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    Which CCTV systems will interchange with a Dahua system?

    QuattroZ, you are on your way. Get your existing system working, then come back and read posts here for a few months. Then when you think you know a bit, buy a good camera, a computer to run blue iris, and a poe network switch, and start experimenting while you keep your existing system...
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    Make America Healthy Again (It's Time For Change)

    And bring Snowden back for NSA chief. I think the FBI can’t be saved. It has to be dismantled and replaced by smaller, more defined units.
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    Amcrest ip5m-1190EW: PTZ, 2 way talk audio not working

    Check whether the camera’s clock is being set by a time server. I found that if my camera clock and BI computer’s clock were not in agreement, I got a 00002edf error. Setting both devices to ntf time server solved the issue.
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    New To Forum-voltage drop question

    Yes, just takes a second, and it’s possible that even a new cable has a pair of crossed wires, or a loose wire strand backfeeding in a power connector. I bought a cheap ethernet cable tester and it has saved me a lot of time.
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    How to run cat 5e outdoor rated cable along a fence?

    I ran direct burial-rated cat6 and landscape power cable under a flower bed and through a fence that had boards on each side, so the wire was only exposed where it came out of the ground. I covered that part in conduit, drilled a hole through the stringer, then laid the cables on top of the...
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    Audio doesn't work on BI Android App

    It was just a possibility. Sorry it didn’t help. There are some other audio settings. Poke a few buttons, and if something works be sure to post the answer.
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    Audio doesn't work on BI Android App

    Upper right, three veritcal dots. Touch that and a menu will pop up. First item is UI settings.
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    Audio doesn't work on BI Android App

    Under UI settings/Video Player (Advanced) there is a setting to choose an aaudio codec. Your phone might not have the codec it’s set to.
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    New To Forum-voltage drop question

    Don’t forget to check your connections. I have had several cameras on long runs go wonky because the rj45 contacts got corroded or just dirty. It manifested like yours with gradual signal degradation, before finally failing altogether. The solution was simply to replace the rj45 terminals...
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    Everything likes chicken... even owls

    That’ll make those chickens think twice about demanding to be “free range.” Where’s my nice safe cage at?
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    POE Question

    Try powering with 12v at the camera, or a POE injector. That will quickly tell if the voltage drop is too great for the camera.
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    POE Switch Question

    I’m specifically referring to the Alcatel Lucent OS6450s I got from the county. Some of the Ciscos they were shedding did similar L3 functions. I’m still trying to figure out what they can and can’t do. I could actually buy fancier stuff from them for next to nothing, but the those machines...
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    FYI: FBI disrupts Chinese cyber operation

    “The FBI and Justice Department, which obtained a warrant to seize the botnet's infrastructure…” Am I more or less concerned knowing that the FBI now owns the botnet instead of the Chinese?
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    Two caps from last night

    Just the paperboy…
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    Smart Electrical Panels, Yes?

    “Would you be concerned about government control of your electrical panel or harvesting of data…?” Not quite on your point, but there’s an interesting project to reverse engineer smart meters, and what the guy has already discovered is unsettling, including the potential for the government or...
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    POE Switch Question

    Nothing too fancy, at least until I learn more, but to start, I want to pass time server info to devices that otherwise don’t get to see the web and letting a video stream and doorbell notifications to go to my phone from a camera that otherwise doesn’t get to leave its subnet. I like that...
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    POE Switch Question

    I started by using the switch to connect the cameras with my dual-NIC Blue Iris computer. That worked fine to give the cameras their own network away from the internet. Now I’m venturing into more sub nets for wireless light switches, a second camera network and an alarm system. So I need...
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    Camera App. question

    Yes, some cameras vary in the formula, so the poster could try some variations. A few years ago, I saw a document with the formulas different cameras use. Someone who’s interested could search for it in the discussions and probably find it quickly.
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    Camera App. question

    I found I could send VM format (Chinese board cameras from ebay) to VLC and BI via RTSP stream. rtsp:/username:password@192.168.x.x:554 /cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0&authbasic={AUTH64}
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    POE Switch Question

    Not sure about Ciscos, but the Alcatels have a good GUi, though you have to do some digging in the CLI to enable it. I’m not very smart about this stuff, but I found a bunch of good vids on YT to walk through configuration and just did what I was told.
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    POE Switch Question

    +1 on using older switches that have become obsolete for business or government. I have some Alcatel Lucent OS6450s that the county shed for $5 to $10 each. Gigabit ports with 10G uplinks, POE+, stackable so you can add them together and they function as a single switch. These are overkill...
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    blue Iris OS

    A lot of the Small Form Factor computers that people like for bare metal BI installs have built-in windows keys that self-authenticate when windows sets up. I wonder if you could load Proxmox as the OS and transfer the computer’s built-in windows key to the VM?
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    POE Switch but for wider operating temperatures? (mount in the uninsulated attic)

    Perle is a maker of industrial ethernet switches. They claim 75c as within spec. https://www.perle.com/products/switches/industrial-ethernet-switch.shtml I’d look for a cheap old server switch with a fan and put it as close to a vent as you can. Try it and see how it does, and if it fries...
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    Inflation sucks

    Wonder what happened to the one with no hands. Maybe it’s a sharia country?
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    Waterproof Junction for 4 strings of POE?

    Put some plastic or edpm shower pan around the conduit below the wires and mound the dirt to get water to move away from the wires toward the edges. Drill vent holes in the rock.
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    Western Digital Purple Drive "Preventative Wear Levelling" thumping sound

    …and then return it.
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    Puke-N-Pick

    I decided not to click the video after reading the comments. I’ve already got too many things in my brain I can’t unsee.
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    Install camera in existing light housing?

    Can’t speak to the code/danger element, but anytime a/c power is near a signal cable, there’s a danger of signal interference. They say not to run the cables next to each other and to cross at right angles if necessary.
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    LOL...Anyone still running XP?

    Will windows 10 be like that in November ‘25? One wonders if there isn’t a little department in the basement at Microsoft churning out the viruses that will force us all to abandon W10 when they decide it’s time.
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    Install camera in existing light housing?

    You might think about getting a one or two watt led bulb for the lamp and just leaving it on all night. You would be able to keep the camera in color mode, and I’ve read, at least, that lights are a deterrent.
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