Device Manager

The Device Manager keeps the record of each device - its address, name, location, and capabilities - so the rest of SBN Media knows about the cameras and other devices in a deployment.

Overview

The Device Manager stores the configuration of each device: its stream address, a friendly name, which tenant and site it belongs to, its capabilities (audio, PTZ, on-board storage, and so on), and any detection areas used by analytics. It also captures and keeps a base reference image for video devices. Other parts of the system ask it for this information - for example the analytics services use a device's detection areas and its classifier group.

• Runs: When configured. One per host.
• Required: Needed where devices are managed centrally - in particular for video and analytics features that rely on per-device settings.
• Depends on: NATS, where the device records are kept.

Configuration

The Device Manager has no settings of its own. Devices are added and changed through SBN Media's own interfaces and tools rather than a configuration file - the Device Manager stores and serves those records. It can also import devices from an upstream provider and mark ones that have gone away.

FAQ

Where is device information kept?

In SBN Media's own store, managed by the Device Manager - not in a configuration file.

How do I add a device?

Through the SBN interface or tools, which register it with the Device Manager.

What uses this information?

The streaming and analytics services - for example a camera's detection areas and classifier group are read from here.

Related pages

• SBN Media Overview (SBN-Media/overview)
• Installing and Configuring SBN Media (SBN-Media/installation)
• Camera Stream (SBN-Media/Devices/camerastream)
• Video Analytics (SBN-Media/Media-Processing/video-analytics)