ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working

ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working

ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working
ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working
2025-08-28 14:27:38 - last edited 2025-08-28 16:17:02
Model: Tapo C220   Tapo C500  
Hardware Version:
Firmware Version: 1.3.2

Hi, i'm trying to use onvif motion detection on third party scripts on some C220 (FW 1.3.2 Build 250610 Rel.61762n) and C500 (FW:1.3.5 Build 250428 Rel.41828n).

 

Notifications and motion/person detection works great in the tapo app. I've configured a user for the onvif/rtsp stream in the app and rtsp stream works fine in frigate.

The cameras are exposing onvif device_service page, but there's no support for Events / PullPointSubscription, so i cant receive notification but only rtsp stream.

Should't the camera provide Events like PullPointSubscription, GetEventProperties, ecc.?

Typical error i'm getting:

Unknown error: Device doesn’t support service: pullpoint with namespace http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/PullPointSubscription

 

nmap scan

554/tcp  open   rtsp

2020/tcp open   tcpwrapped 

8443/tcp open   ssl/https-alt

 

 

GetDeviceInformation works: shows model and firmware.

GetCapabilities does not include Events 

GetEventProperties fails: session is closed o NoneType.

CreatePullPointSubscription fails with: Unknown error: Device doesn’t support service: pullpoint with namespace http://www.onvif.org/ver10/events/wsdl/PullPointSubscription

 

 

I never used it before so I don't know if on older firmware onvif worked

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Re:ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working
2025-08-29 07:18:25

  @beerbeedi 

Hi,
Is the phenomenon you're currently experiencing that you can successfully set up an ONVIF stream on the third-party Frigate app to view the camera's live feed, but not receive motion detection notifications on the Frigate app?

 

If so, please test with other third-party apps, such as iSpy, to see if you can receive motion detection notifications on them after establishing the ONVIF connection.

 

Best Regards

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Re:ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working
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Hi, I am trying to subscribe to Onvif events from python, same result, no events detected in onvif, but detected in the app.
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Re:ONVIF Third Party Motion Detection not working
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  @depe_arg 

Hi, 
Please confirm the following information about the reported phenomenon.

 

  1. What's your camera's model number, firmware, and hardware version?

 

  2. What third-party app have you used? What detection types have you enabled on the camera's Device Settings > Detection page?

 

  3. If you try to stream the camera via Agent DVR, can you receive the onvif motion detection notification on the Agent DVR?
      How to view Tapo camera on PC/NAS/NVR through RTSP/Onvif Protocol

Best Regards

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