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I did originally look at the Hikvision door bells, but I don't need a screen, so felt their door stations were overkill. Also, while I can easily get a cable into the void above my porch ceiling, it would be very difficult to run one down to a door bell without it being visible, so that also...

Thanks daveb, I hadn't picked up on the fact that this dome camera only had a microphone and not a speaker. That's a real shame as I thought it had everything I needed! This morning I was planning to order a 2.8mm version of it and it would have been very frustrating to have received the...

So, now I've completed testing the setup of my existing cameras and got email, events and the microphones working, I'm ready to purchase and install my final camera, which will be fitted in the porch as shown in my opening post. I think I'm going to stick with ColorVu and go for the...

I'm pleased to say that despite the vagaries of the Hikvision software, I have now managed to get all 5 cameras to record events by email and through Hik connect, and only for the area I have defined against each camera. It would appear that the event areas defined using iVMS-4200 are the ones...

I've now managed to get the event emails working, but there are lots of strange things happening that I don't really understand. I have 5 cameras, all DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL's and all on the same firmware version. Nothing I did would get event emails sent for my "test" camera, so, to test event...

Hi Kyle, unfortunately setting SMTP port to 587 and rebooting the NVR hasn't made any difference. The email test still works, but I'm not getting emails for events. It makes me wonder if my event capture settings (shown above) are correct, or if I have missed some config somewhere. Is there...

Hi Kyle, I can confirm the sender's address is a Gmail address. I have my own domain name, which is configured to be used by Google, so it doesn't actually matter what appears before the domain identifier part of the email address, it will always get to me. I have allowed for the Google...

I have the following setup: 5 x 4MP DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL cameras connected to a DS-7609NI-I2/8P NVR. I have configured email on the NVR as follows: Instead of "mydomain" I used my own domain name. Clicking the Test button works and an email is successfully sent and received. I've done this...

Thanks for posting your solution. It's certainly different! In the end I placed my NVR in a loft storage cupboard, which also houses my switch, network storage device and a few other bits and pieces. I had to fit a wider shelf and some additional cable trunking but it wasn't too difficult...

I've already installed 3 x DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL turret cameras around the outside of my home, connected to a DS-7609NI-I2/8P NVR. I'm now looking for a camera to use in a front door porch as a method of monitoring visitors and communicating with them when I'm away from home. Here's the porch...

As I asked a similar question on another thread, I thought I would update this with my findings, although maybe the cable reducing inserts mentioned above might be a better solution. Mounting a DS-2CD2347G1-LU turret camera to a DS-1280ZJ-DM21 Junction box?

Just thought I'd give an update on the solution I came up with to ensure the cable entry point on the DS-1280ZJ-DM21 junction box was water tight. Some figures first: 1. The cat6 unshielded cable I was using was a slim 6.2mm in diameter. I purposely chose a "thin" cat6 cable to make it easier...

Hi @JB1970 , I'm looking for a camera to use in my front door porch, specifically to capture video of anyone who enters the porch and to enable 2-way communication should I be away from home (but obviously without them knowing this!!!), so it would need to be able to alert me. Essentially, I...

I'm having exactly the same problem getting the gland to tighten on the DS-1280ZJ-DM21 junction box. My cat6 cable is "only" 6.3mm, but I can't tighten the junction box nut up enough to get a tight seal on the cable. I can't believe Hikvision design and sell something like a junction box...

In the end I bought 100m of Cat6 UTP (unshielded) AW23 external solid cable for £45, which works out at around £137.25 for a 305m roll, but I didn't require that much. I decided to go for unshielded because a) I'm fairly sure I can run it between the camera and NVR without coming into contact...

Yes, you are correct. At the moment I'm "playing" with the NVR and cameras in my home office, so regularly powering it down when it is not required, but eventually it will be running 24/7. Still, I have a Synology NAS that runs 24/7 but I'm still able to "cleanly" power it down using software...

Thanks Dan, that's what I got from the other posts, but as they were old'ish, I was hoping this would have been rectified by now.

I've found a couple of posts regarding shutting down NVR's, but I'm unable to find any options in either iVMS-4200 or the NVR web application to allow me to shutdown my DS-7608NI-I2-8P. Am I missing something or is flicking the power switch on the back of the NVR how Hikvision expect their...

Thanks Dan. Useful to know that the image settings can be adjusted as I do prefer the warmer image from the 4mm cameras. Not that it really matters at the end of the day as once the system is installed I suspect I will forget about it until it is required!

I previously posted requesting some assistance on camera positioning (see here) and today I found time to try positioning both 2.8mm and 4.0mm lens cameras (DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL 4MP) at the front of my house to determine the best position. It's interesting how lens sizes can make a difference as...