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Chase said:
I am looking to replace a HDW5231R-Z turret camera on my front door.

I am looking for good IR and the option to have white led’s turn on by motion as a deterrent and attention seeker (bring face looking at the camera).

The flashing red and blue lights look like a nice option for an alarm.

So would this particular camera fit my needs? Target area about 20’ deep and 10’ wide. Not a pitch dark area.
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3.6mm about 4m.
 
Yeah the 3.6 mm is best between 5ft and 12ft so agree with above
 
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bigredfish said:
Yeah the 3.6 mm is best between 5ft and 12ft so agree with above
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Perfect. What about white leds coming on during ivs intrusion/tripwire event? Would love for camera to switch from IR and into white led light. To act as deterrence and attention getting by looking into the camera.
 
Chase said:
Perfect. What about white leds coming on during ivs intrusion/tripwire event? Would love for camera to switch from IR and into white led light. To act as deterrence and attention getting by looking into the camera.
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Sure they can.

But keep in mind, the white light, or the red/blue isn't really a deterrent.

There are enough videos here showing that perps do not flinch when a floodlight turns on. They avoid homes all lit up.

Watch this video someone posted and how the floodlight comes on and they don't even flinch. But then the audio comes on and they don't know which way to run LOL.

 
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Chase said:
Perfect. What about white leds coming on during ivs intrusion/tripwire event? Would love for camera to switch from IR and into white led light. To act as deterrence and attention getting by looking into the camera.
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I would recommend using only the alarm without the blue and red light.
 
wittaj said:
Sure they can.

But keep in mind, the white light, or the red/blue isn't really a deterrent.

There are enough videos here showing that perps do not flinch when a floodlight turns on. They avoid homes all lit up.

Watch this video someone posted and how the floodlight comes on and they don't even flinch. But then the audio comes on and they don't know which way to run LOL.

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I can confirm that. For this reason, the alarm function is so important to me, in case someone wants to look at the gate again.
 
Sure seems like audio alarm is clearly better. Can this be triggered manually via the DMSS app? Specifically this camera in this thread? I would hate for this to trigger on a non trespasser at night.

Also, if there is a better camera than this threads I am open to hear it.
 
Yep and it has two way talk that works well, again through the DMSS app, so you could yell at him and/or call him bad names.
 
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Chase said:
Sure seems like audio alarm is clearly better. Can this be triggered manually via the DMSS app? Specifically this camera in this thread? I would hate for this to trigger on a non trespasser at night.

Also, if there is a better camera than this threads I am open to hear it.
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Unless you plan to get up and be attentive to every trigger or unless you plan on having this trigger in a high traffic area, who cares if it goes off on a non-trespasser.

Set up different IVS rules. Mine is set up to alert me for everyone at the door, but from x hour to y hour (middle of the night), it is going to go off if someone comes to my door.

So if I occasionally send it off because I forgot to disarm it, oh well.

These things are not loud enough to really bother anyone. I can't hear it in the house for example even with a window open.
 
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