Home and away - night and day - switching - also file transfer issue

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Hi all, hope your all surviving COVID-19!

I have hardly made any changes over the years, but recently have noticed a few issues

BI 5 - latest version - WIN10

Wondering how others have schedules and profiles set up
I have 2 schedules - night and day
I have 4 profiles - night, day, home and windy
All my cameras are set differently at night (and windy) ,.. when I get home it holds profile and sometimes runs into the night profile (have HOME set "until triggered")
If i get home and its dark - doesnt switch to night until late
When at home, I have some cameras not recording and some recording but no alarms
I cant remember setting all this up years ago!

What am i missing!
Couldn't find a resolution using help or dr google

I leave home and get home at different times so rely on geo fencing

Also, for some reason movefile error 5 started popping up last few weeks
Cant set BI service to log-in to main account (have tried to change password etc)
Server end looks fine - all open access (and BI user is listed as well)

also Couldn't find a resolution using help or dr google... for over a week now!

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Just a quick update on file moving error
Reset all passwords and re-set up run as service
several reboots and still no go, after going through every setting in passwords and security etc that I could find, the system booted into Blueiris user (which was never an option)
Went to share folder and a pop-up box asking for credentials - wham it all works - including BI showing all folder sizes etc in the share
During the several reboots i did upgrade to the latest BI that just came available - but that alone didnt fix my issue

still cant work out what it was, maybe a windows update - the BI password wouldn't stick or be recognised by the server

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Can't help with the BI issue...

As far as profiles, I use a cron job on a Linux VM to connect to the cameras and have them switch at sunset/sunrise. @bp2008 has an excellent Windows program that performs a similar function: Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset

Edit: I just realized you posted this in the BI forum so my advice may not be applicable if you aren't running Dahua cameras and need BI specific answers. My bad...
 

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Hi all, hope your all surviving COVID-19!

I have hardly made any changes over the years, but recently have noticed a few issues

BI 5 - latest version - WIN10

Wondering how others have schedules and profiles set up
I have 2 schedules - night and day
I have 4 profiles - night, day, home and windy
All my cameras are set differently at night (and windy) ,.. when I get home it holds profile and sometimes runs into the night profile (have HOME set "until triggered")
If i get home and its dark - doesnt switch to night until late
When at home, I have some cameras not recording and some recording but no alarms
I cant remember setting all this up years ago!

What am i missing!
You dont need 2 schedules. Just one. Then setup the profiles to run during the times you wish. It is unclear from your post what you are trying to accomplish. What is the issue?
 

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You dont need 2 schedules. Just one. Then setup the profiles to run during the times you wish. It is unclear from your post what you are trying to accomplish. What is the issue?
I have the schedules to change from night to day - to work in relation to dusk/dawn
what I would like...
Camera settings for these scenarios:
Daytime when i am home
Daytime when I am not home
Night when i am home
Night when i am not home + after 10pm - until daytime kicks in

My current set-up works well, I am not sure how to get at home night vs at home day
I have only 1 home profile

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I have the schedules to change from night to day - to work in relation to dusk/dawn
what I would like...
Camera settings for these scenarios:
Daytime when i am home
Daytime when I am not home
Night when i am home
Night when i am not home + after 10pm - until daytime kicks in

My current set-up works well, I am not sure how to get at home night vs at home day
I have only 1 home profile

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The name of your profile is irrelevant. You need 4 profiles and set them up according to your specification.
 

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The name of your profile is irrelevant. You need 4 profiles and set them up according to your specification.
Yep I am aware :)

What i didn't know was the option to have different profiles set up on the 1 Geo-Fence? (If i am correct)

So on each camera I can set up 1 Geo-Fence to be active during daytime profile and 1 active during night profile?

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