Server Path: "/Users/Mark/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/SECAM"

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ls -l "/Users/Mark/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/SECAM"

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And appears on other iCloud devices.

Thank you.

To much trouble with iVMS-4200 Mac, cameras and NVR.

How do I connect my Hikvision NVR DS-7604NI to SecuritySpy so it works 24/7 with the storage, with my 4 cameras? Is there any manual here? On local network.

Thanks!

Magnus

I ended up with 7 cams and 8 eeros (1 hub, 7 distributed for best cam coverage.

When all the cams are connected to the closest eero, everything works fine, all 7 cams hum along with 10/10 FPS and provide nice, smooth video recordings.

If something happens to disturb a particular Cam/WiFi connection, the cam will automatically hop over to the next best WiFi connection. In most cases, that results in the frame rate dropping and the recording becoming jerky or dropping out altogether.

Unfortunately, when the preferred eero connection becomes available again, the cam does not automatically re-connect to the preferred eero, it keeps the connection with the less-than-optimal one it has switched to.

With 7 cams, one or the other of them goes to the "wrong" eero daily, or more often.

The fix is to re-boot the camera, which then re-establishes its connection with the eero providing the best signal. It gets tedious having to monitor the system for drop-offs, and then re-boot the camera to fix it.

I opened a support case with eero, asking if there's a way to assign a cam's MAC address to a particular eero.

While searching eero's website, I found a 6 year old discussion on this topic, and it appears I'm not the only one asking about it.

Unfortunately, in the 6 years that have elapsed since people first started asking about it, eero seems no closer to a solution now than they were back then.

I bring it up here just to let people know. I believe there are other WiFi solutions that provide this functionality, but will have to do more research before I can say how well they work.

Anyone else using WiFi for SS, please feel free to comment on your experience.

I have installed over a dozen systems using SS and it works great. However I have always used an IT company for set up and I just do the wiring and positioning. Long story short, I had an install and didn't use the IT company (for client reasons), and any motion bogs down the network. Using the newest Mac Mini and 5 qty 5MP Anpviz cameras. Set frame rate to 10 fps. When I monitor the Mac Mini on the network, motion on the cameras shows high upload data (50kbps when no motion to 60Mbps when motion occurs). What changes should I make to correct this issue?

The 2014 i7 Mac Mini seems unable to push the data to the TV through an HDMI cable.

With the Dell 19" monitor, it worked fine, and it initially worked OK with the LG 50" screen, I think when it did its overnight reboot, it detected the 4K screen at the other end, and changed something to try to accommodate it, but the LG now says no signal detected.

That's problem 1. I verified the HDMI cable is OK, my 2020 M1 MacBook Air is able to send video through it to the LG.

I thought I'd work around that by just keeping the Dell 19" monitor on the Mini for admin use, and view the cameras on the LG by using the Apple TV App on an an Apple TV 4K.

Problem 2 is that the Apple TV app seems to be slightly zooming the views, which crops the minute and seconds digits of the camera times off the right top of the frame, which is not ideal. The frame rates are also not visible. Without frame rates or seconds ticking off, it's hard to know if I'm looking at a freeze-frame or a live view. I went all through the LG settings, tried all the aspect ratios and zoom settings, but it looks like the slightly zoomed views are being sent by the Apple TV app, and I can't unzoom them on the LG.

Problem 3...I purchased the Multiplex option from the app, thinking it would display the views in a similar way the Mac app does. On the Mac I have 7 cams, with the 3 main ones each taking up 1/4 of the entire screen, and the remaining 4 cams in the remaining 1/4 of the screen. I don't see a way to do that in the TV app multiplex view. With 7 cameras, the multiplex displays 6 of them, and moves them every 10 seconds or so, which is not ideal for how I'd prefer to view them. As a temporary fix, I took one of the cameras offline, which stops the scrolling, but I can't monitor that camera now.

I do intend to get a new Mac Mini, but it's been 2 years now since the first M1 Mini was released and I wanted to wait for the M1 Pro or M2 Mini before buying one.

I'm pretty sure with a new Mini, it will work just the way it was working, but meanwhile, I'm trying to do the best I can with what I have.

Any help or suggestions on solving or working around any of the above will be appreciated.

When I first set up SecuritySpy, I had the Mini (an older i7, with SecuritySpy as its only task) and the SSD in my office, right out in the open, with a 50' CAT7 cable running into the wall, through an attic space, and into the space above the laundry, to the modem.

The fan on the Mini runs constantly, which was a little annoying.

I ended up pulling a 50' USB cable and a 50' HDMI cable up to that location, and moving the Mini and the SSD up there.

I wasn't sure if I'd see any impact from having the monitor, keyboard & trackpad 50' away from the Mini, but it's working fine like this.

The trackpad, connected to the keyboard, connected to the 50' USB cable did not work at all, but using a USB hub and plugging the keyboard and trackpad into it individually fixed that.

I just ordered a USB to Bluetooth dongle to get my speakers connected to the system.

My office is much quieter, and the videos are being stored in a much more secure location now.

Questions

1. Do I use the MAC IP on my primary network (x.x.1.2) or of my local IP network I set up for the cameras (x.x.2.1)?
2. The camera NTP servers also have a port, do I ignore the values thats currently in there, delete it, or change it to somethig else?

Thanks

Jim

I am setting up a new system at a new home and can't solve one particular problem so I'm putting this out to those more experienced...

Eight IP cams, all Hikvision (6 x bullets, 2 x domes), all on new cat. 6 home wiring. All except one dome camera are up and running fine...

One dome stubbornly refuses to set up on SS yet works just fine through my web browser. I'm using the Hikvision profile (just like the others), password if correct but I only get "connection timeout" errors. I've tried rebooting without success.

Any other ideas? It doesn't seem like a defective camera since it clearly works outside of SS.

Thanks in advance!