ONVIF Capable Camera

[todd.brock]

Hello, I have a Nextrend branded 8 POE camera set up and NVR bout in 2021 from Amazon The camera quality has never been the issue as much as the horrific UI.


I recently learned about Ubiquiti and Unifi. I have simce replaced 2 of my 8 cameras with G5 turrets and use Unifi Protect. I would like to migrate the remaining camera to Protect using ONVIF.

QUESTION - Are certain cameras not able to be adopted via ONVIF? I can not to the individual camera's login page. I can see the IP address of the camera but it wont connect. i tried changing the subnet, but no change. The cameras are only viewable within the UI on the NVR.

Am i missing something??

Thanks for any help or thoughts.

 

[wittaj]

Many cameras are not ONVIF compliant. A quick search shows that Nextrend isn't generally ONVIF compliant.

Many cheap all-in-one units are not ONVIF compliant, nor are most cloud based systems like Ring, Nest, Arlo, etc.

The NVR acts as a firewall of sorts, so you would have to disconnect the camera from the NVR and power the camera by another source and change the computer IP address to the same range of the camera and see if you can log in to it. If not, it is likely a proprietary system.

 

[todd.brock]

Many cameras are not ONVIF compliant. A quick search shows that Nextrend isn't generally ONVIF compliant.

Many cheap all-in-one units are not ONVIF compliant, nor are most cloud based systems like Ring, Nest, Arlo, etc.

The NVR acts as a firewall of sorts, so you would have to disconnect the camera from the NVR and power the camera by another source and change the computer IP address to the same range of the camera and see if you can log in to it. If not, it is likely a proprietary system.

Thanks for the reply! I am new to this so apologies for elementary questions. In the NVR, there is a drop down menu for Protocol in the list of cameras it has detected. One option is ONVIF and another is N1.

I removed the NVR and plugged the cameras into the POE switch. I see them on the network. If the PC has the same IP address as the camera, just the end numbers are different, wouldn't they already be in the same range?

 

[wittaj]

Yes that is correct, if they first 3 sets of numbers are the same for the camera and the computer, then you should be able to open up a web browser (Internet Explorer preferred) and type in the IP address of the camera and then get a login screen. If you can get that far, then the camera is likely ONVIF compliant.