Surveillance Monitor
Disclaimer: I have written this primarily for my own needs. I make no claims as to the stability of the software, and take no responsibility for any damage it may cause
SurveillanceMonitor is a windows service that connects to IP Cameras that run the HIKVision software. This should also work for any OEMs that run the same camera software. e.g. Annke.
Pre-Requisites
- Windows only.
- VideoLan should be installed
- .NET Framework 4.6
- Open ports/Port forwarding so that this application can connect to the camera, and so that the camera can connect to this application
Capabilities
- Windows service that runs in the background
- On start, connects to the camera, and instructs the camera to send alerts to this application's IP address
- Opens a port and listens for any alarms sent to the service's IP address.
- On an alarm, instructs VLC to capture and save video from the camera for the required duration
- Can monitor multiple Cameras
Settings
During installation you'll be prompted to enter some XML settings, this will be saved as MonitorSettings.xml in the installed folder.
VlcFolder="C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC"
CallbackIp="192.168.0.102" is the IP address of the machine running the Surveillance service
For each camera
RtspSource="rtsp://admin:password@192.168.0.103:554/ISAPI/Streaming/channels/101" enter the RTSP url to your camera. (you can test this out directly in vlc: Media > Open Network stream )
CameraHttpUrl="http://192.168.0.103:80" HTTP port of the camera.
CameraUserName="admin"
CameraPassword="password"
CallbackPort="8080" is the port that the service should listen on for alerts from this camera
And alert actions for the camera. At the moment only the VLC VideoDumper is supported
<alarmAction Type="VideoDumper"> <setting Key="videoDumpDirectory" Value=".\videos\" ></setting> <setting Key="recordForSeconds" Value="30" ></setting> </alarmAction>
Contributing to Surveillance
I'd be willing to accept pull requests implementing any useful new features I'd love to hear feedback from other people using it.