newby with camera connection problems
Re: newby with camera connection problems
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Last edited by MikeBwca on Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:02 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: newby with camera connection problems
Nope, not scared me off yet... For info on previous queries about user name and password. I did go into the app and change user name and password to ensure I was working with current info. But that did not take into account if FOSCAM is changing passwords... never heard of that before. As to the Camera info:
FOSCAM
Model: HT2
HD wireless PTZ Dome IP Camera
Device Name: MDS2031 (not sure what this is, just on the label)
MAC ID: 00626EFE767F
I type the IP address into the browser and will not connect - not sure how that works.. or don't work in this case.
I have put the other camera aside since someone said it definitely would not work with BI.
FOSCAM
Model: HT2
HD wireless PTZ Dome IP Camera
Device Name: MDS2031 (not sure what this is, just on the label)
MAC ID: 00626EFE767F
I type the IP address into the browser and will not connect - not sure how that works.. or don't work in this case.
I have put the other camera aside since someone said it definitely would not work with BI.
Re: newby with camera connection problems
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Last edited by MikeBwca on Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:03 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: newby with camera connection problems
I have logged in and viewed the camera on the FOSCAM app.. and I updated the user name and password... I am not aware of how to assign the camera a Static IP address within the app.. the app does show what IP address the camera is on when I check stats.
Re: newby with camera connection problems
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Last edited by MikeBwca on Fri Apr 05, 2024 11:03 am, edited 2 times in total.
Re: newby with camera connection problems
I agree with MikeBwca. Could you show a screengrab of the actual camera menu for the IP address ? (Not the BI5 menu for that camera)I am not aware of how to assign the camera a Static IP address within the app.. the app does show what IP address the camera is on when I check stats.
FWIW: I set static IP addresses in all of my cameras. Not address reservation in a router, which appears to do the same thing until you replace your router. Armed with that and the list of camera IP's and passwords, you should be good to go. Even after a disastrous pc failure.
The trick is to understand the range of IP addresses automatically handed out by the router - known as the DHCP range or window and avoiding it. If the DHCP range was (for example) 192.168.0.10 to 192.168.0.50 then you just have to avoid that range when you choose a static IP address for a camera. For the range above, you would be safe to use 192.168.0.51 and upwards with your new camera.
I do suggest that the quickest way to sort this will be by asking Foscam how to set the camera up for Blue Iris.
There ***IS*** a chance that your camera is fighting with the router for an IP address. Advanced IP scanner and ONVIF Device Manager would be my tools of choice there.
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Re: newby with camera connection problems
Ok, back again
ONVIF shot
All the other cameras listed there show up in ONVIF and BI5 - Foscam does not work here in ONVIF pgm. This show the error , I am not up on what that means.
MyIPCam addon in Firefox shot
this shot also shows the IP address that works with the MyIpCam addon in firefox - Foscam works fine in this.
Does this help narrow down the glitch of the Foscam not working in Bi5 ?
ONVIF shot
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MyIPCam addon in Firefox shot
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Does this help narrow down the glitch of the Foscam not working in Bi5 ?
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Re: newby with camera connection problems
Is that ODM at the top ? If so add in your Foscam camera user/pw at the top of the screen so that it can log in to the camera fully. It is the reason for the error message. If ODM can log in and you can see the camera menu's, it should work with BI5. So close...
If it can't log in, that tells us something too.
And what DOES it do if you add the IP address into a browser ? http://192.168.1.22 ? It should show you a Foscam log in page like this:
And when you log in there you can check the IP configuration (These are my static IP settings and will differ from yours):
And you may also find that ONVIF is OFF. I would try ON in your case, then let BI5 do a find/inspect again:
If it can't log in, that tells us something too.
And what DOES it do if you add the IP address into a browser ? http://192.168.1.22 ? It should show you a Foscam log in page like this:
- foscam1.png (63.51 KiB) Viewed 4530 times
And when you log in there you can check the IP configuration (These are my static IP settings and will differ from yours):
- foscam2.png (130.43 KiB) Viewed 4530 times
And you may also find that ONVIF is OFF. I would try ON in your case, then let BI5 do a find/inspect again:
- foscam onvif.png (137.59 KiB) Viewed 4530 times
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Re: newby with camera connection problems
Thanks, I will give that a try... I just put up another camera in the mean time... will get to the FOSCAM soon... been a pain so far.