Local network access
A public cloud website cannot safely scan a customer's private camera network. The AnyAiCam appliance can perform discovery from inside the site.
AnyAiCam Edge
The always-on local center of your VMS.
The AnyAiCam appliance sits on the same customer network as the cameras. It is the component that can discover local cameras, maintain camera connections, record locally and run the site-level VMS services.
Why use an AnyAiCam appliance?
Local recording
Core video recording can continue locally even when optional internet/cloud services are temporarily unavailable, subject to the configured system design.
Simpler customer setup
The customer receives a prepared device, connects it to the network, activates it and completes camera discovery instead of building a VMS server from scratch.
How the appliance is prepared before shipping
01
Order paid
Verified checkout creates the authoritative order.
02
Account created
Customer/site and purchased entitlements are provisioned.
03
Appliance reserved
A device is assigned to the order before fulfillment.
04
Manifest linked
The appliance knows which customer/site and camera slots it may activate.
05
Ship
The customer receives the prepared appliance and setup instructions.
Customer installation target
Physical steps
- Connect the AnyAiCam appliance to power.
- Connect Ethernet to the camera/site network.
- Confirm the appliance is online.
- Open the AnyAiCam account or activation page.
Software steps
- Sign in and claim/activate the appliance.
- Run Discover Cameras.
- Select each authorized camera and enter its credentials.
- Assign cameras to purchased slots and names.
- Run commissioning and finish.
Higher-performance option
AnyAiCam Enterprise appliance for AAC Facial Recognition
Commercial sites that purchase AAC Face Access (for homes, the AnyAiCam Residential VMS — Ryzen 5 covers front-door facial recognition for up to 5 household members) would use a higher-performance Edge tier sized for local face detection, face-template matching and access-policy decisions (liveness checks coming soon) in addition to the normal VMS workload.
Local face processing
Keep recognition close to the cameras for lower latency and better privacy control instead of sending every face frame to a public website.
Access-control API adapter
Connect the site to a supported access-control provider that exposes a documented API. Provider credentials belong in a protected server/edge secret store, never in public page JavaScript.
Door-linked cameras
Associate an entrance camera with a specific door. Authorized users can see a door-unlock icon on that camera card, while recognized enrolled users can unlock through the same policy engine.
Recommended: an AnyAiCam Ryzen appliance
Four AnyAiCam appliances, ready to connect
Each appliance arrives with AnyAiCam installed and a licence included. Recording storage is chosen separately. Build your system to pick cameras, storage and your appliance.
Compact Ryzen 5 home appliance. Recording storage is sized to your cameras and retention.
AnyAiCam Residential VMS — Ryzen 5
Entry-level home appliance · $949.99
For homes: live view, recording, playback, events and smart alerts, plus front-door facial recognition for up to 5 household members. Kwikset / Z-Wave smart-lock unlock is coming soon. Final camera and analytics capacity is confirmed after hardware certification.
32 GB DDR5 / 1 TB system SSD configuration shown. Recording storage is selected separately.
AnyAiCam Starter
MINISFORUM AI X1-255 · Ryzen 7 255 · $1,249.99
The standard AnyAiCam VMS appliance for local recording, live view, playback and approved analytics. Use separate recording storage sized to camera bitrate and retention.
32 GB DDR5 / 1 TB system SSD configuration shown. Recording storage is selected separately.
AnyAiCam Professional
MINISFORUM AI X1 · Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 · $1,749.99
Higher-performance VMS option for heavier analytics, more concurrent workload or planned expansion. It remains a VMS appliance; commercial AAC facial recognition uses the separate AnyAiCam Enterprise appliance.
MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro-470 for AAC Face Access.
AnyAiCam Enterprise — Face Access
MINISFORUM AI X1 Pro-470 · $2,249.99
Higher-end local AI tier for commercial AAC Face Access, more face cameras and larger face databases. Access-control platform integrations are coming soon. Standard VMS-only customers do not need this appliance. AnyAiCam recognition and camera capacity remain subject to benchmark and thermal testing.
Commercial hardware note: AnyAiCam Starter (MINISFORUM AI X1-255 · Ryzen 7 255) is the standard VMS starting tier, AnyAiCam Professional (MINISFORUM AI X1 · Ryzen AI 9 HX 470) is the growth/heavier-VMS tier, and AnyAiCam Enterprise appliance is reserved for AAC Face Access (access-control platform integrations coming soon). The Numato three-channel relay is the door-control hardware for AAC Face Access; VMS-only systems do not need it. Supported camera count depends on camera resolution, recording settings and analytics; Build Your System sizes it for your site.
Choose your camera count and storage target.
The system wizard will recommend the appropriate appliance tier after final product sizing rules are approved.