About remote video configuration
The following points are a summary of remote video feature configuration requirements that apply to both the remote video station and a supervisor station:
- Verify software version, license, and module
Any station trying to access a camera that is under a remote controller must have the following:
- NiagaraAX-3.6 or later
- Specific remote video licensing as described in Chapter 1, Video Driver Installation.
- The nremoteVideo.jar file (module) must be present in your NiagaraAX installation, in addition to the standard video module requirements that are listed in Chapter 1, Video Driver Installation.
- Install the RemoteVideo Service
Drag the RemoteVideoService component
from the remoteVideo palette and drop it under the Services node.
NOTE: When this service is installed, Niagara Cameras Extensions
appear under each station NiagaraNetwork station devices, as shown in Figure 13 Adding remoteService adds Cameras Extension to NiagaraNetwork remote devices .
- NiagaraNetwork communication and remote cameras
The station with one or more remote cameras must be present under the NiagaraNetwork of the local (typically a supervisor) station before cameras can be discovered and added to the supervisor station. You can double-click on the Niagara Cameras Ext node to display the Niagara Camera Mgr view for initiating camera discovery.
Figure 13 Adding remoteService adds Cameras Extension to NiagaraNetwork remote devices
- Discover remote cameras
With the remoteService installed, cameras may be discovered under the NiagaraCameraExt component, using the Niagara Camera Mgr view.
Figure 14 Discovering remote cameras under the NiagaraNetwork
- Configuring a remote display
In addition to configuring remote cameras, you can view multiple video streams on the display associated with a remote DVR.
- NiagaraAX-3.6 or later is installed.
- The stations are licensed for remote video.
- The nremoteVideo.jar file (module) is installed, in addition to the standard video module requirements that are listed in Chapter 1, Video Driver Installation.
- The RemoteVideoService component is installed under the station Services node.
- In Workbench, open the supervisor station and, in the nav tree, expand the Config node
, the Drivers node, and the NiagaraNetwork node 
to display the remote station in the nav tree.
NOTE: If the desired remote station is not visible under the NiagaraNetwork node you must do a Discover and Add from the supervisor’s Station Manager view to add the desired remote station.
- In the nav tree, expand the remote Niagara station node and double-click on the Cameras node . The Niagara Camera Mgr view displays.
NOTE: If the Cameras node is not visible, it is possible that you have not installed the RemoteVideoService under the station’s Services node. The RemoteVideoService component is available in the remoteVideo palette.
- In the Camera Manager view, click the button at the bottom of the view. The Discover job runs and ‟discovered” cameras appear in the Discovered pane at the top of the view. These are all cameras that have been added at the remote station.
- In the Discovered pane, select one or more discovered Cameras to add.
NOTE: The Camera Manager's button is available when you have one or more items selected (highlighted) in the top Discovered pane. Also, the toolbar has an Add tool
and the Manager menu has an Add command. Also, you can double-click a discovered item to bring it up in the Add dialog box.
- At the bottom of the view, click the button. The Add dialog box appears, with all selected points in the top pane of the dialog box.
- In the Add dialog box, edit properties as desired (refer to About the Camera device for a description of typical camera properties) and click the button. The camera(s) are added to the Database pane and appear in the nav tree, under the NiagaraNetwork, as shown below.
Adding a remote camera to a station
This procedure requires that a Video Framework network is already installed in the remote station and that the remote station has been discovered and added under the local station’s NiagaraNetwork. In addition, the following prerequisites apply both the target (remote station) and local station:
To add a remote camera to a station, do the following:
- In Workbench, open the supervisor station and, in the nav tree, expand the Config node , the Drivers node, and the network node to display the remote station in the nav tree.
NOTE: If the desired remote station is not visible under the network node you must do a Discover and Add from the supervisor’s Station Manager view to add the desired remote station.
- In the nav tree, double-click on the network node.
- In the Device Manager view, click the button at the bottom of the view and add the remote DVR.
- Double-click the remote DVR in the nav tree. The Device Manager view displays.
- At the bottom of the view, click the button and select the display. The Add dialog box appears.
- In the Add dialog box, edit the remote display properties as desired. The display is added to the Database pane and appears in the nav tree, under the DVR.
Adding the display on a remote DVR to a station
This procedure requires a remote DVR that supports a display.