Recent content by lunokhod

Hi Everybody, Apologies for the long post. I use Hikvision iVMS-4200 and the now depreciated Storage Server as my NVR. It runs on a dedicated Win7 x64 machine with multiple RAID1 drive arrays for storage. I tend to leave this machine alone for as long as I can, but recently I decided it was...

Hi Everybody, I've just installed iVMS-4200 VS on my office PC (Win7 64bit). After going through the initial setup and importing my cameras into a group, I am finding the Live View does not work. I get continually the continually rotating circular dots in the middle of the screen (see...

Hi Everybody, I've just bought a new Hikvision DS-2CD2365G1-I (v5.6.4 firmware) camera for my house. This is being added to 5 x DS-2CD2342WD-I cameras. I am using iVMS-4200 V2.8.1.4 (latest V2 version) running on a dedicated Win7 machine. The performance of this camera is amazing compared to...

Thanks for the info. I was hoping the iVMS-4200 software would have been a little more intelligent. The idea of Event recording schedule is to save space on the HDD as well as indicate when Events happen. Using continuous recording eats up HDD space. Surely it would have been easy to...

Hi Everybody, I've got a small Hikvision setup at home. Five DS-2CD2342WD-I cameras and iVMS-4200 running on a dedicated Win7 machine. It has been a most reliable setup and has provided evidence for various incidents over the last four years. I have it set up for Event Recording with a 3TB...

Hi Everybody, I'm doing some testing of the new iVMS-4200 v3 Client Software. The UI looks neat and tidy... but for the life of me, I cannot seem to get the Live View/Main View window to work. My cameras are working, movement events are popping up with live video... but I can't get the...

Hi Everybody, Apologies if this has been asked and answered before. I did perform a quick search, but couldn't seem to find an answer. Can you access the Hikivision iVMS-4200 Client using a web browser? I do notice there is a Web Server Port setting in the configuration, but all it seems...

It would be possible. At the moment, the camera is mounted on a Hikvision mounting block attached to the eaves. There is a limit to how close I can get to the wall this way due to a 100x50mm plastic cable duct that runs the length of the wall/eaves. You can just make out a little of this in...

Night shot with exposure and backlight settings changed.

OK Everybody, I've done my experimentation and have come up with a decent compromise. I did try an external IR illuminator and this would have worked OK... but I didn't end up going down this path. I ended up playing around with the Exposure and Back Light Compensation. I set up a Custom...

Thanks for the input. The camera is around 11.5" away from the wall. I will look into using the corridor mode and rotate the camera 90 degrees. That might be the best option. I experimented with blocking the IR light last night, unsuccessfully. Due to the way the EXIR IR lens works, you...

Hi Everybody, Just wondering if anyone has done any experimenting with limiting/blocking the IR illumination coverage with a Hikvision turret camera. I've just installed another 4mm DS-2CD2342WD-I at home that is looking up a narrow path between my house and the fence. I've been in contact...

Yes, I was taking a video directly of the PC screen showing the PCNVR software, that way you can see the green blocks that indicates where motion was detected. With my first camera, this false detection would happen at different times of the day, morning and afternoon (but never at night), in...

The cameras aren't moving. How did you get that idea?

I thought I would follow up on my thread. I've since bought two more of the same Hikvision cameras. All have now been updated to the latest firmware (after the privilege escalation discovery) , and all three exhibit this behavior. Right in the middle of the video frame, a movement...