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psyciknz / CameraEvents

Dahua NVR/Camera Alerting to MQTT. Fairly specific to my needs, but also an attempt at starting to use travis.
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Cannot connect to Amcrest NVR #17

Closed bryeartem closed 3 years ago

bryeartem commented 3 years ago

I have a newer NV4216E-AI NVR and cannot connect with message "Invalid Authority" The API seems identical to previous models, and I can also use /cgi-bin/eventManager.cgi?action=attach&codes=[VideoMotion] and get the expected Code=VideoMotion,Start/Stop etc when using in browser.. it seems it is not authenticating properly as I get this message: `INFO:main:Connected to MQTT OK Returned code=0 2020-09-10 16:03:59,284 - main - INFO - Connected to MQTT OK Returned code=0 INFO:main:Connected to MQTT OK Returned code=0 2020-09-10 16:04:01,179 - main - DEBUG - [NVR]: Error Invalid Authority!

DEBUG:main:[NVR]: Error Invalid Authority!

2020-09-10 16:04:01,180 - main - DEBUG - [NVR] OnDisconnect(Success) DEBUG:main:[NVR] OnDisconnect(Success) ` I'm hoping you could tell me what I could do to troubleshoot the issue. I read in a zoneminder forum about issues with PTZ commands needing to be sent twice as it would fail for authentication the first time then work on the second. I really don't know where to start..

psyciknz commented 3 years ago

What authentication method are you using? I think if the camera (nvr) config you can set basic or digest. If nothing set, it is probably defaulting to basic.

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I have a newer NV4216E-AI NVR and cannot connect with message "Invalid Authority" The API seems identical to previous models, and I can also use /cgi-bin/eventManager.cgi?action=attach&codes=[VideoMotion] and get the expected Code=VideoMotion,Start/Stop etc when using in browser.. it seems it is not authenticating properly as I get this message: `INFO:main:Connected to MQTT OK Returned code=0 2020-09-10 16:03:59,284 - main - INFO - Connected to MQTT OK Returned code=0 INFO:main:Connected to MQTT OK Returned code=0 2020-09-10 16:04:01,179 - main - DEBUG - [NVR]: Error Invalid Authority!

DEBUG:main:[NVR]: Error Invalid Authority!

2020-09-10 16:04:01,180 - main - DEBUG - [NVR] OnDisconnect(Success) DEBUG:main:[NVR] OnDisconnect(Success) ` I'm hoping you could tell me what I could do to troubleshoot the issue. I read in a zoneminder forum about issues with PTZ commands needing to be sent twice as it would fail for authentication the first time then work on the second. I really don't know where to start..

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bryeartem commented 3 years ago

So I verified and it was on digest, I did try basic last night once I realized it wasn’t connecting. Is there a way to see more detail that just the “Invalid Authority” message?

psyciknz commented 3 years ago

Not really no...... it's just using curl in the background. Maybe just try going to the event url via curl and seeing if you can login or not.

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So I verified and it was on digest, I did try basic last night once I realized it wasn’t connecting. Is there a way to see more detail that just the “Invalid Authority” message?

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bryeartem commented 3 years ago

My apologies, I guess I really went down the rabbit-hole troubleshooting this one... and didn't follow my own normal steps for not making multiple changes when troubleshooting... I just assumed it wasn't working and ended up jacking up a few things... ultimately my cameras had "incorrect" names from what they used to be in MQTT, but I must have changed my config.ini before I realized and started a domino effect as I also had to hardcode the config.ini back when I first started using this.. so the "Invalid Authority" was because it was using a config.ini that wasn't populated fully and didn't have my username and password.. . But, anyway, thanks for your awesome component as nobody makes anything to handle the NVR motion, just individual cameras... your work has been an integral part of my home automation system...! 👍