How to add cameras on a PoE switch

How to add cameras on a PoE switch

Cameras plugged into the NVR’s built-in PoE ports usually appear by themselves. Cameras behind a Lysora PoE switch do not — you put them on the same network segment, then add them on the recorder. This is the DIY path when you outgrow the NVR ports or mix cameras with door stations.

1. Uplink the switch. Cat 6 from a LAN / uplink port on the Lysora switch to a LAN port on the NVR (not a PoE camera port used as a random patch). Power the switch from the wall.
2. Disable plug-and-play on the NVR port that feeds the switch if you used a PoE port as uplink — ENS Titanium KB: turn PnP off on that port so the recorder does not fight the switch.
3. Align IP segments. Cameras and the NVR must sit on the same subnet. Use IP Tool (or the camera web UI) to set addresses when a camera stays invisible.
4. Plug cameras into PoE ports on the switch. Wait for link lights. On the NVR, Refresh or add by IP / search. Name each channel.
5. Count watts. Active Deterrence and PTZ draw more than a basic turret. Leave headroom on the Lysora switch budget.

Still stuck? Manufacturer walkthrough: Finding cameras on a switch.

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