From c1692c94788ba8ea3843ed5d6ca84555e41e5b01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Rollings Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 13:41:48 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown (#4783) Added note that indicates mandatory settings on the hikvision web interface in order for this component to function. --- source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown b/source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown index ae37f2e9797..803e8b40a2a 100644 --- a/source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown +++ b/source/_components/binary_sensor.hikvision.markdown @@ -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. +

+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. +

+ 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: ```