PTZ5A4M-25X Tracking issues - Dahua SD5A425GA-HNR
- Thread starter bigredfish
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hopefully I'll get that fixed this evening
I haven't had much foot traffic to track, just cars, so not much to report yet.
With Andy's new FW I'm seeing good improvement.
Far fewer cars being tracked, not a single garbage can so far (crossing fingers)
And human tracking is improved.
Is it as good as my SD6 series? No. But again it's 1/2 the price. I'd call it acceptable now (with just 2 days testing so reserve the right to comeback if I see anything really messed up)
*Had to go to 60 on Tracking ratio
Good human tracking even with obstacles. Clear improvement
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Still picks up some vehicles, not as many. Room for improvement
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Most impressive human capture. Very Good!
-Low light
-Dark subject, low contrast
-This is at far reach about 400ft
-This specific scene previously was very bad for this camera. It used to pick up trash can, miss human, trigger but not find human, pick up car.
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 100558.mp4
Far fewer cars being tracked, not a single garbage can so far (crossing fingers)
And human tracking is improved.
Is it as good as my SD6 series? No. But again it's 1/2 the price. I'd call it acceptable now (with just 2 days testing so reserve the right to comeback if I see anything really messed up)
*Had to go to 60 on Tracking ratio
Good human tracking even with obstacles. Clear improvement
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 102758.mp4
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 102630.mp4
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 102246.mp4
Still picks up some vehicles, not as many. Room for improvement
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 101810.mp4
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 101243.mp4
Most impressive human capture. Very Good!
-Low light
-Dark subject, low contrast
-This is at far reach about 400ft
-This specific scene previously was very bad for this camera. It used to pick up trash can, miss human, trigger but not find human, pick up car.
View attachment Recording 2025-08-19 100558.mp4
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It really WANTS to track that trash can but so far hasn't.
Let this thread serve as a reminder to any NOOB PTZ owners that they are not plug-n-play cameras!
Even the long time autotracking PTZ users spend lots of time setting up a new PTZ.
Even the long time autotracking PTZ users spend lots of time setting up a new PTZ.
I'm looking forward to the new firmware. Is it going to be released for both the PTZ5A4M and the mini PTZ?
@quiet.tea this fimrware is a special fw for the PTZ5A4M to improve the tracking, i will work with @bigredfish to make more working for this ptz and make it perfect.
Thanks a lot for the reporting the tracking issues!
Thanks a lot for the reporting the tracking issues!
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Very good progress Andy. Major improvement
Yeah I've not seen any real problems with the Mini tracking. Granted my scene is rather tight and short distances.
Occasionally it will spin way past to the left when it loses a track (legitimately because target disappears) but mines been pretty good. Just wish it had a 1/1.8 sensor
It is the opposite for me but my PTZ5A4M is located higher up facing an open area while the mini is facing large trees with hedges that sometimes block the lower half of someone walking by.Yeah I've not seen any real problems with the Mini tracking. Granted my scene is rather tight and short distances.
Occasionally it will spin way past to the left when it loses a track (legitimately because target disappears) but mines been pretty good. Just wish it had a 1/1.8 sensor
In that case it is more of an issue of your install location than it is the PTZ.
I would suggest increasing the target size in hopes of it zooming in on just the top half of the person.
Yes, the location is definitely not ideal. I'll be trying your idea of increasing the target size.