help with DuhuaSunriseSunset application

[idiskjock]

I can't seem to get this to work. The long and lat values are good and i see the correct hours for the profiles to switch. However, i can't get the cameras added. Host name and port, i am using the NVR IP address and the port, zoom and focus left blank, username and password are what i use to configure my NVR, i clicked the use https. When i click simulate day/night, the error log shows:

1/21/2018 TriggerSunsetActions
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Exception thrown at 1/21/2018
System.Net.WebException: The operation has timed out
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(Uri address)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(String address)
at DahuaSunriseSunset.ServiceWrapper.<>c.<TriggerSunsetActions>b__8_0(CameraDefinition cam)

 

[0blar]

Try to put Camera IP address instead of nvr ip

 

[idiskjock]

I just tried that and this is what i am seeing in the error log:

Exception thrown at 1/21/2018
System.Net.WebException: Unable to connect to the remote server ---> System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond (camera's IP/Port)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.ServicePoint.ConnectSocketInternal(Boolean connectFailure, Socket s4, Socket s6, Socket& socket, IPAddress& address, ConnectSocketState state, IAsyncResult asyncResult, Exception& exception)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(Uri address)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadString(String address)
at DahuaSunriseSunset.ServiceWrapper.<>c.<TriggerSunsetActions>b__8_0(CameraDefinition cam)

 

[idiskjock]

The error sounds like its not finding my cameras. Is there a setting that i need to configure on the camera itself? The cameras are connected to an NVR, which the NVR is connected to a router

 

[0blar]

Does your NVR has POE build in ?
Can you ping your camera from your pc ?

 

[idiskjock]

yes, built in POE

 

[0blar]

try to plug the pc where your DuhuaSunriseSunset application is running into one of the nvr POE port to get into the same network range

 

[looney2ns]

Unless you can access your cameras --direct-- via their individual IP's, this won't work in your case.
It won't work going through the NVR's IP.

 

[idiskjock]

try to plug the pc where your DuhuaSunriseSunset application is running into one of the nvr POE port to get into the same network range

This works once i have my PC plugged into the NVR. Thanks.

Since my PC isnt close to my NVR, is there a way for me to connect to the cameras IP without plugging into the NVR?

 

[0blar]

use a POE switch PoE Switch Suggestion List
This is why i prefere to have a non poe nvr and a POE switch

 

[reneg]

I haven't gotten around to playing with it yet, but I've been looking at a python script that was referenced in this forum a while back. Last post in linked thread points to GitHub for the script - Astronomic time settings for automatic day night changes with sunrise and sunset . If I understand the python code correctly, it looks like it can change the sunrise/sunset camera settings through the NVR.