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Thanks Boogieman. I got the app, and it does have the motion detect on/off feature - but unfortunately it doesn't work. I tried all the Hik camera types, but no go. I get the error "Control failed" whenever I try to change the setting. I have firmware V5.0.0 130412. Seems like that should not have changed between 5.0 and 5.1. I could try 5.1, otherwise I will contact Rob and see if he is interested in fixing it.

I would like to be able to easily turn motion detection on/off for a Hik 2032. Seems this would be a pretty obvious function of the iOS app iVMS-4500. But I can't find a way to do it there. Having to fire up the PC, go to the web interface, and change it is a bit too painful. If I launch the web interface on the iPad, it doesn't look the same as the PC likely because of the missing webcomponents. In the Safari on the iPad, it does show the motion detection checkbox, but it is unchecked when in reality it is checked on the camera, and there is no save button. Anybody turning motion detect on/off from and iOS app?

It's working!. Thanks drocer and CBX. I tried many other combinations with Yahoo email, and that never worked right. Non SSL gives a more nebulous fail message in the debug log and it is not obvious why any of the non SSL tries fail. I ended up going back to email on my domain, and with SSL it finally worked. I was previously trying non SSL because my smtp server name using SSL is very long and it doesn't fit in the space the camera allows for the server name. I finally pinged the SSL server name, got the IP address, and used that for the server name. And I am now receiving email notifications. Time to get this camera mounted and move on to setting up the other one. If anyone else needs the in camera debugging, here are the details courtesy of CBX - viewtopic.php?f=19&t=39417 .

Well, here is the result of turning on debugging in the camera: connect server_name=smtp.mail.yahoo.com, port=465 SSL init SSL connect init_mail_sender hello login sendHeader Thu, 13 Feb 2014 22:04:00 -0800 sendContent sendEnd received not expected response. received=554 Transaction failed : Cannot send message due to possible abuse; pl ease visit http://postmaster.yahoo.com/abuse_smtp.html for more information sendEnd: General server error send mail end failed SSL free Hmmmm...... It's always something... I'm going to be SOL I'm sure - From Yahoo: You may see the above error in a failed delivery message or as an SMTP error when sending emails to Yahoo Mail accounts. We've got some possible causes for the error, as well as suggestions for preventing it in the future. "554 Message not allowed - [320]" •Indicates that your email was not accepted because the message in question may contain characteristics that Yahoo Mail will not accept for policy reasons. - For example, it is against Yahoo Mail's policy to accept messages with malicious content or manipulated header information, such as: ◦A falsified origination point. ◦An altered sending date. ◦A forged email address. •If you're the administrator for the mail server in question, we ask that you review outgoing messages for potentially objectionable content or practices. - See our Best practices for bulk mail senders and postmasters for sending to Yahoo! Mail for additional information. Note: Yahoo is unable to disclose specific information regarding our filtering practices.

Making progress, but no email yet. For WebComponents, Chrome took care of that. I can now use the full camera web interface and see the live image. I dumped the iVMS-4200 and got the iVMS-4200 PCNVR. Works good, and I am able to do screen shots and record video. For motion events, the app squawks when motion in detected on the camera but I don't get any recorded video (likely missing some setup stuff somewhere). On the event email settings, I have tried all sorts of things and always get the error "Remote Client Parameter Settings Error code 1. Email format error." when I hit send test email. I have tried Yahoo and my domain smtp servers with and without SSL. So onto telnet'n into the camera. At first, I always got a connection timeout when trying the ftpput. My IP for the camera is a static 192.168.10.11, subnet 255.255.255.0, Gateway was 192.168.10.1 (router), and DNS server 8.8.8.8. I am able to ping the smtp server IP's no problem. So I changed my Gateway and DNS to those being supplied by my ISP, and then get "ftpput: can't connect to remote host (98.139.211.125): No route to host". And I can't ping the IP then. Looks like it didn't like the Gateway, so that is back to my router, and I am back to getting connection timeouts. Somewhere on a forum I saw a post where someone claimed that Hikvision formats their email poorly and it can be rejected by some email servers. As I recall, it has something to do with an invalid or missing date in the email header. I can't find the post at the moment. I will try getting some debugging going on the camera next to see if I can find a specific error logged when (if) it ties to email.

Thanks for the ideas to try. I will get back to working with the camera tomorrow and let you know how it goes.

I've just gotten a couple of these and am playing with one of them. First, I am unable to make it very far using the built-in camera web interface. I have tried installing the WebComponents from the camera numerous time, and also from a Hikvision downloaded .exe (ver 3.0.4.6). They always think they installed, but never function. I have turned my Active-X security stuff all down and still no luck. Any other ideas? And maybe It doesn't matter much if the iVMS-4200 remote configuration can do everything the camera GUI can. So then I installed iVMS-4200, found the remote configuration, and believe I configured the camera to email me on motion events. But no luck. I have tested the email SMTP out settings with another email client and they do work, On the camera remote configuration I have the following set: - Event/Motion Detection Tab - Enable Motion Detection is selected and I've got the red crosshatch motion detection area covering the entire image. I have my camera selected in the Triggered Camera list. The arming schedule is All Day Template, and I have Email Linkage checked. - Event/Email Tab - I have entered all my email details, 4s sending interval, and Send Attachments is checked. When I move in front of the camera I get no email. Is there anything else I should have set? Is there a way to debug this using any transaction logs or such? Thanks.