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Hi folks, I have few Dahua IPC-HFW2100 cameras. I have setup motion detection email on them. I seem to get this 1 email every time someone shows up in front of camera but there are no attachments attached with the email. Under Camera then Video then Snapshot, I have 'event' selected. Although every time I close the browser (IE or Firefox) or even go to another menu and come back to this menu, it always shows 'General' instead of 'Event' Have the SMTP email setup correctly as well as I can send/receive emails and attachments box is ticked. Have motion detection enabled along with ticks on Send Email and Snapshot. I even updated the firmware but still same issue. Anyone else had/have this issue? Sounds like a firmware issue?

Hey, I am trying to change the view type of Dahua cameras displayed on a monitor connected to a NVR. I want the cameras to show in the position on the monitor to my liking but cannot find any setting as such on the Dahua NVR. Right now the cameras are showing up on the screen randomly starting from left of the monitor to the right. I would like to move the camera numbers/view around. Help please..

Try your ISP mail SMTP server settings. I setup email alerts in 3200C dome model couple of days ago and both outlook.com and gmail smtp ports were blocked by my ISP. soon as i changed to my ISP's email server, it worked!

If you buy the Dahua cameras from a reputable supplier, then you don't have anything to worry about in terms of support or warranty. Nellysurplus and Empiresecurity have been around for a while, haven't they?

Could just setup FTP on the Dahua camera's to point to QNAP NAS for photos and videos.

login into your router, go to port forwarding section and delete the IP address entry of your DVR from there and save the settings on the modem.

http://www.dahuasecurity.com/download/DH-NVR3204%203204%203216.pdf edit - above is just a spec sheets. guess you will have to wait for box to arrive with the manual.

Which distributor did you buy these off from?

I was watching an official dahua made video regarding this NVR and he casually mentioned it as a switch only. Dahua's own documentation also labels it as a switch. I am going to bite the bullet very soon and will confirm whether or not it is. So much cheaper for me to buy the PoE version than the non PoE version. Less gear to keep too.

Damn. 2 different answers. I hope it's a switch only. @buellwinkle are you 100% positive of this being a router and not a switch? If it's a router, are there options such as 'turn off dhcp' etc so that it does not broadcasts it's own IP range and uses that of of the modem/router it's connected to instead.

Hey folks, just wanting to know whether the 4 PoE ports on this model and the 8ch and 16ch model. Are they just a switch or a router built in to the NVR unit?

Thanks rory

Thanks rory. Is there is a full list of HDD that Dahua recommends for their DVR's for brands other than Samsung?

I too have the same issue with my Qvis Zeus 8CH DVR. Only set it up last week with 1TB Samsung F3 HDD and it showed 'slight' under HDD health. I today formatted it using the built in DVR software and it's showing normal now but I wonder for how long. Something to worry about?

someone recommend me KT&C cameras please.