Recent content by jtupnsmoke

Thanks! It was the latter...sms/text. I've made a firewall exception on port 465, so that is exactly what I needed.

What port do text alerts need open? I had everything outgoing blocked but that killed all my alerts. I'd like to keep my BI server as locked down as possible but still get text alerts. Thanks

Thanks. I'm not concerned with security as they'll be on a completely locked down vlan with no access to anything except my blue iris server. I may just leave them like they are since the video looks fine and any setting I would change is accessible already.

I just won 3 hikvision ds-2332 cameras on eBay. They are used and I am almost certain US version. They have the UL sticker and are all metal frame with English info sticker. They currently have firmware version 5.3.0. since I can't guarantee they're us version, I'm hesitant to try and upgrade...

This is why I posted this. What makes them crap? Would like to get people's experience.

Does he have some in the $60 - 80 range? I've looked at AliExpress but didn't see much under $100. The cameras I'm looking at on eBay are some of the 2 mp fixed turrets.

For all you folks who have purchased the eBay, non-upgradeable firmware versions of the Dahua cameras, do you all just leave them as is, or is there some way to flash something else to them? Some sellers seem to have very good reviews selling these Chinese versions with non-upgradeable...

I'm curious about this too. Crazy to think how hard it is to find a good quality camera here in the US. Anything else there are a million options, but cameras, gotta go through AliExpress and get em from China.

Thanks. Im upgrading from Hosafe/dlink crap, so not gonna take much to improve. I'd like to get a decent hikvision or dahua but seems like everything I see is grey market stuff. Most confusing things to purchase.

I'm upgrading my cameras and ran across this company called GW Security on Amazon. All of their all-in-one packages have all 5* reviews and their camera specs look very good. The individual camera's also have pretty good reviews. I'm wondering how they compare to Hikvision. Link to camera...

Looks like all of the flat stuff is 30 awg. Guess I'll send it back to amazon and get some regular stuff.

I guess that answers it.

The short cable I tested with is a flat one also. I guess the next step is trying a 50 ft standard cable and see if that works. If not, then that leaves voltage drop. If so, then a bum cable.

I assume it is. Not exactly sure. This is what im using. Flat cat6. http://www.amazon.com/Ethernet-jadaol%C2%AE-Network-internet-Connectors-50/dp/B00WD017GQ?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s01

After some testing, heres what I found. Ethernet port on switch showed no sign of life with 12v and 16v power supplies. I pulled the camera down and brought everything inside. With a 5 ft ethernet between the injector/splitter using the stock 5v power supply, the thing powers up. Go figure...