Security surveillance camera

[mxmark4]

I installed several of my.cams while it was raining and I didnt melt.

 

[Quinc]

New camera works great! been sending my kid outside as I play with the settings for the last hour. Got it to where i can read the license plates of my cars in the drive way at night. Only thing is I can't find the enhance button after I zoom in!?

 

[Turtle]

New camera works great! been sending my kid outside as I play with the settings for the last hour. Got it to where i can read the license plates of my cars in the drive way at night. Only thing is I can't find the enhance button after I zoom in!?

Did you return the previous one and get a new one?

 

[Big Kahuna]

I installed several of my.cams while it was raining and I didnt melt.

Good for you!!!!!!!!!

 

[Big Kahuna]

I started Sunday, Spent saturday afternoon putting a hood and steering assembly back on a Blaster that I am helping a friend out on. Got 1 camera up and running Monday. Just need to figure out all settings and run the rest sometime this week.

 

[Quinc]

Did you return the previous one and get a new one?

Yes. Amazon even gave me a 20$ credit for it being a dud. So far I am impressed with the quality. However, the motion detection leaves a lot to be desired. Any car with lights on within a half mile seems to set it off. I changed to the sensitivity from 10 to 15 (any higher and it wont pick up people walking) and blocked out everything but my driveway and still woke up with dozens of alerts and recordings of a flash of light. I also turned off the IR.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I have the same issue with our front door. Our house is directly across from an intersection so at night, the lights from every car coming down the road sends me an alert, sometimes multiples from the same car. I have the settings dialed in better now but it's usually still 15-20 alerts a day from the front door alone.

One of my co-workers picked up a Lorex system and each camera has a PIR sensor, (passive infrared), which is 100% better for motion detection.
I was already envious of the features the Lorex NVR offers but factor in PIR in each camera and now I want to switch everything over even more.

 

[Big Kahuna]

I have the same issue with our front door. Our house is directly across from an intersection so at night, the lights from every car coming down the road sends me an alert, sometimes multiples from the same car. I have the settings dialed in better now but it's usually still 15-20 alerts a day from the front door alone.

One of my co-workers picked up a Lorex system and each camera has a PIR sensor, (passive infrared), which is 100% better for motion detection.
I was already envious of the features the Lorex NVR offers but factor in PIR in each camera and now I want to switch everything over even more.

Really, you get us all in on Reolink now your looking at jumping ship! Snicker

 

[Turtle]

I got this in my email today if it helps anyone else out

 

[OCD Solutions]

The weather warmed up and the turtles came back out so we've been watching them get closer to boarding "Turtle Island" all day. I was disappointed with the quality of the camera view when zoomed in on the platform so I swapped the 4MP PTZ out back for the 5MP PTZ that was on the front of the house and the difference is amazing!

I've talked about doing this for months and now I really wish I had done it sooner!

Anyone still on the fence about the quality of these cameras?

 

[mxmark4]

I have an extra set of reolink 4 4mp cameras with nvr from black friday they are new in box if anybody wants a setup I will let it go for what I paid (320) plus shipping.
I love mine though I am still working out a few small bugs like setting up my blackout zones to block out passing car lights.

 

[Jetfiend]

I just switched out my main driveway cam with a 5mp. The daytime and night vision rock! What a difference! All of my 4mp cams look like poop now!

 

[OCD Solutions]

I’m going to wait for the next big upgrade before I replace any more cams. I bet 4K is less than a year away.

 

[Turtle]

I’m going to wait for the next big upgrade before I replace any more cams. I bet 4K is less than a year away.

We know you have some inside intel....come on, spill the beans haha jk

 

[Turtle]

Well it's not quite what I was expecting, it took a bit longer to setup and is still a bit quirky. The link Turtle posted only shows how to view the motion events, not set it up so there would be any in the first place. The only reason I had any to see was actually due to a mis-configuration on my part.

So, I mostly only record 24/7 and only have motion setup on two cameras. When I tested the above feature, all I got were the emails and snapshot when either zone is triggered but no alarm events were recorded. I found I had to go into the motion setting and tell each channel to record itself on trigger. This step is necessary so the channel overwrites the scheduled recording and flags it as an alarm event. So simple!

Both the client and app have settings to only show alarm events and now mine should work.

Unfortunately, we have our Christmas lights up right now so the damn sparkling laser show is causing all kinds of nuisance trips. Heaven forbid I turn it off for even a couple seconds...much less a whole night..."insert colossal eye-roll emoji here"

Have you messed with these settings anymore? Curious if it is worth spending the time messing with the settings or not.

 

[OCD Solutions]

I'm getting way too many false triggers from the Christmas projector lights so I haven't bothered yet.

I check in on the back cameras from time to time and they all appear to be working well with the current settings so I still say it's a success.

Another thing I finally worked out yesterday was getting the presets named for the PTZ function. I have named them before the names always end up setting back to their defaults. The only way to update the name is to enter it before you hit "Set". You can't change the name by just using the "Apply" button like I have been doing.

 

[Big Kahuna]

got second camera up. Front corner. Had fish stix pushed through with cable tapes to hook but cable got bound up and had to start from scratch. This part of attic is lay on belly and squirm to the corner for about 10 feet.....

 

[OCD Solutions]

Sounds like you need a longer fish stick.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Would not help, the way roof ot the stix hit a rafter and blocks it, have to pull it down from inside to clear.

 

[OCD Solutions]

Yeah, one of those scenarios where two of you would be very handy.