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Fix your activeX issues first. Get it to pull up in IE and/or firefox. Install iVMS-4200 PCNVR. This is the AIO package that can do recording on the computer it's running on. Set aside storage space and confirm record video, motion events, snapshots, etc can be done locally first and to just test the cameras. Once that is confirmed. Try email again. Now troubleshoot networking/firewall/antivirus/windows problems. I'm going to assume the camera's are setup correctly with new IP address, correct subnet, and correct gateway.

Respected? You're going to get tons of people directing you to sites that are tagged as unauthorized dealers. Good, Cheap, Supported. Pick two. Going by your criteria you want good and supported. That's $250+/camera and NVR's get expensive. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/IP-Cameras/ci/16665/N/4045021072 http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?atclk=Brand_Hikvision&ci=20627&N=4045021069+4027135299 List of camera makers: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=35868 Edit: Grandstream fits cheap and supported. Quality may be hit or miss based on camera.

Remote Remote viewing will kill your local internet depending on what you are viewing i.e. sub stream vs main stream/playback. Most are going to want the latter so, yes. Local If you have gigabit router and switches, you won't have any problems with 3. You could even get by with 10/100 (3 cameras =~24Mbps). My advice is go gigabit. This is for wired devices. Wireless netflix streaming, wireless general internet, and local NVR streaming to say a tablet will kill performance because of all being on wireless. You could get a dual-band wireless router if you're going that way and segregate the traffic.

$50 license per camera is very reasonable for good quality software that has support. Then again I get annoyed when I see people asking for high quality day/night exterior dome cameras that cost $35-$50. For a business or a person who does paid installs? $50 camera license is a steal. For a small home/personal use? That's a lot but could be very worth it to some. You can look at this forum how price conscience everyone has become. $400+ IP camera or flashed/purposed Costco IP camera or $125 IP camera from China's ebay. Offering a cheaper/free/"GO" version that is crippled doesn't hurt sales. I'll now recommend xprotect when people ask me about IP cameras.

Okay. In 1.5 seconds after launch, xeoma found all my IP cameras, set motion record, and then proceeded to almost melt my G630 CPU. For setup up, it beat everything I've tried. The UI look good but performance >MP really isn't good (it brought an i7-3770 down too). 1 1080p camera is 50% Blue Iris: 1 1080p@25fps 40-45% Megapixel or less resolution/cam + lower frame rate, and xeoma might not be that bad. ______ I would just find cameras that handle motion/ftp/nas/etc and just run a cheap linux box. Use a tablet/smartphone for access to live feeds from camera or stored video from linux box. For security, 720p-1080p (1.3MP - 2.1MP) is perfect. Tons of people on here install for businesses so higher megapixels are worth it for them.

Checked out Avigilon. Worked much better but the insane camera pricing killed any thoughts of using it. ====== Fixed my issues: Auto driver search (hikvision, universal, onvif selected) within an IP range: 3 - used the Universal driver port 80 5 - used the ONVIF driver port 8000 Auto search with only onvif driver selected within an IP range: 8 - found and running correctly; all advanced camera settings found I'm a convert now and will likely use this. Very light on i7 with <15% recording all cameras. Anyone know about licensing xprotect GO? I know it lasts one year. Can I pay extra for a 3 year license?

$50/camera is IMHO not "economy." Open source = scary. Linux is coming to the camera vs the camera going to linux because of that. Look at the advancements of android smartphones. IR lights, IP66 housing, and better than USB is all that is missing. (I'd be amazed if there were 0 GPL violations by these chinese IP camera makers; linux is already in most already.)

Okay. In 1.5 seconds after launch, xeoma found all my IP cameras, set motion record, and then proceeded to almost melt my G630 CPU. For setup up, it beat everything I've tried. The UI look good but performance >MP really isn't good (it brought an i7-3770 down too). 1 1080p camera is 50% Blue Iris: 1 1080p@25fps 40-45% Megapixel or less resolution/cam + lower frame rate, and xeoma might not be that bad. ______ I would just find cameras that handle motion/ftp/nas/etc and just run a cheap linux box. Use a tablet/smartphone for access to live feeds from camera or stored video from linux box.

Now just for your fun Download Avigilon demo you will be running in about 5-7 min with auto discovery I see no demo available. Regardless, $50(+?)/camera license is too rich for a small personal/residential that doesn't require any advanced features. I will admit the UI of avigilon looks much better from the videos though.

Had to change dell order due to space issues. vs So that's 17MP without breaking a sweat. 4GB RAM is enough; 2GB was left unused. I have no idea why that was so light on RAM. Just want to put more numbers out there. i7-3770/i7-4770 or anything with a 9,000+ passmark should do 40MP with ease. Was going to compare against xprotect go, but that has really terrible installation/setup problems with third-party cameras like hikvision.

8 Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I. Updated device pack to 7.1 and is supposed to be supported. Not found in drop down list. Auto detect - failed Manual input with ONVIF - connects, accepts camera add, but fails to connect ever again. Auto detect with an IP range with ONVIF, hikvision, and Universal drivers selected - works... Then I get to the live view and 5 out of 8 cameras fail to connect again. The three that connected work like they should. 4 out of 8 show advanced camera settings so something screwy is going on with the device drivers. No firewall, user/pass, router, switch, network, PoE, etc, etc issues. Same exact camera firmware/etc. Feels like third-party cameras were just tacked on to charge for camera licenses.

IP camera's bascially run tiny servers feeding the video out. I'm assuming you are trying to xxxx.dvripc.cn? This throws up activex download for me just to login. That would likely explain why it's not working on android if you need that just to login. Your screenshots are also showing: "ddns status: network connect fail"

You may be right. Model SWNHD-825CAM Firmware Version V5.0.0 130904 Encoding Version V4.0 build 130411 Confirmed above for the 2-pack shipping now.

Can you post a picture of the pigtail that came with these cameras please? Costco NVR8-7200 4 cam "package" on the right. 2-pack from Costco on the left still in plastic. Looks like the same style.

Motion detection does NOT work with hikvision on that NVR. You will be limited to full time recording. Playback is 2 channel only.

Do you need to see that far at night? The separate IR should look better/clearer at night (EXIR) further and give less IR bleed since it's separate. Exaggerated but you can see EXIR and what it does: 30M good enough, some light bleed okay, and size more important, get the smaller one.

There's nothing wrong with the "budget switches." It's people trying to power class 3 devices with class 1/2 switches. 5W bullet cuts out on my 7W/port PoE switch. 5W is most likely 7W with IR. 7W PSE is actually 6.49W at the PD. There's no wonder the switch has problems when it needs 7W and gets 6.49W.

Stop all remote viewing/uploading from the DVR. You should be able to access the internet normally. My guess is you are maxing out your internet connection (live stream) and your local network (wifi on android phone). You can try to find the settings for your router and see what the problem is. BTW, this is the wrong forum for this.

Record = video = if you have a data cap, you're going to hit it. You'll be sending the data and then sorting/retrieving for playback/inspection. Maybe if it was one camera or lower resolution.

1 1080p bullet from costco (hikvision 2032) Intel G630 CPU Passmark: 2411 Windows 7 64bit Just playback for testing No settings beyond resolution changed in camera iVMS-PCNVR substream@30fps 0-1% 720p@25fps 3-5% 1080p@25fps 20% 3MP@12.5fps 25% Blue Iris substream@30fps didn't even bother with ivms reporting 1% only 720p@25fps 20% 1080p@4fps 10% 1080p@10fps 30% 1080p@25fps 40-45% 3MP@12.5fps 25% 1080p@25fps is what I'm likely going to use. So that is 4-5 cam vs 2 cam If these were all 720p I wouldn't have to buy anything. Even at 1080p, you could easily use an Intel i3-i5 NUC as an NVR.

You may be right. Model SWNHD-825CAM Firmware Version V5.0.0 130904 Encoding Version V4.0 build 130411

Was able to score a refurbished dell. Upgrade CPU+new SFF case+having another power cord/box+having worry about failures vs: 23" touch i7-4770s 8GB / 1TB 3yr on site warranty $585 Now I'm covered from all angles. Thanks for help.

Yes, these cameras would be limited by your NVR's capabilities...however...when using these cameras in "networked IP stand-alone mode" they run at either 1280x720 (1MP) or 1920x1080 (2MP) or 2048x1536 (3MP) resolutions (whichever resolution you have the camera configured for). These cameras are re-branded Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I cameras. Previously, these cameras were advertised as "2 megapixel" units. However, it now appears that Costco is marketing them as "3 megapixel" units which means to me that they are shipping with an updated firmware. A lot of us are using these cameras as stand-alone units (I run 8 + 3 additional cameras of another brand) which run over our local area networks and which are connected to our VMS software such as Blue Iris which is what I run. That last $899 package from costco (NVR8-7200) can do 3MP. 2048x1536@15fps is in the drop down box.

5 days in fine. The problem with the demo is that I don't have an i7 laying around. I either have to buy in completely or not. I have four Swan 820's to test but I know that's going to absolutely kill the g630 without even trying it.

Swann NVR8-7200's fan runs constantly so noise isn't an issue. 80-125W at load for an i7 system. I was already leaning towards Xprotect Go. I was under the impression only Blue Iris taxes the CPU that much. Xprotect Go - 8 camera live (10-15fps) with 30fps record @ 50% load on an i7 is acceptable. 5 day record time is fine as this system will be used more of a CCTV with a few playbacks. 30fps motion record is the only absolute. PC NVR --- i7 PC as client and server (Xprotect Go) + POE switch + 8 Hikvision or Dahau 1080p cameras (lower quality is fine if it taxes the system less) $1800 Swann NVR8-7200 + 8 1080p cams $1599 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dahua-ION-Series-ESDV-NVRION-8-8-Channel-1080p-Onvif-NVR-for-IP-Cameras-/251350907108 (rebadged Dahua NVR2108H) + 8 POE switch + HDD + 8 1080p dahua only cam's $1350 2x http://www.samsclub.com/sams/qsee-4x4-secrty-sys/prod11570578.ip?navAction=push (don't care that it's only 720p|quicker/cheaper/safer then buying from china) + http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dahua-ION-Series-ESDV-NVRION-8-8-Channel-1080p-Onvif-NVR-for-IP-Cameras-/251350907108 (rebadged Dahua NVR2108H) + POE switch $1247 I originally skipped the PC NVR because I thought #2 would be "easier" to operate for the person I'm buying this for.