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    Help With reboot the Cam

    Are the PoE switches managed versions? If so - the switch command line access should allow disable / enable of a specified port, which will power-cycle the connected camera.
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    Help With reboot the Cam

    Marginal I think. A few more specifics in the text than usual - and a bigger time gap than usual between joining and posting and last seen.
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    Dahua NVR5216P-EI2 / EmpireTech #NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2

    I just realised - I'd made the assumption that the reformat suggestion was about dealing with the SMART data showing reallocated sectors, as opposed to some logical inconsistency in the file structures on the HDD causing the playback issues. Dohh!
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    Dahua NVR5216P-EI2 / EmpireTech #NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2

    That's not a valid suggestion as a response to seeing the SMART data that indicates that a small part of the HDD surface has an imperfection. All it does is to clear the tables that point to where data is stored on the disc, it will do nothing to change the fact that a few sectors have been...
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    Dahua NVR5216P-EI2 / EmpireTech #NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2

    sdb has a non-zero reallocated sector count (52). Not that high - but worth a periodic check to see if it grows over time.
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    How to view footage when hard drive pulled from NVR?

    I'm assuming that if Lorex (Dahua) are like Hikvision and use a proprietary file system to store video, events, logs etc on an HDD, you'll need to use one of the various forensics software tools to access the stored data. Try this Google search - "forensic tool to read NVR files on a pc" A few...
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    Hikvision DVR reboot loop unable to load firmware via TTL serial TFTP server console

    It sounds like you've bumped into another of Hikvision's 'security by obscurity' ploys. If they've just replaced 'setenv' with another word, I've not come across it, sorry. It will be interesting to see if anyone has figured this out ...
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    NVR Recommendation

    That's for decoding the video to display it on the monitor. It does not specify what the NVR is capable of when recording the video from the cameras to the HDD, that's the incoming bandwidth and maximum resolution parts of the specification. For the NVR you quoted, this is : Max 320 Mbps...
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    Need Help Resetting Hikvision Camera Password

    What does SADP show for the firmware version of the cameras?
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    My EmpireTech cameras do not support NTP server setting via DHCP option 42, do other brands allow this?

    Alternatively, use a URL as opposed to an IP address for the NTP server configuration. Then, given a name resolution service (DNS) the setting becomes location independent if the camera was moved.
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    Thanks for letting me join, help would be appreciated

    Ouch! Letting the entire internet in to an NVR with old firmware risks it and possibly the LAN is on being compromised. That's poor advice. Much safer to check out the many helpful guides here on setting up a secure VPN to enable remote access.
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    Need Help Resetting Hikvision Camera Password

    Well done, you got there! The file is fine. The password for admin on the 4 Driveway camera is dsp12345
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    Replace Hikvision NVR with ???

    The features and capabilities of the cameras are usually the most important part of a system.
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    Replace Hikvision NVR with ???

    What's the issue with the current installation / why do you believe you need to replace it?
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    Need Help Resetting Hikvision Camera Password

    OK, so the camera is on an NVR PoE port. Best to run the cable direct from the PC. That's normal for a Hikvision NVR. Temporarily set the PC IP address to 192.168.254.100 and try the URL as specified, using the camera IP address in it. I'm not sure - the camera should download a file called...
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