How to: Create a camera import CSV file

Last modified: Sunday October 01, 2023.

You can use a CSV file to define and add multiple cameras to Alta Aware at the same time. You can manually create a CSV file or download a template from Aware.

Task — Download the CSV template file

Choose Open a tool > Devices.
Click Add cameras.
Click CSV file.
Select Download CSV template. The template file is downloaded with the filename cameras-template.csv.

Task — Update the CSV template file with camera information

You do not need to fill in every field in the CSV. You can add missing information in Aware after import.

Locate cameras-template.csv in your default download location.
Open the file in a spreadsheet or text editor.

cameras-template.csv file opened in a spreadsheet program

cameras-template.csv file opened in a text editor
Enter the details for each camera. If editing the file in a text editor, separate each entry with a comma, and use a new row for each camera.
- Name — the name or the camera in Aware.
- IP Address / Alta Key — the IP address or Alta Key of the camera. For Ava Cameras without a clearly marked Alta Key, you can use the serial number instead.
- Port — the port used by the camera (usually Port 80).
- Device Group — choose an existing device group to add the camera to.
- Configuration Profile — choose an existing configuration profile to assign to the camera.
- Protocol — choose the required protocol for the camera. The options are:
  - Automatic
  - Onvif camera
  - Ava camera
  - Avigilon camera
  - Axis camera
  - Vivotek camera
  - RSTP camera
- Encryption — define how the camera and Aware should communicate. The options are:
  - required (equivalent to On in the Aware user interface).
  - unencrypted (equivalent to Off in the Aware user interface).
  - optional (equivalent to On (when available) in the Aware user interface).
- Connected to — if required, enter the name of the Alta Cloud Connector to which the camera is to be added.
- Labels — choose any existing labels for the camera.
Save the file to a location accessible by the Alta Aware user interface.