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    Cable questions

    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...
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    Splitter, cable or other issue?

    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...
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    Network speed 100mb vs 1GB

    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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    IPC-HDW5442T-ZE vs IPC-HDW5442TM-ASE

    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...
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    Motion Detection and Distance

    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...
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    Broken camera or some setting?

    In the last few days, I have started seeing my VT02311R-WP camera do something funky in the evenings just before it goes into night mode. Parts of the image go into "flourescent" mode for lack of a better term. Now today, it is doing it during the day. It is not all the time, but quite often...
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    Another UI question

    I have turned off hardware encoding on BI settings and for all cameras, but I am still seeing "CPU xx% GPU xx% RAM xxx.xM" in the status bar area. I BI using the GPU for other work, or am I missing something in my settings? Thanks, Eric
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    Camera window Alert icon

    I am getting the Yellow-Triangle-Warning icon on the A180 camera all the time, and on the 5442 camera often. The help states "The FPS or keyframe rate is too low, or there is a publishing error". For the A180 camera: In BI, on Video tab I have the Max. rate. set to "666667 [15.00 fps]"...
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    New way to get buy-in on EmpireTech cameras

    This just came up in an advertisement feed.... Canon CR-N500 Pro PTZ Camera BK 15x Optical Zoom lens, 1” 4K 30p Dual Pixel AF Sensor, 3G-SDI, HDMI, IP Video Out, NDI|HX2, SRT- Church, Live Events, Streaming Conference, Classroom, Esports, Vlogging If anyone needs to justify purchasing a camera...
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    BI Triggers (Motion) vs ONVIF triggers

    I am getting ready to start tuning the Motion Detection in BlueIris and/or the cameras rather than just using the cameras default motion detection. The cameras are an EmpireTech IPC-HDW5442-T-ZE and a EmpireTech DH-IPC-PDW5849-A180-E2-ASTE. What I am looking to do right now, is set an alert...
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    PoE Managed Switch

    Does anyone have any experience or knowledge of this switch? Dell Networking X1018P E11W 16Port Gigabit PoE 2x SFP Port Smart Managed Switch It seems to have what I am looking for (gigabit, DHCP with Reservations/Static Address Assignment, MAC filtering, and 16 PoE ports) but want to make sure...
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    Web access to DH-IPC-PDW5849-A180-E2-ASTE and WebPlugin

    I am connecting to the EmpireTech 180 camera (DH-IPC-PDW5849-A180-E2-ASTE) via a browser and along the bottom of the screen is the message: To use this function, please download and install the plug-in. Click here to download. When I attempt to download the Webplugin.exe from the link MS Edge...
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    2 questions about configuring the VT02311R-WP

    I have 2 questions regarding the configuration of the VT02311R-WP... 1. How do you turn off the camera name "overlay" in the camera, not in BI. It shows up on the BI video stream and the video stream when I am in the camera's Audio/Video section, but I can't find anywhere to turn it off. 2...
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    SD card needed with BI ?

    Looking for opinions here... Is there truly a need for having an SD card when using the camera with BI? The only reason I can think of is in case BI somehow doesn't record and the camera does, but that doesn't seem likely. If I am missing something, please let me know. Thanks, Eric
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    Dahau VTO2311R-WP and ONVIF events

    Does anyone have the Dahau VTO2311R-WP working with ONVIF events? I 1st tried adding it to BI using "add camera" with the settings from @wittaj 's post here. BI Motion detection works but no ONVIF events. I thin tried did a "copy camera" from my 5442 that is working with ONVIF events, and then...
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    Hard disk monitoring

    For anyone worried about the heat of their hardware, or hard disk monitoring in general, this is a good program, and is free today... the normal pricing is very reasonable Hard Disk Sentinel Standard Edition Eric
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    New BI machine

    Anyone see any issues with this one? Dell OptiPlex 7060~ I7-8700~ 256 GB M.2~ 16 GB RAM~ Win 10 Pro~ WiFi-A Condition Thanks, Eric
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    Another "Clip" oddity

    Had another "clip" oddity today... I was reviewing clips this evening to see if any triggered the camera while I was away from the house for a couple of hours. Before I left, at 3:04pm BI was triggered by a camera event (car driving down the road, this is correct). Looking at the clips there...
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    LAN Remote control software recommendation

    I am looking for recommendations for remote control of the BI machine from another machine on my internal network. I am not worried about Internet access, just tired of running from machine to machine since I don't have Internet access on the BI machine. I was using MS RDP, but on Windows 10...
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    Alerts/Triggers - Best Practices questions

    Looking at the Dahau camera settings there seems to be a lot more granularity (for lack of a better word) to the settings than are in BI. And I have seen a couple of posts where someone has said that a lot of folks are using the cameras AI functions rather than DS or CP UI in BI. Also I have...
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    Camera configuration settings - where to set them

    Am I correct in what I think I have figured out with camera settings... specifically that I cannot use BI to modify the camera settings, but rather, I have to use the Web Interface or Dahau software to modify them? If I am correct, is the UI that is accessible when accessing the camera via...
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    Hard disk configuration settings

    I have set my Blue Iris machine up according to these posts: @SouthernYankee's Standard Allocation Post @SouthernYankee's post in the thread Blue Iris settings issue Like this - (where D: is dedicated to Blue Iris): c:\BlueIris\db D:\BlueIris\New D:\BlueIris\Stored D:\BlueIris\Alerts In my...
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    EmpireTech VT02311R-WP Doorbell

    Does anyone have any experience with the EmpireTech VTO2311R-WP Doorbell camera? I had the Amcrest AD410, but gave up on it due to a few issues. I like the doorbell cameras because of the view it gives of a person coming up to the door, and my wife like it because she doesn't think it is...
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    BI Events triggering, but some video missing

    I keep seeing a similar pattern happening with BI and recorded clips. I think I know what the cause is, but want to get verification or know if it something I have not thought of. In "Live" view I see everything that is happening, but the clips are missing information. I have had this happen...
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    Network IP camera configuration - Make/Model settings for EmpireTech IPC-T5442T-ZE/Dahau IPC-HDW5442T-ZE

    I have the EmpireTech IPC-T5442T-ZE which is the same as the Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE. I am wondering what Make and Model I should use since I couldn't find an entry for EmpireTech in the Make dropdown, and when choosing Dahau as the Make, was not one of the models listed in the Model dropdown. I...
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    Blue Iris triggers when running as a service

    This may be in the BI manual, but I haven't gotten that far into the manual yet, and it is frustrating me so I thought I would just ask... I have now successfully gotten BI setup and running with 2 cameras. I defined Triggers for Motion on each camera (Camera Settings -> Triggers), set to...
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    Blue Iris hardware setup resources & Thank you

    I just wanted to drop a quick note saying thank you to everyone who helped me out getting the Blue Iris computer up and running. Also thought it might be beneficial to have the resources I used in one place for easier future reference. I wound up using an old machine that was in the closet...
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    Generic type question

    I have my Amcrest AD410 doorbell mounted to the wall, powered for now by a USB adapter, not hooked up to the indoor chime (can't get the doorbell wiring and the AD410 to work together). I have the Blue Iris running on a few years old Surface Pro test computer. All is working right now. I have...
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    Another hardware question

    I know this has been asked in the past (many times) and apologize for asking again, but I want to make sure that I get this right the 1st time and not make a dumb mistake that will cause me to start over partway down the road. I am researching hardware for the Blue Iris computer that will run...
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    AD410 Chime Questions

    I just got the Amcrest AD410 Wi-Fi Video Doorbell. 1. Reading the installation instructions, it shows hooking the chime kit to the 2 wires in the existing chime. The problem is that my existing chime has 2 red wires, each on a different terminal, and 2 white wires (see attached pic), so how...
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