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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi "lewic" Thank you again for the very quick response, our Network is just about working, every device is crawling along, still waiting for Win 10 to complete on PC and trying to use it or anything else is a royal pain. The Netgear Switch is an unmanaged 4 port POE (GS305P). The cable length...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi Lewic I have both Router and PC problems today- just started to reinstall Win 10 as it became really unstable, internet seems ok again. Just scratched out a diagram of cam setup,see image, sending this from my phone, THANKS again much appreciated Cheers John
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi "lewic", what an outstanding reply.Much, much appreciated I cant thank you enough. Between the panic buying here due to C19 and trying to arrange flights for friends who arrived in New York yesterday and want to get back asap I just had time to read your reply.Hopefully tomorrow I'll have...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi "lewic", thanks for the detailed and informative reply. I changed over the cable as you suggested and I instantly got one camera back- the one that I lost when I was playing around with cabling a couple of days ago. So that's two out of four !! I connected the NVR to my PC and pulled up the...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi "lewic", firstly, thank you so- so much for taking the time to reply to my post. Really much appreciated. Your post has made it much easier for me to understand the "workings" of the NVR which I was really puzzled with. A couple of days ago before the weather took a turn for the worst I...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi Alastair, still no luck getting the cameras up and running. I'm wondering if I should reset the NVR,(HiWatch 4 Channel NVR 4MP) the three options I have are: "Restore Defaults- Simply restore the settings", "Factory Defaults- Restore all parameters to default settings" and "Restore To...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi Alastair, just an update, at last the camera connected to the PC appeared in the SADP- I changed the IP address reinput the password and the status went to "Active" but when I disconnected from the PC and reconnected it to "normal" set up it disappeared from the SADP again,it has power. I...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi Alastair, just to follow on with my IP camera connection problem, earlier today I connected the camera via a switch and PC but I still cant access it. I'm not exactly sure which IP address'es were assigned to the camera's initially as I changed them in effort to get them online. The camera...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi Alastair, thanks for that. I'll go with what you suggest in the next few days and report back. Cheers JG
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi there ,hello again. I've downloaded the User Manuals for both camera's and I cannot find anything about hard resetting. Neither of these camera's have physical reset buttons/pins which is a pain. Just wondering if I take the cameras down and plug them directly into the PC using the IP numbers...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi there, I had a look at the cam web GUI -the "Enable Virtual Host" is not present as an option which I think is required, the only option available is Enable Flow Control- dont know hat that is. By the way no response from HIK Support, resent email which was returned "mailbox full". Thanks...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi, Thanks for the reply, yes 2 and 3 working fine, I did recheck passwords. I will try to update firmware but I think the camera's have to be live/active mode to do so- I could be totally wrong. Cheers JG
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi there thanks again, the "HIKVision" app correct name is Web Administration Tool- I finally got it working in Chrome using I.E Tab extension, I'm able to view cameras live and change IP address'es, which are also changed on the NVR but makes no difference. See screen shot's Much appreciated JG
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Forgot to mention in the HIKVision app all the cameras are listed.
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi there,THANKS SO MUCH for the reply. Apologies if I confused you. Cameras connected as follows: 1 connected direct to the HIK NVR PoE port and is working 3 connected to the Netgear Switch (GS305P) only 1 working (all receiving power) Netgear switch connected to the Router The NVR when...
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    HIK IP PoE Camera IP Address "Reset"

    Hi All, I would greatly appreciate any help or suggestions anyone can give me in trying to solve a problem I have with HIK IP PoE cameras. Basically I'm trying to either remove/reset two IP address'es which were automatically assigned by the NVR when I connected the cameras initially. The...
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