Can an ANPR camera connected direct to M-Series NVR ftp captured images?

[codlord]

My understanding is that if you connect a HikVision camera direct to an NVR then it can't access the internet in any way? Is that still correct?

e.g. for my ANPR cameras I set them up to FTP captured images to a remote server. To do that I have had to connect them to a PoE switch even when all my other normal cameras are connected direct to an NVR. It just seems to me ridiculous that to use some features of a camera it CAN'T be connected to an NVR.

Looking at the new M-Series NVR's the specs state something like "Configurable special camera smart functions, such as ... ANPR ..." but I don't really know what that actually means - does it mean I could connect an ANPR camera direct to an M-Series NVR and have working image capture to ftp? Or would I still need to buy a PoE switch purely to support a single ANPR camera as I already do elsewhere?

 

[Phil]

Sorry, lots of threads and posts slipped past us through the Summer, I'm trawling back through now.
I'm not aware of any changes to this.
Did you work anything out?

 

[codlord]

@Phil, no prob, but, I am pretty sure the answer is no as the FTP config is on the camera, I could not see any FTP config on the NVR so I couldn't see the M Series being any different to older models in that regard.

Some previous installs I have most cameras connected to NVR then a small PoE switch just to support a single ANPR camera! But now I just tend to put everything on a PoE switch as it works, it's simpler/tidier, easier to manage and more flexible in future.

Still seems a bit crazy to me that in 2024 you can't direct-connect a (very expensive) HikVision ANPR camera to a HikVision NVR and have all it's features work.