Yeah - get Hik Connect working
There are numerous ways to set up and configure it. The Hik Connect app with the Hik Connect service are the only way to have all features working. Primarily this means that you can use the Hik Connect app and connect to your system both locally and remotely (4G) using IP addresses or your own Dynamic DNS address. But doing that you won't get push notifications of any events to your phone. For push notifications to work you have to go through the Hik Connect service - bummer.
The connection to the internet can be done with UPnP or Port Forwarding. UPnP tries to negotiate the port mapping automatically with the router while with port forwarding, you switch off UPnP and setup port forwarding in the router. Port forwarding is the method that Hikvision recommend for speed and reliability. I would do things in this order:
- From memory the Sky router assigns addresses in the range 192.168.0.xxx. First you need to set a static IP address in the NVR network settings. I'd use 192.168.0.250 (DHCP will assign addresses starting at the lowest - unless you have 249 other things on the network that'll be fine) In Network > TCP/IP uncheck the DHCP box then set IP to 192.168.0.250, Subnet 255.255.255.0, Gateway 192.168.0.1, DNS 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
- Ensure that you disable NAT (Network > NAT)
- Change the port numbers in the NVR (Network > Advanced > More Settings) - as the default ones are well known and prone to illegal login attempts. I use three consecutive ports (makes the port forwarding easier in the router) IE http 49000 (from 80), server 49001 (from 8000), RTSP 49002 (from 554). After that you'll access your NVR web page at http://192.168.0.250:49000 if you ever need to
- Login to the router at 192.168.0.1. Username is admin password will either be sky, Sky or your WiFi password
- In security (I think) find the section called services. Click add, call it CCTV and set the ports as 49000 - 49002 TCP and apply
- One tab across click port forwarding. In the incoming rules click add new rule. Select CCTV as the service, source any, destination 192.168.0.250, allow always and apply
- In the Hik Connect app for your site (your original one, not the one you added today) click on the settings icon (little hexagon to the right of the site name), configure DDNS. Set port mapping mode to Manual, enter the server port (49001) and the http port (49000) along with the admin username and password
That should be it. You may have to reboot your NVR, sign in and out of Hik Connect to get it back online. You can edit the other site you created with the new internal IP address and server port number. It's handy if Hik Connect fails, you can still access it while on your home WiFi directly)