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    Purchased a New Hikvision having some issues adding it in to the PCNVR

    I purchased a new Hikvision Cam to add to my 3-4 year old system. ColorVU DS-2CD1347G2-LUF My NVR is an old discontinued Hikvision PCNVR software. IVMS-4200 My other working Cameras are DS-2CD1143G0-I The camera add in, but I can't get an image on it. When I use batch config tool and install...
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    Mixing brands of ONIVF camera to work on Hikvision NVR

    I have Hik setup, I may add a few cams to my system. I use HIK PCNVR (old discontinued), if I buy a different brand of camera that is ONIVF compatible can I expect this camera to work with a Hikvision recording setup whether it be the PCNVR software or a hikvision NVR.
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    Advice on a system for an Elder

    I've setup several Hikvision systems, now I need to setup my parents who are elder and who have a summer home too far for me to install. I wanted to get the a 4-5 cam system + doorbell cam, NVR etc. I wanted an ONIVF system so they dont' have monthly fees, but regarding the doorbell cam I'm...
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    Bricked 2CD2032-I no sadp

    When upgrading my cam I bricked it, bricked it hard no mini system (even with the brick fix tool) can't upload FW with the hikvision tool. Nothing in SADP when I connect it I can ping 192.0.0.64 Two times then stops, it won't take the upgrade. it this trash or can I jtag it? I have 3 cams that...
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    Hikvision DS-2CD1143G0-I does it exist? is it authentic?

    I purchased about 8 DS-2CD1143G0-I about 6 months ago, I could never log in via browser and I could only use the batch config tool to set them up. now 6 months later I was wondering if there is a FW upgrade for them, I see the model DS-2CD2143G0-I but no DS-2CD1143G0-I I can't really see...
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    Easiest and most efficient way to upgrade Chinese Hik Cams from 5.20 to latest

    I have about 15 mounted Hik Cams from China located in NA that I want to upgrade. I took a few down and did the upgrade using the brick fix method, THANKS!!! it worked but it wasn't an easy procedure as I had to dismount them brick them then run the fix on them. I noticed there is a tool...
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    Looking for a cam with audio without having to power a mic

    I have a DS-2CD2145F-IS I have installed it over my front door hoping to add a mic onto it. I'm realizing now I need a separate power source for the mic, which is VERY unpractical in my setup. Wondering if I can power the mic from the the cam itself or the same POE cat6 coming into the cam...
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    Hikvision PCNVR to IVMS4200 on a PC Server

    I've been using Hik for about 4 years now, when I originally setup my 1st system I installed the PCNVR system which had been discontinued over the IVMS4200 The reason i installed PCNVR over the new IVMS4200 was the port forwarding. I may have been wrong about it but what I saw in PCNVR was that...
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    Brand New Hikvision from AliExpress ds-2cd1143g0-I not working

    Just arrived 4 domes to NA from AliExpress when I try to log in I get.... Access Error: 404 -- Not Found Can't locate document: / I know when I bricked fixed my old china cams from Ali Express i got this when the language was set wrong, but I'm surprised right from the seller I'm getting this...
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    Adding Audio to my Hikvision

    I have some HIK dome cams with the green connectors, I would like to add a mic to one of them, but I am reading that these mics need to be powered. Can I pass POE power from my cam into the mic?. I also noticed there aren't any mics that just plug into the green connectors, are there any mics...
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    Grey Market Hikvisions on 5.25 and PCNVR

    I have grey market cams many are different versions but I have about 20 of them they are on 5.25 and I have been using them with PCNVR (discontinued) I didn't open ports in the firewall except to the PCNVR software. Knowing that that this old FW is hackable I would like to update them but they...
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    Hikvision IVMS42000 Time issue PCNVR

    I have 14 Hik cams hooked up to a IVMS54200 PCNVR when I try to playback via browser or phone app the playback always jumps to an hour before the time I try to play. IE I slide the slider bar to 10:00am and the slider jumps to 9am and plays 9am, if I want to see 10am and it's 10:25am actual...
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    swtich talk!

    I have a 7 camera hikvision system, each camera is set to 1028 x 720p at 10fps My recorder is a computer i5 2nd gen with 8GB ram nic is gigbyte all cams go into a POE trendnet giga 8 port POE I want to expand my system, my current poe switch is maxed I was going to use a non POE 24 port...
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    Hikvision NVR on a PC and access via Ivms 4500

    I have 6 cams, they all record to a PC using the hikvision storage server. now I want to use my andriod ap (ivsm4500) to see live footage and recorded video, but I can't configure this correctly. I'm confused I expected that my ap would contact my storage server PC and from there the ap...
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    Record Via cam setting or IVMS 4200

    6 cams all hooked to a computer to record, they all work well computer has IVMS 4200 installed. I put a 2ndary HD into the comp 3TB purple and I shared it via SMB so the cams now record to this. Here is my confusion Do I program the IVMS 4200 to do the recording or is it programmed into each...
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    How to configure to record to a pc

    I have a 6 cam system, my nvr is a PC I'm on a domain total newbie here so I'm nto sure how to set this up, no SD cards in the cams, my plan was to record to a PC. Do I configure the recording on the actual CAM menu itself or do I program the IVMS4200 to record? When I try remote payback I...
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    Ip Cameras and network traffic

    I'm planning on setting up an IPCAM system currently it will be small 6 cams, I will eventually expand to 26. My current network at my office is a 192.168.1.* network, would I also use this this same subnet for my cameras? or is it best practice to setup another subnet? If I put all cams on...
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    IS SADP from Hik used for mulitple camera recordings?

    I just got my cams and I'm setting them up, I used SADP to configure I can set recordings and playback but I was expecting something different I expected to see multiple video windows open with the camera captures. Does SADP do this? Or would I need something like blue Iris, sorry I'm a newbie...
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    nvr or computer 5 cams.

    I plan to install about 26 Hikvision 3 MP cams around my office and factory, but we may be going through some renos here so in the mean time I want to install about 5, since I will eventually use these same 5 when I add the extra 21 cams I'm hoping I can have a temporary nvr / computer solution...
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    OEM vs Retail.

    Buying a 25 Cam system I've decided with Hik it seems to be the best bang for the buck, many of the selelrs I find sell as Hik but then when asked they state they are OEM. Which I've read relates to service and warranty. Does anyone have any insight on this? Would you buy OEM are they fake...
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