REMO LiveCD Beta13 review
DownloadREMO LiveCD is an open source REmote MOnitoring security system packaged as a LiveCD
|
|
REMO LiveCD is an open source REmote MOnitoring security system packaged as a LiveCD. REMO LiveCD is a bootable Fedora Core based CD that can be copied to a dedicated hard drive.
Our first version is based on the famous Fedora Core Linux and ZoneMinder. Based on customer requests we've augmented several packages that we include on the ReMo LiveCD. All augments are released under the open source GNU General Public License (GPL) and included on the LiveCD.
ReMoSecurity intent is to continue to develop a premier open source physical security operating system and support all open source projects we include in our system.
Our business model is customization and support. Please contact us directly for your custom integrations. We have a team of experts that are experience at system integration of camera systems, alarm panels and access control for the modern enterprise IT environment.
REMO LiveCD iso image is available on this site for your download. To download the LiveCD iso image, please go to the "Downloads" link. To run the system, just burn a CD with the downloaded LiveCD iso image.
To run REMO LiveCD properly, you'll need the following hardware attached to your PC:
BTTV capture card
Camera
Insert the Burned CD into the CD drive of your PC and reboot your system to run REMO. Please read the README file provided on the LiveCD for assistance. You can also contact our support team for any assistance.
Here are some key features of "REMO LiveCD":
Event based messages (Jabber Chat messages,SMS and Email notifications) play video files of events on a specified computer.
Event Search engine.
Automatic archiving of events and databases based on specified hard disk utilization. Users can view and search archived events. Users can also download the archived video file to a local computer.
Users can automate Zone Minder's function to put Monitor in different modes according to the time, through REMO Frontend.. For example, a user can setup one camera to be in Monitor mode from 10:00AM to 10:00PM and in Motion Detection mode
Automation of MPEG creation of events on the basis of date and time. User can configure Monitor to create MPEG on Continuously, daily basis, weekly basis, monthly basis and quarterly basis.
Creation of combined MPEG file for all events till hard disk utilization reaches to the specified limit.
REMO enables user to lockout certain computers from the network by specifying either the range of IP Addresses or individual IP addresses on occurence of an event in configured combinations of monitor and zone.
Alarms
REMO generates alarms by sending "jabber" messages to specified users on the occurrence of an event (e.g. motion detection).
REMO can playback events recorded from cameras onto remote computers using the VLC player.
REMO can send SMS Notifications to mobile phones on occurence of event.
REMO can send e-Mail Notifications to receipients (configured in e-Mail notification) on occurence of event.
REMO enables user to lockout certain computers from the network by specifying either the range of IP Addresses or individual IP addresses on occurence of an event in configured combinations of monitor and zone.
Archiving
REMO provides an automatic archiving feature based on percentage hard disk utilization. Automatic Archiving starts as and when hard disk usage reaches the specified percentage.
Users have the ability to search events from the archives.
Archives can be downloaded , emailed and FTP either in MPEG1 video codec or MPEG4 video codec.
Audio and Video Support
Users can monitor Live video streams from multiple cameras on a single browser page.
Users can configure REMO in different modes according to the time. For example, a user can setup one camera to be in Monitor mode from 10:00AM to 10:00PM and in Motion Detection mode from 10:00PM to 10:00AM.
REMO can be configured to record audio with the video as Motion is detected.
PTZ(Pan/Tilt/Zoom) support is added for controlling the Cameras which support PTZ functionality.
All the video files of events can be generated in MPEG1,MPEG2 and MPEG4 video codecs.
User can download,email and FTP selected event files either in their native video codec or after converting them to MPEG4.
FTP management
Users can FTP any file (including archived files) from the REMO server to any other server where "FTP server" is running. Archived files can also be deleted from the REMO server to reduce hard disk utilization. This FTP management does immediate upl
Installation
Burn a CD with the downloaded "iso" image.
Boot your computer with the CD.
REMO server will start and be available over the network.
Added a Export / Import feature in "configure Remo" section of REMO control panel, to export the REMO settings (configuration) to a XML file. You can also import these configuration to a new/existing installation of REMO. This will reduce your effort to configure REMO again.
Purging of Data
REMO enables user to delete all the Jpegs, Mpegs and archives from the Remo server older than the specified number of days.
Search Engine
REMO provides a powerful search engine to allow for searches based on various criteria including Monitor, Start Date, End Date etc.
Users can playback recorded history of all events that occurred within their search criteria (e.g. all activity occurring on a certain camera between 2:00am-3:00am last Tuesday).
User management
REMO has full user management functionality.
Administrators can add and delete system users.
Administrators can grant/revoke specific access rights for each user.
Access rights can be customized by individual camera (monitor).
Individual users have the ability to make password changes.
Web Interface
REMO provides a user-friendly web interface to access all added services to ZoneMinder.
Users can access the REMO web page from anywhere in the world just by typing their user-name and password.
REMO LiveCD Beta13 search tags