alastairstevenson
Staff member
Yes, I'm using the dahua config tool program.Are you using config tool?
Not sure now, the switch is new to me. I remember it having a light, but that's it. the switch software, under monitoring has a "Cable Tester". Every time I ran that with the cam and port, it showed open port. Then to see how it behaves, I connected one Amcrest cam and then it would show "OK".Does the Link Detect or PoE LED come on?
WIthout that - it's dead.
Yeah, not once did it find the IP of the cam, but did show my other cams.are you using the dahua config tool program? to initialize the camera?
No I will give it a try. But you had me on my laptop. I'm guessing that were you want me to try. I'm going to go off DHCP on my BI computer and set it back up manually and have a look at the stuff you all asking about.Does the camera respond to ping?
Push the windows button and then R
Type cmd and hit enter
Type Ping 192.168.1.108, hit enter
You should see this
did that yesterday and nothing happened.Hi why don't you just try a 12v DC plug to make sure it fire's up even without a ethernet cable connected it should still go through a start up cycle . then you would know it's something else wrong,
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Yes it the camera isn't spinning within a min or two of powering there is a problemdid that yesterday and nothing happened.
I'm gonna give it another try, but I believe it's dead and it came that way. Not once did it go through a start up cycle. That was why I started this thread and then really never got that answer if it would do a start up cycle, had to go to another thread and two tell it would do so. I admit my networking skills were gone at the beginning of this thread but after messing with this since Monday, I got the basics down.
I'm going to set up my laptop as that will be quick and ping the cam after I get some coffee me.
Cam is on it's way back to Amazon.Yes it the camera isn't spinning within a min or two of powering there is a problem
Yeah, I changed all that. BI computer is now on 192.168.xxx.xxx, switch also on that, had to change my wireless to a static which now on the same network. 1920168.xxx.xxxI run two separate network address schemes, one for cameras and one for everything else. I think you're problem is that the camera is on a 192.168.1.108 address while your network is on something else, like 192.168.xxx.xxx. You need to temporarily "move" your computer to the 192.168.1.xxx subnet.
I'm might have to look at that. Might be easier that way for me instead of learning vlang stuff that my switch could do.I cheat. I use two NICs in the BI machine, one for the camera subnet and one for the "public" network. Never the twain shall meet because the BI machine is a solid firewall that way.
I'm might have to look at that. Might be easier that way for me instead of learning vlang stuff that my switch could do.