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    Settings help for washed out images IPC-HDW5231R-ZE

    Recently installed another cam and finally getting some time to look at my night time images. My outdoor lighting is causing the night time forced color images to appear very washed out and not much detail can be made out on faces. Any suggestions on settings I can tweak to remedy this...
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    Vehicle Burglary Suspect

    Caught this guy on my Starlight Thursday morning. I got lucky but he ended busting out a neighbors passenger window and stealing her purse. Sheriff's deputies said they've been after the same guy for a while now. Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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    Messed up my BI screen

    So when quickly trying to get out of my clips earlier I apparently clicked a couple of options that changed my BI screen to where I can now only view my cameras. No more tool bars, options, or anything. I can't figure out how to get it back. Any suggestions? Sent from my SM-N950U using Tapatalk
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    Help with BI settings for Hikivision Cube

    I just got my Cube in and I'm trying to set it up in BI. For some reason, my video in BI is choppy when there is motion. It looks like there are blocks are lines around the object in motion. The video does not look like this on the live feed on the Hikivision page so I'm assuming I messed up...
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    Does anyone have trouble with bugs flying around camera during the Day?

    I have a total of five cams up and only have this issue with one camera. The camera over my driveway attracts bugs like crazy, particularly in the daytime! There are flies, mosquitos, bees, you name it; they all hang around this one particular cam. Anyone else has this issue and any ideas...
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    My experience with the Zmodo Ding Doorbell Cam

    I picked up this cam in a package that came with a WiFi extender and two door sensors on Black Friday for under $50. For the price, I wasn't expecting much. I got it installed yesterday and so far it's not half bad. I'm guessing the night time image quality is decent because of the IR from my...
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    Need help with zones

    So I've tried several different zone setups for zone crossing on this particular camera. For whatever reason I cannot get the camera to trigger when entering from the direction of the orange arrow. I've made sure the zone crossing settings are correct (two way from all zones) and tried several...
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    Should my switch be able to handle these cams?

    I have a Zyxel GS1900-10HP POE switch. I bought it under the impression it would be able to handle 5 Dahua HDW5231-RZ. I finally got my fifth camera hooked up and noticed one of the others went down. So I checked the log in and saw this - Port GigabitEthernet8: Power was denied because of...
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    Single Camera Won't Send Any Notifications

    I set up three of my five cameras on Thursday. All three cams are on the same profile. Two have been sending proper notifications but one of the cameras will not send any sort of notifications to me when it is triggered. I've tried push notifications to the app, text message, and email. It...
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    IR Hotspot

    Finally got a few of my cameras up. I noticed the one at my back door has a pretty intense IR hotspot. I went in to settings and attempted to manually adjust the IR without much luck in reducing it. Any other things I can try to reduce the hotspot? Camera is a HDW5231. Sent from my SM-N950U...
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    VPN Problems via ASUS Router

    I'm about at my wits end with this issue. I have setup OpenVPN on my ASUS AC68U. I can connect successfully from my phone on the cell network and am able access the router from outside my LAN and if I go to whatsmyip.org it shows my home IP address. I've checked a thousand times and all my...
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    POE Switch location advice/opinions

    This will be a fresh install at home and I'll be running all the cable myself. Looking for any advice and or opinions on a location for my switch. If it makes a difference its a managed fanless switch. Here are the places I've considered and the pros and cons I've come up with for each: Office...
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    Suddenly can't access Zyxel POE Switch

    Today I started to set up my POE switch so I can download Blue Iris and start setting cameras up. Initially I was able to log in to the switch with the provided IP address, user name, and password. I changed the password then the IP address to avoid conflict with my router. I was able to...
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