PTZ wlan cam with ONVIF

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Tiffytaffy

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Hello
I'm looking for a PTZ wlan cam with ONVIF support. I found Imou Ranger but there are many versions.
I guess the new ones without ONVIF. Has someone an idea?
Thanks
 
Most popular branded cameras, like IMOU (branded under Dahua) are conformed to ONVIF standard.
You can search the camera under ONVIF website, to find out whether the particular camera is supported or not.

At the stage, IMOU only works with BI using RTSP protocol(recording video streaming),
refer to this link: https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/imou-ranger-2-access-via-onvif.42605/post-505321

PTZ is not working at in BI. So the workaround it is to the IMOU app.
 
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In case somebody is interested in this camera, with the Ranger 2 2Mp version Onvif Ptz is working with Ispy(Agent), with ODM (not with all of my R2s) or posting the soap in Xml, which works in Motioneye. Don't know too much about other Nvrs like BI or Zoneminder, but it should work there too I think. With the 4Mp version only the Rtsp stream works, Ptz doesn't seem to be implemented in the latest firmware.
The Onvif password is encoded, but you can sniff the Ptz traffic with Wireshark.
 
Consider the Amcrest IP2M-841, a re-branded Dahua. It is ONVIF compatible, provides RTSP, is 1080p (Full HD), IR, 2-way audio, has pan/tilt/digital zoom, record to micro SD card, wired or wireless,, great with Blue Iris, VLC, etc. Comes with wall/ceiling mount, 1/4"-20 tripod mount female insert on bottom. Available in black or white for under $45, silver is more.

As far as browsers, it works with Pale Moon (32bit), SeaMonkey, IE, Safari 11, Firefox 49.0 and Chrome (recommend with latest version camera and it requires no extension).

I've installed 4 of the V2 versions, 1 of the latest V3 version and 3 of it's lower-res HD (720p) cousins in the last 4 years and all have functioned with no hiccups.

I currently use 3 of them with Blue Iris; 1 on front porch to look at deliveries, 1 in garage and 1 in sunroom to watch the dogs; two of the 3 is operating on Wi-Fi. I have also set one up with Tinycam Pro on a Sony smart TV (Android).

VERY hard to beat for $44, IMO
 
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wepee said:
Most popular branded cameras, like IMOU (branded under Dahua) are conformed to ONVIF standard.
You can search the camera under ONVIF website, to find out whether the particular camera is supported or not.

At the stage, IMOU only works with BI using RTSP protocol(recording video streaming),
refer to this link: Imou Ranger 2: Access via ONVIF

PTZ is not working at in BI. So the workaround it is to the IMOU app.
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Actually I was able to control PTZ on IMOU CRUISER SE+ in Blue Iris


atomax said:
I would like to share my experience with IMOU CRUSER SE+.
I was able to successfully connect this camera to Blue Iris. Also I am able to control PTZ through Blue Iris.
Though the connection to Blue Iris so far is possible only by LAN but not over WIFI and Android Hotspot.
The camera was intialized by Imou app on the my phone. Both connected to the same 2.4Ghz WIFI network.
After initializing the camera it can be controlled by the IMOU app through the phone even when the phone is not on the same network.
In this scenario is also possible to connect the camera and the phone to a Mobile Hotspot from another phone. So with a spare phone you can make the camera 4G :).
Then I connected the camera with LAN cable to the router, found the IP with Advanced IP scanner and added it to SmartPSS and to Dahua Config Tool.
Camera is listed with different MAC address and different IP in the WIFI device list and in the LAN device list in the router.
I am able to connect and control only the LAN listing.

Blue Iris settings:

Camera configuration
Make: Generic/ONVIF
MOdel: *RTSP H.264/H.265/MJPG/MPEG4
Stream profile: /cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=0&unicast=true&proto=Onvif
Media/video/RTSP port: 554
Discovery/ONVIF port: 37777

PTZ:
Enable
Network IP: ONVIF (OXML)
Use another ip/port: 80
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