New Dahua PTZ will stop working after X amount of movements

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Speed666

Getting the hang of it
Sep 19, 2015
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I warn You about new Dahua PTZ cams. For me:
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The camera will stop Tour operation or autoPan after X amount of movement cycles. It will then go into Disabled mode and only manual movement will work.
On the screen i see "Camera locked" and Tour Disabled. Few days before it showed OSD messages about warning for PTZ movement wear protection.
So - take care when you buy new cams - they can suddenly stop moving and hard reset wont help.
Investigating further.
 
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Yes, it is somewhat known around here that the PTZ cameras are rated for so many "cycles" and will become disabled when that life cycle is reached.

I do not use tour or auto pan for that reason and instead rely on spotter cams to point my PTZ to where the action is and then let the PTZ start it's autotrack.

You can talk to the vendor you purchased from and they may be able to overrride it.
 
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wittaj said:
Yes, it is somewhat known around here that the PTZ cameras are rated for so many "cycles" and will become disabled when that life cycle is reached.

I do not use tour or auto pan for that reason and instead rely on spotter cams to point my PTZ to where the action is and then let the PTZ start it's autotrack.

You can talk to the vendor you purchased from and they may be able to overrride it.
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I will disable this by myself :)
 
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There's a saying, never buy offshore goods when they come with moving parts inside ;) Only exception are the Varifocal cameras since they essentially follow the set and forget mantra
 
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