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Thank you that worked. Having BI since ~2014 this was the first hiccup so I was not sure what deactivating would do (mess up any settings, etc). seemed rather easy, and now I am back up and working (though I had to put in the product key again but no big deal).

I tried with ALU and didnt find anything but I did reference there was an 11 page thread and was this associated with that issue as well….

so if I go to re-add my most recent product key it says you have already entered it. When it comes to my overall license, I see the right one listed, but I do not see how to re-enter it short of clicking "deactivate" and then I guess following steps to reactivate it. Is that what you did to...

So out of the blue today I see (pun kinda intended) I see “ALU” in blue across 9 of my 12 cameras. Odd. I look and I am on 5.6.x.x and there are newer versions, but my subscription lapsed in Oct ‘22. Things work fine, no new features have appealed to me, so I didn’t renew. After rebooting BI...

no fix. And I am using Cisco SG switches. I’ve moved between switches and same outcome. These are direct runs and no patch panels.

Well I had the issue again, and I could not log into the UI with the URL on my LAN. I've tested the cable with 2 different testers, both pass on each test. I am at a loss, so I rewired how I have things powered. I isolated this camera on its own PoE Injector, and I have that plugged into a...

Thanks, my date/time format was similar but using a different NTP Server so I changed it to the one shown in the image on that link and I also set up an auto reboot for 1x a week.

Hmm, great question. I've done many things to trouble shoot but I forget if I tried to log into the UI or just took the message at face value Did you have any resolution to your situation?

Not directly - only via Blue Iris Hmm good point. but agree, doesn't solve the root issue.

Hello I have a 5MP Amcrest Turret I got from Amazon in May. I notice that every ~7-10 days it is offline and I need to reboot it and it works. I've tested the Ethernet cable and its fine. I have literally 12 other cameras on my network (other brands) and zero issues. I have tried two...

We have iOS and don't see Tasker and agree $5/month would be excessive My wife knows how to turn on a VPN on a desktop (uses it for work daily) its just a matter of remembering to do it on iOS for Blue Iris That said I just said iOS had this "feature" - maybe I'll play later to see if it works...

Thanks all - I have my VPN set up via my Mikrotik router. The trick will be for me to teach my wife to turn on the VPN first then open the Blue Iris app vs just opening up the Blue Iris app.

I am using BI remotely via their encryption at or at least I assumed (maybe incorrectly) that there was some level of encryption/security on the end of BI. I do have a VPN that I use for other tasks, I guess I could not let BI speak to the outside world and just turn on my VPN then open the BI app.

Yep got me to 2.8 - thanks!

I am on 2.622 with a IPC-HDW5631R-ZE - are there other firmwares I need to load in succession or just the latest one in the first post of this thread is fine?

Thanks all - I have UPnP off, Port Forwarding off and I don't use a VPN but as mentioned I use Blue Iris. I'll update the firmware from Andy as listed above too just to be safe.

Yes all devices 10.x.x.x scheme and cameras go through the my PoE switch which is plugged into my Mikrotik router. I can look at those settings (its like a foreign language) to see if I can do some sort of prevention from accessing the internet.

no - my internal LAN scheme is 10.xx.x.xx and Blue Iris and my Cameras are both on that IP scheme.

Thanks - I don't port forward if that is what you mean. I use Blue Iris to view the cameras. UPnP is off. I don't see a P2P option. Anything else I should look at?

Quick question - back in 2018 I purchased a few Dahua cameras from Empire Andy based on this forum's help. I noticed one of the cameras falls into this latest security bulletin. When I click into the camera and go to update the firmware via a manual check it says it has the latest firmware...

sorry in advance - did not read all 19 pages. I did try and search - found others with similar issues but responses were a bit too technical for me. Started to finally migrate BI 4 to BI 5. Got past the Visual Studio issue and installed those files. now AVG is telling me BI 5 has malware...

done - thanks for the heads up

Thanks for the help! I may even bump up the 2 MP to 4 MP on some of the more important cameras and see if I can keep the CPU load under ~40-50% Just saved me $500 so I appreciate it - thanks!

Thanks - I posted on the C4forums.com to see if anyone else moved to BI 5 and with the C4 driver have had any issues. Good to see that migration guide so when I can confirm no c4 issues I’ll make the move

Thanks - so yeah I was not doing direct to disc recording on 10 of the 12 cameras - oops. I am down to about 25-30% CPU usage. I assume that is a fair load and should be fine going forward? I made sure all cameras were only sending 15 FPS and BI is configured for each camera at 15 FPS. All...

To reply to my own thread - I currently have a core i7-4770 which based Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris isn’t too bad for performance. I also have 8 GB of RAM. But every time I open up that PC its at 85%+ of CPU usage. Most cameras I have down to 10-12 fps and most are at 2 megapixel not even...

I saw some older threads but they were from 2015/2016 Currently on BI v4. Before I upgrade to v5 I want to move to a new PC. Originally I was using BI for only 3-4 cameras, it is now up to 12 and it’s 4-5 year old PC and its suffering performance wise. I see some deals on i7-8700 HP’s with 8...

Gear involved - Dahua Turret - IPC-HDW5631R-ZE Texas WiFi Midspan Injector Cisco SG220 Switch (non PoE) Cisco SG300 Switch (PoE) IP camera that is showing some odd behavior. I used 2 different network testers to test the line and it came back good (My electrician tested it when he ran the...

Thanks I saw that unit/review and Andy showed me that model too. But I am thinking for my use the recessed ones are fine. As I talk through it I can guarantee a light will always be on in that room when the camera has to record. I may look at one of those mini PTZ for outside under an...

Thanks! I think I am leaning anyways towards my original recessed cameras, even without the IR. They are going in 2 interior rooms in my house and we only want to record when the alarm is going off (think its too creepy to record inside the house 24x7). Blue Iris talks to my automation system...