I have 3 Hilook POE cameras, one of which is not in use (forgot the password!), and an 8-port POE NVR. I plugged one, never used camera into the NVR and just worked out of the box. The third camera (IPC-D120) is currently being recorded via the Linux ‘motion’ package and has been for a year or so now. In this setup the camera is plugged into a POE switch as is the Linux server and all works fine.
I want to plug this third camera into the NVR but am failing badly. No matter what I try the NVR just says the camera is offline due to a network abnormality. So far, jumping up and down and swearing has not helped, although it does keep people away…
The camera in question has a known password set, not the standard 12345 or whatever. It is set for DHPC and I know it is doing this so the NVR should give it an IP.
So, I plug the camera into port 3 in the NVR, enable POE to port 3 and the camera menu says connecting. I then add the camera manually specifying the known-to-work userid and password, it says connecting and then offline, network abnormality. If I connect it automatically it reports that the userid and password are incorrect, so the NVR can see the camera, it just doesn't seem to want to.
I have also tried setting the camera password to the same as the NVR password (clutching at straws now) - no difference.
What I am wary of is messing the camera up by fiddling because it works fine via ‘motion’. Any ideas?
I want to plug this third camera into the NVR but am failing badly. No matter what I try the NVR just says the camera is offline due to a network abnormality. So far, jumping up and down and swearing has not helped, although it does keep people away…
The camera in question has a known password set, not the standard 12345 or whatever. It is set for DHPC and I know it is doing this so the NVR should give it an IP.
So, I plug the camera into port 3 in the NVR, enable POE to port 3 and the camera menu says connecting. I then add the camera manually specifying the known-to-work userid and password, it says connecting and then offline, network abnormality. If I connect it automatically it reports that the userid and password are incorrect, so the NVR can see the camera, it just doesn't seem to want to.
I have also tried setting the camera password to the same as the NVR password (clutching at straws now) - no difference.
What I am wary of is messing the camera up by fiddling because it works fine via ‘motion’. Any ideas?