Adding cameras

To add a standalone camera in AvericsUnity , navigate to Setup > Devices. A camera is added like any other device. When adding cameras manually the manufacturer of the device, IP address, user name, and password are required.

You can also use device discovery to discover cameras connected in the local network. Click on Discover button and from the list of cameras discovered you can select and add.

To learn more about adding devices, navigate to Adding devices in the Device Setup documentation.

Following camera types are supported:

Axis communications IP cameras and decoders
ONVIF cameras (Generic model type)
RTSP cameras

After adding cameras, expand the camera device node and select Cameras node. Video channel list is loaded on the right side:

Edit button provides access to editing camera name, description, image and other properties.

Preview button shows live video from the camera.

AvericsUnity Viewer program is required to preview cameras. Viewer program is installed in the server with AvericsUnity installation package. But on client computers it needs to be installed separately.