The price of wireless IP cameras is falling just as quickly as their quality is rising and this can be seen fully with this new camera from EIVOTOR. Currently priced at £42.99 this camera is is on the low end of mid-priced but it sports features man…
The price of wireless IP cameras is falling just as quickly as their quality is rising and this can be seen fully with this new camera from EIVOTOR. Currently priced at £42.99 this camera is is on the low end of mid-priced but it sports features many of the dearer rivals lack.
The camera arrived packaged in a rather plain and simple brown cardboard box. This is a pity as it makes the device look more downmarket than it is really is. Inside was the camera itself, a wall/ceiling bracket, Uk plug power supply, wall mounting kit, and a simple, easy to read but rather basic User Guide. The build quality seems good throughout and although the camera is quite large it is well made and looks impressive if rather old school.
On the front of the camera is the camera lens and the row of night vision LED’s, the motion detector PIR and microphone, together with LED status indicator. On the rear of the unit are the micro-SD card slot, power input port, Ethernet RJ45 connector and twin antennas. On the underside of the base there is the Camera ID info together and the screw hole for the mounting bracket. Unlike with many of the Foscam clones that this resembles there is no interface for an external alarm system and the rear antennas are fixed in place cannot be removed when using Ethernet. Also, no Ethernet cable is included perhaps for reasons I shall discuss later. The camera is powered by a USB adaptor and so can work with any phone charging output of sufficient power but for some reason, a non-standard USB cable has been used. Had a standard USB to micro-USB cable been employed it would have been far better and the loss of the cable would not mean dumping the camera as is the case now.
Configuring the camera is very easy – at least when you have used similar P2P audio setups before. Download the 'i Csee' iOs or Android app to your phone and after registering the app follow the procedure for adding a camera. This, in fact, worked far more easily than I expected. Usually, t..
