WatchpostSupported devices
Watchpost talks to a device in its vendor's own protocol. What you get depends on the protocol, so the list goes vendor by vendor.
ISAPI
Hikvision and HiWatch
Cameras and recorders that answer ISAPI on their HTTP port.
What works
- Live view, including encrypted streams
- Archive with MP4 export and sound
- Events
- Settings: recording, image, OSD and masks, events, network, IP channels
- Users and rights, device log, reboot
- Hik-Connect: several accounts, shared access, adding a device by its serial number
DVRIP
Xiongmai
The platform inside many unbranded recorders and cameras. A device that listens on port 34567 is most likely one of them.
What works
- Live view with sound, over RTSP or DVRIP
- Archive with export to MP4 or to the original files
- Events and detection settings
- The full settings set, plus an advanced editor for what has no form
- Users, reboot, camera control: zoom, focus, pan-tilt
- Connection by Cloud ID
Profile S
ONVIF
Any camera that supports ONVIF Profile S.
What works
- Live view
- Camera control: zoom, focus, pan-tilt
- Device settings and reboot
Next
Dahua
Planned. It waits for a device to test on.