

The scheme will be: laptop/computer and the camera goes to the switch.

The computer and the camera will hook up to this switch. You can check this page containing the firmware for Hikvision IP cameras. For the Hikvision USA equipment, the firmware can be found on the Hikvision US website, for the OEM versions you need to contact your supplier/reseller.

This is the tricky part, you need to get the right firmware version for your camera, otherwise, the reflash procedure won’t go through.
HIKVISION TFTP SERVER FOR WINDOWS 10 HOW TO
This guide shows how to reflash or reformat a Hikvision IP camera or NVR/DVR. If your camera gets powered on but you don’t see the camera’s IP address, or it doesn’t get detected by the recorder, or you see the IP address but cannot access the camera, then you may try to reflash the firmware. You may have heard the terms bricked or dead camera which another way of saying that the camera’s firmware is messed up. Often the Hikvision cameras go bad or the software gets corrupted.
