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Camera inputs

Add compatible USB video, RTSP, and supported Garmin marine-network camera sources to BoatKit.

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Connection checklist

What you need

Tablet

A tablet can use reachable RTSP cameras over Wi-Fi and compatible USB video hardware when the mobile platform, adapter, and power arrangement expose it to BoatKit. Mobile app suspension limits always-on streaming.

Dedicated BoatKit device

A dedicated device can keep USB and local-network camera sources registered continuously and is the preferred source for unattended remote viewing.

Hardware and network

  • A compatible USB camera, configured RTSP source, or supported Garmin network camera
  • A local network path to IP cameras, plus vessel bandwidth for remote streaming

Account or license

Local camera viewing requires no BoatKit Cloud account. Remote viewing requires a registered, connected vessel; individual cameras or codecs may have vendor licensing.

BoatKit gives compatible USB video devices, configured RTSP cameras, and supported marine-network sources a common identity and stream model. The resulting camera can be named once and placed in any saved view—beside docking information, machinery gauges, a chart, or other feeds—without every layout having to know how that camera is connected.

Current paths include compatible USB cameras, manually configured RTSP sources, and cameras or FLIR equipment discovered through supported Garmin Marine Network hardware. SIONYX Nightwave is one tested USB camera rather than a separate Nightwave-specific protocol. RTSP connection details stay with the BoatKit installation aboard.

Local viewing uses the vessel network. Remote viewing additionally requires a registered BoatKit Cloud vessel, a supported stream, and enough uplink bandwidth. A dedicated BoatKit device is better suited to unattended camera access because it can keep the sources registered after a mobile app would be suspended.

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