Patrol with motion tracking

[JT Blue Iris]

Do any of the HIK (or any other mfgr) PTZ cams have the ability to set up a patrol with presets but if it detects motion/person/auto then flip over to motion tracking until end of motion then go back to patrolling?
I did a quick search but didnt see anything.

 

[wittaj]

Yes they can do that, but you really don't want to do that as the PTZs are only rated for so many "cycles" and folks that have used patrol have had the system become inoperable as a PTZ after a couple years.

If it is cycling it can be avoided and miss the action.

You are much better off using fixed cams as spotter cams to point the PTZ to where the action is and then let the autotracking take over from there.

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...

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[JT Blue Iris]

Yes they can do that, but you really don't want to do that as the PTZs are only rated for so many "cycles" and folks that have used patrol have had the system become inoperable as a PTZ after a couple years.

If it is cycling it can be avoided and miss the action.

You are much better off using fixed cams as spotter cams to point the PTZ to where the action is and then let the autotracking take over from there.

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...

ipcamtalk.com

Thanks for this, I never thought of that but I do have spotter cams in the field of view for the PTZ cam I want to add.
I am currently using HIK bullet cams, would you reccomend a particular brand for the PTZ I want to add?
Reolink look cheap dont know if they are any good?

 

[wittaj]

Yeah stay away from Reolink LOL.

The invisible man, where can he be. Thank goodness he is carrying around a reflective plate to see where he is LOL (hint - the person is literally in the middle of the image at the end of the fence holding that bright white rectangle)

I've seen better images on an episode of ghost hunters

These are the go to sub $450 autotracking PTZs:

https://www.amazon.com/Loryta-SD49425XB-HNR-Starlight-Network-Tracking/dp/B082XX9LJ6/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=ptz&m=A329YQ83EBQGJF&qid=1677898476&s=merchant-items&sr=1-2

https://www.amazon.com/EmpireTech-Starlight-Auto-Tracking-Protection-SD4A425DB-HNY/dp/B0BPH7L1Z1/ref=sr_1_14?keywords=ptz&m=A329YQ83EBQGJF&qid=1677898476&s=merchant-items&sr=1-14

This is a great one that has great range of motion:

https://www.amazon.com/EmpireTech-PTZ1A225-HNR-XA-Starlight-Positioning-PTZ1A225U-IRA-N/dp/B08LGVS1RR/ref=sr_1_15?keywords=ptz&m=A329YQ83EBQGJF&qid=1677898476&s=merchant-items&sr=1-15

This is the best sub $1,000 autotracking PTZ:

https://www.amazon.com/EmpireTech-SD5A425XA-HNR-Starlight-Auto-Tracking-IVSEnglish/dp/B08GKQSK2W/ref=sr_1_21?keywords=ptz&m=A329YQ83EBQGJF&qid=1677898581&s=merchant-items&sr=1-21

And then if you have the money:

https://www.amazon.com/EmpireTech-Sensitivity-Auto-Tracking-Recognition-SD8C845FG-HNF/dp/B0BRQ6ML1K/ref=sr_1_11?keywords=ptz&m=A329YQ83EBQGJF&qid=1677898602&s=merchant-items&sr=1-11

 

[EMPIRETECANDY]

We have a customer install the cams on the trailer and use the Color4K-X and IPC-Color4K-B180 to call the PTZ, so make it a 360 autotracking PTZ. Very cool solution for some projects.