Vigilant Solutions VSR-60-02MP1 IP Camera IPC262ER9-X10DU 24V, 1.5A, 50/60Hz.

[PeteJ]

Hmmm. A long time ago I bought one of these:

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for use with my RLC-423S BeeCam, because YouTube Stream Now requires an audio track*, but I never hooked it up because it was too much trouble to extract my BeeCam wiring from the box I crammed it into, so it's sitting in a box somewhere in my junk room. I should go find it.


* I worked around that issue by adding a classical music track.

I took my camera apart, and unless the mic is hidden somewhere, it does not have an onboard mic. I would assume that if there was one, it would either be on the lens cover and would have a lead back to the main PCB, or on the PCB itself if it were meant to detect noise rather than record audio.

There does seem to be some pins left open on the header for a mic along with unpopulated pads for caps or resistors.




On the lens cover, there are 2 sets of IRs, both 850nm. Each set is driven independently by the near and far IR settings in the software. The defused one is the near.

 

[Gimmons]

If these were made to spec for ALPR systems, they probably left the mics out as unnecessary in order to save a few Yuan.

 

[PeteJ]

If these were made to spec for ALPR systems, they probably left the mics out as unnecessary in order to save a few Yuan.

Maybe. I am a little surprised they would leave that out since it wouldn't offset the cost of having to manage another sku, different pcb, etc.

Now that I've seen the inside of the camera, I'm pretty impressed by the quality of it.

 

[Revo2Maxx]

Didn't get a big enough picture of the PCB to find out when it was built? You could log in to the camera and go to system, Maintenace and export the data for the camera from the Export Diagnosis Info. Then would need to unpack the tz file and it would have the date when it was built but if it was still apart and could see more of the PCB could tell you lol..

 

[PeteJ]

Didn't get a big enough picture of the PCB to find out when it was built? You could log in to the camera and go to system, Maintenace and export the data for the camera from the Export Diagnosis Info. Then would need to unpack the tz file and it would have the date when it was built but if it was still apart and could see more of the PCB could tell you lol..

The silkscreens on the PCBs have component placements, but I couldn't find a design date, only it's rev A, which is reflected on the UI screen. There nearest thing I can find to a production date is the camera module, which, if I had to guess based on the sticker, was made in 2021?

 

[TheWaterbug]

If you could figure out which diode to bypass, you could bring the 12 V from the POE circuit back out on the 12 V supply lines, and then we could use that to power a mic or an external illuminator.

 

[TheWaterbug]

Now that I've seen the inside of the camera, I'm pretty impressed by the quality of it.

Yeah. I'm thinking they could have charged a lot more than $30 - $35 for these, and still sold a whole bunch of them. Because a $35 list price suggests that they might be junk, and they're certainly not junk. Maybe once all the $35 inventory has been depleted I'll try to sell one for $100 and see what happens.

Especially once you figure out how to enable the audio.

 

[PeteJ]

If you could figure out which diode to bypass, you could bring the 12 V from the POE circuit back out on the 12 V supply lines, and then we could use that to power a mic or an external illuminator.

Thread 'Uniview Feature Highlight - Built-in PoE splitter that outputs DC 12V to mic'

Oct 21, 2018

Often users lament that fact that they have to bring power to a mic on a camera with audio in when the camera itself is using poe leaving the 12v input pigtail unused . Uniview has added a unique feature to one of its cameras (possibly some others but I have seen it on this model only) where the 12v input can be turned into an output via a settings change in the firmware.
IPC3234SR3-DVZ28—Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd.

• fenderman
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I can't seem to see this as an option in the firmware I am using, but maybe it's a feature that needs to be enabled somehow via telnet? If this can be enabled, I think it'd be great for powering a mic.

If not, there are always devices like this:

https://www.amazon.com/IPCamPower-Converter-Incoming-Converts-Splitter/dp/B0D5KPMMGT/ref=sr_1_3?sr=8-3

This will take 802.3at (30W max) and split out a 12V AND pass thru POE to the camera. This will allow for more power than the 802.3af on the camera itself--which is limited to 15W, and I think if you run the camera + IR, you will be close to 15W.

Yeah, finding a 12V on the camera's POE module shouldn't be a problem if needed.

 

[Revo2Maxx]

2021 is what it seems from the sticker anyway on the camera module as you said.. Thank you.. Just wondering if maybe Univew had some over stock that they marketed to these people from older stock and reflashed for them as I am sure it don't show the Uniview logo in WebUI, so seems was built to order..

 

[gregtec5]

Have any of you explored the BNC video out yet? Was thinking I could use that to record to a DVR.

 

[Revo2Maxx]

It has been a while since I had mine.. If it is like the others that I have with the BNC then it is mostly for Spot setup and once you enable the AI of the camera it disables the BNC output. So if you want to use as a pure Motion camera then you could access both again if it is like other brand cameras that I own with BNC on IP camera.. Plus again I didn't mess with it. But for some cameras it is CVBS and not even full output of the camera.