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I don't mean to necro this thread, but it directly relates to what I encountered yesterday and I thought I'd share my experience. I've currently got an IP4M-1041B that I have configured to write to a NAS server running on a spare Ubuntu 20.04 machine I have on my network. The camera connection is wi...

Latest info from support: According to the sources please be informed that we do not have the provision or option to change the camera to Privacy Mode using the desktop software, it can only be done using the smartphone application (view Pro). Given this and reading other comments on this forum lead...

Ok got it to work again Thanks @jack7 for the help with the matter To turn off the camera use 10.0.0.175/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&LeLensMask[0].Enable=true turn it on 10.0.0.175/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&LeLensMask[0].Enable=false using http and the rest b...

Here is the response from support: Have you tried to enable/disable the privacy mode of the device using Amcrest View Pro application, in certain cases of options may not be available on all the applications that are using. If you are still facing the issue then, uninstall the Amcrest surveillance P...

Revo2Maxx wrote: ↑Fri Jul 22, 2022 10:09 pm They are looking for the ability to turn off the camera aka put it to sleep

Exactly! There is no "Privacy Mode" button on the PTZ controls in ASP like I'd expect.

I'm running "Amcrest Surveillance Pro-Win64_International_IS_V2.003.0000001.0.R.201130" on my Windows 10 machine. I've noticed that I can't use it to get my IP4M-1041B cameras out of privacy mode. Is this option missing or am I just not looking in the right place for it? There are options ...