Hikvision disables Onvif by default

The attached document from Hikvision shows the necessary steps to re-enable Onvif.

For NxWitness the "Enable Hikvision CGI" checkbox must also be ticked.

For the latest patch release of Nx, first enable Hik CGI as below - then add device to Nx.

Nx will create and enable the onvif user.

For the Nx stable release - on occasions the camera remains locked if Nx has auto-discovered the camera.

To fix this we use the following workaround;

• • Turn off Nx Camera & Server auto discovery

  • Delete camera from Nx

  • Soft default the camera (default except IP & passwords )

  • Enable Hik CGI & Onvif & user

  • Add device in Nx manually