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by consorts
Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:40 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP3-956E Camera Re-Wire to Keystone Jack
Replies: 9
Views: 5560

Re: IP3-956E Camera Re-Wire to Keystone Jack

I know no one who works at amcrest gives a poop i'm not sure why you bothered posting, but whatever. i already returned my amcrest and got a hikvision :mrgreen: after using both companies products i concluded unless you have an nvr or run blue iris on a pc, amcrest lacks it's own internal ivs to be...
by consorts
Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:35 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: Email test always fails - brand new camera
Replies: 23
Views: 7077

Re: Email test always fails - brand new camera

hi guys, a few things that helped me get gmail notifications working; https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en always use Port 587 with TSL and start off very conservative on your alert frequency because gmail can lock out access for up to a day if you send too many emails with attac...
by consorts
Wed Dec 19, 2018 2:42 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP3-956E Camera Re-Wire to Keystone Jack
Replies: 9
Views: 5560

Re: IP3-956E Camera Re-Wire to Keystone Jack

i know nobody who works at amcrest gives a crap about this forum, but hoped
someone who's seen such a ridiculous wiring scheme can decipher what to use
because t84a's pinning (thanks man) does not seem to work for my new cam.
by consorts
Sun Dec 09, 2018 5:46 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP8M-2496EB Firmware update
Replies: 2
Views: 1120

Re: IP8M-2496EB Firmware update

sadly, amcrest does a poor job keeping up with updates. it's apple/imac/safari app was out of date as of sept'2018 dahua's bullet equal to this model got a firmware update august'2018 while we are still stuck with june'2018 with a lot of bugs and i/o & ivs dysfunction. my guess is people using N...
by consorts
Wed Dec 05, 2018 5:00 pm
Forum: General Security Chat
Topic: How to disable infrared lights off from night vision
Replies: 1
Views: 369

Re: How to disable infrared lights off from night vision

i don't know what software you use to access your camera,
but on my 2018 model year outdoor bullet amcrest, it's;

camera/configuration/IR Light/
(look along the right side of the preview screen)
profile normal|day|night
mode manual|smartir|off
by consorts
Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:13 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP8M-2496EB event intermittently missing snapshot from smtp gmail
Replies: 2
Views: 664

Re: IP8M-2496EB event intermittently missing snapshot from smtp gmail

thanks, i understand all that, just not amcrest idiocracies or bugs. i'm using lowest quality 1 snapshots, so that link poster who noticed problems at higher quality numbers is not relevant to my observation. anyway, i looked at my event perfect hikvision and noticed i use interval=3 so i'll set thi...
by consorts
Wed Dec 05, 2018 7:18 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP8M-2496EB event intermittently missing snapshot from smtp gmail
Replies: 2
Views: 664

IP8M-2496EB event intermittently missing snapshot from smtp gmail

Software Version 2.460.1.0.R, Build Date: 2018-06-25 WEB Version 3.2.1.474688 ONVIF Version 16.12(V2.4.0.485616) 1gig switch lan, 100mbps isp, low traffic ip cam gui not in live playback use 64gbu3 microsd only, no cloud nas ftp camera/video/snapshot/quality is set to; general 2688*1520 quality=1 in...