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    Recommended web browser to access cameras?

    @wittag -- Thank you! I did just as you said and indeed IE started right up. Now it is asking me to download a plugin. Is this safe?
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    Recommended web browser to access cameras?

    I'm running Windows 10. When I try to open Internet Explorer, it automatically stops and opens the Edge browser. Bummer.
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    Recommended web browser to access cameras?

    I have seen a lot of mention about using older versions of web browsers to access Dahua cameras. Is this advice still right? I have been able to connect to my Dahua cameras using Google Chrome v.115. I'm posting this thread because I didn't see one on this specific topic, and didn't see anything...
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    EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA

    Thanks @Parley
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    EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA

    I was thinking more generically, in the sense of will any ONVIF compatible software control the PTZ abilities of this camera.
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    EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA

    Does anyone know if the PTZ1A225-HNR-XA camera has PTZ via ONVIF?
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    Drive-by shooting!

    I can't wait to get the camera on up on the side of my house. These bums who loiter across the street are going to feel very uncomfortable with this camera staring down at them.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @wittaj Thank you for your fast reply. Yes. I have POE+. I got it working on 192.168.1.108. I think it just took some more time that my other cameras to power up. This camera is amazing!
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @Parley and @bigredfish -- How did you activate your PTZ1A225-HNR-XA camera? I tried connecting to it at 192.168.1.108 and nothing is there.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @Parley -- I'll order the PTZ camera later this evening. Thank you for showing me proof of concept.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @wittaj and @Parley -- I have a good amount of street light at night, more than what @bigredfish appears to have. So I am hopefully that this would work, particularly, given Parley's tests. I would only have one present position that the camera would return to for LPZ when I am not manually...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @Parley -- Is it the same exact one as the model I linked to above? If you can manually adjust the focus, then I should be able to use this model for my use case, right?
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    Drive-by shooting!

    Interesting. So daisy-chaining two of these devices would essentially split one cable into three. Good to know. I need to think about it. I would love to have the PTZ capability but after the drive-by shooting in front of my house (aimed at the bums who live across the street), I feel like I...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    I hear you.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    That would be the best solution, but it requires running additional cables to that location. At the moment, I can split the cat6 I have running out to one of my front cameras that monitors my ground floor windows and run a cable up the front side of my house to the location where I intend to put...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    Exactly. My plan is to try to use Home Assistant to change those setting when take control manually and also when I return it to PTZ mode.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @bigredfish Your videos are super impressive. I'm on a one-way street so I will have one preset position. So I don't think I need a spotter cam to trigger the LPR function on the PTZ.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    Thank you. I understand the issue now. If I am going to get a PTZ and try it, which PTZ should I buy? The one I linked to earlier a relatively less expensive one and would be easier for me to install because I would be putting it on the side of my brick house about 25 feet above the ground, or...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @CaptainCrunch I follow your analogy, but if I understand @wittaj and the other comments, if there is enough light then it would be able to focus on the pavement. Right?
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    Drive-by shooting!

    Thanks. @bidredfish's test results are impressive. I have a lot of street light because I'm in an urban setting. I think I probably have more than the ambient light in @bigredfish's tests because it never gets dark enough for the cameras in the front of my house to use IR at night. I wouldn't...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @wittaj -- But if I return it its preset position, as @bigredfish and @Parley describe, then I would be okay, right? Even at night?
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @bigredfish Sorry I am having trouble understanding. Would it work in the following context? Most of the time, the PTZ camera would stay in a fixed orientation looking at the street at an angle where I can see the passing cars' license plates. But sometimes, I would manually take control of this...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @wittaj So am I correct in understanding that the PTZ camera's firmware does not allow the user to manually set the focus?
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    Drive-by shooting!

    I am still working on getting a camera to read license plates. I've been thinking it would be nice if I could use this PTZ camera to capture license plates. Because it is a PTZ, it would give me added ability to use it scan the street when there is trouble. Then when I am not actively using it...
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    EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA

    Sometimes late at night, people hangout in front of the vacant house across the street from mine. I think this camera would allow me to get a good recording of them.
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    EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA

    Anyone have a PTZ1A255-HNR-XA form EmpireTech? If so, how do you like it?
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    Is there a Blue Iris equivalent for Linux?

    My point is that they need to invest in that equipment.
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    Is there a Blue Iris equivalent for Linux?

    Yes. That's why I run Wireguard server on my router that uses dd-wrt. But I believe ASUS also makes routers with Wireguard server.
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    Is there a Blue Iris equivalent for Linux?

    @mrvelous01 Try Frigate and run Wireguard server so you can see your cameras when you're away from home. It's amazing. I completely recommend it. There is no need to open holes in your firewall.
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    Divulging to much info on here

    @antus and @Perimeter -- If you want to connect to your cameras remotely (i.e., when you are away from home using your smart phone or laptop), using a set up like the one @CanCuba describes, then you need to run a VPN server on your home network. This is what @wittaj is recommending. For...
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