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Sometimes there is only one place you can put your camera and there is an obstruction in the way, producing IR light reflections at night. I had a problem with a tree trunk and figured, how about trying some flat black spray paint to absorb reflected light. Obviously you don't want to paint...

I have been procrastinating adding a camera on the other side of the property and at a pinch point gate entrance. Have been looking at camera junction boxes to mount one of the cameras to the house, but none of them have a straight conduit feedthrough. They all have a 90 degree conduit exit...

I wanted to start a thread on what I have recently done with an IP camera setup using Blue Iris, to protect my home. I have had IP cameras around the house for the last 11 years+, and using Blue Iris for 6 years. During a recent event where an intruder was breaking into the house while I was...

I have used the tried and true 12VDC 4 LED IR lights around different areas for additional IR illumination. They worked well to supplement the cameras IR lights. I have a few areas I needed supplemental illumination for existing cameras, and too far from outlets or POE cabling. I found these...

I periodically look at the BI camera status page to check triggers on cameras. This time I double clicked on the open "Status" window and it maximized. Now I cannot restore the status window to the typical 1/4 window size. There is only an "X" close button on top right. I have tried all the...

I got up this morning and reviewed my videos, thinking I would catch a rat crawling up Palm trunk, and saw a little thief breaking into my house. My phone for the push alerts was in the next room and did not hear it. I was dead tired from boating that day and fast asleep. I now will sleep...

I was in need of a close up front door cam, mounted low for facial recognition. I had a spare Dahua 5231RP-Z turret lying around and bought an Amazon cedar bird house. The bird hole opening was the exact size of the camera lens, so I just had to drill our the IR LED holes and a small mic...

I always wondered why people use the term Footage, when discussing digital video cameras in the 21st century. This term is from where plastic film was used to record frames of pictures to make a motion picture. We have graduated from this recording to magnetic tape, then to the digital age...

I was lying down last night watching TV, when the Blue Iris Alert on the phone went off, notifying me that someone was coming down the driveway. I looked up at my live monitor and thought, WTF is this? I have live monitors running UI3 throughout the house, depending on which room I am in. I...

I have had a Dahua sd59225u-hni PTZ camera for about 4 years now, w/o problems. I cleaned the lens the other day and offset the position of the PTZ. I normally cycle power to the unit to get it back in sync. This time I did a manual reboot from the camera GUI a few days later. The camera is...

It looks like this. I have a few very tall royal palms that loom over the 7KV power lines out front. Sometimes when a storm blows by the leaves hit the 7KV line. I have had people come up to the front door screaming that the tree is on fire and some people will call the fire department. The...

Caught this guy on a Dahua SD59225U-HNI PTZ this morning. At first thought it was a dog because he was so big, but I have never seen him around here, and I see everything with the cams. What do you guys think? He missed the stray cats that came through earlier.

Not much goes on around here except the possum and raccoons. Always good to see the Otter stop by.

Now this is really scary. This reverse proxy tool can circumvent your 2 factor authentication. This just happened on large scale with YouTube accounts. And I thought my online financial transactions with 2FA were safe. Have to be extra careful about phishing attacks! New tool automates...

Note that Hikvision is ~42% owned by Chinese Gov't. Wonder what is in their firmware? NSA Director Keynoting Dahua and Hikvision Sponsored Cybersecurity Conference CETC = Chinese Gov't

Not much action around here since the Coyotes moved on. The local stray cats are finally starting to earn their keep. Notice that the cat did not immediately bite the rat, because he already has rat in mouth. 2 rats in mouth when he ran off. Not a bad night for that cat. All light in scene is...

Luckily, I do not have a scheduled life, nor do I want one. I have different Profiles set for different cams and like to Manually set this profile when I wish, and Keep that Profile active until I Manually change it again (in the profile tab at top of main BI page) I have the global Schedule...

There is a lot of talk about optimizing your camera setting to get the most efficient storage capability. Not a lot of talk about setting your cameras on Constant Bit Rate (CBR) or Variable Bit Rate (VBR). I have 8 Dauha 1080 cams and a couple of old Cisco 640 cams, all set with 15 fps...

I live in a warm environment, so there are lots of spiders & webs, even on the turret cameras. I use this pool cage brush, they sell at the pool stores, with a 20' telescoping handle. You could probably even clean lenses of those high elevation cams by wrapping a terry cloth around the brush...

The local Otter ran across the drive this morning. First time to capture him on camera. Very unusual around here since I am about 1/2 mile from water.

Captured the local coyote with Dahua SD59225U. External IR lighting was also used. BTW, I live in the most densely populated county in Florida, so if they are here, they can be anywhere.

First off, I want to say what a great Forum this is for IP cams. Great info here, and a lot better than other forums I have visited. When I shut down my BI PC, running Win 10, the exact same date/time as shut down shows up the next day when I restart BI. I have time.windows.com NTP synced...

Looking to buy Dahua cameras and NVR online. What is the best site for price and warranty? I am in St Pete FL area. Thanks in advance.