WAN down. Protection up.
Retail broadband fails. Plant networks isolate. Campuses go air-gapped. Slinai edge continues local AI, stores events, and delivers on-site notifications — then reconciles with cloud when the link returns.
How does Slinai work offline?
In offline or degraded-WAN mode, the edge gateway keeps ingesting cameras, running detections, writing local event/clip storage, and notifying contacts via local SMS/email gateways if configured. When internet returns, queued events and approved clips sync per hybrid policy. Fully air-gapped sites can operate without any cloud dependency.
What Offline operation delivers
Degraded-mode playbooks
Define what happens at 0% WAN: local sirens, SMS modem, on-prem email, or supervisor dashboards on LAN.
Event queue durability
Buffered events survive reboot; sync resumes with idempotent delivery so HQ does not see duplicates.
Air-gapped option
No outbound internet — updates via signed USB/media procedures for high-security environments.
Local operator console
Security can review live view and alerts on-site without cloud login during outages.
Outage reporting
When back online, ops sees outage window, missed sync volume, and any undelivered critical alerts.
Priority flush
Critical intrusion clips sync first when bandwidth returns — digests wait for off-peak.
Designed for Indian connectivity reality
Many dark stores, highway QSR sites, and industrial parks lose uplink for hours. Cloud-only AI goes dark with the WAN. Edge keeps the safety net running and catches up later.
Pair offline operation with Video alarms so after-hours intrusion still generates local evidence even when WhatsApp cannot deliver until morning.
Air-gapped without giving up AI
Some education, manufacturing, and government-adjacent sites forbid any cloud path. Air-gapped edge delivers detections and local dashboards entirely inside the classified or restricted network.
Model and software updates follow customer-controlled media workflows — Slinai does not require persistent telemetry.
Explore further
Industries served, use case playbooks, and platform modules that connect with Offline operation.
Where teams use this
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Common questions
Will WhatsApp alerts work offline?
WhatsApp needs internet. Configure local SMS/email or LAN consoles for true offline notify; WhatsApp delivers queued messages when WAN returns.
How long can the gateway buffer?
Depends on disk sizing — typically days of event metadata and hours to days of priority clips. Slinai sizes storage to your retention policy.
Can we force cloud disconnect?
Yes. Local-only and air-gapped modes disable outbound sync entirely.
Do clocks stay accurate offline?
Gateways use NTP when available and fall back to local time with skew warnings so incident timelines stay trustworthy.
Talk to us — or see it live
Tell us about your sites and goals, and we'll show you exactly what Slinai surfaces on your existing cameras.
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A focused 30-minute session, tailored to your operation.
- Live walkthrough on footage like yours
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- Deployment plan for your cameras & sites
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