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I changed the settings on these cameras to turn off motion detection and just had my NVR record 24/7 which is not what I wanted to do. I wanted to be able to just capture motion so I could easily see the times when some activity was happening and not have to scan through hours of footage. After doin...

Hi Melvin,

So can this be filed as a bug report so someone can look into it? This really sort of torques my whole security system plan.

Hi Melvin, I guess I need some clarification then. I bought these cameras because they were advertised as ONVIF compliant. It also says nowhere on the packaging or in the description I read on the Home Depot website about recommending that I have an Amcrest NVR/DVR. So, are you saying that the camer...

I have 2 IPM-722S cameras that I'm trying to use with a Chinese DVR/NVR via ONVIF. The instructions for the NVR say that when using it in full digital mode like I am (no analog cameras), that in order for the NVR to do motion detection, it must be turned on in the camera. I've turned on motion detec...

Just to add to this, I used the HTTP API interface to talk to the camera. It showed the DST and NTP settings as disabled. I set them through that API and the time corrected itself. But looking back at it about 10 minutes later, the time was off again, and the NTP and DST settings were back to disabl...

Hello brucehvn, Login to the camera web interface and under System > general > use the 'Sync with PC time' option and save it. It should keep the correct time. Hi Melvin, Yes, I've done that and it does show the correct time for awhile, then goes back to being 8 hours off. I want it to be able to u...

I have an IPM-722S camera with the latest firmware. In the general settings, I have the timezone set correctly to UTC -08:00. I enable the DST checkbox and put in the proper dates for the start/end of DST. I enable the NTP setting and put in a proper NTP server (tick.ucla.edu). I click save and it t...