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@TonyR Thanks. This is one of the areas that is a pain any time you are learning something new... terminology. I don't care what industry you are learning about, it takes time to figure out the terminology and what it means, how different vendors use it, and how vendors use similar...

Yep, my wife has taken to reviewing the previous nights activity when she gets home from work each day or first thing in the morning on the weekends. So far we have had multiple cats wandering around, 1 cat playing with a mouse, a raccoon on the deck checking out the bird seed storage...

@TonyR I purchased a smaller box of the Monoprice "Riser Rated" cable from Amazon a couple of weeks ago, and was happy with it. I was hung up on the one I linked not be "riser rated" until I found something last night that indicated that CMR was the same. I purchased 3 for my initial runs - I...

Additional question, is there any difference between the cable I linked to in the original post from trueCable and this cable from MonoPrice that I needs to be taken into consideration? Monoprice Cat5e 1000ft Blue CMR UL Bulk Cable, UTP, Solid, 24AWG, 350MHz, Pure Bare Copper, Reelex II Pull...

I think I have the locations of the cameras nailed down, so now I need to get cabling and run it. Before I purchase a bunch of unecessary or wrong stuff, I am looking to the smart folks for input.... I have the Klein Ratcheting crimp tool (VDV226-110) and the Klein Lan Scout Jr 2 cable tester...

@looktall - Thanks. For now it be will going on a shelf.

Since it going to be down in the basement in an area that we usually aren't in, I am not too worried about noise - at least until it becomes an issue :)

I replaced the Amcrest cable with a MonoPrice Cat5E Solid, and the problem seems to have resolved itself. Thanks for the help.

Sorry, I pasted the wrong link. Dell Networking X1026P Managed Switch 24 Port GbE PoE 2x Gig SFP Ports

Anyone have any knowledge or thoughts on this switch: Dell Networking X1026P Managed Switch 24 Port GbE PoE 2x Gig SFP Ports Thanks, Eric

@bp2008 - Thanks, that makes sense.

@looktall - Wouldn't a single switch be a single point of failure the same as a one switch in the connection having an issue?

@bp2008 - Thanks for all of the information! I think I found a place that I can put the switch and the BI machine that will not be where noise will be an issue, and will allow me to more easily run the cables to than my original idea, so I don't think the fans won't be a problem. I figured for...

@wittaj Thanks, I'll look at that. @looney2ns - I got the cable when I got the reolink cameras, before I found this site, and it would fit through the hole to the outside of the house where the cable came in, so I used it. It is/was always (after finding the information here) only temporary...

I went ahead and added a new user to the camera, then deleted and re-created the camera in BI. The BI Camera Settings -> Video -> Find/Inspect did not recognize the camera (it did the thing at the end of the dialog where it has various models with a "?" and then did not fill in the streams with...

@TonyR - I hadn't paid attention to the fact that it was CCA. It will be replaced as soon as my box of cable gets here. @Mike A. - I am using the camera's motion detection, and it was working great until adding the 2 additional cameras so I think the configuration/user account for ONVIF is...

I have a 4 port splitter (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0198H6EUK) that is connected to a switch (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08J88BHGK). I have 3 of the EmpireTec IPC-Color4K-T180 cameras and 1 of the EmpireTec IPC-T5442T-ZEB cameras connected to the splitter. Initially I had 1 of the EmpireTec...

I am looking at managed switches to replace my 8 port that is full, and am wondering how much difference it will actually make if I am running a 100mb switch vs a 1gb switch? Right now, I have the following... CAT 5E cabling. 4 EmpireTec IPC-Color4K-T180 cameras, 3 EmpireTec IPC-T5442T-ZEB...

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Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate it. It seems that the $35 additional for the vari-focal is worth it, just for the ability to be able to change the distance and tweak it until I get it set to the proper distance for each area. It finally hit me yesterday that zoom was for setting...

@looney2ns Thanks for the review! Eric

@EMPIRETECANDY Do we know when this will be available or what the price range is going to be? Thanks, Eric

I believe I need to add 1 or more cameras in order to detect at further distances than the IPC-PDW5849-A180-E2-ASTE is picking up. Looking at various cameras, I was thinking that a camera like the IPC-HDW5442T-ZE without the variable-focal would be worth looking at. I found the...

Thanks. I didn't even know about clones, was still trying to figure out the basic motion features and how the default camera and BI settings worked together/separately and how they differed. I didn't think you could open the firehose any more than it was, but I have now learned differently :)

From my limited understanding, of IVS & BI, there is no way to have BI trigger 2 different alerts for different zones. For example, I can't have a car coming down the road trigger an alert to play a sound, and then if the car turns into the driveway have BI alert with a different sound. Am I...

Great, now I have to figure out what time of the day I want to miss having stuff recorded. I am sure as soon as a start a compact/repair, something will occur where recording will be desired. Sorry dear, no recording of Bigfoot and the aliens because the database was being serviced, but I...

All my systems are set to restart after power outage. I learned that lesson the hard way 30+ years ago when there was a regional power event and the servers in 3 different towns that were about an hour away from the main campus (in different directions) did not come back online after power came...

@wittaj Thanks, the too many variables, lighting, etc. was what I had figured, but thought there might be a general "don't go over xx feet" rule of thumb. Your answer also reinforced my idea that maybe I was trying to "reach" too far, but I was hesitant about that thought when I saw that BI...

@wittaj is it safe to turn off the DB compact and repair or better to schedule it at a different time? Thanks, Eric

Does anyone know, or have a link, what the maximum distance to trigger motion is on the camera itself and/or BI? The cameras I am interested in finding the distance for are the IPC-Color4K-T180 and the IPC-T5442T-ZE. I originally had the cameras using the ONVIF events with the camera defaults...