Friend needs home camera system, advice requested

[1sikbITCH]

We spent the better part of yesterday installing the camera's. Look good, I'm still working on getting Motion activation to trigger recording. The PSS software that came with the camera's isn't too bad, I can view all three camera's at the same time.

I installed the demo of Blue Iris, and setup one camera on it. For whatever reason, that camera is now locked out. I am thinking I may have to factory reset that one.

happy with them so far, mainly the recording thing that's being a PITA. I've tried a few different settings. In the camera web gui, I pointed them to a FTP server to dump to, no dice yet. I also pointed their "path" for snapshots and recording to the same folders that the FTP server is configured for. no dice yet..

I can successfully record the feeds through the PSS software by clicking record it each individual camera window.

Stick with the Blue Iris. It took me a while fiddling with it but I've got IP cams and webcams all on it together, motion detecting and recording when necessary. Very happy.

 

[ch33zw1z]

Stick with the Blue Iris. It took me a while fiddling with it but I've got IP cams and webcams all on it together, motion detecting and recording when necessary. Very happy.

thanks, i'll keep fiddling. I haven't been able to make it back since it got locked out. appreciate the input.

 

[1sikbITCH]

I made the mistake of installing my cameras before they were all properly talking to BI and I spent another half a day climbing up and down ladders. You really need to have wired access for the setup as you'll be resetting the IP a couple times until it's all working. At least that's how it went for me as I figured it out.

And the default IP for the camera might be something like 192.168.0.1 and your LAN would end in 1.1 so when you set it u for Blue Iris on the LAN it may explain why you lost contact thru the PSS software. Just an idea.

 

[ch33zw1z]

I logged into to each camera as I took them out of hte box, and manually set IP on each outside of the DHCP range. The PSS software didn't care, BI software saw the IP. It's possible I mistyped the password into the BI software when setting up the camera profile. I will keep at it, I do have access to the PoE switch, so I can just re-plug them from there. That cleared it up the other day, according to my buddy who owns the place, he just unplugged/plugged it back in and it was accessible via PSS and web gui again.

 

[highland145]

They're breaking in through double hung windows. He screwed them all shut, and they started breaking the glass instead.

The double hung windows have plastic tabs that break off it you push hard enough.

He's very suspicious about who it is. He's got family that have done this type of thing at the house before, he's getting sick of it and will probably want to pursue legal action with video evidence.

Updates on the system and suspects?

 

[ch33zw1z]

Got the system working ok. 3 cameras, PoE, his PC as the monitoring station

No suspects yet. Between the menacing, motion activated cameras, and the bars on the windows....The suspects seemed to have been deterred for now.