Douglaster 0 Posted October 21, 2014 Hi there my friends. I stupidly tried to switch this camera firmware yesterday (the old chinese firmware problem) and ended bricking it . Tried the TFTP recovery method and right when it was uploading the firmware file a lightning struck and eletricity shut off After punching the wall several times (and the energy got on again) i start the camera and it simply dont ping anymore. Cant access it thru telnet Cant access it thru ethernet Is the Uart Rs232 my only option now ? anyone know the pinout and method to recover it ? the camera just keeps there with its PIR light on. If anyone can help i appreciate it. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBX 0 Posted October 21, 2014 You could listen to the network with Wireshark just to see if there's anything at all from it when it starts. Or if you have a managed swtich you could have a look at the port info. I've only ever connected to a 2732's UART - can't remember the pinout but a multimeter is handy Good luck! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douglaster 0 Posted October 21, 2014 But its possible to inject the firmware thru the uart ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CBX 0 Posted October 21, 2014 But its possible to inject the firmware thru the uart ? If the bootloader is working then yes. But I wouldn't worry about that part yet. 1) Try network options 2) See what you get from the UART if 1 fails Then go from there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iTuneDVR 2 Posted October 21, 2014 Hi there my friends.I stupidly tried to switch this camera firmware yesterday (the old chinese firmware problem) and ended bricking it . Tried the TFTP recovery method and right when it was uploading the firmware file a lightning struck and eletricity shut off After punching the wall several times (and the energy got on again) i start the camera and it simply dont ping anymore. Cant access it thru telnet Cant access it thru ethernet Is the Uart Rs232 my only option now ? anyone know the pinout and method to recover it ? the camera just keeps there with its PIR light on. If anyone can help i appreciate it. Thanks. Boot loader in any case not overwritten, so do not fool all of the head and quietly restores using TFTP. I have the same camera, I did it many times. Recover always works automatically !!! Perhaps you have a different problem, what are you silent probably !!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douglaster 0 Posted October 21, 2014 Hi there my friends.I stupidly tried to switch this camera firmware yesterday (the old chinese firmware problem) and ended bricking it . Tried the TFTP recovery method and right when it was uploading the firmware file a lightning struck and eletricity shut off After punching the wall several times (and the energy got on again) i start the camera and it simply dont ping anymore. Cant access it thru telnet Cant access it thru ethernet Is the Uart Rs232 my only option now ? anyone know the pinout and method to recover it ? the camera just keeps there with its PIR light on. If anyone can help i appreciate it. Thanks. Boot loader in any case not overwritten, so do not fool all of the head and quietly restores using TFTP. I have the same camera, I did it many times. Recover always works automatically !!! Perhaps you have a different problem, what are you silent probably !!! Hi there ITuneDVR, This is the problem, i let the camera sit idle for 1 hour connected to the TFTP and nothing happened ! I believe the power loss broke something. Im waiting for the rs232 ttl adapter to arrive to test this. Thanks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iTuneDVR 2 Posted October 21, 2014 Hi there ITuneDVR,This is the problem, i let the camera sit idle for 1 hour connected to the TFTP and nothing happened ! I believe the power loss broke something. Im waiting for the rs232 ttl adapter to arrive to test this. Thanks. PC IP = 192.0.0.128 & firewall is down & 21 port on PC is free IPC IP = 192.0.0.64 Then power is on, IPC try to access 21 port to IP 192.0.0.128 several second, if not then load firmware. If you have no problem with it, your TFTP recover will success. If you have hardware problem then open your IPC and check it!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douglaster 0 Posted October 21, 2014 Hi there ITuneDVR,This is the problem, i let the camera sit idle for 1 hour connected to the TFTP and nothing happened ! I believe the power loss broke something. Im waiting for the rs232 ttl adapter to arrive to test this. Thanks. PC IP = 192.0.0.128 & firewall is down & 21 port on PC is free IPC IP = 192.0.0.64 Then power is on, IPC try to access 21 port to IP 192.0.0.128 several second, if not then load firmware. If you have no problem with it, your TFTP recover will success. If you have hardware problem then open your IPC and check it!!! Thanks for the help ! Ill double check every item ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iTuneDVR 2 Posted October 21, 2014 Thanks for the help ! Ill double check every item ! Then open IPC and test it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Douglaster 0 Posted October 21, 2014 Great success my friends ! The Cam is back online (and in english) I was using a digicap.dav without some part in it (10MB, while the correct had 18MB) Thanks for the help of everyone ! " title="Applause" /> Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
iTuneDVR 2 Posted October 22, 2014 Great success my friends !The Cam is back online (and in english) I was using a digicap.dav without some part in it (10MB, while the correct had 18MB) Thanks for the help of everyone ! " title="Applause" /> Your puncture, definitely! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites