Search results

  1. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    I have good lighting in the neighbor hood so the smaller sensors work great here. I use the PTZ to keep eye on packages with presets and alerts that I monitor from DMSS, SmartPSS lite, and also Blue Iris.
  2. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    my picture above was a PTZ3E10X-T180. Not too shabby. It is a 2 channel camera: 180 view for channel 1, and PTZ for channel 2. Does have mic, speaker, red/blue LED's. Does auto-track humans (not vehicles with current firmware). Not too shabby of a multi-cam unit. For my purpose, the...
  3. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    As for why the T180 doesn't have IR.. you have to think of the reason why the T180 exists. I have theory! The T180's were made for getting the best image & video for a short distance only, not 50' or 100' distance. Think front door or porch or immediate front yard area only. There are...
  4. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    I think PTZ's are great! Of course, does come with the spendier cost. And the realization that PTZ's have a smaller sensor (2.8's?). They still work at dark night, but it's not best-of-the-best. Would have to supplement with spotter cameras that have the job of spotting dark night alerts and...
  5. Holbs

    Shared Cameras - DMSS - No online account

    In regards to why have DMSS account? Dahua NVR's & IP cameras are not the only things Dahua are into. Have to remember that Dahua products were not designed for direct to consumer purchases. Installers and dealers are suppose to get involved. With my dealings of Toshiba business systems (for...
  6. Holbs

    I need help with what I believe is a Dahua.

    I may tackle my VTH's over the weekend. I have 4 of them (1 is bricked, I think thanks to faulty wrong firmware upgrade). Keep in mind... this is a villa system. You have the master VTO. I see you have 1 VTH. There are more VTH's you can install: bedroom, kitchen, garage, living room, etc...
  7. Holbs

    I need help with what I believe is a Dahua.

    My VTH menu looks nothing like that from the previous display image/icons to the newer image/icons graphics. Hyundai might of added a tweak here or there to the firmware to make it different from a Dahua installation video. Have not touched my VTH's in a long time after a computer/network...
  8. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

  9. Holbs

    Replace several NVRs with one NVR?

    New NVR should = new Hard Drives. Surveillance hard drives like Western Digital Purple series. Slap 2 in there. 14TB each. That's a good start. Can slap 2 or 4 or 6 more as you find it is needed. Of course, can never go wrong with 8 x 14TB hard drive space in total! Motion detection will...
  10. Holbs

    Replace several NVRs with one NVR?

    You can run a test run. Simply move the network patch cord from the old NVR over into the new NVR while keeping the old NVR powered on and running. Only thing you did was to remove the patch cord. Work on new NVR to add in cameras and update what you want. If something goes amiss, can always...
  11. Holbs

    Replace several NVRs with one NVR?

    We just completed an installation of a new 64 port Dahua NVR with existing cameras. Old setup: 2 x IDIS NVR and I think IDIS IP cameras from the 2010 era (at least, the NVR was built in 2010). Customer had a main building and remote building never connected via cabling so they had these 2 NVR's...
  12. Holbs

    Dahua Product Availability in the U.S. ends December 31, 2025

    am hoping @EMPIRETECANDY makes an announcement to give what can be done / what can not be done. It's my understanding, no public (city/sate) or federal organizations can have Dahua (or the specific banned camera systems) installed or newly purchased, as of the ruling today 10/28/2025. Someone...
  13. Holbs

    Dahua Product Availability in the U.S. ends December 31, 2025

    I personally think US wants my data to go through US products so the Big Eye In The Sky gets all that marketing and analytics info, instead of going through China Big Eye In The Sky. Next up, my German Bosch smart dishwasher and LG smart Fridge bans!
  14. Holbs

    Dahua Product Availability in the U.S. ends December 31, 2025

    I hate goobly gock. Not sure what this means but article does say FCC did vote today Tuesday 3-0 to go forward with the FCC ban on various China companies such as Dahua. I think, not a good sign. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-agency-votes-tighten-restrictions-190043751.html
  15. Holbs

    Football field security -- camera layout/design

    We do have this one customer that went full into Verkada security & IP camera systems. They have a 4 way dome camera (over $4,000 for this sucker) but is 500' distance. The customer wants to try out these supposedly new network data cable he saw on the internet that can go far father than the...
  16. Holbs

    Football field security -- camera layout/design

    As much as I love DIY projects and goals, this really sounds more like a commercial project rather slapping a driveway camera at home and figuring out Blue Iris afterwards. Cat6 cables will have to be ran. I assume, underground through conduits. Possibly even fiber optic cabling if no remote...
  17. Holbs

    How would you do this install, that has a 3 ft crawl space?

    I know months old topic, but wanted to throw my 2 cents in. For the folks that come across this in Da Future. 1.) If have to make a pathway through poured cement, you have to use a masonry bit. Yes, you can get a 12" long bit and attach to your Milwaukee or DeWalt hammer drill but that is a...
  18. Holbs

    Dahua Product Availability in the U.S. ends December 31, 2025

    I fear this administration thinks NDAA has something to do with non-disclosure agreements instead of being related to drones/IP cameras and will not even be touched upon during the meeting. Tariffs & general trade will be the talking points.
  19. Holbs

    Camera recommendation for a wide area

    I ran 5 burial rated Cat6 cables in a 8" depth trench out to my light post. 1 of the Cat6 I am using for the 24vdc bulbs for the lamp post. Other Cat6 is in my falling apart birdhouse (had taken a beaten with these 50mph gusts with rain and snow over the years). This camera does not point...
  20. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    Me...personally: Walkout Basement Door gets a Dahua IPC-T54IR-ZE. Deck Door gets a Dahua IPC-Color4K-T180 4K Full-Color Side Door corner gets a Dahua IPC-T54IR-ZE If wanted driveway: a.) immediate area gets a IPC-Color4K-T180 4K Full-Color if only worried about 10-20' distance and 180...
  21. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    What I have learned with IP cameras in my time with IPCT and my own venture down the DIY security camera road... Sensor size of a camera matters for it's purpose. By default, I think of 1/2.8" for daytime / well lighted areas only. Can it see at night? Sure. Could you tell if it was your...
  22. Holbs

    Dahua: all in one answer for home security?

    Again... most everyone here at IPCT are DIY persons in their own right. It's why we are all here! :) The originating realm of this post is for the general public who do not or will not understand VLANs or Firewalls or changing passwords from 12345678.
  23. Holbs

    Would appreciate guidance on camera install locations

    If the primary purpose of the cameras you are looking into is for watching children... more so concerned about daylight hours? Or after sun goes down or 2:00am?
  24. Holbs

    Dahua: all in one answer for home security?

    Oh... I plan on offering 2 sides of the coin, just like your mentioned. Cloud vs Non-Cloud based. Just like I do with my business phone systems. Even, IP cameras for business/phones. I plan on sticking with Dahua nvr/ip cameras for residential/business and jump on the bandwagon of Unifi...
  25. Holbs

    Camera recommendation for a wide area

    sidenote: that is kinda awesome & cool you step off your back porch and have pond/lake after the first step :)
  26. Holbs

    Dahua: all in one answer for home security?

    Mind you... we are/were Toshiba business phone systems since the mid 1990's. Digital phone were the thing. Even in today's world, I offer both IP and digital. Telling my customers the pro's and con's of cloud/IP based dependability. vs digital non-cloud. Still, 95% go IP. I grew tired of...
  27. Holbs

    Dahua: all in one answer for home security?

    We are a business phone system dealer, we already deal with that. 60% of off-site IP phones and 40% local in office phones are cloud based in varying forms. Customers have accepted 'Da Cloud' dependability is out of their hands, out of my hands. Everyone blames Elon in those situations :)
  28. Holbs

    Camera recommendation for a wide area

    You can install a lamp post at the red dot. Run underground 24vdc (if you did AC, you would have to get permit or something). I run my 24vdc lamp post on underground Cat6 cables fine & dandy for 4 years. The extra throw of a light source being that far out even using 24vdc bulbs really would...
  29. Holbs

    Camera recommendation for a wide area

    Do you know of the DORI formula? You are asking for a 2.8mm camera of whatever sensor size to identify at 47' at night time. Not going to happen.
  30. Holbs

    Dahua: all in one answer for home security?

    While I personally agree with your statements, I fully understand DIY home automation and DIY home IP cameras systems are a small group of people as compared to the world at large. Sure, my free Home Assistant is doing wonders in combination with my DSC home security panel and Blue Iris & IP...
Top Bottom