Testing Lorex's IP Camera (LNE1001)
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Setup: Lorex markets this camera as being "Easy Connect." While it is certainly easier than setting up port forwarding and configuring IP addresses, some technical skills are still needed. An IP finder utility needs to be executed by the user to setup the camera, but the utility was not able to find the camera on the network when used on some PC systems. Remote access functions, through third party provider Yoics, requires manual registration through the camera's web interface.
Monitoring ********: Video monitoring software has very limited functionality (manual recording only, no search, no formal exporting of video), and there is no manual ip address input; The system relies entirely on the IP finder utility to associate cameras to the system.
Bandwidth: During our tests, we observed the camera's bandwidth consumption at 330Kbps during the day, and 290kbps at night. The camera was placed indoors, with the video settings at 640x480, 30fps, MPEG4 codec.
Details ** ********: The camera's field of view will generally be too wide to get fine facial details, but enough for human identification.
Outdoor ******* ***********: For a quality outdoor image, we needed to access the camera's web interface and change the lighting profile to "outdoors." If left at the default "indoor" profile, outdoor scenes will look significantly washed out.
Nighttime ***********: At a light level of 1 lux, the camera's image quality was good. At that light level, we could still see details of our subject in addition to details in the environment.
Third ***** *** *******: We were able to connect the camera to NUUO VMS and Blue Iris, but only when using the LNE 3003 camera driver profile. We found that the Lorex LNE1001 has limited 3rd party VMS support. No driver was available for Milestone Enterprise, ExacqVision VMS, or Luxriot. In addition, we could not connect to the budget VMS systems: Argus, WebcamXP, and I-Catcher Console.
Remote ****** & **********: Registering the camera to the Yoics service provided a relatively simple setup for remote video monitoring. The Yoics site automatically discovers the camera, so no manual port forwarding tasks are necessary. In addition, Lorex offers a free Dynamic DNS service, but using this feature will require manual setup.
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