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    Camera Disappeared from BI

    Had a camera (1 of 6) completely disappear from BI a day or so ago. It was like it never existed. The camera was still present in the Windows registry (HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Perspective Software\Blue Iris\Cameras\xxxxxxx). No problems accessing the missing camera via GUI. I manually...
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    NetTime Question

    A few days ago I got all our cameras to time sync to NetTime. However, I'm not clear how NetTime is supposed to work with the computer it's installed on. When I run "w32tm /query /status" at the cmd prompt it shows the Windows Time Service is still accessing time.windows.com for time syncs...
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    Hardware/Software Advice for BI

    Got our VPN online. Been testing our 5 EmpireTech cams (w/micro SD's) with BI, UI3 and Pushover with our laptop (and 16ch POE switch) for the last few weeks. Not fond of switching from Pushover to UI3 to access notification videos on our iphone, but we can live with it. Thankfully, the...
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    Help with OpenVPN Errors (using Netgear Router)

    As far as I know, we followed all the Netgear steps for installing/activating OpenVPN on our Windows laptop and Netgear AX4200 router. Turned on DDNS in the router and entered the appropriate user/password info from noip.com (successfully communicated with noip.com using the Netgear router...
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    EmpireTech Security Settings

    Could use some advice on whether to enable/non-enable the following GUI Security items on our EmpireTech cams: 1. Security->System Service->802.1x, HTTPS HTTPS was not enabled on our cams. I enabled it and started receiving the "Your connection isn't private" browser warning with "https" in...
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    POE Switch Question

    Currently using an 8 ch 10/100mbps POE switch with 2 1000mbps uplink ports. One of the two uplink ports is connected to our router. Looks like we're going to need more channels. I'm assuming the two 1000mbps uplink ports on this POE switch are paralleled? If so, can we connect the uplink...
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    No Substream

    Been experimenting with BI to get a basic feel for the app (for the time being we're using DMSS). Got our 5 cams added and are able to view vids. However, can't Access the Substream on one cam (EmpireTech 1/1.8 4mp bullet). After running Find/inspect, the Stream Profiles only show...
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    Motion Detection/SMD Questions/Issues

    Been testing/using two EmpireTech cams with the DMSS iOS app. Having different motion detection/SMD issues in each cam: 1. Originally had a 1/1.8 4mp 3.6mm bullet installed in our driveway. There was enough ambient lighting that it stayed in color mode through the night. SMD human and...
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    Newb with Questions About Reolink Cameras

    Hi! As much as I would like to venture into the Blue Iris world, I decided I'd rather keep things simple with our system. Have plans to install a 6-8 cameras, an 8ch POE switch, an iOS app, and 128/256gb micro cards. As a start, I purchased two Reolink RLC510a bullets (5mp, 80 deg FOV) and a...
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