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    2025 EmpireTech Thanksgiving Day Sales& Black Friday Sales- Winter Sales

    You mean without? ;) Yeah, I've won plenty of times in the past. Just my luck I guess, don't win with anything else. That's why I didn't play this time. My winnings (and shipping trouble last time; prize never arrived and shipping companies lost it somewhere) probably made Andy decide to limit...
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    2025 EmpireTech Thanksgiving Day Sales& Black Friday Sales- Winter Sales

    Good luck everyone. And for the first time I'm not joining the lottery so you your odds of winning are higher! ;)
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    This.
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    Do you use a patch panel?

    I'm not the person to fight on this or have strong opinions. But on local forums all this is a recurring discussion with pro's and cons. Anyway; the way we install networkcabling in The Netherlands (especially in new build homes) is run solid wire in the wall, terminating in wall sockets on one...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Santa detection!
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I know. I'm closely watching your progress though! ;)
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I'm gonna try this now. I'll see you all on the other side! ;)
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    @steve1225 and @bigredfish I'm struggling to find that firmware. Is that the firmware Andy mentioned here? https://www.ipcamtalk.com/threads/dahua-wizcolor-5x59-pro-and-smartlight-5x59-il-new-series.82857/post-955955 Otherwise I might as well wait for Andy to try his latest firmware, scheduled...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I still have IVS problems. I disabled the tripwire on the road since the neigbours (parked) van triggered IVS all night long. However; last night tripwire (drawn on our own driveway close to the van) triggered on the van, parked just outside the tripwire lines. :banghead: Also, it triggered on...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Well, you shouldn't have used this as a mailbox:
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Last night I turned down sensitivity to 7. Still triggered several times on the van, and several times on our own empty driveway. Can't see what the camera's 'sees' (car, animal or?). So now I've turned of "Large-Scale AI Models" and sensitivity back to 10 and now I'll wait what happens this...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    - This forum is playing up, double post not my fault -
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    I have an interesting observation; I have my 54PRO in color mode 24/7. As I've said previously; I probably don't have enough light for that so part of the image is to dark, other area's is perfectly usable. But I have a 54S3 in IR for the dark area's. But now; the 54PRO during the night...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    In my setup, the 4K both day and night produces a picture with great dynamic range. At this moment (around 16:00) the shadows on our driveway are darker with the 4K (compared with the PRO), but it handles highlights amazingly well. (blown out on the PRO). Actually; the PRO (even with the same...
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    Do you use a patch panel?

    For my own situation no, since at the central location I have only like 5 or so networkcables coming in. But for my brothers new build house I did. Al ethernet runs are solid cat6 and using RJ45's on those are not recommended which is also my own experience.
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    Dahua Turret as bird camera

    What did they do to my house?! Who the hell are you?!
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    Dahua Turret as bird camera

    That's what I did. I cut a fairly big hole in the roof, glued some clear plastic from a "elastomap" (don't know how that's called in English) on top. It does provide a brighter image, but the camera still doesn't automatically switch between night and day, so I now just use the schedule to...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Unfortunately I don't think I can share some footage for several reasons. I don't have the camera dialed in nearly as good as you guys (big reason), camera's - albeit placed near each other - don't have the exact same view and (honestly) privacy reasons; there's just to much in view. So it...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    So just for laughs; I sort of installed my prize Color4K-T with a ziptie next to the T54PRO-AS (and both above T54IR-ZE-S3). Location is on our driveway, the view includes some of the street where there's some light from streetlights and lights from neighbours (we don't have any exterior lights...
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    Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

    Thank all of you for your testing and sharing experiences. Today I installed my lottery IPC-T54PRO-AS. The visible light and speaker are nice, but I don't think I'm really going to use them. (I don't like to have visible lights on during the night; even less lights that turn on and off...
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    REMINDER for those that Observe DST [November 3, 2025]

    We had it last weekend and the NVR and all camera's changed time perfectly. It does mess up the timeline though.
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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    Look what the figurative cat dragged in! Thanks @EMPIRETECANDY ! :D I think the IPC-T54PRO-AS will replace a IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 at our driveway. Looking forward to explore the new possibilities with this camera (visible light; speaker) Don't know where to place the IPC-Color4K-T though.
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    Current shipping methods to EU

    Well, basically what you just said. Andy offers 2 shipping methods with one being more expensive (upfront), so would like to know what the actual differences between the two are so us EU buyers can make an informed decision what shipping method to use. FedEX/UPS is the proven fast way (previous...
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    Current shipping methods to EU

    I think we're talking past each other. I'm not talking about the link between shipping companies (DHL/FedEx/PostNL) and local customs, I'm talking about the actual shipping methods since Andy specifically mentions 2 different ways. The fast way (which he mentions may result in signifcant customs...
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    Current shipping methods to EU

    Yes. I don't have recent examples, but I have one FedEx invoice from 2023 and it was €3,74 TAX and €5 advance payment commission for a total extra cost of €8,74. I have never experienced it like that. Granted, it was always a single item (1 camera) but every single time my item arrived in less...
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    Current shipping methods to EU

    If I understand correctly; @EMPIRETECANDY has 2 shipping methods to the EU. A regular "fast' way and a slower "tax free" way. I usually received the packages with FedEx and that must have been the 'fast' way since shipping time was mostly less than a week. As for extra import costs; if and when...
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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    Hopefully shipping will go right this time. Previous one returned by Dutch customs probably still hasn't arrived back at you. And no rush of course, you take all the time. I'm very happy anyway for this opportunity to play with some new camera's! :headbang: Your lottery is always good fun!
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    Dahua Turret as bird camera

    Oh I don't need color at night. I have forced the camera to color during the day but I took some quite extreme settings to have a usefull image. And it never changed back to color after the night. Schedule profile is a possibility but I try to avoid that since I requires changing the times quite...
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    Dahua Turret as bird camera

    This bird gets in basically every day now. Often multiple times a day. Last night she slept in there for the first time. Hopefully we'll get lucky next spring! Small problem though; I need to get in more light. I'm think about adding a 'skylight' (cut a rectangle from the roof and place an...
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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    Do you work for the Dutch customs by any chance? Last time you succeeded. :smash: Is it going to kill me?
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