CCTV display in PlantSCADA

Hello,

A client has asked if it is possible to show a CCTV stream within the PlantSCADA runtime.

Assuming the CCTV camera supports the RTSP protocol is there an easy way to achieve this?

So far I have attempted to use the VLC media player ActiveX control, but have not been able to get it to work. This could just be my relative unfamiliarity with using ActiveX controls in Citect.

Has anyone had any luck with implementing CCTV before?

Cheers,

Alex

0 Jacky Lang 10 days ago

Hi Alex Richardson ,

Yes, it is possible. There are a few how-to articles about using video ActiveX controls with Plant SCADA or Citect SCADA. Below are the links.

https://softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/#/knowledgebase/details/000030549?lang=en_us

https://softwaresupportsp.aveva.com/#/knowledgebase/details/000031226?lang=en_us

Please note that DO NOT run Video ActiveX on a server node because this resource intensive operation would have impact on the server performance.

Regards,

Jacky
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0 Alex Richardson 10 days ago in reply to Jacky Lang

Thanks Jacky.

Apparently I don't have permission to view the first article you linked. The second one just shows how to launch the VLC executable from a cicode function. My preference would be to embed the video feed within PlantSCADA, is this what is covered in the first article?

Cheers,

Alex
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0 Antonio 9 days ago in reply to Alex Richardson

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