Vivotek IP8332 Network Bullet Camera

Questions on Vivotek IP8332 Network Bullet Camera

• From Malcolm at 18/05/2012 10:14
  • I bought one of these early this year (from another supplier) as an upgrade from the IP7330 (which I have used for several years). I installed it the same place and connected to my LAN in the same way as the old IP7330. However, I found that when powered off and then powered back on the IP8332 it frequently failed to reconnect, often coming up on install Wizard with a spurious 169 IP address rather than the 192.168 address which the LAN port has allocated. In the end I returned it for a refund. I'm sure that this was a timing problem in the Firmware, do you know if this has been fixed? I love the camera spec but am reluctant to buy another if this problem is still there.
  • Hello Malcolm,
    We sell loads of this IP8332 model, it is a bestseller.
    There was a period where we experienced some firmware issues, in particular we saw problems with the timing of when the camera switched to monochrome night-time mode, and the image performance at night. Those issues were all resolved months ago, and we're not aware of any current issues (and if there were any issues we would have heard something from our many customers using them).
    Hope that helps ...
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• From Robin at 11/04/2012 15:04
  • I'm less interested in the image ,than the data -i.e is the image a '1' or a '2' etc - the requirement is to identify machine components - any one of a max of 12 pieces. - the data will be stored in a MS Sequel server data base - I don't need to store the image.
    thanks
    
    Robin
  • Hello Robin,
    To do this based upon a video input is probably going to need something akin to Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR), which would be a fairly expensive solution. Perhaps better to use some other method of identifying the components such as barcodes or coded magnets ...?
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• From Ramon at 22/01/2012 08:01
  • Is the cable gland opening a standard size? I would like to replace it with a liquid-tight cable gland for just a CAT5 cable, something like this: http://www.l-com.com/item.aspx?id=21484 but I cannot find any sizing information...
  • The thread in the rear of the Vivotek IP8332 bullet camera is a standard M20 x 1.5mm thread.
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• From Patrick at 08/09/2011 10:30
  • Just a couple of questions, with a 32gb micro sd card installed primarily for night time motion detection recording how many hours of footage or possible days worth of recording do you think i would get? also does the camera record in mono or colour?
    
    Thanks
    Patrick
  • Hello Patrick,
    
    If you are only recording clips when Video Motion Detection (VMD) triggers then you will get weeks & weeks of clips on a 32GB card, in fact 32GB is probably overkill. As a guide, a VGA resolution camera recording at a rate of 3 frames per second continuously will fill an 8GB card in approx. 7 days (this Vivotek IP8332 is 1MP resolution, so would fill the 8GB card in maybe six days at those same settings - recording continuously).
    
    Only monochrome cameras can use infra-red lighting, so, given that it gets sufficiently dark in the area that you are monitoring to cause the camera to switch into night-time/monochrome mode, then you will only record in monochrome overnight. If you supplement the area's illumination with white light, then you'll get colour video overnight.
    
    Hope that helps ...
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• From Justin at 01/08/2011 08:48
  • Will this camera work with Icatcher cctv software?
    
    Thanks
  • Hello Justin,
    
    Yes indeed, the Vivotek IP8332 IP camera will work with Icode's iCatcher software.
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