Hikvision IP Camera as a Motion Device

Mr_B · January 4, 2021, 4:25am

Sadly, that isn't an option. All of the camera events get sent to the hub.

JDWx · January 4, 2021, 8:43am

Would love to hear more about Blue Iris integration into Hubitat. I'll search for it as well. Thanks for the nudge!

djh_wolf · January 4, 2021, 9:06am

Blue iris is amazing.

I use sharptools.io as my hubitat dash. (work in progress )

welby1978 · January 4, 2021, 9:36am

Yeah ok didn't realise that what about the email option in the hikvision config? Could you somehow make that work even with pushover maybe?

Mr_B · January 4, 2021, 4:06pm

Thanks for chiming in. I realize there are other options but this one should be the quickest/least complex and could be useful by others with these cameras. I believe this is a recent addition to the camera firmware that many may not be aware of.

Originally I had hoped that I could send http requests from the camera to Maker API but that isn't the case.

Angus_M · January 4, 2021, 4:38pm

rob121 · January 4, 2021, 5:11pm

I have amcrest cameras and pair with this software to turn a email into a http hit to hubitat

This might work for your use case?

Mr_B · January 4, 2021, 5:48pm

Thanks for this. I'm a long time tinycam user and will check it out - didn't even realize there was a windows version until now.

Mr_B · January 4, 2021, 5:57pm

Thanks for the suggestions. I was hoping to "cut out the middle man" by notifying the hub directly, however. It seems within grasp (the hub is receiving these events) but I lack the experience/chops to seal the deal.

My backup plan was to wire ecolink z-wave dry contact sensors directly to the cameras in order to avoid having to run additional computers/email servers etc but I'll still have to weigh the options.

Mr_B · January 4, 2021, 5:57pm

Looks good. Is it quick?

rob121 · January 4, 2021, 6:25pm

Typically from the time I have motion in front of the camera to the virtual motion sensor triggering is < 1s. I'm surprised at how fast it actually is. I suppose it may vary by camera, but mine are fast.

Mr_B · January 7, 2021, 1:25am

Spun up a linux vm and it works great. Seems like the best option for me at the moment. Thanks.

rob121 · January 7, 2021, 3:52am

Cheers! Glad it worked for you!

kleung1 · February 3, 2021, 11:35am

A lot of the newer cameras don't have the wired alarm output, so I'm interested in getting the "HTTP Data Transmission" working. @Mr_B: What was your setup to receive the HTTP transmissions in your first post?

Mr_B · February 3, 2021, 7:44pm

To boil it down, Hikvision DS-2CD2555FWD-IS with "HTTP Data Transmission" enabled can send encoded xml events to the app port (39501) on the Hubitat hub. That's as far as I got.

djh_wolf · February 3, 2021, 8:07pm

Blue iris?

This will integrate wonderfully with any compatible ip cam and hubitat.

an39511 · February 4, 2021, 12:47am

I just moved over to Blue Iris a few weeks ago. It's amazingly flexible. Getting cameras to trigger hubitat automations and vis versa is easy. Plus it can do so much more. I was using iVMS before which worked good but limited.

kleung1 · February 4, 2021, 10:43am

@Mr_B: I took a stab at it and got HTTP Data Streaming to work. I'm a HW engineer, so my coding skills are very limited and date back more than a couple of decades. Give me a few days to flush out the code, add some features, learn how to setup a repository on github and I will share it.

kleung1 · February 7, 2021, 11:54pm

@Mr_B: Just released the code here: [RELEASE] Hikvision Alarm (HTTP Listening/Data Streaming)

I hope this is useful for your needs!

Mr_B · February 8, 2021, 1:16am

Awesome. Will try it out.