Dahua NVR limited functionality

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Hey,

 

So i have 5 dahua IP camera and all were recording to a server using Zoneminder. Running Zoneminder was killing my virtual host so i purchased a dedicated NVR to monitor the cameras and record their feeds. I assumed that the NVR would work with any cameras and the NVR is what was going to be doing all the work e.g analysing video for scene changes, trip wires etc..

 

After getting the NVR - DHI-NVR4108-8P-4KS2/L i am after realizing that it can not replace a lot of the functionality that zoneminder was doing as it seems to rely on the cameras for things like tripwires. When i go to AI > IVS and try to add one i get the error "Operation failed." for some cameras and for my PTZ camera i get the error "Please add a preset first."

 

I know its possible to set tripwires and stuff up on the camera themselves but as there is no supported browser plugin for the camera I am unable to do this. Please note I have only Mac and Linux devices. I assume the issue here is the firmwares i have on these cameras since some are very old. If thats the case how can i update them as i when i go into the cameras and try to update i get the message "It is the latest version"

 

The camera i have are:

IPC-HDW4631C-A - System Version 2.622.0000000.23.R, Build Date: 2018-11-10, WEB Version 3.2.1.561950, ONVIF Version 16.12(V2.4.1.513183)  - works with trip wires

IPC-HDW4431C-A-V2 - Software Version 2.420.0000.21.R, Build Date: 2016-07-24, WEB Version 3.2.1.364036, ONVIF Version 2.42 - get the error "Operation failed." when trying to add IVS.

IPC-HDW4431C-A - Software Version 2.420.0000.21.R, Build Date: 2016-07-24, WEB Version 3.2.1.364036, ONVIF Version 2.42 - get the error "Operation failed." when trying to add IVS.

DH-SD22404T-GN - System Version 2.623.0000000.7.R.R4.495, Build Date: 2018-11-24, WEB Version 3.2.1.662493, ONVIF Version 16.12(V2.4.3.580229) - "Please add a preset first."

IPC-A22E-A - This is a Dahua IMOU internal camera. cant get the specs of this as it does not seem to have a web ui.

 

All camera are connected to the NVR via port 37777 using the following setting and are directly connected to the NVR in bridged network mode. I tired ONVIF but get errors and similar results.

 

Any advice or help here would be appreciated.