Hikvision cURL Enable or Disable IR LED

Here is how to turn on or off the IR LED on my Hikvision Camera using a cURL command, you can use it on your camera's as well.


cURL Command:
curl -T irlight_on.xml http://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:80/ISAPI/System/Hardware

curl -T irlight_off.xml http://admin:12345@192.168.1.100:80/ISAPI/System/Hardware


Contents of irlight_on.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<HardwareService xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema" version="2.0">
<IrLightSwitch>
<mode>open</mode>
</IrLightSwitch>
</HardwareService>

Contents of irlight_off.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<HardwareService xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver20/XMLSchema" version="2.0">
<IrLightSwitch>
<mode>close</mode>
</IrLightSwitch>
</HardwareService>