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My gut feeling says that IR is always going to produce better results. First, not every car is going to have working license plate lights. Even if the street is relatively bright, I think the lack of a license plate light will greatly hamper the ability to capture good plates with ambient...

I mean what's the point of having just one? At least with two or more, you can set up "battle bot" style competitions to see who can survive the longest!

I see this in the list of "new" forum posts. "Refreshing" the screen will reload it, but the formatting issue still remains. It only affects the first couple of posts, and it seems to go away when I select the "show more" button which shows the same screen, but with more posts listed...

Do you get the same result if you don't run BI as a service, but open up the BI app so that it is running normally?

Once again, if you can't access the BI server over the VPN connection using the exact same IP address that you access the BI server while on your local network, your VPN is not set up correctly. If there are two network segments being used on your local network and you expect your VPN to have...

Your VPN server configuration needs to have a port selected (as noted the default port for OpenVPN is 1194). When you set up the VPN configuration at the client end, you need to use this same port in the setup. (The port would already be included in a "setup" file if you export this type of...

That's swapping from a cheap piece of junk system to an overly expensive piece of junk proprietary system! :idk: You'll be poorer after buying all the equipment, but still have a pretty bad system.

Split wire loom tubing..... For example, https://www.harborfreight.com/1-4-quarter-inch-x-14-ft-protective-wire-wrap-66985.html

You can also check with your service provider (Frontier) to see if their demarcation hardware (ie the modem/router) supports a "bridge" or "pass through" connection. If they do, you can use your own firewall/router to handle all your network security including VPN. In other words, you can go...

POE for these devices isn't fool proof either since you have to use a converter (ie the device doesn't have a network plug). I've had cheap POE to 12v power adapters go bad on me too. The power was being supplied by the switch, but the adapter stopped sending the current to the emitter...

Using a DDNS service is not a security risk. This is because there is no "security through obscurity" when it comes to the internet. The idea that you can somehow "hide" your public IP address and gain some level of security this way is a lie. When "bad guys" are trying to exploit a...

Red it good in that case. Those settings are specifically for setting up remote access to the BI computer via port forwarding. This is NEVER recommended, and completely unnecessary with a VPN. Red means it isn't working which is good. You should also triple check to make sure your router...

Clearing out the "remote access" setting isn't going to change the functionality of your VPN. However if you don't need the remote access functionality (and you don't when you are using a VPN), then it's better to leave that section empty in my opinion. It's really just a extra security...

Punch down connections have one less component to fail than a network plug. They are also quicker to terminate. I don't think either of these factors matter in a residential setting, but you can see why businesses and data centers would use punch down connectors when they have hundreds or even...

Not unless you have some sort of remote connection to the local network. Can you access the local network (not specifically the camera feeds) another way?

That wire definitely says Cat5e and the listed specs match normal cat5e specs, so you should be able to use that wire for other IP cameras in the future. However it sounds like you are going to need to re-terminate all of the ends because of the "unique" wiring job that you currently have. So...

Those BI Advanced Webserver settings look fine. Obviously you are using a non-standard port for Ui3 access, but if it is working on the local network, it should work over the VPN assuming you are using the exact same local address to access it. Again, if you are using a VPN, you don't need to...

OK. So in the BI Network Settings, you should leave the the "Remote, external (WAN, internet) access" area blank. (This isn't the problem, but since you are using a VPN service, there is no need to have anything listed in this section). Also in the BI Network Settings -> Advanced section: do...

Generally speaking, you need one port on your firewall/router forwarded to the VPN service for it to work. Whether or not this is handled automatically when you set the VPN service up on the router is unknown. The default port used by OpenVPN is 1194 (UDP). So you should see some indication...

The fact that it works on your old Windows laptop, but not the Mac proves the NVR is not buffering or processing the image weirdly. Obviously there are some incompatibility issues with the MAC and the camera feeds. Now it's not uncommon for cameras to be "optimized" for Windows Internet...

Those pictures sure put my mobile phone capture to shame! :lmao:

Well there are plenty of options for both camera and NVRs. As far as smart detections, I have mine set up in the camera. Using cameras with AI built into them is certainly going to be easier than setting up AI in software. However, if the camera AI doesn't meet your satisfaction, then you can...

Well I would never suggest using a proprietary camera system - which the Unify system is. This means the Unify cameras ONLY work inside the Unify ecosystem. You cannot use them with other software. If Unify drops support for the camera system in the future (or even just stop supporting those...

Our church uses OBS to concurrently broadcast/stream to both Facebook and YouTube. I handle audio for the church, but know enough about the video system to be dangerous. Unfortunately I don't know that much about OBS, but I believe there are plenty of online resources available. I don't...

I have to agree that using voice control is a much used function of my automation system. While most of my "automation" is just that - activities designed to occur automatically based on events (scheduled or non-scheduled), it is incredibly convenient to use voice commands when needed as well...

Many times the "list" of devices that a firewall/router provides is actually a list of current DHCP issued addresses. If this is the case, any device with a static IP address won't show up in the list. Check to see if you can look at the "ARP Table". That should list all active IPv4 devices...

If you are going to a facility that has it's own network/internet, I would suggest that you use a travel router (GL.iNet has some great options) to create your own network. Basically it will act as a fully functioning router and allow you to build out your network of computers and cameras...

OK. So you have no problem viewing the cameras through the NVR system while on the local network, correct? Your problem occurs when you try to access the NVR feeds while away? If this is the case, your issue probably lies within your network's router, not the NVR. Right now I suspect that...

Even if we were, Hollywood tends to record movies at just 24 fps. Even they don't use 30 fps.

You are really better off buying a second hard drive for BI use. This is because you really need to get a "surveillance" or "server" quality HD. Most "consumer" grade HDs are not designed for the 24/7 activity that recording CCTV cameras is going to produce. They work fine while they last...