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  1. John Joseph

    Help with network setup

    Hi, this probably something really simple I’m missing …. so I have the following hardware (UK) Virgin Media Hub Zyxel GS-1920-24v2 managed switch Zyxel GS1008HP PoE switch HP elite desk PC (2 network cards) and the wiring is as follows: ROUTER -> managed switch Managed switch -> PC...
  2. John Joseph

    PC Upgrade needed? & Rack mount questions

    Hi, I am currently running BI 5 off the following; HP Elitedesk 800 G2 SFF I5-6500 @ 3.20Ghz 4 Core 4GB DDR4 RAM 2133MHz OS HDD - Western Digital 500GB (WD5000AZLX-60K2TA0) Cam recordings HDD - Seagate Skyhawk I have 2 cams running currently (Starlight Varifocal Turret IPC-HDW5231R-ZE @...
  3. John Joseph

    PC-HDW5231R-ZE + PFB203W For Sale (NEW)

    Hi, I have the above camera for sale - bought from EMPIRETECH ANDY from these forums. It has not even been opened from the DHL parcel it arrived in -due to a change of building work it is now no longer required. I have the wall mount bracket for it also. Please let me know if you are...
  4. John Joseph

    PoE injector + PLA

    Will it work to connect a PoE injector to a PLA? So .. camera -> PoE injector -> PLA ? Presumably I’d need at least a 2 port injector. A switch could also do it but I’d never run another camera at this location and I have a switch at the router already.
  5. John Joseph

    PoE from switch through wall socket

    sorry if this is a dumb question .. Does PoE carry through walk sockets ? So a cable connected from the PoE switch into a wall socket, and a cable from the camera terminated in the back of that wall socket .. I am guessing this don’t work but thought I’d check ?
  6. John Joseph

    Terminating incoming cat cable - socket or crimp ?

    Hi, So I will have an incoming cat cable from a camera mounted outside, coming into the wall at the height the camera will be at (about 6.5/7 feet) What’s the tidiest way of handling this cable internally ? Come into a blanking plate, out into trunking on the bottom of the plate, and down into...
  7. John Joseph

    Ivybridge, Haswell, Skylake

    So I’ve spent the last few days monitoring various outlets for prices for the following models: I5-3570 I5-4570 I5-4590 I5-6500 From what I can tell in research (yes I have read the blue iris hardware wiki) there are only 2 reasons why you’d choose Skylake over the others - h265 native...
  8. John Joseph

    Dedicated Blue Iris PC - External HDD via USB 3

    Hi, quick question - is it suitable to have a dedicated PC with an internal SSD drive for Windows, with a Western Digital Purple for the recording connected externally via USB 3 (assuming there's no room internally for it) ? Thanks :)
  9. John Joseph

    Advice for outdoor camera (PoE)

    Hi, I'd like to get at least one camera put up at the back of my house, where I have been broken into a number of years back and had another attempted break in this week. Ideally, I had something like the following in mind; Preferably PoE (the router sits on the other side of the wall where...
  10. John Joseph

    Advice for outdoor camera (PoE)

    Hi, I'd like to get at least one camera put up at the back of my house, where I have been broken into a number of years back and had another attempted break in this week. Ideally, I had something like the following in mind; Preferably PoE (the router sits on the other side of the wall where...
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