Dahua Intrusion Analytics And VMD Tested (Poorly)

Author: IPVM Team, Published on May 21, 2018

Dahua ships basic analytics on practically all their cameras, ranging from low cost to high end. To see how these analytics work in real world scenes, we tested multiple cameras indoors and out, varying in resolution, field of view, and form factor:

  • Dahua N25BB5Z 1080p Bullet
  • Dahua N52BM3Z 5MP Dome
  • Dahua N84BG44 4K Dome

Inside, we examine:

  • False negatives
    False positives
  • False alerts - where and how many
  • Indoor performance
  • Outdoor performance
  • Detection range / PPF thresholds
  • Configuration recommendations
  • VMS integration

Readers should also see our recent tests of Axis VMD4 and Hikvision Camera Analytics.

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Comments (10)

Undisclosed Integrator #1

05/21/18 04:07pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

05/21/18 06:00pm

* ****** ******* ***** ******* *** * **** **** **** same ********** ** ***. * **** *** **** *** *** price ***** ** ******* *** ******* ** ** *** **** bad.

* **** *** **** * *** * *** ** ***** alarms **** * *** ******* ** ** ****** - ***** fog ***********. ***** ******** ******** **** ***** *** ****** **** the ***** ... **** *** ******** **** **** *** ********* create *****.

Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

05/21/18 07:52pm

* ****** ***Missed ********** ******** is not triggering an alarm because in environments not as quiet and clean as yours this would cause tons of false alarms by distant movement.

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | In reply to Undisclosed Manufacturer #3 | 05/21/18 08:42pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #3

In reply to Ethan Ace | 05/21/18 08:49pm

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Itamar Kerbel

05/22/18 07:28am

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Itamar Kerbel | 05/22/18 10:29am

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In reply to John Honovich | 05/22/18 11:56am

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Robert Shih

SavvyTech Security | In reply to John Honovich | 05/22/18 01:24pm

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Slava Hrytsevich

3dEYE Inc. | In reply to Robert Shih | 05/24/18 08:41pm

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