Auto tracking ptz ip camera and MINI PTZ IP Camera V2 Update file 20161017

I received three files, two of which had the same patch in them. The checksum was the same from what I could see, a simple lsmod in the telnet session revealed a driver loaded "an41908". This is a Panasonic Lens Driver IC - AN41908A, since this was also included in the filename of the bin file I decided to take the chance.
 
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Fascinating ... Hi Guys, I have got two types of Cameras that have the inverted PTZ problem. One Labeled : PTZ-DV2010N 20 and the other : CM405IP-V10. I ve been reading here a lot, asked both vendors for fix, but nothing helped yet. alastairstevenson was so kind to provide the rootpw for telnet-access. Since i am not such a great hacker like some of You guys , i could not really get a change with the interted PTZ behavior. I also tried out almost every FW-file i could find here but still no luck. I could even live with the inverted control but the up/down is somehow screwed so that the camera can only "look" from almost directly downwards to a bit more than 45° upwards. No horizonal possible.
Both cams have the Ambarella S2L Chipset, i took one apart - pics of the board are attached. The camera on the pics is in most upward position... Any help would be apreciated.
Live long and prosper ! Spock

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mistaspock said:
Fascinating ... Hi Guys, I have got two types of Cameras that have the inverted PTZ problem. One Labeled : PTZ-DV2010N 20 and the other : CM405IP-V10. I ve been reading here a lot, asked both vendors for fix, but nothing helped yet. alastairstevenson was so kind to provide the rootpw for telnet-access. Since i am not such a great hacker like some of You guys , i could not really get a change with the interted PTZ behavior. I also tried out almost every FW-file i could find here but still no luck. I could even live with the inverted control but the up/down is somehow screwed so that the camera can only "look" from almost directly downwards to a bit more than 45° upwards. No horizonal possible.
Both cams have the Ambarella S2L Chipset, i took one apart - pics of the board are attached. The camera on the pics is in most upward position... Any help would be apreciated.
Live long and prosper ! Spock

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Curious was it shipped inverted to you or did it inverted at some point later like after a firmware upgrade? Perhaps maybe the cable is switch around in the camera? Need to ask someone with a V1 camera to take a inner photo for you to see if the wiring is not on backward etc.

Bill
 
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Hi , thanks for Your thoughts and willingness to help. I flashed them with the wrong firmware. I ordered a couple of them from a local vendor, and when i set them up i realized that, event though all had same label, some options from the webgui where quite different. One had motion tracking others not. I asked the vendor about it and he send firmware. I flashed two cams, one was ok after that, the other one was inverted. The other inverted one has a similar story ;-) So I am quite sure none of the cables where switched, You may have noted the marks I made on the wireports to prevent any mistake with the wires. I believe some PTZ related parameters are incorrect. Well only Pan and Tilt, Zoom is still working ok.

Spock
 
mistaspock said:
Hi , thanks for Your thoughts and willingness to help. I flashed them with the wrong firmware. I ordered a couple of them from a local vendor, and when i set them up i realized that, event though all had same label, some options from the webgui where quite different. One had motion tracking others not. I asked the vendor about it and he send firmware. I flashed two cams, one was ok after that, the other one was inverted. The other inverted one has a similar story ;-) So I am quite sure none of the cables where switched, You may have noted the marks I made on the wireports to prevent any mistake with the wires. I believe some PTZ related parameters are incorrect. Well only Pan and Tilt, Zoom is still working ok.

Spock
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If it was my camera and I accidentally flashed wrong firmware , this what I would do to try fix it

Get the right factory firmware and flash it then do a hard factory reset if camera offer a way to do a factory reset

There is a post in this forum in how to recover bricked Huisun by telnet but I believe the guide is written for V2 camera if i remembered correctly. It may work similar for different version camera as long you have correct factory firmware and root access password.

Bill
 
Hi Bill, it seems to be quite a problem to get the "right" firmware. First i contacted the vendor for proper FW. I have tried out 4 different updatefiles without any luck. Then i found this forum and i tried every firmware i could find here. Nothing helped. Today I had contact to some friendly Chinese, who checked the damn thing using teamviewer. It took about 90 mins. until he found a solution. Now my cams are cured. The file below repaired the inverted pan and tilt, maybe it helps somebody else ...
Thanks Bill !
Live long and prosper !

Spock
 

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mistaspock said:
Hi Bill, it seems to be quite a problem to get the "right" firmware. First i contacted the vendor for proper FW. I have tried out 4 different updatefiles without any luck. Then i found this forum and i tried every firmware i could find here. Nothing helped. Today I had contact to some friendly Chinese, who checked the damn thing using teamviewer. It took about 90 mins. until he found a solution. Now my cams are cured. The file below repaired the inverted pan and tilt, maybe it helps somebody else ...
Thanks Bill !
Live long and prosper !

Spock
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Awesome Glad you got it fixed!

And thank you for sharing the fix

Bill
 
kantzow said:
UPDATE 22 Nov 2016

I flashed a firmware file provided by members of this forum, the result was a success in restoring the PTZ motion. The firmware file is only 8KB leading me to believe this is only a minor fix, perhaps a few parameters. Regardless the fix worked.

I've attached the firmware update here, I used this with my camera after updating using the firmware and kernel in this thread.

ALL FLASHING IS AT YOUR OWN RISK - Don't embark on these ventures if you are not prepared to brick your device in case something goes wrong.

NOTE: The applied patch did not fix the issue with Hikvision NVR not being able to control PTZ on the camera. This issue remains.
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THIS file is what corrected my camera with the issues it had with rebooting AND the inverted controls! I have flashed over 5 different files over the span of 2-3 months and have not been able to get this camera working, but this did the trick and it even is able to view a bigger area now that it goes further upwards! THANKS SO MUCH for listing this fix and it was much appreciated! So if anyone has any of the issues that I mention and has the proper camera, than flash this in the "upgrade" tab in your browser, and BAM, you now have a 100% working cam! Lovin it... :)
 
mistaspock said:
Hi Bill, it seems to be quite a problem to get the "right" firmware. First i contacted the vendor for proper FW. I have tried out 4 different updatefiles without any luck. Then i found this forum and i tried every firmware i could find here. Nothing helped. Today I had contact to some friendly Chinese, who checked the damn thing using teamviewer. It took about 90 mins. until he found a solution. Now my cams are cured. The file below repaired the inverted pan and tilt, maybe it helps somebody else ...
Thanks Bill !
Live long and prosper !

Spock
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What is a password for this file? Thank you
 
When doing a firmware update via the camera web GUI or the updater tool, no password is required.
The firmware updater is able to open the file in its original .zip form.
 
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I have camera from aliexpress (but not huisun, it is unitoptek or something like that) with firmware:

Program Version V2.0.1 Build 20161012152123S
Control Version MiniPtz_V2.0.1_build201610101653
Web Page Version 1.1.1 Build 20161012
Plugin Version 2.0.1.45

I have a problem with this camera. Image at night is very dark. In a day it is great image. Secondly, my camera has got micro SD slot card. I can record but when card is full camera doesn't want to overwrite. I think someting is wrong with firmware. And sometimes it reboot itself. Do you think this firmware will be good? Maybe somebody knows what flash chip has got this camera - 4MB, 8MB or something else?
 
im have better stabilyty on fog... sometime camera freeze on fog and need reconnect manually now works without reconnect
 
mistaspock said:
Hi Bill, it seems to be quite a problem to get the "right" firmware. First i contacted the vendor for proper FW. I have tried out 4 different updatefiles without any luck. Then i found this forum and i tried every firmware i could find here. Nothing helped. Today I had contact to some friendly Chinese, who checked the damn thing using teamviewer. It took about 90 mins. until he found a solution. Now my cams are cured. The file below repaired the inverted pan and tilt, maybe it helps somebody else ...
Thanks Bill !
Live long and prosper !

Spock
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Thank you for sharing! I had the same problems with PTZ. This file solved the problem! Thanks!
 
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