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  1. H. Swanson

    Landscape Lighting Creating Glare on Cams

    I have the latest 5442 S3 cameras. I had landscape lighting installed that shoots up the house and creates a strong halo on two of my cameras. I've narrowed the beam and positioned the lights to the side of the cameras, but it still creates a bad halo. I realize this may be a long shot, but...
  2. H. Swanson

    Acupick 2.0 Enabled; lots of false positives

    I bet Acupick is further more valuable if you have PTZ and ANPR cams. Clearer, close up pics.
  3. H. Swanson

    Acupick 2.0 Enabled; lots of false positives

    What I don’t understand is what Acupick really gets you. Can’t we enable IVS and Metadata manually without it?
  4. H. Swanson

    Acupick 2.0 Enabled; lots of false positives

    Understood. That’s what I meant with my previous comment. I redrew those target areas to exclude certain things that trigger unwanted activity.
  5. H. Swanson

    Acupick 2.0 Enabled; lots of false positives

    Ah ok. Now I get it. I've tailored the new rule drawings across human, vehicle and non-vehicle now. Thanks.
  6. H. Swanson

    Acupick 2.0 Enabled; lots of false positives

    I have the latest 5442 S3 cams and AI NVR from Empiretech. I used to just have IVS enabled with tripwire (human activity) and intrusions (animal activity); no vehicles or non-vehicles. I just enabled Acupick 2.0 to take advantage of the search features, experience database, auto learning, etc...
  7. H. Swanson

    AI Cameras for Community Security

    I've enabled Acupick 2.0 and now have the metadata enabled, but how do I mark an image as a false positive? For example, a tree being tagged as a human. Edit: Nevermind. I figured out how to add content to the Experience Database so it'll learn.
  8. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Got it. I'm going to see if I can get to where I need to be with just the Sensitivity setting, and then address the target size if needed. Is that true if both Appear and Cross are checked?
  9. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    I haven't played with the minimum target size setting. My concern is that making it larger will omit humans far away who appear smaller...is that a concern or does Dahua account for that?
  10. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    I have IVS Tripwire set to Human (audible alert to DMSS app at night) and IVS Intrusion set to Animal (no audible alert to DMSS). I've noticed that the Tripwire alert gets tripped sometimes by animals and sends me an audible alert to my phone in the middle of the night. I have Sensitivity set...
  11. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    NVR fw works great so far. Animal detection now baked in the IVS rules just like with the camera.
  12. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Nevermind. I didn't update to the latest latest fw that was posted today. Doing that now...
  13. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Andy - I have the latest fw on my AI NVR but I don't know how you get to "animal detection" within the NVR. I have it enabled on my S3 cams but I'm curious how you got to that Animal Detection screen in the NVR.
  14. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    I've already installed the fw on my S3 cams and my AI NVR. Works great.
  15. H. Swanson

    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Out of curiosity, did animal detection used to exist in older fw versions? Or is this the first time it has been added?
  16. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    I'm loving the animal detection...I caught a skunk and a deer last night. I have human detection via tripwire send me notifications in the middle of the night so I know if a human is creeping around my house, but I have animal detection on intrusion so I don't get the alerts to my phone but I...
  17. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    No kidding. I searched and searched but had no idea that icon meant so much.
  18. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    OMG. A whole new world just opened up to me lol. Thank you.
  19. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    I'm trying to figure out how to get that AI menu in my camera UI. perhaps it's because I have SMD enabled too? I had SMD enabled to catch things like animals, but now I won't need it because IVS can do it.
  20. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    But I choose the AI by Camera setting, I just do it through the NVR interface.
  21. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    Interesting. I can't figure out how to do IVS through the Camera UI. I've always done it via NVR.
  22. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    Showing I'm on the latest firmware
  23. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    No Animal option
  24. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    I am but I don't see any way to set it up in the camera GUI either. I'll keep poking around.
  25. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    I updated one of my S3 cameras successfully, but I don't see any place to add "Animal" as an Effective Target. Do I need the latest fw update for my NVR as well in order for this to work?
  26. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    Awesome. You still posting the new fw by end of this week?
  27. H. Swanson

    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    Animal detection?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Don't tease me, Andy! Is the IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 considered a 5 series S3 cam? Please say yes.
  28. H. Swanson

    Problems with outdated firmware

    But.must.have.latest.firmware.
  29. H. Swanson

    DMSS & Push Notifications

    True but isn't it more like UPnP where they're only opened as needed when initiated from the inside? Open ports (i.e., port forwarding) were what I referring to as a less secure configuration since ANY one from the Internet could see it open, unless you whitelisted the source IPs from the...
  30. H. Swanson

    DMSS & Push Notifications

    I figure it’s more secure to use P2P vs opening ports to the Internet.
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