Looks like i spoke too soon with this camera.
Woke up this morning and no picture from 4:30ish.
I did bench test this camera for nearly a week with no problem but last night i did have trouble getting the camera online.
Cat5e tested all ok but I remade both ends of the cat5e cable twice which resulted in eventual success. All seemed ok until this morning.
Now when i try to log into the camera i get "Abnormal Network". A quick check on google and this seems a common problem with a hard reset being the best cure. I ain't getting my ladders out again today so i have tried depower/repower with mixed results. Eventually with a lot of F5 refreshes i have accessed the camera again and managed to turn off all the events and mails notifications. All seemed ok again for awhile so i turned motion back on.
I then logged using the ivms-4500 app and the fluent stream is kak. I tried to change the custom settings and i am back to square one. The camera seems to freeze and i get the "abnormal network message". F5 refreshes and the login screen does appear but once logged everything freezes and drops off line. Not showing in SADP either then reappears.
As the Cat5 test ok and i have made both ends of twice is Cat6 needed for a 4Mp camera?