Dahua WizColor 5x59-PRO and SmartLight 5x59-IL new series

[steve1225]

Mine replaced one of my free lotto cams (IPC-T3449TM) that was fine for day, but night wasn't that good. But I never complain about something I got for free. Anyway, here is the before and after swap pics. I of course have a clip of me in my pajamas walking out and it triggered perfect and the warm Leds came on and it looked awesome, but no way in hell am I posting that. Sooner or later, I will find another person or cat for an example. Keep in mind this is right out of the box, I have not touched anything other than trip wires and fps/bitrate.

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Here is with warm light on @ %25

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3449 TIOC or 3449 TIOC-PRO?

if TIOC-PRO (with 1/1.8" sensor), then there shouldn't be that difference..

TIOC-PRO have the same AI-ISP / always active HDR technology. Probably something was wrong configured..

 

[H. Swanson]

I have 5442 S3s varifocal. I'd like to try the IPC-Color4k-T but how do I use my current varifocals to determine whether I need 2.8mm or 3.6mm? I have a couple of varifocals slightly zoomed in, so does that mean 3.6mm? The rest would be 2.8mm obviously.

 

[DeeBeeCee]

triggering other channels is for PTZ cams..
never saw this to trigger multiple recordings/activate alarm outputs/smart lights etc..

if you want to have full house lights/alarms activated by each camera, you have ALARM-OUT output on 5xxx NVRs - where you can connect small relay and turn-on any lights/alarm installation over it.

You can activate this output by any cam (IVS event etc)......

you’re right that in older Dahua NVRs, “triggering other channels” was mostly used for PTZ actions like presets or tours.

But with the newer Dahua WizMind cameras and 5xxx series NVRs, the Linkage Actions go further. According to the Dahua NVR User Manual V1.0.0 (2025), Chapter 6.1.3 Alarm Settings and 6.2.1 Alarm Event Settings, an IVS event (like Tripwire) can trigger:
• Recording on multiple channels
• Alarm-Out outputs (as you mentioned, for relays/lights/alarms)
• Audio/Light warnings on other cameras (Smart Dual Light, siren, etc.)

So yes – with the current generation, a single Tripwire event can cascade across several cameras and outputs, not just PTZ moves.

 

[Sixto]

So far running mine in auto, self adaptive, but will play once I finish/tweak the install today and further adjust the camera angle.

Since this is a new install location in the front looking right (5th camera, now 2nd in front) I can't compare exactly but late yesterday and last night it was picture perfect compared to the existing front camera on the other side (right looking left).

Ordered two more last night, to start replacing the others, direct replacements. The first replacement will be the existing non-S3 5442 in the front (other side), then probably the backyard 5231, followed later by the two 5231's on the left and right sides of the house.

Hopefully these first lots last long term, I wonder if I should wait a little before replacing all five in case they tweak the hardware after the first batch.

The wiring harness certainly had alot of unused cabling here, I just need the Ethernet, I taped every wire in black electrical tape and stuffed them into the soffit junction box. The other four will all be PRB2230W's.

Nice to see it tracking people and cars when viewing thru the camera directly, though my NVR is Synology. Expecting IVS tripwires to now be perfect. No birds, squirrels, cars, shadows, ...

All great so far.