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Thanks in advance. In late 2017 I installed 1 HDW5231R ZE and 2 HDW5631R-ZE at our house. Since then I have not done anything to the cameras in terms of flashing firmware etc. All of them run w/ B;ueIris on a dedicated laptop with no problems at all. My question is: After 4 years is there...

Thanks in advance. For the last few years I have been running these 2 cameras w/ Blue Iris to a lap top and it has worked out fine but .. I need longer storage retention.. I may upgrade / add a camera or 2 in the future but can not see myself having more than 4. With that in mind, can someone...

Hello and thanks. Everything is great but I still cant connect remotely outside of the app. I am using port 89 and it will work on my phone if I type in the ipadress:89 but I have not found a computer yet that I can pull the UI up on. Any thoughts? IF I have to change the port #.. what else...

Hello and thanks, Was wondering if I am doing something wrong as I have been reading about performance, etc. for different camera setups. I am using a Lenovo X1 Carbon w/ a 250gb HD running 2 Dahua Starlight cameras. When I log into the Dahua UI I see CPU at 95%, Mem at 88, Disk at 17 and FPS...

Hello and thanks, Hope fully not a dumb question but would like some feedback. Current setup: Blue Iris w/ Dedicated computer HDW 5231z - 2 MP HDW (6 mp version .. dont recall model #) 2 MP is at front door 6 MP is above garage looking back towards front yard I have these on direct 2 disk...

Hello and thanks, Anyone care to share or link what an optimal set up might look like. I have my system (5231 Starlight and a 6mp turret) up and running but have noticed a lag of 10-15 seconds on both cameras. Everything is POE to a dedicated IbmX1 Carbon laptop. the longest run is 30 feet...

Hello and thanks, I have a starlight 2MP HDW 5231and a new 6MP HDW camera setup running blue iris to a local computer. Can someone pls point me in the right direction with regards to what the audio on should be set up as when I go to the IP address of the camera and login? All I get is static...

Hi and thanks, I have a 5231ZE newly mounted above front door. If you are on the street looking at the house, it is above and in the left corner of the entrance/porch on the same wall the door is on. The porch area is covered and is approx 6 feet from front to back, and 7 feet wide... There...

Hello and thanks, Finally all set up and now testing remote views. I have 2 questions: 1. with regards to triggered alerts -- Am I correct that BI stores these in "chunks" of video? Meaning .. If I have 50 motion alerts in a day, I will end up with 1 large video file with all 50 together? I...

Got my 5231RP-ZE dialed in now with the help of the forum. It sits above my front door with a good view out to the street. I have now wired Cat6 for both corners of my house and want to put 2 more cameras at each end. The house is approx 65 long in the front and these 2 new cameras will go at...

Still playing with the setup and had a few questions: 1. Does the Blue Iris program need to be running all the time to work? (Have to have program open?) 2. I like the WDR setting in the dahua camera IP address login but do not want it set for WDR during the day.. in order to do this .. do i...

Hello and thanks, I am moving from the logitech alert POE system to a Dahua POE setup and thought I had a nice advantage for easy locations due to having the logitech cat5e cables buried in the outside walls of house during some remodeling. Logitech alert uses the "flat" cat 5e but when I...

Hello and thanks, Just recieved my HDW5231R ZE (thanks Andy!) and ready to go. Hooked it up inside to test it out etc first before installing at location and all is well. I have tried searching keywords but is there a link to the best settings through the IP address logon and with Blue Iris? (...

Hello and thanks, Long time lurker first time poster. I am looking for a POE/NVR system that will probably only have 2 cameras)... I was sold on the Reolink Dome/Bullet/NVR until I found this forum and started researching. Not looking for anything crazy, just a good /solid camera and NVR that...