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    Smallest/most discrete outdoor security camera?

    Those Cliff Notes are really helpful to get me asking the right kind of questions. Thank you! I primarily would like to use the cam(s) for person detection (through BI or Frigate) at all hours of the day and identification ("who was it?" and not just "it happened!") of them if they are...
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    Smallest/most discrete outdoor security camera?

    Wow, super super helpful. Thank you! Definitely gets me thinking about what I need as opposed to just throwing a camera up and hoping for the best. The 5442s have been highlighted in searches and posts I've been reading, so I'll definitely look into it.
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    Smallest/most discrete outdoor security camera?

    Some of my friends have a few Amcrest turrets on their rural home and they're pleased with them (they actually also added an external IR illuminator for better night vision). I wouldn't need anything fancy with AI/motion/person detection since I already have a decent setup through Home...
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    Smallest/most discrete outdoor security camera?

    Good point. So would you suggest turrets, domes, or something else?
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    Smallest/most discrete outdoor security camera?

    I'd love to hear from the community any of your recommendations for the smallest/most discrete outdoor cameras for security in a fairly dense neighborhood of single family homes. My home is single story, so something soffit mounted would work. Another option could be something smaller that could...
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    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    Wow, super helpful, thanks so much @GaryOkie. I appreciate you taking the time. It's a bit of a bummer that the snapshot resolution is still only 720x576. Has anyone tried changing this via the API? Also, has anyone tried adjusting the WDR value via the API?
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    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    So I currently have a Hikvision DS-HD1 and I'm thinking about getting the Amcrest AD410 to replace it. The Hikvision has been working fine for the last couple of years and for the average homeowner, it'd be great. But as a home automation tinkerer I've come across several issues on the Hikvision...
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    Any developers here use the Hikvision Network SDK?

    Managed to write some C++ code to try and get info on the "supplement light", but I'm getting error 23 back from NET_DVR_GetError, which is "Device does not support this function." So it must be something else... Appreciate your help, though. Anyone else have any ideas?
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    Any developers here use the Hikvision Network SDK?

    Thanks! Unfortunately the Hikvision DS-HD1 does not seem to support ISAPI (I wish it did!), which is why I am having to use the Network SDK and C++ code to modify parameters on the camera. I will poke around a bit more and see if I can figure out something with the "supplemental light" with...
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    Any developers here use the Hikvision Network SDK?

    I have an EZVIZ DB1 doorbell (a rebranded Hikvision DS-HD1) and have used the Hikvision Device Network SDK (SDK) and their C++ examples to write some code to adjust things like camera exposure time and WDR enable/disable. But I haven't been able to find documentation or any info on changing some...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Well, I've had the LaView version of the doorbell up and running for over a year now without any problems, and over the last few days I've noticed some random glitching of the video stream and today the button press doesn't ring my mechanical chime anymore. I rebooted a couple of times without...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Ha :) The ideal use case for me would be to turn on and off the LEDs when motion was detected by the PIR, making it more obvious that the PIR was not actually the ring button. Most of my visitors have figured it out by now, though...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Yeah :( I had contacted Laview about it last year and was hoping that maybe with a firmware update there'd be a way to control it. It's just quite bright and I'd love to use some code to turn it on and off rather than leave it on all the time or manually control it through the app.
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    The Laview version of the app allows the LED ring around the button to be turned on and off...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    It's been a while since I've checked this thread, but has anyone figured out how to turn on/off the LEDs on the button yet via ONVIF, Hikvision's API, or some code other than through the switch in the app?
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Yep. I downloaded the SDK, edited their example code a bit, and built a small program after some trial and error. Then I used Home Assistant to run the program through a command line switch.
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Makes sense. They just didn't want to say that their "software department" is Hikvision in China :cool:
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I've emailed them before about this same issue (both LaView and EZVIZ). I also emailed them to ask if it'd be possible to control the LEDs around the button from an ONVIF command or API call. I have them turned off permanently but I would love to be able to turn them on with an API call or...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I too have had lots of people press the PIR thinking it was the button, but it hasn't broken yet. I'd love to be able to turn on and off the blue LEDs around the button via some code. I'd even be happy if they wrote some code themselves to turn on and off the LEDs if motion was detected. I...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Doesn't surprise me that the Laview tech guy didn't have a clue... First tier tech support is usually pretty clueless in a lot of cases. And no, I didn't reach out to Nelly's. But feel free, and let me know if they respond positively. Maybe you'll have better luck than me!
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Just wanted to report back and say that Hikvision, Ezviz, and Laview were less than forthcoming about how to turn on and off the LED ring via code. Hikvision and Ezivz refused to give any details because my camera had a Laview serial number, and Laview said "we can't give you that information...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Agreed with the intruder and the LED ring being too bright at night. If I could get the bit of code to turn it off/on, I could easily get something set up to automate it in Home Assistant. And chatting with them is a great idea. I'll see if Ezviz gets back to me via email again... Their...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    So I've been packet sniffing and trying to determine if there's a way to use port 9010/9020 on these doorbells to adjust settings while keeping the cloud firewalled at my router. Specifically I'd love to be able to enable/disable the IR lights and the LED ring around the button with my own...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    For frame grabbing, it's actually pretty easy because Hikvision already has a bit of free code to do it. You'll need to grab the SDK here: SDK - Download - Hikvision I downloaded the 64 bit Linux version and just slightly modified the CapPicture.cpp in the "consoleDemo" directory (edited for...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Yep, I did get it working. Realtime person detection works great (I get notifications when a person is at my door as opposed to a cat or some other false trigger). Face detection is something I'm still tweaking a bit (though I'm always tweaking something it seems, haha) but I love...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Would be happy to share it. It's just a slight modification of the example code they give in the SDK to capture a jpeg, and the code to alter the camera parameters is pretty simple too. I still wonder why Hikvision disabled the jpeg snapshot URL on this particular model. I've found that at...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Cool. I ended up writing some C++ code with the Hikvision API to grab a frame and to edit the camera parameters. For example, I turn on/off and change the WDR value in the morning and the evening via my code and MQTT through Home Assistant. I can also get motion events through the API without...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    Were you ever able to find a still image URL?
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    I can confirm ONVIF motion events (using the PIR) work with the latest firmware available for the LaView version of the doorbell, which is v5.2.4 190716 at the time of this post. I bet there are different forks of the Hikvision firmware, so perhaps RCA hasn't gotten around to enabling ONVIF...
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    New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

    The PIR seems to be working for me. If I cover it up, I don't get an ONVIF motion event. If I cover up the camera but leave the PIR uncovered, I get ONVIF motion events. Maybe the latest firmware made it work correctly? I'll poke around and see if I can find an ONVIF event for the doorbell...
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