Posts made by Crimp On_62210811129

My experience differs. Have run Reolink Windows Clients on Windows 10 and Windows 11 with no issues. Do not have NVR. All cameras are independent, connected with both WiFi and Ethernet. Some RLC, some battery. Have sent questions to Reolink support and received responses. Have not needed to use the newest support mechanisms.

I use the Reolink 'app', available for Android and Apple. Works from anywhere when the cameras are identified by their unique UID code.

I believe this is correct. RLC cameras have a drop down menu for IP address (DHCP vs. Static).
My Argus 3 Pro does not have a similar feature.

Start by recording the camera information from the Client "Info" item.
Then, select the "Support" link at the top of this page. Then select "Download Center".
Use the menu to identify the specific camera model and the hardware components, and the available software versions will be displayed.
Eventually a link comes up to Download the firmware (and shows the date it was released).

This is just my "two cents"....

When products boast of being "waterproof", I snort, "oh, sure", and mount them under the eaves if at all possible.

Search for Corner Bracket. A user described using one from another company.

Thanks for the notice. Just for entertainment, I opened the Windows Client and selected "Update".

Such Fun!

I have an RLC-510WA. Upon reading this, I thought, "What the hell?". I have always set camera "Clear" resolution to be the highest possible. Sure enough, this observation is correct.
The higher resolution picture is 4:3 and the lower resolution is 16:9.

I believe this is related to (a) the actual camera sensor and (b) the computer display (monitor). My monitor for example, has a resolution of 1,920 x 1,080. (It is also VERY old. Have not considered upgrading the monitor because there is not physical space for a taller monitor.) Thus, 2,560x1,920 is more pixels than my monitor has available. In addition, even when the Client program is "full screen", only a portion of those 1,920 x 1,080 pixels are available to display the camera image. Thus, the Windows Client must take the camera image and shrink it so that it will fit inside the space where the image is supposed to appear. Suppose the number of vertical pixels in the display area is X. Fitting 1,920 pixels into X results in a ratio of Y = X/1,920. Multiply 2,560 by Y to get how many pixels wide the picture will appear.

If the pixels are "square", then 2,560 x 1,920 is a ratio of 4:3. 2,560 x 1,440 is a ratio of 16:9. I have taken snapshots of the RLC-510WA set to both resolutions, and the 16:9 image does indeed appear "flattened". However, looking closely the two images cover exactly the same view. Each of the four corners of both pictures are identical.

The RLC-510WA specs quote a resolution of 2,560 x 1,920 pixels (4,915,200 pixels), which Reolink describes as 5MB (close enough). Thus, a Clear resolution of 2,560x1,920 will result in the most accurate representation of "what the camera sees." But, what if the customer network cannot support this amount of bandwidth? Lower resolution images require less bandwidth.

What an interesting puzzle. Thanks for pointing this out.

8.14.0 produces sound on my Windows 11 (Home) Client.

@markarron9_504005354344625 I do not accept that a box around a stationary automobile that is parked across the street can be a "Motion Mark".

2 minutes and 24 seconds into the installation video, it describes mounting on the ceiling.

I would post a link here, but........

Using the Windows client, the mouse "scroll wheel" zooms the image. I then use the mouse to move the image around.

@tchubaba I was thinking of a very specific firewall rule.
i.e. "allow this one IP address (camera) to connect to this one IP address (Reolink Client machine or computer running web browser if it is different) on these specific TCP ports"
My thinking is that it is actually not clear whether a "connection" has been made or not.
i.e.

• A TCP request comes into the camera.
• The camera replies, accepting the connection request.
• The firewall blocks the ACK from going back to the computer making the request.

An ICMP packet is not the same as a TCP or UDP packet, so the firewall rule affecting TCPv4 will not affect it.
Search for "ICMP packet wiki"
(Because Reolink does not allow us to include URLs in messages.)

@tchubaba VLANs are pretty technical. Could it be that another rule is required to allow traffic FROM the cam VLAN TO the main VLAN?
In addition to testing with ICMP (ping), if these are RLC cameras, they also have a web server on both port 80 (http) and 443 (https). Might be worth checking if those respond to a connection from the main VLAN.

When displaying motion on an RLC-1220A camera, it appears to draw a box around every automobile in the picture, even if the cars are not moving.

@issom 4.40 appeared today in the U.S. on Google Play.

@joseph_1979 Not on Google Play as of 9/18/2023 at 12:58PM Pacific Time.

@joseph_1979 Not available in U.S., either.

(I have no NVR, so all cameras are directly accessible through the app. Maybe people with cameras connected to a NVR can just change the NVR password?)

Change the password on each camera.