Lets try this again

[wittaj]

Change it to static and assign it a number on the same IP subnet that the ethernet port is.

 

[goneracin]

Change it to static and assign it a number on the same IP subnet that the ethernet port is.

thank you very much for the help.
I now at least have a very limited and basic understanding of all the numbers and dots and shit. which is more than i had prior to today...lol

 

[goneracin]

ok
i have this IPC-T2431T-AS 2.8mm up and running, and over on my computer
bi sees it on the scan, but gets no signal
im sure i have a setting f'ed up i guess
ive turned off the firewall and defender

 

[wittaj]

Post a screenshot of the pop up window after you put in IP address and username and password and hit find/inspect

 

[goneracin]

 

[TonyR]

Why the 169.254.137.2 IP address for the cam?
IIRC, that's the range you get when a device is set to DHCP (not static) and there is no DHCP server available or responding.

 

[wittaj]

Where is the top part of that pop up window - that will show the error it is throwing.

 

[goneracin]

Why the 169.254.137.2 IP address for the cam?
IIRC, that's the range you get when a device is set to DHCP (not static) and there is no DHCP server available or responding.

my computers ethernet is all that with 1xx at the end
i forced it to that number, and my computer sees it
it was the default number. I mademy computer the default with 100 and it talked to it. I then forced the cam to the new number, and reset my computer to its original ip and they worked fine
its when i try to get to it from BI now

 

[goneracin]

Where is the top part of that pop up window - that will show the error it is throwing.

ill get it
was busy eating italian sausage and peppers lol

 

[goneracin]

 

[Mike A.]

Copy this into where it says main:

/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0&unicast=true&proto=Onvif

You probably should change the IP range for things but get it working first.

 

[goneracin]

Copy this into where it says main:

/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0&unicast=true&proto=Onvif

You probably should change the IP range for things but get it working first.

no luck
i think its time for a beer

 

[Mike A.]

That should be the correct string for most all Dahua cams. Post that "Network IP camera configuration" screen again with everything filled out.

 

[goneracin]

Im an idiot in case anyone was not fully convinced of this yet...
I used the password for something else and not the cameras actual password i gave it
Sometimes this dumb look on my face goes all teh way to the back of my skull
thanks everyone im now up and running

 

[Mike A.]

What you'll also want to do at some point is to copy that same string into where it says Sub. Then change subtype=0 to subtype=1. That will be the substream for the cam. Read up on substreams. Using that will cut down resource requirements in BI a lot.

 

[goneracin]

What you'll also want to do at some point is to copy that same string into where it says Sub. Then change subtype=0 to subtype=1. That will be the substream for the cam. Read up on substreams. Using that will cut down resource requirements in BI a lot.

thanks. I found the optimizing blue iris thread
thats pretty cool. Its amazing the difference in the live view, im sure it eats way less resources.