Didn't even last a year.
Purchased this camera about a year ago, had to be rebooted about every month, until finally, I can no longer power it up. Have tried 4 POEs when initially testing, but only one would keep it powered up. So I'm hoping its just a matter of needing a better POE. Using about 150ft of outdoor
cat5. What has been a solid POE for this?
So far, I've tried:
iCreatin 56V, 35 watt 802.3af/at - No link, when camera is plugged in, the poe light blinks.. meaning there is a problem.
ubiquity POE-48-24W - No Link, also POE blinks when camera is plugged in, but expected because of how low the wattage is.
ITE 48V 30Watt - power light stays amber, no link (it should go green, indicating power active)
Brocade 48 port switch (that has 6 other cameras) - when first setup, camera powered up for about 5 seconds, then reboots. (port goes into overload state, since this is ancient firmware on the switch)
Connecting back to the brocade, it ATTEMPTs to power up, so I'm hoping the camera is still good. Its just that none of my el-cheapo injectors will power it. I figured that 35watt one would do it, but perhaps it's lying about it's output.
Suggestions?
Edit: Did a few searches, like I should have in the first place, and ordered two injectors... the 40W Rosewill:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EDFTS9W/ and the BV-Tech 30W Poe+
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B4H00EO/
Also, read some reviews about my 35w icreatin. Apparently, it's very picky about what power the device requests, and how it requests it (adhering firmly to the standards?), so people have had a hard time making it deliver full power to some devices.
Its just odd that my "wifi-texas" HAD been powering it all along, but suddenly stopped. Although, its a passive 8 port midspan, so guessing it just shoved whatever power the device wanted to pull without actually negotiating.