Jovision CamSee CCTV POE IP Camera
Covers unlabeled Jovision and Jovision by names such as CamSee or otherwise labeled. This is a Chinese made CCTV Camera. The camera is manufactured by Jinan Jovision Science & Technology Co., Ltd. and is obscure mostly being available on eBay. They are more commonly known as Jovision Cameras and appear with a number of different names other than CamSee. The CamSee name is noted as a registered trademark but no trademark exists in the USA. The CamSee name is on a removable applied sticker. Jovision cameras tend to be unlabeled with no molded name or identification on the unit although some may exist that are otherwise.
This is an IP camera which basically has an embedded computer inside that is a server with RTSP and HTTP capabilities as well as other services. Known versions can possibly be programmed using Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Microsoft Windows computer as they seem to use ActiveX. Some settings are available when viewing with other operating system however the IP address assigned to the unit can not be modified. This camera is NOT ONVIF compliant. RTSP streaming is available.
The web interface requires Apple Quicktime to display video.
This Chinese camera is similar to others like the CSP-IPB-A CCTV POE IP Camera except not as flexible in that it requires Microsoft to program and is not ONVIF.
configuration
The default IP address for this model seems to be:
192.168.1.? (possible 108)
The camera can be found using a tool such as netdiscover.
Default login:
username: admin password: admin
Be prepared to immediately set an alternative password. The prompt to do so will appear immediately after first time login.
Programming was accomplished using a Microsoft Windows 7 desktop computer using Microsoft Internet Explorer and Active X security settings reduced to allow for the installation of a suspicious Chinese Active X control. The Active X control provided additional functionality in the web interface to set the network configuration. Without the Active X control, the web interface is available but does not provide network setting or username and password programming functionality. It is not possible to program with a web browser on Linux and other operating systems.
No external .exe setup or installation file is necessary. However, the Chinese made ActiveX control executes via Internet Explorer to provide full programming functionality.
