ONVIF : How to form the device web service address from the IP address of an NVT

Question

My question is about the ONVIF specification. http://www.onvif.org/imwp/download.asp?ContentID=18006 In section 5.10, it says :

A service is a collection of related ports. This specification does not mandate any service naming principles.

Lets say that I have the IP address of an NVT (Network Video Transmitter like an IP camera for example), how do I form the address of the device management web service? This service is the entry point of the whole system.

Thank you.

Solution 1

According to the official document (section 5.1.1), you can access the service at http://<IP address>/onvif/device_service

Solution 2

you have to add service in onvif xsdl file ( lets say http://www.onvif.org/onvif/ver10/device/wsdl/devicemgmt.wsdl )

    <wsdl:definitions ......>
      ..............
         </wsdl:binding>
         <!--===============================-->
         <wsdl:service name="DeviceService">
             <wsdl:port name="DevicePort" binding="tds:DeviceBinding">
               <soap:address location="http://ip/onvif/device_service"/>
             </wsdl:port>
           </wsdl:service>
    </wsdl:definitions>

and generate ws client source code ( for java can use wsimport )

As was mentioned the entry point for webservice is http://ip/onvif/device_service