Surveillance Station

You have to download and install Surveillance Station through QNAP's App Center since it doesn't come pre-installed. Once you input your credentials, you will be transferred to the Surveillance Station's web interface.


You have to select a default folder for your recordings.


Setting up our IP cameras was a straightforward procedure. We installed two of the three Foscam cameras we have at our disposal since one of them was incompatible.


The camera configuration is an essential step, and you have to know the model number or the camera's IP if it isn't recognized automatically by the application. You can also enable manual recording or auto snapshots and can specify the minimum number of days recorded files will be kept in storage.


This step allows you to enable scheduled recording.


Here are the two IP cameras we installed through the Surveillance app.


You can set alarms which trigger based on events in either normal or advanced mode. The latter provides you with more options.


Here is the View Management menu.


You can set the maximum length of each recorded file in the System Settings tab, define what the system will do once available storage space for recordings reaches a specified threshold, and specify how many days to keep recordings—for recordings triggered by alarms or not. You can also configure an alarm-recording function and set access permissions for the cameras your NAS controls. There is even an option to set the RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) port range.


The surveillance logs can be accessed through this menu.


The TVS-682T supports up to eighty recording channels; however, it only comes with licenses for eight. You will have to buy additional licenses from QNAP's store if you want to utilize more channels.


To use the surveillance monitoring function in Chrome, you will first have to install the QVR client application.


The Surveillance Station's monitoring interface is brimming with functionality.


Here is a screenshot of the playback interface. It allows you to playback all saved camera recordings.