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Does the VMS work with the cameras I already have?
Almost always yes, by two different routes, and it is worth knowing which one applies to you. The first is specific integration: the software manufacturer has written support for that particular model and exposes everything the camera can do. The second is ONVIF, the common standard, which guarantees the basics —viewing, recording, moving a motorised camera, receiving events— with any equipment that complies with it.
Over ONVIF you get what is common and you lose each brand's own functions: its on-board analytics, its fine image adjustments, its special modes. If those functions were what justified buying those cameras, you have to check that the system genuinely has them integrated and not just that it «supports the brand», which is not the same thing.
The check is done before signing and with the real cameras: model by model and firmware version included, because a software manufacturer's list of supported equipment refers to specific models and not to whole families. An old camera that no longer receives firmware is the case that most often fails that check.
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