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First you need to configure this section: Configuration -> Network -> Email Then: Camera settings -> Motion detection -> Whatever channel you want -> Linkage method -> Send email (also, configure the arming schedule you want, if it is not 24/7) Unless it is a camera with very little movement, you might get tired quite soon of receiving emails. Even more if it has IR at night. You will have to adjust/play with the sensitivity.

As I said before I thought that "connection failed" meant http access not OK. That's why I didn't try forwarding of other ports yet (and the fact that I need to setup port forwarding on two different routers at home ), when I read you I guess I was wrong to think that way. Web port is for access with Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc. In fact you could open just 554 and 8000 if you do not plan on accessing the cameras from a web browser. 8000 is for data, 554 is for RTSP (video streaming). Hikvisioneurope.net is actually very easy to use once you used to it. Btw, I recommend using hik-online.com or hiddns.com instead of hikvisioneurope.

Wonder how you expect it to work without opening the ports... As milkisbad said, first make it work directly on the IP; and then bother with hikvisioneurope.net (which I am quite sure you are doing it wrong).

DS-2CD8153F-E20110629BBWR---s/n--- Nope, that one is also 34 characters, so not all IP cams have odd length.

I tried this with no luck a DVR 5108HE and with a NVR 5216. I am mainly used to Hikvision units and this is easy to set up on them, so I am starting to think it can not be done with Dahua... What I would like to do is have a different output on the VGA and HDMI ports. Like, maybe see cameras 1-4 on the VGA port and 5-8 on the HDMI port. All I get is a cloned display, so I see the same on both outputs (even the mouse cursor, etc). I have been told that I can only see different outputs with the units that have a "spot out", which is kinda useless, since I think that on the spot output I can only see one channel (events, etc). Does anyone have something like this working? Or I am out of luck with Dahua?

Mmmh good question then. The s/n on that string is just 546641810. I never bothered checking how many characters the full string has, but the first one I just checked is 40 (a DVR). DVR7208HWI-SH0820130330AAWR---s/n---WCVU

As of now, Hikvision serial numbers are 9 digits long. I guess that sooner or later they will have to change that, when they run out of numbers...

That kinda sucks, at least on the NVR. I guess that's why they don't have a spot output on them, having 1080p cameras displayed on an analog output would be kinda lame. Any other hints are welcome!

That's how it is supposed to be. The "playback" section on the web interface is for playing back recording on a NVR, NAS, etc. Not for playing back recordings you have done manually on your computer (which your camera can not even access, or know that exist). If you want to playback those files, just go to the folder where you store your recordings, and double click.

buellwinkle, With IE most issues related to permissions are solved by running IE as an admin. Look for the IE shortcut on the menu, right click on it, "Run as administrator", and try again. Without being an admin, IE has some limited rights for writing to almost anywhere on the hard drive outside of the user folder.

On iVMS-4500 you need to configure the data port (8000 by default). That is the port used to connect to the NVR, login, get device info, channel info, etc. But all the video streaming is done over the RTSP port (554 by default). That port is not configured on iVMS-4500, so I guess that iVMS-4500 is pulling the info somehow over the data port from the unit. Keep in mind that something is not right on my theory; since it would also not work from outside the network, and it does work for you. But I always use the same external and internal ports... That's why I would just change the NVR ports to also be 9901-9904. Good luck!

Wow, really...?? 8W vs 4.4W?

Your Dahua IPC only uses one port; your Hikvision NVR uses two ports. You are connecting fine to the NVR (9904=>8000), but then you are failing to see live video (9902=>554). My guess is that since the NVR is what tells iVMS-4500 what is the RTSP port, NVR is telling your mobile that the RTSP port is 554, and that is what is failing. That is, you can see the NVR information, maybe you can even see a list of the recordings, but as long as you try to see video (which uses RTSP), it fails. Edit: Btw, I do have this working fine, but my external ports are the same as the internal ports.

Just disable UPnP, and configure your NVR ports as you want them. If you want to use 9901->9904, use the same ports on the NVR.

How are you configuring iVMS-4500, what port are you using? If it does work with Dahua, then you should have NAT loopback, and it would also work with Hikvision. Looks like you are configuring iVMS-4500 wrong.

NAT and NAT loopback arte two different things. If you want to connect from inside the same network using the dyndns.org domain, your router must support NAT loopback. Otherwise, from inside the network you will need to use the lan IP (192.168.1.x or whatever).

Sorry... With that subject you used, I could not resist

It is real, I am sure I have seen at the last CPSE. Sometimes their products end up being only for chinese market, sometimes they will eventually have an export version.

CBX, Awesome work you make with Hikvision. Keep it up! " title="Applause" />

You can check in under "Location", right here on the left. It helps to put it on your profile, so everyone can know where you are from, in case you ask for advice, price, local laws, etc... <<<< Location

What is a "multicast stream"...?

Just saw this today at SICUR 2014. I wonder if they will be worth it, and if there will be a huge price difference when comparing to other kind of WD HDs.

If I am not wrong, the codes for Dahua only worked when used locally; with a mouse and monitor connected to the DVR. They can not be used over network. Can we see gen_hik_secure_code.php, or we better not ask?

There are 3 ports to be forwarded; web, data, and RTSP. If you can not connect to the stream you are probably missing the RTSP port. If you do have it forwarded (by default 554), you might weant to change it to something else. There are ISPs that block this port, for whatever reason...

iVMS-4500 is the software used from mobile to access Hikvision devices; DVRs, NVRs, IP cameras, etc. You can use it if you have just an IP camera, you do not need to have an NVR. iVMS-4500 is for mobiles, iVMS-4500 HD is for tablets/mobiles with bigger screen.