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    DH-DB6I Doorbell warning, DO NOT UPGRADE FIRMWARE!

    Ha, it worked finally For posterity's sake, none of the methods (config tool/ SD card) worked Config tool upgrade would fail at 19% while SD card based hard reboot would result in a fresh setup and realization that its still on the 2023 firmware Was finally able to get it done by finding a a...
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    DH-DB6I Doorbell warning, DO NOT UPGRADE FIRMWARE!

    I did try this but the firmware remains unchanged. The linked procedure seems to indicate that you need to unzip the contents of the FW file on the SD root. However the DB6i firmware file is a .bin Could it have something to do with that? Also in case if i ned to just copy the .bin file on SD...
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    DH-DB6I Doorbell warning, DO NOT UPGRADE FIRMWARE!

    old thread bump.. Was anyone able to figure out how to either downgrade the Dahua DB6i to the 2022 firmware or to upgerade it to the imou 09/2023 FW? Mine is stuck on the april 2023 firmware . I am using scrypted with homekit to integrate it with Apple Home The camera works great, so does Push...
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    DMSS keeps logging out on Android

    Recently got a Dahua DB6i doorbell to replace an ageing Ring Gen1. It’s a solid upgrade in every way except a super annoying bug. The DMSS app (Android) from Dahua keeps logging me out after every few hours. For now, i have installed the DMSS app on my older iphone and an ipad - and that seems...
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    DH-DB6I Doorbell warning, DO NOT UPGRADE FIRMWARE!

    I am getting an upgrade failure message with the attached binary. the fimrware update does start.. but at about the 50% mark (with config tool), it fails with an error message that simply says "Upgrade failed" Was there anything in particular that you had to do to complete this? TIA!
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    Hikvision - Using a second NVR as client (view only)

    We just finished setting up a 10 camera (Hikvision 2CD-2020F-IW) setup for our gated community over a wireless wide area network All cameras connect to wireless APs that in turn connect to the central server room via wireless point-to-point links The primary NVR is a DS7616-NI Now we are...