resources
Working references for people who run camera fleets.
Tools and reference material, not lead forms. Everything runs in your browser or on your own machine, nothing is submitted, and no account is required. Results share as a link and export as a sheet you can hand to a client.
software
Free, open-source tools that run on your machine.
calculators
Sizing and planning math, worked in the browser.
Camera storage calculator
Storage, bandwidth, and array sizing for a mixed camera fleet. Codec-aware across H.264, H.265, and smart codecs, with scene activity factored into the saving. Share the result as a link or export it as a sizing sheet.
planningFirmware campaign planner
How long a firmware campaign really takes: waves, soak gates, maintenance windows, engineer hours, and site visits, with the arithmetic on which lever actually moves the completion date. Share as a link or export the plan.
complianceCredential and certificate rotation calculator
What rotating camera passwords and certificates actually costs in engineer hours and FTE, and the gap in days between what your policy asks for and what the crew can reach. Includes what each framework really requires, and the shrinking certificate lifetimes.
references
Sourced reference material, date-stamped and free to cite.
Camera CVE tracker
Published camera, NVR, and DVR CVEs from vendor advisories and CISA KEV, with a flag for whether CISA lists them as exploited in the wild. Rebuilt from the public feeds, date-stamped, and free to cite.
complianceNDAA camera checker
Look up a camera brand against Section 889, including the brands publicly reported to resell hardware produced by named manufacturers. Every entry carries its source, and the page shows how to verify any model yourself by its FCC ID.
complianceVideo retention requirements by industry and state
How long surveillance video must be kept in cannabis, gaming, pharmacy, childcare, banking, healthcare, utilities, corrections, PCI DSS, and CJIS. Every row cites and links the rule it came from, and the day count feeds straight into the storage calculator.
firmwareCamera firmware tracks and support status
Current firmware versions, tracks and platforms, published checksums, and end-of-support status for Axis, Bosch, and Hanwha cameras. Checked against the vendors' own pages, date-stamped per row, filterable and searchable.
credentialsCamera default passwords by model
Axis, Bosch, and Hanwha all ship with no default password. Look up a model to see what account you create at first access, the password rules each vendor enforces, and what a factory reset costs you beyond the credential.
beyond the spreadsheet
Sizing is one day. Knowing the fleet is every day.
MentatNOC watches whether every camera is online, on time, on the right firmware, and still recording. It monitors device health, not video.