HOW TO CONNECT IP CAMERA. ALL WAYS

Friends, on the Internet there are a lot of videos and articles on the topic of how to connect an IP camera, but there is no one video where you would be told about all the ways to connect at once. IP camera can be connected to write to the cloud, can be connected to write to the recorder or remote server, can be connected to write to the built-in SD card, and there are cameras that support the functionality of remote access to the SD card, and there are only those that to access the archive will need to take out the card every time.

In this article we will not only tell and show how to connect the IP camera each of these ways, but also tell about the pros and cons of each method, which will allow you to make the right choice and do not run into a situation where the purchased IP camera in fact under your task is not suitable and money spent for nothing.

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So we will begin to examine in detail all the ways to connect the IP camera from the less popular to the most popular.

5) On the fifth place IP camera connection to the cloud service. The essence of the connection is very simple: we will connect the camera to the Internet via twisted pair or Wi-Fi if the camera and your switch (aka Wi-Fi router) allow it, the data from the camera via the Internet will go to a special cloud service, from where you can view the archive also via the Internet being anywhere in the world.

The pros of this method is that we do not need a recorder, we will be enough camera, power supply for it, fasteners, cable connection and internet. The disadvantages of this method is a monthly subscription fee and also quite high requirements to the bandwidth of the Internet, from practice I can immediately say if at your facility the Internet is distributed using 3G/4G modem about this method can immediately forget, there will be a very large loss of data.

We are often asked whether it is possible to set up recording to free cloud services, such as Yandex or Google disk. Unfortunately no, to implement such functionality requires specialized cloud services and they are all paid. The average cost of the tariff for 1 camera for 1 week of archive will cost you about 300r per month, and the tariff for a full month of recording about 1000 rubles.

In the past, cloud services were popular when people were afraid that their video surveillance system will be stolen along with all the property, then such monthly fees were validly justified, that is, even if your recorder is stolen or ruined record you will still be saved (again, with the correction that your object is a good channel of the Internet). Now there is a technology that allows you to duplicate the record from the hard disk to another recorder via the Internet, which allows you to get the same functionality and do not pay any subscription fees. For example, all ISON IP cameras and recorders have such technology.

That is, you can connect to the Internet IP camera at your facility, buy a recorder with a hard disk, install them remotely anywhere in the world, for example at work, at home and the record will go there via the Internet, again I repeat, for this you need to IP camera and your recorder support such functionality.

By the way, all ISON brand IP cameras as well as recorders have a very convenient technology of remote access to the recorder. That is, if you plan to connect the video surveillance system in the above method you will not need to constantly come to your recorder to change any settings or download the archive, as it happens with most brands of video surveillance systems, you will be enough to connect the system to the Internet once and in the future all the basic operations you can do through your smartphone, computer, laptop or tablet remotely also being in any part of the world, and this functionality of the ISON brand is completely free.

Nevertheless, recording to the cloud remains a popular way to connect, for example, when it comes to temporary video surveillance on a construction site. Let’s say you are building an object and in 2-3 months you will finish it and you will no longer need video surveillance.

Now I will show you how to connect an IP camera to the cloud. All procedures I will show the example of IP Wi-Fi camera ISON IPWIFI20SWR. It is a wireless camera with SD card slot of good quality ISON brand. It has 3 distinctive features: First is its sensor and processor. Thanks to its processor it does not have the typical problems of IP cameras with freezing and slowing down the picture because of which you may lose the most important moment of shooting with the face of the offender. It also has the original matrix brand SONY. About the matrix we have already talked a lot, in short, the matrix is what 90% depends on the quality of your video surveillance system. Cameras with NO Name matrixes or fakes under SONY or Omnivision are cheaper, but have as a rule more ripples in terms of daytime shooting, artifacts with the disappearance of pixels and lower lifetime.

This camera has no such problems and its third feature is its Wi-Fi transmitter, which fixed the typical for similar wi-fi cameras problems with weakness of signal reception and return, but about it a little later.

For connection we will need the camera itself, a power supply for it, a patch cord, aka twisted pair and a router.

Power supply: The power supply is always purchased separately. How to choose it? If you purchase any ISON IP camera and the length of the cable to the camera will be up to 30 meters, then you will be enough the most budget unit for 1A 12 volt, to include it in the order just select this model in the configurator under the buy button of your chosen camera. If you plan to buy any other brand, then be sure to check with tech support of your brand what exactly the block it needs, this will help to avoid the situation that the camera can burn when connected to the wrong block, because each camera has its own power requirements. In our case we will just use a 1 amp 12 volt power supply.

Where to get a router, I think I do not need to explain, now it is in every apartment and for standard wired connection will fit any model, there are nuances when connecting IP cameras over Wi-Fi, but about this later. I will tell you about the option to connect via 3G/4G modems. For the variant of recording in the cloud connection via modem will not suit us, but for other variants such connection will be useful. Suppose you have a private house or any other object where there is no wired Internet. In this case, you need to buy a 3G/4G modem with a SIM card, they are sold in cell phone stores, you will also need a router with support for USB modems. We recommend purchasing a router model Zyxell Keenetic 3 with firmware SE no later than 2018, this is one of the few models that does not have any glitches and bugs in terms of switching with video surveillance systems and IP cameras. Also, this version of the switch does not require any special settings when connecting USB modems it is enough to simply insert into the USB port. Buy this router can be in many computer stores and they are always available from us with the necessary firmware, links to all the equipment in this video will be in the description.

Where to take such a patch cord I think also do not need to explain, they always come with routers, they can often lie just at home, if nevertheless for some reason you do not have it buy it can be in any computer store, they are also always in stock with us.

So, let’s connect our camera to the network through the power supply and plug it through the RJ 45 connector into any free port of the switch. Thanks to the switch of this model, we do not need any additional settings inside the camera or router, so we can go straight to the interface of the cloud service.

At the moment on the market there are about 30 different services offering their recording services for video surveillance systems. Unfortunately, we have not found the ideal service, those that work stably have as a rule tariffs above average and a number of requirements for the equipment, aimed at making you buy equipment from them I.e. you buy a camera or recorder, start to configure, you do not work out, you call technical support service and it turns out that your camera is not the correct version of the RTSP stream or Onvif protocol and you immediately offer to buy another equipment where everything is correct. Those cheaper ones do not have such requirements, but can occasionally lag with loss of signal and the need to reset your settings.

We will understand the process of configuration on the service IVIDEON, we already showed you this service when about 4 years ago showed the process of connecting to the cloud our most popular at that time ready-made video surveillance system ISON PRO S.

Specifically our camera as well as all other ISON equipment has modern firmware and works with absolutely any cloud service without any problems.

4) On the fourth place we have connection of IP camera to your computer or laptop. I will not dwell on this method, because now it is almost no one uses it for 2 reasons, the first reason is the fact that this method strongly sady resource of your computer and not uncommon cases when less than a year burn out or hard disk or motherboard or both and the second reason is that the market for several years as appeared on the IP cameras with recording on an SD card, which performs essentially the same function, only in this case your computer will remain intact.

3) The third place is the connection to your own remote or local server, this method is most often used by legal entities who have their own server or they plan to purchase it specifically for video surveillance system. The disadvantage of this method is certainly the price. If we are talking about buying your own server, the server alone without cameras, cable and power supply will cost more than 100 t.r.. If the server is already there is also have to shell out for software that will allow you to receive the stream from the cameras on your hard disks, although if you are an experienced IT-shnik you will not have difficulty developing your own version of such a po. Pros of this method: in addition to the standard functionality of recording and remote viewing from cameras can also get advanced functions for video surveillance system, such as automatic face reading, ie, all people getting in the frame will automatically get into a special database (as it is implemented for example in the system safe city in our country) or for example, reading license plate numbers where with the help of special software can be configured not only automatic recording of all passing cars but also, for example, request for a license plate number. This is convenient for example in cases of parking lots or residential buildings with limited access: Enter certain cars in the license plate list and the gates will automatically open only when the car specified in the list has arrived.

Also it should be borne in mind that not all IP cameras will be suitable for recording on a remote or local server, but only those that support this functionality. If you choose ISON brand equipment, then all cameras and recorders support this functionality, if any other brand, then be sure to check with the technical support of your brand before buying whether the selected cameras will work with servers.

To connect an IP camera, or recorder to your server, simply plug the device into your switch anywhere.

After that we put VMS program on any computer in the network, for ISON equipment it can be downloaded in the product card of the selected IP cameras and make the configuration.

Let’s move on to the two most popular ways to connect IP cameras.

2) In the second place connecting IP camera with recording to SD card also in this method I will show how to connect the camera via Wi-Fi.

The pros of this method is to save on the budget due to the fact that you do not need to buy a recorder and hard disk. Minuses, it is a small archive period of a few days, which rests on the maximum volume of SD card, most IP cameras support SD cards up to 128gb.Also it should be noted that cameras with recording on SD card are above average, so profitable such a video surveillance system will be when your object will be enough for one camera, for example, it is monitoring the office or construction site or an elderly relative. If the object requires the installation of 2 or more cameras, then usually put the classic system with a recorder, but about this later.

Note that most cameras SD card is placed in the interior under the body, that is, to install or remove it must be a special hexagon that comes with the kit to remove the camera body, this is done specifically to maximize the difficulty for a potential intruder access to the archive. In this regard, we recommend that you choose only those cameras that have the ability to remotely access the archive, because if you take a standard camera to view the archive you will need to remove the camera every time and disassemble in order to remove the SD card, which is not very convenient.

We will also connect this method on our camera ISON IPWIFI20SWR. In general, in the line of surveillance cameras ISON has more than a dozen cameras with the ability to record on an SD card, they differ in the quality of filming, resolution, there are 2 megapixels, there are 5 megapixels, there is a fixed lens, there is a controlled zoom and so on, if you are interested in familiarizing yourself with the options a separate link will be in the description. Specifically this model is one of the most popular.

To connect, let’s install an SD card.

Now let’s see how to connect such a camera via Wi-Fi and discuss the pros and cons of this connection: Pros: No wire between the recorder and the switch. Cons: The camera must be powered, i.e. either mount a socket near the camera or pull the power cable from far away. It should also be noted that Wi-Fi cameras are very capricious in terms of router and as a rule for stable, trouble-free operation require a powerful router. In practice, it looks like this, you bought a wi-fi camera, began to connect it to your router and find that it works with glitches, periodically loses signal or asks her to reconfigure or does not connect to the network at all. There are also many nuances when connecting Wi-Fi camera in the outdoor version, you need even more expensive routers that can steadily distribute and receive a signal through the walls. This model of cameras as well as its counterpart in the indoor version has a very powerful Wi-Fi antenna and when we are asked by customers about Wi-Fi transmission we recommend the following, if the router will stand in the same room with the camera and it is a closed room, we recommend choosing routers Zyxell Kinetik 2 or 3-th generation with firmware SE no later than 2018 or a similar model Kinetik Omnia. We always have these models in stock at many computer stores. If these cameras will be placed in the outdoor version, we recommend to take DVRs with built-in Wi-Fi module, such recorders are part of ready-made Wi-Fi video surveillance kits ISON AIR, you can also buy them separately. With such recorders, the signal is guaranteed to travel up to 90 meters in the open space and 1-2 walls indoors.

1) And in the first place we have the most popular way to connect IP cameras via DVR. What are the disadvantages of this method: Price, here you need to understand that it will be a disadvantage if you connect 1 camera, in this case it is really more profitable to take 1 camera with recording on SD card if you fit the option of a small archive and your camera will stand in close proximity to the router.

Pros of this method of connection:

A) the ability to connect an unlimited number of cameras, under this you choose your recorders, they come in 4 channels, 8, 16, 32, 64, they can also be combined and create a video surveillance system for any number of cameras.

B) Usability. I.e. all cameras will be controlled simultaneously in one menu, in one application, etc.

B) Ability to extend the cable by hundreds of meters

D) Free software

E) A long archive period, which can be a month, 2, 3 or six months depending on the system and hard disk selected.

E) Possibility to customize the motion sensor by sensing zone, sensitivity.

Well and so on, the advantages of this method are many, if everything is reduced to one sentence, you will have a complete video surveillance system without any reduced functions.

Types of ready-made video surveillance systems complete with recorder, cables, hard drive, power supply and mounting hardware is quite a large number, we will leave a link in the description to the catalog of ready-made video surveillance systems ISON where you can use the filters vysyborivayut suitable option for yourself, if you plan to buy from us.

The general principles of connection of all ISON systems are the same, you watch the step-by-step video instructions for self-installation (you can see it before you buy in the description of your chosen system), connect everything in 5 minutes and the system works, because these systems are adapted for self-installation, there is no need to solder anything, write IP addresses, everything is connected on the principle of taking out of the box, plugged into the socket and everything works. Also ISON company has 6 days a week technical support, where you can always call and you will always help you to configure your equipment.

I will show how to connect and configure a system based on Wi-Fi cameras and recorder, and I will show how to connect and configure a system based on cable and cameras with POE, also I will show how to configure remote viewing on both options.

Let me tell you in 2 words what POE is. POE is the transmission of power over a single twisted pair cable. If you choose a POE video surveillance system, it will be much easier for you to install it, because the transmission of both signal and power will take place over a single cable through 1 RJ45 connector.

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