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    DaHua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 firmware upgrade questions.

    I note from your previous post that you have the NVR5216-16P-4KS2E - you'll want to make sure that you only use firmware designed for the newer "E" variant of the NVR, as there've been a few horror stories from people who've used the wrong firmware for their NVR. Other than that caveat, I can't...
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    DaHua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 firmware upgrade questions.

    I'd normally first upgrade and then do a setting reset (to make sure that newly-available options are set), but in this case I didn't (I was already at the end of my tether, thinking that if this didn't fix my previous issues, I'd dump everything and replace it with Hikvision equipment). I...
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    DaHua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 firmware upgrade questions.

    I spotted that version after I'd already started downloading R.200319, but given that R.200319 is working perfectly for me so far, I'm in no hurry to move to R.201010. I've now downloaded it though, and will likely be upgrading to it in the next few months (or earlier if I spot a bug in...
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    DaHua NVR5216-16P-4KS2 firmware upgrade questions.

    I can concur that that firmware update works perfectly on the NVR5216-16P-4KS2 (hardware version 1, not the 4KS2E) - problems such as cameras re-booting on motion detect, the NVR not being able to reliably communicate with the cameras, and general lagginess have all gone. Note though that the...
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