diff --git a/source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown b/source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown
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@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ The Hikvision Binary Sensor is a platform that parses the event stream of a [Hik
 
 The platform will automatically add all sensors to Home Assistant that are configured within the camera/nvr interface to "Notify the surveillance center" as a trigger.  If you would like to hide a sensor type you can do so by either unchecking "Notify the surveillance center" in the camera configuration or by using the "ignored" customize option detailed below.
 
+<p class='note'>
+In order for the sensors to work the hikvision user must have the 'Remote: Notify Surveillance Center / Trigger Alarm Output' permission which can be enabled from the user managment section of the web interace. Also the 'WEB Authentication' needs to be set to 'digest/basic' in the security / authentication section. 
+</p>
+
 For example, if you configure a camera with the name "Front Porch" that has motion detection and line crossing events enabled to notify the surveillance center the following binary sensors will be added to Home Assistant:
 
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