Networking a Hikvision NVR to a Non-Hikvision ONVIF IP Camera

[@rsh4689]

I rarely comment, but I just had thank you for this in-depth tutorial. I finally can view my cameras on the web all thanks to your detailed video. Thanks !

[@WentworthCCTV]

Thank You. We try to help!

[@kentkennetsen5757]

Finally, a video explaining how to get your camera on your hikivision dvr and the camera is a different make. I have had so many problems with this. Here was an explanation so that you found the solution, but you also learned how to do it yourself in the future. Thanks.

[@WentworthCCTV]

You're welcome. Glad the video helped out!

[@prinzozomelato2163]

Much appreciated, from South Africa 🇿🇦

[@josephmcnamee9338]

Thank you so much. I was stuck for days, I then watched your video and it was fixed in seconds. I’m so happy. This video was so very understanding and thank you

[@WentworthCCTV]

Your welcome!

[@renierjoubert9176]

Is it necessary to use a POE switch? Can't the camera receive power through the NVR port?

[@TheBeauhope]

Thanks for yours excellent clearly explained videos. Just a question: I have hikvision DVR 7200 Connected to fibre optique router. I can see my recoding. But the DVR is offline. And I don't know how to fix it. I hope to get your help on this

[@Tubeinnit]

Excellent guide, thanks very much! So i now have 3 of my ONVIF bullet cams & Hikvision NVR hooked up to my uplink switch & can log into my NVR using Internet Explorer to view them in 'Live View' as you show at the end of your video, which is great! 👍 However, I'm a little confused as to whether I should now physically leave the cams permanently connected to the uplink switch? I assumed once I'd obtained their ip addresses, I would be able to reconnect them directly back into my NVR, but after removing the uplink switch & plugging my NVR LAN back into my router & cameras back into the NVR POE ports I'm still unable to find my cameras. This channel has been a great help, thank you 😊

[@WentworthCCTV]

The NVRs built in PoE switch is easier with Hikvision cameras. It’s plug and play. For ONVIF cameras, I would leave the cameras connected to the PoE switch and manually connect the cameras to the NVR as you did.

[@Tubeinnit]

@@WentworthCCTV ok that's great, thanks again for posting these video guides, been a huge help!! 🙂👍🏼

[@Truth5468]

Awesome video thank you for making it definitely helpful.

[@WentworthCCTV]

Thank You, that is why I do it!

[@barbul4758]

Thx for the helpful video, can you show us how can you add honeywell camera to Hikvision NVR using ONVIF, didn't find a video for it.

[@WentworthCCTV]

I can.

[@mut3084]

Thank you for this helpful video! I have a question, is it possible to connect Onvif smart ip camera to Hik vision NVR with the same network? This camera has its own adapter and doesn't have LAN connector so I can't use PoE switch.

[@WentworthCCTV]

What is it a wireless camera without LAN? If you can find it on your wireless network by IP address, you should be able to connect it to the NVR manually.

[@mikaereaubrey]

Can this be done minus the switch please… just with PC and NVR??? Thanks from NZ

[@EutycusNjoroge-o7z]

hello can you do a video on how to connect a hik vision joystick to a dahua nvr with a dahua ptz camera

[@montycline5819]

I have a Honeywell NVR and I am trying to follow this instruction to add one of these generic cameras to this NVR. I do not have a POE switch but I do have a power supply for the camera. Can I use a regular switch and the power adapter for the camera? Is there anyway to find the cameras on my pc when they are connected to the NVR?

[@stoneschanify]

Hi, yes ,you can use a power supply to power the camera and just use the Cat5 to connect it to the network switch... it still works the same wsy.

[@sasantarom]

What if you just give an ip of 192.168. 254.xxx to the camera and don't change the NVR internal IP? Thx

[@Tubeinnit]

So I should leave my ONVIF cameras connected up via the uplink switch permanently? Thanks again 🙂👍🏼

[@WentworthCCTV]

Yes sir

[@juliantoon4502]

can you do the same scenario with the hilook nvr s which is essentially a hikvision product

[@WentworthCCTV]

Yes. Hilook is ONVIF compliant, and it will work with Hikvision or Dahua.

[@juliantoon4502]

@@WentworthCCTV thank you again

[@directorski]

Great video thanks, however, I have tried this using a static IP address on a Reolink camera but it doesn't connect, it does work if I leave the camera in DHCP mode but the Hik NVR assigns an address outside my network gateway?

[@WentworthCCTV]

Is the ONVIF camera plugged into a PoE switch, or the NVR built in PoE directly? The Hikvision NVR has no routing capabilities. It's not a router. The only way it would be trying to give the IP camera an IP address is if the ONVIF IP camera is plugged directly into the built in PoE switch of the NVR. If that is the case, the NVR will try to program the camera at the address pre-configured for that channel. Usually, the built in PoE ports go from 192.168.254.2 - 192.168.254.17 on a 16 channel NVR. So, if that is what is happening it does not matter the camera is outside of your network gateway. There are two LANs for a PoE NVR, the main LAN (which is an IP address given by your router) and a secondary which is for the cameras plugged into the built in PoE only. Hopefully that makes sense.

[@directorski]

@@WentworthCCTVthanks for the reply, yes I was directly into the POE on the NVR, forgive my ignorance, new to this. So I can still use the NVR POE ports to add Hik cameras? Is that a standard switch recommended?

[@WentworthCCTV]

@@directorski yes, the NVR will auto add Hikvision Cameras. I am surprised it auto programmed the Reolink to be honest. I have never come across a Reolink in the field, but Dahua, Lorex, Digital Watch Dog, etc. all have to be networked through a PoE switch and added manually. They will not auto configure with the built in PoE switch. Good for you, that made it easy for you!

[@brianrooney7848]

Great Video, especially the stand alone, ( No Internet Part) I have 16 cameras in the NVR POE ports, How can I add more cameras, I need 8 More Thanks

[@alexramsey4618]

Is this NVR compatible with Dahua/Honeywell POE cameras please?

[@ozzDeveveloperOpenForWork]

How about connecting a Sony camera to a router using a switch? I have 65 cameras and trying to add more how can I find the ip of the cameras for the new cameras that are not connected to the servers?

[@ChristopherButler-c3i]

I have 3 onvif cameras connected to my DS-7608NI-I2/8P directly to the poe ports , the cameras work fine but from time to time 1/3 not always the same freezes and I have to reboot the nvr any ideas, and does onvif cameras on this nvr support event manager movement.... , when configuring always getting error??? thanks

[@WentworthCCTV]

Go into channel encoding and reduce fps to 15. It sounds like camera settings are too high for NVR Mbps. This is why for smaller systems it’s better to get IP cameras with micro sd storage and do away with the NVR all together cameras are getting better and better

[@northwanderer800]

thanks for the great video... wish i even had this problem... i have 12 hkvision cameras all tested working cables failing to show up on a hkvision NVR unit i just dont get it... 1 works then all others say either connecting or disconnected i thought its meant to be plug and play.. you would think a trillion dollar company like hk to actually have a smooth ui experience.. they are getting better for sure but its quite sub par in my opinion maybe they need to hire somone from the US for the UI only.. the tech is already great.

[@WentworthCCTV]

That sounds odd. if they are new Hikvision cameras and a new Hikvision NVR they should be plug and play. Are they real Hikvision cameras and not OEM with another label? Are they brand new cameras that you have never logged into prior to installing with the NVR? If so, I would take each camera individually and reset to factor defaults to let the NVR reprogram.

[@Tarantuladark]

My camera doesn't support poe, If my camera and NVR connected to same network does it works?

[@mrinvader]

thanks ramis farman!!

[@WentworthCCTV]

You are welcome

[@elliedq]

We need help getting cameras to show on new hikvision nvr. we are on our third hikvision nvr. we have a couple of year old amcrest ip 4k cameras - 10 cameras total. we followed your help videos on hikvision with non hikvision cameras - we can see them in the menu but they aren't connected. we have one compatible hikvision camera and that didn't show up either. is there any way you could help us ?

[@WentworthCCTV]

If you see them in the menu, are they on the same gateway as NVR? Go into network settings in NVR. If NVR is at 192.168.1.xxx the cameras must also be on that same gateway. Once that is verified, if they are new cameras you must activate them and assign admin passwords. The IP addresses and passwords need to be entered into the channel settings of the NVR. If they are not Hikvision cameras you must do all of this manually for cameras to appear.

[@donh8563]

What if switch doesn’t have a port labeled Lan or uplink?

[@WentworthCCTV]

There are switches like that. You can use any of the PoE ports in that case. They serve as LAN as well.

[@guyaldrich5878]

I have a laview LV-PWL2-W wifi camera ,how can I view this on a computer ?

[@WentworthCCTV]

Go to their website and download the client software www.laviewsecurity.com/cms/download/

[@guyaldrich5878]

Thank you for your help and very quick reply !@@WentworthCCTV

[@guyaldrich5878]

Unfortunately the link to the client software is dead. So how do I go about gathering the information I need ? They keep saying you can view ip camera's through any web browser but I can not do it even when I have all the information I think I need ! I can get other camera's working on a VLC stream and other ip camera viewers but never just a web browser ! I can not get the laview camera working on anything but my phone app !@@WentworthCCTV

[@WentworthCCTV]

Your very welcome@@guyaldrich5878

[@AishaNdagire-yh6it]

So good how can I get hard copy explanation

[@davidgooden219]

Good stuff

[@roland6339]

without Hikvision NVR, can you configure a non-hikvision onvif camera on the hik-connect application..?? or does the hik-connect application only accept hikvision material..?? my cameras don't even show up in the sadp...??? Thanks in advance for any info...

[@WentworthCCTV]

If your camera is not a Hikvision camera, it will not show up in SADP. You would have to find out what manufacturer it is and get its default IP address. Then log into it, change the default username and password. Change the IP address to one that is on the same network as the NVR and find the ONVIF port (usually 80) to manually add the camera to the Hikvision camera.

[@josephmcnamee9338]

Can you do a video now on how to correct illegal login alerts? I’m constantly getting them and have been for years

[@WentworthCCTV]

I can. Thank you.

[@MrRiveraprimo]

I am about to take on a big project and i need some tech support would you be interested in assisting once we come to a payment agremment?

[@dishonghclips]

I have tried and tried this process but I do not have manuals for the generic cameras I am trying to connect. One is a reolink camera and the other 3 are A-Zone cameras. I cannot find the IP address using the advanced IP scanner and I have every proper connection to do so. Can you please help :(

[@WentworthCCTV]

Use this to find your cameras www.softpedia.com/get/Network-Tools/Misc-Networking-Tools/ONVIF-Device-Manager.shtml

[@WentworthCCTV]

I believe Reolink also has their own client scanner if you google it but the ONVIF device manager should find them

[@dishonghclips]

@@WentworthCCTV I downloaded this device manager but I can't even figure out how to add said camera to the device manager or find it. I'm about to pull my hair out

[@WentworthCCTV]

This should find the reiolink camera support.reolink.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012466173-Reolink-Client

[@WentworthCCTV]

Any luck with the Reolink tool?

[@juliantoon4502]

good video how do you know what management port to use

[@WentworthCCTV]

The NVR LAN port and internet source gets plugged into the gigabit uplink ports. Cameras to PoE ports.

[@juliantoon4502]

@@WentworthCCTV im talking about the 8000 and 80 ports in the camera management tool when you set up the ip camera you changed it from 8000 to 80

[@juliantoon4502]

@@WentworthCCTV regards julian toon

[@WentworthCCTV]

@@juliantoon4502 You should use port 80 for HTTP and 8000 for the phone app. The NVR and cameras are both defaulted to those ports. You don't have to do anything. If you saw me use port 81 or 82 it is because I have multiple recorders on the same network while making the video. That isn't something you will experience most likely.

[@juliantoon4502]

@@WentworthCCTV great thanks mate your a big help regards julian NZ

[@mikee2056]

Excellent video, I am about to do this actually. I want to try a good quality 8MP Dahua camera and connect it to my current Hikvision NVR. One question, you showed how you set up the camera to the switch and change the IP address, but at what stage do you disconnect the ONVIF camera from that switch and plug it into the NVR. Is it done AFTER you have done everything in your video, or is it disconnected and connected to the NVR at some other stage prior to configuring the NVR with the new IP address. I'm just a little unsure of that stage. I will go back and listen to video again, maybe I missed it.

[@WentworthCCTV]

You do not plug the camera into the NVR. That built in PoE switch in the NVR is for Hikvision cameras. If you use OEM like Dahua, you keep the camera plugged into the POE switch and connect that switch to the same LAN as the camera.

[@mikee2056]

@@WentworthCCTV Thank you for the reply. I just misunderstood. Currently I have 3 x Dome CCTV plugged into a Hik NVR. I was wanting to add a Dahua to the NVR and make it 4 plugged in. So, if I am getting this right. Even after this, you cannot plug the ONVIF into the NVR it has to stay on the POE Switch. I was hoping you could just do away with the switch once configured and plug the ONVIF into the NVR direct. I can see why it is best to keep like cameras with like NVR's.

[@bobbyhenderson9419]

How do you log in to a camera if you don't have the IP or the gatewa password to change it to work on my NVR

[@WentworthCCTV]

If it is a Hikvision camera, you can locate the IP address by using SADP tool.

[@stoneschanify]

Why does this look like Dahua's interface? Are they owned by Dahua?

[@WentworthCCTV]

Capture is made by Dahua yes.

[@macipalika]

The Chinese camera has been connected but does not detect movement so recording does not start.

[@WentworthCCTV]

Log into the IP camera and make sure motion detection events are enabled in the camera itself. Also make sure sensitivity is at 50% or higher.

[@macipalika]

@@WentworthCCTV The camera works well with its own Android app. No motion detection with Desktop Hikvision Recorder. Only continuous recording goes on the hikvision recorder.

[@WentworthCCTV]

@@macipalika what brand camera is it?

[@macipalika]

Noname china ptz camera

[@macipalika]

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[@krayzieegg7294]

its a perfect video. except for the bad quality video

[@WentworthCCTV]

Thank you. We don’t have fancy audio video equipment it’s just a how to channel but thank you for the feedback

[@timfoster5043]

"dot" ..not "period"

[@WentworthCCTV]

I use both and people understand what we mean. But thank you for your version.

[@RelaxingVibes202]

How can i contact you,i need help with my hikvision ip camera.