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Nope: 5 years to get off my lazy ass and hump that monstrosity back to the store. That's OK, it too me a year and a half to gut and remodel my bathroom. Now I'm a year into the kitchen. Thats because we have too many toys! Plus football eats 6-hours on Sunday for four-months a year " title="Applause" />

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Nope: 5 years to get off my lazy ass and hump that monstrosity back to the store. That's OK, it too me a year and a half to gut and remodel my bathroom. Now I'm a year into the kitchen.

Me too. I bought one of those big-ass stainless BBG's at Costco and cooked meat on it for 5-years. Never liked it much and five years after I bought it I returned it. It smelled like burnt meat when I rolled it in. And there was not a peep out of them. They refunded me cash. How can you beat that?

Geez Louise bro...lighten up eh? It's Costco. Costco good. Mucho good.

Will these cameras work with what? in blue iris for example. or would they need to be flashed and hope they work? Bro...tell you what...you have Costco ship your cameras to me. I will configure all of them for you at a nominal charge of one (1) camera. You send me 8 and I will send you back 7 configured cameras!

Will these cameras work with what? in blue iris for example. or would they need to be flashed and hope they work? I have mine working with Blue Iris, no problem what-so-ever. The setup is as simple as this...

Will these cameras work with what?

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It's not quite as simple as that Biofarmer. If you're going to use these camers on your local area network and connect them to a camera management system application running on your computer (and not a Swann network video recorder) then you need to understand how subnet IP addressing works and you will need to follow the instructions I provided several pages ago. This will allow you to assign an IP address to the camera(s) which is compatible with your subnet After you have done this you will be able to log into the camera with your web browser and change the camera settings as needed.

Thanks for the power information guys.

Dude, I'm telling I don't know squat about this stuff. guys like Buellwinkle do. But I've certaily got an opinion bro! I say i7 processor + 12gb ram + Win7 64-bit OS + 2tb 7200rpm drive (minimum) + a 16 port POE switch (15 cams + the pc = 16). The POE switch may cost you a bit of change bro. This is for running Blue Iris which is all I know. There are Linux and other WinOS camera management system alternatives out there but I don't know much about them. 15 cams @ 2MP each is a boatload of bandwidth...I really dunno if the spec'ed i7 machine is capable of that...I really have no idea.

Your idea sounds creepy and may well prey on other's misfortune. Sounds like blood money to me resulting in really bad karma. I believe Robert Allen Zimmerman wrote about this kinda stuff a long time ago... So I've said what I felt I had to say, and I will say no more regarding this matter.

Right. I've never seen a 12v external power supply with the word "switching" printed on it. What I do see is "Output 12v" (and the the amperage printed next to it). So I have no idea how I would know if the power supply I had was "switching" capable or not. Why don't you just give me the camera's 12v amperage spec.

IMO (and I certainly don't have enough experience to spit at), the 8-port switch gives you an option to add more cameras in the future if wanted or needed (taht's good). The i5 desktop should be sufficient but I'd prefer an i7 (if money grew on trees eh?). How many DIM slots inside this machine (if only 2 then you'll have to through out some of the memory it comes with for a future memory upgrade...I'd prefer 4 slots minimum)? Blue Iris really is an incredible piece of work, but it hammers your processor (so it needs an i5 minimum IMO...4 2MP cams on a BI i5 machine should no no problem what-so-ever). Your disk should be 7200rpm so overall that machine looks decent. The verdict is still out on these Swann\Costco 2-pack cameras...initial feedback is that they look good...but it's only the top of the 2nd inning brother. I've been thinking that Acti cams may be better overall, although at a greater cost. Forget the NVR, Blue Iris software capabilities will run circles around those Costco NVRs IMO...yes a PC, POE switch and Blue Iris will cost more but -- IMHO -- if your got the dough do it bro...you will not regret it.

Thanks. This shows you how much I know about electricity.

This would be very interesting! And it may explain issues being reported at the Swann NVR Costco "New IP Cam / Costco System" topic.

G'day and thanks mate! Yes I have many spare 12v adaptors laying around, but I'm afraid I'll burn out the cams with one because the required amperage is not specified. I understand 12v output, but how many amps is too many amps? You said 500ma minimum, but how many amps is too much? Does this matter?

Maybe...They provide 60ft of cable, I used "their cables" It would be their nvr not providing enough power, since the switch is built in. Im going to connect them to my poe switch tonight to see if the problem is still there. My guesss is its a sfotware problem more than a hardware problem. Bro...no offense intended...but this thread is about the cameras. Maybe you should take your NVR issue over to the Swann NVR Costco "New IP Cam / Costco System" topic? Just a suggestion, really no offense intended. I would just like to see this topic centered around the Swann\Costco camera 2-pack.

Yes, I noticed that also the other day. So I tried setting that dropdown to "1000mbps Full Duplex" and the setting failed (I forgot what the fail message was, but it indicated to be that the cam did not have a 1000mbps interface capability). So I set the dropdown to "Auto" and my 10/100/1000 POE switch status lights tell me that this camera is not connecting at 1000mbps.

Bro...how would I know! Press it and find out! But the iVMS-4000 software provides a method to "Restore to DVR's default." You may want to check that out...

Oh, that suQs. Have you tried resetting the cams back to the factory defaults?

I have only connected through (1) the camera's web interface and (2) through Blue Iris. However, according to this Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I Technical Specifications document, ONVIF is supported. But I dunno bro. I just read, learn and try not to fuQ anything up.

Is this happening on a Swann\Costco camera?

What started flaking out? Your Swann cam or your Dahua Cam? And also: please be specific, what does "flaking out" mean? Please describe the camera's symptoms.