Dahua Technology 49425XBNR 4MP - Quick Review

[Jake1979]

I ordered the Dahua Technology 49425XBNR 4MP from EMPIRETECANDY a few weeks ago and had some time over the weekend to get it installed.

Cable Run:
I ended up purchasing the Monoprice 75' Cat6 Outdoor Rated Ethernet Patch Cable thanks to @sebastiantombs suggestion of using a UV cable. The cable is very thick, similar to a COAX cable. It has two jackets, the outer is the thick UV cable and the inner is your standard CAT6 jacket, it also has the spline to separate the pairs. I ended up having to cut one of he RJ45 heads off to be able to pull it through an opening behind the Sheetrock between the two floors. I terminated that end into a CAT6 keystone as I did not want to terminate into an actual RJ45.


I was able to tuck the cable behind the siding up along the corner moulding, at the top of that moulding was a lip that I could tuck the cable in to protect it from high winds. I am please how it looks as you only see about 8 inches of the CAT6.

Mounting the camera:
Mounting was the easy part. I used my 24' extension ladder to get to where I needed to be. The camera came with the wall mount and I ended up buying the PFA120 junction box. What I didn't realize is that the PFA120 came with some very nice thumb screws to mount the wall mount to the PFA120 so that was a bonus. In addition to using the included gasket, I sealed any areas that could let in water with 30 year 3M caulking.



Initial Impressions:
The motor is very quiet, my office is on the other side of the camera and it's a muffled whirling noise when you change presets from one side of the camera to the other. Movement is smooth and fast.

25x optical zoom is.... incredible. We're on ~2-3 acres and it will zoom all the way back to one edge of the property. This screen shot is zoomed in 25x and that's about 350' from the camera. The night photo is the same position just with IR.


This is 165' away:


I have not yet played with a trigger camera to get it to switch the the rear door or with touring. Andy sent me the manual for setting up the auto tracking which I have not yet attempted.

I appreciate everyone's advise with this camera.

 

[wittaj]

Awesome!

Keep in mind these things are only rated for so many cycles, and if you put it on tour patrol, you could get the warning in under 2 years.

 

[Jake1979]

I don't plan on having it tour, at some point I may set it up so that if someone walks by the side of the house (I need to add the camera first) it would turn to the rear deck. Where can I read about his warning? Does changing from preset to preset do it? How much is too much?

 

[wittaj]

Any movement is considered a cycle, so one preset to another, or set on continuous movement or touring or patrol, etc.

The warning comes on somewhere around 500,000 cycles, which is a lot, but if you have it constant tour of presets, it adds up quick.

Someone here recently had it on patrol changing presets every 7 seconds and got the warning after around 440 days.

But many of us have been using this camera for years and are fine. If you don't have it on scan patrol or autotrack every vehicle that goes by, it can last a long time.

 

[Jake1979]

OK, good to know. I should be fine, this just watches the back yard and the livestock. I do move it around from time to time when I'm at work, I VPN in and check it out. I like the idea of touring but it's not really needed in my situation.

 

[wittaj]

Yeah you will be fine then!