Hikvision to MQTT

Start-up

1. Download the project:

    git clone https://github.com/zoilomora/hikvision-to-mqtt.git
    # or
    wget https://github.com/zoilomora/hikvision-to-mqtt/archive/master.zip
   

2. Check the docker-compose.yml to see if there are any conflicts with the ports.

3. Start the whole environment:

    make start
   

4. Once started you will be in a shell inside the php container, check the correct functioning of the system:

    /var/app $ console about
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
      Symfony                                                      
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
      Version              5.2.1                                   
      Long-Term Support    No                                      
      End of maintenance   07/2021                                 
      End of life          07/2021                                 
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
      Kernel                                                       
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
      Type                 ZoiloMora\HikvisionCommunicator\Kernel  
      Environment          dev                                     
      Debug                true                                    
      Charset              UTF-8                                   
      Cache directory      ./var/cache/dev (329 KiB)               
      Build directory      ./var/cache/dev (329 KiB)               
      Log directory        ./var/log (0 B)                         
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
      PHP                                                          
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
      Version              7.4.1                                   
      Architecture         64 bits                                 
      Intl locale          n/a                                     
      Timezone             UTC (2021-01-22T19:47:27+00:00)         
      OPcache              false                                   
      APCu                 false                                   
      Xdebug               false                                   
     -------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
   

5. Now leave the container:

    /var/app $ exit
   

6. You can leave the system connected:

    docker-compose up -d
   

DVR settings

1. Use the iVMS-4200 Client to access the remote configuration of the device.

2. Go to Event > Email and configure the fake-smpt-server as SMTP Server (default port 1025). You can enter any source and destination address, for example:

    Sender Address: <hikvision> [email protected]
    Receiver Address: <server> [email protected]
   

3. Activate in the events that the Linkage Action: Email Linkage.

Check operation

Run a MQTT Client to monitor the topic (replace <server_id> with the IP Address of your MQTT Server):

docker run --init -it --rm efrecon/mqtt-client sub -h <server_ip> -t "alerts" -v

# Result
alerts {"type":"Motion Detected","device":{"name":"Embedded Net DVR","serial_number":"******"},"camera":{"name":"Camera 1","number":"A1"},"occurred_on":{"date":"2020-01-06 14:51:02.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Europe\/Madrid"}}

You can also see the logs of the docker containers to see what is happening:

docker-compose logs -f

# Result
mqtt_1 | 1578318663: New connection from 10.10.12.4 on port 1883.
mqtt_1 | 1578318663: New client connected from 10.10.12.4 as hikvision (p2, c1, k60).
php_1  | Published message: {"type":"Motion Detected","device":{"name":"Embedded Net DVR","serial_number":"******"},"camera":{"name":"Camera 1","number":"A1"},"occurred_on":{"date":"2020-01-06 14:51:02.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Europe\/Madrid"}}
mqtt_1 | 1578318663: Client hikvision disconnected.