Parsing raw DAT files from WVC210 IP cam

Hi,
Is there any information available about the raw DAT file format that cisco uses for the WvC210 IP camera's?
A surveillence system based on 2 WvC210 IP camera's was vandalised and we could salvage only the DAT files, the rest is trashed.
I've loaded the software onto a new system and put the DAT files in the correct location but nothing works on these files.
I can see structure in the raw data, so there is something there.
The validate tools and the DBTools don't have any effect so maybe the files are mangled.
But as a programmer I could parse the files and possibly pad stuff to get it working again.
It's really important we do a full effort to retrieve some evidence, any help is appreciated.
I've read most posts and I relalise the product is EOL, but all I need is the file structure, any tech docs available?
Regards,
Shaun

Hi Alan,
We have more .DAT files but no .rcd or other files.
Here is the full file list, showing bytes and filenames.
These are all the files that were recovered from the vandalised harddrive.
But I'll double check this just to be sure.
I'm guessing the naming convention is:
C00000/1 (camera number)
S00A ??
20120215 (year-month-day)
151302 (hr-min-sec)
37178 (??)
.dat (file extention)
15-02-2012 16:02           717.034 C00000S00A20120215130237178.dat
15-02-2012 16:40           819.238 C00000S00A20120215134037698.dat
15-02-2012 18:03           718.943 C00000S00A20120215150349680.dat
15-02-2012 19:06           935.351 C00000S00A20120215160626831.dat
15-02-2012 19:08           323.334 C00000S00A20120215160844811.dat
15-02-2012 14:37           971.580 C00001S00A20120215113659726.dat
15-02-2012 15:09           752.687 C00001S00A20120215120925565.dat
15-02-2012 16:00           563.281 C00001S00A20120215130006543.dat
15-02-2012 17:34           615.714 C00001S00A20120215143439943.dat
15-02-2012 17:34        22.921.555 C00001S00A20120215143441035.dat
15-02-2012 19:08           858.214 C00001S00A20120215160839377.dat
15-02-2012 19:13       132.448.256 C00001S00A20120215161340485.dat
15-02-2012 19:19       350.180.000 C00001S00A20120215161947209.dat
These are all the files we have and I've uploaded all to the google docs folder:
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8oCN_ZRP1rARTBFWW4tNHhRUEdxTmM0SV9SSTVsQQ

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