Have you ever wondered what was going on at your home while you're away on vacation ?....Is my car still there? .......Why is my front door open ? .....I want to see what my dog is up to :D!
Have you ever had to manage a renovation at home while you were at work?........ Did the material get delivered?......Are the workers there ?.......Wait its suppose to be painted grey not white !!!!!!!
Well if you have a surveillance system you should be able to monitor your home remotely from your PC,Mac, Tablet or Smart Phone. It does give you some peace of mind to see your property at any given time.
Setting up your NVR/DVR for Streaming:
You need your DVR or NVR to be connected to the internet to enable streaming.Many installers would tell you that you need a static IP for this. This is simply not true for any reputable modern DVRs .Static IPs are very expensive. For instance a basic home internet package from flow costs $200TT per month, the cost of having a ststic IP would cost an additional $100TT monthly. Just ensure you get a DVR or NVR that supports Dynamic Domain Name Service Updates (DDNS). Also the DVR manufacturer would include a Domain Name Service to link your ip to a Domain Name such as mydvr.myq-see.com. This would be typed into you browser's address bar to remotely view your cameras.
Every time your service provider (Blink, Flow, Green Dot) changes your IP, the DVR will detect this change and update your DVR's domain name to associate it with the new IP address.
I have found that brands such as Q-See, Swann, Eclipse and Night Owl have this capability.In my experience brands such as Quaddrix and Provisual, though claiming to have this feature, it does not automatically update domain names from the DVR. They rely in a computer connected to the same router as the DVR to do the update. This is problematic in cases where the PC is turned off and the ip changes, or the computer is physically moved to another network such as a laptop being taken to work daily.
DUC:
A Dynamic Update Client (DUC) is the program that detects when your home's internet connection IP address changes.As mentioned above some DVR/NVR brands require a DUC program to be installed on a PC connected to your home network. I highly advise against this as it is better when the DVR has a built in DUC feature. Hence ask your surveillance retailers if their systems have a built in DUC. If they say yes ask for a demonstration. If they look confused........walk away!!!!!!
Router configuration:
Your DVR has to be connected to your home router for it to be connected to the internet. There is a level of configuration to be done to the router to enable you to view your cameras remotely. This entails getting into your router's configuration screen and forwarding ports that the DVR manual specifies.
Here's a video on setting up your DVR with port forwarding.
Once again please ask your surveillance installer if they are able to to this.
Remote Viewing Example:
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