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EXACQVISION 9.0: MORE SYSTEM CONTROL FOR ADMINS AND BETTER TOOLS FOR MITIGATING INCIDENTS

December 15, 2017 Tyco Security Products

exacqVision 9.0 Feature Highlights:

Keep Your System Safe and Up-to-date
- Incorporated health alarms from intrusion panels
- System automatically checks for server software updates
Faster Identification and Mitigation of Events using Video Analytics
- Integration with Illustra video analytics provides critical event notification
- Integration with Axis Perimeter Defender and Axis VMD4 Video Motion Detection
Better Admin Control of User Groups
- Greater control over user group ‘live’ and ‘search’ privileges
- Assign users to multiple groups, each with different privileges in Enterprise System Manager (ESM)
Simplified Camera Configuration
- Improvements to UI layout input and output configuration menus adding new data fields for visual clarification
Web and Mobile Improvements
- Time-saving backup/restore settings for exacqMobile
- Improved user experience with camera associations on mobile device
- More secure, redesigned exacqVision web service
Additional 3rd Party Solution Options
- Iris and focus control for ONVIF PTZ cameras and encoders
- Bosch and Northern added to plugin dropdown menu
- Edge camera support for Artpec-6 cameras
- Support for Kantech v7.3 with Windows 10
- H.265 support for Panasonic
- Support HTTPS Configuration for ACTI
- Added Client-Side Dewarping for HIKVISION and Panasonic

Feature Details:

Keep Your System Safe and Up-to-date

Incorporate health alarms from intrusion panels

In addition to displaying standard access control and intrusion alarms (e.g. zone bypassed, panel armed, etc.), exacqVision now captures panels and controller health alarms such as low battery, power loss, and keypad tampering. These events can trigger actions within exacqVision and roll-up to ESM or exacqCloud health monitoring solutions to identify issues before they affect an organization’s security infrastructure.

Automatically checks for server updates

exacqVision now checks for automatic server-side updates, expanding upon its existing ability for client-side updates. Once users opt into this feature, exacqVision will automatically notify them when client or server updates are available for download, ensuring their system is always kept up-to-date.

Faster Identification and Mitigation of Events

Integration with Illustra video analytics provides critical event notification

Users of analytics-enabled Illustra Pro cameras can now see visible boxes around analytic event triggers and search on specific metadata associated with analytic events. Visible bounding boxes make the triggering event easy to identify and are visible in both the Live and Search pages of the exacqVision client. When searching analytic events, the user can now further review analytic event results by drawing specific areas of the scene to filter results. These analytic enhancements allow for faster identification of triggering events and faster searching of past events generated from Illustra Pro cameras.

Integration with Axis Perimeter Defender and Video Motion Detection

exacqVision now integrates with Axis Perimeter Defender which allows users to monitor large areas based on object behavior such as loitering and conditional zone crossing (e.g. when an object enters one zone without first passing through another zone). The integration can trigger actions within the exacqVision VMS, such as video recording or sending email notifications when a perimeter event occurs.

In addition, exacqVision now supports Video Motion Detection 4 (VMD4) on Axis cameras, which sends alerts when motion is detected. This new camera support is set to record based on movement, reducing storage and bandwidth usage.

Better Administrator Control

Greater control over user group ‘live’ and ‘search’ privileges

Admin users can now define ‘live’ and ‘search’ user group privileges individually per camera for greater control. They can grant a user live access to a specific camera, but restrict the same user from searching recorded video. This capability ensures that surveillance video is only viewed by appropriate exacqVision users.

Assign users to multiple groups, each with different privileges in Enterprise System Manager (ESM)

In the latest version of ESM (5.4), users can be assigned to multiple groups, each with different privileges. This improvement addresses the requirements of large organizations, who often need to assign users to multiple groups of separate servers.

Simplified Camera Configuration

Improvements to input and output configuration menus

The user experience of configuring audio, trigger, and alarm inputs and outputs has been improved with the release of exacqVision 9.0. In previous versions, these inputs and outputs were grouped together in the client and gave users little information regarding the devices each was associated with. Now, not only is this information provided in a grid format for better organization, but it also includes helpful device information like camera name, model, and MAC address. A critical time-saving enhancement to exacqVision.

Web and Mobile Improvements

Time-saving backup/restore settings for Exacq Mobile
It has always been easy to add servers to an Exacq Mobile configuration, but this process can become time-consuming when dozens or hundreds of servers need to be added to many mobile devices. With Exacq Mobile 9.0, you can create a backup of a mobile configuration, save it to a cloud destination, and restore it on any number of mobile devices, greatly reducing the time required to configure the app on mobile devices.

Improved user experience with camera associations on mobile device

exacqVision 9.0 improves the way users access different camera associations on a mobile device. A new overflow menu prevents too many associations from taking up the entire screen, and a new wheel menu allows users to more intuitively interact with associations.

More secure, redesigned exacqVision web service

exacqVision web services no longer installs a 3rd party webserver and now uses an embedded webserver within the exacqVision web service. The new web service is more secure and will automatically get updated every quarter as part of the remote update, whereas Apache was not automatically updated when you updated the web service. This makes managing system updates easier for administrators and helps to ensure the latest version of software is running on your exacqVision web servers.

Additional 3rd Party Camera Options

Iris and focus control in exacqVision for Axis, Hikvision, Illustra, and ONVIF IP cameras
ACTi event notification with separate socket connection
Bosch and Northern added to plugin dropdown menu
Edge camera support for Artpec-6 cameras
Support for Kantech v7.3 with Windows 10
H.265 support for Panasonic
Support HTTPS configuration for ACTi
Added client-side dewarping for HIKVISION and Panasonic

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School Campus Enhances Perimeter Security with Complete Tyco Security Products Solution

September 22, 2016 Tyco Security Products

About Queen Elizabeth Grammar School

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Wakefield Girls High School educate students in West and South Yorkshire, England. The large campus includes about 4 buildings of varying sizes some dating back to the 16th century. A 19-person governing body and 500-person teaching and support staff work to better the education for 2,100 pupils yearly.

The Challenge

Queen Elizabeth Grammar School and Wakefield Girls’ High School, located in Yorkshire, England, wanted a completely unified security system to secure the perimeter of the campus, while minimizing investigation time and improving security operations. Additionally, they wanted cameras that produced clear images to identify people as well as a management system that was easy to use.

Wakefield Grammar School

The Solution

After a complete site survey and evaluation, the school selected Reflex Systems of South Yorkshire, England as their integrator.

Queen Elizabeth Grammar and Wakefield School increased its security across its five-school campus with a complete Tyco Security Products solution including:

“They had done quite a bit of research on everything. Once they came to us, we decided that going with the Kantech embedded software was the best decision from a future-proofing point of view,” explained Steven Ward, technical director, Reflex Systems.

Benefits

Improved Camera Performance

With camera performance and image quality being the two most important factors for the school, the new Illustra Pro cameras give them the opportunity to cover all entry and exit points on campus and see critical details in areas with no sunlight. The strong integration between exacqVision VMS software and Illustra cameras simplified the deployment and optimized the performance. exacqVision automatically discovers cameras and addresses in exacqVision with EasyConnect.

exacqVision EasyConnect

Reduced Hardware Expenses

exacqVision recorders with Kantech Onboard reduce the hardware expenses and amount of rack space needed with the access control system pre-loaded on the network video recorder. The recorder came pre-loaded and pre-licensed with Kantech EntraPass Corporate access control system software at no additional cost. With the integration of access control and video into one system, they were able to improve response time to critical alarms and events. With exacqVision CameraLinks, school operators can quickly access the most needed commands from live view and further search video evidence associated with entry and exit points.

“The installation went absolutely seamlessly. We prewired extra IT points where cameras were going to be and when it came time to connect everything to the network, they were snapped in and up and working right away. It was a great experience.”
– David Butterfield
Estates and Contracts Manager
Wakefield Grammar School Foundation

Contact our sales team to learn more about how to utilize our solution for your school:

exacqVision 8.0 Release Introduces Suspect Tracking

September 15, 2016 Tyco Security Products

exacqVision 8.0, the latest release of exacqVision video management system [VMS] software, is now available from Exacq.

Watch this video to see the new features in exacqVision 8.0.

exacqVision 8.0 highlights:

Suspect Tracking
New CameraLinks
Archive Bookmarks
At-Most Rule on Archive
Activity Timeout
Stream Rate Control
Serial Data Background
Exacq Mobile Add Recorders
Honeywell Vista Integration
Enterprise System Manager Camera Inspection
IP Camera Integrations
New Integrations

Suspect Tracking

Suspect Tracking allows users to follow a person or object of interest through an entire scene faster. Users can configure CameraLinks, also seen as Associations in the client configuration, to set up a series of links between multiple camera views displayed by overlay boxes in live view. Each polygon can be customized by border and transparency and placed wherever you’d like in the range of view. By left double-clicking on the polygons in the live camera view, users can navigate through the scene following a person of interest.

Users can also dynamically build an export of suspect tracking in exacqVision search greatly simplifying finding video evidence. Start with the first camera of the scene and expand to additional cameras. Once all the cameras in the scene have been added, then bookmark the video and label for export.

Exacq Suspect Tracking

Under the Configuration page, navigate to the new Suspect Tracking tab. Click ‘New’ and draw the box on the camera view. Under ‘Area Configuration’ choose the camera and set the background and border. A slider bar for opacity of the background and border can be set.

To configure suspect tracking faster on an enterprise system, select the ‘Generate from Map’ button. exacqVision will generate default links on the cameras based on which camera is closest on the map.

Available for exacqVision Professional and Enterprise VMS software.

New CameraLinks

CameraLinks put the most needed controls at the user’s fingertips in live view.

Enable and disable digital PTZ mode from live view via the new CameraLink.
Access exacqReplay directly from live view within CameraLinks for an instant replay of video and audio events. View video in segments of 5 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes to 15 minutes.

Archive Bookmarks

Archive Bookmarks allows users to create a second copy of important video. Adding to the direct archive search introduced in exacqVision 7.8, archive bookmarks enhances video archiving to provide faster access to video and better manage bandwidth. Users closer to the archive location on the network can directly search video on the archive without routing data through the recorder.

Enable archive bookmarks on the archiving target location by selecting the “Archive All Bookmarks” checkbox on the Archiving Schedule page. This applies to all bookmarks created on the specific recorder and will not restrict by camera or day. Bookmarked video will not delete until the bookmark is removed from the recorder.

At-Most Rule on Archive

exacqVision users can enable a rule to define an expiration of maximum number of days of video to retain. The at-most rule applies to all video on the archive target and not defined per-camera.

On the Target tab, turn on the expiration configuration and select the number of days.

Inactivity Timeout

Operators can now configure exacqVision to timeout after a specific period of inactivity to conserve bandwidth. This new feature is configured per client. While the camera and client stay connected to the recorder, users can simply mouse over the client to resume viewing video.

On the client configuration page, users can check the ‘enable’ box and specify the number of minutes to disconnect the live streams after.

View the Inactivity Timeout pop-up box to alert users the live streams will disconnect due to inactivity.

Stream Rate Control

exacqVision 8.0 introduces two new ways to configure camera stream bandwidth to the recorder. The existing constant quality setting is still available in addition to the new constant bitrate and maximum bitrate settings. Set the stream to maintain quality or maintain bitrate to more consistently manage bandwidth and storage usage.

Constant Quality

Set the quality from 1-10 as in previous releases of exacqVision

Constant Bitrate

Set bitrate and the stream will adjust quality as needed

Maximum Bitrate

Set the quality from 1-100 and a maximum bitrate [Note the quality slider is a scale the same as the camera]
Stream maintains quality until it hits the maximum bitrate

Available for the following camera brands:

Illustra
Axis Communications
Arecont Vision
Hikvision

Camera Name and Serial Data Background

Users can now customize the text and background color for the camera name and serial data displayed in live mode to make the information easier to read in specific environments.

Font
Size
Effects color
Background Color
Background Opacity [0-100%]

Exacq Mobile Add Recorders

In Exacq Mobile, users can more easily enable and disable recorders through the redesigned connection process. The new intuitive add recorder functionality reduces the time adding recorders to the system and now includes a splash screen showing details on the loading status.

Web services and recorders can be seen on the same screen.
Status shown and color coded based on if disabled or connected
Standard + add button

Honeywell Vista Integration

exacqVision complete security solution offers a platform for users to manage video surveillance, intrusion and access control from one, easy-to-use interface. Introduced in exacqVision 7, a DSC PowerSeries Neo native integration combined with the Kantech EntraPass access control integration gives exacqVision users greater control to operate all security operations at once, reducing complexity for security personnel while saving time and money.

Complete Security - video access control intrusion

Now the complete security solution adds Honeywell Vista 32/128/250 BPT/FPT Turbo Series alarm panels as well as the non-turbo Vista 32/128/250 panels with additional I/O modules. This integration is available only via serial cable.

Honeywell intrusion panel

All functionality within the complete security solution:

Partition and zone names are read only from exacqVision
Arm/disarm partitions and bypass zones
See partition/zone status on cameras
See partition/zone status on maps
Configure event linking actions
Configure event monitoring actions

Enterprise System Manager Camera Inspection

View camera health, specify cameras needing immediate service and generate reports for on-site camera inspection via the new camera inspection screen within ESM.

Enterprise System Manager Camera Inspection

View server name and camera name at top
Compare a live camera view to a reference snapshot
Label the view as “Mark Good” or “Mark Bad”
Click ‘View Details’ link to drill down to a detailed side-by-side view of the camera, where it can be marked as fixed
Add comment, up to 500 characters, to further document the camera repair
Generate a printable report that can be used on site ton simplify and expedite camera repair
After inspection, mark fixed

This feature is temporarily available within exacqCloud at no cost. exacqCloud gives exacqVision dealers real-time information on the health of your video surveillance system, so they can quickly address any problems.

IP Camera Integrations

We have added support for more than 200 new IP camera models in exacqVision 8.0 release and updated over 375 new test records. exacqVision now supports over 3,000 IP cameras.

Illustra

exacqVision 8.0 adds support for the new Illustra video intelligence analytics on the Illustra Pro 2, 3 and 5 megapixel mini-dome IP cameras to automatically analyze captured video and alert users of specific motion detected activities through event linking.

American Dynamics

22″ Public View Monitors
27″ Public View Monitors
32″ Public View Monitors

Axis Communications

Q3615
Q3617
Q3708
P3707
A8105

Samsung

SND-L6012
New SUNAPI2 driver for upcoming cameras

Pelco

Optera family
Client-side dewarping for Optera

Panasonic

WV-SW397B PTZ
Client-side Windows x64 dewarping support
SmartCoding support

Hikvision

164 new models

ACTi

E927
E921
B54
E919
E98

Dahau

Client-side dewarping support for fisheye cameras

Vivotek

FD816B
FE9181
FD8182

ONVIF Integrations

GeoVision
Unv

New Integrations

Hartmann-Controls Protector.net Access Control

exacqVision now supports integration with Hartmann Controls Protector.net web-based access control system for faster response to critical alarms with immediate video verification.

Auto detects cameras within exacqVision
Supports multistreaming cameras
Links access control events to video
View live and recorded video

Commend Intercom system

exacqVision has integrated with Commend intercom systems for unified audio and video recording. Commend camera equipped call stations and add-on camera modules support exacqVision VMS software.

Associate video with audio to properly verify idetity of visitors at call stations
Search and playback audio recordings from call stations with corresponding video
Easily set up event linking to start recording video based on audio triggers
Create exacqVision actions such as output triggers, email notifications, exports, PTZ preset commands
Direct integration with Axis-based embedded cameras within intercom for enhanced control

BriefCam Syndex Video Synopsis

exacqVision now integrates with BriefCam Syndex video synopsis. exacqVision users can review and analyze a day’s worth of video in minutes through one interface. As an approved exacqVision Certified Software Application, users can save money and rack space by installing BriefCam Syndex on exacqVision A-Series or Z-Series recorders.

Find evidence faster by scheduling a quick synopsis of exacqVision video with timestamp data through the BriefCam integration
Conduct a rapid review of video with visual timestamps on people and objects
Quickly narrow your search by clothing color, direction of movement, duration, speed and more
Export key video footage to easily share with law enforcement

KiwiSecurity Video Analytics

exacqVision integrates with KiwiVision video analytic software to give users an accelerated response to events within one interface and access to business and traffic intelligence.

View live and recorded analyzed video with visual analytic data
Actuate soft triggers on exacqVision to:
- Record video and audio
- Output triggers
- Send email notifications
- Export video
- Command PTZ presets
Optimize video quality for better detection of events in outdoor scenes with video enhancer
Automatically pixelate people and faces to address privacy protection

The latest versions of exacqVision client and server software can easily be copied over existing versions while retaining all user settings. The latest versions are available through “Check for Updates” in the “About” box in the exacqVision software.

exacqVision server software is available in both Windows and Linux versions, and the exacqVision client software is available in Windows, Linux and Macintosh native versions. Any version of exacqVision client can connect to any version of exacqVision server.

exacqVision 8.0 is available for download here.
Try exacqVision software for free here: http://exacq.com/try

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exacqVision Integrates with BriefCam

September 2, 2016 Tyco Security Products

Exacq announces a new integration with BriefCam Syndex video synopsis. exacqVision users can review and analyze a day’s worth of video in minutes through one interface.

Briefcam gives exacqVision users a method to rapidly review view, search and analyze events occuring over a period of time quickly. BriefCam separates the dynamic, moving objects from the static background to determine relevant distinct objects on the screen. Learn more about how Syndex works.

exacqvision-briefcam-integration

Integration Benefits

Find evidence faster by scheduling a quick synopsis of exacqVision video with timestamp data through the BriefCam integration
Conduct a rapid review of video with visual timestamps on people and objects
Quickly narrow your search by clothing color, direction of movement, duration, speed and more
Export key video footage to easily share with law enforcement

Approved Certified Server Application
Save money and rack space by installing BriefCam Syndex on an exacqVision A-Series or Z-Series recorder as an approved Certified Software Application. Exacq has tested and approved BriefCam Syndex software to run properly on an exacqVision NVR simultaneously with the exacqVision server software.

This integration requires exacqVision 7.8 or later.

Learn more about this integration on our partners page. If you have questions, contact your local sales representative.

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Welcome Jeff Munson,
New Area Sales Manager

July 19, 2016 Tyco Security Products

Exacq introduces Jeff Munson as the new Area Sales Manager for exacqVision network video recorders, video management system VMS software and Illustra IP cameras in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas.

Jeff brings more than 20 years of security industry experience. Most recently, he was a regional sales director for a video products manufacturer.

Jeff Munson

Jeff Munson
jeffmunson@tycoint.com
469.863.6271

If you have any Exacq questions, please contact Jeff.

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exacqVision 7.8 Release Enables Direct Archive Search and Introduces Camera Connection Diagnostics

June 15, 2016 Tyco Security Products Leave a comment

exacqVision 7.8, the latest release of exacqVision video management system (VMS) software, is now available from Exacq.

Watch this video to see the exacqVision complete security solution and new features.

exacqVision 7.8 highlights:

Direct Archive Search
Camera Connection Diagnostics
Hard Disk Drive Serviceability
Bandwidth Control
MP4 Crop Export
Web Service Dashboard
Exacq Mobile Event List Search
Enterprise System Manager (ESM) License Management
IP Camera Integrations
New Integrations

Direct Archive Search

exacqVision 7.8 enhances video archiving to provide faster access to video and better manage bandwidth. Users closer to the archive location on the network can directly search video on the archive without routing data through the recorder. Direct archive search is available for any exacqVision S-Series storage device and any third-party network share archive.

For customers that want to implement mobile video on vehicles such as trains, subways, and buses, exacqVision Edge+ VMS software on a camera can be used in combination with direct archive search to send video to the archive while at the station and view video from the archive while the vehicle is on duty.

Direct archive search can be enabled for exacqVision Professional and Enterprise users. To enable direct archive search, users can go to the Archiving page and select the enabled check box under the new Direct Search section and enter read-only username and password credentials that the client will use to access the network share.

Camera Connection Diagnostics

exacqVision will now provide guidance on all camera connections to resolve and troubleshoot camera connections faster. The new camera diagnostic information will reduce common technical support questions.

Under IP Camera Information there is a new Troubleshooting Steps field that gives specific instructions to support connection scenarios for any camera manufacturer and model. Connection Diagnostics and descriptions include:

Different Subnet – IP of camera is on a different subnet and may not be reachable.
Duplicate IP – Device with the same IP address is already in the list
Wrong IP – Device of the same type was discovered at a different IP
Type Mismatch – Device of a different type discovered at the same IP
Bad Credentials – Camera is rejecting the username or password

Hard Disk Drive Serviceability

exacqVision will automatically run disk health checks for proactive notification when a NVR hard drive may fail.

On the Storage page under the Hardware tab, users can find the storage hardware disks. exacqVision will show a green check mark or red X indicating if the disk has failed or a HDD failure is impending.. Users can perform a self-test for a single disk or for all disks by clicking one of the two buttons: ‘start short test’ which typically takes seconds or ‘start long test’, which may take a few hours to complete. The status line under the properties section will display the drive failure and notify the user if a drive needs replaced. This feature is available exclusively on exacqVision network video recorders.

Bandwidth Control

exacqVision Professional and Enterprise users can configure bandwidth limitations to certain IP ranges and during specific hours to optimize traffic. Bandwidth can be customizable down to the Kbps or Mbps for greater control.

Bandwidth can be limited for:

All Remote Client Access – affects all client traffic out of the recorder
WAN Client Access – affects all traffic on a different subnet
Defined IP Ranges – affects only the defined IP ranges

Bandwidth can be scheduled for specific days and start and end times. By default, it will be set to Everyday, All Day. For example, in retail applications, users may want to schedule WAN bandwidth restrictions around business hours so lines for credit cards can be used and during closed hours the bandwidth opens up.

MP4 Crop Export

exacqVision users can now export video files to MP4. Along with the new MP4 export feature, exacqVision provides users with the ability to crop the scene, add a subtitle and time stamp to any .EXE, .MOV or .MP4 video file.The ability to crop a scene gives users greater flexibility to meet privacy standards. In schools, administrators can crop the video event footage down to only include the necessary students involved instead of including the entire scene of students, which may violate privacy regulations.

Users can select the new scissors icon and draw a box around a specific area they would like to crop for the export, allowing them to focus on the necessary area of the event. The cropped image will add a black border with yellow text stating “cropped from original video” to the bottom of the exported file. Watermark authentication is also supported for .exe export.

Users can export files larger than 4GB. Files can still be exported as .exe, .avi and .mov in addition to the new .mp4 format.

Web Service Dashboard

The redesigned web service configuration page now displays performance and connectivity status in a new dashboard for convenient connection monitoring. The page now offers guidance and live status of server workloads and connected users. An easy to read, real-time graphic shows the current CPU and memory usage, the number of connected users and camera streams they are viewing. For further detail, the number of streams being transcoded is shown. The blue section indicates how much the web service is using and the dark gray shows how much the machine is using in total. Within a glance, users can see if the web service is encountering a high level of load. If there is a high number of users or high memory usage, it may be necessary to add hardware to improve performance.

Additionally, this page will provide guidance on connectivity:

Outbound Internet Connection -Confirms the web server can reach the Internet
Inbound Internet Connection – Confirms the Internet can reach the web server
Internet Address – Confirms the external IP or URL that users will enter into Exacq Mobile

Exacq Mobile Event List Search

Quickly find and review video associated with POS, access control and other events from your mobile app in a new list search format.

By clicking the search icon in the upper right hand corner of the app and selecting custom, a search details box will appear. Users can select the specific start/end time and up to 4 cameras to search on. Similar to the exacqVision client list search, Exacq Mobile allows users to view a thumbnail of each event and review events individually in a list. Double click or touch any of the results to view the timeline view of the specific event. Users can closely review events quickly to ensure nothing was missed in any of the scenes.

Enterprise System Manager (ESM) License Management

Administrators can now backup and store server licenses directly from ESM. The new functionality allows administrators to easily import, export and save a large number of server licenses and view license expiration dates. On the server details page, users can select the calendar icon to save configuration, change configuration, update software or import license file. This gives ESM administrators the ability to manage all licenses for recorders monitored on the system.
Note: This feature will be released within the coming weeks.

IP Camera Integrations

We have added support for more than 90 new IP camera models in the exacqVision 7.8 release and updated over 400 new test records. exacqVision now supports nearly 3,000 IP cameras.

Illustra

IPS02D2ISBIT
IPS02D2ICBIT
IPS02D2ICBTT
IPS02D2ISBTT
IPS02D2ISWTT
IPS02D2ICWTT
IPS02D2OCBTT
IPS02D2OCBIT
IPS02D2ISWIT
IPS02D2OCWIT
IPS02D2OSBTT
IPS02D2OSBIT
IPS02D2ICWIT
IPS02D3ICWTT
IPS02D3ISWTT
IPS02D3ICWIT
IPS02D3ICBTT

Axis Communications

M3044
M3045
M5013-V PTZ
M5014-V PTZ
Q8721-E
Q8722-E
M3037 client-side dewarping
Tampering and analytic events supported on metadata only devices

Arecont Vision

AV12276DN-NL/08/28
AV20275DN-NL/08/28
AV12586PM
AV1115DN(AI)v1
AV2115DN(AI)v1
AV2116DNv1
AV3115DN(AI)v1
AV5115DN(AI)v1
AV10115DN(AI)v1
Support for corridor view 90/270

Panasonic

WV-SFN130
WV-SFN110
WV-SFV130
WV-SFV110
Client-side dewarping for WV-SFN480

Ganz

ZN-DNT352XE-MIR

Bosch

Autodome IP 7000 HD
Updates on how motion data is received

Samsung

SNP-6321

Sony

Initial support for Sony Gen7 cameras

ACTi

Updated driver for better support on I/Q/E/B/D models

Hikvision

DS-2DE5220I-AE
DS-2DF6336V-AEL
DS-2CD4185F-I(Z)
DS-2DE5174-AE

Vivotek

FE8182
FD836B-HTV
FD8138-H
FD8381-EV
FD8181

ONVIF Integrations

W Box
Milesight
Hunt Electronic
OpenEye

New Integrations

Sensormatic Synergy Series electronic article surveillance (EAS) system integration to improve loss prevention within one interface

Selea License Plate Recognition

Download and Installation

The latest versions of exacqVision client and server software can easily and quickly be copied over existing versions while retaining all user settings. The latest versions are available through “Check for Updates” in the “About” box in the exacqVision software.

exacqVision Server software is available in both Windows and Linux versions, and the exacqVision client software is available in Windows, Linux and Macintosh native versions. Any version of exacqVision client can connect to any version of exacqVision server.

exacqVision 7.8 is available for download here.

Try exacqVision software for free here: http://exacq.com/try

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The PC & Wireless Shop Selects Tyco Security Products Edge Solution

May 5, 2016 Tyco Security Products Leave a comment

Challenge

The PC & Wireless Shop located in Canandaigua, NY is a leading local retailer and service provider in cellular phones, custom-built computers and laptops, IP security cameras, PBX phone systems and customer service.

The PC & Wireless Shop needed to upgrade its video surveillance system. With the new system, they wanted to better utilize space and find a cost-effective way to capture high quality video.

Solution

Illustra-fisheye-camera_PC-Wireless-SHop The PC & Wireless Shop selected Tyco Security Products edge technology with Illustra IP cameras pre-installed with e xacqVision Edge video management system (VMS) software installed directly on the IP camera. Each IP camera acts as its own server, recording video to an onboard SD card. Tyco’s edge recording solution eliminates the need for a server while saving bandwidth and expenses.

The Illustra Edge cameras fully cover the 5,000 square foot space in the shop including the sales floor, warehouse and backroom. The
new Illustra IP cameras drastically improved the image quality.

The onboard exacqVision VMS software gives the Shop owner and employees a full-featured, intuitive VMS software to quickly search video.

Benefits

Tyco’s edge solution improved image quality, installation and configuration, while saving store owners time and money.

Eliminates the need for server
Saves money on hardware and installation costs
Install faster with pre-configured VMS software directly on IP camera
Improves reliability with video stored on SD card
Betters image quality to see critical details

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exacqVision 7.6 Release Improves Client Performance

March 15, 2016 Tyco Security Products Leave a comment

exacqVision 7.6, the latest release of exacqVision video management system (VMS) software, is now available from Exacq.

Watch this video to see the exacqVision complete security solution and new features.

exacqVision 7.6 highlights:

Improved Client Video Performance
Area Zoom
Second Reviewer
Mapping
Windows 10 Support
Faster Server Discover & Camera Reconnection
Exacq Mobile Search
Enterprise System Manager (ESM) Remote Updates
IP Camera Integrations
New Integrations

Improved Client Video Performance

The exacqVision client will leverage hardware H.264 decoding if present to improve the Windows, Linux and Mac client performance. Hardware acceleration increases H.264 decoding performance. To enable client hardware acceleration, go to client options and click the Calibrate button. After running the calibration, you will receive a recommended level of GPU decoding, which you can adjust with the slider bar.

The amount of performance boost hardware decoding provides will vary by the GPU resources available on the machine. For a Broadwell i7 CPU, CPU usage decreased by up to 50% for 16 camera layouts and rendered frames per second increased by 30% for 48 camera layouts.

Area Zoom

In live view, users can utilize area zoom for pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras. This allows a user to draw a box around a specific region to instantly optically zoom in to see greater detail on objects or people in the distance. Simply hold control and left click to draw the box around the area to zoom in on. This new feature is available for Axis and Illustra PTZ cameras used within exacqVision.

Second Reviewer

For European customers, exacqVision has added the ability to configure enhanced privacy restrictions requiring a second reviewer to view the live video or review recorded video. Add the option to require two people to enter passwords for live, search and export actions. By default this feature is disabled. To enable this feature, contact Technical Support for a special configuration key to import on the Systems page, security tab.

Mapping

Within the maps page, configure a new map, add an icon and map image. Right click the camera on the map and select the new option Show Field of View. Drag the field of view to cover the appropriate area. The new functionality also allows the field of view color to be updated to a preset list of more than 10 color options. Simply right click and select Field of View Color to change the color so it appears better on the screen. Drag and drop maps and child maps anywhere on the list.

Windows 10 Support

The exacqVision client and server now support Windows 10.

Faster Discovery & Camera Reconnection

The exacqVision client can now automatically discover exacqVision servers on the network. Instead of having to manually type in the IP address range and brute force scan through each address, the client will automatically scan when the client is opened. Clicking the Find button on the find systems tab will initiate a rescan to find new servers.

When a network outage occurs, exacqVision will reconnect to the camera. The IP reconnection interval has been updated to reconnect every 15 seconds for up to 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, it will attempt to reconnect every 60 seconds for up to 1 hour. After 1 hour, it will go back to searching every 5 minutes. This reconnection is available for Illustra, Axis and Arecont Vision cameras.

Exacq Mobile Search

Exacq Mobile has enhanced search functionality. Users can quickly select a pre-defined search range from 1 minute to 30 minutes or enter a custom time search to set your own time perimeters by clicking the search icon in the upper right hand corner. In the custom time search, users can easily select the hour and minutes from the clock icon. Select up to 4 cameras to view search results.

The new toolbar layout offers easier navigation for layouts, VideoPush, Cycling through cameras and searching. VideoPush allows you to push live video to any other client. The new Cycle Through Cameras icon takes you to the next two cameras on the list. To cycle through cameras, you can also do a two-finger swipe to the left or right to navigate to cameras.

Enterprise System Manager (ESM) Remote Updates

Administrators can now perform software updates. The improved available versions page provides ESM users with quick identification of the current versions of exacqVision clients, web services and ESM itself installed across the entire environment. The Available Versions page has been updated to the Running Versions page. It shows new headers for versions, product, platform name, count and actions. Receive notifications at the top when newer versions are available.

Users can update all exacqVision clients and web services connected to ESM directly from one interface. To schedule an update, click on the calendar icon at the top next to Web Services. Simply adjust servers to update in the servers to schedule drop down menu and then select the servers you would like updated. In the additional data, you can add notes. For ESM to update itself, there is a new light bulb icon in the footer. Clicking the light bulb will allow you to schedule a system update for ESM. Users will see a message informing them the system will be going down for an update.

New IP Camera Integrations

We have added support for more than 50 new IP camera models in exacqVision 7.6 release and updated over 250 test records. exacqVision now supports nearly 3,000 IP cameras.

Illustra

ADCi625 PTZ area zoom support
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IPS02D2ICWIT
IPS02D2OCWTT
IPS02D2

Axis Communications

P1364
M1125-E
P5624-E
P1435-LE
XF40-Q1765
M1124-E
Q1941-E
PTZ area zoom support

Arecont Vision

SurroundVideo G5 Series

Samsung

SNO-L6083R

Panasonic

WJ-GXE500
WV-SFV481
WV-SFV781L

ACTi

I24
Dewarping support for B511, E929 and I73

IQEye

IQM62N
IQD65N
IQM65N
IQM63W

Dahua

Dewarping support for fisheye cameras

Hikvision

DS-2CD4535FWD-I(Z)(H)

New Integrations

Lenel OnGuard 7.1 and 7.2 certification
Inex/Zamir license plate recognition (LPR) system
Quintron AccessNSite access control system
Davantis video analytics

Download and Installation

exacqVision 7.6 is available for download here.

Try exacqVision software for free here: http://exacq.com/try

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exacqVision 7.4 Provides Complete Security Solution

December 15, 2015 Tyco Security Products Leave a comment

The latest version of exacqVision video management system (VMS) software version 7.4 is now available.

DSC PowerSeries Neo Intrusion Integration
Exacq Mobile Camera Links
Filtering
Health Indicators
Resume Export
Switch Client Keyboard Command
exacqReplay in Web Client
Enterprise System Manager Coordination
IP Camera Integrations

Complete Security Solution

exacqVision 7.4 offers a complete platform for users to manage video surveillance, intrusion and access control from one easy-to-user interface. The new DSC PowerSeries Neo native integration combined with the Kantech access control integration introduced in version 7.2, give exacqVision users greater control to operate all security operations at once, reducing complexity for security personnel while saving time and money.

Watch the exacqVision 7.4 Overview Video

Kantech EntraPass Access Control & New DSC PowerSeries Neo Intrusion Integration

exacqVision 7.2 introduced the Kantech EntraPass integration providing users with the ability to control doors and locks directly from the live view page of the exacqVision client. In 7.4, exacqVision offers a complete platform for users to management video surveillance, access control and now intrusion from one easy-to-use interface. Through exacqVision CameraLinks, users can arm and disarm the system by simply clicking in live view and entering the access code.

exacqVision NEO Alarms Map

With the DSC PowerSeries Neo integration users can:

Arm and disarm the system
See partition and zone status on cameras
See partition and zone status on maps
Configure event linking actions
Configure event monitoring actions

Exacq Mobile CameraLinks

Exacq Mobile also provides access to intrusion and access control actions directly from live cameras. With the new CameraLinks feature now supported in Exacq Mobile, users can receive push notifications and review video footage when the security system goes into an alarm state. CameraLinks puts the most needed commands at your fingertips improving response time.

Arm and disarm the system from Exacq Mobile
Receive push notifications for triggered alarms

Filtering

A new filtering feature gives exacqVision users the ability to find cameras and servers faster in the exacqVision client. Large-scale, enterprise installations can quickly locate a specific server by typing in the new filter box at the top of the live, search and configuration navigation trees.

The new tree filtering feature is available on exacqVision Start, Pro and Enterprise.

Health Indicators

Version 7.4 further simplifies operation with new indicators for health events. Users will now receive real-time notifications in the client when camera or recorder health needs addressed. These new health setup indicators will maximize system uptime and increase reliability.

Health Indicators are available in exacqVision Professional and Enterprise with a current Software Subscription Agreement (SSA). Power users and admins have the ability to dismiss all indicators of a certain type.

Health indicators include:

Archive content
Archive task
Device failure
Storage error
Subscription expiration
Video throttling
Video loss
System voltage
System temperature
System fan
Archive connection
Outbound connection loss
IP camera connection loss
IP camera audio connection loss
Serial connection loss

Resume Export

exacqVision video export will now automatically resume exporting after a system disconnects or reconnects. With this new feature, users will not need to restart a download.

Switch Client Keyboard Command

A new command gives exacqVision Surveillance Keyboard users the ability to switch client instances from the keyboard. With this new feature, exacqVision users can seamlessly and quickly control multiple clients from a single keyboard without ever taking their hand off the joystick.

exacqReplay in Web Client

The web client now supports exacqReplay. Simply right click the camera view to replay the video in increments of 5 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes or 15 minutes. This will open a new pop-up window or new tab in the current browser instance.

Enterprise System Manager Coordination

In Enterprise System Manager, administrators can ensure only one user is actively making changes to the server with the new server management feature. In environments where multiple ESM servers are used, the first ESM instance will define itself as the owner of the server, while other ESM servers will no longer have the ability to change settings. This new functionality automatically syncs actions being performed across multiple servers.

New IP Camera Integrations

We have added support for more than 50 new IP camera models in exacqVision 7.4 release and updated over 175 test records. exacqVision now supports nearly 3,000 IP cameras.

Illustra

IPS02P6ANBTT
IPP02P6ANBTT
IPS02P6OCWTT
IPS02P6BCWTT
IPS02P6OSWTT
IPS02P6BSWTT
IPP02P6BCWTT
IPP02P6OSWTT
IPP02P6BSWTT
Region of Interest supported for cameras using the Illustra3 plugin.

Axis

F34
Q3505
Q1775
P5515
P5514
M3037
Q3709
Client-side dewarping available for Windows and Linux

Arecont Vision

MicroDome G2 Series
MegaVideo G5 Series

Samsung

SNF-8010 native support
Wisenet Lite Series including corridor mode

Bosch

Flexdome Panoramic
- Dewarping support on Windows
Support for IVA events via ONVIF for CPP4 and CPP6 cameras

Panasonic

WJ-GXE500
WV-SFV481
WV-SFV781L

Acti

E925

Vivotek

CC8370-HV
FD8338-HV

Enexxis

ZN-D2MTP-IP
ZN-B2MTP

Download and Installation

Download exacqVision Software here: http://exacq.com/downloads

Try exacqVision software for free here: http://exacq.com/try

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exacqVision 7.2 Release Simplifies Access Control Management & Searching

September 15, 2015 Roger Morency Leave a comment

The latest version of the exacqVision video management system (VMS), version 7.2 is now available.

Kantech EntraPass Integration
Setup Indicators
List Search
AD/LDAP Improvements
Multistreaming Client Options
Web & Mobile Updates
ESM Updates
New IP Camera Integrations

Watch the exacqVision 7.2 Release Overview video

Kantech EntraPass Integration for Seamless Management of Entry Points

The exacqVision 7.2 Kantech EntraPass integration provides users with the ability to control doors and locks directly from the live view page of the exacqVision client. Door controls can be associated with cameras using exacqVision Camera Links. This integration puts the most needed access control commands at the operator’s fingertips to vastly improve response time to critical alarms and events.

The integration displays door status on maps and allows for configuration of Event Linking actions triggered by EntraPass door status alerts. All exacqVision users can see the door status on linked cameras, but must input Kantech permissions to operate doors.

Kantech EntraPass Camera Links are available for:

Setup Indicators Save Significant Installation Time

Setup Indicators, available in exacqVision Professional and Enterprise with a current Software Subscription Agreement (SSA), guide installers through common configuration options to optimize their exacqVision configuration. These indicators, available only to Power Users and Admins, provide guidance on configuring motion detection, ensuring network connectivity, changing default passwords and more to ensure no installation steps are missed during configuration.

Power Users and Admins have the ability to dismiss all indicators of a certain type, for a specific system or just individual indicators. By double-clicking a setup indicator, the user is taken directly to the associated page to configure.

Setup Indicators Include:

Network connection less than 1gb/s
No motion window set for camera
Motion recording scheduled, but camera doesn’t support motion
No email servers configured
Camera time is too far off
Server time is too far off
Server is using default password
Camera is connected to more than one server
Not enough licenses for all cameras
Client cannot listen to audio (no speakers)
Client cannot use 2-way audio (no mic)
Client disk space low
Client unable to connect to server
Estimated content & estimated archive content age
- If the disk is not yet full, the client will predict the estimated retention

List Search

The new exacqVision 7.2 list search feature gives users another search option in addition to the Timeline and Thumbnail search features. With list search, users can greatly reduce investigation time when reviewing video associated with events, such as point-of-sale transactions, access control, and other data events. List search is available on exacqVision Start, Pro and Enterprise VMS software.

With List Search, users can:

See a summary of the total number events in the search
View an animated thumbnail of the search result
Adjust the size of the preview thumbnails
Quickly filter search results without resubmitting search query
Sort search result by columns

AD/LDAP Improvements

exacqVision Enterprise AD/LDAP has been improved in this release, allowing configuration of multiple servers at one time. AD/LDAP is now supported on exacqVision Edge platforms. In addition, SSL encryption has been simplified and Service Principal Name (SPN) can now be generated from the exacqVision client.

Multistreaming Client Options

The new exacqVision 7.2 multistreaming client options improve bandwidth management in exacqVision, providing users the option to:

Treat all streams as “quality” streams
- Streams with different fields of view normally register as “ROI “ streams and display as different cameras
Option to hide quality streams in navigation tree
- Rely on exacqVision to pick the best stream

Mulitstreaming

Web & Mobile Client Updates

Exacq Mobile now includes Push Notifications, allowing users to push notifications to a mobile device when an event occurs, even when the mobile app is closed. Exacq Mobile app users can open the event in the triggered state from the notification.

In addition, the web client now supports native H.264 video encoding. This reduces the transcoding load on web servers, increasing server capacity.

ESM Alerts for Quicker Monitoring of Important Events

In Enterprise System Manager, administrators can prioritize events in order of importance. The ESM rules engine can now be used to create alerts. Alerts can be promoted to display only the most important events in the dashboard for quicker monitoring and more effective security management.

New IP Camera Support

We have added support for more than 65 new IP camera models in the exacqVision 7.2 release and updated over 325 test records. exacqVision now supports nearly 3,000 IP cameras.

Illustra
Added Illustra 825 fisheye dewarping enhancements to the zoom levels. Aspect ratios will always be 4:3 when dewarped.