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    Dahua Font Packs?

    I was poking around the settings in the new IPC-T54IR-AS S3 I got from EmpireTech, and noticed an option for font packs. I see it supports uploading .bin and .ttf files, but when I attempt to upload .ttf files I get an error: "Signature verification failed or authorized certificate illegal."...
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    IPC-T54IR can't change hostname (multiple hostnames?)

    I recently got an IPC-T54IR-AS S3 from EmpireTech and was attempting to configure it. However, I ran into some issue with the hostname. It was my hope to use mDNS/Bonjour to reference the camera, and so far I have seen 3 potential hostnames: Network > TCP/IP > Host Name (default = "IPC")...
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    Night/IR Wildlife Camera setup help for small farm

    Hah, yeah I can see how that would be not great for crime. I did run this by the relatives and their first reaction was "most of the critters we're concerned about don't move fast, so that sounds like a ok trade off". I think the fact that they see a blurry large blob is enough for them. Not...
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    Review - EmpireTech IPC-TPC124X-AI 1/2.7'' CMOS 4MP Thermal Network Mini Hybrid Eyeball Camera

    Carefully counting the transitions in the sample videos, that appears to be exactly what it is doing. I counted about 220ish horizontal and 200ish vertical pixels based on some estimates, so 256x192 is indeed the true resolution of the sensor
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    Night/IR Wildlife Camera setup help for small farm

    Ooh, I hadn't even considered thermal! From 0-50ft? The key things I'm gathering are this is for situations like "oh neat a moose is lounging outside, lets exit from the back door to not disturb it". In the ~2 weeks my relatives have had the farm, they noticed a large mammal-sized dent in the...
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    Night/IR Wildlife Camera setup help for small farm

    I've been tasked to set up some cameras at a relatives farm. Here are their goals: Ability to see if bears/moose/racoon/etc are/were around and making noises in the evening and night Crepuscular and nighttime recording, but 24/7 "may be useful too" The primary goal is to check for animals...