Micmann 0 Posted June 12, 2015 Hello: I have a third party ONVIF compliant bullet camera that I'm trying to connect it to a Hikvision DS-7700 Series NVR. I can get the TP camera connected to my network and it can be viewed through IE from a computer on the network. However when connected to the NVR with a built in POE switch it cannot be detected by the NVR. I've tried several things. The camera IP is static to 192.168.1.2. The NVR IP's run in the 192.168.254.X range. I reset the camera IP to DHCP hoping it would grab the correct IP within the range of the NVR. Not good. I tried to force the NVR to look for the camera at the 192.168.1.2 IP. Not found. I set the NVR camera settings to ONVIF protocol, managment port 80, video port 1 with DHCP enabled on camera. Not found. I set the NVR camera settings to ONVIF protocol, managment port 80, video port 1 with ip at 192.168.1.2. Not found. The NVR has many different protocols: Hhikvision, Acti, Arecont, Axis, Bosch, Brickcom, Canon, Hunt, Onvif, Panasonic, Pelco, Psia, Samsung, Sony, Vivotek, Zavio. Am I using the wrong protocol for this camera, wrong ip settings, or am i missing someting completly different to get the NVR to see it? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Mic Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MaxIcon 0 Posted June 12, 2015 Have you tried setting the cam to a fixed IP in the 192.168.254.X range? I don't have a Hik NVR, but I think they use the Hik protocol for talking to the cams, and don't have a DHCP server. I could be wrong there; someone with more experience can speak to this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micmann 0 Posted June 12, 2015 I did try once and it prompted me to also change the gateway parameter to 162.168.254.X also. I did not go any further in the event that the new ip and gateway address took, i try to connect to NVr and perhaps it still didn't work. I don't know if i could find it again on my network with a new sub address to change it back. I didn't want to loose it forever. I'm willing to try it, i just didn't want to push it until i fished for some feedback. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Micmann 0 Posted June 12, 2015 Ok, I set the ip address o the camera to match the ip subnet of 254 and it worked. thanks for the suggestion! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
