Do I understand correctly that two files should be used to update? The file labeled PTZ and the NTSC or PAl file?
Review-I'll be the guinea pig for the new SD59225U-HNI PTZ.
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Do I understand correctly that two files should be used to update? The file labeled PTZ and the NTSC or PAl file?
Frank van der Heide
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As far as i know you just need the one for PAL or NTSC. I don't know what that generic one is about honestly. I have installed the PAL binary and it works. Some changes in the WebUI and the settings (for instance, there is no more General IVS settings tab anymore and no way to set Track-limits). I'm hoping it will change the Autotracking for the better. I will keep you informed.
Frank van der Heide
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Well, it's night and -> autotracking still sucks. I'm starting to give up on this camera as far as IVS autotracking is concerned ;-(
See that's what I can't understand as with mine setup it's actually better at tracking at night
Which is weird
Frank van der Heide
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Interested to know your setup then. Care to share? By day tracking is almost spot-on, but after dawn it still fails miserably.
Hound Dog 911
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I setup a bunch of intrusion boxes and tripwires and my cat and birds were being followed all the time.
Frank van der Heide
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Hound Dog 911
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I haven't set those up yet. It's supposed to be nice here tomorrow so was planning on installing another pir and tinkering with some of the other settings.
beingaware
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I found auto tracking relies heavily on strong contrast levels.
Try upping the exposure levels and then turn up the contrast.
Try upping the exposure levels and then turn up the contrast.
Frank van der Heide
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I found auto tracking relies heavily on strong contrast levels.
Try upping the exposure levels and then turn up the contrast.
Thanks, will try that tonight.
beingaware
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Restart your camera once you make the changes.
Then adjust further until you see the green box appear on moving objects.
That's how I figured out my camera likes contrast.
Hound Dog 911
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My furnace puts off steam that trips 1 of my cameras. Used to be 2 until I installed a pir. It sucks! Last night the pir worked perfect. No false alarms on that side. It picked up a opossum and our cat come through. No false triggers. Can't wait to have the rest of the pir's installed. My SD59 is setup in a group and spins to the side when the pir trips for my turret cam. Works out awesome.
Frank van der Heide
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Running into some issues now with the new (march 2017) firmware. The PTZ doesn't zoom in while in autotracking mode. No setting to change that ;-((((((((
When the PTZ starts tracking it doesn't go beyond 2x zoom. Mostly it even stays on 1x zoom (so no zoom). I wonder what this might be.
Also some settings have vanished, like Global IVS setup (never understood what it was for anyways) and the Tracking limits.
When the PTZ starts tracking it doesn't go beyond 2x zoom. Mostly it even stays on 1x zoom (so no zoom). I wonder what this might be.
Also some settings have vanished, like Global IVS setup (never understood what it was for anyways) and the Tracking limits.
ChooChooman74
Getting the hang of it
Did you keep the old version? I was thinking of updating, but I do have the old one to downgrade.
Frank van der Heide
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Nope, i was blindly going for better results ;-) Did you keep the NTSC or PAL old one?
ChooChooman74
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Hound Dog 911
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The 49 will not auto track. But you should be able to set it to swing to the tripped side with presets within BI.
Hound Dog 911
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Mine auto tracks pretty decent. Was it worth the difference? I haven't came to a conclusion yet. Still tinkering with it. The pir's have nothing to do with the SD59 or SD49. You should be able to do the same thing with motion detection and group camera settings. Not looking at it right now but pretty sure that is how I tied the 2 together. The only difference would be once the camera is triggered to preset whatever, one would track and one would not.
Hound Dog 911
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The pir's were to avoid the false triggers that I'm sure those who are experts at BI can do with motion detection tweaking. Since getting my pir in the correct location and set on most sensitive settings, the only triggers I had picked up were live animals/ humans and nothing else. No cloud triggers, house shadow trigger, etc. Will they be perfect for around my house completely, probably not. House is close to a pretty busy street and placement is going to be interesting. But I am going to try.