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    Mailbox alarm

    We periodically discuss ways to trigger an alert when a mailbox is opened. I saw this about a LoRa PIR sensor that sits inside the box and sends a signal when the door opens...
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    Lessons learned setting Up IVS (June 2023)

    I've been slowly building my security system. I started by sorting out the camera coverage, and recently, I have been getting Blue Iris going, mostly to my satisfaction. Initially, I set up motion detection with zone crossings in Blue Iris, and it worked well during the day, but at night, the...
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    Thermal cam to avoid light triggers?

    I'm thinking about getting a thermal camera. My house has a short driveway, so at night, light from passing headlights is read as motion. At certain times of day, the shadows of people walking on the sidewalk fall into my zones and set off triggers. I could adjust the zones in my schedule...
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    Dahua reset experience.

    I bricked a new Dahua IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 trying to do a firmware update. The camera was visible on the router from my browser, but the login page was first garbled and then non-responsive. Here's what I learned getting it back online: 1. Don't update firmware if you don't need to. 2. Use at...
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    Vto doesn't show in dmss live.

    I'm slowly building up my system. Right now I have a vto2202f at the gate, and a 2 channel "boobie" camera, also Dahua. They both show up in DMSS, but only the two camera channels appear in the live multiview. Anyone know why, or what I could do to add the VTO video to the live view?
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