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  1. TheWaterbug

    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    While we're on the topic, it would be interesting to consider an extension to NTP, or perhaps some service that runs in parallel to it on the same server, so that a client device, e.g. a camera, can ask, "What is UTC, and what is our current offset including DST?" I run NTP on my pfense...
  2. TheWaterbug

    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    Is there a way to manage this in any way other than dragging the mouse and/or copying one month to other months within the same camera? I found this table of sunrise/sunset time for Los Angeles: If I could reformat that data into a CSV file or similar, plus or minus an offset, could I...
  3. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    Thanks! 2-pack ordered! But but but . . . . what if I need those cables 10 years from now?
  4. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    I'm considering using a few of these in outdoor locations. Has anyone found a mounting solution or junction box for these? They have a 6 hole pattern on the back:
  5. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Ah, I did not notice the Confirm button turning green after correction. So this software is smarter than I thought! Now if we could only get multiple user logins . . . :p
  6. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Two Finch Couples Nesting at Painted Peacock Manor I now have two House Finch nests on opposite sides of my house, so I put up a second camera to watch them both. For about a week I'd watched finches appear on either camera, but not both, so I wasn't sure if it was one couple shopping both...
  7. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Can someone please confirm what these two buttons do (and do not do)? If I'm guessing correctly: Correct Plate updates the plate in the database, but does NOT feed anything back to the AI model. Confirm AI Label tells the AI model, "Yes, you got this correct," where "this" is the AI read...
  8. TheWaterbug

    Dahua day/night switch utility - DahuaSunriseSunset

    I believe you need to leave it on Customized Scene.
  9. TheWaterbug

    EmpireTech aka Dahua LPR Settings

    Now that DahuaSunriseSunset no longer works with the new GUI in the EmpireTech cameras, is this the only/best way to handle Day and Night? It sure would be nice to have something that dynamically adjusts to the seasons and DST. But I guess the rest of the world hates us . It would also be...
  10. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    But, since we've got both up on the screen at the same time, we can see that their FOVs are roughly similar at minimum zoom, but the IPC-B52IR-Z12E S2 can zoom in quite a bit further, and seems to get sharper text. Both cameras were set to Auto, Defaults, and then to 30 fps, and then I tweaked...
  11. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    Vigilant VSR-60-02MP1 (bigger, right side of photo, left side of video) and EmpireTech IPC-B52IR-Z12E S2, Side by Side: This is NOT a comparison of "which camera is better?" because they're two different classes of product. The EmpireTech is a pretty modern, Dahua-based camera available on...
  12. TheWaterbug

    Savannah Guthrie's mom - new images released

    Here's a reposted Fortune article on this.
  13. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    I turned on the "anti-blowout" features, and I got this nice capture: If you step through the video frame-by-frame, you can almost see where we get a keyframe and an exposure/illumination correction, just as s/he poses for us.
  14. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Strike The Pose: Who says 1080p ain't enough pixels?
  15. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Opossum and Coyote in the Upper Garden, 02/12/26 As with the last rabbits & coyotes video, these two events were a few hours apart, and edited together. But these critters cross paths all night long, every night.
  16. TheWaterbug

    Point to Point Wireless Bridge Recomendations

    I just got the go-ahead from the other neighbor to install the "A" bridge and camera, so that hardware has been ordered. I bought another set of the same things I've been using, e.g. the NS-5AC bridges and the IPC-B52IR-Z12E S2 AndyCam, because I don't control that other building, so I won't be...
  17. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    Oddly hidden in System: Maintenance, is the Max. Zoom Ratio control. Anything greater than 10 appears to be digital zoom, as I can no longer hear motors whirring if I zoom in beyond 10. I thought maybe the max optical zoom might be a function of the Min. Focus Distance, but the...
  18. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    Neat! I'll have to play with this a bit. This just sets the global defaults for the first login from each client on each browser, correct? Once they're logged in, they can still edit whatever they want?
  19. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    Now we just need to figure out how to get +12 V from the POE circuit onto some of the other wires. Unlike every other IP camera I own, this does not have a barrel jack for DC input. It just has 3 wires for: RED: AC24V/DC12+ BLACK: AC24V/DC12 - WHITE: GND So the protection is probably done...
  20. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    I found the mic! Audio input is an RCA jack, so I snipped off the end of a mono audio cable and did a crude splice to the brown and brown/white wires. DC input is 12 V on a barrel jack, and I have tons of 12 VDC supplies lying around: It works!
  21. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris UI3

    I'm going to give new read-only logins to my BI install, exterior cameras only, to several of the neighbor tenants in my office complex. They are not very technical. Is there a way for me to push a set of UI3 defaults to them? I downloaded my own...
  22. TheWaterbug

    Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

    These make a decent wildlife camera, too!
  23. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Rabbits and Coyotes in the Upper Garden 02/10/26 I took some license in the editing, and the coyote shows up 2 hours after the rabbits. But they're there all night long, and alternating appearances on the cameras, so it wouldn't surprise me if I catch a Nat Geo clip sometime soon.
  24. TheWaterbug

    Blue Iris Updates - Official Thread

    I just tried this, and it's got potential: At first I was confused (I was petrified. . . ) The New Camera dialog doesn't have an option to use a camera group: But once you have a new camera, you can then change its source to a group: I did not see a way to edit the layout, and right now...
  25. TheWaterbug

    Full ALPR Database System for Blue Iris!

    Is anyone else seeing failures to read .dat files? Right after I got LPR working again on Sunday, 1/31/26, I drag-dropped a .dta file onto BI's AI Inspector, and it worked. But today, when I drop a .dat file onto 6.0.1.30, I get: It's definitely a good .dat file, or at least the AI read was...
  26. TheWaterbug

    Point to Point Wireless Bridge Recomendations

    SpeedTest reports:
  27. TheWaterbug

    Point to Point Wireless Bridge Recomendations

    I got the "B" bridge installed today, with a new camera. That allowed me to repurpose the off-axis camera that was formerly pointed at the southern driveway on Western, to the choke point between the two lots: Both cameras are capturing good plates during the daytime. I still need to work on...
  28. TheWaterbug

    What's the best FREE video editing s/w for 2024?

    DaVinci Resolve can composite as many cameras as you like: and it's free. But it has an installer, and a hefty one at that, and the learning curve is steep. But it's incredibly powerful.
  29. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    Bunny Goes BOING Not sure if this is cavorting, playing, or just reacting to nothing.
  30. TheWaterbug

    BIG Owl on my Trail

    2025 Ioniq 5 XRT Delivering Manure Down Thoroughbred Trail Every year I deliver a couple of SUV loads of bagged manure to my garden, which is 1/4 mile down an equestrian trail. It has some steep spots, some tilted spots, some ruts from the rain, and some rocks. It was dry today, but sometimes...
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