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    BI app does not reset cameras, please help?

    Hi all, I am running BI5 (release 5.3.5.1) and I notice then when I use the app on my iPhone to reset a particular camera, the camera does restart but it does not reset. In other words lets say I am showing 2 no signals on a camera, if I reset it from the desktop it goes back to 0 like it should...
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    Best wifi outdoor dome camera 2.8mm lens please?

    Hi all, I am sure questions like this have been posted before. I am going to set up a new camera system for my son in his house (not huge, a little under 2,000 s/f) and Ethernet may be tricky to run so looking at getting 6 WiFi cameras, outdoor, dome type, maybe 4mp, 2.8mm lens ( dont need zoom...
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    Help with getting password for DVR, Please??

    Hi, thank you so much for trying, I saw those earlier today and tried both but no luck...Anyone else can help perhaps? Thanks, Adam
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    Help with getting password for DVR, Please??

    Hi all, my son moved in to a house and the previous owner had a DVR IP camera system (uses coax cables) but he did not know his password for his app and does not know the password for the DVR. I am attaching a picture of the DVR's label and a couple of pictures of the front of the DVR (it was in...
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    BI 5 "false" warning icon, any help?

    Hi, OK, I am NOT running headless. Anyway the mystery lives on. Thanks, Adam
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    BI 5 "false" warning icon, any help?

    Hey, thanks for answering. What does running headless mean? Thanks, Adam
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    BI 5 "false" warning icon, any help?

    Hi all, I am using BI 5 and it's great. Many times I look at my 10 cameras in the software and next to the red circle (showing camera is recording) top right of each camera box. there appears a yellow warning icon as seen in the picture HOWEVER there is no reason for the yellow icon, nothing...
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi all, tried the reset again and this time it worked. Changed IP to one with NO conflicts and all works fine. You are a good bunch of people, thanks for all helping! Adam
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    OK, tried the reset, will be back in an hour and try again. Thanks, Adam
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi, factory reset does not set the IP address back to default sadly....This is back to irealllikepizza2, I am not saying my PC is set to ann IP of 192.168.1.80, I am not sure what the conflict is? Adam
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi, I can't get in to the camera now. so not sure exactly what you are telling me to try, sorry? Adam
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi, no static IP that I ever set up but I have 6 other Dahua SAME cameras and I simply type their IP addresses in to the browser and get in immedtiatly. For some reason 192.168.1.80 is a problem here and I need to figure out how to change it. The default IP was 192.168.1.108 and it worked fine...
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi, I plugged the camera directly in to my computer but it times out when looking for 192.168.1.80. I know the device is live and works because my phone has an app I installed called FING which searches and sees all the IP devices on my network (but the app can't change an IP) and the app sees...
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    OK will try in a few, thanks....Back soon
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi all, I just had a thought, I will hook the camera up directly to my PC without internet, hopefully that will work.
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    Help with IP camera I tried to change IP address on.

    Hi all, I need someone A LOT smarter then me to help! So I have some experience with cameras and I bought a new one as a spare and wanted to change the IP address which is fairly simply by using the camera software using the IP address to get in. All that was fine and then I changed the IP to...
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    Help with IP camera in browser needing webplugin.exe??

    OK, I found Internet Explorer and it works exactly as needed. Thanks for the help. Adam
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    Help with IP camera in browser needing webplugin.exe??

    Hi, yes, I was trying to download Internet Explorer but I tried and it loaded Edge so I have to find where I can actually get Internet Explorer. The cameras worked on my wifes computer with Internet Explorer. Thanks, Adam
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    Help with IP camera in browser needing webplugin.exe??

    Hi all, I am sure many have seen this so hopefully someone can help. When I try to simply look at one of my cameras be it Dahua, Hikvision, etc by typing my IP in to the browser, I can get in to the camera software when prompted for username and passwork and can do everything in the software...
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, i was pretty sure it was a setting so I went over everything again and found that in my Comcast gateway in the port fiorwding section I had the wronmg IP address for the LAN, the LAN ip address had channged and for some reaon it had been working for a while that way so I simply corrected the...
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    OK, I was able to figure it out so all set. Thanks to all who tried to help. Adam
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, sorry, you said the WAN address starting 76., I can not reach it from the iphone with wifi or without....Adam
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Southern Yankee, you did ask: "from your phone can you ping your home ip address, when wifi is turned off on the phone." As mentioned I CAN NOT get to that IP address in the browser with wifi off. With wifi on I can get to it with the ip address of my LAN followed by the port forwading number...
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, I have Comcast (Xfinity) my router (gateway) is a Technicolor TC8305C. With wifi off on my iPhone I can not see WAN or LAN in the browser. Thanks for trying to help. Adam
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, I do agrree with you and I am fairly handy and I see on my iPhoe I can get an ap called OpenVpn. Would that work and where would I get the parameters to set up BI in OpenVpn? Thanks for any help. Adam Farber
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, in the Blue Iris desktop, in the menu under MOBILE DEVICES, do I need to have anything specific in the DESCRIPTION are and in the TAG area? Does anyone know? Thanks, Adam
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, have nothing rasperry, I do have a Comcast gateway ( router/modem in one) it's a Technicolor. Thanks, Adam
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, where would I even begin to figure out how to do that? Thanks Adam
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    New iPhone connects only on WiFi (LAN) not WAN

    Hi, tried changing the port forwarding number but same results. Nothing in logs at all, nothing but I don’t think that’s it. Don’t have VPN, not familiar but my port forwarding always worked for years. Thans