Hikvision setup

goprojojo · February 19, 2016, 4:28pm

I hope someone can help me set up a Hikvision IP Camera.

I have configure the https settings like this:

#Camera switch: platform: hikvisioncam host: 192.168.0.x port: 443 name: Hikvision Cam 1 username: xxx password: xxx

But get this Error message16-02-19 17:22:54 homeassistant.components.switch.hikvisioncam: Unable to connect: Connection to hikvision failed. Original exception: ConnectionError, "('Connection aborted.', BadStatusLine("''",))"

dennisaion · February 19, 2016, 5:52pm

Do it like this…

#Camera switch: platform: hikvisioncam host: 192.168.0.x name: Hikvision Cam 1 username: xxx password: xxx

…and make sure you leave the https port default on camera (so in settings camera it should say 443.) Why?

Because the warning clearly stated “[color=#FF0000]Currently works using default https port only.[/color]”

Good luck and you’re welcome.

goprojojo · February 19, 2016, 6:10pm

thanks for the quick reply.
This is the error messages I get now. It’s still shows port 80.

16-02-19 19:34:48 homeassistant.components.switch.hikvisioncam: Unable to connect: Connection to hikvision failed. Original exception: ConnectionError, "HTTPConnectionPool(host='192.168.0.x', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: /System/deviceInfo (Caused by NewConnectionError('<requests.packages.urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x73b7e3f0>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 111] Connection refused',))"

What do you exactly mean by leave the https port default? Where in the camera settings can I check this?
Attached you see my settings.

dennisaion · February 19, 2016, 6:57pm

I checked the source and found the problem. Even though the warning states that it works on 443 only the code says otherwise

host = config.get(CONF_HOST, None) port = config.get('port', "80") name = config.get('name', "Hikvision Camera Motion Detection") username = config.get(CONF_USERNAME, "admin") password = config.get(CONF_PASSWORD, "12345")

Try setting your camera to 80 and defaults password/username and see if it works.
If it does revert back to your own secure settings and lodge a RFC on Github.

I think Paulus needs to check it.

goprojojo · February 20, 2016, 7:33pm

I registered an issue on github.com/balloob/home-assistant/issues/1344

For those who had the same problem. I solved it for now with these settings:

camera: platform: generic still_image_url: http://192.168.0.96:8x/Streaming/channels/1/picture name: Hikvision Cam 1 username: your username password: your password

dennisaion · February 21, 2016, 1:37pm

My friend. That is not a solution but a work around.

Have you tried my suggestion? That way we can tell if the hikvision component is indeed looking on port 80 instead of 443.

I can’t check since I do not have that specific camera.

anon35356645 · November 24, 2016, 7:48am

did you solve?

lightbulb0413 · November 26, 2016, 3:12am

Mine works using the picture function of the camera. HA refreshes the picture every 10 seconds if you havent highlighted the camera or every 1 second if you have it maximized.

- platform: generic
still_image_url: http://CAMERAIP:80/Streaming/channels/1/picture
name: Driveway
username: *****
password: *******

Coolie1101 · April 1, 2017, 11:44pm

@dennisation,
Is there a way to display Hikvision Live Stream in HASS without the 10sec delay?

Thanks

arsaboo · April 21, 2017, 6:43pm

Use the following config:

camera:
  - platform: generic
    still_image_url: http://USER:[email protected]/ISAPI/Streaming/channels/101/picture

Replace the IP address of your camera. It updates almost every second.

goprojojo · April 22, 2017, 8:51am

Thanks for this! I noticed there’s still some delay. Could it be that the HA dashboard doesn’t refresh every sec?

Coolie1101 · April 23, 2017, 5:21am

Still the same.
It only updates every second if you click on the image.

arsaboo · April 23, 2017, 4:38pm

Yes, every second is the expected behavior. The image updates every second.

Coolie1101 · April 23, 2017, 5:22pm

In the default view it only updates every 10secs.
If you click on the image, only then it updates every 1sec.

arsaboo · April 23, 2017, 6:03pm

Yes…that seems about right. Remember, HA is not a video surveillance system.

Coolie1101 · April 25, 2017, 9:11pm

I understand that.

I guess my initial question should have been, can HASS display video streams in realtime

arsaboo · April 26, 2017, 3:11am

I don’t think so.

mezz64 · April 26, 2017, 3:32am

@Coolie1101 HASS can absolutely display a realtime video stream, but there are some caveats. You can only do it in the pop-up window (main page display is limited to a 10 second refresh) and you need to configure it as a “mjpeg” camera type, not generic.

For a hikvision camera I use a URL syntax like below:

camera:
  platform: mjpeg
  mjpeg_url: http://X.X.X.X/Streaming/Channels/2/preview
  username: user
  password: pass

You then need to make sure you have the substream set to “MJPEG” in your camera settings like the in the snapshot below.

Coolie1101 · April 26, 2017, 6:11pm

That’s exactly what I’m getting now with it configured as Generic, and the sub-stream set to H.264.

In the pop-up window it refreshes every second which is not really real-time.

I’ll try your recommendation and report back.

Coolie1101 · April 26, 2017, 6:19pm

That worked.

Any reason why it can’t be configured to use the H.264 stream?

Is this configuration info available somewhere?