The 1-Camera License Key from Synology allows you to add 1 camera to your Synology Surveillance Station. Add extra license surveillance station. Be the way to go and using surveillance station with the real Synology hardware. Open source software.
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Explained what the licenses do, but the inevitable question is 'Why?' The best way I have seen it explained is that you are paying for the continued development of the Surveillance application on a scale that ranges for the use you have. If I'm Joe Average homeowner with two or three cameras, then buying my Synology NAS and having it serve as a surveillance system is a bonus. If I'm Fred Businessowner then buying ten licenses plus the hardware is compariable to purchasing a professional grade surveillance system from a vendor.
An RS815 + 16 licenses is probably about $2000 without disks. That's not terribly far off the mark for a professional grade NVR system that probably has similar functionality as the Surveillance Station software.I'm not saying I like it a whole lot, but it makes sense. You pay for what you use. Your average user probably never buys a license.
A power user with a mega system is probably cross-shopping dedicated NVR systems, and the Synology offering isn't terribly priced.
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Licensing PlanBy applying license keys on the Surveillance Station user interface, you will be able to set up and manage more surveillance devices on your Synology products. 4 or 8 Surveillance Device License Packs come with a single license key, allowing you to activate 4 or 8 surveillance devices.Most of the time, each IP camera, I/O module, and access controller will only require one license, and each transaction device will require two licenses. However, there are some cameras that have different billing methods. Camera TypeBilling MethodExampleLicense requiredRegularPer cameraAXIS P13471PanoramicPer cameraAXIS M30071Multi-lensFixed lensPer cameraArecontVision AV8185DN1Lens with independent IPPer channelAXIS Q3709-PVE3Removable lensPer channelAXIS F445Video serverPer channelVivotek VS88018In the table above, you can see a detailed example of our billing methods for four different camera types. Certain panoramic cameras (e.g.
Axis M3007) which support native dewarping may provide more than one stream (e.g. Quad View, Double Panorama, and Original View) at a time. Each of regular and panoramic cameras requires one license only.There are two types of multi-lens cameras: fixed lens and removable lens. Fixed lens cameras which provide more than one stream at a time will require one license only. For removable lens cameras or fixed lens IP cameras, Synology will charge you per channel.
Take Axis F44 for example. Axis F44 (with at most four lenses) provides up to five channels of video stream. The four channels are corresponded to by the four lenses, and the fifth channel is the view of all four cameras combined. If you wish to display all five channels in Surveillance Station, Synology will charge you for five licenses accordingly.
Let's take Axis Q3709-PVE as another example (with at most three lenses). Axis Q3709-PVE provides three channels of video stream. If you want to display all three channels in Surveillance Station, Synology will charge you for three licenses.Video servers such as Vivotek VS8801 can connect to up to eight analog cameras. In this case, Synology will charge you for eight licenses accordingly. This rule will also apply to video servers supported in Surveillance Station. License Activation and RestrictionsIn Surveillance Station, go to Main Menu License then click Add.
An installation wizard will guide you through adding device licenses into Surveillance Station.Note:. The license can be applied to only one Synology product at a time. Online verification is required for adding or deleting device licenses. If there are more than one Synology product under the CMS setup, the included device license can be shared among the CMS cluster.Surveillance Station FeaturesLearn more about Surveillance Station features.