Just joined up after recently purchasing a DS-7608N-E2/8P and 8 Hik cams of different models, installed with a 3TB Western Digital Purple. All good and very easy to use plug-n-play. Thought I might chime in with a couple of notes myself:
- No Virtual Host menu function here, and I don't have a POE switch to change addresses of the cams separately. I can't access the cams via their IP address because the only thing that shows in SADP is the NVR. I have used the switch loopback method to log directly into the cam itself. Not being able to access the cams directly is no big deal for me, but just adding the info.
- Some functions from the cameras are missing, so need to be set outside of the NVR. As mentioned, I used the loopback method to turn off the IR LEDs on a couple of cams, because this wasn't possible via NVR.
- The DS-7608N-E2/8P does seem to have alarm IN/OUT, but I am not using them. There is a Alarm Setting menu in the web interface.
- All set up with standard IPs: NVR is 192.168.1.x, and the NVR gateway/internal cameras are 192.168.254.x
- NVR is installed in pantry, and I have noticed a couple of "abnormal shutdowns" at random times. A couple of times it was when flicking through the web interface menus quickly and it stopped responding, another time it was random at midnight (I heard the unit beep when I was having a beer in front of the TV, no one using the interface). Wondering if it is due to heat in the pantry...the fan is also quite loud as reported elsewhere in this thread.
- Seems to work seamlessly with iVMS, but I prefer the web interface. I have installed the cams on the appropriate ports to view them in the order I want in the Live View panel.
- Remote access seems to be working fine, but not tested properly yet. I have changed the HTTP port and using a long password after those news reports of cams on the Russian site...