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IVS Rule - Intrusion Details
My concerns with cross, and why I think "appear" or "inside" may work better in some cases: I'll give two specific examples that I've encountered. 1. See image below. Now this is a tripwire rule, but I think the cross on intrusion works much the same way. You can walk up from around the... -
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IVS Global Calibration - Detailed Questions
I ended up trying the calibration validation steps in Chrome, and when I drew the lines, I actually got a measurement value to show up on the screen. Only problem is that the on-screen measured distances, both height and width, didn't match the physical 1-meter poles I have in the ground. I... -
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IVS Rule - Intrusion Details
Before I go an do a ton of testing to figure it out, can someone describe to me what the options are, and how they differ: 1. Appears 2. Cross 3. Inside Here is what I think I understand: 1. Appears - Is this when someone just shows up within the perimeter of the intrusion area? How is this... -
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Custom Alarm Audio
AND.........SUCCESS! I found a website (G711.org - Telephony File Converter) that will convert my .wav file to a 8kHz, Mono, 16-BIT PCM .wav file. That uploaded nicely to the camera and plays back well! -
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Custom Alarm Audio
After playing with it some more, I found out that I can record an audio successfully. Hooked up a nice pro audio mid to my PC, and played the clip over the speakers, while recording on the Camera's interface. Playback yielded nothing. Then I had the idea that maybe the "record" option was to... -
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Custom Alarm Audio
I ended up recording it to my phone with an app like you said (but on my iPhone). The recording was done with the following specs: .wav format 44.1 kHz sample rate 128kbps bit rate Mono The file size is 891KB. When I upload, it says "bad file format". Tried to change to a .pcm, and got the... -
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Custom Alarm Audio
Any idea how to convert the audio file I linked to, to the specs you mentioned and stay under 1MB? I found an online audio converter, but no matter what options I try, the final audio file size ends up larger than the original one that's at 2.07 MB. -
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Custom Alarm Audio
In the attached screen shot in my first post, you can see that the delete button is greyed out. That was my first thought as well, but it doesn't look like I can. -
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Custom Alarm Audio
Looking to upload a customized audio file for the alarm, when IVS rules are triggered. Looks like I can add the audio file here: I keep getting file too large when I attempt to upload the file. The manual says it can take .pcm or .wav2 formats. I tried a regular .wav at ~2069 KB, and then... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
I did some testing a few nights ago to work to improve images at night. Here are my settings for the driveway camera (determined prior to changing to brighter ambient lights). I ended up finding that at night I could go as long as 12.5ms without motion blur. Any longer and I would start to... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
Great explanation. That's exactly what I thought was going on. Sort of like setting an auto ISO (with a max) in my DSLR. I often shoot football games with fixed aperture and shutter, and let me camera go auto ISO to get the exposure right, up to a maximum ISO that I don't want to go above due... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
I did some night time testing. The image quality at night from my driveway cam was not to my liking, so I made an effort to increase the ambient lighting. Left to right. 2x 800 lumens (60w equivalent), 2x 1600 lumens (100w equivalent), 2x 2605 lumens (150w equivalent). Then zooming in... -
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IVS Global Calibration - Detailed Questions
I have all 4 "rulers" out there. I just happened to have some metal poles that were exactly 1m laying around, so that worked out well. You can see where I have the three verticals, and one horizontal. I saved the configuration. Then click on width verification, and "calibration valid..." and... -
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IVS Global Calibration - Detailed Questions
I've got IVS rules working pretty well, but they miss the target at times. I have not yet done the global calibration on the camera, and have a few questions pertaining to the procedure. Resources: 1. DahuaWiki 2. Youtube video from Dahua Questions: 1. How do I determine what to include in... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
The scenario that I'm more concerned about is that my kids leave the garage door open after dark. If I had motion lights I'd like for them to trigger as they walk in the garage, that way the camera could adjust before they're in too deep to get captured on the camera clearly. I did tweak the... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
I tried the settings you recommended for NR. The new settings look good with the garage lights on, but made the lights-off performance appear worse, at least to my eye. This is still at auto illuminator up to 15%. I don't particularly want to go higher on the built in LEDs, because that means... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
I agree it hides very well in the new location as well! Very happy with the move. As much as I tried to learn and research before I the ran wires, and before I purchased the cameras, there is nothing like learning with experience! Would have changed many things. -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
You can see the focus go soft somewhere between 5 and 10’. It is much better at this height! Here you can see the cam. It was above the conduit and centered on the door. Now just above the tool box. Obviously I need to buy a white cable and properly secure it, but the orange was all I had so... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
Followed some advice and moved one of the cameras lower. I picked the easiest one, since it's in the garage and just mounted on drywall. Was at 9' high, now at 6' high. Specs for the video: IPC-Color4K-X, 2.8mm. Mounted at 6' height. 15 FPS Manual exposure (0-10 ms shutter, 0-50 gain) 3D NR at... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
What controls the image quality/size that gets sent from the NVR in the email attachment? I set it up to send an MMS to my phone, which is working well, but a bit laggy. Thinking smaller pic or lower quality may help. -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
Is there a way to turn off the “intrusion clear” email that comes two minutes after? -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
Thanks a ton for helping me troubleshoot! I'd be lost without this forum and all the great contributors! -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
It WORKED! Looks like I'll just have to open each IVS rule for each camera up from the NVR's page and check that box. -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
Send email checked on camera's page: -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
No, it is not checked there. I checked the box in the camera's IVS settings. I was following BigRedFish's recommendations to setup all that stuff in the camera itself. Looks like for some reason the camera's settings are not getting pushed back to the NVR, or the NVR isn't reading it properly... -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
I just tried that now. I may have to wait up to 30 minutes to see if it worked, since that is the shortest interval I could set. -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
This anything that needs to be setup for emails? -
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Long Time Listener, First Time Caller - Dahua/Empire 4k Color Cams
I updated my sending gmail's IMAP and POP to on, and verified I have phone sign in (off) and 2-factor authentication (off), and allow less secure apps (on). Tested again. The test email works. I see the sent email in my sending account, and the incoming email in my recipient account. Then...