Recent content by Des

Hi Phil, I want to ask almost the reverse of this posters question. Having set up his NVR with all 16 /32 cams connected. If he wants to access his NVR within his building but remotely via the network how much functionality will he lose as opposed to accessing the NVR box directly. I am...

I have purchased an unbranded turret ip cam. I have logged into on board software to configure but no image and says I need to download ocx Plugin. Whenever I click on hyperlink my virus software kicks in and says the hyperlinked site is blacklisted url. I have tried downloading other ocx...

Always too embarrassed to ask this question for some reason but.. Obviously an indoor only IP camera is unlikely to be water rated so cannot be reliably used outdoors, but are there any circumstances where an outdoor camera cannot be used indoors?

I purchased any old IP POE Turret camera and placed it above my front door. It captures the face of visitors well and most of my car but I can only see my wifes car wheels parked next to mine. How can I go about assessing what the spread of vision will be for any given camera at any given...

Look Im no expert, but I spent a lot of time trying to get wireless to work properly and other tech in order to avoid a mess of wires running through the house. It always worked for a while, then I would notice it had failed and have to start all over a again. Ultimately I took the plunge...

I only have experience of 2 installations and one of them went badly. So i'm telling my story rather than giving advice. I found wireless to sound nice but ultimately too unstable for a trial & error merchant like me. I find POE to be brilliant. One Ethernet cable and you are done. Initially...

Phil, sorry took route of least resistance. This camera always loses all settings as soon as power is cut and reverts to default IP address. I cut power for one second, found it (via NVR) on default setting, changed IP back to original - now all good! As a supplementary , do these cameras have...

Phil, I will try this tonight when I get home thanks.

Just can work this out. I have hard wired ZXtech IP camera working many months, stopped seeing image via NVR(ZXTech) I can see image on IE and Onvifer just not on NVR I have changed IP address same result Changed resolution on cam software & NVR several times no change Changed Streams...

Yes Im in too. I cannot download footage in windows environment. I connect to NVR via IP address on IE, Download never works for footage. Only when I go onto NVR box direct and use backup facility & USB Key can I get admittedly quite decent footage. I think Phil would say you get what you pay...

I successfully installed my DOME PTZ IP Camera, with the dome facing downwards. In this way from my software R means right U means up etc. However I have now remounted elsewhere directly onto a wall with the dome pointing outwards. Now the controls are all messed up and non linear. Left moves...

Aha Im learning already. My NVR was just an empty box , it didn't even come with a hard drive installed let alone ANPR. If my NVR box provided, POE, resume after power out and other facilities not commonly available on a PC I would have understood its value. Great response thanks

I don't understand the purpose behind NVR CCTV packages. Why should I bother buying an NVR box & kit when I can simply buy a number of IP cameras connect them to any PC with a decent Hard Drive (unless cloud storage) and find some generic software to view / manage recordings. Surely in most...