@JimS
I am pete_c on the IP Cam Talk forum. Peer David L wrote the 101 and I helped a bit.
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Its been running stable for me for a long time now and have not touched it.
I have it streaming to my Omnitouch screens, Homeseer Touchscreens, Zoneminder and Blue Iris (don't really like Blue Iris much - it was given to me though to evaluate it.). Using source (3) streams and the rest are via proxies.
The mike, chime and motion sensors firmware are mostly related to the Android app.
You can adjust the mike and motion sensor using
only an old version (3.0.2.6) of the Hikvision Batch Configuration program.
Sometimes when it gets overworked it loses the chime capability. There you have to use the Android app to enable the chime. PITA.
Since limiting it to 3 streams I have not had any hiccups.
Changing the IP with Hikvision Batch configuration is easy and you have to reboot it once you change the static IP. You can leave it at DHCP and use a static IP with DHCP via your PFSense firewall.
And only using Hikvision firmware 5.2.4 Build 200321
Using Hikvision Batch Configuration enable ONVIF first.
A while back someone did write an Hikvision ONVIF to MQTT add on which does work. That said the HA Hikvision ONVIF add on sees the motion sensors et al fine.
My old Nutone chime works fine with the Hikvision Doorbell. I did tweak the connections for the alarm panel here using an Elk Debounce and Elk doorbell circuit board and later on added a current sensor which works the best.
I could never get the PIR adjusted just right ....it was always too sensitive or not sensitive enough. I put an outdoor 433Mhz PIR near the front door which is connected to a Tasmota 433Mhz hub and works well. I have it also connected to a Tasmota ESP01 which connects to a zone on the alarm panel.
There is also an Alexa show video add on which works OK. "Alexa show the front door"
You are allowed only three streams from the Hikvision Doorbell. Here proxy the RTSP stream with HA.
Pushing it some you will cause it to reset and go to AP mode. Here utilize the WLAN connection to the AP mode and the Hikvision Batch configuration program to reset it. (no android app is required) once you have configured your Hikvision Batch Configuration application to log in to the device via AP mode. Once in the device just change it to wireless client mode.