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    Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID

    Thanks for the links - I'll sure have a look. The white PVC driveway entrance fence is less than 150' from the point at which I took the photo. There's another high resolution camera looking straight out the driveway and into the street. The idea is that these two give me the best chance to...
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    • Post #9
    • Forum: LPR
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    Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID

    I'm not sure what you mean. I'm only interested in the open yard area - between the camera and the white PVC-fenced driveway entry. Nothing past that (there will be other cams for the street).
    • kd4e
    • Post #6
    • Forum: LPR
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    Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID

    So, should 6 feet be OK or do I want to be even lower?
    • kd4e
    • Post #3
    • Forum: LPR
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    Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID

    The attached image is at about 6 feet above grade. I plan to mount an IPC-B5442E-Z4E camera there. Is that an acceptable height? (I get that higher is better, to limit vandal-access, but it seems higher means a more difficult angle of view. WDYT?) NOTE: There's also another camera looking...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    With the monitor directly connected - it stayed up overnight - no time-outs. Now to sort out control of the number of cameras displayed, how to full-screen just one, how to zoom and pan (where supported by a camera), set up alarms, etc. After that comes remote access (android phone & Linux...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    OK then, I'll give that a try. That will be great if it's stable. BTW: I started with DOS and grew accustomed to workarounds. In 1996 I was asked to network some Apple stuff - laptops, desktops, and a central printer - across more than one generation. (I'd never managed anything from Apple...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    When I log into the web gui it offers TCP, UDP, and Multicast. I've been choosing TCP - might Multicast help with any of these problems, especially the persistant logging-out problem? (Also, among the gazillions of settings, across the many menus, I think I read where an alarm might be set to...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Yes on the Cobra. On the Empiretech I can only view the Reolink doorbell cam and the Loryta cam. (One of the other Reolink's has occasionally displayed on the Empiretech, but not both, and now neither.)
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Why can the cheap Cobra NVR access the Reolink cameras OK but the expensive latest-model Empiretech NVR cannot? The cameras are being accessed via RTSP.
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Perhaps I need to connect the 40" monitor directly to the NVR and just use the web gui for brief viewing and adjustments on-the-fly?
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    The timing-out of the NVR's Web gui seems to be worsening (shorter cycles) no idea why. I did add feeds for two cameras (Reolink, RLC-410W, RLC-510A) that are also linked to the old Cobra NVR - both show green under Status (in Remote Devices) but neither is responding on the web gui for the...
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    Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?

    They can. I don't recall if I did. That may also explain some problems I'm having with displaying them via the Empiretech NVR web gui. EDIT: One was set up static, one wasn't. Just fixed that.
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    Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?

    Lemme look at that ... they may be DHCP. Thanks.
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    Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?

    The Cobra is, predictably (Harbor Freight), rather primitive. It's optimized for their own low-grade cameras.
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    Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?

    I'm discovering that the only way the Cobra (Harbor Freight) NVR will communicate with Reolink cams is if they pass through the router - never direct to the NVR. I'm using several of the Reolinks as backup and less-critical security cams. Any preference to using a POE unmanaged switch, a POE...
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    User-friendly NVR and remote viewing?

    It appears that Tailscale, with github authentication, may be an acceptable and workable solution. Thanks!
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    User-friendly NVR and remote viewing?

    Remote access is on their cloud. That's a no-go. (If on my cloud, maybe.) Also, "Authenticate via OIDC: You will be redirected to an authentication page where you need to log in using your OIDC provider (currently only Google is supported)." - anything that involves the google/alphabet...
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    User-friendly NVR and remote viewing?

    We have the newer xxx.AI NVR from Empiretech. We're using a variety of cameras, some Reolinks, some from Empiretech, Dahua, etc. The plan is to use a browser on a phone, via RustDesk (or similar - sandboxed by Netguard), that functions, essentially, as a terminal on the home network...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    It is, very sadly, only functional in a MS version of windows. I only use Linux (and don't need the added complexity of the WINE interpreter to try to run such an app). Someone must have tried a Raspberry Pi to log in and display the NVR GUI. @EMPIRETECANDY EDIT: If they can do this then they...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    A related question - is there any reason that I can't use a Raspberry Pi to log into the gui of the NVR to display the Live feed(s) on a large monitor? (I want to be able to control the NVR and keep the images displayed. The only problem I'm thinking of is the video chip driving the 40" display.)
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    I'm logged into the NVR from my laptop - on the same network.
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Ooops, I thought that the 3x factory reset solved the problem, but just noticed it had timed out ... it was up for many hours this time. Note: I didn't put a zero in System "Logout Time" field this time. (Default is 10.) The next adventure will be to sort out zooming the Loryta Starlight...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    It didn't ask. 3 Factory Resets later ... yuck ... the Web GUI is back where it was. Now to see if it times out after a while ...
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Log, Manager, and System Info. Under System Info there's a Manager Subfolder - with Update, Maintenance, Import/Export, Default, Advanced Maintenance, and Network Detection. Ha! Found it. Buried under Default is Factory Default.
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    There is no "Operation" window on my NVR web gui, only Live, Playback, Search, Maintenance, and Backup.
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    I did a search in the manual and no mention of a factory reset from the web gui. I also didn't find one after jumping around on the web gui. What am I not noticing, please?
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Will that delete the camera settings? Is there a way to save those settings - before the reset?
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Yes. From him. NVR8CH-8P-2AI / NVR5208-8P-EI Upload Date: 2024-08-08 Firmware Date: 2024-07-16 V4.005.0000000.1.R.240716 Mine is: System Version: V5.005.00000000.2.R Build Date: 2024-08-30
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    EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

    Would that be AndyB or ?
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