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Good news. The consumer-level suppliers like Ring, Nest and Reolink are all about ease of set-up which is important for a lot of newbies. But they don't offer as many security features as Hikvision and their cameras are inferior (leaving aside the awful Hikvision video intercom). They also...

@David, don't get me started. I see that iVMS-4200 download is finally now flagged up as not supporting video intercom controls - which was not the case when I last downloaded it and bought the Gen2 video intercom. To be fair, the video intercom is almost useless on all platforms but Windows...

Thanks @Dan. I have nothing enabled on page 2 but I do use the Smart Zoom function on page 1 as I often need to zoom in on my 27in 5k iMac. Disabling Smart Zoom didn't improve the tab behaviour but did make the eMap less prone to downsizing unilaterally. I do have my tracking speed maxed out...

Why, oh why, did Hikvision obviously not test iVMS-4200 using a bluetooth Magic Mouse? The software jumps around like a demented chicken whenever and wherever the mouse scrolls. It's near impossible to hit the required tab - and 100% impossible to use the eMap function as the map scales down to...

SADPTool at least is worth downloading from Hikvision's support website. It's a small utility which, when opened, will list all your IP devices with their IP address, serial number and firmware (software) version , which are worth noting down and keeping safe. It can also be used to modify some...

Take your point but even basic networking stuff can look daunting and all CCTV cameras have to be wrapped in passwords to ensure that they can't be hacked. On top of that, there are lots of settings to configure for every camera if you want to record events. Even the most basic of consumer...

Did you grab the new version of Hik-Connect (v4.7.1 build 17:48:02 - Update at: 2020-08-18)?

An all too common refrain from KD8003 owners and I may join the club. I can live with the bugs and the awful UI but I won't tolerate for much longer the inability to record motion events to a connected SD card. I'll give Hikvision until Xmas to fix their video intercom before I sell mine and my...

I couldn't work out if you are complaining about the lack of SD card recording functionality in the indoor station or the bullet cameras but even the latest "2nd generation" video intercom from Hikvision, the DS-KD8003-IME1, is a useless surveillance device. And Hikvision take great care not to...

@Ken, I suspect it was a Safari upgrade that torpedoed your web access. You may have better luck if you upgrade your Os to Catalina - even though Apple state that Safari supports only one plugin (Flash Player).

It seems to depend on which camera and which firmware. I have eight cameras, all updated as far as possible, and only one of them - the DS-2CD2543G0-IS with FW V5.6.3 build 190923 - works online in Safari (v13.1.2) or any browser under High Sierra. Maybe it would be an over-simplification to say...

I feel your pain. Maybe this thread will help. I am reduced to running Windows in emulation on my High Sierra Mac, via Parallels Desktop. Therein, I can access my cameras online using Internet Explorer (not the default Windows browser).

Is this any help?

Ah thanks. I got over-excited: I thought you had a DS-KD8003-IME1 door station, the alleged second generation which doesn't record video AFAICT.

@mattcandy, if you are able to record motion events from your 8350 door station, I would be grateful to hear how you managed it.

I believe they are two sides of the same coin. Smart covers diverse config options - including manual tracking a selected object in live view for example - while Auto is what you get when you set it up to automatically track motion-triggered (or smart event-triggered) movement without any human...

100Mbps out of the camera is the norm - and more than enough to deliver 4MP video at 25fps. It's good that your problem is cured but I suspect the cause lay elsewhere. You lost me when you said you were viewing two 4MP streams over 100Mbps. That suggests that your switch or some other hub was...

@Kyle, in High Sierra (Os 10.13.6), this installer appears to place the web plugin in /library/internet plug-ins but Safari seems unable to find it there as it isn't listed in Safari's website settings (and certainly isn't working). Safari seems to expect it to be in...

More money than sense, us macheads ;)

@talby101, you might take a look at the free trial version of SecuritySpy which is a Mac-specific VMS that runs sweetly on my Macs but I've never explored all the config/alert options. It's not free, nor even cheap, if you have more than a couple of cameras but it's rock solid and very actively...