duckegg1980

Thanks for your replies... sleep was what was required. Noticed today I saw the 'All day' option and 'all events' but hadn't see I could change that to 'continuous' Setting the manual record / capture back to c:\ worked. Thanks- next job to install it!

I've got my Hikvision 2132 today, everything seems to be setup ok as follows: POE Windows 8 Dedicated HDD setup with 1 folder for share so path is \\ServerIP\RecFiles Nothing else on the drive Using a Windows share (SMB) ran through and tested ok, formatted and displays as Normal even writes the datadir & infobin files no problem. It just wont record though, I've got it set for all day every day continuous recording and nothing. I've rebooted the cam (several times), Checked and double checked I'm saving the configuration. Time & date are set correctly, I've been back through the settings & cant work out what I've missed. Also manual record wont work, in IE it says can't create file. In Firefox it shows as successful but no file is created (same with capture). These are set to be created on E:\cam\RecordFiles etc. I tried the iVMS 4200 software and managed a manual record using that. I'm hoping I've just missed something simple!! Any help appreciated For info: Model: DS-2CD2132-I Firmware: V5.2.0 build 140721 Encoding: V5.0 build 140714

Ok I'll read up to ensure its mounted correctly. Any ideas on approx file size from 24 hour recording? Cheers

Thanks for your reply, I've had a look at some images from the 2132 at night that are posted online and YouTube and think the image will be good enough for my requirements, will bear the 2332 in mind for future though. I can see your point about recording all the time but I was thinking to save space, motion detection for daytime and always on at night. I'll be recording to a 1tb HDD on a HP microserver, I wanted to able able to keep the files for a few days so I can review them when I get a chance. The reason being if a few days later I hear of something further up the street I can go back to that file and see who was passing at that time. I've got a porch roof over my front door so will be mounting it on the underside of that (good because it's white so will be quite discreet) If I was to have it on 24/7 recording what kind of figures are we talking (roughly)? To clarify, anything that comes in to the viewable area of the cam will trigger motion detection regardless of distance? Thanks

I've just purchased a Hikvision DS-2CD2132-I camera which arrives next week. It's going outdoors to monitor the front of my property and on to the street immediately infront of my house. First of all I was thinking of having it on record during the evening (8pm - 4am) as it's during those hours we've had some issues outside of vandalism- how much space would that use up (approx. with recommended settings for decent night vision)? The next question is what is the range for the motion detector in meters? Is it 360 deg or just where the camera is pointing? Newbie questions but I've looked on the web and cant find a definitive answer, noticed some of you on here are using this camera so thought I'd give it a shot! Cheers