EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA

[Cold-Lemonade]

Anyone have a PTZ1A255-HNR-XA form EmpireTech? If so, how do you like it?

 

[looney2ns]

Paging @Parley
He has or had one.

 

[wittaj]

Two of my neighbors each have one and they love them.

It is basically the great 49225 but in a different format factor and can look straight up with more movement range.

They are great for sky or plane watching.

 

[Cold-Lemonade]

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.

 

[Ri22o]

I think it looks cool. I have been trying to find a reason to get one...

 

[wittaj]

I think it looks cool. I have been trying to find a reason to get one...

Sky cam to track planes lol

 

[Parley]

Paging @Parley
He has or had one.

Yes, I have two of them. They are now in storage after having been replaced with this one. They were fine, but I upgraded to a PTZ with a larger sensor and better night time vision.

SD8A820WA-HNF_Datasheet.pdf (dahuasecurity.com)

 

[bigredfish]

So just a tiny upgrade then

 

[JDreaming]

SD8A820WA-HNF is probably the best ptz I've seen in this forum from the short video Parley posted a while back. Maybe only the newest 8MP 45x PTZ SD8C845FG-HNF (looney2ns review)today can match it. Although we haven't seen the night videos of the new camera yet.

 

[Parley]

SD8A820WA-HNF is probably the best ptz I've seen in this forum from the short video Parley posted a while back. Maybe only the newest 8MP 45x PTZ SD8C845FG-HNF (looney2ns review)today can match it. Although we haven't seen the night videos of the new camera yet.

Looking at the specifications it looks like it could be a real contender. There has been a lot of progress made since my PTZ's came out. The cameras I have with the 1/1.2" sensor have damn good night vision.

 

[Cold-Lemonade]

Does anyone know if the PTZ1A225-HNR-XA camera has PTZ via ONVIF?

 

[wittaj]

Does anyone know if the PTZ1A225-HNR-XA camera has PTZ via ONVIF?

You mean for use in BI? Yes. Go to PTZ tab in BI and try the Dahua protocol. One of them will work.

 

[Cold-Lemonade]

You mean for use in BI? Yes. Go to PTZ tab in BI and try the Dahua protocol. One of them will work.

I was thinking more generically, in the sense of will any ONVIF compatible software control the PTZ abilities of this camera.

 

[wittaj]

I was thinking more generically, in the sense of will any ONVIF compatible software control the PTZ abilities of this camera.

Yes and no. PTZ and audio don't have a strict ONVIF protocol so as long as the software allows you to change a protocol to find a working one you should be ok.

 

[Parley]

I have Hikvision NVR's running my system. With the Dahua cameras I use ONVIF with no problems including the PTZ you are using.

 

[Cold-Lemonade]

Thanks @Parley