Hardware Integrated with Ivideon

First of all, let’s start with what an IP camera is, and what issues come up when using one. It has a distinctive feature: The camera transmits a video stream in digital format through an Ethernet network or a Wi-Fi channel.

To access a digital surveillance camera, we need to connect with it directly, using its IP address on the network. Here is where the following dangers come up:

• A path to a networked camera carries known risks, since the password for accessing it and the video itself are transmitted openly without encryption, while the camera’s address can be determined with simple scanning.
• Most local computer networks are built so that it’s not possible to connect from the Internet to a camera on an address within the network.
• Transmitting HD-quality video requires a high-speed channel, but on wireless and mobile networks the volume and speed of data transmission can be very limited.

This makes it harder to get video data from a camera through the Internet in real time (with minimal delay). It’s hard to transmit video to a large audience, because when a camera is accessed it sends a separate copy of the video to each user: the more viewers, the greater the load on the camera itself and on the data-transmission channels.

Ivideon solves these problems by using programs — firmware — built into an IP camera for initial video processing. Ivideon firmware resolves all the difficulties described:

• It provides security by encrypting all the data transmitted from a camera.
• Access to a camera happens through the Ivideon cloud — no direct access by IP address is needed.
• A camera transmits video only once and only by request, while the cloud broadcasts it at the needed level of quality.
• Transmitting the video does not require a separate computer: a camera with support for Ivideon is an independent participant in a video-surveillance system.

Connect an IP camera with Ivideon service to a network that connects to the Internet, and link it to your Ivideon account. Now you can watch video from the camera anywhere in the world that has Internet access, and you can also use the service’s other features.

A license key gives you the right to take advantage of Ivideon service for the cameras that are compatible with Ivideon firmware.

A license key is required so that you could see your camera in the personal account. A license key confirms your rights to use Ivideon licensed software for video surveillance cameras.

You can find the cost of the activation key in your personal account. When you purchase a camera with integrated Ivideon in our online store, we will provide you with the key supplied with the camera (free of charge).

• When you purchase a camera in our online store, the license key will be provided in the box along with the camera.

• If you purchased your camera in a different store, you will be prompted to buy the license key in your personal account when you connect the camera. After the purchase, we will email you the license key number. Save it!
  
  

  NB!

  We strongly recommend that you save the license key (if it was included in the box with the camera) and that you never delete the email that was sent after the purchase of the activation key.

No, the license key gives you the right to use Ivideon licensed software for cameras that are compatible with Ivideon firmware. In order to store video recordings in the cloud, you need to buy one of our cloud pricing plans.

Once you connect the camera to your personal account, you will see activation required message in the camera preview window. Click the Settings button under the camera preview and select Enter a license key.

Enter the key in the appropriate field.

Done!

Cameras sold in Ivideon online store, are supplied with the license key. You can find it on the contents page attached to the instructions for the use of the device. If you have purchased the camera elsewhere, the license key will not be supplied along with the device, but it can be purchased separately by following the link in the license key input window.