I solved my return to home using the time task and having it return to preset 1 which is my home spot. Still tweaking but it's coming along.@lagvoid Use Time Task, like this.View attachment 130675
Thank you! That did the trick. This PTZ camera is working really well now.@lagvoid Use Time Task, like this.View attachment 130675
I would purchase a GOOD quality 12vdc power supply, such as this 12vdc power supply and run a cable 16awg gauge two conductor, copper wire from the location of the power supply to the PTZ.
Cut off the cigarette lighter plug, and connect directly to the cable by soldering and heat shrink tubing. Leave ferrite core on the cable, it helps reduce noise.
Then at the camera end, use the 2 conductor wire to power both the camera and the microphone.
You no longer will need to send POE on the ethernet cable.
As always, bench test everything first.
How long of run? Exactly How are you powering the camera now?Hi - I have a fairly long run & am using the Amazon Microseven mic that was suggested. It would be pretty difficult to run another wire for powering an external mic.
I did swap my 30 watt POE for a 90 watt (or something) POE hoping that it would make the mic work but that didnt happen. Is there anything I can do to get the microphone working over the existing cat6?
Thanks,
Rich
No offense intended, but I think your tweaked settings look a lot worse than the stock settings. The contrast is much higher in your "tweaked" example (you loose detail in the woods across the road for example) and the colors are oversaturated. You rarely want to turn sharpness up (in fact most of us turn it way down) because it simply adds contrast and artifacts to the image to make the object's edges appear higher in contrast which tricks our eye into thinking it is "sharper". It doesn't actually "sharpen" the image and actually has the opposite effect because it degrades the image to do this.Can anyone with a well tuned 49225 share their camera's picture settings? I know it's specific to the camera placement and unique conditions, but I'm curious which adjustments helped the most. It would be really helpful if you could share what the default setting image looks like compared to after adjustment. Here is my before and after.
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None taken at all. I really appreciate all suggestions here. I'll try tweaking the options you mentioned. Your pointers are exactly what I was hoping. Thank youNo offense intended, but I think your tweaked settings look a lot worse than the stock settings. The contrast is much higher in your "tweaked" example (you loose detail in the woods across the road for example) and the colors are oversaturated. You rarely want to turn sharpness up (in fact most of us turn it way down) because it simply adds contrast and artifacts to the image to make the object's edges appear higher in contrast which tricks our eye into thinking it is "sharper". It doesn't actually "sharpen" the image and actually has the opposite effect because it degrades the image to do this.
Take this image as an example of what the "sharpening" setting does to an image.
So should I pull the trigger on sd49225xa-hnr or continue to wait until I know my wife be to upset and get sd49425xb-hnr if 49225 happens to no longer have Autotracking?
Pull the trigger now. The 49425 model is the 4mp model, but because it is using the same sensor as the 2mp model, the low/no light performance is noticeably worse. Don't let the 2mp resolution of the 49225 fool you. Because it is a PTZ, you can zoom in and usually mitigate any "low resolution" issues. Certainly the low/no light performance on the 49225 model is more desirable.So should I pull the trigger on sd49225xa-hnr or continue to wait until I know my wife won't be to upset and get sd49425xb-hnr if 49225 happens to no longer have Autotracking?