DealExtreme cameras

adamjseed · Post by **adamjseed** » Sun Mar 14, 2010 8:44 am

Hey guys,

Im switching my dvt cameras over to IP and I was wondering if anyone has used http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29918 camera with Zoneminder.

I presume it works as the wiki says:

For Network Cams to work they need to be able to stream MJPEG without the requirement of activex controls.

But I'm after some reassurance as I'm a bit of a novice when it comes to these things and dont want to waste money.

Thanks

kingofkya · Post by **kingofkya** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:26 am

I have seen simmaler if not the same cameras work.

But you kinda of on your own with a no name generic one like that see the wikis Hardware Compatibly List.

PacoLM · Post by **PacoLM** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 6:54 am

Hi,

I have one of this installed at home, it works perfectly with ZM. Their app is based in ActiveX, but you could still configure/acess to it using cgi commands. I have the CGI manual and the configuration to work with ZM, feel free to ask for it.

Regards,

PacoLM

adamjseed · Post by **adamjseed** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:08 am

Thanks for the input guys,

I have decided to give it a go,

PacoLM anything you have to help me to get this to work would be extremely helpful. Especially as I always struggle with the ZM Config lol.

adamjseed · Post by **adamjseed** » Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:15 pm

So I though I'd check ebay before I Ordered and saw this:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FOSCAM-WIFI-IP-CA ... 4180wt_782

About the same price as the other one (I am uk), but does anyone have experience of this camera? I know the wiki does support its PT foscam version.

Again thanks for the help.

PacoLM · Post by **PacoLM** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:07 am

Hi,

Once you have the cameras, if you find any problem setting them up, send me a private message, I could send you my configuration.

Regards,

PacoLM

kingofkya · Post by **kingofkya** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 7:42 pm

and/or Post to wiki so others can benefit.

PacoLM · Post by **PacoLM** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:20 pm

Sure, I'll add it to the wiki once I compile all the data!

kingofkya · Post by **kingofkya** » Tue Mar 16, 2010 9:45 pm

Thanks

PacoLM · Post by **PacoLM** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 8:54 am

Done! http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Maygion

I have also sorted the network cams in alphabetical....let me know if I messed something!

kingofkya · Post by **kingofkya** » Wed Mar 17, 2010 10:11 pm

looks good I remember sorting before but I guess we added more cams since then.

adamjseed · Post by **adamjseed** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:12 pm

Hey guys,

I finally got my cameras today. But I cant get them working to save my life. I must have read every thread on the forum but dont know what is going wrong.

I have put in the details as suggest on the wiki but i just get a broken link or black screen when I try and view the feed. I dont know where to start now, any one got any suggestions?

EDIT

Just to note that the link below does return a steam of video
http://192.168.1.16/videostream.cgi?user=guest&pwd=

adamjseed · Post by **adamjseed** » Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:34 pm

Well ignore my last post, it seems that it is now working. I did a full system restart and it started working. Weird really as I did try restarting the zoneminder demon. But hay!

Thanks for all the support anyway guys.

jimmyzshack · Post by **jimmyzshack** » Fri Apr 02, 2010 10:54 pm

can anyone help me out with this camera i'm running 1.24.1 i can only get this camera to stay active about 1min and then it goes red. It does this on wireless and hard wired but it does take longer to go red on ethernet. Also when in wireless mode this camera can be accessed by both ip address wifi & lan even though it is only connected to wireless. here is a link to the camera if anyone wants to try it or look.
http://72.150.25.149:8880
U/P guest
for them path i'm using /snapshot.cgi?usr=guest&pwd=guest
this is my device information.
Software Version: vs2.1(03.04.2010)
Hareware Version: oem board
Device ID: 10-0107BC
LAN IP: 192.168.1.111
SubNet Mask: 255.255.255.0
GateWay: 192.168.1.1
DNS Server: 192.168.1.12, 208.67.222.222

WiFi IP: 192.168.1.170
WiFi SubNet Mask: 255.255.255.0
WiFi GateWay: 192.168.1.12

PacoLM · Post by **PacoLM** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 7:46 pm

Hi,

Try capturing at lower FPS, like 5 fps and 320x240, to see if it improves the performance. I have one of this cameras installed with the latest fw and works perfect!.

See this link for info: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Maygion

And this direct link for the fw update: http://www.maygion.com/ , but yours looks like it has a newer fw not published yet in their web. Mine reports : var sw_ver='vs2.0(01.24.2010)'
Look for the wifiChannel setting, I have better ping time responses when matches with the setting in the router.

PacoLM