Posts made by Crimp On_62210811129

One reason to post a picture is to determine the 'sex' of the connector. For example, the WiFi antenna mentioned above appears to have a Female SMA connector and the LTE antenna has a Male connector. (a) I doubt very much that a WiFi antenna will work at all (no matter the sex), and (b) an LTE antenna has to connect to the PT Go connector on the case.

For example, this is the connector on a WiFi antenna from an RLC-410W. Notice that it is clearly female. If Reolink followed a consistent pattern when attaching antennas, then my guess is that a female LTE antenna is required. The only way to know is to look at the antenna.

By the way, although Reolink used a bendable antenna that is is fairly attractive (and color matched), there appear to be conflicting goals:

1. Get an exact, attractive replacement.
2. Get the camera working A.S.A.P.
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An antenna with a short flexible cable could probably be delivered by Amazon in 48 hours and "fill in" until that exact replacement arrives by slow boat from China.

Since the Go PT is an LTE camera, only an LTE antenna will fit. Can you post a picture of the connector? If it is a typical SMA connector, there are scads of them on Amazon.

Can you attach a screen shot showing this information. I just shopped for a keen camera and added it to my "cart".
(did not go through with a purchase, since I do not need one.)

Regarding (b) above, all of my cameras FTP only motion recordings. I am in a quiet neighborhood and cameras can go 6-8 hours without detecting any motion and thus no FTP during that time.

I have installed several Tendelux 850nm IR illuminators purchased from Amazon (under $25). Placed them at least 4-5 ft. away from the camera, powered from a regular electrical outlet.
What I had found was that flying insects seem to be drawn to the camera infrared LEDs and appeared (to the camera) as VERY BRIGHT and PRETTY LARGE (because they were so close). Created lots of motion recordings that were essentially worthless.

Once the separate IR lights were installed and the camera IR LEDs disabled, those insect problems went away.

On most of my Reolink cameras there is a setting for which hours of the day the 'Push' notification is enabled.

Some brands of security cameras have a feature often described as "Geo-Fencing#" which disabled notifications when the user's phone is at home and enables notifications when the phone goes away.
Reolink does not have this feature.

# There are obvious pitfalls with Geo-Fencing, such as late at night when you want to be notified even though you are home. Security cameras are a tangled mess of features. I (personally) elected to disable push notifications completely because they were a constant distraction. If "something happens" I will go back and look at the recordings to see what it might have been.

(Sorry for my error in discussing the Android app version. Did not read the post carefully.)

My Argus 3 Pro has firmware v3.0.0.1117_22071100

I have the automatic firmware option checked, but since.I did not pay attention to the version on it when it came out of the box, I do not know if it updated itself or not.

The RLC-1212A appears to have disappeared from the Reolink "store". And, a 12mb dome camera has never appeared.
Would be interesting to know "what happened".

Just personally, I found the 1212A to be a fabulous camera and was looking forward to replacing some of my 5MP dome cameras with the 12mb version.

Do not understand????

Apple or Android?

the current Android app is 4.32.0.4, which has those options.

Reolink's Network Video Recorders (NVRs) feature Power over Ethernet, so cameras can be plugged directly into the NVR and get power from it.

Rolink sells a PoE injector, and there are many compatible models on Amazon.

It is a bit confusing that Reolink includes a power connector with the camera (along with the "Reset" button). The camera can be powered using a 12v power supply:

The other option is to return the camera.

RLC-810A is a Power over Etherent (PoE) device. It is powered through the Ethernet cable that links it to the network. There are two common methods:

1. Connect the Ethernet cable to a network switch that provides PoE.
2. Connect the Ethernet cable to a PoE injector and then to a regular network switch.

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The situation may be more nuanced. My Argus 3 Pro does connect to WiFi at 5G, but the display on the camera reports the connection as 2.4G.
Here is how the WiFi system reports the camera:


And here is how the camera reports the connection:


This conflict has been reported to Reolink engineering. Perhaps it would worth confirming that the WiFi connection is not 5G.

The product specifications do not claim compatibility with Power over Ethernet. 802.3af or 802.3at.
(I would put a link to the specs, but the forum editor does not allow inserting links - even though the "link icon" is clearly visible.)

So, the answer is "no".

Thanks. Now.... for the truly retarded, a tutorial on using cgi with generic cameras, as it appears that Reolink supports only a subset of the common commands (correct?)

Can you please provide a link that explains accessing a camera api? I have several models of Reolink cameras and would like to experiment with how they function.

Thanks

Have been monitoring the battery level of an Argus 3 Pro for 10 days. Now at a reported 75% remaining. This comes out to about 2.5% per day.
Of course, this is totally dependent on activity. I live on a very quiet street where the camera typically makes 45-85 short recordings per day. The day the gardener came to visit, 153 recordings were made as he worked in several yards in view of the camera.

I would quickly tire of climbing the stepladder every month to take the camera down, put it on a charger for a couple of hours, then put it back up again. This weekend I will remove the original Argus camera and use its USB to power the Argus 3 Pro.

Power is the Achilles Heel of battery cameras.

Engineering reports that they have discovered the issue and will fix it in the next firmware release. Possibly something to do with my WiFi using the same SSID for both 2.4G and 5G channels. I notice that when the camera brings up a list of available channels, it shows each of my WiFi access points separately (router and three satellites). Samsung tablet does something similar. Kudos for Reolink taking the question seriously.

Thanks for providing the link. I followed the directions to display the QR code and then scanned the QR code with two different "QR Scanner" apps on my phone.
Both apps report the contents of the QR code as a string that includes the UID of the camera, but not the user name or password.

My conclusion remains the same. The neighbor can (a) enter the UID manually, or (b) scan the QR code, but either way the app will not connect to the camera until the user name and password are entered.

The follow-on link clearly states that the user name and password must be entered (Step 4): https://support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360003432894

When I have installed the Reolink app on a new device (phone, tablet) I add cameras to the app using the UID code and then enter the user name (default is 'admin') and password for the camera.
Reolink RLC cameras have a provision to configure multiple users and each can be an Administrator or a 'regular' user. (When I all Reolink engineers to connect to a camera, I set up a user account for them to use and then delete it after the support episode is finished.)

I do not have a PT camera, but the two models of battery cameras that I do have do not have a provision for adding users. This would seem to indicate that you need to share the admin account password for the camera with the neighbor.