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It wont, it has valid applications for internal LANs. If you want to expand on the issue, there could be a solution - presumably this is regarding a VPN routing/DNS issue? I am unfamiliar with the OS but there may be a way to add an exception through the CLI if SSH access is available.

Like i said, that is not how it works. I've never come across anyone choosing to configure 50+ cameras individually on systems like these when they are purposely designed to be managed via the NVR.

That's not how it works within Hikvision. The NVR must have access to the camera to manage them. Is there something precautionary in your mind?

@RyanE Understood, thanks. I will need to explore how to code it so that it extracts the room name. It may end up being quicker to write all the notifications out individually for each similar device but where's the fun in that

HIkvision (and similar) guides are a little clunky when trying to understand how it all comes together but it is essentially a system where the NVR is central to the wider system. Whenever a change is made on the NVR, it sends that config to the camera in question which does the grunt work. It is meant to be centrally administrative. So if you want a line crossing event, you configure it as a Smart Event on the NVR for that camera, add the schedule it should apply and the triggers. Altogether, any event that is detected will then be fed back to the NVR which logs both the video and the time/event VCA data so that you can easily see it on the timeline (be sure to tick either the Human or Vehicle tickboxes under it). Notifications are configured the same way. Yes, depending on the NVR, most pro installs use POE switches for the cameras and you simply add the IP addresses to the NVR for it to do its thing. Good luck.

As you discovered, they are rebadged Hikvision 8MP cams. Spec sheet here, and a variant of the DS-2CD2383G2 with near-identical specification. If they have an NVR, you can use their IVMS software to connect to it, manage the cameras and control playback. If you are relying on the onboard SD card for footage then you will have a few additional hurdles to overcome for the same result. They're perfectly reasonable cameras from mid-2022 iirc. For integration, you'd want the Chowmain driver for the full functionality. The standard C4 drivers do work but it is limited, dated and a lot more thought went into the third-party alternative.

Evening. There does not seem to be one provided by the driver associated with the project. But curiously, there does not appear to be a generic one either internal to C4 as part of the standard variables available to call up the name of that room or device. Is this a programmatic shortcoming or is there something obvious that is not clicking with me?

I thought this was in general but yes in terms of firewalling, no disagreement there.

I am drawing a blank for what might be really quite simple: is there a pre-configured variable to represent the room name or device a programming event is attached to? In my use case, i do not want to have a separate push notification to explicitly reference that room/device and using what will otherwise be an identical message if i can simply substitute it with a variable. Cheers!

In no small part i am sure because Cisco do not release firmware which borks their kit (or at least not in a long while). Unifi have demonstrated a tendency not to fully QA their revisions which causes a lot of issues across the full spectrum of customers and despite it being GA. Their wireless AP lines are pretty solid mind.

For my next trick, tomorrow night's lottery numbers... Oh and you really only want to whitelist the TLD so that you capture any future changes should they roll out new services/servers. You probably already have it installed but i use the arpwatch package for this . Whilst primarily monitoring the blackhole vlan across my sites, if a new device joins any point in the network, it will trigger a notification.

Glad to help. What you'll come to find from the wealth of data that comes with a C4 and pfSense combo (and if you use pfblockerNG) is a large world where devs use many different cloud-based systems not just to collect metrics but also to communicate back with their drivers to either provide improvements or upgrades/unlocks that you may have purchased. If you go down the blocking path, you may find you'll need to investigate each service in operation if in case you end up blocking one that causes a driver to default to its basic function. Some C4 services are purely telemetry (like the one you pointed out) but others do considerably more which could cause problems (such as to split.io). It's just the current state of play in the dev world.

Sure, but i meant can you initiate the ping back through the tunnel from the remote site to the local site, i.e to the laptop running HE. The trouble you are describing is a classic routing issue. The remote option within HE relies on the gateway. So do successful VPN connections. This suggests to me an area common between them that i would begin to investigate.

If i ever encounter a comms problem like this, i find often the best way forward is to go back to basics and begin by ruling things out. In this case, are you sure that the remote location is able to communicate back to your network? VPN traffic relies heavily on routing so even though you can communicate one way, it does not mean that the route back is open. This can be as simple as an incorrect gateway configured on the other side or (more complex) firewalling. Ideally, opening up a terminal session on the controller and pinging the laptop HE is running is a good enough test or alternatively, another remote device on the same subnet to test from.

If i had to guess, i suspect a driver is using that address for its telemetry comms. I'd not be overly concerned being that it is link-local, an address more commonly used in cloud-based instances and being APIPA, cannot traverse the gateway.

Another option could be from Orisec. They also provide for third part automation from all the main players including C4. I believe their product range allows for wireless connectivity to their shock & PIR sensors.

Coincidentally, another member has one for sale here if that is an option?

Yes, the driver files (c4z) are actually compressed zip files. With some effort, you can swap out the included icon file with the one you want to replace it with but you need to make sure you adhere to the same original pixel dimensions and for each repetitive one.

This is uncanny timing since i was also about to implement this same feature using a triad matrix amp. I drafted the programming (yet untested) to include ramping down/up the volume around the announcement. But, is it peoples experience that without a specific ducking feature, the combination of C4 with a matrix amp will not actually lower the playback volume but cease it entirely before the announcement is executed?

Perhaps a sticky post may be helpful for the infrequent/visitor in the meantime.

I use AnyDesk to remote into a current home but not familiar with this. Is it better? It has its benefits but i suppose if you have not come to find the need for it, perhaps it'll be unnecessary. Remoting into a single PC without the complexity may well be enough in some applications.

Minisforum are really killing it lately.

No problem, WG is a more modern & lightweight VPN service so it should run pretty well on that hardware. From what i gather, the existing VPN methods (PPTP, IPSEC) will be dropped in favour of WG so your existing connections will need to be remade. That video appears to go into it at some length.

Then you are in luck - https://res.cloudinary.com/avd/image/upload/v133508088/Resources/Luxul/Routers/Firmware/Luxul_Page-Firmware-ABR-4500.pdf

Is it the ABR-4500 model or similar?