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    Russound Now Requires A Professional Installer - Say What?

    Once I messaged them to ask what thread screws were needed for the rack ears, I had lost them. And they told me to contact my certified installer lol.  My MCA C5 is going strong, although it can't keep time to save it's own life.  
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    Looking for an outdoor Megapixel IP camera

    I'm unsure. I can tell you that with: 1x of my 3mp cameras enabled (running at 1280x720, 30fps) I'm running at 11Mbps on network /O, 62% memory and 15% CPU. 2x 3mp cameras running (both same resolution as prior) I run at 17MBps network I/O, 25% CPU. 3x Cameras: 38% CPU, 25Mbps Network I/O. 4x...
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    Looking for an outdoor Megapixel IP camera

      11 cameras total. 3 are the 3mp Hikvision set at 1280x720. I also have an Arecont camera set to the same 1280x720 resolution. The rest are at 640x480. Almost all the cameras run at 30fps, record clips on motion with pre-trigger frames and 3 of the cameras email me a snapshot and clip on...
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    Looking for an outdoor Megapixel IP camera

    Late to the game, but I've been buying my Hikvision cameras to replace my Acti cameras from about 5 years ago.  Back then I paid several times more than my current Hikvisions, and the IR is much better. For about $120 on aliexpress, I've been converting my cameras one at a time. I use BlueIris...
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    HDBaseT

    If I remember correctly, the Monoprice baluns strongly recommended using shielded. I don't know if it makes a huge difference or not, but since I was going to pull a new cable anyway I went with it. I had some electricians install more lights in the ceiling so there was a lot more power cables...
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    Lightning Protection

    I use the ZAP products for my Rain8 system. http://tmanufacturing.com. Had an issue a couple years ago with that and my pool controller.  So far so good (fingers crossed). For my Jandy I use a BB Electronics opto-isolator. It just protects the indoor pool controller and the serial communicator.
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    HDBaseT

    I use it to send HDMI to my projector, pretty great stuff. I had the cheap Monoprice $20 wall plates first, they worked well but I felt that every hour or so there was some sort of buffer issue because it lose picture for a second then return. Then I wanted HDMI 1.4 while I upgraded so I tried...
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    Anyone monitoring Cameras with Synology OR QNAP?

    I have an older QNap 8 camera NVR. I hardly use it but for backup.  It uses ActiveX which I didn't love. I was going to try to take advantage of the easy expandability but another box would have cost me about $1200 with hard drives and my older model was phased out, so I went with Blue Iris...
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    Call Elk through HTTP?

    That really could get annoying, lol. I had to turn off my Garage camera alerts because a tree grew much larger than last year. You could have it trigger an Arduino and have the Arduino output to a monitored zone in Elk M1. Not sure about the HTTP Requests though.
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    M1XEP MAC Address changed

    I have had this experience too! In my case the MAC address changed to something that made me feel pretty certain that it was going to die...it was something like 8B:AD:BA:DB:AD:BA:DB:AD, spelling BAD over and over.  It certainly does not match the MAC address printed on the XEP sticker.  But it...
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    KISI: another "smart lock"

    It seems to be made in the Makerbot 3d printer.  Not exactly impressive to me.
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    Ubiquiti UniFi Long Range Access Point -UAP-LR-US

    Work2Play, I just send you a PM.  I think I'm in definite need of some help figuring out what to order.
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    Ubiquiti UniFi Long Range Access Point -UAP-LR-US

    I'm kind of interested too... My house has some dead coverage areas.   I think someone on here is an authorized reseller?
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    Thoughts on Pockethernet tester, Indiegogo campaign ending soon

    Looks really handy, I spent $40 on a regular trendnet cable tester.  Too bad the $100 package is sold out.
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    Whole Home Audio - Technologies

    I have a C series kit with all 8 zones in use, and maybe 8 subzones.  Zones 1-6 are put into our most frequently used zones, with keypads.  Then zone 7 is the outdoor pool zone, zone 8 is all other zones.  I use Panja PLB-AMP8 4 zone amplifiers from eBay (about $150 shipped each off of eBay)...
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    Input on cameras and DVR setup

    So I needed a new camera recently, it's a little too soon to fully recommend it but I actually really like it thus far.  It's a Hikvision DS-2CD3332.  I have a mix of cameras at my place: Acti TCM-4301's Acti ACM-1231 (replaced this one with the Hikvision) Panasonic HCM-BB580s in domes one Axis...
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    UPB split phase repeater help.

    I couldn't find that magic ac adapter, so I just soldered some wires to the barrel posts inside.  Every barrel I tried wouldn't fit.  As it is, I only found a 2.2A ac adapter which will have to suffice until the one I ordered comes in.  The light for ports 1-8 flashes, so I should be fine as...
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    UPB split phase repeater help.

    Thanks for your input Pete.  I saw a few of your threads while googling for a solution.  I just deleted the SPR, and sat here continuously verifying the network and noticed that my one of my HVAC systems is dropping a few of the switches whenever the heat comes on.  I just had a new motor and...
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    Help selecting whole house A/V components

    For the in ceiling speakers, I tried the Monoprice 8" and really didn't like them.  I felt like it was raining sound in a cone underneath the speaker.  To me they sounded better at a high and unbearable volume.  However, I did kind of like the budget Micca speakers from Amazon.  I used a few 6"...
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    UPB split phase repeater help.

    I recently found a pretty great deal on a PCS SPR-1 (wire in model) and decided "Well, can't hurt".  My house is larger than the 5K sq ft suggested install, has 2x 200A panels (each with sub panels).  UPB is pretty reliable, but every once in a while (once a week or so) I notice something misses...
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