Since Western Didital SHUT Down Support, Cloud Service, for their Ready View, WDBULT0020HWT-HESN 2MP Cameras. I can No longer view my Cameras Remotely on my Android Cell Phone.
I downloaded Blue Iris (15-Day Trial) to see if I can use it to integrate with my perfectly good NVR. Yeah, I was able to view all of my cameras. BOO the trail version doesn't allow to view Blue Iris over a cell phone.
Upon further investigation, which I found in this forum, I can't view my captured videos on my NVR Hard Drive
Thanks to wittaj.
I was hoping I could use Blue Iris App on my phone to replace my WD ReadyView App, Bummer.
I read many folks use Blue Iris with their NVR but it wasn't clear that they use their NVR as a POE Switch and for redundancy.
Maybe the Wiki should place a Note:
[IMG alt="wittaj"]https://ipcamtalk.com/data/avatars/s/75/75149.jpg?1645753838[/IMG]
Apr 28, 201931,01059,452USA
An NVR and BI/PC are each their own type of VMS system, so you cannot use BI to pull up saved video or alerts in the NVR and vice versa.
As long as the cameras are ONVIF compatible you can usually pull them into BI by typing in the IP address of the camera, username, password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
I don't know about that particular NVR, but here is how we have taken an NVR and essentially used it as a POE switch to bring the cameras into BI.
In BI, you select add camera and put the IP address of the NVR into the IP address location. Put in username and password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
Then about halfway down is a pull down for Camera number and pick camera 1 and then hit ok. The camera should show up. Then add camera and the select copy and copy this camera and then change the number 1 to a 2 and then repeat for your cameras by selecting add camera and add IP address of NVR and selecting next camera number.
OR depending on your NVR, in BI it may populate all the cameras in the main and substream pulldown boxes and you just select a camera number and then add another camera and select the next pulldown.
OR if all your cameras are connected to a POE switch, as long as you have an extra open port, you can connect the switch to the BI computer and bring in each camera separately via esch IP address.
I downloaded Blue Iris (15-Day Trial) to see if I can use it to integrate with my perfectly good NVR. Yeah, I was able to view all of my cameras. BOO the trail version doesn't allow to view Blue Iris over a cell phone.
Upon further investigation, which I found in this forum, I can't view my captured videos on my NVR Hard Drive
Thanks to wittaj.I was hoping I could use Blue Iris App on my phone to replace my WD ReadyView App, Bummer.
I read many folks use Blue Iris with their NVR but it wasn't clear that they use their NVR as a POE Switch and for redundancy.
Maybe the Wiki should place a Note:
[IMG alt="wittaj"]https://ipcamtalk.com/data/avatars/s/75/75149.jpg?1645753838[/IMG]
[I]wittaj[/I]
IPCT ContributorApr 28, 201931,01059,452USA
An NVR and BI/PC are each their own type of VMS system, so you cannot use BI to pull up saved video or alerts in the NVR and vice versa.
As long as the cameras are ONVIF compatible you can usually pull them into BI by typing in the IP address of the camera, username, password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
I don't know about that particular NVR, but here is how we have taken an NVR and essentially used it as a POE switch to bring the cameras into BI.
In BI, you select add camera and put the IP address of the NVR into the IP address location. Put in username and password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
Then about halfway down is a pull down for Camera number and pick camera 1 and then hit ok. The camera should show up. Then add camera and the select copy and copy this camera and then change the number 1 to a 2 and then repeat for your cameras by selecting add camera and add IP address of NVR and selecting next camera number.
OR depending on your NVR, in BI it may populate all the cameras in the main and substream pulldown boxes and you just select a camera number and then add another camera and select the next pulldown.
OR if all your cameras are connected to a POE switch, as long as you have an extra open port, you can connect the switch to the BI computer and bring in each camera separately via esch IP address.
