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    Mail Thieves

    Seems to happen a lot around Christmas, but other times as well. I currently have a Dahua bullet camera in a hollow log, one of three hollow logs in a log pile, that captured video of the thieves. Last week I missed the action by about 10 minutes, but called the Sheriff's Dept and they sent me...
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    Stubborn Camera

    Dahua NVR and Annke Pan/Tilt camera. It was connected and working fine, although it would occasionally disconnect. Pulling the camera's network cable and reconnecting would reset it and it would work fine again. I wanted to swap the network cable at the NVR to another port and then the whole...
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    Mailbox Jacked, Camera Disguise Questions

    Christmas morning I was up at 5am, as always look out the front bedroom window and make sure the HMMWV is still there, general look around, etc... and see a red light way out at the gang mailbox. Not unusual, there are seven houses that use the box. What caught my eye was that it looked like...
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    Annke PTZ Camera on Dahua NVR - No Motion Detection?

    Used the SADP tool to get the camera set up and I can see the view through the camera via the NVR and the camera individually. I can control the tilt and pan (not sure if there even is a zoom) but so far I am not recording motion. I've looked through every tab and sub-tab in the camera's...
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    Hikvision Cameras Question

    Hello all! I bought two used Hikvision cameras I purchased from a forum member here. I tried connecting them to my Dahua NVR and it doesn't see them at all. I tried pressing the reset buttons on the cameras but no change. Model: DS-2CD2185FWD-1 Manufacture date is 06/2017 Any ideas?
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    Motion Detection Settings Help

    The new NVR is up and running, currently with four cameras, Dahua 8MP 4K Starlight MIC IPC-HDW2431T-AS-S2. I've been at it for almost a full week trying to get this to record motion. It will record continuously, so all that part is working. I don't want continuous recording on these four...
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    Rage Reduction NVR

    Current setup is EZVIZ NVR in the garage, cameras connect there. 30 foot Cat5 run from the NVR into the house to the wifi router. EZVIZ app on my laptop and phone. The EZVIZ app on my laptop has no problem replaying motion recordings if it's a random car driving past, but whenever there's an...
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    16 Channels but only 8 are POE?

    I'm looking at this NVR to replace the suck EZViz one I have now, and although I only have eight cameras, I like the idea of being able to expand if needed. I understand this is a Dahua and looking at the picture of the back of the unit it seems that only 8 of 16 jacks are POE. So what powers...
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    NAS Hard Drive?

    My expensive surveillance hard drive died after only about two years so I need to replace it. I never see surveillance hard drives on sale, but often see NAS drives on sale. Both are designed to run 24/7 but I understand there are some other differences. Is anyone running a NAS instead of...
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    WiFi Camera Range Poor

    I have a few wifi cameras to supplement my 8-camera POE system. It uses its own wifi NVR to receive and record the signals. Two cameras are 100%, but the one out on the fence keeps dropping out. If I reset the power it'll work great for about 15 minutes, then drop out. It has power, I can...
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    Hard Drive Priorities

    Looking to replace the 2TB drive that came in my NVR. Six cameras currently, will expand to eight eventually. My NVR says it can handle a 6TB drive. So what will happen if, say, an 8TB drive is installed? Will it ignore the extra 2TB or refuse to play nice? If the latter, can I just...
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    Camera Compatibility Question- H.264/265?

    I have this ezviz system, seems identical to some hikvision systems. I want to add an additional camera (yes, I have the POE ports to do so) but do not see anything in the specs that say H.264 or H.265. The camera i want to add says: "H.265 / H.264 Network 2592 x 1920 Pixel 1920P Power Over...
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    Teach me about Hard Drives

    This is the current set-up: NVR is in the garage with six cameras connected. There is a monitor connected to the NVR out in the garage that I use to make adjustments and view footage. The NVR is connected to my access point/wifi inside the house by a CAT5 cable. I routinely view footage on...
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    Input the Device Password - What the Fudge?

    I needed to reboot the system this morning to troubleshoot a camera that cuts out. Now I'm getting the loop-of-stupidity trying to log back in. I AM logged in to the computer app. I logged in just fine, it accepts my password. To get to the camera, however, I need to log in to the devices (I...
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    EZVIZ Detailed Manual?!

    I recently bought and installed a four camera kit from EZVIZ. I'm impressed with the video considering the $200 price of the kit. All they provide is a quick-start guide, but I need a real manual. I want to set up the motion detection but I can't figure it out. Can I set it up to record...
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