Newbie needs some help!
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I should clarify. I moved it to an empty port. Should I have swapped it with a camera in a port I know is working?
OK, so it's likely not the port.
Next is the cable.
Inspect both ends, make sure it was fully inserted, insure there's no obvious corrosion either on the male or in the female RJ-45 (careful now, don't get excited here).
At some point you're gonna have to open up that "smoke detector" looking thing and either pull the cam down and take it to the switch and try it with a good cable on a good port
OR run a VERY long cable from the switch to the cam.
i vote for taking the cam down.
figured. I’ve set up another camera to look at the NVR monitor so I can see it on my phone and don’t have to keep running up and down
Also I’m fairly certain this is the camera:
WiFi Camera in First Alert BRK 9120 Smoke Detector Housing
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If that is a Wi-Fi camera as stated by the specs then that cable has nothing to do with it. It states it has a 12VDC wall wart power supply and connects via Wi-Fi.Also I’m fairly certain this is the camera:
WiFi Camera in First Alert BRK 9120 Smoke Detector Housing
((( PLUG-IN POWER ONLY & MAC IS NOT COMPATIBLE))) Super low light, wide angle, high resolution, 2 MP, 1080P, 1/2.8" sensor, fast wireless-N speed WiFi connection. True P2P automatic set-up technology, anyone can set-up in minutes! (Please see the diagram) Internal 16GB SD card memory i-Phone...wifispycameras.com
Then I must be wrong. It is what the camera looks like. There are two other similar looking camera and they are plugged into the ports in the attic (and working).
I will try to take the camera down.
I will try to take the camera down.
So I can get it off the ceiling and open the (empty, fake) battery compartment. But can’t figure out how to open up the thing to look inside… anyone familiar with them? I don’t see any screws. I tried twisting it. And didn’t see any latches other than for the battery compartment. Sorry again! I’m new at all this, but learning to fix things is fun!
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You said "...whoever set up the switch used white cables for the outdoor cams and black ones for indoor."
This one looks white and it's indoor.....
Are you sure that's a camera and not a hardwired, line-voltage smoke detector?
This one looks white and it's indoor.....
Are you sure that's a camera and not a hardwired, line-voltage smoke detector?
That could easily be the location of the problem....happy hunting!
BTW, I keep a 100 ft all-copper Ethernet patch cable around for bypassing existing cables as a troubleshooting measure. Actually I have 2 of them and a female-female coupler, making a temporary 200 ft. cable to run from a switch to a camera, bypassing the existing in-wall/attic cable to eliminate or confirm it as a possible problem.
Unless it was retrofitted and sold as such, that is a smoke detector.
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You said "...whoever set up the switch used white cables for the outdoor cams and black ones for indoor."
This one looks white and it's indoor.....
Are you sure that's a camera and not a hardwired, line-voltage smoke detector?
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SPY camera posted was
First Alert Model 91208 pulls up the following .. so my guess it is a "B" not an "8" i see in the image ..
so I guess they modded a proper first alert smoke alarm ..
SPY camera is listed as wifi .. perhaps camera has just died ..
I bought the house 3 months ago. These are about 8 years old and the house was previously owned by a major celebrity (I am not!) who would definitely have had spy cameras modded.
I'm bettin' there's an issue where those white cables "....magically change to black somewhere between the basement and the attic at the PoE switch."
Yes. I’ve given up and have asked the AV team who installed them to come in and fix them. I can be rummaging through the walls!I'm bettin' there's an issue where those white cables "....magically change to black somewhere between the basement and the attic at the PoE switch."