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General_IPC-HX5XXX-Volt_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_MCF_V2.840.0000000.20.R.220831.bin

EmpireTech firmware released Aug 31, 2022. May work with 26 devices, including IPC-HDW4243H-E2-AST, IPC-HDW4243H-E2-ST, IPC-HDW4449H-E2-AST.

Released
Aug 31, 2022
Version
V2.840.0000000.20.R
Size
77.7 MB
Hardware
26 devices

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MD5
717a11c4b450b20abb147d9f81999846
SHA-256
2ab9b13cffa3c7a642c274baaf88664a675b6e56b01f6420de0fad618376c12c
Changelog
Release notes

Where it's published

Compatible hardware

Hardware IDs this firmware's installer accepts (26 devices).

Where these IDs come from
  • hwid: the device's own hardware check list, 26 IDs
  • Install: the installer's device list (board families), 1 ID, vendor General (not counted: a more specific list exists)
  • check.img: the device's own hardware check list, 26 IDs

Technical details

Read from inside the firmware (dahua package (zip variant)).

SoC
HiSilicon Hi3516CV500
Architecture
arm
OEM build
General
Flash
128.0 MB
Image dates
Aug 31, 2022
Security
Signed, encrypted, security baseline V2.1
Language & video
English by default · 23 languages · PAL
Supported languages (23)

English, TradChinese, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Russian, French, German, Portuguese, Turkish, Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Korean, Czech, Dutch, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Arabic, SpanishEU, Hebrew, Thai, Indonesian

Flash layout: 16 partitions, 8 written by this firmware

From the firmware's partition table (partitionV2.txt).

PartitionStartEndSizeImageFilesystemBuilt
mini-Boot0x00x1000001.0 MBnot written——
U-Boot0x2000000x3000001.0 MBdhboot.bin.img—2022-08-31
updateflag0x3000000x4000001.0 MBnot written——
hwid0x4000000x480000512.0 KBnot written——
config0x4800000xa800006.0 MBnot writtenubi—
backup0xa800000x10800006.0 MBnot writtenubi—
syslog0x10800000x16800006.0 MBnot writtenubi—
partition(ro)0x16800000x1700000512.0 KBpartition-x.cramfs.imgcramfs2022-08-31
dgs0x17000000x18000001.0 MBnot written——
kernel_min0x18000000x1a000002.0 MBkernel_min.img—2022-08-31
romfs_min(ro)0x1a000000x1e800004.5 MBromfs_min-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2022-08-31
bakpart(ro)0x1e800000x1f00000512.0 KBpartition-x-bak.cramfs.imgcramfs2022-08-31
appdata0x1f000000x25000006.0 MBnot writtenubi—
Kernel0x25000000x29000004.0 MBkernel.img—2022-08-31
romfs(ro)0x29000000x520000041.0 MBromfs-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2022-08-31
firmware(ro)0x52000000x800000046.0 MBfirmware-x.squashfs.imgsquashfs2022-08-31

About the security baseline: firmware with a higher security baseline can stop a device going back to older firmware. A device already on a higher baseline than V2.1 may refuse this file, and after installing it you may not be able to downgrade to firmware with a lower baseline.

Other files for much of the same hardware, from any vendor.