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  1. latropa

    Adding more than one email recipient in Hikvision web settings > Configuration > Network > Advanced

    I've had no problem setting it up with a gmail account to send e-mail triggered event notifications to one receiver but trying to add a 2nd or 3rd recipient to also get the email doesn't seem to work. As you can see in the screenshot, only the first email listed under Receiver even gets a...
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    Cannot set exposure time to less than 1/30 on Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I

    Thanks! That does work. Without WDR enabled the picture looks terrible though. I guess if I want the exposure less than 1/30, I'll have to mess with the other image settings to get as decent quality as I can and then just live with that. Hikvision documentation is absolutely terrible. I get...
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    iVMS-4200 client software for Windows 10 needs admin privileges?

    Is it normal to get a UAC prompt in order to start iVMS? I'm using version 6.2.6 build20170719 but it's done this with all the version I've used. If there is a way to start it without admin access, that would be great. If there isn't, does anyone know why it requires those rights?
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I pixels fade in and out like the entire video is pulsing every second or so

    Thanks. I did some search on iframes and how to fix the pulsing/flicker. I did things like syncing up the fps and more but was only able to improve it slightly. Oh well, it's much less noticeable when the camera isn't on night mode pointing out a window so I'll live with it. I was just testing...
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    Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I pixels fade in and out like the entire video is pulsing every second or so

    I haven't mounted the cameras permanently yet but it's most noticeable at night: It's less obvious during daylight when the camera isn't in night mode but it's still very noticeable. I've messed around with some image settings like adjusting WDR and turning it off completely with no...
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    Using a plus (+) sign in the e-mail configuration for the built in Hikvision software?

    Having a + symbol in an email address is a RFC standard (Email address - Wikipedia) but I can't get the Hikvision setup area to accept it when I try and input an email with a "+" in the Configuration > Network > Advanced Settings > Email area: Is this just a bug/limitation of the firmware...
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    tinyCam PRO and Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I

    That's specific model number isn't listed in tinyCam and I'm wondering what the best alternative model to select for it would be? tinyCam has Hikvision DS-2CD2042-I that it supports and it seems to work fine with my initial testing but there is also another one with WD in the model number. It...
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    Cannot set exposure time to less than 1/30 on Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I

    Unlike my DS-2CD2032-I cameras that can go to 1/3 in the Exposure Settings. The 2042 doesn't go any lower than 1/30. Is there some other setting I need to change before it can be set lower or does the 2042 just not support it? Settings screenshot from DS-2CD2042WD-I with firmware V5.5.0 build...
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    Where to go for the official latest versions of Hikvision Firmware and Software?

    I think that is the one that I thought was an FTP site. It has that kind of look. Thanks! I'm going to bookmark it this time with all my other hikvision links.
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    Where to go for the official latest versions of Hikvision Firmware and Software?

    It seems like Hikvision software and firmware is spread out all over the place with more recent versions available on some sites but not others. For example, at Hikvision USA iVMS-4200 has 2.6.1.2 as the most recent version but if I go to Hikvision Europe there is an even newer version...
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    Any way to view the playback interface if a camera breaks or is stolen?

    I can play those MP4 files with MPC-HC but they are just chunks of hours of video without the search option to go to a specific time of day where you can see motion was captured like you can do in the Hikvision web interface and Android App. The PIC files must be full of a whole bunch of JPG's...
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    Any way to view the playback interface if a camera breaks or is stolen?

    I'm not using a NVR, just the software included on the camera to record motion and snapshots to a SMB share. Right now I need the camera itself to access those recordings and pictures in any kind of organized way because they are just a mess of directories and 256mb files on the harddrive...
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    Configuration > Image > Video Adjustment > Capture Mode... What is it?

    I'm using a Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I camera. I've searched and found a few topics briefly discussing the Capture Mode setting but none of them provide any real clarity of what the purpose of this setting is. I don't get how it's different from the resolution and frame rate that you can set under...
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    Difference between motion detection and intrusion detection?

    Sorry. I forgot and skipped over the image quality part. The emails I get have 3 pictures and they are all at the full resolution I'm running my cameras at (1920x1080). I seem to remember them always being that way but I may have setup the storage to my SMB shares before I set the email...
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    Difference between motion detection and intrusion detection?

    I'm not using a NVR, just the interface on the camera with storage mounted to an SMB share but I'm pretty sure it will still email you pictures without adding a storage option via SMB/NAS. On the web interface I go to Configuration > Network > Advanced Settings > Email and set it up to use on...
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    Difference between motion detection and intrusion detection?

    I know this is an old thread but I can't figure out how to add more than one area for the intrusion detection. The hikvision web interface has a drop down box for Regions but the only option in it is "1". I can see nowhere that lets you add another region so I can draw another area. Anyone...
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    4MP Hikvision camera issues with blurry images and artifacts mainly at night.

    Thanks. I turned the digital noise reduction way down and moving video looks much better. I have a couple 3MP cameras and just used the same basic settings I had one those (where DNR was at 100). They have zero ghosting but these were terrible.
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    Does anyone know where I can find the firmware for DS-2CD2042WI-I?

    Makes sense they would offer lousy support, otherwise more end-users would get to save a lot of money instead of buying those all-in-one systems you find at stores that are just rebranded hikvision at jacked up price. It was more of a I did more searching and found something that looked...
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    Does anyone know where I can find the firmware for DS-2CD2042WI-I?

    Okay, I found 5.4.0 for these cameras here: http://www.forum.use-ip.co.uk/resources/hikvision-firmware-update-for-ds-2cd2x42fwd-ip-cameras.13/reviews (backup host: https://mega.nz/#!3c8EwCAZ!7rmX_sbkCReus3JpfEeHFbLperxMnJMdYSTM8MPKy5Y) (edit: here it is on an official, I think, hikvision site...
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    Does anyone know where I can find the firmware for DS-2CD2042WI-I?

    Well, after finding this page for the camera: http://www.hikvision.com/us/Products_1_10533_i7579.html And seeing that it had downloads linked to that same "xFWD" firmware, I decided to go for. The good news is the camera didn't brick, still has english menus and still works... but bad news is...
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    Does anyone know where I can find the firmware for DS-2CD2042WI-I?

    I'm hoping it will fix the e-mail issue with using a gmail account to send e-mails from the camera. Google no longer supports SSL and there isn't a TLS encryption option in the current firmware settings. There is a TLS option though for the latest DS-2CD2032-I firmware and using gmail works...
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    Does anyone know where I can find the firmware for DS-2CD2042WI-I?

    I bought a couple of these: HIKVISION V5.3.3 4MP International Version POE IP Bullet Camera Security DS-2CD2042WD-I 4mm firmware upgradeable I read from the amazon description on the link I bought them that they were upgradable to at least v5.3.6 but the closest to that I can find this site...
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    What else can I do to try and recover a bricked 2032 that I tried to update?

    So far this is as close as I'm getting to English menus: https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/2733-Hikvision-FIRMWARE-TOOLS-change-language-extract-files-and-create-own-firmware?p=28366&viewfull=1#post28366 It's a pain because you have to reclick the javascript link on each page load but...
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    Why do people upgrade - they claim for security updates but, what are you doing ?

    The primary reason I tried to upgrade the firmware was because Chrome stopped working with the plugin type Hikvision uses and I wanted it to work again so I didn't have to load up an old version of Firefox just for my cameras. Little did I know about the region thing at the time and how...
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    What else can I do to try and recover a bricked 2032 that I tried to update?

    I have read a lot of threads on here and while it's been very helpful in pointing me in the right direction, it's still been a crapshoot in finding a firmware that will work. So far I've came across two chinese only versions that will load up. I'm justing hoping I can find one with english...
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    What else can I do to try and recover a bricked 2032 that I tried to update?

    Thanks. I finally got it up and running with the Chinese firmware you linked to (both direct form hikvision site and from the dropbox link in this thread). Of course, the web interface was all in Chinese so I used hiktools to switch the language to English and no luck. It just won't get to that...
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    What else can I do to try and recover a bricked 2032 that I tried to update?

    Thanks for the help. The original firmware was "V5.2.5 build 141201". And encoding version shows V5.0 build 140714. None of those passwords worked. :( Since I've recovered (at least to where I can see it in SADP, a lot of fields are missing that weren't before: It just seems strange to me...
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    What else can I do to try and recover a bricked 2032 that I tried to update?

    Stupidly I tried to upgrade the firmware with the latest version I downloaded from Hikvision not realizing that I had an unauthorized Hikvision camera and it completely stopped working. I've went through a bunch of guides that I found stickied here and the only one that even brought moderate...
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