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by aukipc
Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:51 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Useful article - how to turn your Windows PC into a time server
Replies: 2
Views: 3464

Re: Useful article - how to turn your Windows PC into a time server

YrbkMgr wrote: Sun Mar 20, 2022 2:03 am This is a righteous find! Thanks for posting it.
Glad it's of interest, it really helped me make my system that little bit more neat and tidy!
by aukipc
Sun Mar 20, 2022 9:47 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Blue Iris self-disabling HA randomly and CPU spikes
Replies: 2
Views: 1036

Re: Blue Iris self-disabling HA randomly and CPU spikes

There's a publication in the self help documentation discussing this very thing -> Status Log Errors - GPU . Also there's a Troubleshooting Toolkit that may be helpful. Ah I feel like a dummy, I totally missed that part of the guide. I was also being far too confident in my setup, I assumed my grap...
by aukipc
Sat Mar 19, 2022 12:52 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Blue Iris self-disabling HA randomly and CPU spikes
Replies: 2
Views: 1036

Blue Iris self-disabling HA randomly and CPU spikes

Afternoon all, I have an occassional and seemingly random issue where I get logs like: 14/03/2022 14:55:55 CAM1: Signal: restored (8) 14/03/2022 14:55:49 CAM1: FORCE quitting pXServer thread (1) 14/03/2022 14:CAM1: FORCE quitting CGadSocket thread 189 300 -1 (0) Followed by a few no signals and a ma...
by aukipc
Sat May 30, 2020 11:01 pm
Forum: PC configuration
Topic: Rack mount hardware suggestions
Replies: 7
Views: 16479

Re: Rack mount hardware suggestions

Just a copy and paste from my previous thread on this, this is my current setup: i3-9100 with 8GB of RAM can run 7 x 4MP and 2 x 2MP cameras @10FPS, 7 day retention no issue, currently using direct to disk (with my W10 PC as the time server so all the cameras are in sync without internet access) and...
by aukipc
Sat May 30, 2020 8:51 pm
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Network security: VLAN or Firewall
Replies: 15
Views: 19003

Re: Network security: VLAN or Firewall

Just want to add what my set up is: [*]I have a dual-NIC set up, one NIC is camera LAN, the other NIC is general LAN + WAN. [*]I have a camera VLAN (CCTV feeds + BI PC camera LAN NIC), nothing in my network can communicate to the camera LAN other than the cameras and BI PC NIC, and vice versa. [*]I'...
by aukipc
Thu May 28, 2020 1:19 am
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Useful article - how to turn your Windows PC into a time server
Replies: 2
Views: 3464

Useful article - how to turn your Windows PC into a time server

I've recently put my system online for the first time and as part of the I've VLAN'd all my cameras and set up a dual-NIC interface on my BI computer so my CCTV LAN is completely isolated from the web and my general LAN. As I'm also doing Direct-to-Disc recording, this meant I had the issue of someh...
by aukipc
Sat May 23, 2020 8:04 pm
Forum: PC configuration
Topic: i3-9100 vs i5-6400 for BI
Replies: 7
Views: 18302

Re: i3-9100 vs i5-6400 for BI

Just an update, i3-9100 with 8GB of RAM can run 7 x 4MP and 2 x 2MP cameras no issue, currently using direct to disk (with my W10 PC as the time server so all the cameras are in sync without internet access) and getting around 4GB total RAM usage and 25% CPU utilization, the onboard GPU is barely at...
by aukipc
Wed May 20, 2020 11:21 pm
Forum: PC configuration
Topic: i3-9100 vs i5-6400 for BI
Replies: 7
Views: 18302

Re: i3-9100 vs i5-6400 for BI

Thanks for the advice!

I found this tool too: https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/en/help/calculator/

Which helps a lot!!
by aukipc
Wed May 20, 2020 11:18 pm
Forum: PC configuration
Topic: i3-9100 vs i5-6400 for BI
Replies: 7
Views: 18302

Re: i3-9100 vs i5-6400 for BI

Deleted - duplicate post.
by aukipc
Tue May 19, 2020 1:12 am
Forum: Network cameras
Topic: Newbie Camera Recommendation
Replies: 15
Views: 22021

Re: Newbie Camera Recommendation

I really can't fault the Hikvision IPC X240 series (X being T for turret, B for bullet etc.) 4MP cameras so really good definition, but work well in low light (e.g. streetlighting) in full colour with very little distortion or noise, I've found they're a really good balance between definition and ni...