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    Does A Lit Up POE Switch Port Mean the Camera Is Okay?

    I've lost an IP camera off my lan. When I plug the ethernet cable into the POE switch the leds go on. Does that mean I can assume the camera is essentially okay? Powered up and such?
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    How's This NVR Thing Work?

    Thanks, geezer.. yes, there's a HDD installed. I put a 2T in there yesterday. Nothing said anything so I put an old one with lots of space in there. It might even had had an old windows installation on it. That'll be alright? It just looks for data space? Or I better get it out and wipe...
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    How's This NVR Thing Work?

    I mean does it work without a keyboard? I just got one. It is a 'mini 1U series'. Step 6 is 'local login' and it warns about too many failures. But how to attempt to log in? There's a usb mouse came with it. Are we to stick a usb keyboard in there instead, is that the idea? I tried to fire...
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    How To Know IP Of Camera I'm Lookin At ?

    'right under your nose' my wife says... :)
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    How To Know IP Of Camera I'm Lookin At ?

    ah yes, just so. thanks for that. should have seen it. sorry. and thanks again.
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    How To Know IP Of Camera I'm Lookin At ?

    with a screen full of cameras I keep trying to just click on one, or right click on it, or find it written somewhere, to see the IP of that camera. But I can't find it. Thought it'd at least be in 'camera properties' along with that wealth of other info.. but I don't think it is, is it? So...
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    How To Start New Recording?

    Yep, I've begun on the help file. I'll check the video out... thanks for all the clues :)
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    How To Start New Recording?

    Well thanks for that, penguin. Makes a lot clear. Simple as that, eh? 24/7 or motion detect - export for clips. Goodoh. :)
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    How To Start New Recording?

    Thanks for that but it leaves me puzzled. Where is 'clips and archiving' ? Why shouldn't I be stopping and starting? There is this big button up the top there 'Record Start/Stop'. What is that for, then? I do admit it doesn't seem to stop start recording but it does cause a screen flicker...
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    How To Start New Recording?

    My blue iris software is working well on its inaugural day here. but i've having some trouble finding how to stop/start recordings. for instance it has recorded my dahau for the last three hours and I can and have looked over the clip. But now I'd like to stop that clip to limit it in size...
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    How To Log In To A Foscam 'Mode' ?

    Thanks for that. The onvif mngr worked well for the dahua.
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    How To Log In To A Foscam 'Mode' ?

    hmmm shunned IE for years..... thanks... I'll look into it. I want to ask about changing brightness/contrast. should I start a new thread? I have three cams on this test setup: dahua, foscam and webcam. I would like to change brightness/contrast on each of them. is possible with blue iris?
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    How To Log In To A Foscam 'Mode' ?

    hmmm.. so can we also 'not use the http interface' somehow, other than by having contacam or blue iris do it for us... it is a tricky complicated thing or a few lines of code ?
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    How To Log In To A Foscam 'Mode' ?

    Oh, okay. I'll look around some more. But Blue Iris logs in to the camera else why have the username and password? But that's not what you mean? Edit: All fixed. You were quite right. I had the wrong kind of Foscam checked. So how do Blue Iris and Contacam get past that 'mode' screen...
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    How To Log In To A Foscam 'Mode' ?

    I have a Foscam clone that Blue Iris can't connect to and I think it is probably because of the screen that the Foscam throws up after you log in where it asks which mode you want: for IE or for Firefox or for portable or something. How do I configure Blue Iris to enable it to handle that...
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    NVR the best way to go - small system?

    Thanks for the link(s). Lot of reading there. I will study it all soon as I can. Basically wondering if I need a dedicated NVR 'machine' or is using the pc as a recorder good enough? I see that often the term 'nvr' is used to apply to a pc, I think. Like if I want to protect a weekender or...
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    NVR the best way to go - small system?

    We need to record the video from our cameras, right? Or they're just kind of 'hollow threats'. Which is what my Foscams have always been. So I'm moving to Dahua type stuff. So to record. I think there's three ways: . Blue Iris or similar recording to pc disk. . An SD card in the camera...
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    Just Got It. Plug it Into Ethernet?

    Okay. End of thread. Answered. Here's the question again: Answer: Yes. Any/all of the above. That's the simple answer. Problems between asking and implementing were due to the 12V input line not working on the Camera.
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    Yep, good one. Thanks. But I do ping quite frequently and it always answers. Of course, When the LED is on at the port. We'd expect that. But doesn't hurt to check. The light could be on but the software/hardware is somehow broke so's it can't respond to a ping. But it does. I'll download...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    Good one. Yes, I thought of that but it doesn't seem to be the problem, unfortunately, would have been a nice easy fix. The plug is a nice tight fit. It is a new power supply bought just for this camera because the vendor, despite what it says in doco and on the camera said it needed 2A rather...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    Hello. Thanks for your interest. Anything you want to know I can tell and am happy to do so. I'm not sure about this 'my posting how to set up..... outdoor access point...' etc. Where's all that? All I see here is that post about wireless. Not pertinent right now. What I'm talking...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    This is your forum? Well then you can do as you wish, of course. But I'd think you'd want to do the best you can. And your posts to me are not the best in any way at all. I can't make clear that I know nothing because it is not true that I know nothing. 'stops working' is certainly not...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    You just won't pay attention. Which means you don't have a clue what you're doing. If you bothered to read it you'll see I told you: The camera is working. 100%. There is nothing wrong. We know. Because it is working. Then it stops working. For no apparent reason. Then it starts...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    You are essentially trying to make out that I am incompetent to have this camera. I refute that contention totally and here and now state my annoyance at your slander. You list 4 sentences. Not one of which is of any use at all. All impertinent.
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    The whole number is IPC HFW 5431EP-Z. I really want wifi because it is easier to put up 12V supplies outside wherever you want than them than run ethernet cables everywhere. Have numerous cables piercing the walls of the building, running all over the building on their way to the router...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    Picked the wrong one didn't I? Which are the wifi models I wonder. I'm using the 12V line.
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    I get it/got it. Tried IE, nope, Edge is the go now, tried Edge, nope, told me I needed Chrome, tried Chrome, got it. :) Lovely. Now we're in business. 'Reboot once each week' ? Why couldn't I detect any signs of life before it rebooted? edit: Hmmm... it is broke again. I picked it...
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    No Web Software Working on 5431 from Andy.

    My 5431 suddenly came to life, I don't know why, after being a brick for a week. I had it plugged into a spare router because that router had lights on active ethernet ports - checking to see if it were alive. It apparently wasn't. No light. For the longest time. I eventually went away...
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    Hi... I finally got my 5431 working. Well it is alive and I've logged in and changed the...

    Hi... I finally got my 5431 working. Well it is alive and I've logged in and changed the password and downloaded the WEB thing like it asks. And I ran it off my hard drive to install it because the camera offered no install method. And that's it: it doesn't show. There's no picture. What...
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    Just Got It. Plug it Into Ethernet?

    change to 192.168.1.100 you mean, not '169'. Already did it and it didn't work. Someone somewhere said it shouldn't be x.x.x.100 so I changed it to x.x.x.10 and that's what it is now. browser can't find it. ping can't find it. config tool can't find it. in the discussions here and elsewhere...
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