Finder
camera's power supply needs to be turned on (switch on top of the metal cabinet attached to the SE of the fork).This is an old revision of the document!
P. Gabor, Jun 15, 2021
The facility is equipped with a number of cameras. We have three video-feed cameras, and several IP cameras. The latter are sold as surveillance cameras, and their software is designed with this purpose in mind.
The legacy cameras have their dedicated video monitors in the control room, labelled Dome
, Finder
and Porch Sky Cam
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The IP cameras can be operated and viewed through browsers. Hikvision products require Internet Explorer (unbelievable but true). It is therefore recommended to use the VATT Sacrificial PC
(the always-on Intel NUC mini PC; IP=10.0.1.18), via a remote desktop (vattsacpc
desktop launcher on the HP ThinClients and the Linux servers), and open (with the usual observer user/pw)
Live View
tab)Live View
tab)
You may also use the Hik-Connect
app from HikVision HQ on a Android device (available on the Samsung Galaxy Tablet A).
Finder
camera's power supply needs to be turned on (switch on top of the metal cabinet attached to the SE of the fork).