{"id":1957,"date":"2016-08-15T20:41:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-15T17:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=1957"},"modified":"2016-08-15T20:43:56","modified_gmt":"2016-08-15T17:43:56","slug":"test-onvif-ip-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=1957","title":{"rendered":"Test: ONVIF IP Camera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ONVIF is recent standard for security IP cameras. Due to the standard, it should be easier to integrate these cameras into a surveillance solution.<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.onvif.org\/\">ONVIF site<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The ONVIF specification defines a common protocol for the exchange of information between network video devices including automatic device discovery, video streaming and intelligence metadata.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I got one of the cheapest ONVIF IP camera that has very low minimum illumination (0.01lux) specified, please see figure below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ONVIFcamera01\" src=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/onvifcamera01.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The product came with a management tool with several configuration options. I was surprised that most of them were also available via the ONVIF software that I used.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Software<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sourceforge.net\/p\/onvifdm\/wiki\/Home\/\"><strong>ONVIF Device Manager<\/strong><\/a> <strong>(open source)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>worked very well, it found the IP camera, and most of the settings were available<\/li>\n<li>I was not able to change the configuration file for the logs and traces<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"ONVIFcamera03\" src=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/onvifcamera03.png\" width=\"550\" height=\"346\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Software Happytimesoft ONVIF <a href=\"http:\/\/www.happytimesoft.com\/products\/onvif-client\/index.html\">client<\/a> (free)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>worked very well, it found the IP camera, and most of the settings were available<\/li>\n<li>it is possible to purchase the source code<\/li>\n<li>then android <a href=\"http:\/\/www.happytimesoft.com\/products\/onvif-client-for-android\/index.html\">client<\/a> worked well too, it has buttons for snapshots or for recording video<\/li>\n<li>the traces are available in the file &#8220;ipsee-<em>date<\/em>_<em>time<\/em>.txt&#8221;, below is some extract of this file. One can see the ONVIF messages&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"OVERFLOW: auto; HEIGHT: 230px; WIDTH: 550px\">\n<pre>\n[2016-08-15 17:21:13] : [DEBUG] TX &gt;&gt; POST \/onvif\/device_service HTTP\/1.1\nHost: 192.168.0.35:8899\n&lt;tds:getdeviceinformation\/&gt;\n\n[2016-08-15 17:21:13] : [DEBUG] RX &lt;&lt; HTTP\/1.1 200 OK\nServer: gSOAP\/2.7\n&lt;tds:getdeviceinformationresponse&gt;\n&lt;tds:manufacturer&gt;H264&lt;\/tds:manufacturer&gt;\n&lt;tds:model&gt;XXX&lt;\/tds:model&gt;\n&lt;tds:firmwareversion&gt;XXX&lt;\/tds:firmwareversion&gt;\n&lt;tds:serialnumber&gt;XXX&lt;\/tds:serialnumber&gt;\n&lt;tds:hardwareid&gt;XXX&lt;\/tds:hardwareid&gt;\n&lt;\/tds:getdeviceinformationresponse&gt;\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>VLC Media Player<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was possible to view the video stream when choosing &#8220;Open Network Stream&#8221; with URL like<\/p>\n<p><em>rtsp:\/\/192.168.0.35:554\/user=admin_password=xxx_channel=1_stream=0.sdp?real_stream<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>CCTV and DDoS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The device came with default userid admin, and without password. In the recent DDoS CCTVs has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.securityweek.com\/thousands-cctv-devices-abused-ddos-attacks\">abused<\/a>, and therefore it is important that security aspects has been well tested.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Low light IP Camera suitable for telescope?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My plan is to try this device to take photos from the planets via the telescope. I will make other blogs with the results&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ONVIF is recent standard for security IP cameras. Due to the standard, it should be easier to integrate these cameras into a surveillance solution. 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