Security: Video

For years, we’ve provided a convenient way to view live videos from the Bosch Video Security Client via Remote Portal to complement our products. We’re delighted to share an enhanced service coming in April 2024. VideoView+ is a purchasable license that is simple and user-friendly to access your videos from anywhere.

This article describes how to move one or multiple cameras from one company (account) to another one in Bosch Remote Portal. 

Bosch Remote Portal connects you to your Bosch Security devices from anywhere and lets you perform remote administration and maintenance anytime

In this article it is explained in a step-by-step guide how to activate the needed services in Remote Portal to be able to connect the cameras to Bosch Alarm Management.

Possible causes and solution(s) Cameras which get connected from the customer's site to Bosch Remote Portal use an outgoing connection via TCP port 42000. Outgoing connections usually are not blocked by a router, however in a corporate network with proxy server, firewall, etc. involved, the IT department might open the needed ports. The troubleshooting steps below might help you to connect cameras to Bosch Remote Portal.   Known issues on camera commissioning In most cases when camera commissioning fails, the root cause is: No connection to Bosch Security Cloud from the customer’s site Blocked Internet connectivity (e.g. blocked ports by proxy or firewall) User belongs to more than one Company in Remote Portal The camera is already commissioned to a different cloud instance Known camera firmware issues Known camera date issue Further…  

All multitenant cloud instance migrate to under SingleKey ID (SKID) access management. This means: - One single email/password for login all integrated applications - One digital id for your users - All existed email migrate under single Key id - If you have same email address for system users and company user, it will migrate as system user

When a user decides to use SingleKey ID (SKID) or an integrated customer IDP (company account) as the authentication method for Bosch Remote Portal or Alarm Management a technical password will be required to login to other applications that do not support SingleKey ID or any other IDP. In the following, it is explained how to create a technical password and how to use it with an application like for example Bosch Configuration Manager or Bosch Project Assistant app, that does not support SingleKey ID or any other IDP.

Bosch's Remote System Management service allows you to leverage the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to provide secure, transparent, and cost-effective asset management throughout the lifecycle of a video system. This service enables end users, system integrators and installers to perform inventory and update management, as well as health monitoring tasks for an entire Bosch video system (DIVAR IP + BVMS + cameras) from one centralized Remote Portal platform.

Follow the steps below and find out how you can perform the Firmware Upgrade for multiple cameras in bulk

Use Bosch software and apps to connect remotely to your devices for configuration or maintenance simply by logging in with your Remote Portal account

The company & the username on the Assurance Report can be changed from user settings in Remote Portal.

Check this article to learn how to move a license from an user account to another one in Remote Portal

The Advanced Video View+ license doesn’t work at site level or per user basis and can be activated per camera.

Using the Internet Explorer 11, there is video from all 4 channels in configurator and event monitor, but audio from the camera is present only on channel 1. Since Internet Explorer 11 is EoL, this behavior will not be changed/ improved.

In order to enhance user experience and security for all connected recording and management systems, Bosch has upgraded the cloud and service infrastructure. As a result, existing connections between DIVAR IP all-in-one systems and Remote Portal were terminated on February 15th 2024 and will need to be restored.

Follow the steps from this article to add a Bosch IP camera to the Alarm Management.

This article provides an answer regarding what to do in case if a  colleague from the same company claimed a license with a wrong Remote Portal account.

This article explains step-by-step how to add and keep the purchased licenses in my Remote Portal account. Upon purchasing licensing, an email from Bosch provides the needed codes.

This article is a step-by-step guide of how to configure the Advanced Video View Service.

If WebRTC doesn’t work for you, follow this article to locate the reason: