New RCA HSDB2A 3MP Doorbell IP Camera

jrinco11 said:
has anyone else ever run into an issue where suddenly their video has a pink hue? woke up one morning to check a motion alert and since then, everything has a pink hue, weird huh?
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Colors can go wonky if the IR Cut filter physically gets stuck. Might try tapping on the side of the doorbell to see if that will release it.

Stuck IR Filter

Is this a stuck IR filter? The camera is a HikVision DS-2CD2532F-I-2.8mm IP mini dome camera. It was working great for about 3 months.
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Ib134866 said:
David,

Although the file size is usually a good indication that the files are the same, can you also perform a Powershell get-filehash command to verify that indeed the two versions are identical?

Launch Powershell in Windows

Type

get-filehash <filename>

It will output a unique hash string for the file.


Example:

PS C:\temp> get-filehash .\HelloWorld.ps1

Algorithm Hash Path
--------- ---- ----
SHA256 6B750A6F2D99C5AD6ECC15CFF3B2D23B08A779D760B93669646583BD902F07A9 C:\temp\HelloWorld.ps1

Thank you
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phatboyj said:
That's what I do exactly, "CheckSum Utilities"

Not so much because of virus concerns,
but,
more to the concern of corruption,
during download,
or,
during zip creation,
or,
during long term storage.

Checksum before and after unpacking

*
Depending on the packing process used zipping can change/corrupt the file enough to change the checksum.
This is why you should extract after zipping and check the sum against the original before storing

So,
I download a file,
then,
if,
the download site offers the checksum to check against,
I then,
check it,
if not,
I will download the file at least twice,
or,
until,
I get two downloads with matching checksums.
Then,
Zip,
then,
extract the valid file,
Then,
check that the extracted file matches before storing my .zip file away for safekeeping,
if,
it doesn't match,
i will delete the bad .zip,
then,
rinse repeat,
until,
it does.

Incase you ever have to recover your HD, .zip files are easier to find than others and there's a better chance they'll be intact
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So I want to thank you guys, now I am checksum (Powershell) checking downloaded files. I love that this site provides a hash file to check with:

MakeMKV

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MakeMKV Hash File
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Poweshell
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I know this is a little off topic, but it definitely will help with Firmware Files. Thank guys again...
 
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David L said:
So I want to thank you guys, now I am checksum (Powershell) checking downloaded files. I love that this site provides a hash file to check with:

MakeMKV

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MakeMKV Hash File
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Poweshell
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I know this is a little off topic, but it definitely will help with Firmware Files. Thank guys again...
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This is one of the Utilities I use most, I use the Free version

MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility

The free version gives me all the features I need
it does MD5 and the 3 most common Sha's
it also allows you to simply drag & drop the file to be checked to the file box and then if the download site offers a sum to check against there is a box for verification
it doesn't get any easier than this
I just let the .exe sit on my desktop it doesn't even use an installer

I also sometimes use

WinMD5Free

but it does, MD5 only, otherwise it offers all the same features as above including no install
so both could be easily ran from usb drives as they are simple .exe utilities

as stated above both utilities sit on my desktop in a fence named Tools waiting to be used
Yes I use Stardock Fences to organize my desktop
 
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aristobrat said:
Colors can go wonky if the IR Cut filter physically gets stuck. Might try tapping on the side of the doorbell to see if that will release it.

Stuck IR Filter

Is this a stuck IR filter? The camera is a HikVision DS-2CD2532F-I-2.8mm IP mini dome camera. It was working great for about 3 months.
ipcamtalk.com ipcamtalk.com
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Learn something new almost everyday on this Forum...Nice...
 
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Glen Mark said:
Having a problem with my RCA running EZVIZ build 190708 recently. The doorbell is on 5ghz and is dropping off Wifi and staying dropped until I walk in front of it. The doorbell button is solid red, then turns blue in a second or two after I walk in front of it and trigger motion (which I guess triggers a cloud connection request) only then does the wifi stack wake up and reconnect. Until it drops again a few hours later. It happens by itself, or if I reboot the router the DB2 doesn't reconnect by itself. Rebooted, same issue. I have been using Netgear Obi 40 router as my router, a satellite about 10 feet away. This happens whether or not BI is running on the cam. Tried searching the posts here, didn't see anything like it. It had been pretty stable on EZVIZ firmware for several months.

Any thoughts?

--glen
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I would try 2.4GHz
 
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phatboyj said:
This is one of the Utilities I use most, I use the Free version

MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility

The free version gives me all the features I need
it does MD5 and the 3 most common Sha's
it also allows you to simply drag & drop the file to be checked to the file box and then if the download site offers a sum to check against there is a box for verification
it doesn't get any easier than this
I just let the .exe sit on my desktop it doesn't even use an installer

I also sometimes use

WinMD5Free

but it does, MD5 only, otherwise it offers all the same features as above including no install
so both could be easily ran from usb drives as they are simple .exe utilities

as stated above both utilities sit on my desktop in a fence named Tools waiting to be used
Yes I use Stardock Fences to organize my desktop
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Thanks, I will have to try them.
 
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phatboyj said:
This is one of the Utilities I use most, I use the Free version

MD5 & SHA Checksum Utility

The free version gives me all the features I need
it does MD5 and the 3 most common Sha's
it also allows you to simply drag & drop the file to be checked to the file box and then if the download site offers a sum to check against there is a box for verification
it doesn't get any easier than this
I just let the .exe sit on my desktop it doesn't even use an installer

I also sometimes use

WinMD5Free

but it does, MD5 only, otherwise it offers all the same features as above including no install
so both could be easily ran from usb drives as they are simple .exe utilities

as stated above both utilities sit on my desktop in a fence named Tools waiting to be used
Yes I use Stardock Fences to organize my desktop
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Jack007 said:
There are tons of checksum utillities, see: 10 Tools to Verify File Integrity Using MD5 and SHA1 Hashes • Raymond.CC
I myself use the free archiver 7-zip. A checksum utillity comes with it.
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I am a Big fan of portable programs. I don't know why programs need to be installed and write to our Windows Registry. Portables are top on my list when searching for utilities. I have a folder that I run most of my Utilities from, I can easily move the folder from PC to PC to continue their use. I will check out ya'lls list, did notice WinMD5Free is portable.

Thanks again guys.
 
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David L said:
I am a Big fan of portable programs. I don't know why programs need to be installed and write to our Windows Registry. Portables are top on my list when searching for utilities. I have a folder that I run most of my Utilities from, I can easily move the folder from PC to PC to continue their use. I will check out ya'lls list, did notice WinMD5Free is portable.

Thanks again guys.
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And they can be kept off of computer by running it from a usb stick.

I am a fan of portable software tools too when going to service other folks computers. Yeahhhhhhhh I am the local Friendly Neighborhood Geek.
 
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joshwah said:
I am a little concerned with the quality of video my camera is outputting....

See sample video: (skip to about half way).

DB1 running 5.2.4 191211 if that helps?
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You are viewing it in SD "Standard Definition" Change to HD however it will use more of your phone bandwidth and traffic.

Also, maybe adjust the WDR to lighten up the foreground view.
 
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