Firmware/EOL/Camera life? IPC-HFW2831T-ZS & IPC-HDW4831EM-ASE

Tayschrenn

Young grasshopper
Aug 20, 2019
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Michigan, USA
Happy Christmas/Holidays everyone,
A year ago roughly, I bought (2)IPC-HFW2831T-ZS and (1)IPC-HDW4831EM-ASE from EmpireTech here on the forums, and want to ensure I keep them well maintained. As part of this I started looking for firmware updates - assuming there would be one to replace the EoL Flash Player requirement - and was very surprised to find that it's not even listed on any firmware page I could find, and indeed their website states that it's EoL.

Is it fairly normal for 'new' cameras to go EoL that quickly? For firmware to not be updated?

Considering I spent nearly 550 USD on these, I'd figured better overall lifecycle than a year or three.

Best Regards in advance!
 
Andy posts updates to the forum, look for his zip files. Some files contain more than one upgrade. Also the vendors web sites are not as up to date as Andy post. Not sure if the upgrade will fix plugin problems.

As always the advice stands, if it's not broke, don't fix it.