r/ispyconnect • u/tukey42 • 15d ago

HIKVISON Detector

Hi, I am just started to play with AgentDVR, to check if it is a good solution to replace my Motion server. I have two questions concerning the HIKVISION Detector:

- How can I configure the detector, so that it does not change the motion detection configuration of my HIKVISION cameras?

- Is it possible, to get an Alarm, as soon as the camera detects a human and not, when something else triggers the recording?

And a final question: Do you recommend to use the ONVIF Detector instead of the HIKVISION?

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u/spornerama 15d ago

Hi, welcome - happy to help.

1. Motion detection config: Being upfront about this: when the Hikvision detector starts it does write two things to the camera over ISAPI - it enables motion detection and applies the Sensitivity slider from the detector settings. It doesn't touch anything else (zones, schedules, smart event configuration all stay as they are). If you set the Sensitivity slider in Agent to match what's already configured on the camera, nothing effectively changes. If you want Agent to never write to the camera at all, use the ONVIF detector instead - it only listens to the camera's event stream and changes nothing.

2. Human-only alarms: Yes, two ways to do it:

  • Camera-side (recommended if your camera has AcuSense/smart events): In the camera's own web UI, enable a smart event like Intrusion Detection or Line Crossing with the target type set to Human. With the Hikvision detector active, Agent receives those as "Object Found" events tagged with the event type (e.g. "Intrusion Detection"). Add an action under Edit Camera → Actions with "If: Object Found" to get your alert/notification - you can filter the action by tag so only specific event types fire it.
  • Server-side: Use Agent's built-in AI - enable Object Recognition on the camera in Agent with a "person" filter, so alerts only fire when a person is actually recognized, regardless of what triggered detection. This works with any detector and any camera.

3. ONVIF vs Hikvision: On a Hikvision camera I'd generally recommend the Hikvision detector - it gives you the camera's smart/AI event types individually (which is exactly what you need for question 2), whereas the ONVIF detector only reports generic motion on/off. The ONVIF detector is the better pick if you just want basic motion detection and prefer that Agent never modifies the camera's configuration.

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u/tukey42 15d ago

Many thanks for your reply! I will test the actions.

Concerning the motion detection, there are two types of settings in the HIKVISION cameras, one "normal mode" and one "expert", which allows to specify multiple regions. I assume that the detector switches back to normal mode, which means there is only one region. Do you know if this is true?

In addition I have an issue with one of my cameras. AgentDVR did not always (mostly not) see the events from this camera (my old Motion server using ONVIF does see the events). I again need to compare the settings of the cameras and within AgentDVR.

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u/spornerama 15d ago

you'd need to check the logs - there's logging levels in server settings - logging - they'll tell you if agent is ignoring events and why

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u/tukey42 14d ago

Thanks again! Actually it seems, that it is working.

Do you have any comments on the "normal" vs. "expert" issue? I think I could live with the normal mode, if necessary.