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There is a new build (140820) for version 2.3.9 available now. 5.1.0 works. Some of the new motion detection features added in 5.2.0 might be useful, but the cost or complexity of upgrading / backing out if required meant I have not tried yet.

Probably best not to advertise your IP address. If you have only one IP address you will have to set up port forwarding.

Have you added the port number to the ip address in your web browser eg 192.0.0.64:8081 You can try the SADP utility to change the port number.

Do you have the cameras yet?

Do you already have the NVR?

Those images are at 2.1Mp (1920x1080). If you have not rescaled them you may need to change some settings to get 5Mp. Colour image does look a bit blurry in parts.

I can only suggest that you should not feel frightened to provide too much information.

try putting http:// in front of the 192.x.x.x:xxxx

I did quickly load the beta on - still only a max of three cameras at any one time. So it looks like if you have more cameras working with the beta, the final? version may be OK. I have gone back to 2.3.8 and have all cams working as before - maybe camera firmware does need to be looked at.

Got to admit, I did gloss over that bit. Have only been able to get three working at any one time - by disconnecting cameras I can change the three, but still a bit random. I did try dropping the data rates from the cameras, but no change. Might have to look at camera firmware, but not sure that it explains it. Interested in further feedback.

Have you tried the firmware upgrade via the web interface rather than using the USB port?

ftp://ftp.hikvisionusa.com/Hikvision_DVR_Firmware/DS-76xxNI-SE%28P%29/

You need to setup port forwarding in the router / modem that your NVR is connected to. This will then map the ecternal WAN IP to the internal IP of the NVR and the relevant ports. You need to forward port 80 (maybe 8000 if you are using IVMS) as well. Look at portforward.com for help.

I have had it working so there in nothing fundamentally wrong with the firmware in the NVR. Are you doing configuration via web interface or a client program? In Camera Settings, Motion Detection, for each camera; Do you have Enable Motion Detection ticked? Do you have a red square grid showing in Area Settings? Is the Arming Schedule all blue (period 1 00:00 to 24:00 and copied to week)? Shows green in Camera Settings, Schedule Settings. Is the relevant channel ticked in Linkage Method?

I had it working - for the cameras I used, there was no difference in any operation to the Swann branded cameras.

Power cable is probably European, but you may get an adapter. The unit has an IEC inlet, so it's easy to get your own cable anyway.

The HIKVision IP cameras are 802.3af standard compliant (look for that on the camera datasheets), so any 802.3af power source should be OK (like the one you linked to), subject to power (W), but you are good here as well.

It will probably still hit the wall, but you should see less of it. Your image is currently wider than it is tall, with both the left and right sides filled with useless information. Rotaing the image makes it taller and thinner. You get to see more of the walkway, less of the wall & less of the neighbors. It will take less than five minutes to do so don't worry about what is written here - just try it. If you don't like it put it back.

If you have a problem viewing the cameras on the local network, the problem is not the router. It's hard to find definitive information for HIKVision products, but it could be that the NVR is limited to 80Mbps incoming bandwidth.

By accessing the camera's configuration directly. Somewhere in your Swann NVR configuration, you can see the IP addresses of the cameras. I think they will be 172.16.1.x with a subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Give your computer a manual IP address of 172.16.1.240 & subnet mask 255.255.255.0 Plug your computers ethernet port into one of the POE ports of the NVR. Use one of the cameras IP addresses in your web browser to access it directly. You can also use the HIKVision SADP (Search Accessable Devices Protocol) software to find IP addresses of the cameras once you connect to the NVR POE ports.

What model NVR? The NVR has a limited incoming bandwidth. What framerates. Is your issue local or remote, using the main stream or sub stream?

You need to access the camera directly via its' ip address. There is information on this site (and others) for how to do this. You could also rotate the lens (assuming you have the bullet style camera housing), so that you have a taller but thinner image. The more recent HIKVision firmware has a rotate option so it displays upright - just not sure whether Swann have this yet.

Maybe it's just a coincidence, but maybe CBX will know the answer.

I think you should test a HIKVision DS-2CD2332-I. If you do, you will see that my guess is correct.

That's not exactly correct. I am guessing that 0 degrees points straight down if mounted on the ceiling and straight out out from the wall when wall mounted. As the lens and part that provides the tilt are both able to rotate 360 degrees, it allows you to tilt 75 degrees in any direction.