Dilbertic

I am testing one of these camera right now, had to reset the user name and password to default. I am wondering if anyone know which HIKvision camera this is OEM'd from, this what it currently has on it and hopefully I can reflash with HIKvision software.. SVC-B-3 V5.1.2 build 140728 V5.0 build 140404 Thanks, Dil

Pooh, Same this guy seems to be dumping a bunch of them and seems like a good deal, I just don't know enough about this company and so on. thought maybe some of the people here might have better input?? I wonder if the firmware can be upgraded, I might order 2 more, but then I need 3 ea 2.8mm dome units Thanks for the feedback Dil

Wondering if anyone has any experience with this company's camera and if they will have any issues with a Hikvision DS-7608NI-E2 NVR. This specs are here http://smartvue.com/assets/smartvue-svc-b3-3mp-bullet_v302_sm.pdf Thanks, Dil

Thank you for the reply, I fig I have a patch panel in the garage anyways, I ran cat6 and cable into every room in the house since it was a mess when I bought it and fig'd I do it correctly. So sounds like I can buy another metal panel box and mount it near my current patch panel, mount a 8 port POE switch which will host all of the POE cameras wiring, then connect the POE switch to my main network and have the NVR in my house in my computer room. I am guessing most of the viewing I will be doing is via mobile device or computer. OK time to make sure I have the correct NVR and then research POE camera's, one thing I didn't see so far is wide angle camera's. I was trying to mount one in the center from my driveway, not sure that going to work. Thank you so much for input, love learning new stuff Dil

Hi All, I am looking at setting up a NVR 8CH system at my house and been trying to soak up the information I have been reading. I have been looking at this DVR ( I am open to suggestions ) DS-7608NI-E2/8P that has 8 port POE built in, they also have a DS-7608NI-E2 model which must be used with a POE switch. So my question is which is better to use POE built in or a switch, which brings me to the questions, if I have a patch panel in the garage, I could add the 8 port POE switch to the box, and all the camera wires would then route to this switch and have the NVR in my house using a dedicated gigabyte Ethernet running from the POE switch or from my main house smart switch? Thanks for any positive input Dil