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  1. sirius99

    FTP Uploads

    I've got my camera connecting fine to my FTP share in the house - just set it up today. Also set up email to email snapshots to SMTP outside the house as well as having the onboard SD card there. but my question is really around exactly how the FTP works in terms of images being sent to it...
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    DS-2CD2142FWD-IWS - 5.4.4FW - factory resets every few days!

    I installed this last year and its been fine until recently ... at first i just thought its one of those things but its now done it 3 times ... By default its running wirelessly (and has been fine) but to get it after it does this i need to plug in a wire and then restore my saved config file...
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    More Than 3 Snapshots in Email?

    on previous cameras I was able to set the number of snapshots that got mailed out when an event was detected. With this I get only 3 and they are 2 secs apart. I'm finding this isn't good enough to make sure I capture facial features etc as I flip through my email ... anyone know of any way to...
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    HikVision 5.3.8 / FTP / Netgear ReadyShare USB

    Does anyone have this camera succesfully FTP'ing onto a Netgear (in my case an R8000 Nighthawk) USB drive configured as Readyshare USB ? For the life of me I cant get it to work....
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    Best Wireless IP Turret Camera

    'Best' is obviously subjective here but i was looking to get a Turret camera with IR and I like the HIKVison ones but they dont do a wireless variant. Can i ask for views on which ones you would recommend and why?
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    Number Of Snapshots : DS-2CD2142FWD

    Ive got Smart motion turned on and all my email params are set correctly. Running Firmware V5.4.0 I can't see where to set the number of pictures it sends ... All i see are 3 pictures on the mail attachment but i'd like to send at least 6- I thought this below was where to set the number...
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    Cable Splitter for Power

    Cant use PoE where my camera is so i have a 12v PSU and want to add in external mic / speaker combo which will need their own 12V supplies (or something different maybe) . So I've seen splitters the will split your 12v female into 2/3/4/5 female ends to share with multiple devices . Im assuming...
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    DS-2CD2142FWD - FTP And WDMycloud NAS Device

    Anyone got this combo working? I know the FTP on the WDMycloud device is fine - can access it from Mac and Windows machines ... I out the right userid etc into the camera and it just fails to connect with a username/password combo error (honest the password/name is the same as i used...
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    Hello From bournemouth

    Just joined. Picked up a nice HIKVision Dome camera to keep an eye on the scum who like to test if car doors are unlocked ... bit more complicated than my 10 year old D-Link (still working) so I expect to post questions as i learn or not.. 56 years young , technology background , born in...
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    DS-2CD2142FWD - Swap Picture Left to Righ?

    Ok finally have this up and running. Thought it woud take in more of my front drive than it does but to be fair it grabs a lot of it ... One thing I cant see how to change is the fact that the pictures are all the wrong way round.... inverted horizontally - I can sort the flip top/bottom stuff...
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    DS-2CD2142FWD-IWS - Dome Camera - Factory Reset .. How?

    Got this the other day and spent a bit of time getting used to it. Im not use PoE but am using a seperate 12V power supply ... Installed it outside and went in to test it.... zero... If i browse to it it shows me some text that looks like a telnet login screen but it does nothing.. Pulled up...