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Night Owl Surveillance System

The surveillance system used in this project was a Night Owl AHD10 Series. It is a four-channel (four camera) system that oversaw the project as an eagle-eye and was not hacked during the exercise. It has upwards of 190+ hours of recording time and will record only when triggered by the motion sensor in the camera.

The placement of the cameras focuses on four of the six rooms and corridors:

  • The first room: Channel 1 Camera; contains the Bluetooth lock, Amazon Alexa, and home laptop
  • The first hallway: Motion Sensor
  • The second room: Channel 2 Camera; Light/Temperature sensor
  • The second hallway: Channel 3 Camera; Nerf Gun
  • The third room: Channel 4 Camera; Manny Kin

Figure 1: NightOwl System vantage points

Android/iOS Device

Night Owl HD App has the capability of live view, saving video, and remote playback.

Figure 2: NightOwl Application Download for Android

  1. Search "Night Owl HD" and Install

  2. Open Application and tap "Device Manager." In the top right-hand corner, tap "Add."

  3. It is best installed under IP/Domain under Login Type. This can be found in the DVR under setup. [Hover the cursor near the center bottom and a menu will pop-up. Click Settings and login. To access the DVR's IP, General > Network > Main. Media Port is default "9000." Enter your credentials and click Save.]

Figure 3: Network IP Address

Figure 4: Night Owl HD Application

You must be connected to the same local network as the Night Owl DVR.

Microsoft Windows setup for remote access for Night Owl

  1. Go to: https://nightowlsp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/209508928-Remote-Viewing-PC-Software-Downloads

Figure 5: NightOwl Support Page

  1. Click and Save "Night Owl View (PC)" for Windows. For Mac, please go to https://nightowlsp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/212897637-Remote-Viewing-MAC-Software-Downloads

  2. Open the file and follow commands.

Figure 6: Installing Night Owl on Windows PC

3(a) Choose your directory

3(b) Ready to install

  1. After installation has finished, Nightowl View will launch.
Nightowl View cannot be used on a Linux system.