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Monthly Archives: September 2010
Exacq at Security Essen 2010
We are once again getting ready for Security Essen, the semiannual physical security tradeshow held in Essen, Germany, October 4-7, 2010.
Exacq’s booth is Hall 5 #120K in the USA Pavilion. We’ll be showing the latest features in exacqVision, including the new ONVIF compatibility in exacqVision 4.4, the latest features in Exacq Mobile, our iPhone & iPad app, and a new Enterprise Health Monitor program that provides monitoring, assessment and action for exacqVision system health events in a large enterprise video surveillance deployment.
On Thursday, Oct 7, Exacq will be participating in the ONVIF Public Plugfest & Reception, held in the New York Hall in the Essen Trade Fair grounds. Exacq is one of the sponsoring exhibitors of the Essen ONVIF Plugfest, and we’ll be showing certified compatibility between exacqVision and ONVIF-compatible IP camera models from Axis and Bosch, including the Axis M1031-W Wireless Network Camera and the Bosch NBN-498-22P Dinion2X D/N IP Camera.
More information on Security Essen is available here.
Zooming In on Security Market – IBJ on Exacq
The Indianapolis Business Journal edition for the week of September 27, 2010, has a feature story on Exacq Technologies entitled Zooming In on Security Market. The article starts out:
Think of video surveillance technology and what comes to mind? Maybe a corporate security officer with a Stacy Keach mustache, squinting behind a blurry TV monitor.
Or, as they do it at Exacq Technologies, an employee whips out his iPhone to reveal thumbnail videos from cameras watching its Fishers headquarters. He taps one box to pull up a full-screen image from a camera atop the roof. Tapping again, he pans and zooms in on the parking lot. Talk about the ultimate app.
“It gives even a small-business owner the ability to manage their business without being on-site,” said Exacq President David Underwood, who co-founded the maker of video management system software and servers.
Among its customers is no less than Apple Computer, which uses Exacq’s video surveillance system at its California campus and in some of its retail stores.
The article is fairly in-depth, with interviews with Exacq customers, industry analysts, and a competitive assessment. One of the Exacq security integrators interviewed was Koorsen Security Technology, a SecurityNet and PSA Security reseller:
For an upstart company to come in and win customers in this segment is no easy feat, said Skip Sampson, vice president of Indianapolis-based Koorsen Security Technology.
Security types tend to be conservative and hard to penetrate with a new brand, he said, explaining that a video surveillance system can last for decades.
“You’re normally married to [a brand] for a long time,” he added.
What’s helped Exacq penetrate the market quickly has been that its top executives have worked for other security firms, Sampson said.
The full article can be read here.
exacqVision integration with Micros 9700 POS System
We have just released evMicros, the Micros 9700 HMS Point Of Sale System integration with exacqVision VMS.
The Micros 9700 is a widely used point-of-sale solution in the leisure and entertainment marketplace, and links POS transactions, back office functions, and guest management capabilities. Video surveillance capabilities are included to provide playback of digital video from within the auditing tools.
evMicros.exe, the exacqVision-Micros 9700 integration program, integrates a Windows-based exacqVision system with a Micros 9700 server via the Micros Video Security System Interface. evMicros separates the combined device data from the Micros 9700 server into individual streams for display on the exacqVision system. evMicros runs as a service on the exacqVision system, and each device is configured inside an XML settings file.
evMicros.exe and associated documentation is available for download here.
exacqVision Case Study: Denison State Bank
There’s another addition to our Case Studies page. Denison State Bank, one of the top 50 largest banks in Kansas, recently installed exacqVision Hybrid video management systems and software at their branches in the state to help protect customers, employees and assets, replacing aging time-lapse VCRs.
In addition to connecting to an existing installed base of analog cameras, new IQeye 3 MPixel cameras were strategically placed in the lobby and behind the tellers to provide high resolution video images on anyone entering the bank. Each branch manager has the exacqVision client giving them access to the cameras in their branch, and the security directors at the main location have access to all cameras at all of the branches for viewing live and recorded video and remote administration.
Exacq Technologies partner, Oppliger Banking Systems, a Lenexa, KS based security products & service provider for financial institutions in Kansas and Missouri, installed exacqVision EL Hybrid Servers and cameras in the bank’s five branches.
You can read the Denison State Bank case study here.
More case studies are available on our Case Studies Page.
exacqVision 4.3 Released
Version 4.3 of exacqVision Video Management Software has just been released. This latest release, compatible with all exacqVision Hybrid and IP video surveillance systems, incorporates new features and enhancements, and continues our quest for rapid, incremental updates.
Version 4.3 is available for download here. Key features in the 4.3 Release include:
- Pelco Sarix IP camera support
- New Sony IP camera support
- New Panasonic HD IP camera support
- New Axis P8221 Network I/O Audio Module support
- Enhanced time zone search capabilities
- Enhanced oldest video date
Here are some of the features in detail:
Pelco Sarix IP Camera support
exacqVision now supports the complete line of Pelco Sarix IP cameras. The Sarix IP camera family features fixed and dome cameras from standard to HD megapixel resolution, H.264 compression, advanced low-light capabilities, megapixel autofocus, and consistent color balance.
The Sarix IP camera models supported include:
Sarix IX Series Fixed Network Cameras
IX30 * IXE20 * IX10 * IXE10 * IXS0
Sarix IE Series Outdoor Network Fixed Dome Cameras
IE30 * IEE20 * IEE10 * IE10 * IES0
Sarix ID Series Indoor Fixed Dome Cameras
ID30 * IDE20 * IDE10 * ID10 * IDS0
Sarix IM Series Mini Indoor Network Dome Cameras
IM10 * IMS0
More information on the Pelco Sarix line of IP cameras is here.
New Sony IP Camera Models support
Support has been added for the latest models of HD IP cameras from Sony. These models are all 720P or 1080P and heature H.264, MPEG-4 and MJPEG compression.
New models supported in 4.3 include:
SNC-CH120 Network 720p HD Fixed Camera
SNC-CH160 Network 720p HD Bullet Camera with IR Illuminator
SNC-DH120 Network 720p HD Minidome Camera
SNC-DH120T Network 720p HD Vandal Resistant Minidome Camera
SNC-DH160 Network 720p HD Vandal Resistant Minidome Camera with IR Illuminator
SNC-CH210 Network 1080p HD Fixed Camera
New Panasonic HD H.264 IP Camera support
Support has been added for the latest generation of Panasonic HD IP cameras. Supported models include:
DG-NP502 Megapixel Network Camera
WV-NP502 Megapixel Nework Camera
WV-NW502S Megapixel Vandal-Resistant Fixed Dome Network Camera
WV-SP302 Fixed Network Camera
WV-SP305 HD Fixed Network Camera
WV-SP306 HD Fixed Network Camera
WV-SF332 Fixed Dome Network Camers
WV-SF335 HD Fixed Dome Network Camera
WV-SF336 HD Fixed Dome Network Camera
New Axis P8221Network I/O Audio Module support
Support has been added for the new Axis P8221 I/O Audio Module.
The P8221 Network I/O Audio Module provides eight configurable input/output (I/O) ports plus audio capabilities. Sensors such as a door switch, smoke detector, IR detector or glass break detector—used for triggering an alarm event—can be connected as inputs. Output ports can be connected to control devices or relays, to open/close doors or turn on/off lights upon alarm. High quality audio can be encoded in AAC at up to 128 kbit/s bit rate with 32 kHz sampling. It has a built-in low power amplifier for small speakers so there is no need for an external preamplifier. It also has phantom power for a balanced microphone. AXIS P8221 has support for Power over Ethernet (POE).
New Search Feature – Search on Server Time or Client Time
New selector buttons have been added when searching on servers located in different time zones. The user now has the choice to search based on client time or based on server time.
Days of Video Reporting Enhancements
Additional functionality has been added to the Storage Setup page. In addition to showing how many days of video has been recorded on each camera, a new tooltip appears on a mouse hover that shows the date of the oldest video for that camera.
Recent Releases
With this release we continue to make rapid progress with exacqVision, and incremental releases have hit about every 2 months. A large number of new features have been added in a short period of time. You can see the full release history of exacqVision here:
exacqVision Release History
Download and Installation
As always, 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 can always be downloaded from the exacqVision Downloads page, or you can click on ‘Check for Updates‘ within 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.