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    Can't reload hikvision firmware with tftp

    I had the same issues with never seeing "update completed" recently. I waited and waited and it seemd to eventually start the whole process over again and load the firmware more than once in a loop so I just had to guess as to when it was time to close the software. I guessed correctly two out...
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    Canon Offers to Buy Axis for $2.8 Billion

    Shoot, that's a good buy right there. If Canon can just sell like 94 1.3mp Axis cameras after the purchase they will have made their money back! :laugh:
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    Recommended bigger POE switches? 16-24 ports or so?

    In my environment I have right around 90 routers, and somewhere about 150+ switches so I do use quite a few but so far the basic brands are working fine. We moved to try and Adtran switch stack and that switch was not the best, was very disappointing. Overall we have had great luck with higher...
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    Recommended bigger POE switches? 16-24 ports or so?

    Sure, the reason we switched is that the Cisco switches were horribly unreliable for IP cameras. I was using the Cisco Small Business 300 series switches and the failure rate was through the roof. I was sending 2-3 a month back for replacement. It was so bad that I quit even bothering to send...
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    No longer on cctvforum

    I quit posting over there a long while ago, this forum is much, much better. You'll be better off for moving imo anyway. Much better content here I think anyway and I wish more of the good people from over there would join you in your move.
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    iVMS4200 Auto-Start after Reboot

    Yep, I can help you out there too. One of these will work I'd think, you don't need them all but there are several options here depending on your needs specifically. https://www.raymond.cc/blog/keep-application-running-by-automatically-rerun-when-closed/ Hope this helps!
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    iVMS4200 Auto-Start after Reboot

    Awesome, I'm glad that helped you as I hoped it would. Was the basic delay in task scheduler enough or did you have to use one of the tools?
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    iVMS4200 Auto-Start after Reboot

    In the basic Windows task scheduler you can make a program start at start up, but you also have the option to delay the start. The options are limited, but you can choose to wait one minute or thirty minutes for example and then have it load whatever you want. For more flexibility you could...
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    Recommended bigger POE switches? 16-24 ports or so?

    I have started using some Buffalo switches, a 16 port all gigabit model with 12 POE and 120w budget for around $200. The second switch is right around $300 but all 16 ports are gigabit and POE with a power budget of 180w and it is managed (I've not yet ever even logged in, they have been plug...
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    Do you think I could run BI server on a Microsoft Surface Pro since tablet? -

    The sign is watertight, one side of the sign is hinged so you can open it and access the equipment inside. I have another sign so big it has a full desktop and monitor inside of it lol, two switches, a UPS, remote power device and all. No one would ever thing the equipment is hiding inside the...
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    Do you think I could run BI server on a Microsoft Surface Pro since tablet? -

    Just as a note - I have 4 cameras connected to an i3 laptop and the laptop is inside a sign out on the front of a property and it has been running great for 2.2 years now. The sign has no heat or air of course as it is a sign... But I did have a temperature controlled exhaust fan in there so...
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    Ideas for "fishing" cat5 through a finished ceiling

    You laugh, but I have seen my dad do that. Needed to run a flue for the furnace on our house that he was building. He took a level, put it on a revolver barrel and once it was level he shot through the ceiling and roof. Said it gave him a nice straight shot for the duct once he used a hole...
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    30-35 cameras on PC NVR?

    I am an IT guy as well with a very, very large setup of cameras. I looked at BI but with my number of cameras I wanted less of a PC overhead as I have 80+ separate servers. I looked at a lot of options and ended up with Exacq as my software of choice mainly because I have multiple locations and...
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    Privacy hood / disable camera

    All of my smaller POE switches have a power switch, so just have someone hit the switch on the POE switch and only have the cameras on that switch. You could also connect just the POOE switch to a web enabled power outlet, like the Belkin WeMo or something. I've never used those but I do need...
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    Painting cameras ?

    Someone painted four of my cameras black last night. They did a poor job and it all came back off easily though. Next time that thug better bring primer. Also, many small coats works better than one long 15 second spray can hosing. It ran off so well I could still see him walk away. What an...
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    SSD install with windows 7 going bad!

    For the record the Samsung data migration software is amazing, it will only work to copy to a Samsung drive but it is VERY fast. The most amazing part? It copies everything while you are still in Windows! It copies, you remove the old drive and then reboot and you are good to go. I've never...
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    Hikvision motion detection masking glitch in all firmware?

    Yeah, I know it is hard to get across by description, so I will put in a few screen shots to show. Now, these shots are pulled from me setting motion in Exacq, but the EXACT same results happen if I set the motion in the Hik camera itself. This specific camera is a CIMP3032, but all of my CIMP...
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    Hikvision motion detection masking glitch in all firmware?

    Just wondering if anyone else has noted the weirdness in the never Hikvision camera firmware like I have? I have been testing this a little more over the last few days but cannot figure out exactly what I'm running into with it. On many of my cameras I cannot block out the bottom, say the...
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    ACTi Camera Quality Feedback

    Oh and for specifics on my ACTi thoughts on reliability? Not good, have major issues with focus creep even on fixed focus models. Sensors going bad in cameras, colors look odd when they go and do not get the full color spectrum, kind of like a stuck IR filter but it is not stuck. Leakage of...
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    ACTi Camera Quality Feedback

    I have installed a ton of ACTi cameras, more than a few hundred anyway. Usually bullets, but I have installed at least 10 different models, maybe more, and while they are okay I have now moved to Hikvision cameras and the quality is much better than my ACTi's can do. I have 9 ACTi 3mp bullets...
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    Hikvision turret lens glass cover replacment

    For the record I was only holding the ladder on this specific cameras install, I hear a "look out!" and the smack in the gravel at about the same time lol.
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    UPS recommendation to power nvr, modem and router??

    I use cyber power myself with good results, but for all of my remote installs I get APC Smart UPS 750 units. The reason for this is that all of my remote sites get NMC cards in them so I can remotely power cycle everything over the internet. I also get emails for UPS condition, power outage...
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    Hikvision turret lens glass cover replacment

    Ha! I watched someone that will remain unnamed drop a Hik bullet 29 feet onto large decorative gravel a few weeks back. That too worked perfectly fine, not one bit of harm and it's working great. :D
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    Assistance with Cam Location?

    While a 4mm looks like it would work, for that close and seeing all the stairs I go with a 2.8 lens. That's just by guessing and looking at the photo provided. I use both 4mm and 2.8mm a lot and I have 15 of each on my shelves right now. In a room trying to cover as much as possible indoors I...
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    Recomendations for low budget camera?

    I've actually never once even tried a dropcam, or even seen one in person. I feel left out.... :D
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    How do you mark your cable runs?

    If I'm there we normally use a Rhino labeler with the nylon labels and it works very well. I use that to label every power cord, switch, power supply, router ports, uplink cables, you name it it gets labeled. That stuff gets labeled that way for every install so guys in the field can just...
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    What is the best sd card to use? ds-2cd2432f-iw

    Sandisk has such a fake problem I rarely get them anymore and I've had a few fail. I still have a few for testing, but I use Sony cards, and here lately Sandisk EVO cards have been cheap and they work really well. They have been on sale over the holidays a lot, 16gb were like $8 I think it...
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    Good source to buy IP items at

    Re: Good source to buy Hikvision items at. Oh that's just the one box, my actual shelf has 114 IP cameras on it right now and 50 something of your analogs. :cool: I'll order more soon I'm sure lol.
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    Good source to buy IP items at

    Re: Good source to buy Hikvision items at. Hey Milkisbad, I just got half my last order out of the box, and man what a big box! 62lbs I think it said on the label. The other box was totally full of the CMIP8232's and I already had them tossed on my inventory shelf or I'd have had a better...
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    Not exactly a NVR or computer but ...... it cool ...

    The fire sticks are awesome, I have three of them and they replaced my Rokus. We only stream TV and get everything that way as there are no local stations to pick up via antenna even. These have been running like a champ so far. I also just got the Amazon Echo at home and that is so cool, I...
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