Synology Surveillance Device License Packs are designed for expanding camera, I/O module, access controllers, and transaction devices set up on Synology Surveillance Station. Most of the time, each IP camera, I/O module, and access controller will only require one license,. Official Synology Camera License by Email 24/7. Enter the number of cameras you would like to add to your Synology NAS with one of the Surveillance Station License Packs. Choose a 1-pack license to get started, or take advantage of the bundled 4 and 8-pack licenses. Delivery is fast and direct to your inbox. No wait, no hassle.
On the first launch, you will be presented with a wizard which will be telling the package where we want to store the Virtual Machines we create. Click “Next” and put a check beside the BTRFS volume you want to use, after clicking “Next”, you will need to select the secondary LAN connection. Clicking “Next” again will produce a message in regards to isolating network interfaces through different subnets, click on yes and after the warning appears, click “Yes” again, after that it should only take around 30 seconds or so to come back with a big green tick, after it does, click on the “Finish” button.
Set up the Ubuntu ISO Image by selecting “System Image” down the left hand side.
Click “Create” along the top.
Under “Name” you can select the System Image’s name. Next select “ISO File” as “Type”. Now choose where you downloaded the Windows 10 image to and click “Browse”, select the image with the blue “Select” button once you’ve located it and then click “Next”, now place a tick next to the “Your NAS” and click on the blue “Apply” button. And after a short wait, our system image will be created.
Repeat the process for the other two ISO images.
Licensing Plan
Synology NAS/NVR comes with default licenses1 that allow you to set up and manage surveillance devices. Synology also provides three options for additional purchased licenses: 1, 4 or 8 Surveillance Device License Packs; each comes with a single license key, allowing you to activate 1, 4 or 8 surveillance devices at a time.
To find out the maximum number of surveillance devices supported on each Synology NAS/NVR, please refer to the specifications of each model.
License Units
Under most circumstances, each IP camera, I/O module, IP speaker, intercom, and access controller will only require one license, while each transaction device will require two licenses. However, multi-lens cameras and video servers for analog cameras may require additional licenses. For more details about supported cameras and surveillance devices, please refer to the Camera Support List and Surveillance Device Support List.
Device Type | License Units | Example | License required | |
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Regular IP camera | Per camera | AXIS P1347 | 1 | |
Panoramic (fisheye) | Per camera | AXIS M3007 | 1 | |
Synology LiveCam | Per device | Synology LiveCam app | 1 | |
Multi-lens | Fixed lens | Per camera | ArecontVision AV8185DN | 1 |
Fixed lenses with independent IP | Per channel | AXIS Q3709-PVE | 3 | |
Removable lens | Per channel | AXIS F44 | 5 | |
Video server | Per channel | Vivotek VS8801 | 8 | |
I/O module | Per device | AXIS A9188 | 1 | |
Intercom | Per device | AXIS A8105-E | 1 | |
IP speaker | Per device | AXIS C3003-E | 1 | |
Access controller (door) | Per device | AXIS A1001 | 1 | |
Transaction device (POS) | Per device | - | 2 |
In the table above, you can see a detailed example of four different camera types. Certain panoramic cameras (e.g., Axis M3007) supporting on-camera dewarping may provide more than one stream (e.g., Quad View, Double Panorama, and Original View) at a time. Each regular and panoramic camera requires one license only.
There are two types of multi-lens cameras: fixed lens and removable lens. Most fixed lens cameras providing more than one stream at a time require only one license per camera. For fixed lens cameras with independent IP addresses or removable lens cameras, you will need one license per channel. For example, you can add as many as three lenses to Axis Q3709-PVE, which allows you to stream up to three channels. If you want to display all three channels in Surveillance Station, you will need three licenses. Take Axis F44 as another example. Axis F44 (with as many as four lenses) allows you to stream up to five channels, with four of the channels displaying footage from the four lenses, and the fifth channel combining the view of all four cameras. If you wish to display all five channels in Surveillance Station, you will need five licenses accordingly.
Video servers such as Vivotek VS8801 can connect to as many as eight analog cameras. In this case, you will need eight licenses accordingly. This rule also applies to video servers that are compatible with Surveillance Station.
License Activation and Management
In Surveillance Station, go to Main Menu >License > then click Add. The installation wizard will guide you through adding device licenses into Surveillance Station.
- One license can be applied to one Synology product at a time.
- Online verification is required for adding or deleting device licenses.
- Purchased licenses can be migrated, while default license keys cannot.
- If there are more than one Synology products under Central Management System (CMS), licenses can be shared in the CMS cluster. Learn more about CMS.
Surveillance Station Features
Learn more about Surveillance Station features here.