EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions

There so many settings I may have missed "reatime monitoring status" ... I'm getting this error when I try to zoom ... 1736000455802.png
 
What PTZ?
And did you get the original problem camera resolved?

If we cant see the camera registration screen, I'm not able to help any further. You can black out any serial numbers
 
bigredfish said:
What PTZ?
And did you get the original problem camera resolved?

If we cant see the camera registration screen, I'm not able to help any further. You can black out any serial numbers
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It seems that some labels may have changed over time "Camera Registration Screen" doesn't show up anywhere in the NVR app and "realtime monitoring status" appears to be unknown to the Search feature of the NVR.

Is this the correct screenshot?

(I'll be working on the other camera problem (replacing the connector and trying to reset the password via the old system, shortly.)
 

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Every once and a while I get that message and I have to log out of webui and back in. Don't happen often but pain when it does. At first thought it was time related but a few times happened right after I logged in. So not sure why it does it
 
kd4e said:
It seems that some labels may have changed over time "Camera Registration Screen" doesn't show up anywhere in the NVR app and "realtime monitoring status" appears to be unknown to the Search feature of the NVR.

Is this the correct screenshot?

(I'll be working on the other camera problem (replacing the connector and trying to reset the password via the old system, shortly.)
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Yes
So the offending camera, when plugged into port#1, doesnt appear anywhere on that screen after hard reset?

Perhaps its dead or like you say, you may have a cable issue.

Port #1 on a valid working Dahua camera will display it and IP 10.1.1.65 along with a green or red indicator.

Red indicator normally means a credential mismatch.
 
bigredfish said:
You need to login to the NVR web GUI and go to this page or something like it

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this is the probable answer from my experience fiddle fucking around with adding, moving disconnecting, and reconnecting cameras on the 4108 and 4116.
Go Back to the way it worked before,
and make sure the IP addressing is set to DHCP
or set that whole age to defaults.
you still need to go into the Pencil Icon (edit) and input the NVR admin password to finalize the move. then log out and login to the NVR and see if it's online.
 
Revo2Maxx said:
Don't know the age of the camera but my guess is that it is older and is looking to use admin as the password. I would either remove the camera from your POE NVR and connect to POE switch or connect using 12v and ethernet to your router/hub/switch. and log in using admin admin.. Or just change the password in the cameras device config area to match admin admin and just make sure to change it because you don't want to leave default like that.. Anyway if you did put in switch on your network using IP config you can modify password there by logging in to it. Then it will prompt you to change the password. Make same as you use on your NVRs cameras.. THen you can install back to the NVR.. My guess is that installing the other cameras didn't increase the other cameras wattage it was caused by the cameras watt needs either change in light conditions and or other factors depending on the cameras options.. Anyway my guess is that the camera needs you to setup with old admin admin if you can't either Initialize it with that function in the NVR or if you don't want to just add it using admin as the password until you change the password after a connection to the cameras WebUI at some point in the future.. Just make sure if you do add it by changing the password in the NVRs device area clicking on the pencil and changing the password there. YOu will want to make sure you change the password soon after so it don't got changed later and forget to make the update yet again in the cameras setup area on the NVR. Not all OEMs act like Dahua cameras on a Dahua or other OEM NVRs..

Yeah easy test in that page that bigredfish just said you should go to. CLick the pencil and put admin for password if it changes to Green that was the issue. Then click the e to log into the camera and it will prompt you to change the password then change password and save, exit the cameras WebUI, then back at that page again click pencil again and update the password to what you just setup and it should remain on your NVR from there on..
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Ok added a Edited Version.. Yet from now on I just type as I will. if it helps I don't care what it looks like.. Got a D in English because to be FRANK I didn't and don't care.. Geez seeing I am dyslexic could only guess what people would think if they seen what I typed before changing it so people could read it.. It isn't easy and just trying to be helpful.. But yeah thanks for pointing out someone's pitfalls..

Anyway back to the topic at hand.. Just did some testing of a camera that the OEM provider will no longer even let on the new phone app.. Have to use DMSS IP mode.. Anyway with that camera after a Reset it can't be found using anything other then IPConfig Tools.. Then is in Uninitialized state.. Maybe that is what is going on with the OP camera? I will admit that trying to find it even clicking the Uninitialized option in my I3 NVR the NVR didn't find the camera. Yet if I connect the camera to an older Amcrest POE NVR and reset the camera back to factory the 4116E-HS NVR finds the camera and gives it the NVRs password and makes the camera work.. Even the Amcrest cameras don't do this lol.. Only the Dahua normal lines and oddly this OEM form years gone.. Sorry I make mistakes I am only human and old set in his ways..
 
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i have subtraction paralysis, and OCD and ADHD and CRS.
So I type in annoying ways, then I edit.
 
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To change a Reolink Doorbell cam to the Empiretech NVR from the old NVR (the old NVR was using DHCP) can I change the Network Setup to Static (from DHCP) and the IP address to 10.1.1.xx then save?

Also, do I need to change the DNS to Static DNS from Auto DNS - or leave it on Auto?

EDIT: That wasn't it. I've just tried a physical reset then power off and on but it's still not being recognized ... very odd.
 
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While I fuss with the Reolink cameras I have a different question.

When I open the Empiretech GUI using the Vanadium browser on my android (actually GrapheneOS - and alternative OS) on my phone - it pops up a message:

"Please click here to download and install the plug-in."

Does anyone know how secure the plug-in is, please?

I avoid adding many apps, typically only via the F-Droid 'store' - so I don't want to carelessly cause a security-flaw.

Note: I'm using my phone on the same network as the NVR. (I'll get to remote access some time later.)

Thanks.
 
kd4e said:
To change a Reolink Doorbell cam to the Empiretech NVR from the old NVR (the old NVR was using DHCP) can I change the Network Setup to Static (from DHCP) and the IP address to 10.1.1.xx then save?

Also, do I need to change the DNS to Static DNS from Auto DNS - or leave it on Auto?

EDIT: That wasn't it. I've just tried a physical reset then power off and on but it's still not being recognized ... very odd.
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Generally no. That 10.1.1.x range is reserved for the internal switch if the NVR. So you have to use a PoE port on it to use that range. The NVR assigns them

I’m not familiar with the Reolink doorbell but I assume it would be on your LAN network. Something like 192.168.1.x

So you would make sure it’s connected and search for alll devices on the top pane of your NVR camera page, if it’s on the same network as your NVR it should appear there.
Then you can manually add, forcing it to the bottom pane.

You can add any camera on the same network as your NVR this way, along with those plugged into the Poe ports that get the 10.1.1.x address
 
kd4e said:
While I fuss with the Reolink cameras I have a different question.

When I open the Empiretech GUI using the Vanadium browser on my android (actually GrapheneOS - and alternative OS) on my phone - it pops up a message:

"Please click here to download and install the plug-in."

Does anyone know how secure the plug-in is, please?

I avoid adding many apps, typically only via the F-Droid 'store' - so I don't want to carelessly cause a security-flaw.

Note: I'm using my phone on the same network as the NVR. (I'll get to remote access some time later.)

Thanks.
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It’s safe. Some browsers require a plugin
 
Sorry, but another question.

According to the setup video, setting "Logout Time" to "0" means that the Empiretech NVR GUI never disconnects - but it times-out just the same. Do I need to change something elsewhere, please?
 
kd4e said:
Thanks ... but ... it's saying "webplugin.exe" ... which I presume is for a MS version of windows, only?
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Then you may have to switch devices? I'm not familiar with every android variant and its restrictions.
 
kd4e said:
Sorry, but another question.

According to the setup video, setting "Logout Time" to "0" means that the Empiretech NVR GUI never disconnects - but it times-out just the same. Do I need to change something elsewhere, please?
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Again, may be browser/OS specific and I think it applies mostly to the HDMI output
 
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