I was thinking about openning up the DVR and unplug the extra POE ports. lol. But who knows if they are soldered. That might be an option. But it might create a problem/error code/fault. I really can't stand those squares. Specially when I paid close to $3,600 for the system including extended warranty.I also have a Lorex system and don't think there's a way to get rid of the extra squares. Lorex software and apps leave a lot to be desired unfortunately, but I'll be following this thread though in case someone knows a magic wand trick.
Did you get a DVR or an NVR kit ?
It's actually an NVR. Lorex doesn't have a solution and stated that I'm stuck watching 4 empty boxes or return the system.
Yep....that's what I thought. I have mine on scrolling sequence through all of the cameras and just ignore the empty boxes. But they're just reminding you to buy more cameras so the boxes won't be empty.It's actually an NVR. Lorex doesn't have a solution and stated that I'm stuck watching 4 empty boxes or return the system.
Thanks for the info on Blue Iris. Is that a software that I can download into my NVR? Would I have the option of just looking at the 12 cameras and not the additional 4 black boxes due to only having 12 cameras plugged into a 16 camera PoE NVR?
No....Blue Iris requires a dedicated PC and won't run or record video on your NVR, which is proprietary so you're stuck with whatever NVR interface software the manufacturer gives you. Blue Iris is not free but does have a free trial period. However it also has a steep learning curve getting everything set up the way you want it and it doesn't support PTZ camera auto tracking which was the main deal breaker for me because I wanted it for my Sunba PTZ auto tracking camera.
Blue Iris works just fine with auto tracking PTZ's. Not sure what you are talking about.
Please do tell....I was under the impression that BI does not support auto tracking:
Are you saying that your Sunba PTZ auto-tracking camera won't work with Blue Iris?
No....the Sunba PTZ camera itself worked fine with Blue Iris, but there's no auto tracking support. I only had the trial version of Blue Iris which has expired now.
