Recent content by surveillancelot

Good to hear. I would assume Hikvision hadn't come up with Wifi cameras unless they would be reliable. However, we're not talking about continuous video streaming, if the camera has internal sd-card where all recordings go. And when they are monitored remotely, most of the time only the lower...

Yeah, 10 years ago I was testing some wireless cameras, but there were several issues why we never installed them for customers.I thought in 10 years things would have improved.... For the systems I'd be installing now, my hands are tied. It is either wireless or don't take the job. Seems...

Hi guys, I've been out for a few years, but before I was installing several Hikvision systems. It was the best option back then. I have never installed WIFI cameras, only wired Hikvision cameras. Now I'd have a few places that would need 2-4 camera systems. They are with 4G/5G internet...

well, for this system i decided to leave it as it is. hik-connect app is pretty good for remote view. browser remote view is pretty tricky imo.

answering my own question, port forwaring is needed to use browser view remotely.

Thanks for the replies. Working well now. But.... What about accessing through browser. I'm new to hik-connect and being able to access cameras without port forwarding. I'm able to remote view cameras through hik-connect mobile app, but from https://www.hik-connect.com/devices/page i can see...

Hi! System is ds-7608n-e2/8p with 6 hikvsion cameras and one onvif camera. Every once in a while (about once/week) one or two Hikvision cameras lose connection. Those are always the same 2 cameras (both ds-2cd2132F-is). Rebooting system wakes them up. Bandwith is pretty tigh, since I have many...

Hi! It's a simple question, waiting for a simple answer. I'd need to make a setup with two cameras connected directly to router. Only funtion required is to view these cameras remotely (hik connect or ivms 4500). Is it possible to view them at the same time (just like camera systems that have...

thanks tangent for your reply. so far the best results I have gotten from this detector (it has been way better than brand models) WaterProof Outdoor Digital Motion Dual PIR Detector & Pet Immunity IP45 LU | eBay I don't have now the models of the other detectors. The temperature varies from...

looking pretty bad i guess

yep, some on/off sensors, such as magnetic sensors or other switches (maybe even pressure plate, that activates when it is stepped on) have been on my mind. There are cameras of course, to check if it's a false alarm. but still waking up at 3 am for false alarm is not so nice. and also, alarm...

I will try this at some point. FOR SCIENCE!!!

When I download video files from Hikvision NVR, it automatically adds player.exe to the folder. For some reason, antivirus software recognizes it as malmware. Does this happen to others and is there a real threat? The player itself is good for one purpose: it plays audio. For some reason VLC...

Hi! I'm getting extremely frustrated with false alarms from PIR detectors. We have a cold storage building and here in northern europe temperature changes are problematic with pir detectors. Also some of the neighbours cats like visit our storage (there are a few places where they can get in...

I can't believe that I am finally saying it works! Onvif was no luck. I think I tried everything and much more with no luck multiple times. But custom protocol-rtsp finally worked out. The key was to copypaste the whole url from onvif manager's live video-page. I used NVR's web GUI to do it. In...