Hikvision cloud recording

Starting with 3.4.52 Hikvision  Turbo HD firmware version a very interesting feature is available for use. It is about video recording and snapshot for Turbo HD DVRs on cloud, using services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. This tutorial contains all the steps required to set up a DS-7204HUHI-F1/N in order to record and save snapshots on Dropbox.

Prerequisites:

• DS-7204HUHI-F1/N having at least 3.4.52 firmware version.
• A working Dropbox account.
• All communication ports, 80, 8000 and 554, have been opened in router-portforward.

Step 1. Using a web browser access your appliance and first of all check if it has the specified firmware version. 

If the firmware requirement is not met, administrators can easily performed by clicking the Update button or manually search for firmware file on Hikvision portal. Once the appliance is up to date we can go to next step.

Step 2.  Navigate under Storage->Storage Management and then Cloud Storage option. Enable the Cloud Storage option and from the Cloud Type dropdown list choose DropBox. Beside DropBox, users can also chose as cloud service Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. Hit Get button to obtain an DropBox authorization code for enabling your DVR to access your DropBox account and save records.

Step 3. By clicking the Get button, a new page will be opened where, you’ll be asked to allow the DVR accessing the files and folders stored in your DropBox account. Choose allow.

Step 4. Copy the generated access code and paste it in Authorization code box in order to finish the authorization step.

Hit Save button. Once the settings are saved the Cloud Storage option status will switch form Offline to Online. Account information such as name, total capacity and used capacity will also be displayed.

Step 5. From the Storage Option choose Schedule Settings in order to set the record schedule. Choose the camera used for cloud recording, enable the schedule and set the schedule according to your needs. For instance all day event recording is used for cloud recording.

Then, under the Event option go to Basic Event and then Alarm Input. Enable the Alarm Input Handling, then Upload Pictures to cloud option. From the Trigger Channel list, chose the channel 1. Click save to activate the settings.

Moving to DropBox account the DVR automatically creates a Record folder. Once an even occur, such as motion detection on channel 1, under Record Folder, a new folder with date name will be created and under this folder, a new folder will be created. In our case A1 represents the folder were all the recordings will be stored. The recordings extension is mp4 and these clips can be viewed by performing a click over the file name. Beside the embedded video player, users can also download or share video files with other people. A single thing needs to be mentioned, the resolution of video files is the same set for substream. At this moment the firmware allows only substream to be stored in Cloud, but I’m 100% positive that Hikvision software engineers will release a new firmware file able to send mainstream in Cloud accounts.