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I sent my 2142 back to Hikvision after an upgrade to 5.5.0 would not allow it to connect to my router that had an ip reserved by MAC address. I was hoping they would roll me back to 5.4.5. They didn’t. They upgraded it to 5.5.5, which still cant pull and maintained a reserved IP address. I...

Good morning all, I have a couple Hikvision 2CD2142FWD-IS cameras. I have been looking at the firmware download site (Firmware | Hikvision USA | The world’s largest video surveillance manufacturer) and I am very confused by something. My cameras all came with version 5.4.5 build 170124. On...

So, I am going through a third party vendor but they said they are shipping the camera back to Hikvision for repair or replacement.

Anyone having issues with the 2142 not being able to maintain an ip through DHCP reservation after an upgrade to 5.5.0.? My cameras are under warranty and I am debating returning them to Hik but looks like they are just going to replace with a camera with version 5.5.0 anyways?

First, thank you for your response. Second, what is the difference between the UK/Ireland firmware and the US firmware? Also, how can I find out, other than flashing, if this will actually fix the issue? I am a little mind-blown that I can’t go back to an earlier version. Also, I am unable...

Hello all, I swear I am a glutton for punishment. Just couldn't live any longer with V5.4.5 build 170124 on my Hikvision 2CD2142's. Even though they have been humming along without any issues for about a year. My OCD got the best of me and I decided to download V5.5.0 build 170725 and...

Yes!!! That is exactly what I am looking for. I am using DD-WRT on my router. Do you know if there is something like this that can happen at the router level?

By way of further explanation, if I could find an email server/forwarder (or any other service) with a known ip, I could add it to the ip filtering list on my hikvisions and the problem would be solved. Big problem with an email service like gmail or others is they use multiple IPs. I was able...

It is on the camera. It limits the IP addresses that can access the camera. Unless they are in the list, they can't "see" the camera.

Good morning everyone, Anyone have a work around for getting notifications from a couple hikvision cameras when it address filtering is enabled? Just want to receive some type of notification when a couple of the exception events happen like full hdd or a hdd error. As soon as I enabled it...

Yes, unfortunately getting up the wall from the 2gig panel has been the big issue.

I have noticed the "events" in my 2CD-2142s seem to go wacky at times. Lately line detection and intrusion detection started causing false positives every two or three minutes. Also, motion detection seems to get caught up in a funky loop at times. I have been able to successfully fix these...

Thank you for your response LaurentR. I have a Netgear GS516TP switch. I have seen several mentions of a POE switch only using 2 pairs of the cabling but don't know how to check the POE capabilities of my switch. Also, unfortunately, the switch is in the same room as the old hard wired can...

Thank you for your response Lowvoltage. Any idea how many cameras the open collector can handle? Is it unlimited? If not, I think the maximum number of cameras I would have in my house would be 6. Could 6 of them be tied together and work off the open collector? This opens another can of...

Hello everyone, I have two Hikvision 2CD2142FWD-IS cameras that I mounted as soon as I got them. Never though of connecting them to my 2GIG alarm system. Unfortunately they are somewhat difficult to get to. From reading this thread and memory, I am pretty sure they have two green I/O boxes...

Ok, when I tried to save to another folder it worked. It was a permissions thing. Thank you for your assistance :-)

I will try another folder but when I go into system setting/maintenance/export, it requires me to create the file or at least select the file to use in the folder. I find this to be a little odd. It is why I think I am doing something wrong.

Ok, this should be the easy part :-). I have been able to totally set up my 2cd2142s but saving the settings has got me stumped. I created a new text file in windows explorer, renamed it test.cfg, and then tried to export the settings from the camera login and I got export failed?? What am I...

So, I went to the settings area listed above and tried to export my settings. The save box doesn't give a default extension. Is there a preferred extension name? Thanks, Dan

Thank you for the responses. I will look into the ez rj45 connectors.

As a side note, anyone have tips, tricks, or product suggestions on terminators? I was on an extension ladder for about 45 min trying to get those 8 little wires in the right hole. I can't imagine people who make money doing things involving cat5/6 cable would bring home a profit if every end...

Thank you for all the support. Awesome suggestions from everyone. It was the termination. New cat6 terminators on each end and it fired right up. Also kudos to the VDV Mapmaster 2.0. Not only did it tell me the first set of terminations were bad, it confirmed the second set were good and all in...

Left to right with clip down. Orange white orange. Green white blue. Blue white green brown white brown. I got my hands on a VDV map master 2.0 which I believe will tell me 1) if the wire is good and 2) if they are wired the same at both ends.

Cable tester and shorter cable to the POE switch tonight.....I had the camera running on a short cable before the install but I guess something could have gone wrong during install. Thanks for the idea!!!

Not sure that I do other than I have wired tons of terminators successfully. Also, I can see through the clear terminator and see the colored sequence. Do you know an easy way to test? My other fear with the Cat5e terminators is that they are made for thinner wire than cat6. I wonder if that...

Hi all, I recently installed two of the Hikvision 4 meg dome cameras at my residence. The first was a piece of cake. Plugged it into my POE switch and it was up and running in seconds. Second one, not so much. After it didn't power up, I changed the ends to make sure my terminations were...

Hello everyone, I am the new kid on the block. Looking to add some security cameras to my residence and have some questions after sorting through this thread: 1) Are the 2142s worth it? Everyone seems to say they aren't worth the upgrade but if they are your first camera go for it? 2) I have...