Recent content by Kevin Doe

Thank you. Just bought one, should be here today. Thanks for the heads up. I never knew such a thing existed.

Is there a way I can test the POE ports on the Dahua NVR without risking damage to a camera? After the spark/smell, I'm hesisitent to plug another $250 camera into that port (or any other port really)? I have a cheaper K42A camera that I could try, but that's still around $80.

You're right. I had the house build in 2020, so the 2-year roof warranty is gone. Luckily there was not any water damage to the house, likely because it's a vented soffit and any water that got in was easily able to dry out. I think I may have fried $500ish of equipment in this mishap, so...

Originally I did not use dielectric grease or the provided waterproof connector. With the placement under the eave and attached to the soffit I didn't think it was necessary. There was a small gap in the flashing in the corner of the roof, where where the gutter, drip flashing, and facia...

Well things took a turn for the worse. I replaced the connector (after I triple checked the wiring pinout). Plugged the camera into my NVR, which was on at the time. I heard an audible spark in the NVR, then smelled a burnt electronics smell, and heard a very faint oscillating sound, almost...

Unfortunately I wasn't able to clean it up. One of the pins was corroded so badly half of it fell off. And the pin in the 8th position is stuck in the slot and I can't get it out. I have a keystone on hand, I'll give that a shot. I metered it out, and it's almost the t568b, with one wire in...

I have one of the color 4k cameras that was damaged with water. The round housing filled up with water and corroded the hell out of the connectors. Not sure if the camera still works or not, as the connector is unusable as it is. Any recommendations on how to repair the connector? I have a...

Sorry my original post wasn't clear. I set up the rules in the camera. But for some reason the "send email" feature doesn't work unless I check that box in the NVR. So I do the setup and save to the camera, then go into the NVR and check "send email" and then the send email feature works...

The NVR is NVR5216-16P-4KS2E. I'm running IVS rules on 6 of the cameras, either a simple tripwire or intrusion zone. The one I'm having issues with was the 7th camera I added to the system. I just added an 8th camera and was able to setup an IVS rule for that one. If it were at the IVS...

I have 8 cameras, all with IVS rules setup, and I have them working perfectly. I have them setup to send me an email with a still image when triggered. For all of my cameras, for some reason, the "send email" box in the camera's settings directly does not take. It only works if I select "send...

Hey all, thank you for your help. As always, you are all very helpful! I got it going. I first disabled the UPnP on my router, then set static IPs for each of the two cameras. Then moved the media coverter LAN cable to the same network switch that the NVR is plugged into. The NVR detected...

Somewhat random aside. Following bp2008s instructions for adding cams to the switch. I'm going through my verify my router's UPnP is disabled. It was enabled, and there were three services listed. First was my Plex media server. I was able to correct that by disabling the remote access of...

Just tired that. I set the 2nd camera to 10.1.1.128 static. When I power cycled all the equipment, looked like it was maybe going to work. The Port6 was showing 10.1.1.70, and I was expecting to be able to see the 1st cam, and then have to find the cam on 10.1.1.128, but the 2nd cam came up...

I tried this. It did not work at all. None of the ports on the NVR worked, and no cameras were able to be visible. I put it back to normal (removed the temporary switch), and power cycled the POE switch in the shed. This time the NVR detected the new camera, but the old one isn't working. I...

Wondering if it would work if I added a small switch between the media converter and the NVR. That way I could run one cable to port6 (for the existing cam), and another cable to the next open port on the NVR for the new cam.