Ignoring *.json because it has no messageType

[renatose]

Hello,

I am not being able to set up my camera after setting its user/pw (that work for the rtsp stream).
The camera was auto-detected and apart from user/pw all was auto filled.

I'm afraid the issue might start on

2021-01-04 10:50:13.678 INFO : onvif-adapter: Ignoring https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-ipc-schema/master/schema.json because it has no messageType
2021-01-04 10:50:30.704 INFO : onvif-adapter: Ignoring https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-ipc-schema/master/messages/definitions.json because it has no messageType

I'm using a Raspberry Pi B+ as the host system.

Here are the relevant logs:

2021-01-04 10:49:57.672 INFO : Loading add-on: onvif-adapter
2021-01-04 10:50:13.220 INFO : onvif-adapter: Opening database: /home/pi/.webthings/config/db.sqlite3
2021-01-04 10:50:13.678 INFO : onvif-adapter: Ignoring https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-ipc-schema/master/schema.json because it has no messageType
2021-01-04 10:50:30.704 INFO : onvif-adapter: Ignoring https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WebThingsIO/gateway-addon-ipc-schema/master/messages/definitions.json because it has no messageType
2021-01-04 10:51:02.750 INFO : onvif-adapter: Loading add-on onvif-adapter from /home/pi/.webthings/addons/onvif-adapter
2021-01-04 10:51:15.890 ERROR : onvif-adapter: { Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:15.905 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at createHangUpError (_http_client.js:332:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:15.922 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.socketOnEnd (_http_client.js:435:23)
2021-01-04 10:51:15.931 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:15.946 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1145:12)
2021-01-04 10:51:15.962 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' }
2021-01-04 10:51:15.977 ERROR : onvif-adapter: { Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:15.990 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at createHangUpError (_http_client.js:332:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:15.998 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.socketOnEnd (_http_client.js:435:23)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.006 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.015 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1145:12)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.024 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' }
2021-01-04 10:51:16.033 ERROR : onvif-adapter: { Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:16.041 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at createHangUpError (_http_client.js:332:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.051 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.socketOnEnd (_http_client.js:435:23)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.059 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.067 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1145:12)
2021-01-04 10:51:16.076 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' }
2021-01-04 10:51:16.084 ERROR : onvif-adapter: Failed to initialize device at undefined: Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:18.406 INFO : onvif-adapter: { urn: 'urn:uuid:2419d68a-2dd2-21b2-a205-44EFBFC76ABF',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.426 INFO : onvif-adapter: name: 'IPC 23107418',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.446 INFO : onvif-adapter: address: '192.168.1.145',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.456 INFO : onvif-adapter: service: 'http://192.168.1.145:5000/onvif/device_service',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.474 INFO : onvif-adapter: hardware: '',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.485 INFO : onvif-adapter: location: 'China',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.539 INFO : onvif-adapter: types: [ 'tdn:NetworkVideoTransmitter' ],
2021-01-04 10:51:18.579 INFO : onvif-adapter: xaddrs: [ 'http://192.168.1.145:5000/onvif/device_service' ],
2021-01-04 10:51:18.599 INFO : onvif-adapter: scopes:
2021-01-04 10:51:18.622 INFO : onvif-adapter: [ 'onvif://www.onvif.org/type/NetworkVideoTransmitter',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.643 INFO : onvif-adapter: 'onvif://www.onvif.org/name/IPC_23107418',
2021-01-04 10:51:18.653 INFO : onvif-adapter: 'onvif://www.onvif.org/location/Country/China' ] }
2021-01-04 10:51:18.885 ERROR : onvif-adapter: { Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:18.901 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at createHangUpError (_http_client.js:332:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:18.932 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.socketOnEnd (_http_client.js:435:23)
2021-01-04 10:51:18.953 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:18.966 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1145:12)
2021-01-04 10:51:18.983 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' }
2021-01-04 10:51:18.998 ERROR : onvif-adapter: { Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:19.017 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at createHangUpError (_http_client.js:332:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.025 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.socketOnEnd (_http_client.js:435:23)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.038 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.050 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1145:12)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.059 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' }
2021-01-04 10:51:19.088 ERROR : onvif-adapter: { Error: socket hang up
2021-01-04 10:51:19.106 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at createHangUpError (_http_client.js:332:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.115 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.socketOnEnd (_http_client.js:435:23)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.130 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at Socket.emit (events.js:203:15)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.143 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1145:12)
2021-01-04 10:51:19.171 ERROR : onvif-adapter: at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19) code: 'ECONNRESET' }
2021-01-04 10:51:19.188 ERROR : onvif-adapter: Failed to initialize device at undefined: Error: socket hang up

[mrstegeman]

Those first errors are completely normal. As for the failure to connect, does your camera have a different username/password for the RTSP stream and the admin interface? I've encountered cameras that do.

[renatose]

I have a chinese brand camera that by default is to be connected with this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yoosee (which requires some account and allows the camera to be controlled via the Internet, not just LAN, so I don't trust it too much)
I didn't have much hopes on using it with proper onvif (although it is branded as supporting onvif), but that app has an option to enable and set up a password for NVR connection (hinting at the ONVIF support)
One day by trial and error I could use VLC to connect to it via rtsp://admin:[password]@192.168.1.145/onvif1
That brought up my hopes so I tried to find other ways to connect to it directly: I could successfully connect using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.biyee.onvifer
But both https://www.lingodigit.com/onvif_nvc.html and https://gitlab.com/caspermeijn/onvifviewer do not work.
ONVIFER might have some "not on spec" trick to make it work.

[mrstegeman]

Yeah, it's really hard to tell. None of these cameras perform quite the same, unfortunately. The ONVIF spec leaves a lot to be desired. I've successfully tested 2 cameras, but have definitely had issues with others. It's hard to tell why your camera is misbehaving at the network level.