DS-7608NI Firmware Update removed features

[chris109876 0]

I updated my 7608NI-E2 this weekend from 3.0.4 to 3.3.2 and now neither push notification will work nor will it send an image for motion detection on e-mails. I could manage without one of these features but not both, so I'm faced with the prospect of downgrading the firmware. I suspect that Hikvision are quietly trying to dump push for some reason, but no idea why it won't attach an image to e-mails.

 

I've come across various versions of the TFTP servers and differing instructions for TFTP based firmware installs but I'd like to put the question out before I risk bricking it. Will it downgrade fairly easily?

 

I've found the 3.0.5 firmware on the Hikvision EU servers, and also a version of the TFTP server and an instruction guide. The nerves come because no two of these things have come from the same place.

 

I work in tech so the procedures are familiar, just not the kit. So I'm ok with directly connecting the NVR to the PC and IP config. Has anyone done this recently on an NVR? most forum posts I find refer to the procedure on IP cams rather than the recorders.

 

Thanks

[chris109876 0]

Well, after a revert to defaults on 3.3.2 failed to make any improvements I set about TFTPing my way back to 3.0.10 and despite a slightly scary few minutes when it looked like I'd turned the thing in to a large paper weight, all is well and both features are back and working. Push notification gives me a very quick method to jump immediately to the playback event, and the images attached to the e-mail come through perfectly to the Apple watch. Overkill?

[Del Boy 0]

Hi Chris,

 

I found this issue with v3.3.2 too. Best not to touch cameras and NVR firmware if it's working is my advice.

 

And push is very useful!

 

Cheers,

 

Del Boy

[chris109876 0]

Mmm, certainly is. Seems odd that it feels like an after thought, and also that they seem to be trying to quietly phase it out.