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    Custom home build must haves?

    We have a York Heat Pump Condenser unit for our AC with a variable speed air handler. Like the performance of it so far. Haven't had the chance to try out the AC portion of it yet but the heat and heat pump work great!
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    Custom home build must haves?

    So how high tech do you want to go? Currently in the process of finishing up our house (started this process nearly 3 years ago now) and would be more than happy to answer any questions that you may have. A lot has to do with where you are building and what the code requirements are. Some of...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    So I kind of what Biden just to be able to get 4 more years of Jim Carey portraying him on SNL (the latest skits are great).
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    Review-OEM Loryta IPC-T5442T-ZE Varifocal 4mp camera (Dahua)

    Awesome that was exactly what I was looking for. Much appreciated!
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    Review-OEM Loryta IPC-T5442T-ZE Varifocal 4mp camera (Dahua)

    So I haven't perused the entire thread but does anyone have any recommended settings for these camera's vs factory. I don't really have time to sit down and play with them until the house is done (hopefully 2 months) but due to a dispute with a neighbor I went ahead and installed the camera's...
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    PTZ Camera Question

    Yes the switch is poe+ rated. Switch is an araknis 210 48 port switch https://www.snapav.com/shop/en/snapav/switches/araknis-networks-reg%3B-210-series-websmart-gigabit-switch-with-partial-poe-and-front-ports---48-ports-an-210-sw-f-48-poe
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    PTZ Camera Question

    So looking for recommendations on PTZ cameras. I was looking at some of the Dahua PTZ specs and came across a max watt requirement of 36 W. My switch only puts out a max of 30W per port. Curious if that means I am going to run into issues or if I will just lose some features at specific times...
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    Accidentially ripped off ethernet contact - how to fix?

    The "normal" wiring with ethernet cable is the "B" type (WO,O,WG,B,WB,G,WBr,Br). I would just by another Ethernet Female connector and punch tool and punch it down based on Type B and see if that works. If not you can always change the order of the cables in the female until you are able to get...
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Also really happy with the MegaRAID software and highly recommend others to use it if they are setting up a bunch of drives / hot swap management. Will be using MergerFS and SnapRAID on the Plex Server vs traditional Raid that way as I add more to my collection I can just expand the drives I...
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Okay so to update everyone on the final route I took for those that are curious. Ended up going with 2 separate servers. B/I Server has the following hardware in it I5-9600k CPU 16GB Corsair Memory Asus B360M-A Mobo 2x PNY 250GB HD's (Raid 1) to hold OS 2x Samsung 500GB HD (Raid 1) for...
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Toli lots of good info there and much appreciated. Based on case options and leaving room for expansion if I need it down the road I am going with 2 separate pcs. Most of the money is going to be in the case and the hot swappable drives. The BI computer with have 4 hot swap drives that I will...
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Did spend my time hunting around new egg with not to many results. I may have to reformulate my plan given what I am looking at now wanting to do with running plex and data drives and camera's all in one... Thanks for the help!
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    That case would be perfect except have to order it from the UK and currently is backordered. Any other recommendations?
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    So i did start looking at those but I want to put this into a rack server chasis. The hardware isn't that bad price wise but once I start adding hard drives and the case the price jumps up quick. But going to be able to do 8 hot swappable hard drives (4 x 4TB) and the media server will have (4x...
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Well this is true and a kick in the nuts. Was hoping to reuse some old hardware vs having it just sit doing nothing. Oh well time to start shopping!
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Well finally got around to looking at my PC and realized the CPU is a i7-970... and no that is not 9700 just straight 970 hahahaha. Guess need to start looking for upgrades. Will probably end up building something because need something that will fit into a server rack. Good CPU with 36gb of...
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Will have to see if I can get the specific processor model tonight. My plan was to run a Plex and BI on the same machine. What NAS are you using for the PLEX? Would like to get something that is rack mounted without paying commercial money for one.
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    BI / HomeTheater Server

    Not sure where to place this so ended up settling in this spot. Going to have a machine that would run BI and also need a machine that would be running my home-theater storage. Would it be an issue if I tried running all of this on a single machine that would be a pretty beefy setup as it is an...
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    Control 4 or Savant Automation?

    Installing a Control4 system into my house as we speak. Very happy with the setup process so far. Been looking for something that is an all in one product and happy with it. Thank you.
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    Well right now I was going to do a PTZ to watch the right of way I have (which furthest point from there is 200') and then another to watch the boat gear that would be outside. The rest of the front of the house was going to be Varifocal zoom lenses. I understand the PTZ does have draw backs but...
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    So camera's on the soffit was the compromise with the wife as she did not want camera's lower. It is being coupling with an alarm system so I am pretty happy with what the layout will be. Not to mention the camera's will have full coverage of the road coming in and out. Overview is the main goal...
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    Okay that makes sense. We do not get a huge amount of big lightning storms in my area but they do happen occasionally. Will look into the ethernet surge protector as there will be another switch for the rest of the components down there, however during the winter I will be bringing it in as it...
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    Okay can anyone explain the lightning thing to me further, as I am not sure I totally follow? Reason I ask as I have 4 dedicated drops to the water side area. The 4 drops are buried in underground conduit and come up into the bar, into a patch panel and then would allow connections to be made to...
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    Okay now that you showed the math to the engineer I understand :D Awesome. I have a max power per port of 30 W with a overall power budget of 375W Switch. If I really start eating up my power on this switch I can sell this switch and split down to two smaller switches on the next model up to...
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    So sadly we are beyond the point of being able to run more drops (spray foam has already been installed), not to mention I am already at 42 drops for the rest of the house (Smart home system and everything else. Wife is already ready to kill me on that so it is what it is at this point...
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    System Advice needed for this newb

    So I stumbled across this website when I first began breaking ground on my house 2+ years ago and finally getting to the point where I am wrapping everything up and need to start ordering my cameras! Super exciting to finally see the finish line in sight. But now that I actually need to pull the...
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