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The Graveyard - Products No Longer Supported => IP Cameras => DCS-942L => Topic started by: the_vinman on December 14, 2011, 10:55:49 AM
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anyone know of a replacement bracket or some other way to easily mount the 942l in a window? i have a long window next to my front door i want to just stick this someone about shoulder high in that window looking right to the door so will see anyone who comes. any ideas ?
thx
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so no one has any idea on this ?
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One simple solution is to mount an L-bracket on the wall adjacent to the window and attach the base of the camera to the L-bracket. That should put the camera's field of view facing squarely out the window.
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ya ive thought of that one as well, one other issue, at night the IR just reflects off the window making it unviewable, any way to fix that ?
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The IR illuminator reflecting off the window is an issue many users experience. You can try using a non-reflective coating on the window (i.e. a matte finished glass sticker), although I haven't tried this myself. Other users purchased external IR illuminators and placed them at another vantage point or even outside.
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ya ive thought of that one as well, one other issue, at night the IR just reflects off the window making it unviewable, any way to fix that ?
I discovered this problem last night. The IR lights get a glare from the window and the video is no good. I intend to experiment over the next few nights by turning off and see what kind of picture I get, and also might try anti-glare tape. Once you turn off IR then you have to select day or night mode. I suspect that night mode will have to be used and that will mean my day videos will have no color. But, night is more critical.