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Bad news for nature/weather hobbyists that host your backyard webcams on Weather Underground...They're doing away with their webcam hosting service. WU says goodbye to Webcams – Customer Feedback for Weather Underground Granted, those that have used the service probably learned fairly quickly...

After recently having a PTZ cam leak during a blowing rain, I'm looking for ideas on how to ensure that water doesn't break the seals on the housing, while leaving it able to freely pan and tilt. I'm thinking maybe something like mechanic's grease; Something that water would not be able to...

Would be interesting to see what kind of stats others have on their PTZ. Can copy/paste the text or post a screen shot, along with the camera model...I'll do it both ways for mine: 25x Starlight SD49225T-HN Total Working Time 133 day(s) 17 hour(s) 0 minute(s) Time In High Temp. 2 day(s) 14...

Trying to connect an unpowered mic to the PTZ and not having any luck....Connected the ground wire from the mic to the black ground wire on the PTZ....Then the Audio wire from the mic to the white "audio in" wire on the PTZ...All I hear is a loud buzzing noise. Does Dahua not handle unpowered...

Of course we've all heard about the mini-ptz's having issues with overheating and such, but haven't really seen much feedback on the Huisun/Imporx speed domes. I know a number of people chose that option along with (or instead of) the mini-ptz. Have there been any failures reported with these or...

Anyone know if the DS-2CD2035-I will be compatible with NVR model DS-7716NI-SP ? Apparently, some older NVR's are not compatible with these new 2035 cams, but I've yet to find a list of which ones. Anyone know if this is a match? Thanks!

Sorry this question is a bit "off topic" for this board, but I guess indirectly related since I'm comparing to IP cams. I've been comparing images/videos from my Hikvision 3mp and Huisun mini PTZ 2mp cams to snapshots/videos taken with my bridge camera (14mp images/1080p video) and must say...

Looking for some options to get a still JPEG (updated once every 10 minutes) on a website. Tried the FTP to let it send an image once every 10 minutes, but instead of one file name that gets overwritten, it sends a separate file name every 10 minutes....Is there a way to make it overwrite using...

I have a question regarding mixing Chinese region and western region cams & DVRs. I have an extra Chinese region DS-2CD2032F-I (sticker firmware 5.3.0, but seller downgraded it to English 5.2.5).....However, doing a telnet into the cam and looking at the MTD5 and MTD6 files shows the language...

Just curious, have any of you that have purchased a Huisun speed dome spent the extra money for the Hikvision branded module? As most are aware, I've been on the search for a ptz with slow shutter ability and despite the listings on the Huisun ptz domes saying shutter speeds down to 1 second...

Has anyone figured out where to find the text XML codes of the Huisun cams current settings? For example, Hikvision lets you use something like this: http:// login: pass @ ipaddress: port/Video/inputs/channels/1/ and it would display a page like this: <VideoInputChannel version="1.0">...

Out of these 2 options, what would you say would offer the greatest lightning/surge protection for a PTZ cam? Option 1: Getting a POE adapter, plugging it into a surge protector inside, then running one ethernet cable (POE+) outside and connecting a Ubiquiti Ethernet Surge Protector in-line...

Trying to figure out the differences between DS-2CD2032-I and DS-2CD2032F-I Obviously, the "F" version adds the sd card slot, but it also looks like they've moved the reset button to the compartment with the card. It also appears that the cable coming out of the camera looks different. Are...

Seems like it was a random issue, but last night I was using the web browser interface for one of my Hik cams. I clicked on one of the buttons to resize the video panel (right above the video panel on the "Live View" screen) and as soon as I clicked it, I got a blue screen of death. A "windows...

Probably a lost cause here, but maybe someone has a solution? Is there any permanent solution to bad white balance? Working on a setup in which there's both grass and sky in the camera view. When using auto WB, it looks fine as long as there's blue sky mixed with puffy white clouds. However, if...

Could someone explain exactly what the "Gain" setting is on the Hikvision Cams? I realize the lower the value, the darker the image, but I'm not 100% certain as to the technical method behind this darkening. Is this identical to negative exposure value compensation (-EV)?

Does anyone know for sure which brand of image sensor Hikvision uses? I've heard some say that it's Sony Exmor, while others say it's Aptina brand sensors.

Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I'm curious if there's any digital, high definition security cams on the market that use a CCD sensor? Based on the research I've done, the strongest CCD sensor I've been able to find is Sony Effio-V, which is analog and advertises up to like 800...

Probably another silly question, but is it normal in the mid latitudes to have to adjust your brightness settings down in the summer, even if there's no shade in your view at any time of the year? I got my first outdoor cam over the winter. In full sunlight (no shady areas in the yard), I would...

Probably a silly question, but wanted to confirm. I noticed many posts talking about monitoring Hikvision cameras either by a PC or by a "Hikvision NVR"....If one goes the route of an NVR, is it mandatory to use a Hikvision brand NVR or would any generic NVR work? I would assume that any...

Got an issue I'm working on and not sure if there's an easy solution for it. A location is running a cam at full resolution (3mp) for local monitoring. They're also wanting to FTP images to an FTP server. Problem is, there's severe bandwidth limitations and they need the FTP image to be no more...

Using 5.2.0 multi-language firmware.. I am trying to FTP images to an FTP server with an address like ftp.mysite.com ....Putting my ftp URL in gives an error message "wrong server address"....From a little studying, I did see where older firmware versions required using an IP address for the...

I've noticed that when I save a still image from my 2032-I cam, the brightness/contrast of the picture looks a little different than the video stream. The video seems to have much more contrast and saturation. So much so that bright areas will sometimes blow out on the video, while I can save a...

Something very strange happened. I have been using Firefox to view/control several Hikvisions. Suddenly today, I was unable to load the "Configuration" page on one of the cameras. I could view the camera's video, as well as the "playback" and "log" tabs at the top, but clicking the...

Anyone know how to correct the time issue to where midnight shows up as 00 AM instead of 12 AM ? Not really a big issue, but being that I have an obsessive compulsive disorder toward perfection, it's annoying me! lol

Sorry if this has already been covered. I've seen discussion of similar issues, but with other problems being discussed, I'm a little confused as to what to do. Just received 2 more Hik 2032's from China (stickers say firmware 5.2.8 and dated 1/2015)..I power them up (IR lights turn on) but I...

2 part question here on Hikvision 2032. 1. Anyone know of ways to get a picture logo to appear as an overlay? I've seen this done with other Hik models, but all I can find on the interface and software is text overlays. 2. Speaking of text overlays, is there any way to force the text overlay...

Hey guys! I would like to stream my Hik 2032 via "Youtube Live". The Youtube source selector does not recognize it as a webcam (like it would a USB webcam) and Youtube only seems to accept RTMP streaming files. I see no way to make Youtube "grab" the video stream from the Hik. For some devices...

Very impressed with the Hik 2032, but one of the biggest setbacks for me is no pan/tilt ability. I'm interested in adding a pan/tilt device (ie. mounting the bullet cam onto a pan/tilt device) but not sure where to start. Perhaps someone here has done this or has ideas of the best way. I would...