Can anybody recommend a dome enclosure for the PTZ1A2M-25X? I definitely need to get it covered before the snow starts.
Wiring POE cameras throughout a forty acre forest to track brown bears...
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It is made to be outside and exposed.
My neighbor has had his on the roof for years thru snow and everything else. The camera stays warm so snow doesn't build up on it.
If you put an enclosure over it, the heat of the camera will then cause condensation on the dome and render it useless.
That's good to know. I guess we'll see how it does in Alaska at -5F.
As an aside, the DHI-TPC-SD2241-T is working well. I wish it had the optical zoom of the other camera, but for spotting living things it works well.
I still have a thermal bullet camera to test out and add to the mix. Then it will be time to buckle down and figure out ONVIF (ran into an issue early on in my attempts so far and haven't dedicated much time). Need to figure that out and then train an AI model so I can only get notifications about moose & bear because the constant squirrels and birds keep blowing up our inbox.
Also want to make it track living things. The native Autotrack doesn't work very well at all, or perhaps I'm just doing it wrong.
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Mom and two cubs. I need to get more of these cameras around the property and then it won't take long to get good stuff to train an AI model.
Alright, after successfully using ONVIF to control these cameras with my own code (not without some self induced confusion on my end) and having a year to test them, we've just ordered some more cameras from Andy that will come in handy around here for keeping track of the bears. I coded a little script that speaks to us in the cabin and tells us when the system sees a bear, moose, wolf and where at on the property. So having more cameras should make it much safer for us when we're out and about doing chores. We just ordered:
Andy recommended waiting until July to buy the new SDT8C842-8P-FA-APV-0280 camera and we're excited to pick one of those up. Streaming in 4K and 45X zoom will be fun.
5 x EmpireTech PTZ1A2M-25X
1 x EmpireTech PTZ5A4K-25X
1 x EmpireTech PTZ6C4G-45X
1 x TPC-SD2241-T
Andy recommended waiting until July to buy the new SDT8C842-8P-FA-APV-0280 camera and we're excited to pick one of those up. Streaming in 4K and 45X zoom will be fun.
I definitely need these cameras, it has been one hell of a bear season. These spring bears are everywhere. Had one on the deck every day for a week straight and kept coming back despite warning shots and rubber slugs. After I harvested one they stopped for about a week. But today I had three.
Was glad to see the Dahua camera did some auto tracking on the one on the deck (I had thought it only did people and vehicles).
Will be nice to have these new cameras giving us info before they get to the cabin so I can be ready for them.
Was glad to see the Dahua camera did some auto tracking on the one on the deck (I had thought it only did people and vehicles).
Will be nice to have these new cameras giving us info before they get to the cabin so I can be ready for them.