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Hikvision

The Hikvision Binary Sensor is a platform that parses the event stream of a Hikvision IP Camera or NVR and presents the camera/nvr events to Home Assistant as binary sensors with either an “off” or “on” state.

The platform will automatically add all sensors to Home Assistant that are configured within the camera/nvr interface to “Notify the surveillance center” as a trigger. If you would like to hide a sensor type you can do so by either unchecking “Notify the surveillance center” in the camera configuration or by using the “ignored” customize option detailed below.

Important

In order for the sensors to work the hikvision user must have the ‘Remote: Notify Surveillance Center/Trigger Alarm Output’ permission which can be enabled from the user management section of the web interface. If authentication issues persist after permissions are verified, try accessing using an admin user. Certain devices will only authenticate with an admin account despite permissions being set correctly. Also, the ‘WEB Authentication’ needs to be set to ‘digest/basic’ in the security/authentication section. Ensure this is applied on each individual camera in case of using an NVR.

For example, if you configure a camera with the name “Front Porch” that has motion detection and line crossing events enabled to notify the surveillance center the following binary sensors will be added to Home Assistant:

binary_sensor.front_porch_motion
binary_sensor.front_port_line_crossing

When used with a NVR device the sensors will be appended with the channel number they represent. For example, if you configure an NVR with the name “Home” that supports 2 cameras with motion detection and line crossing events enabled to notify the surveillance center the following binary sensors will be added to Home Assistant:

binary_sensor.home_motion_1
binary_sensor.home_motion_2
binary_sensor.home_line_crossing_1
binary_sensor.home_line_crossing_2

This platform should work with all Hikvision cameras and nvrs, and has been confirmed to work with the following models:

  • DS-2CD2032-I
  • DS-2CD2042WD-I
  • DS-2CD2043G0-I
  • DS-2CD2142FWD-I
  • DS-2CD2155FWD-IS
  • DS-2CD2232-I5
  • DS-2CD2385G1
  • DS-2CD2387G2-LU
  • DS-2CD3132-I
  • DS-7616NI-K2 (NVR)
  • ERI-K104-PR (NVR)
  • IPC-D140H(-M)

This platform also was confirmed to work with the following Hikvison-based NVRS

  • N46PCK (Annke H800 4K NVR)
  • N48PAW (Annke 4K NVR)

Configuration

To enable this sensor, add the following lines are required in your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] file:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: hikvision
    host: IP_ADDRESS
    username: user
    password: pass

Configuration Variables

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host string Required

The IP address of the camera you would like to connect to.

username string Required

The username to authenticate with.

password string Required

The password to authenticate with.

name string (Optional)

The name you would like to give the camera in Home Assistant, defaults to name defined in the camera.

port integer (Optional, default: 80)

The port to connect to the camera on.

ssl boolean (Optional, default: false)

true if you want to connect with HTTPS. Be sure to set the port also.

customize map (Optional)

This attribute contains sensor-specific override values. Only sensor name needs defined:

ignored boolean (Optional, default: false)

Ignore this sensor completely. It won’t be shown in the Web Interface and no events are generated for it.

delay integer (Optional, default: 5)

Specify the delay to wait after a sensor event ends before notifying Home Assistant in seconds. This is useful to catch multiple quick trips in one window without the state toggling on and off.

Supported types

Supported sensor/event types are:

  • Motion
  • Line Crossing
  • Field Detection
  • Tamper Detection
  • Shelter Alarm
  • Disk Full
  • Disk Error
  • Net Interface Broken
  • IP Conflict
  • Illegal Access
  • Video Mismatch
  • Bad Video
  • PIR Alarm
  • Face Detection
  • Scene Change Detection
  • I/O
  • Unattended Baggage
  • Attended Baggage
  • Recording Failure
  • Exiting Region
  • Entering Region

Examples

Example of a configuration in your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] that utilizes the customize options for a camera:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: hikvision
    host: 192.168.X.X
    port: 80
    ssl: false
    username: user
    password: pass
    customize:
      motion:
        delay: 30
      line_crossing:
        ignored: true

Example of a configuration in your configuration.yamlThe configuration.yaml file is the main configuration file for Home Assistant. It lists the integrations to be loaded and their specific configurations. In some cases, the configuration needs to be edited manually directly in the configuration.yaml file. Most integrations can be configured in the UI. [Learn more] that utilizes the customize options for a nvr:

binary_sensor:
  - platform: hikvision
    host: 192.168.X.X
    port: 80
    ssl: false
    username: user
    password: pass
    customize:
      motion_1:
        delay: 30
      field_detection_2:
        ignored: true