Review-Dahua SD6CE245U-HNI Starlight PTZ 45x Zoom

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Quick question I have the camera and time to time I feel like the clock on the camera falls couple of secs behind is there a way to correct this issue ? Also I would love if all the clock matches on all other cameras seem like all of them are couple of secs here or there..
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You need to set the Interval to something other than 0.

Ideally, you would have NetTime installed a home computer, block the cams from accessing the internet, and point them to the PC running Nettime. NetTime - Network Time Synchronization Tool
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You need to set the Interval to something other than 0.

Ideally, you would have NetTime installed a home computer, block the cams from accessing the internet, and point them to the PC running Nettime. NetTime - Network Time Synchronization Tool
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Thank You Looney I got the Time Synchronization Tool installed and got all the camera to sync on time Awesome ! Thank you So much !!

I will look into VPN Guide once I get some time and give it a shot. Thank you Looney for all the amazing guides and help.
 

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Looks a bit dodgy. His shirts hanging out at the front.
 

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Hi Guys, has firmware updates fixed the focus issues at night and are there any tracking enhancements???
 

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Great review and camera, this may well be going on the roof of the new house.
 

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I've been using my camera for almost a year. And it's been great. The only that I don't like is it will zoom in when tracking, but as the target gets closer it never really zooms back out. Is this a typical way tracking works. I have not done any firmware updates.
 

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I have been running mine now for about 14 months and love it. I do NOT use some of the advanced features like tracking, etc as they are less than optimal. I use this as a long range fixed camera with Blue Iris alerting and a toy to track stuff as I want to. I really want a 2nd one....

That being said, if you can see what you want with a couple of fixed cameras that is the way to go. I need long range and this is perfect. I can't believe this monster is only 4x the price of the good fixed lens options.

-Dwight
 

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This is a late response but your efforts and information have helped me greatly...and I dig this camera. It helps me to cover a lot of Arizona acerage. You have my appreciation for what you have put together here.
 

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This looks great, is there a new model of it? Both of the original links say discontinued.
 

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This looks great, is there a new model of it? Both of the original links say discontinued.
Maybe this one with the 1/1.8" sensor? SD6AL233XA-HNR. I do not see a 4MP in this size PTZ camera in their catalog and the larger sensor.
 

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I've been following the auto tracking thread (Dahua poor auto tracking - What am I doing wrong?) and have noted that one of the other PTZ cameras has the ability to trigger a preset when a tripwire or intrusion box is activated. I know my current firmware, which is not the latest, does not offer that option. Does anyone know if the latest firmware provides for this functionality?
 

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I seem to be having a brainfart. Can't seem to figure out how to disable the IR on this camera
 

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Try to play with Web UI, conditions manual, set 0 for both. You might have to change multiple profiles.
 
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