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I have a hikvision 3mp bullet camera. I had to buy a tplink poe switch to power it, and now i have it all plugged in, but can't get a signal on blue iris. i have the cam plugged in the poe port on switch, modem to router then router to switch. sadp says ip address is 192.168.1.16 and hikviosion says default port is 8000. but when i put this in blue iris it says error check ip address and port. Trying to monitor a new puppy and need help thanks in advance!!

ok thanks I can see it on my router now, but when I add it to blue iris i get an error saying to check the ip address and port. sadp says ip is 192.168.1.16 and port is 8000. BI won't work with these. sorry for the questions, but i really would like to get this set up tonight so i can monitor my new puppy. Thanks!!!

I am trying to get a hikvision bullet camera hooked up to my network. it is poe so I bought a tplink poe switch. Plugged my comcast modem, netgear router and camera into the switch. IR lights up on camera and internet works fine, but when I run SADP software no cam shows up. I logged into my router and do not see it there which i guess makes sense, but now I am stumped as to how to get this camera id on my network. Any help is greatly appreciated!! running windows 7 and blue iris on pc

Hikvision DS-2CD2532F-I 3mp 1080p HD Mini Dome How about this one? anyone have any experience with it?

Sweet camera for sure, but I don't think I need ptz, but definitly need ir. Any other suggestions? TIA

I have a 12' X 16' kennel that is closed in on three sides, and I want to be able to monitor my dogs day and night. I want a camera that can achieve facial recognition at the longest distance which would be 16' The kennel lighting varies through the day, so wdr is important. On board storage also a must. poe preferred. I would love two way audio as well. If what I am looking for requires a really expensive camera, please suggest other options which are still good quality even if they come short of my wish list. I am looking to spend no more than $250 Thanks in advance!!!

So I'm going to be installing a system on my small 5 acre hobby farm. I have very valuable livestock in my four stall stable (each stall is 12'X16' and all are open to the front of the property) and then 400' of pasture out to the main road. Property is 600' wide at the road. Obviously with an area this big and me being budget minded, I will have to focus the bulk of my effort on choke points. My question is since my livestock is my main concern, should I spend the bulk of my camera budget covering the stalls individually and just put a few cams on the front of the stables facing the road for perspective? This would be the simple since the stables have power and a dry secure tack room for housing the nvr. I wouldn't necessarily need poe cams, and all wiring runs would be short and secure in conduit. The other option would be to cover the three gates to the back of the propert with a few cams mounted to the house for perspective. Since the gates are spread out across the length of the property, this would require 2 300' runs and one 60' run. Would need to be poe since there is no power anywhere near the gates and quality would have to be very good to capture faces at 15' and license plates at 30'. The way I have it figured is to aim these cams at the latches in order to pick up faces, then I would only be able to get the plates when a vehicle exited. Up side is I would have better coverage for other types of theft. Third option is to fence the most of the front allowing access at only the two driveways which are about 300' apart and 100' from the house. Put up high quality cams to monitor those points, and a tall pole with 4-6 medium quality cams to get a 360 persceptive of the entire property. Once again really long runs and very complicated. and huge potentail for lightning strikes on the pole! My dad always told me to keep it simple, but nothing in th CCTV world is simple to me. I have looked at tons of different cam sample footage online, and have come to the conclusion that even with high end cams, for long range out door applications the best I can hope for is a perspective view. So leaving behind my fairy tale notion of being able to see every inch of my property in crystal clear detail on my smartphone from anywhere, Where should I direct my focus? Option 1 is cheap and easy and gives me the best chance of getting good facial recognition on any potential interlopers at the stables, but leaves the rest of my property basically wide open and won't catch any license plates. Is there a more balanced solution I haven't considered? TIA

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Thanks for the 411 So basically what I'm getting from your response is that a pc based nvr would mean I would have to build a full tilt pc with windows os and then load some nvr software. if that's the case, how would I connect the cams? a managed poe switch? If that's the case then that would easily cost 1k or more...ouch could you recomend a good 8 channel embedded nvr? I would like to try out different cams, so one that has good flexibility for many different brands would be key TIA

Hello all I am trying to build a system for my home, and thought I knew a little about this stuff, because I have built a pc based dvr system from scratch before(about ten years ago though), but from the research I have done lately, I'm not sure if my previous experience will benefit me in todays IP based camera systems. I have convinced myself that the nvr is the heart of these new systems, and that it will be the major limiting factor on flexibility of my system while the cameras will largely dictate the quality. If this is a reasonable assumption, then what I really need to know is what the difference between a store bought nvr and one I can build really is. specifically: If i buy an nvr would it use some linux based operating system? If I build one can I get around having to buy a windows os? What parts would i need? Is it just a pc with something like an nvr card or multiple ethernet cards? would software like blue iris control record frame rates, and would record speeds/encryption be limited on a inexpensive store bought nvr? if I bought a 4ch nvr, could I piggyback a 2nd one to add more cameras? Sorry in advance for my lack of technical knowledge and mis-use of terminology. still trying to learn the language. TIA