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    Ir lamps

    You can't have the light shine into the camera, that would create backlighting, like the sun behind you in a picture, makes the subject look like a silhouette. I do use regular LED bulbs at the front of my home by the driveway, on dusk to dawn, got them at Home Depot, 60W equivalent, works...
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    Ir lamps

    In general, the more power they use, the brighter they will be. I use the Tri-Illuminator from WrightwoodSurveilllance.com, nice even light and bright, costs about $60 with the power supply and uses about 8W with three 2W LEDs.
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    Ir lamps

    Do you mean standard type bulbs that have IR LEDs in them or IR illuminators?
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    Best HD Technology?

    What firmware release on the ds-2cd2032-i? I noticed lag increase a bunch after installing 5.2.3. But buying new ones may limit you to newer firmware releases which don't seem as responsive. People here are surprised by 1-2 second lag because we don't see that in older releases. There's still...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Because there was no erase flash command, and you have to erase it before writing. There may have been an option to do this in their commands, but did not see it. Also, I wanted to use the feature in the newer nanddump to grab the entire flash partition just in case but the one in the camera...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Yes, it's /dev/mtd5, should have gotten an error though.
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Just use Chrome, it has a translate feature. Right click on the page and it will translate it and you can set it to translate that web page all the time. It's not perfect, but may get you by for quick setting changes.
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Ditto Don, this is the mystery, why a man of such intelligence like Tom can't get a job in a vibrant economy like the U.K. If he was in the U.S., I know plenty of tech startups that could use a guy like Tom. Sorry, off-topic Don, but wish I can get your solution to work for me, but doesn't...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    I don't understand what you are referring too, still not sure what a broom has to do with anything. Here's the way I see, correct me if I'm wrong; - CBX released how to hack the davinci file to make cameras English, but being the Linux person he is, it was beyond comprehension for Windows...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Don't understand your Russian colloquialisms. What does "pretending broom" mean? I have no envy issues and admire that you were able to figure out the digicap.dav format because I have not. What I don't admire are your attacks on people trying to offer alternative solutions, maybe inferior to...
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    Cannot update with web interface

    Never seen that before. Are they Hikvision 2132 or other brand?
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    Adding Pan/Tilt Device to Hik 2032

    Cool setup. What would be cool is one of the zoom cameras, like pairing it with an ACTi KCM5611 or similar that has RS485 and IR LEDs and good low light performance. The problem I ran into when I tried working with ACTi to make this work is there's two issues. One is presets, how do you setup...
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    Hik 2732 losing network connectivity

    When you lose connectivity, is it a night, like when it switches on IR? Could be marginal power for the devices as many switches advertise 15.4W per port max but have a power budget far below that. I've had PoE switches go bad and start doing weird things with cameras & power. Try getting a...
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    Any 3MP Hikvision that accepts external mic?

    You don't need an amplified mic with Hikvision, works just as well with a regular mic. From my testing, I found putting a mic on a Hikvision does not make it that much better than the built in mic's on some of their cameras, which is to say not that good, certainly not as good as other brands of...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Yes, I developed online systems for a large telecom and oil company using Java Server Pages (Catalina), Active Server Pages (ASP) and JavaScript. There's nothing in the Java or ASP that I saw that gives me any concern. If there's an area of concern, it would be in the binaries, but for me...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Exactly my sentiments. Allowing someone to provide custom firmware that knows a lot about hacking is like inviting a virus on your computer in the form of a free app. That's why I like to expose this, at least you see what I'm doing, nothing hidden. Even the IEfile.tar.gz, it's all source code...
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Thanks CBX, would want to get the word out there. Now you can't trust anyone. Can I sweeten the deal, free Hikvision camera + fees charged by Tom to anyone that works with me on this.....
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    Like I've said before, this hack should not be used on the newer cameras where it says 5.2.5 or newer on the box. I did asked CBX to upgrade a few cameras for me but he refused. But since CBX was arrogant about this, I will make this offer for people with 5.2.5 cameras. If someone lets me...
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    hikvision 5.2.8

    I took at look at the /dav directory you sent me and ironically, the hack they used on your 5.2.8 camera is the same one I proposed here for 5.2.5. Never seen it before, but affirms I'm on the right track. Here's the code below from your 5.2.8 camera and it has the same XML files for various...
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    hikvision 5.2.8

    Here's what you can try that's low risk. Use 7zip or WinRAR to open up the EN-IEfile.tar.gz I put out there. Take the doc directory in the file and copy it to the /home/doc directory on the camera. This is a temporary as it gets re-written at boot time, but you can verify that it's working...
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    hikvision 5.2.8

    My goal was to put this in a windows program, but sort of busy now. If you need help, I can always teamviewer in or telnet in and help you with this.
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    Hikvison Permanent Region Code Hack

    I put together this region code hack and worked fine for cameras with 5.2.3 and older, but something has changed where I believe it's checking checksum or something that makes it no longer work. I'm going to publish this in hopes that someone can help me figure out what's different in 5.2.5...
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    hikvision 5.2.8

    OK, for those that are ready, want to try it out. I've created it with all languages, but you can chose which default language you want. English, Russian and Spanish. This is the way it works. First create a directory on the root of your C drive, for example c:\camstuff. Then right click...
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    Decent Deal on a cube camera

    Possibly. Telnet into the camera and see if it looks the same as your Hikvisions.
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    hikvision 5.2.8

    I can, just working out some nuances so maybe later today. There's been some language corrections to the Russian menus someone asked me to work out. Also, does it make sense to have regional languages be default, like one where Spanish is default or one where French is default, that way you...
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    Dahua IPC-HFW2300R-Z 3MP zoom bullet is great

    I love this new Dahua camera with zoom, it's affordable, less expensive than the Hik vari-focal cameras and you don't have to take it apart and fidget with lens controls. It's under $200 shipped at Wrightwood Surveillance, best place for Dahua because these are official U.S. cameras backed by an...
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    Images and Video from HIK Vision DS-2CD2312-I or DS-2CD2332-I

    You may be able to find this on my website, www.NetworkCameraCritic.com It's the ds-2cd3332-i (same as ds-2cd2332-i). The model ending in 12 is just the 1.3MP/720P version, not worth getting it because the price difference is small and while it's slightly better in low light, not enough to...
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    hikvision 5.2.8

    Changing it the Chinese camera to English/International is easy on 5.2.5, I can show you how for free. PM me for details.
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    Hikvision region code changer

    It's not that hard but requires familiarity with Linux, that's why I offer it free to forum members.
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    ISC and NAB shows coming up - free passes

    These are industry trade shows but some non-industry people sneak in. I can get free passes to either show if people are interested, PM me. Both overlap the same week in Las Vegas so no reason not to attend both if you have the extra day to do it. Wrightwood Surveillance will be there as well as...
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