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    Hi, I'm here because I want to upgrade...

    Excellent discussion.
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    Has anyone set up a solar street light?

    That's where building a solar light from components has an advantage. You can size the panel and battery to keep the light on through a Winter night.
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    Has anyone set up a solar street light?

    Nice. That adds some curb appeal. I think 120v a/c is the way to go for most things. 12v is fiddly, but sometimes if something is remote or has to be independent from the grid, it's the best solution. It's also good from a permitting perspective sometimes.
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    Hello from a new user in Aus

    Hi Fred, welcome. Sorry you're obliged to do the cameras, but you've done well to start with research and not just throwing money at a box-o-cameras from the local warehouse store. Don't be put off by the networking. You'll pick it up as you go, as most of us have. Just keep repeating...
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    HP EliteDesk 800 G4 SFF Intel Core i7 8th Gen

    Yes, quite right. They're a mix of 4k-t to 720p door stations. Most running around 2k resolution. The processor is an i5 6500. Still, I think a g4 should have no trouble with what he's doing.
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    Mailbox alarm

    Sorry Tony, I didn't read closely enough about the LoRa gateway cost. I think they run around $80? But I really have no experience here, although I keep thinking about experimenting. I flagged the article because the topic comes up periodically, not because I actually know anything.
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    Mailbox alarm

    I can see the LoRa being good for long driveways. I've read they have a couple miles of reception.
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    HP EliteDesk 800 G4 SFF Intel Core i7 8th Gen

    I'm running 9 cams on a g3 elitedesk 800 with no lag. Computer shouldn't be the problem.
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    Mailbox alarm

    The article says the unit they're selling is around $46 usd. My guess is that a cheap PIR, a lipo and a LoRa could be wedded for something less if one enjoyed the tinkering.
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    Any 12V AC powered IR illuminators out there?

    For whatever reason, maybe a bunch of leds in the strip has some capacitance, I see no flicker. Or maybe 60 cycles per second is faster than I can see it.
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    Has anyone set up a solar street light?

    You might try getting a small solar panel, a sealed 12v battery and a cheap charge controller. That would let you put the panel where you want it, and where you can clean it. I have the above items powering my lighted house numbers. The charge controller will do dawn to dusk or a set time...
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    Any 12V AC powered IR illuminators out there?

    I have a dc led strip light running off the 12v ac my landscape lights use. A simple bridge rectifier does the job. The strip light was cheap, so I wasn't afraid to try it without a regulator.
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    Mailbox alarm

    We periodically discuss ways to trigger an alert when a mailbox is opened. I saw this about a LoRa PIR sensor that sits inside the box and sends a signal when the door opens...
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    never again Dahua! Support form "send" button defect, no answer with email

    Dahua support, at least their US branch, kind of sucks. Just curious, but who do you plan to recommend, now you're off Dahua?
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    Which Computer Do I Buy To Run Blue Iris On? What Do You Use?

    I have a Trendnet and an HP OfficeConnect. I like the HP a little better because it tells you what devices are connected, but both work well. You can get similar HP ones on ebay for less than $20. I got a pair of Trendnet switches (one POE, one not) from a university surplus auction for very...
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    School Thread: Lets stay educated and aware!

    My father was an elementary school principal in Los Angeles at several black schools in the 1970s. There was plenty of this stuff back then. Not from the staff or parents, whom he generally liked, but from the 'community organizers. ' Plenty of racism to go around.
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    Which Computer Do I Buy To Run Blue Iris On? What Do You Use?

    You're welcome. Have fun but don't have too much fun. I don't want anyone's wife to be sore at me because her husband bought a government surplus tugboat.
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    Which Computer Do I Buy To Run Blue Iris On? What Do You Use?

    Www.Publicsurplus.com. Search using the 20 miles (or whatever you can stand to drive) from your zip code. Be patient. Try not to get addicted. Governments and universities dump all kinds of equipment, and sometimes it is dirt cheap.
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    Which Computer Do I Buy To Run Blue Iris On? What Do You Use?

    I bought 4 hp elitedesk 800 g2 i5-6500 computers at a county auction for $10 each. 8gb ddr4, a 500gb hdd, and I added a small ssd to each. I was going to use them just to feed live monitors, but I loaded Blue Iris on one, and it runs really well. No AI stuff, but 9 cameras, no problem.
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    Storm rolling in

    I'm happy I just had the roof redone on the house in Merida. We'll probably get the same storm. Love the old colonial architecture in your photo.
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