OnCloud: How do I manage camera bandwidth?

Applies to: OnCloud

Summary

This article provides instructions for checking and limiting how much network bandwidth your cameras use. To do this, you must be an administrator.

To start, check if any cameras are using too much bandwidth:

Click the Building icon at the top right.

NOTE: If you do not see this icon, you do not have permission to view the dashboard.

Click Reports at the top.
Scroll down to the Camera Average Streaming Bitrate section.
Click View Details to see the detailed bitrate report.
Click the dropdowns at the top to customize the data.
- All Cameras - filters by location, area, and camera
- Past 7 Days - changes the time period for the graph
- Day - changes the averaging period for each data point
Click Average Bitrate until the chevron points down.

This sorts the list to show which cameras have the highest average bitrates.
If there is a camera using too much bandwidth, note the name and location.

Reduce bandwidth by managing how a camera compresses video:

Reduce bandwidth by managing how a camera uses the network:

In OnCloud, click Cameras in the top menu.
Click the three dots beside a camera, then click Camera Settings.
Click Network.
To only record video from the camera when an event is detected, toggle the switch beside Record Only Events to ON.
To see which events are detected, click Analytics Settings.
To set a bandwidth limit, click Set a Maximum Streaming Bitrate.
Click Continue.
Click and drag the slider to set a maximum bitrate, select the days of the week and time range for the limit, then click Add.

You can add up to three bitrate limits for a camera.