Hikvision NAS recording issues

[priorguy 0]

I have spent the last week fighting with the NAS recording feature build into my camera DS-2CD2112-I. I have read every post and article that I can find about this issue and still can not find a solution.

 

My set up consists of a CubieBoard (https://www.miniand.com/products/Cubieboard%20Developer%20Board) running debian. I followed these instructions to setup the NFS server (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SettingUpNFSHowTo) The drive is mountable on any of my home machines (windows, OSX and Linux) as well as it is recognized by the camera. The drive displays as "1.56GB 0.00GB Uninitialized NAS R/W" under the storage management. I have tried various drives ranging from 2gb to 1tb but all display as 1.56gb. When I format the drive it instantly goes to complete and remains uninitialized. Any input from anyone with experience is greatly appreciated.

[ak_camguy 0]

I am using a debian system as well, I am having the same issue. I have opened a case with SWANN and talked to a level 1, a level 2, and I talk with a level 3 tomorrow..... I am thinking its a firmware issue?

 

Mine actually creates all the folders, copies the data, and stops after copying data into the folder called datadir0.

 

I am in the process of uploading my video to Youtube so you can see exactly what happens.

 

*Edit* Here is the youtube video of what mine does.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-u6ZEEDYwqU

[ak_camguy 0]

Ok, I had a spare laptop with 500GB available. I was able to get the cams working using this software...

 

http://www.hanewin.net/nfs-e.htm

 

This is an example of how I built my Exports file.

 

#Export Example

c:\cctv\driveway -public -name:driveway

c:\cctv\door -public -name:door

 

I then mapped them accordingly within the camera software under storage.

 

IE: (Computer running software is using 192.168.1.10 and I want to mount driveway it would look like this.)

 

192.168.1.10 /driveway

 

This software is an excellent way for people with a windows box to get NFS working and backing up right away.

 

I can't stress enough, you have to have your Storage device on the same network segment for this to work. I have mine plugged into the same switch as my cameras at 100Mb/sec and it still took a good 20min per camera.

[ak_camguy 0]

Ok, So I have a couple different NAS devices and found out that you have to use the full path. It looks like these cameras do not support NFS4.

 

Hopefully that helps some of you techies out there.

[Edgar64 0]

I know this is an older post, but it shows up tops on a google search.

 

The solution I've found that works best for this is to format your recording drives as FAT32. NTFS doesn't work, nor ext3 or ReFS. Only Fat32 allows the format option on the cameras to work right on my system. Also, my minimum partition size is 20gb. I tried 6gb and it wouldn't format.

 

Hope that helps!