Recent content by jimmi328

I sent my camera to Hikvision for repair. They replaced the cable and sent it back; I now have traffic lights on the NVR and see the IR light on the camera itself. I tired the “Add IP Camera” option but none of the options (Refresh, One-touch Activate, Upgrade, One-touch Adding) adds the...

There’s no IR lights. I like your 12-volt idea. Perhaps I could strip the ends off an RJ-45 and use a car battery, but I don’t know what wires power the IR. I believe this has a 3-year warranty; how do I go about a return to Hikvision?

No, the traffic lights do not come on for the camera in question. I've tried a few pre-made RJ-45 cables.

My turret network camera (model below) has stopped functioning. The error message from the NVR monitor is “No Link”. I first thought corrosion issues due to South Florida’s summer time high humidity. The outdoor connections looked fine, so I removed the camera from its outside mount and...

Q2U, Alastair; The problem I’m having has nothing to do with the cable jacket at this stage of installation. The problem is my lack of experience crimping an RJ-45 connector to 8 extremely small wires. The picture above in which the cable jacket is not visible is to show how I inserted the 8...

I initially set up my bullet and dome cam in my living room and both work. Yesterday, I got my first camera (bullet) installed over the garage. I appreciate the advice on spiders; believe I have 30 days to return it if need be. I drilled through the cement wall; the smallest hole possible; so I...

I pretty handy with a can of RAID.

Thank you for responding Zorac. After further consideration, I decided to buy a NVR and two cameras to start my security system (see below) and CAT5e cable for each camera. The vendor said if run cable from the NVR to my router, I can view the cameras via my computer or smart phone. Hikvision...

I’m new to surveillance cameras and need advice to put together a 1 to 2 camera system using hardware I already have. My plan is as follows. Both my computers I built for performance (gaming) and both have additional hard drives of around 2 terabytes. I believe I could use one as a NVR? Both...

Hello All, I’m in search of security camera (need suggestions) to integrate with my computer (if possible) until I’m ready to buy a complete security system. I have two computers, both with plenty of hard drive space (multiple drives) and each computer has two monitors. Is it possible to use...

Hello All I’m here to learn how to set up a home security system and look for product recommendations. Thank you, Jim