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Check this thread: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=43851

That is not a PTZ camera, so it will not have RS485. You just point it wherever you want it to look when you mount it, it will not move at all after that.

Oh, ok! I still did not open the camera, just noticed that the reset button was missing from the back.

Oh, and the reset button is gone.

Here are some pics comparing them both.

Here are some quick thoughts. The 2CD2032F is different from the 2CD2032. The casing is different, the materials are different. They do look like a lot, but they are not. Just by picking them up you can feel the difference, the old 2CD2032 is way heavier than the new 2CD2032F. They do feel different; the new model casing is different material, it doesn't feel so thick, it doesn't feel so heavy, it doesn't feel so sturdy. It feels a bit "cheaper", I would say. The new 2CD2032F is about 325 grams, while 2CD2032 is about 375gr. The new model does look ok, I am not saying it looks like a cheap camera, I do think that Hikvision tried to lower the costs, and I hope this will not affect the quality. I might like a bit more the old casing, but once they are mounted high somewhere, it will be quite hard to tell the difference between them. This 2CD2032F came with 5.2.5 firmware (sticker says 5.2., english date. According to the serial number it was manufactured 27/Jan/2015.

Then you are doing something wrong, those IPs are on the same subnet. Post pictures of what you are entering on the router before you get that error.

Some DVRs do, some don't. So it depends on what unit your friend has.

Your router and the IP you are trying to forward to are on different subnets. What is your router's IP address? What is the IP address you are trying to forward traffic to?

Already got my 2CD2032F-I. It is a bit different than 2CD2032-I, still have not had the time to test it.

Post pictures of those cameras. Something tells me that they are not PTZ...

10 times better, of course! So using two pairs on the UTP cable must be twice as good! (/joking)

I will explain it with my crappy english; a 50 meter cable will always be best than 2 25 meter cables with an adapter.

Can you? Yes. What do you want to track? And how much are you willing to spend on it? http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=ptz+auto+tracking+module

The 2CD2332 does not have audio. If you want a model with microphone or audio input, you can try DS-2CD2532F-IS or DS-2CD2732F-IS (they have to be the model with the S on the name).

Yes, those are baluns and would be suitable.

I did get one of this units over a month ago. But it didn't ship until after chinese new year, so I still have not received it. According to the tracking number it was posted 2/March, and left international post office 7/March. I hope it gets here soon.

Pleased post pics of those baluns, and if possible picture of the camera's end, and the DVRs end.

Here is a small article I did for our customers (in spanish) with a download link: http://www.securamente.com/hikvision-reproduccion-de-grabaciones-desde-sd-o-hdd-utilizando-local-playback/

Using Hikvision Local Playback.

Sure you can! You can have both Milestone and a Hikvision NVR connect to the same cameras, and record in different manners. If the cameras are connected directly to the NVR (if it is a NVR with integrated POE switch) you will need to jump through some hoops in order to connect directly to the cameras, but it can be done.

It should be, Milestone should be able to access the NVR streams as if they were IP cameras. In fact, you could also make Milestone connect directly to the cameras, instead of the NVR (so both the NVR and Milestone would be connecting to each camera).

Understand, feel free to go for FTP cable then, just in case. Better spend a little bit more on the cabling, than waste a lot of time replacing cable that does not fit your needs. I didn't even look at the NVR you had posted. The POE ports will serve you for the cameras that are near the NVR. For the cameras that are farther away, as I said I trhink it is just better to put some smaller POE switches along the way, making a tree structure.

1) Don't waste time trying to go that far with POE. Instead of geting a single switch with maybe 16 POE ports, get several smaller switches. Or get a main switch, but a small 4 port POE switch but the cameras that will be very far away, etc. 2) Cat 6 UTP, you don't need FTP. Solid, not stranded.

This one is not a PTZ camera.