I am new to Blue Iris, but I really like the software. I purchased a 4 camera Xmarto nvr. I can connect those 4 cameras to Blue Iris, but I added 4 more cameras, but they are in N1 Communication Protocol. Can I link Blue Iris to the NVR system to view all cameras? Also, can I use the NVR to bring up saved alerts in Blue Iris?
Connect Blue Iris to Xmarto NVR?
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An NVR and BI/PC are each their own type of VMS system, so you cannot use BI to pull up saved video or alerts in the NVR and vice versa.
As long as the cameras are ONVIF compatible you can usually pull them into BI by typing in the IP address of the camera, username, password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
I don't know about that particular NVR, but here is how we have taken an NVR and essentially used it as a POE switch to bring the cameras into BI.
In BI, you select add camera and put the IP address of the NVR into the IP address location. Put in username and password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
Then about halfway down is a pull down for Camera number and pick camera 1 and then hit ok. The camera should show up. Then add camera and the select copy and copy this camera and then change the number 1 to a 2 and then repeat for your cameras by selecting add camera and add IP address of NVR and selecting next camera number.
OR depending on your NVR, in BI it may populate all the cameras in the main and substream pulldown boxes and you just select a camera number and then add another camera and select the next pulldown.
OR if all your cameras are connected to a POE switch, as long as you have an extra open port, you can connect the switch to the BI computer and bring in each camera separately via esch IP address.
As long as the cameras are ONVIF compatible you can usually pull them into BI by typing in the IP address of the camera, username, password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
I don't know about that particular NVR, but here is how we have taken an NVR and essentially used it as a POE switch to bring the cameras into BI.
In BI, you select add camera and put the IP address of the NVR into the IP address location. Put in username and password and hit find/inspect and let BI do its thing.
Then about halfway down is a pull down for Camera number and pick camera 1 and then hit ok. The camera should show up. Then add camera and the select copy and copy this camera and then change the number 1 to a 2 and then repeat for your cameras by selecting add camera and add IP address of NVR and selecting next camera number.
OR depending on your NVR, in BI it may populate all the cameras in the main and substream pulldown boxes and you just select a camera number and then add another camera and select the next pulldown.
OR if all your cameras are connected to a POE switch, as long as you have an extra open port, you can connect the switch to the BI computer and bring in each camera separately via esch IP address.