Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #951 in Camera & Photo
- Color: white
- Brand: Q-See
- Model: QCN7001B
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x
12.00" w x
12.00" l,
3.00 pounds
- Battery type: Lithium Ion
Features
- 720p High Definition Resolution
- Weatherproof cameras for indoor or outdoor use
- 100-Feet of night vision
- Mobile Phone Surveillance
- Compatible with MAC and PC
Q-See QCN7001B 720p High Definition Weatherproof IP Bullet Camera (White)
Product Description
Featuring color-rich 1280x720 image quality, grainy footage is a thing of the past with the QCN7001B High Definition IP Cameras. The HD 720p camera maximizes image quality, helping to recognize people, license plates, currency and other things. Automatic White Balance and Infrared Filters ensure accurate image color regardless of ambient lighting conditions. Dual encoded streams provide a streaming signal with reduced bandwidth and, with a maximum frame rate of 30 fps, live and recorded video plays smoothly and continuously. Q-See's 720P bullet style IP Camera is the ultimate, versatile tool for your surveillance needs. Effortlessly add HD quality 720p resolution using the exclusive plug and play simplicity of the Q-See NVRs (Costco Item # 673454). Or, easily use it as a high definition, stand-alone system! The camera's built-in web server makes it easy to stream and share video without a direct connection to a NVR. All that is needed is an internet connection! Constructed of sturdy aluminum, they're built to last with a weatherproof and rustproof housing making them ideal for indoor or outdoor use. With the included Anti-Fog feature, never worry about changing weather conditions affecting your camera's lens. Versatile 3-axis brackets allow each camera to be mounted to just about any flat surface, such as a wall or ceiling, for optimal visibility. The included brackets also prevent vandalism by fully protecting sensitive camera wires and safely routing them through walls. USE AS A STANDALONE CAMERA: With the camera's remote viewing options, you can use your computer as a storage location for your recordings. You may also view live or recorded video on your computer using the included PSS software or use the free QC View Mobile App or DMSS App for viewing on the go. Motion Detection: Camera can send out e-mail alerts with attached still images when motion is detected. You may also setup recording options with the proper hardware or network configurations.
Customer Reviews
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Horrible setup process, but functional in the end
By Lenny
This is a very long review. If you want to skip to the chase : it took me more than 4 hours to get everything working (and another 1.5 hours to write this review). If you take the few minutes to read this review, however, you will have the instructions you need to set it up in under 15 minutes. You need to connect with http on port 85 to get to the web interface (add :85 after the hostname or IP address), you need to do a fair amount of configuration on Internet Explorer, the documentation leaves much to be desired (and didn't come with my camera) and the software the documentation refers to does not exist. The picture quality is good, however, and the build quality looks solid. It supports power over Ethernet, but you can power it through the included 12V adapter as well. There may be some issues mounting it to make sure the camera is secure and your house waterproof. Read the rest for more details.First, some background about my experience level (skip this paragraph if you're not interested). I own a number of IP cameras, including 3 Panasonic (2 different models), 2 Foscams (different models), and a Belkin. I've set up all of them myself, often without need to refer to a manual. I'm also a software engineer who works on network protocols and network architectures, and I'm very experienced in setting up networking equipment, including home routers - I've gone through 5 now, over the years. My first NAT router was a Linux machine I assembled (not because I'm masochistic, but because there were no inexpensive ones available then).The camera arrived with no documentation, no quick start guide, and no CD. This could be an oversight on the manufacturer's part. After all, it is a review unit. No matter, I went online, and after 30 seconds with Google, I have a PDF user's manual. I also learned that this is essentially a rebranded Dahua IPC-HFW2100. The camera is IP66 compliant - sealed against dust and protected from heavy water spray (but not immersion).Initial impression was favorable - the all metal construction feels solid. Once mounted, the camera can be adjusted to point in any number of directions. There's a Philips screw to tighten it once you have it adjusted to your satisfaction.The camera sensor is in a separate compartment from the IR LEDs. This is good, because it means that IR light will not be reflected back to the sensor from the front glass element. There is at least one IP camera that suffers from this design flaw.On further inspection, I see some potential issues when mounting this. First, there's no watertight seal for the base of the unit where it connects to a wall or ceiling. Not only that, there's a notch for the wire to come out, presumably to be run along the wall. I had assumed that I was meant to drill a hole in the wall behind the mounting plate. I suppose I can do that, but the size of the connector (a square shaped RJ-45 connector) means that I would need to drill a hole of at least 1 1/4" diameter. Seems rather excessive.The viewing angle is 40 to 45 degrees. Rather narrow for a security camera. It needs to be a good distance away if you want to cover a wide area. Good thing the IR illumination is rated at 100 feet.The rest of the package comes with a power adapter (12V), mounting screws and anchors, a paper drilling template, and 100 feet of Cat 5E cable.The first part of the manual talks about using the camera with a DVR, with a lot of emphasis on power over Ethernet. I decided to plug in the camera and see what I can do with it instead.I plugged it into my network, and plugged in the power adapter. I used Fing Network Tools (Android app) to see what the IP address is (the hardware address is on a sticker of the camera). I tried connecting to port 80 of that address. No response. Hmm...Tried power cycling. Nope. There's a reset button. Tried pressing it. Nope. Maybe hold it down and power it on (a common way for factory reset - but there's no mention of this in the manual)? Nope. https didn't work either.OK, when all else fails, read the manual.Manual refers to "ConfigTool software". What software? Oh, the one that is on the CD that didn't come with the camera. Never mind, let's download it online. It's not available on Q-See's website. Thank you, Q-See.So I fire up my port scanner and ran a quick check on the camera. I learned that it is listening on port 23 (telnet), 85 (my scanner says "MIT ML Device") and 554 (RTSP).I tried to telnet into port 23, but it will not accept admin / admin. A quick search of Dahua's forums turned up "we do not reveal login credentials to customers". 554 is likely the video stream, so I tried port 85. Success!Seriously, port 85? If you're going to do that, at least put a sticker on the box or the camera. It will save you tons of customer support calls.OK, let's check out the video. What, no video? Perhaps it is because I'm using Firefox. I had the same problem with a Foscam H.264 camera (all the MJPEG cameras work fine, but they're only 640x480). Forum discussion suggest installing QuickTime, but I had issues with QuickTime in the past and swore to stay away from it. Let's fire up IE 9 instead. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit, I made sure to run the 32 bit version of IE because many plugins will not work on 64 bit IE.I was prompted to install the ActiveX plugin, which I did so. Still no picture. Played around with IE settings to lower security. Still no pictures. OK, back to the manual.Manual says to add camera to Trusted Site. OK, done. Set security for trusted site to Low. OK, done. Still no picture. Back to the manual.Manual says turn off User Account Control. You have got to be kidding me. Presumably I got this to protect my property. You want me to lower my security on my computer in order to protect my property?In order to review this unit, I went ahead and did that. I've already turned it back on so that it will be enabled again the next time I reboot.(Edit : I turned UAC back on, not expecting the camera show a picture in IE. But I still get a picture. As far as I can tell, I have full functionality. On account of this - that I consider the unit usable - I'm upgrading my review to 3 stars)OK, I finally got a picture. It took a few seconds to appear, but it looks good. Very clear picture, either in IR or in daylight mode. Lag is under 1 second (likely under 0.5 seconds). IR light can be controlled, but you need to go into the setup screen to do so (Camera, Day & Night : color = day, black & white = night. Period is by time, and auto is self explanatory). Since the IR LEDs use a lot of power, I would like them to be off if the camera is not actually in use.The picture looks distorted initially, but that is because it will stretch to fill up the width of your browser, but it keeps some strange aspect ratio. Clicking on "100%" will revert it to its original size and aspect ratio. There's also a "W:H" setting that always goes to "adaptive" instead of "original". Minor annoyances, but this comes at the end of a long list of annoyances.I tried the web app, which works well on my Asus TF101 tablet (rather old Tegra 2 tablet by today's standard). I can't test it on my Kindle Fire HD because it is not availabe on Amazon's Appstore, and by this point I really don't want to sideload it on my Kindle. The video on the app is limited to the substream - D1 (704x480) or CIF (352x240). There's a 1 second lag in the video. I can have both the computer as well as the app viewing at the same time.You can create additional admin or user accounts. Note that the camera comes with 3 accounts created by default : 2 admin accounts and 1 user account. I'm not sure why the two additional accounts are created (they cannot be deleted) but be sure to change the password on all 3 of those accounts for security. The password is the same as the username.The camera has alarm settings and automatic FTP uploads for recordings. It does not have any local storage, or the ability to add any.I was this (imagine me holding my finger and thumb 1/2 inch apart) close to giving up on this one and giving it a 1 star rating. I give it 2 stars (edit : I upgraded it to 3 stars which to me means "functional" after further testing - after verifying that it actually works with UAC turned on) as I managed to get everything up and running in the end. If you learn from my experience here, and if you don't mind disabling User Account Control, or if Firefox with Quicktime works for you, it might be a 3 to 4 star product for you.Pros :Metal constructionIR will not reflect internally to sensorRelatively small sizeVery good picture qualitySupport multiple streamsBuilt in web server, or can be used with a network video recorderWeb interface is actually very comprehensive, if a little awkwardly phrased sometimesSmartphone app availableCons :No documentation, CD, or quick start guide (not sure if this is universal)Mounting point not weather sealed (requires additional hardware)Narrow viewing angle (good if camera is far from point of surveillance, bad if near)Security issue : reset button at back of unitSecurity issue : telnet port enabled, login unknown to end userSecurity issue : two accounts "888888" and "666666" are created by default. Cannot be deleted, but password can be changed. Default password is the same as the username.Defaults to http on port 85Does not work by default on Firefox (might require QuickTime)IE setup rather tediousIR tedious to control manually (not an issue if you leave it at auto)Web interface login always defaults to WAN (only lower resolution stream available) - it's one click to change, but it gets tediousWeb interface awkward in places - for example, DST setup requires you to specify start and end time for DSTVideo defaults to "stretch to fit browser aspect ratio". One click to fix, again tedious. Would be nice if it remembers settings using cookies.Finally, a few advice regarding network security. Do not put this on the DMZ, as the telnet port is a huge security hole - made worse because you cannot disable it, or change the password. You can use port forwarding to allow access from outside your home network, but the username / password is easily sniffed by anyone if you're using a public access point. For best security, set up a VPN server (some routers have VPN servers, or you can set up one using a Raspberry Pi, for example). Connect to your home network over VPN, then access the camera through VPN. Setting up a VPN server is beyond the scope of this review, and I'd rate it as "medium - high" in difficulty. For those who wish to try, there are
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Great Quality - happy with purchase
By Remo
I had a specific need and shopped around (online) to find the camera I thought would best fit that need. I work in a seperate building, behind my home, and needed a clear view of what was going on in front of my house. When expecting deliveries or visitors I would spend a lot of time focused on listening for the arrivals, and dashing out of the office only to find that what I had heard was not the expected arrival. It seemed it would improve my efficiency to install a camera on a corner of the building I was in, direct it down my driveway, between my house and my neighbor's house, where I could observe any vehicles that may approach my house.I estimated the distance and width of view I would need, and considered the distance I would need for the night IR view, etc. I then read many online camera reviews, specifications and looking at demo videos. I wanted an IP camera solution for several reasons, but primarily for the ease of running only one Cat5 cable and the ability to access the camera over my network. I can see sometime down the road where I may want additional cameras, and maybe an NVR, but I am not ready for that investment yet, so this seemed like a good way to start with a scheme that can easily be expanded later.I decided the Q-See QCN7001B camera was the one I wanted to start with, because of its reviews and specifications, but I was not willing to pay the price I saw that it was going for. Rather than settle for a lower priced camera I put the project on hold while I kept watching prices and researching other cameras. I did find a great price on the camera at Amazon and placed the order. It arrived sooner than was promised, but it had no setup software or POE injector. I did not realisze the version I ordered was intended to be an add-on for a Q-See NVR system rather than an independant camera. Fortunately, with an hour or so online I was able find a POE injector for about $20 and download the installation software from the Q-See support web site. It was still overall a great price and I have no regrets.Once I had the POE injector and software, the camera was resonably easy to install and setup. The video quality is excellent and the perfomrance is exactly as I expected. The camera is about 100 feet from the street we live on and I can cearly see another 200 feet beyond that baring obstructions. I now clearly see everything I need to see - and more - without getting up from my desk.The camera has been in operation for a month, and I have observed it in various weather conditions, both day and night. The night (IR black & white) transitions well and there is no IR "ring" as you see in some less expensive cameras. I am very pleased with the purchase and only rated it with 4 stars instead of 5 because I had to go find my own POE injector. (Note that it requires 12 VDC - not the more common 48 VDC)
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Great IP Camera and good price.
By J Caldwell
I have purchased a few of these cameras over the past few months. I am writing this review because I think the product is getting unjust negative reviews. IP cameras are a total different platform than their analog counterparts. First off, one should have a good understanding of network configuration and router settings. If a person has strong network knowledge, the setup is a breeze. You simply setup your router port forwarding to the desired IP address and ports of your cameras and get a dns to view them remotely. You then can set your internal ports to an appropriate setting to view them from within your network. You do not need to pair this camera with a NVR to view remotely either, but a NVR is the best method to host them externally and for recording purposes. Is it a high end IP camera, no. Will it work for nearly every average installation, absolutely. I think the biggest problem people have is networks are complex and it isn't designed to be a simple plug and play setup. I hope this helps some consumers you are looking at this camera. If all else fails, call a local professional, they can help with any problems.
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