Video surveillance
Document your video surveillance installations, camera by camera
Position on the plan, model, IP address, VLAN, switch, port, cabling, photos: each camera has its own record in Tintonex, which your team finds and completes from one visit to the next.
Tintonex does not replace your video management software (VMS): it shows no images and controls no cameras. It documents what is installed.
The situation
On a video site, information gets lost between two visits
The same situations come up from one site to the next.
Scattered information
The plan in a PDF, the IP addresses in a spreadsheet, the photos on the phone of whoever installed the cameras.
A plan that no longer tells the truth
A camera added or moved since commissioning appears on no plan.
A camera replaced, a file left unchanged
The model, serial number and MAC address have changed; the file still describes the old camera.
Network data nowhere to be found
Which switch, which port, which VLAN, which recorder? The answer is often in the rack, not in the file.
A site taken over with no documentation
Before working on a system installed by someone else, you first have to survey everything.
Tintonex brings this information together on each camera's record, in its place on the plan.
See a camera's recordA camera's record
Everything you look for about a camera, in one place
Each camera is a device placed on the site plan. Its record brings together what it is, how it is connected and what was seen on site.
Its position on the plan
Placed where it is on the plan, with its orientation. For dome, bullet and turret cameras, the field of view is drawn to scale on a calibrated plan, as soon as the resolution and the viewing angle are entered.
Its identity
Make, reference, serial number, MAC address, firmware, installation date and end of warranty. Your models are recorded once in your library, whatever their make.
Its network data
IP address, VLAN, switch and port, recorder (NVR), power supply: the record has a field for each of them, filled in when you know it.
Its cabling
Links are drawn on the plan from one device to another, by cable family, and follow the devices when they move. On a calibrated plan, their real length is measured.
Its photos and notes
Photos attached to the camera to keep what was seen on site, and notes for anything that fits no field.
A camera found by its IP address
Search an IP address, a name or a reference, then filter by client, site, plan or device type.
Example
A camera replaced, a file that keeps up
Logipôle Demo, north warehouse: CAM-02, the camera at goods receiving, is being replaced. Here is what the file keeps of it.
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Find
On the ground floor plan, the technician opens CAM-02: model, IP address, VLAN, switch and port are on its record.
- 2
Replace
The new camera is placed on the plan in the same position, with its network data. The old one is retired from the inventory, naming its replacement: it remains viewable, with its photos and connections.
- 3
Complete
The new camera's serial number, MAC address, firmware, installation date and end of warranty are entered, then a photo of the installation is added.
- 4
Pass on
The activity log shows who changed these devices, and when. The plan's PDF file, the next time it is exported, mentions the removal and the replacement.
Device record
CAM-02 · Goods receiving
Dome camera · Logipôle Demo — North Warehouse · Ground floor plan
Identity
- Make
- DémoVision
- Reference / model
- DV-D2-28
- Serial number
- DEMO-D228-0412
- MAC address
- 00:00:5E:00:53:12
- Firmware
- 2.4.1
- Installation date
- Oct 14, 2026
- Warranty end
- Oct 14, 2029
Network
- IP address
- 192.0.2.12
- VLAN
- 20
- Switch
- SW-02
- Port
- 2
- NVR
- NVR-01
Technical specifications
- Height
- 3.20 m
- Power supply
- PoE
On site
In a plant room with no network, the plan is still at hand
Basement, car park, poorly covered warehouse: prepare the site on your phone or tablet before you leave.
A camera's identity (serial number, MAC address, firmware, dates), its replacement, photos and the access password are saved when a connection is available.
- 1
Before you leave
From the site's page, prepare it for offline use: its plans, with their devices and cables, are stored on the phone or tablet.
- 2
With no network
Adding or moving a camera, correcting its IP address, VLAN or port, drawing a cable: these changes stay on the phone or tablet until the network returns.
- 3
When the network returns
They are sent as soon as the connection is back. If the same record has been changed in the meantime, both versions are shown to you and you choose.
Exports and sharing
What leaves the file, and what stays in it
A document for your team, a view for your client, and secrets that do not travel.
The PDF file of a plan
The annotated plan, then one record per device: status, make, reference, serial number, MAC address, firmware, IP address, VLAN, switch, port, NVR, connected cables and photos.
This internal document is produced in French.
Your client's portal
By invitation, your client views their sites, their plans and the devices visible in their portal, with their name and family. They can export their plan as a PDF.
No IP addresses, VLANs, ports, access credentials or internal notes.
The access password
A camera's access password is encrypted, and only authorised profiles can display it. It appears neither in the PDF nor in the portal: the PDF only states that access details are recorded.
There is no spreadsheet export, and the PDF is not a complete as-built handover file on its own: manufacturers' manuals, acceptance reports and certificates still have to be added.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Tintonex replace our video management software?
- No. Tintonex does not connect to cameras or recorders, and shows no images. It documents the installation: where each camera is placed, what it is, how it is connected.
- Can we start from our existing plans and surveys?
- Yes. Plans import as images (PNG, JPEG, WebP) or as a PDF, up to 20 MB, with the pages you choose from a PDF becoming plans. Smart import then spots the cameras and matches them with your device table (Excel, CSV or PDF) by their tag: nothing is created until you approve it.
- Our cameras come from several makes. Is that a problem?
- No. You build your own library of models, whatever the make, then link each camera to its model.
- Can our end client see the IP addresses?
- No. Their portal shows the position of the visible devices, with their name and family; network data, access credentials and internal notes stay on your side.
- Does Tintonex also work for intrusion alarms and access control?
- Yes. Intrusion, access control, fire alarm and network are documented on the same plans, with the same kind of record. This page focuses on video surveillance, where network data matters most.
See Tintonex on a video surveillance file
The video demo follows a site file from start to finish. The personalised demo starts from your installations and your questions.
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