Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset

I looked into that before but I think what I found was the ability to toggle the IR filter, not the camera's profile.
 
Does it matter whether the profile in the camera is set to normal, full time, or schedule? I have a ptz, SD29204S-GN that I have configured but it isn't toggling anything that I can tell when I simulate sunrise or sunset. I have tried all 3 settings in the camera, it's got to be something simple I am missing.
 
Looks like that was probably my problem, thanks. I'll try it out tonight and tomorrow.
 
I noticed this morning that something switched at sunrise but it was still black and white. I logged into the camera and saw it had switched to "normal" so I had to switch it to full time - day. I've noticed that it seems to keep getting switched to "normal" so I'll keep looking at it to see what I have that's wrong.
 
hmjgriffon said:
I just set this up today for an outdoor camera to give it a little bit of WDR during the day in domoticz, simple script:


HTML: 
commandArray = {}

-- Switch cameras to day profile
if (timeofday['Daytime']) then
        commandArray['OpenURL']='http://user:pwd@10.0.0.125/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoInMode[0].Config[0]=0'

-- Switch cameras to night profile
elseif (timeofday['Nighttime']) then
        commandArray['OpenURL']='http://user:pwd@10.0.0.125/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoInMode[0].Config[0]=1'
end

return commandArray


All I have to do now is add URL's for any other cameras I want to change profiles with, and this will change based on sunrise and sunset. :)
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Do these commands turn WDR On and Off? And if that is correct, does WDR maintain the previous range setting?

Thanks.

Mark
 
bp2008 said:
While I was on my vacation recently I built a tiny windows service, complete with a configuration GUI, that can change between Day and Night profiles on multiple Dahua cameras.

Anyone may install and use this (on a Windows system, anyway) without having to mess around with configuration files.

GitHub - bp2008/DahuaSunriseSunset: A Windows Service which changes the profile of dahua cameras between Night and Day at each sunset and sunrise.
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Thanks again! FYI, this also works for a Lorex 8MP camera I have.
 
Nice stuff BP2008!
The only problem that I'm experiencing is that the sunrise/sunset times are the wrong way around. (The Netherlands) For now I've setup my "Day settings" in the "Night profile" and vice versa.
 
Skipper-93 said:
Nice stuff BP2008!
The only problem that I'm experiencing is that the sunrise/sunset times are the wrong way around. (The Netherlands) For now I've setup my "Day settings" in the "Night profile" and vice versa.
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That is odd! Probably something to do with the sunrise and sunset calculations. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find code that calculates it correctly in all cases.
 
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The profile switching only works to the cams himselves, if they were behind a poe nvr it´s not possible anymore. In generally it should be possible to control the nve by http api too, but I noticced on all firmwares of nvr 4xxx-p-4ks2 and 5xxx-p-4ks2 a broken (missing) profile scheduler. Within these firmwares we have 3 config settings (beeing thought comparable as day/night/normal), but trying to control them by http api will result in broken nvr configs and undefined settings until restoring picture defaults.
 
bp2008 said:
While I was on my vacation recently I built a tiny windows service, complete with a configuration GUI, that can change between Day and Night profiles on multiple Dahua cameras.
Anyone may install and use this (on a Windows system, anyway) without having to mess around with configuration files.
GitHub - bp2008/DahuaSunriseSunset: A Windows Service which changes the profile of dahua cameras between Night and Day at each sunset and sunrise.
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@bp2008 Thanks for creating this utility. I set it up and it ran as expected on my IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 but the focus didn't change. When I set focus manually using "cgi-bin/devVideoInput.cgi?action=adjustFocus&focus=0.766667&zoom=0.865225" I have to run it twice about 90 seconds apart to get the focus to adjust. Any recommendations on how to solve this problem?
 
crc2004 said:
@bp2008 Thanks for creating this utility. I set it up and it ran as expected on my IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 but the focus didn't change. When I set focus manually using "cgi-bin/devVideoInput.cgi?action=adjustFocus&focus=0.766667&zoom=0.865225" I have to run it twice about 90 seconds apart to get the focus to adjust. Any recommendations on how to solve this problem?
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I noticed the command is rather unreliable, and that is why the app sends the command 3 or 4 times, several seconds apart. I don't know what more I could do (within reason) to make it work.
 
bp2008 said:
I noticed the command is rather unreliable, and that is why the app sends the command 3 or 4 times, several seconds apart. I don't know what more I could do (within reason) to make it work.
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Could you add a "seconds between focus commands" field? That way I could set it to 60-90 in my configuration and anyone else could set it to what works for them. It's a very useful utility and other than the strange behavior of my camera it works great. Thanks
 
crc2004 said:
Could you add a "seconds between focus commands" field? That way I could set it to 60-90 in my configuration and anyone else could set it to what works for them. It's a very useful utility and other than the strange behavior of my camera it works great. Thanks
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Done. Try version 1.2 and see if it works better.
 
Thanks again @bp2008 for this amazing tool. Question: will the sunset/sunrise offset field take a decimal number? I.e., can I specify 30 minutes with .5 hours?
 
You should rename this thread something like "Dahua day night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset" so more people can find it.
 
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