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I installed it in 2014 so it got about 8 years of use. It was still working but I figured I would update the firmware to the newer version without the old firmware's vulnerabilities. The first cam upgraded without incident. The 2nd (this one) went bad. I still have a 3rd with the original...

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ah well. I guess it goes into the trash can. thanks for your help.

I did an "update" command and it game me check bad block failed >> read spare data error. check bad block failed >> read spare data error. After the error messages from the update command it locked up. It might be fully dead now. When i remove power and reapply power I get nothing. No...

I did a diag command HKVS # diag diag [command] Run diagnostic code to test various system hardware. The available commands are: diag adc - Test ADC. diag gpio - Test GPIO. diag ir - Test IR. diag nand erase [end_block] - Test NAND erase. diag nand...

@alastairstevenson I am able to hot Ctrl-u and it stops autoboot and I get a HKVS prompt U-Boot 1.3.4-84026 (Jul 16 2014 - 16:51:43) ARM Clock: 480MHz DDR Clock: 336MHz Hit Ctrl+u to stop autoboot: 2 HKVS # Unknown command: HKVS # HKVS #

Here is the transscript from Tera Term VT (putty did not seem to want to connect for me) U-Boot 1.3.4-84026 (Jul 16 2014 - 16:51:43) ARM Clock: 480MHz DDR Clock: 336MHz Hit Ctrl+u to stop autoboot: 0 check bad block failed >> read spare data error. check bad block failed >> read spare data...

@alastairstevenson I have ordered the connector and converter. Will set up the serial console when they arrive. What info should I extract when I set up the serial console?

I upgraded a DS-2CD2032-I cam using your procedure and it worked out well. I then tried a 2nd cam (same model and bought at the same time). I was able to install digicap.dav using the Hikvision TFTP but when I booted up the cam I am unable to connect via putty (I am using telnet). I figured I...