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CCTV vs Cloud Cameras

CCTV VS Cloud Cameras

CCTV vs Cloud

Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras have been a popular choice for businesses and homes for many years, and for good reason. While cloud-based cameras have become increasingly popular in recent years, CCTV cameras still offer several advantages that make them a better option for many people.

One of the main advantages of CCTV cameras is their security. Because CCTV cameras are connected to a dedicated network, the footage they capture is not accessible to anyone outside of the network. This means that the footage is not at risk of being hacked or accessed by unauthorized parties. Cloud cameras, on the other hand, rely on an internet connection to transmit footage, making them more vulnerable to hacking and other forms of cyber attacks.

Another advantage of CCTV cameras is their reliability. CCTV cameras are typically connected to a dedicated DVR or NVR (network video recorder) that stores the footage, which means that footage is always available, even if the internet connection goes down. Cloud cameras, on the other hand, rely on an internet connection to transmit footage, making them less reliable in case of internet outages.

CCTV cameras also tend to have higher resolution than cloud cameras. Many CCTV cameras have a resolution of 1080p or even 4K, while cloud cameras are often limited to 720p or 1080p. This means that CCTV cameras will capture clearer and more detailed images, which can be important in identifying people or objects in the footage.

Furthermore, CCTV cameras are often more affordable than cloud cameras, especially when you factor in the cost of a cloud storage subscription. CCTV cameras typically come with a DVR or NVR that stores the footage, so there is no additional cost for cloud storage.

While cloud cameras do have some advantages, such as remote access and the ability to receive notifications, for many people, the advantages of CCTV cameras outweigh these benefits. CCTV cameras are more secure, more reliable, and offer higher resolution footage than cloud cameras. Additionally, CCTV cameras are often more affordable than cloud cameras, making them a better choice for many businesses and homes.

In conclusion, CCTV cameras are better than cloud cameras for many people, especially for those who prioritize security, reliability and resolution. While cloud cameras can be great for remote access and notifications, CCTV cameras are often a better choice for those looking for a more secure and reliable option that offers better quality footage. It’s important to evaluate the specific needs and preferences before making a decision and consult with a security expert or professional to determine which is the best fit for your specific needs.

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Canyon Franzetti
Owner
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Happy Veterans Day 2022

We are extremely grateful for the men and women who have served in our U.S. armed forces. Today, on Veterans Day, we honor the sacrifices they and their families have made to help protect family, freedom and democracy for all Americans.

When your wireless settings or networking equipment change, the Wi-Fi cameras connected to the old network will disconnect from the internet. This is because they are still programmed with the old Wi-Fi information. Once the cameras have the new Wi-Fi information, they can reconnect.

Note: If your cameras are connected to an Alarm.com Smart Gateway, they will stay connected even if your network changes.

Prepare for a future network change

Let your service provider know that your networking equipment or wireless settings are going to change. They can then be prepared to help you reprogram your cameras after the change if necessary. For more information about contacting your service provider, see Contact your service provider.

Depending on how comfortable you are with reprogramming your camera’s wireless information, you can also attempt to reprogram the camera yourself.

How to reconnect a disconnected camera to a Wi-Fi network

The Alarm.com customer website and Alarm.com app have built-in troubleshooting wizards that you can access to get personalized reconnection steps. For more information about how to initialize the wizard, see Video Troubleshooting Wizard.

For general steps, there are three possible ways to reconnect a disconnected camera. Using WPS is the easiest method, but Access Point (AP) mode or Ethernet may also be an option if WPS does not work.

Click the link below for more information.

https://answers.alarm.com/Customer/Website_and_App/Video/Video_Settings/How_can_a_camera_be_reconnected_to_a_Wi-Fi_network_if_the_router_network_equipment_or_wireless_settings_change

 

 

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Amanda BluBeck
Owner
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How to Factory Reset Alarm.com Compatible Cameras

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How to Factory Reset Alarm.com Compatible Cameras

In order to solve your camera woes, sometimes you need to factory reset them. Below a a brief guide on how to factory reset each Alarm.com camera:

Keep in mind that it is recommended that the cameras be powered on for at least 2 minutes before trying to factory reset. If the factory reset is attempted immediately after power up it will not work as the camera will still be rebooting. After performing a factory reset, it is strongly recommended to leave the camera alone and plugged into power for 2 minutes.

ADC-V700x
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red, which usually happens after 90 seconds. Use the Button inside back of the camera. Be careful of twisting wires if opening.

ADC-V510Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red, which usually happens after 60 seconds. Use the pinhole on back bottom left corner.

ADC-V610PT
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red, which usually happens after 60 seconds. The pinhole on the underside of the camera, towards the front, near the black pad.

ADC-VS1
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red, which usually happens after 60 seconds. Use the pinhole labeled reset.

2GIG CAM-HD100
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes yellow, which usually happens after 10 seconds. Use the “B” Button on the back of the camera.

ADC-VS120
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Use the pinhole labeled reset.

ADC-VS420
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Use the pinhole on back left.

ADC-V520
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. The pinhole is in the back bottom left corner.

ADC-V520IR
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. The pinhole is in the back bottom left corner.

ADC-V620PT
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Use the back pinhole, near the seam to the left of the antenna if facing the back of the camera.

ADC-V720
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Use button inside back of the camera. Be careful of twisting wires if opening.

ADC-V720W
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Same as the WPS button, which is under the small black cap.

ADC-V721W
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Same as the WPS button, which is on the back of the camera.

ADC-VC736

  1. Disconnect the camera from the power supply.
  2. Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to remove the water-tight door (see diagram).
  3. Press and hold the Reset button while reconnecting power. Continue to hold the Reset button for 10 seconds.

ADC-V820
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Black reset button on rear-inside of the camera.

ADC-VC836

  1. Disconnect the camera from the power supply.
  2. Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to remove the water-tight door.
  3. Press and hold the Reset button while reconnecting power. Continue to hold the Reset button for 10 seconds.

ADC-SVR100
Hold reset button until LED rapidly flashes red and green, which usually happened after 15 seconds. Pinhole labeled reset in the back bottom left corner.

Important : After performing a factory reset, it is strongly recommended to leave the device alone and plugged into power for two minutes.

 

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Amanda BluBeck
Owner
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E911 Submission Form

Canitan LLC 911/e911 Emergency Service Terms and Conditions

 

Terms and Conditions

 

Legend

Seller – Canitan LLC, its contractors, agents, employees, associates, shareholders, partners and anyone working with or for Seller Communications and its subsidiaries.
Customer – Customer, the person or entity, and Customer contractors, agents, employees, associates, shareholders, partners, or associates using the Seller service.
911 – Emergency call service typically used for delivering emergency calls to a Public Safety Answering Point.
PSAP – Public Safety Answering Point. A local e911/911 dispatch call center.
ECRC – Emergency Call Relay Center. An emergency call center with trained 911 operators that manually route 911 emergency calls.
VoIP – Voice over IP. DID – Direct Inward Dial also known as a local telephone number.

Terms & Conditions

Due to the nature of VoIP networks, Seller cannot and does not guarantee every 911 emergency call will go through. Situations such as: loss of power, loss of Internet access, defective VoIP hardware, etc. may cause 911 service to be inoperable.

Enhanced 911 or “e” 911 is the portion of our 911 service which delivers the subscribers physical address information to the local PSAP. E911 service is not available at every location within the United States at this time. For locations where e911 is not currently available (which includes all of Canada) Customer will be required to provide the emergency services operator Customer location and any other information which will assist them to dispatch emergency responders to Customer.

In order for e911 address information to be passed to the correct local PSAP dispatcher, Customer must set Customer outbound caller ID value to the specific DID (local number(s)) Customer is purchasing e911 service for. Customer caller ID value must be set to the 10-digit number only.

Due to pursuant FCC rulings and regulations, all customers who are using Sellers services as their primary residential or business telephone carrier must activate 911 Emergency Services on at least one of their DIDs.

Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller against any and all damages, claims and expenses resulting from Customer’s failure to comply with, including without limitation: (i) failure of Customer to populate end user service addresses initially and to update the address information going forward; (ii) any 911 calls routed to Seller or on the wrong Trunk; (iii) Customer’s incorrect or improper designation of an Activated DID/telephone number to not receive 911 service that should have received 911 service; and (v) failure to strictly comply with Seller’s process and procedures for designating activated TN’s to receive 911 service.

Note: Seller offers a feature that Customer may use to test their Caller ID value. At any time, Customer may test Customer outbound caller ID value by dialing ‘811’ on Seller’ network. If the subscriber Caller ID was set correctly the Seller’s 911 provisioning system will read that 10-digit number back to Customer.

NOTE: Failure to set the correct caller ID value may result in a non-refundable $85 ECRC surcharge per 911 call.

NOTE: Failure to provide and maintain accurate 911 address information may result in an $85 ECRC charge per 911 call.

NOTE: When you activate 911 on one or more of your numbers you are stating that you have legal authorization to add/change the 911/e911 address information for that number(s).

E911 Submission From

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Canitan LLC 911/e911 Emergency Service Terms and Conditions

 

Terms and Conditions

 

Legend

Seller – Canitan LLC, its contractors, agents, employees, associates, shareholders, partners and anyone working with or for Seller Communications and its subsidiaries.
Customer – Customer, the person or entity, and Customer contractors, agents, employees, associates, shareholders, partners, or associates using the Seller service.
911 – Emergency call service typically used for delivering emergency calls to a Public Safety Answering Point.
PSAP – Public Safety Answering Point. A local e911/911 dispatch call center.
ECRC – Emergency Call Relay Center. An emergency call center with trained 911 operators that manually route 911 emergency calls.
VoIP – Voice over IP. DID – Direct Inward Dial also known as a local telephone number.

Terms & Conditions

Due to the nature of VoIP networks, Seller cannot and does not guarantee every 911 emergency call will go through. Situations such as: loss of power, loss of Internet access, defective VoIP hardware, etc. may cause 911 service to be inoperable.

Enhanced 911 or “e” 911 is the portion of our 911 service which delivers the subscribers physical address information to the local PSAP. E911 service is not available at every location within the United States at this time. For locations where e911 is not currently available (which includes all of Canada) Customer will be required to provide the emergency services operator Customer location and any other information which will assist them to dispatch emergency responders to Customer.

In order for e911 address information to be passed to the correct local PSAP dispatcher, Customer must set Customer outbound caller ID value to the specific DID (local number(s)) Customer is purchasing e911 service for. Customer caller ID value must be set to the 10-digit number only.

Due to pursuant FCC rulings and regulations, all customers who are using Sellers services as their primary residential or business telephone carrier must activate 911 Emergency Services on at least one of their DIDs.

Customer shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller against any and all damages, claims and expenses resulting from Customer’s failure to comply with, including without limitation: (i) failure of Customer to populate end user service addresses initially and to update the address information going forward; (ii) any 911 calls routed to Seller or on the wrong Trunk; (iii) Customer’s incorrect or improper designation of an Activated DID/telephone number to not receive 911 service that should have received 911 service; and (v) failure to strictly comply with Seller’s process and procedures for designating activated TN’s to receive 911 service.

Note: Seller offers a feature that Customer may use to test their Caller ID value. At any time, Customer may test Customer outbound caller ID value by dialing ‘811’ on Seller’ network. If the subscriber Caller ID was set correctly the Seller’s 911 provisioning system will read that 10-digit number back to Customer.

NOTE: Failure to set the correct caller ID value may result in a non-refundable $85 ECRC surcharge per 911 call.

NOTE: Failure to provide and maintain accurate 911 address information may result in an $85 ECRC charge per 911 call.

NOTE: When you activate 911 on one or more of your numbers you are stating that you have legal authorization to add/change the 911/e911 address information for that number(s).

E911 Submission From

CCTV vs Cloud Cameras

CCTV VS Cloud Cameras CCTV vs Cloud Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras have been a popular choice for businesses and homes for many years, and

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February 12, 2023
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Canitan VoIP – Cell Phone Apps

Canitan
Cloud PBX

Smart Phone Apps

 Are carrier-grade IP phones. This series of next-generation IP phones features a sleek new design, a reimagined user experience, unified firmware and powerful feature options.

Downloads

Android

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    VitXi+ – VoIP SIP Softphone
    Instructions
     

     
    Vitxi Meet – Video Conferencing
    Instructions
     

     
    VitalPBX Communicator
    Instructions
     

     
    Grandstream Wave Lite – Video
    (Backup if VitXi does not work)
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    Instructions
 
 

Apple

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    VitXi+ – VoIP SIP Softphone

  • Instructions

     

     
    Grandstream Wave Lite – Video
    (Backup if VitXi does not work)
    Instructions
     

Basic Instructions

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    VitXi+ – VoIP SIP Softphone
    (Account Setup Required)
     
     
 
 
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      Vitxi Meet – Video Conferencing
      Instructions
       
 
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        VitalPBX Communicator
        Instructions
         
       
       
 
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    Grandstream Wave Lite – Video
    Instructions
 
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Owner
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