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    EmpireTech-IPC-HFW5231E-ZE Help with zoom

    Yes I has PTZ enabled. But i did find that it was set to main stream, Zoom works when I select ipc-a35. I have been pulling my hair out!! I normally don't zoom, its nice when i need to bring the bad section closer
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    EmpireTech-IPC-HFW5231E-ZE Help with zoom

    I have 2 EmpireTech-IPC-HFW5231E-ZE-Starlight-Network-English cameras that are having issues since my switch over to BI5 .. I have been looking through the BI help , for 2 days , i can not seem to find a solution to why i can not control zoom with BI or the BI app. I can log into both camera and...
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    Alerts coming a day or hours later

    i switched to zoho for testing , all my alerts are back with proper time stamps. they are blocking it after to many alerts also. Does any mail provider work with no issues?
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    Alerts coming a day or hours later

    I fine it strange that only started with my upgrade to 5. Is there another email that does not cause issues?
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    Alerts coming a day or hours later

    I recently upgraded to BI 5 ,I am at the latest level. Some alerts come through correctly quite a few alerts are taking a hours or day to come through text message to phone. I have verify with gmail that they are being sent out at proper time. Not sure its a BI issue other than a setting...
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    Question on a Dell motherboard transfer

    Another wrench in the plan! Maybe just buy larger drives
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    Question on a Dell motherboard transfer

    I opened it up looks like the dell motherboard has a 4 pin connector out of the power supply to MB, guessing that won't work, not sure about being able to bolt MB into another case. I have all the SATA ports used already. 1-c drive, 3 to the other drives. I was thinking of adding a cheap PCIe...
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    Question on a Dell motherboard transfer

    I am finally going to upgrade BI to V5 but need to I figure out my system upgrade. Lately, I am having some strange issues with BI. I have a Dell OptiPlex 7020 with an I7 -4790 . I was looking to either transfer motherboard to a new larger case to add more drives. I have a power supply and...
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    BI Pc took a power surge , question on reloading BI

    Thank You!!
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    BI Pc took a power surge , question on reloading BI

    I am running an older version of BI v4, I bought the same brand and spec pc. i was looking to just swap my hard drives in and see what happens . also thinking of upgrading to the latest BI. Will my setting export to the newer version with no issues?
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    exporting not working properly

    ok, thank sman! You are always a great help!!
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    exporting not working properly

    Reply I told them that , he seemed clueless and handed me a few thumb drive which was to small anyway
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    exporting not working properly

    Some knifed tires on my road, they want to see if a certain vehicle is in the area
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    exporting not working properly

    It is working when i do smaller clips about an hour long. i am at 4.8.4.3 its going to be a long night doing 1-2hour clips. lol
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    exporting not working properly

    I am trying to export a 4.39gb clip. If I view the original clip in BL it a few hours long after I export it's just about an hour-long , I am using mp4,
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    BI IR toggle button (Lightbulb) question

    No did not even know about that. It tried it comes up with an A on it.
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    BI IR toggle button (Lightbulb) question

    My question is if I toggle the button highlighted in picture BI looses the ability to control it again. This is on my EmpireTech IPC-HDW5231R-ZE IP Camera 2MP Starlight WDR IR Eyeball Starlight Network IP Camera English Version. What setting am I missing to correct this . It also happens to my...
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    hik and dahua camera both stopped working

    @looney2ns I had the dahua hfw4431 that died from water intrusion, you said the IPC-HDW5231R-ZE would blow it away, I like the bullet design for a certain area. I was asking what dahua bullet is comparable to the one you recommended that i bought. Thanks
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    hik and dahua camera both stopped working

    Thanks for the info I did order that from andy off amazon. I like the camera a lot but Have another question, I was wondering if there is a bullet style that would be equal to the one I just bought?
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    hik and dahua camera both stopped working

    Thanks, I will give that one a try! I did happen to notice the info stated ePoe, Do I need anything extra for this camera to operate? Can i Just use my cat 5e cable with out any issues? If I get a break I will read up on the ePoe , Just browsed them But up at 4am tomorrow to make my meeting...
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    hik and dahua camera both stopped working

    Finally home found this was the one i had Dahua IPC-HFW4431R-Z How does it compare to the one you listed ?
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    hik and dahua camera both stopped working

    One stopped working due to water getting into cable end, the other one has been flaking every now and then ,
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    hik and dahua camera both stopped working

    The Hik was a older 2032 and don’t have the model of the dahua. Was a bullet zoom style. It’s been a while since being on, I am heading out on vacation soon and would like to replace these two but don’t have time to research with everything going on so I am looking for recommendations for a...
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    Camera to router as bridge possible

    I am looking to temporarily move a camera about 200-300 feet away from my garage. I have power down there but no internet. I have 2 old routers wondering if it is possible to hook the camera to a router using the bridge mode or as a wireless access point and relay back to the gargae router...
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    Help with question on home automation

    Hello I am just starting to looking at HA , I am very confused now , Maybe someone can help me out and point me in right direction. I am looking for something user friendly being i am not that pc orientated. I have BI already with 10 cameras. What I am looking to achieve. 1 - turn off/on...
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    Speaker and Mic for camera

    What do you recommend then so i can yell at trespassers! lol
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    Speaker and Mic for camera

    the camera a audio in and out port assumed one was for a mic and other could be used for a speaker
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    Speaker and Mic for camera

    I was looking for general info on adding a mic and speaker to my BI system, If i had to choose i rather have speaker to yell at people! LOL. Has anyone used this and if so how well does it work , Are the clear or have distortion ? any lag or delay? Best choices?
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    Door bell cam

    I did not know what was the best spot to post this, I was looking for suggestions on door bell camera, Something that has speaker, mic and works well with BI. Thanks
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    Recording clips on phone help

    When using iphone to view record clips I click the movie button to record clips to phones photo album which has worked in past ,but now something has changed with two of my cameras, now i get error messages. all other cameras work fine doing this! I have checked the record modes not sure what...
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