You must have done some modifications to the last shot to get it so dark compared with the second to last...amazing..
Dahua NVR without Model Number
- Thread starter jwadsley
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The HOA is paying for it, not me
The camera system we have now is a bunch of old 2MP dome cameras that are so scratched up you can't hardly see anything at night...
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
Yes, you would need a POE switch when that time came.
The poe switch would then be incorporated into the network that the NVR is attached to.
It would not use a POE port.
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
For LPR, a cameras must be dedicated to that task and thus the camera settings need to be tuned for that task.
Good cameras can get good results.
But any camera is only as good as the proper setup that is performed on that camera.
Leaving a camera on factory defaults will NOT result in the best performance of the cam.
See here: LPR | IP Cam Talk
So the cameras that came from that POE switch would have the same IP Address 192.168.1.XX that the router gives out? Do you manually add the cameras then? I read the PSA for a new NVR and that seemed to indicate that if plugged into an NVR, just let the NVR detect the camera, but that if plugged into a router via a switch then you would need to manually add?
Going back to the setup I have currently, the cameras appear to show up as ONVIF but I can't make any adjustments to their individual settings, would I have to connect to the NVR with a laptop and hit their specific IP Addresses to make changes to the individual camera?
Good to know, I"m sure I'll have to tune it when we get it installed. How much of an off angle was that picture taken?
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
Yes, they would be added manually to the NVR, with IP address's as the same as your network.
You can log into the NVR via it's IP on the lan, and use it's web interface to get access to every camera directly.
It's always advised to make any adjustments to camera settings directly in the cameras setup page, not in the NVR.
By the way, you see first hand why domes are NOT recommended to be used outdoors.
Ya I think whoever setup this current old NVR didn't know what they were doing.Yes, they would be added manually to the NVR, with IP address's as the same as your network.
You can log into the NVR via it's IP on the lan, and use it's web interface to get access to every camera directly.
It's always advised to make any adjustments to camera settings directly in the cameras setup page, not in the NVR.
By the way, you see first hand why domes are NOT recommended to be used outdoors.
I got a laptop into the room and plugged directly into the NVR, I could get the IP Camera splash screen, but the admin password I was using to access the NVR wasn't working for the cameras. My understanding was if setup correctly that should be the same password?
I next tried to plugin a switch to the router, then my laptop to the router as well. I plugged one of the cameras into the switch and then looked for the camera on the Router Devices page, but didn't see anything additional. So I didn't know the IP Address of the camera, thus couldn't manually add it to test that functionality.
Overall I'm hoping that the new NVR and new cameras will be much easier to use, without an IE plugin.
What would be the point of a 32 port model if I would need a POE switch anyway? Couldn't I just use the POE switch for cameras 17-24?
No.
A 16 channel NVR can support no more than 16 cameras total, either by NVR's POE ports or by a POE switch connected to the NVR's LAN port.
The reason is bandwidth.
Knew there had to be a reason you suggested it, thank you for the explanation. If I go the 32 channel one, I get 32 cameras, 16 in the POE ports from the NVR and 8 non POE powered, and 8 POE switched powered. Just a total of 32 cameras in any combination....
Since the current NVR is such a mess, not sure if its worth trying to fix it with a whole new setup, or if its better to just leave it until we get a new NVR and camera setup....