So, ive been toying with the idea of HOW to reset a hik that is physically in your presence after a job I did a while ago, where the NVR could not be reset due to the password being lost!

It got me thinking, there's no physical reset option which imo, is absolutely ridiculous and i recon there must be a way to either reset the EPROM or reflash the firmware via RS232.

Ive got a IPC here which I am locked out of, and ive tried a TFTP upgrade which was successful however still not able to get into the cam! The model is DS-2CV2Q21FD-IW and apparently has no web server running. However trying to make any changes in SADP or IVMS i get device denied error.

So does anyone know of a way to wither reset the EPROM, and then maybe do a possible TFTP flash again with a fresh FW.

Please if you know something or anything let me know or PM me please.