Upgrading - What is compatable with QC824 NVR

[Zeebrock]

I have a Q-See system, 4x QCN8012B cams and a QC824 NVR. I'd like to add a better night vision turret type camera like the Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z.

However, I don't know if it will be compatible with my NVR, can anyone confirm it will work or better yet recommend a good camera that will work. I do not want to replace the NVR at this time, it's working great for my needs.

Thanks.

 

[Zeebrock]

Anyone help out at all?

Thanks.

 

[alastairstevenson]

a QC824 NVR

What options does this (fairly uncommon therefore probably why no responses) NVR have for 3rd party cameras?
ONVIF or Generic RTSP would be candidate methods.

 

[Zeebrock]

I believe it is compatible with ONVIF 2.0

 

[jeff stearns]

I believe that Dahua made the QCN8012B cameras which came with QC824 NVR. (In fact, I think that Q-See generally sells (or used to sell) Dahua cameras badged with the Q-See name. The camera firmware may be somewhat customized for Q-See.)

Thus I suspect that you'd have a decent chance with Dahua cameras.

The QC824 system claims to be ONVIF compatible, but that doesn't really narrow things down much. The ONVIF spec has so many loopholes and options that claiming compatibility is like saying that they're "compatible with electricity". I have a QC824 and spent a couple of afternoons trying to get it to work with other ONVIF cameras. Didn't make much progress. I didn't have good network snooping gear at the time, so I couldn't look at what was happening on the wire, though.

 

[jeff stearns]

The QC824 User Manual (v2.6 11/7/13) says "As of this writing, this NVR supports IP cameras made by: Dahua, Arecont Vision, Axis, Canon, Dynacolor, Panasonic, Samsung, Sanyo, Sony and Onvif."

For what that's worth.