Updating Uniview IP camera firmware
Uniview offers firmware updating via cloud server. There are multiple ways of upgrading the firmware for your IP cameras.

Method 1. Updating From The NVR

1. Log into the Main Menu of the recorder.

2. Navigate to Camera > Camera > Advanced

3. Click on the “By Cloud” button for each camera that needs to be upgraded. Each camera can also be selected by clicking on its check box and then clicking the “By Cloud” icon to the right.
   

Method 2. Updating From The NVR Web Interface

1. Log into the NVR’s web interface.

2. Navigate to the Setup menu and then select Camera in the left hand menu.

3. Navigate to the Advanced settings tab

4. In the list of cameras, find the cameras that need to be upgraded and click the “By Cloud” Button
   

5. The camera's status list will then display “Downloading” followed by “Uploading %” and then finished off with “Upgrading.” After it is done upgrading the camera will reboot.

Method 3. Upgrading From Camera Web Interface

1. Login to the camera’s web interface.

2. Navigate to Setup > System> Maintenance.

3. Locate the Cloud Upgrade “Detect” button and click it.
   

4. The camera will display “A New Version Detected for Upgrade.”

5. Then click the “Cloud Upgrade” button again.
   
   

6. The camera web interface will then show a camera is updating overlay.
   

Method 4. Updating From EZTools

1. Open the EZTools program

2. Select the Upgrade Tab on the Left side

3. Click on the Online Upgrade Tab

4. Checkmark the Device you would like to upgrade

5. Click on the Upgrade button on the bottom right corner
   

6. Once the “Online Upgrade” button is clicked, the EZTools will automatically search for newer firmware for the selected devices. A popup will show the current device firmware and the newest version available.

7. Check off each device that you want to upgrade on the left hand side and click the OK button at the bottom.
   
    

8. The status of the device(s) will begin updating.
   

9. After the update is done the device will then reboot. The update should read successful.

Method 5. Updating From EZView App

1. Open the EZView app and navigate to the main menu in the upper left hand corner of the app.

2. Select the Devices tab. The device that has a red circle next to it shows that an update is available for the recorder or the cameras. (If it does not appear, then there is no newer update available.)
   

3. Click on the
   device and select the P2P Upgrade button.
   

4. In the next menu select all of the devices that have the red circles next to them, which indicates that they need to be firmware updated.
   
   
   
   
   
    

5. Click on the “Start Upgrade” button at the bottom of the screen. The update will take some time depending on how many devices and the internet speed.
   

6. After giving the recorder enough time, check back to the app to see if all of the red circles are gone, then you’ll know that all selected devices upgraded successfully.