I am looking for guidance on the appropriate configuration of a surveillance system that will only be accessed remotely.
I can make a trip out to install it, but after than, I will always be remote. And I do mean remote, as in the other side of the planet.
A word on bandwidth. From the remote end (here), I will have good cable performance. At the site, not so good. DSL with 5Mbps download, 0.3Mbps upload (Hoping to be 1Mbps eventually).
Goals: On one camera, immediate notification when vehicles come down a driveway. On all cameras, be able scan a timeline of when motion is detected and review footage, even if it's only stills, so long as they are high quality.
It will be a 4 camera system. I already bought a HikVision 3mp camera and NVR to learn the ropes. I'm finding that the software, between what's on the camera, the NVR, PC based, web and mobile based, is a dog's breakfast. There are major functional differences and gaps.
The main problem I am having is that the simple approach of connecting the cameras to the NVR with PoE and using web access for remote control is very limited. It doesn't help that my PC is a Linux box and the HikVision software (Both application and web based) is incompatible, so I have to run a Windows box in a VM for any kind of remote access, which works, but it is pretty crappy and there are crippling limitations for motion detection through web access.
I thought this should be doable, but so far, remote access for configuration of the cameras and NVR is not working out.
I am now contemplating putting a headless Windows PC beside the NVR and VPN'ing in to the PC. Or running Blue Iris. And maybe not connecting the cameras through the NVR, but to the router for more fine grained control, if that becomes a necessity.
Whatever the solution, once it's set up, it has to be reliable, because it's a heck of a long way to go for a reboot.
I can make a trip out to install it, but after than, I will always be remote. And I do mean remote, as in the other side of the planet.
A word on bandwidth. From the remote end (here), I will have good cable performance. At the site, not so good. DSL with 5Mbps download, 0.3Mbps upload (Hoping to be 1Mbps eventually).
Goals: On one camera, immediate notification when vehicles come down a driveway. On all cameras, be able scan a timeline of when motion is detected and review footage, even if it's only stills, so long as they are high quality.
It will be a 4 camera system. I already bought a HikVision 3mp camera and NVR to learn the ropes. I'm finding that the software, between what's on the camera, the NVR, PC based, web and mobile based, is a dog's breakfast. There are major functional differences and gaps.
The main problem I am having is that the simple approach of connecting the cameras to the NVR with PoE and using web access for remote control is very limited. It doesn't help that my PC is a Linux box and the HikVision software (Both application and web based) is incompatible, so I have to run a Windows box in a VM for any kind of remote access, which works, but it is pretty crappy and there are crippling limitations for motion detection through web access.
I thought this should be doable, but so far, remote access for configuration of the cameras and NVR is not working out.
I am now contemplating putting a headless Windows PC beside the NVR and VPN'ing in to the PC. Or running Blue Iris. And maybe not connecting the cameras through the NVR, but to the router for more fine grained control, if that becomes a necessity.
Whatever the solution, once it's set up, it has to be reliable, because it's a heck of a long way to go for a reboot.