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Hi, The DVR is a "no name" one.. It identifies itself as "DVR H.264 Phantom". Motherboard is printed with : "GM8187T-16CH-V2.2" Everything (excluding mail and ftp notifications) works fine. I upgraded software to 2.3.39 The seller removed warranty to the mail feature. I am sure the provided details to the mail feature are correct (gmail's smtp, correct password and port, SSL, etc.) The DVR has a valid IP connected to a ROUTER with DMZ option set to it (and i am able to connect to the DVR using internet explorer from outside my network, and also to view the cameras from the iphone) I saw similar post here : http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=35386 "nae8ean" with 8182T board.. My question is : a) does anyone know this DVR and a way to upgrade its software ? b) a workaround suggestion maybe (i need a mail notification for motion detect) ?

Try telnet the device. connect to your local router / lan, telnet with "root" and no password. It might give you a start point. As for the hint, NULL may be space(s), zero(s), "NA", "N/A", void, empty.. "", etc.. From my own (very) little experience with cheap DVR, they don't have a reset button. The "Restore from factory default" made from the software itself but it has config xml files you may reach from telnet interface.

I did. believe me. I tried everything there. It won't work with gmail or any other SSL smtp i think I need to find an online service which doesn't require SSL and maybe forward from there to my gmail account... EDIT : I found gmx.com as an online free mail server, no ssl required and port 25 is the needed port. It doesn't work..... why? why on my lan it was ok and with online service it doesn't? the 192.9.90.18 ports are opened (although it is not necessary)

OK ............. U P D A T E !!! SOLVED SOLVED SOLVED !! ignore the above posts... (I wrote a lot, I know..) The DVR and my PC on the same LAN, so I setup'd MailEnable server, opened ports on the LAN firewall, and..... apparently the DVR does send an email. It is not reaching the Inbox because of a problem, you might help me to solve. Info : DVR ip address : 192.9.90.18 PC ip : 192.9.90.9 DVR settings : Server Address : 192.9.90.9 Port : 25 Sender : aa@192.9.90.9 Recipient : bb@192.9.90.9 Password : 12345 of course MailEnable is setup'd with aa and bb mail boxes. Here is what mailEnable's log says: 10/16/14 11:59:30 SMTP-IN 8AAA315D4C3C4D959548952CCE66D021.MAI 844 192.9.90.18 220 HTA-PC.192.9.90.9 ESMTP MailEnable Service, Version: 8.55-- ready at 10/16/14 11:59:30 0 0 10/16/14 11:59:30 SMTP-IN 8AAA315D4C3C4D959548952CCE66D021.MAI 844 192.9.90.18 EHLO EHLO Localhost 250-192.9.90.9 [192.9.90.18], this server offers 4 extensions 124 16 10/16/14 11:59:30 SMTP-IN 8AAA315D4C3C4D959548952CCE66D021.MAI 844 192.9.90.18 AUTH AUTH LOGIN 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 18 12 10/16/14 11:59:30 SMTP-IN 8AAA315D4C3C4D959548952CCE66D021.MAI 844 192.9.90.18 AUTH {blank} 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 18 22 aa@192.9.90.9 10/16/14 11:59:30 SMTP-IN 8AAA315D4C3C4D959548952CCE66D021.MAI 844 192.9.90.18 AUTH MTIzNDU= 504 Invalid Username or Password 34 10 aa@192.9.90.9 I couldn't set from the web interface a username without the "@192.9.90.9", but from the direct interface of the DVR itself it could be done, and the log is now : 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 220 AL-PC.192.9.90.9 ESMTP MailEnable Service, Version: 8.55-- ready at 10/16/14 12:11:03 0 0 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 EHLO EHLO Localhost 250-192.9.90.9 [192.9.90.18], this server offers 4 extensions 124 16 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 AUTH AUTH LOGIN 334 VXNlcm5hbWU6 18 12 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 AUTH {blank} 334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6 18 6 aa 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 AUTH {blank} 235 Authenticated 19 10 aa 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 MAIL MAIL FROM: <aa@192.9.90.9> 250 Requested mail action okay, completed 43 28 aa 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 RCPT RCPT TO: <bb@192.9.90.9> 250 Requested mail action okay, completed 43 26 aa 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN 32B86F75E0A847C0852B2392F9D6BF5F.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 DATA DATA 354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF> 46 6 aa 10/16/14 12:11:03 SMTP-IN EBCA17474A054550A6A14A161D251E10.MAI 636 192.9.90.18 QUIT QUIT 221 Service closing transmission channel 42 6 aa Now there's a mail and also the snapshot. It works without SSL. I need to find out how to send it to gmail, or maybe find another service which can serve mails like my mailEnable does. I am so happy (kind of "fuck the system" feeling, because Grain Media refuses to answer my emails)

an update: after writing to you the above, i kept searching and I found few interesting things: / # more etc/version GM8181 Clinux rootfs -- Tue Dec 30 14:44:18 CST 2008 which proves that this is Grain Media motherboard ? and I found the "app" directory at /mnt/mtd and /mnt/mtd/app ! grep -i mail there gave a clue.. there are files containing info about mail recipients according to my setup and it seems libcore.so created them. although it is an app's library, I found in it the needed clues to understand that it does create few file with the mail attributes and it maintain a log file which i cannot find. I am sure the app creates and then uses a file named : msmtprc this file contains my email attributes but has a weird file attributes : -rwxrwxrwx 1 1000 1000 148348 Jan 1 1970 libxml.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root 0 11 Jan 1 1970 mac -> /config/mac -rw-r--r-- 1 root 0 214 Oct 15 15:08 mini_httpd.conf -rwxrwxrwx 1 1000 1000 195220 Jan 1 1970 mke2fs ------S--T 1 root 0 199 Oct 15 15:08 msmtprc drwxrwxrwx 6 1000 1000 0 Jan 1 1970 network -rwxrwxrwx 1 1000 1000 22220 Jan 1 1970 ntpclient -rwxrwxrwx 1 1000 1000 1393 Jan 1 1970 pause.jpg ------S--T 1 root 0 199 Oct 15 15:08 msmtprc So. what is "------S--T" means ???? is it safe to change it (chmod 777 msmtprc) and how can i get it back to "------S--T" ? It might be the bug...

Hi, I setup a ddns (noip) and remotely connected to it but no help with the email notifications. As for a mail module(?..), I searched using the above mentioned telnet "uclinux" interface and found the following: /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/sbin/popmailerdir /usr/bin/fetchmail so i went to try the sendmail ofcourse.. it's busybox's sendmail. after successful ping to smtp.gmail.com and after checking that sendmail "tries" to connect to the internet somehow, I ended with what I guess is a valid sendmail syntax and it seems to be stuck! I am able to write some text (I don't know if this is an input to sendmail or just the shell..) CTRL+D doesn't help, and also not the "." which sendmail probably search for. # sendmail -f MYGMAIL@gmail.com -S smtp.gmail.com:465 -auMYGMAIL@gmail.com -apMYPASS MYRECPT@gmail.com I also tried with the "-t" option and an input file with "FROM:.. TO:..." but it's still stuck. Trying to execute it with "-S blabla@blabla.novalid" deliberately came with "bad address" so it does something.. I am trying to find (any) file which contains the word "mail" inside and maybe then to find something to work on. I found the sendmail, fetchmail and popmaildir like this : du -a > tmpfile grep -i mail tmpfile I tried to : cd / find . -exec "/bin/cat {} | grep -i mail" ';' but it keeps telling me for each file "no such file or.." although it there... any idea ?

Update : I tried to telnet it with "root" and no password and here what I have got: http://postimg.org/image/4glw9v44f/ Is there something to search for here (I've managed to ping my router from here but "mail" command is not available in this uclinux) ?

http://postimg.org/image/nc0kjrpyl/

I've made the 2 steps verification process (which made me have to re-enter passwords everywhere.. iphone, pc, etc.. and the DVR of-course). It doesn't help. I restarted, I tried to enter email setup info both from the DVR itself and the http interface.. nothing. I also looked at google's "Last Used" field where it shows for example that the iphone mail was used after re-entering the 2-steps password, but the DVR's field is still in not-used state. So I guess the DVR is not sending any mail, not even trying. I will upload some photos later of the motherboard, screen shots, and I hope you'll be able to help me before throwing this device to trash. I must mention I have a computer at another site with GeoVision card installed and it is working perfectly including sending intruder-notifiaction via mail. And for the second site I used this cheap DVR just for recording, and now I must have an alarm notifier (I had a thief in the place and I just was able to see her stealing things the day after). So any help / suggestion is appreciated!!

P.S. I sent mail to the company but they didn't reply (www.grain-media.com)