Recent content by mcaramb

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    Hikvision Emergency Firmware Recovery TFTP (2024)

    Yeah man seems like you’re doing it all correctly. The pre-firmware recovery boot that looks for the default 192.168.0.128 tftp server and should start hunting for it like 2-3 seconds after it powers on. If I remember right It only looks for it for like 10 seconds , which I agree is probably why...
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    Hikvision Emergency Firmware Recovery TFTP (2024)

    Hmmm.. sounds like you're doing it all correctly The process must be different with that DVR. I've only got experience using this process for Hikvision Cameras, not their DVRs. Not sure if they use the same boot chipsets. The screenshot you sent was the same thing I was getting when I tried to...
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    Hikvision Emergency Firmware Recovery TFTP (2024)

    actually IDS-7204HQHI default factory reset ip may be 192.168.1.64 not 192.0.0.128. Try either
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    Hikvision Emergency Firmware Recovery TFTP (2024)

    Reread the part about putting it on a standalone non Poe switch. Also Don’t muck around about forcing a dhcp assignment to its mac. It won’t work. The base factory recovery partition is very rudimentary and uses a specific preset ip not affected by dhcp. Usually 192.0.0.128. Once sdap sees it...
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    Hikvision Emergency Firmware Recovery TFTP (2024)

    Just put this guide together for myself as we are transitioning some proprietary cams to a ubiquity system now that they support 3rd party cams. The guide points out some annoying little caveats you need to pay attention to or the process can fail. One of the big problems we ran into was using...