EmpireTech 4K-T Sunset/Sunrise - how to?

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roymickton

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Hi all,

I've just taken delivery of my EmpireTech 4K-T. Everything working well. RTSP feeds were very stuttery so I carried out the latest firmware update and now everything is buttery smooth.

However, I can't work out how to get my Sunset/Sunrise service working on this camera.

My other camera T5442T-ZE works perfectly with the sunset/sunrise service but obviously one camera is on the old GUI and the new camera is on the newer GUI.

Has anyone got their 4K-T to play nicely with the sunset/sunrise service?
 
The new GUI does not follow the standard API, so the sunrise/sunset utility does not work.

I figured out the API for the new GUI that you can use in BI or another program:

Worlds First Review - Dahua DH-IPC-HDW5849H-ASE-LED / IPC-Color4K-T - 2.8mm Turret

Interesting. Let me try those. Did the two cameras that this API worked for using the new GUI or the old GUI? IPC-Color4K-B180 (PFW-5849-A180-E2-ASTE) also use web5.0
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wittaj said:
The new GUI does not follow the standard API, so the sunrise/sunset utility does not work.

I figured out the API for the new GUI that you can use in BI or another program:

Worlds First Review - Dahua DH-IPC-HDW5849H-ASE-LED / IPC-Color4K-T - 2.8mm Turret

Interesting. Let me try those. Did the two cameras that this API worked for using the new GUI or the old GUI? IPC-Color4K-B180 (PFW-5849-A180-E2-ASTE) also use web5.0
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com
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Perfect! I shall have a read through this after work and implement it.

Can I ask, do you have a combination of cameras that do and don't work with the sunset/sunrise service? If so, do you just run everything through BI now?
 
Yes I have a combination of cameras that do and don't work with the utility. Unfortunately I haven't got around to moving all of them out of the utility, but it is on the list of things to do.
 
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Does anyone know whether dahua are going to sort this issue, as I'm not usuing blue iris, have an nas and its frustrating not being able to use the 4kt to its fullest. Also (ot), does anyone know if using a dahua nvr, whether setting the nvr settings for day and night, would change camera exposure settings etc?
 
Steviedee said:
Does anyone know whether dahua are going to sort this issue, as I'm not usuing blue iris, have an nas and its frustrating not being able to use the 4kt to its fullest. Also (ot), does anyone know if using a dahua nvr, whether setting the nvr settings for day and night, would change camera exposure settings etc?
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I wouldn’t count on Dahua doing anything about this.
 
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Steviedee said:
Does anyone know whether dahua are going to sort this issue, as I'm not usuing blue iris, have an nas and its frustrating not being able to use the 4kt to its fullest. Also (ot), does anyone know if using a dahua nvr, whether setting the nvr settings for day and night, would change camera exposure settings etc?
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Have you seen this util?

Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset

I wanted to use stronger noise reduction at night and weaker during the day, but Dahua seems to have made a mess of the profile management. On most cameras, there doesn't seem to be a way to have the camera switch automatically between Day and Night profiles when the camera changes between...
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SpacemanSpiff said:
Have you seen this util?

Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset

I wanted to use stronger noise reduction at night and weaker during the day, but Dahua seems to have made a mess of the profile management. On most cameras, there doesn't seem to be a way to have the camera switch automatically between Day and Night profiles when the camera changes between...
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com
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That utility doesn't work for the new GUI and I pointed out in post two what the API is to set unit up in BI.
 
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I'm getting there now. Lots of teething problems with my BI 4K-T setup.

Finally got it stable now. Now I just need to work out how to send my 'too big' jpgs to Pushover. My Alerts for this 4K-T are approx 3.5mb so Pushover just ignores them. Either I lower the res for the camera or I implement one of these funky looking scripts.....
 
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