Streaming Protocol

Streaming Protocols - Header

Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)

Streaming Protocols

Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) is a streaming protocol used to stream media content across a network. This protocol was designed to control video and audio streams without downloading media files, typically for fixed sites and CCTV security cameras. The benefit of RTSP is very low latency, however, it requires a very stable network connection. Commonly support video codes include h.264 and h.265. Common audio codes include AAC and mp3.

The RTSP protocol supports low-latency streaming but is not compatible with most devices and browsers. It can deliver low-latency streaming to a select group of small audiences from a dedicated server, making it a standard for video surveillance and CCTV systems.

Pros

• Segmented Streaming: Viewers are not required to download an entire video before watching it, the RTSP stream allows them to watch content before the download is complete.

Cons

• HTTP Incompatible: You cannot directly stream RTSP over HTTP, meaning there is no easy way to stream RTSP in a web browser. RTSP is designed for streaming video on private networks, like security cameras within a business

Common stream url format; rtsp://ip-address:554/descriptor or rtsp://192.168.10.101:554/live.

Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP)

Streaming Protocols

Real-Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP). RTMP is a legacy protocol developed by Adobe to transfer audio and video files between a streaming server and the Adobe Flash Player. Due to its ability to stream over unreliable connections, such as cellular, it’s popular for streaming from users cell phones, action cams, or drones, directly to social media sites.

Pros

• Low Latency: RTMP ensures live video streams maintain a stable connection for the viewer, even if the internet connection is unreliable. It also allows them to easily resume the stream once their internet connection stabilizes.

• Adaptability: This protocols stream feed is adaptive and hosted on an RTMP server, meaning viewers can skip and rewind parts of the feed or join a live stream after it's begun.

• Flexibility: Developers can integrate a variety of video formats, like audio, video, and text, into one cohesive package with the RTMP protocol.

Cons

• Limited Support: Flash is a format quickly becoming obsolete, with HTML5 players taking its place. Flash currently supports RTMP, and this protocol cannot play on HTML5 players without a converter, like an HTTP-based video protocol.

HLS

Streaming Protocols

HTTP Live Streaming (HLS)

MPEGTS or MPEG-TS

Streaming Protocols

MPEG-DASH

Streaming Protocols

WebRTC

Streaming Protocols

WebRTC is an open-source project that delivers video streams to viewers with real-time latency. Initially developed for text-based chat apps and VoIP usage, its popularity has grown among video chat and conference app developers after being purchased by Google. The WebRTC protocol is a low-latency streaming solution that relies on peer-to-peer streaming (P2P); it is utilized by some of the most used apps like Google Meet, Discord, Houseparty, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger.

Codec

Codecs - Header

A codec is a hardware- or software-based process that compresses and decompresses data. Codecs are used in applications to play and create media files for users, as well as to send media files over a network. The term is a blend of the words coder and decoder, as well as compression and decompression.

Codecs compress -- or shrink -- media files such as video, audio and still images in order to save device space and to efficiently send those files over a network.

A codec takes data in one form, encodes it into another form and decodes it at the egress point in the communication session. Codecs are made up of an encoder and decoder.

H.264

Codecs - video

H.265

Codecs - video

Advanced Audio Codec (AAC)

Codecs - audio

Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC)

Codecs - audio

Waveform Audio File Format (WAV)

Codecs - audio

Compression

Onvif

Onvif Profile

VMS

Video Management System. A Video Management System (VMS) is a software-based platform that is generally used to manage and control video surveillance cameras, recording devices, and other security components.

On-Premise

Aka On-Prem.

Cloud

Bandwidth

Bitrate

Time to Live (TTL)

TTL refers to a value set in the header of an Internet Protocol (IP) packet that tells network devices the maximum number of router hops the packet can make before it is discarded.

Cluster

Kubernetes (K8)

Edge Computing

Avatar

Edge device installed on customer location for processing and storing streams. A key component in videoNext architecture.

Stream

Add

Add a new camera. Or. Duplicate an existing camera.

Discover

Search for RTSP cameras, streams, sources on the network. Must be on the same subnet (IE 192.168.100.xxx).

Import

Bulk import multiple cameras at once by filling out the example .CSV file and uploading it.

Configure

Edits the camera’s configured settings.

Analytics

Edits the camera’s linked analytics settings.

Delete

Removes the camera from the system.

Destination

Destination for connecting camera. Options include Edge device or remote server for cloud direct (if not using an edge device).

Avatar

Select the Avatar (edge device) the camera will be add to

Name

Input a name for the camera.

Special Characters are allowed. Spaces are allowed. Maximum 256 characters, however, we recommend limiting to 50 characters or less.

We recommend using a naming convention for all cameras, to keep things consistent.

Example Naming Convention:
Cam01_Front Door_Fixed
Cam02_Back Door_PTZ
Cam03_Back_Door_Radar

State

Set the camera state, on or off. Camera state can be toggled on/off at anytime.

Location

Enter the general location that the camera is physically set. (IE Office_Backroom)

Zone

Creating a zone allows to group cameras together based on criteria, most likely their location. Each camera can only be assignIPed to one zone. Allows for credentialing and access management.

Config Via

Choose the method to ingest the camera stream.

Onvif - from an Onvif Profile (if supported by camera). Onvif profile is managed on the camera side, then ingested to videoNext software. (preferred method).

URL - if Onvif is not supported,

Camera IP/Host

IP address of the camera/device. (IE 192.168.100.115).

We recommend using an overall schema for setting camera IP addresses. Use either static fixed on the cameras, or static DHCP leases set on our router. We HIGHLY discourage DHCP.

HTTP Port

HTTP port the camera or sensor is set to use (set on the camera side configuration). Port 80 is used by most manufactueres by default.

Check the device advanced network settings to verify. On more complex customer networks, the camera sits behind a firewall and uses custom port forwarding.

RTSP Port

RTSP port the camera or sensor is set to use (set on the camera side configuration). Port 554 is used by most manufactures by default.

Check the device advanced network settings to verify.
On more complex customer networks, the camera sits behind a firewall and uses custom port forwarding.

Username

Enter the username associated with the camera.

Multiple username/user accounts can be created on the camera side. We recommend using an account with full Administrator privileges.

Password

Enter the password associated with the camera

Force RTP over TCP

Generally do not select this option. The default of RTP over UDP is typically fine, unless you see issues like broken streams or dropped frames. Then, try TCP to see if it helps.

This option changes the network protocol used for streaming media from RTP over UDP to RTP over TCP.

By default, media streams use UDP as it allows for faster delivery of data. UDP is one way, fire-and-forget, across the network (network layer). This allows highest performance, but sometimes at the tradeoff of reliability.

RTP over TCP ensures delivery and ordering of packets (network layer) at every hop in the network. This increases reliability of a media stream, however, comes at the cost of a slight delay/lag (typically 0-0.5 seconds, but can be up to 1 second delay).

On a stable network, there is no additional latency with RTP over TCP. On networks with many hops and/or high network utilization, the increased reliability (packet confirmation at every hop) of RTP over TCP might result in degraded media streams, such as frame loss.

Follow RTP time

Selected by default. It’s recommended to have RTP sources (cameras) synced to an NTP source (IE pool.ntp.org) to maintain accurate timesync. Follow RTP time will then be able to accurately and smoothly stream video. If the RTP source (cameras) are unable to set accurate timesync, it's recommended to de-select Follow RTP time. Otherwise, video will be behave abnormal (objects will jump around in the scene erratically).

Storage Pool

Select your desired storage (archive) length for this device.

The archived footage is reset at the end of the storage period. (IE 14 days). In a 14 day pool, footage older than 14 days will auto-delete itself.

The advantage of having multiple Storage Pools allows different cameras to be saved for different periods of time. (IE Camera A-5 day storage pool. Camera B-30 day storage pool, Camera C-90 day storage pool).

Storage pools are created on the realm by realm administrators or based on SaaS subscription preferences.

Enable PTZ

If the camera supports PTZ (Pan-Tile-Zoom) function, it can be enabled here. PTZ must also be enabled on the camera-side.

There are two types of PTZ, digital and mechanical.

Digital PTZ allows for software based zoom and focus areas on the camera’s view area. Mechanical PTZ allows for steering the camera mechanical gimbal, and mechanical zoom lens.

Lat (Latitude)

Input the latitude of the camera’s physical location. These coordinates will display on the maps widget.

Lng (Longitude)

Input the longitude of the camera’s physical location. These cordinates will display on the maps widget.

Assign Sets

This button gives the option to assign Sets to the individual camera

Device Name

The field will populate with the cameras name

Stream

The stream/onvif profile that is in effect

Event Type

INFO - A passive event that is recorded. No actions necessary when triggered. Will be recorded in event log.
ALERT - Triggered events shown as Alerts. Alerts can be set to require acknowledgement, and often organizations will dispatch patrols to investigate alerts. Will be recorded in event log.

Acknowledge Required

This toggle enables/disables whether an alert needs to be acknowledged when triggered

Motion Detector

Analytic feature that monitors for any scene change or activity. Zones can be set (drawn on scene).

Face Recognizer

A NIST certificated face recognition analytics feature. Ability to detect all faces in a scene, and create whitelisted/blacklisted matches by uploading photos of persons of interest. Additional features include; gender estimation, age estimation, and emotion estimator. Supports both CPU and GPU acceleration.

Intrusion Detector

Full featured analytic library for detecting and classifying objects, custom tripwires and geofences, speed and direction filters, zones, counting, object left behind, and more. Hundreds of user-definable filters.

Motion ALPR

Vehicle license plate recognition. Requires cameras properly positioned and calibrated to view vehicle license plates (from over 200 countries in respective languages). Additional features include identify vehicle make, model, color. Ability for Whitelisting/blacklisting vehicles of interest. (vehicle make, model, color first requires accurate license plate detection).

Object Tracker AI

Object detection of over 80 everyday items including people, vehicles, backpacks, cellphones, animals, etc. Includes maritime ship (commercial vessel) detection, and weapons detection.

The object tracker detects the above listed items, and assigns a unique object tracker ID to identify new verses previously detected objects. This also allows counting of unique objects.

QR Detector

An R&D project for scanning Quick Response (QR) codes using any camera source. QR Code can be linked to any URL of file of user’s choice. Possible use case for warehousing, logistics, pallet management, inventory management.

TF Detection

Niche high end face recognition with the highest NIST rating on the market.

VAX ALPR

Name

Name of the analytic in use.

Status

Whether the analytic is Online or Offline.

Uptime

Uptime of the analytic feature.

Restarts

How many times the analytic has restarted.

Requested FPS

Frames Per Second (FPS) requested for the analytic model to analyze. Example, camera stream is viewing at 30 FPS, however, the analytic feature is set to analyze 10 FPS to conserve system sources.

Avg Latency

need confirmation

Events per sec

analyzed events per second?

Metadata, bps

Add

Add a new sensor. Or. Duplicate an existing sensor.

Configure

Edits the sensor’s configured settings.

Delete

Removes the sensor from the system.

Destination

Destination for connecting sensor. Options include Edge device or remote server for cloud direct (if not using an edge device).

Avatar

Select the Avatar (edge device) the sensor will be add to.

Name

Input a name for the sensor.

Special Characters are allowed. Spaces are allowed. Maximum 256 characters, however, we recommend limiting to 50 characters or less.

We recommend using a naming convention for all sensors, to keep things consistent.

Example Naming Convention:

• Sensor01_Front Door_DoorSensor

• Sensor02_Back Door_Fence

State

Set the sensor state, on or off. Sensor state can be toggled on/off at anytime.

Location

Enter the general location that the sensor is physically set. (IE Office_Backroom)

Zone

Creating a zone allows to group sensors together based on criteria, most likely their location. Each sensor can only be assigned to one zone. Allows for credentialing and access management.

Category

Select the type of sensor being added.

Model

Select the model/make of the sensor

Sensor IP/Host

IP address of the sensor. (IE 192.168.100.115).

We recommend using an overall schema for setting sensor IP addresses. Use either static fixed on the sensor, or static DHCP leases set on our router. We HIGHLY discourage DHCP.

HTTP Port

HTTP port the camera or sensor is set to use (set on the camera side configuration). Port 80 is used by most manufactueres by default.

Check the device advanced network settings to verify. On more complex customer networks, the camera sits behind a firewall and uses custom port forwarding.

Username

Enter the username associated with the sensor.

Password

Enter the password associated with the sensor.

Assign Events

Assign Cameras

Lat

Lng

Assign Sets

Add

Add a new gateway. Or. Duplicate an existing gateway.

Configure

Edits the gateway’s configured settings.

Delete

Removes the gateway from the system.

Avatar

Select the Avatar (edge device) the gateway will be add to.

Name

Input a name for the gateway.

Special Characters are allowed. Spaces are allowed. Maximum 256 characters, however, we recommend limiting to 50 characters or less.

We recommend using a naming convention for all gateways, to keep things consistent.

State

Set the gateway state, on or off. Gateway state can be toggled on/off at anytime.

Location

Enter the general location that the sensor is physically set. (IE Warehouse_Garage)

Gateway IP/Host

IP address of the gateway. (IE 192.168.100.115).

We recommend using an overall schema for setting gateway IP addresses. Use either static fixed on the sensor, or static DHCP leases set on our router. We HIGHLY discourage DHCP.

Port

Port the gateway device is using or set to. Often port 8080.

HTTP Secured

HTTP (secured = no). HTTPS (secured = yes).

Gateway type

Select the type of sensor being added.

Gateway login

Enter the username associated with the gateway.

Gateway pass

Enter the password associated with the gateway.

OIDC token

Authentication token/key associated with gateway (if applicable).

Directories

Id

Device ID

Name

Device Name

Assigned Cameras

The cameras assigned to be associated with the specific gateway device or sensor.

(Example, front door sensor. Assign the front door camera to be associated with the front door sensor).

Show Mapped Events Only

Id

Event type ID number

Name

The name of each type of gateway event is discribed with different states.

Assigned Event Type

Choose whether the event type triggers an alert or is stored as info.

Configure

Edits the Avatar’s configured settings.

Name

Name of each of the Avatars (Edge devices).

Version

The Avatar software version currently on the device.

Uptime

How long the Avatar has been in operation.

Status

Whether the Avatar is Online or Offline.

Connection Status

Whether the Avatar is connented to the network.

IP Address

The IP address of the Avatar device.

Devices

A count of how many devices are connected to the associated Avatar.

Name

Input a name for the Avatar.

Special Characters are allowed. Spaces are allowed. Maximum 256 characters, however, we recommend limiting to 50 characters or less.

We recommend using a naming convention for all Avatars, to keep things consistent.

Status Update Interval

The time interval that the system will check if the Avatar device’s status each time.

Local Media Streaming

Enables/disables the ability to stream local feeds on the network.

Video Wall Video Streaming Mode

Select whether the system will stream feeds to video walls locally or auto selects between local/cloud.

Enable Video Analytics Auto Update

Enables analytics packages to be downloaded initially, and continue to pull regular updates. Packages are very large (2GB or more) each, so initial update will take some time, depending on connection speed.

Status

Whether the Avatar is Online or Offline.

Connection Status

Whether the Avatar has network connectivity to the cluster.
-OFFLINE
-DELAYED/DEGRADED (was offline, now is connected and re-syncing)
-ONTIME (fully synced)

DS Running State

DS (Display Server). If DS is currently on or off.

DS Configured State

DS (Display Server). Enabling activates the current Avatar as a Display Server. This allows the video outputs (VGA, DisplayPort, HDMI, etc) to display video feeds, which can be managed remotely.

Enabling will download the DS software updates the first time. May take some time, depending on connection speed.

Last Status Update

States when was the last time the system’s status was checked.

Local IP Address

The Avatar device’s IP Address.

Devices

Lists the devices presently linked to the Avatar and each of their status.

Avatar Load

Avatar system resources in use (cpu and memory). Number of connected video streams, number of analytics, and software updates will impact the Avatar Load. We generally recommend a load % to be 80% of less during steady-state.

Avatar Delivery Queue (Scheduled + Delivery Requests)

If connectivity to the cluster is lost, the Avatar will remain recording locally. When connection is regained, the delivery queue is the user selected priorities for re-syncing feeds to the cloud archive.

Purge button will delete/clear the delivery queue. Use this in case of a huge backlog of video that doesn’t need to be delivered. Example, delivery set to deliver “everything” by mistake, instead of “events only”.

Expected Time To Upload Delivery Queue

Estimate to upload/deliver entire upload queue.

Software Version

Displays the current software version running on the Avatar device.

VAE Updates

VAE (Video Analytics Engine) Updates. Displays the log and status of analytics packages downloaded to the Avatar.
-STATUS “OK”. Analytics package is up to date.
-STATUS “FAIL”. Analytics package is not up to date and the reason why.

Object ID

Avatar Object ID. Each avatar has a unique ID when registering with the cluster.

API key

API Key. Create. Generates an API Key to authenticate with the Avatar for custom API integrations.

Local Storage Volume

The total available storage available on the Avatar’s storage disk(s).

Free

How much storage is free on the Avatar’s storage disk(s).

Required Volume

Amount of storage required to meet local storage requirements for all connected cameras/sources, based on user configured storage pools.

(IE, User is using a storage pool for 7 days storage, then the space required for 7 days, based on the actual bitrate).

Local Storage

Enabling and configuring the local hard drive(s) storage availability and location.

(IE, 4 TB hard drive. Allocating 3 TB for local video storage).

Channel Turnaround Time

Round-trip turnaround time from the Avatar to the Cluster (host), Cluster to respond, and return to the Avatar.

Packet Arrival Jitter Time

Jitter between Avatar and Cluster (host). Network jitter is a variance in latency, or the time delay between when a signal is transmitted and when it is received. This variance is measured in milliseconds (ms).

Upload Bandwidth Cap (Mbps)

Set the maximum amount of bandwidth for the Avatar. If left blank, no cap will be used.

Channel Benchmark

Speedtest between Avatar and the cluster (host). This will allow the Avatar to best prioritize upload bandwidth allocations.

Platform

Displays the OS version, processor type, and core count of the Avatar device.

Update History

The record of updates the Avatar device has recieved.

Uptime

How long the Avatar device has been running.

Support Terminal

For administrators or advanced users only. This will open a command line interface to the Avatar.

Add

Add a new camera or duplicate an existing camera to the Avatar. Camera setup

Discover

Search for RTSP cameras, streams, sources on the network. Must be on the same subnet (IE 192.168.100.xxx).

Import

Bulk import multiple cameras at once by filling out the example .CSV file and uploading it.

Actions

These are different actions that can be performed for each device entry.

Configure: Edits the device’s preferences

Analytics: Edits the device’s assigned analytic preferences

Delete: Removes the device from the system/Avatar

Name

The name assigned to each device.

Zone

The Zone the device is assigned to.

Location

Where the device is physically located.

State

Whether the device’s operation is On or Off.

Health Status

States if the camera is in working order or not.

Bitrate, Mb/s

Bitrate is the amount of data transmitted in an audio/video stream, affecting quality and requiring a balance for optimal viewing without buffering. (Example: A medium quality stream will be aprox 2500 kb/s or 2.5 Mb/s).

FPS

The average or set Frames Per Second the camera captures. Most video streams appearing smooth will range between 24-30 fps.

GOP - (Group of Pictures)

Related to both video frames per second (fps) and compression.

Group of Pictures, a grouping of frames (pictures) for interframe compression techniques. Longer GOPs allow for better multi-frame compression but slow down the overall delivery process for live encoding.

Generally, the more I frames the video stream has (higher GOP value), the more editable it is. However, having more I frames substantially increases bit rate needed to code the video.

Codecs

The type(s) of compression codecs used for video streams.

Picture Size

The resolution set for each camera’s stream.

Add

Add a new sensor or duplicate an existing sensor to the Avatar. Sensor setup

Actions

These are different actions that can be performed for each sensor entry.

Configure: Edits the sensor’s preferences

Delete: Removes the sensor from the system/Avatar

Name

The name assigned to each sensor.

Model

The make/model of the sensor device.

Zone

The Zone the sensor is assigned to.

Location

Where the sensor is physically located.

State

Whether the device’s operation is On or Off.

Health Status

States if the camera is in working order or not.

Add

Add a new sensor or duplicate an existing sensor to the Avatar. Gateway setup

Actions

These are different actions that can be performed for each gateway entry.

Configure: Edits the gateway’s preferences

Delete: Removes the gateway from the system/Avatar

Name

The name assigned to each gateway.

Model

The make/model of the gateway device.

State

Whether the device’s operation is On or Off.

Health Status

States if the camera is in working order or not.

#

The order in delivery priority. Sets which device delivers data to the Avatar first.

Name

The name of each device.

Location

Where the sensor is physically located.

Zone

The Zone the sensor is assigned to.

State

Whether the device’s operation is On or Off.

Cloud Archive

Whether the device has cloud archive enabled on it.

Export CSV

Exports a .CSV file with all events that occured on the Avatar’s connected devices.

Event

The type of event that occurred, represented by an icon

Id

The event ID represents each event with its own a

Info

Message

Event Details

Get Metrics

Creates metrics report based on time range.

Enter Avatar GUID

After configuring an Avatar device you will be prompted with a GUID number. This number links the Avatar device to JetStream.

Categories

Select the types of values to look up. (device events, health, management)

Users

Select the users that are present on the Realm.

Cameras

Select the cameras present on the Realm.

Sensors

Select the sensors present on the Realm.

Avatars

Select the Avatars present on the Realm.

Start from

Set the start date/time the Audit should begin from.

End to

Set the end date/time the Audit should end.

Filter by text

Filter through results with key words.

Add Hierarchy

Adds a new hierarchy. This creates a root directory to which branches can be added.

Add Branch

Creates a new branch that nests to the previously assigned branch/root.

Configure Hierarchy

Edits the hierarchy name.

Delete Heirarchy

Deletes the whole hierarchy.

Filter by labels

Filter through labels with key words.

Filter by name

Filter through devices with key words.

Video Walls

Monitors

Add

Add a new Zone.

Filter by name

Filter Zones by entering a name.

Name

Name of each Zone.

Devices

Devices assigned to each Zone.

Name

Enter a name for the Zone.

Assign Devices

Assigns devices to the Zone being configured.

Add

Add a new Set.

Filter by name

Filter Sets by entering a name.

Name

Name of each Set.

Devices

Devices assigned to each Set.

Name

Enter a name for the Set.

Assign Devices

Assigns devices to the Set being configured.

Add

Add a new Authorization Policy.

Filter by name

Filter Authorization Policies by entering a name.

Name

Name of each Authorization Policy.

Statements

The statements assigned to each policy.

Name

Enter a name for the Policy.

Create

Creates a new Policy.

Create Statement

Create a new Policy Statement

Name

Enter a name for the Statement

Effect

View

Allows viewer rights to the statement

Control

Allows controller rights to the statement

Manage

Allows manager rights to the statement

Assign Resources

Assign Zones, Sets, and/or Devices to the statement.

Add

Add a new User.

Filter by name

Filter Users by entering a name.

Name

Name of each User.

Groups

The Groups assigned to each User.

Name

Enter a name for the User.

Email

Enter an email for the User

Send Notification

Sends the user’s email a notification about any changes made to their account.

Unblock

Filter Users by entering a name.

Change Password

Set the password for the User.

Set password (will be marked as expired)

Set a temporary password for User. This password will expire after the first login. The User will be prompted to set a new password.

Assign Groups

Assigns groups to the User.

Add

Add a new Group.

Filter by name

Filter Groups by entering a name.

Name

Name of each Group.

Users

Users assigned to the Group.

Policies

Policies assigned to the Group.

Name

Enter a name for the Group.

Assign Users

Assigns users to the Group.

Assign Policies

Assign policies to the Group.

Categories

Select the types of values to look up. (device events, health, management)

Users

Select the users that are present on the Realm.

Cameras

Select the cameras present on the Realm.

Sensors

Select the sensors present on the Realm.

Avatars

Select the Avatars present on the Realm.

Start from

Set the start date/time the Audit should begin from.

End to

Set the end date/time the Audit should end.

Filter by text

Filter through results with key words.

Add

Add a new Notification Policy.

Policy Name

Enter a name for the Notification Policy.

Channel

Select how the notification should be sent.

Timeout

Select the timeout of the notification.

Message entity

Notification Counts Only
Include Notification Details

Policy type

Select the type of policy.

Audit Policy:

Event Log Policy:

Login

Notifies about any logins into the system.

Login Failure

Notifies about any login failures into the system.

User Account Add/Edit/Remove

Notifies about any account additions, edits, or removals on the system.

Logout

Notifies about any logouts on the system.

Account Blocked

Notifies if any accounts have been blocked on the system.

Export Media Clip

If any media clips are exported on the system a notification will be sent.

Device Configuration Management

If any changes are made to the configuration of a device a notification will be sent.

Device Health Status (on/off/broken/..)

If the health status of a device changes a notification will be sent.

System name

Enter the name of the Realm.

System Admin e-mail

Enter the email associated with the System Admin.

Maximum Mandatory Delivery delay, minutes

Audit events TTL

Two-Factor Auth (2FA)

ON/OFF Two-Factor Authentification for all User logins on the Realm.

Player idle timeout

If the user is inactive for the set amount of time the players will stop streaming feeds to save network bandwidth.

Jitter buffer length, ms

Max download file time length, minutes

Set the total file download length permitted.

SMTP server enabled

ON/OFF SMTP server.

SMTP server host

Enter SMTP server host.

SMTP server port

Enter server port.

Use SMTP TLS security

ON/OFF SMTP TLS security.

FROM field of mail

SMTP authentication

Select whether the SMTP server has authentication.

SMTP user name

Enter the username associated with the SMTP server.

SMTP user password

Enter the password associated with the SMTP server.

EMAIL validated

States whether the email is validated

Import GIS data

Import GIS data from a external file. Supported file formats include xxx, yyyy, zzz.

Migrate Avatar

Migrating (transferring) existing camera enrollments and settings from one Avatar (old Avatar) to a new avatar.

(Example: Avatar Name “Purple-Intel-i7-10th-Generation” migrated to Avtar Name “Blue-Intel-i9-13th-Generation”).

Old Avatar

The old Avatars listed are eligible to be migrated. The enrolled cameras from the old Avatar will be migrated to the new selected Avatar, so the old Avatar can be removed. O

New Avatar

Migrating to a new Avatar will transfer all old Avatar contents to the new one.

Delete Avatar

Select an Avatar to remove from the system.

Add

Add an LPR watch item.

Name

Assign a name to the watch item.

Description

Enter a description of the watch item.

Action

Select whether to Alert, Event, Ignore the watch item when the system catches it.

• Alert: The system will alert users of the watch item’s presence.

• Event: The System will record that the watch item was seen as an event.

• Ignore: The system will ignore the watch item. It will not store a record of the watch item.

Confidence

Select the minimum accuracy required to generate an alert/event. Often around .40 or .50 (40% or 50%) confidence.

A higher confidence will generate less detections, but with higher confidence in those alerts. Lower confidence will generate more detections, but with less accuracy.

Default TTL (days)

Default Time to Live (TTL)

Operations

Select whether to configure or delete a watch item.

Name

Assign a name to the watch item. (Example: Bugs Bunny, Jimmy Hoffa, Bigfoot)

Description

Enter a description of the watch item.

Action

Select whether to Alert, Event, Ignore the watch item when the system catches it.

• Alert: The system will alert users of the watch item’s presence.

• Event: The System will record that the watch item was seen as an event.

• Ignore: The system will ignore the watch item. It will not store a record of the watch item.

Threshold

Default TTL (days)

Operations

Select whether to configure or delete a watch item.

Cameras

Select whether to see cameras on the map.

All

Select whether to see all GIS Layers on the map.

Import GIS file

Import GIS data from a external file.

Open view list on start

Select whether to open the view list when logging into the system.

Player default connection

Select whether the default player connection type is Auto, Local, or Cloud.

• Auto: Will pick the best type depending on its connection strength.

• Local: Will only play video coming directly from a local feed.

• Cloud: Will only play video streams from the cloud.

Category

Types of subscription categories.

Subscription Option

Lists the options of each subscription.

Currently Used

How much is currently being used of each subscription.

Subscription Limit

The limit of items or amount of each subscription.