Great example of Dahua Starlight 2MP Verifocal Performance in low light

[JoelJ]

Here's my mounting point to give some perspective on distance, etc.

This is awesome! The Dahua HDW5231R-Z's are the cameras I've been looking at installing at the house I'm building. I was thinking of setting them up in exactly the same location as you are here; right under the soffit in the corners. Is that a separate mounting base that you have there, or is the camera attached directly to the soffit? It looks great!

During the framing stage on my house, I am planning on running my CAT6 to all potential camera locations, even though I am not 100% on all locations. I figured I could mount a camera to test a location, then keep it or move it. At the locations I decide against, I can leave in a rubber hole plug or something similar that will hide the opening with the wire stuffed up inside the soffit. That way if I ever change my mind, I can pull the plug and attach my camera.

Now that you've had your camera installed this way for a few months, what do you think? Anything you would do differently?

 

[thomaswde]

This is awesome! The Dahua HDW5231R-Z's are the cameras I've been looking at installing at the house I'm building. I was thinking of setting them up in exactly the same location as you are here; right under the soffit in the corners. Is that a separate mounting base that you have there, or is the camera attached directly to the soffit? It looks great!

During the framing stage on my house, I am planning on running my CAT6 to all potential camera locations, even though I am not 100% on all locations. I figured I could mount a camera to test a location, then keep it or move it. At the locations I decide against, I can leave in a rubber hole plug or something similar that will hide the opening with the wire stuffed up inside the soffit. That way if I ever change my mind, I can pull the plug and attach my camera.

Now that you've had your camera installed this way for a few months, what do you think? Anything you would do differently?

Sorry, just seeing this...

First (so I don't forget) why CAT6? An IP camera could never even come close to maxing out a 10/100 link let alone needing 1000Gb. I'd save the cheddar and pull cheap Cat5e to my cams.
Yes, I mounted directly to soffit, it's very sturdy IMO, no need for a mounting base. I have no concerns at all about that thing coming down in a storm, it would take two hands and a death grip to rip it down.
I love my mounting point for that cam, I've added more cams since then but that's still my most useful single cam as it watches my driveway / cars, and can see up the cul-de-sac.
Nothing I'd do differently I don't think.
Def pull that wire in framing because it was a bear to pull that over my vaulted ceiling in between the wood framing, awful actually. If you saw my attic you would think I was a sorcerer for ever pulling it off, haha.

 

[fenderman]

Sorry, just seeing this...

First (so I don't forget) why CAT6? An IP camera could never even come close to maxing out a 10/100 link let alone needing 1000Gb. I'd save the cheddar and pull cheap Cat5e to my cams.
Yes, I mounted directly to soffit, it's very sturdy IMO, no need for a mounting base. I have no concerns at all about that thing coming down in a storm, it would take two hands and a death grip to rip it down.
I love my mounting point for that cam, I've added more cams since then but that's still my most useful single cam as it watches my driveway / cars, and can see up the cul-de-sac.
Nothing I'd do differently I don't think.
Def pull that wire in framing because it was a bear to pull that over my vaulted ceiling in between the wood framing, awful actually. If you saw my attic you would think I was a sorcerer for ever pulling it off, haha.

The price difference between quality cat5e and cat6 is negligible...cat6 is generally a bit thicker...you never know what you might want to use that run for in 10 or 15 years....it silly to run anything else if you have an open house...

 

[tigerwillow1]

First (so I don't forget) why CAT6? An IP camera could never even come close to maxing out a 10/100 link let alone needing 1000Gb. I'd save the cheddar and pull cheap Cat5e to my cams.

I agree with you 100% and I still use cat6, spending more money for it and dealing with the stiffer, harder to work with cable. It's just a thing with me to use the higher end stuff when the price penalty isn't all that great. If I designed an airplane it would be too heavy to get off the ground. I could argue that there's less heat loss from cat6 23 awg wire than the cat5 24 awg, reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the powerplant. On a slightly more serious note, I do have several runs close to the 100 meter length limit and did factor the power loss into the cat6 decision, knowing in reality that cat5 does the job just fine.

 

[JoelJ]

First (so I don't forget) why CAT6? An IP camera could never even come close to maxing out a 10/100 link let alone needing 1000Gb. I'd save the cheddar and pull cheap Cat5e to my cams.

Exactly what @fenderman and @tigerwillow1 are saying. I can get a 1000' roll of CAT6 off monoprice for $10 more than CAT5e. I'm using it for fiber internet as well throughout the house in addition to cameras. CAT5e "might" be good enough for that, but I know CAT6 will be for sure...at least for what I want it for. Besides, "future proof" is the idea right? And because I'm pulling it all during framing, I'm not too worried about thicker/stiffer cable.

 

[thomaswde]

Hey, all valid.
I have a couple rolls of Cat5e, a roll of Cat6, and a couple hundred feet of Cat6A. I have about 100 Cat6A patch cords (Happens when the only work you do outside your home office is in datacenters). Nevertheless I still pull Cat5e to my cams since there's about 0% chance I'll ever install a workstation, server, or edge switch in my eaves. My 1920x1080 cams trickle about 2-5Mbps of H.265 in a rainstorm down that link, I could upgrade to 8k cams and still rock out on Cat5e. Everyone's use case and home is different. If I was buying a roll to pull my house and not sitting on tons of cabling I'd for sure buy Cat6 like you fellas. Respect.

 

[parallon]

Hi there. Very informative article. What brand NVR or software are you using that you are able to draw detection zones like that? Not sure if you just added a Dahua camera on another brand DVR, or using something like Blue Iris...

Thanks,

Mike

 

[BubbaJoe]

Hi there. Very informative article. What brand NVR or software are you using that you are able to draw detection zones like that? Not sure if you just added a Dahua camera on another brand DVR, or using something like Blue Iris...

Thanks,

Mike

Mike, Thats the software that comes with dahua cameras.

 

[TLadd]

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Whatcha think gents? I'll of course test it but like to see what the resident experts think first... @nayr @hmjgriffon

New here is the application screen shot NVR software interface or blueiris?

 

[aristobrat]

The screenshot in the message you quoted looks like the camera's web interface.

 

[TLadd]

The screenshot in the message you quoted looks like the camera's web interface.

Thanks aristobrat that was a crazy fast response!

 

[Firefighter]

Looks great, I love having one in our nursery. He's almost 2 now but still nice to have.