Recent content by benwillcox

As above, it's important to follow the correct standards because the pins used for transmitting and receiving data MUST use the correct pairs within the Cat 6 cable, which are each twisted together in such a way so that the transmit and receive signals reject any interference and this is what...

And still no way to assign different notification tones for different cameras which to me seems like it should be a basic feature.

Got you, I guess the use case is different, I prefer Line Crossing actually now over Intrusion detection as I want to monitor the entrances/driveway to the property and to alert only when someone enters via those monitored areas, then I don't want any more triggers after that (until someone else...

TBH I've never even bothered with Basic Motion Detection, I had disregarded it as I thought the detection was very rudimentary and didn't use any particularly intelligent algorithm to detection motion, although I do see now that it has tickboxes to enable human or vehicle detection. May I ask...

Hmm this is interesting, I have my Hikvision system integrated with Home Assistant and had wondered why I was sometimes getting false notifications when non-human objects are being detected, maybe this is why. I use HA app on my phone in preference to the HikConnect app for notifications as with...

Good point, I should have checked the firmware straight away but for some reason totally forgot. I've now updated so both cameras are on their latest versions. They still exhibit the same behaviour as before, and some of the other pre-sets on both cameras gives differing images too e.g...

Ah I hadn't realised it was so far behind, this one is straight out of the box. I will upgrade!

It's a good point and it had occurred to me it could be the different lighting affecting the picture. So I've done some experiments. Pointing both cameras at the same angle gave me the same outcome, so I tried holding up a colour test card to see if I could see any colour variation: Cameras...

Thanks for the replies. I tried adjusting saturation on the 'C' version but even on max is nowhere near as vivid as the original. I had read about the 'C' variant previously on this forum and that it had 25fps vs the original 20fps and thus was the version of choice, but no mention of the image...

Hi all I have a couple of DS-2CD2386G2-ISU/SL cameras, bought last year. I recently bought another one which came marked on the box as 'AcuSense EXIR Fixed TURRET' and has the 'C' mark against the model number. The original version just said 'AcuSense Fixed Turret' and no C. The cameras are...

Thanks for the heads up, I just yesterday upgraded to V4.60.005, so glad I didn't see the later one! However since my upgrade searching for any events in iVMS returns no results, so I can't actually find any recordings using this version. Sigh, I should learn to leave it alone and not upgrade!

On my Liveguard 2386 cameras it activates the built in strobe light/LED

I've just got an Hikvision NVR system and too had issues with push notifications using HikConnect on Android. After much research it transpires that there is an issue with certain Samsung phones (maybe others) which suppress the notifications unless the phone is unlocked, or plugged into power...

Going from 4.50 to 4.51 broke functionality in Chrome on Windows. With 4.50 it worked fine in Chrome, but with 4.51 no video playback works, and the top right menu bars no longer appear. Seems to work in Edge ok though.

I have just bought a Hikvision setup and like you, have no intention of operating the NVR directly as it will be installed in a rack which won't be practical to access regularly. Plus, I would like to perform all operations from the comfort of my desk, not from a separate monitor/mouse etc...