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Software update can be found in Zmodo App Settings - this update will allow you to connect to 2.4GHz and 5Ghz routers as well as adding Google Assistant functionality
Door/Window Sensors (4-PackïŒ
Battery:
3V Lithium Cell Battery, 240mAh
Lasts up to 2 Years When Triggered 10 Times per Day
Working Environment: Indoor or Covered Use 32°F-104°F
Main Portion Dimensions: 2.44" Ă 1.34" Ă 0.55"
Magnetic Portion Dimensions: 2.11" Ă 0.56" Ă 0.55"
Whatâs in the Box?
1x Zmodo Pivot Cloud Smart WiFi Security Camera System
4x Zmodo Door/Window Sensors
1x Protected by Zmodo Smart Security System Window Sticker
Like most cheap Internet of Things devices, this thing probably has a hardcoded backdoor with a generic username and password and no easy way to fix. I wouldnât let this anywhere near my network.
@bbf Thanks for the suggestion and maybe Iâm paranoid, but I donât trust software based solutions such as what you suggested. Based on past history, most residential routers are not very secure and with VxWorks based devices (which is likely what these cameras are using) having NAT traversable flaws, the only solution that I would trust would be what I use, which is using âthree dumb routersâ.
@squishybrain Yes itâs safest to set up a whole separate network, but then again itâs a matter of whatâs good enough.
I highly doubt this is running VxWorks, Iâve not seen anything running VxWorks thatâs been designed in the last 10+ years. Itâs most probably running linux just like all the WiFi routers/APs, or pretty much anything embedded these days.
I bought this last time around because I was intrigued by built in temp and humidity sensors. For my testing I have it monitoring my basement which has a walkout doorway to the backyard. I have not hooked up the door sensors yet. Overall I think itâs really good. Cam quality is great, I like the non-fish eye wide angle lenses and the IR sensor has enough power to light up my basement. The motion detection and âspeed to mobile app push notificationâ is also very good. I love the temp and humidity sensors, it even logs history and gives a nice graph. All that being said, as a long time cheap IP camera enthusiast, I feel like there is something shady going on. The iOS app wants location info to provide weather, and it wonât let you just enter a zip. Iâve tinkered a bit with getting a video stream to my BlueIris software but have not had any luck. This is very much a closed ecosystem, which is why I have not entrusted it with surveilling the main floor or outside of my house, where there is actual activity. Hopefully someone else can prove my assumptions wrong.
I bought this last time and canât get it to connect to my network. When I unboxed it the power cord was all wadded up and stuffed in the box instead of neatly folded and twist-tied so I think mine might be defective. Either way, I canât recommend this as I canât get it to work. Plus the sound it makes turning when I walk by freaks me out a bit.
Cannot speak for this product, but I bought the Zmodo doorbell, which also came with a wifi extender (not sure it really works, I have it in the garage).
You get what you pay for. It drops the wifi signal even though the router was only 5 ft away. Also the time between the doorbell ringing and the app actually allowing you to answer is too long. Also, you cannot pan or tilt the camera which makes it less than useful.
Specs
Pivot Cloud
Door/Window Sensors (4-PackïŒ
Whatâs in the Box?
Price Comparison
$102 at Amazon
Warranty
3 Years Zmodo
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Thursday, July 16th
Ehhhh
I spyâŠ
when will this âcloudâ stuff go away?
@iPooOnUFirstMeh Answer is hazy.
@iPooOnUFirstMeh It wonât, but we might once it becomes self-aware.
Zno.
Will this watch my dog when I am gone?
Oh no.
@PooltoyWolf Itâs okay. Cinco made it into the mix.
Isnât zmodo stuff kind of trash?
Thereâs that picture again of the guy laughing while his house is being robbedâŠ
@awk He knows he doesnât have anything worth stealing.
Do you see an Apple on that laptop?
Is cloud storage the only option?
Or can I use my âhome cloudâ (local NAS)?
Rotates 350°⊠WHY!? That is SO aggravating.
@jmkiii Itâs mounted on the neck of an owl.
/giphy owl neck
Like most cheap Internet of Things devices, this thing probably has a hardcoded backdoor with a generic username and password and no easy way to fix. I wouldnât let this anywhere near my network.
@squishybrain You can make another SSID on more advanced WIFI APs/Routers that are isolated from the rest of your network just for these cameras.
@bbf Thanks for the suggestion and maybe Iâm paranoid, but I donât trust software based solutions such as what you suggested. Based on past history, most residential routers are not very secure and with VxWorks based devices (which is likely what these cameras are using) having NAT traversable flaws, the only solution that I would trust would be what I use, which is using âthree dumb routersâ.
@squishybrain Yes itâs safest to set up a whole separate network, but then again itâs a matter of whatâs good enough.
I highly doubt this is running VxWorks, Iâve not seen anything running VxWorks thatâs been designed in the last 10+ years. Itâs most probably running linux just like all the WiFi routers/APs, or pretty much anything embedded these days.
@bbf
Reviews on Amazon look pretty horrid
@jayman007 So, the normal Meh product for sale.
I bought this last time around because I was intrigued by built in temp and humidity sensors. For my testing I have it monitoring my basement which has a walkout doorway to the backyard. I have not hooked up the door sensors yet. Overall I think itâs really good. Cam quality is great, I like the non-fish eye wide angle lenses and the IR sensor has enough power to light up my basement. The motion detection and âspeed to mobile app push notificationâ is also very good. I love the temp and humidity sensors, it even logs history and gives a nice graph. All that being said, as a long time cheap IP camera enthusiast, I feel like there is something shady going on. The iOS app wants location info to provide weather, and it wonât let you just enter a zip. Iâve tinkered a bit with getting a video stream to my BlueIris software but have not had any luck. This is very much a closed ecosystem, which is why I have not entrusted it with surveilling the main floor or outside of my house, where there is actual activity. Hopefully someone else can prove my assumptions wrong.
Latest generation of this?
/image HAL9000
You think youâve private lives
Think nothing of the kind
There is no true escape
Iâm watching all the time
@Bumplepimp
@Bumplepimp Anyone else feel that contraction doesnât belong. It seems technically right, but it feels like a fragmented sentence when you read it.
@goldnectar - You can never have too many contractions:
Yâink youâve priâves
Think nâind
Thereâs no truâscape
Iâm waâll thâime
@Bumplepimp @goldnectar Is that contraction a British thing? It strikes me that way.
@Bumplepimp @goldnectar @tmdowling Well, it is from a Judas Priest song
I bought this last time and canât get it to connect to my network. When I unboxed it the power cord was all wadded up and stuffed in the box instead of neatly folded and twist-tied so I think mine might be defective. Either way, I canât recommend this as I canât get it to work. Plus the sound it makes turning when I walk by freaks me out a bit.
@mensachick
Cannot speak for this product, but I bought the Zmodo doorbell, which also came with a wifi extender (not sure it really works, I have it in the garage).
You get what you pay for. It drops the wifi signal even though the router was only 5 ft away. Also the time between the doorbell ringing and the app actually allowing you to answer is too long. Also, you cannot pan or tilt the camera which makes it less than useful.
@darkangelmsm I have that same Zmodo doorbell and extender from a Fuku. Can confer that it is worth less than one Fuku.
Had two Zmodo cams. Constant issues. Sold them on eBay and bought Wyze cams instead. 1000% better product and 500% better support. Just say meh
@aciarlotta I tried to pawn off my zmodo doorbell to someone else, and I couldnât even give that shit away for free.
Fakespot rating D. One star. Meh.