SD22404T-GN Locked out of Tour mode

[JimandYen]

This SD22404T-GN has worked without any issues for almost a year. I have it set to tour 3 presets covering a parking lot. After about 300 days or so it displayed a chinglish type message on the screen that basically states that if I don't stop using tour mode it will not work anymore. After a couple of weeks seeing this message it locked up the tour mode. Everything still works fine except tour mode. I do understand why it would do this but can I reset it somehow without doing a factory reset...... if that even works.... I've had other model PTZ camera on tour mode for several years and never got this message...

 

[alastairstevenson]

After a couple of weeks seeing this message it locked up the tour mode. Everything still works fine except tour mode. I do understand why it would do this

My guess - with the caveat that I have not used this particular camera - is that it has reached it's lifetime tour cycle design limit.
Presumably that's what the warning message was saying.

edit Here is a thread on the same topic.

PTZ Locked status - tour disabled

Hello, I have a problem with DH-SD22404T-GN. After half a year of constant tour (2 presets, 15 seconds wait), camera locked PTZ options after reaching 95% of rotation times (idk what the numbers are, it's not written anywhere). I saw a few topics about it, but none of them had a solution. I...

ipcamtalk.com

 

[JimandYen]

Thank you sir for finding that thread. I missed it. I will try one of the .bin files mentioned and see how that works...