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It defaulted to continuous recording on all cameras with a default bitrate and time, the latter which of course was incorrect. Naturally these had to be set to what I wanted, optimized etc. My point is, out of the box, an NVR gave you basic functionality, just like a Windows installation. You...

Hi Fenderman, Re plug and play, I will tell you about my Hikvision experience. I plugged the cameras into the NVR, turned the NVR on, it found all the cameras and was recording automatically. It would seem that my experience is at odds with your, assuming of course that you have actually set up...

My original post was on whether anyone had experience with SCM and if so, how it differed to HikVision or Dahua. I am appreciative that the CEO of SCM, Matt, chimed in. There are a lot of passionate people on this forum, a lot of information, a lot of opinions, and that's generally a good...

I didn't mean BI on a laptop. I meant I run a VM on my personal laptop, because it running Linux, so I have to run a VM to run Windows to run Hik or Dahua's web plugin. Honestly I haven't looked too much into BI, having so far gone the plug and play route with NVR's. With mixed results. So a...

BI probably won't work for me as all my access is remote. My systems are installed in Australia, but I live in California. I guess I could VPN in, then use Windows remote access to view, but I would need to do so under a VM as my laptop runs Linux. A bit kludgy. I already need to run a VM for...

Yes, I know I will pay more than a grey market Hik. SCW cameras are $150-250 and the 8 channel NVR without a hard drive is $400. Authorized Hik through B&H is probably similar. I'd go Hik again but the ET Phone Home thing is a little discomforting. I may have a US consulate as a tenant in one...

Ah. I don't really know anything about Uniview. Do you? How are their cameras & NVRs in terms of quality and functionality?

What do you mean by "It does not record"? I read elsewhere that they were HikVision based, although I have no idea whether that is true.

I have HikVision and Dahua systems. I have generally found the HikVision systems reliable and the software reasonably put together. I have found the Dahua Starlight turret cameras to have great night vision (Why I decided to try them on recommendation from Nayr), easy to install and the remote...

Smart PSS is just a Windows software package that provides a local interface that duplicates the functionality of the console. I already had line crossing or intrusion detection functionality working on the NVR and ever through the remote Web interface. So it should still work. I should not need...

Why would I need to use SmartPSS now that I am sitting right in front of the NVR and can use the console? I can't actually find line crossing in SmartPSS. Looking now.

I'm still having issues. I was getting hundreds of email pairs a day, but not third email with a photo. I realized tonight that I had checked the "motion detect" tab and by default, the entire image was motion activated. That's where the emails were coming from. Now that I unchecked that box, I...

Flew to the site. Trying all sorts of stuff now. Right at the terminal...

I have the gDMSS Plus app installed and just set up a line crossing push notification to see if that works.

Just installed Smart PSS, went to Device CFG, Camera, Encode, Snapshot and changed Snap Mode from Regular to Trigger. I noticed that Snap Interval was already set to Custom instead of 1. I selected "Save" and it gave me a confirmation. Logged out, went back into the Web Interface and but...

NVR: Dahua 5208-8P-4KS2 Camera: Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z Software versions: See attached. Making changes remotely through the web interface. I have to. The system is *very* remote. Original problem: - Unable to receive an email attachment of a motion event. Yes, that old chestnut. - Followed...

NVR: 5208-8P-4KS2 Firmware: 3.215.0000000.1 Build Date: 2017-09-01 Cameras: IPC-HDW5231R-Z x 5 Firmware: 2.460.0000.7.R20170306 The NVR was able to locate the latest firmware and update itself. It says is is current. The NVR failed to update the camera firmware. I had to do this manually when...

For a long time, intrusion detection on my Dahua NVR with the starlight cameras was working well. Eventually I was getting errors in the Web interface when trying to change or add IVS items. Since I am physically remote from the hardware, I had to wait until I flew out to investigate. When...

Looks like I'd have to install a read only version of the OS. Apparently Raspberry Pi doesn't like the power being cut. Can wipe the SD card. That happens in the location where this will be installed. Overview | Read-Only Raspberry Pi | Adafruit Learning System

Interesting idea. I like it. Haven't done any Raspberry Pi dev yet, only Arduino, but I'll check it out. Thx

How do I then remotely control the NVR?

I just cleared the cache. Yep, that worked. Thank you. So now I have the web interface back. It seems they did make some updates. Now I can at least save my camera selection preferences. But it still allows anyone to view all the cameras, even if the group and user are deselected for them...

Installed the firmware. Rebooted. Now the web access is completely stuffed. I don't have any side menus. I then completely removed the web components plug in. Uninstalled from Windows Uninstall Programs, went in to Program Files (Both) and deleted the Webrec directories, went into the registry...

I found a workaround. Found the link directly to the firmware file in the source code of the popup window.

I went to that download page, clicked "Download", which then displays a popup window with a licence agreement. At the bottom, I clicked "Agree with the licence agreement". The popup window disappears and nothing else happens. :-( Firefox 56.0 (64 bit) on Linux Mint 18.2 Cinnamon 64-bit. I...

I do understand the value of this. Thanks for the suggestion. On one of my other installations (Hikviosion) the NVR is occasionally bombarded by hundreds of illegal login attempts. Another reason to set up a VPN. But for now, I want to get the software working as it should. If I can't (buggy)...

Respectfully, that is irrelevant to the problem.

I will. But the device is on another continent. Going back there next month. Thx.

NVR: - Dahua 5208-8P-4KS2 8 port POE NVR - Web Version: 3.2.3.67674 - System Version:3.210.0002.2, Build Date: 2016-07-21 Cameras: - Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z / IPC-HDW5231RP-Z 2MP WDR IR Eyeball IP Camera 2.7mm-12mm motorized lens Starlight Network Camera