looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
Hello from Houston
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Thank you looney. I will go there now.
I had a very good Army friend that grew up in Evansville
I would caution you about buying the IPC-B521R-Z12E-S2 right off the bat. That cam is a great cam for LPR and if you need a lot of zoom for a choke point. Jumping into LPR without any cam experience can be difficult.
Most here would recommend to just buy a good varifocal cam, like the IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 that @Flintstone61 listed. Before you run any cables, before you mount any cams, use that one cam on a test rig and place it in positions that you think you want a cam. Observe the FOV both day and night. Walk it during those tests to get a feel of how a person will look and could you ID them. Use that cam to develop a plan. Buy cams and install them piecemeal. Jumping in and buying a bunch and just throwing them up is a good recipe for failure. Here is my test rig.
That switch that @Flintstone61 listed is a good switch. I have its 8-channel little brother as one of my POE switches.
I am in Spring, just South of The Woodlands.
Most here would recommend to just buy a good varifocal cam, like the IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 that @Flintstone61 listed. Before you run any cables, before you mount any cams, use that one cam on a test rig and place it in positions that you think you want a cam. Observe the FOV both day and night. Walk it during those tests to get a feel of how a person will look and could you ID them. Use that cam to develop a plan. Buy cams and install them piecemeal. Jumping in and buying a bunch and just throwing them up is a good recipe for failure. Here is my test rig.
That switch that @Flintstone61 listed is a good switch. I have its 8-channel little brother as one of my POE switches.
I am in Spring, just South of The Woodlands.
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Hey neighbor. Thank you for this advice. I love testing out stuff and not wasting money so that sounds like a really good plan.
Cindy and I live in Kingwood and travel through Spring all the time.
Looney sent me your write up. After digesting a bit of it I had already come to that conclusion even before I read your reply.
As part of my reading, I did see the sage advice about starting with one CAM from a few different contributors to the forum.
"Buy one camera and start learning" was a theme that I saw quite a bit.
Plus I like your testing stand and will have to copycat it.
Now if I could just purchase the Blue Iris software, I would be getting closer to getting my baby system together. It says it is currently out of stock.
Hey neighbor. Thank you for this advice. I love testing out stuff and not wasting money so that sounds like a really good plan.
Cindy and I live in Kingwood and travel through Spring all the time.
Looney sent me your write up. After digesting a bit of it I had already come to that conclusion even before I read your reply.
As part of my reading, I did see the sage advice about starting with one CAM from a few different contributors to the forum.
"Buy one camera and start learning" was a theme that I saw quite a bit.
Plus I like your testing stand and will have to copycat it.
Now if I could just purchase the Blue Iris software, I would be getting closer to getting my baby system together. It says it is currently out of stock.
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Hey neighbor. Thank you for this advice. I love testing out stuff and not wasting money so that sounds like a really good plan.
Cindy and I live in Kingwood and travel through Spring all the time.
Looney sent me your write up. After digesting a bit of it I had already come to that conclusion even before I read your reply.
As part of my reading, I did see the sage advice about starting with one CAM from a few different contributors to the forum.
"Buy one camera and start learning" was a theme that I saw quite a bit.
Plus I like your testing stand and will have to copycat it.
Now if I could just purchase the Blue Iris software, I would be getting closer to getting my baby system together. It says it is currently out of stock.
Blue Iris is a download. And you can play with the demo for 14 days.
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Thank you for the link. I had read that it was a download when I started on the site day before yesterday. This is why I am a bit lost when it said it was out of stock.
Some folks use a five-gallon bucket with rocks in it to hold the 2x4. I found it easier to clamp it to my ladder.
Flintstone61
Known around here
I use my great powers of visualization to imagine the scene and then I mount the camera. Then I watch in regret as a dying maple obsures my shot.
Welcome. I am in Houston also and installed my cameras about two years ago. I was a complete newb and the guys here are super helpful amd smart, esp Mr wittaj, he helped me tremendously, plus he knows his stuff.
I have "alarm out" on my IVS set to trigger on motion after a certain time of night. If that gets triggered, it fires sirens outside the house and in my bedroom. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
I have "alarm out" on my IVS set to trigger on motion after a certain time of night. If that gets triggered, it fires sirens outside the house and in my bedroom. If I can do it, anyone can do it.
Flintstone61
Known around here
@Seapig will select his 1st camera IPC-T54IR-ZE S3.
@Seapig will select his 1st camera IPC-T54IR-ZE S3.
Great choice!!!
I wish that were my first camera and not all of my attempts now sitting in box LOL - Logitech, Swann, Night Owl, Reolink, a bunch of no-name cameras from Amazon LOL!
I feel super lucky to have found this site.
Y'all and your advice have helped a ton and I am looking to continue this journey with a lot more silly ass questions in the future.
Y'all and your advice have helped a ton and I am looking to continue this journey with a lot more silly ass questions in the future.