HTconnect®
With HTconnect, HeiTel has developed a process that allows its video systems to be easily integrated into private and public IP networks despite the seemingly insurmountable hurdles of firewalls and dynamically assigned IP addresses. HTconnect allows for the secure connection of video systems via the Internet to decentralised control stations. Internet access can be assigned at the transmitter end using dynamically assigned IP addresses, yet despite this, the systems can be easily accessed without having to fall back on complicated additional network services. In fact, the customer’s network can even be protected by a firewall, which would usually prevent external access. However, with HTconnect, external access to the video system can be guaranteed at all times.
Additionally, HTconnect allows access to video systems connected to 3G/UMTS networks; the otherwise obligatory use of additional, costly network services is not required here either.
Another agreeable additional benefit for the installer is that detailed configuration of the customer’s router is not required (port forwarding, network address translation, etc).
HTconnect simultaneously supports several IP connections (LAN/WLAN, Internet, DSL, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSPA, 3G/CDMA). The combination with other transmission modes, e.g. via PSTN/POTS, ISDN, IP Networks or GSM for a redundant, fall-back transmission, is possible.
