Adding cameras to the system

Overview

  1. Sign in to Orchid as an Administrator or Manager
  2. Click the “Configuration” link on the top right of the main screen
  3. On the left under “Camera Configuration” you will see..
    • A list of currently registered cameras
    • A link to register a new camera manually
    • A list of automatically discovered cameras on your network

Registering a discovered ONVIF camera

  1. Click on the camera you wish to register from the list of automatically discovered cameras
  2. Enter an appropriate camera name into the box provided
  3. Enter the ONVIF credentials (both username and password) into the boxes provided
  4. Click the “Register Camera” button

Manually registering an undiscovered ONVIF camera

  1. Click on “Add Camera Manually” link on the left under “Camera Configuration”
  2. Enter the ONVIF Discovery URL in the box provided
    1. Generally this just means changing the IP address and sometimes adding a port number to the default URL
  3. Enter an appropriate camera name into the box provided
  4. Enter the ONVIF credentials (both username and password) into the boxes provided
  5. Click the “Register Camera” button

Manually registering a generic camera with an RTSP stream

Aside from ONVIF cameras, Orchid can support any camera that exposes an RTSP stream.

  1. Click on “Add Camera Manually” link on the left under “Camera Configuration”
  2. Change the “Driver” drop down and choose “Generic RTSP”
  3. Enter the RTSP stream URL in the box provided
  4. Enter an appropriate camera name into the box provided
  5. Enter the RTSP stream credentials into the boxes provided
    1. If the RTSP stream does not support basic authentication, leave these fields blank
  6. Click the “Register Camera” button

Bulk registering multiple ONVIF cameras at once

  1. Click the “Camera Configuration” text on the top left of the Configuration screen
  2. Enter the ONVIF credentials (both username and password) into the boxes provided
  3. Click each camera you wish to add to the system, so that they are highlighted in green
  4. Click the “Register Selected Cameras” button

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