Bricked DS-2CD3942F-I, Please Help !

[pixxtik]

Hallo , I bought DS-2CD3942F-I with chinese firmware ,

I used "Hikvision TFTP Server" and uploaded bad firmware and now I cant use "Hikvision TFTP Server" anymore camera wont connect to it, even SADP Software is somehow broken

It returns just TimeOut message the same thing wth "iVMS-client 4200" soft


Guys is there any hope to fix this ?:sad2:
Please Help

 

[alastairstevenson]

The 4.0.8 version shows it's running in the 'min-system' recovery mode, a minimum system, no web services.
I have no idea if the 2942 and the 3942 are the same hardware - but there is multi-language 2942 firmware here:
http://www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal/index.php?dir=Product Firmware/Cameras/DS-2CD2942F-I(W)(S)/
I could see none on the CN site.

And US firmware here - 6th down - though that will likely complain.
http://overseas.hikvision.com/us/download_89_p3.html

 

[pixxtik]

ok thanks , but how do I get the firmware in to the camera ? TFTP server is not working , camera wont connect to it

 

[alastairstevenson]

TFTP server is not working , camera wont connect to it

The next method would be a USB to TTL serial connection to the serial console on the camera main board.

But before you think about doing that, maybe worth a couple of basic checks:
Set the PC IP address to 192.0.0.128
Start the Hikvision tftp server
At a command prompt, use 'ping -t 192.0.0.64'
Power cycle the camera.
Normal, and suggesting that it may be doing the usual probe for a tftp server, would be 2 or 3 ping responses a second or so after power on, with no repeats.
And of course what would be good is an entry on the tftp status window, but you've already said this isn't happening.

And repeat with PC IP address 192.168.1.128 and ping -t 192.168.1.64

 

[pixxtik]

you were right after few tries camera connected to TFTP-Server now I am facing this problem
https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/4743-DS-2CD3410FD-Can-t-make-english-interface-web-browser

 

[alastairstevenson]

Did you get the same result with both of the linked firmware?

 

[pixxtik]

yes with both , I used this firmware from thins page http://www1.hikvision.com/cn/download_more_714.html#prettyPhoto the third one

03、DS-2CD3XX2系列网络摄像机升级程序包（下载）

, and the camera booted up is actualy working with half of the functions and in chinese but its working , was only firmware that did upload

 

[alastairstevenson]

I don't see any "XX42" models listed anywhere on that page.

If you haven't tried it already - maybe changing the firmware language (hiktools) to 2 on the 2942F here might be worth trying :
http://www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal/index.php?dir=Product Firmware/Cameras/DS-2CD2942F-I(W)(S)/