Recent content by castlemark

I haven't changed any camera settings in months and the settings mentioned are what I had already. During that cold time we got down to -17 and electricity went on and off 6 to 10 times. I think that may have had an effect. Any way I turned everything off, then rebooted everything and the signal...

If hardwired cameras are passing through a wifi router it can be an issue - as others have mentioned - they are very poor at passing the data heavy requirements of these types of cameras. And all you need is a wifi device at half signal somewhere in a corner of the house slowing the whole thing...

The old PC, the one i'm still using for the cameras, doesnt have WiFi built in so the camera feed comes in on one port and right back out another port to BI on my old PC. I can try turning off the WiFi but I still need the WiFi to run things around here. Also I don't now but soon want to setup...

As mentioned earlier, my cameras are POE thus they are not wireless. If I do buy a new router that might handle the bandwidth it needs to be WiFi6 capable to go with my new PC. Since the cameras are not WiFi I dont see how some new neighbor's wifi network would effect my POE cameras.

I left this setup alone, it has been problem free for years so the cable between the switch and router and switch to cameras have not been removed at all since first plugging them in. I do have another cable to give your suggestion a try with.

The router is mine it's a D-Link AC3200 ultra router that has worked fine for years on this setup. I have built a new using a ASRock x570 PG Volentia motherboard which has WiFi6 built in so it's probably time to update my router. So you say home grade routers don't have the bandwidth to handle...

My system has 3 Hikvision POE outside cameras wired to a 4 port POE switch, then one cable to a wireless network router which is wired to my PC and has been running just fine with Blue Iris 4, Win 7, for 4 years or so. Suddenly last week the Blue Iris screens would have all 3 cameras report no...

I am researching buying a DS-2CD2542FWD-IS 4MP 4MM camera and mounting it on my front porch about head height over the front door bell. Most of the time it will be looking at the driveway, the street, and the entrance to an alley beside my home. However when someone comes to the door they will...

http://oversea-download.hikvision.com/UploadFile/USA/Cybersecurity%20and%20IP%20Video%20Systems%20White%20Paper_final_letter.pdf I understand your advise to SuMeRian, I usually don't update firmware unless it fixes a problem or adds some functionalty. But how do you stick to that when you read...

I'm just getting started with a Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I and a DS-2CD2732F-I running on a PC with Blue Iris software. Most nights my cameras give me a picture that's in color. Since I just started I'm playing with settings to see how the change effects the picture. Last night both camera's were...

I've seen the 2 video streams callout in the specs, yet I've only seen one. How do you access the sub stream? What can it be used for?

I did make the two changes and only the direct to disc did anything. The change to 10 fps in bower, still keeps changing back to 20fps BI. CPU use may be down to where I can live with it. I'm more interested in clear picture and identifiable faces and tag numbers than a smooth frame rate from...

Thanks, I'll try both

I have BI running a single Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD camera. It's using lots of CPU, so in trying to lower the usage I've tried, in the "My Camera 1" video tab to reduce the image format size. It's 2688 x 1520 and grayed out so next in the Max. rate box I've changed it from 20 fps to anything...