Resetting IQEYE511 factory defaults and turning on DHCP

[Jay Goldberg]

There is a comment on the Zendesk page for resetting and using IQEYE511 on DHCP. A similar thread is here on CCTV forums as well. I responded over there, but Vicon staff has not approved it.

The background is that camera discovery is necessary for these models as they do not have DHCP by default. Unfortunately IQfinder is a Windows application (blech), and you cannot use ChromeOS or Chrome-based Zeroconf for security reasons I guess?

Here is the solution (if you know the MAC of the camera):

1. reset the IQ511 by pressing and continuing to hold reset while powering the camera, hold until the red light changes to green (about 8 secs)
2. on a computer on the same segment, set a static ARP record for the camera using the MAC on the back (sudo arp -s 192.168.1.60 00501a01e634)
3. ping that IP (ping 192.168.1.60), the camera will assign itself this IP, and it will begin to respond to ping
4. log in via telnet (telnet 192.168.1.60), enter anything as username
5. change to admin (SET PRIVILEGE) and enter the default password
6. turn on DHCP (DEFINE SERVER DHCP ENABLE)
7. save the settings (SAVE SERVER)
8. reboot camera (INIT DELAY 0)
9. remove the ARP table entry when confirmed working

It will grab an DHCP assignment now.

I still think these are some of the best cameras out there for MJPEG, low power usage (and 12-24v terminals), superb firmware features and customization, compact size.