How do you view CCTV on your phone from your DVR

[Michaeljcox24 0]

Hi folks, first time poster on here, because I'm trying to set up a DVR for a mate who's had some people threaten him and wants to keep an eye on his house when he is at work. Can someone please tell me where I'm going wrong here because this has puzzled me for a couple of days now.

 

1) I'm enabling DHCP in the 'network' section of the main screen. I'm recording the IP address.

2) I'm writing down the HTTP port, which is 8080

3) I'm going into my router settings, and enabling port forwarding to above IP address and port.

4) In the meye app, I'm putting my external IP address in, the port 8080, and the password for the box.

5) When I click on cameras, all I get is 'buffering' and no video.

 

I'm using a Hauwei Nexus 6P, running Android Marshmallow. What am I doing wrong.

[GREGRUSH 0]

You are missing some steps. Ill lay it all out for you:

1- enable DHCP on DVR

2- setup an HTTP Port (NOT 80! and not anything below 2000!)

3- if there is a media port, set it up too (not the same as the above)

4- if there is a mobile port, set it up (not the same as any of the above)

5- go into your router and enable DHCP

6- Reserve the IP address to your DVR on your router

or... disable DHCP on DVR AFTER it has gotten an IP from the router

7- Setup your DVR as a virtual server on your router

or... set it up in games/apps or in port forwarding

Be sure to set it up for TCP and UDP

8-Enable DMZ and setup the DVR as the host for the DMZ

Thats it. you can view the DVR remotely using the IP address OF YOUR MODEM

However, this address usually changes. In which case you need to

A-contact your provider and get a STATIC IP ADDRESS or,

B-set up a DDNS account (No-IP.com, ChangeIP.com, DynDNS.com)

9-If you set up a DNS account, enable DDNS on your router (enter User name, password and Domain name)

10- Reboot router (most wont change the settings unless this is done)

 

Access your DVR remotely on the web using DNS:HTTP PORT (ie: mycameras.freedns.org:8080). try using Internet Explorer and be sure to activate the ActiveX controls on your browser

 

Access your DVR remotely on your smartphone using the correct app for the DVR and using the MOBILE port (if it the DVR has one). If the DVR does not have a mobile port, just use the HTTP Port.

 

That is all. Good luck with your system!

 

Gregory Rovira and 54C9 logging off!