Review-Dahua NVR4216-16P-4KS2 NVR

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Courtesy of @EMPIRETECANDY we have the NVR4216-16P-4KS2 to check out.

Or here at Amazon in Empire Techs store:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...tNum=0&tag=ipctk-20&smid=A2ZLH9EASI4NPC&psc=1 Price includes shipping.

BIG thank you to @EMPIRETECANDY for continuing to provide us with products that gives Ipcamtalk members a chance to see some hands on experience!

16 Channel 1U 16PoE 4K&H.265 Lite Network Video Recorder

> H.265/H.264 codec decoding
> Max 200Mbps Incoming Bandwidth
> Up to 8MP Resolution for Preview and Playback
> Up to 2ch@4K/8ch@1080P decoding
> HDMI/VGA simultaneous video output
> Support IPC UPnP, 16PoE ports
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Main Processor Quad-core embedded processor
Operating System Embedded LINUX
Audio and Video
IP Camera Input 16 Channel
Two-way Talk 1 Channel Input, 1 Channel Output, RCA
Display Interface 1 HDMI, 1 VGA
Resolution HDMI: 3840×2160, 1920×1080, 1280×1024, 1280×720
VGA: 1920×1080, 1280×1024, 1280×720
Decoding Capacity 2ch@4K 30fps, 8ch@1080P 30fps
Multi-screen Display 16ch: 1/4/8/9/16
OSD Camera title, Time, Camera lock, Motion detection, Recording
Recording Compression H.265/ H.264
Resolution 8Mp/ 6Mp/ 5MP/ 4MP/ 3MP/ 1080P/ 1.3MP/ 720P etc.
Record Rate 200Mbps
Bit Rate 16Kbps ~ 20Mbps Per Channel
Record Mode Manual, Schedule (Regular, Continuous), MD (Video detection: Motion Detection, Tampering, Video Loss), Stop
Record Interval 1 ~ 120 min (default: 60 min), Pre-record: 1 ~ 30 sec, Post-record: 10 ~ 300 sec

Full spec sheet: https://www.dahuasecurity.com/asset...-NVR4216_4232-16P-4KS2_datasheet_20180224.pdf

Quick start guide: https://www.dahuasecurity.com/asset...es-Quick-Start-Guide-Version-1_0_1-201805.pdf

Manual: https://www.dahuasecurity.com/asset...-and-7-series)-users-manual-v4_3_2-201805.pdf

This is also available in a 32ch version.

I've had this up and running for a week. I have not had any issue's with it. It handles the 4k camera I reviewed here: Review-Dahua IPC-HFW5831E-ZE 8MP 4K Bullet. without any apparent problem. The display never shows any lag or other issue's when using the nvr menu's. I've used both the web interface and the gDMSS Pro app without any issue's.

It is like most other NVR's to get to the full settings of a camera, you need to connect to the cam directly,
This can easily be accomplished by going to the web interface of the NVR, then to setup>registration, then click on the blue internet explorer icon. See picture below.

I have had 8 of my 2.1mp Starlights and the 4k cam all recording for several days.

I find the noise produced as acceptable. It's not as loud as most tower computers. 10ft away from it, and I can't hear it. The loudest thing about it is the old HD I"m using.

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4k cam at upper left.
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looks like there are key hole mounting options to mount this flat on the wall? Is that correct, or are these key holes to mount the internal hard drives?

Thanks!
 
c hris527 said:
Does that have ears for a rack mount. ? I did not see any in the bag of goodies.
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If the 4216 is as wide as the 5216 then there is no chance in rackmounting this thing. I found someone selling a 19" drawing board to put the NVR on the "shelf", howe
 
POE NVR can add the cameras directly, no need to activate or make configuation, this is the easy way for new users. @looney2ns confirmed this to me.
 
I have two Dahua N54B3P E-POE NVR's running and in fact those features you describe work well, however it seems Dahua will not let you plug a laptop into a unused poe port and access your cameras anymore. On both NVR's it will give my laptop a ip address on the default subnet of 10.1.1.x and it will not let me even ping the cams let alone access them. Can anyone else confirm this feature is disabled now with the newer firmwares and features. I guess its not a bad thing for security issues and as long as you can pass-thru on the management side to access the features of the cams its ok by me but it was Damn Handy at times.
 
c hris527 said:
I have two Dahua N54B3P E-POE NVR's running and in fact those features you describe work well, however it seems Dahua will not let you plug a laptop into a unused poe port and access your cameras anymore. On both NVR's it will give my laptop a ip address on the default subnet of 10.1.1.x and it will not let me even ping the cams let alone access them. Can anyone else confirm this feature is disabled now with the newer firmwares and features. I guess its not a bad thing for security issues and as long as you can pass-thru on the management side to access the features of the cams its ok by me but it was Damn Handy at times.
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Same here I was going nuts because I made a seperate IP Camera vlan on my switch and plugged that port into one of the poe ports and could not hit any of the cameras but I could hit the NVR's IP address on it's built in switch.
I think to do the browser redirect they're doing some port isolation. Each port gets mapped to a specific port port number when you hit the nvr's web page.
For example when I open up the camera on port D1 from the camera page it takes me to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10080 and D2 takes me to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10081. It's using specific ports to NAT to port 80 on the ip cameras.
 
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donatom3 said:
Same here I was going nuts because I made a seperate IP Camera vlan on my switch and plugged that port into one of the poe ports and could not hit any of the cameras but I could hit the NVR's IP address on it's built in switch.
I think to do the browser redirect they're doing some port isolation. Each port gets mapped to a specific port port number when you hit the nvr's web page.
For example when I open up the camera on port D1 from the camera page it takes me to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10080 and D2 takes me to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:10081. It's using specific ports to NAT to port 80 on the ip cameras.
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Thanks, I guess we will have to live with this:wow:
 
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weigle2 said:
If you plug a laptop into one of the POE Ports, are you still able to access the Web Admin screen using the IP address of the NVR? I would think not, but just asking. If you could then maybe via the registration screen, you could access each cam via the Internet Explorer icon in Setup.
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IF you login from the management port and access the webgui, you can go to the Cam registration screen and click the IE button and it will pass thru to the cam direct. Or you can just do it through your browser http://10.10.0.36:10081/, that is a example, the port numbers go up or down.
 
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weigle2 said:
If you plug a laptop into one of the POE Ports, are you still able to access the Web Admin screen using the IP address of the NVR? I would think not, but just asking. If you could then maybe via the registration screen, you could access each cam via the Internet Explorer icon in Setup.
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If you plug a laptop into one of the Poe ports you can get to the nvrs IP address on the Poe switch i.e. 10.1.1.1. I could also do this through my switch when I had the camera vlan plugged into one of the Poe switch ports.
 
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c hris527 said:
Does that have ears for a rack mount. ? I did not see any in the bag of goodies.
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Hi Chris - iirc different models for rack mountable style case - these cases are a bit too narrow
 
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mat200 said:
Hi Chris - iirc different models or rack mountable style case - these cases are a bit too narrow
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Thanks Matt, Its the lite model, the pro models have them i believe they are 1.5U or 2 U for rack mounting but this model could be modded to fit in a rack.
 
looney2ns said:
I have discovered one drawback to this NVR, only one USB port. If you needed to use an USB thumb drive to back up video clips to, or to upgrade the firmware, it would be sort of difficult because you can't have a mouse connected at the same time as the thumb drive.
But using the NVR's network interface instead, would alleviate this issue.
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Looks like one in the front and 1 in the rear from the pics
 
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