Model ZH-IXA15-WAC
720P HD Wireless Indoor Network IP Camera
I picked up one of these on the cheap the other day from Woot! I have it pointed out from front window now to keep an eye on what's going on outside. I taped over the green "power" LED with black electrical tape so it won't be so obvious at night.
So far video quality is about what I expected, and that is to say, nowhere near what I'd expect from a true 720p camera.
Setup ran into a few issues. Following the "Quick Start Guide" must be very outdated.
The Quick Start Guide directly you to the Google Play store to download the Zmodo Zsight app. (Also on the Apple App Store.)
Well first surprise is Zmodo Zsight does not exist on Google Play, not sure it ever has, will give the benefit of the doubt it did at one time. The new name is Zviewer (also by Zmodo) - downloaded it without issue.
One quirk of Zviewer is the settings menu only shows when holding the device/screen in portrait mode. There is no access to the settings in landscape mode at all, and nothing to tell you you need to turn the screen.
However the initial setup I did through my PC which meant I had to downoad Zviewer for Windows from the Zmodo website, which I did, and it installed easily.
The default password for both the program and the cameras is 111111. (Six ones.) It is confusing why they both password protect the viewing program on Windows when each individual camera has a password and there is no such password protection on the mobile app.
A few issues noticed when setting up the camera. First the camera needs to be plugged in via Ethernet for initial setup, which is annoying.
After you get it connected I could not find it on the network. I had to enter the CAM ID code on the back of the camera for it to be found. At the end of the setup it was suggested I change the password, which I did without incident.
Now I still had to go back (while it was wired in) and go to settings -> network settings -> wifi and enable wifi. Then I have to double click on the SSID so i could enter the wireless password, there was no button/box to do this so it wasn't intuitive.
When it was all set I went ahead and took out the ethernet and prepared to connect wirelessly for the first time. It did not work.
Long story short... The password field for the camera password only accepts 15 characters max. If your password was longer than that it simply ignore the additional characters when the password was saved, BUT it does not ignore them when you try to log in. I had to use only the first 15 character to log in. Knowing that off the bat could save someone hours of frustration.
720P HD Wireless Indoor Network IP Camera
I picked up one of these on the cheap the other day from Woot! I have it pointed out from front window now to keep an eye on what's going on outside. I taped over the green "power" LED with black electrical tape so it won't be so obvious at night.
So far video quality is about what I expected, and that is to say, nowhere near what I'd expect from a true 720p camera.
Setup ran into a few issues. Following the "Quick Start Guide" must be very outdated.
The Quick Start Guide directly you to the Google Play store to download the Zmodo Zsight app. (Also on the Apple App Store.)
Well first surprise is Zmodo Zsight does not exist on Google Play, not sure it ever has, will give the benefit of the doubt it did at one time. The new name is Zviewer (also by Zmodo) - downloaded it without issue.
One quirk of Zviewer is the settings menu only shows when holding the device/screen in portrait mode. There is no access to the settings in landscape mode at all, and nothing to tell you you need to turn the screen.
However the initial setup I did through my PC which meant I had to downoad Zviewer for Windows from the Zmodo website, which I did, and it installed easily.
The default password for both the program and the cameras is 111111. (Six ones.) It is confusing why they both password protect the viewing program on Windows when each individual camera has a password and there is no such password protection on the mobile app.
A few issues noticed when setting up the camera. First the camera needs to be plugged in via Ethernet for initial setup, which is annoying.
After you get it connected I could not find it on the network. I had to enter the CAM ID code on the back of the camera for it to be found. At the end of the setup it was suggested I change the password, which I did without incident.
Now I still had to go back (while it was wired in) and go to settings -> network settings -> wifi and enable wifi. Then I have to double click on the SSID so i could enter the wireless password, there was no button/box to do this so it wasn't intuitive.
When it was all set I went ahead and took out the ethernet and prepared to connect wirelessly for the first time. It did not work.
Long story short... The password field for the camera password only accepts 15 characters max. If your password was longer than that it simply ignore the additional characters when the password was saved, BUT it does not ignore them when you try to log in. I had to use only the first 15 character to log in. Knowing that off the bat could save someone hours of frustration.
