I've this re-labelled Dahua camera that was gifted to me by a brother-in-law that runs a security firm in Europe. Knowing it was really a Dahua cam under the hood, I set out to find out what model it really was so I could find up-to-date firmware for it. I eventually figured out it was a Dahua IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS and found updated firmware. But the thing was working well, so, going my the maxim "If it ain't broke, don't fix it," I left it alone.
Then this happened.
I'd made a couple changes in motion zones and tripwires. At some point later the camera spontaneously rebooted. Went to refine my config changes this morning, only to discover the old motion and tripwire configs were back. Eh? Did I forget a save? Re-did them. Exited. Went back in. Yup: They'd taken. Then thought "Hmmm..." Rebooted the cam. The old configs were back.
Oh ohhh...
Set to factory defaults, except network and user configs. Rebooted. Old configs were back again.
Figured if I can't re-configure it, it's almost a brick, anyway. So I set it to factory defaults again, crossed my fingers, and updated the cam with the firmware I'd found. Imagine my relief when the thing came back on-line But... The old configs were back again!
Set it to factory defaults again and re-booted. Finally it's taking and remembering config changes again.
Not my favorite way to spend my Sunday mornings
Then this happened.
I'd made a couple changes in motion zones and tripwires. At some point later the camera spontaneously rebooted. Went to refine my config changes this morning, only to discover the old motion and tripwire configs were back. Eh? Did I forget a save? Re-did them. Exited. Went back in. Yup: They'd taken. Then thought "Hmmm..." Rebooted the cam. The old configs were back.
Oh ohhh...
Set to factory defaults, except network and user configs. Rebooted. Old configs were back again.
Figured if I can't re-configure it, it's almost a brick, anyway. So I set it to factory defaults again, crossed my fingers, and updated the cam with the firmware I'd found. Imagine my relief when the thing came back on-line But... The old configs were back again!
Not my favorite way to spend my Sunday mornings