Good news! I got one of the two cameras working after inspecting the ends of the cables. There was a small crumb or speck stuck in one of the tiny metal tabs. I scraped it off with a knife, and it's working now. :D
One more to go.....
I will try hitting the reset button on the remaining...
I just plugged the working camera into port #3, and port #3 started blinking. The #3 camera that wasn't functioning did not light up in port #1. Sounds like the POE ports are working correctly, so it must be an issue with the cameras or cables.
Is there anything else to try in the settings or...
Hello,
I just got 3 Hikvision cameras installed using cat6 RJ45 cables off Amazon. The 75 ft cable works fine. I plugged the Hikvision camera into port #1 on the Hikvision NVR, and it came up after a short time. I've had 2 more Hikvision cameras plugged into the NVR with 50 ft and 100 ft...
I ordered two of the "English version" (hopefully) Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I cams on Amazon for $100 shipped from Hong Kong. They've been sitting there in my orders with "Preparing for shipment" for a week now. One of them was supposed to ship on the 17th (5 days ago), and Amazon sent me an email...
Yeah, that's what I was thinking. I just wanted to ask in case someone knew of a cheaper camera that worked great for my application.
Thank you for the quick responses. I've posted a few times on another, unnamed CCTV forum (hint, hint), and no one responds to a lot of the new posters. I was...
Has anyone used a Hikvision NVR with cheap POE cameras? I ordered a Hikvision NVR with (2) DS-2CD2332-I cameras, and I'd like to add two cheaper cameras (maybe 1 MP, around $40-50) to add some coverage to areas of lesser importance... just because I'll have the POE ports available.
Can anyone...