Getting FLIR and HIKVISION to play nice

[dmichaels 0]

So I have a system running WBox cameras and an NVR, which are basically rebranded HIKVISION for ADI Global. In the mix is a lone FLIR N233ZD Micro PT camera (VERY nice little unit by the way). I know it's not recommended to mix brands but it is what it is.

 

Being that HIKVISION and FLIR are sworn mortal enemies I was told they would never work together. Well, that's only partly true. I can get the camera to be recognized by the NVR as a simple ONVIF on port 80 and view live picture, but nothing else works (no motion sense, OSD, PT controls, hell I can't even get the NVR to record the stream).

 

In the NVR you can set protocols and of course FLIR is conspicuously absent, but you can create your own custom ones. I tried setting up one for FLIR although this is where it starts to get a bit advanced for me as I'm still learning the IP systems. Maybe someone here has done it. Basically I don't need PT controls but I do want to at least get it recording, even if it's continuous.

 

For the custom protocol it gives you four fields. The first is Protocol which is fixed as RTSP. The second is Transfer Protocol which has the options of Auto, UDP, and RTP over RTSP. The third field is Port, and the fourth is Stream Path.

 

I'm a bit confused how this should be set up. In the network configuration of the FLIR camera it gives me some info:

 

RTSP Format

rtsp://:@:/cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0

channel: Channel1-1; subtype: Code-Stream Type, Main Stream 0, Sub Stream 1.

 

So would I write this into the Stream Path of the Protocol on the NVR following that format? I tried that and it wasn't successful.

 

If anyone's got some tips on this I'd be most grateful!

[dmichaels 0]

I suppose I should also add that the cameras are all running independently through a PoE switch and NOT utilizing the ports on the NVR. They're also individually set with static IPs and ports so they can be accessed without needing the NVR. I have not tried connecting the FLIR cam directly to the NVR but I don't think it would make much of a difference.

[langlocks 0]

Any Luck with this?

 

I am trying to get a FLIR camera on HIK NVR as well.

 

Tried ONVIF protocol and no luck. Also been messing with the RTSP custom settings but still no luck.

 

Flir Support said it should work with any OVIF compatible NVR and said to use

 

ONIVF protocol

port 35000

admin

admin (or whatever the password is set to)

 

This does not seem to work for me.