New to the forum. I have already found so much useful information here. Here is a list of equipment and history if it helps:
I am running a 12 IP camera system consisting of the following:
NVR - 7616NI-E2/8P w/ 8TB
1 x DS-2DF7584-a PTZ
1 x DS-2CD2532F-IWS
2 x DS-2CD2432F-IW
4 x DS-2CD2132-I
4 x DS-2CD2032-I
4 x cameras are running POE through a switch and 7 cameras are on the NVR POE. The 7284 PTZ was running through the NVR w. seperate power.
So I had everything working great and couldn't leave well enough alone. I wanted more functionality out of the expensive PTZ and hooked it to my switch hoping to use Smart Track or other options. When I accessed the 7284 via web browser I found chinese only language with no other option. Also my iVMS4200 would not accept it seperate of the NVR and gave a language error. My firmware was V5.1.8 build 140616. I found an english firmware on Hikvision Europe. I first tried upgrading to 5.2.8 without success. Read notes that 5.3.0 couldn't be downgraded or language changed. So i tried the 5.1.8 english version and successfully upgraded the firmware. Everything turned to english and was great! I thought that was easy I will try upgrading to 5.2.4 english now. Wrong! I successfully upgraded to 5.2.4 but everything went back to Chinese only.
At this point I would be happy downgrading to 5.1.8 English, but had trouble trying to use the TFTP tool. I have also played with the Hiktools and succesfully changed the language number in some firmware although the browser menu language is still chinese only.
Can anyone help or give me some insight into getting me back to 5.1.8 english firmware and menus?
I am running a 12 IP camera system consisting of the following:
NVR - 7616NI-E2/8P w/ 8TB
1 x DS-2DF7584-a PTZ
1 x DS-2CD2532F-IWS
2 x DS-2CD2432F-IW
4 x DS-2CD2132-I
4 x DS-2CD2032-I
4 x cameras are running POE through a switch and 7 cameras are on the NVR POE. The 7284 PTZ was running through the NVR w. seperate power.
So I had everything working great and couldn't leave well enough alone. I wanted more functionality out of the expensive PTZ and hooked it to my switch hoping to use Smart Track or other options. When I accessed the 7284 via web browser I found chinese only language with no other option. Also my iVMS4200 would not accept it seperate of the NVR and gave a language error. My firmware was V5.1.8 build 140616. I found an english firmware on Hikvision Europe. I first tried upgrading to 5.2.8 without success. Read notes that 5.3.0 couldn't be downgraded or language changed. So i tried the 5.1.8 english version and successfully upgraded the firmware. Everything turned to english and was great! I thought that was easy I will try upgrading to 5.2.4 english now. Wrong! I successfully upgraded to 5.2.4 but everything went back to Chinese only.
At this point I would be happy downgrading to 5.1.8 English, but had trouble trying to use the TFTP tool. I have also played with the Hiktools and succesfully changed the language number in some firmware although the browser menu language is still chinese only.
Can anyone help or give me some insight into getting me back to 5.1.8 english firmware and menus?