Security Cameras and Smart Phones

As many people know, powerful smart phones such as the iPhone and phones with Google Android based operating systems have been on the very top of the smart phone market over the past few months. The Android operating system has taken a big bite of the market and is on board across all of the major phone companies. The phone contains many different features, including the standard texting ability, calling, email and the installation of applications that will allow you to do virtually anything. Despite all the technological innovations people with home or business based security cameras are finding that they can no longer rely on their phones for remote viewing like they could in the past.

It’s important to be aware that there are a variety of systems that will allow Android users the ability to view their security cameras remotely via their phone network, or even the Internet, right from their smart phone. In order to do this you require a standalone DVR and PC based DVR system. Let me explain how it works. Many standalone DVRs operate a webserver on the DVR itself, which will allow for a remote viewing setup of up to 4 cameras streaming directly to your phone, snapshots refreshing every second, depending on the Internet or network connection speed. This is a very basic example of remote viewing, however it’s very popular due to the fact that this type of system can fit inside a VCR sized box and does not require a computer system at the location where the DVR itself is installed.

A less expensive, more popular version of a home and business security camera system is a PC based unit. Systems like this include DVR cards and will allow you to hook up an analog video card that can be installed in your PC – it can also allow for connectivity of network based IP cameras while providing a content management system on the PC to view and manage all cameras and connections, which is very similar in interface to the Android based system. This application will allow you to stream video directly to your smart phone and watch a live feed from your cameras. The majority of PC based systems lack support for smart phone software and devices, however many professional grade software for things like IP security cameras, CCTV cameras and systems, as well as many other multi-functional software management systems now have smart phone clients designed and implemented specifically with mobile usage in mind.

It’s important to remember that moving to a new brand of smart phone doesn’t mean that you will be able to view your IP cameras or CCTV cameras 100% out of the box. It’s important to ensure that your security camera software has a built in client that is design around smart phone usage, or even a standalone DVR system that uses a universal system that is web accessible for remote viewing.

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