IP Camera RS232 Operation Instructor

DAHUA IP Camera
RS232 Operation instructor
Version Date modify
1.0 2012-6-12 Pan lingyu

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1、Hardware Environment & Connections
1） For RS232 operation, the devices are as follows:

PC, RS232 Cable, IP Camera, network cable
If there is only laptop computer, USB to RS232 cable is required.
2） Connection Mode is as follows:
PC --- RS232 cable --- IP Camera
PC--- through network --- IP Camera
IP Camera to laptop computer
IP Camera to pc
3） How to do the RS232 cable for IP camera

A、Find a RS232 9-pin Male port
B、Connect RS232 port to IPC port
Old camera:
Pin2 to IP Camera RX (Pin7)
Pin3 to IP Camera TX (Pin8)
Pin5 to IP Camera G (Pin9)
IPC-F6X5
IPC-HF Series
IPC-HFW3xxxC series
RS232 board
HDB3200C
HDB(W)3XXX
IPC-HFW2100
RS232 board connector port,

Connect with RS232 board.
RS232 com board

IPC-HD2100
RS232 board connector port,

Connect with RS232 board.
RS232 com board

IPC-HFW3300
2、RS232 operation
1） Run NOCM in your computer, the com set is as follows:
2） Enter RS232 operation

A、Power on the IP Camera and Click 3 * (upper right on number pad) when the words U-Boot are on
screen. (please keeping press * to ensure the input, until you see DHBOOT#)
B、Now you can enter setup interface, and will see DHBOOT # in the screen
3、Debug state
1） Enter DHBOOT # menu by input ***

2） Set the IP Camera to Debug sate
When we want to check the RS232 information, you can set the IP Camera to debug state and check
the problems
A、Type appauto 0
dh_keyboard 0
save
then you will enter debug state and can get the RS232 information from the IP Camera
B、Restart the IP Camera or type bootd to startup the IP Camera

C、With debug state, the IP Camera will not auto start, and will stop at #
You need to type ii to startup the IP Camera
D、All the information can be found in the ncom log file

3）Working state
We need to set the IP Camera to this state before it is sent to customer
For most users they do not need to enter debug mode and need the IP Camera auto start to work, so
we must exit debug mode before the IP Camera is sent to the users
The operation is the same
A、Restart the IP Camera，Click 3 “*” to enter setup interface, and will see DHBOOT # in the screen
C、Type set appauto 1
set dh_keyboard 1
saveenv
D、Restart the IP Camera or type booted to startup the IP Camera
4、TFTP Upgrade
1） Upgrade Software
hiboot.bin.img
update.img
This too files are for TFTP upgrade , please put in TFTP server root path
2） Run TFTP server
A、rver: TFTPServer_En.exe
B、Set the upgrade route in the TFTP server, please see the picture below
3） Run NOCM in your computer, the com set is as before:
4） TFTP upgrade
A、Restart the IP Camera，press“ *** ”to enter DHBOOT# menu
B、Now you can enter TFTP menu, and will see s3c2510 # in the screen
C、Type “print” to show some information of the IPC
D、Type “mac” to see or the mac address
Type “sip ip address of the PC” to set the TFTP server ip
Type “lip ip address of the IPC” to set the IPC ip
Type “saveenv” to save
.
E、Type “run up” to begin upgrade
.
F、Wait until you see DHBOOT# in the screen again
.
D、Input booted or restart the IP Camera, that’s all.
6）Upgrade Failure
1、To check if the RS232 serial port and serial cable is OK
2、To check if the network connection is OK
3、To check if the mac address of the IP Camera is right
4、To check if the upgrade software is in the right folder and with right name
5、To check if the NCOM and TFTP software is running
6、Upgrade by TFTP upgrade again
7、After several times attempt, if there is still have problems, please contact with our technical engineers.
5、Clear the config of IP Camera
Some time customer may need to clear the config of the IPC through RS232
A、 Set IPC to debug mode
B、 The IPC will stop at # (You need to type ii to startup the IP Camera)
C、 type cd /mnt/mtd/Config to enter the Config directory
type ls to list the files
type rm * to clear the config
D、 type cd/ up to first layer.

Then type cd mnt/backup/Config to enter backup Config.
type ls to list the files
type rm * to clear the config
type ii to start the IPC
.
More Details
If you still have any problems about these functions, please contact with our engineers.

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DAHUA IP Camera

RS232 Operation instructor

Version Date modify

1.0 2012-6-12 Pan lingyu

1、Hardware Environment & Connections

1） For RS232 operation, the devices are as follows:

3） How to do the RS232 cable for IP camera

RS232 board connector port,

RS232 com board

RS232 board connector port,

RS232 com board

1） Run NOCM in your computer, the com set is as follows:

2） Enter RS232 operation

1） Enter DHBOOT # menu by input ***

B、Restart the IP Camera or type bootd to startup the IP Camera

D、All the information can be found in the ncom log file

F、Wait until you see DHBOOT# in the screen again

5、Clear the config of IP Camera

D、 type cd/ up to first layer.

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