's told to...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Obama not on the list? I agree that Carter did a bad job, but he wasn't malicious. Obama actively stirred up hatred and divided the population in many different ways. I think he was every bit bad as Binden, but was a lot more skilled at doing his dirty work.
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    PTZ or 180 degree wide angle?

    Picking nits while I have the time today, that comparison thread result was invalid. He transferred a zoom setting from a 5231 to a 5442 and expected the FOV to the the same. Except the two have different sensor sizes, making the FOV different at the same zoom setting. I don't disagree at all...
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    Noob here to setting up NVR

    It's not very much about being smart, but either learning the hard way or getting the info from others who already learned the hard way. The documentation generally isn't complete and/or understandable, and a lot of the steps are not intuitive.
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    Camera stops transmitting during the day

    Having a couple thousand feet of hand-trenched buried cat6, this doesn't strike me as much of a hardship. Maybe there's something other than distance that's an obstacle?
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    Funny / Satire

    Go for the 3-pointer!
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    OMG Thermal!

    Does the thermal camera pick up alligators, or are they cold-blooded? I'd have the same question for snakes.
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    Help a Newbie out! Question about troubleshooting

    I've had some success with using a small toothbrush and contact cleaner inside the camera's rj45 socket, and/or scraping the individual pins with a jeweler's screwdriver. If you resort to cutting off the camera's socket, leave a little bit of cable on the end so you can ohm out which color wire...
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    Power Diode Bypass on IP5M-T1277EW-AI?

    With several dahua cameras I've used to drive external IR I found that the 12 volt supply dropped below 12 volts when the external load was more than 4 watts, and I set my limit at 4 watts. It makes sense that the POE-to-12 volt circuitry was designed to support the camera plus its internal IR...
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    smartPss reorder device list

    From experimenting, it looks like the list is grouped by the first character of the device name: Numbers first, uppercase alpha next, then lowercase alpha Then probably more sorting within the groups. I'd like to be able to arrange the list the way I want to!
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    smartPss reorder device list

    Is there a way to change the order of the devices in this list? (photo from manual, not my own system)
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    I suspect there is a small percentage that deserves to not be pardoned. The ones who went there to stir up trouble. Among those who stirred up trouble I'd sure like to have identified the ones who were sent by the government to stir up trouble.
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    What type of switch/router for my needs

    Used small business switches are great deals on ebay. I'm using a 28 port cisco managed POE switch. You just have to read specs before deciding to make sure you're getting what you need. Some are only 15 watt POE, some have POE+, some can connect to a fiber link, some have easier to use UI, etc.
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    T22IR-ZAS S3 keeps cutting out for 5 seconds prior to every trigger

    Could the camera CPU not have enough horsepower to write to the SD card and run the video output at the same time? Or maybe the SD card and camera aren't compatible? Or simply a firmware bug? I've had a couple of cases where a camera choked on an SD card that worked fine in other cameras...
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    Ukraine related: Was Ukraine Government Is Handing Out Guns To Citizens, What Happened to Gun Control?

    Saying it more clearly, when backed in a corner, I think having nukes is a big a factor, perhaps bigger than economic differences, in a country's potential to push others around. I know we nailed the USSR with economic leverage, but this time it's a different attack dog in a different corner...
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