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    blue iris - random "failed to connect"

    so noticed today 3 of my cameras at 1:17pm went black, "failed to connect" the doorbell kicked back in at 1:25pm, the other 2 are still black " failed to connect" nothing was touched in network, no power outage, no issues i tried to unplug from switch and plug back in , restart BI, when i ping...
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    Camera System - Multiple camera randomly failed to connect

    Wanted to run through this for my ref and anyone elses in future I have a system with multiple cameras, was functioning fine for long time. Now randomly at ~ 9pm (no internet down, no power down, no updates, nothing changed) 2 cameras went "no signal - failed to connect" i tried reset switch...
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    Trying to connect - Dahua Camera - To Blue Iris

    so im trying to get a dahua camera to connect to BI T2431T it appears in the config tool, i have 3 there 1 initialized at home that i brought here and hooked up to switch 1 initialized 1 uninitialized (showing same IP as one of the initialized ones) when i try to add the camera to BI it...
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    looking to change notifcation on phone while at work vs not at work

    so i have BI notifications pushing to my phone when i am not here, when i get here they continue to push, and my phone gets so far behind that at like 5pm its still sending me notifications for 1pm, then for hours its trying to play catch up i tried coping the profile and switching it but what...
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    When Camera Is In Night Vision Mode - Lots of White Things Flying Around

    not sure what it is, but there is constantly white stuff flying around bugs? dust or dirt in air ? no idea but it consistently sets off cameras, just wondering if there is a fix for this
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    Camera Went to NO SIGNAL

    Camera: 5442T so i get home and one camera shows No Signal Failed To Connect Happened mid day, no rain, nothing happened outside, config tool - not showing the ip address of camera tried restarting camera in blue iris - no change tried find/inspect - no change tried typing ip address in...
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    DAHUA dbl6 - doorbell cam issues

    sorry i made a previous thread but wrote down wrong name of camera by accident so this camera has a few issues that i cant seem to figure out... have tried few times on here but no real solution, i figured id post it up in the doorbell section in case anyone else has had issues and resolved...
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    DBL9 Doorbell Cam Issues

    so this camera has a few issues that i cant seem to figure out... have tried few times on here but no real solution, i figured id post it up in the doorbell section in case anyone else has had issues and resolved them 1. around 8pm 9pm, when it starts to get dark, the "motion light" that is...
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    Blue Iris - Motion / Trigger Issue

    6:55:11 blue iris starts putting the squares around item sending motion 6:55:28 blue iris is triggered and sends me alert (im trying to figure out a way to record it so you guys can see whats going on) its a car moving on the camera, i just dont understand why BI doesnt trigger it right away...
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    Changing Storage HardDrive *Upgrading Harddrive*

    i was looking through the forum but cant find anything to address my concern, So i thought i would follow the instructions to change the current harddrive BI recordings are to another letter, and change the new harddrive to "C", howeveri am currently putting all recordings onto "C", and it says...
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    Is it possible to run 2 blue iris servers on 1 pc ?

    looking to run 2 blue iris server (home / office) at one location (home) currently the home server is up,is there anyway to combine the cameras and view the other server from same BI program that is open ? i tried playing around with "remote server" but couldnt figure anything out there
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    Initialize New Camera

    I havent done this since i set up the system at home, unfortunately i did not write it down, i tried going through threads to see if anything is done different and im just at a loss i am trying to set u BI @ work, and want to verify complete set up at home and that i can make a camera work...
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    blue iris motion sometimes not detecting

    can someone please explain this to me so i get home ~ 1130 last night, drive onto driveway 1 camera you can see the tracking (squares) is following me as i get out of car and start walking to door, but did not throw an alert or any notification 2nd camera thats like 20ft away from car, can see...
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    problem with BI ? or 5442 cams

    so this morning i go out to drop off the kids. the doorbell camera through BI throws me an alert for coming and going my 2 cameras on driveway give no alerts at all, when i play back the camera it shows the cameras tracking me with the rectangles, i dont understand why it did not throw me the...
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    dark area hard to see motion at night

    just wondering what someone would advise when i run night vision i get shit ton of false alerts cuz it sees everything when i run no night vision i cant see much. on weekend had someone jump fence and take some crap and only got like 5 alerts for walking back and forth at least 20 times
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    All Alerts Today disappeared, also not alerting new ones

    got home, everything was working fine, i pulled in ,alerted my phone, walk by PC, had bunch of alerts from today 30 minutes ago go to backyard and notice phone not being alerted, walked over to PC and all alerts are gone from all days when i walk by you can see the motion rectangles following...
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    5442 cameras - night vision - strobing effect

    my cameras are so random, they will random strobe like the IR is getting stronger and weaker, strong and weaker, sometimes it happens on one camera, sometimes on the other, so annoying.... does anyone have this happening if so whats solution
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    blue iris missing motion

    i have the motion detecting set up (the AI does not work with BI and these cameras anymore as other people mentioned, i wasnt able to figure out how to get the AI going - 5442 cams) this morning i went outside and i have 3 cameras that would catch me, door bell camera + 2 outside cameras, i came...
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    switch recommendations

    i bought one 16 port poe switch earlier in year unmanaged netgear $240 170Wmax now need another amy recommendation
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    what is an "external alert"

    my BI has been working good one false alert in like 3 weeks recently i have been getting alerts that say "external" and when i check the clip nothing is there i know i can make this happen if i am watching the camera and press the lightning bolt.. but im not pressing anythingn
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    BI Recording/Video Storage time frame

    i have it set up as a week, but i cant seem to get more then a day backwards, am i missing something
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    Camera Mounting

    what kind of mounts are you guys using for bullet / dome cams pics would be great !
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    DB6L IP CAMERA

    is it possible to turn on the white light on 24-7? the one that turns on with motion
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    blue iris app notifications

    is it possible to set up different notification sounds for each camera on the blue iris app * (i.e. driveway camera one sound. door bell cam another sound etc)
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    blue iris - watching your cameras when off of wifi

    is there any tutorial on how to set up VPN so can watch the cameras from your phone while not on home network? trying to understand everything but the description is pretty vague for an amateur (at best) So i have cyber ghost, but lets just say i want to use the openVPN -- i download open VPN...
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    Camera IR and Building/wall issue

    I have one camera in a tight space between houses, there is no way to position it so i dont get a large amount of wall (at least 60% of image) because of that at night, the IR goes right on the wall and i cant see anything in the middle between houses. I was going to manually tape a part of the...
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    Blue Iris App - doesnt work unless on home wifi

    if i am on home wifi BI works good as soon as i step outside of house and i am on LTE off of wifi it will no longer connected to BI
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    few BI questions

    1. to limit processing speed on PC, is there anyway to view the cameras (when your viewing the window with all of them at once) in shitty quality, and only to view the best quality when you double click it to check it ? 2. how do you push the motion alerts to your phone - right now i just set...
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    DB6L - how to connect to blue iris

    i am able to see it in the ipconfig tool, but not sure how to set this up so it works on blue iris
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    DB6L ISSUES - PLAYBACK // LENS CLARITY @ NIGHT

    I installed an DB6L DOORBELL CAMERA camera works great but 2 issues 1. i put sd card in it to do playback when I press playback I get "connection failed -- Doorbell " see pics 2. i lose like 40% of visibility at night. looks almost like reflection from lens see pics THANK YOU