Recomendations on reliable camera for manufacturing setting

[mat200]

They are separate switches on different sides of the building on separate circuits and both are having dropping cameras. I think they are powered from different breaker panels even. We have 3 phase computerized roto-molding machines throughout the building that are rock solid, so I doubt a leg is failing.

Do you have UPSes on the PoE switches .. if so, perhaps they have logs on power / time that you can check vs camera drops?

At this point, I do not think it is the cameras ...

 

[davidm2232]

Do you have UPSes on the PoE switches .. if so, perhaps they have logs on power / time that you can check vs camera drops?

At this point, I do not think it is the cameras ...

The UPSes are just small desktop type units. No logging capability. But we were having the same issue before we installed the UPSes

 

[Teken]

I’ll keep this simple if you take one camera down and power it (off site) and it’s fine.

It’s something in the environment.

If the camera faults out with the exact same issues obviously it’s the camera. Conversely, if you install a brand new camera and it faults out you’ve proven it’s something in the environment.

• When did this problem start
• What is the frequency of the problem
• What has been added or changed
• Have you checked other equipment to insure all of them are fully operational and in spec?

- What is the model number and specifications of the POE switch? How old are they? How many POE devices are connected? Review the POE switch logs and identify how many dropped packets, RX / TX errors resends, check each port log for any errors from power etc.

 

[Dabba dabba dabid]

In Meraki have you run the cable test in tools?

Using the Cable Test Live tool

This article describes how to use Cisco Meraki MS switches per-port cable testing capabilities to eliminate common layer 1 cabling issues while troubleshooting

documentation.meraki.com

This is occurring on multiple new Meraki switches. No other POE devices have seen any issues whatsoever. Cables are all new Cat 6 and terminated T568B, not sure on conductor size or material but I can check. No punch down panels, cables plug directly into the switches. Some cables are as short as 15 ft and not near any power lines, that one with the short run actually had the most issues before setting up auto rebooting. This is happening on 15 different cameras at various times so I do not believe it is a cable issue. Also, we are still able to ping the camera and get a blank white webpage when trying to access the web interface, occasionally with grey outlined boxes that look like they could be to login but do not allow typing, so the camera is still on the network to some degree.

 

[davidm2232]

In Meraki have you run the cable test in tools?

Using the Cable Test Live tool

This article describes how to use Cisco Meraki MS switches per-port cable testing capabilities to eliminate common layer 1 cabling issues while troubleshooting

documentation.meraki.com

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Switches are MS210-48FP. They are about 2 years old. With the camera in an offline state, I confirm I can still ping it and can load the web interface but only get a blank white page. After rebooting, power usage goes to Screenshot of cable test while camera is offline:

 

[davidm2232]

Last night, 2 cameras went down. Those are the only 2 that are not set to auto reboot daily. It seems if they reboot every day, the issue is not present. One went down at 12:21, the other at 12:40. Why does a daily reboot seem to fix the issue?