Posts made by Crimp On_62210811129

@user_780488697958579_780488697958579 I, also, find it strange that the installation instructions mention using the waterproof enclosure on the Ethernet cable but say absolutely nothing about protecting the reset switch or the power cable. I have seen too many products proudly proclaim "waterproof" only to become damaged from rain. (Not just Reolink.) All of my cameras are mounted under eaves and all of the cables are run inside the wall. (True, a lot of customers do not have this option.)

@crimp-on_62210811129 Thanks for confirming. I sort of wonder how much memory is in the camera. The FTP feature allows for a "postpone" of up to 30 minutes. I had assumed that the camera would run out of space before being able to begin sending the file. I'm still happy to have the SD cards for backup.

Thanks for sharing how to zoom Playback when it is essentially stopped. This allows the user to inch forward or back to exactly the correct screen, pan and zoom, and then take a snapshot.

Most people let the router handle IP assignments:

• Device (camera) is set to use DHCP
• Router is set to assign a specific IP to the device by hardware MAC address

Trying to "do both" is a receipt for disaster (eventually you will create a conflict without meaning to and debugging it will be frustrating)

I have never attempted to run a Reolink camera without an SD card. Please post if you are able to FTP motion captures without an SD card.
(My guess is "no".)
I have had occasions when my FTP server failed. Without the SD card, those motion events would be totally lost.

The Reolink store sells 4.5m power extension cables, it is clear that some voltage drop can be tolerated. (I actually use one on an RLC-510WA.) All of my other powered cameras are PoE. I would hook it up and "see what happens" before mounting it in someplace awkward to reach.

On my RLC-1212A camera, video resolution has separate settings for Live View and for Streaming.

Live view (right click when the cursor is in the picture) allows three settings:

• Clear
• Balanced
• Fluent

Streaming has two settings:

• High (Clear) which selects from: 4512x2512, 3480x2512, 2560x1440, and 2204x1296
• Low (Fluent) which has one selection: 896x512

Reolink has an article that attempts to explain this. Since we cannot post URLs on this forum, search for "Reolink camera balanced rsolution"

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.)