How to Setup Cameras for your BYOC hub (Uniview cameras)

This guide will walk you through setting up your Uniview cameras with your BYOC (Bring Your Own Camera) hub. While the instructions below specifically reference Uniview cameras, the general setup process applies to all BYOC-compatible cameras. If you're using a different approved camera model, some steps may vary.

For model-specific instructions, refer to the guides below:

Follow the steps below to get your BYOC camera up and running with your Deep Sentinel POE hub:

Pre-requisites
1. One POE hub and at least one BYOC camera (see list of supported cameras).
2. A POE switch connected to the internet
3. A Windows laptop or a PC
4. Software Onvif Device Manager (download) installed on the laptop/PC
5. At least 3 Ethernet Cables, one for POE switch, one for laptop/PC, and one for every camera
6. Wire your laptop/PC to the POE switch, and your POE hub to the POE switch
7. Wire your camera to the POE switch
8. Waiting for 30 seconds for camera to boot
Find the IP address of the camera
Open Onvif Device Manager, installed in step (1-4).
Since the cameras has enabled DHCP, so please use Onvif Device Manager to find and remember the camera IP address.
1. Open Onvif Device Manager, enter the default account/password: “admin/123456” in the top left corner, then press “login”
2. Click “Refresh” in the bottom to search for cameras
3. Found the camera model (ex. "OVZ-MX4MP-40LS”), then remember its IP address
Use a browser (chrome recommended) to open camera web interface with url http://{camera_ip_address}, where ip address is retrieved in step 2 above.
1. In the first login, use default account admin/123456 to login. It may ask you to update the password. Please do so. Please note that this is the web UI/system password, which is different from ONVIF password. (You may want to keep the new password in a safe place.) Next you are in the main page of the Web UI.
Update Firmware
1. Click "System" → Click "Maintenance"
2. Use the Cloud Upgrade Option (Detect button)
3. We have a few firmware versions available for download in the article: Supported Cameras for Third-Party Camera Integration (BYOC)
4. If using downloaded firmware, use Local Upgrade. Click "Browse..." > Select the ZIP file > Upgrade

4. Login camera web GUI and factory reset the camera. The login account/password are may have been updated in step 3. (We’ve found issues if the camera is not reset to factory settings. So please do a factory reset before you proceed)

1. Click “System”, then click “Maintenance”
2. Tick “Restore all setting to default….“
3. Click “Default“ to do factory reset
4. The reset process will take about 5 mins until you can find the camera IP from Onvif device manager.

5. Create System User for the POE hub (only choose one of a or b below, not both)

1. Using the Uniview Web UI: (recommended)
  Security > User > Add
  in “Username”, input “deepsentinel”
  in "User Type", select "Operator"
  in “Password”, input “deepS3ntin3l_”
  in “Confirm”, input “deepS3ntin3l_”
  in “Select Permission”, select all checkboxes
  Click “OK”, then confirm the deepsentinel user in the User list
2. Using Onvif Device Manger:
  Click the camera item, → Click “User Management”
  then add user
  in “Name”, input “deepsentinel”
  in “Password”, input “deepS3ntin3l”
  in “Repeat Password”, input “deepS3ntin3l”
  in “Role”, select “administrator”
  Click “Apply”, then you may close the onvif device manager.

6. Setup Video and Audio Stream

1. Click “Video & Audio” → click “Audio”
2. Check “Audio Input” on the right hand side
3. Set “Audio Input” to “On”
4. set “Audio Compression” to G.711U
5. Ensure Microphone checkbox is enabled.
6. Click “Save”

7. Enable Motion Detection

1. Click “Event” → Click “Camera Alarm”
2. Click Tab “Motion Detection”
3. Click subtab “Rule Settings” → in “Detection Mode” option, Select “Grid”
4. In its right hand side, set “Sensitivity” to 60, set “Suppress Alarm(s)” to 5, and set “Clear Alarm(s)” to 5
  (PS. Sensitivity setting can only be set by camera web. You may want to change the sensitivity value based on your detection target size and range)
5. Click “Save”
Repeat to setup the rest of cameras
Start Adding Cameras with App

PS. For your safety concern, you may want to change the default system password (admin/123456)

If you use the Uniview NVR, or some other NVRs, please be aware that some settings could be automatically updated by your NVR which can cause compatibility issues with the Deep Sentinel Hub.

Deep Sentinel has certified the UNV NVR502-B-P Series. See here for more information on setting up your NVR502.

The below encoding settings work well with both Deep Sentinel and Uniview NVR.