ukcctv 0 Posted October 16, 2013 aswell as my Panasonic dvrs, I also have a ds2, I can add hardrives and make new ones etc (just by using a caddy and downloading the software on to the drive) can windows 7 be used with serial to usb lead to connect to the dvr as id love to be able to this, I did try some months ago but could not get my wind 7 laptops to connect to the ds2? # would love to buy broke ones off ebay, lost password ones and fix these myself Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamxp12 0 Posted October 19, 2013 aswell as my Panasonic dvrs, I also have a ds2, I can add hardrives and make new ones etc (just by using a caddy and downloading the software on to the drive) can windows 7 be used with serial to usb lead to connect to the dvr as id love to be able to this, I did try some months ago but could not get my wind 7 laptops to connect to the ds2? # would love to buy broke ones off ebay, lost password ones and fix these myself Did you put it into bootloader mode This can be done by going to the shutdown option in the menu and when it asks you to hold down camera 1 hold down camera 2 You need a NULL modem serial cable not a normal one Then try connecting with putty at 19200 Worked on my ds2(dvtr, old old non netvu model) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ukcctv 0 Posted October 20, 2013 on a windows 7 laptop? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adamxp12 0 Posted October 20, 2013 on a windows 7 laptop? Should work fine just make sure the usb adapter is acting as a real serial port most if not all of them do but some don't Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
