5 MegaGixel 1/1.8" low light destroyer for $90-AVOID LONGSE JUNK

[klasipca]

I do need substream which is constantly running which could be the case too. I guess I am ok with 10k stream, going to 12k doesn't show any obvious improvement.

 

[atom]

So with a new NVR I am able to record at max bitrate, but I noticed cam looses connection every hour or sowhen recording at full 12000 bitrate 30 fps 5MP. If I reduce to 10000 it does not that have issue. @atom were you running the cams at full bitrate when you had that issue?

I tried many different combinations of resolution and bitrates, it didn't make any difference. Same with different power supplies and cables.

I'm still not sure it isn't something to do with my configuration of BI, because changing the BI receive buffer affects the frequency of the dropouts, but in the opposite way I would expect (i.e. higher the buffer, more frequent the dropouts). I suppose I really need to set it up in the browser and just watch it to see if it drops out, but I don't really have the time to sit and stare at a cam for ages...

Anyone know of any other app that monitors/records connection status of a cam?

 

[nayr]

open a cmd window and run: ping -c <ip>

that will open a continuous ping, leave it open for a while then CTRL-C to stop it.. see if you got any dropped packets, if all is well should be 100%.. if its rebooting or cabling/network is questionable it'll not be 100%

 

[medstudent]

Post a screenshot of what you are getting. Also, I am attaching the ipcocx file downloaded from my s500. Try that one.

YES!! Can't thank you enough. This is awesome.

 

[klasipca]

I could easily see in nvr when camera stops recording

 

[alastairstevenson]

I could easily see in nvr when camera stops recording

Or you could configure an email action on a video loss event.
Sample result:

This is an automatically generated e-mail from your NVR.

EVENT TYPE: Video Signal Lost
EVENT TIME: 2015-08-03,21:55:19
NVR NAME: 7816N-E2-8P
NVR S/N: 1620140616AARR469195184WCVU
CAMERA NAME(NUM): LivingRoom(D2)

 

[alastairstevenson]

After following this thread for a while (many thanks indeed to @klasipca for starting and maintaining it), I've been seduced by the potential for improved low-light imagery from the S500 with the IMX178 sensor.
Most of my existing cameras in live use are Hikvision 2-series 3MP various models. While the daytime image quality is very good, it's fair to say the night time quality does need some extra illumination to make it more usable if you're going to need it for anything serious.
So with the help of the irrepressible Alex@CantonK I ordered an S500 sample to evaluate.
Before I break it by messing too much with the firmware I thought I'd post a couple of quick comparison images between the S500 using it's default, standard settings and the Hikvision DS-2CD3332-I that is used to overlook the driveway of the house.
The DS-2CD3332-I has a 6mm lens so it covers just the driveway and front door, the S500 the standard 3.6mm, so there is a much wider field of view, almost panoramic.
For the night time pictures, the DS-2CD3332-I IR illuminator was switched off, there isn't a way to do the same in the S500, so all illumination came from the very good IR in the S500.
My initial impression is that it looks like a good product.
The image quality is good, the build quality is good, inside and out.
The firmware is OK, if a little basic. It works well enough connected to a Hikvision 7816N NVR.
The attractiveness of the S500 would for me be much higher if Herospeed were to develop 'smart events' such as the line crossing and intrusion detection of Hikvision and Dahua. I'd swap out my Hikvisions in that case.
Alex informs me that their R&D would do this if there was customer demand. I suspect the Marketing Department needs to do some surveys about how they could differentiate their products in the marketplace.

Here are some captures taken from the Hikvision 7816 - it's obvious what each is:

 

[klasipca]

Thank you for your review @alastairstevenson. I agree that firmware is basic. Personally I don't care about smart events, I wish they would simply improve the basics. Btw what firmware is yours running?

 

[alastairstevenson]

Firmware version 3516A_IMX178_X_5.1.51.3
That matches the current version on the Herospeed site.

Software version 5.1.50.1
I don't know what that means.
The Linux kernel is not included in the published firmware - maybe it stays fixed in the camera, or maybe they have different types of firmware if they need to update the kernel.
I'm just trying to figure the telnet password.
There is a 'xxxxxxx' DES hash but doesn't seem to be used.
*edit* to obscure the above.

 

[alastairstevenson]

Hmm... plenty of scope for giving it some more work. Though I suppose it's the DSP that would have to do the video stuff.

~ #
~ # df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root 12288 9500 2788 77% /
tmpfs 29776 4 29772 0% /dev
nome 4096 4076 20 100% /boaServer
~ # top
Mem: 50916K used, 8636K free, 0K shrd, 0K buff, 22128K cached
CPU: 6.9% usr 0.9% sys 0.0% nic 91.2% idle 0.0% io 0.0% irq 0.7% sirq
Load average: 7.57 5.37 2.57 1/113 1246
PID PPID USER STAT VSZ %VSZ CPU %CPU COMMAND
850 1 root S 171m293.5 0 5.4 /usr/AVServer
1113 1 root S 237m406.6 0 2.6 /boaServer/boa
855 1 root S 128m219.8 0 0.2 /usr/SystemServer
1151 1 root S 88408147.8 0 0.2 /usr/freep2p_server
1245 1229 root R 1768 2.9 0 0.0 top
159 2 root SW 0 0.0 0 0.0 [khubd]
1115 1 root S 36088 60.3 0 0.0 /usr/DeviceSearch
1229 845 root S 1780 2.9 0 0.0 -sh
845 1 root S 1772 2.9 0 0.0 telnetd
842 1 root S 1768 2.9 0 0.0 /bin/login
1 0 root S 1764 2.9 0 0.0 init
1117 1 root S 1268 2.1 0 0.0 /usr/WatchDog
593 1 root S < 1068 1.7 0 0.0 udevd --daemon
670 593 root S < 1068 1.7 0 0.0 udevd --daemon
672 593 root S < 1068 1.7 0 0.0 udevd --daemon
846 1 root S 848 1.4 0 0.0 /usr/Main
1098 1 root S 840 1.4 0 0.0 /usr/HWatchDog
579 2 root SWN 0 0.0 0 0.0 [jffs2_gcd_mtd2]
3 2 root SW 0 0.0 0 0.0 [ksoftirqd/0]
249 2 root SW 0 0.0 0 0.0 [kworker/0:1]
~ #
~ # uname -a
Linux (none) 3.4.35 #4 Thu Jan 22 15:23:55 CST 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux
~ #

 

[klasipca]

You can telnet to this? This would be great if I could unbrick my other cam

 

[alastairstevenson]

What did you do to it, and what is the current status of the camera? Do you get a telnet prompt?
What model of camera?

 

[klasipca]

What did you do to it, and what is the current status of the camera? Do you get a telnet prompt?
What model
of camera?

Yes I can telnet but password doesn't work. Although I wouldn't know what to do even if I could access without help. I can give you telnet access. Do you think you can help? Check your pm

 

[klasipca]

I am kind of bummed that I can't run at full 12k. @alastairstevenson do you have any issues running at full bitrate/resolution? I am sending this to Amanda so she can pass this on.

 

[Kawboy12R]

If you're having any noticeable loss in picture quality try dropping your frame rates a bit until your max possible bitrate isn't a restriction. Try getting screengrabs on windy days or when the frame is full of fast movement to see if you're suffering a restriction. If you can't tell the difference then for all intents and purposes you aren't. That depends on if you're happy with, say, 15fps max framerate to try and maximize that last little bit of detail when there's a complex scene with lots of motion. There's also the possibility that the cam won't or can't actually use every last bit to improve detail.

 

[klasipca]

Will try running at 20 fps & 12k

 

[alastairstevenson]

So far so good after 5 hours continuous recording no dropouts on 7816N-E2 when set at 2592*1944, Highest, 30fps, 12000.

 

[klasipca]

So far so good after 5 hours continuous recording no dropouts on 7816N-E2 when set at 2592*1944, Highest, 30fps, 12000.

Thanks! Are you using CBR?

 

[alastairstevenson]

Are you using CBR?

That's greyed out in the NVR settings, but set at CBR in the camera web GUI.
7 and a bit hours staring at the ceiling.
I've not triggered any motion.


*edit* That's 11 hours now and no breaks in recording.
It does seem to be solid.
So I wonder what's happening on yours?
Are the breaks in the NVR or the camera?

What's in the camera and NVR logs if anything?

 

[Maurice Sundermann]

Hi guys, I am following this topic from the beginning and two weeks ago finally ordered my first S500.
My first contribution to this topic isn't a positive one...

Just got this mail from Longse:

My dear customer: Very urgent information about SONY SENSOR, you need know, pls pay highly attention to:

Japan had an earthquake on April 14, this thing directly causes SONY factories in Japan stop working, and from April 14 to today, they have not produced SONY SENSOR any more.
This news cause much trouble about our cameras, because most of our products use SONY SENSOR.
In the following 4 months, SONY SENSOR will be very lack of, and LONGSE can not sell below resolutions because of without SONY SENSOR, pls note:

1) For IPC:
SL200 : (IMX291 + Hi3516D (H.264/H.265)
S400 : OV4689 + Hi3516D (H.264/H.265)
S500 : IMX178 + Hi3516A (H.264/H.265)

Pls choose other resolution cameras to buy.

2) For HD analog camera:
All sony sensor resolutions (AHD CVI TVI) camera.

Pls choose to other sensor resolution cameras to buy.

Thanks for your kind attention.
Above message is very important to your purchasing plans, pls pay attention to, thank you so much.
If you received this email, pls reply to us, let us know you got the important information.