Set up your camera in the
avisec Cloud Cockpit

This guide walks you through the step-by-step setup of a Construction Camera. Each image is transferred to the avisec Cloud Cockpit automatically. Before starting, please make sure your camera supports FTP uploads.

Our team is happy to assist you with the configuration if you encounter an issue.

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How to set up a Construction Camera

Setting up a construction camera takes just a few minutes. The avisec services work with any IP camera that can upload images via FTP or FTPS. You’re already using a camera from Axis, Milesight, or Hikvision? No problem, the avisec Cloud Cockpit also supports cameras not supplied by avisec.

1. Login

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2. Add a new construction camera

Go to “List of Cameras” and click the “Create” button.

avisec Cloud Cockpit: add Construction Camera - Screenshot

3. Enter project and camera location details

In this section, enter all information about the exact camera location and project title.

Project Title: Any project name of your choice. You can also show this title in the feed.

Camera Status: Select “Operating” if the camera will be active immediately, otherwise choose “Staged.”

Owner*: For partners managing multiple accounts. Important: Select the correct billing contact and administrator here.

Location: Enter the exact location of the construction camera.

Latitude / Longitude: Enter the camera coordinates manually or by clicking on the map. You can also use Google Maps to find the precise coordinates.

Form to add a camera with fields for title, status, location details and a map with a red pin.

4. Enter feed options and tags

Branding:	Activate the display of your stored logo. It will appear in the upper left corner of the feed.
Logo URL:	Define a custom logo by entering the link to a PNG file with a transparent background.
Link URL:	Add the link that visitors will be redirected to when clicking on the logo.
Show Titel:	Enable or disable the display of the project title in the feed.
Title URL:	Add a link that directs viewers to your project page.
Timestamp:	Enable or disable the timestamp in the upper right corner of the feed.

Tags are mainly used for administrative purposes. They allow you to define searchable keywords, for example:

To document which technician carried out the installation
To add references for invoices or ERP systems.

Click “Add” to include more tags.

5. Camera Options

Here, you can define the database tables for image storage. Each construction camera requires at least one image table. Typically our users have two tables: “original” and “publish.”

Original table: Unaltered images for the entire project duration.
Publish table: Processed or automatically edited images for publication.

Click “Save” to confirm your entries. The camera will be created with a unique identification number (Camera ID), which you can find either in the URL (e.g. https://portal.avisec.webcam/camera/Y20408/configure) or at the top of the page in the breadcrumb link.

Important: Table names cannot be changed later.

How to create users for your Camera

You can assign an individual account for each user. A user can have access to one or multiple construction cameras, depending on your project setup and permission settings.

1. Create Users

Go to the “Users” menu and click “Create User.”

avisec Cloud Cockpit 'Users' section with the Button 'Create User' on the right highlighted.

2. Define Username and Password

Create a unique username and password for the user. An email address is mandatory, as it’s also used for features such as bulk downloads. Each person should have their own individual account.

Permissions: Define user rights

Select the corresponding camera from the menu. One or multiple cameras can be assigned to a user.

Choose Tables:

Select the image tables the user should have access to. At least one table must be defined. If a user should not see all image tables, restrictions can be set here.

Level: Defines access rights

Function	User Level „User“	User Level „Guest“
View images	Yes	Yes
View camera and settings	Yes	No
Download	Yes	No
View feeds	Yes	Yes

Create User form with login details, email, password fields and permissions and table selection.

How to configure Construction Camera Feeds

A Feed represents the publication of an image table. If you don’t want to allow public access and the images are only meant to be stored internally, you can skip this step. In this case, your configuration is complete.

A feed can be viewed without a password. As soon as the token is known, the construction camera feed can be accessed.

Configure a Feed

Go to “Feeds → Image Feed” and click “Create Feed.”

Token: Assigned automatically by the avisec Cloud Cockpit and remains valid until deleted.

Visibility:

Public: Visible to everyone, avisec customers can also see the Feed on our map of cameras in the Cloud Cockpit.
Web Open: Publicly visible with a preview image on the map in the avisec Cloud Cockpit.
Private: Restricted access, not publicly visible.

Name: Internal feed name (only visible in the portal).

Title: Public feed title (displayed with the feed). Leave blank if you want to use the camera title instead.

Select camera: Choose the camera you want to publish from.

Select table: Choose the image table for publication.

Type: Select the type of publication.