Hey everyone. I've been lurking for a few months and I've learned much from this forum and am looking for some more advice. I placed an order from Andy for a few IPC-HDW5231R-ZE cameras and am having a difficult time connecting to the first one.
I purchased the new BV-Tech POE switch model SW802-DIN which has the 802.3at protocol. My plan was to let giomania know of the new model once I tested it out. I hooked the first camera up to that and then my computer directly to the uplink to keep a closed system for testing. Once connected, I hear a couple clicks on the the camera and both lights on the corresponding jacks on the switch light up green with a bit of flashing yellow.
From here, nothing works as I expected. First, I couldn't connect using the default Dahua IP for the camera. I typed it into IE and it says that I'm offline and it cannot connect. Then I installed a Blue Iris trial and that doesn't discover any cameras on the network. Then I installed the Dahua Config Tool and finally it is able to detect the camera at the default IP address but it doesn't list the model correctly, calling it a generic "IP Camera" and not the HDW5231R-ZE.
But it does detect it so I try clicking the link to the web config from within the config tool and it pops open IE with the IP address I tried before and still gives me the "can't connect" message. So then I try changing the IP of the camera through the Config Tool, which works. After changing and re-detecting, the altered IP shows up but I still can't connect to the web configuration nor through the Blue Iris utility. So I can detect it, change the IP, but I can't seem to connect to it beyond that function.
My question is did I totally miss something? Do I have a defective unit? Did I pick the wrong POE switch? I wanted to ask before I just start plugging in the other cameras in case I've done something wrong that will brick each one in turn.
Thank you so much for any advice you may have!
k
I purchased the new BV-Tech POE switch model SW802-DIN which has the 802.3at protocol. My plan was to let giomania know of the new model once I tested it out. I hooked the first camera up to that and then my computer directly to the uplink to keep a closed system for testing. Once connected, I hear a couple clicks on the the camera and both lights on the corresponding jacks on the switch light up green with a bit of flashing yellow.
From here, nothing works as I expected. First, I couldn't connect using the default Dahua IP for the camera. I typed it into IE and it says that I'm offline and it cannot connect. Then I installed a Blue Iris trial and that doesn't discover any cameras on the network. Then I installed the Dahua Config Tool and finally it is able to detect the camera at the default IP address but it doesn't list the model correctly, calling it a generic "IP Camera" and not the HDW5231R-ZE.
But it does detect it so I try clicking the link to the web config from within the config tool and it pops open IE with the IP address I tried before and still gives me the "can't connect" message. So then I try changing the IP of the camera through the Config Tool, which works. After changing and re-detecting, the altered IP shows up but I still can't connect to the web configuration nor through the Blue Iris utility. So I can detect it, change the IP, but I can't seem to connect to it beyond that function.
My question is did I totally miss something? Do I have a defective unit? Did I pick the wrong POE switch? I wanted to ask before I just start plugging in the other cameras in case I've done something wrong that will brick each one in turn.
Thank you so much for any advice you may have!
k
