Possible to record motion only on Vivotek ND9541 NVR with Hikvision cameras?

[B Matthew]

I have a Vivotek ND9541 NVR with some older Vivotek cameras that still serve me well, but I bought a couple Hikvision DS-2CD2347G2-LU cameras because I like the colorvu tech. I have one camera connected to the NVR via onvif, and I have tried everything I can to get the Vivotek NVR to only record motion, but I can't figure it out. The only option I've been successful at is recording the hikvision camera continuous 24/7. Is this a limitation to my Vivotek hardware or do I have a setting wrong? I searched the heck out of it and I've tried everything that my web searches came up with, but I'm wondering if it's just not possible with my NVR. Is there anyone who can confirm here if are able to get a Vivotek NVR recording motion only on Hikvision cameras?

Note, I'm a homeowner and not a camera installer so if you have a solution please speak to me in layman's terms. Thanks.

 

[alastairstevenson]

This may be significant, from page 105 of the user manual :

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.vivotek.com.my/file/vivotek/nd9541manual_en.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi_q87N0feQAxVSUUEAHdzCI-MQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0UZM9pLQt7uIYXcSJ0Husz

Below is a glimpse of alarm sources and alarm actions:

* Camera DI/DO, motion detection, and tampering are not

supported for ONVIF cameras.

 

[B Matthew]

This may be significant, from page 105 of the user manual :

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.vivotek.com.my/file/vivotek/nd9541manual_en.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwi_q87N0feQAxVSUUEAHdzCI-MQFnoECBcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0UZM9pLQt7uIYXcSJ0Husz

Thanks, sounds like I'm out of luck. So I will keep the Vivotek to keep running my Vivotek cameras until they don't serve me anymore, but now I need to get a new NVR that can deal with my other Hikvision cameras. Someone just recommended I buy Empire Tech cameras since I'm in the US. Are Empire Tech rebranded Dahua cameras, and are they as good as the colorvu Hikvision cameras?

EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TZ: 1/1.8" CMOS 4MP WizColor TiOC PRO Vari-foca

4-MP 1/1.8" CMOS image sensor, low luminance, and high definition image. Built-in multi-core light, the max. IR distance is 50 m and the max. warm light distance is 50 m. Intelligent monitoring: Abnormality detection Alarm: 1 in, 1 out; audio: 1 in, 1 out Supports max. 512 G Micro SD card...

empiretech01.com

Or, should I just keep getting Hikvision cameras?

As for an NVR, will something like this work from Ebay?

Pardon Our Interruption...

I'm looking for the cameras to record motion when people or cars are detected, and that's about it. But I will be adding several more cameras around the house so I want to make sure I'm headed down the right path with whatever cameras I choose and NVR. Your feedback is greatly appreciated.