kelso

Hi, I am working with Swann HD 820 CAM with Blue Iris 3, I am getting about 28-30 fps but is there any tweaks needs to be done on the camera side? sometimes where there is a movement it seems like the video skips a few secs, from like 4:28:45 to 4:28:48 Its not consistent. Is there anything I can do to bypass it? or any other tweaks in configuration you guys recommend?

Ok, I got a new one, connected it to the router, the IP of the camera was 172.16.1.2 (go figure) I found that out by using wireshark, changed my ip to 172.16.1.50 (no gateway) and was able to connect to it! Thank you all for your help. I noticed when I use iSpy, I only get up to 10fps, but when I use VLC, I can see smooth video. Is there better DVR softwares to use? I dont mind paying for a license. Thanks!

I have been messaging with the seller and he said - "I think you have the wrong camera. The camera you have is made to go with the 7200 series DVR. You should look into stand alone IP cameras such as the 445 pan tilt camera or the 455 camera series. I have both" he is wrong about the fact that it can only work with DVR, correct? it can\should work in the current configuration, just not plug-n-play, correct?

Ok, I unplugged the PoE injector from the router, plugged it directly to my pc and disabled all other ether-nets. I ran wire-shark to look for any broadcast message from the camera to find the IP, but I haven't seen any broadcast message. I assume the camera is defected. if anyone have any other suggestions let me know.

jazzar, I scanned the network already and found nothing new, maybe there is an issue with the xfinity router. I will try wireshark.

Thank you for your reply, I have seen this video at least 20 times in the past 24 hours. I purchased a PoE injector today (hoping that this will solve my problem) connected the data+power side to the camera, the other side to the router (Xfinity) and saw the IR lights of the camera turn on... I can see that in the router configuration it shows port 1 as active which is where I connected the PoE, I changed my IP settings in the router to have my local network as 192.0.0.X, received an IP of 192.0.0.9 but still get no response from 192.0.0.64 via ping or http. * There is no firewall involved, everything is shutdown. * I tried replacing the network cables (tried 5 of them) all the same problem. * I did arp -a, cant find anything new or anything with that IP. * I used NMAP to scan my network and it did not discover any new IPs. * I tried to restart the router, changing ports. I really dont know what else to do. perhaps the camera I purchased is defected? I received it from eBay as a refurbished camera and still have 20 days left to return it. One thing I have spotted- while doing ping -t 192.0.0.6 if I unplug the network cable connected from the camera to the PoE and re-plug it, I get 3 replied from 192.0.0.64 but after that it's gone, even if I do it again and again, same behavior. Reply from 192.0.0.9: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.0.0.9: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.0.0.9: Destination host unreachable. Reply from 192.0.0.64: bytes=32 time=990ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.0.0.64: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.0.0.64: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Request timed out. I dont know what else to do, please advise. Thanks, Kelso

Hi, I purchased SWNHD-820CAM IP Camera and received it today, it did not come with any detailed manual and to be honest, I am a little pissed. I have been googling about it and there are some questions I cannot find the right answer and I was wondering if you guys can help: 1. How do I configure the freaking thing? I did not use the PoE since I had an regular power adapter that can work with it, I plugged it in, now what? do I need to plug it to the PC directly with the LAN as well? 2. I have been reading about NVR, do I must have NVR to be able to view my footage? I have a PC I can dedicate to it and record the video, can I use iSpy instead of buying an NVR??? if not what is the cheapest one you guys recommend? 3. How do I configure the IP of the camera? how does it connect to the wifi? Thanks, Kelso