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Looks good.I have a few suggestions, if not applicable to you then they may assist other readers.If you have a local Bunnings, they have galvanised 16mm pipe with 1.2mm wall thickness in 3 meter lengths for AUD$12.25 (Apparently I can't add links but if you go to the Bunnings web site and search for "Metal Mate round tube" you should find it). Or you could spend another couple of dollars to get the larger diameter (19mm) which might remove the need for the foam packing on the PT mount.Would also make the pipe stronger with less chance of any sway.Another cheap and sturdy option might be to just use a length of framing timber screwed to the post. This would give a nice flat surface to screw the PT and solar panel to.If using the PVC pipe then you could possibly strengthen it by using a length of wooden dowel fitted snugly inside, that would stiffen it up quite a bit. Use the same length of dowel as the pipe. Maybe add a PVC cap (AUD$2.25 from Bunnings) to the top to prevent water getting into the dowel.The dowel also prevents the PVC pipe from being able to distort and fold under load.The leverage forces on the saddle clamps holding it to the post will be greatly reduced if you use a longer piece of pipe and have the pipe extend much further down the post.Depending on the type of livestock in the field and their tendency to destroy things, you could mount the solar panel on the fence top rail. This would be more sturdy and also reduce the wind loading on the PVC pole. The solar panel doesn't care where it is mounted as long as it pointed at the sun and has no shading.
@joseph_1979 Couldn't this be implemented at the NVR level? That way it would work for all connected cams not just new models.
It does seem like a feature that should be included. Physically rotating a security camera by 90 degrees (portrait rather than landscape) to cover a corridor, hallway, path, narrow side of a yard, etc is a fairly common practice. I did see on the Reolink Q&A site that they say mounting cameras sideways is not recommended. (https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/900000603746-Can-I-Rotate-Camera-Image-90-Degrees). So I would say that it is not likely that they will include the rotation feature.
@joseph_1979 Good luck to the burglars, my home network consists of over 60 ethernet cables going to locations all over the house and garage. These cables were all installed when the house was at framing stage so they are all in wall runs. Pretty much no way identify which cable goes to the NVR or to trace the cable so I think my NVR location is secure.Yes, 60 cables probably seems like a lot but every room has network outlets and there are many cables that are still coiled up in the wall at locations where I thought I might possibly need an outlet one day. And every outlet has a spare cable still in the wall just in case the main cable ever fails. Where I worked I was able to get ethernet cable for free so I thought it was better to run cable everywhere while I had access to the bare house frame rather than regret it later. I also took photos of every wall in every room while there was no wall covering in place. So that I had a record of all plumbing, electrical and communications pipe and cable locations and where they ran. Taking all the photos took maybe 20 minutes and over the years has been invaluable in planning for drilling, adding network outlets and even being able to pull back a spare cable to provide a network outlet at a location I never imagined I would need. For example my Reolink POE doorbell.
My NVR is tucked away in a secure and difficult to reach location. So almost all of my interaction with the NVR is via the web GUI. It would be good have all of the features and configuration options that are available when using a monitor directly connected to the NVR made available in the web GUI.
@bkj2024_891124536156382 I am wondering if the IR light that normally comes on at night could be set to remain on all the time?This may give more light on the person at the door and allow for more detail but possibly not in colour. Would need to try and see.
A standard port on the camera to plug in a remote IR light. Or even better a smart IR light source that could be connected to the network (POE powered?) and configured to be controlled by a camera or NVR. This would give much more flexibility in lighting at night with the camera or NVR controlling when the light was on or off. This way you could switch off the in camera IR light source and use an external source. For me there would be several benefits. Some camera installations require a camera to be in a particular spot but there may be a light reflecting surface in it's view. Resulting in a lot of IR light being reflected into the camera ruining it's ability to give a good image. Being able to reposition the light source so it still lit the camera's field of view but avoided creating excess light being reflected into the camera would be great. Being able to minimise the pesky night time insects that are attracted to the camera's IR light source. These insects often cause false motion triggering or require dialling back the camera's motion sensitivity to the point where it may miss a valid motion event. By using a remote IR light source the bugs would be attracted to that light source and not the camera. This would prevent nearly all insect related false motion detection events.Where you have two cameras watching the same area from different angles, one camera may be shining it's IR light into the view of the other camera. Having a remote IR light option would allow the camera's to be positioned in the best spots and the light sources positioned so as to light the scene but avoid shining directly at any of the cameras.Being able to use multiple light sources to light an area would be great as well. Sometimes an in camera IR light won't cast it's light far enough making the foreground very bright and the background almost completely dark. Being able to add a light or two would allow for much better lighting of a scene.
@bkj2024_891124536156382 Even being able to get some of the dark areas visible by tweaking the brightness and contrast isn't really a good solution, for me at least. Yes, I may be able to now see the persons face but at the cost of not being able to see the background very well and potentially being unable to see their vehicle and number plate.I would be interested to know if the doorbell just doesn't have the hardware and processing power. Or if it is a matter of the HDR feature not being implemented in the current firmware.So what I am asking (hopefully a Reolink employee can answer this), is it possible that some form of HDR may be implemented in future firmware versions?
@jomtiencomplexcondotel_852755888971951 The tricky part would be getting U-clamps that were small enough to match the 20mm bar yet wide enough to attach to the camera. It looks like that metal bar isn't permanently fixed in place. Is it something that was added to prevent a pet or small child from being able to fit between the columns? If it is removable then just remove it, take it to a local welder and get them to weld on a suitable steel plate to match the mounting on the camera. Shouldn't cost a lot and it would be very secure and neat.
@aussie1_384083684065517 That feature was at the top of my Christmas wish list. Can't wait to get rid of the need for a separate POE switch. It will make things simpler and it will free up some rack mount space in my cabinet.
@reolink-oskar Are there any updates on the N3MB01 firmware? Possibly a release date or current progress update as well as confirmation that the features included will be the same as those listed for the RLN16-410 (NVR-N6MB01) at the top of this thread? Thanks.
@user_630673173327926_630673173327926 It is such a basic feature, to be able to navigate to an event. If the camera isn't recording 24/7 and only recording motion events then it is easier but when the motion event may be within a 60 minute block of continuous recording it is frustrating to get to. Even if when you clicked on a block of recording that had the event in it, if the navigation bar was zoomable or if it navigated just the video block you selected it would be an improvement. At the moment if I click on a 60 minute block of recording that has an event in it, the navigation bar still shows the entire 24 hour day. To try and get to the event is an exercise in frustration, especially on a mobile phone screen.As mentioned, a jump to next/previous event button would go a long was towards easing the suffering.
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