sxxd360x 0 Posted November 14, 2012 Hi Guys, I've had aDlink DCS 930L running outside (under a patio) monitoring a front courtyard. No washout problems. I upgraded to the DSC-932L today and i cannot see anything. Totally white picture, no chance of seeing anything. Obviously this is a "washout problem" how can this be resovled? I'm looking for a Wifi IP camera that will work in sunlight? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawboy12R 0 Posted November 14, 2012 What happens if you mount the camera in the sun and have it looking at a sunlit scene? Some cams have trouble switching to day mode when they're heavily shaded and the image can look almost completely white because all of the IR light is washing out the sensor. Mount it in the sun or shine a bright flashlight at it to try and trick it into daytime mode and see what happens. You should even hear a "click" if the flashlight solves the problem. Could just be a bad cam or maybe poor setting in the cam though. If you don't want to relocate the cam into the sun (might create other problems), try running the IR filter engagement on a schedule instead of automatically. "Good cheap wifi IP cam" is a kind of oxymoron though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sxxd360x 0 Posted November 14, 2012 So, because this camera has IR. are you saying for some reason the IR LED's are interfering with the daylight picture? They dont seem to be switched on? I have located the schedule settings in the camera. I will have a play around. Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawboy12R 0 Posted November 14, 2012 Your camera has to be able to see IR to use dim little IR LEDs at night. The sun emits blinding amounts of IR, so the cam has to have a filter in place during the day to prevent this. If a cam thinks it is nighttime because of the shade it won't put that filter over the lens and possibly do other stupid things to the exposure. I have a cam that stays in night mode all day on heavily overcast days and that causes the screen to go 98% white with some yellow mixed in. The same cam works fine when not mounted under my veranda in heavy shade. I think your new cam is probably mainly an indoor cam eight? It might not be optimized to figure out the huge differences between shade and bright sunlight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sxxd360x 0 Posted November 14, 2012 Interesting, well i would think that camera is marketed as an "indoor" camera. There are settings on the camera for "day mode" and Auto or Manual. I will try day mode and see what happens. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
