Trying to work out how to add a new camera

[borgatt]

I've been using ZM for years in some capacity, but recently some of my older D-link ip cameras started to fizzle out. I had some extra credit card points so I though I would give this a shot: https://www.nexxtsolutions.com/connecti ... /NHC-F610/

I had my doubts going in, so Im somewhat prepared if we can just never get it working.

So I received it and set it up on the front of my garage and got it on my network. Right away I started to see that it was going to be something of a challenge. First off, the camera itself doesn't list a MAC (I think this is the first piece of net hardware I've seen that doesn't). Then in the app, if I look at the camera properties, it lists my WAN IP, not its local. So I did a bit of sleuthing and found its Local ip and MAC.

So now the challenge is to figure out how to get a video stream that ZM can see. I have no idea if this is ONVIF compliant, it doesnt mention it anywhere. Doesn't appear to have a web UI, and no username password I can find. I suspect this is similar to another camera I had tried for another project recently that basically only allows for the live stream, and if you want to record you are forced into adding an sd card or subscribing to their cloud service. For that camera (sorry cant remember the model, it was an amazon special i borrowed off someone) I had read that there were custom firmwares one could get. Im not sure if that exists for this camera, I see precious little about it other than their own website.

Does anyone out there have any familiarity with this camera, or for that matter this company?

[kaltertod]

The camera in question is not ONVIF or rtsp compliant.... I am not sure if there is any other way to get a camera to work with zoneminder. The requirements for the camera state the requirements for the camera are as follows:

• Mobile device running iOS8 or higher, Android 4.1 or higher
• Nexxt Home app
• Existing Wi-Fi network

Searching through the documentation for the camera it does not state that it is ONVIF or RTSP compliant.

[jogo]

You can try this:

rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/Streaming/channels/601
rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/Streaming/channels/501
rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/Streaming/channels/401
rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/Streaming/channels/301
rtsp://admin:admin@192.168.1.20/Streaming/channels/201

Substitute your own credentials and IP or name. I'd start with vlc, but make sure that it comes with an h264 decoder.

[borgatt]

Thats a good call on using vlc at least to try out paths. Another angle, I can get my google chromecast to display the feed once I pair the nexxt solutions account with my google home account and ask it to play the camera on the tv. I wonder if there's a way to trace its path there, like see what google is asking for.

[jogo]

How a about a good old pcap trace?` Should tell you about the paths...