Security: Video

What happens when you upgrade the SW of your Management Server form e.g. BVMS 10.0 to BVMS 10.1 and you have not prepared a BVMS 10.1 activation key beforehand?

Preventing condensation on security cameras is crucial because it can obstruct the camera's view, affecting its ability to capture clear footage. Over time, moisture build-up can potentially damage the internal components of the camera, affecting its functionality and lifespan

This article explains how to configure the Bosch ITS and NTCIP licensed versions of IP moving cameras to respond to National Transportation Communications ITS Protocol (NTCIP).

The RCPP command to enable/ disable the privacy masks is CONF_PRIV_MSK_POLY - 0x0bd8. Follow this article to see the rcpp command to enable & disable the privacy mask of a Bosch camera (moving or fixed).

Operator Client helps you display the original full image circle of a panoramic camera, its image dewarped or you can select a point of interest of the image.

In the winter period, if there is no PAN functionality in the camera and despite this, the TILT still works, this could be caused by the snow or ice that might be stuck between the static part of the camera and the moving camera head. Find out from this article how you can prevent this happening.

Do not upgrade the camera FW directly to 7.81. Otherwise, “error 13: device check failed” message will be displayed, and the FW will not be upgraded successfully.

With fw7.70 a new feature was introduced that allows you to tune the scene for Day and Night separately using 2 custom scene modes. This article explains how to switch the scene modes Custom mode#1 & Custom mode#2 based on Day or Night for Bosch cameras

Regular BVMS 12.1 installer will not run on any DIVAR IP all-in-one platform. The upgrade shall be performed via DIVAR IP System Manager application.

This document is specifically for DIP-71xx as it's the DIP which supports certain versions of BVMS (regular BVMS installer) and must be updated in a certain order. The document details how to upgrade from BVMS v8 to BVMS v12.0.1.

This document is valid for all VideoView+ versions. Only the release notes of the latest VideoView+ version are fully updated and contain updates for earlier versions as well.

Bosch Remote Portal provides the VideoView+ Service which allows to display live video, replay of recorded video on the camera, and a forensic search on Video Security Client. Further the Video Security App (on iOS and Android) can receive push alarm notifications triggered by motion in the camera image, for example. This article explains how to configure this service to display live video, replay of recorded video on the camera, and forensic search on Video Security Client via your Remote Portal account.

The following instruction describes how to configure the data disk in a RAID1 configuration on the DIVAR IP all-in-one 4000. Is important to keep in mind that the configuration of the data disks in RAID1 will cause DATA LOSS on the disks used to create the RAID configuration

The article describes how to ensure the delivery of the IVA events to Genetec Security Center via Hybrid Driver ( Other ( CPP13 or newer) driver )

This article is a step-by-step guide about how to update the BIOS on the DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 4th gen (DIP-74xx).

The ASUS Inband Tool is the preferred log collection tool, all relevant logs can be gathered from there for ASUS Tech Support. LSI Storage Authority, LSA for short, can be found on the DIP74xx’s Windows desktop. 

With the release of the DIVAR IP all-in-one 7000 gen4 (DIP-74xx), a new tool is available for health monitoring and log gathering, it essentially replaces SuperMicro’s SuperDoctor5; the ASUS Inband Tool. This tool operates as a service on the DIP and provides a webpage with hardware health monitoring options, hardware status details, and hardware information, as well as an option to export logs and run reports.

The internal logs are directly located in the folder C:\ProgramData\Bosch\VMS\Log and then are named like "CameoSdkLog_Instance1.txt.0".  To activate the Cameo SDK logging, the "Init" button has to be pressed after setting the checkbox "Internal logging" and entering an instance name - then logging is activated with the given instance name (e.g. "Instance1").

By default the maximum number of shown results in the forensic search execution is 1000 and after 200 found results a warning message is shown. This article describes how to change those values.

According to its Data Sheet, the Flexidome IP 3000i IR camera has 2 options to activate the alarm input. Please refer to the diagram from this article if you would like to get alarm input from some physical sensors.