diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/HikvisionHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/HikvisionHandler.java
index 4e49c4116b7..7216b486c53 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/HikvisionHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/HikvisionHandler.java
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ public class HikvisionHandler extends ChannelDuplexHandler {
                             removeChannels.add(channel);
                         }
                         // start checking the input IO status
-                        ipCameraHandler.lowPriorityRequests.set(0,
+                        ipCameraHandler.lowPriorityRequests.add(0,
                                 "/ISAPI/System/IO/inputs/" + ipCameraHandler.cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + "/status");
                     } else {
                         // start checking the input IO status
-                        ipCameraHandler.lowPriorityRequests.set(0,
+                        ipCameraHandler.lowPriorityRequests.add(0,
                                 "/ISAPI/System/IO/inputs/" + ipCameraHandler.cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + "/status");
                     }
                     ipCameraHandler.removeChannels(removeChannels);
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/handler/IpCameraHandler.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/handler/IpCameraHandler.java
index 6a6650de9d5..0004c569572 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/handler/IpCameraHandler.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/handler/IpCameraHandler.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ import org.openhab.binding.ipcamera.internal.IpCameraDynamicStateDescriptionProv
 import org.openhab.binding.ipcamera.internal.MyNettyAuthHandler;
 import org.openhab.binding.ipcamera.internal.ReolinkHandler;
 import org.openhab.binding.ipcamera.internal.onvif.OnvifConnection;
+import org.openhab.binding.ipcamera.internal.onvif.OnvifConnection.RequestType;
 import org.openhab.binding.ipcamera.internal.servlet.CameraServlet;
 import org.openhab.core.OpenHAB;
 import org.openhab.core.library.types.DecimalType;
@@ -1556,19 +1557,13 @@ public class IpCameraHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
         // what needs to be done every poll//
         switch (thing.getThingTypeUID().getId()) {
             case GENERIC_THING:
-                if (!snapshotPolling) {
-                    checkCameraConnection();
-                }
+                checkCameraConnection();
                 break;
             case ONVIF_THING:
-                if (!snapshotPolling) {
-                    checkCameraConnection();
-                }
+                onvifCamera.sendOnvifRequest(RequestType.Renew, onvifCamera.subscriptionXAddr);
                 break;
             case INSTAR_THING:
-                if (!snapshotPolling) {
-                    checkCameraConnection();
-                }
+                checkCameraConnection();
                 noMotionDetected(CHANNEL_MOTION_ALARM);
                 noMotionDetected(CHANNEL_PIR_ALARM);
                 noMotionDetected(CHANNEL_HUMAN_ALARM);
@@ -1588,19 +1583,14 @@ public class IpCameraHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
                 sendHttpGET("/cgi-bin/eventManager.cgi?action=getEventIndexes&code=AudioMutation");
                 break;
             case REOLINK_THING:
-                if (cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() > 0) {
-                    sendHttpGET("/api.cgi?cmd=GetAiState&channel=" + cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + "&user="
-                            + cameraConfig.getUser() + "&password=" + cameraConfig.getPassword());
-                    sendHttpGET("/api.cgi?cmd=GetMdState&channel=" + cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + "&user="
-                            + cameraConfig.getUser() + "&password=" + cameraConfig.getPassword());
-                } else if (!snapshotPolling) {
-                    checkCameraConnection();
+                if (cameraConfig.getOnvifPort() == 0) {
+                    sendHttpGET("/api.cgi?cmd=GetAiState&channel=" + cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + reolinkAuth);
+                    sendHttpGET("/api.cgi?cmd=GetMdState&channel=" + cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + reolinkAuth);
+                } else {
+                    onvifCamera.sendOnvifRequest(RequestType.Renew, onvifCamera.subscriptionXAddr);
                 }
                 break;
             case DAHUA_THING:
-                if (!snapshotPolling) {
-                    checkCameraConnection();
-                }
                 // Check for alarms, channel for NVRs appears not to work at filtering.
                 if (streamIsStopped("/cgi-bin/eventManager.cgi?action=attach&codes=[All]")) {
                     logger.info("The alarm stream was not running for camera {}, re-starting it now",
@@ -1609,9 +1599,6 @@ public class IpCameraHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
                 }
                 break;
             case DOORBIRD_THING:
-                if (!snapshotPolling) {
-                    checkCameraConnection();
-                }
                 // Check for alarms, channel for NVRs appears not to work at filtering.
                 if (streamIsStopped("/bha-api/monitor.cgi?ring=doorbell,motionsensor")) {
                     logger.info("The alarm stream was not running for camera {}, re-starting it now",
@@ -1733,20 +1720,14 @@ public class IpCameraHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
                             "[{ \"cmd\":\"GetAbility\", \"param\":{ \"User\":{ \"userName\":\"admin\" }}}]");
                 }
                 if (snapshotUri.isEmpty()) {
-                    if (cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() < 1) {
-                        snapshotUri = "/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=0&rs=openHAB" + reolinkAuth;
-                    } else {
-                        snapshotUri = "/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=" + (cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() - 1)
-                                + "&rs=openHAB" + reolinkAuth;
-                    }
+                    // ReolinkHandler will change the snapshotUri in the response to /api.cgi?cmd=Login
+                    snapshotUri = "/cgi-bin/api.cgi?cmd=Snap&channel=" + cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + "&rs=openHAB"
+                            + reolinkAuth;
                 }
+                // channel numbers for snapshots start at 0, while the rtsp start at 1
                 if (rtspUri.isEmpty()) {
-                    if (cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() < 1) {
-                        rtspUri = "rtsp://" + cameraConfig.getIp() + ":554/h264Preview_01_main";
-                    } else {
-                        rtspUri = "rtsp://" + cameraConfig.getIp() + ":554/h264Preview_0" + cameraConfig.getNvrChannel()
-                                + "_main";
-                    }
+                    rtspUri = "rtsp://" + cameraConfig.getIp() + ":554/h264Preview_0"
+                            + (cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() + 1) + "_main";
                 }
                 break;
         }
@@ -1777,7 +1758,7 @@ public class IpCameraHandler extends BaseThingHandler {
             case ONVIF_THING:
                 return true;
             case REOLINK_THING:
-                if (cameraConfig.getNvrChannel() < 1) {
+                if (cameraConfig.getOnvifPort() > 0) {
                     return true;
                 }
         }
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifCodec.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifCodec.java
index 091213c95ae..7c54ad978d1 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifCodec.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifCodec.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelDuplexHandler;
 import io.netty.channel.ChannelHandlerContext;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpContent;
+import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpResponse;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.LastHttpContent;
 import io.netty.handler.timeout.IdleStateEvent;
 import io.netty.util.CharsetUtil;
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@ public class OnvifCodec extends ChannelDuplexHandler {
             return;
         }
         try {
+            if (msg instanceof HttpResponse response) {
+                if (response.status().code() != 200) {
+                    logger.trace("ONVIF replied with code {} message is {}", response.status().code(), msg);
+                }
+            }
             if (msg instanceof HttpContent content) {
                 incomingMessage += content.content().toString(CharsetUtil.UTF_8);
             }
@@ -65,11 +71,11 @@ public class OnvifCodec extends ChannelDuplexHandler {
         }
         if (evt instanceof IdleStateEvent) {
             IdleStateEvent e = (IdleStateEvent) evt;
-            logger.trace("IdleStateEvent received: {}", e.state());
+            logger.debug("IdleStateEvent received: {}", e.state());
             onvifConnection.setIsConnected(false);
             ctx.close();
         } else {
-            logger.trace("Other ONVIF netty channel event occurred: {}", evt);
+            logger.debug("ONVIF netty channel event occurred: {}", evt);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifConnection.java b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifConnection.java
index e6cd9d10d8b..d65e2802978 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifConnection.java
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.ipcamera/src/main/java/org/openhab/binding/ipcamera/internal/onvif/OnvifConnection.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
     @SuppressWarnings("unused")
     private String imagingXAddr = "http://" + ipAddress + "/onvif/device_service";
     private String ptzXAddr = "http://" + ipAddress + "/onvif/ptz_service";
-    private String subscriptionXAddr = "http://" + ipAddress + "/onvif/device_service";
+    public String subscriptionXAddr = "http://" + ipAddress + "/onvif/device_service";
     private boolean isConnected = false;
     private int mediaProfileIndex = 0;
     private String rtspUri = "";
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
                             + mediaProfileTokens.get(mediaProfileIndex)
                             + "</ProfileToken><Translation><Zoom x=\"-0.0240506344\" xmlns=\"http://www.onvif.org/ver10/schema\"/></Translation></RelativeMove>";
                 case Renew:
-                    return "<Renew xmlns=\"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2\"><TerminationTime>PT1M</TerminationTime></Renew>";
+                    return "<Renew xmlns=\"http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsn/b-2\"><TerminationTime>PT10S</TerminationTime></Renew>";
                 case GetConfigurations:
                     return "<GetConfigurations xmlns=\"http://www.onvif.org/ver20/ptz/wsdl\"></GetConfigurations>";
                 case GetConfigurationOptions:
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
         logger.trace("ONVIF reply is: {}", message);
         if (message.contains("PullMessagesResponse")) {
             eventRecieved(message);
-        } else if (message.contains("RenewResponse")) {
             sendOnvifRequest(RequestType.PullMessages, subscriptionXAddr);
+        } else if (message.contains("RenewResponse")) {
         } else if (message.contains("GetSystemDateAndTimeResponse")) {// 1st to be sent.
             setIsConnected(true);// Instar profile T only cameras need this
             parseDateAndTime(message);
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
                     ipCameraHandler.rtspUri = rtspUri;
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            logger.trace("Unhandled ONVIF reply is: {}", message);
         }
     }
 
@@ -568,7 +570,7 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
 
                 @Override
                 public void initChannel(SocketChannel socketChannel) throws Exception {
-                    socketChannel.pipeline().addLast("idleStateHandler", new IdleStateHandler(20, 20, 20));
+                    socketChannel.pipeline().addLast("idleStateHandler", new IdleStateHandler(0, 0, 18));
                     socketChannel.pipeline().addLast("HttpClientCodec", new HttpClientCodec());
                     socketChannel.pipeline().addLast("OnvifCodec", new OnvifCodec(getHandle()));
                 }
@@ -583,14 +585,14 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
                     if (future == null) {
                         return;
                     }
-                    if (future.isSuccess()) {
+                    if (future.isDone() && future.isSuccess()) {
                         Channel ch = future.channel();
                         ch.writeAndFlush(request);
                     } else { // an error occurred
                         if (future.isDone() && !future.isCancelled()) {
                             Throwable cause = future.cause();
                             String msg = cause.getMessage();
-                            logger.debug("connect failed - cause {}", cause.getMessage());
+                            logger.debug("Connect failed - cause is: {}", cause.getMessage());
                             if (cause instanceof ConnectTimeoutException) {
                                 usingEvents = false;// Prevent Unsubscribe from being sent
                                 ipCameraHandler.cameraCommunicationError(
@@ -601,9 +603,8 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
                                 ipCameraHandler.cameraCommunicationError(
                                         "Camera refused to connect when using ONVIF to port:" + port);
                             }
-                        }
-                        if (isConnected) {
-                            disconnect();
+                        } else {
+                            ipCameraHandler.cameraCommunicationError("Camera failed to connect due to being cancelled");
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -652,7 +653,7 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
     public void eventRecieved(String eventMessage) {
         String topic = Helper.fetchXML(eventMessage, "Topic", "tns1:");
         if (topic.isEmpty()) {
-            sendOnvifRequest(RequestType.Renew, subscriptionXAddr);
+            logger.debug("No ONVIF Events occured in the last 8 seconds");
             return;
         }
         String dataName = Helper.fetchXML(eventMessage, "tt:Data", "Name=\"");
@@ -782,7 +783,6 @@ public class OnvifConnection {
             default:
                 logger.debug("Please report this camera has an un-implemented ONVIF event. Topic: {}", topic);
         }
-        sendOnvifRequest(RequestType.Renew, subscriptionXAddr);
     }
 
     public boolean supportsPTZ() {