FLIR Latitude VMS Test

Author: Ethan Ace, Published on May 02, 2016

FLIR spent nearly $100 million on DVTel, primarily for one product - DVTel's enterprise VMS.

Though FLIR has killed the DVTel brand, they are aggressively moving the VMS forward. This is a major shift for FLIR, who historically has been a leader in thermal cameras and, more recently, expanding into lower end cameras / kits (via Lorex).

However, until now, FLIR has never had an enterprise VMS to pull together an end-to-end solution.

In this report, we share our test finding of FLIR's Latitude VMS, examining its strengths and weaknesses in great detail.

Application Overview

Latitude has two core applications, Admin Center (used for configuration) and Control Center (used for monitoring/investigation operations), shown in this intro video:

Inside we provide 9 more video screencasts analyzing live viewing, investigation, export, camera support, and DVTel's novel features like SceneTracker, Mentor, and TruWitness.

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Live *******

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Multi-Camera ******/******

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Configuration **********

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Comments (12)

Undisclosed 1 Manufacturer

| 05/02/16 06:19pm

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | In reply to Undisclosed 1 Manufacturer | 05/02/16 09:55pm

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John Bazyk

IPVMU Certified | 05/02/16 08:59pm

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | In reply to John Bazyk | 05/02/16 09:58pm

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Undisclosed 2

| 05/02/16 11:13pm

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Greg Cortina

| 05/03/16 02:38am

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Undisclosed 2

| 05/03/16 02:53am

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Greg Cortina

In reply to Undisclosed 2 | 05/03/16 03:05am

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Undisclosed 2

In reply to Greg Cortina | 05/03/16 03:31am

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John Honovich

IPVM Admin | In reply to Undisclosed 2 | 05/03/16 10:29am

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Undisclosed 2

In reply to John Honovich | 05/03/16 01:29pm

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Undisclosed 3 Manufacturer

In reply to Undisclosed 2 | 05/04/16 12:04am

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