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One of two DS-2DE2A404IWDE3 cams (and 8 Hikvision cams in total) has suddenly gone "offline" and nothing I have tried will bring it back. What have I missed - or is it looking like a camera fault? The others all continue to work normally. It's about 6 months old and was working fine until it...

…and especially when you fall into an alcoholic coma leaving doors and windows open. [Recorded on a Hikvision 4MP DS-2DE2A404IW-DE3 at 25fps]

My 2nd generation master Indoor Station [a 10in DS-KH8520-WTE1 hardwired to the DS-KD8003-IME1 Door Station] also displays the live feed from six other Hikvision cameras, all of which bar one display correctly. But the feed from my IPC-D640-Z shows the bottom few rows of pixels [approx 5% of the...

I would like to know if this is faulty or are these constant clouds of dust particles, apparently inside the sealed unit, normal for a new Hikvision 2nd gen DS-KD8003-IME1 on a dry, windless night with nothing else moving? They aren't visible during the day.

I've just had a Hikvision 2nd generation video intercom installed (DS-KD8003-IME1 door station plus DS-KH8520-WTE1 and DS-KH8350-WTE1 indoor stations) and I'm not happy with the night vision, as you might expect from the attached screen grab. I do have a weak downlighter just above the camera...

Seems like HDMI-CEC/Chromecast can automagically display camera alert overlays on my TV screen without me having to switch input channel. Does anyone have any experience of this? "You've probably used your phone as a remote for your cable or Chromecast, but you might not know that you can use...

What would be the best way to mount a 10inch Hikvision indoor station (DS-KH8520-WTE1) inside an open-fronted kitchen unit (replacing the old monitor in the attached photo)? I want the new screen to be flush with the front of the cabinet but I don't think it will accept a VESA-type TV mount...

The Hikvision video intercom (2nd generation) allows multiple indoor screens to be connected either by POE or by wi-fi to the master screen. Trouble is the instructions contain zero useful information about the power supply required for an indoor wi-fi screen - and of course no power supply...

Neighbour needs to install a camera at the entrance to his property, 300 yards from his house - which will be his first CCTV system. He has electricity at his gates so what would be the best way to set up a camera so far away?

After test installing a few new Hik cameras plugged into a POE and monitored on my PC, I'm getting very frequent offline alerts about two of the DS-2DE2A404IW-DE3 cams but when I switch my focus to iVMS-4200, these cams are still there, still connected and still working. Do they know when they...

I was asking a pro installer today about fitting a new Hikvision POE CCTV system to coincide with my new 1000Mbps fibre broadband/LAN and when I told him that I would like to see 2560 x 1920 4MP video footage on my 5k Mac monitor, he told me not to bother and choose instead 2MP cameras because...

Newbie looking for a recommended PoE NVR to use with my Mac and I'm struggling to decode some of the manufacturers' sales spiel. I'm viewing output from 4MP and 5MP cams on a 27in 5K iMac which has a greater resolution than the cams and I want to be able to view the cameras' native UHD output...

Has anyone tried the Hikvision Mac Os client (iVMS-4200) I just downloaded it to see if a Hikvision access control system might be viable for me and the software quit when it asked for a password after clicking on the Device Management button because I couldn't give it the correct password. I...

SSD for Video Surveillance I read here that SSDs are not well-suited to the read/write demands of 24/7 CCTV but I assume that Hikvision have tested them and found them fit for purpose. I realise that they are expensive and may not last as long as conventional disks but my priorities would for...

I'm seriously tempted to buy some cameras from Andy's Empire Technology store on AliExpress but having never bought from China before, I would appreciate some pointers. DELIVERED PRICE Unspecified import duty and taxes have to be paid to bring his stuff in. Any idea how much, typically, these...

Backyard lantern cam close-up by ipOsX posted Aug 25, 2019 at 12:11 PMHi all - and thank you for this great resource. I'm in the UK and about to upgrade an ancient analog POE system (Philips REO/Bosch Eazeo) before it completely disintegrates. It's staggering how far this technology has come...