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BTW- if anyone did get around top writing a linux interface to this device, and can share that info, that would be fantastic..

Very helpful, thanks. Does anyone know the telnet password for the linux shell on these boxes?

Yeah, it's the cable. I'm able to recreate that effect by jiggling the supply side of the power cable. Thanks folks.

Anybody recognize this type of distortion and/or know how to fix it? Newly installed camera, not sure if it is defective or I've set something up wrong. Day is fine, night is distorted. day: 5NzVlMWAw-c night: LGBd2UKLRXY

Thanks. The adapter is 12V/1A (at least that's what it says on it), the camera 12v/500mA. Thought that would work. Tried plugging that adapter into a different camera with the same rating and got no picture. I'll get a hold of a 12v/500mA one, see if that helps.

yeah, it's good enough. My 2nd camera arrived today. Interestingly, that seller bumped the price up from $137 to $299.

No I don't. It's mounted on a tree trunk, a few feet from the side of the road and about 15 feet off the ground.

Different times with those settings. Deep night always crystal clear so leaving that out.

This is the best I can seem to get from one camera. For about 20 minutes during dusk and sunset it's too dark, but I'll take the 23.5 hours.. shutter - speed 1/10000 agc 6.00 white bal - anti cr night/day - auto pict adj - bright 0, contr 122, sharp 129, hue 128, gain 123 atr - on luminance mid, contrast midhigh

Good to hear that's working.. Though better at select times, 1/10000 was a step down overall. Not so good at dusk, or the brightest hours of the day. Slightly less clarity at night. The IR lights did not come on when set to night only mode until it got dark, so these must behave independently. I do like the b/w mode better though, it seems a bit sharper. Moving back to 1/4000 for now with White balance on anti-cr, and I have ATR contrast set to high. I will compare tonight and tomorrow's video with setting the shutter to 1/2000 tomorrow night. But I have a feeling I'm going to be mounting that 2nd camera in that same location. I do have wifi, but I've been lazy about adding the local network onto my phone's viewer. I am using an android to configure the camera, over the Internet. It's sluggish but I count how many clicks I need to get to the next menu option and am able to navigate without seeing immediate feedback.

Ronf- Have you tried 1/10000 at night? I cleared up daytime images significantly today by changing to speed: 1/10000 mode: always B/W white balance: Anti-CR ATR - On

Let me know what you finally come up with. This seems to be working for me, daytime pretty good too. Attached snapshots. shutter 1/4000, AGC 6.0 contrast and sharpness both bumped up to 140 in the picture adjustment everything else default

Yup, was curious about the other settings. Seems there's some fiddling that needs to be done, but these really do the job. I ended up buying another one today, so I can optimize one for day and one for night, mounted right next to each other.

Thanks for the manual, I got mine off ebay from the same seller.. Same piece of paper. I will try those settings at night tonight. If it works I may just spring for a 2nd one at that price, the daytime images I'm getting are very clear.

Also using a EN-V150K-70 over here, working well during daytime using the auto shutter settings and ATR set to on. The daytime settings don't work for nighttime though. I did get some usable results at night setting the shutter to manual and 1/500 or 1/1000, though this doesn't even provide an image during the day. The automatic gain compensation whites out the screen and there's no way I can find to shut it off. Backlight and highlight compensation don't work on this camera when it is on manual shutter, which doesn't help matters. Anybody have any better recommendations for night time license plate cameras?