Adding 3rd Party Camera to IDIS Recorder

If replacing a camera, you must first unregister the camera.

• AV Contera cameras are supported.
• Mega Line is not supported.

Camera Configurations: 

• Make sure the camera is ONVIF Profile S compliant
• Set a password on the camera if needed
• Set static IP on 3rd party cameras. {Make sure the gateway and the IP address used is in the same network
• The camera needs to be set for h.264
• Lower the bitrate of the camera to 2500 kbps
• Lower the IPS/FPS Main stream to 10-12 and Secondary to 5
• Make sure the date/time on the camera and NVR are synced.
• Connect the camera to the NVR PoE port or to a network switch. The network switch should be connected to the Video In RJ45 port.

Recorder Configurations: 

• From the Live screen on the NVR right-click and select camera registration.
• Select Scan, third-party scan
• Set Protocol to Onvif conformant
• Set Mode to IP
• Click on Advanced Setup {If using a NVR running 8.5.2 and higher, this section is under setup/network/VIN}
• Set to manual
• Set the IP to the same IP scope as the cameras, it must be unused on the network. {You may choose an IP scheme of your liking, DO NOT USE THE SAME IP SCHEME AS THE WAN.}
• Set the subnet mask to the same as the camera
• Set the Gateway to the same as the camera. {Make sure the gateway and the IP address used are in the same network
• Set the range. ( DO NOT USE .255)
• The camera will be listed on the left-hand side.
• Right-click and authenticate the camera
• Right-click and add the camera.
• Hit apply.
  
  *If the NVR does not discover the cameras, reboot the NVR and try again.