Help identifying generic nvr board

xavier00

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I would like to know if someone can tellme what board is this? I just want to find the right firmware
for it image.jpegi thought it was a nbd- 7808tbut it seems its not, firmware wont work
 

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It looks like the serial console port may be the 4 connector holes, just left of D26? in the centre of the board.
If you connect a USB to TTL serial convertor, you may get access to the bootloader or kernel and get some useful information.
 

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This is the mistery board being sold all over the place, no brand no firmware no help from sellers
 

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Outside they all look like this H.264 onvif p2p 8ch model NVR-1008
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** found the location for a 4 pin header on the circuit board. i soldered wires to a TTL-to-serial converter so that I could monitor the console output during the linux bootup.
I presume you saw the above, on this post:
https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/14439-is-there-a-quot-generic-quot-firmware-available-for-Hi3535-based-NVR-(owsoo-branded)?p=131423&viewfull=1#post131423
This is easy enough to do:
It looks like the serial console port may be the 4 connector holes, just left of D26? in the centre of the board.
If you connect a USB to TTL serial convertor, you may get access to the bootloader or kernel and get some useful information.
 
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