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Yes - have been thinking about a UPS - but as it's so remote, we're not sure how long the power cuts are lasting for. I might add the 'monitoring' through Hik-pro connect to see if I can see how often it happens and for how long. If it's a case of it's a half an hour a time - a UPS can certainly...

That certainly looks like one - I feel a bit more confident going up armed with a battery now to give that a try.

I popped a donated NVR into a local church last year that's sitting on top of a mountain all by itself (aside from the pub next to it), and it seems to be having regular power cuts. The NVR then forgets what day it is and goes back to 2004. Do NVR's have batteries like PC's do to remember...

Funnily enough I get this issue on one camera as well - the one at the front door. The recording on the NVR is fine, all the data is there, and it's a nice smooth video when I play it directly. When the postman comes up the path, it triggers a front door 'intrusion alert' - but when I watch back...

Direct to NVR I don’t think there’s a way to auto start it - but if you connect the camera to a POE switch that then connects to the NVR - you can access the cameras direct control via web browser. Set your patrol in the camera rather than the NVR and then set the schedule to do what you want...

And it worked - at 8.30pm it zoomed to preset 8

That worked :) I tested it for the current time - and when set for a 'period' it moved positions. That's a learning for me thinking it was just sending a command to change preset. Thanks for your reply :)

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...