unix1992

Can't you access the DVR (log in to your modem to look for the internal IP address) on your computer by plugging a network cable in it to configure the settings? Steps: Log in to your modem/router Look for the internal IP address of the modem in the client list Open internet explorer Internet options > security Security > Trusted sites > Add the internal IP address of the DVR Set the security of trusted sites at low >> so at the bottom Set the compatibility mode one for the internal IP address Install the ActiveX component or other software that is required by the DVR Login ??? Well, it would be useful if you can make pictures or record a small video. My experience is that you get something like this (that yellow box) when clicking on the empty password box: Well, the bright side is that you can easily replace the DVR if it's really broken and replace it with another one.

I don't think it is affected by upgrading the firmware, since you have written that the 'spare' dvr has the same interface. Well, could you post screenshots of the Motion menu, the motion detection settings of camera1 and alarm menu? Hmmm after reading a bit of the full manual: the red records are ''data of alarm trigger: Red color'' So it has something to do with the settings in the 'alarm' or 'motion' menu. Maybe something like this: Rec mode: always Motion setting: Video channel: 1 Enable: On Sensitivity : ... Motion detection area: ... Record channel: 1 Alarm out: ... Alarm Buzzer: yes Alarm duration: 10s << looking at manual, this should be adjusted Event pop up: 15s ?? so channel 2 should be Video channel: 2 Enable: on Sensitivity : ... Motion detection area: ... Record channel: 2 Alarm out: ... Alarm Buzzer: yes Event duration: 10s Event pop up: 15s ??

First step: Buy Swann system at Costco for 900 dollar (credits to cctvmann) Second Step: Sell the 3 unused cameras at ebay for 100 dollar each Or even better, you use 2 cameras to watch the pool so you aren't missing the blind spots. Third Step: Read the manual carefully to configure all your needs. Result: 2TB NVR + 1 1080P camera for 600 (or 700) dollar

Buy a reliable brand and stick to that brand. Furthermore, buy NOW spare parts instead of waiting for the future, when you are afraid that the manufaturer does not exist in the future.

Assuming he is telling the thruth in that other topic, he has a dvr. Since you cannot do something useful on a pc without a hdd, well booting in the bios perhaps or from a removable drive.

You can't. The hdd is only dedicated to the dvr/nvr or cannot be used for something else since most of the time is is based on a Linux platform. However, you can access the hdd by using the Web interface of the dvr/nvr and watch the recorded videos by using the playback function built-in the device. Please look at your manual how you have to access the dvr from your pc.

Probably he is , but maybe he lives near a coal power plant that could also be at the coast?

Do the more experienced people have something to write about the damage done by saltpeter?

Set the ip range of the poe switch in the unused ip range of your modem. So it's something like this 192.168.1.40 - 192.168.1.80 in your modem and 192.168.1.90- 192.168.1.100 in your poe switch. But why would you want to view it directly from the cameras. Most nvr has direct access the configuration of the cameras.

Change port 80 in your dvr to 90,forward port 90 in your modem and change it in the ddns account.

If you have a dog, you can use active infrared detector. Place it at a certain height that your dog cannot reach as this sensor works with a line in sight between the two detectors. I think you better off visiting a specialist, since the coating of the cheaper cameras will be damaged when I read your description... Maybe someone else can give his/her point of view.

Internet options Go to trusted sites Add Add the internal ip of the dvr to trusted sites Set security at low, so slide it all to the bottom Apply Ok Try again?

Offtopic: You know I think the first alinea is a bit rude for the people working in the retail (since this problem is not only Costco related), since there exist definitely some people that have knowledge about some products if you are asking the right person (which can be difficult, I have to admit). Well if you sell 10.000 products it will be difficult to know all the ins and outs of your products. But besides that walking in a shop, return the goods and get the money directly back is easier than shipping the goods back at Amazon (hoping it's not lost in transit), waiting couple days before it's confirmed, wait another X days before the money is refunded on your account (except when they think the box is too damaged and are charging you for user damage). And the problem with convenience stores is that they had invested a lot of money in their ANALOG CCTV system 10~15 years ago (which was state of art at that time...) and don't consider to upgrade to the latest technology. Well after being robbed, the incentive is a lot bigger to upgrade it.

Offtopic: Could you please put a review of your cameras in an other topic (maybe the 'unknown brands camera review'? I am interested which cameras you bought and what the quality of the picture looks like. Well there is a general topic, but it would be nice to have something for lesser 'known' brands. Well, most of the time the quality depends on the sensor which is used. Well the benefit of buying a kit is, that you don't have to buy the video/power cables (most of the time 18 meters are included) or a power supply, since these cost eventually a lot. You can always switch a 4mm lens camera for a 6mm lens or add a 6mm lens to your setup. Further, you can use the 4mm lens supplied as an 'overal' overview of the garden/room. But I recommend that you buy a kit wich contains at least a 960H DVR, otherwise upgrading one of the supplied cameras is almost useless.

Well there are some cameras disguised as 'smoke alarm', 'Passive Infrared Alarm', 'Teddy Bear', 'Spy camera', 'clock' or as a 'small bullet camera', but the main problem is that they most of the time lack of infrared leds, so at night they are worthless without enough light. You can always try to find something that look like a dropcam (or an other camera that is flat) and put it behind a (dark colored) painting (with a hole in it). Put an infrared illuminator bulb in a desk lamp and switch it on at night? For the fourth point, you will need an UPS (Uninterruptible power supply). You will need at least 2, since one is used for your modem (to upload the images to the cloud) and one for the DVR (for uploading the images). If you buy POE cameras, you even can use a third UPS for the POE switch, so you can record at least 10 minutes more (after a power fail) depending on the power it can provide. Well in case that your internet cable has been cut, the solution to upload to the cloud would be to have a modem (read something about a Draytek router but other routers/modems may also support this) which supports a 3G/4G modem as a backup line (with preferred unlimited data)? In that case you will still need an UPS. But besides a camera system, it would useful to install an alarm system (with a backup battery) so the alarm can send a sms or call you or your neighbour when the power is down or the alarm has been triggered.

Well you started here around the same time as me, so that's why I was mentioning your name. No hard feelings, I hope, otherwise I'm sorry. Well the Qnap will probably work assuming it will work with Onvif cameras, be aware that the free license only includes two cameras and that you need to buy a license for more cameras. I would go to a brick and mortar shop and ask the employee there how the surveillance station works and ask if the hikvision and samsung is compatible with the NAS. Ask the employee that in case that is does not work that you can return the items. Well it's depends whether you want to record 24/7/365 or only snapshots? When you want to record all the day, you should consider to take a nvr or in case that you want at most two cameras then the Qnap will be sufficient. If you only want to record at motion, you can record a clip or only take snapshots of the screen. In the first case, it would be the same as continous recording assuming that the motion detection will work. In the other case (taking snapshots) you will only need a FTP server, where you can upload the pictures/snapshots on. But on some cameras you can let it send a email with an attachment of screen when motion is detected. In case of a FTP server, you can use a Qnap or a raspberry Pi or any other FTP service/server. So the question, what do you want to do with your cameras? Recording full time, recording at motion, taking snapshots? And what are your future plans? Do you want to upgrade to eight cameras in the future or are you sticking at two? Personal opinion, if now know that two cameras will be sufficient for the following three years, I would stick with the Qnap, since you can use the NAS for many other things. In the future products hopefully become cheaper or even more reliable.

Here is some nice information about consumer HDD: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-update-september-2014/ But it's just hit and miss I think, some wil last 5 years while others barely last 6 months. If you have warranty, just send it back. And here a nice 'overal' graph (from backblaze but from another source).

If you don't care about the lag of the streams: buy an android box and install IP cam viewer (pro) and connect it to a TV screen. Forward the ports of both DVR 1 and DVR 2 on your modem (assuming you have most of the time the same Ip address). Use that to configure the app on Android so you can watch all the cameras at once. Furthermore you can watch cameras everywhere when you have Internet access on your mobile device. If you do care about the lag, you have to use a pc or nvr.

Of course, it's always better to try to achieve 100% uptime. And in some cases some persons/security companies will achieve that number, but taking the costs versus uptime in consideration some residents may be happy with 80 to 90% uptime. Business, people with high value stuff, people lacking the right knowledge, people who are having the money to outsource the security happening are always recommended to go first a security company since they are missing in most cases the 'I want to learn something new' factor or are limited due to some circumstances (not able to climb an the stairs, scared to make mistakes and businesses are in most cases better off outsourcing it since the time they spend is more expensive than outsourcing it or any other reason). I think it's always nice that people educate themselves so they will achieve a higher self confidence and that they will less ask help from others. In some cases people are improving and try things by themselves. In other cases people are asking for advice and then I'm wiling to give an advice. Due to that I'm living in Europe, I don't know which stores are reliable on the USA so that's why I recommend to look on Amazon (since almost everyone knows amazon right?). Luckily, tomcctv have shown me that there are downsides on Amazon and that swann sold on Costco is a better shop to buy the equipment from. Buying from aliexpress is only recommended when you know that you have to purchase the product which is sold the most. People who are looking for advice on this forum are asking for knowledge so they have a better view of the 'modern' technology. Just like goodolick , he first thought that analog was the big deal but after being on this forum he now knows that he should better spend the money on a IP system. If people are never educating themselves they will end inmost cases with an analog system (well it's not that really bad but you must know the purpose of the camera when selecting the right equipment). Furthermore some people are just having small budgets and spending 600 dollar from the budgeted 1000 can be used for other stuff when self installing. Well I think it's a battle here between the people who are working in the professional environment and the ones who are more from the 'normal knowledge' people. Since there are some complaints (looking at the discussion about the rising popularity of hikvision and dahua compared to the old reliable brands from 10 years ago) here that people with lacking knowledge are flooding the forums here with simple questions (you always have that problem). Well I don't know how the situation in the USA is, but here people (the average resident who are young) are more purchasing self-installation kits to get something done, since it's a lot cheaper compared to asking a specialist. The older people and businesses are most of the outsourcing these activities. If I look at the discussion about the mini nvr, some 'forum members' are responding, if I say it simple, not nice to the topic starter... And telling that configuring or forwarding ports is like 'hell'. But the opposite is true, when you do have the knowledge about port forwarding and read the manual it's simple (knowing that you need 4 ports instead of 2). Well it can't be denied that the system works, well it has some limitations but it works. I think time changes, in the early days people are scared breaking things and ask specialists for help. I know that I was scared in 2000 for reinstalling Windows, that viruses are the evil things on the Internet and that opening the computer case was almost a crime. So we always asked other people to look at it for a lot of money... Nowadays due to the openness of the Internet my knowledge has grown, modern technology has luckily some 'idiot prove' methods implemented and things are more standardized (parallel ports, serial ports, rs3212 ports to usb) so people are making less mistakes. Compare the time when you had to work in dos with your keyboard an now you can use a mouse to navigate on the screen. And sometimes people are just exaggerating... Well this was on a other forum, but there some people that were recommending to install 3mp poe dahua with a Dahua POE Nvr (3 cameras were needed) to observe only cowsheds, while the TS reported that he was on very tight budget and that the image quality is not that important. So cheapest solution was to buy a 8 channel self-installation kit from 140 euro including 4 600tvl cameras and the dvr. Luckily, warranty in Europe is better developed than the USA asking for minimal 2 years from the seller (so the seller is responsible for the warranty and not the manufacturer).

You need a DVR or NVR with an internet connection port. Plug the cable from the DVR/NVR into the modem/router. Forward the ports as specified in the manual. Look for IP cam viewer pro or use the application as specified in the included manual to watch the camera's on your mobile. You will need a working internet connection to upload the streams on the internet to view it remotely.

Look at this thread: viewtopic.php?f=56&t=44412 First, check the DHCP box in the network settings, then you have to reopen the network settings and look for the ports and internal IP address (this address should now be differen, so it isn't 192.168.1.188 anymore). Please change your ports in the network settings as specified below for your own convenience. Look at the original thread for the picture (be aware that the internal ip address and HTTP is different in that picture).

Set the recording schedule on alarm (in your last picture) ? If the motion detection menu: configure that motion gives an alarm signal.

First of all, please give the brand and model number of your DVR. Second, most of the time you have to use HTTP port to acces your DVR from your web browser, so internal_IP:HTTP_port or when you forwarded the ports in your router: External_IP:HTTP_port To view your cameras on a mobile application, you will need the 'remote' port or the 'mobile' port. What you could do is using IP cam viewer (pro) from the Apple store on your iphone to scan your network to look which DVR is similar to yours. Try first the HTTP port, then mobile/remote port as specified in the network settings.

sorry but hikvision or dauha don't. infact the link you posted ,,,,,, no warranty from hikvision usa Was mentioning 'other' brands like Apple and such (well they selling in different product groups), I already know by now that Dahua and Hikvision are protecting their markets/retailers... just like some other manufacturers. Ultimately, you still have the option to go to your supplier for support and complaints. The outcome will be different, since all the sellers are unique in the way they threat their customer. Earning fast money or willing to help the customer to find a proper solution. Well, it's the freedom of the consumer to have the choice where to buy their goods/products at cheapest cost or for the best service. Besides that, sometimes you have to put it in the comments when ordering on Aliepress, whether you need Pal or NTSC when ordering monitors or video equipment. But you are right that most sellers automatically (should) check the shipping address.

Ask your seller or buy a new one? http://www.motherboards.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=120559 Maybe that link can help you further.