Dahua 4208-8P NVR Fails To Get Dahua Camera Configurations

[ben_r_]

Hey guys, I'm having an issue with a new video surveillance setup that I can't figure out. The NVR is a Dahua NVR4208-8P and I'm having the issue with multiple models/styles of brand new 4MP Dahua IP cameras. In the Settings section for the Audio/Video options for the cameras I get the error shown in the attached image no matter what channel I select. Swapping different model cameras to different channels makes no difference. I simply cannot see or change any of the Audio/Video settings for any camera connected to this NVR. I have tried all the same cameras on my Q-See / Dahua NVR and have no issue with them, so I'm sure it's not the cameras. Everything else I've setup in this NVR seems to be working fine.

Any thoughts/suggestions?

 

[ben_r_]

Just to add a followup to this thread, I was able to fix the problem by upgrading the firmware on the NVR. I used v3.200 that I found at Nelly's Security (LINK) and it worked flawlessly. I also found a newer version directly from Dahua which was a version 3.202 (LINK) but decided not to chance it since version 3.200 seems to work fine.

Hope this helps someone.

 

[Shockwave199]

I'm pretty sure that I've run into this on my 4208-8p too. I got it figured out without updating the nvr but it's good to know there's an update. Mostly I hesitate because it seems a good deal of dahua nvr's have quite a bug which makes them reboot big time. I suspect it's more current firmwares causing it. So, I'm actually riding out the older firmware which seems to be problem free in that respect. Just a precaution at this point until such time that something might force me to update.

 

[ben_r_]

I'm pretty sure that I've run into this on my 4208-8p too. I got it figured out without updating the nvr but it's good to know there's an update. Mostly I hesitate because it seems a good deal of dahua nvr's have quite a bug which makes them reboot big time. I suspect it's more current firmwares causing it. So, I'm actually riding out the older firmware which seems to be problem free in that respect. Just a precaution at this point until such time that something might force me to update.

I tend to wait on updating firmware too on any device. This one was just causing too many issues that I couldnt explain so I figured I'd give it a shot. Thankfully so far it seems to have fixed everything. Only time will tell if it introduced any new ones.