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Hi, I have been writing a bash script that would read image snapshots periodically from CCTV cameras. So far Hikvision has been the easier one. This url and this wget command seem to work nice. I activated a self signed HTTPS certificate that needed an extra option for wget. wget...

I have been looking at the Milesights NVR and their VCA. Do you know if it will work with third party cameras over ONVIF?

A few weeks ago Milesight released a new version of Smart Tools for Mac users, upon first installing it we noticed a number of minor problems so we didn't initially share its release with you the forum users. After a few weeks back and forth between us and Milesight trying to fix these initial...

Update 26th February 2020 - Superseded by V7x.9.0.7-r3 and V4x.7.0.73-r7: Latest Milesight Firmware for NVRs (V7x.9.0.7-r3) and Cameras (V4x.7.0.73-r7) Some Milesight users may have already spotted the camera firmware that was released last week and the NVR firmware released today, we didn't...

Hello, I have a problem. I have installed the Milesight Mini-NVR with PoE connected with four Vandal proof Mini-Dome cameras and everything is working fine. Updated everything before I configured the system. The app to integrate the NVR works quite well. All cameras etc. are displayed. The only...

Update 26th February 2020 - Superseded by V7x.9.0.7-r3 and V4x.7.0.73-r7: Latest Milesight Firmware for NVRs (V7x.9.0.7-r3) and Cameras (V4x.7.0.73-r7) It has been a long wait but we finally have new Milesight firmware. Unfortunately, the new firmware does not bring the number of...

Some customers have contacted us saying that for a variety of reasons they can no longer log in to their Milesight cameras and NVRs, unfortunately, Milesight don't have a process for resetting your password and so your only option is to hard reset the device. Milesight has online guides of How...

Update 26th February 2020 - Superseded by V7x.9.0.7-r3 and V4x.7.0.73-r7: Latest Milesight Firmware for NVRs (V7x.9.0.7-r3) and Cameras (V4x.7.0.73-r7) Milesight have just this week released a new NVR firmware, 7x.9.0.2 introduces support for VCA functions which means that you can now control...

Milesight have shared the below diagram of how to wire an external alarm device to a Milesight camera:

Milesight are still a young company, and not yet very well known. We have been working with them for just over a year now. They have just produced this YouTube video which does a pretty good job of explaining who they are, where they are at, and what they are about: Personally, I also...

Having all your Milesight cameras grouped together on an NVR is really useful, but until recently there was one big problem with connecting cameras directly to a Milesight NVR using the PoE ports, you couldn't access each cameras settings individually using a browser. Now, this might not seem...

At some point during the setup of your Milesight system or after you have your system up and running you may need to do a factory reset your NVR, there are 2 options for factory resetting a Milesight camera depending on your situation, you can either reset from a browser or do a physical reset...

In our 1st post about Milesight VMS software we took you through how to install both VMS Lite and VMS Pro, in this 2nd post, we focus in on just VMS Lite and take you through the initial steps to set up the software after you have installed it. This will include how to add cameras to VMS Lite...

Milesight offer 2 different types of VMS software, VMS Lite and VMS Pro, both versions are completely free to customers with full Milesight systems and only require "paid-for" Licenses if you are adding 3rd party cameras. In this post, we are going to focus on how to install VMS Lite and VMS...

At some point during the setup of your Milesight system or after you have your system up and running you may need to do a factory reset of one or more of your cameras, there are 2 options for factory resetting a Milesight camera depending on your situation, you can either reset from a browser or...

When we first started selling Milesight their NVRs could manage 3rd-party cameras that were on your network, but the Milesight NVRs could not provide PoE power to 3rd-party cameras. Now though, with the most recent NVR firmware update*, the NVRs will provide power but to get it to work is a...

As you will already know, if you have looked at any of our other Milesight forum posts or videos, the default username and password of all Milesight NVRs is admin and ms1234. These details are default though which means every camera comes with this username and password, this makes your camera...

As you will already know, if you have looked at any of our other Milesight forum posts or videos, the default username and password of all Milesight cameras is admin and ms1234. These details are default though which means every camera comes with this username and password, this makes your...

In this thread, we are going to take you through how to add a Milesight NVR to your network using a PC, and it only takes 8 easy steps. (we've specified PC here because doing the same process with a Mac is a little more complicated and will require you to use a third-party software like Security...

In this thread, we are going to take you through how to add a Milesight camera to your network using a PC, and it only takes 8 easy steps. (we've specified PC here because doing the same process with a Mac is a little more complicated and will require you to use a third-party software like...