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  1. Broachoski

    APC backup power supply questions…

    I use small UPS units similar TonyR's APC BE600M1 on tons of toys. All are single battery units. In my rural area, blips in the power are too common so they keep my PC's, Poe switches, routers, ISP gateways, TV's etc safely powered without interruption. I do not have a whole home generator but...
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    Camera Options...Help Me Find A Camera

    I am a fan of the Revotech's and have 5 in my current Blueiris setup. That pinhole only needs about a 3/16 inch hole but the tip of the lens needs to be flush with the exterior of the wall. Some come with an exterior microphone that works very well. Note that they do not have IR.
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    Hello all

    Welcome as this is the place to be as there are soooo many smart folks here from around the world who are willing to help. Your choice to purchase from EmpireTech was a wise decision.
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    Emergency Power/Storms/Prepping etc

    Fancy rain gauge holder!
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    Version 6

    I have absolutely no problems on Win 10 Pro version 20H2 on an I7-4790, 16 Gig ram and 34 cameras but I only play with AI on 2 or 3 cameras at a time.
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    Can't record over 5 days

    Why not assign the amount of your drive that you wish to use and uncheck the "Limit clip age" box The example attached allocates 8 TB which is 80% of my 10 TB drive. Select DELETE as there is no need to move to another location.
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    Use the camera OS or Blue Iris for setting up cameras?

    I agree with wittaj but I do a lot of PTZ presets thru BI.
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    WTB PTZ425DB-AT or 25X PTZ Camera

    Thanks very much for the files!
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    WTB PTZ425DB-AT or 25X PTZ Camera

    I think you may have gotten the last one of that particular camera. Note that the link from my search shows it with a black face and it has info explaining how to set up auto tracking. amazon/funxwe now shows a link to one with a white face but no info on settings and the link to my cheaper one...
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    WTB PTZ425DB-AT or 25X PTZ Camera

    They (funxwe AKA wind and snow) have one listed on scamazon with similar specs for $119.99. Out of boredom I ordered one to play with. Will let you guys know how the toy performs. From the reviews on their other products, they need protection from rain.
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    WTB PTZ425DB-AT or 25X PTZ Camera

    I'm sure it will not function as well as a Dahua or Empire Tech but have played with some of these cheaper ones. For $139. I would experiment. Though it says it has 30x zoom, they frequently fall short. Some will have 20x optical and say +10x digital which is really meaningless. They fail to...
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    Why did they remove the "show disabled cameras" menu button??? How to get back a disabled camera.

    Here is a quick video where I will disable a camera then reenable it. Sometimes the cursor did not show properly. All of the pop out menus were from right clicks. Note that you have to get out of the "Edit Layout" screen before selecting a camera to enable. The video did not show my mouse moving...
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    Why did they remove the "show disabled cameras" menu button??? How to get back a disabled camera.

    Once you click it then right click and uncheck the option to hide disabled cameras. The disabled cams will show on your screen with the active cameras but then you have to click the edit layout again to continue normal operations and remove the cameras numbering from the screen. Then you may...
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    Why did they remove the "show disabled cameras" menu button??? How to get back a disabled camera.

    That's a new one on me......and I like it!
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    Why did they remove the "show disabled cameras" menu button??? How to get back a disabled camera.

    click the edit layout button on the top center, looks like little tiled square. Once clicked then right click for menu and you will see the option.
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    BI 6.0 runaway photos on 1 of 5 cameras.

    I am finding here lately that when upgrading BI that it is corrupting some camera settings. I am experimenting with the built in AI on some cameras and after my last update to 6.0.1.9 I found that it enabled AI on some cameras that I know I did not do. I have also found that "find/inspect" was...
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    High zoom PTZ recommendation

    In the cheaper price range, do not fall for the misleading ZOOM advertised as it can be deceiving. Andy with EmpireTech provides the true focal length. I have a couple of the SD6CE245XA-HNR which is now his labeled PTZ6X2M-45X. It is currently selling for $759...
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    Cracked concrete

    Are you a plumber by chance?
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    how can I get my camera alerts in my desktop back on all my cameras ?

    You may check those cameras settings-alert tab and ensure that the "Add to alerts list" is checked. I find that my settings files frequently get screwed up when doing BI updates here lately.
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    BI 6.0 runaway photos on 1 of 5 cameras.

    Maybe you have the JPEG box checked in the cameras RECORD section which would default to 1 min if checked. I only record video but here is a pic of my settings for a camera.
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    Bear carries away my hog trap!*

    I never heard of Grok so I checked it out. I had no idea how simple and scary this can be. I used that same still photo and typed "bear toss hog trap into space" and it produced this video withing a few seconds.
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    Any way to add a WiFi cam directly to BI server without a WiFi router?

    That's the way that I swim. That way I connect to the isolated router from my laptop to login and edit individual cameras configurations. You can access the BI ui3 from either router also.
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    Issue connecting to cameras without a router

    From the BI PC, do the COMMAND Prompt then Ipconfig and verify that your IPv4 address, Subnet Mask and Default gateway are showing. Your cameras must match the Subnet and Default gateway and their IPv4 must be in the same network. Here's an example of mine where my cameras IP's run from...
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    Purchase BI 6 Sold Out?

    https://blueirissoftware.com/
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    Olden day Pictures

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    text overlays

    Some browsers will not show the menus correctly nor allow some changes. Which one are you using? I have no problems using Brave and Internet Explorer. I use BI for most overlays also. edited: out of curiosity I just tried Edge and it allowed saving overlay changes on a newer camera. Ya never know.
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    text overlays

    The newer software overlay settings can be found inder CAMERA - ENCOD - OVER:AY like the example above from bigredfish. The older software settings are found under the video tab as shown in this example
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    Version 6

    6.0.0.0 install went fine for me but last night I tried upping to 6.0.0.1 and it failed to install all files. Fortunately it did not mess up my system.
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    Upgrade links go to Amazon Norton sales page?!

    Thanks for the simplified explanation Hetticles. I was not aware of Ken being screwed like that.
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    Version 6

    My CPU usage increased quite a lot and found many of the settings for my 35 individual cameras were compromised when imported by version 6. After reviewing many of the video settings and correcting them, my usage has dropped back to the 25% range where it was before upgrading. Some cameras lost...
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