I received my
IPC-T5442T-ZE today. I hooked it up and configured it with a router and poe switch. It seems pretty impressive. I bought it to figure out which fixed lens camera should go where, but WOW it zooms more than I expected. I can't wait to test its low light capabilities against my other crappy cameras. I may be in the market for 1 or 2 more...We'll see. Thanks so much
@EMPIRETECANDY!
Now onto my question. For whatever reason, I can't access the web interface through my Lorex 863 NVR (yeah, I'm an amateur, but I'm learning and will replace it with either a pc and BI or one of Andy's NVR's once I've replaced my proprietary Lorex cameras). I have a Hikvision I got before I figured out this thread and spent more than I should have for an inferior camera (I know more now reading here). But, I'm able to get to the web configuration on that camera through the NVR...Not that I need to because it's fixed lens.
It's not the end of the world, but just inconvenient to schlep the laptop, router, and poe switch upstairs, then move furniture to access the wall panel to plug in and configure the zoom on the 5442 camera after I install it at each location (I may be able to "eyeball" which fixed lens will work in each location after the first iteration, but I'd rather be certain).
I'll probably call Lorex tomorrow and see if they can give me some pointers, but does anyone have any tips? I created an admin password and then created separate user and password in the user group Operator that I used for the NVR to log into the camera, same as the Hikvision (both set to the same Onvif settings and appear the same in their config panels, AFAIK). When I click on the weblink for the 5442 camera, I get nothing, as if the web interface isn't accepting connections. Seems like it should be simple, but just like setting up SFTP to my NAS, I've run into trouble. I'm probably asking this in the wrong place, but figured I'd give it a shot.
Oh, and I don't know if this matters, but it's a 16 channel NVR and I have the existing cameras on channels 1-9. I plugged the new camera in 15 because it was easy to get to. I don't think any of that should matter, but maybe?