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Is There A List Of Cameras That Allow 3rd Party Push?

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Mark Jones
Feb 06, 2017

I just had a conversation with an NVR manufacturer that cannot answer a straight forward question.  It is more than likely he honestly can't answer the question.  Most manufacturers integrate cameras into their NVR or software, but not fully.  The level of integration can be somewhere between 0 and 60.  Does anyone know how I might find out if a camera manufacturer allows 3rd party push from an NVR without an SDK?  Thanks,

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Feb 07, 2017

What you mean "Push from an NVR" ?
You mean like change camera setting/PTZ command/Playback from camera storage ?

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Mark Jones
Feb 07, 2017

Yes, that is exactly what I mean.  

I am relatively sure there is not a machine that allows that.  To me, it is getting to the point that if an Integrator wants to know for certain that all functions of a camera are available through the NVR, they and they alone have to test it.  We can't rely on manufacturers and my feelings on ONFIV are well documented.  

Personally, I am to the point that I feel we have to test just a few cameras and use only those few.  If that means that an awful lot of camera manufacturers get left out, I apologize.  But this has been coming for a very long time. 

As someone who has to deliver a known end result to the customer, I can't accept maybe, maybe not.  

It is either that or give us the ability to write our own scripts and we will add the cameras we want to add.   

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #1
Feb 08, 2017

So you are same to me as a distributor.
I'm gonna tell you the true.
ONVIF is well document but not camera/NVR/VMS manufacturer.
Never trust the feature list from camera/NVR manufacturer.
Test it and well document by yourself.

Make every tested features on record.
2MP, 4MP, 4K, PTZ, Preset on camera, Preset on VMS, G711 record, AAC record, export from IE, dual stream, tri-stream, motion, MC, edge storage........

VMS A using ONVIF, VMS B using ONVIF.
Both can be very different even connected to the same camera.
Camera firmware "upgrade" can do a worst thing too.
A little upgrade (or just a patch) of VMS/NVR/Camera also make everything different.

Enable scripting in camera.
What a wonderful world. :)

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