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  2. Posted

    Start reading this forum and learning about systems..

    You will need to increase your budget if you want 8 cams..otherwise you will end up with analog junk...

    You want something fast and good. Get this for 799/..this is a rebranded hikvision system..run a single ethenet cable to each camera as they are POE...

    http://www.costco.com/Swann-8-Channel-HD-NVR-Security-System-with-2TB-HDD-and-4-3MP-HD-IP-Cameras.product.100146086.html

    You can add more cams later you can use hikvisions that you can purchase for 85 via china...

    also understand that camera will not protect you from burglary...i

     

    You might want an alarm as a deterrent..

  3. Posted

    Info here is not really accurate. You can get access to most anything you want from your dropcam w/o making it public. I was looking around for some info on the recent change they have implemented that broke the way you could access streams from your private dropcams and came accross this forum. for the record, you can get access to whatever you want from your dropcam. The way they have implemented their "developer" program is pretty lame and quite arrogant. I'll be so happy when their entrie business model is destroyed in about 3 weeks with the release of some pretty cool software. Anyways, you may have to jump through hoops to get it, but most everything you want from your dropcam available. getting access to the current snapshot is quite easy. In some of the integrations I've made you can just continually get the current snapshot and in most ways get close to replicating the video stream, but they seem to be catching on to this and start to throttle requests. the stream is a little screwed up right now, but with some digging it is workable. there are a few projects that provide api access to dropcams. I've seen a python one, a ruby one and most recently a go one.

     

    hope that's of interest/help.

    snapshot pulls.ha...the camera is great for the technically challenged who have to pay the monthly tech tax..otherwise dropcam is useless..Why in the world would you waste your time trying to get a workable stream...you seem pretty knowledgeable... just use a true ip cam..

    300 dollars a year to keep 30 days of recording for a single cam??? no thank you

  4. Posted

    An IP cam has web service page inside where you can adjust settings like BLC, chroma... whereas in cvi or sdi.. you can't go inside because it is not ip based... now what is the more common settings that you need to adjust that you can't do in the analog based cams?

     

    My ip cams are inaccessible because my nvr has their own 10.1.1.1 poe switch whereas the nvr itself is based on 192.168.1.*.. so if I get an external switch with poe.. they don't have their own ip address but based on the router? What 4 channel poe switch have you encountered that is the tinest possible?

    You can still access your cameras..All you need to do is hook up your pc to your NVR and set the ipv4 to match the nvr....also some folks say that just hooking up one port on the NVR to the router allows them to access the cams...

    The newest hikvision firmware (if you have a hikvision NVR, also allwows you to use virtual server to access the camera settings)..

    But yes, if you used your own poe switch the cameras will get standard ip address that you can easily access.

  6. Posted

    Hi guys,

    Not too familiar with camera systems, but I'm pretty technical and pick things up quickly.

    I'm looking to get something with:

     

    8-12 cameras

    Cable runs of less than 300 feet

    Remote monitoring accessible via iPhone (If the alarm trips, the alarm company calls responsible individual who can check the cameras to see if anything looks foul on-site)

    Night vision

    Indoor/Outdoor use

     

    I'm looking to do it myself to save money. I like the concept of recording on motion detection.

    Should I do IP cameras? I feel like that's the most future-proof option at this point from what I've read.

    Should I buy an NVR or use an old spare computer?

    I have an old 2.83 GHz quad-core Xeon box at my disposal that I could fit with a couple new hard drives and more ram, but I'm not sure of what software would be ideal and if this box could handle it. Software recommendations?

    I don't really like the idea of WiFi cameras, as there's just one more thing to go wrong in that system. Plus the camera needs power anyway so I might as well run ethernet to each cam and power it through PoE.

     

    Feel free to ask any questions. I'm looking to spend less than $2000.

    IP is the way to go.

    You dont want to run an old xeon...its a power hog and will cost more than you save to run it 24/7...

    NVR's a very stable and plug and play (generally)...

    PC's are more flexible and let you choose cameras from multiple manufacturers...

    Hikvision and dahua are brands to look at.

    How many cameras are you considering?

  8. Posted

    The best home cctv to meet the following five conditions.

     

    1. must be small

    2.To easily fixed

    3.Best wireless type

    4.Software installation, the simpler the better

    5.Can be remotely accessed via the Internet

     

    From a technical point of view, home cctv resolution should be 640x480, and the maximum frame rate to reach 30 or 25 accounts / sec.

    Also, such a home cctv best support UPnP.

    640X480? In 2014?

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  9. Posted

    With ip cameras, you dont have to homerun each camera to the NVR...you can use a poe switch in one location, hook up 7 cameras and run a single cable back to your network. With ip, you can easily upgrade to the newest cameras that come out.

    With ip, you dont have to mess with a separate power cable...With cvi you are really limited the maker that supports it..Although if you are using NVR's for ip cameras i would recommend sticking with the same manufacture for both unless you are using a pc with something like milestone exacq or blue iris..

    Most applications do not require real time viewing and a delay of a couple of seconds is irrelevant.

  10. Posted

    no recommendations for a step up better unit than a VMax Flex 4-channel, anyone?

    If you want a better image you will need to step up to HD cameras...there are some HD systems that run on coax cable (that you already have installed) see dahua CVI....lots of sellers and very cheap if you go with a 720p system.

    if you want to switch over to ip cameras at a budget (you will need to rewire with ethernet) see this

    499 (says sale ends today, but its regularly at 499)

    http://www.samsclub.com/sams/qsee-4x4-secrty-sys/prod11570578.ip

    this is a rebranded dahua ip system.

  15. Posted

    No, you just cannot hook it to you laptop you laptop only has vga out...did you check your TV to see if it has a vga connection?

    The manual has step by step directions on setting up the ip address...you will need to use the controls on the dvr...you can take the dvr to someone who has a monitor and set it up...then bring it back home...

    set the ip address up to dhcp that way the router will assign an ip address for you (you will change this later to keep the ip address the same, but for now leave it at dhcp), then you will connect it to your network, and you will be able to find the device using advanced ip scanner..

  16. Posted

    Strange using Make/Model: Zmodo ISV-BFS23NM,PKD-PK4216 I got it working using the media/video/rtsp port set as 7050 which is the mobile port on the DVR. All other Zmodo Make/Models didn't work on 6050. There's hundreds of other make/models and I'd be here until next Christmas trying to find one that work.

    thats why i recommended using ipcamviewer that has the ability to scan the ip address and give you a list of compatible models.

  18. Posted

    This is a DVR recorder and the Cams have BNC connections to the back of the DVR totally a possibility of 8 cams. There are no ip addresses assigned directly to the cams.

    The DVR has an RJ45 for TCP/IP network traffic

     

    I have two ways to connect to my cams via the DVR. One is the the VMS Client and the other is IE.

    When the system was configured, I left these ports set to their defaults because there's nothing else on my network using them.

    http port: 80

    Command Port: 5050

    Media Port: 6050

    Mobile Port: 7050

     

    When I have the VMS client running I see ports 5050 and 6050 connected to my laptop.

    TCP 192.168.xxx.85:53887 192.168.xxx.125:5050 ESTABLISHED

    TCP 192.168.xxx.85:53888 192.168.xxx.125:6050 ESTABLISHED

     

    When I log in with IE and connected to the DVR's web interface I get traffic on ports 80 and 5050 connected to my laptop.

    TCP 192.168.xxx.85:61584 192.168.xxx.126:80 TIME_WAIT

    TCP 192.168.xxx.85:61585 192.168.xxx.126:5050 ESTABLISHED

     

    Once I start viewing the cams I start getting traffic on port 6050

    TCP 192.168.xxx.85:61585 192.168.xxx.126:6050 ESTABLISHED

    It doesn't matter that the dvr is analog...it still sends a separate stream for each camera...you first need to find a compatible model or test with the zomodo models..enter 80 for http port and 6050 for media port.

  19. Posted

    Its rare that a router will be at .106 that might be your computer...

    Regardless, it looks like this unit comes from the factory set to a static ip address that may be in a different range than your router..first try this

     

    From your browser try 192.168.0.218:3001

    if that does not work, try 192.168.0.218 in your software however change the client port to 3000 not 3001

    make sure you enter the correct password

     

    try using http://www.advanced-ip-scanner.com/ make sure you uncheck the boxes where it asks you to install toolbars etc...dont install any other junk except the scanner..i use this and it works very well.

    Last resort you will need to hook the dvr up to a monitor (many tvs have a vga in as well)...and set the ip address to something within your routers ip range...probably 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.254

  21. Posted

    Hi,

     

    I have a problem connecting to my Samsung DVR 5042 through my LAN. I have tried both DHCP and Static IP in the settings, and connection test returns a good connection on both, but when I try to access the DVR with its assigned IP address through any web browser, I have used IE, Firefox and Safari Im able to login to the web viewer but get a blank screen, no image, live view etc.

     

    Im using a macbook, would this be a problem? I have read of others connecting fine with their macs.

     

    I dont wish to access the web viewer over the internet via remote login, I would only like to view the DVR feed from any mac connected to the network.

     

    Any help appreciated.

     

    Hello beam,

     

    I see this was posted in May 2014 but there has been only one reply and since he mentions ActiveX and that is for Windows and IE it will not apply to your Mac anyway. Do you have it working now or did you give up?

     

    It's good that you don't need web remote access as that will never work at the moment, with either a Windows or Mac computer and web browser.

     

    However, if you wish to view the cameras on site, using a Macbook then that is possible but you have to have it set up correctly and that is not necessarily as per the instruction since Samsung have a number of mistakes.

     

    Please send me a pm for the answer if you need it, as I don't wish to reveal it publicly yet for financial reasons.

     

    Redwood

    So you are charging for advice?? Regardless it doesnt seem like you know what you are doing if you say remote access will not work..it sure will.

  23. Posted

    With the swain kit above, Is it possible, to have the cameras record and then have a message sent to my phone if there is motion detected so I can then view what the camera is seeing on my phone?

    Yes, but the issue is that you will get many false alerts...the only way around that is to use a kit with cameras that allow attaching a pir motion sensor...you will need to power the motion sensor independently..

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