This Dahua Dual-PTZ camera offers comprehensive surveillance with its unique panoramic and PTZ cameras working in tandem. It’s ideal for monitoring large areas where both wide overview and detailed tracking of specific events are crucial. The system intelligently identifies and follows people and vehicles, making it a powerful tool for enhanced security and operational insights.
Key Features
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Dual-PTZ System: Provides both a wide panoramic view and a detailed, zoomable PTZ camera for comprehensive area monitoring and targeted tracking.
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Face Recognition: Captures facial features and stores them in a built-in database of up to 10,000 images for quick searching and comparison, enhancing security identification.
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Starlight+ Technology: Delivers exceptional color imaging in extremely low-light conditions, ensuring critical details are visible even in near darkness.
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PFA Technology: Ensures consistently clear and sharp images throughout the entire zooming process, reducing blur and speeding up focus time.
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Metadata Extraction: Gathers detailed attribute information on human faces, bodies, motor vehicles, and non-motor vehicles for efficient data retrieval and analysis.
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Smart Tracking: Automatically follows designated objects like people or vehicles when they trigger predefined detection rules, ensuring continuous surveillance of critical events.
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Perimeter Protection: Accurately identifies human and vehicle intrusions while filtering out false alarms from environmental factors like animals or leaves.
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IP67 Weather Rating: Guarantees reliable operation in harsh outdoor conditions, protecting the camera from dust and water ingress.
Perfect For:
- Large commercial properties and campuses
- Parking lots and vehicle entrances
- Public squares and open areas
- Industrial facilities and warehouses
- Building exteriors requiring detailed monitoring
- Perimeter security for critical infrastructure
Installer Tips
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Optimal Placement: Install the camera at a height that allows the panoramic lens to capture the full area of interest while enabling the PTZ camera to zoom in on specific zones or objects for detailed tracking.
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Power over Ethernet Plus (Hi-PoE): Utilize Hi-PoE for simpler installation, as it delivers both power and data over a single Ethernet cable, eliminating the need for a separate power supply at the camera location.
- NVR Pairing: For best performance and full utilization of AI features like metadata search and advanced tracking, pair this camera with a Dahua AI NVR.
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Field of View Consideration: The panoramic camera offers a 57° horizontal view, while the PTZ's view ranges from 45° to 10°. Plan your installation to ensure complete coverage of the desired surveillance area.
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Environmental Protection: The IP67 rating ensures robust performance in various weather conditions, but consider additional physical protection in areas prone to vandalism or extreme impacts.
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Testing Metadata Accuracy: After installation, test the metadata extraction by having different objects (people, vehicles) pass through the scene to ensure accurate attribute recognition and data logging.
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Quick-Read Specs
Feature
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Detail |
Resolution
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8 Megapixel (3840 × 2160)
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Lens Options
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2.8mm, 3.6mm Fixed-focal
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Night Vision Type
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Smart Dual Light (IR up to 30m, Warm Light up to 30m for Full-Color)
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Deterrence
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Red & Blue Strobe Lights + 110dB Siren
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AI Features
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SMD 4.0, AcuPick, AI SSA, Perimeter Protection (Human/Vehicle Classification), Face Detection
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| Audio |
Built-in Dual Microphones + Built-in Speaker (Two-Way Talk)
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Storage
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Supports up to 512GB Micro SD Card
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| Power |
12VDC / PoE (Power over Ethernet)
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Weather Rating
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IP67 |
What is TIOC?
TiOC stands for Three-in-One Camera, combining Full-Colour Video, Active Deterrence, and AI Detection into one powerful security solution.
With TiOC cameras, you get:
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Full-Colour Footage 24/7 – even at night, thanks to Smart Dual Illuminators.
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Smart AI Detection – accurately identifies humans and vehicles, filtering out false
alarms caused by animals, trees, or shadows.
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Active Deterrence – red and blue warning lights plus a loud siren to stop intruders in their tracks.
These features work together to give you fast, accurate alerts and clear footage any time of day.
How Does It Work?
1. Full-Colour Night Vision with Smart Dual Illuminators
TiOC cameras automatically switch between infrared and LED lighting. When no threat is detected, they use discreet IR. When a person or vehicle enters the scene, the LED lights activate to record in full colour—helping you capture every detail clearly.
2. AI-Powered Detection
Using SMD 4.0 (Smart Motion Detection) and Perimeter Protection, the camera can tell the difference between a person, vehicle, animal, or object. This means:
- You get alerts only when it matters.
- False alarms are reduced to less than 1%.
3. Active Deterrence
When a genuine threat is detected, the camera activates built-in red and blue strobe lights along with a loud audible siren to immediately deter intruders. This proactive response helps prevent incidents before they occur. Users can schedule deterrence features to operate during specific hours—such as overnight—or customise them to suit their needs. For added convenience, a one-touch disarm function allows quick cancellation of the siren when necessary.
Extra Info
Dual-PTZ System for Comprehensive Coverage The DH-SDT5X405-4F-WA employs a unique dual-PTZ system designed for ultimate surveillance efficiency. The fixed panoramic camera provides a constant wide-angle overview of the scene, ensuring no general activity is missed. Simultaneously, the powerful PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) camera works in conjunction, automatically zooming in and tracking specific objects or areas of interest detected by the panoramic view or triggered by defined rules. This synergy allows for both broad situational awareness and highly detailed investigation of events, offering a level of coverage that single cameras cannot achieve. It’s particularly beneficial for large, open spaces where monitoring dynamic activity is crucial, such as parking lots or expansive public areas.
Advanced Face Recognition and Metadata Capabilities This camera features advanced deep-learning algorithms for highly accurate face recognition. Once facial features are extracted from captured images, they can be stored in the camera's internal database, supporting up to 10,000 facial images. This enables real-time face capture and comparison, providing instant alerts upon recognition of specific individuals. Beyond faces, the camera also extracts rich metadata, including attributes for human bodies (gender, age, clothing color), motor vehicles (plate color, type, specific vehicle features), and non-motor vehicles. This extensive metadata greatly enhances forensic search capabilities, allowing users to quickly filter and retrieve specific video segments based on detailed criteria, significantly reducing the time spent on investigations.
Starlight+ Technology for Unmatched Low-Light Performance Dahua's Starlight+ Technology is engineered for environments with extremely challenging low-light conditions. It dramatically enhances light sensitivity, enabling the camera to capture vivid color details even when illumination levels drop as low as 0.0005 lux. This capability is critical for nighttime surveillance where traditional cameras would only provide black and white images, or struggle to capture any useful detail. By leveraging advanced optical features and image processing, Starlight+ ensures that objects, colors, and finer details remain discernible in near darkness, providing crucial evidence that would otherwise be missed.
PFA Technology for Rapid and Precise Focusing The innovative PFA (Predictive Focus Algorithm) Technology revolutionizes the focusing process in PTZ cameras. PFA introduces new methods of judgment that predict the direction of subject distance adjustment, leading to more accurate and quicker focus acquisition. This means that as the PTZ camera zooms in or out, the image remains consistently clear and sharp throughout the entire transition. The significant reduction in focus time not only improves the overall user experience but also ensures that critical moments are captured with optimal clarity, preventing blurry footage during dynamic changes in the field of view.
Smart Tracking and Perimeter Protection for Proactive Security The camera's deep-learning-based smart tracking function allows for automatic follow-up on designated objects, including humans, motor vehicles, or non-motor vehicles, once they trigger defined detection rules like tripwire or intrusion. This proactive security feature ensures continuous surveillance of suspicious activity. Complementing this, Perimeter Protection intelligently filters out common false alarms caused by environmental factors such as animals, rustling leaves, or sudden bright lights. By performing secondary recognition on detected targets, it significantly improves the accuracy of alarms, ensuring that only genuine threats generate alerts, thereby reducing nuisance notifications and optimizing security response efficiency.
Cybersecurity Protections
Dahua builds in strong cybersecurity protections including encrypted video streams, secure firmware updates, and access controls. This guards against data breaches or unauthorized remote access — a key consideration for business and home networks alike.
More About AcuPick - Smart Video Search with Precision AI
Dahua’s AcuPick technology revolutionises video surveillance by using advanced AI to pinpoint people or vehicles across recorded footage with remarkable speed and accuracy. Instead of scrubbing through hours of video manually, AcuPick enables users to filter footage by specific targets, drastically cutting down search times and boosting operational efficiency. Integrated into a range of Dahua cameras (including TiOC series) and compatible NVRs, AcuPick delivers a seamless and intelligent search experience.
Highlights of AcuPick:
AI-Driven Precision:
AcuPick leverages intelligent algorithms to differentiate between human and vehicle activity, refining search results to what truly matters.
Smart Filtering:
Search footage using key attributes like clothing colour or vehicle type—no need to know the exact time an incident occurred.
Instant Video Recall:
With just a few clicks, users can zero in on critical moments, improving response times and streamlining investigations.
False Alarm Reduction:
By filtering out irrelevant motion, AcuPick helps reduce nuisance alerts, leading to more reliable monitoring.
Flexible Deployment:
Whether through Dahua's smart cameras or NVR integration, AcuPick fits into a wide range of security setups.
Practical Applications:
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Retail & Offices: Track customer flow or monitor for unauthorized access.
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Car Parks & Garages: Instantly retrieve footage of accidents or suspicious activity.
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Public Spaces: Quickly find persons of interest using visual identifiers.
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Residential Estates: Enhance safety by identifying vehicle movements or visitors.
AcuPick transforms surveillance from reactive monitoring to proactive intelligence, saving time while elevating security across the board.
Q&A
Q: Can this camera record in color at night?
A: Yes, thanks to its Starlight+ Technology, the panoramic camera can capture color details in extremely low light conditions, down to 0.0005 lux. The detail camera also has excellent low-light sensitivity and IR illumination for clear images in complete darkness.
Q: What is the benefit of having a "Dual-PTZ" system?
A: The Dual-PTZ system combines a fixed panoramic camera for wide area overview with a movable PTZ camera for detailed zoom and tracking. This allows you to simultaneously monitor a large scene and zoom in on specific events or objects for closer inspection, ensuring comprehensive coverage.
Q: How many facial images can the camera store for face recognition?
A: The Dahua Face Recognition camera supports a built-in database that can store up to 10,000 facial images for real-time capture and comparison.
Q: Does this camera work with Network Video Recorders (NVRs) from other brands?
A: Yes, the camera conforms to ONVIF Profile S, G, and T specifications, which ensures interoperability with network video products from various manufacturers. However, to fully utilize all advanced AI features like metadata search, pairing with a Dahua AI NVR is recommended.
Q: What is the maximum storage capacity for the Micro SD card?
A: The camera supports a Micro SD card up to 128GB for local storage.
Q: Will the smart tracking function activate automatically?
A: Yes, the smart tracking function can be set to automatically track designated objects (human, motor vehicle, non-motor vehicle, or combinations) once they trigger pre-defined detection rules like tripwire or intrusion.
Q: What is the "Metadata" feature and how is it useful?
A: Metadata is detailed attribute information extracted from detected objects, such as gender, age, and clothing color for people, or vehicle type and color for cars. This information is incredibly useful for efficient data retrieval, allowing you to quickly search and filter recorded footage based on specific characteristics, speeding up investigations.
Q: What is the maximum distance the IR light can illuminate for the detail camera?
A: The detail camera's IR light can illuminate up to 100 meters (328.08 feet) in complete darkness.
Camera Model Comparison
Dahua DH-SDT5X405-4F-WA vs. Older Version (Information Not Available for Direct Predecessor)
| Category |
Newer Model (DH-SDT5X405-4F-WA) |
Older Model (Information Not Available for Direct Predecessor) |
| Camera Type |
4MP Starlight+ IR WizMind Network Dual-PTZ Camera
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Information not available for direct predecessor |
| System Overview |
Dual-PTZ System: Panorama camera (fixed 6mm) + PTZ camera (10-50mm, 5x optical zoom). Advanced CNN deep learning algorithms. PFA Technology for clear focus while zooming. |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Image Sensor |
Panoramic: 1/1.8" CMOS
Detail: 1/1.8" CMOS |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Resolution |
Panoramic: 4MP (2688 × 1520)
Detail: 4MP (2688 × 1520) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Min. Illumination |
Panoramic: Color: 0.0005Lux@F1.0, B/W: 0.0001Lux@F1.0
Detail: Color: 0.001Lux@F1.3, B/W: 0.0001Lux@F1.3 (0Lux with IR) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Illumination Type/Distance |
Panoramic: White light (20m for face recognition, 30m for video metadata)
Detail: IR light (100m) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Optical Zoom (Detail Camera) |
5x (10 mm–50 mm) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Starlight Technology |
Starlight+ Technology (captures color details down to 0.001 lux) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| AI Features |
Face Recognition (10,000 images built-in database), Metadata (human face, human body, motor/non-motor vehicle attributes), Smart tracking (human, motor vehicle, non-motor vehicle), Perimeter Protection (tripwire, intrusion with false alarm filtering) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| DORI Distances (Detail Camera) |
Detect: 690m
Observe: 276m
Recognize: 138m
Identify: 69m |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Pan/Tilt Range (Detail Camera) |
Pan: 0°–250°
Tilt: -10°–90° |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Audio |
Compression: G.711A, G.711Mu, G.726, AAC, MPEG2-Layer2, G.722.1, G.729
1 Audio Input, 1 Audio Output |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Storage |
Micro SD (up to 128GB), P2P, FTP |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Power |
DC36V/2.23A±25%, Hi-PoE
Basic: 21W, Max: 40W |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Ingress Protection |
IP67 |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
| Operating Temperature |
-40°C to +70°C (-40°F to +158°F) |
Information not available for direct predecessor |
Summary Recommendation
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Choose the Newer Model (DH-SDT5X405-4F-WA) when:
- You require cutting-edge AI features such as highly accurate face recognition with a large internal database, comprehensive metadata extraction for various object types (human, vehicle, non-motor vehicle), and advanced smart tracking capabilities.
- Low-light performance is critical, benefiting from the superior Starlight+ Technology offering excellent color detail in extremely dim conditions.
- The dual-PTZ system with independently adjustable panoramic and detail cameras is essential for flexible and comprehensive surveillance.
- You need the robust build and wide operating temperature range for demanding outdoor environments.
- Hi-PoE support is a desired feature for simplified power and network cabling.
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When the Older Model (Information Not Available for Direct Predecessor) might still be suitable:
- As direct comparative information is not available, it is difficult to recommend an older model. However, in general, an older model might be suitable if the specific advanced AI features or the enhanced low-light performance of the '405' model are not strictly necessary for your application, and a potentially lower cost older model (if one exists with similar basic functionality) is a priority.
