HIKvision DVR and cheap Chinese 30x PTZ dome

wonderman

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I've got a Hikvision DS-7608NI-K2 and a cheap ($120 US) 30x no brand PTX 1080P dome camera off ebay.

The dome camera was a bit of a toy really as iI've got HIKvision 5mp fixed cameras dotted around doing the donkey work.

Dome is much better quality than I expected from the hardware side but...

The PTZ is really limited as I can't schedule any preset calls or patrols. I wasn't expecting to have smart tracking for that price but did expect to be able to schedule the camera to look in certain directions at certain times or run a patrol at a certain time.

I can set the presets and patrols in the camera but am missing any kind of scheduler.

Has anyone here with experience of these cheap camera's got any tips on how I could achieve this?
 

bn880

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I'm having a similar issue with PTZIP204WX4IR / hikvision DS-2DE2A404IW-DE3
No patrols! You'd think this explicit firmware limitation would be stated on the ads where you buy the cameras, but it's not.
Everyone who sees PTZ with presets I think assumes you can add some kind of patrol/route, but you can't.
 
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