ICS distributes images via the IP Network (LAN / Internet) enabling users to see camera images in a PC connected to the network. The ICS system is a combination of several components consisting of:

PC Server

ICS server is the basic component having a Enterprise Red Hat ES 4 or any equivalent Linux operating system along with our ICS software. The server hardware configuration depends on the number of cameras and number of days storage capacity required.

IP Camera

A network camera can be described as a camera and computer combined into a single unit. It captures and transmits live images directly over an IP network, enabling authorized users to locally or remotely view, store and manage images or video using the ICS software over standard IP-based network infrastructure.

A network camera has its own IP address. It is connected to the network and has several features, such as, a built-in web server, FTP server, FTP client, e-mail client, alarm management, programmability, and much more. A network camera does not need to be connected to a PC, as it operates independently and can be placed wherever there is an IP network connection. In addition to video, a network camera also includes other functionalities and information being transported over the same network connection, such as, video motion detection, audio, digital inputs and outputs (which can be used, for example, to trigger alarms or turn on lights), serial port(s) for serial data or control of pan/tilt/zoom camera mechanisms and even send images that were collected before an alarm occurred.

How the ICS works

The ICS server consists of two hardware cards. One card is dedicated to work with the LAN and another card is dedicated to work with the WAN. LAN NIC cards are configured as per the office network IP address and WAN NIC card are configured as per the public IP address. All the cameras should be connected to LAN physically using switch or HUB (AP for wireless) and logically using IP address. If a client needs to connect to any external device, such as, an alarm or PIR sensor etc, then that will be connected to the IO port of the camera.

  

As all the cameras are registered with ICS software, a customer can log into the Internet Camera System, and see live video and audio of 16 cameras at a time, either locally or remotely. Furthermore, a customer can connect any number of cameras.