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    Hacked? My cameras had access to the internet

    Here are the two ip addresses that my cameras contacted and were trying to connect to my router afterwards: 3.236.167.184 (This one is associated with Amazon Web Services) trying to connect from port 443 to port 39359. 208.67.75.242 (This one is associated with be OpenDNS) trying to connect on...
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    Hacked? My cameras had access to the internet

    While doing some maintenance on my network, I had forgotten to disconnect my cameras from the switch and, as a result, my ip cameras had access to the internet for about 30 minutes. When I checked the firewall logs after discovering this error, I could see that the private ip addresses...
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    @wittaj Do you increase your bit rate for camera's with higher megapixel counts? How many megapixels do you have in mind for your starting point?
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    Also, does anyone adjust their cameras' settings from the command line using curl to execute functions on the cameras' api? I have a luminescence sensor on the front and rear of my house and think I could adjust the shutter speed, etc., based on the what the sensor shows. That way, I can adjust...
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    Thank you @wittaj for the detailed instruction on how to adjust the shutter speed, etc. Just so I understand, on ip cameras the effect of shutter speed is independent of fps? In other words, once I calibrate the shutter speed, gain, brightness, and contrast, the quality of the images in the...
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    @wittaj and @bigredfish What shutter speeds do you recommend for day time and night time? Also, will higher shutter speeds have any negative impact on the cameras themselves?
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    I found this table from Hikvision on their recommended bit rate based on resolution and fps (Hikvision pdf). There are separate tables for H.264 and H.265. For smoother video, I think you want to stay above 20 fps, preferably 25 fps (the standard for TV in Europe and Asia) or even 30 fps (the...
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- Unfortunately your code didn't work for me. It just ran and ran and nothing. Oh well.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- I am sorry for accusing you of being a hacker. I misread the ip address in the code. I feel very embarrassed and hope you will accept my apology.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Sorry. I misread the ip address. I will apologize to @trempa92.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- I think this code is bullshit. It's broadcasting out info 239.255.255.250. You're some hacker.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 I have python3-prettytable installed in my ubuntu server now. I'm running the script now using python3. How long will this take? Also I don't see anything at the bash prompt.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Okay. I got it installed, but I think my python command is python3. and so pip is pip3.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Is it just "prettytable" now?
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Weird. I am getting an error message when I try to install the package "E: Unable to locate package python-prettytable"
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Thank you @trempa92 . I'll give it a try right now on my test rig that runs Ubuntu.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- Thanks! This looks very promising. How do I adjust the code below that I grabbed from the post you pointed me to if I know the camera's ip address and just want to probe that? import socket import select def send_udp_broadcast(packet, port, broadcast_ip, local_ip): # Create a...
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @SavaricTheSpear Thank you. I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting. I'm much more of a newbie at this. I ran curl --digest -v "http://username:password@192.168.20.100/ISAPI/System/deviceInfo" And it spit out: * processing...
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    HTTP commands for Hikvision

    @sweet1 Can you please share the xml files that you use? I am having trouble getting this to work.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    I am trying to determine the capabilities of my Anpviz camera which I believe is just a Hikvision clone. So it should have the ISAPI built into it. Hikvision's documentation on the ISAPI indicates that /ISAPI/System/deviceInfo should give me details about my camera. I have a headless server...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    I spent most of the evening trying to calibrate the camera to capture license plates. Here's a clip at 1/2500 shutter speed and sharpness at 1. I did not change sharpness CNT, gamma, or illuminator strength. I think I need to adjust those and also improve the focus.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @samplenhold That's my project for this evening. Stay tuned.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    Success! @weigle2 had a very informative post on another thread. Essentially, I changed "installed mode" to "inverted" under "General -> System" settings tab. This camera is so awesome.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @wittaj In the GUI, there is "View Angle Mode" and it is set to "Auto" and there are no other options in the drop down list. I believe I can override this using the Dahua http api to change the "FlipMode" from "Auto" to something else. The problem is I don't know what that should be. I've tried...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    There is a "View Angle Mode" in the Conditions -> Picture settings section. But there is only one option "Auto". I don't see anything like "Flip" any where. But I will keep looking.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    A big thank you to everyone who's offered advice on getting my Dahua PTZ1A225-HNR-XA camera from Andy to capture license plates. If you've been following this thread, you know that there was drive-by shooting in front of my house and that I installed this camera to capture license plates. The...
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    Help! Contractor broke my PTZ camera!

    Good news! The T568B pinout worked. For the benefit of anyone else who might be dealing with a similar issue in the future. I put a male RJ45 connector on the cable. Originally there was a female connector (which is what the contractor broke). I've order the waterproof male-to-male coupler...
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    Help! Contractor broke my PTZ camera!

    I cut open the broken RJ45 to look at the wiring scheme. It is pretty clear that the white/orange and orange go pins 1 and 2 indicating that the camera's layout is T568B. So I'm going to put a male connector on the remaining cable and see if I can get the camera working from the POE+ switch.
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    Help! Contractor broke my PTZ camera!

    I'm seeing conflicting info on which pinout to use on the Dahua camera. Does anyone know which is correct? Given my camera's wires, I think it must be T568A or T568B. But I also read that 802.3at cameras have to be compatible with both POE+ mode A and mode B so that it might not matter.
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    Help! Contractor broke my PTZ camera!

    My camera has the standard eight cat5/6 wires--see photo below. Am I correct in understanding that I need to use the T568A layout because this is a Dahua camera?
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