Hello from New Zealand

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Huh. First intro post disappeared....

After having some chainsaws stolen from our shed recently, I decided to add some security cameras (and a stronger shed lock!).

So far I've set up Blue Iris on an old i7-6700 w/2TB WD purple and 16GB RAM with a 256GB SSD boot drive. All good.

Have just finished wiring in my first IP cam today - a Hikvision DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL. Blue Iris is set up to record 640x480 24/7, then using Deepstack to detect motion it will switch to 4k recording of events.

It's all working very nicely and as expected.

However, I can't get the Hikvision's built-in security alarms to trigger. I'll post that issue in a separate thread - but it's an excellent learning experience so far, and a fun project to boot. Already gained at least one new skill - how to terminate my own cat6 cables.

EDIT: solved that issue - see below.
 
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Many thanks :)

...and for putting up with a n00b posting.

On topic, I worked out how to get the built-in alarms to trigger, so all is working 100%:
 
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