Hello all, I have a question regarding flashing HikVision firmware onto Trendnet Cameras. I currently have a QNAP NAS with Surveillance Station controlling 4 cameras. Two of my cameras are the Trendnet TV-IP310PI cameras with firmware V5.1.8 build 150311 and the other two are HikVision DS-2CD2032-I cameras in English with firmware V5.2.0 build 140721.
As you know these two cameras are completely Identical except for the firmware on them. They both have excellent video quality but the problem I'm having with the Trendnets is the nightvision FPS. My Trendnet cameras are set to 30fps with 1024kbps bandwidth, during the day they will run 30/30 fps no problem and at night they only run 5fps out of the 30 which makes it very difficult to capture anything at that low of fps. My Hikvision cameras are set to 20fps at 1024kbps and during the day they run 20/20fps no problem and at night they run 20fps perfectly fine.
Is the low 4-5fps nightvision a setting within the Trendnet camera to correct or would it be best to flash the HikVision v5.2.0 build 140721 firmware onto my Trendnet cameras to achieve the 20fps nightvision?
If I chose to flash the HikVision firmware onto my Trendnet cameras, how do I do that? I have the firmware downloaded on my computer and logged onto my Trendnet Camera and went to firmware upgrade and chose the HikVision firmware and tried to upload it to the camera within the Trendnet software and it failed. I see people mention to use tftp service to upload the firmware to the cameras, is there tutorial or a good how-to on the forum on how to flash the HikVision firmware to my Trendnet camera? I have TFTP service enabled on my Win10 computer, so I just need to know how to proceed from here.
Any advice or tips/tricks is greatly appreciated on how to proceed.
Last question, if I flash the HikVision firmware to the Trendnet camera and dont like the performance or if there are issues, am I able to flash the Trendnet firmware back onto my Trendnet camera and put it back to factory settings if needed?
As you know these two cameras are completely Identical except for the firmware on them. They both have excellent video quality but the problem I'm having with the Trendnets is the nightvision FPS. My Trendnet cameras are set to 30fps with 1024kbps bandwidth, during the day they will run 30/30 fps no problem and at night they only run 5fps out of the 30 which makes it very difficult to capture anything at that low of fps. My Hikvision cameras are set to 20fps at 1024kbps and during the day they run 20/20fps no problem and at night they run 20fps perfectly fine.
Is the low 4-5fps nightvision a setting within the Trendnet camera to correct or would it be best to flash the HikVision v5.2.0 build 140721 firmware onto my Trendnet cameras to achieve the 20fps nightvision?
If I chose to flash the HikVision firmware onto my Trendnet cameras, how do I do that? I have the firmware downloaded on my computer and logged onto my Trendnet Camera and went to firmware upgrade and chose the HikVision firmware and tried to upload it to the camera within the Trendnet software and it failed. I see people mention to use tftp service to upload the firmware to the cameras, is there tutorial or a good how-to on the forum on how to flash the HikVision firmware to my Trendnet camera? I have TFTP service enabled on my Win10 computer, so I just need to know how to proceed from here.
Any advice or tips/tricks is greatly appreciated on how to proceed.
Last question, if I flash the HikVision firmware to the Trendnet camera and dont like the performance or if there are issues, am I able to flash the Trendnet firmware back onto my Trendnet camera and put it back to factory settings if needed?