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Revo, thanks for the reply. I have tried numerous resets and the same happens, it comes up with the same address and not ipv4. Here is a screenshot of the IP config screen. You can see in line 4 the camera I am having difficulty in setting up.

I ordered two new IP4M-1041;s and the first one setup easily, but I could not find the second on when searching with the NVR. I ran the Amcrest IP config utility and it found all the cameras and the new one had this for the IP address 2001:250:3000:1::1:2 I tried to modify the IP address and it keep...

Revo thanks for the help!! I just typed a long reply only to lose it all when I tried to post.. I agree this forum needs some help!! Basically I am good, well sort of, all the Foscam and Amcrest cameras are working now. I do have two issues. One is the "User is Locked" error on the app. I ...

Thanks again for the reply. I will definitely add anopther user and not use the admin account once its setup up. I got two more wireless cameras working but its strange how I had to do it. I have to reset the camera, add it and then set it to Self Adaption, save it then enter the username and passwo...

Revo, thanks for the reply, I have the port set at 88 and the ONVIF port set at 888, basically the default, this is the same for the wired cameras and they are working fine. I actually did get one wireless camera working about an hour after posting this, so there is hope they all will work. Thanks a...

Just to add, I took a Foscam R2 camera and reset it and went thru the setup again and the Amcrest saw it, I added username and password in the Amcrest camera setup and hit connect, it went green for a second and back red again. Every time I hit connect it will go green and then back red. I can conne...

I know Amcrest does not recommend third party cameras but I have read numerous posts on this forum where users have been able to get third party cameras working. I have an Amcrest 4K NV5216E-8P that is replacing a 8 channel Foscam NVR. I have 4 PoE foscam cameras and 4 wireless foscam cameras that w...