INTRODUCTION 

This procedure will describe how to connect a HIK IP camera to a Vista VL NVR

Procedure

If you do not have the password or IP address of the HIK camera, use the SADP tool IP utility 

To default or carry out any set up of passwords or IP addresses. Some HIK cameras will

Required a hard reset to remove forgotten password.

Use the HIK utility SADP to connect to the HIK camera 

Set a username and password

If you are connecting the camera via the PoE port set the camera to DHCP, if using LAN port set a suitable IP address. Save and exit 

Connect camera to the VL-NVR either via the Lan port or a PoE port depending on the IP set up

Log in to the menu of the VL-NVR > Setting  > Camera > Add camera

Camera found showing offline

Select the edit option input password and test. If the camera name contains special characters i.e.

  - ! ” £ $ % etc you will get this message. “Name contains illegal characters < , . > * etc” 

Change the camera name by removing the illegal characters and test again

Live images will now be displayed 

Camera stream settings can be checked in this menu, set up recording as required 

**Footnote**

If adding multiple cameras to the VL-NVR that don’t have the pre-configured password shown below 

You can edit the passwords of the Protocol options * Protocol type is fixed*

Example

You are adding 16 Onvif IP cameras with a password of Onvif123, change the Onvif password to Onvif123, this will allow the VLNVR to find the cameras on a camera search ready to add.

This concludes the procedure