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  2. Posted

    Since you mentioned Netgear- I have a couple of GS110TP 8 port gig Poe switches with dual SFP slots and they work OK, but the user interface is terribly slow and I cannot access them from outside my LAN. I don't know why they won't connect through my router. I replaced them with a couple of American Fibertek C10P-Poe switches off eBay and these work fantastic.

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    FW2100 - night porch

     

    This video looks foggy because the IR LEDs in the FW2100 are being reflected off the porch ceiling back into the lens.

    I had the same problem. My cameras are mounted under my garage eaves, pointing out across my patio and driveway. I set them back a bit to protect them from the weather so the lens is about 3 or 4 inches back form the facia. I painted that small area of the eaves, directly over the camera, up to the facia, flat black and it greatly reduced the foggy effect in the image. The way you have the camera mounted in your video, I don't know how you can fix the problem. You would have to paint the entire ceiling flat black.

     

    Also, that huge freaking spider is really creeping me out.

  4. Posted

    Hooked her up through my POE switch which is hooked to my router. My HFW 2100 has been humming on it without a miss for weeks. No IP address for the Swann on my router as has happened with all other ip cams I have tried. After all else shown below I called Swann. They said this cam does not have a default ip address and is set default to DHCP so my router should give it the ip address.

     

    This is where it's handy to have a managed Poe switch. You could log into your switch to verify that the camera is drawing power. If you don't have a managed switch, you can try covering up the photocell to see if the IR LEDs turn on.

  5. Posted

    Is there a dome camera that can be installed on this lorex or are you simply constrained to use the cameras offered by lorex via costco. It would be helpful if anyone could post a link to some cameras that 'may' work with this system as plug n play.

     

    Costco now sells Lorex 1080 dome cameras.

    http://www.costco.com/Lorex-Full-HD-1080p-PoE-IndoorOutdoor-Night-Vision-2-Pack-Dome-Cameras.product.100043750.html

  8. Posted

    Has anyone had success with DX.com 2.1 or 2.5 mm lens on the Costco Q-See 720??

    http://dx.com/p/replacement-fixed-iris-wide-angle-lens-for-cctv-camera-2-5mm-51865

    http://dx.com/p/2-1mm-160-degree-wide-angle-lens-for-security-cameras-and-webcams-15237

     

    I ordered one of each & just now tried to change it & does not fit

     

    I got a few 3.6mm Megapixel lenses form eBay seller tvdigital2 and they work great. He has wider lenses, but they don't say Megapixel so I didn't try them.

  10. Posted

    As requested, here are some screenshots of the Swann/Costco "SWNHD-820CAM" web interface...

     

     

    As I said before, hats off to HIKVision for this super responsive web interface. I certainly don't have much camera experience, but compared to my Vivoteks and Dahuas this is very speedy, very responsive and a pleasure to run.

     

    The Video/Audio screen shows the drop down selection for Video Quality ghosted out and set to "Lowest".

    Why? Is it because Bitrate Type is set to Constant?

  11. Posted

    I had originally purchased IP Cam Viewer to monitor my Trendnet TV-IP422w cameras, but IP Cam Viewer works with just about every IP camera or DVR in existence and the developer continuously adds more cameras and options to the software. Well worth the ten bucks I paid.

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    It will only send data out your ISP if you have set it up to send recorded data to a remote server or if you are remotely connected to it from an off-site location.

    If you are not connected and you have not configured it to send data to a server, it can't upload anything. There has to be some other device to upload to.

    If you want to track your actual ISP data rather then your PC network port activity, check out dd-wrt or tomato firmware for linksys and other consumer routers. They let you look at and log your data rates up and down from your ISP.

  16. Posted

    It looks like the error you're seeing is from the DVR program telling you that your ports are not available in your PC. I don't believe this has anything to do with your router. Looks more like a Windows OS problem or some other application is using or blocking the required ports inside your PC.

    I would reinstall Windows and then install only the DVR software, no other apps, and see if your server works.

    I'm running the NV5000 card with the latest DVR Avermedia software and it does seem rather picky about what other apps are running. I did not have any problems with the server, but my PC kept rebooting until I wiped it and reinstalled Windows, making this into a dedicated DVR machine with no other apps running. Now it runs all day, every day, flawlessly.[/b]

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    I just installed a NV5000 Card in my PC and I'm still ironing out some of the settings, but I may have missed it, I just set up 4 cameras and selected "smart monitoring" (which is a Variation of Motion detecting right?)

    Do I have to press "record" on the main screen, I've ran it for a day or so and there are no records / captures, I thought it would do this on its own.. Yes the program is running, But I just came over from a Kguard Card and it records as long as the app is running. The only way the NV5000 seems to record is if I press the "record" button. Did I miss something? Thanks

     

    No, you don't have to press the record button.

    Go into Setup.

    Select "System Setup", and turn on "Auto record when login".

    Then go to "Schedule" and select the days you want to record. I just hit the "All" button.

    Now go to "Recording" and turn on the type of recording you want for each individual camera.

  19. Posted

    I also have the NV5000 in a similar system and have noticed that the program overrides some other Windows features.

    I have my DVR PC set up to monitor my second home. I am not there much, so I use the DVR to monitor things and send me emails on motion detect. It works well, but the Avermedia app disabled my windows login password.

    I had my PC setup so you had to use a password on startup and to exit the screen saver. After I installed the Avermedia program, my pc no longer requires a password at start up and the screensaver is completely disabled.

    Seems kinda stupid that they did this because my PC no longer has any protection when someone breaks in and wants to access all my files.

    I tried editing the registry to force the PC to require a password at login and I found a way to do it, but then I had trouble with the Avermedia program.

    I finally just gave up and made the DVR a dedicated machine. I wiped the drive and did a fresh Windows install and did not load anything but the Avermedia software. Now, if the PC gets stolen, the thief won't get any personal data.

    Of course, I then had to build a second, secured PC for all the other things I need my PC to do.

    I should have just bought a standalone DVR box from the start.

  20. Posted

    China mainland made hardware compression DVR care is strongly recommended. its brand : HighEasy or HiEasy , you could search on google. It is H.264 hardware compression. It is high performance to price. 8ch DVR card price USD130, this is unit price. The more you buy, the lower price you get.

     

    You wouldn't by chance happen to work for them?

     

     

     

     

     

    Frankly to say,I am a sales of HighEasy company . But you are suggested to try HighEasy brand DVR card. You could google search to our web, then to email us.

    Thanks in advance

    Eddie

    HighEasy Co. / CSST (New York Stork Exchange symbol:CSR)

     

    I have a HighEasy card that cost me $200 off eBay. It's garbage. The video on all inputs randomly loses sync making the image "jump", triggering the motion detect and sending me nonstop emails.

    The seller was no help and HighEasy does not respond to emails.

    I replaced the HighEasy piece-o-crap with an Avermedia NV5000 and now life is good.

  21. Posted

    I have used wireless cellular routers from Dlink and from Zyxel. Dlink is cheaper, but the Zyxel Zywall 2WG is far more robust, reliable, and flexible.

    The only catch is that these routers only work with specific models of PCMCIA (and USB for the Dlink) Aircards. You have to make sure you get the correct card for the router.

    I use Sprint, Verizon, and ATT cards in my laptop on a regular basis to access my Avermedia DVR PC and it works great. I live in an area where I get true 3G performance on all three networks, so performance is great.

    At this time, my Avermedia DVR PC is connected to a cable modem with 500Kbps outbound data rate. I'll soon be installing an ATT cellular card as a backup circuit using a Zyxel Zywall 2WG router.

  22. Posted

    It's been a long time since I tried DDWRT and I can't remember what it was I didn't like about it; there was some feature I needed that didn't work right, but I can't recall what it was. I do remember that when I tried to switch back from DDWRT to the Linksys firmware, my router got bricked. I found a procedure on the web to short a couple of traces on the routers board, then FTP Tomato up to the router. It worked and I can switch back and forth between Tomato and Linksys without any trouble. Since Tomato does everything I need, I never tried DDWRT again.

    That same router is still working fine by the way.

    I'll have to give the latest DDWRT another try on one of my spare routers and see if it works better.

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