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> hikvision@dvr.local
   Receiver Address: <server> hikvision@server.local

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.