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    Alerts/Watchdog "Request from web service" stopped working

    Sometime in the past few releases the "Request from web service" stopped working, i now get an "Error requesting page: 12007." I've been using this to transfer motion detection and Camera Loss-of-Signal information to Vera and it has been working fine for month. Today I noticed the LOS...
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    Dash Cam with GPS, Wi-Fi and automatic transfer

    Anyone know of a Dash Camera with GPS-tagged recordings and Wi-Fi that can be configured to automatically dump the recordings to storage on the home LAN/Cloud/DropBox/etc over Wi-Fi when it detects and connects to the home network?
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    BIT Installation Problem

    I'm trying to install BIT on my BI system running under Windows XP. It keeps telling me that some files are out of data and offers to update them and restart. After a restart it continues to say the same thing. BIT not functional under Windows XP?
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    BI Signal Restart

    Is there any way for BI to signal that it has restarted? Specifically I'm looking for a way using HTTP got my BI to notify my Vera that it has restarted, for example after it has updated the version.
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    Insects and Cameras

    I know this is going to sound stupid but I'm having an odd problem with some of my cameras. I find tiny insects stringing very fine threads across the face of some of my cameras, perhaps tiny spiders leaving their webs. Not only does this sometimes almost completely obscure the camera vision...
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    Problems sending SMS/MMS to AT&T phones

    I'm trying to configure BI to send MMS on certain camera alerts. 1. If i send a TEXT SMS the message goes through fairly quickly.2. If I send a MMS containing the current camera image I never get the messageIn both cases i'm using BI's default AT&T/AT&T MMS settings and my private mail serverIn...
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    Switch camera to full screen on motion detected

    I've been going through the Help for various functions but I don't see what I'm looking to do. Right now I have 12 cameras in BI all displayed on screen at the same time in individual tiles. This display currently runs through one of the inputs on the big screen monitor in the Family Room but...
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    Loss of Signal Watchdog

    I have just added two W-Fi cameras to my system and I'm making use of the Loss of Signal Watchdog to notify my VERA of the LOS and power cycle the mains supply line for the camera to force them to re-acquire the Wi-Fi. but I'd like to avoid unnecessary power cycles. Is there any way for Blue...
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    @index

    I know that there is a @index function that cycles through all the cameras. Is it possible to create other such groups, @outdoor for example that would consist of only the outdoor cameras? Thanks
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    Low Power, Battery Powered, Outdoor Wi-Fi IP Camera?

    I need to install two cameras in locations that will be extremely difficult to access with power and/or PoE. So I'm looking at the idea of battery power with a solar panel to recharge. Does anyone know of a low power Wi-Fi IP Camera (that will work with Blue Iris) suitable for this task? I've...
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    Force camera/camera group to record

    I'm looking to see if there is a way to send a command to BI that will cause "Camera A' and/or "Camera_Group_One" to start recording. I'm using Blue Iris, the Blue Iris Plug in for Vera and ImperiHome as a Control Tablet near the front door for the combination. The tablet displays the live...
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    Motion Sensing and Triggering

    I'm in the process of configuring my Blue Iris to do motion sensing in conjunction with my Vera. So far the sensing is spotty, perhaps 20 pct of cases does it trigger on motion. Does anyone have any suggestions on a strategy for configuring object size and contrast settings, approaches for...
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    Blue Iris Logging

    I'm curious if anyone has BI logging to SysLog? All of my systems (Vera, severs, routers, etc) are logged to a SysLog on my NAS but I haven't found a way to log BI activity that way. Am I missing something?
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    Schedules and Profile Management

    I have a number of Profiles defined in Blue Iris: - Normal Daytime - Exterior Cameras Enabled/Interior Cameras Disabled - Normal Night- Exterior Cameras Enabled/Interior Cameras Disabled - Alarm Armed Home - Exterior Cameras Enabled, Motion Sensing Active - Alarm Armed Away - ALL Cameras...
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    Profile Configuration Suggestions

    I'm in the process of completing my Blue Iris install. I have a total of 11 cameras, 4 interior and 7 exterior cameras. I'm looking for suggestions on configuring Profiles given that I also have VERA HA interfaced to both the Blue Iris AND my DSC alarm System. My initial thinking is profiles...
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