GKB cameras - with the simplicity of a slap
As we have read so far, the biggest bang for GKB cameras will be software. What’s nice about the whole thing is that the real big novelty can be done in roughly one sentence, but what’s interesting is that this one sentence replaces the previous page entirely. That is, we can forget everything we have learned so far about sharing IP cameras!
Our first thing is to unpack the camera. Generally speaking, in the box next to the camera you will find an installation disk and a code card. The manufacturer also includes a power supply for the desktop camera, and for more serious pieces, we have to take care of the power. Let's not stick to this, it is common for IP cameras.
Commissioning can now begin. First, power up the camera, connect it to your machine or a router. Install the zIP VIEW program on the disk. It’s not really one, but two programs, a central controller, and a player called zIP Play to view the saved material. We care about the former! Start the program, wait a second or two for the device on the network to log in to the Camera List column. Here comes, i.e., a sentence that triggers the entire procedure described on the previous page.
CLICK ON THE CAMERA WITH THE MOUSE, THEN DROP IT INTO THE WINDOW WHERE WE WANT TO SEE THE IMAGE OF THE CAMERA, WITH THE PRESSURE PRESSED!
When we are done with this, we will get a login window. Retrieve the code page supplied with the camera and enter the camera ID for the name and the password for the password. We're done, the camera image will appear on the monitor! Okay, you can tell, but it's worth nothing like that, since we only shared the camera image on the internal network. But the truth is not this, the truth is that with this operation we have made the camera available via the internet as well! In other words, from now on, if we are next to the Internet, we will be able to monitor the image of our cameras in a browser window by launching the Life View program on the installer.
Those who want to install a piece of camera in their home are essentially done, there will still be fine tuning left, but we’ll get to that after a few paragraphs. Now pay attention to those who don’t want to use one camera and don’t want to install cameras in one place! Now comes the good for them! Starting from the previous page, imagine the situation. We have three sites and one head office. These are four locations where we want to install cameras. There should be only four cameras per site, for a total of 16 active devices. With a traditional solution, we need to configure all four sites, go through the IP settings, DynDNS settings, open the ports, and assign the different ports to the cameras. It’s good to have a notebook with an Excel so we can create a nice spreadsheet from a mix of DynDNS names, ports and cameras!
What is the procedure for GKB cameras? Until then, it is okay to have these installed as well and connected to the mains, as well as to build up the power supply. After that, however, we essentially completed the fieldwork. We go back to the center, start the zIP VIEW program, right-click on the Camera List text, and add the cameras nicely using the code cards we have!
Then all we have to do is sit in our comfortable chair, pull the cameras that appear in the list into the window we like, do the configuration online, while of course we can already see the images of the cameras live!
I think this is the really big bang. Anyone who has already installed such a large number of cameras does not have to explain this, but those who do not can easily see that we can save several days of work, not to mention our hair loss, which is a short way due to a distracting port or IP address. he pushes us into the camp of the bald. Importantly, the zIP VIEW program can display images from up to 36 cameras at a time, which is already a considerable amount.
So the point is, with the help of GKB cameras and software, a mouse click pretty much separates us from having a working surveillance system! True, some refinement may still be needed in the settings, but the fact remains, the system works without any special settings!
