> Source: https://rikuy.si/cameras/ . Updated 2026-10-20. Rikuy, rikuy.si

# Keep your cameras. Keep your recorder.

Rikuy talks to the recorder you already have, on your store's own network, through the Rikuy Bridge. No new cameras, no ports to open on your router. We check your model before you pay.

Check your cameras
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ch 04 · coolers · via ISAPI

Bridge found on your network

8 ch

DS-7608NI · clock +2 s · audio dropped

Built first for the recorders small stores already own

RTSP cameras: live view only

## Check your cameras in ten seconds.

Pick the brand on your recorder and type the model from its label. Your agent can do the same check for you with one call.

1 · Brand on the recorder2 · Model on the label
Recorder model

Not sure? Send your agent a photo of the label, or ask it to run check\_cameras.

First at launch
Hikvision family

Hikvision recorders

methodISAPI, Hikvision's HTTP API, plus RTSP playback
live frameYes, from the main or sub stream
recordedSearch and clips by time range
turn onISAPI and RTSP, a Rikuy user

We confirm before you pay. During the private demo we check every recorder with you on a call.

```
// your agent can call this, no account needed
{"tool": "check_cameras",
 "arguments": {"brand": "hikvision", "model": "DS-7608NI"}}
→ {"supported": true, "method": "isapi"}
```

[Setup guide for Hikvision](https://rikuy.si/cameras/hikvision/)

## Compatibility, family by family.

Hikvision and Dahua make about a third of the world's cameras and build for many other labels. One driver covers a whole family.

| family | brands on the label | method | live frame | recorded search and clips | status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | Hikvision, Annke, Ezviz, LTS | ISAPI + RTSP | Yes | Yes | First at launch |
|  | Dahua, Lorex, Amcrest | CGI + RTSP | Yes | Yes | First at launch |
|  | Reolink, wired and plug-in Wi-Fi | api.cgi | Yes | Yes | After launch |
|  | Any camera with RTSP or ONVIF Profile S | RTSP · ONVIF S | Yes | Not yet | Live view only |
| Swann, Uniview | Swann, Uniview | to confirm | To test | To test | v2 |
| Cloud cameras | Ring, Wyze, battery cameras | cloud API | Not in v1 | Not in v1 | later |

Reolink battery cameras only stream through Reolink's Home Hub. Models are tested in our lab, starting with a used Hikvision NVR and a used Dahua DVR; each brand page lists what we are testing.

## What your recorder needs. Three settings, ten minutes.

01

### A user just for Rikuy

Create a low-privilege user on the recorder. Its password is encrypted on the Bridge and never travels or sits in plain text.

02

### The right door open

Turn on ISAPI and RTSP on Hikvision, or CGI and RTSP on Dahua. ONVIF users come off by default on both; the setup guide shows where.

03

### Plain H.264

Switch off "smart" codecs like H.264+ so recorded clips cut cleanly. Everything else on your recorder stays as it is.

0

ports opened on your router. The Bridge only dials out, encrypted, on port 443.

0

seconds of audio. The Bridge drops the audio track at the source.

1 or 2

playbacks at a time per recorder, so your own use never slows down.

60 s

clock drift and we tell you. Every frame carries the recorder time and the corrected time.

## Not on the list? Tell us the model.

We are in private demo with Florida stores. Send us the brand and model on your recorder and we will tell you how Rikuy would connect.

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