Old Sony ip cameras onto hikvision nvrs.

[Jwiggand]

We have a site running milestone vms but want to change it to hikcentral ,has anyone had any experience getting Sony cameras working on hikvision equipment. They won’t pay to upgrade the cameras(104) until new budgets are released. 

[PeterJames]

I would stick with Milestone by choice but Hik will work with Onvif 

[james.wilson]

I doubt the old sonys are onvif? How old are they. 

[sixwheeledbeast]

Get the model numbers and find out if they support an onvif profile.

[al-yeti]

13 hours ago, PeterJames said:

I would stick with Milestone by choice but Hik will work with Onvif 

You mean as SW said , meaning do Sony have onvif......

[Jwiggand]

On 08/02/2022 at 19:19, PeterJames said:

I would stick with Milestone by choice but Hik will work with Onvif 

Bit of a strange situation , the milestone licence is split between various sites and the installer (not us) didn’t purchase the correct amount of licenses. So they need to buy a new copy of mile stone and a new licence for every camera. The cost is coming in a lot larger than the budget allows. 

On 08/02/2022 at 19:49, james.wilson said:

I doubt the old sonys are onvif? How old are they. 

I’ve gone through the cameras and can’t find any onvif settings. The cameras are about 14 years old so I fear they pre date onvif but hik have said they may still work , but I can’t see a way how.