Surveillance Station

You have to download and install Surveillance Station, found in 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.


Use this panel to easily set up the IP cameras you deployed. We installed a Foscam FI8906W, one of the more popular wireless IP cameras supported by Surveillance Station.


There are several other option, like scheduled recording, which you can configure while installing the camera.


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


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, or 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 to the cameras your NAS controls. There is even an option to set the RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) port range.


The TBS-453A supports up to 40 recording channels; however, it only comes with licenses for four. 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.