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The very first thing I did was load the 7616 firmware through the Swannview Plus app available for my MacBook. You can also try loading it through the iVMS-4200 app if available for your operating system and it recognizes your NVR. Are you using a Mac or Winblows? I don't know if the app...

Strange. I bought my system end of December 2014 so we were only a month apart. Do you (risky) want to try and upgrade to the WRONG firmware first to see if you can brick it, then update to the correct one like I did? I originally updated to the 7616 series firmware. This is risky...

Not sure what the issue could be. Maybe someone here can chime in to help. When doid you buy your Costco Swann system? I wonder if Swann may have done something to prevent the NVR from being flashed with something other than their firmwares?

I think it was well worth it and I'm already considering upgrading to a newer firmware for more features such as the ones Alistair suggested. However, I'd be lying if I didn't warn you to set some dedicated time aside to encounter issues and pull your hair out as you attempt to resolve them...

All is well now, thanks. :) This would be the NVR Firmware, not the Camera firmware. That's great that the line crossing and intrusion detection is supported in the newer releases. After I'm back from vacation I am going to give that a try (don't want a bricked NVR while I'm away). Thanks...

Sorry the late reply.. had a family emergency. The cameras are Hikvision DS-2CD2032. They have some VCA abilities I believe as the user manual states as much. On the current firmware I don't seem to have the ability to set line boundaries for line crossing detection.

Interesting. I may give this a try in a month from now. Yes, they look different but not a whole lot. I always figured Swann bought just the board and designed their own case which is why you see subtle differences. I always look at the back generally as if the board is the same you'll see...

Pasting here since it's relevant to TFTP: Alastair Stevenson and DemonicHawk, Thank you both so much for your help with this. I finally got my Costco Swann 16 channel/8 POE 3MP NVR working with Hikvision firmware. It appears that the Swann/Costco model I have (CONV16-b3mp8c /...

Alastair Stevenson and DemonicHawk, Thank you both so much for your help with this. I finally got my Costco Swann 16 channel/8 POE 3MP NVR working with Hikvision firmware. It appears that the Swann/Costco model I have (CONV16-b3mp8c /...

Thanks for that. I think you're right about the folder path. It won't let me add a backslash to it but if I leave it alone it will use the correct path. Well I officially bricked my NVR. Looks like the Hikvision 7616 firmware does not replace the current Costco Swann 16ch NVR firmware...

How would I run tftp if my NVR always gets an IP address from the router? I guess I need to be able to connect to it at 192.0.0.64 but it is running at 192.168.1.100. Should I just change the static ip to 192.0.0.64 from the web interface?

Ok thanks for the info. Let's see what happens :-)

Also, if I eventually give up is it possible to find the original Swann firmware for this device?

Thanks I'll try a pre 3.1.0 and telnet. Quick question- will it give me an issue if I downgrade the firmware or since I'm using tftp it has no knowledge of what I'm putting in there?

Yes my NVR looks exactly like the 7616. It doesn't look anything like the mobile nvr 7116. This is why I find it weird that it thinks it's the 7116 even though I used the US-based 7616-E2/8P firmware version 3.1.0. I have the one with 16 channels but only 8 of the ports are powered with POE.