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    Take a look at all the hik cameras IP addresses- maybe found in the networking page of the nvr. Then maybe with the dahua on it's own in the web service app for it, give it a similar IP address and take it off DCHP afterwards, so the address you give it sticks. If all the hik cameras are for example, 110.20.5.1, 110.20.5.5, etc, give the dahua 110.20.5.15. Make the first three sets of numbers the same as the hiks but change the last number to one that isn't used by the hik cameras. Then plug it into the nvr and see. Might not work, but at least it would put the address of the dahua in the same subnet as the nvr is dishing out to the cameras. If not, put it back on it's own, change the address back to the original and go another way. I have no idea if this would work, so I don't know if this would screw up access to the camera afterwards, if it doesn't. But others have reported being able to put a laptop or netbook into the same subnet as a hik [swann] nvr and hit the cameras web service page, so it may work.

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    We had one night last week that hit 5°f and checking into one channel of the nvr with dahua domes remotely was tough. It could have been a coincidence because we had a very cold winter and all was well with the cameras. But those two nights were brutal. Of course my analog cameras sailed right through.

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    It was finally warm enough to get outside and clean the camera glass. WOW were they dirty from about four months of nasty winter weather. I have eight cameras and it's a bit of a pain, but so worth it. If you get less than excited about the pictures from your cameras, definitely start with a cleaning. The difference can be surprising.

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    ^ You can try that, but in my experience surveillance audio is just plain lowfi. Even if you can get a quality mic in the chain through the camera, you still deal with sync latency between picture and sound. Nvr's have two way audio via rca but that audio doesn't get recorded. Audio must be passed through an audio capable camera, and that's when latency issues can arise. If you're looking for quality picture and sound together, surveillance gear isn't the way to go. A dedicated video camera is. For remote convenience sake, an nvr with two way audio can be better than an audio camera in that the sync latency is diminished, but it's still lowfi and it doesn't get recorded. So it's a compromise. Use the surveillance gear for what it does best, but use a video camera with an external mic input for top quality audio/picture.

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    That looks like a nice system. I actually prefer not to have gps for the reason you mention. Mine's a WS300w from Wrightwood. I totally love having it. It's even more necessary to record on the road than your home, imo. Way more risk and possible bad stuff to record. I think it's just a matter of time before they're standard options in new cars, built into rear view mirrors. They're that useful. I also belong to dashcam talk too.

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    I'm plenty happy with my camera. It's 1080p and does as much as can be expected. It has survived brutally cold temps in the car all winter- starts right up and records, files are always in order. Dependable, set and forget operation- what a good dash cam should be. The only thing I've considered is adding a rear camera. New multi channel systems will be available in the states before long. I'll have to check them out and decide.

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    I am aware of the scale down on the timeline. PSS does not have that option though I believe, no? But, I'm talking about sitting through 24 hours of video, rather than motion events. How would recording to the sub stream help with

    constant recording though? All I see recording to sub stream is so the mobile app would be able to play back recorded video alittle smoother. I've been setting the mobile app to play main stream when vewing back and it's not that bad.

    And, my customers are looking for the minimum of one month recording, so depending on how many cameras, I've installed two 4tb hdd's in some circumstances.

    Oh I understand. Yeah smart search is great at the Dvr, but that's not often convenient. I don't think pss or Web service has smart search. I'm interested to know too so I'll look. What I did in my case for the guy was scheduled motion with full time as well, so even though motion isn't totally reliable in certain instances, at least motion markers are logged within the 24hr bar as a starting point. I do this especially for the after hours schedule when no one is there that could normally say an event happened around such and such a time. So for sure schedule motion and full time together. It can help zero in big time.

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    Dash cams are digital systems- this is as good a forum as any I guess! This 'dumb as cotton' deer ran right out in front of me a few weeks back. This is why I put the camera in my car, to catch stuff like this, although I wish it didn't happen, that's for sure. Geico loved the footage! And so did I because it showed I had no chance and that I didn't just run it over for lack of paying attention. It was 2k in damage and 500 balloons out of my pocket for the deductible because this moronic animal chose that moment to do this. The thing went tumbling off the road. I never did see if it survived. It may have- I caught it in the hind legs. Broken legs usually spells eventual death for wild animals. If it did survive, do you think it learned it's lesson? Not hardly. One of the dumbest animals on the planet. I chalk it up to being very lucky though. A second earlier and that thing could have come right through my windshield and killed me, or totaled my car. Risk in driving is a numbers game- eventually your number comes up.

     

     

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    Not sure dahua will ever come around on this one. It's been a long time now. Hikvision seems to absolutely be the other way to go for a number of reasons, but try as I may here, I've never gotten a single person to do a deep demo vid of the CMS software interface. I really like PSS. I wouldn't want to go backwards with a weak CMS package- especially if I had to administer tons of clients in it. Dahua seems way further ahead on all counts, but there are quirks to contend with- mostly in the cameras.

     

    I do have a few customers that I have large HDD space and constant recording 24/7 and we can go back a couple of months, but thats a PITA for playing back video.

    You can try making the recording block smaller than 60 minutes- like maybe 30 or 15 minutes. I keep it at 60 because I get fine playback with main stream 2mp. Assuming that's what you mean. Or with such large HD room, record sub stream too. With exterior cameras, it's kinda just better to go with full time recording and plan for it it with HD space. Two weeks or so archiving is usually plenty in most cases.

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    Yeah now that I remember, the 2mp mini domes had really unrealiable motion detection too. I don't think you'll overcome it with just settings. It wasn't picking up things close enough for it to pick up. The best detection I get out of that nvr is a camera in a reception room- indoors in a confined fov space. That has excellent detection and right on every time, as I scheduled that one to motion after business hours. It's been thoroughly tested with the cleaning guy there every night- god love him! LOL! But the domes looking out at the large parking lot all have unreliable detection. At first what I did to try and save some HD room was schedule full time recording, handing off between two cameras for day/night. That way one channel or another was recording full time, but not all at the same time. That worked out great but then the client wanted full time recording for all three cameras out there, and so I did that. For his needs he didn't want to run the risk of missing a thing.

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    Yeah see, that's what I meant earlier when I said an unknown will be the software control.

     

    I got the software to run in compatibility mode. It is really bare bones. Offers no setting adjustments or advanced features. You can use to view the camera feed and move it around and that is it. The web interface is much more functional.

    You can't call up a preset in the remote software? If you can, you'll have to know the menu preset for that camera to get into it for system tweaks. Maybe your seller can provide you with a list of presets for such things as opening the OSD menu, starting/stopping a tour, scan, or pattern, restarting the camera, creating presets positions, etc. If it's just not possible to do remotely, than you'll have to set it up locally for it to do the specific things you want it to do. And what I meant about properly installing is that you need to install the camera in it's permanent placement first, before you can program in the appropriate positions for the camera to look at as far as presets and a home position. 'Hanging off a shelf' won't be good for programming positions, as they won't be appropriate when you install it in another location for real.

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    I don't use that, but I recently got an LG 8.3 tablet and use the android HD app, which sizes ok for the tablet. It's probably very much like idmss you're talking about. It has 4, 8, 16 split. In fact if you have an ipad, try the HD app. It's probably way better on an ipad than an android tablet. There's some menu sizing issues on my 8.3 HD tablet, but it's usable. I haven't sprung for the HD plus app, which include push/playback. Frankly, I think I get better streaming reliability on my windows phone with wdmss than I do with the HD tablet app.

     

    http://www.windowsphone.com/en-us/search?q=wdmss&x=0&y=0

     

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