Axis Z-Wave IP Camera Tested Poorly
By: John Scanlan, Published on Mar 20, 2018
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Comments (6)
Undisclosed End User #1
What level of VMS support is there? Namely alarm events generated by the panic.
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Undisclosed Integrator #2
I'm surprised with the tests results. I work with Axis about 10 years and I never saw poor performance Axis products like this, so, I think I will do a thing that I never did before... criticize the Axis.
Axis, as other traditional manufactures like Bosch and Sony, always are associated wit quality and hight-performance, and this is one of the few argumentations that justify their prices againt chinese manufacturers, so, its decrease in quality is a concerning alert and a clear mistake.
When I saw this Z-wave compliant camera I imediatly realize its potential to almos any instalation, but, certainly this issues would spoil the project. This is a kind of thing that we canot see at data sheets.
Tks IPVM for avoid some frustrated customers and a lot of &%@# to me.
Sorry Axis... I'm really a fan, but, this time, you failed.
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George Redpath
I cannot claim to be an expert on the camera, but I would question the choice of using Z-Wave. The delay is due to managing battery life, plus the fact that it is a (limited) mesh, and the signal may have been transmitted multiple times before reaching the hub device, it was intended for home automation not transmitting of alarms.
Also, the protocol requires different frequencies for different global areas.
If we look at the recent release of the Yale lock to work with Nest, it uses Thread which is a 2.45GHz mesh protocol, whilst offering shorter range, integrates better.
Another choice will be Bluetooth 5, as these products are released.
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Undisclosed Integrator #3
Looks almost identical to the FLIR N233ZD except this one has a 5x optical zoom which is impressive. However since this is ostensibly meant to be an indoor camera it's questionable who will really need that much zoom, and Axis might have done better to offer strictly digital zoom and a larger sensor.
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