Home Assistant Dahua Integration questions

lugia · August 3, 2023, 8:12am

Hi there!
I have a Dahua NVR and want to access snapshots from recorded video by providing a timestamp.
For example if someone opens the door, send a snapshot from the Doorbell camera from 3 seconds ago.
I have no idea how to accomplish this but I think it could be really useful for many people.
Is this possible with the integration?

SFRandy · September 15, 2023, 5:38am

When setting text as overlay, the integration inserts “+” instead of spaces. For example, see the following screenshots of setting an overlay of “one two three” and the result of “one+two+three”. Is there a way to insert spaces, instead? When accessing the camera’s settings, the overlays can be set with spaces.

SFRandy · September 15, 2023, 4:41pm

I found the solution. Hopefully it also helps others. Need to use both quotes and %20 for spaces.

Old: One two three
New: “One%20two%20three”

Here is an example automation that automatically updates text reflecting the state of my light into the video:
Trigger

platform: device
type: changed_states
device_id: light.front_yard
entity_id: 70cb05135922472c8396718db6be5273
domain: light

Action

service: dahua.set_text_overlay
data:
  group: 1
  text1: Light%20is%20{{ states('light.hue_lily_outdoor_spotlight_1') }}
  text2: ""
  text3: ""
  text4: ""
target:
  device_id: 8aee60008fd285111778384440318243

Giuliano_Altamura · September 20, 2023, 9:05am

Hello, i added the dahua integration on my dahua dvr and it’s correctly displaying the streaming.
When i try to enable motion detection, i receive a “not authorized” error message (see the lower part of the attached picture).
I also find many errors in the log like

aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientResponseError: 401, message=‘Unauthorized’, url=URL(‘http://192.168.0.245:80/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?channel=1’)

Any idea?
Thank you

galaxy_explorer · September 22, 2023, 8:44am

Your Device info is showing the camera as Generic RTSP, my guess this feature is not supported for “generic” devices. On my Dahua cameras it lists the device model.

jaaneo · April 19, 2024, 9:23pm

Any solution? I have the same problem.

seaniefield · April 29, 2024, 4:14pm

Hi Danny, Did you manage to get this sorted. If so can you please share?

Phreaknes · October 27, 2024, 11:27pm

I have the EmpireTech IPC-FL46N which seems to be the same as the Dahua IPC-L46N. I have the integration installed and it see’s the streams and even the floodlight. I’d like to work with rroller or who ever is working on this integration so that we can improve it for this floodlight cam. I’d really like to get the light color change and changing the status of the motion detection with flood light triggers.

ussy1995 · November 29, 2024, 2:57pm

Did anyone manage to get an Dahua NVR connected to this? Mine just says username, password or address is wrong but I can use the same details to log in via browser

RodC · December 28, 2024, 6:20pm

Hello, I am trying to use the Dahua integration to integrate my Dahua IP Villa Door Station (VTO2202F-P-S2) into HA. After providing the camera details, I get 13 sensors, however I can’t see the “DoorbellPressed” one. Does anyone know how to get this sensor enabled? Any additional config needed?

nnov4k · January 5, 2025, 7:33am

Hello!
dahua integration 0.9.70
Actual version does not supports an ILLUMINATOR feature? Why? How to enable it?

Wekashinowa · May 12, 2025, 5:35pm

how is your NVR having ‘Controls’ that includes ‘Disarming’?

my NVR is listed as ‘general RTSP’ not like your ‘DHI-nvr5216’ how do i get it to happen?

Wekashinowa · May 12, 2025, 5:41pm

how do i fix that?

Wekashinowa · May 13, 2025, 4:42pm

How did you get ‘disarming’ on your ‘controls’?

I don’t have that option and my NVR is considered to be ‘general device’

wgumaa · May 14, 2025, 9:09am

@Wekashinowa are you using the HACS Dahua integration?

raul811 · August 30, 2025, 6:35pm

Hi,

I can connect my Dahua DH-P3D-3F-PV camera using the ONVIF integration — I see the sensors and everything works. However, when I try the HACS Dahua integration, it doesn’t work, even though all settings (IP, username, password) are the same.

Has anyone managed to get this model working with the Dahua HACS integration? Any tips?

Thanks!

jim_os · September 1, 2025, 7:54am

The Dahua DH-P3D-3F-PV does not work with the Dahua integration of rroller because it uses a different authentication method. However, since rroller hasn’t been developing its integration for a long time, for example, to include additional or more recent camera models, and is no longer responding to user questions and issue reports, this is unlikely to change.

Background: The Dahua DH-P3D-3F-PV was originally developed by Dahua for its former subsidiary Imou and has been marketed as the Imou Cruiser Dual for some time. I also use the Imou Cruiser Dual here, along with other Dahua cameras. Since Imou is no longer part of Dahua, Dahua is now marketing a few Imou models directly under the Dahua label. This includes the Dahua DH-P3D-3F-PV. However, because this uses a slightly different firmware and API version than the “original” Dahua models, it does not work with the Dahua integration of rroller. So, your only option is to continue using it via Onvif under HA. Unless Dahua releases a firmware version for the Dahua DH-P3D-3F-PV that then works with the API used by rroller.

BTW: If you use it via Onvif integration, you’ll probably also see a warning in the core protocol, something like this:

Logger: homeassistant.components.onvif
Quelle: components/onvif/event.py:181
Integration: ONVIF (Dokumentation, Probleme)
Erstmals aufgetreten: 09:23:53 (1 Vorkommnis)
Zuletzt protokolliert: 09:23:53

Cruiser Dual LAN Onvif: No registered handler for event from 1c:4d:89:xx:xx:xx: { 'SubscriptionReference': { 'Address': { '_value_1': 'http://192.168.1.181/onvif/Subscription?Idx=345', '_attr_1': None }, 'ReferenceParameters': None, 'Metadata': None, '_value_1': None, '_attr_1': None }, 'Topic': { '_value_1': 'tns1:VideoSource/tns1:Device/Trigger/DigitalInput', 'Dialect': 'http://www.onvif.org/ver10/tev/topicExpression/ConcreteSet', '_attr_1': { } }, 'ProducerReference': None, 'Message': { '_value_1': { 'Source': { 'SimpleItem': [ { 'Name': 'InputToken', 'Value': '00000' } ], 'ElementItem': [], 'Extension': None, '_attr_1': None }, 'Key': None, 'Data': { 'SimpleItem': [ { 'Name': 'LogicalState', 'Value': 'false' } ], 'ElementItem': [], 'Extension': None, '_attr_1': None }, 'Extension': None, 'UtcTime': datetime.datetime(2025, 9, 1, 7, 23, 52, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc), 'PropertyOperation': 'Initialized', '_attr_1': { } } } }

This is “normal” and, according to the developer responsible for HA Onvif integration, can’t be changed.

jim_os · September 4, 2025, 7:41am

Are you hoping rroller will answer you? But okay, maybe you’ll get lucky.

Note: DH-P3D-3F-PV and DH-P5D-5F-PV are the same models and only differ in the MP.