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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Thats a great explanation - thank you very much for that - helped my simple brain work that out....of all the videos ive watched on you tube no one has explained it that way! Thanks again On the back of the final point you made about putting the camera on patrol, in my old work place the...
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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Ooh - i managed to catch it while a car was going past.....looks like its working!! - thanks so much ive been trying to work that out for ages...i wouldnt say that its 100% but it is definately moving around...! - i think it was those 2 sliders that did it... Another question....so where you...
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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Righty ok....i set the 4 rules as i presumed for the best result was to set all 4 rules (each rule having the camera in different positions) - ill have a crack at it now... Thanks for the replies...really.! :) (Yep - im only using the intrustion detection VCA at the moment)
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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Sure - no prob....d'y know nothing has gone past the house since i set it!! Edit - car went past but it didnt see it (id already shut my laptop down) sods law.... Heres a screenshot of my settings....without giving my location away i drew a big sqaure around tbe whole screen for the detection...
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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Firmware flashed.....ive set something....just waiting for something to drive past the house...! Thanks again for all the help....if i can understand the above im hoping to make a bit more use of it... in that i can get it to track more stuff...
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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Wow - thanks very much all of you for pitching in.... im on this firmware.... is there any newer than this one?? V5.8.0 build 231109 Ill go back through what youve all said now....i must confess ive never really understood how the tracking works....i thought that you draw a line and if...
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    DS-2DE4A425IWG-E - Cant motion track.

    Hi there. As above i cant seem to get it to motion track...it used to....a while ago i had to reset it, i re-entered all the setting (as i remembered) in the 'VCA' smart event area but it doesnt motion track....strangely if i go back into the settings and then into VCA its almost as if its...
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    Live view has stopped working on chrome. (no live video)

    Well, that was perfect timing...i forgot to post back....! my desktop machine updated itself and then the camera started to work again..... just ran it on my VM and and now also working, so, didnt have to do the above...seems to have sorted itself out...
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    Live view has stopped working on chrome. (no live video)

    Lol - i say that - bloody just stopped working again!!
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    Live view has stopped working on chrome. (no live video)

    Thought i'd chime back in. Fixed the problem...quite simple in the end...reinstalled chrome.! (just in case anyone else has the same issue)
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    Live view has stopped working on chrome. (no live video)

    I dont see that atall...that being said, as i said the rear camera works fine....but its older....the one with the issue is quite a reasonably new model...
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    Live view has stopped working on chrome. (no live video)

    Hi there = pretty sure i need the plugin but ill try uninstalling it....maybe a reinstall..? thanks for the reply... Edit: ive got an older one round the back of the house - DS-2DE4225IW-DE which seems to work fine....just uninstalled the plugin...still works on the rear of the house but still...
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    Live view has stopped working on chrome. (no live video)

    Hi there - not been on for a while, when these things work you tend to just forget about them...! As above i think chrome has done an update of some sort as it still works in edge. When i do the live view i used to get the thin yellow box round the video area but i dont get that anymore and in...
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    Can i connect an external motion detector module to a Camera (HikVision)

    Thanks for the reply....im kinda thinking back to my old work place where a ptz looked over the car park but, there was a motion detector just underneath that had a 180 deg range so if the camera was pointing the absolute opposite way and some one came through the gate it would literally do a...
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    Can i connect an external motion detector module to a Camera (HikVision)

    Hi there. As above... the model of my camera is a DS-2DE4A425IWG-E The reason is (and this is the way i see it pardon the pun) - am i right in saying that the camera's motion detector only picks up motion that actually comes into its view...? The question was if you were to mount a motion...
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