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That's an interesting approach - I'll give it a go and see if that makes a difference. Wouldn't have thought about setting it for a range of time like that - I was thinking more of it sending the instruction to move to the preset. Thanks for the idea.

I think I understand where you're coming from, but without a lot of effort I don't think you'll manage to do what you want. Obviously to change your focal length on the varifocal, you need to twiddle an adjustment - but as you've mentioned there's no scale. The only way I could see that you...

Is it connected via POE? or directly to the NVR?

I fitted the above PTZ into a local church a few months ago to give them a combined security camera and a livestream camera for funerals/weddings etc. And all-in-all it's doing a decent job. The local vicar is able to use presets to change the view depending on what he's doing, and although it's...

I've also got two Hikvision cameras on my very basic shed Hilook NVR - they're working fine for recording, but the smart monitoring like 'Intrusion' 'Line crossing' etc. Only work on two out of four cameras connected at any one time. I'd question whether a Hilook NVR would be up to the job of...

I like the proposal, and would suit someone that regularly installs systems, but likely it wouldn’t suit everyone. Although I’ve got the knowledge - I’m not a pro installer - I’ve fitted some systems to foodbanks on a voluntary basis, an owl community project, and this lady who happened to be a...

For areas like your back garden where it's completely dark at night, you really need a camera with a built in infra-red source. The camera you have doesn't have one, hence you have nearly no picture at night. Options would be - change camera - or introduce decent lighting so that the camera can...

I'm currently trying to help someone gain access back to their NVR - the original 94 year old owner passed away, and the 75 year old niece that's taken over the property doesn't know who originally installed it. It's pretty low down model in the Hikvision range - but she'd still like to get it...

The ax pro system is modular - you don’t need to add a sounder bell or strobe if you don’t want one. It can auto dial when a sensor is triggered as long as you have a valid sim card fitted.

Personally I wouldn't. From experience the various false alarms you get from using 'line crossings' and 'intruder detection' wouldn't make them reliable enough for me to use them purely as an intruder alarm. If he's asleep - he's going to miss the little ping notifications. If he wants an alarm...

Great info thanks - I gave it a few taps on the desk, and could see the filter move on live view. Covering it and uncovering it I can hear the filter moving inside, but looks like it's not happy to move and gets stuck at random points. I've tried doing it a few times in case it's a little sticky...

I've got a Hikvision DS-2CD2542FWD-IS mini dome camera that I'd like to add into an owl project I started last year - but having check through today to make sure it worked properly, I noticed the bottom left of the image is totally dark in a well-lit room, and the bottom right is showing a bit...

Just a side note to the above - If the cameras are connected directly to your NVR - then you won't see them on SADP. You need to get yourself a POE switch and plug them into there - and then you'll be able to see them on SADP. The cameras are currently on the NVR's internal network - and can't...

I still get it - it feels like there's enough of an event to trigger an alert - but not enough movement to record any images with motion detection. So the event gets sent, and then when it tries to load the video history there's nothing there to load. So the event is more sensitive than the...

If it's going in your workshop that's got nobody in it overnight - make sure the NVR is well hidden/secured.

Definitely need to up your shutter speed - I wonder what you had the 4mp camera set to. If it was also a very slow speed, you'd get a better 'static' image - but a fairly dire image for anything moving through the scene. I tend to keep my cameras at 1/100th of a second minimum - and then add...

You don't even need a 5amp supply for a PTZ camera. It may be that they only have those in stock, so are telling you that's what you need, or they are seeing a way to improve their profits by selling more expensive items. You definitely only need a 1-2amp PSU at a max consumption of 3.5w.

That's when you use the little magnifying glass icon on the live view screen in the app - that's the digital zoom. You need optical zoom for regular zooming in and out on a PTZ - although some do have digital zoom beyond optical zoom that can be configured that once you've reached the optical...

All Reolink stuff is aimed at the domestic DIY market through places like Amazon. Yes it'll probably work, but it's not something I'd ever consider. I don't think it's got the quality of other branded cameras - but it's all down to your budget and what you're trying to achieve. Just because...

Just thought of something - are the dome covers/outer lenses actual real glass or polycarbonate or something similar? (Hikvision domes/turrets) - I've just spotted Rain-x does a plastic/polycarbonate version as well as the usual glass...