I was told by the Amcrest sales rep I could convert the Qsee cam to omvif to work with the new NV51216E-8P from Amcrest. Obviously the QSEE stuff os out now. My old Qsee nvr still connects to the cameras but I can't seem to get into the camera UI or find a way to change any of the camera settings. When i find the camera on the Qsee nvr it does show the camera protocol is private and gives the option of omvif but that does not change the camera itself. I see people talk about logging into the camera directly via web UI But I can't seem to find any steps on how to do that. I type the camera IP address directly into my edge browser and nothing. The camera is connected to a switch connected to my router. Both the Amcrest and Qsee nvr's are connected to the router.
Please help. Thank you.
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Re: Qsee IP cam cv5mb1.1
Don't know camera so can't say. In the qsee NVR does it give you an ip? Normally when non POE nvr connects to cameras in your normal network range. So this means your router normally would hand out the IP. However there are systems out there that has 2 network connections in NVR and ip range is set and maintained by NVR?
So your camera might be 10.34.8.xx range and your normal network could be like 192.168.5.xx. if it is like that then you would need to add you computer to that ip range in your setting for your computer so you can access that range of IP.
However if they are in same range of your computer network then from windows computer press windows key and r type cmd press enter then type are-a and if the cameras don't have are turned off it should list all ips on your network
So your camera might be 10.34.8.xx range and your normal network could be like 192.168.5.xx. if it is like that then you would need to add you computer to that ip range in your setting for your computer so you can access that range of IP.
However if they are in same range of your computer network then from windows computer press windows key and r type cmd press enter then type are-a and if the cameras don't have are turned off it should list all ips on your network
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Re: Qsee IP cam cv5mb1.1
Welcome to the Forum. My first post was from my Cell so I didn't see it was your first post..
Looking over your text again. You mention some things that has me wondering what your doing and where..
So the NVR from Amcrest is POE, Cameras are POE I am guessing however there might be 1 thing. Qsee while it might work ONVIF (Don't know I don't know camera) the Amcrest POE ports are my guess not going to work with your QSee cameras this could be the way Qsee has it setup. SO that means on your 16ch NVR you will want to use Ch 9-16 if you ever expect to use any Amcrest or Dahua POE Camears in the future. I say this because in the event your not able to use the Qsee on POE ports of NVR then you keep them Ports 1-8 free.
Then once you have your system setup with 9-16 you can use the Sequence option from the menu to put them channels anywhere you want. Just drag and drop say CH16 to Ch1 when you press save it will now move ch1 to 16 spot and 16 to 1 in view. This leaves your POE open for future use..
So again as I said before. With your camera setup on your Normal network IP range that you have your Amcrest NVR connected to say something like 192.168.1.xx or what ever your normal IP range is and your NVR was giving an IP within that range. Your QSee cameras connected to a POE Switch on your Network within that range then doing a Search in your NVR under camera should yield your cameras listings. Then adding them in ONVIF format on port 80 or what ever Port the Qsee is using for ONvif should connect to your NVR and be useable.
I personally can't get any cameras outside of Amcrest and Dahua to connect to my Amcrest NVR's on a POE port I have to connect them to my POE switch, then add them to NVR on my normal network range and might only be because they are Hikvision.. Either way they do work on the NVR just not on the POE ports of the NVR...
Looking over your text again. You mention some things that has me wondering what your doing and where..
So the NVR from Amcrest is POE, Cameras are POE I am guessing however there might be 1 thing. Qsee while it might work ONVIF (Don't know I don't know camera) the Amcrest POE ports are my guess not going to work with your QSee cameras this could be the way Qsee has it setup. SO that means on your 16ch NVR you will want to use Ch 9-16 if you ever expect to use any Amcrest or Dahua POE Camears in the future. I say this because in the event your not able to use the Qsee on POE ports of NVR then you keep them Ports 1-8 free.
Then once you have your system setup with 9-16 you can use the Sequence option from the menu to put them channels anywhere you want. Just drag and drop say CH16 to Ch1 when you press save it will now move ch1 to 16 spot and 16 to 1 in view. This leaves your POE open for future use..
So again as I said before. With your camera setup on your Normal network IP range that you have your Amcrest NVR connected to say something like 192.168.1.xx or what ever your normal IP range is and your NVR was giving an IP within that range. Your QSee cameras connected to a POE Switch on your Network within that range then doing a Search in your NVR under camera should yield your cameras listings. Then adding them in ONVIF format on port 80 or what ever Port the Qsee is using for ONvif should connect to your NVR and be useable.
I personally can't get any cameras outside of Amcrest and Dahua to connect to my Amcrest NVR's on a POE port I have to connect them to my POE switch, then add them to NVR on my normal network range and might only be because they are Hikvision.. Either way they do work on the NVR just not on the POE ports of the NVR...
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honestm3kris
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Re: Qsee IP cam cv5mb1.1
the Qsee NVR is a 16-channel NVR with all ports POE. Each bank of 4 ports are grouped together. Whether it be lightning or time, 3 sets of ports are no longer working. only ports 9-12 are working.
The Qsee NVR is on the network as 192.168.1.55 ethernet
The computer on the network is 192.168.1.51 wifi
The amcrest NVR on the network is 192.168.1.108 ethernet
The Qsee has an internal network or NCI2 and it is set to 172.16.0.0 and all cameras that are connecting are gaining that IP address suffix 172.16.0.
for example one camera is 172.16.0.51.
I can't seem to find a way to change that. I have tired to connect the camera throught a POE injector straight into the router and then use the 172.16.0.51 ip address in my browser but nothing happens.
As a tidbit, by router is a sagecom Fast 5260 from spectrum. On the main page it lists ethernet connected devices, the amcrest NVR show up but the Qsee does not.
The Qsee NVR is on the network as 192.168.1.55 ethernet
The computer on the network is 192.168.1.51 wifi
The amcrest NVR on the network is 192.168.1.108 ethernet
The Qsee has an internal network or NCI2 and it is set to 172.16.0.0 and all cameras that are connecting are gaining that IP address suffix 172.16.0.
for example one camera is 172.16.0.51.
I can't seem to find a way to change that. I have tired to connect the camera throught a POE injector straight into the router and then use the 172.16.0.51 ip address in my browser but nothing happens.
As a tidbit, by router is a sagecom Fast 5260 from spectrum. On the main page it lists ethernet connected devices, the amcrest NVR show up but the Qsee does not.
Re: Qsee IP cam cv5mb1.1
Ok so yes your Cameras are on the POE port of an NVR where you can't make changes without changing the Whole Switch area..
I am going to give you the fast and Dirty way to make this happen.. Please note I don't know the Qsee NVR so I will only be able to give you what one can do with my Amcrest NVR's and also some others however none are Qsee.. Please note this is so you can make the changes. Once you start it will no longer have access to your network (Qsee NVR that is)
Remove cable from your NVR to your Network (don't really need to just what I do) then bring up the setup (Settings) for the NVR, Network, TCP/IP If it was setup for DHCP and you don't remove from network cable then your IP will always try and stay on NETWORK range. So Change from DHCP to Static and change the IP address to 10.1.1.1. This will be outside the range of the IP address on your computer network, Now you will want to find the Switch Network if you look on your Amcrest 5xxx NVR you will see that is on the Left side of the screen at the bottom of the Network area. In your QSee you will want to find the area where you can change the Switch IP address. Once you get that it should say 172.16.0.1 (My Guess) you will want to change that IP to what your NVR was using 192.168.1.2 (Just make sure the .2 isn't already in use on your network if it is then using the next lowest) and why I said to remove the cable is that it don't matter and really should be set like the 172 was and if it was .1 then 192.168.1.1 would be best bet. This will tell you or might tell you that it needs to Reboot that is because it now needs to Change all the cameras to a new IP... Once it reboots all your cameras now should have been forced to the 192.168.1.xx range. Double check that what ever camera you take off say it is 51 on Port 1 that you don't already have a 51 on your network...
Next and maybe the best way for some is to setup a static IP on your computer. By doing so you will want after making your Static IP, go back into the IPv4 and in that window again at the bottom click Advanced, Then click add, now enter a new IP making it 172.16.0.20 or something that none of your cameras in your NVR are setup for, Once you finish and save you can use your POE injector connect your camera to your computers normal network. Then lets say you took the 51 off, You will just enter 172.16.0.51 and if it has a WebUI you should be able to access it now.. Please note your camera will still have no access to internet until it is routed to do so.
With your static IP and your second IP you will have the ability to access your network and internet plus the cameras IP range.. Picture below is how many IP ranges I have setup on this computer because of the different NVR's and networks I connect to..
I am going to give you the fast and Dirty way to make this happen.. Please note I don't know the Qsee NVR so I will only be able to give you what one can do with my Amcrest NVR's and also some others however none are Qsee.. Please note this is so you can make the changes. Once you start it will no longer have access to your network (Qsee NVR that is)
Remove cable from your NVR to your Network (don't really need to just what I do) then bring up the setup (Settings) for the NVR, Network, TCP/IP If it was setup for DHCP and you don't remove from network cable then your IP will always try and stay on NETWORK range. So Change from DHCP to Static and change the IP address to 10.1.1.1. This will be outside the range of the IP address on your computer network, Now you will want to find the Switch Network if you look on your Amcrest 5xxx NVR you will see that is on the Left side of the screen at the bottom of the Network area. In your QSee you will want to find the area where you can change the Switch IP address. Once you get that it should say 172.16.0.1 (My Guess) you will want to change that IP to what your NVR was using 192.168.1.2 (Just make sure the .2 isn't already in use on your network if it is then using the next lowest) and why I said to remove the cable is that it don't matter and really should be set like the 172 was and if it was .1 then 192.168.1.1 would be best bet. This will tell you or might tell you that it needs to Reboot that is because it now needs to Change all the cameras to a new IP... Once it reboots all your cameras now should have been forced to the 192.168.1.xx range. Double check that what ever camera you take off say it is 51 on Port 1 that you don't already have a 51 on your network...
Next and maybe the best way for some is to setup a static IP on your computer. By doing so you will want after making your Static IP, go back into the IPv4 and in that window again at the bottom click Advanced, Then click add, now enter a new IP making it 172.16.0.20 or something that none of your cameras in your NVR are setup for, Once you finish and save you can use your POE injector connect your camera to your computers normal network. Then lets say you took the 51 off, You will just enter 172.16.0.51 and if it has a WebUI you should be able to access it now.. Please note your camera will still have no access to internet until it is routed to do so.
With your static IP and your second IP you will have the ability to access your network and internet plus the cameras IP range.. Picture below is how many IP ranges I have setup on this computer because of the different NVR's and networks I connect to..
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honestm3kris
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Re: Qsee IP cam cv5mb1.1
I feel like I am getting closer. I tried to set the Qsee switch network to 192.168.1.1 but instead it changes it to 192.160.0.1 and when i say changes it it only changes the cameras ip. always a 0 in the third columb. and thinking that it might have been off just by some numbers I tried 185 in the second number and it changed the camera to 176. I tried 184 and it was back to 160. so some default in the qsee programming.
Either way I let one camera setup and got a 192.160.0.10 ip address and i took that and plugged into my POE injector and then into the router.
Then I went into the computer, win10, and into the wireless network connection properties and then into the IPv4 properties. under the alternate config tab I set the
ip address to 192.160.0.2
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.1.1
it has dns server stuff next and I left those blank. Typed in the ip address of the camera and still nothing on the browser. But i do feel closer.
Notice any problems I had, Maybe?
Either way I let one camera setup and got a 192.160.0.10 ip address and i took that and plugged into my POE injector and then into the router.
Then I went into the computer, win10, and into the wireless network connection properties and then into the IPv4 properties. under the alternate config tab I set the
ip address to 192.160.0.2
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default gateway 192.168.1.1
it has dns server stuff next and I left those blank. Typed in the ip address of the camera and still nothing on the browser. But i do feel closer.
Notice any problems I had, Maybe?
Re: Qsee IP cam cv5mb1.1
Yes Personally I would leave your main IP address as your normal Network. IP. Make it something you don't have already like 192.168.1.199 if you have not made your IPs that large like in my network..
Then in that area for your wifi network connection in the area click advanced. Then in next area add in the second IP. You click the add then enter the 192.168.0.199 for your second ip and put in the normal Subnet of 255.255.255.0. I also added my default Gateway in that area as well if it isn't in to start with That is the Routers IP..
Please note not all IP cameras offer WebUI and I don't know Qsee camera you own so I can't say it does or not. However if you put in the info above for your 2 networks and have that camera on a POE injector that is connected to your router or switch you should be able to get arp data by typing arp -a and or ping the IP that it should be.. Again I don't know because I don't know the camera if it 1 has arp turned off, 2 is normally on DHCP and or if it is really set to a Static IP. I mean some of my Amcrest cameras if I connect to my NVR fresh it will get an IP from NVR however because I didn't set the camera to Static when I remove from the NVR and add to my Switch my Router will hand out a new IP on my network range. However if lets say I put a camera from my 4116E-NVR that has a different IP on my NVR's switch and put that on my 4216E-AI NVR even with it setup for Static IP that IP will change to the Switch IP of my 4216E-AI. So then if I put it back on my network with it set to static normally I wouldn't be able to contact my camera However because of all my IP's I have added to my computer I can access any of them IP from my computer without having to work hard at locating the IP..
Then in that area for your wifi network connection in the area click advanced. Then in next area add in the second IP. You click the add then enter the 192.168.0.199 for your second ip and put in the normal Subnet of 255.255.255.0. I also added my default Gateway in that area as well if it isn't in to start with That is the Routers IP..
Please note not all IP cameras offer WebUI and I don't know Qsee camera you own so I can't say it does or not. However if you put in the info above for your 2 networks and have that camera on a POE injector that is connected to your router or switch you should be able to get arp data by typing arp -a and or ping the IP that it should be.. Again I don't know because I don't know the camera if it 1 has arp turned off, 2 is normally on DHCP and or if it is really set to a Static IP. I mean some of my Amcrest cameras if I connect to my NVR fresh it will get an IP from NVR however because I didn't set the camera to Static when I remove from the NVR and add to my Switch my Router will hand out a new IP on my network range. However if lets say I put a camera from my 4116E-NVR that has a different IP on my NVR's switch and put that on my 4216E-AI NVR even with it setup for Static IP that IP will change to the Switch IP of my 4216E-AI. So then if I put it back on my network with it set to static normally I wouldn't be able to contact my camera However because of all my IP's I have added to my computer I can access any of them IP from my computer without having to work hard at locating the IP..
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