Dahua CCTV NVR not showing motion parts.

[Night-Owl]

However in the last 1/2 hr, found a most annoying issue, my new Dahua player is not recording motion, even when set, I just see 24/7 recording, no yellow bits etc to show when motion was, that's with the Dahua and Hikvision cameras, only cameras purely set to motion only are showing the motion bits. Everything was fine when plugged into the Lorex NVR, i.e showed the general 24/7 recording plus different colours for different events i.e motion. No camera settings have changed. The NVR is a nvr5216-16p-4ks2e.

Any ideas ?

 

[wittaj]

Not exactly the same...but may help....

NVR5432-16P-I Recording Schedule

Hey guys I recently switched from a 16 Camera Blue Iris setup to the Dahua NVR5432-16P-I from Andy and I'm trying to set it to record motion/alarm/IVS events only but with "General" selected in the recording schedule it records every 24x7 and if I turn that off leaving MD&Alarm+IVS it appears...

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***PSA for those with a New DAHUA NVR with Built-in PoE switch

IF you have a Dahua NVR with built-in PoE switch... DO NOT follow instructions telling you to use the config tool or switch the IP of your cameras or initialize anything..! With NVR's typically with a -P designation (Built-n PoE switch - example: 4208-8P-4KS2) none of that is required and it...

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[Night-Owl]

Perfect, it was the schedule being set to m&a which does not work, set to general and motion and bingo. Thank you

 

[wittaj]

Glad to lead you to the right spot, but I am still thinking it will be later in the year when you move to Blue Iris

 

[Night-Owl]

Glad to lead you to the right spot, but I am still thinking it will be later in the year when you move to Blue Iris

Probably more like within the week, the issue is purely a decent pc with 2 x Network Cards, I have a few decent laptops around, none with 2 Network Cards and laptops are a pain to upgrade. I have a PC also but I would have to add another Neteork Cards and it's getting old now. So we will see.

 

[wittaj]

When I first did the trial of Blue Iris, I used a laptop. For trial purposes, the ethernet port (if the laptop has one LOL) becomes NIC one and the wifi becomes NIC two, so if your laptop has the ethernet port and wifi, that is two network cards for testing purposes!

 

[Night-Owl]

I have a usb to ethernet adapter so yes I can do ethernet and WiFi. If I get time I will find a trial of Blue Irris and investigate what all this Blue Irris stuff is all about

 

[eyeontheprize]

I am having the same issue with my 5216... can this be fixed from the nvr gui itself or do I need to log into the ip of the NVR?

 

[wittaj]

Always best to log into the camera GUI - either by it's IP address or through the IP of the NVR. Never make camera mods within the NVR gui.

 

[Night-Owl]

Hello, from the NVR I fixed it, the main issue seems to be the schedule needs to include motion and also the motion detection zone must be defined for each camera, I simply clicked on alarm - video detection - hit setting next to region, full screen should go red if default, right clicked to come off screen and applied.

 

[eyeontheprize]

Always best to log into the camera GUI - either by it's IP address or through the IP of the NVR. Never make camera mods within the NVR gui.

why is that? I don't have a VLAN setup so I was waiting on that before I had the NVR on my network.

 

[wittaj]

The NVR isolates the cameras from the internet, so VLAN isn't totally a requirement as much as separation is with some other types of VMS (but still good to VLAN or Dual NIC regardless).

The NVRs, even if the same brand as the camera and ONVIF compliant, are known for not having the settings stick. So any change that you want done to the camera like shutter or brightness, contrast etc. is better to log into the camera GUI and set it in the camera instead of using the NVR gui to make the settings. The NVR is a like a middle-man that may not relay all the info back correctly to the camera.

A lot of the NVRs allow you to access the camera GUI through the NVR gui. On Dahua OEM NVRs, look for the explorer e on the camera setting screen.

 

[eyeontheprize]

Hello, from the NVR I fixed it, the main issue seems to be the schedule needs to include motion and also the motion detection zone must be defined for each camera, I simply clicked on alarm - video detection - hit setting next to region, full screen should go red if default, right clicked to come off screen and applied.

I tried doing this but viewing the playback using the "search" still only shows a green bar. Did you keep the red detection area completely red or did you highlight areas you wanted to show motion?

 

[wittaj]

This will help:

***PSA for those with a New DAHUA NVR with Built-in PoE switch

IF you have a Dahua NVR with built-in PoE switch... DO NOT follow instructions telling you to use the config tool or switch the IP of your cameras or initialize anything..! With NVR's typically with a -P designation (Built-n PoE switch - example: 4208-8P-4KS2) none of that is required and it...

ipcamtalk.com

 

[Night-Owl]

I tried doing this but viewing the playback using the "search" still only shows a green bar. Did you keep the red detection area completely red or did you highlight areas you wanted to show motion?

Hi, I kept red config area as was, I also checked motion was on by verifying each camera from it web interface. O would try the guide Wittaj has given.