Crummy POE switch?

Jon Kovach

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Nov 17, 2017
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Hi all,

I have a Dahua SD49225T on a PoE injector - an iCREATin.

For some reason, periodically, my camera loses connection to Blue Iris. I have to unplug the PoE (I can't reach the camera easily) and plug it back in. The camera comes back after that.

Is this a bad camera? A bad PoE?

Help! Thanks,
Jon
 
Start by getting a quality POE switch. I have not had much success with an injector. If it is the sub $10 icreatin passive POE injector, you get what you pay for. STOP buying crap.
 
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PERFECT. Thanks guys. Thanks very much. I bought the switch, and have my fingers cross that this will fix it.
Jon
 
PERFECT. Thanks guys. Thanks very much. I bought the switch, and have my fingers cross that this will fix it.
Jon
another consideration is the cable and crimp. A cheap CCA/copper clad aluminium cable or a bad crimp can cause this as well. Also ensure you are using the 568 standard to crimp. If you can test with a store bought cable on the bench that would be ideal.
 
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another consideration is the cable and crimp. A cheap CCA/copper clad aluminium cable or a bad crimp can cause this as well. Also ensure you are using the 568 standard to crimp. If you can test with a store bought cable on the bench that would be ideal.

To reinforce @fenderman 's comment, I had an issue with one of my cameras near the garage giving periodic loss of connection issues. Eventually I found out it was loosing connection about 1 time out of 5 that the garage door went up or down. I clipped off the connector, re-terminated it, and all was well. Final diagnosis was my somewhat amateurish crimping skills gave me a spotty connection that was disturbed by vibration.