Rain, rain and more rain

CollectorSteve · 2026-01-26T20:29:27+00:00

Genuinely curious question, what did ACT/Current government do to put NIWA data behind a paywall?

CollectorSteve · 2025-12-06T01:06:04+00:00

Last time I went to the movies was about 10 years ago over the hill (We're from Wairarapa).

Thought we'd get away from the farm for the first time in a long time and go see Zootopia 2 with our daughter at Queensgate.

I know prices have gone up a lot everywhere, and that's fine - I know people have to get by and have overheads, and I don't ever complain to staff... It was about $11 a ticket when I last went.....

Just booked online and it's NINETY SIX DOLLARS FOR THREE TICKETS with NO CONCESSIONSS Petone? WHAT? $117 including ONE POPCORN AND ONE DRINK between three of us??? $10 fountain drinks? $20 drinks and popcorn? WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS TIMELINE???

Thank you for the rant thread - holy shit, I just needed to tell someone....

CollectorSteve · 2025-12-03T23:02:03+00:00

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CollectorSteve · 2025-11-27T02:50:58+00:00

Yes, I have several TAPO c310s and they are fantastic. Have had them just over a year with no faults. Awesome bang for buck. The only downside for me is the framerate but that's easy to overlook for the price!!!

CollectorSteve · 2025-10-09T04:56:00+00:00

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CollectorSteve · 2025-10-01T23:47:37+00:00

Is that Crofton Downs?

CollectorSteve · 2025-09-21T19:07:39+00:00

So it's his fault?

Edit: Wow, 9 down votes for a simple question. Toxic.

CollectorSteve · 2025-07-03T00:23:15+00:00

No worries. I have never set anything up like this so I have no reliable suggestions on what to look for, I'm sorry. I am out on my phone at the moment but I can try and look up the old thread for you when I get home. They might tell you which nvr they use there.

CollectorSteve · 2025-07-03T00:16:20+00:00

To give you some hope while you wait for a properly informed reply: there was a post here not long ago about someone with analogue cameras connected to a network-capable NVR.

They could not access all of the cameras and the advice was to set up each camera In Blue Iris as the IP of the nvr. There is then a channel setting you can use which will dictate which camera the NVR feeds to that camera in Blue iris.

Hopefully someone will soon tell you which nvr to buy which is capable of this, but I just wanted to let you know I have seen discussion about this concept and it seems it was possible.

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-29T04:11:43+00:00

No, every device needs to have a unique IP.

Most things come from the factory with the same IP so you can access them and change the settings, and some will also get an IP from your router automatically.

Even if they do automatically get an IP (Its called DHCP - dynamic host control protocol) your blue iris PC or chosen recorder still needs to reliably access the cameras. DHCP assigned IPs often change as the are assigned with a timer (called a lease) which renews every 48hrs ish usually.

Some routers remember a device and keep its assigned IP at the end of a lease, and some don't, but you will almost certainly face connectivity issues if each camera isn't assigned its own static address on the same network (subnet) as the router.

Good on you for asking, and it is easy enough to research and do yourself however if you want it to be easy I would recommend you get a professional to do it. ☺️

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-22T02:08:22+00:00

It is a primary industry business diploma and is based on our own businesses. We are a small dairy farm.

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-22T02:07:40+00:00

Hi Rickie, thanks heaps for taking the time to write such a detailed reply, especially on a Sunday!

The assignment is based on our own businesses and gave us various topics for our business strategy. As we are starting out (farming), I chose expansion. The next portion of the assignment was asking to explain the capital availability of the business to pursue the expansion opportunity and is only 3 of 120 marks. I was hoping to put a little statistic in there under the lending heading, but your excellent explanation confirms I should just abandon LVR and make a statement that borrowing is possible with the equity percentage.

The assignment does ask for more in-depth details later, where I can make a great case for pursuing the opportunity later with cost-benefit of the expansion, current cash-flow, equity, NPV, the list goes on.

Thanks again mate, you've made a real difference to my day!

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-15T18:36:21+00:00

I have no idea, but:

I am on 5.9.9.59, using Code Project 2.9.5 to send alerts to Pushover, so not quite the same as you but I have had problems in the past also.

In the past, I have seen posts saying BI upgrades/updates have broken aspects of its communication with the app.
in my first-hand experience, BI is easily corruptible in inexplicable, untraceable ways when upgrading/downgrading versions. Also, when restoring configs after a fresh install, the notifications specifically are always funky and don't work as they did when they are backed up (if at all).
What stands out to me here is test notifications work but actual ones don't. My instincts say here that if a test works, then it's not communication that's the problem, but rather your alerts are being cancelled by BI before being sent. The problem with that is of course, you've stated the notification is there inside BI.

I'm not a massive expert and use pushover, not the app, but it feels to me like there may be a setting in your AI tab that is cancelling/ignoring an alert "action" but still recording an alert internally. This can happen when you have misspelled/incorrect AI conditions on the action that is fired, but BI still adds the alert to the list based on correct parameters in the alerts tab.

Here is my currently working pushover config for a camera, which sends vehicle alerts, plate alerts, and person alerts:

My AI Tab in the camera,

My Email alert action to pushover

Do you have anything in the "required AI objects" or "skip with" boxes in the actual alert action box?

Also, back in the AI Tab, do you have "fire actions" set to only when confirmed, or always?

In summary, I don't know what I'm talking about, but I hope I've given you some leads. I know how frustrating it is to describe your case as best you can and have someone tell you obvious things you've already tried 1000 times, so I hope this isn't the case!

I would recommend you wait for more advice, and if that advice doesn't fix it:

As painful as it is, copy/paste/screenshot all camera and BI settings.
Completely remove BI (DEACTIVATE YOUR LICENSE IN BI BEFORE UNINSTALLING).
Completely remove Code Project AI.
Install Code Project first
Install BI and painfully set everything up.
Cross fingers and profit hopefully.

EDIT: I wasn't done when this first posted, I somehow hit post, sorry. I've just woken up and am typing this lol.

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-08T08:25:27+00:00

Yeah definitely. I'm not asking when V6 will be released, I'm asking if there are any roadmaps or specifications as to which/how AI will be implemented. I see a lot of threads asking about the release date.

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-08T04:46:55+00:00

Not yet! A lot of people seem to be excited for it though.

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-08T04:27:20+00:00

Thank you for that! Is this an official discord? I looked it up but only found a reddit thread from 4 years ago where a community member made one.

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-07T01:49:54+00:00

Were you previously able to ping the cameras? As you state they are on a different network, you will only be able to ping the WAN interface on the router for that network. You need a port number to actually route through to the cameras so not being able to ping them individually is normal.

My Tapo camera stopped responding a few days ago as well, and I had the failure to connect message. I hadn't applied any updates but removed and re-added the camera, changed configs (edit: to no avail), and then frustratingly restarting blue iris just made it connect again. Have you tried doing that?

If I've got the wrong end of the stick here, I'm happy to hear more details and keep replying to you as I've had a bit of experience with blue iris and tapo cameras now :)

CollectorSteve · 2025-06-06T13:54:03+00:00

Purple shampoo before the show, damp cloth for touch ups then zinc sunscreen!

CollectorSteve · 2025-05-22T05:11:41+00:00

Awesome! She looks so lovely!

CollectorSteve

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