FLIR Latitude is a network-based video monitoring and recording system, which is composed of servers and clients, as well as encoders and decoders, that are connected over a network.
Usually, the system resides on a dedicated network, rather than a corporate network. FLIR recommends that you always consult a network administrator before installing Latitude. A FLIR Latitude installation can consist of a single server or multiple servers in a hierarchical structure. You can further distribute the FLIR Latitude Windows services that provide the primary server functionality to additional Windows servers.
You can configure Latitude installations to handle a few cameras to thousands of cameras.
The following table describes the primary Latitude services.
Service | Description |
Directory | The main server application that is required by the service to provide a centralized catalog for the other Latitude services and applications on the system. From the Directory, applications can review connections, establish connections, and receive centralized configuration information. |
Archiver | Latitude records video through the recorder service. The recorder provides dynamic discovery and status polling of units and processes and stores (archives) all video and multimedia streams to storage. "Archiving" is the term used for storing video. |
Event Distributor (EDB) | EDB server provides rule-based distribution of events, actions, and messages using Microsoft SQL Server database and Recording of all the event types that are selected by the administrator for logging. |
Control Center | Control Center enables you to view live, archived, and exported video and audio, side-by-side. Provides synchronized playback and Advanced Workspace Mode control. |
The Gateway, EDB, and Directory services may be installed on the same Windows 32-bit or 64-bit system. In our tests, we installed these services on a single virtualized host running Windows Server 2012 64-bit.