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gquanz
Dec 02, 2018Tutor
M5300-28G-POE - PoE Port for Mobotix IP Cameras down
After un- and replugging 10 Mobotix IP cameras the switch does not recognize/power up the cameras. They were running for years without problems. Firmware is updated (11.00.31), switch already reboote...
- Dec 04, 2018
Dear DaneA,
thank you again for your kind reply. Fortunately I could solve the problem. The 2 reasons for the not working cameras are:
- I am an idiot (80%)
- poor documentation of the system (20%)
After rechecking the cables I took the camera at the front door (the only one I could reach without a long ladder) and tested it with a PoE injector from my WLAN access points - it worked. After that and by chance I tried it with the network cable at my desk and ot worked, too. Therefore it could only be the cable to the front door - I didn't touch it - oder the PATCH PANEL next to the switch. In the documentation is written, that the cameras have to be plugged in in the lower patch panel - I did that. But some time someone added a patch panel and the cameras in fact had to be plugged into the second lowest panel. There they are working. Because I unplugged the cameras and didn't remember the right panel 30 minutes later, it was my fault and I wasted your time. I apologize for that!!! Do you habe an "electronic tip box"?
Kind regards
Guido
DaneA
Dec 04, 2018NETGEAR Employee Retired
Thank you for your feedback.
I searched online and found out that the M12D Mobotix camera has an ISDN port and LAN port. As reference, kindly check page 2 of the M12D Mobotix data sheet here. Kindly double check and make sure that you are using the LAN port.
With the D24M Mobotix camera, kindly make sure that the ethernet cable is inserted properly to its LAN port. As reference, kindly check page 59 of the D24M Mobotix camera manual here.
To further isolate the problem, if ever you have a spare PoE switch, kindly try to connect the M12D and D24M Mobotix cameras and observe if the cameras will power on via PoE.
Regards,
DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
gquanz
Dec 04, 2018Tutor
Dear DaneA,
thank you again for your kind reply. Fortunately I could solve the problem. The 2 reasons for the not working cameras are:
- I am an idiot (80%)
- poor documentation of the system (20%)
After rechecking the cables I took the camera at the front door (the only one I could reach without a long ladder) and tested it with a PoE injector from my WLAN access points - it worked. After that and by chance I tried it with the network cable at my desk and ot worked, too. Therefore it could only be the cable to the front door - I didn't touch it - oder the PATCH PANEL next to the switch. In the documentation is written, that the cameras have to be plugged in in the lower patch panel - I did that. But some time someone added a patch panel and the cameras in fact had to be plugged into the second lowest panel. There they are working. Because I unplugged the cameras and didn't remember the right panel 30 minutes later, it was my fault and I wasted your time. I apologize for that!!! Do you habe an "electronic tip box"?
Kind regards
Guido
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