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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    Well, this is getting awkward...
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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    I hope things work out for you.
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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    I gave in... I'm sure @EMPIRETECANDY and I will find a solution for the returned prize from the previous lottery. I just couldn't resist taking part with this one. :blankstare:
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    Dahua Turret as bird camera

    An update. This summer (were have you gone...) I build another box, don't have a picture now, but similar to this: https://www.amazon.com/Birdkiss-Birdhouse-Hatching-Outdoors-Black/dp/B0CTF1DZBB/ The last couple of weeks it gets visited by a Great Tit. Unfortunately, the image quality is poor...
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    Looking for POE nest cam

    What camera/image settings do you use? My nest box has been visited by a great tit the last couple of weeks but the camera's footage isn't great. Seems it might not have enough light; but your box is under an eave (probably less light than mine) and seems to have a great (bright) picture.
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    EmpireTech 2025 Autumn Sales

    Oh nice, even some of the new camera's. :headbang: But I don't know if it's wise for me to participate this time since my prize from the previous lottery never made it through Dutch customs and is now 3 weeks into it's journey back to you...
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    Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro

    Unfortunately Protect works very poorly with other (non-Ubiquiti) camera's. Correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know you can connect ONVIF camera's so Protect can record them 24/7, but nothing else. No camera detections getting through, I believe the NVR's don't do any sort of IVS/detection...
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    Experience with Unifi Protect and UNVR Pro

    It does show how overpriced the Viewport is; here in the EU that thing is priced exactly the same as the NVR Instant (€214,80), but the NVR adds Protect, 3.5" HDD support and a 6-port POE-switch. But their offerings sort of overlap: €214,80 NVR Instant: 15xHD / 8x2K / 6x4K with 3.5" HDD. Runs...
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    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    That's unfortunate, I thought the 180 camera's were quite popular and an IR version would be very welcome. Now you've piqued my interest.
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    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    Any hints on a (capable) 180 camera with IR?
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    EmpireTech 10th Anniversary (Summer+Prime Day)Sales

    PostNL is really testing my patience; it's at the local Dutch customs for 2 weeks already. :rolleyes: If that takes more than 30 days, I was told to contact the seller... With UPS, total shipping time is just a matter of days.
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    IR Hot Spotting Low Tech Fix

    Lol, gave it a try and some of my camera's and it actually works great. Much more equal spread of light. EDIT: well; less hot spot, maybe not more "spread".
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    EmpireTech 10th Anniversary (Summer+Prime Day)Sales

    Nice, same here. But the T180 will be a perfect replacement for a IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 with it's wider view. Will be interesting with it's visible LED instead of IR and no animal trigger. But love to find out what that camera's going to be like :headbang: Thanks Andy for another great lottery! You...
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    EmpireTech 10th Anniversary (Summer+Prime Day)Sales

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    EmpireTech 10th Anniversary (Summer+Prime Day)Sales

    :headbang:
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    UNIFI—The Best Option...?

    Combine the hardware from Dahua with the UI from Ubiquiti. :headbang: First signs of Ubiquiti opening their ecosystem for other camera's was hopefull because that would do just that; Dahua camera's with a Ubiquiti NVR (and thus their UI). But seems like Ubiquiti isn't going to implement it like...
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    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    As others are saying; unfortunately not working; just one of the many "quirks" of the Dahua ecosystem. If it would work there wouldn't be a problem; but the fact this toggle is present but not working if very annoying. Dahua shouldn't put it there if it's not working as it should. This results...
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    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    Yes, that's why I was so happy when Andy came with the new firmware for the S3 camera's. But I'm also considering building an Unraid NAS/server (replacing an old Qnap NAS) and think about running Frigate. Less dependance on detection capabilities of Dahua camera's.
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    2025 New Arrivals From EmpireTech

    @EMPIRETECANDY So just to check; there is no new 180/dual lens IR camera coming? (Like the Color4K-T180 but with IR or dual light instead of visible LED only or like a 180/dual lens version of the Color4M-T?) It is a shame animal detection is so little of importance; I mean the checkbox is even...
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    Camera recommendations for Europe

    To be fair; I haven't bought anything from Andy lately, it's all camera's I won with the lotteries. ;) Including his last lottery. I don't think I have any paperwork of these import costs still around, but I can check tomorrow.
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    Camera recommendations for Europe

    Didn't know he had 2 different shipping methodes. All things from him came delivered in about a week to The Netherlands with often a ~€10 import cost (from the shipping company; via a letter through the post about a week later)
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    Dahua WizColor COMING SOON!

    So this is not happening for (at least) the foreseeable future? :(
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    Can 1 cat5e power two ip cams?

    I've been using this one from Aliexpress for 1+ year to feed a 5442 and 5231, powered by a TP-Link POE-switch. Working fine so far. EDIT: can't seem to link to Aliexpress (forum gives me an error), but it's those cheap €10-15 white POE extender things. EDIT #2: something like this:
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    Dahua Turret as bird camera

    Just to give an update. I made a simple birdhouse and installed it on April 5. Unfortunately no takers. I think it was the next day one bird stood in the entry hole but left immediately. Since this camera's IVS can only detect humans and vehicles (and no animals), I use simple motion detection...
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    Looking for POE nest cam

    You could also use one of @EMPIRETECANDY 's regular IP camera's. I used a surplus IPC-HDW2431T-AS-S2. I opened it up, removed the glue that's on the lens thread and refocused the lens. Easy to do if you have the camera powered on and use live view to focus the lens. I made a simple box and...
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    Dahua WizColor COMING SOON!

    :headbang:
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    DHI-NVR4108-P-4KS2 firmware update

    Well, the NVR is working fine so if the new firmware doesn't have some major/usefull improvement; probably not going to do that.
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    Dahua WizColor COMING SOON!

    I would love to see a dual sensor/lens/180 version of the IPC-T54IR-AS-S3/IPC-Color4M-T. The current 180 models require visible LED or enough natural light to work; I don't like visible LED's and don't have enough light. (Funnily enough; my T54IR camera's switch to B/W much sooner at the end of...
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    DHI-NVR4108-P-4KS2 firmware update

    I have a NVR-4116HS-4KS2, this one: https://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/All-Products/Discontinued-Products/Network-Recorders/NVR4104/4108/4116HS-4KS2 Just for shits I checked it's firmware version; and it's System Version 4.000.0000.4 with Build Date 2019-11-29. @EMPIRETECANDY has...
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    EmpireTech 2025 Spring Sales March.18th-23rd

    Must be "interesting" times for businesses like you right now..to put it mildly... He sort of did; Andy has a Amazon.de store: Amazon.de But not much in stock though... Personally; I would love it if we could buy from his online store directly instead of email. But in the end; for us EU...
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