Be sure to study the cliff notes.
Autotracking is very hit and miss, it depends on how well set it up, your location, number obsticales in the cam view, etc.
It will either work semi ok, or it will annoy the bejezus out of you.
More stationary cams are always better than depending on autotracking.
By searching google for Mao-Rhea I was able to find a couple of sites hosting the April 4th firmware. They didn't include the PTZ module firmware but I found that elsewhere. I zipped both together and attached them to this post.
Be sure to study the cliff notes.
Autotracking is very hit and miss, it depends on how well set it up, your location, number obsticales in the cam view, etc.
It will either work semi ok, or it will annoy the bejezus out of you.
More stationary cams are always better than depending on autotracking.
Thank You Looney for that honest advise I am going to take it thank you so much for that. I have ordered Some Star camera
IPC-HDW5231R-ZE
instead of auto track which are like 170 each I ordered two from Andy. I think You are right more camera instead of auto track is better. I heard IPC-HDW5231R-ZE is a pretty decent quality. So went ahead with it I am very new to all this still learning blueiris anyways So I guess that leaves me Can I have a decent PTZ camera without auto track for best bang for buck ?
By searching google for Mao-Rhea I was able to find a couple of sites hosting the April 4th firmware. They didn't include the PTZ module firmware but I found that elsewhere. I zipped both together and attached them to this post.
It is English PAL firmware.
Ha...our cams are about same age. I am running newer firmware (04-04-2018) which gives you a few more stats....but that was about all I found that it changed for me. Curious though, next time you clean your cam lens, note if you have any film spots on inside of lens cover. I'm going to clean mine someday when the snow melts off the roof and plan on documenting the procedure. They affect the view only when sun hits lens in late afternoon, but it's still annoying.
I bought this camera from Andy’s @EMPIRETECANDY amazon store on cyber Monday (only because I had amazon credit). I’m very happy with the purchase and the camera has been performing great. I would say 25x is more then enough by any metric for a residential install. I still can’t help but wonder what a 45x would look like though the neighborhood does not have street lights but the IR go pretty far. so I get a lot of reflection from the stop sign
I bought this camera from Andy’s @EMPIRETECANDY amazon store on cyber Monday (only because I had amazon credit). I’m very happy with the purchase and the camera has been performing great. I would say 25x is more then enough by any metric for a residential install. I still can’t help but wonder what a 45x would look like though the neighborhood does not have street lights but the IR go pretty far. so I get a lot of reflection from the stop sign
Ha...our cams are about same age. I am running newer firmware (04-04-2018) which gives you a few more stats....but that was about all I found that it changed for me. Curious though, next time you clean your cam lens, note if you have any film spots on inside of lens cover. I'm going to clean mine someday when the snow melts off the roof and plan on documenting the procedure. They affect the view only when sun hits lens in late afternoon, but it's still annoying.
I bought this camera from Andy’s @EMPIRETECANDY amazon store on cyber Monday (only because I had amazon credit). I’m very happy with the purchase and the camera has been performing great. I would say 25x is more then enough by any metric for a residential install. I still can’t help but wonder what a 45x would look like though the neighborhood does not have street lights but the IR go pretty far. so I get a lot of reflection from the stop sign
Because he doesn't encourage it - or support it.
I attempted to return my screwed up SD49225T-HN with a life log of 5 days and Andy said it was too many months (3) for any warranty support even after I explained and documented that it had been in the shipping box for 2 1/2 months due to the installation location not being ready.
You're frustrated and angry; I don't blame you. My SD-49225T-NH has been offline for days. I haven't bothered to power cycle it because...well...what's the point...it'll just crap out another 20 times in the next 24-hours if I do.
You're frustrated and angry; I don't blame you. My SD-49225T-NH has been offline for days. I haven't bothered to power cycle it because...well...what's the point...it'll just crap out another 20 times in the next 24-hours if I do. View attachment 37568
I have the same issue (see a few pages back). While some members tried to help others immediately started defending the product and Andy by insinuating it is me that is doing something wrong.
Andy's reply to my warranty question was that "its OK to reboot once a week". Never heard from him since (2 months ago maybe) even if I asked his to honor the warranty on the these products (I have 2 of them both with the same issue). Sad for you guys to have the same issue but in a way it shows is not me but the product is faulty and a vendor who does not care.
I am not saying he sells defective cameras.
I am saying that he does not honor the warranty (as he advertises cameras with warranty on AliExpress) when it is pointed to him that the cameras are defective.
