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@al[censored]101_252113777299683 A good alteration to protect the cable ends and hide them from view. I like it. I was able to put my cable ends up inside the soffit, nice and dry.
It looks like the Reolink doorbell cam will be a good one at a good price. But as others have pointed out its field of view likely won't show packages below. Maybe in the future a 2nd gen. will. Others have also suggested being able to turn the view 90 degrees in the app, that would be a nice feature, don't know if they'll do it. Turning the cam 90 degrees may work fine. I have a Reolink 811A above my front door pointing down which shows all packages. I can see peoples faces as they're coming to the door but close to the door just the top of their heads. Other brands I'm aware of that can show packages are way more expensive and/or require monthly subscription to work. For the money the Reolink doorbell cam is a great value IMO.
@joseph-chircop_497308027822318 You are correct, some people will be neglectful, won't follow directions, but I've seen enough users having problems with water in cable ends that I believe BOLD letters would help and certainly caps for all the connections would be used by most and avoid some customer frustration. One person hired someone to install a Reolink cam, he didn't protect the cable ends, camera failed after rain, clearly his fault for not paying attention to the installation guide. But the owner trashed Reolink cams, saying they are junk until he learned what happened. IMO bigger WARNING about this would be better than just one line among others on page 7!!!A junction box is not the only method, some drill holes big enough to put the cable ends inside a wall or up inside the soffit. Water resistant caps for the cable ends would be very good for many users, a lot easier to install and cheaper than junction boxes.
On this forum and on Reolink Reddit forum there's posts of people having problems with water/moisture getting into the camera connection ends. About once a month someone posts their cams stopped working because of water on the ethernet cable end, reset [censored]on or low voltage power option end. Reolink provides a cover "lid" for the ethernet cable, but nothing for the other ends. On page 7 of the guide is says to protect these ends. But sometimes people don't notice this or ignore it. I recommend in future printings of the guide to put this info in BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS so people will maybe see it better. Reolink should also provide with each cam plastic covers for all the ends to helps solve this problem. The best way to install is put these ends inside a wall, up inside a soffit, use an electrical box. But users often go the easy cheap way and just use tape which can fail in the rain.
@martin-kistell_73972976554167 Reolink often does not update everything all at once, they release them in stages. In their release statement in what's new, item 1, it says for App and Web only, so I assume the NVR update will be coming.
@martin-kistell_73972976554167 Yup, that's it where it will show. What's your phone app version? The new version is 4.34.0.5, they just released it. I downloaded the new 823A firmware to my computer, installed it to the Reolink client, it auto upgraded the phone app. In the phone app I initialized the 823A using the password, naming it etc. Or if you don't use Reolink client on your computer, you can try using the Device info page to upgrade firmware for the 823A but I've found sometimes that doesn't work. If that doesn't work download the whole app new version from Google Play for Android, or go to Apple for iphone.
@robert-leyzerovich_519547077562499 I don't have an NVR. On my Android phone app I touched Detection Alarm...in next window I turned on Auto Tracking...below auto tracking are options which includes the tracking limits for left/right. I also have Windows client app on my computer but I don't see it there yet..version 8.8.2.
@godswarrior_595013489905749 I have a Argus PT, don't have this problem. You could try to reset it or reboot it. You didn't say if this happens all day and all night or just at night. If only at night sometimes it's the cam's IR light being reflected back into the lens, bouncing off a wall, etc., or fog or a dirty lens. If the cam is still under warranty, contact Reolink support, they'll ask you questions if you tried to reset or reboot the cam. They may ask you to send them a photo of the view which you can capture in the app and email them the pic. I assume you know it's password and/or keep it written down because when you restore the cam I think it asks you that, and you'll need to reset the alarm, notification settings, etc. The reset and restore options are in "Advanced" in the app.
@zumaron_617744178155576 Do any battery trail cams and similar battery cellular linked cams do what you want? Maybe the reason is downloading so much data at one time might drain the battery too quickly. For cams at home hooked up to a cloud subscription, I don't know of any brand that lets you download all the cloud videos at once. The brands I know about only let you download one video at a time, I assume this is industry standard. Downloading a lot of videos at one time would put more strain on their servers, imagine thousands of customers doing this all at once.
@user_632157174624286_632157174624286 Each camera's maximum power usage is listed in their specs. You could try Reolink official Reddit site. Several real techy users there. You will need POE+ for the 823A PTZ cams which use more power due to the motor.
@joseph-chircop_497308027822318 I noticed it's okay now. THANKS Reolink for taking care of the quickly!!!
I have android phone S22+. Newest Reolink app version 4.33.0.5. Yesterday I notice with detection alarm settings, the app won't keep what I set. Motion detection set high, smart detection for person, vehicle, pet all set high, press save, close app. But when I open app later, the vehicle motion dropped to zero, the pet detection dropped to zero. The person detection number stays where I set it. Maybe there's a glitch in this newest app version? I tried turning phone off/on but didn't make a difference, vehicle and pet settings still drop to zero even though I set them to higher numbers. This happens to my Duo 2, 823A and my 811As.
@jedi2020_32727772450952 I have a Duo 2. It only has spotlight off, on to a time schedule, on for motion detection, does not have spotlight on for specific movement,
@katshep06_548412444582115 Reolink does not sell transformers. The transformer power needed for the doorbell camera is shown in the specs. If you have electricity at your gate you'll need to buy your own transformer, a waterproof junction box for it and maybe conduit to protect the wires. If your gate is close enough to your house to have a strong enough wifi signal then you'll be able to use/hear the plug in ringer that comes with the doorbell camera, otherwise no. If you do not have electricity at your gate, maybe a battery doorbell camera would be better for you, but they are not as reliable as wired ones.
@user_602247015034913_602247015034913 There's no way to correctly say how far the signal will work, it depends on each house and how strong the wifi signal is.
I tried the new 1169 firmware for a couple days. The auto tracking improved some. It did better following me walking underneath it at a slow pace. It could not keep up with me walking a bit faster. At night it had a glitch. At night with IR on, when I got notifications the timeline did not show the recorded events sometimes, no video at all yet notification and recording were both on. The playback icons were all blue, on, any motion, person, vehicle. During daylight this did not happen. I uninstalled the 1169 and reinstalled the older firmware 956 for now.
The Hook Up is a YouTube channel that reviews security cameras and other products. He recently compared the 510A to other cameras in same price range. He recommends the 510A over the others. Congrats Reolink! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnZg990Viz8
@kaustik66_100281706180806 The field of view specs for the 822a 8MP are not the same as the 420. Plus the 822a has optical zoom. Have you tried zooming in/out? Different cams can have different fields of view, depending on sensor size, resolution, etc. Reolink provides the field of view specs in their descriptions.
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