You can also control a variety of other devices especially lights using the DVR’s relay outputs or team the DVR up with a Kontrol & Kommand module for timed relay functions, ideal for switching on heaters, air con, automated gates and barriers. This could be a VoiceOff Voice and Message Annunciator that allows you to play a sound or message file when you can see on camera that someone is approaching your property (watch the video on VoiceOFF here. The alienVision software boasts a useful “Kontrol & Kommand” portal giving extra functionality to your security system by controlling additional devices through the alienDVR via RS485 and RS232. Ideal for remotely activating other equipment You can log in to your DVR to view live images, playback recorded footage, activate alarm relays such as opening a gate or simply re-programming your DVR settings. The software will even email you if it detects an alarm at your property either from a hardwired input such as a PIR or from motion detected within the camera picture itself. Using a connected Windows PC, it’s easy to call up cameras from one (or several) alienDVRs to view live footage as it happens.
This means you can comfortably install the recording device in a loft of your home or in a locked room, cupboard or lockable enclosure such as a KitVault at your business premises. Once set up, the friendly client software is an easy way to look after your CCTV security system without going directly to the DVR recorder itself.