folgersoldier

Most devices today check the firmware themselves to see if it is a compatible file before updating it. Most of the time you have an issue with an incorrect firmware file is if you have the correct file and it is corrupted or if you are using something other than the manufacturers software to flash the firmware, besides not letting it finish, power issues etc. This thread caught my eye as I have purchased two dahua IP camera systems over the last month. I would be pretty surprised if their is nothing in their software that checks this. Just curious why do you want to flash them? Are the Q-see cameras not working with the Dahua NVR's?

Just got in today a dahua NVR3216 - p and a IPCHFW2100N. I can plug the camera into the NVR but it never shows up in the menu to autosearch and the NVR seems to default to the default IP address of the camera 192.168.1.108. I never get the ports on the back of the NVR to light up either (the POE ports). Unfortunately I don't have a seperate power supply to test the camera directly on the network. Am I MIssing something or should I have been able to plug the camera into the NVR and had everything autodetect? Anybody got some bulletproof startup steps for this thing.

Yeah, It was the firmware issue. They resolved that. Kind of disappointed that we keep having to go to the distributor for firmware updates though, should have access to that straight from dahua. Like the Iphone app is not updated for the NVR3216 and they dont respond to any questions I send them

Another update: The vendor is working with Dahua and have replicated the problem on their new shipment of units. Supposedly gonna be a software fix (in the NVR it appears), and it sounds like it might be ready. I'll let you know how it works out. I might pick up the tester later, this is really the only poe device I have. I was thinking though it would be nice later to just find a small touchscreen that runs off POE and mount an interface in the house where you could bring up cameras if you heard something outside etc, but nothing id be looking at doing right now.

Just a little update. I got a power supply for the camera today and hooked it into the regular network and have managed to get it set up on the NVR that way. Still need to know if there is a way I need to configure the NVR to enable those ports on the back correctly or if they are non functional. Did try using another cable no luck there and I don't own a poe injector or another IP camera unfortunately. Still waiting on tech support to call me back from the vendor