Amcrest Provider

Amcrest/Dahua camera device provider addon for CamStack — Dahua CGI over HTTP(S) with digest auth (snapshot, RTSP catalog, PTZ, image/day-night config).

Package @camstack/addon-provider-amcrest on npm.

What it provides

• Amcrest (provider-amcrest): Amcrest/Dahua CGI camera provider — discovers RTSP streams, captures snapshots, and configures PTZ / image / day-night over HTTP digest auth. Category: providers.
  • Capabilities: device-provider, stream-params, motion-zones, privacy-mask, day-night, image-settings, recording-onboard, videoclips.

Configuration

Edit these from System, Addons, this addon, Settings (a device's own settings are on its device page). A password field is stored in the keychain.

Adding a device

• Camera: Name
• Credentials: Username, Password
• Connection: Camera IP, Port, Use HTTPS

Per-device settings

• Connection: Camera IP, Port, Use HTTPS, Channel (1-based), Username, Password

Requirements

• Placement: hub-only.
• Runtime dependencies installed with the addon: onvif.
• A CamStack hub. An agent is used only where the placement above allows it.

Documentation

• docs/architecture/device-model.md

See CHANGELOG.md for what changed in each version.