Security: Video

BVMS v10.1 and  BVMS v11.0 come with a checkbox where you can logon to the Operator Client with Windows Credentials. If you want to use this function, you need to set up the BVMS Configuration Client and browse the AD users-groups. Then, the users can sign in to Operator Client with their Windows-Credentials. 

In order to increase system security in BVMS, it is recommended to set the Global CHAP password. This article contains the configuration steps for an existing fully operational BVMS 11.x system with no CHAP password configured.

Port Mapping Table dialog box displays the port mapping for the IP addresses of the configured devices in your BVMS. Be aware that this option was removed starting with BVMS 11.1

This article describes how the integrity of BVMS software can be checked.

BVMS - Automatic login of Operator Client: The BVMS Operator Client can be automatically logged in by using parameterized startup.

Want to know how flexible BVMS can assign streaming profiles to cameras?

This article summarizes the BVMS design details, and serves as a guide to planning a BVMS system with Bosch cameras and storage. It focuses on BVMS combined with the VRM.

The attached documents should help you to make the upgrade process as smooth as possible. The upgrade itself is not restricted to BVMS software only. The supported software and firmware versions can be found in the release notes of the related BVMS version.

This article describes the basic concept of virtualization and it also puts the technology into the perspective of the safety and security industry.

Whenever a central NTP Server is available the recommendation is to synchronize all cameras against the NTP central server.

Starting with BVMS 11.0, the license activation is done via Bosch Remote Portal. A transfer of the license from the Bosch Software License Manager System (SLMS) to the Bosch Remote Portal is required for every BVMS system to be upgraded from 10.1 to 11.0

This article explains how to use the settings as per the devices current configured capabilities if you just added a device to BVMS, you get the possible stream options as per a “Config table” known to BVMS.

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?

Question Why I cannot see my camera in the Logical Tree from Operator Client? Answer Please make sure that you have done all the steps below accordingly. Normally, to be able to view a camera in the Operator Client, you need to: Go to the Maps and Structure tab from Configuration Client. Drag and drop the camera in question from the Device Tree to the Logical Tree. Save and Activate the changes. This step is very important because otherwise, you will not be able to see the changes in Operator Client, even though the first 2 steps were carried out in Configuration Client.

This article helps you to solve the situation where the "No Config" error message appears when you try to authenticate in Operator Client. This error can be persistent, no matter what central server you attempt to login to and no matter what user account or credentials you are trying to use. This means that you have a corrupt cache .dat file on your system. Follow the steps from this article if you attempt to login into BVMS Operator Client and encounter the message below and you want to fix it: "Please enter your credentials... No config..."

The "storage state failure" alarm doesn't always mean a recording error unless there is a gap at the time of the error for that camera that reported it. It is an error of the iSCSI protocol; it means that when the camera releases the connection for a certain block it has not received a response back from the iSCSI target in a certain time.

Various overlays in the video image provide important status information. But what does mean the blinking play button near the yellow exclamation icon?

This guide is meant to help you adding new cameras in VRM in Configuration Client and display their images in Operator Client.

What should you do if you tried to drag an drop the device to the cameo window from BVMS Operator Client and instead having the video, it displays the logical tree?

You may have installed Configuration Manager on your PC, you tried to run it but the software no longer works. What could be the reason?