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I have a 16 channel Dahua nvr with 12 cameras are all working great and I have a serial cable to my monitor to the nvr, barely any flicker. My brother has an 8 channel Dahua nvr with 5 cameras and they are all working great. However, his monitor is connected with a hdmi cable and has a...

I have finally made head way with setting up cameras at my house. However, the dalhua nvr dhi-nvr4216-16p-4ks2E won’t recognize my 4 others cameras that are coming thru the wireless bridge and won’t display them. I’m thinking it’s something simply but I’m at a loss. Any help is always...

I have a 16 channel NVR 8tb HD running 11 cameras and a wireless bridge, in the process of setting up the nvr. Cameras are 5-4mp turrets, 3-2mp turrets and 3-5mp pancake style cameras. I’ve looked all over ipcamtalk and cliff notes, getting confused with all the information and choices. Any help...

I’m looking for something to keep about 10-12 cat 6 cables from looking like a rat’s nest when coming out of the wall and going into my switch. Any ideas is much appreciated.

Hey Guys, I have a 5 port poe switch, 4 which are powered. All of my cameras work great, however we just installed the newest which is a 4mp T5442T-ZEB. I was able to initialize it with no problem, view it with no issues even mounted where it is now. The red leds work on it but I can’t get it...

hey guys, I’m back at it again. I want to place a camera on a pole and mover around to view on my laptop. I want to be able to adjust each camera this way before I permanently attach to the building. I won’t have any internet access while I’m away from the house either. Thanks for the help in...

Hey Guys, I bought and downloaded BI on my laptop-there is a reason. I don’t have a desktop for the time being and I want to be able to take my laptop to a garage about 200 ft away. I bought IPC-HDW5231R-ZE cameras and would like to hook one up temporarily to a 2x4 and have the ability to move...

I bought regular 8 prong cat 6 modular plugs and they will not fit in CAT 6 cable-550mhz STP solid, riser rated(cmr), 23 AWG. I would prefer pass through plugs.

Does anyone know if there is a video or instructions on how to use these. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, I’ve pretty much decided that I want turret cameras. I looking for 4 initially, must be dang near weather proof and be a great night camera. They will be in a very dark area. I’ve picked out 2, but think they are very similar. please let me know what you guys think and suggestions are...

Ok, so after reading through the cliff notes and posts again I terribly confused. I thought I needed a nvr: However, do I only need a Poe switch connected to a computer that runs blue iris. Thanks for any help.

Sorry if this isn’t the right place. I just bought a set of ubiquiti Nanostation loco m2. I am totally confused and need help on how can I use them for approximately 5 cameras. I have great LOS about 140 ft to an outlying building. All of this is mind blowing to say the least. Any help is...

Hey Guys, I wanting to know if this cable would be good overall. I am looking to run it in an existing house and also to a barn, about 75 ft away for 4 cameras. I am looking to do about 10-12 cameras when all is said and done.

It would be mostly be ran indoors in an existing home. However, I plan on running 2-3 cameras about 200 ft to a freestanding garage. Any recommendations are greatly appreciated.

Hey guys, thanks for the help so far. I been in contact with Andy with empire tech and plan to start my system in a couple months. In regards to Ethernet cable, are folks running cat 5 or 6 ? I want to run cat 6 but don’t know how difficult it will be in an older home. Here are some I’ve run...

i believe I want cat 6 for a new surveillance system, around 8 cameras. I do intend to run it around 200 ft or so outside. Mostly around the house but also to a stand alone garage. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Hello Guys, I am looking for a surveillance system and thanks to you all, I’m totally lost. I thought a box unit like Lorex or Swann would do. That is until I found this website, which is a plethora of information. I have read the wiki and although very very informative is so confusing. Thanks...