Firmware v5.53 for "MayGion" H.264 (Dericam, Cybernova, ...)

For once, this update was not published by Cybernova but directly posted on MayGion web site.
It brings further improvements to the ONVIF compatibility with special attention to Synology DSM 4.2.

Important Notice: 

Before performing any firmware update, read this post to learn about potential problems that can result from this operation as well as how to backup the board.dat file. 

This update, published directly on MayGion web site, allowed me to use the camera with Surveillance Station 6 for the first time. There's no Pan and Tilt control yet, but hopefully this will come later.

The mkbin tool is included in the package:
This tool was in fact made available by Maygion in 2010 and allows to unpack the bin file, and to pack customized ones.

Just drag and drop a bin file to the mkbin app to unpack. These extracted files are those that typically can be  uploaded via FTP to their corresponding www or app folders.

I take this opportunity to praise the great investigation work done by macmpi on the hardware.fr forum!

If you don't read French, please use a page translator like the one included with Chrome and read the second post on that thread to know more about the customization potential of this camera. It's worth reading, ...and it's only the tip of the iceberg...!

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ES File Explorer 3.0

If you updated your apps lately, you may have noticed that ES File Explorer icon changed. Version 3.0 is out and the most remarkable changes are not always the most visible...

Good surprise yesterday when I noticed that ES File Explorer 3.0 was finally out. The best File Manager for Android got even better!

With its brand new user interface, it is even more intuitive than before. 

A long press will now bring up four action corners (Share/Copy/WiFi Send-by-LAN/Delete/) to which the file can be dropped. The same drag'n drop method works on folders of course. 

It is very usable and file list is even more readable on my tiny 3.6" phone screen (thanks to the "Small Detail" view). 

The biggest addition for me is a feature that I suggested to EStrong some time ago: being able to copy the full path of a file to the keyboard.

It seems small, but none of the FTP apps I tried so far allow that!

This discrete feature is actually huge for (Synology) NAS users like me! 

Why is it so important ? 

Suppose that you want to send a file located on a distant FTP server to your Synology Download Manager via Synodroid. 

From ES Explorer, you  now display the file properties, touch the "Copy full path" button, then go to Synodroid and pasting that path in the Add  Download dialog. Full path means that part of the authentication used will be included in the path string. You will need to add the password manually though.  

Until now, such an operation could be done from a PC but impossible from an Android device. 

The screenshots below are just a quick view of the new UI which now includes gestures, multiple windows and Wi-Fi sharing...

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Adding DIY drivers for Maygion H.264 to Synology Surveillance Station

The current ONVIF implementation in Dericam H502W/Cybernova WIP604MW IP Cameras does not allow High Resolution and Pan & Tilt control in Synology Surveillance Station.

This method initialy published on the Polish web site, webcam4.eu, will  bring some improvement on that regard.
In short:
The Synology Surveillance Station stores a list of IP Cameras in the camera_model.conf (PTZ configuration) file located under
/volume1/@appstore/SurveillanceStation/conf

This files contains references to camera definition files (drivers) located in /volume1/@appstore/SurveillanceStation/conf/camera_support/

I've grouped the necessary files in this archive: MaygionHD4Synology.zip
Content:
- BTICAM.conf, BTI_camera_model.conf (to rename camera_model.conf)
- Maygion.conf, camera_model.conf (just uses the more generic Maygion name instead of BTICAM)
- camera_model - Backup.conf (the original Synology file unchanged)
- commands.txt (sample of commands to use for copying files from a Telnet/SSH terminal)

With the files placed in a folder of the NAS (here ExternalShare for the example), the commands to copy the files in the right locations would look like this:
cp -f /volume1/ExternalShare/camera_model.conf /volume1/@appstore/SurveillanceStation/conf
cp -f /volume1/ExternalShare/Maygion.conf /volume1/@appstore/SurveillanceStation/conf/camera_support/

I recommend that you always backup the original camera_model.conf file first.



April 2014 Update: The latest device pack for Surveillance Station (6.3-3309) includes the H502W model under the Dericam brand, so no more need to use the method above.

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Firmware x.7.19 for JPT3815W 2013

Tenvis has released another firmware update for their 2013 editions of JPT3815W and JPT3815W+.

This one brings more fixes plus the VLC support.

The forum also shows that now 2 hardware version exist for this model, 1.4 and 1.7, which require their specific firmware file.

I've been confirmed that, at least for 1.4, the manual control of the IR LED will not be possible and hardware will be modified to allow this. I don't know if it's already done with 1.7.

The firmware file can be found here:
http://forum.tenvis.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=3233

The main thing in 1.7.19 is that http://<cameraIP>/videostream.cgi and /videostream.asf are now functional.

Changelog:

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x.7.19 (1.7.19, 2.7.19 and 3.7.19)
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1. Fix motion detection alarm sensitivity unsaved problem.
2. Improve the surface and resolve the bugs for no snapshot for visitors
3. Fix BUG of save the <null> password for Non-admin user
4. Support VLC video player
5. Remove the Device Model from About page
6. Add Arabic language support
7. Update French, English, Japanese language
8. Fix error description of vertical and horizontal reversal
9. Save horizontal reversal image after rebooting

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