How to watch your CP Plus cameras on a PC

The good news: CP Plus makes free Windows software that does the same job, called KVMS Pro Lite. It shows all your cameras on one screen, plays back recordings and works with the same recorder you already use in gCMOB.

• A Windows 10 or 11 computer.
• Your recorder's serial number (sticker under the DVR or NVR, or in gCMOB under the device details), or its IP address if the PC is on the same network.
• The recorder's username and password, the same ones you use in gCMOB.

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• 1. Download KVMS Pro Lite from cpplusworld.com/software (under Orange). Only download it from there.
• 2. Install it. Run the installer you downloaded (if it came as a zip file, unzip it first), and allow it through Windows Firewall on your private network, or it can't reach your recorder.
• 3. Set a password for the software when it first opens. This protects the software on your PC. It is not your camera password.
• 4. Add your recorder: Devices, Add, then choose serial number (works from anywhere, no router changes) or IP address (best on the same network). Enter the recorder's username and password.
• 5. Open Live View and double-click your recorder to see every camera.

You can run gCMOB inside an Android emulator like BlueStacks: install it from bluestacks.com, open Google Play inside it and install CP PLUS gCMOB by Aditya Infotech Limited. Fine for a quick look; KVMS Pro Lite is steadier for a screen that stays on all day.

• Device offline: if gCMOB on your phone also shows offline, the recorder has lost its internet, not the PC.
• Wrong password: it's the recorder's password from when it was installed; your installer has it. Too many wrong tries can lock the recorder for a while.
• Black or stuck camera: switch that camera to the sub stream (Extra stream). It needs less bandwidth.