Latest Stable Firmware and Download Source - T54IR-ZE & T54IR-Z4E-S3

Sep 30, 2025
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Can anyone point me in the right direction as I get started this week with these 2 cameras?

Latest Stable Firmware and Download Source - T54IR-ZE & T54IR-Z4E-S3
 
Each scene is different. Nighttime is very different depending on ambient light.

@wittaj has a good default starter guide
 
Can anyone point me in the right direction as I get started this week with these 2 cameras?

Latest Stable Firmware and Download Source - T54IR-ZE & T54IR-Z4E-S3
firmware download:
As Bigredfish noted above, each scene will be different and will change throughout the year, but I generally start those cameras off with these settings:
Compression=H.264.H
Encoding=General
Frame rate=15
I Frame interval=15
Bit Rate Type=CBR
Bit rate=8192 kb/s (for T5IR-ZE) and 12,288 kb/s (for T5IR-Z4E-S3)
Audio=PCM, 8,000 sampling rate (for T5IR-ZE) and 64,000 (for T5IR-Z4E-S3)
Brightness=50 (day and night)
Contrast=54-56 (day and night)
Saturation=50 (day and night)
Sharpness=45 (day) 50 (night)
Gamma=42 (day) 50 (night)
Manual Exposure
0-4ms (day) and 0-8.33ms (night)
Gain =0-30 (day) and 0-50 (night)
3D NR =32 (day) and 40 (night)
2D NR=32 (day) and 40 (night)
 
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