How to put Hikvision IP camera into Debug Mode

Hi all

I just thought I'd share how to put your Hikvision camera into debug mode as it might prove helpful if you have issues.

I asked Hikvision support, and they said debug was for internal use only and they wouldn't share this. So I've figured it out myself.

Telnet into your camera (emable first if needed).

# setDebug -h
setDebug : Set debug parm. module name is nessary
       e.g. setDebug -l 2 -m rtsp -d 111
-l, --level range is 0~7:
       0:NON
       1:SYS_ERROR
       2:RT_ERROR
       3:KEY_WARN
       4:NORMAL_WARN
       5:DEBUG_NOTICE
       6:DEBUG_INFO
       7:DEBUG_ALL_DAV
-d, --display from right to left:
       first bit'1' is show 'line';
       second bit'1' is show 'function name';
       third bit'1' is show 'file name'
-m --module moudule name. below is all modules name
       ALL
       module class NETPRO_CLASS:
          RTSP WEBSERVER ONVIF PSIA CGI SDKCMD UNI_IF RTCP
       module class SYSFUN_CLASS:
          SYSINIT RECORD SYSLOG ALARM_EXP HDMANAGER SD NAS MOTDETECT FTP CAPA PIC
       module class NETFUN_CLASS:
          SADP ARP SNTP DDNS EMAIL PPP 8021X GB28181 TSOCKS
       module class HW_CLASS:
          HW_IF DSP FPGA RTC SENSOR PTZ MOTION DOME STRM_ANLS
       module class OTHER:
          OTHER IPZOOM IPZOOM_AF IPZOOM_AE
#

So to debug NAS:

setDebug -m NAS -l 6 -d 111
# outputOpen
redirectionOutput success.

[01-23 11:58:52][NAS][DEBUG][nfsApp/nfsapp.c 332][check_and_repair_unformat_nas]nfs disk(8, 0) nas directory is OK!, rt_er 1 hdstat 0x0

When you have had enough:

# outputClose
redirectionOutputCancle success.

Seems someone can't spell cancel

Hope this is useful. Wish Hikvision would just tell people this if they want to know.

Great write-up, thank you - might come handy in a hot situation.

Is there a log file somewhere. For example, if someone had their camera resetting itself for whatever reason, is there a system log, something like /var/log/messages in regular Linux

Aside from enabling the debug log, dmesg is full of interesting stuff, though more to do with the hardware & OS than the davinci application (which does all the camera stuff).

No other logs as far as I am aware.

Though you can start davinci in console mode, but it's a bit of a hassle.

While I'm here, how to enable FTP on 5.1

# setFtpService start
Enable ftp service.

Login with root and (admin) password. You could also just use iptables.