Testing Archerfish Solo Smart Camera / DVR / VSaas (Cernium)

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Setup:  Users will need to be aware of their router's capabilities, specifically whether UPnP is supported, enabled and firewalls are configured to allow proper communication. Significant amount of time may be spent manually configuring and troubleshooting these items. If not conducted properly, live video and exporting will simply not function. Although, Cernium's support staff provide remote assistance, we found this to be quite troublesome and consistently losing access to basic functionality such as live monitoring.

Live ********** / **************:  e can recommend the system to those SMB / SOHO environments willing to compromise on factors of storage, live monitoring and investigative functionality. The camera's internal storage (of 2GB) provided no more than four days of continuous playback - even with the lower ******** ******* *******. ************, ********* ******* ********* and/or **** ******** ****** ************ **** be ******* ** * ********** ** ******, ***** *** ********** ***** ********. 

Image ********:  The video quality was moderate, at best, even compared to other cube cameras (at 1/4th the price). Specific issues we found:

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• *****(****):  ******** **** ********** *** ********** playback ****
• ******* ($5 / ***** + $*.** / ***** *** **** **** ******):  provides notifications and event-based playback as the main additions

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