buggah 0 Posted February 3, 2014 I currently have a couple of y-cams and they are able to record on a Windows (7) network share I want to buy a DS-2CD2132-I for outdoor recording but I can't figure out if it is able to record to a windows network share. Can somebody help me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buellwinkle 0 Posted February 3, 2014 Yes, in theory 5.1 can record to an SMB/CIFS mount. Works for some, not others. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBX 0 Posted February 4, 2014 The reason why it works for some and not others is likely due to the way Hikvision detects the free space available on a share. If you have trouble, make sure the share is on a server partition with nothing else on (either in the share or on the server partition). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heuer 0 Posted February 4, 2014 Does that mean you need one partition per camera or can you use a single partition with multiple shares, each dedicated to a camera? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBX 0 Posted February 4, 2014 One share on one partition always seems to work. Multiple shares on one partition doesn't always (if ever?) work. I know this is annoying. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buggah 0 Posted February 6, 2014 Thank y'all. I'm going to buy one and see how it goes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buellwinkle 0 Posted February 10, 2014 Let me know. I want to use it with a Netgear ReadyNAS but have not looked into if I can create separate partitions on it. I'm hoping they get this fixed in the next firmware version, maybe a 5.1.1. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buggah 0 Posted February 15, 2014 Well so far, I wouldn't advice anyone to buy this cam if you just want to have it record to a Windows share. This is the steps I took: - Enter the share in the NAS Section adres: 192.168.1.10 /hikvision (SMB-CIFS) (hikvision is a shared folder on the D drive, accessable anywhere in the lan as \\192.168.1.10\hikvision - next you have to format this share (why??) and it creates datadir0 - datadir8. Reports 130GB cap, 67GB free (no where close but whatever) - It fills the datadirs up with a whole bunch of 0 kb files - It records 1 minute file named hiv00000 - that's it - If you reopen de NAS section, you have to do the formatting again. - " title="Applause" /> - Let's compare to my y-cam: Enter windows share. Save settings. Done Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buggah 0 Posted February 17, 2014 After some further working on the problem, I changed a HEX key in davince.tar.gz by connecting to the cam with telnet. Now the cam "remembers" the share and it starts recording like it should. on the plus side, this cam has a very nice wide angle view, clear picture, nice price. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
goldserve 0 Posted February 18, 2014 Very nice! Can you share this hex binary change? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
buggah 0 Posted February 18, 2014 telnet into the device, copy /dav/davinci.tar.gz to your network share (‘mount’ tells you the directory). open the file with a hex editor, (install hex plugin in notepad++) search this hexadecimal string: 5001D4C09DE52C00001A07005CE12A00001A replace with: 5001D4C09DE50000000007005CE100000000 save. copy the file from the network share back to /dav, reboot the device. Source:http://www.networkcameracritic.com/?p=1791 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites