Finally found a decent & cheap IP camera: Dericam

robmarkcole · May 5, 2019, 10:16am

I checked the cam the other day and also have an issue with Onvif, despite it working a couple of weeks previously! Raised an issue with their customer support people but not resolved yet

KKlitgaard · May 5, 2019, 11:08am

That makes sense. I have had it working with both proprietary (H264)-settings and Onvif-settings in tinyCam Pro, but Onvif often fails to connect. It however keeps working with the proprietary settings.

peterber · May 5, 2019, 12:35pm

When I followed the link robmarkcole provided, they suggested to also buy “Dericam Universal 10ft 3 meters Power Extension Cable”. This should probably be long enough for your needs…

KKlitgaard · May 5, 2019, 2:04pm

As a follow up: I can make the camera work with the Onvif-protocol in Blue Iris. I get the following log when setting it up:
Opening 192.168.2.187 port 80…
HTTP Get / request…
OK
ONVIF GetSystemDateAndTime
HTTP 404
Opening 192.168.2.187 port 8080…
ONVIF GetSystemDateAndTime
HTTP 12002
Checking for common cameras…
Foscam FI86xx/98xx compatible?
VendorID=Dericam
ProductID=C6F0SgZ0N0P0L0
Foscam FI86xx/98xx compatible detected!
Done

The reason for 404 after “GetSystemDateAndTime” I guess is, that I have blocked the camera from all outgoing (internet) ports on router level.

And in Blue Iris the settings are these:

robmarkcole · May 6, 2019, 7:52pm

OK so ONVIF on my dericam is working again via HA. I moved onto another network and set the camera up from fresh…

AhmadK · May 8, 2019, 9:41pm

I’ve just received the P1 version (720p) and set it up with HA.
It kind of works, but only as a generic one, ONVIF doesn’t work and so PTZ - very sad…

Here’s my config:

- platform: onvif
  name: Dericam
  host: 192.168.0.58
  password: !secret passwd

- platform: generic
  name: Dericam_generic
  still_image_url: http://192.168.0.58/tmpfs/auto.jpg
  password: !secret passwd

Any hint on how to fix ONVIF?

robmarkcole · May 9, 2019, 4:01am

I am currently having an email exchange with their support team, hopefully we can diagnose the issue

AhmadK · May 20, 2019, 11:25am

Any news there?

As described here, I was able to set this camera up as generic IP camera and it worked for a while… but now it’s stopped, I have this in HA frontend:
18%20(2)

and there is no errors in the log.

The funny thing is I can see the camera’s feed if I paste the URL in my browser and enter password, so it’s not the camera issue.
Tried to clear cache, enable/dasable the component, updated to 0.93.1 to no avail…

How can I get it back even in generic mode?

Coedy · May 20, 2019, 12:05pm

Please keep this thread up to date.
I plan on starting on cameras soon but plan to do so on a budget… These seem perfect! Except the issues…

robmarkcole · May 20, 2019, 12:43pm

@AhmadK I had the same issue, then the camera came on-line in HA again after some time. I have ordered a second camera as it has been stable for a couple of weeks now

AhmadK · May 20, 2019, 12:51pm

Well, mine is still not working and nobody knows how to get it back to normal, that’s the issue.
And there’s still no solution to the ONVIF support.
I tried to control the camera via browser by logging in, but their PT control is a joke, it’s erratic and unpredictable, absolutely useless.

robmarkcole · May 20, 2019, 6:55pm

Yes the iphone app is better for controlling the PT. Are you abke to view the ONVIF feed using any other tool?

AhmadK · May 20, 2019, 9:30pm

I haven’t tried iPhone app (which one btw?) but I can see both http and rasp feeds (in browser and VLC media player on my PC).

By the way, this camera supports 2 main and one mobile stream with different resolutions and separate settings.
By trial and error I found that /1 is the first stream, /2 is the second one, but what’s the address for the mobile stream, anyone?

robmarkcole · May 21, 2019, 3:44am

The iphone app -> https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/dericam/id1128322503

robmarkcole · May 24, 2019, 8:18am

@AhmadK I purchased a second dericam, and one functions with onvif and the other does not. I have check the settings and they are identical except for the one that fails I have

Whilst on the working camera this is OK. Can you check yours?

robmarkcole · May 24, 2019, 8:38am

I also noticed that the second (not working with HA) camera was not working with Synology Surveliance station until I selected ‘streaming’ only, as below:

robmarkcole · May 24, 2019, 8:40am

Ok the second camera is now online with HA…!

AhmadK · May 24, 2019, 10:15am

I can’t as with the ONVIF config that are in your initial post I have just a card with a broken page, nothing about UPnP status.
And the “streaming mode” is not applicable to HA, is it?

robmarkcole · May 24, 2019, 10:27am

I don’t understand the ONVIF protocol or how streaming works in HA, I am just hacking away at the settings to find what works

KKlitgaard · May 25, 2019, 8:43am

What works for me:

      - platform: onvif
        name: [NAME]
        host: [IP on same subnet as HA]
        username: admin
        password: [My password]
        port: 8080
        profile: 1

Where port 8080 is the configured ONVIF-port

I have only letters and numbers in my password
My cameras http-port is configured to 80
I have unchecked Privilege and Time Zone Settings in the ONVIF-settings
I have disabled NTP and DST in “Time”-settings under “System”.

And ONVIF works for me now.