Adding Arecont Cameras

Recommended Method

• Add camera via Native Camera Protocol (auto discovery)
  • Click add cameras, select the camera, enter its username and password and click add.

NOTE: If the above connection method fails, you can try one of the following alternate methods.

Alternate Methods

• Manually add as Arecont
  • Click Add cameras and then click Manually Add a Camera at the bottom, set the protocol drop down menu to Arecont, fill out Username, Password, IP Address, Camera Name and click Save
• Manually add as ONVIF
  • Click Add cameras and then click Manually Add a Camera at the bottom, set the protocol drop down menu to ONVIF, fill out Username, Password, IP Address, Camera Name and click Save
• Manually add as RTSP
  • Click Add cameras and then click Manually Add a Camera at the bottom, set the protocol drop down menu to RTSP, fill out Username, Password, IP Address, Camera Name
  • Next you will need to enter the cameras RTSP URL – it is recommended to configure both High Quality and Low Quality streams if possible –See below section on creating the RTSP URL

Single-Sensor Cameras:

The syntax for an Arecont single-sensor camera is as follows:

rtsp://<camera_ip>/h264.sdp?res=[half/full]&ssn=<unique_integer>&doublescan=0&fps=<integer>

Parameters:

<camera_ip> Enter the camera's IP address

res=[half/full] Specify the resolution as either res=half or res=full

ssn=<unique_integer> The ssn is a unique session number, and must be set to a unique integer (1-65535) for each stream.

fps=<integer> Specify the frame-rate as an integer. "0" specifies maximum frame-rate.

Example:

Stream 1 (full resolution): rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=full&s...escan=0&fps=10

Stream 2 (half resolution): rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp?res=half&s...escan=0&fps=10

Multi-Sensor Cameras:

The syntax for an Arecont multi-sensor camera is as follows:

rtsp://<camera_ip>/h264.sdp<sensor_number>?res=[half/full]&ssn=<unique_integer>&doublescan=0&fps=<integer>

Parameters:

<camera_ip> Enter the camera's IP address

sdp<sensor_number> Specify the sensor number as an Integer [1-4]

res=[half/full] Specify the resolution as either res=half or res=full

ssn=<unique_integer> The ssn is a unique session number and must be set to a unique integer (1-65535) for each stream.

fps=<integer> Specify the framerate as an integer. "0" specifies maximum framerate.

Example:

Sensor 1: rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp1?res=full&...escan=0&fps=10

Sensor 2: rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp2?res=full&...escan=0&fps=10

Sensor 3: rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp3?res=full&...escan=0&fps=10

Sensor 4: rtsp://camera_ip/h264.sdp4?res=full&...escan=0&fps=10

Note: More information on Arecont RTSP URLs can be found in the Integrating Arecont Vision Cameras Quick Start Guide, located at:

https://www.arecontvision.com/integrating-arecont-vision-ip-cameras 

Important Note: 

Not all Arecont cameras can handle the load of streaming a full resolution stream, or multiple sessions from each sensor. If frequent video drop-out is observed, consider only streaming one session from each sensor, or reducing each single-stream session down to half-resolution.