Hikvision boot prompt

[fnader]

Hi!
Im trying to upgrade a Hikvision dvr firmware through serial port.
I can stop the boot proccess with ctrl+U, and I should get a prompt with a # in order to enter the commands, but instead I´m getting a HKVS$.
Can anyone help me how can I turn the HKVS$ into a HKVS# ?

Thanks!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Can anyone help me how can I turn the HKVS$ into a HKVS# ?

You need to precede the command with setenv and then encapsulate the usual familiar commands with single quotes and precede with a semicolon, like this :

HKVS $ setenv ';printenv'
or
HKVS $ setenv ';help'
or
HKVS $ setenv ';reset'
and so on.

 

[fnader]

You need to precede the command with setenv and then encapsulate the usual familiar commands with single quotes and precede with a semicolon, like this :

HKVS $ setenv ';printenv'
or
HKVS $ setenv ';help'
or
HKVS $ setenv ';reset'
and so on.

THANKS!!
I managed to load the firmware again!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Excellent! Well done.

 

[mrleecctv]

Hi everyone
My Dvr 7104HQHI-K1 Error with power light but does not boot up.
I finished running the update using Tftp, but the dvr still doesn't work.
I am attaching an updated image using tftp.
Please help me
My English is very bad, thank you

 

[tencontrol]

You need to precede the command with setenv and then encapsulate the usual familiar commands with single quotes and precede with a semicolon, like this :

HKVS $ setenv ';printenv'
or
HKVS $ setenv ';help'
or
HKVS $ setenv ';reset'
and so on.

i try it but doesn't nothing. the model of DVR is: DS-7116HGHI-K1

Thanks in advance.

 

[alastairstevenson]

i try it but doesn't nothing. the model of DVR is: DS-7116HGHI-K1

It looks like Hikvision have changed the way they obscure the command prompt in that version of bootloader.
I wonder if anyone else has any updates on the method?

 

[jaxpher]

not working for newer models.

any update on this?

 

[Jimmy8881]

bumping this thread, anyone have any updates? having the same problem

 

[Madorion]

Any news on this subject?
U-Boot 2019.04 (May 10 2022 - 21:16:34 +0800), Build: jenkins-Backend-BSP-CCI-6361 is not responding to the given commands.

 

[mrleecctv]

When DVR starts logo then repeats, can not enter interface.
I have successfully updated to the latest version using tftp.
I am having this error, please help me.

 

[alastairstevenson]

When DVR starts logo then repeats, can not enter interface.
I have successfully updated to the latest version using tftp.
I am having this error, please help me.

I'm speculating that the structure of the configuration file has changed in the new firmware, and the firmware applied is no longer able to convert the old format into the updated one, maybe because intermediate firmware versions which could do that were skipped.

What was the original and updated firmware versions?

Check in the bootloader if there is an option to erase the configuration, such as 'eracfg' or similar.