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How do we get the id/password for telnet/ftp? I can see that those two ports are open.

100 Mbps and 1000 Mbps POE switches are very different. With gigabit, the signal and power wires are the same, with 100 Mbps, they are separate wires. That is why they cost a lot more.

Does anyone know the id and password to both telnet and ftp into the Lorex NVR280 , the camers also? I have tried admin/000000 thanks

Here is a simple version of how I have mine configured. In reality I have multiple DSL modems bonded and many more devices. Any camera can be accessed by my desktop or wifi connect laptop. There is no DHCP server on the NVR. The main thing to learn here is using the reserved IP addresses in your router, most if not all routers support this. Before I set it up like this I went into each camera and enabled DHCP and disabled UPNP to stop the cameras being exposed to the outside world, as they are by default. This is important.... DISABLE UPNP ON EACH CAMERA.

Is because of the possible reflection from the clear dome housing?

Where can we get the firmware for the Hikvision camera? Where can we get the firmware for the Lorex camera? In case we have to revert back, thanks.

At least for the Lorex system I have, I can connect my LAN to the NVR_private_POE network and it works well. See my post: viewtopic.php?p=220815#p220815

I was playing with the NVR-private network tonight, found out there is not a DHCP server. I had previously configured the cameras to use DHCP, by default they aren't configured to get an IP address via DHCP. I do not fully understand it, but it looks like they are using Layer 2 communication. http://www.itpro.co.uk/88699/layer-2-and-layer-3-switches So I plugged the NVR_POE_Private network into my LAN, everything works. In my router (pfsense) I have the reserved IP addresses/MAC addresses configured. The camera still get their IP addresses from the router. I like this system more now.

Yep, you can issue a reboot command from the NVR's web interface. I use this switch. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833181163

Thanks shockwave, I haven't done that yet. I wonder if there is a DHCP server on the NVR-POE_LAN, if there isn't I wonder if I can just connect that network to my LAN.

If the motion is just enabled in the camera (by having a grid in the camera), it will also be recorded on the NVR, even if the NVR does not have a grid defined. Most of you won't even get to that area. They kind of work together, but the one in the camera isn't required. You can use it though as another feed for video going to another location besides the NVR. But the sensitivity settings don't get changed the same way, something up there. If you have the 'Notify Surveillance Center' option enabled in the camera, then that message will also be displayed in the Lorex-app. Interesting.

In case you guys are interested, here are some video from when the motion detected birds flying by. The first some is a few swallows. I personally think the picture quality is amazing. http://goo.gl/SF6Ae The second one is a crow flying really close. http://goo.gl/JSu86

Yep, that is what I'm doing, connecting to a POE switch. See below for the grid difference I see. You can go into the website of the NVR too, that is the quickest way to get to all the settings, best laid out. The only thing that you can't do from that site is add/delete cameras. Login with admin and the password (default is 000000) I wished the webpage included the network stats like the local nvr GUI does. I think you're right in that the NVR is doing the motion detection, which is different from a previous system I am using on a QNAP NAS where the cameras did the checking. This way with the Lorex, the cameras are always streaming video to the NVR, with the QNAP, the video is only streamed when someone is looking at it or a motion alarm is being reported. I'm using Ethernet over Powerline to some cameras, its bogging down the network with the continual streaming, this is why I think its always streaming. This would make sense how its working because the NVR has two different video rates for the main stream cont/motion, where the camera only has one main stream. Motion alarms from trees and the wind, insects I'm ok with, but at night its like a continual motion alarm. In the camera directly there is a BLC and a WDR setting. There are few others that might be useful, such as day/night switch sensitivity. I have been reading the Hikvision manual, as they make the camera, Lorex resells it. See the image below for the camera settings. I'm slowly figuring this system out, making the best of it.

Are you sure that the motion is being checked in the NVR and not in the camera? I have been unable to figure that out with certainty. Because when I enable motion detection in the nvr, the motion detection is also enabled in the camera, the same for sensitivity value. If the motion is in the nvr, i'm ok with that, as long as I know. The grid you draw in the lorexapp doesn't match the grid in the nvr when it is saved, the aspect ratios are different, the bottom of the image is chopped off. I will post screen caps later. Have you been successful in getting any motion alarms at all, ever? For the sensitivity setting, from the LorexApp, from left to right it is -1 , 0, 1, 2, 3, 4. From my testing, the higher the number, the more sensitive it is, to the right.

Don't tie your dog up, get or build a dog enclosure. Think about the dogs welfare please. Where I live in WA, its illegal to tie a dog up longer than 20 minutes. A dog can still get to your dog, or a child can get to it. Thanks

I was saying how to connect on the Lorex, I do not know if the Swann has the external connector. See the 2nd page, the connector says 'not supported', thats the one to use. Do not use at the same time as POE, I'm guessing there. http://www.lorextechnology.com/downloads/ip-cameras/LNB2151/LNB2151_TRIFOLDQSG_EN_R1.pdf My situation might not be the same as others, as one of my cameras is pointing out quite for, so the IRLEDs have nothing to hit. When an object is closer to the camera, the picture adjusts giving a nice and clean picture. I'm trying to find a happy medium for noise-motion detection, the noise doesn't bother me, it bothers the motion detection, it creates continual detections. WDR made it worse. I found the daytime images of these cameras to be very good.

You will need to adjust it for your lighting condiditons. You have sharpness, DNR, and NRL to all monkey with. Swinging one way or the other can drastically improve or degrade video Do you have a good config all these options to make the video less noisy at night? I would like the motion detection not to be triggered as often. I found by having WDR enabled even a little, the noise is greatly increased. would DNR help, if so, what numbers are good starting points?

Frank1023, How'd you power it with a 12v power supply? I'd like to enable WDR but don't want to have to buy a POE switch to do it. Did WDR help with your night vision? Plug in a 12 V DC power connector to the camera. I'm trying the WDR setting right now, I found that it makes the night picture way too noisy, keeps triggering false motion events.

That is exactly what I did. I have two QNAPs that work great for a NAS device, but the surveillance station hardly supports any cameras. They stopped supporting that and created the pro version, where you have to pay a per camera license. I got a Lorex IP camera system, it is stuck the windows client, which I hate, but it seems all of them are.

With the Lorex client software, I can change the IP address directly. Try that with the Swann software. See this picture for help. when you click OK/Save, be patient (!!!!!), the camera will reboot, it might take upto a few minutes to be available again.

I found that using their windows software, you can change the ip address when on your LAN. Search for online devices, the camera will be listed. Select the camera, select modify, change the ip address. You can then connect to that ip address with your browser, i use chrome with the plug in, works better than ie. Then go into network settings, select dhcp, then reserve an ip address in your router. This stops you having to change your pc's ip address to first connect. You can then edit the wdr settings, time stamps, etc.. You can plug the camera back into the NVR private network, these settings are preserved. I really like how easy it is to search through recordings and download them.... in a playable mp4 form with vlc! No thanks qsee.

I found that Vivotek firmware is buggier than most cameras I have used.

connect it to a poe switch, use the software to "discover" the device and get its IP then just web into the camera port 8000 or 85 if I recall? username: admin pass: 12345 With this Lorex camera the username is admin and the password is 000000 Connect the camera to the POE switch or a regular switch plus the DC power input. The default IP address was 192.0.0.64 (if I recall correctly). Use IE, not the windows software. Once connected, I changed mine to use DHCP and set a reserved IP address in my router, as this camera will not be on the NVR private network, its on my LAN.

I just tested this, I enabled WDR, set it to 50. I then edited the camera video rate settings in the NVR, the WDR setting was untouched.

See here for the same (rebranded) camera. http://www.networkcameracritic.com/?p=1444 You need the camera on your local network, not on the NVR private network.