ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
If I understand this correctly. If you want to connect remotely with mobile you need BI app and if you want to connect with laptop remotely you need to buy another key.
Mobile BI and Laptop BI
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No, you can connect remotely with the BI server's web server, called UI3, with a PC or laptop's browser or a smart phone or tablet's browser, no app needed.
If you want to receive push notifications from the BI server to your mobile you'd need the BI app on your smart phone or tablet. You'd also need the BI app on your mobile if you wanted to have 2 way talk with cameras that provide that feature.
If you want to receive push notifications from the BI server to your mobile you'd need the BI app on your smart phone or tablet. You'd also need the BI app on your mobile if you wanted to have 2 way talk with cameras that provide that feature.
Broachoski
Getting comfortable
You can use "Windows Remote Desktop" to access with a remote laptop if you have VLAN setup or Zerotier etc. You can also use Chrome Remote Desktop.
TonyR beat me to it.... UI3 great also but I like the full access myself.
TonyR beat me to it.... UI3 great also but I like the full access myself.
looney2ns
IPCT Contributor
ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
I am running SmartPSS now with a vpn server. Just looking at BI to see what it takes. I have 1 client for the phone and three client for the computers at different locations that I look at camera's.
ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
UI3--- I can connect with LAN but can not through WAN what am I missing?
sebastiantombs
Known around here
A VPN client?
Read [mention]looney2ns [/mention] post above. You’ll need to setup a VPN or open ports on your router - which is not typically recommended for security reasons.
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ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
I am running a VPN server/client setup. I can connect with my phone but not my laptop. Both are clients that I have used for a couple of years with Smart PSS.
Please give us more detail on your network design, what VPN are you running, what url your clients who can’t access UI3 over the wan are using etc. So that we can try and help.
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ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
I have been running VPN server on a Asus router with OpenVPN for almost 3 years with SmartPss. On BI I can connect on LAN but when I try to connect with the IP address from the webserver WAN on my phone that is setup as a client it says nothing found.
On the phone, put the LAN IP also where it asks for WAN IP.
ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
Thanks TonyR.
OK, Once you connect to your VPN server you put the same LAN IP address in. Now if I can only get my PTZ controls to work on UI3.
OK, Once you connect to your VPN server you put the same LAN IP address in. Now if I can only get my PTZ controls to work on UI3.
You're welcome!
Do the PTZ controls for that PTZ cam work OK from the BI console?
In UI3 when a PTZ is selected, does the PTZ compass show up on the upper left of UI3's screen when the "live view" tab is selected?
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ponyrider127
Pulling my weight
I got it working by restarting the PTZ controls.