Annke C800, Annke 4K NVR & Home Assistant | The Motion sensor is working!

[@bartborowski1770]

Hi KPeyanski! This works fantastically with Annke C1200 cameras as well, I was able to pull in snapshots and live view using WebRTC into the HA. Motion sensor works the same as on your example. I didn't need to flash any soft into it. You are doing great job here! Please note that you need to use H.264 compression standard! Otherwise it won't work with HA. I also used GuardingVision windows app to configure the camera, works more smoothly than the web view.

[@KPeyanski]

Glad to help and thanks for the info!

[@JesseG2573]

Great video. I have a couple of Annke Cams. You are correct, they are rebranded Hikvision. I flash the Hikvision firmware on all of mine and they work perfectly, you just have to know which version to use. BTW, It also voids your warranty... I really enjoy watching your walkthrough tutorials and content you provide. See ya next Wednesday!!

[@KPeyanski]

Hi Jesse, thanks for the comment and for the great work. I was just thinking what Hikvision firmware gives you more than the Annke FW? p.s. Definitely see ya next Wednesday :)

[@JesseG2573]

@@KPeyanski I don't notice much of a difference except the fact that Hikvision releases firmware updates more often than Anker. Initially I had some issues that Annke couldn't resolve - 100 email exchanges. That is when I decided to flash to Hikvision. Out of my 9 cams, 3 Are Annke; 2 CZ500 and 1 C800. The CZ500 are Hikvision Dark fighter series. A real beast with 25X optical zoom. When you log into the Annke web browser you can tell in a side by side that it's Hikvision. See you next week. Stay safe!

[@marcus3d]

Do the NVR, and the hikvision detection and other functions work locally without an internet connection? I.e., will I have to give China full access to all my cameras?

[@frankiepibbs]

Were you able to enable the Human / Vehicle and not only motion into Home Assistant, as the ANNKE C800 have in the new firmwares since 2 years?

[@limitedrespawns]

Hi, I have an N48PAW DVR like yours and I have the dome cameras attached to it. When I follow the above in VLC all I get is static and no image, do you know any fixes?

[@igorcicimov6234]

The dome is more expensive because it's more sturdy, I've seen people take a hummer to it and it survived.

[@KPeyanski]

thanks for the info

[@TwanJaarsveld1]

great video but will it work as separate cameras in Home Assistant if you connect all 4 to the nvr i'm thinking about the WS300 and i want to use those for Frigate

[@alexvanhecke4594]

Nice video again

[@KPeyanski]

Glad you liked it, Alex! Cheers!

[@tomjones2860]

I would love to see a video on how to move Motion eye from the old school way to install it into HA (with Config edit) to the new "built in" integration... Is it seamless to just accept the new HA integration? Will it preserve/change all of the YAML edits?

[@KPeyanski]

Hi there, Tom I have a motionEye video check it out - kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2Oam6x7mKpoorc

[@senj3ru]

when check, have error Platform error binary_sensor.hiksivion - Integration 'hiksivion' not found.

[@martysewell4168]

The dome is PTZ ? That's why it cost more

[@KPeyanski]

I'm not sure about the PTZ as I'm not seeing it in the specification, but from what I understand the dome is a IK10 rated vandal-proof camera and that is the reason behind the price.

[@sunnygu4629]

Hi Kiril - great videos - I just want to ask your opinion of Reolink vs Annke particularly in regards to Home Assistant and Google Home integration? Thanks

[@KPeyanski]

They both can work with HA as long as they support RTSP protocol and most of Reolink & ANNKE models have that support. Regarding the Google Home I'm not an expert there as I'm using Alexa and I cannot tell you my opinion first hand.

[@vpnobrega]

Hello, in annke nvr software, you can receive alerts about person detection or vehicles detection? Some reolink cameras have this feature but i didnt know if annke have this feature.

[@KPeyanski]

Yes, Annke also released some models with AI (person & vehicle detection) I can't tell you the exact models, but check their website and you will find it.

[@MrDenisJoshua]

Thanks a lot for the video ...but how can I use that calculator please ? (09:00)

[@KPeyanski]

On macOS just press command + space and then type...

[@MrDenisJoshua]

@@KPeyanski Sorry... I didn't understand that you use Mac :-)

[@lecheelemental4739]

Windows + R then type calc

[@MrDenisJoshua]

@@lecheelemental4739 I know the windows calc :-) But I like that one

[@TheAramis0]

Hi, I'm getting this error in HA "This entity ('camera.annke_c800_sub') does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI. See the documentation for more detail." not sure where is the issue but not getting this live view from my DVR

[@danmitchell6649]

I'm getting the exact same issue. Any thoughts​ @KPeyanski ?

[@dannyssl23]

Hi Kiril! Great video. I have the exact same NVR and C800. I've followed the steps and i can see the RTSP stream on VLC but i can't get it to work in Homeassistant(using the exact same rtsp). I do have another IPCam outside of the NVR that i had no issue with in Home Assistant. I also tried the motion sensor and it also does not work. it seems like my nvr is not allowing home assistant. Any ideas?

[@KPeyanski]

are the NVR and HA in the same network and vlan?

[@dannyssl23]

@@KPeyanski OH! VLAN.. Thanks a lot!

[@alienxgaming5796]

hi, i have a doubt . can i get the output display by hdmi port in rasberry pi where i installed home assistant??

[@KPeyanski]

Sure, but you will either see a console window if you are using HA OS or for example your OS (like raspberry os) if you have HA supervised installation.

[@vpnobrega]

This is better than reolink nvr kit?

[@KPeyanski]

It depends, the Home Assistant integration works better with ANNKE/Hikvision, but Reolink interface is better overall.

[@fineas4]

I just bought the H800 camera set (I think there are 8 x C800 camera) and I didn't install them yet, but as far the quality looks pretty good. I can't wait to install them and see them live The only "problem" is, the NVR would be in attic and I would like to have a monitor in house (that means I have to connect a hdmi for monitor and usb for mouse into the house, that is a challenge)

[@KPeyanski]

Thanks for sharing. Good choice

[@intech7863]

well mine come without controler hmm annke

[@KPeyanski]

What do you mean? How come?

[@eugenponiatowski946]

Geek

[@KPeyanski]

Thanks, I guess ;)