How to flash multilanguage firmware to chinese DS-7608N-E2/8P and all DS-76,78,79-Ex

wzhick · 2015-01-15T13:34:23+00:00

UPD : Easy way to upload english firmware on the chinese NVR - use this tool: http://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php?2733-Hikvision-FIRMWARE-TOOLS-change-language-extract-files-and-create-own-firmware 1. First you need original firmware, that you want upload to you'r device. You can use any multilanguage firmware for DS-76,77,86-Ex NVR_(76,77,86-Ex)BL_ML_STD_V3.0.10_141126.zip http://www.hikvisioneurope.com/portal/index.php?dir=Product%20Firmware/Recorder/DS-7600NI-E1%28E2%29%207700NI-E4/V3.0.10%20build141126%20Multi-lingual/&file=NVR_%2876%2C77%2C86-Ex%29BL_ML_STD_V3.0.10_141126.zip or english firmware for DS-76/77NI-Ex like this Baseline Firmware_NVR (76/77NI-E)_En_V3.0.10_build141126 http://overseas.hikvision.com/en/download_89_p1.html 2. Connect NVR to network, and switch on. 3. Enter to web interface (admin/12345) and enable telnet. 4. Prepare fimware to dowload. You need cut first 108 bytes from it. This is Hikvision firmware header, it contains information about firmware language, device class and other, and used by bootloader for restrict upload "unauthorized" firmware. Use any hex editor. Remaining part it's pure cramfs image. 5. Connect to NVR using telnet. login as root with password 12345 4. Make sure that your device have /home/hik mounted from /dev/mtdblock2 [root@dvrdvs /] # df Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 87140 4 87136 0% /dev /dev/mtdblock2 13908 13908 0 100% /home/hik 5. Unmount it [root@dvrdvs /] # umount /dev/mtdblock2 6. Setup any TFTP server on your computer, and download cutted firmware to NVR [root@dvrdvs /] # tftp -g -l firmware tftpserverip 7. Put firmware to mtdblock2, this is ROM, using cat command [root@dvrdvs /] # cat firmware > /dev/mtdblock2 8. wait until its flashed. this take around 30 sec.8. Mount mtdblock2 again [root@dvrdvs /] # mount -t cramfs /dev/mtdblock2 /home/hik 9. Make sure that all correct, and /home/hik avaible: [root@dvrdvs /] # ls /home/hik app.tar.lzma dvrCmd.tar.gz hisi.tar.lzma ntfs-3g ptzCfg.bin start.sh vca_encrypt_3535.ko webs.tar.lzma bonding.ko hicore.tar.lzma iscsi.tar.lzma player.bin showlogo uImage versionctr.tar.lzma 10. Reboot. Thats all. Please note! You make all this at own risk! You need understand that you may brick your NVR, and you need to have original firmware from you device for restore by tftp in this case. Warning! Don't put anything to mtdblock0 or mtdblock1, they contain bootloader, and if do this you brick you NVR forever.

How to flash multilanguage firmware to chinese DS-7608N-E2/8P and all DS-76,78,79-Ex

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