One app for IP cameras from different brands
Hikvision, Reolink, Dahua, Tapo and any other ONVIF or RTSP camera on one wall in SecureEyes, on iPhone, iPad and Mac, with no app per brand.
The short answer
SecureEyes talks to cameras through ONVIF and RTSP, the open standards most IP cameras and NVRs share, so cameras from different makers sit side by side on one wall. You sign in to each camera once, and there is no SecureEyes account.
How SecureEyes handles each brand
- It knows a brand by the maker and model names the camera reports over ONVIF.
- For the brands it knows, it uses its own stream paths: Hikvision and HiWatch, Dahua, Amcrest and Lorex, Reolink, TP-Link Tapo and VIGI, Axis, Uniview, and XiongMai-style boards.
- For any other brand, it uses the streams the camera reports over ONVIF.
- A camera that gives nothing over ONVIF can still be added: SecureEyes tries every path it knows and keeps only the ones the camera serves.
- A dual-lens camera gets both lenses, and on Standard and Pro each lens can have its own tile.
The account on each camera
SecureEyes signs in with the account on the camera itself. Some brands keep a separate one for apps:
| Brand | Sign in with |
|---|---|
| Hikvision, HiWatch | An ONVIF user, added on the camera's Integration Protocol page |
| Reolink | A user added on the camera for SecureEyes |
| Dahua, Amcrest, Lorex | The camera's own account. Some models need an ONVIF account, named in the camera's own web page. |
| TP-Link Tapo, VIGI | A Camera Account created in the Tapo app. The TP-Link cloud login does not work. |
Cameras that do not work
- Cameras that only work through their maker's cloud, such as stock Ring, Nest and Blink, and Wyze on its stock firmware.
- Cameras that only offer WebRTC, or that need the maker's app to show video.
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