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    newbie: suspicious camera activity

    Hi People This calling home thing caught my eye. I have a bunch of 2 &4 Mp ONVIF generic cameras connected to BI4 which is not presently configured for web access. Its a dedicated PC so no other use than BI but it does share my network, all wire with no wifi. I am not particularly paranoid and...
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    Arduino Uno with Ethernet shield INPUT/OUTPUT to Blue Iris.

    Hello Kiwi Attached inline is a write up of how I did the project: You are right about the internal pull-ups, direct input should never be used when interfacing to the outside world. It's a cruel place out there and the Arduino will last about a day. All that wire is nothing but a big antenna...
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    Total BI newb. I know what I want, but not what 99% of this means.

    Hello 37tr I think that you are changing the cam's user and PW in BI and BI is not accepting it because it is not what is stored in the cam which is admin/admin. Try going to the camera directly, using its IP address and open it up. Put in your new/desired user and PW and save it. Then go to BI...
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    Blue Iris 4 and Night Owl DVR8

    Hello Group Same issue here with a NightOwl DVR-04 D1, except that I put a lot less time into it than Ikrout so far. Any sucess out there? Eric
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    Small Waterproof Enclosure/Junction Box - Hikvision

    Hello Munzz Attached are a couple of solutions, at least if you were in the USA. All come from the Home Depot but probably similar in the UK, DIY or some such. The tubular enclosures are short pieces of 1 1/2 inch PVC pipe and end caps. A slot is cut in the end of the pipe to allow the end cap...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Hi N They don't do much bad to Wifi since they are CW and extremely low power. As in no modulation so I don't think that the modems even see it. My big issue with beams (lotsa professional experience with them) is that for me where ever they are appropriate one end is not suitable (as in my...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Hello Filipe I have tried many of the motion sensing modules of all types that are available on ebay. Mostly bare boards for a few dollars. This one...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Hi Filipe I just call it a button or contact closure for clarity of what the physical input should look like electrically. In real life I use field disturbance sensors (a form of 5.7 Ghz doppler radar) to sense motion in various areas around my property. They are $10 ebay items and very...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Hello nayr Thank you for pointing me to Domoticz. I have been using X-10, since BSR invented it, with a dedicated controller. Since getting started with BI & IP cams I decided that a 24-7 PC wouldn't be so bad and its a good place to put HA stuff and not tie up the work stations. I checked out...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Hello Filipe The box has nothing to do with the PC parallel port and the USB port is only used to program the Arduino when the box is initially installed. There after the box monitors four relay contacts and drives two relays based on information sent from/to BI via Ethernet. Actually the...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Hello nayr Thanks for housing props. In a previous life it was a binary delay line (4 chunks of coax). Wish I had a few more. No poling used. BI talks and relays move. Contacts close and BI does something useful, like start recording. I'm looking at your project and sig. Do you do C++ and maybe...
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    IOT Interface Box, How to connect contacts to BI using an Arduino

    Attached is an article on how to connect external devices to and from Blue Iris. This project is an IOT Box. It will allow BlueIris to control things that may be connected to its relay contacts and respond to contact closures on things like motion sensors. The IOT Box communicates with BI...
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    Arduino Uno with Ethernet shield INPUT/OUTPUT to Blue Iris.

    Hello Mattias I downloaded your sketch ethernet_BlueIris_HTTP.ino and compiles and runs OK on my hardware. It works with BI in that it communicates both to and from BI. Because of shields I am using I need both the Arduino inputs and outputs inverted. Sounds simple but with my limited...
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    ARDUINO & BLUE IRIS SERIAL digital i/o DIO

    That tests out as true. Eric
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    ARDUINO & BLUE IRIS SERIAL digital i/o DIO

    Hello cds333 You get a gold star for figuring out BI Digital I/O behavior. I verified your findings using a terminal as input. Explains why some of the Arduino sketches put out a slow stream of 0 just to keep BI cleaned out. Thanks again and keep up the good work. Eric
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    ARDUINO & BLUE IRIS SERIAL digital i/o DIO

    I've put some more time into figuring out whats with the digital I/O in BI. I'm pretty sure that a bug has been introduced. Here's how it is working for me. Latest BI version, Win7, USB to serial adapters on coms 3 & 4, Stripped down BI on com3, Realterm terminal program on com4. BI...
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    ARDUINO & BLUE IRIS SERIAL digital i/o DIO

    Hello CDS333 We are in the same boat but I am making progress with BI ~ Arduino communication. Things that I have figured out: BI4 only loads its COM port when it boots. You can change it and the number shown is not relevant.............. until after BI is restarted. Knowing this saves a whole...
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    ARDUINO & BLUE IRIS SERIAL digital i/o DIO

    I have a tool that looks at all the PC ports both COM and USB and reports whether used or not and if they have ever been used. So I pick a comport like 28 that has never been claimed and set my BI eval version to that port, save it and shut down the WIN7 PC. Re boot PC, start task manager to see...
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    ARDUINO & BLUE IRIS SERIAL digital i/o DIO

    Thats a really good question. On a second PC I downloaded and installed BI, enabled my desktop web cam and checked Open DIO on COM 11 with GCE protocol. Everything else virginal. Terminal program cannot talk to or hear BI. There doesn't seem to be a way to force a connect to the BI port of...
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    BI4 Digital I/O Unresponsive

    My issue is that I cannot get BI (ver 4.2.9) to respond ( as in be Triggered) t0 digital inputs on the PC COM port. The response I am looking for is to put a red border on the target camera image. The same response you get when the 'Trigger now' box is ticked. When everything works I will use...
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    Blue Iris Serial to/from Arduino (Inputs and Outputs).

    Hello Mattias Thank you for that tidbit (http://login:pass@ip.ip.ip.ip:port/admin?camera=NAMEOFCAMERA&trigger”) but still leaves the relay side of the interface to deal with. A question: Why didn't you just emulate the sealevel 120e on the Arduino platform. Sealevel even has a test program that...
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    Blue Iris Serial to/from Arduino (Inputs and Outputs).

    Hello Mattias I built up a box with the same functionality but with a different sketch from this forum. I reloaded the box with your code (a few pin changes required) and it works as advertised. My system covers several buildings and a USB interface is a bit too limiting. Hence the Encore...
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    Mounting PTZ on a pole?

    I recommend chain link fence top rail. It is galvanized steel 1 5/8 OD 24 feet long. Nice stuff to work with and as cheap as it gets. Many fence guys deliver or you can hang it under your car (caution required) it works. Good Luck Eric
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    BI and Generic Camera compatibility

    I have four cameras three of which play fine with BI. The fourth camera is a GW-2071IP that identifies as a T38F006-ONVIF-P2P in ONVIF Device manager. Undoubtedly some sort of Chinese white box product. BI identifies the camera Make as Generic and the Model as RTSP H.264/MJPG/MPEG4. BI assigns...
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    Camera Siting Problem- I'm looking for how to deal with a bright light.

    Hello All Just to put a finish on this thread: The problem was the camera GW-2071IP not set up correctly regarding nighttime operation and BI not setup right to allow PTZ commands to work correctly (IR on/off in BI doesn't work) When you go into the camera directly using a browser IR control...
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    Camera Siting Problem- I'm looking for how to deal with a bright light.

    Thank you guys for the insight. The IR LEDs are turning ON but they make no difference. I think that the filter is not moving since I can't hear any click. I just hope that its a mechanical problem and not the drive to the filter mover motor. I'm an old hand at electronics but new to security...
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    Camera Siting Problem- I'm looking for how to deal with a bright light.

    Below is a night shot of the Acura in the driveway. Note that darn street light. The camera is a NIK GW-2071 which is as follows Description 1080P 5.0MP ONVIF Network HD IP POE dome Security Camera WITH 2.8~12mm Varifocal Len 5.0 Megapixel HD Network PoE Power Over Ethernet 1920P@10fps...
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    Camera Siting Problem- I'm looking for how to deal with a bright light.

    The picture below is from my driveway camera. At night our car is in the drive and I want to be able to watch it. Just in front of the car parked in the street is a street light that is near the center of the cameras field of view. The camera is a HIK GW-2071. The light totally washes out the...
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    Poe switch recomendation please

    One year in and still humming up in hot LA attic. http://www.ebay.com/itm/5-port-IEEE802-3af-PoE-Switch-Adapter-for-CCTV-Network-POE-IP-Cameras-System-/231816985652?hash=item35f95e7c34:g:ga4AAOSw7FRWZHnf Eric
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    Tapping into the Ethernet Cable to give Power to an IP Camera

    Hello Group Anyone considering powering their cameras over cat 5 cable should first understand how and why the 802.3af standard for POE was developed. If it is a cold start with nothing purchased so far just go with all 802.3af compliant cameras and ethernet switch. Everything will just work! If...
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