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  1. Fastb

    Whelp... it finally happened to me

    maybe consider laser lines? This model works great for me. Laser line My photo beam/laser line is 30' long, about 3ft above ground. (it will go to almost 100'). It'd high enough that cats don't trip it, but it trips for coyotes (my intention). I also have the Bosch tritec. Great device to...
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    Power adapter for POE camera

    Arnonz, the Splitter I was referring to "splits" the poe ethernet into a) ethernet and b) power. If you want to support two cams on one cable, you can separate the 8 conductors into two sets of 4. This will support two 100Mb cams. Several posts on this. See...
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    Power adapter for POE camera

    The comments here did NOT touch on another benefit of having the power plug on a pigtail to a poe comaera. Microphone! At the camera, a powered mic is needed. A separate powered mic is usually preferrable even if the cam has a built in mic. Generally, the built-in mic doens't pick up audio...
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    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Across the Street?

    Does the truck's GPS tie into the photo they shoot of the delivered package? Meaning he moves the truck to record his position when making a delivery? Tho one parking spot could havde been close enough to confirm all 3 deliveries...
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    Looking to add an alarm to Dahua NVR but have no experience with this.

    tigerwillow1, I think you're onto something. Push-to-release connectors may be used as a cost-reduction initiative....
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    Amazon drivers are using our driveway to 'break in' their new vans...

    The driver didn't feather the gas at all, even when leaving after the accident. Left divots everywhere. And didn't fill his divots when standing next to hem w/ cell phone. A cretin! Maybe the company will download the contents of the black box. Assuming it records spinning tire events and...
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    Looking to add an alarm to Dahua NVR but have no experience with this.

    That looks like half of the connector. The terminal block portion is missing. The terminal block is easily removed. It's a snap fit to the back of the NVR. It has screws to tighten onto your cable's conductor. No need to crimp on pins to connect to NVR. This is my experience, for my Dahua...
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    Alexa/Google Home integration

    Clever! Where there's a will, there's a way!
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    Alexa/Google Home integration

    Sounds like good news! A bit convoluted (as mine hack is), but it works. If smartthings recognizes the event from IFTTT, and is turning on the light, maybe Alexa could recognize the same event. And then fire off a routine that includes Alexa making an announcement. Good luck! Fastb
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    Alexa/Google Home integration

    If I understand your question, a few thoughts. 1) I have two smartthings Motion Detectors. For indoors, they're fine. 2) for outdoors, IVS is superior to MD. The challenge in my mind was: The NVR must inform Alexa/Google of an IVS event (not an MD event). Ah, I understand better! Use the...
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    Alexa/Google Home integration

    Therein lies the rub. Using a door sensor on the NVR Alarm Out is a hack. Effective, but hackey. Having Alexa announce "Driveway Guest!" is worth it. And Alexa knows if I'm home (due to my cell phone's location tracking). Alexa responds accordingly (like pushing an alert to my phone)
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    Alexa/Google Home integration

    You didn't mention if using BI or an NVR. On my NVR, I use one of the "Alarm Out" relay contacts. I have it wired, 6" away, to a wireless door sensor that's on Zigbee, Z Wave or WiFi. (I forget the rf protocol right now.) Note: This door sensor approach is a common way for people to signal...
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    Looking to add an alarm to Dahua NVR but have no experience with this.

    The "Alarm" signal is a dry contact. The alarm pin will be open (float) or will be connected to ground. This signal can control a seperate alarm. Don't assume the "Alarm" can drive a speaker, that would be a completely seperate kind of thing. The Alarm In signal the NVR expects is similar...
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    When Woody the WoodPecker come calling...

    The woodpecker just delivered those boxes. Now he's knocking, to notify the occupants. So polite!
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    Bike Rider Has A Close Call

    This is a very common complaint from drivers. Note: In this video, the cyclist blasted through the stop sign, after not looking for traffic. The opposite of rolling through a stop sign after looking both ways. So I'm not defending this particular cyclist. Yes, many cyclists merely slow down...
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    Dahua cams/NVR dropping frame sections right at the money shot

    skipped frames due to IVS: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/setting-up-ivs-tripwire.17596/#post-166418 https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/skipped-frames-on-md-ivs-alerts-while-recording-to-on-camera-sd-card.19513/ Upon an IVS event, the NVR records to a new file. So it closes one file, opens another...
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    Another Zombie In The Street

    Amazing he/she never fell down....
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    Camera Trigger Sprinkler System?

    Any camera's image processing to generate an "event" may not measure up to a PIR. I had problems with deer grazing in my garden. I used a driveway motion detector floodlight, and adapted. As typical, mounted in a outdoor junction box. But not attached to a house. Two AC cords connected. 1...
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    Ring Camera At Gas Station

    Tony, Good comments. You mention the card reader and keypad are low voltage devices. The voltage, by itself, doesn't allow devices to skirt the Intrinsic Safe (IS) regulations. I participated in several IS product designs. Products had to withstand two simultaneous failures without causing...
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    Ring Camera At Gas Station

    "Intrinsic Safe" (IS) is complicated. Varies for dust, vapors. And types of. And concentrations. At gas stations, the higher above ground, the less if an IS rating. Since those vapors sink. In gas pumps, with mag readers, keypads, even high voltage CRT screens, those items don't need an IS...
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    Mom & dad bird (eastern Phoebe) fight over who gets to feed baby - baby gets ass kicked...

    Mom: Don't feed my babies any spiders!
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    Nothing better for allergies than a spring snow !

    "Elmira NY got 8-10 inches" For 2 years, I lived in Alfred NY, west of Elmira. Souther tier NY, the "Snow belt" We sometimes got snow in May....
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    Whats the simpliest or easiest way to have a 20m CCTV LCD Monitor in house?

    I have an small, older PC in my kitchen (on the first floor) to view cams from my NVR that is located on the 2nd floor. I use a WiFi router to: a) connect the wired cams to the NVR (to keep cams off my main network of PCs, TV, Stereo, printer, etc). b) provide WiFi so I can connect the above...
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    Cable tester or qualifier for IP cams?

    And consider the AC current. More current, bigger field. And if feeding a motor, BIG field changes when motor turns on/off.
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    Cable tester or qualifier for IP cams?

    CCA or solid copper? How long is the run? You could set up a ping, whhich runs continiously, to check for drop-outs. Good luck, FastB
  26. Fastb

    PSA: Now is not the time to trespass

    If your neighbors have teenagers, that could be the source. You mention "taking a shortcut". Then they're likely not dangerous bad guys, maybe just lazy neighbors? But if a shortcut, maybe set up some IVS rules (if your cams support that). Or set up a string, which will indicate the direction...
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    This bird must really not like my camera

    Bullet cam? It appears the bird was looking for a nesting place, maybe not attracted to lens (a mirror) or IR leds...
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    Audio help

    mblack, Welcome to the forum! You mean you have a microphone near the cam, correct? If so, let's proceed. Did the microphone work before you tried using YouTube? ie: is this a local hardware problem or a streaming problem? My 2 cents: Get the whole setup working before you move to...
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    This bird must really not like my camera

    My hunch: The bird sees a bird in the camera. Himself. And it's mating season, so the bird is fighting off perceived competition, ie: another suitor. Or maybe your house is painted in bird colors....
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    How do I turn off audio when I save footage?

    If the NVR has RCA jacks for video & audio, maybe only connect the video cable. Download video to a PC, or directly to a DVD burner....
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