**UPDATED**SUCCESS**CRACKED*Swann PROPRIETARY camera-can't see it on the network-Swann SWNHD-865MSB
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I tried it, but it didn't see my Swanns. It saw my reolinks though.
Would you mind linking to your write-up?
Swann NVR With Dahua Cameras Fix
Long read, steps at the bottom if one does not want to read all. I have a Swann NVR16-8580 (Costco 8 cam model) to go along with a Dahua NVR also. Adding some Dahua cameras to the Swann can be challenging but EASY! The hint cam from here when I read about ONVIF Device Manager. A little playing...
There is a search function that works really well!
Received a kit which contains four NHD-887MSFB and one SRNVR-88580H(Part# on the NVR is actually NVR8-8580RN).
Anyone know what kind of PoE Injector I need to get camera working?
Also, I am planing to use IP camera directly with my NAS for recording. Any special steps to get ONVIF working?
Thanks,
Anyone know what kind of PoE Injector I need to get camera working?
Also, I am planing to use IP camera directly with my NAS for recording. Any special steps to get ONVIF working?
Thanks,
Updates: Just tried one camera, NHD-887MSFB. After power up, it just worked! Able to access via browser. And it surprise me that all the Intelligent features are built into the camera itself, other than the NVR.
So what's the point of NVR? Any additional benefits of using Swann NVR? Thanks,
So what's the point of NVR? Any additional benefits of using Swann NVR? Thanks,
FYI: The swann cameras you guys are referring to, are also sold at harbor freight as the COBRA 4K NVR POE CAM. Has IR, spotlight, AI, etc... Not crippled by software in any way.
Here's the link: 4K NVR Indoor/Outdoor POE Weather Resistant Camera
ODM lists the firmware as: V21.45.7.1_210930 and the model as: RS-CM-361C
It works just fine with blue iris, after you change the settings on the camera page to use H264+ and not 265+, and enable anonymous viewing on the RTMP page.
On blue iris side, use rtsp:/YOURDEVICEIP:554/ONVIF_RTSP/ch01/0 as the address.
Can use ODM to change/view config, along with the browser page at the default IP.
Here's the link: 4K NVR Indoor/Outdoor POE Weather Resistant Camera
ODM lists the firmware as: V21.45.7.1_210930 and the model as: RS-CM-361C
It works just fine with blue iris, after you change the settings on the camera page to use H264+ and not 265+, and enable anonymous viewing on the RTMP page.
On blue iris side, use rtsp:/YOURDEVICEIP:554/ONVIF_RTSP/ch01/0 as the address.
Can use ODM to change/view config, along with the browser page at the default IP.
Digging up this old thread... does anyone happen to have NHD-887 firmware V14.45.5.0_191204 handy perchance? I'm guessing it would be CHX48M_F128M_SF_ENU_swann_V14.45.5.0-191204_r8970_W.sw or similar.
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The proper url for this camera to bring it up in ISpy, Blue Iris etc.
rtsp:/USERNAME
ASSWORD@CAMERA_IP_ADDRESS:554/ONVIF_RTSP/ch01/0
The username and password are not required if you do not have it set up in the IPCs backend web ui but if you do that url is how you make it work
Android Phone apps like Onvier will pick the cameras up fine as Onvif discovered cameras on your local network so your phone MUST be connecter to the LAN network the cameras are on in order to pick them up
The ANNKE 8 and 16 channel NVRs will show and record these cameras as ONVIF devices if you add them
If you use an app on a PC like Annke Vision you can view the cameras from the NVR if you import it to the app.
ISpy64 (and the later verson of that app), blue iris, and a few other apps will pick these IPCs up with little to no hassle
To access these Cobra / Swann cameras via web browser, you can't use google chrome or microsoft Edge because those do not play nice with the login system and will return an incorrect username or password errors, so as far as I can tell only firefox seems to work to access the web backend to set these up.
These cameras can be powered by 12 vdc via the barrel jack or by a POE+ smartswitch like Ubiquiti edge switch series, D-Link DGS1210-10P and so on thru the ethernet cable, or you can use a POE injector that can operate at 802.3af, 802.3at and recently tested this one, 802.3bt will power the cameras. Pasive POE or the old non ISO POE with 24 volts not work in fact it could damage the camera
Hope this info helps someone cause I am done with these, they are up and working so no more fixing them lol, Moving on to reversing some Vivnit IPCs and wireless doorbell cameras now.
rtsp:/USERNAME
ASSWORD@CAMERA_IP_ADDRESS:554/ONVIF_RTSP/ch01/0The username and password are not required if you do not have it set up in the IPCs backend web ui but if you do that url is how you make it work
Android Phone apps like Onvier will pick the cameras up fine as Onvif discovered cameras on your local network so your phone MUST be connecter to the LAN network the cameras are on in order to pick them up
The ANNKE 8 and 16 channel NVRs will show and record these cameras as ONVIF devices if you add them
If you use an app on a PC like Annke Vision you can view the cameras from the NVR if you import it to the app.
ISpy64 (and the later verson of that app), blue iris, and a few other apps will pick these IPCs up with little to no hassle
To access these Cobra / Swann cameras via web browser, you can't use google chrome or microsoft Edge because those do not play nice with the login system and will return an incorrect username or password errors, so as far as I can tell only firefox seems to work to access the web backend to set these up.
These cameras can be powered by 12 vdc via the barrel jack or by a POE+ smartswitch like Ubiquiti edge switch series, D-Link DGS1210-10P and so on thru the ethernet cable, or you can use a POE injector that can operate at 802.3af, 802.3at and recently tested this one, 802.3bt will power the cameras. Pasive POE or the old non ISO POE with 24 volts not work in fact it could damage the camera
Hope this info helps someone cause I am done with these, they are up and working so no more fixing them lol, Moving on to reversing some Vivnit IPCs and wireless doorbell cameras now.
Hi there - here to make one post here.
I have a Swann DVR that came with 6 cameras which I use in my shop. I have 2 extras that years later I decided to try and use at home with my Synology NAS. After reading this thread and trying to gain control of them I gave up and ordered another brand camera. Like an idiot I am I kept trying before the new camera arrived and can now use the Swann cameras without the Swann DVR.
I figured I'll share my experience in case it helps anyone.
I was able to see the cameras on my home network using the Homesafe Config Tool - but the admin page wasn't accessible from the url discovered, even after changing my computers ip to the same subnet.
The solution was to connect the cameras to the original NVR - when connected to the NVR there was an option (going from memory here) to turn off "private". That allowed them to be connected to without being connected to the NVR. This was the breakthrough for me. Presumably not possible if you don't have a Swann NVR handy but useful in my case and maybe yours.
Another thing to note is that the admin page that requires an antique browser so it can install the plugin. I didn't have any luck using internet explorer, but I did using edge and putting it in a compatibility mode. Skip that though and download Swann Security program for Windows (mac not tested). This is will give you all the same abilities as the web admin but without having to download the plugin that requires an old browser.
I did set a static IP on the cameras to match the network I was using it on when I had access to the configuration, but I'm pretty sure after you disable "private" it should be happy with being assigned an IP from DHCP of your router. If not, connect it to your computer directly and set your computers ip address within the range to match the cameras to get access.
I've been able to get full access as I'd hoped and to change the settings directly on the camera including removing any watermarks and timestamps.
Worth mentioning, the firmware on the cameras I'm using is V14.45.5.0_191204
Good luck!
I have a Swann DVR that came with 6 cameras which I use in my shop. I have 2 extras that years later I decided to try and use at home with my Synology NAS. After reading this thread and trying to gain control of them I gave up and ordered another brand camera. Like an idiot I am I kept trying before the new camera arrived and can now use the Swann cameras without the Swann DVR.
I figured I'll share my experience in case it helps anyone.
I was able to see the cameras on my home network using the Homesafe Config Tool - but the admin page wasn't accessible from the url discovered, even after changing my computers ip to the same subnet.
The solution was to connect the cameras to the original NVR - when connected to the NVR there was an option (going from memory here) to turn off "private". That allowed them to be connected to without being connected to the NVR. This was the breakthrough for me. Presumably not possible if you don't have a Swann NVR handy but useful in my case and maybe yours.
Another thing to note is that the admin page that requires an antique browser so it can install the plugin. I didn't have any luck using internet explorer, but I did using edge and putting it in a compatibility mode. Skip that though and download Swann Security program for Windows (mac not tested). This is will give you all the same abilities as the web admin but without having to download the plugin that requires an old browser.
I did set a static IP on the cameras to match the network I was using it on when I had access to the configuration, but I'm pretty sure after you disable "private" it should be happy with being assigned an IP from DHCP of your router. If not, connect it to your computer directly and set your computers ip address within the range to match the cameras to get access.
I've been able to get full access as I'd hoped and to change the settings directly on the camera including removing any watermarks and timestamps.
Worth mentioning, the firmware on the cameras I'm using is V14.45.5.0_191204
Good luck!
Thank you for this!! Just saw this post and tested. Was able to log in with the MAC address as the password.
We literally went to a site this morning to install AgentDVR due to the Swann NVR blowing up. We couldnt get access to the cameras themselves. We spent the whole day trying. We gave up and bought a couple of new cameras to test. I took one of the swann cameras back home to see if I can get in and volia mother f***er. Got in and it works. Cant believe it.
Thank you to all who have posted here, your collective knowledge has been fantastic and very useful.
I have been attempting to get a Swann NHD-885 (labelled NHD-885MSB) and a NHD-885F (NHD-885MSFB) working in Blue Iris. I had a lucky start with one camera that simply connected and worked after an initial network scan. It was a fluke. I tried to connect the other camera and it didn’t work. This is when the real learning commenced!
One of these cameras (885MSB) had been sitting around and not in active use, and the other had been used recently with a Swann NVR. My first thought was perhaps they had different firmware, so I reconnected them to a NVR and they were both using the same, and the latest, firmware (V4.41.5.2_200622).
At one point I deleted the working camera and tried to reconnect it. That was a bad idea as it wouldn’t reconnect. I then had two cameras that refused to connect.
I have read this thread and tried many of the ideas and password suggestions.
To cut a very long story short, what I did stumble across that worked for me…
(Preamble: I set up a PoE switch directly connected to my laptop via a USB-C adapter. The wifi was turned off on my laptop to disconnect it from the Swann NVR on my home network. I set the IPv4 address on the adapter to 172.16.1.10 and the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0).
The steps I did were:
(1) connect a camera to the NVR (NVR8-8600RU in my case), note the physical port number, and wait for it to fully boot up and connect.
(2) ** this is the key step *** in the NVR setup menu, go to Advanced —> Maintain —> IP Cam Load Default and check the box corresponding to the port the camera is connected to. Click ‘OK’ to reset the camera.
(3) let the camera reboot and restart up on the NVR. It should reconnect and an image should return to that channel on the NVR. Don’t change any settings on the camera via the NVR - just reset it to its default as above and disconnect.
(4) unplug the camera from the NVR and plug it in to the PoE switch/hub on the laptop.
(5) I did an initial check of the camera using ‘ONVIF Device Manager’. The username needs to be set to ‘admin’ and the password needs to be set to ‘admin’. A scan ‘refresh’ should find the camera. (Note the NVR reports the password as the MAC or as the NVR password depending upon which menu you look in. Ignore those passwords and use ‘admin’).
(6) Out of interest, I also tried to connect to the web interface. ONVIF Device Manager produces an error message saying the browser is incompatible. I found that Edge can be set to use ‘Internet Explorer’ mode on nominated websites. I copied the web address from ONVIF Device Manager and copied it in to Edge. You will need to play with the setting in Edge to have it use IE for the cameras IP address. Then it will want a plug in. It’s a little bit fiddly but it all eventually works. At some stage the plug in (essentially a Swann NVR app) will prompt for username and password. Use ‘admin’ for both.
(7) I then went back to Blue Iris and deleted all the old ‘cameras’ I had and started fresh. Use ‘admin’ for both username and password and do the scan for cameras. They were quickly found and connected.
Hopefully it be ‘onwards and upwards’ from here!
I have been attempting to get a Swann NHD-885 (labelled NHD-885MSB) and a NHD-885F (NHD-885MSFB) working in Blue Iris. I had a lucky start with one camera that simply connected and worked after an initial network scan. It was a fluke. I tried to connect the other camera and it didn’t work. This is when the real learning commenced!
One of these cameras (885MSB) had been sitting around and not in active use, and the other had been used recently with a Swann NVR. My first thought was perhaps they had different firmware, so I reconnected them to a NVR and they were both using the same, and the latest, firmware (V4.41.5.2_200622).
At one point I deleted the working camera and tried to reconnect it. That was a bad idea as it wouldn’t reconnect. I then had two cameras that refused to connect.
I have read this thread and tried many of the ideas and password suggestions.
To cut a very long story short, what I did stumble across that worked for me…
(Preamble: I set up a PoE switch directly connected to my laptop via a USB-C adapter. The wifi was turned off on my laptop to disconnect it from the Swann NVR on my home network. I set the IPv4 address on the adapter to 172.16.1.10 and the subnet mask to 255.255.0.0).
The steps I did were:
(1) connect a camera to the NVR (NVR8-8600RU in my case), note the physical port number, and wait for it to fully boot up and connect.
(2) ** this is the key step *** in the NVR setup menu, go to Advanced —> Maintain —> IP Cam Load Default and check the box corresponding to the port the camera is connected to. Click ‘OK’ to reset the camera.
(3) let the camera reboot and restart up on the NVR. It should reconnect and an image should return to that channel on the NVR. Don’t change any settings on the camera via the NVR - just reset it to its default as above and disconnect.
(4) unplug the camera from the NVR and plug it in to the PoE switch/hub on the laptop.
(5) I did an initial check of the camera using ‘ONVIF Device Manager’. The username needs to be set to ‘admin’ and the password needs to be set to ‘admin’. A scan ‘refresh’ should find the camera. (Note the NVR reports the password as the MAC or as the NVR password depending upon which menu you look in. Ignore those passwords and use ‘admin’).
(6) Out of interest, I also tried to connect to the web interface. ONVIF Device Manager produces an error message saying the browser is incompatible. I found that Edge can be set to use ‘Internet Explorer’ mode on nominated websites. I copied the web address from ONVIF Device Manager and copied it in to Edge. You will need to play with the setting in Edge to have it use IE for the cameras IP address. Then it will want a plug in. It’s a little bit fiddly but it all eventually works. At some stage the plug in (essentially a Swann NVR app) will prompt for username and password. Use ‘admin’ for both.
(7) I then went back to Blue Iris and deleted all the old ‘cameras’ I had and started fresh. Use ‘admin’ for both username and password and do the scan for cameras. They were quickly found and connected.
Hopefully it be ‘onwards and upwards’ from here!