#zoneminder

oh my!

i just did some detective work with wireshark ... there was a new item on thelan asking who has 192.168.1.1 and tell 192.168.1.136

IT'S THE CAM THAT WAS BROKEN!!!

the darn label with the MAC and default admin pass etc

says default ip is 192.168.1.128 !!!

but they hardcode a default of 136?!

not sure how it reset itself to that but im in the gui now

jzaw: Oh nice

good thing you didn't completely break it!

and ive been soldering and desoldering stuff too !

lol

it's working

zm sees the stream

all fix

hmm funny how it got itself reset for no reason at all

and to some bizarre ip not its default

well not very bizarre but not correct

apart from that

these are distinctly very easy cams to setup

the webui works in ANY browser

and the streams are easy (no passes required)

and on that happy note ... im off to bed nn

haha night mate

Can we make some sort of opt in survey what cameras are in use?

via zm? it doesn't know

only when presets are used, but they're never going to support all cams

We could just ask the user what camera he is using

And maybe scrape the webinterface?

so many varieties, literally thousands

what's the benefit, ooi?

We could create something like a most used toplist and add some amazon affiliate links

eww, no thanks!

I still think there is a need of recommended hardware

digdilem, you don't like the list of most used hardware or the affialiate part?

I'm not a fan of monetizing zm in any form.

if you were going down that route, you could market manufacturers to have a "Works with ZM" to get recommended hardware, but it should never be at the expense of any other hardware

which, i think would be inevitable if you got paid for such a scheme, to focus on easier integration for premium hardware

I don't think manufacturers care about zoneminder

maybe not

How about zoneminder rebranded hardware?

as above, provided it wasn't prioritised over anything else. (just my personal view)

I'm considering buying 4-5 cameras at the moment and I must say it is very confusing to find hardware that is going to work great

There isn't a decent list of working devices

yes. that's something that ONVIF is trying to address

We could collect some money/hardware and maybe donate hardware to some developers?

If the hardware is in use we know it is going to work great?

Or maybe just ask some hardware sellers if they are interested in providing some hardware fore review=

that's probably something the core dev team should discuss. (I'm not, I only have a vague role in support)

golserma__, im with digdilem re monetisation of zm ... it's open and agnositc and should remain so imho

though there is a wiki where you can add camera details of cams you have had success with which is entirely different

i should add a page to that re the escam qd900wifi (good experiences easy ... vvvv easy ... to config and use with zm) and the revotech I539p (has fantastic potential a lovely image at night time but relies on CMS and windows for any config and crashes 2-6 x an hour at night so may it die and burn in hell for all eternity [unless they improve something in a MAAAAAJOR WAY] )

digdilem, is there a way to check if i already have an account for editing / adding to the zm wiki ?

i lose track of which sites and how i was registered to them

if i dont use them for a long while

ah jzaw is already in use

so that must be me

(though there are a few jzaw in the world ... mostly in hk or china)

password recovery?

The email/username information submitted could not be found.

finally recovered only to find

Login error

You are not a member of the required phpBB group.

jzaw, 2MP is a bit low isn't it?

jzaw, do you have a sample video of a qd900wifi daylight recording?

it's 1080p

remember STORAGE

something 2x the resolution will require 4x the storage for the same fps

i use 5fps ... will pull an mp4 as it's stored here ... brb

1/2.5” Megapixel progressive scan MT9P006 CMOS <- sounds decent

Do you have it outside?

jzaw, sounds like this camera has a lot of "smart" software running on it? don't know if thats a good idea

most of my cams are outside bar 3 usb ones (actually two usb are outside too for the last 3 years with no detriment as they are under cover)

i only have 1 ip cam inside

yeah i dont like that cams have p2p upnp etc etc all turned on

the revotechs defo *phone home* all the time ... my ip cams are isolated by vlan and firewalling

with the escams i can telnet in as root

and edit the startup scripts so things like p2p dont start up

jzaw, did you try to kill the phone phome softwre?

not found the root pass for the revotechs yet

yes for the escams i did kill those rc

ok now i'm interested. VLAN + some bloatware removal sounds like killer to me

Did you try the version without wlan too?

firewalled in a *proper* router mind not some general cpe

oh i kill the wlan on the escams

the problem is that 1080p model only comes WITH wifi

the non wifi one is 720p

but i only ever use them wired

their main asset is that they are fully configurable from ANY browser

no windows no special s/w required no activex

jzaw, wiki, dunno - maybe try a lost password with your email address?

they arent the fastest at a a max of 15fps at 1080p ... but that's ok since i only need/want 5fps

oh, you said that after

digdilem, i recovered my pass for the forum

jzaw, you added thernet to the cam?

but but it doesnt work for the wiki ... and it wont let me register as it says jzaw already exists

golserma__, added ?

telnet is already there

cool. I have some mod level access for the forum, but not for the wiki

jzaw, ah the cam has wifi+ethernet

and prob like most cams WIDE OPEN ifyou know the password

So you removed the module from the kernel?

yes wifi and ethernet but i only use ethernet

na i just edited the startup script ... not to

OK, guess I'm buying one or two to test

digdilem, i was going to do my bit for the community and add info about two cams and also ubuntu xenial 16.04 (and building debs)

golserma__, they dont have poe built in

which is a shame

id rather they had poe than wifi

DO NOT GET ANY REVOTECH CAM ... awful things ... great great images especially at night ... but at night they crash every 20-60mins

they auto reboot ok ... but it's not good

definitely useful info to add to the wiki, if you can!

golserma__, if you can ip66 waterproof a poe splitter or at least extend its leads so that it can be hidden somewhere safe the tp-plink 10P splitter works well with a lot of kit and is the right price

£10 ish

digdilem, yeah id like to ... just as soon as we can prod someone to give me access ?

same again re the tp-link splitter ... useful little thing for not a lot of money

piano shiny black ... if that's important

hehe

golserma, here are two stills side by side from almost identical vantage points

jzaw, perhaps create jzaw2, or post on the forum asking for access? (Not sure who has admin access for wiki)

one is escam (slightly narrower view) and one is revotech (slightly wider view) both 1080p not neccessarily fully tuned for contrast / brightness/ sharpness/saturation but give you an idea of the resolution