smartvue SVC-B-3 - bought for cheap on ebay

@paylesspizzaman Thanks for detailing the instructions. For those who dont have a crossover cable, a switch will work just fine...Simply connect the pc and camera to the switch (no other device)...
 
Wow, thanks for the great info, so let me ask you what did the new Hikvision firmware get you, as feature wise? Just wondering what the difference is and if it worth the reflashes for the 5 cameras I have... Also did any of you notice the cameras get a little warm when active?

Thanks,

Dil

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paylesspizzaman said:
Sorry for the long post.
Okay, I got the official Hikvision Firmware installed on my Smartvue cam from ebay. It is actually easier than my guide makes it sound. I used the official Hikvision Auto Updater TFTP application from: http://www.hikvision.com/europe/download_more.asp?id=1336
The official Hikvision Auto Updater directions are at: http://www.hikvision.com/UploadFile/File/201433116851896.pdf
My directions are as follows:
1. Find a 12Vdc wall adapter and a Gigabit compatible (all 8 wires connected inside plugs) CROSSOVER (NOT regular straight through) CAT5 Ethernet cable. A crossover cable is wired the T-568A standard at one end and the T-568B standard at the other end. It is meant connect two devices DIRECTLY together without a router or switch in between.
2. Create “new folder” at root of C drive on computer
3. Rename “new folder” to “TFTPAuto”
4. Download TFTP Auto Updater from http://www.hikvision.com/europe/download_more.asp?id=1336
5. Extract downloaded files to “TFTPAuto” that I created in step 2
6. Download camera firmware from the first post here https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/1078-Firmware-5-2-0-in-English
7. Copy downloaded camera firmware into the “Auto Update” folder that is in your “TFTPAuto” folder
8. Rename “Raptor_2_520_f_10_14_c.dav” to “digicap.dav”
9. Go into “network and sharing” in the control panel of my windows computer.
10. Click “Change Adapter Settings”.
11. Right click on “Local Area Connection”.
12. Click “Properties” from the popup.
13. Click “Internet Protocol Version 4” so it is highlighted.
14. Click the button that says “Properties”.
15. Select the box that says “Use the following IP address”.
16. Enter 192 0 0 128 into the IP address boxes.
17. Click in the “Subnet Mask” box, it should auto fill with 255 255 255 0. If it doesn’t auto fill, enter 255 255 255 0 into the boxes. Leave the DNS stuff alone/blank.
18. Click “Okay”.
19. Close all the open windows.
20. I had to reboot my computer before the network setting would take effect. I would recommend you do the same.
21. Plug camera directly into computer using Gigabit compatible (all 8 wires connected inside plugs) CROSSOVER(NOT regular straight through) CAT5 Ethernet cable. Also, plug in the cameras 12Vdc power adapter
22. Right click tftpserv file that says application next to it. It is in the “Auto Update” folder that is in your “TFTPAuto” folder
23. Click allow when Windows Firewall pops up.
24. Thinking maybe Windows firewall interfered with the TFTP program, I closed the program and launched it again by right clicking tftpserv file that says application next to it. It is in the “Auto Update” folder that is in your “TFTPAuto” folder. This time windows firewall will NOT pop up.
25. In the TFTP application you should see it say “TFTP server[192.0.0.128] initialized” in a box.
26. Unplug the power cord to the camera for a second or two and plug it back in.
27. In a few seconds, the TFTP application should say “device[192.0.0.64] test tftp server”. Note, I had trouble here, I had to power cycle the camera and wait several times before it worked.
28. Within about 30 seconds, the TFTP application should say “Connect client[192.0.0.64] success”.
29. Next the TFTP application will say “Start file[C:\TFTPAuto\Auto Update\digicap.dav]".
30. It can take up to 5 minutes to transfer the file (mine took maybe 30 seconds). When transfer is complete the TFTP application will say “Completed file[C:\TFTPAuto\Auto Update\digicap.dav] transmitted". And also, “Device[192.0.0.64] system update completed!”.
31. Now you can power cycle the camera and connect it to your network however you would if it were a new camera. Note, ALL settings in the camera are set to factory default, including IP address and password. Also, don’t forget that the CAT5 cable you were just using is a CROSSOVER cable.
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Dilbertic, Yes all of my Hikvision 2032 cameras get warm when in use. The main reason for me to flash the Hikvision firmware, was so I could access the lower resolution video substream. This allows me to view the video with my android phone when I'm away from home on a 3g or 4g network. The mainstream video needs too much bandwidth to access, it only works when I'm home, even then not very well. I use the app IP Webcam. The Hikvision firmware also gives the ability to adjust the substream resolution and framerate, which is missing from the smartvue firmware. It wouldn't take long at all to flash 5 cams once you did the first.
 
Sweet so sounds like I can just connect the camera to the POE switch I bought for power and into my PC and do the flash :) Thanks for the info, still working on the best way to install my cameras at my house, but thats another thread.
 
Thanks for the info, I have iOS phone right now, but android tablets I will use in the house, have you seen any good youtube how to setup the cameras and remote access viewing videos? that would be a big plus.... I also need to find one more cameras, but have to see where I need the last camera. The other silly thing is the DS-7608 NVR, seems pretty silly it only does 8 cameras, it only has one ethernet port on back anyways, so I have to think the 16 cameras monitoring unit is the same just flashed with different firmware?
 
Dilbertic, as far as remote access for viewing, it is all about setting port numbers in the cameras and forwarding those ports in your router. I only forwarded the RTSP port to the internet, so I can only view the live video, I can't playback video that has been recorded, unless I'm at home. I also cannot change any camera settings without being at home. If you wanted to playback recording when you are away, you would have to forward the other camera ports. However I don't think it is possible to view the recordings on android, due to needing the webcomponents plugin. As far as NVRs, I know absolutely nothing about them. I use FreeNAS to store my recordings on. I currently have 11 Hikvision cams recording onto it. It only has one Ethernet port also. I'm not sure how many cameras a single port supports, but I remember being surprise at how small the bandwidth was for a 3MP cam.
 
My very rough math comes up with 6.9Mbits/sec for a 3MP cam. Though for some reason 3Mbytes/sec sounds right in my head. I'll look and my network traffic when I get home. In either case, most ethernet is gigabit which is approximately 1000Mbit or 100Mbyte. So, maybe like 30 cams per network adapter....
 
I know there are newer versions of firmware. In my post, I provided a link to the Hikvision Europe site. I believe the newest there is 5.3. I only tested the firmware in my guide, feel free to test the newer firmware and post back here if it works out for you.
 
So my network traffic is 33Mbits/sec with three 1MP cameras and seven 3MP cameras. The 3MP cams use about 2.5 times the bandwidth that the 1MP cams use. I will let someone else figure out the numbers, I've been up all night and am very tired.
 
I bought the switch from amazon, standard 8 port POE with 1 uplink port, I looked for a 10/100/1000 POE switch, but they seemed to come in off configs, like 6 port, which doesn't help when you have a 8 cameras system and you need a uplink port

Dil
 
I used regular gigabit switches and then put a POE injectors inline with the cameras. I looked a little at POE switches, but they cost more than a switch and an injector.
 
Update: If you are having issues like the below, turn off your firewalls, thank you very much windows, it also put the application on a block list. Grrrrrrrrrr

Thanks

I fire up my old Core I7 windows 7 machine and I am trying to flash the cameras and it's not going very well...

Install the app and everyhting root folder
Set network adapter ip4 to 192.0.0.28
Rebooted my machine

Ran the ethernet cable from the windows machine to the uplink port on POE 8 port switch
Ran the TFTP App as admin and dismissed the firewall notice as OK
Plugged in the camera multiple times - nothing ( even tried pressing the reset button on back ) Nothing

Not sure what I am doing wrong, driving me nuts
 
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I believe the camera needs to be powered by the 12Vdc wall adapter while it is being flashed. You will also need a CROSSOVER ethernet cable or 2 regular ethernet cables and a gigabit ethernet switch. I used Windows 7 when I did mine. All of this is outlined in the guide I posted.
 
The issue with the crossover cable is you then need a power cable. Using the POE switch worked just fine, it was the windows firewall preventing the camera from being seen.

So I did it like this:

Set your network adapter to 192.0.0.28 ( reboot )
Turn off windows firewall

Computer ethernet cable to POE switch uplink port ( non power port )
Run the TFTP App by right clicking on it it and select run as Admin
Plug an enthernet cable in one of the switches POE Ports and then plug the other end into the Camera

The app will start to respond right away, it took about 1 to 2 mins total to flash everything, I updated the camera's to 5.3.0 USA firmware

I check each camera afterwards on a different computer by running the SADP tool and iVMS Client
 
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