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Hello, I have a IPC-PFW8601-A180 panoramic camera (3-lens) that is bricked. I know the hardware is working as it draws power from the switch and red LEDs blink every 4 seconds where the IR strip is. The camera was initially working fine. During initial setup I pressed the Splicing > Start button (which supposedly adjusts the splicing of the 3 images for a better match). After it was done the camera just displayed garbage. I tried updating firmware and after that it's bricked, not responding to any pings. Pushing the reset button doesn't do anything. I know there are some procedures out there that can push a firmware into it using TFTP or serial port etc., so if anyone has any ideas please post. Thanks

You can switch back to day mode, but it may be too dark to see colors at night. The views you posted are typical for these cameras and look pretty good. You may be able to adjust the 3D noise compression to smooth out the image. The Dahua starlight cameras can show color at very low light, but they cost quite a bit more.

You need a camera capable of IVS for that.

With all the IVS and auto-tracking solutions available now on many Dahua cameras, is it possible to create a setup like shown in this video, and what models are capable at this point? Nv8ZFcG4tEw The video above is 5 years old! I'd thought that something like this would be available by now. I know still cameras with IVS can trigger a PTZ, but it only triggers a PTZ setpoint or a tour. Auto-tracker PTZs zoom in to track an object, but once the track is done they will zoom back out to wait for another trigger (missing a lot if there's action going on). This video above is great, as the PTZ aggressively tracks all subjects throughout the still-camera's field of view without zooming out. Of course this setup requires two cameras - one stationary and one PTZ, but they are linked somehow with the still camera providing tracking coordinates to the PTZ. Thanks