Recent content by sillycam

@fenderman, Dude, what the F.... Ease up a bit buddy! All I said is that they should be more honest about what the updates me. THEY ARE NOT honest about that. They should indicate that it expires in a year. They did not. They make it sound like you get unlimited updates until you decide to go...

So the reason we liked the IP2M-841 camera is that using the Amcrest software, we can listen and communicate with the people in the room. Is that possible with BI? Also, I have still not been able to find the PTZ when I pull up BI on a different computer but it does work from the server computer.

Wow. ok. so it is the "current version updates" that I am no longer able to get because it expired? wow, that is dishonest. 'isn't spelled out very well' is an understatement. My understanding of that was that all minor updates were free for life, but any major updates (from 5 to 6 lets say) I...

So is the PTZ IP2M-841 an issue with P2P? I was concerned at how easy it was to set up and view online... I have not yet figured out the VPN on my PFSense router. I started and never finished. I need to do that. I had thought about putting all the security stuff on a separate network, but we...

So I bought BI about a year ago. I just went to check if there were upgrades and everything was greyed out. It seems that I am locked out since my 1 year has passed. I interpreted "MAJOR VERSION UPGRADE PROTECTION" to mean going from version 4 to 5, not any updates at all. Am I the only one to...

They were really a pain to set up. IF I do return them, do you recommend another similar camera? I like the Amcrest ones. They were easy to set up and they work well and are relatively cheap. I have a few outside cams and an indoor PTZ IP2M-841. The IP2m is nice and allows for two way...

I am trying to connect directly to an ASH21 camera through a browser as you do with typical IP cameras but for some reason I am unable. Anyone have this experience? It says "Failed to open page".

Hi all, I just bought three ASH 21 cameras of Amazon. I have to say, this camera has been a ROYAL PITA to set up compare to other Amcrest cameras I have bought in past. I was wondering what people's experiences have been with this camera. Looking to set it up to monitor kids in the house. thanks.

Yes. I also set them to reboot. I think I set it to once a week. Since they all seem fine. I agree, not ideal but it works.

All cameras seem to be on same date/time stamp. I disabled the camera overlay so just using BI date/time. I checked to see what the camera's time was and it was slightly off. But I assume this is not the issue you are bringing up? I set to restart the camera everyday at 4am. Just did it on my...

On a 3750? that switch should be able to handle a lot of power no? I think it has about 400+ watts available. Currently the only poe devices on it are the 5 cameras (2 hikvision and 3 Amcrest). Hard to do that test because it takes about a week before the camera crashes.

I have to read up on how to upgrade an old 3750 switch. Could the issue be that it is a 10/100 (too slow for newer cameras?)

They are brand new cameras. Had them for about a month or so. And all three are doing the same thing.

I did nothing to the cameras that would make them need to be factory reset. Don't see how that could help. I can try rebooting them occasionally. But again, this is not practical and should not have to be done...

So the IP8M-T2599EW 8MP just crashed again. So it was working fine for about 5 days or so. the other two are still working. I checked the web interface and it is also crashed. In the past I was not able to restart the cameras through the software.