Building Hikvision NVR

jsgsslo · Jan 5, 2017

Any thoughts on building an NVR from one of these: Hikvision DS-7716NI-SP/16 Main Board 80139-A-S4-B DS-80139 E248779 94V-0 | eBay

alastairstevenson · Jan 5, 2017

Isn't that an old design with limited performance?

ncwbob · Jan 11, 2017

Looking up the specs on this model, it actually seems to have plenty of features so it seems it should have decent good performance. Think I'll try and find out what kind of power supply it would require. If I could plug in a regular computer power supply and make it work, I'd jump on this.

Info here on some one looking for a power supply with info that might help but the photo link they posted looks very different then the main boards for sale on ebay.

Below is a photo of how it looks inside with all the connections.

I wonder if that is just a regular 1U FlexATX computer power supply with the 20 pin and 4 pin connectors. Think I might have one of those power supplies around some where, have to look for it and test it to see if it works. I have plenty of old 1, 2 and 4U computer cases I could use.

Here is a cheap one for sale on amazon for 22 bucks and it is even a 1U.

Plenty of cheap ones listed on ebay also >> Link

jsgsslo · Jan 11, 2017

Thanks for the picture. I just received the board today. It looks like standard ATX connectors.

ncwbob · Jan 11, 2017

jsgsslo said:
Thanks for the picture. I just received the board today. It looks like standard ATX connectors.

Cool, let me know if a computer power supply works, I'll order one of these also.

Robert

jsgsslo · Jan 13, 2017

Can you find a service manual or anything like that? I can't get the power supply to power on. I'm shorting the green wire on the ATX connector to force the power supply on, but the board and the power supply are not turning on.

ncwbob · Jan 13, 2017

hmmm....

The board should be drawing enough power to power it on. If you notice on the regular NVR, the power button is on the power supply.

One suggestion and I don't know if this would be valid or not, judge for yourself, use a mounting hole where a screw mounts the main board to the chassis and ground the power supply case to the screw hole via putting a small screw/nut on it and running a wire with clip to the power supply case or run the wire to one of the power supply case screws.

I bought a tester to plug in and test power supplies like that due to me always having a few lyin around and not knowing if they are good.

Is there a computer repair business in your town? If so you may be able to take the board to them and ask if they can plug it into a power supply to see if it will power up.

There is a computer repair business in my small town, guy is a long time friend. Plus I have my own collection of computer parts, cases, power supplies etc.

Keep us posted.

Robert

Oleglevsha · Jan 14, 2017

Он даже не включится, если включить принудительно, можно использовать 12 вольт, источника 52 вольт для POE в компьютерном блоке нет.

ncwbob · Jan 21, 2017

Any updates, ever get this to work?

hmjgriffon · Jan 21, 2017

How do you build one of those purpose built NVR's? or are you trying to fix one? I'd just "build" a PC and run blue iris on it, you won't be limited by crappy NVR software and if you don't like blue iris you could dump it later and go to something else without replacing the hardware.

ncwbob · Jan 22, 2017

hmjgriffon said:
How do you build one of those purpose built NVR's? or are you trying to fix one? I'd just "build" a PC and run blue iris on it, you won't be limited by crappy NVR software and if you don't like blue iris you could dump it later and go to something else without replacing the hardware.

These Hikvision and many cheaper NVRs such as this are based on linux and are very stable. All things considered with the expense of a good PC that would run reliably and stable, I don't think a PC would out perform a dedicated NVR on a cost and simplicity basis.

I'm sure there could be an extensive discussion about that, Just saying a low cost decent quality NVR is hard to beat cost wise VS a PC. Now if you drudge up an old PC and use that, yes that could be made to work cheap. I tried just that with an older windows 7 machine and it is proving unreliable, I think it has power supply issues. Rather then chase down those problems, I'll use a dedicated NVR and be done with it.

Concerning this Hikvison main board, it it could be made to work, with a computer power supply it would have been one of those cheap but good deals. Plug in, hook up, ad a hard drive, do some configuring and good to go. Looks like it might not be so good though as it does not seem to be working for the OP.

I already have a good dedicated 16 channel Hikvision NVR but I need another for the garage to use as a display for my cams. I wanted something I could set an alarm on so I could be notified of movement in zones outside. Since this main board was to a decent NVR I was hoping I could get that function if I used it. I know of a few decent low cost NVRs that I could use, seems none of them will do the movement alarms I would like but will work fine to display the cam feeds on a large monitor in my garage as I'm working out there.

Oh well.... don't always get what you want... but I will get what I need eventually, a monitor to keep watch on my cams.

jsgsslo · Jan 23, 2017

I couldn't get it to boot, so I gave up on it.

ncwbob · Jan 23, 2017

Did you try the grounding thing like I said? Did it seem to try and boot up? Sorry to be a pest but I would like more details.

Robert

jsgsslo · Jan 23, 2017

I didn't get to. I had to get something going, so I just setup Blue Iris because I only have 1 power supply.

fenderman · Jan 23, 2017

ncwbob said:
These Hikvision and many cheaper NVRs such as this are based on linux and are very stable. All things considered with the expense of a good PC that would run reliably and stable, I don't think a PC would out perform a dedicated NVR on a cost and simplicity basis.

I'm sure there could be an extensive discussion about that, Just saying a low cost decent quality NVR is hard to beat cost wise VS a PC. Now if you drudge up an old PC and use that, yes that could be made to work cheap. I tried just that with an older windows 7 machine and it is proving unreliable, I think it has power supply issues. Rather then chase down those problems, I'll use a dedicated NVR and be done with it.

Concerning this Hikvison main board, it it could be made to work, with a computer power supply it would have been one of those cheap but good deals. Plug in, hook up, ad a hard drive, do some configuring and good to go. Looks like it might not be so good though as it does not seem to be working for the OP.

I already have a good dedicated 16 channel Hikvision NVR but I need another for the garage to use as a display for my cams. I wanted something I could set an alarm on so I could be notified of movement in zones outside. Since this main board was to a decent NVR I was hoping I could get that function if I used it. I know of a few decent low cost NVRs that I could use, seems none of them will do the movement alarms I would like but will work fine to display the cam feeds on a large monitor in my garage as I'm working out there.

Oh well.... don't always get what you want... but I will get what I need eventually, a monitor to keep watch on my cams.

A pc for most applications like an i5-6500 based elitedesk or optiplex can be had for 300 with full 3 year next business day warranties. IF you really want to be cheap you can run an older ivy bridge or sandy bridge model for 100-150. There are many software options from milestone (8 cams free) to blue iris $60 and many more. Much more flexible than hikvision NVRs..much better mobile app as well, a night and day difference. Will blow away a standalone nvr.

ncwbob · Jan 24, 2017

Well fenderman, I agree with everything you said, except, if you need simple functionality and simple no brainer setup etc. I need to view my cams and I would like motion activated alarm if possible. That is all, but main need is just viewing my cams.

I know a cheap but decent dedicated NVR will allow me to view my cams and also function as a NVR if I want to actually record. I have a 16 channel Hickvison NVR now, works great. The need to view my cams is for when I'm working in the garage so I can see what is going on and keep an eye on my dogs etc.

So that is my situation. If I had one of these hickvision main boards and could power it with a computer power supply, that would do me just fine. The difference between a cheap NVR and this main board, I was thinking the main board might offer much more function such as the motion alarm.

Seems jsgsslo will probably not get any farther with this, I'll probably just go ahead and grab a cheap hickvision NVR to take care of viewing my cams.

alastairstevenson · Jan 24, 2017

jsgsslo said:
I couldn't get it to boot, so I gave up on it.

Did you get any status LEDs lit on the main board?

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