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Greetings, I've recently registered in this forum in search for advice in how to do a hard reset to an ip camera HIKVISION ds-2cd1301-i. I've opened the case and revealed the circuit board in search for a hard reset button, but there is no such switch. The only thing I've found is four copper contacts next to a capacitor (see CP38 in attached photo) but I do not know if they serve for hard reset and/or in which combination.

Any advice will be helpful...

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VorlonFrog
VorlonFrog
CP38 may possibly be a console serial port. If you have a TTL-to-USB cable, and can determine GND, TX, RX, and VCC values with a digital voltmeter, you can open a PuTTY session to the camera and capture output from the boot process. This console output should give you some indication of the problem.
Looking for advice on 8 outside cameras for a home. Looking for best price point/quality. I've used Dahue and Amcrest in the past but will go outside my comfort zone with other brands if they will work well. Any and all recommendations are appreciated. As a side note thinking about adding One PTZ in the front as well if there are any good suggestions. I'm using Blue Iris as my NVR. Not tryng to break the bank on this one either. Thanks in advance for any help. Happy New Year.
Mike
Mike
Check out the wiki and create a post in the forum for better help :)
hey how is it going Andy, I am new to this forum but I do see people reaching out to you specifically for ET cams... I am interested. merry christmas there.
Wheelchair user with attitude but soft inside. Currently 2nd transplant CML Looking to come away from the ring cameras to synology nas setup. Probably need assistance as new to NAS and synology but wish to learn.
Hi Andy,
I have a question for you about the current autumn sale and the possibility of having my planned order shipped to a German address. I've been trying to send you a PM for hours, but no matter what I write, I always get the same message about suspected spam. :/ Is it possible that, as a new user, I am not yet able to start private conversations? If so, please send me a PM. Thank you very much in advance.
Hello EMPIRETECANDY could i get the download link for apple M1 & M2 smart pss lite?

Thanks.
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EMPIRETECANDY
Yes, just download it on our website, thanks!

Hi Andy,
Would you have

PTZ4M-25X-PV​

in stock, and delivery to Singapore?
If so, please let me know.
thanks
Jon
E
EMPIRETECANDY
Hi Jon

This model stocks use up at amazon, we will get more stocks at Middle Sep.
Hi everyone,


I’m working with a Hikvision DS-2CD3T20D-I5 (2MP bullet camera) that I need to recover. Unfortunately, I can’t find the firmware on Hikvision’s official support pages (both the current and legacy sites don’t list this model).


From what I’ve read here, it looks like firmware version V5.3.1_150401 was commonly used on this camera. I’m trying to locate a trusted copy of the corresponding digicap.dav file so I can attempt a TFTP recovery.


  • Model: DS-2CD3T20D-I5
  • Current status: Locked out, reset options failed (no physical reset button).
  • Goal: Flash via TFTP to restore defaults and regain access.

If anyone here has a safe download link or can share the proper firmware file for this model (or confirm which platform family it belongs to, e.g. R0), I’d greatly appreciate it.


Thanks in advance for your help — and of course, I’ll proceed carefully with the flashing process to avoid bricking it.
alastairstevenson
alastairstevenson
Are you sure that's a Hikvision camera? From the label? Or maybe just from SADP?
I believe that apparent model number comes from a Xiongmai 'Hikserver' function in the non-Hikvision camera running Xiongmai firmware.

If it really is Hikvision - try this :
Set your PC IP address to be in the same range as the IP address that SADP shows for the camera, and in the browser, use the URL below to attempt an extract of the configuration file.
If that works, zip up the file and attach here (though ideally in a regular thread, not a profile update)
The file can be decrypted and decoded to reveal the user passwords.

http://<camera_IP_address>/System/configurationFile?auth=YWRtaW46MTEK
Hi,

Hope you well. Is there any chance I could please get a password for this old hikvision camera? I have 3 cameras same issue so I would say they would be all the same password.

thank you so much

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