Recent content by Alan C

All working and I think I got away with not damaging the cameras. Hopefully this is because Hikvision cameras are engineered for my ignorance :-)

A splitter at the camera end that's not needed for POE operation right :-)

So I feel really stupid now. In proper POE config the power goes straight to the camera via the ethernet lead and the power cable on camera is redundant right. So the splitter I have at camera end is the issue. I hear you Alastair and I think you have shown me the way :-) thank you.

So I did my final test. Connected a pre-made ethernet cable to the NVR POE port and measured voltage across pins 4/5 and 7/8. If POE was available, I was expecting 5V. Did not see this. Appears to be oscillating between 0 and 1V every 5 seconds or so. Is it polling for a camera ? Is it that...

Both sir. My bespoke cables as well as the cable that shipped with the NVR.

The cameras have been in use connected to a Synology NAS for a year using the ethernet cable I made with a splitter at camera send and the power injector cable at the NAS where I connected the power supply. This is definitely POE config right.

So i will get onto Hikvision again. The POE does not supply regardless of setting being Plug&Play or Manual to cameras. To negate the cable issue I even tried with the ethernet cable supplied by Hikvision in the box with the NVR. Thanks for your help Alastair - i will report back unless someone...

So i checked and all the POE N/W ports are Plug & Play - no POE power though. Any ideas or do I have to go to Hikvision support again - thanks all.

Thanks for the response. They are currently in Plug&Play and no POE power coming thru but I will check again. My issue is that at original time of adding the cameras there was never any POE power. I assume these default to Plug&Play as I have kept them that way (even after i powered up via a...

Noobie Alert! Really need some help with a Hikvision DS-7604NI-K1/4P Got three cameras working but the POE ports will not power up on this NVR and drive the cameras. I used a splitter cable and powered the cameras directly and the NVR POE network ports are working fine. I suspect its...