Features

VIAAS is an online service for video monitoring. All of your video is available by simply logging into the service at viaas.com. The service runs in the cloud, not on systems in your back office.

By plugging your cameras into the VIAAS Secure Cloud, you get the benefits of a much lower up-front cost, higher reliability, lower maintenance and continuous updates to the latest features.

• Centralized, professionally operated service on enterprise class hardware provides high reliability and uptime.
• Managed service never gets obsolete. VIAAS is continuously improving with new features and updates to the service and your cameras.
• No fixed camera limits let you scale as you go. One, two, ten, fifty, VIAAS supports any number of cameras.

The VIAAS service supports a vast array of high quality Wisenet cameras, to fit your needs and budget. The cameras capture superb quality HD video in all lighting conditions, support advanced event detection, come in a variety of form factors, and usually only require a Power over Ethernet (PoE) connection.

VIAAS can scale to any size and your surveillance needs grow. There are no channel or data storage limits. There are no limits on the number of cameras that can be installed or locations that can be monitored. Install cameras when and where you need at a pace that meets your requirements. Never again worry about running out of storage or channels.

• No camera limits (install as many as you like on your schedule)
• No cloud data storage limits on video (storage is defined by days stored – 7, 30, 60 or 90)
• Unlimited locations can be managed through a single account
• Unlimited users can access a single account

Traditional surveillance technology often requires complex hardware and software that must be set up and which could get stolen. VIAAS eliminates most failure points in DVR-based surveillance systems:

• No DVR/NVR which could be stolen
• No complex software that can fail
• Cameras continue to record even if your network is down
• Reliable cloud storage and management
• Service automatically monitors cameras and notifies you if a camera is not working correctly

VIAAS cameras capture video when something happens, and ignore hours of nothing. For each video segment, object based motion tracking captures a key image. The image shows you what the video segment is about without even watching the video. We call the combination an IntelEvent™, and they are a key part of how VIAAS works.

• Occasional IntelEvent™ capture of high quality video and images
• Constant Low Bandwith Upload < 30Kb/sec
• On demand upload even if IntelEvent™ is still in camera

VIAAS cameras are fast and easy to use even over low bandwidth connections. All images and video are highly compressed to make the most efficient use of your internet connection.

To further conserve bandwidth, VIAAS “shapes” data to spread out the load evenly over time. The cameras use MicroSD cards to store full video in a local buffer and only transmit thumbnail images immediately. The full video is transmitted when the buffer fills, when bandwidth becomes available or upon demand.

A compelling benefit of Bandwidth Shaping is connection recovery. If the camera temporarily loses Internet (and VIAAS) connectivity when using Bandwidth Shaping, IntelEvents recorded during the outage are saved and "recovered" when connectivity is restored - nothing is lost.

Our patented data mirror reflects real-time video and images to user interface – less than 5 seconds after it happens. The unique NOW mode displays the IntelEvent images as they occur. A quick glance keeps you up to date with what is happening. You can watch the event with a single click, or Go Live to see real time video. And everything you see in VIAAS is archived for later access.

To make it easier to find important events in your videos, VIAAS intelligently selects representative images of each video segment when motion or other specific events are detected. If several things happen in one video, you get several images.

All of the captured video is segmented into “events” and organized for quick navigation. With our sophisticated Timeline view, you quickly locate important video based on thumbnail images from multiple cameras and play them back immediately. Automatic forward and reverse scans through thumbnails so you can review long time periods quickly.

When you select an event, it opens a Camera Control for video playback. You can play, pause, jump, and single step the video, access the images, and create Saved Events. You can also download the video or images to your local machine as MP4s and JPEGs for sharing with other people.

As you investigate IntelEvents, you can save your work with Saved Events. Saved Events can span multiple video events, allow you to provide context about the incident, and are easy to export and later review. Any Saved Event is locked in your archive, making sure the important items stay around, even if the video retention period has passed.

Set up alerts with VIAAS, on any camera, based on sensitivity, motion and time of day. Get notified via SMS when someone enters the building after hours. Get an email alert if something is not working correctly in your video solution. And one click gets you to the event in question to start figuring out what you need to do. Alerts are sent by email or SMS.

Quickly provide access to videos and live streaming in the case of an ongoing incident by simply sharing a one-time use URL. This is an effective way to provide emergency access to law enforcement and first responders without the need to manage authentication or install applications, while still maintaining full control over permissions and access.