Do not waste hours searching for a non-existent button. Do not climb a ladder to press a corroded pinhole. Use these smarter, faster, non-destructive software methods. Your back (and your sanity) will thank you.
By mastering these three software methods, you will never need to hang a ladder again just to poke a paperclip into a rusty hole. Reset smarter, not harder.
Resetting a Dahua IP camera without a physical reset button is common in older or high-security models. You can perform a factory reset or password recovery using , web interfaces , or internal circuit bridging . 1. Reset via Dahua ConfigTool (XML Method)
Keep the pins shorted for about 20-30 seconds , then release. The camera will reboot into its uninitialized factory state. 4. VMS Software (SmartPSS)