Security: Video

The unit can receive the time signal from a time server using various time server protocols and then use it to set the internal clock. The device polls the time signal automatically once every minute. To check the NTP connection from the camera please follow this article.

This article informs about improvements in firmware handling and new security mechanisms that help our customers to increase security related to firmware updates and IP camera protection.

The Project Assistant offers two ways of importing existing project data Importing a .bpassist file or importing from a tab-separated text file

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

Please keep in mind that for SNMP v3 only the the Standard MIB II file is supported. This means that only general network device performance monitoring parameters can be requested. There is no Bosch Private MIB II extension for SNMP v3. 

A network management server can poll the health status of a device via SNMP requests. This article shows how to configure Bosch cameras in order to be able to answer to such requests.

The default Community Strings for Bosch cameras is - public. To change it, please follow the steps below.

Check this article and find out what you can do if you are using one Divar network 2000 and you have a new Flexidome IP 5000i IR camera, but you cannot add it to the Divar because it is not displayed in “Detection” > “Device search” screen.

Answer This guide is meant to explain how you can find the connection state events of a camera in Operator Client - Bosch Video Management System.

Sometimes it is preferable to have a different “user mode” during the day then in the night. Our cameras by default have the option to switch the user mode e.g. triggered by the camera D/N switch over. But also other triggers can be chosen. Below an example how to setup the “user mode” switching triggered by the D/N switch over.

In some cases the IVA tasks can get lost after firmware update, but you can avoid this by copying the IVA configuration. There are 2 ways. In both ways it's not guaranteed that all task shall work afterwards since new firmware version can contain a new IVA version with new features.

The browser supported by Bosch cameras depends on the CPP that camera belongs to and on the Firmware version the camera has.. In web browsers that do not support MPEG-ActiveX, VCA configuration is only possible via Configuration Manager.

To guarantee high quality imaging through the entire range of products, Bosch Security Systems uses a Common Product Platform (CPP).

Follow the instructions from this article and find out how you can activate a license on your Bosch camera.

Find out from this article what might be the cause that could lead to this message being displayed: “error 18: wrong or no signature”

If you want to improve the image quality of your Bosch camera and you did not find the FPS option in the Web User Interface, please follow this article and you will find the answer.

Depending on the FW version of cameras and BVMS version you have installed, different possible situations can occur such as: the cameras are not working because the firmware is old, Configuration Client will display a message like: "unknown platform", Gaps in recordings or not recording at all and so on

How to detect in an easy and convenient way if the camera suffers from a failing shutter mechanism which can result in white or ghost images? This article helps you to identify if the camera possibly suffers from a random failing shutter which uses the FFC (Flat Field Correction) instead of waiting for the FFC taking place approx every ~10min, you can now fire it on command.

Find out from this article where you can find the installation code needed to license a Bosch camera

The IP camera address is always the key if you would like to monitor or remote viewing it. Like any network device, the camera is assigned an IP address when it is connected to the router with Internet access and powered on. Here we will introduce 3 ways to find the network camera IP address quickly and easily.