Yes, I'm finding that I much prefer the camera AI over CPAI now that I can target animals as well.
Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret
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Build in AI sure much better than 3rd party one, sometimes the build in AI not very smart, the S3 one looks like doing bit better than the S2 version.
No mistakes so far. S3 AI is working exceptionally well! This new firmware version has been rock solid, thanks Andy!
The smart ir version trail fw will be available around 24th, I will send some guys here to make a further testing and then release.
I have advocated for years here to use the camera AI over CPAI unless one really needs the orange rectangles around the object and to identify bear versus dog LOL.
But for most, the ability to trigger and alert for simply a person or vehicle is sufficient.
And now that they added the animal checkbox, that adds a whole lot more people into the mix that may be able to scale back their use of CPAI.
Like you, I have found the new firmware with animals to be spot on.
Adding animals back is a great addition to many folks here.
Yes, it would be even better if they would consider backporting the animal detection onto the older S2 5442 series of cameras. Oh well, I won't be holding my breath for that to happen though.
Definitely looking forward to the new firmware, sounds like exactly what I'm looking for on these new S3 cameras.
I'd sure be thrilled to see this. I'm using 11 of the older 5442s, and replacing them all would land me either unmarried or in the cemetery.
Are these still the best settings for this camera? Just trying to get everything installed and setup well initially.
Those are fine to start with. Each FOV requires it's own settings.
Start with above, then fine tune as needed.
Wittaj Camera tuning Tips.
Hey, just want to confirm this camera replaced the T5442T-ZE?
Great news about animal detection coming back! I was only in the market for like 4 more cameras...now I might be in the market for like 13 cameras! (to replace all my T5442TM-AS - 6mm's)
Great news about animal detection coming back! I was only in the market for like 4 more cameras...now I might be in the market for like 13 cameras! (to replace all my T5442TM-AS - 6mm's)
So if I understand right the basic idea here is to just use the camera's onboard AI instead of anything in Blue Iris such as CPAI or BI motion capture? When I setup the cameras in BI on the Trigger Tab do I only select the ONVIF input and nothing else (no motion or CPAI)? I feel like these are newb questions so not sure if there are BI camera tab screenshots somewhere for how the BI should be setup to use this.
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The S3 IPC-T54IR-AS (IPC-T5442TM-AS S3) also support the animal detection.
Yes. I explain how to do it in this post:
Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret
Typically I don’t get alerts on spiders or bugs with IVS. @bigredfish Is this true with animal detection enabled on this cam firmware?
I replaced all 11 of mine, completely worth it! @EMPIRETECANDY will take care of you like he did me.
I put some of them up for sale here in the classified forum. I have 4 left. In my posting #1, #3, #4 and #6 are available.
(7) IPC-T5442T-ZE, (1) SD1A404XB-GNR PTZ and (1) IPC-Color4K-T-3.6mm for sale
All purchased from Andy... (7) IPC-T5442T-ZE are used some white, some black, a couple were white but spray painted black. All working great and Factory Defaulted. (Replaced all with IPS-T54IR-ZEB-S3s). $125 each. (1) SD1A404XB-GNR PTZ is used. $125 (1) IPC-Color4K-T 3.6mm is white and used for...
Has anyone used the animal detection with a NVR yet instead of BI? If so, how did it work? Thanks!
Turned sensitivity to 10 instead of 6 and now it seems a lot better. No marters yet since, but it seems to be able to pick up cats better than 5231.
I use my camera's with a NVR4116HS-4KS2 and it triggers just like any other IVS.