Which IP camera?

[dmax525]

I use an FDT cam bought off of amazon. It's just the 720p has the night vision and works perfect for what I need considering it was only 50$. I mainly wanted it for my work schedule considering I'm gone so much and it has came in really handy during vacations. It's about 8 feet from the tank. I typically leave the front panel off in order to view the top off level and keep an eye on things. My apex isn't set up yet and this has made me feel a ton better being able to keep an eye on things. I recently purchased the reef cam and haven't played with it much but, I can say I like the option of viewing the whole tank and sump vs just inside the DT. Here is a screen shot of my camera running at home now.

 

[dmax525]

I am going to try the Amcrest pro HD IP2M-841. I liked the idea of being able to talk someone through a situation if one arises and I'm not available run home which happens a lot.....the not being home not the tank issues.

I have used this function with my FDT several times while a friend was stopping by to check on the tank and it is a nice feature. It can have some lag but, not terrible. Most of the time they will just FaceTime me and I can get a little better look at everything. It is a good feature to have as a backup though.

 

[revhtree]

I use an FDT cam bought off of amazon. It's just the 720p has the night vision and works perfect for what I need considering it was only 50$. I mainly wanted it for my work schedule considering I'm gone so much and it has came in really handy during vacations. It's about 8 feet from the tank. I typically leave the front panel off in order to view the top off level and keep an eye on things. My apex isn't set up yet and this has made me feel a ton better being able to keep an eye on things. I recently purchased the reef cam and haven't played with it much but, I can say I like the option of viewing the whole tank and sump vs just inside the DT. Here is a screen shot of my camera running at home now.

Nice tank!

 

[revhtree]

Zmodo camera from Amazon for $40, have had it for awhile now and love it. You can listen to it (I do in case overflow sensor goes off). You can talk through it too if your in to talking to your fish lol. Good quality too. Easy to set up and connect with phone, highly recommend.

Did you have any set up issues? Can't get mine to connect!

 

[dmax525]

Nice tank!

Thanks! I've been staying up to date on your latest build and all I can say is WOW, you have a very nice setup. Here is a FTS with the front panel on.

 

[yellojello]

I got my Amcrest to work:

ApexFusion > Click Cog Wheel on bottom right of Apex Video box > Type select Image / Motion JPEG; URL is http:// username:password@wan ip:port number/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?&subtype=1

I created a separate logon user on the Amcrest camera configuration with only rights to view, and no control and admin rights. Username is "view". Password is "view". My WAN ip address lets say is 123.54.65.234. My LAN router is 192.168.1.1. My camera LAN ip is 192.168.1.8. I setup port forwarding on my LAN router, port 8888 to direct to camera LAN ip.

IP2M-841
ApexFusion URL is http:// view:[email protected]:8888/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi?&subtype=1

IP3M-941
http:// view:[email protected]/cgi-bin/mjpg/video.cgi?&subtype=1

However, in the Amcrest Configuration tool, you have to set your secondary "Extra Stream" to MJPEG, which will be lower quality. The higher quality codecs do not work with ApexFusion. The Main Stream is reserved for your Amcrest App if you want high resolution streaming for personal use.