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Goog news! Here in Spain I have never seen an ISP block any port (80, 554, whatever). But it seems that in other countries it is not something uncommon.

I would try it. But I am not sure where the problem comes from, when I did find this problem it was after some update on iOS, and some customers where having problems with iPhones, while others were not; some where having problems with latest iOS, others were not. I really never found out exactly where the problem was coming from, but it did get fixed by updating all DVRs that were giving me problems to the last firmware. You might try someone elses iPhone, and find out that it works great on that unit.

Ok, so you are on wifi, but a wifi outside the network where the camera is. I understand then that it is an IP camera, and not a DVR?

Is this one made by Vididev? It is the only one that I find on Google Play,it has 1000+ downloads, and has not been updated since 30/Jul/2011, so that doesn't say a lot about its quality. This one is last updated 22/Jul/2013 and has 1million+ downloads, looks a lot better. It has a Basic version (free) and a Pro version (paid) that has been purchased over 100k+ times. I will check it out, thanks!

Check that your ports are correctly open with www.canyouseeme.org Some ISPs block port 554, so you might want to change it to something else than 554. Also, what is your firmware version? I have had some problems with iPhones and older firmwares which were solved by updating to the latest version.

If you want to know for sure if it is a Dahua unit, it will help if you post pic of the unit, the back of the unit, and the menu system.

I do not see what your question is; your PSS has no access to the camera feeds now after you changed passwords? Or you want PSS to reopen the video feeds every time they turn it on?

I agree, what's wrong with it? If it is completely dark in this area, it looks fine to me. I would also try moving the camera a bit to the left, so there is not so much wall on the image.

You have an iPhone by chance? You might need to update your DVR firmware.

VGA and HDMI will always be way batter than BNC.

If you updated the wrong firmware, on the wrong device, you can send in the DVR for service. And you have an old unit, which I think you do, it will probably be easier to just buy a new one. Did you actually know what you were doing when you tried to update it...?

Thanks! I should take the time to take some updated pics, since the ones I have were taken at night, and when the shop was almost finished, but not yet fully setup http://www.securamente.com/acerca-de-securamente/

Well, whatever the problem was, it seems to be gone. I received a new unit, tried it on my test bench, IR worked fine. So I tried the unit I have without the cover, and it was doing the same. I took it down, tried it right next to the other one, and they were both working fine. So I thought it had to be a power issue (POE), maybe it was not geting enough power and IR were not working fine... Now that it is back in place, I think that maybe the IR filter was not kicking in place, but I am really not sure on what the problem was. I also updated the firmware from V4.0.9 130106 to V5.0.0 130412, but it actually worked ok on my test bench before doing the upgrade. So, the problem seems to be gone, but I hate it to not know exactly what it was... Edit: I love it how the 5.0 firmware shows you real time were the movement detection is happening

If you want, feel free to send me by private message your IP, create me a guest account with only live/playback privileges, and I can check it for you. Quite strange that you say you can playback recordings, but not see live view. What Android mobile do you have and with what Android version? I remember at least once having to install the old version of iVMS-4500 (before they released the new GUI) because the latest wasn't working on a phone that was running an old version of Android.

You could use a quad to record 4 cameras on a single channel; but you would be recording each camera at 1/4 of the resolution, and all settings on the channel would affect at all cameras at the same time (movement detection, movement on one camera would trigger recording of the channel and it would record all 4, etc). Unless you have an awesome 8ch DVR that you want to keep, if those extra 4 cameras are important, it would make more sense to upgrade to a 16ch unit, or just add a second DVR.

What DVR do you have? Newest models need 3 ports open, web, data, and rtsp. Have you tried connecting from a computer outside your network instead of 3G? You can try accessing from Internet Explorer or from iVMS software on PC or Mac. It should not be a problem since you are trying to access from 3G and not web; but I recommend that you change the default web port from 80 to something else.

According to the specs, they both have a 4mm lens, but I haven't checked. I would say that they do have the same angle. I will try tomorrow with no cover, and I should have the new unit so I can compare and see if it does the same. The dome really does not conceal where the camera is looking at, since there would be nothing to see the other way. This is were both units are placed.

With a 1.3k JPG image nope, noone can help you.

Never tried, but I would say that yes, you could go 1000ft. In case you need it, if you use UTP cable you could use up to 6 wires for the power. And before you lay the cable, you could just take a new roll of UTP and try it with the cable inside the box. And if you are also installing CCTV, you can just get a DVR that also has alarm inputs, you have plenty of options.

You can use a UTP cable to connect a PIR sensor without much hassle, just use two wires for the contact, and two wires for the power (some PIRs even have tamper, so you could use two extra wires). You will not even need a balun.

What ports did you forward? You need at least 3 ports, web port, data port, RTSP port. You can also try puting your NVR IP as your DMZ host.

@buellwinkle, Have you reviewed the Dahua K100A or K100W? I am eager to see how it performs, I have one unit K100W for testing, but I still have not had the time to even turn it on.

Just wanted to say that that is a great first post ysman, welcome!

Well, it is a NVR unit... It does support PTZ, and you can use it with PTZ IP cams with no problems. But the PTZ commands are not sent over RS485, but over the network. No idea why the RS485 can be used for. I have a DS-7608NI-SE unit myself, and I would say it does have alarm inputs/outputs, but I do not use them.

How about Dahua IPC-K100A? http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/ipc-k100-k100a--k100w-225.html White led, POE, real PIR, micro SD, push support on smartphone, alarm input/output, bidirectional audio.