Haha this is a screenshot from a quick video I made, I'll post a better quality photo of the temporary mounting solution later on.
Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ
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Haha this is a screenshot from a quick video I made, I'll post a better quality photo of the temporary mounting solution later on.
A better photo of the SD4A425DB-HNY with the PFB303W and PFA101, temporary mounted on a piece of wood hanging from the door. Thanks @EMPIRETECANDY !
Speaking of mounts, I whipped this up out of an old folding "road closed" sign.
before paint
almost the same color....
anywho, time to get back to setting up all these presets/IVS rules.
before paint almost the same color....anywho, time to get back to setting up all these presets/IVS rules.
When setting up IVS tripwires, with auto tracking, how do I swithch off target filtering? Not looking for humans or cars in my side yard. Just wildlife. Thanks, Jerry
That is the "downside" with the new AI is that it is geared towards people and cars. Remember we are not their target audience, it is businesses.
You would have to use something like BI with its AI to get that function.
That doesn't mean you won't get some wildlife with motion detection instead of IVS, but it has been shown that even turning off target filtering, it still is looking for a person or car.
You would have to get an older PTZ that doesn't have AI in order to trigger for wildlife consistently.
Detecting wildlife with Dahua cameras
I'm starting this thread to be a resource for people wanting to use Dahua IP cameras to monitor and view wildlife. If you're among the majority of users who want your cameras to ignore detection of cats, dogs, and other animals, you are fortunate that the newer cameras do this quite...
Yes, @wittaj , I do remember reading that thread. I've got three spotter cams calling new mini to presets, have to see how it works out!That is the "downside" with the new AI is that it is geared towards people and cars. Remember we are not their target audience, it is businesses.
You would have to use something like BI with its AI to get that function.
That doesn't mean you won't get some wildlife with motion detection instead of IVS, but it has been shown that even turning off target filtering, it still is looking for a person or car.
You would have to get an older PTZ that doesn't have AI in order to trigger for wildlife consistently.
Detecting wildlife with Dahua cameras
I'm starting this thread to be a resource for people wanting to use Dahua IP cameras to monitor and view wildlife. If you're among the majority of users who want your cameras to ignore detection of cats, dogs, and other animals, you are fortunate that the newer cameras do this quite...ipcamtalk.com
Probably asked before, but are there any settings to be made with auto tracking, apart from the duration?
I'd like it to zoom more in to the target, e.g. for a person it stops zooming when the height of a person is about 1/3 of the height of the image.
I'd like it to zoom more in to the target, e.g. for a person it stops zooming when the height of a person is about 1/3 of the height of the image.
Top right of the screen where you set it up is a target tracking size. The larger the number the more the zoom during tracking. But it is a balancing act - too large and it can lose track easier.
So that's what that's doing! Thought it meant it was looking for targets that size before tracking. Thanks.
What's everyone using for night shutter speed?
I'm currently using 1/75 and my settings are attached.
I can barley see the subject and lots of ghosting
Forgot to mention that IR (Far Light) is set to 100
I'm currently using 1/75 and my settings are attached.
I can barley see the subject and lots of ghosting
Forgot to mention that IR (Far Light) is set to 100
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Haven't dialed that in, but with a 1/2.8" sensor for 4MP, night time video isn't going to be incredible.
You need to adjust the target tracking size down one notch, test then maybe change it a tad more.
For most small business and home users this MINI PTZ is good to go!
Get a 1/1.2cmos one, 2K USD
will be incredible.Any best practices for setting privacy masking? I made some test installs for different locations and made some quick setup for privacy masking. As the camera pans, the masks get larger and cover unnecessarily big areas. As the camera stops, the masking goes back to its place. I’m going to make permanent mounting later and can ofc play with the settings myself, but just wanted to ask for tips to make the process a bit smoother.
Also, has anyone tested, if the privacy masking blocks the camera from auto tracking?
Also, has anyone tested, if the privacy masking blocks the camera from auto tracking?
Since I lost the lottery, I purchased a SD4A425DB-HNY from Andy's Amazon store. I haven't mounted it yet but so far it looks good. I do have a question. The PTZ works fine on the camera interface but doesnt seem to work on UI3 or on the blue iris interface? I did enable the interface in the BI settings . Am I missing something? Thanks in advance
Works fine for me, but many have had this issue and a factory reset solves it.
After you do that, post what comes up when you hit the find/inspect key in BI.