Zafego PT100C
COT Pro downloaded from the marix website must be updated to the newer version in order to get the above preset view functions. Motion detection only for entire video frame, no zones like sineoji.
Ispy on PC works, use onvif settings below. Not compatible with Robert Chou's IPCAM viewer (Let me know when the app is able to find appropriate camera model or how to set the settings). Unfortunately, i don't have qnap to test dvr. But the COT Pro (latest) is great as shown in the youtube, with HD, SD and LD switchable resolutions, and 5 preset viewing positions, on LAN and over mobile network.
Address for RTSP is rtsp://IPAddress:554/onvif1
According to VLC, video: 1280x720 h.264, audio: PCM ALAW mono 16bit 8kHz
Ispy: add camera as IP Camera, FFMPEG(H.264), user and password as labelled on the device, UDP protocol. Recorded to googledrive, so I have storage on remote location. Ispy recordings at1280x720 resolution at max 22 to 23fps (when set to max 30fps) but no audio. In Ispy, if you choose VLC (and input RTSP settings above) instead of FFMPEG as advised for DBpower pt100c, you will get audio as well, and now I got it to work too! This is what i chose. I failed to get Marix's Windows CMS software to work with the camera. Since it is CNY holiday now, I need to find out from them after CNY.
rtsp://IPAddress:554/onvif2
According to VLC: video: 320x180, no audio
Portscan reveals only port 554 is open.
All I need is for this blob to take video and I have a PC in another location to record all detected motion with ispy on LAN, provide live viewing over internet for occasional checking. Eventually, I would like to get the QNAP to the job of the PC, but I am not certain about the motion detection functions.
The unique selling point is that the two-way audio via COT PRO app is loud and clear in the home setting. It is a continuous two-way audio.
Refer to DBPower PT100C for similar cameras.
If I am not wrong, this is cloud camera, because COT Pro is managing the internet connections to the camera, but has ONVIF functions (but I am unable to to get PTZ to work via onvif, still need COT Pro for PTZ). For a first Ipcam, yes I would get it. But long term, I am not so certain about the security of cloud cameras, and would prefer a software vendor like ispyconnect with proven security functions and subscription. If I had a chance to buy my next ipcam, it will be Sineoji for better ipcam functions, but beware that firmware security will be important, or foscam for ptz compatibility with ispy.
update 9 Feb 2016:
There are some peculiar issues with PT100C.
1. Upon first boot, the IP address for one of them was sticky and refused to change even after a hard factory reset. I forced it to change by changing the subnet of my router and then changing back to original subnet. After that, the DHCP seemed to work fine. I set most of my devices to a particular ip on my router, the device's DHCP client should accept the address offered by the router.
2. Low light IR activation (with the associated IR filter click) occured multiple times during one evening as the light faded. I counted exceeding 20 times in a span of 25 minutes by checking the ispy recordings. The second day, less than 10 times were recorded over an hour. I need to record continuously over a few days to find out the IR activation behaviour.
