My camera drops sending signal around 2pm everyday and comes back on around 6pm. See Pics.

[jelf4352]

Like the tile says, my camera drops signal for 4 hours everday around the same time. I check the switch and the green power light is on but the orange light is NOT on. It restores itself about 4 hours later.

Now a second camera has started behaving like this and has dropped signal for days. It comes back every now and then.

If I reset my power to the switch then everything works fine for a moment. But then i get camera signal losses eventually.

Can someone help me figure out why this might be happening?

Ive recrimpped the cables, so i dont believe its the cable connections.

 

[wittaj]

Have you tried a different power source?

 

[jelf4352]

yea the two cameras are actually on different power sources. i have two switches.

 

[wittaj]

And you haven't made any changes like setting up a profile that doesn't record?

 

[jelf4352]

And you haven't made any changes like setting up a profile that doesn't record?

It’s pretty frustratinng….im not sure why it’s only on 2 of my cameras. I have the exact same setup at my other house and all my cameras have worked flawlessly forever. I’m about give up …it makes having cameras at this place kind of pointless if I can’t rely on signal

 

[TonyR]

Since the cams drop out at an approximate time, not an exact time, but when afternoon temps can be at their max, then come back online after it cools off a bit, have you considered that it could be a thermal issue?

It may not be the electronics in the cams overheating but the expansion of a RJ-45 Ethernet/POE connection due to the heat, causing a temporary mechanical failure which "repairs" when the ambient temp cools down and the connection is restored.

Are the failing cams or connections to the cams exposed directly to the afternoon sun? I imagine that August in LA can be pretty warm, especially to cameras, junction boxes and pigtail connections inside those boxes.

 

[bigredfish]

IP conflict?