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I recently bought an open box rebadged IPC-HFW1831E (Amcrest) that does not have the default password, so I need to find the camera reset button to reset it. The problem is, this camera has no visible external ports or screws. See the attached picture. Any idea how I get to the camera reset...

Hi all - How can I find the right bitrate for my IPC-HFW1831E camera running at 3840x2160 resolution with h265? The Dahua software defaulted to 3072 Kb/s CBR (VBR is a mess with this camera). How do I figure out what a good CBR setting is on h265? Thanks

Hi all - Is there a good successor or replacement for the IPC-HFW1831E mini bullet? I have one and would like another, but they don't seem to be available anymore. What I really like about this model is that it has a 1/1.8" sensor in a compact unit and good low light performance, so I'm hoping...

I have a Dahua IPC-HFW1831E (EmpireTech) that I'm using a Synology Surveillance station to record with. Looking at the camera's live view, it seems fine, but looking through the recordings, at certain times of the day I'm seeing the picture starts to get artifacts and very grainy, then clear up...

I have a current ip camera setup with cat 5e in my attic that is suffering from a lot of EMF interference, as it runs alongside power cables. I plan to replace these runs (there are no other location options) with shielded (S/UTP) cat 6 cable. I'm not sure how/where to ground the cable though. I...

Any IPC-HFW1831E owners who can confirm whether live view in a web browser works for them? I have another Dahua mini camera where live view works fine, so I was surprised that this camera seems to be different. Thanks!

I have a few Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I bullet cameras which have always given me trouble, and I was hoping to replace them with Dahuas. I ordered an IPC-B5442E-ZE and was shocked at how huge it was when I opened the box. This would be way too conspicuous to have by my front door. Are there any...

I have some DS-2CD2042WD-I bullet cameras that I upgraded from 5.4.5 to 5.5.82. I noticed 5.5.0 adds a new enable ONVIF section, which I enabled and added an admin account for, but when I try to connect via ONVIF I get an authorization error. Is this firmware just broken? Thanks

I have a pair of DS-2CD2042WD-I bullet cameras powered by PoE (cat 5e, ~50 feet). Occasionally, they will start to glitch, where the video looks like it flickers slightly and pixels seem to shift around, just enough to trigger an event on my recording software (Synology), causing my recording to...

Hi all - I'm having trouble finding a good, small indoor ONVIF capable IP camera. PoE would be nice since that's what I'm using for my outdoor cameras, but not necessary. Size is important since I plan to ceiling mount it in the corner of the room and want it to look unobtrusive (a typical...

I have a DS-2CD2042WD-I and the web admin will not allow me to edit the I Frame Interval. Does anyone know why? Thanks

Integrating Hikvision intrusion events with recording software I currently have my Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I cameras recording to my Synology NAS using Synology's surveillance center. I can let the NAS do intrusion detection, but it impacts the machine pretty hard so ideally I want the cameras...

I have a few Hikvision DS-2CD2042WD-I cameras where the time is off by an hour. I set the timezone correctly, configured NTP, DST is disabled, and for some reason it's still behind by one hour. I don't know if it's a bug in the firmware or what to do. Any ideas? Firmware: V5.3.8 build 151224...

I'm just setting up a new pair of DS-2CD2042WD-I cameras and the LiveView in my web browser works fine on IE in Windows, but the problem is I don't use Windows (had to run a VM to set them up). On my Mac, I can login to the cameras fine, and I've installed the latest Web Components for Mac, but...