CCTV Camera common problems and their fixes

CCTV camera systems is identifying as an important part of business or home that wishes to be safe and secure.

 A CCTV system is also recognizing as suitable investment for private and public areas property monitoring. The camera shall be utilized as a preventive against crime & also to recognize those who committed crimes.

However, like other types of tools and technology, it might have many problems. In this blog, we will identify common CCTV problems to keep our camera system running and free from problems.

Some of the common CCTV problems and their fixes

• Verify Camera connections and power

The first thing we should ensure is that the cable and power are properly pair if our CCTV camera is not working. We can confirm the camera is getting power by inspecting the power indicator light whether it is lit or not.

Next, we should check the monitor and camera connection by verifying cables are securely connecting to both ends or paired properly.

• Discover and ping the CCTV camera

First of all, we need to detect the camera IP address. After that, we can use a program such as IP Scanner to scan for the camera system.

Once we find a camera, we can ping the camera to see whether it is online or not.

• Reboot Camera

If our CCTV camera has displayed a black screen, firstly we should reboot the camera. To reboot our camera, we should unplug it with the power sources & then simply plug it back.

• Verify the no IP conflict

An IP conflict occurs whenever two devices have similar IP addresses on a similar network and it might cause problems between the device’s communication system.

To verify the no IP conflict, we can use tools such as SolarWinds Network IP conflict analyzer and resolve the conflict problems.

• Upgrade firmware

Upgrading firmware software can fix various bugs and improve compatibility as well as add new features.

We can download a new version of firmware from the manufacturer’s website by identifying the camera model number.

Once we downloaded the firmware file, we need to load the file on a USB drive & insert it into the CCTV camera’s correct port. Then, there is a menu option to upgrade the firmware. Once the upgrading is finish, we should reboot our devices.

• Factory reset CCTV camera

If the camera is not properly working, we might have needed to reset it to factory settings. For this, we need to access the camera menu & navigate to the option of factory reset. This will erase all the current settings of the camera and restore its default settings.

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