Recent content by swaledale

In case anyone wants to look, the dmesg is here: http://pastebin.com/HtyiiWwp I wonder if there is a backup bootloader partition and a command that will tell it to boot from that, like a built in backup? Just wondering if it has the ability to truly reset itself and expect a lower (original)...

So I managed to connect using the PL2303HXD and a few jumper wires. If you take off the plastic shield from the 2.5mm female connectors you get something roughly the same size as the pins, with a few bits of shielding (paper) between the pins to avoid shorting. Anyway... what did I discover? I...

I've got a Prolific chip coming tomorrow so will have a look at the serial and see what it's complaining about. I can do that much at least. I'm writing it off almost, so willing to try anything after that if there's no more ideas. Alastair, Linux aint my thing really, but can have a bash...

I saw the notes on connecting the serial console, which I'll do when I order the parts, but not seen a definitive guide on how to downgrade or force an upgrade etc.

Did you find a Chinese 5.4.0 firmware at all? I have a camera in a boot loop that needs 5.4.0 Chinese...

So a bit of progress, only slight... I *think* (would like somebody to confirm the theory) that since I tried putting 5.4.0 on it, now the lowest firmware version it will accept is 5.4.0 - it clearly warns you this in the firmware release notes and says you cant downgrade, is this because it...

I cant seem to find any previous versions of Chinese firmware for this camera. In fact can't find any other versions only this one.

Tried both 1 and 4 line versions. Got the Chinese firmware from the Chinese Hikvision website (Chrome translate helped out). Was No. 6 on this page: http://www1.hikvision.com/cn/download_more_714.html Asked the seller but no reply yet. Was someone called Aipai Direct on Amazon. He said in his...

Hi, I've read hundreds of posts on here and elsewhere about fixing these Hikvision cameras and can't seem to get anywhere... I've got a DS-2CD2532F-IS camera that was bought from an Amazon seller, in his message it said it was a Multilanguage product, but it does have Chinese writing all over...