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Morning, fellas. I've had my HDW5231R-ZE up for over a year now, and it developed this new behavior out of nowhere. Under certain lighting conditions (front house light on), the cam goes into Color mode, then back to B&W, then back to color. I don't use IR in B&W mode. It's a cycle that...

I hate asking this question because I'm sure it's been discussed before but I can't seem to find the setup in the help file of BI nor on the forum after searching. I'd like flagged alerts to be saved and offloaded to a second standard 1tb drive installed in my BI PC. That way they aren't using...

Last night, oddly enough, I was running a cable in the attic for my next camera location when I noticed my internet went out. So I go over to my network shelf and everything is off? Modem, router, BI PC, all switches and cameras. The whole shelf is dead. Strange, I didn't touch anything here...

Fellas. I have my BI PC and all gear stuffed on the top shelf of a closet. The airflow is poor as the gear is near the ceiling well above the top of the closet door so it's basically an upside down cup with regards to heat: it builds up. I can go thru the walls to vent this, so I'm thinking...

My first Dahua 2231R-ZS of my new BI build went up and it caught this shortly after. Straight to a torture test, heh. Video died as power went out. It's on a UPS now which reports 90 minutes of reserve. It's been a few weeks and it's fine, as expected.

Fellas! I need a small starlight or equivalent front door camera (CAM 1 in diagram) with a 6mm lens. I want this lens as I use it to focus tight on a choke point in my entryway for Face ID. I have an overall front door cam behind this one (CAM 2) for packages, etc. This would also double as...

So I have remotely located my BI machine in a closet and ran an HDMI cable from the PC's DisplayPort (with adapter) to the TV in the living room. This works great however... If I turn my my receiver, there's a 60Hz hum from the speakers. This happens even if the TV and PC are off. These...

Here's the situation: My AT&T U-verse combo router/modem is in the entertainment center, the BI PC is in a closet across the house, and the ASUS 86U is remotely mounted in the center of the house. I have a cable from the switch in the entertainment center feeding the BI closet switch, which...

Back again. First let me clear up that I've read the Wiki, Cliff's Notes, lurked on here for a good bit, built my BI machine and have paid my newb dues. :D Next up on the agenda is laying down wire, so I need to get a general idea of where to run cables before it gets too hot in my Florida...

Fellas! I'm new here, so be easy, but not that easy. I'm looking to build a BI setup for residential. About 12-14 cams max. I've been scouring ebay for i7-4770 and i7-4790 HP Elitedesks or Dell Optiplexes with 16gb memory. Am I on the right track here, and is there a huge difference...

Fellas! I'll keep it brief. I've been trying to buy a box setup for about 5 years now (new house, renovations, never pulled the trigger with everything going on). Everything from local alarm depots having deals on Hikvision bundles, to the consumer stuff on sales and such. After a few...