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Review on TETHYS Wireless Security Camera 1080P Indoor with Alexa Integration: Pan/Tilt WiFi Smart IP Camera Dome Surveillance System with Night Vision, Motion Detection, 2-Way Audio, Cloud Storage – Ideal for Home, Business & Baby Monitoring by Matt Watkins

Revainrating 2 out of 5

Good hardware product; TERRIBLE basic setup software

Two stars is a balance of four stars for the hardware and two NEGATIVE stars for the MIPC software version 6.9.1.1909190945 - this is the latest version at the time of my review; maybe later versions will fix it. Pros: a) nicely built, good image quality both in normal indoor lighting and in very weak (almost dark) lighting. b) also the output of the image (live and saved) can be viewed on the desktop of the PC - a plus not mentioned in the description c) and comes with a surface mount kit (no instructions for it - but pretty obvious, how it goes). use) Cons: 1) The incomplete item description does not indicate that UBS power is required; I was expecting a battery powered device, or at least an included battery option so I could use it away from outlets. 2) The description shows that it works with Alexa, but as far as I can tell the only control over Alexa is if you have Alexa Show. and can tell Alexa to show pictures. 3) Extremely buggy software installation - I was repeatedly asked to update the software even though I did. I ended up having to break out of this infinite loop at application startup and restart. Also reached a dead end side during installation where there was no path to the next step. I had to close this page to continue. The instructions are WRONG to set up anything near the router if you later move it to a range extender or wireless access point. Offer. Look at reviews of MIPC software on Google Store - many people have serious problems with it.

Pros
  • Pleasant
Cons
  • Poor instructions