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Hi Hakon,
as the DVR starts when you connect power to USB, the DVR seems to be ok.
The steady blue led at the power converter means that it still senses the voltage of the battery, but does not sense switched power at the yellow cable. To check the power converter, you could connect the yellow wire directly to + at the battery. After some seconds, the blue led should start blinking and the DVR should start.
If the led starts blinking, then you need to check your connection of the yellow wire to switched power.
If the led does not start blinking, then is seems that your converter is faulty and you need a new one.
Regards,
Marc
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Hi Rick,
the “Logging firmware” is for testing purpose only. I can’t say whether it has a negative impact or not. But I won´t suggest to use it all the time.
Better use the latest original firmware or, if you want a higher bitrate, the one modified by me which boost the bitrate to 20 MBit.
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Hi Rick,
so re-flashing the original firmware did the trick? And if so, what did you do wrong during the last tries? Just for other forum members who get into the same problem.
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Can you provide some sample videos? I haven´t check out the K7 yet due to bad weather. Only did some tests on the desk.
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Unfortunately it is not possible to increase the bitrate at the K7 due to technical limitations. I already tried and talked to Rock about that. The limitation comes from the EIS functionality, for which they added additional encoders within the cameras itself. And these encoders are very limited regarding the encoding bitrate.
So sorry….there is no way to increase the bitrate.
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Hi Rick,
what I read from your mail is:
– Wifi seems to work, but the App does not connect most of the time
– Flashing the firmware seems not to work, as the wifi password did not reset
I am still unsure whether the problem comes from the K2 itself or is an issue with the App/phone. So I would like to first addess the problem flashing the firmware.
… the password that I had changed as indicated in my previous emails, remained the same and never returned to the factory data 12345678, despite the formatting of the sim card?”
Formatting the SD card has nothing to do with the wifi password.
To flash the firmware, do as following:
– Put the sd card into your pc and format it in FAT32
– Put the firmware file into the root folder of the sd card and make sure it is named K2.bin
– Insert the sd card into the DVR and start it up.
– Wait for the flashing process to finish. You can find a video of how the leds will look like while flashing here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDCpff1fOWk
For your other issues, I would like to get some more information of your K2. There is a special firmware which enables a logging feature. With this firmware installed, the K2 will write its console log to the sd card while running, which would give me some information about what might be wrong on your K2.
You can find the firmware on my dropbox, where I also saved all original K2 firmware files
The Logging-Firmware is called “K2-V71_with-Logging.bin”, which must be renamed to K2.bin when saved on the sd card. It can be flashed as decribed above.
When flashed, simply start the K2 and try to connect to it, like you did the last days. After that remove the sd card, but the logging files in a zip and share it with me.
When done you can flash the latest original firmware (V70), which you will also find in my dropbox.
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Hi Rick,
The wifi ”Not secured” of INNOVV is detected on my phone so everything is normal, but as soon
as I want to enter the settings page or the live video or the recordings, the information page of
INNOVV opens indicating a wifi connection problem…Technically, the app really does the same as a web browser. If you hit the “settings” button in the app, it tries to open the URL http://192.168.1.254/?custom=1&cmd=3002 to read all settings of the K2. There is no authentication. No password, nothing, nada.
If the app isn’t able to retrieve the settings of the K2, there could be the following reasons:
– You are not connected to the K2 wifi
– You are connected to the K2 wifi, but your phone does not know how to reach the K2
– The OS on your smartphone does not allow the app to connect to the K2
– The webserver of the K2 isn’t running (very, very, very unlikely)To narrow down what is the reason of the issue, we should try to find out step by step.
1) First install the latest firmware. This way we make sure that a) all settings are set back to default (including the wifi password) and b) we talk about the same settings.
2) Start the K2 and connect to its wifi with your smartphone. It should ask you for the wifi password (which is 12345678 be default). If you phone says it is connected, check if your phone got an IP address. Supposably 192.168.1.1
If you got an IP, go to the next stop. If not, disconnect from the K2 wifi and delete it from your phone. Then try again connecting.3) Start the browser on your smartphone and open the following URL
http://192.168.1.254
You should then see a simple web page like in the attached photo.If it does not show up, but you get an error message like ” web server not reachable” or something like that, this could be due to a routing problem. In that case, simply put your phone in airplane mode or disable mobile data and try again.
If this web page shows up, it means:
– You are successfully connected to the K2 wifi
– The web server of the K2 is running
– The OS of your phone knows how to reach the K24) Now try the INNOVV app. If the app still claims that it can not connect to the K2 or is missing permissions, the source of the problem is the app or the OS of your smartphone.
We could then take a deeper look at it.But before doing that, please do the steps mentioned and report back.
I still have a K2 myself here on the desk and an older android smartphone for tests.
Should I try as you notified me, a reset through the small hole on the side?
Pressing the reset button does reset all settings back to factory defaults, exluding the wifi password. This can only be resetted by installing the firmware.
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Hi Rick,
Hi Hans,for me the error message looks like the app does not have the correct permissions to access the wifi network. So a setting within android. I am not familiar with android, but according to the symbols on the upper bar, you’ve put the phone to airplane mode. Are there settings within android to allow or forbid an app to access the wifi network?
There is an easy way to check whether your phone is connected to the K2 wifi or not. Simply open up the browser and try to access http://192.168.1.254
This is the web server of the K2 and you should see a simple web page if everything is connected.
Means: If the web page shows up, but the app still complains about permissions, it is an android problem.By the way:
The big button on top is only for switching the K2 on or off, not for resetting. The reset button is on the side, pushable with a needle. But pressing the reset button does not reset the wifi password. This can only be resetted by installing the firmware.Regards,
Marc
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> Ja, der Parkmodus sollte aktiviert sein, außer Du hast wie beim G-Sensor einen guten Grund, das
> hierauf verzichtet werden sollte.Nicht direkt. Bei der K7 habe ich den Parkmodus noch nicht getestet. Bei den älteren Modellen (K2, K3) brauchte die Kamera bei Auslösung/Erschütterung einfach viel zu lange, bis sie hochgefahren war und mit der Aufnahme begonnen hat. Wenn also z.B. jemand mit dem Auto gegen das Mopped fährt, dann wäre er lange weg, bevor die Kamera mit der Aufnahme beginnt. Ergo sinnfrei.
Aber wie gesagt…bei der K7 habe ich noch nicht getestet wie lange sie braucht von Auslösung bis Aufnahme.
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In general one should avoid twisting the cable, as the wires within the cable are very thin. Especially twisting the cable near the camera could be bad if the force of the twist could be transfered into the camera and the soldering points within.
Regarding your problems which went away after swapping the camera:
At the older Innovv cameras (K2, K3) the system failed if the front cameras was not connected. Or rebooted if the front cameras was disconnected while running. I assume that the K7 acts the same.
So if something is wrong with your front cam (broken cable, bad soldering point, etc.), this could show in the K7 rebooting or failing while riding. If this is the case, the system should run fine after swapping the cameras, but you should then see bad or missing videos at the former front cam, which now acts as the rear cam.
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Hi Dieter,
die Einstellungen passen soweit eigentlich. Den G-Sensor hast Du abgeschaltet, also wird die K7 keine vermeindlichen Unfall Videos erkennen und gesondert abspeichern. Wäre auch meine Einstellung, da es sonst zu Fehlalarmen kommen kann. Außerdem hast Du eine 512MB Karte drin. Bis da ein Video überschrieben wird, dauert es.
Die Länge der Aufnahmen würde ich persönlich hoch setzen, damit man nicht etliche hundert Aufnahmen hat nach ner Tour. Aber das ist persönliche Vorliebe.
Das der Parkmodus aktiv ist, ist so gewollt?
Ach ja…Forumssprache ist eigentlich englisch. 😜
Gruß,
Marc
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Hi Danilo,
when I got my H5, I used it during summer time and had a runtime of slightly above 5 hours. But it is normal that the runtimes decreases at low temperatures, because the chemical processes within the battery are running slower than at high temperatur. This causes the battery voltage to drop earlier under load. The optimal temperature for a Li-Ion battery is around 30 degrees.
Based on my experience with drones, which have the same problem in cold weather, I would say that a runtime reduction of 40% at 3 degrees is quite normal.
Regards,
Marc
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Hi Bob,
did you try switching your smartphone to airplane mode? Some phones do have problems accessing the K7 (or any other wifi dashcam) when not in airplane mode.
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It has nothing to do with the fps ration. This effect is called “Jello” and and is caused by high frequency vibrations. Every digital camera is more or less probe to this effect. So the only way to solve this is to mount the camera at a different position or to dampen it.
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The 32GB recommendation comes from the necessity that the sd card must be formatted in FAT32 for the update process to work.
As FAT32 does not support volumes larger than 32GB, every OS will deny formatting the card in FAT32. So if a sd card is larger than 32GB, it is very likely not formatted in FAT32.