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    Battery-powered IP camera recommendations?

    I need to create a portable network with one or more cameras for use in outdoor locations where there is no power source or Internet connection. (This is for cat some rescue operations where we need to remain near traps while staying out of sight.) I have a travel router and an iPhone or iPad...
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    If your HikVision stops talking to your Samba SMB/CIFS server ...

    The quota is the same as it has been since I first got it working (about 1.7TB): Disk quotas for user webcam (uid 505): Filesystem blocks quota limit grace files quota limit grace /dev/sdd2 16867576 1823500000 1824000000 7089 0 0 It may be the...
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    If your HikVision stops talking to your Samba SMB/CIFS server ...

    I recently encountered a problem and am writing up the solution to save someone else the grief... I belatedly discovered that my DS-2CD2032-I with 5.2.0 firmware had stopped recording video to its SMB/CIFS shared volume attached to my Linux system. It had been working for several years. When I...
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    Motion-triggered recording requires configuration in two places: Advanced Configuration->Events->Motion Detection (Area, Sensitivity > 0, Arming Schedule, and Trigger Channel checked); Advanced Configuration->Storage->Record Schedule for Motion Detection. Good luck.
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    Before looking for the camera to create files, confirm that it can connect to the NAS with your chosen user name and password using the Test button that is on the NAS Storage tab for the HDD you want to use. (I am running the 5.2.0 firmware in case you don't see a Test button.) I ultimately...
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    Enabling disk quotas on FreeNAS Here's a link with a recipe for setting disk quotas on FreeNAS: http://it.thelibrarie.com/weblog/2011/12/user-quota-freenas/ (I am not a FreeNAS user, so Google will be your friend if you run into problems.) On your shared volume double-check which user created...
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    Couldn't agree more. Still working to make that case with them. Error reporting in general is terrible with this product. If you actually do get an error message, it is likely "Parameter error" rather than something actually informative about what is wrong.
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    Solving some NFS issues on Hikvision cameras

    This problem can be worked-around without a firmware patch by enabling quotas on the share/NFS volume and then setting the quota for the user by whom the camera's files are created lower than the available space prior to the Format operation. I got this directly from HikVision support/R&D in...
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