Empiretech NVR - Link Quality = Poor

[H. Swanson]

I have the latest firmware on the Empiretech NVR8CH-8P-2AI. There's a screen under Camera Settings called PoE and it shows all seven of my cameras have "poor" link quality. Not sure why since I have Cat 6 PoE running to each camera with nothing more than a 50ft run, and I haven't had any perceivable issues with connection speed or lag. There's an option to enable "Enhancement Mode". Anyone knows what this is? If you read the note at the bottom of the screenshot, it says to try enabling it if the link quality is poor.

 

[steve1225]

if there is no camera / video drop-outs then there is no problem...

Enhanced mode is different name to ePOE Dahua tech.
It increases voltage on POE (48->53V) to allow power cameras on longer cable runs..
it can also change (if camera supports ePOE tech like 5442) algorithm how the data is encoded on ethernet to much more resistant one...

https://material.dahuasecurity.com/download/Enhanced_Ethernet_Technology_Dahua_(ePoE)_V1_EN_20170830.pdf

 

[bigredfish]

All of mine say poor, even connected to a 3ft new cable. Ignore it

 

[Gdc]

All of mine say poor, even connected to a 3ft new cable. Ignore it

Same here. My shortest run is 10 metres of Cat6 and it says link poor.

 

[Flintstone61]

It's talking about your financial situation after you buy all the gear. Andy's algorithm detects what cams you bought and decides if you are now Poor or OK.