Hi Chuck, Does SV3C require to call home to activate and setup? How often do they release FW updates if at all? Can you do local update without calling home?
Thanks, Tomas On Thu, Oct 17, 2024, 18:07 Chuck Hast <[email protected]> wrote: > I use SV3C cameras, have helped several folks with setups using ZoneMinder > for the server, > we also use SV3C cameras at some of our AREDN sites, two in particular are > next to very > heavily trafficked railroad tracks, they have quite a following of railroad > fanatics. The SV3C's > went through a hail storm the other day, took out my van windshield but the > cameras are still > up there capturing video. Some of those stones were about fist size. > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 8:31 PM King Beowulf <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination. --Albert > > Einstein > > > > > > > > On Monday, October 14th, 2024 at 6:19 PM, [email protected] < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 14 Oct 2024 15:19:24 +0000 > > > King Beowulf [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 6:54 AM, Michael Ewan <[ > > [email protected]](mailto:On Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 6:54 AM, Michael > > Ewan <<a href=)> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I am looking for a cheap wireless camera, but not one that sends > > anything > > > > > at all to an upstream provider, just something with motion detect > > that I > > > > > can capture video to a local server. > > > > > > > > I’ve had pretty good luck with a pair of Reolink RLC-520A PoE outdoor > > cameras. they have both a low and a high resolution video streams. They > > have various features built in that I don’t use. I just capture with > ffmpeg > > or you can use Zoneminder etc. > > > > > > > > > lol. I came here to warn you to avoid reolink. > > > > > > Right out of the box it would hang when attempting to continuously > > stream over wifi. > > > > > > Updated firmware after back and forth with support (credit to them for > > having tech support that actually answered) and then it would hang after > > about 6 hours. > > > > > > replaced it with an amcrest which has worked really well. > > > > > > > > > Brian > > > > Weird, never had any issues. > > > > The 2 PoE Reolinks have been running for over a year, and the wifi > Reolink > > E1 Pro (indoor) almost as long (only rebooted when the cat played with > the > > power cord). > > > > Other than the initial f/w update about 1 yr or so ago when I set them > up, > > never an issue and never complained about not being able to "dial home". > > > > -Ed > > > > >
