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    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    I would consider this a reactive update, not a proactive one - but thanks for reporting you've installed the newest firmware. Given the criticality of this battery issue and the ongoing heat dome here in the US and elsewhere you would think Amcrest would at least document in the firmware update...
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    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    @SarmatMargenmeld - thanks for sharing that your AD410 swollen battery removal kept the doorbell operational - IF there isn't a chime connected. I agree that the purpose of the battery is likely to keep it operational and online for those few seconds when the chime kit diverts power to the...
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    Amcrest AD410 - how to make it more secure?

    @apple_pennywise - I've run these and dozens of other direct API commands to tweak both the AD110 & AD410 without any problem. In fact, I find it safer to use the API than other non-SmartHome software to configure settings due to them sometimes changing more than you expected and messing up...
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    Amcrest AD410 - how to make it more secure?

    Amcrest mobile SmartHome app uses P2P protocol to remotely connect through their Amazon AWS-hosted servers. Amcrest is a US owned company, so your trust with P2P lies with them and their ability to keep their firmware secure to any known exploits. (Amcrest's firmware and hardware is sourced...
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! IEEEEE! It's showtime!
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    Thanks Wittaj. If that is the solution to fixing this firmware, I think you have just identified a bigger issue than the one I was trying to get attention to.
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    UGH, An even more problematic issue - specifying IE for setup (before any other firmware issue can be looked into?) nope, did not use IE or any IE mimicry. FireFox.
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    I actually have no use for the service call to set the color mode (auto,bw,color) the library provides. It's problem is upon initialization, it reads the current settings via an API call and gets an unexpected error and aborts the setup. I agree this is a 3rd party software issue that I am...
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    Insane? First of all Duplo, I am not reporting this as a Home Assistant integration problem, per-se. It is however obviously adversely affected by a problem few have noticed even existed. I have an active Github issue report requesting that the python library that uses the Dahua/Amcrest...
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    Thanks Mike. Normally any specific config entry as documented in the Dahua http CGI doc can be read or changed via the API. When the camera is in its altered state, any of those missing values are no longer recognized as being valid for read or write. It's as if the camera took on a...
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    On some occasions, the problem does show up after a brief communications failure to the cameras . Early this morning at 2:45 AM, my HA logs show comms error to all 4 of my POE Dahua StarLights, but not to my WiFi AD410 doorbell. it only lasted a minute, then logs show all cameras back...
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    Thanks Paul for your suggestion. No, I have not tried to run the cameras untethered from Home Assistance for any length of time. Doing so would not turn up any issue riight away as I would have to check day after day for weeks to see if anything changed in the firmware config...
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    How to submit EmpireTech firmware error report?

    Hi Andy, 4 months ago I posted a problem report here that received no reply. Odd IPC-T5442T-ZE partial configuration vanishing act How should I have submitted a report so that Dahua devs can review this ongoing issue? The camera configuration is somehow changing on its own significantly...
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    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    well, damn - now my AD410 is going offline repeatedly. Rarely did this before now. Started yesterday and continues to go down a few times during the afternoon, never at night. Wall temp in the shade where the DB is mounted - 103F at 2PM which matches the air temp. Face of AD410 -...
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    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    @EMC - Just an FYI - but it appears that "WiFi antenna" that is layered on top of the lithium battery isn't an antenna, but a heater! Found a similar heating element here. Now that's a nice engineering element to keep the battery healthy in extreme cold. I've actually not heard of any...
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