I just bought a Foscam IP camera off Trademe in New Zealand for $172.00NZD ($125.00USD) and my first impressions are good, but not great.
I thought I'd upload a few images and spill a few details about the problems I have encountered so far and hopefully someone can add information to this subject in the comments.
Set up:
Setting up as an HTTP server on port 80 was easy with my thomson TG585v7 router from Telecom New Zealand.
PTZ:
Brilliant, and easy.
ActiveX:
Nightmare! for some reason I simply cannot get
activeX functionality to work on this damn thing within Internet Explorer. I have enabled all the setting and tried on different machines to no avail. Thankfully, the 'Server Push' option for Mozilla works fine, although it appears limited. More option look available on IE and ActiveX, but I cannot get into it! (see error in images above) The server push interface (below) has a very slow refresh rate over the web.
Quality:
I am having colour problems. I saw a dark blue sweater on the camera appear bright purple! WTF?
Alarm setting:
I was annoyed at first when I discovered that I cannot get the Foscam to send alarm emails to my GMAIL account because it does NOT support SSL for that service, however luckily I do have a Pro Photobucket account and I have set my motion detect to FTP upload all my images to a secure folder on there instead, which actually works out better for me because instead of getting 50 emails a day from my camera, I get 50 photos in an easy to view album.
Common Errors:
- UPnP Failed: Errors in Chat with UPnP Device When trying to use Universal Plug and Play
I have not been able to open any additional ports to stream RTSP or otherwise, I am not sure if this is an issue with my router or ISP.
Initially I bought a TP Link IP camera model TL-SC3130 (non wireless) and it worked ok, but no PTZ, this one is better and for the price I should probably not complain.
Any thoughts? leave em in the comments!
Muzzerino.
Devonport Village in Miniature, Auckland NZ
Miniature MAXX Train passing a Miniature
