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    Starlight/Darkfighter vs. iR illuminators ?

    Excellent. Thanks for the links to the illuminators. Yeah I have wrestled with the 850/940 question a great deal. On the one hand I like the performance of the 850 and the deterrence factor. But on the other hand the covert nature of 940 is also very appealing but the performance is so much...
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    NVMS7000 - Is there a way to set up a default camera, unmuted, max volume,fullscreen?

    Re: NVMS7000 - Is there a way to set up a default camera, unmuted, max volume,fullscr I don't know if those settings can be made default but there might be some steps you can take to counter the tablet behavior. If you buy a few cheap power cords and place them strategically around the house...
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    Starlight/Darkfighter vs. iR illuminators ?

    thanks for the info @bp2008 I was having trouble finding the answer to the 3-axis question. The main appeal of the IR illuminator I linked was the adjustable nature of its beam. Do you have a IR illuminator you like? it occurs to me that the adjustable beam isn't useful in most of the places I...
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    Starlight/Darkfighter vs. iR illuminators ?

    I am pretty sure that iR illuminators with higher resolution cameras are a better choice than starlight/darkfighter cameras with lower resolutions either with or without iR illuminators. Am I missing something in this opinion ? Should I look at some combination of both, high res fixed cams and...
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    newbie: suspicious camera activity

    Good call with the gateway, we both thought of the same thing about the same time haha. I don't know those cameras specifically but I know some of the Longse cameras also have a fixed aspect ratio of 4:3 and cannot be changed, it could well be something that cannot be changed on these cameras...
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    newbie: suspicious camera activity

    The simple way to prevent these cameras from talking to "God only knows who" is set their IP addresses statically and do not enter the "Gateway" / "Default Gateway" / "Router" value in the IP settings on the cameras. This way they would only have an IP Address and a Subnet Mask, no gateway or...
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    Port forwarding \ open ports bad, VPN Good...What about DDNS?

    Back when the Internet was first conceived computers were massive, few, and expensive, only large educational institutions, large corporations and Government agencies had computers. The base idea of the Internet was to get dissimilar systems to talk to each other. The idea that there would be...
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    Port forwarding \ open ports bad, VPN Good...What about DDNS?

    When you are connected with a VPN it is like you are plugged into the private home network, so there isn't any traffic restriction between your remote device and the camera system, in other words all communication across all ports is allowed so you can talk to UDP 1194 or any other port you...
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    Port forwarding \ open ports bad, VPN Good...What about DDNS?

    Ports do NOT need to be open at all when using a VPN. The VPN does bypass the firewall in that sense, when connected with the VPN it is exactly like you are connected on the LAN at home. Yes, you would install a VPN client app on your phone/tablet/laptop/etc which would need to be launched and...
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    Port forwarding \ open ports bad, VPN Good...What about DDNS?

    The way to think about these different concepts is like this. You have 3 parts to this scenario; first the private network at your home with your cameras and home computers on it, second the outside world and the entirety of the Internet, and third the firewall or router that is the device...
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    Where to get replacement PSU for HikVision NVR?

    I can't seem to find an exact replacement power supply for that unit. Delta's website does not list any power supplies that match the physical power supply in the picture so it was probably manufactured specifically for Hikvision. The model number looks to be something like DPS-200PB 185 A. The...
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    Access DVR Live view from VPN

    can you ping the ip address of the DVR from outside across the VPN. The IP address you would ping is the same IP address you use to successfully connect when you are at home. For example if the IP address at home is 192.168.1.20 then try to ping that address from the outside world across the...
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    To conduit or not to conduit, that is the question...

    @nayr it is just Cat5e and RG6 for DirecTV, no AC or anything noisy. On the topic of grounding does it matter where in the layout of the conduit I ground it ? I was thinking at the corner of my house where it is nearest the ground but that is also one of the farthest points from the central data...
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    To conduit or not to conduit, that is the question...

    @nayr thanks for the recommendation. As a fan of EMT do you think I would do better running multiple small or a single large conduit ?
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    To conduit or not to conduit, that is the question...

    I would like to clean up the wiring at my house. The majority of the cable will be CAT5e with five RG6 for my DirecTV feeds. Currently all of the camera and TV cables are strung haphazardly on the outside of my home. I am going to make the garage my central hub for wiring and have a good plan to...
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    Newbie Here: Need camera recomendation

    I would think a camera with a 2.8mm lens would give too wide a view for your needs, it is hard to tell from your picture but you would get a very wide view which would appear to include most if not all of that tree in the left side of the image you uploaded. I would think something around the...
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    NVR + Switch not working

    You are quite right @alastairstevenson I didn't cover this aspect for two reasons, the first is that English isn't OP's first language so I didn't want to put too much info into the post and because I was being lazy. I had meant to convey that by connecting the cameras to the internal NVR...
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    Two way audio at the Dahua cam - Am I dreaming?

    Hey @nayr are there resources you can recommend for getting started with a home voip setup ? I would imagine that @Fastb and I are in a similar situation which is: Wanting 2 way full duplex audio. I know that I am open to a voip system but I don't really know much about them and perhaps @Fastb...
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    NVR + Switch not working

    I would think you can connect the 3 units of DS-2CD2042WD-I to PoE switch, then connect the PoE switch to the NVR like it was a camera and see if that works. You can try to connect one of the 1-4 ports on the switch to the NVR or the GE port to the NVR. I think the problem you were having was...
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    What do you use for password management?

    If you prefer a more advanced in house solution you can look at Thycotic Secret Server. It too can be setup with 2 factor authentication with Duo Security and is a web based corporate password manager. You could publish it on the open internet but I would suggest instead that it be kept behind...
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    What do you use for password management?

    Another excellent aspect of LastPass is that you can create a shared password folder in your LastPass account and share it with other LastPass users. So you could have your email, banking, etc passwords stored in LastPass and accessible only by you, but you could also create a shared folder...
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    What do you use for password management?

    Lastpass. You can set it up with 2 factor authentication with Duo Security (also free), and you can set it up so that if an unrecognized device tries to access your lastpass account it requires an email authorization before continuing to the 2 factor. You can set your workstation and smart to be...
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    IVS (optional) ?

    Perhaps you could use a 3rd party software for auto tracking like iSpy? I don't know if Blue Iris also has auto tracking but it might be worth looking into those.
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    remotely view questions for v2 10x

    I don't know the Huisun cams at all but you might want to try forwarding all 3 of those ports thru your firewall to the Huisun. 80 (http or unencrypted web traffic is the function of this port) 8087 (this is a high port, above 1024, so it has no predefined function) 443 (https or encrypted web...
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    Camera interference

    What is the distance between the camera and your windows? most bullet and dome cameras have shorter wider lenses, the default on the Hills 3mp bullet is 4mm. At 50' (15.24m) there isn't much detail, the farther the camera the less detail there is. While the camera might be pointed at your...
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    Is there a good site with solid advice on placement of cameras?

    Not really a best practices page but it seems to be a pretty accurate calculator for resolution, sensor size, lens size, FoV, etc. The free version only allows one camera to be placed at a time but you can pay to become a member with multiple cameras as well as other benefits...
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    1080p or above PTZ camera options on the budget?

    @nayr has posted a review here of his Dahua PTZ. It is slightly higher than your budget at around $200 shipped, but it is by accounts an excellent camera with a great picture. You might want to look into it.
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    I would like your thoughts and opinions to build my system the "right" way (long)

    I have to admit that the 3 different designs of cameras you linked, the bullet, the dome, and the LXIR (I guess you would call it?), make me realize that I don't know the logic behind why you would choose one design over the other. Assuming all other specs are the same why would someone choose...
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    I would like your thoughts and opinions to build my system the "right" way (long)

    Thanks for those links, I had actually come across that vendor is my wanderings around aliexpress but I admit I was given pause about them given their endless spelling mistakes (which I can overlook given their command of the English language is vastly superior to my command of the Chinese...
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    Adding wired IP cameras destroys my wifi

    I think you are on the right track with suspecting that cable @Zanzibar1. If the router were the issue changing the fabric between the managed and unmanaged should not have an effect. I admit I am having trouble wrapping my head around how that cable seems to work fine without the WiFi...
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