IP Cams

An IP Cam must be connected to a network, via WiFi or via Ethernet to the router. If the connection is done via direct Ethernet, there won't be any router, so the IPs need to be manually configured to work in the same network.

In order to achieve this, we can fix the IP of the camera, and set an static IP on the client.

The IP of the camera can be set in the camera settings (e.g. web interface).

The static IP for the raspberry can be set like so:

nano /etc/dhcpcd.conf

# uncomment if the example is set
interface eth0
static ip_address=192.168.1.10/24 # (for IP 192.168.1.10)
static routers=192.168.1.1
static_domain_name_servers=whateva

Not sure if camera can be configured connecting it to the router and accessing the web UI directly

• Download Camhi or alike app
• Add the camera to the app (with UID)
  • Default username and password are `admin` and `admin`
• Reset the camera (via the cable button)
• Connect to the camera's WiFi for configuration purposes (no password, or 01234567)
• Camera should be accessible via app, enter the config
  • Add WiFi settings (so that the cam can connect to the home's wifi)
    • IMPORTANT: if WiFi is enabled, you won't be able to connect directly to the camera via phone anymore and to disable the WiFi you can only reset to factory settings
    • If not setting WiFi, you can access the camera via the phone's chrome with the assigned IP, and updating further settings there (like removing watermarks, fixed IP, etc)
  • Update software
  • Update password
  • Check current IP and set controlled fixed IP via http://192.168.1.108/ (update with current IP)

In order to test this, the best is to use VLC –> Media –> Open Network Stream…

The URL to access to both camera's RTSP is:

rtsp://192.168.1.120/11