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  1. J Sigmo

    How long to wait for reply from support -- do they ever reply?

    A lot folks have expertise with BI on this forum. Perhaps you could ask here and get some answers faster.
  2. J Sigmo

    Prevent IR from bouncing off wall beside camera

    You can always switch off the camera's built-in IR Illuminator and install a separate illuminator positioned to not light up the wall in question. With a separate light source, you can get the position and aim of the light right, and even baffle the light to keep it from lighting up anything...
  3. J Sigmo

    Package Theft Deterence

    Probably afraid of catching a few follow up shots in the caboose!
  4. J Sigmo

    Big Discount

    I have a couple of places where I could use a camera, but which don't need to be top-of-the-line. So if Andy gets another batch, I'd be in for three of these for my home system. Example: I'd like to be able to see if one of our cats is curled up in one of her usual snoozing places in our...
  5. J Sigmo

    Delivery guy hits car and drives off (U.K.)

    Along the lines of being punished as a result of an accident not your fault: Many years ago, a friend was getting ready for work one morning, and while he was in the shower, a lady hit his company truck, which was parked in front of his house. She rang his doorbell, admitted her fault, and all...
  6. J Sigmo

    DS-2CD2122FWD-IS improve night illumination

    It's actually much better to have the IR light source far away from the camera. So your idea of mounting an IR illuminator away from the camera, and switching the camera's internal IR light off is exactly what you should do. Dome cameras are always problematic. But switching off its IR and...
  7. J Sigmo

    Delivery guy hits car and drives off (U.K.)

    I guess it's good that between my insurance guy and the state insurance commission doing some arm twisting, the other driver's insurance coughed up the moola! :) The particular vehicle in question has made me money over the years. It's sort of a magnet for errant vehicles. And in every case...
  8. J Sigmo

    A few pics from the 'hood

    https://ipcamtalk.com/attachments/upload_2019-9-27_22-50-10-png.48197/ A number of years ago, the local authorities decided that all cats and dogs needed to have ear tattoos for identification. Being a rather libertarian area, this chapped people's butts here, and two main bumper stickers...
  9. J Sigmo

    Delivery guy hits car and drives off (U.K.)

    Here, my insurance company would probably have "made me whole", then pursued the business owner and/or driver and gotten their satisfaction from the milk company's insurance carrier. I had a woman ram me from behind in a fast-food restaurant drive-thru, and when the woman's insurance company...
  10. J Sigmo

    Poor Video Quality - Laptop Monitor Too Bright

    One common design feature of digital cameras is that they employ filters over their sensors for various reasons. Those filters are flat glass plates, and therefore quite reflective. Some light that enters through a digital camera's lens will strike these filters and be reflected back out...
  11. J Sigmo

    China's new 'super camera' can instantly pinpoint specific targets among tens of thousands of people

    DARPA shows off 1.8-gigapixel surveillance drone, can spot a terrorist from 20,000 feet - ExtremeTech And that was from 2013. Imagine what they have now, but aren't talking about.
  12. J Sigmo

    Post your must have installation tools

    A plastic kitty litter bucket or two to carry the particular assortment of tools and parts I've selected for a particular phase of a job, so I don't have to carry everything everywhere.
  13. J Sigmo

    Poor Video Quality - Laptop Monitor Too Bright

    People forget that security camera use is exactly like any other photography. There is always a limit to the dynamic range (the range of brightnesses) that can be captured. I always point out that any camera system can only capture a "slice" of the scene's dynamic range. And when you set the...
  14. J Sigmo

    Help Surv Co Owner Design his home system?

    As has been said: Drywall was made to be cut, drilled, and patched. Get one of these things: Variable Speed Oscillating Multi-Tool You'll end up looking for excuses to cut holes in drywall. ;) And they're great for cutting baseboard and other things. Heck, you can even remove your own...
  15. J Sigmo

    Is there a Ip wireless camera that supports basic authentication

    You could probably write a little script or program to set the timing of the "refresh". It seems like seeing a new image every minute or two, even every five minutes, would let people know if the courts are crowded or not.
  16. J Sigmo

    My Mouse Died

    While bait is amazingly effective for mousetraps, the other main factor is proper placement of the traps so their triggers are in main "runway paths". And of course, adjusting them for high sensitivity. Mice like to run along walls and other obstructions. It's probably safety instinct...
  17. J Sigmo

    New member is completely lost...

    I can't speak for everyone, but for me, having an ethernet port that I can set up to whatever subnet I want, and having a POE switch on that port is very handy for "commissioning" new cameras and other ethernet devices. To that end, I have a USB to Ethernet gadget and a small, inexpensive...
  18. J Sigmo

    5.0.3 - New Edge Vector Motion Algorithm

    If this does reduce the false positives from tree shadows in the wind, and car headlights sweeping my yard and porch, that certainly will be a big plus.
  19. J Sigmo

    Providing BI videos to law enforcement - need advice!

    I forget. Does BI have the option to substitute the "Benny Hill" music for the audio track, or am I imagining that?
  20. J Sigmo

    When would you not want full-time motion only recording?

    The motion alerts are nice for quickly finding the action. But as @bigredfish said, having full-time recording assures that you capture everything that you need, even if it hasn't yet triggered an alert or if the movement stops for a while. And you can have both (at least you can with Blue...
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