Wireless IP Camera thread

[geckoSG]

Is sineoji stable if the camera is not near router for a normal Hdb flat size?

My Fren kept complaining one or two of the xiaoyi is unable to view live as the internet connect seems weak and always detect the camera as being offline.

If sineoji or any other brand can overcome this problem will be great to do.

Its not just xiaoyi, all china's hosted cloud servers are recently having issues, many are not able to connect directly or instantly to the cloud. Also, our mobile networks connectivity is also kinda affected on such routing for IP cameras. Still the traditional DDNS works good for the advanced users.

Also, your routers plays a part too, some IP Cameras range is not that fantastic. And if your router's wifi keep fluctuating, then connection will be an issue. If you own an Android phone, download WIFI analyzer and monitor your wireless for 5 minutes, watch how your WIFI signal fluctuate at the area where the cameras are. It should not keep going up and down +-20dBm too often.

There's many factors affecting IP Cameras performance, cheap is not necessary bad. There is a special tread for xiaoyi in this forum. You can check out the resolution and the reviews there, even have someone hacked the cameras that it can upload to cloud of network storage.

 

[geckoSG]

Oh yah, for those keen on Dlink product.

This is good!

http://www.dlink.com.sg/product/dcs-2630l-full-hd-infrared-wireless-ac-ultra-wide-view-cloud-camera/

 

[localITguy]

Something looks familiar here.

https://marix.com.sg/?product_cat=oems

I see more competition on the market now. LOLz. Same products as per market branded from same manufacturer. Price war soon maybe. Better for us consumers.

I saw 1 model with H.265 recording, so recording wise should be able to meet 7~8 days on 16GB only, means overall cost of ownership is going to be cheap.

that is a complete rip off.

are those power adapters even approved by IDA for safe use? later burn down ppl house leh

 

[geckoSG]

As far I have experienced, MARIX's local supply of cameras comes with local approved safety mark

 

[skintigh]

My cctv died after almost 2 years. No more warranty. Any kind souls can recommend me an ip camera ? At least 4 to cover selected areas.

Usually how long will it take to arrive if order from sineoji?

 

[batniss]

My cctv died after almost 2 years. No more warranty. Any kind souls can recommend me an ip camera ? At least 4 to cover selected areas.

Usually how long will it take to arrive if order from sineoji?

1-3 days. usually 1. They are pretty responsive so far.

 

[localITguy]

My cctv died after almost 2 years. No more warranty. Any kind souls can recommend me an ip camera ? At least 4 to cover selected areas.

Usually how long will it take to arrive if order from sineoji?

if you are on a budget you grab foscam Ipcams and setup yourself.

if not get sineoji all 4 Ipcams will be setup by them for you on site and includes mounting and trucking

 

[geckoSG]

Otherwise, just buy another CCTV DVR to replace will do. 4ch dvr should b cheap. And immediately can place in and use.

So far with installation, on market is sineoji n marix it with faster response time.

 

[skintigh]

Thank you everyone, have ordered sineoji and they have call me to schedule for tonight delivery.

* cameras arrived this evening and it was installed by the sineoji personnel. After installation, he explained and demonstrated the camera's app. I must say the overall service was excellent. Cameras was great !

 

[tanjunse]

Did you have issue with the control of the PTZ on CMS? Seems that higher resolution wise, controls will be missing. BTW, yesterday got new firmware, I just downloaded it.

It solved the problem with time problem, as for the sensitivity of the IR, I did not see any much changes yet.

No problems on the PTZ on CMS. Thanks for the tip on the firmware. I just updated my cams' firmware as well. The CMS is still the old 2015 version.

Test recording of Zafego PT100C on microsd:
File format is .av
Windows PC player is gplayer, download from 2cu.co website
To do batch conversion to other formats, download Surveillance Video Converter (shareware, need to pay to get rid of the watermark). Converted file will have no audio, resolution is 640x360. It appears the only way to get 1280x720 mp4/avi file on the PC is still through the PC software. CMS still works fine, but I want full control of the video files. The only way to get 1280x720 mp4/avi from the microsd .av file is to playback on CMS and send the VGA/HDMI of the monitor to a hardware encoder.

PC recording:
I have changed from ISPY to Blueiris, because I can't get rid of the camera signal d/c when the IR turns on.

 

[markpeh]

Purchased 3 cameras from Dean on 23 Mar. Ordered and installed on the same day. However due to the instability of my wifi, Dean has to come back the next day to troubleshoot.

He stayed from 9.30pm to 12.30am and managed to get all 3 cameras working. He even help me reconfigured my router and suggested alternate places to put my router.

Overall, a very pleasing experience. His attitude and professionalism is tip top. And I will not hesitate to recommend my friends to look for him if they ever need to install a IP camera.

Well done and keep up the good work.

 

[slurpy0099]

Just had my ip cam installed by Dean frpm Sineoji ytd. He did a complete setup including trunkings and drilling works. Even gave a free upgrade from PT597V to PT603..

Guess I am one of those users with a more complicated setup with wireless mac filter turned on on my router and long password but Dean was able to resolve all of the issues. I wanted to get it over and done with the job but he ensured I could view the video over the 4G for at least two mobile devices..

The camera works great for the price and my only complain was that the Sineoji app is not too stable to view on iOS for live viewing.. Overall, it does the job and great value!

Any charges for their installation?

Did u mount the cam on ceiling?

 

[marixsupport]

We thank those who have provided deep technical feedback on our products. You can download the new firmware for your device using the COT PRO.

New firmware have the following updates to the cameras.

1. IR Sensitivity adjustment
2. Fixed Issue with the date/time error when power is off
3. lowering recording size without compromising picture quality
4. fine tune audio recording
5. cloud server stability update
6. adjusted routing path back to cloud server for better connectivity

More updates are on the way, including COT PRO V8.5, which will include better control on mobile APP.

Thank you kdramaqueen for the constant feedback of your camera and tanjunse on the feedback on this forum, we will check your input regularly and make enhancements to our products.

 

[skintigh]

Purchased 3 cameras from Dean on 23 Mar. Ordered and installed on the same day. However due to the instability of my wifi, Dean has to come back the next day to troubleshoot.

He stayed from 9.30pm to 12.30am and managed to get all 3 cameras working. He even help me reconfigured my router and suggested alternate places to put my router.

Overall, a very pleasing experience. His attitude and professionalism is tip top. And I will not hesitate to recommend my friends to look for him if they ever need to install a IP camera.

Well done and keep up the good work.

Which brand did you bought ?

 

[batniss]

Which brand did you bought ?

Sineoji based on his description.

 

[BeeFour6922]

Hi guys,

I'm new in here. I have few Vstarcam C7824WIP but some issues with them. I've already updated all cams to latest firmware and use the latest control application from Vstarcam official website.

1) Auto reboot: all of them will auto reboot few times a day which will lead to my cams face to the position that I'm not wanted after reboot.
2) PTZ preset not working properly after reboot: the preset works fine while I login to my cams to "set" and "call" them but the presets 1-16 will out of position after reboot so the PTZ preset doesn't help me to fix the issue 1 above after auto reboot.
3) How to play the .264 record file: I can watch the recording file ".264" format via the Vstarcam Windows application but the interface of it does good enough for me. I've managed to download the .264 files to my computer but it seems not many video players support it. I've managed to open the by using VLC player but unable to adjust the time / fast forward / bast backward / no sound at all. Please advise how to play them without such issues. I mainly use Mac OS X so I don't prefer to use Windows to watch them.

Please help me for solving these issues, thanks.

1. The auto reboot is either due to power adapter problem or heating issue. Pointing downwards is because u set the cam to certain position number after reboot, try to unchecked the option. It works for me.

2. The is affected by the above.

3. Can't help u on that.

Basically, Vstarcam is not a bad product. I have been talking to CEF Ideas on the bugs which I have found in Vstarcam firmwares. Speak to the tech guys in Mainland's mandarin, they will be able to QQ our concerns to factory and provide consumers a bugs fixed firmware.

If Vstarcam is bad, why CEF bothers to takeover the dealership. Why is MARIX still selling OEM cams similar to Vstarcam?

Don't expect to pack in so much software features in a tiny IP cam. Look at Dlink,they have all the features in the firmware but the image quality sucks big time.

Talking about security compromising, use a VPN to view the cams, block all the traffic from the cam to cloud servers.

 

[markpeh]

Which brand did you bought ?

Same as you.
Sineoji

 

[geckoSG]

Heating issue is hardware. Its a problem on their C series for quite a while. I have also tried power adapter change, it makes no difference. It is the hardware. CEF was doing 200 unit clearance of a C series at $8 with no warranty a while ago.

Also, OEM hardware now can b easily bought in china. The board can b bought from A, imaging from B, assemble together and you have the same thing. Keke.

And I see that MARIX is also selling OEM of wanscam already which is the same as Sineoji. Expect to see more competitive pricing soon which is good for consumers since everyone is offering site setups, 3 years warranty

 

[unlimitedz]

Sineoji came down to did some troubleshooting to both my PT497V.
Despite being a short notice, he still rush over after a quick dinner and set down analyzing what could the possibilities causing this mild error.

i have purchase the IP CAM for quite some time now and his service is actually very very good.

thumbs up for going the extra mile and outstanding after sales service bro!!
Those whom have met & purchased from him will definately agree w me yeah??

Khel

 

[vvaness40]

Sineoji came down to did some troubleshooting to both my PT497V.
Despite being a short notice, he still rush over after a quick dinner and set down analyzing what could the possibilities causing this mild error.

i have purchase the IP CAM for quite some time now and his service is actually very very good.

thumbs up for going the extra mile and outstanding after sales service bro!!
Those whom have met & purchased from him will definately agree w me yeah??

Khel

I owned 5 sineoji ip cameras and I must agree with you that their service is on the dot where you need technical assistance. They even come over to my home to assist me and all I can say their after sales service is top notch. Very professional and customer orientated.