Recent content by CyJackX

Heavily involved. We already have cameras in common areas, also, so recording the hallway, another common area, shouldn't be out of the question.

Long story short, in the co-op I live in, across the hall is a mentally ill neighbor who is prone to yelling in the hall, slamming the doors with a looping monologue every 5 minutes at certain times of night. There have been physical altercations with other members of the building, but before...

Hey Alastair, after setting a static IP, the downloaded HikVisionPasswordResetHelper.exe was able to reset the password. Thanks for your advice, couldn't have done it without you (and a little Googling on how to set DNS!)

Interesting; The camera is plugged into a TP-Link POE injector connected to my laptop. Will try in a few.

Hey Alastair, thanks for your help. Unfortunately, it seems to be timing out still: This is the IP address I'm plugging in from SADP for this camera. Our system is closed loop and not connected to the internet, FWIW.

Volunteering to help unlock the cameras in my co-op building. The vendor installed them in 2015 and has been unable to help us with the right password(s), so I have to go the route of resetting the passwords. Unfortunately, Hikvision responded to the XML file I got using SADP with: "The serial...