Flussonic Watcher

Who this Flussonic Watcher client is for

Anyone handed a login for a camera system built on Flussonic Watcher has one practical question: whether this app is how they reach it. It is the mobile client for that system. It shows live video and recorded footage from IP cameras connected to a Flussonic Watcher server, and it depends on that server to show anything.

The developer describes two groups of users. Operators install and configure Flussonic Watcher on their own server or servers, provision the cameras, create users and obtain an Operator ID before subscribers start. Subscribers, the end users, sign in with what the operator gives them.

Watching live video and browsing recordings

Live video comes from IP cameras over a connection the developer says is secured with TLS encryption. The developer describes the stream as ultra low latency. Those are the developer's own descriptions.

The archive is the recorded footage kept on the server. The developer says you can browse it to any depth your account is permitted to reach. How far back you can go therefore depends on what the operator has allowed for your login, not on the app itself.

Finding cameras on a map and in mosaics

The map view shows your cameras at their locations, which helps when you need a camera by where it is rather than by name.

Mosaics put several cameras on one screen, so you can keep a group of them in view together.

Saving archive footage to your phone

The app can download archive fragments to the device, so a stretch of recorded footage can be kept on the phone and not only watched through the server. The developer describes the unit as fragments, meaning sections of recorded video, rather than the whole archive.

Event alerts and locking the app

The app can receive event notifications from the server, so you are told about events without having the app open in front of you.

Access to the app itself can be secured with a fingerprint or a PIN code. This matters because the app shows live and recorded camera video, and a phone left unlocked would otherwise open that footage to whoever picked it up.

Signing in and adding cameras to your account

Subscribers sign in with the login, password and Operator ID their operator provides. The operator supplies all three before the app can be used.

The developer also lists provisioning cameras to your account with Flussonic Agent, which the developer names alongside the app.