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Thanks JB, In an ideal world I would of course have upgraded the NVR first. However, this month it was a choice bteween new NVR and wife's xmas present. Common sense prevailed! Yes, all the main video settings are altered using the NVR's interface, rather than by vitrual host to the camera...

I am in the process of upgrading my 5-year-old Hikvision camera network, which has had a Hikvision 7604NI-K1 NVR (with dedicated monitor) as its hub. The planned network will consist of 3 new G2 Colorvu cameras (two 8MP & one 4MP), plus retaining 2 of the previous 4MP 2142-FWD cameras and a 2MP...

I was never under any illusion about the limited effectiveness of an infra-red image for the purposes of recognition at night. However, now that my 4MP Hikvision dome camera (with an IR range of 30m) has actually captured an image of thieves attempting to break into vehicles on our driveway, I...

I finally got my laptop back from its summer holiday and was able to test the 2142 camera by directly connecting it to the laptop by cable, thereby removing my wi-fi network as a variable. I then watched the Live View image on the web interface while we conducted various tests in the driveway...

Thanks. I'll give that a try to see what effect it has, while waiting for the laptop. However, I'm struggling to see how halving the FPS helps me to answer the key question, namely is the problem with the network or is the camera faulty? Going down to 10 FPS will halve the bitrate but...

Thanks for the prompt response. As you point out, it is impracticable to hard wire my remote garage camera for any length of time (plus I’d have to drill a hole for an extended experiment, as the vehicle door is the only access). However, I think I have moved on in my troubleshooting and would...

This may or may not be a networking forum issue, but got to start somewhere to relieve my exasperation! I have 2 wireless cameras in my network, a Hikvision DS-2CD2542FWD & a DS-2CD2142FWD. The 2542 has worked flawlessly while the 2142 occasionally behaves like a poltergeist has sneaked into...

I am planning to add a wireless camera in my garden (power easily available from shed but wi-fi would avoid a difficult cable run). Obviously I will be able to add this to my wireless network easily and then view the image (with the help of some software presumably) on my PC monitor and also...

Kieran, Thanks for that insightful reply. Yes, I had confirmed that 3 different phones all had adequate wireless connection at the end of the garden. However, I am intrigued by your suggestion of using power line adapters to maintain a wired connection. In a previous home I had successfully...

I have read extensively the arguments for and against wireless cameras. I understand the logic that if you have to have a cable for power anyway, then much of the apparent simplicity of wireless is lost and you might as well run a single cable that does both the job of providing power and of...