Owner's Manual

Getting Started
6
ReadyNAS Surveillance Add-on
About ReadyNAS Surveillance
The ReadyNAS Surveillance Add-on puts network video recorder (NVR) software onto the
same ReadyNAS storage system that you can use to store your video data. You use
Surveillance to manage your IP cameras, stream video, and store video data. The following
illustration shows a small network that uses two IP cameras with a single ReadyNAS system.
IP cameras
ReadyNAS
Router
system with
NVR software
Mobile devices
use Live View
for streaming
video
Use the
NETGEAR NVR
toolkit on your
laptop
Access
Surveillance
from your PC
Figure 1. Network with ReadyNAS Surveillance and two IP cameras
You can use a free trial version of ReadyNAS Surveillance for 30 days. After that, you need
one or more licenses to run the software. Before you install ReadyNAS Surveillance, you
must install your ReadyNAS storage system and set it up as described in your ReadyNAS
installation guide and user manual.
You can work with ReadyNAS Surveillance in several ways:
• Surveillance Add-on.
The main software that you install through FrontView. It loads the
NVR software onto your ReadyNAS storage system, and allows you to use your Internet
browser to specify settings for your system, to use Live View, and to use Playback.
• ReadyNAS Surveillance toolkit.
A group of Windows-based applications that let you
use Live View and Playback, and manage some settings such as those for backing up
video data without using FrontView.
• Live V
iew for mobile devices. Use this app to view streaming video on your phone or
mobile device.