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Monitor HDMI output using CAT5e for Camera

Thompson2127

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Dec 10, 2016
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I have used an HDMI to CAT5e conversion from my monitor to my camera, which has a CAT5e connection with no results. HELP!!
 
Solution
Connect a PC or laptop to the POE switch and use the software provided with the camera.
You can't connect directly to a monitor because the camera doesn't output video directly, it outputs ethernet traffic. That ethernet has to be interpreted by software running on a computer or tablet/phone to display a picture.

Have you read the user's manual ?
Connect a PC or laptop to the POE switch and use the software provided with the camera.
You can't connect directly to a monitor because the camera doesn't output video directly, it outputs ethernet traffic. That ethernet has to be interpreted by software running on a computer or tablet/phone to display a picture.

Have you read the user's manual ?
 
Solution