I must have missed the updates to this post as there is some very interesting stuff here. Meanwhile I bought a Raymarine Cam210 from Ebay for roughly half price which I am going to fit. The issue is going to be that the camera angle is very narrow. However, now looking at Father Ted's breakdown on the 'Github' it looks very comprehensive and certainly worth a try. Thank you.
Thanks for update, I will add your info to the page.
Thanks. I still need to make sure my axiom 7+ at the upper helm manages the video as all testing so far has been with the axiom 12+ set as the master unit.
Good question. If you have a switchable 12v supply near the camera then you can use that, but if you don't you will need to run a switched 12v supply from near the helm. My 12v comes from the same supply as the plotter.
Great, I have run RJ45 and 12 volt cables from bridge deck to helm, camera on order from AliExpress and Raynet to RJ45 female purchased so once camera arrives I shall start connecting and keeping my fingers crossed.
Hi Dipper have you tested this yet with the Axiom please. Also did you get a reply how one turns ONVIF authentification off?
Well got the Gardinan camera connected to 12 volts and to my router and cannot connect it to configure as per your guide. The small IR leds light up but no network connection. Typically when you plug in a RJ45 ethernet connection to a a router the port lights up but not this one. Tried logging on the router to see the IP address but nothing shows up. I guess it is a DoA dead on arrival product. I cut off the 12 volt connector to wire it into 12 volts so I guess they will not want it back. Not sure whether to risk buying anouther one or not. Also found the Apps very unfriendly and even with a magnifying glass could not read the small instruction sheet. Not a good experience.
Yes, I have had 2 of the S3VC cameras working at the same time on both an Axion+12 and an Axiom+ 7. You do need care in setting up the cameras. The only negative with the S3VC is that you cannot run the configuration using the axiom Calibrate as it returns browser errors.
Shame you had a bad experience. Mime arrived this morning and the IP seemed to be set at 192.168.`1.10 which clashed with another device on my home network. Once I turned off the conflicting device I then managed to log into the Gardinan web interface and the first thing was to set the IP to DHCP. After that it reboots and take a little time and in fact I turned it off and on again. Then as per the guides, turned off OVNIF and RTSP authentication plus lower the stream data rates to 1025 and set the resolution to 1920/1024. I will take it to the boat later this week to test. Hopefully the Axiom will allow me to access the web configuration pages (Raymarine calibrate option after selecting the device) unlike the S3VC cameras .
Did the yellow light on the RJ45 connector at the camera flash? It has 2 lights; one for activity and another blue one to indicate POE.
What may help is a small freeware program Advanced IP Scanner which I use all the time to check devices on my network. After the scan, you will see a small arrow beside the IP address and clicking on that will then indicate an HTTP link where you will be taken to the web interface to login.
No. When I plugged it into the router as well the port did not light up which is unusual.
If you cover up the camera, do you see if the IR lights come on? That will indicate if the camera has at least got power and booted up.
