Why Screen Monitoring Matters in Industrial and Manufacturing Environments


Traditional surveillance captures physical activity on factory floors but leaves a dangerous gap: no visibility into operator screens controlling production lines, safety systems, and critical processes. DeskCamera closes this blind spot by streaming:

  • SCADA and HMI Screens: Record every control action, alarm acknowledgement, and process adjustment.

  • Production Monitoring Systems: Capture real-time KPIs, downtime alerts, and efficiency metrics.

  • Quality Control Interfaces: Document inspection workflows and compliance checkpoints.

  • Safety and Environmental Dashboards: Log incident responses, safety acknowledgements, and compliance events.

Without on-screen recording, manufacturers risk:

  • Incomplete incident investigations

  • Missed compliance violations

  • Unrecorded operational errors

  • Delays in root-cause analysis and corrective action

DeskCamera synchronizes screen activity with CCTV footage, delivering full operational visibility for safety, compliance, and process improvement.

Critical systems, smarter visibility

Manufacturing plants and critical infrastructure rely on industrial control systems, SCADA dashboards, and proprietary software that can’t be monitored through conventional CCTV. DeskCamera turns these vital screens into ONVIF‑compliant streams, expanding your surveillance coverage without extra hardware.

SCADA and HMI Screen Capture

Stream high-resolution SCADA, PLC, and production dashboard screens into your VMS for synchronized analysis with physical security footage.

 

Compliance and Quality Assurance Support

Generate secure, tamper-proof, time-stamped screen archives that fully support ISO, OSHA, and internal audit requirements.

Enhanced Root-Cause Analysis

Combine CCTV footage with real operator screen recordings to accelerate incident reconstruction, training, and continuous improvement efforts.

 

Rapid, Hardware-Free Deployment

Install DeskCamera on existing Windows® PCs without interrupting operations or investing in expensive capture hardware.

DeskCamera in Industrial and Manufacturing Operations

Unlock total process visibility across plants, warehouses, and critical infrastructure sites.

  • Production Control Rooms
    Monitor and archive operator interactions with production dashboards, SCADA systems, and alarm management tools.
  • Quality Assurance and Inspection Stations
    Record every inspection screen and quality checkpoint for audit readiness and training optimization.
  • Maintenance and Engineering Consoles
    Capture maintenance management systems (CMMS), digital schematics, and control overrides during troubleshooting and repairs.
  • Safety Operations Centers (SOCs)
    Stream safety dashboard activity, incident response screens, and environmental monitoring panels directly into your VMS.
  • Warehouse and Logistics Management
    Record WMS dashboards, shipping/receiving terminals, and inventory control systems to safeguard operations and dispute resolutions.

DeskCamera helps industrial operators extend video surveillance into the digital realm—capturing critical screen activity that physical cameras can’t see—to protect production, ensure compliance, and drive continuous improvement across the enterprise.

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How it works

Install DeskCamera

DeskCamera is a lightweight software that runs on a regular Windows computer — no special hardware required. It captures the desktop screen, audio, and connected webcams.

Emulate a Virtual IP Camera

Once installed, DeskCamera turns the Windows PC into an ONVIF-compliant virtual IP camera. This means it can stream screen and webcam video just like a real IP camera would.

Stream to Any VMS/NVR

DeskCamera sends the video stream over the network to any compatible Video Management System (VMS) or Network Video Recorder (NVR), such as Milestone, Nx Witness, Hikvision, or others.

Key features

  • Acts as a virtual ONVIF IP camera — no extra hardware or capture card required, runs in the background

  • Allows to convert external HTTP and RTSP streams to ONVIF

  • Streams screen, webcam and multiple video sources simultaneously to VMS or NVR

  • Delivers 4K video, audio, motion events and up to 60 FPS

  • GPU-accelerated for high performance and low system usage

  • Fully compatible with all ONVIF and RTSP-compliant VMS platforms

  • Technology partner of Milestone, Genetec, VIVOTEK, OpenEye, and others

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