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Cool. I'm trying to connect my camera to Blue Iris now but without any luck. That's terrible that Blue Iris only has email support unless you pay $100 annual sub. Getting error: 80002746(socket error 10054)0 I imagine it's a username/password issue. Argh.

Does anyone know if Blue Iris can send push notifications or SMS messages to my phone upon motion detect?

No my friend, Wyze cameras are poop. Not good for anyone. They are nothing but glorified webcams created by marketers who want to profit via proprietary software and subscription fees. Poop. I don't care how much perfume you spray on the things, they are still gonna stink when you step on...

Thanks Abrogard, My PC has been on nonstop for the past ten years. It was a state of the art PC back then, and it still stacks up surprisingly well. Liquid cooled, never overheated. I've gone through hundreds of computers, never had a fan fail...but I am a bit OCD about keeping the heat sinks...

Thanks for sharing your experience Abrogard! I have one more day that I can return the two POS Wyze cameras I picked up last month that initiated my desire to look further into cameras that will do what I want them to do. I am happy with the Foscam camera that I have(not a clone), so I think...

Thanks looney, I assure you I AM reading all the posts. Keep in mind they are spread out over days, and I don't have an eidetic memory. I also read the introductory email, and ready the intro to forum information pages, most of which I already knew, but was a good refresher.

LOL! I usually just tell new vendors who referred me, that's all. Thanks!

Thanks Sebastian, I will give Andy a call. Do you want me to tell him who referred me? -Monte

I'm not in any rush sebastiantombs, thanks for the posted reviews. Yea, I'm not going to buy from anywhere that does not guarantee what I buy. Anyone ever heard of Amcrest?

This camera supports ONVIF open source, but it's rather cheap. Seems like a China cam...but the vendor DOES accept returns. I assume BI is ONVIF compliant...

Okay, so blue iris is software ONLY. Got it. So that begs a few more questions. Every piece of digital hardware has its own I/O protocol. How do I know what standards BI will accept? Basically I want to know what options I have as far as cameras go. I was really trying to find units for...

Thanks for the response, wittaj! Yea, we don't sell directly to the customer either, only to vendors. We would not survive without our distributors. I was only at the blue iris website to learn more about their cameras and their specifications. So $57 for the camera, and $60 for the program...

So I just went to the blue iris page in IP talk, and I didn't see any specs. That's okay, you guys wouldn't be recommending it if it wasn't a decent camera. But then I went to the blue iris website and I can't tell if a subscription is required. I'm okay with sacrificing phone support if the...

Thanks for all the help guys! I'm going to pick up a couple blue iris cams to play with and throw these Wyze cameras in the trash(return them to Home Depot).

Yes looney2ns, Murphy's Law! I'm not going to waste my time with wi-fi cams...too easy to hack. I'm looking for budget ethernet cams, not the cheapest, looking for something middle of the road. Good enough to make a positive ID under normal lighting conditions, and motion detection recording...

I will, Old Timer! I've already got some useful info!

Thanks gwminor48!

Thanks for the reply Southern Yankee. I still have a few weeks to return my Wyze cameras. I am mainly relying on this camera for motion alerts pushed to my phone. My shop is at the location where I live, and I mount my cameras inside my shop with the lights on. So, if I get a motion alert, I...

Thanks for all the information guys. I'll start looking for a closed circuit system and avoid IP cameras altogether. I have three IP cameras currently hooked up to my wi-fi router and motion detection event recording works 100% of the time so far. However, the system has only been up and...

Good morning everyone, Some years back I bought one of the original IP cameras, it was an Ubiquiti(sub branded, actually manufactured by Hikvision I believe) and after I got it working it was pretty cool. Had a few bugs, but the tech was relatively new at the time. I lost that camera long ago...

Good morning, my name is Monte, just wanted to say hi. I'm joining this forum because I'm sick and tired of typing stuff like "best IP cams" into google and getting a web page filled with camera manufacturers sponsoring the page. So I figured, lets talk to some folks on some forums! I have a...