Disable automatic visible/IR camera switching at night.

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jmjlai
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Joined: 11 Jan 2021, 11:43

Disable automatic visible/IR camera switching at night.

Post by jmjlai »

On v198, When the floodlight is enabled at any level (5% to 100%), the camera switches to the visible spectrum.
This causes 2 problems,
1. The visible spectrum camera isn't as sensitive as the IR camera to distant objects, even when the light is at full brightness.
2. If the light is dimmed, it reduces the range of the visible camera.

I would like the option to only use the IR camera at night, even if the flood light is on.
Color vision at night doesn't add value if the dynamic range is underutilized.
Saris7483
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Joined: 31 Oct 2021, 18:20

Re: Disable automatic visible/IR camera switching at night.

Post by Saris7483 »

+1 for this!!

Especially when using HomeKit only there is no possibility to disable the floodlight at all. A workaround is to set brightness to >=1%, but then IR is off and the camera doesn’t see anything.
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