Hikvision
hikvisioncam
This Hikvision integration allows you to control your motion detection setting on your Hikvision camera.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
switch | Switch or outlet |
What people report
Hikvision cameras on newer firmware no longer work because Hikvision dropped the CGI interface.
- Not working1
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hikvision IP cameras (CGI-less firmware) | Not working | Hikvision discontinued CGI; closed not plannedSaved copyThe problem HeHIKVISION is no longer supporting CGI so hikvisioncam integration is not working with current firmware. https://www.hikvision.com/content/dam/hikvision/en/support/notice/Hikvision-discontinues-CGI-support-in-IP-cameras.pdf ### What version of Home Assistant Core has the issue? NOT RELATED ### What was the last working version of Home Assistant Core? _No response_ ### What type of installation are you running? Home Assistant OS ### Integration causing the issue hikvisioncam ### Link to integration documentation on our website … Excerpt saved from GitHub on 2026-10-23. | Issue #77923 · 2022-09 |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 200 (0.03%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Legacy |
| Added in | Home Assistant pre 0.7 |
| Set up in the UI | No, YAML |
| Maintainers | @fbradyirl |
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
