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I was wondering if anyone use LPR cameras or even AI to detect presence of their car to open their gate. AI prob would be too generic , put an LPR camera at the wall near the gate to identify certain trusted cars such as the postman , family members cars would be useful.

Hi , I was looking to run cables for around 5-8 outdoor POE cameras. I was wondering how to create an entry point through block wall, one cable would be simple where drill hole and fill it , but don't want to be going back drilling further holes in wall when I know I may add further cat6 cables...

I was wondering is anyone using this camera with tinycam and does pan and tilt work. I don't see it as an option in tinycam.

Was wondering does anyone know if this works on tinycam , also does PTZ work ?

Is the store here only meant for US? I was trying to pick up an amcrest camera but the fedex shipping to Europe is like 3 times the cost of the camera. On ebay can get a refurbished cam with shipping costs of €20, but the shipping option on store here is very expensive to Europe.

Does anyone use tailscale here ?

Hi, I received this camera with firmare v5.5.95_190925. On the hikvision website it specifies to use v5.5.800_210630. https://www.hikvision.com/en/products/IP-Products/Network-Cameras/Pro-Series-EasyIP-/ds-2cd2421g0-i-d--w-/ I downloaded it and it's a 14Mb file called f18d.. Then I found...

I was reading that criminals have started to cut Ethernet cables when robbing a house, this also got me thinking, what's stopping them cutting cable and finding NVR and destroying it. Do people hide their NVRs and even so the more you try to hide it the more obvious it becomes. What are other...

I've been looking at this cube camera's and comparing specs but still confused- whats the difference between the two and which is better ?: DS-2CD2421G0-I(D)W DS-2CD2423G0-IW https://www.hikvision.com/en/products/IP-Products/Network-Cameras/Wi-Fi-Series/ds-2cd2421g0-i-d-w/ DS-2CD2423G0-IW

Had a couple of annke indoor cams (hik clones) , still working flawless wanted to add a 3rd indoor camera but struggling to find anything. Wanted something with PoE ( pan and tilt ideally) . Everyone seems to recommend the amcrest one , but I'd be dammed if I can find it in PoE anywhere...

So have been reading the cliff notes and playing around with blue Iris on dual Nic machine , also setting up remote access via Open VPN on an Asus router. One thing is not very clear to me and that is the pros and cons of vlan on switch for blue Iris or just use dual Nic. I used to be CCNA...

Hi So I went about trying to enable VPN on my router today. First issue detected was that my WAN IP was private. My router connects to an antenna which the ISP controls , so I guessed they are doing a NAT on their side and giving me back a private address. Rang them up and they said their...

Hi Was wondering do all these smart camera Nest, Arlo, Amazon, DropCam , kasa etc route the video to their cloud service and then back to you. I.E if on home network if viewing live feed are the Cameras uploading video for me to just download it with my phone again or are they routing it on...

Hi Folks I was wondering what people think of using the following as a baby camera: Hikvision DS-2CD2452F-IW Seen the recent chatter on Hikvision not supplying to end user , but this is available in UK at present anyway. HIKVISION 2.8mm 5MP 2MP 1080P WIRELESS WIFI PIR MIC P2P SECURITY CUBE...

Hi Below is my new setup , Hikvision NVR with HikVisiom Camera. I was wondering what people set for bitrate, resolution framerate etc for recording. New to this so not sure where to start if someone could point me in right direction. Thanks

So about to mount and install my first IP camera. I'm okay with the software and network side , but not with the hardware mounting side. I have a Hikvision bullet that connects via PoE to a NVR. I have purchased a mounting box. Drilled a hole to put the cable through. I'm also not sure how...

Hi I was going to install a hikvision camera (one I've had in a box for over a year) for an elderly person. I want to basically allow them to turn on the television and view the camera that is mounted over there door. They are not at all tech savvy, so i wanted to keep it as simple as...

Hi I was looking for some advice - i have a very slow DSL connection (0.375MB upload). I want to set up security at a holiday home to monitor it. I wanted to do two things: Remote view the camera's Record to an NVR so i can collect the data every 2 weeks Starting out with 4 camera's. I...

Anybody using 4G with CCTV - cant get a static IP off my vendor- any alternatives?

Hi i was looking for advice on broadband to use with 3 * Hikvision DS-2CD2032. I have two options: DSL 4MB download with 0.375MB upload and unlimited data. - the upload speed for this is obviously very poor. 4G broadband- 24MB down with 16MB up and 15GB data allowance. - the speed is better...