My thermal just started detecting squirrels.
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Detecting wildlife with Dahua cameras
- Thread starter tigerwillow1
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It's been a while but I wanted to share a video of SD5A425XA-HNR PTZ actually doing some autotracking using the settings here: Bobcat autotrack
It was nice to see the autotracking actually work on animals after the camera has been creeping out my mom following her around the property the past couple months! Autotracking hasn't worked on animals much/at all, but this was still kind of cool to watch finally.
I blurred out my parent's house/vehicles out of a misplaced sense of paranoia lol.
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It was nice to see the autotracking actually work on animals after the camera has been creeping out my mom following her around the property the past couple months! Autotracking hasn't worked on animals much/at all, but this was still kind of cool to watch finally.
I blurred out my parent's house/vehicles out of a misplaced sense of paranoia lol.
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So what you're saying is that someone can evade newer cameras by crawling on all fours?
So Andy does not sell a camera now that will detect wildlife?
I'm simply looking to improve on my Moultrie Edge mobile camera. It gives me still shots and 15 second video clips. I don't really care about the still shots... mainly want video.
I have a light pole about 75 feet from the feeder that I can mount a camera.
I read where someone else mentioned ReoLink as a possible good camera for triggering wildlife. I realize in the grand scheme of security, they are not recommended. How about for wildlife. Would it be an improvement over the Moultrie?
Again... not really caring about still shots... only video clips... and it would be nice if I could trigger them.
Worse case, I could continue to use the Moultrie to give me the times, and then search Blue Iris recordings to grab video clips.
I'm simply looking to improve on my Moultrie Edge mobile camera. It gives me still shots and 15 second video clips. I don't really care about the still shots... mainly want video.
I have a light pole about 75 feet from the feeder that I can mount a camera.
I read where someone else mentioned ReoLink as a possible good camera for triggering wildlife. I realize in the grand scheme of security, they are not recommended. How about for wildlife. Would it be an improvement over the Moultrie?
Again... not really caring about still shots... only video clips... and it would be nice if I could trigger them.
Worse case, I could continue to use the Moultrie to give me the times, and then search Blue Iris recordings to grab video clips.
The latest versions of the Empire tech (Dahua) T54IR-ZE-S3 (varifocal), or the T54IR-AS S3 (fixed focal), combined with the latest firmware, do an excellent job of alerting on animals using the internal IVS triggers. Combine that with Blue Iris (onvif) and it works very well. Mine reliable alert on people, cars, deer, opossum, fox, and depending on minimum size settings, cats, squirrels, groundhogs, and skunks...all of which have dropped by recently. You would need to be able to run ethernet (POE) or have power if recording to an SD card only.
looney2ns
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Sorry I know this is an old post now, but wow really? I've been waiting for this for years!
So in their WebUI, you can actually select 'animal', next to 'humans' and 'motor vehicles'?
When it detects, does it actually detect the specific animal? ie. Dog, cat, rabbit, etc? Or does it just tag as 'animal'?
Any chance you could take a screenshot of the relevant webUI config page?
In the latest webUI, combined with the S3 Dahua (or Andy Cams), you do indeed see "animals" as a choice.
I only use the cameras IVS rules as above, as opposed to CPAI or Blue Iris' latest built in AI, so I don't get any tagging as Dog or Cat, etc. The clips just say "Tripline" or "intrusion" as appropriate, which is enough for me. I can see if it's a dog or a bear
The main thing is it works great to alert on Deer, or Racoon, people, etc and does not ever alert on rain, windy leaves, or other false triggers. Very efficient.
I Think that option to choose "which" animals is available on the Pro Cameras (like on my T5459-Pro) firmware, but not on the latest (R8) version of the T54IR-S3 cameras. At least that's what I see on my versions.