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I wasn't getting my Q-See NVR to detect motion from my Derytech/Hikvision dome and bullet cameras so I decided to flash the firmware on one of the cameras. I had already flashed the firmware on my NVR without any luck so naturally, this was my next step. I successfully flashed the Derytech dome with the latest Hikvision V5.0.2 130805 firmware and was happy to see the motion detection finally work on my NVR. However, the video quality looks terrible now and I'm not sure what the problem is. I've reset the camera to factory default twice but that hasn't helped. I'm attaching two images of the configuration and the video quality. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

It wasn't the cable so I will have to check the NTSC & PAL setting when I get home. BTW. Where is the setting for NTSC/PAL? Oh crap. I think you are absolutely right. Something just hit me. I couldn't find the firmware on the US website last night so I downloaded the version for the European website and that will definitely be PAL. Can anyone point me to the firmware page on the Hikvision USA page? Thanks

Actually, the camera is not mounted. It's just sitting on my Blu-Ray player in my living room. I remember moving it around on the Blu-Ray player to test out the motion detect feature. I will play around with the cable to see if that helps. Thanks

I'm having a similar problem with my Q-See QC808 unit. I believe this unit is a rebranded Dahua. I currently have two Hikvision cameras attached to my unit and even though I can record video manually or on a schedule, I can't seem to get motion detect to work trigger the recording. I upgraded the firmware last night but still nothing. It seems like motion doesn't get detected at all. I've contacted Q-see tech support and I'm waiting for their reply. Share any new information you might find. Thanks

For a network novice yeah but I'm a network admin so when it comes to networking, I like to know what all my options are. Had I known the default IP address of the camera, I would have configured the basic stuff within seconds and not have to worry about installing anything. I think you guys go through too much trouble of hiding the IP address plus I've not read one good reason why manufacturers disable DHCP by default.

I understand how this works now. Thanks

Thanks for the feedback. I had a feeling that's how it worked but I was hoping for something else. Too bad both audio and video couldn't be passed to the NVR via the single CAT5 or 6 cable.

In that case, what is the default IP address of the camera?

This looks like a good tool that mimics what most IP cameras allow in a web browser so I must ask. After DHCP is enabled, can I access the camera in IE or can it only be configured with the SwannView Plus?

This is great!! I will buy the 1080p varifocal dome camera again and give it a try. I like the features of that camera but I couldn't get it to work. Thanks

Okay. Thanks

you should be able to get the us firmware on the china cam via tftp however it will still have Chinese day issue Can you describe what the Chinese day issue is?

This is great news. I might have to reorder the Swann camera again to give it a second try. I couldn't get the Hikvision tool to detect the camera but the same tool detected my Hikvision branded cameras. I guess it's possible that I had a bad Swann dome.

Swann does not work without a NVR. You cant just buy a PoE and connect the Swann seperately. I've tried and failed to conclude that it doesn't work at all. This is 100% incorrect. You can take any of the swann poe cameras with their stock firmware and connect them to a POE switch. Install the swann PC nvr or the Hikvision nvr software and see them perfectly fine. They work with many many pieces of software and third party NVR....TRUST ME They can also be flashed with the stock hikvision firmware, and connected back to the swann nvr to enable even more features....hell you can even take the swann nvr and the lorex nvr and flash them with hikvision firmware (not recommended due to potential weird issues but it can be done) Im not even going to bother with proving this either because there are many on this board that will vouch for this! With that being said, id go with the swann, your getting a better product, better support, and in my opinion better cameras In his defense, I run into the same problem with the Swann dome I bought and had to return it. None of the Hikvision tools could detect the camera and Swann told me it wouldn't work without a Swann NVR so though you or someone else might have successfully managed to get one working doesn't mean it will work for everyone. The company doesn't support it being used with another brand NVR or standalone.

I have a question for the Q-See QC808-1 owners. Are there any led or lights that illuminate on the front panel when the NVR is on? Power light, HDD light, etc?

I don't see any lights on mine. It beeps when I turn it on but there are no visible lights on the front when the unit is on. Not even the power light.

Will be looking forward to your review. I just ordered one of these this morning. Keep the reviews coming.

Hey, Do you have the same Swann dome camera or do you have one of the Hikvision branded IP cameras? I was able to use the tool last night to enable DHCP for my Hikvision IP bullet but the Swann dome cam doesn't get detected by the tool or any other tool. I finally contacted Swann online (chat) but the guy couldn't help me. He said to email support. I also contacted Costco and though the tech was nice, he wasn't able to help me fix the problem. After an hour and half of back and forth on the phone, he decided to contact the manufacturer. I'm supposed to call back later to get whatever new information he might have obtained from the manufacturer. i have 2 of the swann varifocal bullets, same features as your dome, but in bullet package, sadp worked for me. i also have 8 of the lorex mini bullets, and 4 of the lorex mini domes, no problems at all configuring them with sadp. something funky is happening with the camera if sadp does not detect it. i also previously had 6x swann mini bullets that i was able to detect and configure with sadp. Thanks for your help and feedback. I'm returning the Swann dome and buying the Hikvision version. I went for the Swann (and paid more) because I didn't know I could manually play with the resolution on the camera at the time. I thought the 2048x1536 resolution on the Hikvision dome couldn't be changed and knowing the the max resolution my NVR can handle was 1080p per channel made me play it safe. I wasted an hour last night on a 3-way call with Costco and Swann trying to figure out why the camera wasn't plug and play. Well, they were trying to figure that out after I told them it wouldn't be plug and play because I didn't have a Swann NVR. They basically validated my reason for not calling them first. Swann told me the dome doesn't have a web interface and that the IP cannot be changed. I was also notified that the DHCP settings couldn't be modified. Lady from Swann suggested I call Q-See and have them help me configure the camera to work with their NVR. I asked her why she thought Q-See would help me with a camera they didn't make but she didn't have an answer for that. I later on found this text in the small manual that came with the camera. "IMPORTANT: This camera is intended for use with a 1080p-capable Swann NVR, such as the NVR-7000 series. This is not a stand-alone IP camera, and may not be compatible with any other NVR or network video device." But then it also states that the camera is ONVIF compliant so I don't know. What I know is that there's nothing wrong with my NVR. The 3MP Hikvision bullet camera I purchased last week works fine with the nvr. Bottom line, if you have a different brand NVR and you're comparing the Swann cameras to the Hikvision cameras go for the Hikvision. It's cheaper and you have more control over it. wrightwoodsurveillance.com has great prices on them. I used Network camera critics' recommended settings and the video looks great. I hope this info helps another newbie.

Has anyone managed to get this setup working? I plugged the camera into my NVR and can confirm that the cameras power on but I don't get anything on the NVR. I take it this isn't plug and play but I wonder how others got around this. I don't have anyway of powering up the cameras when plugged into the house router so that's out of the question. Any suggestions?

Hey, Do you have the same Swann dome camera or do you have one of the Hikvision branded IP cameras? I was able to use the tool last night to enable DHCP for my Hikvision IP bullet but the Swann dome cam doesn't get detected by the tool or any other tool. I finally contacted Swann online (chat) but the guy couldn't help me. He said to email support. I also contacted Costco and though the tech was nice, he wasn't able to help me fix the problem. After an hour and half of back and forth on the phone, he decided to contact the manufacturer. I'm supposed to call back later to get whatever new information he might have obtained from the manufacturer.

you need to get a manually setup the swann before plugging it in, by default DHCP is off, you need to turn that on. if the q-see nvr supports onvif, which i believe it should, you should be able to get it to work to some extent. you need poe (power over ethernet) to work the swann cameras, if you hooked it up to your switch, it won't have power, unless it is a poe port. Thanks for the reply. I get all of that and agree with what you said 100%. This is my problem. I can connect the camera to my router, I can power the camera with the 12v adapter that came with my NVR but I don't know how to manually get into the camera to turn on DHCP. I know the camera powers on because while troubleshooting this last night at home, I saw the red ring around the IR come on when I turned the lights off in the living room.

I've managed to power on the camera but I still can't get to the web interface to change the IP to 10.1.1.x. To my knowledge the Swann camera is made by Hikvision and the default IP is set to 192.0.0.64. I hooked up the camera to one of the switch ports on my router, powered it on and changed the IP on my laptop to 192.0.0.63. I wasn't able to ping 192.0.0.64 (if that's indeed the ip of the camera). I also run a couple of IP finder tools but none found the camera. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I want to exhaust all my options before calling support. We all know how that goes.

Hi, I recently decided to look into IP cameras for my house and ended up purchasing a Q-See 8 Channel NVR at a very good price. I've since done a lot of research on IP cameras with POE capabilities. Just a couple of days ago I ended up buying the Swann 1080p dome camera from Costco and I'm waiting for it to be delivered. I have a couple of questions that will help me decide on my next camera(s). 1. Since my NVR supports up to 1080p, what will happen if I hook up a camera that has a max resolution of 2048 × 1536 (3MP)? Will I have the ability to dump down the resolution to 1080p on the actual camera before attaching it to the NVR? 2. Are there any 720P or 1080P affordable IP cameras that have pan, tilt, zoom that can be controlled remotely via software? It looks like my NVR has the capability to control one but I haven't found a camera under 1k that has this capability? Most of them are manual or veri focal. Thanks in advance

Thank you all for the help. I have all the answers I need.

Thanks for the reply. I will look into your suggestions. What about my question about the resolution, can you comment on that? Thanks