PSA: Lorex e891ab does have ONVIF support

VisionxOrb

VisionxOrb

Getting the hang of it
Dec 17, 2018
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Couple a months there was some talk about this camera since you can get it at costco but it was believed it would only work with a lorex nvr.
Well I picked one up and it does infact support onvif.
I have it running on my LTS/Hik dvr no issue onvif on port 80. I have everything working except the 2way audio part ( one way mic works fine )
 
Really? I tried plugging one of these cameras directly into my POE switch, and it wasn't picking up an IP from my router. Anything special I need to do?
 
j1a2o said:
Really? I tried plugging one of these cameras directly into my POE switch, and it wasn't picking up an IP from my router. Anything special I need to do?
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I dont think so, I plugged mine into a poe switch, used fing on my phone to scan the network for devices and thier IPs and found the one that it received, then logged in with admin admin ( it made me change password at first login). Then I set a static address outside my dhcp pool and added it to my dvr at port 80 with admin and the password I set and was good to go.
 
j1a2o said:
Really? I tried plugging one of these cameras directly into my POE switch, and it wasn't picking up an IP from my router. Anything special I need to do?
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Hi @j1a2o

By defaults the cameras may have a setup ip address.

Did you look at the Cliff Notes on Dahua OEM cameras?

Did you try the Dahau software ConfigTool?

DahuaWiki

dahuawiki.com dahuawiki.com
 
mat200 said:
Hi @j1a2o

By defaults the cameras may have a setup ip address.

Did you look at the Cliff Notes on Dahua OEM cameras?

Did you try the Dahau software ConfigTool?

DahuaWiki

dahuawiki.com dahuawiki.com
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Hm. The guide says should work. I see the device on my network at that address, but I can't seem to ping or access it with the browser. I wonder if plugging it into the Lorex NVR reconfigured it somehow...
 
j1a2o said:
Figured it out! Thanks guys. Saved me a big hassle of returning these cameras to Costco!
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Hi @j1a2o

Great news, Please do share the solution here so others can learn from your experience.
 
It actually was set to pick up DHCP. I'm not sure why I didn't see it on my router the first time I tried it. But if I went to the Lorex Cloud software and looked under device settings, I could see the camera along with the IP address it picked up. From there, I could log into the camera using the web browser and also verified that I could access the RTSP stream with VLC.
 
skk85 said:
Can anyone share experiences of e891ab with blueIRIS. I am on the fence between e891ab vs Annke C800
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E891 seems vastly superior specs wise. Larger sensor for one.

I am actually VERY interested in this cam now. It ticks a lot of boxes for what I want in my 4th cam (overview placement needing 4K and extras like motion lights, intrusion based siren for night etc is all a big plus).

Could the E891 work with Milestone ?
 
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