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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I have decided that this camera is just possessed. In addition to just deciding to zoom out between 7:50pm to 8pm every day, it is now constantly focusing. I can now also zoom back in after it zooms out (which I could not do before until after some time the next morning) But as you can see, it...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    The auto reboot is disabled on both cameras. the only place i see in BI that would trigger a camera reboot is in the watchdog tab and those options are not enabled either. thanks!
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    What is strange is that I can completely disable the camera in BI, go to the web interface of the camera and I cannot zoom back in until sometime the next morning, that is why i am thinking it has to be coming from the camera. The second of these cameras, I can zoom in and out from the cameras...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I've got another issue with this camera. I have two of these cameras, both setup identically and running the latest firmware. The only difference is that one of them is zoomed in. For some reason, everyday at 8pm, this thing zooms back out and the zoom controls are locked until sometime (think...
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    Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

    I switched out two of my hik camers (3mp & 4mp turret) with two of these a few days ago. Looking at the results, it has been a good move. However, I've only had one issue with it. When I had h264+ running, it would not capture the pre-trigger video - set at 3 seconds So if a car passed by, the...
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    Warehouse Camera Placement

    Yeah I'm definitely not looking forward to the switch replacements. The "black boxes" they are housed in are filthy with 10+ years of dust and dirt. While i was mounting the camera, i just set the camera down on the rafter/rails of the ceiling and the nice white camera is no longer white...
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    Warehouse Camera Placement

    Attached are what it looks like at 2.8mm and at 12mm - about 4x We have some of our hallway cameras pointed sideways so will definitely try that when we get this pointed down an aisle. Im pretty easy going so all opinions are welcome. I take everything into consideration. It would be...
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    Warehouse Camera Placement

    I spoke with management again this morning and said that eyes down "most" aisles isn't really a good guideline. I also tried to get their expectations. They essentially wanted to be able to identify an individual if they had to. They don't necessarily need to see clear facial features as...
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    Warehouse Camera Placement

    We have other cameras positioned to view general active areas. But, as it was explained to me, management also wants to see down "most" of the aisles. I bought a motorized verifocal cam and put it up in the ceiling yesterday, hoping it would cover at least two aisles From the picture, it looks...
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    BI Zoom Support for Dahua IPC-HFW2320R-ZS-IRE6

    Unfortunately, that did not correct the issue either. I have emailed support. Next question is camera placement. I'll post that in a different section. thanks.
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    BI Zoom Support for Dahua IPC-HFW2320R-ZS-IRE6

    Unfortunately, that did not work. I get the magnifying glass on the screen with the + or - and click, but no reaction. Thanks for the tip on the other thing about the colors, did not know that. We've got this huge warehouse and are putting in about 50 or so cameras. We bought this verifocal...
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    BI Zoom Support for Dahua IPC-HFW2320R-ZS-IRE6

    thanks for taking a look.
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    BI Zoom Support for Dahua IPC-HFW2320R-ZS-IRE6

    I just bought one of these http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/ipc-hfw2320r-zsvfs-ire6-1402.html This model has the motorized verifocal lens. However, I am unable to get the optical zoom to function in BI. I can only get the image to show by using main stream rtsp. The profile for...
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    Neighbors wheels stolen 2

    If you don't mind me asking, what model IR flood do you use?
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    This puts lulu5kamz's corner to shame.

    ahhhhhhhhhhhhh aaahhhhhhhhhhh
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    Looking for outfoor WiFi IP camera that doesn't phone home to China/random IPs

    I cant say 100% whether it phones home or not (dont think it does) but I setup this wireless outdoor cam for a family member maybe a month ago and I've had no issues with it so far...
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    I've got it working at full res with a constant bit rate set at 8192. anything over 8192 at full res will no longer show any video.
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    Just wanted to post an update on the hik 4mp turret cam This camera seems to have slowly begun to degrade. I could use it at full resolution on the highest settings for a week. Then it stopped showing video and I had to set the compression to "higher". Today it stopped showing video on...
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    thanks for the feedback. I agree with you. But Im still trying to get used to going from 2.8 to 4mm. I like seeing as much as possible but seeing the neighbors comings and goings, their flood light going on and off all night wasn't necessary. I think this 4mm may be a good fit for me. also...
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    Just mounted the 4mp cam. Here is a shot at full res.
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    So I got the new 4mp cam and am configuring it now. Do i want h264+?
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    Wireless Outdoor Cameras Recommendations?

    Yeah I know they're all junk from reading the reviews, but this one had less bad reviews so i thought id give it another shot before i went with the wireless bridge. i just can't go back to Foscam - even though the little voice in my head says this is no better. If this doesn't work out, i'll...
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    Wireless Outdoor Cameras Recommendations?

    I think I'll give this one a go...
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    Wireless Outdoor Cameras Recommendations?

    Im an IT tech so i understand the pitfalls of wireless. I've messed with foscams in the past. With my current camera setup, once I went hikvision, I cant look back to anything less. I've got family in another state looking to install a camera on his detached garage. I was looking for something...
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    I actually just put up another one a few weekends ago. It covers along the front of the house towards the front door. We didn't really need it but I like to keep tabs on things. If my porch light goes off, I want to know why without having to get up off the couch - I've found that normally the...
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    thank you for your comments. I'll consider bumping the quality to max on this cam - I mean, that's why you buy IP cams right, to get good quality and to have good evidence when you need it. I dont do forums that much but this looks like an interesting section to see peoples security feed...
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    WantedToBreakIn....

    Hello Everyone! This is my first post. I bought some hikvision ds-2cd3332-i cams due to reviews and price and just wanted some opinions on whether i made the right choice. Is the security video in this link look like good quality to everyone -...
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