The captured files are so large that the server struggles to get all the data from 4 Cameras streaming to a PC, it does not run smooth and jumps. It kept giving me timeouts and unable to connect to server, until I tried to search video for hourly snippets rather than display a full days' worth of captured video. I could not get multiple windows to play back initially, I could not figure it out. Then you hit play and the single channel works beautifully. You select whether you want to view a single channel or 4 channels from a button on the bottom left. Recording and playback! Recording is still easy to do! But all I could do was set the cameras up for continuous recording, I could not activate motion detection - I have no idea how to do it because the options are greyed out. At one point, the system continued to make me wait, I refreshed the page and the camera was in. BUT it takes a while for the cameras to be added and for the system to 'update'. I add each camera, which is not difficult. There are options to add cameras manually by IP, so Compro does cater for most IP cameras. I select 'add camera' - click on detect and it detects every IP camera I have on the network - both Compro and other brands, which is impressive. So I download the latest firmware, which is recent and is a good sign, and I update the firmware - it is a quick and painless exercise and after the update, windows 7 stops complaining.Īdding the cameras was not fast, even though it should have been. Try to run the system and Windows 7 complains about unsigned / unrecognised developer. The HDD is formatted and the settings are done quickly and efficiently - good so far.

Insert included CD and run the software to set the unit up. The hard drive is easy to install - unscrew two screw and slide in the SATA3 drive, done! Close and screw everything together - done!

It does have a Gigabit LAN, a USB for an external drive for backups. The reviews seems good online, but let me work through the system with the good and then the bad. Compro RS-2104 - 4ch network Video Recorder - for 1x SATA HD compact design, ONVIF + RTSP streaming, 2x gigabit utp + 1x usb port for video backup, SMS & Email alert notification, PZT control (Pan + Zoom + Tilt), remotely viewing + recording + search and play back, built-in Web File server/ FTP server to access files over the Internet

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