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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    I'm running 1/4000 shutter daytime and 1/2000 shutter night time. Exposure seems good. Plates are quite readable (human) day or night with little to no motion blur. I believe the steep (~45 degree) read angle is my biggest issue. To resolve that, I need more zoom. I have a z12 model on order.
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    Here's a typical shot with the current camera / location. Anyone have thoughts on what I need to do for better APLR recognition?
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    Have done. I actually asked to have this thread moved there shortly after I created it.
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    Well, I'm a bit frustrated with ALPRD at the moment. I have my IPC HFW5231E-Z5 set up, and I can reliably HUMAN read plates pretty much 100% at all times if day. I ended up leaving the camera in black and white mode at all times. So far, I am having little to no success with ALPR / ALPRD. I...
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    Cameras facing each other?

    Here's the 3MP Hik replaced with a Dahua Starlight Turret:
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    A first snapshot with temp mounting:
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    I just received my IPC-HFW5431E-Z5 from Andy. 2 days from Hong Kong to my door!!! Some unboxing and a sneak peek at zoom: Just a box. Getting warmer... There she is!!! Get out here!!! Connections. Front lens. Full wide. Full zoom at same position. Going outside to...
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    Second Driveway Dahua Starlight Turret is up

    Man, that is some @nayr level zoom right there!!!
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    Cameras facing each other?

    Here's a shot of a HikVision 3MP bullet looking at a Dahua Starlight VF Turret (to the left of the door in the corner). If there is any motion on the walkway, the light goes up to 100% brightness. It's dimmed to 30% in this shot. This camera is about to be replaced with another Dahua Starlight...
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    Issues running ethernet cable next to furnace vent/stack

    Maintain at least 1" clearance from the pipe and use plenum rated cable. Check with code enforcement in your area to be safe. They are very good about answering questions via phone in my area.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Submit an HOA application for the camera with the model number. Most will assume it's a standard camera. Once they've approved it, you're golden!
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Bullet Z5 7-35mm (IPC-HFW5231E-Z5)

    That link is the 2MP version.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I didn't get an NVR. 5 pieces of IPC-HDW5231R-Z.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Was expecting to receive my 5 cameras today. Instead: DHL Exception. Sad panda. :(
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    Dahua 4MP 25mm LPR Modification

    I can't wait to find out!!! I'm supposedly right behind nayr on the list to receive one once in stock next week.
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    If those cameras were put on their own multi-port POE injector, they can be shut off by turning off power to the injector. I do that for my rear porch cameras. The wife didn't want to be constantly recorded while sitting out there, so if the doors to the rear porch are opened (they don't have to...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    Likely, the reason being that he doesn't have any more, and doesn't want people to order them until he does.
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    camera for a lighted front door

    I'd bet that DOESN'T include 2-3 day DHL shipping. Andy's prices do.
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    Is there a good small camera for front and rear doors?

    Just the camera interface.
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    Is there a good small camera for front and rear doors?

    I use it at my front door. It works great! Just set the camera settings for "rotate 90 degrees" and turn the body of the camera. Blue Iris recognizes the "correct" orientation of 1080 x 1920.
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    MOD, can you move this thread to the new LPR sub forum?
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    I believe this is the approximate "setup" that my camera will have. @nayr, any thoughts on how this vantage will work, once it's done with a proper optically zoomed camera? This will capture traffic both ways - in and out of a cul de sac starting 2 doors down. Traffic should be under 35MPH...
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    A third party seller on amazon. LED Array IR Illuminator Amazon.com : LED Array IR Illuminator : Camera & Photo
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    OK... here goes! I just added an ipc-hfw5431e-z5 to my order with Andy that should ship next week. For good measure, I also ordered the IR Cannon from nayr's birdhouse project. I'm not sure if it will be needed with this camera, but best to have on hand if so. Let's get this party started!!!
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    Switching between color and black & white

    You got it!
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    Switching between color and black & white

    Yes. I have built up a "smart house" over the years. The code is from my automation server. We call her "Crystal".
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    Switching between color and black & white

    I use this to switch between day and night, and just have the parameters set the way I want (on the camera) for each mode: if ($mode eq "night") {...
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    Well, the camera will be more or less zoomed on the width of the road, so snapshot on motion to a file COULD work, then have a scrip monitor the snapshot directory and send new snapshots to ALPR...?
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    That's the goal. Just can't decide if better to run on demand, or configure the Daemon.
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    LPR Walk Through / Tutorial

    OK... my thoughts are: 1. Acquire a camera with adequate lens, resolution, and IR to observe plates day / night 2a. Configure (camera? Blue Iris?) such that snapshots are put into a directory for post processing 2b. Possible configuration of ALPR Daemon to monitor stream from camera For my...
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