Recent content by sfitz527

Thanks for all the help! The NVR is a Hik rebranded as Alibi. Before I went down the rabbit hole of firmware, I decided to call the Alibi tech support. They were surprisingly fast, and I got the NVR reset on a 2-minute call. Much better experience than I had dealing directly with the...

Thanks. My interpretation of the output is the password would be Ipc123456. I was able to get into the camera with that, but not the NVR. Am I missing an alternate, or maybe the NVR didn't assign the camera the same password as the NVR itself? I guess I'll try a few different NVR ports to...

@alastairstevenson If you are still up for it, would you be able to decrypt the attached file for the password? I picked up a locked NVR on eBay, but I was able to use this old trick to have a camera pull the password from the NVR. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, they all worked perfectly!

Would you be able to decrypt the admin password on the attached 3 configuration files? I attempted to do so myself utilizing the steps in the Hikvision backdoor IP camera thread mentioned on page 4, but cannot get the hikvision-world.space - link to work. I'm utilizing an old DS-2CD2032 to...

That’s coming along nicely! I did a similar project a few years ago with a customer using an extra outdoor general duty electric box. Be sure to seal up those extra mounting holes and around your PVC, especially if it’ll be exposed to the elements.

Great point. That’s exactly why I went with a 16ch NVR on this property. I do have 5 additional cameras at the front alone, 2 of those did get a bit of this incident but not nearly as good as the driveway cameras. The focal point of both these cameras is my driveway for when my vehicle isn’t...

Thanks, i’m really considering it. When I installed our photoelectric beam sensor at the end of the driveway I ran an extra cat5 for future projects. The street is a dead end on the right, so the current ANPR catches both sides of every vehicle anyway. I didn’t add that clip of the vehicles...

With the uptick in catalytic converter thefts, it was only a matter of time until they reached our neighborhood. Two thieves made the mistake of targeting a neighbor’s vehicle parked in view of a few of my cameras. Below is the footage merged together, unfortunately the ANPR only captured the...

Have you tried triggering recording on the NVR from the cameras motion detection? I believe I had a similar problem a few years ago and that was the best solution I found. I also had to adjust the record time after a motion event was triggered from the default 5s to 30s or so to capture the...

Thank you @Oleglevsha and @alastairstevenson 1111111q did the trick on both NVRs! Also excited to test out the suggested methods.

@alastairstevenson How complicated is the process to decrypt the configuration files/is there a way to make that process not too complex? I found a few steps on the Google that involve downloading ubuntu subsystem and installing openssl. I am not familiar with either but would be willing to...

@alastairstevenson Thank you, that did the trick! It was a September buy for a project that got sidelined, so rest assured I didn't snatch this one from you.

Great information here! @alastairstevenson Would you be able to view the password in the attached configuration file. I believe I followed the correct steps with an older DS-2CD2032F, running V5.3.0 with a reset button! The NVR I am trying to make use of was an eBay purchase where the seller...

You can always experiment with “intrusion detection” under VCA to trigger an event to initiate recordings. Or at the minimum you can have it setup and utilize it for playback under “Smart playback” to filter recordings for events that have someone/something enter your designated area. I have...