Problem with ONVIF GetDeviceInformation

David Robison

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Feb 5, 2013, 3:22:37 PM2/5/13

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I have a Surveyor HD-13M and I am trying to discover it using ONVIF. I send the following command to the camera to request its device information.

POST /onvif/device_service HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=UTF-8; action="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/device/wsdl/GetDeviceInformation"
User-Agent: Axis2
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Host: 192.168.111.182
Content-Length: 241
<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soapenv:Body>
<wsdl:GetDeviceInformation xmlns:wsdl="http://www.onvif.org/ver10/device/wsdl" />
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

and I get the following error:

<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>400 Bad Request</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY><H1>400 Bad Request</H1>
Your client has issued a malformed or illegal request.
</BODY></HTML>

Any idea what I am doing wrong? David

Frank Jacovino

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Feb 5, 2013, 3:34:30 PM2/5/13

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David,

First thing you could try is to open the web browser and check the system Information page. Confirm that the VMS mode is listed as ONVIF mode. If not then check SW1 pole 8 and make sure it is on.

Frank

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David Robison

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Feb 5, 2013, 4:16:40 PM2/5/13

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It is now showing ViconNet Mode. I have all the switches in their default position. If I turn SW8 on (Disable ViconNet) then do I also need to turn on switch SW6 to disable NTCIP? Am I looking at the wrong switchers? David

David Robison

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Feb 5, 2013, 4:28:21 PM2/5/13

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OK, Now its showing ONVIF Mode but I'l still getting the same error. Any thoughts? David

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Frank Jacovino

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Feb 6, 2013, 10:43:26 AM2/6/13

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I think you are going to the wrong port – 80. Should be 8000.

Frank

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David Robison

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Feb 6, 2013, 10:48:39 AM2/6/13

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That's odd. From the ONVIF Core specification:

7.3.2.3 Addresses
A device shall include the <d:XAddrs> element with the address(es) for the device service in
the Hello message. A URI shall be provided for each protocol (http, https) and externally
available IP address.
The device should provide a port 80 device service entry in order to allow firewall traversal

It seems to me that according to the spec each devices should provide a port 80 interface to the ONVIF control. Is there a reason Vicon has not?