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    Outdoor wire recommendations for POE camera mount on remote part of house? Dumb idea?

    Hi guys -- I'd like to improve coverage in a remote part of my back yard, and unfortunately, mounting a camera to view it seems like quite a chore. I've got a corner of the house where I can mount a camera, which faces the part of the back yard in question, but the corner is far away from any...
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    Blue Iris computer poof in the middle of the night - any ideas what happened?

    Woke up this morning, Blue Iris machine totally unresponsive, monitor powered off, had to do a forced reboot, can't figure out what happened. All my footage just ceased to record at 12:18am last night. Nothing in the Blue Iris log tab about it, in fact, it seemed to have cleared itself when I...
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    Best way to plug 5/8 inch holes from pre-terminated cat5 cable runs?

    Hi guys -- trying to clean up my installation here and there, and I have 5/8 inch holes from running pre-terminated cat5 cables. There's obviously relatively large gaps remaining after running the terminals through the holes, so I'm wondering what's the best way to temporarily or...
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    Blue Iris CPU options - Dell Optiplex i5-6600 or i7-7700 or i5-8500? Recommendations?

    Hi guys -- I'm revamping my setup, and I own three old little Dell Optiplex machines I can use. Which one should I use for Blue Iris? I'm planning on reformatting all of them, so now is the time to pick which one does what, and then I'll stick with this for a few years. (Blue Iris was...
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    Possible dumb question about using Axis V-rated indoor cameras outdoors?

    Maybe a dumb question, but I was thinking of installing one of my V-rated Axis indoor cameras outside. I know it's not "VE" rated and so it's not weather proof or as beefy as the "E" cameras, but it still seems pretty tough, and if I choose a spot under a covered porch area where rain will never...
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    Is it safe to keep using old Axis cameras even though support and updates have expired?

    Hi guys - I bought some old Axis cameras (don't have model handy, but I believe part of the M30 series) and when I checked the Axis website, I discovered the hardware is discontinued and support expires pretty soon too. So I won't be getting any security updates for the firmware soon. I was...
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    New user trying to figure out an affordable POE-based Blue Iris system that doesn't use companies like Dahua, Hikvision or Reolink

    Hi guys -- totally new here (although I've been reading/learning for a while) and also totally new to POE cameras in general, and I currently have a lousy Wifi Nest system which I want to trash as I move over to a home-based Blue Iris machine running on a decent little core i5 computer (I've...
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