TRENDnet ProView Camera Old Version TV-IP512WN

I purchased this IP Camera to replace a Trendnet Internet Camera that a customer of mine had been using for several years. The old camera had many drawbacks, but it was cheap and did the job. The application is allowing members at a tennis club to monitor the courts to see if they are dry or wet and if all the courts are in use. Note that I am a very technical person, so this should have been a 10 minute install.After spending several days trying to setup this IP Camera per the instructions that came with it and trying to use the online customer support, I finally called the support line. According to Trendnet customer support people that I spoke with on the telephone:1) Couldn't get the camera to work viewing the courts as sunlight would completely wash out the picture. After a back and forth with the email support people learned that you had to update to the latest firmware to set the camera environment to "Outdoor". After doing that, the camera could handle the light, but the colors were way off: black was purple, some greens were black, everything was off. According to support, this camera is intended only for inside use, that is why the colors are off. In testing we found that the colors are off inside as well as outside no matter what setting you select. On the box there are pictures showing outdoor scenes with perfect color, a baby with really nice pink skin, etc.. None of these pictures could possibly be from this IP Camera.2) This camera requires authorization and is a "closed" system. There is no way to utilize it as an open webcam.In further testing we found that support of MS IE8 is poor and they apparently never tested with Safari. By utilizing Firefox and switching the rendering engine to IE all features work. The only way to get a consistent image is to use JPEG. The software has script errors that appear in loading on IE8 and if a guest user clicks on any selections on the left side it crashes.More observations after using the camera for several days:Error messages are in broken English: IP Camera has been reboot, please wait for 0 seconds ...Inaccurate error messages:"This browser doesn't support or disable Java JRE ." (Firefox browser with latest JRE installed and enabled)If you click on the wrong area, the Trendnet script breaks and takes down the browser.Imaging is acceptable at 640x480 as long as you don't need accurate colors. Has 16x digital zoom that is useless past 4x due to pixalization, and zooming will freeze the browser if you go all the way to 16x. JPEG imaging won't work in IE8 at all. MPEG imaging only works in IE rendering engine as requires ActiveX component, but fails repeatedly under IE8. MPEG imaging works in Firefox if you select alternate rendering engine (IE). JPEG imaging works in Firefox and Chrome, but still crashes if wrong area selected. Support claimed wasn't their fault as they "didn't write the software." Excuse me, who is selling and delivering this product?When I took the still picture attached, it froze the main screen and I had to shut down the browser to recover - really bad behavior on the part of the application. Poor code writing is evident throughout.None of the shortcomings are documented in the Trendnet Datasheet (inside use only, authorization required.) Just the opposite, you would believe that the camera can be used for almost any application AND they offer an outside enclosure for the camera.I cannot recommend this product to anyone.

I have six of these cameras, and although they're not my best cameras, they do their job well. Like many people have stated, these don't have an IR cut filter, so sometimes the grass will be white, anything black will be purple, etc. My cameras didn't have this problem until after a few months of usage, and only three of the six do it.I have two of them outdoors, one in a heated/cooled enclosure, and another on my porch shielded from rain/snow/sun but exposed to temperature & humidity extremes. The one in the housing is two years old and the one exposed is one year old. Both have 100% uptime.Don't use the Trendnet software, it's complete garbage. I'm running a custom-built dedicated rackmount NVR using BlueIris video security software. For 1 camera to 64 cameras I HIGHLY recommend using this program as it's not camera specific. I have a mix of 12 cameras, from Trendnet to 4XEM to Vivotek to ACTi and it works with all of them.With it's downfall of the IR filter sometimes making the colors off, and the bad included software; I would still recommend the purchase of this camera. After testing/using my first purchased camera for a year, I liked it so much I purchased 5 more. For the price, it's worth it.

Picture quality on this camera is terrible. Greens are purple-white and the picture is very fuzzy even after focusing the lense. I had to send the camera back to Trendnet for replacement. The first time, the camera failed after a couple of days as it would display only a white screen with outlines of objects. On the replacment camera, the colors were so bad it looks like a cartoon picture.However, the camera does work well over wireless-N and the web utility is simple to use. Trendnet customer service was reasonable.I will not be buying any more Trendnet products as their quality is just too poor for the price.

The Trendnet camera is a great camera for anyone who wants to record wireless. The only issue I had was when I used it outside. Whenever I tried using it outside all I got was a white screen. A firmware upgrade from Trendnet fixed this but other than that it's worked great. If it wasn't for the firmware issue this would have gotten a 5 out of 5 rating.

This was the second camera I bought of this model, after having one for a year and needing another one. The camera works great. I have it outdoors, mounted up under the eaves. I bought a weatherproof enclosure for it, and have had no weather related problems with it at all. I use it in wireless mode, and have not had any connectivity problems. For the monitoring software, I use a freeware program called "Zoneminder", which works very well to monitor the two cameras that I have. The mobile app that Trendnet provides is simple to set up and gives me a view from my cameras on my smartphone when I am away from home.

I ordered this webcam to use in my business and publish to my website. It was very difficult to set up. I got the camera working, but then I had to call the company tech support to get help transferring to my website. I was on the phone for over one hour, I got tired and exhausted and knew I would never figure it out if left to my own devices when and if I ever got tech support to get me up and running. I sent the product back. I expect a full refund to my credit card. Please advise me that this has been completed.

My grass looks purple and the product keeps getting disconnected from the Trendnet provided software. I have hardwired this camera due to the excessive amount of additional products that are needed to put this camera in an enclosure outside.

I bought several of these, which are now discontinued, to replace my FOSCAM bullet cameras which I had trouble with surviving the hot summers abd cold winters in colorado. To my dispair these have the same problem. Once they get to cold or hot they fail. The probably work well in a goldylocks

Die Trendnet die ich für EUR 25,46 bekommen habe ist wahrscheinlich ein Nachbau der in China produziert wird. Original war noch "b" WLAN.Vom Aussehen ist die Kamera wahrscheinlich wie die aus dem Jahre 2008-2009. Auch die Software ist wahrscheinlich von damals. In der schöneVerpackung ist alles so wie auf der Abbildung einzeln verpackt. Alles ist verschraubt. Das Kunststoff Gehäuse ist sehr robust. Das Objektiv muss man von Hand einstellen. Schärfe Bereich 3-4m. Neben der Kamera ist auch ein RJ45 Kabel dabei und das nötige Netzteil, eine CD mit IP Viewer Pro Version 2 und Slide Show. Auch eine ausführliche und sehr gute Anleitung als ein Büchlein ist beigelegt. In D und anderen Sprachen. Die Kamera funktioniert mit dem Viewer und MS Explorer sofort und ausführlich. Andere Browser und iSpy zeigen kein Video, Bilder auch nicht. Die Konfiguration Möglichkeiten sind sehr umfangreich. FTP, Samba, E-Mail, Motion Einstellungen, RS-485, PPoe, DDNS, Staticund DHCP Connection, night Mode. Keine Unterschiede zu eine Kamera von Acti. Die Kamera ist in vielen Anwendungen namentlich dabei. Auflösung MPEG4, 640x480, FPS-30. Wo es noch hapert ist WLAN. Die Kamera wird in WLAN sichtbar aber eine Verbindung kommt wegen fehlenden Stream nicht zustande. Auch die Verschlüsselung entspricht dem Jahre 2008, nur WEP. Aber schon mit eine Verbindung Taste. Audio mit line out ist auch dabei. SSD Card Slot. Pan Tilt über RS-485. Da es bei Trendnet viele eigene APK gibt werde ich das WLAN noch mal testen.Die Bildqualität ist in Vergleich mit ACTI gut. Die ACTI dann als Referenz mit sehr gut.

Habe für eine Überwachungsanlage wieder mal zwei Stück bestellt, die Bildqualität ist zwar gestiegen, aber bei der IPView- Reihe von Trendnet bleiben die gleichen Probleme. Doch der Reihe nach:Integriert wird die Cam in die IPView- Software, die es kostenlos dazugibt, bei Axis muß man z.B. Extra löhnen. Die SecurView- Reihe, die Trendnet parallel dazu fährt, darf man nicht mal für semiprofessionelle Zwecke in Betracht ziehen.Positiv:- Die Cam liefert scharfe Bilder (wenn man an den Tag/Nacht- Einstellungen weiß, was man zu tun hat).- Läßt sich sauber in ein AES2- gesichtertes WLAN integrieren. Hatte keine Ruckler oder Aussetzer, wenn die Verbindung mal steht.- Wenn man's mal zum Laufen gebracht hat, gibt es keinen Wartungsaufwand mehr, die IPView- Software recycelt ordentlich Plattenplatz.- Die Bewegungserkennung geht ordentlich, wobei es fummelig ist, Kamerarauschen bei Dämmerung oder Dunkelheit als Bewegungsereignis wegzukriegen.Negativ:- Support: Null - Anfragen fallen in ein schwarzes Loch.- Die Cams sind doof: Die Bewegungserkennung muß der PC machen, deswegen sollte man pro CAM 1 GHz Rechenleistung im PC vorsehen. Ich glaube nicht, daß es irgendwo auf der Welt einen Ausbau auf alle theoretisch möglichen 16 Cams gibt, der das schafft und der PC ist echt beschäftigt, saugt also echt Strom.- Indoor/Outdoor- Umschaltung: Für Antiflicker 50/60 Hz muß Indoor oder Nachtmodus gewählt werden, aber dann wird's am Tag im Indoor bzw. Nachtmodus außen total überstrahlt. Oder man gesellt außen so einen Baustrahler mit Bewegungsmelder hinzu, der in der Dunkelheit Licht spendet, wenn sich was bewegt.- QC: Ob ich zwei Cams oder fünf bestelle, mindestens eine verhält sich seltsam und läßt sich auch über Firmwareupdates o.Ä. nicht zur Zusammenarbeit überreden. Und wenn man meint, man hat Glück, fällt ein Teil nach Ablauf der Gewährleistung aus der Anlage.Fazit:Für den Preis und Selbermacher OK, aber kein "hochgeschraubt und hält 10 Jahre"- Produkt. Ich habe in 3 Jahren 10 Trendnet- Cams unterschiedlichen Typs verbaut und vier Cams tauschen müssen, das ist für semipro- Anspruch zu lausig.

Working fine after all these years...