Obtaining log file from DS-7604NI-K1

[Chris7777]

Hello there.

I just freshly installed a set of DS-7604NI-K1 and 2 cameras.
Everything works nicely. This statement include push notifications to smartphone as well as remote nvr management (open ports on router).

For security and wiring convinience reasons NVR itself sits in somehow unaccessible hidden location with no display hardwired to it.

Is there any way to obtain a log file from NVR by using a linux terminal (ssh). I am able to login remotely to the NVR. I can obtain the status of NVR and so on but I just cannot see any command related to dowloading a log file?
I would like to use that log for critical alarm notifications to be displayed on my computer screen.

Is there any way to extract that logfile from NVR (pull copy)?

 

[Chris7777]

OK. Nobody was happy to answer this question so I decided to post 'self-answer' to prevent people asking or being curious 'how-to'.
The answer is NO. You can't reach log of nvr from outside device.
According to Hikvision Europe support the answer is NOT AT ALL.
According to Hikvision Global support the answer is "You have to build your own API based on our SDK."

The lazy walkabout I did to get notifications is:
1. create gmail account, just for this purpose (do not go into 2SA);
2. set an NVR event recipient to that gmail account;
4. write a small script monitoring incoming mail on it. It might be something utilising mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom every second;
5. write the result to file.

Job done.