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1) You need power to do anything with the camera. So either PoE or if the camera comes with a power input adaptor and you have a suitable power supply you could power it that way. 2) As per (1), you will need power (PoE injector or PoE switch or external power supply if camera supports it). 3)...

There does not seem to be any way to restrict users to certain cameras. You can only seem to restrict certain permissions. Any user regardless of permissions can always see all cameras. Like I always say - HikVision hardware is really good/reliable but their software and firmware is pretty terrible.

Yes it's possible but you need a static public IP address and a router that allows port forwarding/port redirection. And there are risks involved and things to consider. See this example I posted here about opening up port 8000 to have a direct IP connection from Hik-Connect app to an NVR...

Not sure I can offer any more help as I have never used any app alerts.

First thing to check - I think from memory there are 3 places to set the linkage to send an email. And it's easy to miss them, I have done it myself as the interface is not very clear or well designed. On the camera web interface when you go to the linkage page and see a checkbox for sending...

I can try with an example: I have given my router a local static IP address of: 192.168.0.1 I have given my DVR a local static IP address of: 192.168.0.10 The public IP address (from my internet provider) is: 111.222.333.444 (THIS MUST BE A STATIC IP) The HikVision default device port is 8000...

If you have a static IP address and you can open/forward ports on your router then you can try direct IP connection method. BUT if you do that with then anyone on the internet could find and access your DVR through IP/port scans (although in theory not be able to do anything without a valid...

I suggest you update your post to include what country you are from as well model numbers and versions / firmware of software / NVRs / cameras.

@AdamB I have one of these same cameras and no problems sending test or images using FTP (vsftpd too in my case) although I have not tried anonymous, I always use a user/password even though it's local. Perhaps a silly question but you have pre-created the "anpr" directory? e.g. that dir...

I have a fair bit of experience with Hikvision ANPR and I have found it best to only set the camera to auto-focus temporarily when setting it up (in daylight hours) so it focuses and then set it back to manual focus. If you keep it on auto or semi-auto you can get the issues you reported - e.g...

I did not know that feature existed, that is pretty much what I was after, thanks. BUT although it seems it would work with another monitor connected to the same PC (you could drag the second window to another monitor), I wanted to move the second window to another windows virtual desktop...

Since I posted this I have done some experimenting. I have not (yet) found a simple bit of software for Windows to run alongside iVMS-4200 but on the main desk where the Windows/iVMS PC is there is another Ubuntu Linux PC with monitors so I found and downloaded cctv-viewer from the Snap store...

Is there is any way in iVMS-4200 to have 2 main views running concurrently? e.g. a main view 1 on one screen/workspace and a main view 2 on another screen/workspace. If not, is there any way to achieve this? Perhaps using another bit of HikVision software running alongside iVMS-4200 to provide...

Have you tried both the HDMI output and the VGA output? It's got to be a problem with either monitor, cable or recorder. Try swapping those to determine which.

Thanks for the info @Dan After your post I thought if the camera was destined for the bin I had nothing to lose opening it up and trying to short the switch solder contacts with a paperclip while powering up to emulate the reset switch and it eventually worked! Not recommended but anyway...

I have a camera (DS-2CD2345FWD-I) where the reset button has been broken off the circuit board. And I don't know the current camera password. Is there any way to reset it? I bought a HikVision NVR and 9 HikVision cameras second hand. Previous owner did not know passwords but between us we did...

I suggest you edit your original question with more information - e.g. which region you are in, what firmware version are all your cameras, where/how have you tried to configure them - direct via camera web interface? via NVR? via iVMS?

Are you in the UK or another region? This may or may not be of any use but regarding firmware... I have 2 of these cameras: DS-2CD4A26FWD-IZS/P DS-2CD4A26FWD-IZSWG/P Both are R3 firmware type and both are running V5.4.5 build 170731 and over the years I have never been able to find an updated...

I updated the firmware on one of my NVRs DS-7616NI-K2 from V4.31.105 build 210727 to V4.71.005 build 220524 Firmware from the UK portal here. NVR seems fine but straight away one of my ANPR cameras went into constant boot loop. All cameras are connected via network NOT direct to NVR...

@dodge one of my NVRs has started periodically losing the monitor image, I don't know if it's related or same issue as you have as my monitor does not show image for a few seconds, it just goes black/no signal, and the only way I have found to solve the issue is to unplug the HDMI cable on the...