Hi all, trying to get my head around what I have and where I should be going, hopefully someone can set me straight.
I have a 4-camera Swann DVR/analogue camera system at home, plus a separate PT Foscam wireless camera. In the office I have just bought a Hikvision NVR which is connected to an AMBEYE ONVIF IP cam. I plan to get a 2nd cam at the office which will probably be a Hikvsion for ease and compatibility.
I have a trial of Blue Iris, from which I can see the foscam and the Office cam at the same time.
Ideally I would like to be able to see all the cameras from the same software. Again Ideally I would like to be able to store all the footage on the hikvision. I have a feeling however that
a) the swann system, although I can access it from web browser, is not going to work with any other software because the cams aren't IP - but is that right? I can obviously connect to the swann recorder via IP.
b) Although Blue Iris can see both cams (and presumably the 3rd cam when I get it) I don't think the Hikvision is going to be able to connect to the Foscam.
(Home and office are connected by VPN)
I don't mind struggling to get a solution to work, as long as I know that it should work in the end but I'm too new to this to understand which systems are actually capable of talking to each other
TIA for any advice.
I have a 4-camera Swann DVR/analogue camera system at home, plus a separate PT Foscam wireless camera. In the office I have just bought a Hikvision NVR which is connected to an AMBEYE ONVIF IP cam. I plan to get a 2nd cam at the office which will probably be a Hikvsion for ease and compatibility.
I have a trial of Blue Iris, from which I can see the foscam and the Office cam at the same time.
Ideally I would like to be able to see all the cameras from the same software. Again Ideally I would like to be able to store all the footage on the hikvision. I have a feeling however that
a) the swann system, although I can access it from web browser, is not going to work with any other software because the cams aren't IP - but is that right? I can obviously connect to the swann recorder via IP.
b) Although Blue Iris can see both cams (and presumably the 3rd cam when I get it) I don't think the Hikvision is going to be able to connect to the Foscam.
(Home and office are connected by VPN)
I don't mind struggling to get a solution to work, as long as I know that it should work in the end but I'm too new to this to understand which systems are actually capable of talking to each other
TIA for any advice.
