Camera's Drop Date and Time Stamp
All six of my Intellinet bullet cameras keep reverting to their default 1970 date and time. All the cameras do it at the same time. I know it is not due to power failures because I have a power backup on the system that checks out. Sometimes it takes the cameras weeks to lose the date. Other times, the correct date and time is lost in within one day.
SecuritySpy does not have a driver for these cameras. In using Intellinet's ONVIF driver. I'm using Apple's Bonjour Browser to make changes to the camera settings. When the cameras lose the date and time, I have to reset them each camera individually.
Is there a known problem with ONVIF that causes cameras to reset their date and time to the default? Is it necessary to have SecuritySpy date stamp the frames? I would hate to slow down the fps anymore than I have to.
SecuritySpy does not have a driver for these cameras. In using Intellinet's ONVIF driver. I'm using Apple's Bonjour Browser to make changes to the camera settings. When the cameras lose the date and time, I have to reset them each camera individually.
Is there a known problem with ONVIF that causes cameras to reset their date and time to the default? Is it necessary to have SecuritySpy date stamp the frames? I would hate to slow down the fps anymore than I have to.
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Hi Sunny, this will be nothing to do with ONVIF - if the video is coming through to SecuritySpy then the ONVIF negotiation is working just fine.
It sounds like a camera bug. The first thing you can try is to see if there is an updated firmware version for your cameras (either online or ask Intellinet customer support).
Secondly, many cameras have the option to use a NTP (Network Time Protocol) server in order to maintain the correct time. So check for this option in the camera's settings, and if it's available, enable it with the time server time.apple.com.
Hope this helps.
