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  1. Thanks for that. OK. I have 1Mp cams, so I should be able to handle 2X.I can set the resolution even lower, but I am not sure about the usefulness of the result. maybe one lower and one at full. mmmm..static WAN IP. I had not thought about that. I will try to see if I can request that, or use a service that provides that by routing via another site (???) Sorry I bit. The place has already been turned over and then again while I try to work out how to get these things up and running. I bought cheaper cams so they can be expendable. The cameras are OK. The software and manual are hopeless. Nick
  2. Well if they steal a couple hundred worth of cameras, it's a lot cheaper than a computer. If they do steal those cameras and I have remote storage of video, then I have them on video. Local storage could be stolen.......the whole idea I would have thought of remote storage. I also do not have to traipse out to the REMOTE location to check video. The data connection's speed would be 3Mb/s or so. Why do you ask? I am worried about data usage, not speed? Anyhoo....I am wondering if the idea is possible, whatever the possible theories. Can I have cameras connected to a modem/router and send their video to another location, without a computer present?
  3. hmmm...using some supplied software I was finally able to stumble around and see the camera via the router in my home. However the software is very lazily written and I am struggling. Is there some free-cheap PC software that will allow me to set up a system of cameras? Nick
  4. Here is what I want to do : - use a PC to set up camera(s) to watch a remote site, sending motion-detected video to somewhere (my home PC or somewhere in the Cloud) , via a modem-router located at that same site. - However I want to be able to run that remote system without a PC there, once it is set up, just the cameras and the modem- router. Is that possible? I ask because setting all this up is proving problematic and if I can't achieve what I am after then I may have to abandoin the idea. Ido not want to have a computer there, as it will simply be stolen. Cameras and router are relatively cheap. Thanlks for any help Nick
  5. Urrk! You were correct. The browser version does allow settings. But I have been presented with a "wealth of choices" and I have no idea where to start, let alone what settings to use.. Nick
  6. OK. I will give that a go. I have enough of the darn thing til tommorow Nick
  7. Thanks for the reply! This sounds like a very likely lead. The trouble is the app I am using to set up the camera (the one supported by the camera company) does not AFAICS provide any opportunity to check IP settings. I bought these on the terms that they were a simple install, with no need to worry about settings. The app is supposed to do it all. So my knolwedge oif how to check and change all that stuff is pretty limited and mostly stale. N ick
  8. HI. I am trying to set up a SZSinocam as a remotely-monitored security camera, which requires that I first connect to a WiFi router then use that to let me monitor over the Web. In order to set up the camera, I have to enter the UID and the IP address. I have managed to access video directly from the camera to my Android tablet, using an app called CamHi, suggested by the Szsinocam people. This was by actually connecting to the camera direct as one available network on my house, having disconnected from my main router. I have also been able to monitor the camera direct, but via my browser, using the IP address of the camera. But then, having connected direct to the camera, I go to the WiFi settings ...within the CamHi app...and provide my main router password in order to log the camera in. CamHi says "Connection successful". The camera disappears as an available network. But I am unable to access the camera via a browser, through the main router. I dl'd an app called Fing, which shows all devices connected to my main router. The seven devices that are normally connected: phones, tablets, PCs etc, all show, along with their IP and MAC Addresses. Not the camera. Can anyone advise me? Should I cable connect to the router to initiate the camera connection? I ask because IF I have the right cable, I am going to have to search for it, or if not, go and buy one. Thanks for any help. Nick
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