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Simplisafe Camera setup
Has anyone else had problems connecting their cameras and managed to get them working? Called the tech support, who just quoted the setup guide and gave up and said they'd get back to me...... still waiting. Not impressed.
davey_d
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3 years ago
Sorry to hear you've been having trouble. If you give us a bit more detail about what you're trying to do, and where you're running into issues (and any error messages that you're encountering) that can help us figure out what's going on with your cams.
To get started though, the most common issue that we run into with regards to camera performance would be bandwidth. Video does take up a lot of data, so you'll want a fairly fast connection for it to work. Specifically, we mean the upload speed, as that's the direction the video data is going. We recommend at least 1.5mbps upload reserved per camera in your system.
- Johnny M.
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davey_d
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3 years ago
Okay, so a flashing yellow means that the camera was able to link up with your router - possibly while negotiating security settings. But then a flashing blue means that the camera is already being accessed by your online account - so at that point you should have been able to see the feed through the app.
I suspect that there's a latency issue going on here. That is, it's taking a little too long for the camera to hear back from the website, so it fails to send the video data.
Do you know what type of connection your internet goes through? Connections like DSL and satellite might be fairly fast while the data transfer is in progress, but the back-and-forth communication might have some lag, which we know our cameras have trouble with.
Or it could also be an issue with your WiFi router's security settings. If you know how, you can put your SimpliSafe camera in a 'whitelist', so that it has an easier time getting through.
- Johnny M.
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daveroyal
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3 years ago
it is a DSL connection, but manage to run SkyQ over it without any problems, also have been working at home for the past year and handles TEAMS meetings ok.
There is no firewall set on the broadband and I have been though the router settings after searching similar issues and have set the Wireless to Channel 1 and the device to port 8890. The device shows as connected and the camera now fluctuates from a blue steady light to no light at 10 second intervals.......the App shows as offline but coincidentally "watch live" fashes up ever 10 seconds.
Dave
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