POE security camera system?
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Thanks. I'm using http://192.168.1.254:7000/mjpg/cam1
In a browser, it asks for the username and password and then brings up that camera.
In Dealer PC Access, nada....
In a browser, it asks for the username and password and then brings up that camera.
In Dealer PC Access, nada....
pete_c said:
pete_c
Guru
Besides there is a username and password field I am entering in PC Access.
That will not work for you. The firmware in PCA and Omnitouch 5.7e's is very limited.
I just went to PCA / camera configuration and changed the IP camera stuff a bit to see if it would work from what I wrote a couple of years back.
Tested it with ZM, Panasonic and an Axis server and streaming worked fine using jpg and mjpeg and panasonic.
Direct links to Pansonic, Axis and Grandstream IP cams work fine here for me. Rather go to the ZM box though.
Have a read here..
HAI CCTV PCA -1
HAI CCTV PCA -2
HAI Extended Setup PCA 3.11.0.674 FW 3.11
That will not work for you. The firmware in PCA and Omnitouch 5.7e's is very limited.
I just went to PCA / camera configuration and changed the IP camera stuff a bit to see if it would work from what I wrote a couple of years back.
Tested it with ZM, Panasonic and an Axis server and streaming worked fine using jpg and mjpeg and panasonic.
Direct links to Pansonic, Axis and Grandstream IP cams work fine here for me. Rather go to the ZM box though.
Have a read here..
HAI CCTV PCA -1
HAI CCTV PCA -2
HAI Extended Setup PCA 3.11.0.674 FW 3.11
Thank you. I read the threads above, but I'm not sure I understand. I am using Hikvision cameras into a Blue Iris server. I can bring up the mpeg stream of any of my cameras in any browser but it prompts me for the username and password.
Are you saying that the PCA fields for username and password are not working for mjpeg streams? So I would need to turn local authentication off in Blue Iris? Or?????
Are you saying that the PCA fields for username and password are not working for mjpeg streams? So I would need to turn local authentication off in Blue Iris? Or?????
pete_c
Guru
Are you saying that the PCA fields for username and password are not working for mjpeg streams?
username and password authentication using ZM works fine for me.
hxxp://www.xxx.yyy.zzz/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=single&monitor=1&scale=100&user=USERNAME&pass=USERPASSWORD
hxxp://www.xxx.yyy.zzz/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=jpeg&scale=100&maxfps=5&buffer=1000&monitor=2&user=USERNAME&pass=USERPASSWORD
This is an example of a JPG and MJPEG capture using ZM. Note I am not using BlueIris here and not familiar with it.
You could just configure a direct connection from your OmniTouch 5.7e to your Hikvision cameras if you wanted to.
username and password authentication using ZM works fine for me.
hxxp://www.xxx.yyy.zzz/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=single&monitor=1&scale=100&user=USERNAME&pass=USERPASSWORD
hxxp://www.xxx.yyy.zzz/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=jpeg&scale=100&maxfps=5&buffer=1000&monitor=2&user=USERNAME&pass=USERPASSWORD
This is an example of a JPG and MJPEG capture using ZM. Note I am not using BlueIris here and not familiar with it.
You could just configure a direct connection from your OmniTouch 5.7e to your Hikvision cameras if you wanted to.
drvnbysound
Senior Member
Is there a reason that you aren't just pointing the Omnipro II 5.7e touchscreen(s) to the Hikvision cameras directly?
I just used the following URL in a browser and it worked for my Hikvision cameras:
I just used the following URL in a browser and it worked for my Hikvision cameras:
Code:
http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@IP_ADDRESS/Streaming/channels/102/httppreviewdrvnbysound said:Is there a reason that you aren't just pointing the Omnipro II 5.7e touchscreen(s) to the Hikvision cameras directly?
I just used the following URL in a browser and it worked for my Hikvision cameras:
http://USERNAMEASSWORD@IP_ADDRESS/Streaming/channels/102/httppreview
Thanks, I just tried that and am getting an invalid operation. What is the "102" in your string?
drvnbysound
Senior Member
plasman said:
I couldn't tell you
I just did some Google searching for Hikvision mjpeg stream and found that URL, tried it myself and it worked for mine.Here's where I found it: https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/2874-Hikvision-HTTP-MJPEG-Stream
Thanks to all. From HAI/Leviton:
"We have never been successful in integrating Hikvision cameras into our systems. Here is our general rule of thumb:
In regard to cameras (or DVR's), the video stream must be MJPEG or JPEG format over http. H264 is not supported. The directly supported cameras are Axis, Panasonic, our 68A11-1 IP Minidome and the discontinued 87A00-1 Camera Server. All other models will require an http query string from the camera manufacturer, and the IP address will be in the format http://IPAddressort/QueryString . The best test is to enter the address in that format in a browser. The raw video should appear, bypassing the camera's web server and login. The cameras are set up in the Extended Setup section of PCAccess, in the Omni controller file."
So bummer. I'll write to Hikvision as well as Blue Iris to see if they can provide such a string.
"We have never been successful in integrating Hikvision cameras into our systems. Here is our general rule of thumb:
In regard to cameras (or DVR's), the video stream must be MJPEG or JPEG format over http. H264 is not supported. The directly supported cameras are Axis, Panasonic, our 68A11-1 IP Minidome and the discontinued 87A00-1 Camera Server. All other models will require an http query string from the camera manufacturer, and the IP address will be in the format http://IPAddress
ort/QueryString . The best test is to enter the address in that format in a browser. The raw video should appear, bypassing the camera's web server and login. The cameras are set up in the Extended Setup section of PCAccess, in the Omni controller file."So bummer. I'll write to Hikvision as well as Blue Iris to see if they can provide such a string.
pete_c
Guru
If you can get a copy of the Hikvision API typically those commands are there.
The firmware as stated is old and a bit slow and all you will get is a 4:3 image even though you feed a wide screen image to the Omnitouch 5.7e. (SD and not HD). It works though. One OP2 firmware update that Leviton did was the doorbell button video cam pop up which wasn't working for a bit on older firmware updates. IE: You can create an event in PCA to pop up a video display of whatever cam you have connected to.
The easiest here is the Axis Server. The Grandstream cams do H.264 / MJPEG, JPG images configured to any pixel size. The Grandstream OS also has a built in SIP server so you could just dial in to your cams via VOIP if you wanted to. The way I do this with the older analog cameras is using a Grandstream decoder / encoder which makes the IP cameras analog and that feeds in to the old HAI video server stuff such that I can see the cameras on the older Omnitouch 5.7 serial touchscreens. On those you can touch the video and it becomes full screen (resolution is so so and it does pixelate some). I think though it is a direct analog video connection rather than a serial connection for the cameras.
Note too that all you can do is display the video. There are really no automated features of recording stuff. Although you can trigger recordings automatically using sensors attached to the NVR and OP2 panel. or via button automation on the panel.
The firmware as stated is old and a bit slow and all you will get is a 4:3 image even though you feed a wide screen image to the Omnitouch 5.7e. (SD and not HD). It works though. One OP2 firmware update that Leviton did was the doorbell button video cam pop up which wasn't working for a bit on older firmware updates. IE: You can create an event in PCA to pop up a video display of whatever cam you have connected to.
The easiest here is the Axis Server. The Grandstream cams do H.264 / MJPEG, JPG images configured to any pixel size. The Grandstream OS also has a built in SIP server so you could just dial in to your cams via VOIP if you wanted to. The way I do this with the older analog cameras is using a Grandstream decoder / encoder which makes the IP cameras analog and that feeds in to the old HAI video server stuff such that I can see the cameras on the older Omnitouch 5.7 serial touchscreens. On those you can touch the video and it becomes full screen (resolution is so so and it does pixelate some). I think though it is a direct analog video connection rather than a serial connection for the cameras.
Note too that all you can do is display the video. There are really no automated features of recording stuff. Although you can trigger recordings automatically using sensors attached to the NVR and OP2 panel. or via button automation on the panel.
drvnbysound
Senior Member
Did you setup the SUB stream in the Hikvision camera(s)? That is where the MJPEG stream comes from, because the primary stream is H.264.
pete_c
Guru
MJPEG streaming in general is really resource intensive versus H.264 streaming. It is fat and H.264 is skinny with meaty algorithms.
Some cameras also only let you do either MJPEG or H.264 but not both at the same time. Thinking that the Hikvision lets you run the MJPEG sub stream at a lessor resolution than the primary H.264 stream but I never played with a Hikvision camera. Just reading this some where.
The above noted I personally would recommend using JPG streaming (quickie snapshots) and you won't be able to see the different on the tiny 640X480 resolution image on the Omnitouch 5.7e. (well I cannot here see much of a difference). I do not notice a stutter in the video when an automobile comes up on the driveway.
The main difference between H.264 and MJPEG is that MJPEG only compresses individual frames of video, while H.264 compresses across frames.
MJPEG is the compilation of separately compressed JPEGs in a sequence, which leads to high quality outcome in terms of resolution.
With H.264, on the other hand, only some frames are compressed by themselves, while most of them only record changes from the previous frame. This can save a significant amount of bandwidth compared to MJPEG (which encodes each frame as new), but results in a video of lower quality.
Some cameras also only let you do either MJPEG or H.264 but not both at the same time. Thinking that the Hikvision lets you run the MJPEG sub stream at a lessor resolution than the primary H.264 stream but I never played with a Hikvision camera. Just reading this some where.
The above noted I personally would recommend using JPG streaming (quickie snapshots) and you won't be able to see the different on the tiny 640X480 resolution image on the Omnitouch 5.7e. (well I cannot here see much of a difference). I do not notice a stutter in the video when an automobile comes up on the driveway.
The main difference between H.264 and MJPEG is that MJPEG only compresses individual frames of video, while H.264 compresses across frames.
MJPEG is the compilation of separately compressed JPEGs in a sequence, which leads to high quality outcome in terms of resolution.
With H.264, on the other hand, only some frames are compressed by themselves, while most of them only record changes from the previous frame. This can save a significant amount of bandwidth compared to MJPEG (which encodes each frame as new), but results in a video of lower quality.
