Swann CONHD-A4MPCAM — need help accessing cameras independently after NVR failure

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n3wb
May 18, 2026
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Calgary
My Swann NVR has died and I am trying to access my CONHD-A4MPCAM PoE cameras independently. Here is everything I have tried:
  • Camera pings immediately at correct IP
  • Not Hikvision based — SADP finds zero devices
  • Not ONVIF compliant — ONVIF Device Manager finds nothing
  • SwannView Link says "login failed" on all attempts with passwords: blank, admin, 12345, 888888, 666666 and custom NVR password
  • VLC RTSP fails after 8-9 seconds on all channels 1-8
  • Cannot locate physical reset button yet
  • Camera is 2016 era wired PoE

Does anyone know the underlying manufacturer, default credentials, or reset button location for this specific model?
 
Can you please tell me if you link in your post is valid? When I click on it there is an error message "The requested thread could not be found" Can you provide an active link if it exists
 
That was the link to your other thread that you deleted - I added it in the event you couldn't delete it that people would see there were two threads and should only comment in one.
 
Keep in mind NVRs assign the cameras an IP address different than the IP address of the NVR.

Swann PoE NVRs typically assign internal cameras IP addresses in the 172.16.25.x or 172.16.1.x subnets, so you would have to put your network or a computer with the cameras connected to a POE switch on that subnet to access them.
 
Ok thank you. Does it make any difference that I was able to connect an "air gapped" router to a single camera (as a bench test) and then the router to a Win11 computer (all isolated on the same network).

Since I don't have a POE switch (at least not yet - until I can confirm the 8 identical Swann cameras are viable either through Blue Iris or a Linux software). So I found 3 switching power supplies and connected to my camera because it also has a power input plug cable separate from the CAT5 supplied power. When connected to the wall power - the IR lights turn on with a click in the dark. The air gapped router gave the camera the IP address of 192.168.1.3 with the laptop being 192.168.1.2 and router being 192.168.1.1 . I was able to ping the camera with immediate response (0 ms) and no failed out of (I think) 4 trials. It is then, I tried the VLC media player commands which failed (I think because they were based on Hikivision?)

The NVR has literally smoked (with actual a burned smell and no power (so it is now unplugged) and completely inaccessible. I do have a program called Swannview link on my desktop computer and tried to connect to the camera via that software as well but it reported "Login: Failed" when I tried 9000 and the routers given IP address of the specific camera.

I will try the other options in my previous post as well as your suggestion of trying 172.16.25.x or 172.16.1.x subnets, I think I can set the router to whatever DHCP I prefer - do you have a suggestion? I assume it will have to be 172.16.25.1 (??) with the camera assigned a static or dynamic IP address (?). I have no real background in networking and could use any suggestions you would have.
 
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