How to Setup Spotter Cams with Dahua NVR?

Also be sure your IVS rules are actually tripping. You may have lines drawn that simply aren’t in the right spot. Try tripwire first. Intrusion can be tricky as there is a 3D element to the “box”.
 
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bigredfish said:
Leave MD and SMD OFF. They still suck 10 years after they were introduced.

Are you using/recording to a Dahua NVR?
It should work the exact same way. If so go to the recording schedule on the NVR and make sure IVS/Intelligent is recording for that camera 24/7

You also need to check the box on the camera IVS tab for each rule to “record”
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That was the problem, thank you. Next question...It seems on most of (not all) my IVS events, it will start tracking a car or person, then for no reason at all it seems, it will move on to the next preset in the middle of tracking. Any idea for this? And is there a way to make it zoom in closer to what it is tracking?

thanks a million!
 
Two separate issues

1- it’s moving to another preset while tracking. A) make sure you don’t have a tour or anything else set. B) ANY synched spotter activation will cause the ptz to break track and go where it’s told. It doesn’t care if it’s tracking elsewhere at the time. It overrides. Multiple spotters can cause this and things can get tricky. C) you could have overlapping spotter IVS rules.

2- setting “zoom” is via the tracking size control on the Ptz IVS screen bottom left. (Assuming yours has this feature.) it’s a trial and error thing. Start at 30-35
 
bigredfish said:
Two separate issues

1- it’s moving to another preset while tracking. A) make sure you don’t have a tour or anything else set. B) ANY synched spotter activation will cause the ptz to break track and go where it’s told. It doesn’t care if it’s tracking elsewhere at the time. It overrides. Multiple spotters can cause this and things can get tricky. C) you could have overlapping spotter IVS rules.

2- setting “zoom” is via the tracking size control on the Ptz IVS screen bottom left. (Assuming yours has this feature.) it’s a trial and error thing. Start at 30-35
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so no tour then...what about a scan? can I set that for the idle? or will it mess up too?
here's my IVS screen. Is it the target filter min/max setting? It was max but I just changed it to min.
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No scan. Everything off except the Time Task and start up. Get it working first before you play with all the toys. Then 1 at a time and see affects.

Is that your NVR screen? Make ALL changes on the camera itself.

No. The target filter determines min and max size of the objects you want to track.
 
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Don’t think so, it’s universal I believe regardless of what makes it move initially
 
just found tested something. you can have the ptz call the preset on its with an IVS rule and it restart the task time "timer" This in turns seems to restart the timer clock.
 
Yes that makes sense. Good job!
 
Great info on setting up a spotter camera for those of us that have a Dahua ptz/w auto tracking and a Dahua NVR.

This thread came up in a google search. :thumb:
 
observant1 said:
Great info on setting up a spotter camera for those of us that have a Dahua ptz/w auto tracking and a Dahua NVR.

This thread came up in a google search. :thumb:
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This thread should have came up as well, or at least I hope:

wittaj

Thread 'Using Spotter Cameras to direct a PTZ where to look in an NVR or Blue Iris and setting a spotter cam as a priority in Blue Iris'

We get this question from time to time, so I thought with the recent addition to BI, it made sense to have a thread we can point to.

Previously in BI, if you had more than one spotter cam, you could not make one a priority, so if spotter cam #1 triggered the PTZ and it starts tracking and spotter cam #2 is triggered, it would then take the PTZ off of spotter cam #1 tracking and move to the preset for spotter cam #2.

Now with BI 5.5.6.0, you can go into the PTZ tab in the Camera setttings and go to the preset that you want to have priority and check the "cancel alerts when the camera is...
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It's super cool to know how to configure your equipment for optimal performance. Especially for those of us who install and configure our own systems.

It's probably even more important for some that occasionally set up and sell a system to a customer. It's why i enjoy looking over this site. :thumb:
 
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