Recent content by Ed G

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    Third Party IP Camera on Hikvision NVR

    OK my issue is resolved. Somewhere else on the internet one fellow found that even though I had changed the camera password to xxxx123, in the Hikvision NVR setup screen for the ONVIF camera, it needs to see the password "admin". I tried it an lo and behold it worked!! (with camera plugged...
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    Third Party IP Camera on Hikvision NVR

    OK no luck yet. Since the camera is 5 years old I decided to upgrade the camera firmware which I found on the Dahua site. I verified that the camera accepted the firmware update again updated the password to xxxx123 and checked to see that ONVIF was enabled. Per someone’s suggestion I...
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    Third Party IP Camera on Hikvision NVR

    OK, having seen others on the internet having trouble connecting 3rd party IP cameras to the Hikvision NVR, I decided to abandon the attempt to connect the cameras to the NVR POE ports. I ran out and bought a POE switch. First, I double checked with the Dahua config tool that the camera IP is...
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    Third Party IP Camera on Hikvision NVR

    Hi, I had a Dahua NVR with 4 cameras and the NVR crapped out, so I have replaced it with a new Hikvision NVR. I have retained the existing 4 POE cameras that I have and intend to connect them to the new NVR. I have dismounted one camera and I have it in hand. The existing cameras are Dahua...
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