Oh, also if its in your ceiling space move it to a cupboard or something, the cheapie NVRs hate the heat.

technician14: Things to remember if you change nvr etc the cameras will still have the excisting ip addresses and passwords they currently using from the old nvr like 10.1.1.65 etc untill you default them otherwise use the old passwords etc

Thanks for the heads up, otherwise I'd be scratching my head wondering why the new NVR isn't picking up the cameras.

In saying that, how does one factory reset the existing IP cameras if the old NVR they were plugged into isn't picking them up?

Guessing this can't be done from the new NVR?

Daynger:

 

Oh, also if its in your ceiling space move it to a cupboard or something, the cheapie NVRs hate the heat.

 

The existing NVR is already sitting in a linen cupboard above the recessed comms cabinet so all good there.

dt:

 

if you want to have a bit of fun you could build a blue iris server and add the deep stack plug in, which will process human / vehicle detection [and animal if that floats ya boat ;)]

 

ipcamtalk.com forum has to be the best when it comes to Blue Iris support.

They've also got affiliated purchase discount at $55usd.

mrgsm021:

technician14: Things to remember if you change nvr etc the cameras will still have the excisting ip addresses and passwords they currently using from the old nvr like 10.1.1.65 etc untill you default them otherwise use the old passwords etc

Thanks for the heads up, otherwise I'd be scratching my head wondering why the new NVR isn't picking up the cameras.

In saying that, how does one factory reset the existing IP cameras if the old NVR they were plugged into isn't picking them up?

Guessing this can't be done from the new NVR?

technician14:

If the new nvr is the same as the old nvr you wont have to but if you need to there will be a reset button inside the camera

If it's anything like my Dahua NVRs:

The NVR sets the same password for the cameras.

If the NVRs password is the same as the old one, it will be able to login to the cameras.

MarkM536:

technician14:

If the new nvr is the same as the old nvr you wont have to but if you need to there will be a reset button inside the camera

If it's anything like my Dahua NVRs:

The NVR sets the same password for the cameras.

If the NVRs password is the same as the old one, it will be able to login to the cameras.