Dahua HTTP API CCTV

Dahua NVR and camera integration via HTTP API v3.98 (Digest auth, RTSP via go2rtc)

Manufacturer	Dahua
Integration version	1.0.0
Used for	video surveillance
Connects over	the manufacturer's own interface
Finds hardware by itself	no — everything is added by hand
Sets the hardware clock	yes

What can be connected

The tree an installer builds: each arrow shows what is mounted under what, and how many of them one parent takes.

graph TD
    DahuaNvr["Dahua NVR"]
    DahuaChannel["Dahua Channel"]
    DahuaOutput["Dahua Output"]
    DahuaNvr -->|up to 64| DahuaChannel
    DahuaNvr -->|up to 16| DahuaOutput

In this guide

Connecting the hardware	What to set on the equipment and its converter before PQ can reach it
Configuration	Everything you can add, what it needs filled in, and what you can command it to do
What it can do	Feature-by-feature, including what this hardware cannot do
Events	What appears in the event log, and how serious it is

| Tested behaviour | Not tested yet |