looney2ns
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Dahua Starlight 40x PTZ - SD6AE240V-HNI
- Thread starter pinko
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Solar Deity
Getting comfortable
Thought I would share the commercial quality build of this camera. 285 days in service. Tracks every vehicle that comes down the street in that time. No auto day/night. I've forced day/color mode because I have plenty of ambient light and the F1.2 lens is so fast. 86,000+ pans and still works, sounds and performs like the day I installed it.
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Had a request for tracking example on this PTZ. Re-posting here for reference.
Solar Deity
Getting comfortable
4.35 years, approaching half a million Pans & Tilts, and still hasn't let me down.
Interesting. Thanks for the statistics.
The strange thing is that I cannot see my statistics anymore. Don't know when I lost it, but probably with an update. Please see attached pictures.
Anyone recognizes this?
The software versions are really confusing, but I think I have chosen the correct ones.
Anyone who has seen any newer software for the SD6AE240V-HNI than:
System version: 2.800.0000000.11.R, Build Date: 2019-10-30
PTZ Version: 2.301.0000000.21.RHNS_190529_32250
I have been in contact with Dahua support regarding some feature requests and asked for newer software, but it does not seem anyone care about these old cameras any more unfortunately.
I would really like to see a fix for the missing "PTZ action" under the IVS event rules. I beleive this is a bug. It does not make sense that it is missing there. It should work like in Motion Detection.
Cheers
/Mats
The strange thing is that I cannot see my statistics anymore. Don't know when I lost it, but probably with an update. Please see attached pictures.
Anyone recognizes this?
The software versions are really confusing, but I think I have chosen the correct ones.
Anyone who has seen any newer software for the SD6AE240V-HNI than:
System version: 2.800.0000000.11.R, Build Date: 2019-10-30
PTZ Version: 2.301.0000000.21.RHNS_190529_32250
I have been in contact with Dahua support regarding some feature requests and asked for newer software, but it does not seem anyone care about these old cameras any more unfortunately.
I would really like to see a fix for the missing "PTZ action" under the IVS event rules. I beleive this is a bug. It does not make sense that it is missing there. It should work like in Motion Detection.
Cheers
/Mats
Most of my Stats were lost/reset a little while ago.
The note-worthy stats that remain:
7.6 Million Focus motor Direction Switches
19 Million Iris switch times
This is still my favorite PTZ. It has been super reliable and has a beautiful image day and night. My only regret is that more people didn't buy this model...
The note-worthy stats that remain:
7.6 Million Focus motor Direction Switches
19 Million Iris switch times
This is still my favorite PTZ. It has been super reliable and has a beautiful image day and night. My only regret is that more people didn't buy this model...
I agree.. it was one of my favorite PTZ cams as well.
DH_SD-Chen-Nova_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.801.0000000Z.0.R.210926.zip
This model has a new fw. Maybe get one to try?
This model has a new fw. Maybe get one to try?
You've got me beat in some of the statistics but not all of them.
How's that Supply Voltage Abnormity number for sanity checking?
Thank you for posting this Andy.
I did not see that software on October 5th, and now I also noticed that the camera finally is EOL.
The software update did however not bring back the Life Statistics information, and they had not fixed the IVS PTZ control.
By the way, regarding what I wrote about the missing IVS PTZ control, maybe I should explain myself:
I have the camera preset so that I can monitor any movement on a nearby road. The problem is that I cannot see the license plates from that angle, so when a vheicle passes by in a certain direction I would then like to pan and zoom the camera to a location further down that road, where the license plates would be visible.
The problem is that there are no such PTZ function in the IVS. Which is completely bizarre, because if there is one place to have it, it would be there. Instead you can find in under almost all the other types of Events.
One could think that the "Video Detection" event could be used instead here, but it is not working, because the trigger area will remain after the PTZ action, so the camera will keep living its own life after that. So that function is completely useless for this.
I assume that I am not the only one that would like to use the camera in this way, so I cannot understand that Dahua has not fixed this. Could it be for some commercial reasons?! Not competing with its newer cameras?
Has anyone figured out a way to solve this problem?
Any ideas are appreciated
Thanks
/Mats
I have the camera preset so that I can monitor any movement on a nearby road. The problem is that I cannot see the license plates from that angle, so when a vheicle passes by in a certain direction I would then like to pan and zoom the camera to a location further down that road, where the license plates would be visible.
The problem is that there are no such PTZ function in the IVS. Which is completely bizarre, because if there is one place to have it, it would be there. Instead you can find in under almost all the other types of Events.
One could think that the "Video Detection" event could be used instead here, but it is not working, because the trigger area will remain after the PTZ action, so the camera will keep living its own life after that. So that function is completely useless for this.
I assume that I am not the only one that would like to use the camera in this way, so I cannot understand that Dahua has not fixed this. Could it be for some commercial reasons?! Not competing with its newer cameras?
Has anyone figured out a way to solve this problem?
Any ideas are appreciated
Thanks
/Mats