Recent content by rsoandrew

No. I never tried the serial connection on the bricked camera. I only tried the serial connection on the working camera (by mistake). I never got the serial connection to work on the working camera. With the cp2102 adapter connected to my computer and the serial ports on the working camera, I...

I was able to access the camera but only got gibberish. I tried different baud rates, switching the TX and RX lines and different software but could never communicate with the camera correctly. The serial recovery instructions were not the most clear. I'd recommend that if you try it, you get...

Same thing happened to me. In my case the firmware WAS V4.02R12.00006510.10010.1303 with a Build Date 10/23/2014. I attempted to upgrade to "General_HZXM_IPC_HI3518E_50H10L_S38_V4.02.R12.20150723_ALL.bin" thinking it might fix the problems I was having trying to get the camera to send emails...