HELP! Firmware changes on DS-2DF7284-a

[BFG]

New to the forum. I have already found so much useful information here. Here is a list of equipment and history if it helps:

I am running a 12 IP camera system consisting of the following:

NVR - 7616NI-E2/8P w/ 8TB

1 x DS-2DF7584-a PTZ
1 x DS-2CD2532F-IWS
2 x DS-2CD2432F-IW
4 x DS-2CD2132-I
4 x DS-2CD2032-I

4 x cameras are running POE through a switch and 7 cameras are on the NVR POE. The 7284 PTZ was running through the NVR w. seperate power.

So I had everything working great and couldn't leave well enough alone. I wanted more functionality out of the expensive PTZ and hooked it to my switch hoping to use Smart Track or other options. When I accessed the 7284 via web browser I found chinese only language with no other option. Also my iVMS4200 would not accept it seperate of the NVR and gave a language error. My firmware was V5.1.8 build 140616. I found an english firmware on Hikvision Europe. I first tried upgrading to 5.2.8 without success. Read notes that 5.3.0 couldn't be downgraded or language changed. So i tried the 5.1.8 english version and successfully upgraded the firmware. Everything turned to english and was great! I thought that was easy I will try upgrading to 5.2.4 english now. Wrong! I successfully upgraded to 5.2.4 but everything went back to Chinese only.

At this point I would be happy downgrading to 5.1.8 English, but had trouble trying to use the TFTP tool. I have also played with the Hiktools and succesfully changed the language number in some firmware although the browser menu language is still chinese only.

Can anyone help or give me some insight into getting me back to 5.1.8 english firmware and menus?

 

[whoslooking]

You have to use the TFTP from Hikvision to downgrade.

 

[BFG]

Thanks for the reply. I tried using the TFTP tool and following directions. It never seems to find my 7284 instead sees my NVR. Even when I am only connected to the camera.

So far I put TFTP file and the 5.1.8 dav in the same folder on my C: Drive. Changed my 7284 IP and IPV4 to 192.0.0.64 subnet 255.255.255.0. Changed my Lan ip to 192.0.0.128. same subnet 255. Hooked laptop directly to camera w/ seperate power. I disable my wireless. Run TFTP but it never finds my camera. Only my NVR on another IP address. Am I using the wrong TFTP tool. Downloaded from hikvision europe.

 

[BFG]

Would screen shots or pics help?

 

[whoslooking]

Don't connect the laptop directly to the camera by the time the NIC picks it ip on the camera boot you've miss the TFTP start point.

Connect your camera and PC to a switch or router.
Set the PC'S ip to 192.0.0.128 (don’t set the default gateway)
WiFi and firewall off.
Start the TFTP, now power on the camera and It should pickup the camera and update the firmware.

 

[BFG]

whoslooking - Thanks for your help. I downloaded the Hikvision US TFTP auto update. Although using a desktop on a LAN will be very difficult. I have been able to get the TFTP going on my laptop w/ LAN. Wifi and Firewall are off. I have tried directly to the camera and through the a switch. I have tried numerous power OFF, wait 30 secs, then ON without success. The TFTP keeps stopping on the " Completed file[C:\tftpserver\digicap.dav] transmit. I never get Device[192.0.0.64] kernel updated or remaining items shown in examples.

 

[BFG]

Am I using the wrong firmware file? I am using the Baseline IPD_Raptor_En_V5.1.8 140616(Released).zip from Hikvision Europe. Do I need to install a Chinese 5.1.8 first and then updgrade back to the English version? Or can I mod the language value in the digicap.dav file?

 

[BFG]

I am looking at the TFTP auto update tool. There is a config file. Inside the file is text:

[lang]
rc=tftprc_en.dll

Will this cause a problem with a chinese camera?

 

[BFG]

Update - I was not getting a response from the TFTP screen. A quick look through SADP showed the camera back to 5.1.8 firmware. Although it is still in Chinese only via web browser and I am still getting an Error - Language mismatch.....
Should I try updating the 5.1.8 En firmware again that showed up in English before?

 

[whoslooking]

Just to have a look at the fw with Hiktools, see if you can change the flag of the EN fw to CN then you will be hopefully good to go

 

[BFG]

So i have had one hell of a time with this! After successfully downgrading it to 5.1.8 En for hikvision europe. I decided to try loading the same 5.1.8 English software through the web interface. A crazy thing happened. It loaded to 100% rebooted and was in English. Then I was prompted to update web components. After loading new web component and logging back in it reverted to Chinese again WTH! So i decided to try changing the language flag with hiktools. I checked every firmware version on Hikvision Europe. They all have 2 CN chinese language flags. Just in case I converted one to 1 EN ML with no luck. Wow I feel like taking a bat to this hikvision camera!!

Any ideas?

 

[BFG]

Here is the text image of what the digicap.dav looks like in hiktools

HIK firmware header converter 0.4R

Head raw data(108b) :
00000000 E9 9A F7 B6 B4 F7 DD D3 A6 B8 A3 AB BA CB B5 BE ................
00000010 CF BC FE D6 C8 DD D3 BA 46 5C 54 40 34 4A 41 45 ........F\T@4JAE
00000020 43 01 29 35 22 2C 45 46 5C 54 40 34 84 8F 8F FD C.)5",EF\T@4....
00000030 CE E0 FA ED E6 8B 88 97 9A 8E FF 85 8E 88 FF BC ................
00000040 A3 83 B0 B2 DD DC A3 AB BF CB B5 BE BA CD BC FE ................
00000050 CA DD D3 BA B9 A3 AB BF CB B5 BE BA CD BC FE D6 ................
00000060 C1 D2 BA B9 A7 60 9F CB 58 9F EB DD

Head decoded data(108b) :
00000000 53 57 4B 48 62 3D 00 00 1C 01 00 00 05 00 00 00 SWKHb=..?.......
00000010 02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................
00000020 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 31 31 35 30 ............1150
00000030 30 36 30 30 35 31 31 34 31 31 34 30 30 32 32 00 060051141140022.
00000040 75 49 6D 61 67 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 uImage..........
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000060 1C 01 00 00 04 CB 20 00 ED 21 51 10

Magic number : 0x484B5753
iHeaderCheckSum : 0x00003D62 [15714]
iHeadTotalLen : 0x0000011C [284]
iFileNum : 0x00000005 [5]
iLanguage : 0x00000002 [2] CN
iDeviceClass : 0x00000002
iOEMCode : 0xFFFFFFFF
iFirmwareVer : 0xFFFFFFFF
iFeature: 0xFFFFFFFF
Calculated CheckSum : 0x00003D62 [15714]

Full decoded data (with full files block):
00000000 53 57 4B 48 62 3D 00 00 1C 01 00 00 05 00 00 00 SWKHb=..?.......
00000010 02 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF ................
00000020 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF 31 31 35 30 ............1150
00000030 30 36 30 30 35 31 31 34 31 31 34 30 30 32 32 00 060051141140022.
00000040 75 49 6D 61 67 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 uImage..........
00000050 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000060 1C 01 00 00 04 CB 20 00 ED 21 51 10 72 6F 6F 74 ?..... ..!Q.root
00000070 66 73 2E 69 6D 67 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 fs.img..........
00000080 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 20 CC 20 00 ............ . .
00000090 F8 3D 11 00 F0 08 1D 09 66 69 72 6D 77 61 72 65 .=....?.firmware
000000A0 2E 74 61 72 2E 67 7A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 .tar.gz.........
000000B0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 18 0A 32 00 D2 FD 95 00 ........?.2.....
000000C0 DE 5D B1 4A 4D 4F 54 4F 52 5F 41 50 50 00 00 00 .].JMOTOR_APP...
000000D0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
000000E0 00 00 00 00 EA 07 C8 00 0C A0 01 00 49 B0 A6 00 ............I...
000000F0 46 69 72 6D 44 65 76 43 6C 61 73 73 00 00 00 00 FirmDevClass....
00000100 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
00000110 F6 A7 C9 00 14 00 00 00 A8 06 00 00
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