Hikvision with 3rd Party Cameras?

[bigzaj]

I have 3 SnapAV IP cameras which I purchased ~18 months ago. I believe they are rebranded Hunt cameras.

Based on the new app from Snap and their new Luma NVR, I think they are rebranding Hikvision now. I'd like to expand to 10 cameras (+7 new Hikvision) but still keep my existing 3 if possible. Will Hikvision support 3rd party cameras with the NVR?

 

[alastairstevenson]

On the Hikvision 76xx series NVRs, even if the cameras are not on the drop-down of supported brands, generally you can get them connected for recording only with either a Generic RTSP connection (custom protocol method) or an ONVIF choice.

 

[bigzaj]

Does motion sensing and alerts (e.g. iOS notifications) happen from the camera or nvr? To ask differently will this functionality be available using RTSP?

 

[alastairstevenson]

To ask differently will this functionality be available using RTSP?

An RTSP connection will give recording only.
An ONVIF connection can give motion recording if the camera supports ONVIF push/pull event notifications. Many do not.
The events generated if any, by the camera, can be checked with the 'Events' page of the open-source Windows tool ONVIF Device Manager from sourceforge.net

 

[peterdewolf]

I've got an ONVIF camera connected to my Hikvision NVR. The NVR will not support motion detection with it no matter how I configure it. But it does record 24/7

 

[alastairstevenson]

The NVR will not support motion detection with it no matter how I configure it.

But does the camera actually generate event notifications via ONVIF?
ONVIF Device Manager will allow you to confirm if it does or not, on the 'Events' page.

 

[peterdewolf]

The camera is an Avtech and yes it does support event notification and motion detection in the Avtech software, and their NVRs and in my Mac's Security Spy, ( software NVR ) but I stopped using that option very quickly in any of my cameras since I began using IP cams several years ago. I was getting notifications for headlights, birds, spiders, cats, foxes, the moon, sunlight dropping in and out of clouds, rain, snow.:mad-new: Melted my head. iVMS also wouldn't show the camera in the software until I added the NVR itself to the device list, then it showed up and I could add it to the camera windows. I'll poke around and see if I can get the NVR to show event notifications for it. I only have it up and running a few days and it's a bit of a handful to get used to, my first NVR. :shame:

 

[alastairstevenson]

Yes, but the camera ONVIF implementation may not support event notifications. This can be confirmed via ONVIF Device Manager.

 

[peterdewolf]

HMM I'm on a Mac, I don't have ONVIF device manager, doesn't seem to be available for mac either.