External camera interfaced with Raymarine Axiom Pro chart plotter.

Well guess what,nothing. I see to have gone backwards. I have three cameras, 1 x PoE and 2 x 12 volt ones. I did get as far with one with dhcp enabled together video on the axiom. Since I disabled dhcp and set ip to 192.18.2.91 absolutely nothing. Also despite changing my laptop ip to 198.18.1.0 with the range upto 254 I can no longer find the camera. Think I need to give up on this project. I m happy to pay a reasonable price for someone’s time to ship two of the cameras to someone to see if anyone has any joy. BTW I’m based at Cobbs Quay Poole if anyone local.
 
Nigel, I would suggest you double check the ip AND the subnet mask. I'm assuming you meant to type 198.18.2.91 for the address assigned to your camera. Make sure the laptop is using the same subnet mask as the camera (255.255.248.0).
 
Kendal said:
Nigel, I would suggest you double check the ip AND the subnet mask. I'm assuming you meant to type 198.18.2.91 for the address assigned to your camera. Make sure the laptop is using the same subnet mask as the camera (255.255.248.0).
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Kendal, some post dhcp enabled, some disabled with those ip addresses should I have dhcp enabled or disabled.
 
Couple of things you can try.

At home plug the camera into a wired network.
Using laptop download and run a program called Angry IP Scanner (angryip.org)
See if it finds the camera on your home network.

Also, using a smart phone on the same network use an app called XMEye - it will find the camera on the network, assuming ipaddress is good.



You can also plug your laptop into the Axiom network on the boat - might be an idea to use a simple 5 port hub, then:

1) Open a command prompt on laptop (Google this if not sure)
2) At the command prompt (black window) type: ipconfig /all

It will list a lot of things, but look out for:
  • IPv4 Address
  • Subnet Mask
  • Default Gateway
  • DNS Server
Check the values are the same per my table above.

Are you sure the Axiom network cable is ok?

Does the camera appear in the list of devices on the Axiom?

I would be happy to check and configure the cameras for you, but it would take a couple of weeks since I only go down at the weekends.
 
FatherTed said:
Couple of things you can try.

At home plug the camera into a wired network.
Using laptop download and run a program called Angry IP Scanner (angryip.org)
See if it finds the camera on your home network.

Also, using a smart phone on the same network use an app called XMEye - it will find the camera on the network, assuming ipaddress is good.



You can also plug your laptop into the Axiom network on the boat - might be an idea to use a simple 5 port hub, then:

1) Open a command prompt on laptop (Google this if not sure)
2) At the command prompt (black window) type: ipconfig /all

It will list a lot of things, but look out for:
  • IPv4 Address
  • Subnet Mask
  • Default Gateway
  • DNS Server
Check the values are the same per my table above.

Are you sure the Axiom network cable is ok?

Does the camera appear in the list of devices on the Axiom?

I would be happy to check and configure the cameras for you, but it would take a couple of weeks since I only go down at the weekends.
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Thanks Father Ted, I will try all of the above. I had tried command line interface as admin and did a ipconfig, then ipconfig /release and ipconfig/renew all etc and found the cameras on my home network until I changed the ip addresses and disabled DHCP.

I have various ip scanner apps and the same.

The axiom Ethernet cable is good and the Green network flashing light on the connector is ok.
I haven’t tried my laptop on the axiom network. I’ll have a look to see if I have a spare ethernet hub knocking around.

I’m not totally illiterate in networking having wired my house up to a 24 port Netgear hub and several 4 port local hubs.

I came adrift when ip address is fixed and not following the 292.168 etc format
 
ok, I have a camera working on my home network and computer with IP address 192.168.1.12 I have gone in and changed it to the same as Father Teds IP and subnet and Gateway etc. see below: Im off to the boat to try.
btw I tried already XMeye Pro and did not pick this up nor did Advanced IP Scanner it was the VMS App that comes with the Gardinan that picked it up.
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Nigel52 said:
Kendal, some post dhcp enabled, some disabled with those ip addresses should I have dhcp enabled or disabled.
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Hi Nigel, my messages are based on the fact that you have disabled DHCP on the camera. DHCP = dynamic host configuration protocol. It is a service that assigns the tcpip settings automatically. There is a dhcp service in your home router which assigns tcipip settings on your home network. The axiom also has a dhcp service built in, so things you connect to the raynet will be configured automatically. If you disable dhcp on a device, you will need to put all the tcpip setting is manually and they need to be correct for the network the device is attached to. I think Father Ted's suggestion is great. You can use angry IP scanner (or I would use Zenmap) to scan the network to see if you can find the camera. Good luck, let us know if it works.
 
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Now working on the boat. Shows up under Network on the Axiom but the strange thing and I have tried multiple permutations the camera only shows up when set for two screens and the left hand side is dashboard and the right hand side is video. Won't show if single screen video or two screen chart and video or fishfinger and video really weird but hey at least working.
 
When in the video screen click on the hamburger menu on the screen (3 vertical bars top right) - you can choose the camera in there.
I have an analogue camera and also the IP camera and this is how I switch the view - this is the only thing I can think of that may be confused, even though you only have 1 camera
 
FatherTed said:
When in the video screen click on the hamburger menu on the screen (3 vertical bars top right) - you can choose the camera in there.
I have an analogue camera and also the IP camera and this is how I switch the view - this is the only thing I can think of that may be confused, even though you only have 1 camera
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This is what I found as well.
I went back to DHCP enabled which seems to work ok as then it is much easier to configure the camera elsewhere.
I also set the video quality on the primary stream to general and limited the data rate to 2048 so as not to swamp the network with multiple cameras.
 
DipperToo said:
This is what I found as well.
I went back to DHCP enabled which seems to work ok as then it is much easier to configure the camera elsewhere.
I also set the video quality on the primary stream to general and limited the data rate to 2048 so as not to swamp the network with multiple cameras.
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Interesting I must admit having dhcp enabled would make it much easier to configure. My next challenge is to get back into the camera from my computer when dhcp disabled and different ip and subnet significantly different to my home network until. Yes I know I have to change my laptop network configuration ip and subnet address, that is easier said than done. I will no doubt have a go when I’ve got used to where I’ve got now.
 
DipperToo said:
This is what I found as well.
I went back to DHCP enabled which seems to work ok as then it is much easier to configure the camera elsewhere.
I also set the video quality on the primary stream to general and limited the data rate to 2048 so as not to swamp the network with multiple cameras.
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Dipper, the only way to do that is to tick dhcp disabled make the IP changes and then tick dhcp enabled and save and not then try and scan it on a home network. Tied up tomorrow but will try this Saturday. Ive made your recommended changes to primary stream as well. I have used the IP and Subnet etc addresses that Father Ted used as they are working now. (I had a spare camera had home and this is the one I have changed.) if this works will leave this one the boat and bring the other one home and puzzle out how to access it via a web browser.
 
i know for sure that raymarine lighthouse camera app can control PTZ, but does anyone tried non-raymarine gimballs/cctv ptz setups with axiom?
 
Ok, great now have full screen video and can share chart and video. What is weird i didn't really change anything. I did take a second camera down there configured with dhcp enabled and it showed up on the network but not the screen. So, final settings are as Father Ted with dhcp disabled.
 
Nigel52 said:
Ok, great now have full screen video and can share chart and video. What is weird i didn't really change anything. I did take a second camera down there configured with dhcp enabled and it showed up on the network but not the screen. So, final settings are as Father Ted with dhcp disabled.
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That is great news.
I did also see my camera when dhcp was enabled and then had to select it in the video app. It did take a while to register.
At the end of the day, what matters is that you successfully got it to work and saved a few hundred pounds for an alternative to Raymarine.
 
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