Notes:

Proxy connection is only recommended for corporate managed networks in critical industry with restrictive outgoing firewall rules and without need for load-balancing video connections.

Proxy connection is not recommended for large scale installations.

2. Add 3rd party ONVIF camera

2.1 Port forwarding

To add a 3rd party ONVIF camera to Bosch Cloud VMS, port forwarding needs to be configured for each camera in the Internet router.

The following ports need to be forwarded:

• HTTPS port (default 443) for communication
  • optional HTTP port (default 80), if the camera does not support https
• RTSP port (default 554) for video streaming

Note: To change the used ports from default, if requested by the customer, please refer to the camera’s manual.

Example:

• Public IP = 62.225.116.122
• Public domain: mydomain.com
• External HTTPS port to be used = 15000
• External RTSP port to be used = 15001
• Camera’s LAN address = 192.168.2.43
• Camera’s HTTPS port = 443 (default)
• Camera’s RTSP port = 554 (default)

Port forwarding with public IP address:

    HTTPS: In the router, forward public 62.225.116.122:15000 -> to internal 192.168.2.43:443

    RTSP: In the router, forward public 62.225.116.122:15001 -> to internal 192.168.2.43:554

Port forwarding with public domain:

    HTTPS: In the router, forward public mydomain.com:15000 -> to internal 192.168.2.43:443

    RTSP: In the router, forward public mydomain.com:15001 -> to internal 192.168.2.43:554

To configure port forwarding is individual per router manufacturer and model. Please refer to the router’s manual.

2.2 Add 3rd party ONVIF camera

Please perform the following steps:

1. Open Cloud VMS Configuration, navigate to Accounts > Sites > Devices.

2. Add a 3rd party camera, select ONVIF (via Port Forwarding)

3. Enter device name, host (public IP address or domain), HTTPS and RTSP ports, and camera credentials (user name and password).

Note: Some camera brands need to configure an ONVIF user to activate ONVIF communication. Please refer to the related camera manual.

4. Click Add.

5. Then configure Recording Mode and Cloud Storage.

Note: Pre-alarm recording is not available for ONVIF cameras.

Now your 3rd Party ONVIF camera is set and you should be able to see video from the camera in the Cloud VMS Live View.

2.3 Cloud VMS ONVIF compatibility

Basically all ONVIF Profile S and T compatible cameras can be connected to the VX Platform (see https://www.onvif.org/conformant-products/), supporting minimum:

• H.264 base or main profile
• G711 or AAC audio encoding
• ONVIF motion events in case of event recordings & alarms, when the camera supports the Real-time Pull-Point Notification Interface
• http and/or https

A quick test in one of our demo cloud accounts on the compatibility for

• a certain camera model,
• firmware version
• specific configuration (stream, recording, local system, etc.)
• network router settings
• image quality and bandwidth needs

gives results within minutes.

3. VX Video Control

The HTML5 Video Control provides the following functionality for live video and playback.e

Live mode details:

4: Enable Audio Verification from the camera and control the volume

5: Enable and confirm audio-back to perform Audio Intervention.

• Audio Intervention disabled: 
• Audio Intervention enabled: > allow audio-back: 

9: Settings:

• Preferred format:

o WebRTC: low delay (UDP)
– for audio and PTZ control
– might be not available in corporate network

o HLS: bit-rate adaptive streaming (TCP)
– no audio, no PTZ control

o JPEG: JPEG polling

 

• Dewarping

o Off
o On (e.g. for fisheye camera)

11: Display in-window PTZ control

Playback mode details:

1: Calendar:

• Days with recordings are displayed in a circle
• Click to select the date

4: Enable audio playback from the recordings and control the volume.

7: Select pre- and post alarm recording to be exported.

9: Settings:

• Speed:
  o Replay speed