Time Setting Firmware Bug in PTZ5A4M-25X

[guykuo]

There is a time setting firmware bug for doing daylight savings time by week in the PTZ5A4M-25X under the 2023/08/04 firmware on EmpireTech site.
The firmware refuses to accept 0200 as the end of DST time. It will accept 0100 and 0300, but will not select the correct 0200 in popup menu.
Also, if one types in 02 for hour manually, the firmware changes it to 03.

 

[wittaj]

Do you have the camera set to 24 or 12-hour time?

Are you using Explorer?

 

[guykuo]

24 hour time.

Chrome under MacOS. No windows Explorer here.
Have not run into this on my other cameras with the new web GUI. For this to happen, the firmware code has to be explicitly prohibiting 02 as the end hour.

 

[looney2ns]

I reported this issue well over a yr ago and many other bugs to Dahua engineers when the new web gui debuted, they basically shrugged it off.

 

[quiet.tea]

I just encountered the bug too and came looking here for a solution. Looks like it might take a while, if ever, for it to be fixed.

 

[guykuo]

Oh my gosh. Looney2ns is right. This bug actually IS in my other new Web GUI cameras. I simply had not noticed the cameras changing my selection before this camera.

 

[wittaj]

Well Dang I never noticed it either LOL.

The first one takes but the 2nd doesn't, so I changed it to 1:59 LOL

 

[guykuo]

so I changed it to 1:59 LOL

I like your workaround. Stupid bug. Its presence had to have been specifically coded to behave this way. Coder not only was wrong, but intentionally wrong.

 

[dudemaar]

Yep it’s in there new NVR’s too. Have to uncheck DST in order for it to keep time correct.

 

[c hris527]

I reported this issue well over a yr ago and many other bugs to Dahua engineers when the new web gui debuted, they basically shrugged it off.

Why would they care, No DST in that part of the world.

 

[JDreaming]

Why would they care, No DST in that part of the world.

DST is so annoying and useless I think think we should get rid of it here too.

 

[wittaj]

Weird - I went in this morning to start changing mine that were 3:00 to 1:59 and at least one is correct now LOL. Time to look at the others.

 

[wittaj]

Wouldn't you know it all of mine are now 2:00.

Must be some weird programming on day of LOL.

I just went in to the one camera I changed to 1:59 last night that wouldn't not accept 2 and sure enough it did now:

 

[CanCuba]

Maybe the coder was the same unhinged fellow that robbed the store in China...

Jewellery robbery at hangzhou

A robbery happen this afternoon 18:34, this man escape from the mall and arrest nearby the mall by policeman at 18:43. This city is the headquater of Hikvision and Dahua. :D 23 Years old man.

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