BI5 No Signal ... Decoder not initialized

[wall46]

Just installed/upgraded to BI5 and it shows this "No Signal...Decoder not initialized" for my two IPcams.
Closing and restart BI5 doesn't help

Anyhow the (until now not desinstalled) BI4 still works fine.

I run BI5 and BI4 not in parallel, one is always closed and the other freshly started.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

I have two Dahua SD-22204 POE

 

[wall46]

I actual use BI 5.9.9.71 (15.08.2025)
after long trying and crying the two Dahua cams are working
cables CAT5 70' and 200' from PoE switch

In the last two month I added 2 ANPVIZ 6MP PTZ cams
cables CAT5 3' and 15' from PoE switch

they are working, but not very stable.
both often fail to connect.

changed cables and PoE switch. It helped a little,
the Dahua are very stable since some years,
one ANPVIZ works some hours until it fails again.
the second ANPVIZ fails within seconds or
I can't even connect, saying "No Signal...Decoder not initialized"

The ANPVIZ are working with FireFox a little unstable
now I'm trying w/ Chrome, working after nagging for WebCtrlPlayer_install
time will tell.

any tips, comments... for "No Signal...Decoder not initialized"

THX for any help

 

[Bruce_H]

Are your 70' and 200' ethernet cables pure copper or CCA (Copper Clad Aluminum)? Do the cameras work if you connect them close to the POE switch?

 

[TonyR]

+1^^^^
.....and does the additional power that the 2 recently added PTZ's require not exceed the total power budget that the POE switch is rated for and is supplying (all connected POE cameras)?