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    Alert on simple contact closure. Any suggestions?

    How does that do recording? It seems just to be a set of USB controlled relays. Unless I've misunderstood the spec. Many cameras, and more NVRs, have the ability to trigger recordings from wired alarm inputs.
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    New Shed - Camera Suggestions

    OK, didn't see that.
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    New Shed - Camera Suggestions

    And unless because it's not yet completed, and none of the ties are yet in place, what's to stop the roof from simply lifting up / moving due to air pressure fluctuations from wind gusts?
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    Hikvision NVR 256-CH No enough network bandwidth

    There are 4 ethernet interfaces. If you can trunk them all, this will give you the needed capacity, and spread the load.
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    Hikvision NVR 256-CH No enough network bandwidth

    How are the NVR ethernet interfaces connected to your LAN / what is the capability of the LAN interface? Are you trunking the NVR ethernet interfaces / how many are connected?
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    Hikvision camera admin password reset tool

    The backdoor vulnerability that allowed a configuration file to be extracted without authorisation was fixed in firmware 5.4.5 and later. It looks like you have missed this vulnerability too ...
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    Flat Ethernet cable

    Yes indeed!
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    Flat Ethernet cable

    You've just provided way more free advertising than the original short post with the link did.
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    Flat Ethernet cable

    And they were assessed as spam/advertising and removed.
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    Hikvision camera admin password reset tool

    That's new enough that the well-known vulnerabilities have been fixed, unfortunately.
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    Hikvision camera admin password reset tool

    It depends on what firmware vulnerabilities can be exploited. These do eventually get fixed. What firmware version does SADP show that the camera is using?
  12. alastairstevenson

    Time-lapse help?

    There are a variety of programs and apps that could do that, many of which are just plug&play. I've used ffmpeg under Linux (also available for Windows, but I don't know if there are differences) to create timelapse videos from stills. It's quite a complex package, but it does provide a...
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    Hikvision ds-7616nxi-i2/16p/s factory reset?

    At last, it got there, well done for persisting!
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    Hikvision ds-7616nxi-i2/16p/s factory reset?

    setenv ';update'
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    Hikvision NVR creates "ngtest" backdoor user on managed camera's

    It's normal with a new unused Hikvision camera, in 'inactive' mode, to be 'activated' when connecting to an NVR PoE port that's in plug&play mode to be activated by the password that's set for this purpose in the NVR configuration. But that's usually applied against the admin user. If you've...
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