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I know this is a bit abnormal but i have a location that i could really use a 50-100mm focal length. I would prefer turret style camera but by the design of them i doubt they could handle anything over 12mm really. Does anyone have any suggestions because either my searching is horrible these...

OK this is a bit of a strange one but i have a2cd3345 and the cable on it now idea how is bad. I finally figured out what was going on with the cam by moving the wires around one day and it booted up then when the wires moved again it shut back down. I tore it apart and it does not look...

I searched and could not find an answer to this. Anyway for both Hik and Dahua NVR's with POE ports let's say a camera is plugged into the POE port and instead of using the NVR app on my phone i want to use onvifer I can not connect. I understand it is separating the networks but is there a...

OK have a bit of a strange situation and I have it mostly diagnosed. I have one camera that drops every couple of days. It is located outside and I have both the circular cable protector thing installed on it and also it is inside a housing. When it drops I have tried unplugging it from the...

OK i have 2 issues with blue iris(release 4.5.5.0 x64 on windows 10) right now the first is about every 3 to 5 the webserver completely stops responding. I have to go to the webserver tab disable it, reboot the machine, re-enable it reboot the machine. This is the only way i've been able to...

I have a bit of a strange situation that I am in need of a temp sensor to display on a camera in a particular area. I know this can be done with multiple pieces of hardware but was curious if Hik or any other brands actually had something built in to display temperature in the room it is in...

OK I've searched and could not find what I was looking for sorry if it is stickied somewhere. Anyway I remember people always telling me when getting an NVR always get an authentic US version and it is OK to get the chinese converted cams. However I do not remember why and was curious if...

a buddy has a building that only has electrical in it on his property. we were looking at throwing a hik with an sd card in it. will they work ok as a standalone recorder with the sd as long as i set the IP to a static IP or will it not work correctly? thanks

OK looking to put a few cameras at my parents house and they want them under the eve. However here is the catch they have vinyl siding and they asked/want anything mounted to not screw through the vinyl. Now I know on vertical surfaces you can get nice hooks that can latch onto the vinyl...

OK a client is dumping a truckload literally of 24 port cisco 3750's with 2 gigabit uplinks 24 poe 100mb connections and it got me thinking wouldn't these be ideal for a lot of situations? granted you will probably get a used one but these things are tanks and considering they are managed and...

OK so I want to put a ptz in my back yard it has a lake and a wooded area. anyway it is less about security and more about watching specific areas wildlife. I have 2 deer bedding down close by, an eagle that loves to sit in a tree and fish and a few other things going on. Anyway I would love...

I searched and am sorry if i missed the answer but hopefully this is an easy one. lets say I want to have a tv displaying the cams(or a subset) from a hik nvr that is either to far for an hdmi cable or at another location what is the best way to do this? tv with android stick and the hik app...

when trying to figure out what I want to capture at locations a good field of view calculator would come in handy, has anyone found a good one for either IOS or android? Also I ran across this online one which is simple and seems to work perfectly...

I've been looking around and can not find an answer just trying to do some math for focal lengths etc.... anyway can anyone help out with the sensor size on the 4mp hik cameras specifically the 2cd3345 and the 2cd3145 thanks

Please correct any of the following and any additional info would be appreciated. I am going to be ordering cameras from ae but the NVR from the US. the nvr I am looking at is this one http://www.adorama.com/HV7716NISP16.html?gclid=CMe06pK5rswCFQiqaQodbZQJlg I am looking at the multilanguage...

OK I've looked around and all i can find is this one video on youtube which really is not the best, ok but not great. Anyone have any other links or sample video they could share. thanks

OK I'll start off by saying I've done quite a few 16 or less camera systems (normally grandstream) on blue iris and honestly it is pretty straight forward. However recently a friend came to me because the local guys are seriously trying to screw him over for cameras at his bar quoting $25k...

ok so between 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 which is the best/most stable to go with for a new BI machine? thanks

I am having a strange problem of digital trails on initial motion detection and was curious if anyone else has experienced this. the system is a dell 8700 i5 2300 16gb ram 4GB seagate video surveillance drive any suggestions on eliminating these trails?