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  1. Dramus

    Lightning strike issue

    What @Rakin wrote. I'd pull the cover over the breakers and examine the distribution panel, as well. (But that's not something anybody who doesn't know what they're doing in distribution panels should be doing. See Rakin's caution: Re: Electrocution.)
  2. Dramus

    Lightning strike issue

    All that cable/wire--Ethernet cables, speaker wires, CATV cable, phone wiring, house wiring, etc.--are essentially antennae. Lightning produces strong localized EMP. Those antennae pick it up, just like a radio or TV antenna picks up broadcast signals, and brings it back to the...
  3. Dramus

    Warning about tool shipped with Dahua cams!

    That's what I'd have done, but I'm afraid it's far too late for that for the OP.
  4. Dramus

    Video removed - FedEx drives over neighbor's dog, no brakes, doesn't stop

    There's no "piling on," @erkme73. I made a point. It was in error. @Walrus corrected me. I acknowledged the correction and amended my original comments.
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    Video removed - FedEx drives over neighbor's dog, no brakes, doesn't stop

    Right you are. (Told y'all I wasn't a lawyer ;).)
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    Video removed - FedEx drives over neighbor's dog, no brakes, doesn't stop

    IANAL, but I think you just stated, in public, that you're considering committing extortion blackmail. Perhaps even conspiracy to commit extortion blackmail. I suspect that was what Walrus' "Wow, just wow" was all about.
  7. Dramus

    Email Bug fixed Firmware for IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_Eng_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000008.0.R.190619.zip

    Sorry if this has been asked & answered, before, but does Dahua post release notes for new releases? Perhaps indicating what's new in a new firmware release?
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    Problem with order from Andy (Empiretecandy) and need advice

    If anybody had the slightest doubt about doing business with @EMPIRETECANDY, this should dispel it. That is some top-notch customer service, that is! Andy is, indeed, The Man I suspect that, unless it magically shows up in USPS' system, somewhere, that's $1,500 lost to Andy :(. My guess is...
  9. Dramus

    My UPS Caught Fire Last Night

    Fascinating. Nice find, @catcamstar. Thanks for sharing. $120/ea., though :(
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    My UPS Caught Fire Last Night

    Allow me to do you the favour of adding to your angst, then :). Every electronic device you have is subject to busting into flames at any time. Particularly anything with NiCad, NiMH or LiIon batteries in them. Electronic components fail. It's a fact of life. Sometimes when they fail they...
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    My UPS Caught Fire Last Night

    I had that happen, once, with an APC SmartUPS 1400. I'd just put new batteries in it and swapped the one that'd been in service for the re-batteried one. Pulled the plug to do a runtime test. Got no further than the end of the equipment rack when I heard a *POP* from behind me. Turned and...
  12. Dramus

    Warning about tool shipped with Dahua cams!

    They don't look like it to me.
  13. Dramus

    Warning about tool shipped with Dahua cams!

    Thanks, @TonyR! I wonder whether that's the larger or smaller one?
  14. Dramus

    Warning about tool shipped with Dahua cams!

    Good catch, @Kitsap! I just examined the four wrenches that came with my Dahua cameras. Interestingly: The three that came with the 5231s are all hollow. The one that came with the 4231F-AS is a smaller wrench, but for a larger Torx head, and is solid. I'm going to figure out what Torx head...
  15. Dramus

    tool head broke off in set screw of Starlight Housing

    Man, some of y'all must be applying some serious torque to these little screws. You don't need to rag on them. Just snug 'em down lightly.
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    New Dahua Bullet PTZ - PTZ1C203UE-GN

    Great! I was looking at an Amcrest that somebody pointed-out is an Amazon Deal of the Day thing, but decided I'd rather wait on this one.
  17. Dramus

    DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_NP_Stream3_V2.800.0000005.0.R.190325.zip

    Same here: Three (3) IPC-HDW5231R-ZE's and an IPC-HDBW4231F-AS, in fact. No trouble from the Synology SS at all.
  18. Dramus

    Is Acceptable To Use A Cat6 Inline Coupler?

    Theoretically speaking: No. Practically speaking: They usually work.
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    IPC-HDW5231R-ZE not sharp anymore, any ideas?

    Automotive exhaust? Those cameras appear to be in a fairly high-traffic area, and fairly close.
  20. Dramus

    How to ignore raindrops streaking down the image?

    That's a very good point, @archedraft. I hadn't thought of that. He didn't say what kind of camera, but, if it's a bullet a hood shouldn't be difficult to fabricate out of some thin sheet steel or aluminum. A turret or dome or other design might be trickier.
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    How to ignore raindrops streaking down the image?

    Probably doesn't need to be even that far away. I suspect mainly keeping the rain off the lens will be sufficient. I have one of my three outdoor cameras located further toward the edge of the soffit because there's a coach lamp w/in about two feet of it. I wanted that well behind the lens so...
  22. Dramus

    IR issue

    Then ISTM it might be a configuration issue? If you can't find it, I'd try a factory reset, then configure it only so far as you need to to get it visible on your network (i.e.: Just the network config), and see what happens.
  23. Dramus

    IR issue

    You were unclear: Does covering the lens for ten seconds or so persuade it to switch?
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    How to ignore raindrops streaking down the image?

    Rain does not trigger my cameras' motion detection as a rule, but my cameras are all under soffits.
  25. Dramus

    Ring alarm system still considered a reliable solution?

    I have a Honeywell panel with an EyezOn EnvisaLink EnvisaLink 4 IP module. The system is entirely wired except for a wireless motion sensor in the shed and a wireless tilt sensor on the garage door. With the EnvisaLink 4 on a Honeywell or DSC panel monitoring is optional, because you can do it...
  26. Dramus

    How to ignore raindrops streaking down the image?

    Give the camera an umbrella? :)
  27. Dramus

    IR issue

    I'm sure that was a typo and he meant to write "filter." By that he meant the IR cut filter. See: Day/night IP cameras: What is an infrared-cut filter and why do I need one?, for example.
  28. Dramus

    Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+

    Thank you, CCTVCam! I knew there was something bothering me about the 4mp vs. the 2mp images, but did not know how to put it into words--much less have a technical explanation for it. I think you've nailed it. This may explain why some of us look at the A/B images and are underwhelmed with...
  29. Dramus

    Dahua Cameras reaching out to China.

    I wonder if they're checking for new firmware updates? OP: Is System -> Upgrade -> Auto-check for updates checked? I have that unchecked on my because I distrust auto-updates and have my cameras blocked from Internet access, anyway.
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    5231 video settings

    Is the CPU running at 80% a problem? Asking, because I really don't know.
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