Mini PTZ camera impressions! 2015 PTZ camera of the year? AVOID THIS CAMERA
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Then I suppose I'm waiting for another shoe to drop. How long was the delay from delivery to invoice?
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They wouldn't deliver without payment first. I paid online whilst I was on holiday and arranged for shipment to happen when I was back home. When the driver turned up he asked for payment as he hadn't been notified. When I told him I paid online he wanted the reference number.
Aw..then this is reaffirmation that I'm special! 
Thanks ElGato!
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i connect camera Huisun 2MP 10X PTZ in nvr 7808n-e2 and client pc ivms 4200.
I activated continuous recording and motion detect, but into ivms 4200 "playback remoto" I do not have record in search "playback vca";
It is not supported?
I activated continuous recording and motion detect, but into ivms 4200 "playback remoto" I do not have record in search "playback vca";
It is not supported?
I've had a few days with the Huisun 2MP 10x PTZ bullets, after it took the US postal service a complete 7 day week to move the cameras north 400 miles for delivery. DHL brought it from China all the way to the USA and handed it off to the post office in half a weekend. That is public versus private sector efficiency for you.
The image quality is fine but the firmware is lacking in many ways.
First, I tried configuring it with Chrome, where the web interface appears to be working but it actually is not because the plugin is required to change any settings and it will just silently fail to change settings if you are using Chrome. No big deal, I switched to firefox.
Then I started analyzing their proprietary/undocumented HTTP API and the damned thing requires each request to include an API key of sorts that only their web plugin can generate. I haven't been able to figure out how the key is generated and haven't gotten a response from the email I sent to Huisun.
Oh, and they don't seem to have a URL where you can request a jpeg snapshot.
So today we brought one of the cams up to its final position on a mountain and installed it and turned on FTP snapshot uploads. Every single snapshot is corrupt and worthless. So I'm going to have to have to rig a PC up there to pull h264 and extract snapshots from that, and it will probably have to be Blue Iris because at least Blue Iris has a working PTZ implementation for this camera.
I am very disappointed with Huisun right now.
The image quality is fine but the firmware is lacking in many ways.
First, I tried configuring it with Chrome, where the web interface appears to be working but it actually is not because the plugin is required to change any settings and it will just silently fail to change settings if you are using Chrome. No big deal, I switched to firefox.
Then I started analyzing their proprietary/undocumented HTTP API and the damned thing requires each request to include an API key of sorts that only their web plugin can generate. I haven't been able to figure out how the key is generated and haven't gotten a response from the email I sent to Huisun.
Oh, and they don't seem to have a URL where you can request a jpeg snapshot.
So today we brought one of the cams up to its final position on a mountain and installed it and turned on FTP snapshot uploads. Every single snapshot is corrupt and worthless. So I'm going to have to have to rig a PC up there to pull h264 and extract snapshots from that, and it will probably have to be Blue Iris because at least Blue Iris has a working PTZ implementation for this camera.
I am very disappointed with Huisun right now.
Ok, so apparently you CAN get jpeg snapshots via http but it has 3 problems. The snapshot is only 1280x720 resolution. The snapshot is only updated when the Onvif client asks for the snapshot URL. Requesting the snapshot does not require authentication.
What a joke.
FYI, the url is http://x.x.x.x/snapshot/snapshot_onvif.jpg
What a joke.
FYI, the url is http://x.x.x.x/snapshot/snapshot_onvif.jpg
Yeah it would.
I doubt it is compatible though.
Just tried reducing the FPS a lot so I could transcode the video efficiently on a low power PC, and if I set the FPS below 5 FPS, the video stream isn't stable. 5 FPS seems to be okay.
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Are you sure? I have latest firmware and it works, seems like a security hole. It should really prompt for a username /password
Maybe you have to first open the camera in ONVIF device manager once. That program will request the snapshot URL from the camera, then request a snapshot. That is how I discovered the URL... by sniffing the traffic with wireshark.
Anyway, the camera's version info is:
Program Version
V1.0.2 Build 201509160901
Control Version
MiniPtz_V1.0.2_build201509241507
Web Page Version
1.1.1 Build 20150924
Plugin Version
1.0.3.39
I'm sure. I even tried a few variations, including ones that work for the Hikvisions I have. http://x.x.x.x:port/onvif/snapshot and these work also without login prompt.
Again, from what I could tell the snapshot at http://x.x.x.x/snapshot/snapshot_onvif.jpg only gets updated when an ONVIF-speaking program asks the camera for the snapshot URL. ONVIF device manager for example does this when you open the camera. The request for the snapshot URL is repeated when you click on the small thumbnail image, causing the camera to refresh the snapshot.
So it makes sense if you have never opened the camera with this tool before then the URL would not load anything. It probably also clears the snapshot when the camera reboots, but maybe not?
So it makes sense if you have never opened the camera with this tool before then the URL would not load anything. It probably also clears the snapshot when the camera reboots, but maybe not?