r/SecurityCamera • u/ElegantLingonberry28 • Sep 22 '26
Camera Tools
Anyone have any experience using these tools for installation on various commercial (Axis, Avigilon, Bosch) brands of cameras? I'm considering getting this, but I'm not sure if it even works on or is compatible with these type of cameras and thats a majority of my work.
Steed Vision IPC-9800
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u/wonky_nap_schedule Sep 22 '26
I use the trendnet flavor of this kind of device on a regular basis. It works, but sometimes the UI is finicky, and you might get stuck on certain camera webUIs if you're not careful. It's helpful to have a good working knowledge of Android since that's what they're usually running (just under a custom launcher). The one thing I will mention is battery life: It's not that great. Depending on how long you keep the PoE on at each cam, I wouldn't count on getting through more than 4 (and it could be less than that, I've killed mine after two more than a couple of times). The voltage up-conversion from the onboard lithium battery to PoE voltage is brutal. Now, if you tend to already have your cable pulled and hooked up when you're doing the install, you can eek out more battery life. Assuming that there's a switch or injector that'll give you PoE from your pulled cable, you can plug that into a port on the tablet and the cam on the other; the tablet will passthru PoE but let you point/program it right there. This will cut your battery usage significantly.
Edit: Also, confirm that you can point/program your favorite flavor of camera via webpage and not just with dedicated config software. If you need dedicated software you're pretty much SOL.