Sharing Cam with Neighbor(s)

[Ken]

I'm thinking of sharing my Argus PT w/solar with my eager supportive friendly next-door neighbor. Then maybe also with my other friend/neighbor down the street.

Questions:

1. What settings can they modify through their app? (I'm assuming they would use the same Reolink mobile app)

2. What happens if we're both trying to control the pan and tilt at the exact same time? How to tell difference between malfunction and fighting for control?

3. How many people sharing would be practical limit and what type of performance or capabilities would suffer?

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1. What settings can they modify through their app? (I'm assuming they would use the same Reolink mobile app)

Everyone will be able to change any settings, as long as they have the admin password.

2. What happens if we're both trying to control the pan and tilt at the exact same time? How to tell difference between malfunction and fighting for control?

Even if you click/tap "at the exact same time", one user will precede the other. Who precedes who depends on several factors such as the network lag, order of the interrupt requests etc. Keep in mind the difference could also be a fraction of a micro-second. Technically it's not "malfunctioning" — actually, it's functioning anyway — but your "fighting for control" is definitely not healthy for the system.

3. How many people sharing would be practical limit and what type of performance or capabilities would suffer?

I wouldn't see a performance drop, as long as you guys don't "fight" too much or share the apps with too many people.

[Ken]

Everyone will be able to change any settings, as long as they have the admin password.
…your "fighting for control" is definitely not healthy for the system.
I wouldn't see a performance drop, as long as you guys don't "fight" too much or share the apps with too many people.

Thank you for your time and effort in replying. However, it seems you’re replying from theory, not from experience.
In my search for answers, I found this

that says the shared person don’t even see Settings. He’s in China though. Maybe different.

Also, even in theory, the difference between “fighting for control” and malfunction could be some lag time in recovery as opposed to complete hang that needs reboot. Really? HA! I’m only guessing. To what extent is difficult to theorize. That’s why the question. Experience would whip right into the difference, if any.

And performance drop, in theory, could be clunky or intermittent HD playback. Or no HD at all but only “fluent” mode. Might affect monthly usage because I notice it streams at about 3–5Mbps. Even with my strong dual band WiFi, maybe it’s not practical to share with 50 neighbors and friends. I dunno.

So now I’m also theorizing and hypothesizing, which could make the questions more confusing. But yes, these are mere discussion forums.