

#PELCO IP CAMERA UTILITY SERIES#
TLDR: There's a good chance you can't connect older Pelco cameras to Blue Iris. Pelco has announced a network device installation tool, Device Utility 2. The Pelco Sarix IMP series are powerful, versatile and affordable mini dome cameras that are packed with features like: Up to 5 megapixel (MPx) resolution. I've tried turning off keep alives and am running the lastest firmware on the Pelco cameras (which are out of service life now), so I've concluded that either I will need different camera software, or different cameras. After all IP cameras have been discovered, select the desired camera to connect to its web interface. 'Device Utility 2 enables users to change IP addresses much easier and quicker, while providing enhanced network security,' says Scott Paul, Pelco Senior. Message 'Searching for devices' appears and can take several minutes to complete.

You can either try turning off the option to send "keep alives", or contact Pelco for updated firmware." Designed with users in mind, Device Utility 2 also provides added network security by allowing administrators to hide IP cameras or Pelco devices from being discovered on their networks. (Side note, the RTSP stream clearly works outside of Blue Iris as I was able to stream with VLC for over 30 hours straight with no issues.)Įngineering replied and basically said "Yup, that's what seems to be happening.

2022)).Īfter 3 weeks of back and forth with the support agent, he agreed with my diagnosis that the Pelco camera was shutting off the RTSP stream shortly after Blue Iris connects and the RTSP port could only be re-enabled by rebooting the camera and then sent me off to engineering. I had the same issue - contacted Blue Iris support (the free version, which basically means you can expect ~4 days for a reply for every email you send (as of Jan.
