I'm trying to add cameras to this NVR I just got and here's my situation. I've had the cameras set up for a while and have no problem accessing them inside or outside my home network. I have the NVR plugged into the network and have no problem accessing it from another computer through its IP address and I have no problem accessing the NVR through its monitor/mouse setup. When I log into the NVR I can also see the network cameras listed below the 8 camera positions as shown in the image. They show a green plus sign in the status column.
Things were going good up to this point but I can't figure out any way to successfully add those cameras. The manual had a couple different ways of adding them and non seem to work. I can add the cameras into the 8 positions as shown in the image but the NVR won't connect to them. The only strange thing I notice is that when I select to edit a camera in the Camera Management screen through the monitor/mouse connection, it will fill in the password with asterisks when I enter it but when I select Ok it will not connect to the camera. When I come back to that screen the password field is empty again. On the other hand when I enter the same edit screen when logged into the NVR from another computer the password screen always has six asterisks in it. My password has 12 characters. When I fill in the password and select enter it does not connect to the camera and if I go back to that screen the password field is again filled in with six asterisks. Obviously there's an inconsistency in their UI's but I'm left wondering if it saved the password I entered or not. The only thing so far about this NVR that is a little confusing to me is their use of the terms "Management Port" and "Server Port". But with that said, I've tried every combination of port number in there with negative results. Are there gremlins in the system or am I missing something?
Things were going good up to this point but I can't figure out any way to successfully add those cameras. The manual had a couple different ways of adding them and non seem to work. I can add the cameras into the 8 positions as shown in the image but the NVR won't connect to them. The only strange thing I notice is that when I select to edit a camera in the Camera Management screen through the monitor/mouse connection, it will fill in the password with asterisks when I enter it but when I select Ok it will not connect to the camera. When I come back to that screen the password field is empty again. On the other hand when I enter the same edit screen when logged into the NVR from another computer the password screen always has six asterisks in it. My password has 12 characters. When I fill in the password and select enter it does not connect to the camera and if I go back to that screen the password field is again filled in with six asterisks. Obviously there's an inconsistency in their UI's but I'm left wondering if it saved the password I entered or not. The only thing so far about this NVR that is a little confusing to me is their use of the terms "Management Port" and "Server Port". But with that said, I've tried every combination of port number in there with negative results. Are there gremlins in the system or am I missing something?
