Search results

  1. A

    Dahua Login Bypass Tool - Chrome Extension

    I recommend pressing the Reset button, as per the manual's instructions "perform factory reset."
  2. A

    Dahua API to add groups and group permissions

    Are you trying to avoid logging into the webpage of each camera, as a user, and using the web page to configure more users and groups? (I don't know the answer to your question.) I looked briefly at the API doc and there's no way to add or delete groups.
  3. A

    Dahua Cat 5 wiring.

    Best practice would be to disconnect the RJ45 male (network cable) from the RJ45 female (camera harness) using the tab on the male RJ45 connector. This is preferable to cutting the camera harness, at least where I'm from.
  4. A

    Limitation on WDR setting

    WDR also disappears when the camera is set to 60Hz indoor/outdoor flicker prevention.
  5. A

    Dahua recommended settings and education needed

    I think Smart IR setting tells the camera to run a control loop where it adjusts the brightness of the IR emitters based on how much light is in the scene.
  6. A

    Dahua Cat 5 wiring.

    The connections on the RJ45 connectors and cabling from your network switch to your port that the camera connects to are industry standard, nothing to do with Dahua.
  7. A

    Iframe interval on Dahua cameras

    Setting i-frame rate to 1 per second is not optimal. It is inefficient and results in larger bitrate than is necessary.
  8. A

    WDR vs SSA

    I find WDR-25 to be the best general setting. SSA can look nice and show lots of brightness in the shadows, but it is almost too much. And most importantly, I end up with SSA cameras often doing a 'hunt' or fresh brightness calibration every so often, say once every 30 minutes: they go full...
  9. A

    The Importance & My Recommended Usage of I-Frame, CBR vs VBR, Shutter Speed In Your Configurations

    Not that I can prove it, but I'm pretty sure that, given a scenario of finite storage space per camera (let's say 10GB / day) of continuous recording (aka 24/7), then VBR will result in overall better footage to look back at than CBR - both during the boring times and the interesting times...
  10. A

    I've neglected my system. Should i update firmware?

    It can be entertaining to upgrade firmware every year. But usually there are no problems that need fixing, and sometimes the upgrade will modify some functionality you care about. The more advanced and special features you use (such as motion tracking, object tracking) the higher the risk a...
  11. A

    hikvision nvr with xprotect essential+ help

    Interesting point. I recall seeing times in XProtect Expert where I've added a device that exceeds the license, and it adds to the system but then doesn't go online state - it has the 'offline' state icon beside it, and with the mouseover tooltip it says something like 'license exceeded'. With...
  12. A

    hikvision nvr with xprotect essential+ help

    Yes, 1 device license per channel of the NVR. This is a relatively new policy of Xprotect, I would estimate about 2 years ago. Prior to that, devices like an NVR with multiple cameras inside would only consume one total device license.
  13. A

    What Hardware?

    A few thoughts: You didn't specify a version of XProtect, so no way to answer with specifics You didn't specify how many cameras are being watched simultaneously per computer, and what these cameras' resolution, framerate, bitrate, and encoding codec are Milestone certified partners have access...
  14. A

    hikvision nvr with xprotect essential+ help

    I'm running a Xprotect expert 2022r2 system with the Dahua X72A3A4 NVR version V4.001.0000000.15, Build Date: 2021-10-13 . Xprotect is set to connect via ONVIF Conformant Device, admin account. When I look in the NVR's config pages for users, I see an admin account in both Account and in ONVIF...
  15. A

    Any way to Add USB Ethernet NIC to Dahua NVR??

    What if you were to add a second NVR? Connect it to the same cameras in parallel (if analog camera cables). Then each NVR has its own IP, physical network connection, and credentials.
  16. A

    Any 180 cameras with IR?

    Dahua has lots of fisheyes with IR emitters.
  17. A

    Possible to set a specific "folder view" in the smartclient from a web-application?

    I could be wrong, but I think in Milestone, in order to change the camera that appears in Milestone Smart Client tile rectangle, you have to utilize the 'Smart Wall' feature. I think Smart Wall content can be manipulated by things outside of the client viewing it.
  18. A

    Interesting test of IPC-Color 4K-X

    My thoughts: At daytime, the 3.6mm has like 10% less FOV and everything in the view looks 10% bigger, but I don't really see any difference in quality/fidelity of the image. Things are bigger, tiny details are 10% more visible, but nothing more. At nighttime, the 3.6mm is making the dark areas...
  19. A

    New cameras for new building

    Fisheyes are king of the '1 camera, 1 room, see everything' solution. The biggest challenge is dewarping the view so it is easy for a human to watch the video.
  20. A

    Unable to locate model name, to find appropriate firmware update

    Does the sticker on the camera show a model number?
  21. A

    Set up hardware motion detection/recording

    Have you priced out the alternative: 24/7 (continuous) recording?
  22. A

    Worlds First Review - Dahua - IPC-Color4K-X / DH-IPC-HFW5849T1-ASE-LED - Full Color 4K Camera

    Regarding the first video: That looks good! The fidelity of the people that make up such a small percentage of the view is impressive. Regarding the second video: It only lets me view in 360p. I assume it is still 'processing'.
  23. A

    USB-C to Micro B (90 degree) cable - HELP!

    Infinite Cables has a diverse selection of cables in Canada.
  24. A

    Need Advice on Software

    Milestone XProtect line of VMS has products that meet the needs you mentioned. My impression is that Milestone software is primarily focused on being a camera VMS, with add-ons to enable other types of hardware like access control, intercoms, video analytics. It can handle any number of cameras...
  25. A

    Car chips and the lack there of....

    The optimisitic answer is simple incompetance by people in the procurement departments of various car supplier and car assembly companies and transportation industries. The pessimistic answer is as the OP mentioned: market manipulation to massively improve margins, eliminate many risks related...
  26. A

    Dahua ConfigTool - bug reports

    Old thread! The biggest change since I last posted was that it seems all the latest few years of Dahua firmware no longer allows an app like ConfigTool to activate a factory new camera. Instead a person has to go the camera's webUI and progress through the wizard. Which defeats one of the major...
  27. A

    What camera for monitoring front of server racks

    Seems like a very odd choice, I don't see any benefits and I see a lot of disadvantages, compared to just using normal techniques provided by the server hardware like iDRAC/iLO/IPMI monitoring via SNMP/email alert.
  28. A

    IPC-HDW5831R-ZE (2018) vs DH-IPC-HDW5842T-ZE-S2 (2021) - 2018 camera wins in image quality

    Sorry, my bad. I fixed the above post. It's too aggressive on the 2021 camera. There shouldn't be those bright white spots within the tree at the top of the view.
Top