It's not at all complicated as long as you do things in the correct order. This would be the best way to do it to avoid issues with cameras not reconnecting due to invalid addresses and credentials. The guide assumes you have the admin password for your recorder.
Before you start:
- On the NVR click the settings icon (gear wheel) at the top of the screen and select the cameras page. You should have a list of your 4 cameras and their details.
- Write down each IP address 'Cam 1 is 192.168.254.???' and so on. The likelihood is that if the cameras have only ever been plugged in once that they will be 192.168.254.2, .3, and .4 but write them down as you see them listed.
- At the top of the same screen you will see a checkbox for 'Show passwords' or similar. Check the box and enter your NVR admin password. That will populate each camera entry with its password visible. Usually this will be the same as your NVR admin password but it can be different so write that down too.
Cameras:
- Unplug the cameras from the NVR and connect them to your switch
- Unplug the network connection from the NVR and connect to your switch
Important: don't patch between the switch and NVR yet!
We now need to reprogram the cameras network settings to match your LAN. This can be done either using a laptop plugged into the switch with its IP configured in the 192.168.254.xxx range and using a web browser to access each camera or using the Hikvision SADP tool which is free to download and easier
- On a PC on your network run SADP tool. The page should show your 4 cameras with their existing IP addresses. From the list you made earlier, tick the box for the entry that corresponds to Camera 1.
- In the panel on the right we need to change the IP address to match your network. It needs to be an address that's not in use. My preferred scheme is just to add 100 or 200 to the camera number. For example, on Virgin Media my network is 192.168.0.xxx where 192.168.0.1 is the gateway (router) address. So for Camera 1 I'll use 192.168.0.201, for Camera 2 I'll use 192.168.0.202 etc. Enter the IP address, enter your admin password (for the camera as noted earlier if it was different from the NVR) and click modify. You should see a pop up to tell you it was successful.
- Repeat for the other cameras.
NVR:
We now need to modify the camera entries in the NVR to match the cameras
- Go to the NVR Settings > Camera page on the local UI
- For camera 1's entry click the edit icon. A pop up will appear
- In that pop up change 'Plug and Play' to 'Manual', key in the new IP address, key in the camera admin password and click save.
- Repeat for the other cameras
- Your camera list should now reflect the cameras with their new IP addresses.
Finally now you can put a CAT5E patch cord between the PoE switch and the network port on the NVR. The NVR will reconnect to the cameras (may take a minute or so)
With your cameras reconfigured you can access each ones web page at 192.168.0.201, 202 etc, log in and locate the alarm server/http listening setting where you can enter the Hubitat IP as needed.
