Changing Hikvision settings and updating firmware
Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:29 pm
Not a compatibility listing.
In order to change some of the settings (such as the on screen display) or even to upgrade firmware on Hikvision IP cameras - at least for my model DS-2CD2042WD-I - you need to have their web plugin installed, and the plugin only seems to work with Internet Explorer.
I had to install and use a Windows 10 system, and then use Internet Explorer - not the default browser (whatever it's called) to install the plugin.
Then I was able to get rid of the ODS, and upgrade the firmware.
I run on OS X and linux systems, and don't have a Win 10 system readily available - I already have virtualbox installed on OS X, so I downloaded a Win 10 image for virtualbox and used it.
Rather a PITA, as the virtualbox image is 4GiB or so in size, and it's a zip file. Then it took about 5 minutes to boot up, and then another 10 or 20 minutes to figure out how to run IE and more.
In order to change some of the settings (such as the on screen display) or even to upgrade firmware on Hikvision IP cameras - at least for my model DS-2CD2042WD-I - you need to have their web plugin installed, and the plugin only seems to work with Internet Explorer.
I had to install and use a Windows 10 system, and then use Internet Explorer - not the default browser (whatever it's called) to install the plugin.
Then I was able to get rid of the ODS, and upgrade the firmware.
I run on OS X and linux systems, and don't have a Win 10 system readily available - I already have virtualbox installed on OS X, so I downloaded a Win 10 image for virtualbox and used it.
Rather a PITA, as the virtualbox image is 4GiB or so in size, and it's a zip file. Then it took about 5 minutes to boot up, and then another 10 or 20 minutes to figure out how to run IE and more.