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    T-Mobile 5G Home Internet AND Blue Iris

    I wish I had that luck with my connection. Originally I got roughly 750 down and 400 up consistently. I guess my neighbors have jumped onto T-mobile also. I get 400 down and only 20-50 up. I did connect an external waveform antenna to the modem and went into the menu to change to external...
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    Is CCA cable really that bad? Should I rip it out?

    I know electrical wire they do have some CCA that is UL certified. The brand that comes to mind is CopperWeld. So UL certification for CCA is possible. Do they have it for network cable? No idea. Please don't think that I am endorsing the use of CCA cabling. But if someone already has it...
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    Is CCA cable really that bad? Should I rip it out?

    Yes. CCA IS super brittle. When I had my house built, I wanted it prewired and was surprised to find out that the standard charge... the cables included was for running the lines using CCA. OFC wiring was an expensive upgrade. I would say most people probably didn't ask what kind of wiring...
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    It looks like better ONVIF support is coming to UniFi Protect

    Do the Dahua cameras support the ONVIF profile M? If not then probably won't be getting anything. Usually the cameras would support Profile S which is liveview, Profile G which is recording to hard drive and Profile T which is advance recording, audio and motion events. That is also if they...
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    It looks like better ONVIF support is coming to UniFi Protect

    From my understanding, there is a certain ONVIF profile that is for metadata for detections. I think it was M. If the camera doesn't support that profile of ONVIF then the camera is not sending out that metadata. Camera is still sending out metadata that is Dahua/Dahua OEM compatible so Dahua...
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    Hikvision poe switch

    Are you able to log into the 4G/5G router to see any settings? Any settings on there that happen to be for VLAN? If so then you could just do VLAN on the router itself. The TP-Link will/should work for your usage. I just like to find switches with dedicated uplink ports due to bandwidth...
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    Is CCA cable really that bad? Should I rip it out?

    If the cable is already run then I would say use it with caution. I would de-rate your expectations. Not everyone has the budget to rerun cabling. If this cabling was run for a new build then most likely was stapled down which makes it worse. For a low power camera which is running 10 watts...
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    It looks like better ONVIF support is coming to UniFi Protect

    Interestingly on the website I can see the hardware specs.... As far as the "edge AI", that seems very vague. So this is like a built in AI Key? Or AI Port? If it is AI port, it doesn't show how many cameras at what resolution it is able to work with. One thing I noticed both have the same...
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    Is CCA cable really that bad? Should I rip it out?

    CCA has been used for lots of new build houses so having CCA is nothing new. Just note that the ampacity of a CCA cable is not the same as using a copper cable. Usually would need to spec a little thicker to make up for it. The question is the quality of the CCA cable. If we are talking...
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    Hikvision poe switch

    If you would be using this switch for all network traffic then I would recommend that you pick up a switch that is at least gigabit for all the ports and not just the uplink. In order for you to have some sort of VLAN function to segregate networks then this switch would be managed. Other...
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    Hikvision poe switch

    The cloud management on the Hikvision switch is not a subscription so there is no charge. It is basically like a way to redirect and log into it for changing setting and looking at the status. Just like how your NVR and cameras would use Hik-Connect. Same concept. POE+ should be enough for...
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    Hikvision poe switch

    So cat cabling can reliably do 100 meters/328 feet depending on cable (CCA vs OFC), the quality of the terminations (RJ45 connectors) and if there are any environmental interference (running network cable in the wrong direction next to AC lines/shielding). This is the first thing. If going...
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    Dome camera

    Under the illumination settings for the camera, it probably got set to "Night" mode. This would turn on the lighting on the camera so if this camera has IR then it would flip the IR filter to account for it so your image would be in black and white. Usually it would be on auto so it would...
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    DO NOT UPDATE DS-2DE4A425IW-DE

    I remember a couple years ago there was a batch of PTZ's that had issues. The issues were with the servos prematurely going out. Also what I would assume was code optimization of the firmware was not too great. The firmware part was back when Hikvision got banned due to NDAA and had to use a...
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    Hikvision poe switch

    I would say the main selling point for using a Hikvision POE switch is for the higher POE power pool and the extend mode. For the extend mode there is a switch where if you turn it on, the max distance goes up to 820 feet depending on the cable quality and environment. Note that the throughput...
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    Finding a used 4 or 8 channel NVR on the cheap

    I probably have a few in my collection of equipment. What specs are you looking for?
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    Hikvision camera selection

    The M-series lacks the "engines" which is an extra CPU/GPU use just for processing the detections from the NVR side. To answer your question... The M-series NVR in my opinion has a more powerful main cpu than the newer units. If you look at the in/out bandwidth the specs are higher. The...
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    Hikvision camera selection

    I checked on my M-series unit and it does not have acusearch. So looks like it has GUI 5.0 but doesn't support the acusearch part. My other units, "NXI" and "Acuseek", does. I believe this is because of the extra processing GPU that is in the NXI which allows it to be able to do the...
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    Hikvision camera selection

    I am pretty sure it does have it. Would have to go back and check. I never really do playback and searches. I did find this though. https://www.hikvision.com/us-en/newsroom/blog/2024/08/hikvisions-smart-search-and-acusearch-filter-video-security-to-save-time/
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    WTS: Hikvision Thermal IP Camera. DS-2TD1228-2/QA

    Just wanted to note that this camera is on a USA firmware. Not too sure if it could be flashed if a firmware that is from a different region.
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    Hikvision camera selection

    The M-series if updated to the latest firmware will support acusearch. https://www.hikvision.com/us-en/products/network-products/network-video-recorders/nvr-5-0-firmware/?category=Network+Products&subCategory=Network+Video+Recorders&series=NVR+5.0+Firmware&checkedSubSeries=NONE If not updated...
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    Hikvision camera selection

    I would say to go with a larger, as far as channels, for the NVR. So if you need 8 channels (camera) then go for a 16 channel. There always seem to be a spot that you may wish had better coverage so a NVR with more potential channels would be ideal. As far as which NVR you would need to ask...
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    WTS: Hikvision Thermal IP Camera. DS-2TD1228-2/QA

    Will this be shipped in the USA? I am not going to ship this international due to complexity.
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    Hikvision camera selection

    There was a firmware that added acusearch to the cameras. The camera in your screenshot has the grille on the side. That means it has the built in speaker/mic for use with two way audio and active deterrence. The one without will just have the built in mic. Darkfighter will just have a...
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    Hikvision camera selection

    IP cameras in general do their processing for the detection from the camera itself. It basically will offload and keep the NVR from having to do it which if too many detections are done from the NVR side would encounter a "No resources" error since the CPU has a finite amount of processing...
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    Hikvision camera selection

    As far as having detections done by the NVR, it depends on if the NVR supports it. For Hikvision the "NXI" NVR's would usually have it. The amount of detections that could be done can be found out by looking at the NVR's spec sheet. There are a couple things that need to be done for this to...
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    Hikvision camera selection

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    Camera suggestions for outdoor, no power, no sun, no internet?

    I have seen places mount cameras on a light pole and then pull power from the pole itself. Usually these power sources are around 277VAC so there will need to be a converter to drop the voltage down to your standard 110-120 VAC. So that would be your power source. Then use a point to point...
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    Hikvision camera selection

    I would say most if not all would be POE. As far as the different types of technologies: Darkfighter - Low Lux Acusense - Has features such as active deterrence and some extra detection types Ultra/Pro - Usually used for PTZ's with main difference being sensor size and optical zoom amount...
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    Outdoor to indoor Cat 5e cable runs

    Since you are doing this for yourself then I am sure you are free to run it as is. Just note that the jack on the CMX (outdoor) is just has UV and moisture resistance. Not fire. So in case of a fire then you would be at disadvantage as the extinguishing point of the jacket itself will...
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