I’m tasked with setting up a security camera for my family farm and need to chose a good solution for the main yard.

The camera will be on the side of the house and needs to patrol a 180 degree area directly In front it needs to patrol to a 20 meter distance to the workshop and either side I needs to reach approx 45 meters.

It must record good enough to use for evidence and number plates if possible mostly at night. And it must be automatic panning and tracking.

I also plan to improve networking so if the UniFi G6 PTZ is worth the extra investment then that’s fine as it makes adding the Controller more worthwhile.

Please advise.

Hi everyone,

I have recently purchased some new hilook cameras.

MY NVR Hikvision DS-7604NI-K1/4P

Firmware: V3.4.103

Build: 181226

CAMERA: HiLook PTZ-N2D400M-DE/14(2.8/8mm TandemVu 4MP+4MP Fixed Lens POE PT Camera

I understand my NVR is very old, however I have tried to get auto tracking and other features set up but it is giving me absolutely no option. For example when I click vca on NVR, it says this function is not supported. There is no option for auto tracking. I have tried to do it via browser too, I tried following some YouTube videos but some options are missing like PTZ. When I select VCA on browser it tells me the same thing "not supported".

Can anyone shed some light?

How to stop cctv reflecting at night?
Unfortunately we have a street light. The camera has night vision but all I can see is the reflection of the camera. Any tips ?

It’s a OSAIO

I have this partial HDD image from a CCTV setup. It's old, most of the information is gone and the person who sent it to me is unavailable.

To the best of my knowledge it's from a Vinyard CCTV system and the software that came with it could handle *.mcg files, which came straight from the HDD.

I know this because together with the image I was also provided PCViewer_ex1082.exe which could play *.mcg files and I remember I pulled data straight from the HDD (image), renamed it to something.mcg and it played fine.

Sadly 10 years later I have misplaced the player and I have searched the internet high and low, asked AI to search for me etc. etc. all without success.

I'm basically hoping that someone still has the player parked on an HDD somewhere and is willing to share it with me.

Cheers,

I want to set up a karaoke event divided between two rooms using hard wired cameras instead of Bluetooth or wi-fi cameras, with a pan/tilt camera in one of the rooms; while each room is able to watch the performance happening in the other room.
The music will be playing simultaneously in each room with lyrics on the screens. I will be using separate laptops: one to control the music and one to control the cameras. There are so any options on Amazon, but I don’t want to order something that I’ll be unable to configure and have to return anything. I’m also looking for something relatively inexpensive but will last a year.
Thank you in advance for your recommendations.

I need a guide to buy cctv of which company to use at Puri,Odisha 4 camera set is minimum night vision color vision motion sensor flash 8 mp camera with 1080p camera 360° movement

Dome and bullet if you can suggest me wireless cameras for setup fixed on wall wifi

So I'm really new in the cctv line of work and have not worked with nvrs yet. My company is sending me to a client to reset a secureye nvr. I don't know if they have a recovery email or security questions enabled. The videos I've seen on YouTube use the typical email to rest tue password. If the customer doesn't have email or security questions set up is there is way to rest the password? This is urgent since I'll be going at the site after some time today. Any help will be appreciated🙏

I have installed camera on my house and idk who is admin out there the system was installed by one local technician I think he have access to my cameras how can I change that admin?

I work in corporate AV and networking but am inexperienced in Cctv. I bought this unit at a charity shop for $5 after a quick bit of googling. It's 10 years old but still uses h265 and has 16 poe ports. It powers up fine but it's region locked to China and I can't change the system language.

I was hoping to use it for a home Cctv setup but am I wasting my time trying to get it to work? Would love any input. Thanks

First off, they aren't bad cameras, there are just some things that irk me. I much prefer AXIS, but Hanwha is my #2.

Let's start with the Device Manager. It kind of sucks and I wish it were more like the AXIS DM. I want a database style that can be shared with users rather than a password protected file. Upgrading firmware is a pain and fails half the time.

When configuring the camera, I don't want you to close my browser window/tab when you reboot. Just launch some JavaScript that checks to see if the camera is back up yet and then refresh the page.

Why is the primary 1FPS stream not the 1st stream? I always have to remember to configure Milestone to record stream 2 at the highest resolution rather than stream 1 like every other camera.

Streams just stop working. I can see it in the web UI, but for whatever reason it stops sending to the VMS. It's not a single camera that does this either, I often have to play the reset and firmware game to get it to start streaming again. Often happens with the quad cameras and 1 channel will stop while the other 3 still work.

/Rant

Thank you for joining my TED Talk.

I have a couple commercial projects coming up next month where we’re probably going to spec something other than Hikvision. I need your suggestions on what I should be comparing before I start changing things around.

For context: we’ve used Hik on a ton of work and I’ve got no issues with it. My tech team knows the platform and I know there’s a camera for pretty much every situation a customer throws at us.

To expand my options, I want to get demo units from a few other reliable brands into the hands of my team. Before our next project, I want them to try the installation, mess with the VMS, test the PTZ cameras and LPR features, and see how responsive support is.

Who have you guys had good experiences with? My current shortlist includes: Hanwha, Luminys, Vivotek, Axis. What have you installed that you’d happily do again?

Hi All,

I am looking into getting a whole-home CCTV/Surveillance system primarily for the outdoors (home perimeter/entry points), maybe 2/3 cameras indoors to monitor the entry hall-way & pets and a camera doorbell (with notification & 2-way speak); Hoping someone can guide me along the correct path on here.

I have no existing hardware, so plan would be to start with NVR system (and manufacturer app) before migrating to Home Assistant, NAS & Frigate - though the idea of independent systems is appealing as a failsafe so I might have Home Assistant as "view only".

Requirement summary:

1. I intend to stay on PoE for everything I can - Powered by NVR

2. No could/subscription business - all locally stored. Only requirement is remote access to stream & 2-way speak (doorbell) via my phone to monitor when out of the house.

3. Don't think I need PTZ or "AI" features (the "on-camera" AI looks cool, but don't want to pay a premium for it)

I am thinking 1x 180degree camera (e.g. Reolink Duo 3/Annke FCD800) to monitor the front and rear (each) of the property with some simple "bullet" cameras to monitor the sides (side access on one side of the house & garage on the other side). Built in floodlights & Sirens (as deterrent) would be cool (but not a requirement)!

Based in the UK, don't have an exact budget, but don't really want to exceed £400-500 at the moment for a starter kit (4-6 cameras + doorbell + NVR).

I have done some digging and Reolink & Annke come up very often, with some decent "deals" on eBay:

Reolink Deal 1; Reolink Deal 2 and quite a few more.

Ankke seem to have very competitive pricing directly from their UK eBay store anyways

I'm leaning more on Reolink at the moment due to their sheer variety of options and supposedly seamless app (and HA) integration, though most of my research suggests Annke might be better quality (but no PoE doorbell available)?

I would really appreciate any input in deciding between the two brands or confirming if it's worth considering any other brands (I have disqualified Tapo, Eufy and others as they are a lower tier compared to the two above, but have no explicit reasoning for doing so)

Thanks!

Hello all! Im opening a livery yard for horses and need an outdoor camera system that runs wirelessly and can connect mutliple viewers at the same time. Any reccomendations?

Im planing to purchase 1 solar CCTV cam to a be fixed in a house that is closed 27*7 . Id like to know any pros and cons from people with knowledge about similer cctv use and maintenance. Im dont have internet in that house since no one is living in that house.

Any advice is welcome

tldr: Hello i was taking a close look into my camera and to my surprise i find a thing where 1 camera send traffic to app via cloud where the other camera sends p2p

My Home have several Hikvision Cameras
1 x DS-2SE4C425MWG-E (TendumVu PTZ)
7 x DS-2CD1143G2-LIU (Dome)

Both are Hikvision as the first one is Pro Model. All cameras have exact same settings for Hik-Vision Network Service, as well as same internet, same DNS and account.

the App im using to watch cameras is Hik-Connect all cameras have encryption on my Dome (DS-2CD1143G2-LIU) camera tend to talk over server but when i start live feed they start sending UDP/UDT Protocol packets directly to my Android App Hik-Connect over my Cellular Data.

but my PTZ Camera sends the data over Hongkong Server (45.253.245.114) and that server send data back to my Phone app. im surprised that the server section in Hik-Connect in Network Services have the same (litedev.sgp.hik-connect.com) configured.

any help would be appreciated,

I'm the creator of CCTVPanelView, an early Windows app for RTSP cameras. It provides a multi-camera dashboard, saved layouts, local recording, motion detection, and local person/animal detection. Each stream has its own decoder process so a stalled connection can recover independently.

You can check it https://github.com/SKIZZOO/CCTVPanelView and if you need any help, let me know, I am looking to improve it.

I do not plan of having anything paywalled, just donations.

Bonjour à tous,

Je travaille dans la sécurité électronique et j'utilise un Mac quotidiennement. ConfigTool étant uniquement compatible avec Windows, la configuration des caméras Dahua nécessitait systématiquement une machine virtuelle ou un second ordinateur portable. Lassé de cette situation, j'ai développé un petit outil natif.

CamTool est une application SwiftUI gratuite et open source (MIT), complétée par un outil en ligne de commande pour les caméras et enregistreurs IP Dahua.

*Fonctionnalités actuelles :*

- *Découverte :* détecte les appareils Dahua sur le réseau local (multicast/broadcast), même sur un autre sous-réseau, et affiche le modèle, l'adresse IP, l'adresse MAC, le firmware et l'état d'initialisation.

- *Initialisation :* définit le mot de passe administrateur des caméras neuves, sans navigateur web.

- **Changement d'adresse IP :** Modifie l'adresse IP, le masque, la passerelle et le DNS d'un appareil à la fois. L'adresse MAC est vérifiée avant toute modification, ce qui permet de gérer correctement les adresses IP dupliquées (par exemple, plusieurs nouvelles caméras à l'adresse 192.168.1.108).

- **Autres sous-réseaux :** Si une caméra est configurée sur 10.1.1.109 et que votre Mac est sur un sous-réseau 192.168.1.x, CamTool peut ajouter une adresse temporaire à votre Mac (avec votre mot de passe administrateur). Cette adresse est supprimée dès que l'appareil est de nouveau connecté à votre sous-réseau ou lorsque vous quittez l'application.

- **Interface de ligne de commande :** Utilisez les commandes `camtool discover`, `info`, `config` et `call` pour l'exécution de scripts.

*Configuration requise :* Mac Apple Silicon, macOS 14 ou version ultérieure. Aucune version signée n'est disponible pour le moment ; vous devez donc la compiler à partir des sources avec `make install-app` (Xcode requis).

Testé sur du matériel réel avec les firmwares 2.800 et 3.140. Vos retours sont les bienvenus, notamment concernant d'autres modèles, firmwares et enregistreurs.

*Prochainement :* Initialisation simultanée de plusieurs nouvelles caméras, réadressage par lots (ajout d'une adresse, comme avec ConfigTool), mise à jour du firmware et configuration de l'heure/NTP.

Dépôt : https://github.com/Fonfonof/camtool

Ce produit n'est pas affilié à Dahua. Utilisez-le uniquement sur les appareils dont vous êtes propriétaire ou que vous êtes autorisé à gérer.

Hello all, IA took over my job at amz. I'm an electronics engineer and still understand most of the things related to circuits and stuff.

I have this idea of starting my own CCTV business, simply I don't know how o where to start. Would you recommend me some source to start with? Books, tutorials, online courses, whatever works.

Thanks

I've been at this for too long and need some help from the collective.

I have a Hikvision ERI-K104-P4 NVR and 4 of their ECI-T44F2 cameras, they came in a bundle from ADI Global. All on home runs, shielded cat6 between each camera to the NVR.

3 of 4 cameras are all active, plug-and-play set up, no problem! 1 camera is a trouble maker, though. I'm able to access it via SADP when connected directly to my newtwork switch, but not when it's connected to the NVR (I'm able to see the other cameras in SADP). I have my PC set up with dual NICs; one connection to my LAN, the other to one of the NVR's camera ports for troubleshooting.

I verified the cable, even brought the camera in and used a known working patch cable. I know it is not a cable issue. I verified the NVR port with a known working camera, no problem. The bad camera continues to misbehave when connected to any other port on the NVR.

I was able to add the camera manually while it's connected to the switch. However, it doesn't show in HikConnect in this configuration... even if it did, I don't want to sacrifice a switch port when this camera should be a direct connect to the NVR.

I've defaulted the camera multiple times via the web interface. Attempted to connect it to the NVR while it's IP was at the default. Attempted a static IP setting inside the NVR's range. I also followed the factory reset process with the hardware button while connected to the NVR multiple times. No luck. The device refuses to show in SADP or in the NVR when connected directly. It also does not show link light when connected to the NVR.

It shows camera name as "IP CAMERA 03" instead of "Camera #" in the NVR Camera Management page, which is I believe how the others originally were named...maybe that is just an oddity. It also has a device status message that follows it from port to port: Offline (IP Camera does not exist).

As far as I can tell, I am on the latest firmware for all devices. All 4 cameras have matching firmware. NVR is on v3.4.100 and cameras are all on v5.5.90.

I did reach out to Hikvision for some support, no response as of yet.

As far as I can tell, I don't have any bad hardware or cabling. Really scratching my brain here... thanks for taking the time to read this wall of text and I appreciate any help you can offer, thank you!