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    BI cannot start Deepstack

    I've installed Deepstack on another windows pc. I've pointed BI to the DS pc (192.168.1.82 port 82) but when I click START it momentarilu changes to STOP then reverts back to START. I can manualy start DS on the other pc and BI Alerts appear to detect it as noted by a car symbol on the Alert...
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    Smart PSS problems...

    Thanks for the suggestions. There's something else going on even selecting the NVR and letting it load the cams it still crashes . I don't really need the LIVE function I just use PSS for the camera configs. Just don't like software that is buggy.
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    Smart PSS problems...

    I selected 16 grid - PSS crashes when I shortly after I load the third camera - doesn't matter which three
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    Smart PSS problems...

    I'm running the latest version of Smart PSS (64bit) the pgm on Win11 Pro. The pgm crashes For example IF I try to view more than two cameras in LIVE view. Is this a known issue?
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    DB6I - Doorbell loudness uneven

    I replaced the xfr today (a royal PITA) and discovered something that I do not like about the DB6I Necessarily I had to cut power to the camera to do the replacement. When I turned everything back on the DB6I had grabbed another IP address. The doorbell is louder now although there is a...
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    Max HD size for NVR5216...

    I'm about to replace the HDD in my nvr5216 and wanted to verify that the 5216 supports a max size for each drive of 10TB?
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    DB6I - Doorbell loudness uneven

    Update - I checked my xfr and it is rated at 10va I have ordered a 40va xfr
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    DB6I - Doorbell loudness uneven

    I recently installed a DB6I using my existing mechanical/wired bell. The loudness of the bell is sometimes loud, other times soft. Has anyone had a similar experience? Is it caused by the Chime Box ? Not sure the box does but I suspect that the db6i sends a DC signal back over the AC line...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Thanks for the further instructions - I'll try to use this method in the future. I have an update on my perp(s) - I posted the surveillance vids and pix up on our neighborhood FB page as I mentioned before. Tonight my cams showed a mom and her son arriving at my door. She didn't look too...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    How thick is the bar 1/8" ?
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Looks Good - thx
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Do you have a pic of that type of install?
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Yes, but that would leave a 3/4" hole along with a lot of separate screw holes from all my previous cameras - it would look pretty bad and allow little critters to get to the attic. I would have to replace the soffit which would be a bit more work than I'd care to do right now.
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    BTW, the police woman who cam to our house after the last incident (jul 03) was looking at my BI setup and remarked that she had to get more cameras for her house:)
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Here's a where I want to mount it. Than will give me more flexibility in aiming it to where I need coverage. I'm not after LPR. I have a separate server which is running AIHomeGuard more as an experiment but it has been surprisingly good at tripwire operations. Would prefer to use BI but...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    The camera (Loryta IPC-B5442E-Z4E) It has an option for adding a MIC Q. Does the camera power the mic or will I need a separate 12v ps? Also I want to hang this camera from my soffit Right now I have an eyeball mounted there backed by a 6" square 3/4" plywood on the other side of the...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Jimmy Carter was "genuinely a good man" but a disaster as a President
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    Warm enough for ya?

    In St Louis we have a saying "It's not the heat, its the humidity!" We usually add the term STUPID after the word HEAT but I'm feeling kind today. :)
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    OK - just ordered it from Amazon using the link you provided THX
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    That is a pretty big camera (14" by the description). I'd prefer an eyeball - they are less obvious and look better on a ranch styled house
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    I contacted Andy - I didn't see the Z4E on his Amazon store. Thanks
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    No kids, and have never had any problems with any of the kids. However about a week before the first occurrence my neighbor found the same group of kids looking into his daughters room at night. He confronted them and then chased them down the street. One of them taunted him saying that my...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Well they struck again. There were about 7 of them. The DSC files are from a trail cam I have mounted in a tree.
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    My suspicion that the IR lights are washing out the video may not be correct. I had both the white deterrent and the led lights turned off. I turned the deterrent light on and discovered that when a car passed on the street it would turn the light ON and the video looked good. Of course the...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Update: I rcv'd the new door cam late yesterday and installed it today. I go the same sort of results as with the other db cam. As an experiment I took the original cam and set it up at the bottom of the door frame (powered by and extra db transformer and got these results. As you can see the...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    I have a replacement on its way - should be here Sunday Perhaps it will be better. (hope springs eternal ...)
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    After reinstalling the camera and adding it into DMSS, Smart PSS, and adding it as a NEW camera to BI (meaning all parms should be set at their defaults, - here is a vid of the night video. As you can see the noise and pulsing is still there perhaps with a tad bit less noise.
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Is the reset you are talking about the same as a HARD reset? Everytime I reset set it the cam went thru and grabbed a hot spot on the 192.168.3 subnet. I've just gotten it back onto my subnet and can see it in Smart PSS I have also Added it as a new cam to BI and have not changed ANY of...
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Yep, tried all that - can't get it to connect to my network. Odd thing is that when I installed this last weekend it worked perfectly - no problems at all.
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    Review-Dahua/EmpireTech new doorbell cam Db6l 5mp

    Yes, I've reset it several times now each time I get the Hard reset msg followed by the wifi hotspot is available msg. The ip addr of the cam is as I said above Furthermore DMSS can't connect because it says that the device has been already added However it thinks it ip addr is still the old...