The NVR LAN connection is via an unmanaged ethernet switch with 3 other devices which are all working ok. I connected the NVR directly to the router in the unlikely event that there was an internal switch issue and it is working perfectly once again !
Thank you for all your patience and advice :-)
I have tried the suggestions on the list but still cannot link hik-connect to the NVR. I have taken the attached photos of the config settings to see if this helps. This follows a factory default restart, a scan of the LAN shows the NVR located at 192.168.1.132 but when I ping this address there...
Recently the Hik-Connect app stopped working after a power cut.
After several attempts to ’fix’ this I reset the DVR to factory defaults and tried a new install.
I noticed that the DVR Platform Access had “litedev.hik-connect.com” as a default address, when I pinged this address there was no...
How do I manually set the IR cut filter on a DS-2CD2385G1-I Hikvision IP camera so it switches at a set time and changes in the ambient lighting will not turn the cut filter on or off.
Thank you for suggestion on the IR filter, one issue is that when the LED security light is on then the camera reverts to ‘daylight mode’ and there is a magenta strobe effect rolling up the video image. Secondly I wondered whether the security PIR detector might be falsely triggered by the IR...