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Is that playback from the nvr, BI, or SD card?

It also keeps them honest. Sometimes I feel a little self conscious putting cameras on people. But then a story hits the news about break-ins and just yesterday, down a whole street in Queens kids shived tires in the sidewalls and not a single home had cameras to get anything. To me a homeowner can't afford NOT to have cameras in line these days. Btw, nice pictures.

If you don't need the sound to be recorded, just hookup a cctv mic to the mic input on the hybrid itself in the back.

'Dark Fighter' type stuff is usually code for digital crap that hurts the image more than it helps it. And you end up dialing most of it down or out to get a proper image. But, we'll see.

It's odd because cdi is always touted as uncompressed smooth real time viewing. Other than poor cables, I can only figure there's equipment problems. And you should definitely get customer service in on it.

That's a good point and worth trying. But keep an eye on it, it could be inherently finicky even if you get it going.

In motion detection for that channel there might be a capture option. If you don't see it, your Dvr does not have the ability to do it.

I am not a guru, but it stands to reason that damage won't be warranty covered. So you may as well snip off the connection and use a keystone. I have never done it so I can't say for sure. I do know that snipping it off will void the warranty regardless though. What have you got lose, snip away I say.

The question for that and its viability comes down to number of runs and that hard cost. What I dont know is can you put POE cameras in series or does each need a home run to the POE switch?

No, I don't believe you can do that. You can use more than one POE switch though, placing them in close proximity to certain areas to get cameras powered in that zone, and then running only one line from the POE switch to another switch along the way.

If you were Jaclyn Smith instead of Scott you might have a chance. I thought you were an Avigilon tech. My bad.

She was unquestionably still a babe

But then she went and did this. Cryin freakin shame, and for me personally, no more motion detection

They can be unpredictable, but aren't known for critically thinking through a problem

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Are you recording to SD cards? You should work out how to get notifications dumped to ftp or email with video and/or pictures. Some way of having events archived so it doesn't matter what happens to the camera or nvr. And since you're getting relatively low false triggers already, it will make each event mostly worth archiving. If you get a storm, clean up that archive. But redundancy in archiving is worth the time it takes to set up. You are very concerned about only important events being logged, a good thing. But follow that up to make sure the evidence doesn't just walk away with a crackhead.

Yeah really, just use pir's and that will cut out the false triggers. But if two change overs a day are the only false triggering you get, I wouldn't be concerned. I would have thought you'd be fed up with a lot more false triggering than just day/night flips. And if you want evidence of crime or homicide, consider how you handle the security of your security system too, if you haven't already. And consider how you handle the recording schedule, to make it as easy as it can be to review playback.

Where is your 'junk' dvr located now? Why wasn't conduit run for the camera runs? How was the cable run to get to the eight locations thus far? If you can't do the install yourself, it's gonna cost some big bucks to have it done. And if you hand an installer a wish list with 4-5 ptz's, you're really ballooning your budget- they will hammer you with cost for that. Tell them the areas you want covered and let them tell you what they suggest to get that done. It could come in for less money. Frankly I'd only consider an HD system for starting fresh. If you're relegated to hiring the job out, put the budget into megapixel cameras. Even 1.3 megapixel is enough. You don't necessarily need 3 or 5 mega pixel cameras, by any means. So don't be sold on that. But well placed mega pixel cameras will all but eliminate the need for ptz's. Of course you could have one ptz if you wanted. But you may find you don't even need that. HD cameras are that far superior. Does the building have an attic space above? Between that or the basement, it might make it a bit easier to run the wires. Do not go for wireless. Multi family, with all those wireless networks and gadgets will likely make it a nightmare for your own needs.

I did a little demo of the updated app that came out earlier this month. It's probably better to view it full screen at youtube.

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I don't know much about SDI camera settings. Is there an i-frame setting in the encode menu? I've often read that setting should be half that of the fps you have set and if not, that problem you describe can happen. But that's megapixel cameras. Not sure it applies to SDI cameras. Also try CBR instead of VBR. And if you have the ability to have different frame rates for regular and motion recording, in other words low fps for regular recording and then fps ramp up higher with motion, try keeping the frame rates the same for both. Setting wise, that's all I can think of.

Ya see there - that's an accomplishment. Good for you. Exhale and keep rockin

Sector is correct. However it's been 2 years problem free. The old saying can often be the best advice - don't fix what ain't broke.

You mean a 12v 2a power adapter for each camera I hope. Do the cameras have OSD menus where settings can be adjusted?

Aim it so the edge of the house on the bottom right side is out of the picture. That should clear it up considerably. Ideally you should even get the top of that light fixture out of the picture too. But just getting the edge of the house on the right should clear most of it up.

Try a combination for the one field, such as smtp.gmail.com:465

Gmail may not work because I see no encryption setting in your picture.

I believe redundancy is when you have more than one hard drive in the unit, such as a raid setup. Leave the setting unchecked.

If you're having a problem with motion recording kicking in late, try increasing the sensitivity setting. I also set post record to 10 seconds. If you still have problems, try increasing prerecorded a little higher if you can.

Interval probably has something to do with email frequency, if you set up email notification for motion events. Or it could mean snapshot interval if you've enabled snapshots- still pictures. I'm not sure though. Every system terms things a little different. Probably no harm done keeping it at 1 second.

Video blind can be set to send email notification or set off an alarm. It means the Dvr will sense if the camera has been sray painted or covered over in a robbery. It can give false alarms though if it's an exterior camera in heavy rain or fog, so it's not always the best idea to enable that for exterior cameras, or interior ones with no ir for night vision. Video loss is when the video signal drops out completely, such as a cable being cut. That can be good to enable. Those settings need to be used in conjunction with notifications or an alarm, or even to start other channels recording. Otherwise having them enabled doesn't do much.

Set each channel at the maximum resolution and bit rate you can, usually dictated by the frame per second you choose. If it means keeping each channel at 7.5fps to get D1 for every channel, do so. If your unit can do more fps for each channel at D1, go for it. Always record at the highest settings the unit offers. If it means putting in a higher capacity hard drive to archive more time, than do it. If your unit has sub stream, that can be set at lower resolutions for remote viewing or cell phone app viewing. But main stream, keep high.

Display resolution will depend on the monitor you use. It has nothing to do with channel encode settings.

I'm not sure what playback large means. When in doubt with system settings, leave them at default - don't change what they're set on.

And, welcome to the forum. Hope some of that helps.

The pictures on this page of the thread are of dahua 1.3 bullets and impressed me. So in general, can an ip camera have strong and decent spread of ir with wide shots? Yes. You want insanely great, look to the ptz offerings. Costly, but superior ir performance.

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I only have experience with my one outdoor ptz, but the couple of times it got erratic behavior it was due to a bad power supply, not the camera. Also there was one time where the camera would go into a spin by itself sporadically. A restart of the Dvr cleared that and I hasn't happened again. But aside from any schedule behavior, look to power issues first.

What is different about the Hikvision DS-2CD2732f-I? It looks like it would (potentially) have the same issue?

From what I can remember, the foam ring build was improved so IR reflection wasn't a problem any longer.

Here's an extensive article

http://www.networkcameracritic.com/?p=2177