mysmarthome/hik-vision camera/readme.md

## The following are the screenshots of HikVision camera setup.
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### If you get "Parameter Error" when saving the settings, that means you are not using the right browser with correct plug-in.

The HikVision cameras work best on IE11 browsers, where it will install an active-x plug-in. This plug-in lets you see the live view, and also lets you play the recorded content. HikVision requires that plug-in to be installed to save settings. If you are on Windows 10, just go to run command, and type `iexplore.exe` to open old internet explorer, and go to your camera URL. It will then ask you to install that active-x plugin.

Also, for the text overlay to work, the authentication for web must be digest/basic. 

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The "Integration Protocol" under Advanced settings is only visible if you have the latest firmware. The reason you don't see that option in the above screenshots is because I had older version of firmware, and I updated it to enable text overlay feature.

The following is the Home Assistant REST API sensor that sets a given text to the camera.  For more information, go to
[https://github.com/skalavala/mysmarthome/blob/master/packages/cameras.yaml#L141](https://github.com/skalavala/mysmarthome/blob/master/packages/cameras.yaml#L141)

```
rest_command:
  set_camera_textoverlay_left_bottom:
    url: http://192.168.xxx.xxx/Video/inputs/channels/1/overlays/text/1
    username: !secret camera_username
    password: !secret camera_password
    method: PUT
    content_type: 'text/xml'
    payload: >-
      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
      <TextOverlay version="1.0" xmlns="http://www.hikvision.com/ver10/XMLSchema">
      <id>1</id><enabled>true</enabled>
      <posX>45</posX><posY>520</posY>
      <message>{{ message }} </message>
      </TextOverlay>
```

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Make sure you check the "1" checkbox under **Text Overlay**, enter some text and save settings if you want to update the text programmatically. 
Also, if you get the "Parameter Error" while saving, that means you are using wrong browser! 

**Make sure you use IE11 browser with the ActiveX plugin installed.**

**Hikvision settings are best updated using IE11 browser!**

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