Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

waketech said:
Nayr,



I see you are the resident experts on the Dahua's. I am looking for a good camera with facial recognition at about 15' for both day/night. I currently have a Hikvision 3 MP 4mm and at > 8-10' I am not impressed. I am looking for a turret/dome (the round ones), any suggestions. Thank you in advance.
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IPC-HDW5231R-Z is the best, if dome, can use HDBW5231R-Z, but nightvision not very good due to the dome.
 
EMPIRETECANDY said:
****This Saturday will make the shipment for the 110pcs, and Monday we will do the another 200pcs shipping. Thank god, they all comes. Next week still have 100pcs in. Can close all the orders on my hand now. And can be delivered within next week all over the world. Just wait my tracking No.
Here have 1 day off due to the public holiday on Monday, and back to work on Tuesday, will update all tracking when i get them.

These days got some report for the defectives, till now this model still very stable. Got 1pcs IR light dead, 1pcs can't connected, and others seems all fine~
Will replace all of them directly. I appreciated all guys support and waiting. I try my best to make you feel the same support/warranty locally and even better.

For the super PTZ today can be delivered, really expected from @nayr can spend some time to test them.lol~
Right now the starlight all have enough stock now.

Andy
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I have the one that wont connect. We all appreciate your support Andy. Keep up the good work! Please send me the address to ship the defective one back.
 
Do you guys have motion spotlights do they interfere with your cameras at night?

My 5231's washout when the lights come on and it triggers my blue iris motion alerts.
 
I am about to order IPC-HDW5231R-Z, but I wonder if it is shipped faster if I order through Aliexpress or through Andy directly? Anyone having any experience with this?
 
Beginner said:
I am about to order IPC-HDW5231R-Z, but I wonder if it is shipped faster if I order through Aliexpress or through Andy directly? Anyone having any experience with this?
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If they are in stock, it's two days to the US, no matter what path you choose. I've alway preferred Paypal as my credit card hasn't been vetted on Ali Express.

He states he has 410 pieces available to ship by next Wednesday, anywhere in the world.

SD
 
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I'd suggest changing that to two if you can. I ordered one at first, then changed a week later while I was waiting for them to get in stock. SO glad I did. I ended up ordering a 3rd when I ordered my NVR as well.

Gets real pricey real quick... But as soon as you hang the first one your gonna kick yourself for not having at least one more!
 
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DavidDavid said:
I'd suggest changing that to two if you can. I ordered one at first, then changed a week later while I was waiting for them to get in stock. SO glad I did. I ended up ordering a 3rd when I ordered my NVR as well.

Gets real pricey real quick... But as soon as you hang the first one your gonna kick yourself for not having at least one more!
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Haha... I appreciate your advice, but considering that 2 days ago I didn't even know what PoE or PTZ were, it's safer if I play it easy with the first one. Maybe I'll even go after one of the big ones with 25x or 30x zoom after playing with this one first and getting to know features and limitations.
It's not so common having a bunch of cameras on homes in Norway, and it would look pretty awkward for neighbors seeing Fort Knox in their neighborhood. :)
 
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anijet said:
Yep, I'm waiting for a response from a conversation started 3 days ago. I'll be patient but when ordering cameras it's hard to do.
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Patients ran out after reading the above posts. Sent a second request. Waiting to see.......
 
So, my cameras were running fine until yesterday. All of a sudden, I can't access ONVIF on one of my cameras and I'm not seeing a stream. I see the camera on my network but when I enter the IP Address I had assigned it, the setting menu no longer comes up. I tried disconnecting it from my POE Switch to see if maybe that was the issue and nothing. Even power cycled my router and switch but still no go.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to access my cam?
 
wcleme11 said:
I've got some hdw5231r-z's coming in and I'm curious what most people are using for their NVR solution on here..... Does anyone run their Dahua's on BI and not have any problems? ....
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I (and a few others here) have been unable to get my 5321s to work properly with h.265 in BI. Ken from BI did try to take a look at it which was great but no resolution. I was really looking forward to using the better compression but so far I have not found a solution. I do not have any other Dahua camera models yet so not sure if the issue is isolated to this one or not.
The android app on my phone and tablet works until it doesn't, meaning it often just shuts down either immediately after opening or randomly when viewing live or recorded. No idea why.
Other than that BI has been great. I have not scratched the surface of all the funcionality it has available.
 
TheSuperServer said:
Do you guys have motion spotlights do they interfere with your cameras at night?

My 5231's washout when the lights come on and it triggers my blue iris motion alerts.
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Yes, when the motion lights turn on the picture will be overexposed until the camera has time to adjust the exposure. I used to have a motion light at my entrance, but with LEDs I prefer a dusk to dawn sensors (and the motion lights I had would always stop working properly after a few months). Now that I have cameras at the entrance, having the extra light makes the Starlights stay in color mode even at a decent shutter speed (I do leave the cameras in auto mode for color/B&W in case the lights are off for some reason).
 
depends on many things.
Moon light, street/city lights, stars.
Test a few different nights in the month (ie moon phases) with your lights off and camera set each way.
These cameras are great at low light gathering, it just depends on how many sources there are and how much they provide in your mounted location.
Hmmm Being "star light" cameras maybe someone from a dark cold area with lots of stars can give us a true report. o_O:)
 
Just a comment on the durability of these cameras. I dropped one about 5 feet onto concrete and it still works fine! Yes the case is scarred and lost some paint but camera work. Impressed so far!
 
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