Remote Portal is an useful tool where you can administrate, do remote configuration, remote viewing, remote maintenance and it has a very nice way of adding new features and services solution. It’s a simple way to connect a local camera to the Remote Portal and to the end user interface.
This article describes step-by-step how you can configure the Remote Portal in order to access the Bosch camera from your tablet or mobile phone via Video Security App.
Article requirements
Bosch Configuration Manager
Valid account on Bosch Remote Portal
Camera
PC
Tablet/ mobile phone where Video Security Client (VSC) App is installed
Step-by-step guide
Add camera into Remote Portal
A. Connect camera to the Bosch Cloud
In order to make sure that your camera can connect to the Bosch Cloud, please follow the steps below:
Open Configuration Manager > My devices > login on your camera with its credentials
Go to “Connectivity” tab, set Operation to "On", click "Save" and press on “Register” button
Enter your Bosch Remote Portal credentials. If you have no account yet, go to remote.boschsecurity.com to create one
Now, the camera is connected to the Remote Portal
B. Organize your cameras in Remote Portal in Groups
Access Remote Portal and login with your Bosch Remote Portal credentials
Select “Systems” tab. Your camera will be displayed here:
Then, press " " button from the bottom right side > click New Group
Name the group. You can add the contact person and the physical address where the camera is located > Save You will see that there is no connectivity displayed. This is because no camera was added for the new group.
In order to assign the camera to the new group, press on the 3 dots button > press the “Move” button
Type in the target group name > Save From this point, the camera is now belonging to the “customer B” group and the connectivity is green.
C. Add a Customer user to the Remote Connect service It is important to add the Customer user to the Remote Connect service for every camera so that he is able to display these cameras on the Video Security App.
Click on the Remote Connect service card > service details page opens
Click on the " " button> click Add Customer
Select the related user > click Save
Now the Customer user can access the device
D. View camera image via Video Security App
In case you have not yet installed the app, you can find it in Download Area from Bosch Security website.
Open the App
Login with your credentials • Press on the 3 dots button from the top right corner of the App > Select Accounts > Add account > Complete your credentials > Add > You will be connected to the Bosch Remote Portal > Done
Select the Group name. In this example “Customer B”
Now, you have the possibility to watch it live. You can also go into recordings, to the PLAYBACK.
Note: The same workflow can be used to display a camera on the Windows App "Video Security Client".
If you are using your PC, you need to install Bosch Video Security Client for PC from here.
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