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For those that have written and have been following my IP Camera mod's, I've just published a couple of new pages, one with my home-brew enclosures and one comparing the low-light sensitivity of some of the cameras I've been using.All of my pages can be found at http://ve6sbs.sbszoo.com/ under...

From the photo that one has has a transistor or FET amp so wouldn't work. You need one that has an IC op-amp for enough gain and, even then, most are made to work with consumer equipment for which line-level is only 0.316Vrms and IPC camera boards require an audio level of 2V so they need to be...

I published a web page in the past with info about a mic that I found worked fairly good for IPC board cameras that require line-level audio, but the source sold out very quickly and several have written asking if I knew of any other mic's that may work. I needed a few more myself but made the...

Are there other devices besides your PC and the camera on your network? If so, it may have the same ip set as another device and therefore be hidden. I usually have no trouble finding the ip of new cameras, but recently got one that had the same ip as my printer which caused me grief. With...

For those with a camera with a lens that has a built-in IR filter, rather than buy another camera with hopefully a lens without a filter, one could simply buy a non-filtered lens. See http://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/LENs/1512187_501247569.html for an AliExpress seller that has a 2.8mm &...

I agree. I have 4 boards, several more boards in cameras from several different manufactures and 3 more boards on the way. It's hard to beat $17.50 for a board with a cable, lens & IRC that's 1280x960 or 1280x720 with 2-way audio and an Alarm I/O input and only $4 more if one decides to add...

I'm assuming you mean where/how to expand the Trigger option on the camera pcb and, while there's been some info on this thread previously about the p5 8-pin connector on the camera board and which pin is the alarm I/O input, I have details about how I connected to the alarm input at...

Problem Solved! I can't say enough about Ken, the author of BI. He found the "secret command" necessary to start the alarm info flowing and the "Trigger using camera's digital input or motion" option was expanded and now works for cameras that use port 34567 including IPC, IPCX, & CantonK models...

From what I understand, the 2032 Bullet and 3332 Turrent use the same camera module. And I believe you have the same choice of lenses with either one. I have both and recently ordered more of the Bullets as this style is a bit smaller and better suited to how, and where, I plan to use them AND...

I have several of the HI3518 boards (marked BLK18E-0012-38X38_S which are model 50H10PE-S & BLK18E-0012_0030-38X38_S which are model 53H13PE-S) that I would like to make use of the I/O Alarm input on in conjunction with the BI (BlueIris). In BI the Make/Model is set to IPC H.264 port 34567 and...

And I have 3 of them running in Blue Iris and none have ever dropped the connection.

The DC Jack Size you'll need is 5.5mm(Outer diameter), 2.1mm(Inner diameter) and is a pretty standard size most wall wort type power supplies come with. Center pin is usually always the positive lead, BUT best to always confirm the required and power supply polarity before connecting any power...

On the 6510 boards that I have, pin 4 on the P5 connector all have +5V on them and my understanding was that pins 1 thru 4 were for an optional Wi-Fi board as several in the past have commented that's what their boards had connected to them. Barry

Most, if not all, of these cam's in a small metal enclosure have night vision as most come with an IR lens (a lens with no built in IR filter) and there's no space in such a small enclosure to include a switchable IR cut filter. For clarification, an IR filter filters out, or removes, IR light...

What did you mean exactly by "not exposed"? All I can think of is that you meant something like the fact that the alarm input connection on the board isn't brought out to terminals (and exposed) at the end of the camera cable. Barry

I just updated my IPC Board Camera web page at http://ve6sbs.sbszoo.com/projects/ipcam_ipc/50H10PE-S/50H10PE_mods.htm and included a link to that version. (At least I'm pretty sure it's that version. I have several different versions saved and it's hard to tell which is which without IPC...

Weak components usually fail early in life and I'm not sure if dahua, hikvision, axis, etc. burn-in their cameras before selling them, but after several months (or a few weeks at least) I see no reason the Top201 wouldn't be as reliable.

I have one thats been running 24/7 for several years and expect it to last many more. There's nothing mechanical to wear out so they should last forever (assuming the voltage is proper and stable with no spikes), but electrolytic caps will eventually dry up and mechanical stresses from...

Regarding IR-CUT Filters - I've heard that giving the camera a good wack also works sometimes, but some common sense and judgement as to what a good wack is must be used of course. I would personally limit it to a good wack with the palm of my hand or tapping the camera with the handle of...

I've been busy modifying some of my cameras and documenting everything on my web site for others that may wish to do the same. Some cameras are different than what have been discussed in this thread, but 2 are the same and in previous posts I promissed to provide an update on several things...

One thing I found interesting with the IPC modules is that the audio input pins want line input levels, or about 2Vp-p, rather than mic level, or about 2-5 mV, like what an electret mic element supplies. My cameras that came with mic's all simply use an electret mic element and I just finished...

Monitor the +12V with a voltmeter or even a LED (with an appropriate value of current limiting resistor of course) to insure the 12V is solid and not dropping for an instant. Some PC PSU will do that if the power supply doesn't have enough of a load on the 5V line (I believe it's the 5V, but...

1. A camera with a proper lens helps and I use a Fuji FinePix HS10. I chose it mainly for it's lens as I like to document all of my projects and wanted something that could take decent closeups of whatever down to just several inch's in size and the HS10 has several macro modes that allow it to...

That's an IPC HI3518E 50H10PE-S board, the same as I have and shown here http://www.ipcamtalk.com/ip-cameras/1812-review-top-201-super-mini-720p-hd-ip-cam-cheapest-ip-cam-post25623.html#post25623. And in post...

Yes it is and I couldn't be happier with how well it works. I'm mainly a hardware person and often have problems figuring out how to get various programs (software) to do what they are supposed to, but have found BlueIris fairly easy to set up and do what I want it to. It's used mainly just on...

For those wanting to use POE and have a camera board that's encased in the metal enclosure they are often sold with, I just finished converting one to POE and following are some photos showing how I did this and here's a link to a PDF with the wiring details...

I simply use BlueIris to view any of my cameras and saves having to fool around opening router ports and worrying about someone accessing and messing around with them. Barry

I've modified the IR function of over a dozen cameras and they all switched the filter in & out based on whether the control line was hi or low. But I just found the following for this camera (which is a translation from Chinese of course). From a Q&A page: Q - IR light signal control what...

Not at all. And I would much rather see something than nothing at all. As for a photocell to control the IR cut filter, the control line goes to about 1V when pulled high using a 10K resistor to +5V, about 2.8V using 1K, about 3.5V using 470 ohms and to 4.2V using 180 ohms, but the current using...

I used the same as pictured at http://www.ipcamtalk.com/ip-cameras/...html#post24016. The 6 wires from the camera cable to the 6 position connector must be rearranged to match what the POE board wants and the connector is then plugged into the matching POE board header (CON4). Some camera...