No Home Position after Reboot IP2M-841B-V3

Rapido

Rapido

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Jan 17, 2020
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I got 3 cameras IP2M-841B-V3.
Two of them go to PTZ preset 1 (or close to it) after e reboot, the 3rd goes anywhere, not where I like it to go. So it always needs to be repositioned.
Am I correct that preset 1 is supposed to be the home position? I cannot find anything about it in the manual.
And after some testing it looks as if the cam doesn't store the preset ... or only for a short time.


Am I missing something? Should I reset the device to factory defaults?
 
I have an IP2M-841B-V3 and IP2M-841W-V3, and the IP2M-841B-V3 recently started going to a different position than the last set position when powered off for awhile then powered back on. It seems to be an issue with its range of motion self-calibration on the power on. After it powers on and is pointing in the wrong position (usually pointed too low), if I use the PTZ controls to try to point it up, it gets stuck. I need to hold the down position for awhile, then switch to up to get it up go past the vertical angle that it was stuck on.

Resetting to factory default didn't help.

When the power down time is shorter, it seems to be able to "keep" the position more reliably, so I've been wondering if it's a problem with the CMOS battery. From my quick online search, the exact battery model was unknown, so I haven't tried a replacement yet.
 
pseudosphere said:
I haven't personally opened one up (yet), but there does seem to be a small battery https://amcrest.com/forum/ip-camera...y-for-plastics-restoration-t17221.html#p47299
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Thank you. The post you referred to deals with an older version of the IP2M-841B. The IP2M-841B-V3 has a different board and there I see no battery.

I now have disassembled the camera, cleaned it, cleaned also the flat flex connector of the cable that goes up into the camera head, then reassembled everything. Now it works fine again.
I guess it was an issue with the cheap mechanics inside the cam or a connection issue. Anyway: solved.

Update: I forgot to mention, that I also removed the micro SD card from the camera. Two years ago I already had strange behavior with one of my IP2M-841B-V3, that went away once I removed the SD card. So this also might have been the cause of the original problem.

By the way: I use the camera outdoors in a sheltered area (no sun, nor rain). The camera housing also suffers from plastic degeneration, the housing is sticky. Not what I would call convincing quality.
 

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Rapido said:
By the way: I use the camera outdoors in a sheltered area (no sun, nor rain). The camera housing also suffers from plastic degeneration, the housing is sticky. Not what I would call convincing quality.
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Outdoors, even "sheltered", is outdoors and it's sold as an indoor camera.

I have 2 IP2M-841's indoors doing pet watching, after 6 years both are pristine. I had 1 IP2M-841 on a porch that never got wet but got plenty of indirect sun and fog...after 2-3 years it was so sticky it wouldn't let go if you picked it up, and then later it died....so I personally didn't think it was of poor "quality"as I knew it wasn't made for outdoors, even under a protected porch.

Just my 2 cents. :cool:
 
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Well, I assumed that protected outdoor operation is not much different from indoor operation.
I have an IP2M-841B-V3 in the garage (same production date as the sticky one) that also undergoes all the temperature and moisture changes, but that still looks quite good.
So - as you already suggested - the sticky surface probably comes from indirect UV ligth that decomposes the plastic.

Is there an outdoor counterpart of the IP2M-841B-V3 with the same options and features (especially ftp and no cloud)? (I guess Iasked that before.)
 
Most outdoor cameras that I would recommend that have P/T are also optical zoom and can be costly. The most afforable are generally dome type which can present their own set of issues and drawbacks (more maintenance keeping the dome free from dirt that sticks to it after fog and mist, permanently cloudy dome over time from UV and smog).

If you don't have to have P/T or PTZ then that opens up many, many more possibilities, particularly in turret and bullet form factors.

Do you have a budget and/or preferred form factor for the outdoor camera?
Must it be wired and wireless?
 
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I think I can do without P/T an Z.
Ideally it would be like a blink mini 2: small, black, weather resistant, 5V-supply, WiFi but instead of a cloud connection it should have ONVIF and RTSP and should be capable of FTP-uploads of event-triggered clips.

For redundancy reasons beside the 3 IP2M-841B-V3 I'm running also 3 blink cameras. I love the easy setup and small dimensions of the cameras and that they also can run on batteries for a couple of months, but I dislike the 100€/a subscription fee.

(Yes, there actually were occasions when on system failed and I was lucky to have catched a clip on the other system.)
 
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