Posts made by Mike_295325442285788

Yep

They are working on version 8 of the client, so any major changes to how 7 works seems unlikely.

It's spillover of the IR LEDs into the human visible spectrum. IR LEDs put out a spectrum of light, not just a single frequency. The peak of the IR LED's output is 850nm, but its spectrum of emission is from about 750nm to about 925 nm. Chances are the LED it outputting light at just the edge of the human visual spectrum, which is what you are seeing. The only way to avoid this is to use 940nm IR LED's, their spectrum of emissions doesn't spill over into the human visual range, but, as was said above, their utility is limited.

Reolink is currently working on version 8, so I don't think any new features will be implemented in version 7.

If I'm not mistaken, the sensitivity also controls how far out it can detect. If you lower the sensitivity it will likely restrict it from reaching the road. Also, is it possible to position the camera so it is looking more at the area of interest and something static like a structure, rather than the road?

It does sound like the masking feature is not working correctly.

Your query regarding an isothermal situation, where everything is close enough in temperature as to make discrimination impossible, is interesting. I guess it depends on the thermal resolution of the sensor. If the resolution is too low, you could encounter isothermality, and the sensor would be useless. I don't believe there is any technical data available on the resolution of the PIR sensor in question, as far as I am aware.

Good question. I guess we would need someone from Reolink to answer or send an e-mail to Support.

Wow, this is an unexpected feature upgrade. This will be great.

Ok, so exactly where does the error happen in the setup process?

Maybe my original Argus camera is ”Special”. For the RLC cameras there was indeed that ”edit” box (which is gone now – hmm).
The two Argus cameras have only the WiFi settings icon and one that says ”Retry.” I made a screen shot, but unlike other forums I post in, ”IMG” wants a URL for the image, instead of offering to upload it.

Oh, that is odd. I'm guessing that might be a bug that needs squashing. Good reason why they need to have more of us test this beta client.

Well, the usual answer they give people around here is to send an e-mail to support@reolink.com

I have a reasonable understanding of the setup process myself, having gone through it just recently, so I can try to help. When you say "Reset" you used the actual reset function on the camera to bring it all the way back to factory settings? A successful reset should have the camera saying through its speaker "Please run the Reolink App, add the camera, and set it up". Also, does the error happen when you try to scan the QR code?

There should be a little icon up in the corner of the box for that camera that when you hover over it says "Edit", there you can enter the proper password.

Same thing happened to me with my battery camera. The program added it in and right away said "Incorrect Password" and I was "...Well, that's because I never gave you the password, program".

When adding a battery camera it really should come up with a prompt asking for the password when it adds it in. It's still in beta, so it's a work in progress.

Besides the password thing, I find it works quite well. I like it much better than the previous software. I have some Reolink cameras that I installed at my mother's house. It was much easier to show her how to use the new app, and if she forgets, its intuitive enough that she remembers shortly after looking at the screen what to do. The only thing I have to keep reminding her of is that you need to ask people what they want, as a courtesy, before yelling "Go Away!" into the 2-way audio feature.

I tested it myself. Yes, you can run the release version and the beta version on the same system if you install the beta to a different directory than the release version.

Nevermind - Question Answered

When will the new black solar panel, which looks exactly like the white solar panel currently being sold, be available for purchase?

Any new versions since 8.0.5 for testing?

Is it possible to run the release version and the beta version on the same system.

One thing I would suggest for the Windows Client is to fix the Presets feature. Currently it doesn't work. It would be really helpful to have presets, so I can just click a preset, and the camera would return to that exact position. Currently, without presets, I have to try and get my camera back into the perfect resting position each time I move it to look at something else, and it is really a bothersome process.

In addition to being only 2.4 GHz, their camera designs only use one spatial stream (which is why you may have noticed the connection with the camera tops out at 72.2 Mbps, that is the maximum rate for a single spatial stream on 802.11n). So, the camera is forced to transmit and receive on a single spatial stream. If you try to run the WiFi camera at 1080P, it just can't handle it. Also, the antennas they include really aren't great, they are only 2 dBi. Also, just as a point, the connectors on the cameras are RP-SMA, not SMA. If you try to use an SMA antenna, it will literally never work.

It is possible, if you saturate your upstream connection to more than 80%, you will start to see downstream speeds suffer. The downstream needs to send a certain number of upstream packets as part of how TCP/IP works. If it isn't able to send these upstream packets because the upstream is saturated, your downstream speed will be choked.

The only way to stop the camera from talking on the upstream side of your connection is to block them from having internet access. However, this isn't reasonable if you like to view the cameras remotely when you are not on your home network.

You may also want to look into something on your router called QoS or Quality of Service management. You can set the cameras to a lower priority than your computer system, so if your upstream becomes saturated, it will prioritize your computers upstream and downstream data over the cameras, so you connection with your computer won't be compromised.

I'm interested in joining this program, if possible.

Let me know what information you'd need from me.

I'd also like to make a suggestion. I'm sure your company is always developing new products. Although the Argus PT is fairly new, for your next model in this family, I'd suggest you give it two antennas and the ability to form two spacial data streams, instead of one. It would make receiving and transmitting data much easier for the chipset, which current struggles to maintain stream integrity at full resolution with just one spacial data stream. I have no doubt the energy budget for two spatial data streams might be a concern, but hopefully the improvement in chipsets can help offset that.

It's likely the router the camera is connected to. What type of router do you have?

I can access my Argus PT from my cellular connection any time without any issues.