Watch live video
The Live Monitor is a wall of camera feeds: one tile per device that carries a camera. Start a feed from the console, join one that is already running, or let a camera of your own stream into the platform.
Before you begin
- A console account. Watching needs any role; starting a stream needs operator or organization administrator.
- A device with a camera, real or simulated. A simulated drone streams a test picture with its live position and battery.
Start a feed
Open the Live Monitor
Open Operate›Live Monitor. Each device with a camera has a tile. A tile whose device is already streaming joins that stream by itself.
Start the stream
Select Start stream on the tile. The console asks the device to start sending video and shows Waiting for live stream… until the first picture arrives, usually within a few seconds.
Or just watch
When a stream is about to be started elsewhere, for example by a colleague or a running Skill, select Watch only. The tile waits for the picture without sending the device anything.
Stop watching, or stop the stream
Hover over a playing tile:
- Detach stops the picture here. The stream keeps running for everyone else.
- Stop for all ends the stream on the device, for everyone watching. It only appears on a stream you started from this tile.
Leaving the Live Monitor doesn't stop a stream. Use Stop for all before you go, so the device doesn't keep streaming.
| Control | Does |
|---|---|
| Online only | Hides devices that are offline. |
| Auto-start | Starts every tile's stream as soon as the page opens. Remembered in this browser. |
| Show assets without video | Also shows devices without a camera, such as radars. |
| Type and model | Narrow the wall to one kind of device. |
| 1, 2, 3 | How many tiles side by side. |
| The star on a tile | Pins the device to the top. |
What you have now
- Your drones' cameras side by side, started when you need them.
- A way to join a stream without disturbing whoever started it.
Stream from a camera of your own
A camera started from its own web page, a video encoder or OBS can stream into Zequent too. Such a device needs a stream key. A drone or dock the console starts needs none: the platform creates its own credential every time.
Create the key
As an organization administrator, open Manage›Operations›Assets and, under Stream keys at the bottom of the page, select New stream key.
Field What to enter Path Where the stream lives on the media server, for example live/front-gate.Direction Publish for the camera that sends, Watch for a system that only receives. Valid for 1, 30 or 90 days. Nothing is unlimited; re-key a device in service regularly. Asset and Label Optional: the device it belongs to, and what the key is for. Copy it into the device
The key is shown once, together with a ready-made URL. Paste the URL into the device. For software with separate server and key fields, such as OBS, the dialog explains how to split it.
To take access away, revoke the key in the Stream keys list. The media server checks with the platform on every connection, so a revoked key stops working at the next connection.
Troubleshooting
- Start stream is greyed out. Your account needs the operator role. You can still use Watch only.
- The tile keeps waiting. The device accepted the command but no picture arrived yet. Wait a few seconds; if the device refuses, the tile shows its reason.
- A device has no tile. It is offline, or it has no camera. Switch off Online only, or on Show assets without video.
- A camera with a stream key is refused. The key expired, was revoked, or is for a different path or direction.