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It's not the port number, it's just a bug in the newer firmware, makes the camera go into a reboot loop. Your best bet is either to go to 5.1 firmware using TFTP where I know it works or keep the camera at port 80 as most routers can do port mapping, meaning you can setup port forwarding on port 8081 remotely, but it maps it back to port 80 on the camera. That's how I do all my port forwarding now, it's easier in that I don't have to mess with camera settings. I can swap a bad camera out and keep the same rules. In my case, I portmap 80 and 554 and I'm able to access the cameras remotely, no problem. I don't have a 2132 here, but I thought I would take apart a 2032 to see where in the circuit board the reset button connects to as maybe there's a spot on the 2132 circuit board with the same markings that can be temporarily shorted to reset the camera.

Ah, a 2132 (the title was 3132), then you are out of luck, there's no reset button I know of. Have you tried using the https port (or is that changed too). To access that, use https instead of http and put :443 at the end. I think it's just a flaw in 5.1.6, change the port number and it goes bad.

You should be able to reset the camera. Does your model have a reset button? This is a common problem I've been seeing, maybe a bug in the latest firmware where people change port numbers and the cameras goes into a reboot cycle.

Just a point of clarification, in the U.S., Hikvision USA does not allow it's cameras to be resold. They can only be purchased through wholesale distributors for installation purposes. For this, companies like ADI require a contractor's license since it a typical resellers permit is not needed as the product can't be resold. So they purposely left a void in demand they refused to fill, so I don't see a problem with buying gray market cameras and doing whatever you have to do to make them work and frankly, nothing wrong with just putting 5.1.0 on there that is already English and calling it a day. Heck, I had to downgrade a few cameras because of a feature in 5.1.0 that are not in 5.1.x or 5.2.0.

Some people like Exacq that runs on Linux and well price at about $50/camera. I prefer Milestone but only runs on Windows. Zoneminder but can be difficult to setup and use. Not sure about Xeoma, but looks like it starts at $20/camera. Your best bet may be to run VirtualBox on Linux, install Windows on that so you can run iVMS4200 PCNVR software which is free from Hikvision or Milestone XProtect Go which is free but limited to 8 cameras and 5 days recording or Axxonsoft which is free for 16 cameras and 1TB recording or BlueIris which is about $39 per PC.

There's no issue with going with Cat6, just make sure you get Cat6 RJ45 plugs. As for temperature, you have it backwards and the effect is not as direct as you would think. What happens is as temperature increases, the effect of the insulator on the changes and that can cause interference, but in the typical temperature variations you may experience you will not see any difference. If your cable is exposed to the elements, make sure it's outdoor rated, otherwise UV sun rays will deteriorate the outer shell of the cable.

Actually from what I learned is it's not the AC line in parallel that causes interference, it's when the wires cross over each other. We take all precautions, have about a 1' spacing in the ground and use burial grade foil shielded cable, but that's a commercial install, no need to get that fancy at home.

The smaller the gauge, the thicker the wire, the harder it is to bend around corners for an install. Then you have the issue of the RJ45 plug, make sure it's made for that gauge. Cat5 is 24-26 gauge and Cat6 is 22-24 gauge.

You want solid, not stranded (use for patch cables), UTP means unshielded twisted pair and is most common. The S or SF prefix means shielded with the F standing for Foil. You are overthinking this. If you need a cable longer than 30m, then you should buy bulk cable, don't know in your area where they use meters, but in the U.S., you can buy bulk cable in 500' and 1,000' lengths which the small is equivalent to the 100m length. Should not be too expensive. Then you'll need to buy RJ45 plugs like these - http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-R6G088-10-RJ45-Plug-10-Pack/dp/B00006HY3Q/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1408121929&sr=8-11&keywords=rj45+ten+pack Then buy the crimper tool like this one - http://www.amazon.com/Network-Cable-Crimper-Pliers-Tools/dp/B0055EXMII/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1408121972&sr=8-3&keywords=rj45+crimper Then buy a tester - http://www.amazon.com/Generic-TET-028-2MX-p-Network-Cable-Tester/dp/B00118038Y/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1408122005&sr=8-4&keywords=rj45+tester Then watch a youtube on how to do it.

Not sure if that kit a great deal. I've seen their IP cameras and not impressed by the image quality. You can piece together a Hikvision or Dahua 4 camera setup for the same or less with known good quality and you get pick which cameras to use. Also, Messoa had a nice bundle deal for a good price, but yes, the use special cameras not sold separately, so you don't know what you are getting.

That's great that you narrowed it down to a bad router. There are decent DSL routers out there, I used a Netgear one for years when I had DSL.

I use Milestone with Hikvision and it leverages the in-camera motion detection options. Zoneminder does not and has it's own motion detection which makes it less efficient, uses more CPU to do that. If you want to try something else, the free Hikvision iVMS4200 PCNVR software uses the camera's motion detection or the free Milestone XProtect Go (limited to 8 cameras, 5 days recording).

I tried the Bushnell myself and due to the nature of the beast, being on battery power and turning on only after motion is detected, it's not a typical surveillance camera that has pre-event buffer because the camera is not powered on before the event. What worked best for me was putting it in picture mode. It takes 8MP pictures, 1, 2 or 3 when motion is detected and actually it was good at capturing the subject in the middle of the frame. What does not work is doing both because it doesn't start the video until the picture is taken and stored, so you lose like 3 seconds. When you think about someone messing with your car though, it's not going to be someone just quickly walking by, so I think you'll have to time to see what they are doing even if you miss the first second. In terms of specs, it actually has the fastest trigger speed for a camera of it's type, it's just we are spoiled with IP camera.

Just go through the wall next to the window where you mount the camera. The camera should hide the wire from the outside and inside use a j-box with a wall plate with a hole in it near the floor. This is one of those cases you may need to pay someone, like an electrician to fish the wire properly for you and have a setup that looks professionally installed. Or if you want, I can lend you one of my glass drill bits and just go through the middle of the window, LOL.

We use a 50mm lens on an Axis Q1604 for LPR and it's marginal at about 75'. Nice camera for LPR though, get the indoor version as the outdoor version housing can't take that lens. So figure $800ish for the camera, $100 or so for the lens, $300 for the Axis housing. Fujinon also has a lens that goes to 80mm, good for 100' for sure. These are CS lenses, not M12 like the lower end cameras. For grins, this is with default settings at night which is 1/30/sec. While you can still barely read the plate number, add head or tail lights and it will be washed out completely.

The problem I have with OEM like Swann is some cool feature will come out, like Face Detection did on Hikvision, and Swann will not let you install the new firmware until they release which is sometimes never. For example, 2 years ago I bought a Q-See from Costco which is really a OEM'ed Dahua ipc-hfw2100. I had my other Dahua cameras updated with the latest firmware that fixed some issues with Internet Explorer, but Q-See would not acknowledge any new firmware in 2 years and they said if I install the Dahua firmware it will brick my camera. This is why I believe it's best to buy the original manufacturer product because they keep up with firmware updates for compatibility, features and security and I have a better chance my camera won't be orphaned because the OEM moved on to selling other manufacturers brands.

The plugin only works with Windows and OSX, there is no plugin for Linux at the time. The camera itself contains the plugin that's installed when you first use the camera with a browser. You can manually download it from the Hikvision website, but not for Linux.

None of the cameras you mention would be good for what you are asking to do. I'm using Hikivion cameras at one location for license plate recognition (LPR) which is a lot harder to do because you have to have an image that can be processed to text for alerts and logging than what you are ask which is to view a license plate. For one location, we are using a ds-2cd2732f which is a 2.8mm to 12mm varifocal, but the car has to pass the camera at about 20'. Camera runs $259 so well within your budget. Also, what I did for longer range viewing is swapped lenses on an inexpensive Hikvision ds-2cd2032-i with a 25mm lens and that allowed me to clearly read a plate at 50'. Here's some shots at 45' in a completely dark area in my backyard. While the camera is capable of 3MP, I have to keep resolution low, at 640x480 to reduce CPU demands of doing LPR. We use Milestone LPR for the software. If you want to go this route, PM me, I can give you more details. At night, to overcome headlights, tail lights and reflection off the plate I had to set the exposure to 1/200/sec, otherwise the plate would look white with no numbers.

Could be the camera is bad, has issues, don't know, but it's behaving weirdly. How can it return that it's connecting to port 80 and then a minute later it says it's not and you are saying it's going on/off, weird. If you were near me in So Call I can test it for you or try one of my cameras on your PC, if not maybe someone else here is local to you. Maybe the injector is having issues. Do you have a 12V adapter from something else that plugs in? Then you can bypass the injector. You are ok with the IP you chose, it's in a valid LAN range. What I do before I assign an IP to a camera is do a ping first to see if anything is using it, then I assign it. For fun, I tried to access Hikvision cameras from Puppy Linux and I can certainly connect to any of the Hikvision cameras using firefox, but does not display the live image. I tried the different choices from the drop down like MJPEG, VLC, Quicktime but nothing displays, but no errors either but I can see all the menus and works fine other than displaying the image. Ubuntu probably has more drivers and apps for this to work as Puppy Linux is a purposely small.

It's possible that someone on the internet has that ip address assigned to them, but not 65. Like I said, it's a router thing, directing external traffic and managing internal traffic it thinking that your camera is on the internet even though logic would dictate it's in the same subnet as the camera and NUC so it's local. Yes, I meant direct connect the NUC to camera bypassing the switch.

Here's what may be the problem, 192.0.0.64 or 100 are internet address and should not be used in a local area network (LAN). The valid LAN addresses either start with 10... or 192.168... or 172.16... It could be router is directing the traffic for that port number on that IP address outside the network trying to find a valid internet site at 192.0.0.64. Do you have a hub or switch you can use without the router? Or do you have a crossover network cable so you can connect the NUC directly to the PC? Or try a valid LAN IP address for the NUC, router and camera and run nmap again and see if port 80 shows up.

Don't know what causing it, but only two ports are responding and not the ones you want. The router's firewall would only block ports coming in from the outside the router, like from the internet. What's your network setup like. What's the NUC plugged into, what's the camera plugged into, is there a PoE switch or just a PoE injector.

See, now you know that the camera refused that connection on port 80, why is another story. If you installed NMAP as mentioned earlier, run nmap 192.0.0.64 and it will do a port scan, return something like this and tell you which ports are open on the camera that nmap can connect to - Gateway is optional inside the same subnet, but I always put it in the camera to make sure. BUT, in your case you have no gateway as you are using addresses in a different subnet than your router anyway.

Curl is sort of a command line browser, no riskier than running Firefox.

Just find common objects to put the camera in, like put a mini bullet in plastic drain pipe, paint the inside black, the camera black, nobody would notice, especially if you can turn the IR off.