R0 / DS-2CD2x32 BrickfixV2 brick recovery and full upgrade tool - enhanced.

[alastairstevenson]

The serial console is on a 4-pin connector and does not need soldering wires on.
I'm wondering if you have connected to something else.
What is the exact model of the cameras?
I will look to see if I have any files I can supply.

 

[nambi]

The serial console is on a 4-pin connector and does not need soldering wires on.
I'm wondering if you have connected to something else.
What is the exact model of the cameras?
I will look to see if I have any files I can supply.

i ordered a ftdi232 and the wires that fit into the hik camera board (not sure the model #) they had 4 wires although I didn't connect one I soldered these to the FTDI232 and the FTDI232 is connected to the PC via usb mini cable. using win 7 all drivers for the FTDI232 were installed and it comes up as com22, in putty I selected a serial connection using com22 a black windows opens yet nothing appears, when I unplug the usb connecting, putty ends with connection lost.

 

[alastairstevenson]

I've not seen a Hikvision camera board that has holes for the serial console. They have all had a 4-pin 1.5mm JST ZH connector.
Can you attach an image of the part of the board in question?

 

[nambi]

I've not seen a Hikvision camera board that has holes for the serial console. They have all had a 4-pin 1.5mm JST ZH connector.
Can you attach an image of the part of the board in question?

Sorry for the terrible explanation I have the "wires" I am talking about are the JST ZH connectors 4 wires I soldered the FTDI232 to these wires but only used 3 of the 4 wires

 

[nambi]

I'm a bad learner...
On my model DS-2CD2132F-IS once had native firmware 5.2.5 141201. After crazy experiments, I turned it into a brick.
I used "Step By Step Guide" and stuck in step 8. SADP now defines my camera as DS-2CD-Min-System...CCRR...

"8. Using PuTTY, start a telnet session to 192.0.0.64 and make sure the telnet radio button is selected."
How? How to use Putty? It looks different for me than on the video instructions.
What do I need to run / activate / press / enter in order to become like a guru in the screenshot?

Will I be able to install the final firmware IPC_R0_EN_STD_5.4.5_170401?
Or do I not need Putty, and can I upload firmware 5.2.5 or 5.3 right now to work through the Web interface or connect the camera to the DVR?

I see you have got your cam working do you have the original mod files still I would like to try them in my device that I can't get working, I think I messed up the originals.


IGNORE below...
Where you able to restore the cam? I have one like yours that i can't get going, I can get the mini system in but after I upload the mods the system is nto showing up in SADP, i lost my original mod files, wondering if you had a copy of yours I could try.

I can help you with your issues, I've done over 20 of these.

make sure your ip in your computer is set to 192.0.0.128 then when you putty in you need to select "telnet" then the ip of 192.0.0.64

from there you should be able to get into a command window, whereby you login with root / 123545 and then prepare for the next steeps. When you extract the mod files please keep your originals files extracted, I'm hoping you can send me these to test on my cam.

If your stuck on the next part, I can run you through it

 

[alastairstevenson]

I see you have got your cam working do you have the original mod files still I would like to try them in my device that I can't get working, I think I messed up the originals.

it's a ds-2cd232f-is

If you can clarify the actual model number, I should also be able to provide some donor files.

I think I messed up the originals.

If you'd like to attach them here, they can be checked out and any errors corrected.
Plus the (modded) versions will still exist in the cameras if you were to re-do the process.

 

[Sanjay Hiranandani]

Can I use donor mtd files for these DS-2CD2132F-IS as well??

So say someone successfully unbricks 9 cameras using this method, but in the process irretrievably loses the mtd files for one. Is there any hope for recovery? Asking for a friend.

The good news is that the camera took the 5.2.5 firmware and is reliably stuck in min system mode, so I can telnet to it. I tried modifying the mtd6 from another camera (similar, but not identical.. the one which remains bricked is a DS-2CD2132F-IS, and the MTD I had was from a DS-2CD2132F-IWS. (In that MTD I edited a byte of the mac address to make it unique, and appropriately altered the checksum - I also simply tried to edit the ASCII portion of the name to remove the W and moved the S back to the previous byte)

I may have a DS-2CD2132F-IS installed and in service. If that is the case is there an easy way to pull the mtd's off that (If I have one, I can't be sure it's from the same batch or same vendor given how long ago I procured them? I'm also sure I have a USB to TTL serial cable somewhere if that provides alternate paths to recovery.

 

[jonhirschman]

I just want to thank you for creating and sharing this process. I just fixed 3 of my 2032 camera. The only issue i had was the tftpd64 part of the process kept getting errors. But I just kept running /dav/fixup.sh over and over and after a while it would work. Thanks again!

 

[alastairstevenson]

Well done, that sounds like a good result.
Generally the tftpd32 app works ok, for unknown reasons the 64bit version can be troublesome with the Hik cameras.

 

[blbla]

Thank you for this post! I succesfully unbricked my DS-2CD2432F-IW

 

[nambi]

Thank You, I put my files here



the originals as well as my mod files, no matter what I do after reboot the cam will not display in sadp, if I put the mini system back i can putty back into the cam, and try again but nothing I do works, I've dome many of these so It's not a issue with software or transferring files.

I also have 2 bullet cameras that after trying to upgrade died, when I turn them on the Night vision lights illuminate and stay on, I can't ping or putty into them nor do they show up on SADP, have you even experienced this?

If you can clarify the actual model number, I should also be able to provide some donor files.


If you'd like to attach them here, they can be checked out and any errors corrected.
Plus the (modded) versions will still exist in the cameras if you were to re-do the process.

 

[alastairstevenson]

no matter what I do after reboot the cam will not display in sadp

I checked the files you attached.
The mtd6ro_mod has an incorrect devtype - for the DS-2CD2132F-IS it should be 1E98 not the 0698 that was used.
I've attached the fixed version of the file which should work OK.

I also have 2 bullet cameras that after trying to upgrade died, when I turn them on the Night vision lights illuminate and stay on, I can't ping or putty into them nor do they show up on SADP, have you even experienced this?

Only when messing with the main firmware.
Upgrade in what way - the brickfixV2 convert/upgrade, or a normal firmware update?

 

[nambi]

e brickfixV2 convert/upgrade, or a normal firmware update?

Thanks for the files!!
I gave them a test with this, but for some reason this cam just doesn't like them , I think I'm going to toss this cam , i tried everything I can think of

As for the bullet cams if I can't ping them or see them on SADP or update FW in tftpserver is there anything else I should try? Jtag?

 

[alastairstevenson]

Where are you based?

 

[Jean Marc]

A bout DS-2CD2532F-IWS after upgrade to V5.4.42build 171030, I cannot anymore get in the cameras because of MishMash language. I triEd to downgrade zto v5.2 but anyway I cannot get further than to the first line of 2020-02-12 10:15:38] TFTP server[192.0.0.128] initialized , excepet that the connect is going on with the IP, it looks like the server cannot find the device, I clicked ok when firewall poped up. Can some body help?

 

[nambi]

What type of help do you require, have you successfully completed any upgrades? or is this the 1st time?

where you able to get the digicap.dev file (mini system) into the camera using the TFTPserver?

A bout DS-2CD2532F-IWS after upgrade to V5.4.42build 171030, I cannot anymore get in the cameras because of MishMash language. I triEd to downgrade zto v5.2 but anyway I cannot get further than to the first line of 2020-02-12 10:15:38] TFTP server[192.0.0.128] initialized , excepet that the connect is going on with the IP, it looks like the server cannot find the device, I clicked ok when firewall poped up. Can some body help?

 

[Jean Marc]

What type of help do you require, have you successfully completed any upgrades? or is this the 1st time?

where you able to get the digicap.dev file (mini system) into the camera using the TFTPserver?

In fact from the beginning I need help, I downloaded all files from the first post I got the digicap.dav (brickfix) from there, I plugged the camera directly on the PC with the Ethernet cable, and changed the IP to 192.0.0.128 I started the Hikvision TFTP server, and I get the first line 2020-02-12 10:15:38] TFTP server[192.0.0.128] initialized After that nothing. I tried with EN first, then with CN, both stuck at the first line, the camera seams not detected. I first power off and Then camera power on, but nothing shows on TFTP server. I tried to see if the camera is not dead and I can in some way have live view by using Batch Configuration Tool, but I cannot use it because of Mishmash language.

 

[alastairstevenson]

A bout DS-2CD2532F-IWS after upgrade to V5.4.42build 171030, I cannot anymore get in the cameras because of MishMash language.

That sounds like it is a Chinese camera, 'bricked' by the EN/ML firmware update.

. I triEd to downgrade zto v5.2

No longer possible due to the 'downgrade block' from the attempted update even if the update was not successful.

connect is going on with the IP, it looks like the server cannot find the device

The camera has to find the Hikvision tftp updater.
Confirm you are not using a normal tftp server?
Also confirm that the camera and PC and wired to a switch / router (not connected directly together) and the camera is powereed by a 12v supply (not PoE)

 

[Jean Marc]

That sounds like it is a Chinese camera, 'bricked' by the EN/ML firmware update.

Exactly the case!!

No longer possible due to the 'downgrade block' from the attempted update even if the update was not successful.

Yep, sadly I understood that

The camera has to find the Hikvision tftp updater.
Confirm you are not using a normal tftp server?
Also confirm that the camera and PC and wired to a switch / router (not connected directly together) and the camera is powereed by a 12v supply (not PoE)

I use the Hikvision tftp updater. BUT, I connected the camera directly on the PC. I will try by connecting then to the router and come back to give the result.
Thanks.

 

[nambi]

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I use the Hikvision tftp updater. BUT, I connected the camera directly on the PC. I will try by connecting then to the router and come back to give the result.
Thanks.

1stly did you set you computer ip to 192.0.0.128? if not it simply will not work, also i use a switch to do this not a router. A switch wont' try to assign it an IP address a router will and the router may assign it an ip address which won't work, A router can act like a switch if you turn off DHCP but you may need help setting it up again, if you have an old router factory reset it, log in turn off dHCP (make it run like a switch ) do your upgrades on the cams and then factory reset the router back to normal (it will need to be reprogrammed after) This would eliminate any IP issues.

When you have all the ips set you willhave your comptuer going into the swtich the camera into the same swirch, you load the TFTP update server on computer and in the same directory you have the digicap.dev file (the mini system one, this one is needed to get into the cam, not the one from hikvision. then power off the cam and power it back on (i use an external power adapter for my cams to do this) and all of a sudden you will see the TFTPserver window activate and a message about the frimware being uploaded. make sure you close the tftpserver program after you see it say success if you don't the next time you power cycle the cam it will again upload the firmware. that will get you through the 1st part.