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Version 4.8 of the 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 4.8 is currently available for download here. Key features in the Version 4.8 release include:

• Faster, easier search 
• Panoramic video views
• Enhanced export Archiving 
• Improved Maps – Add I/O triggers to Maps 
• Audio alerts added to event monitoring
• ePlayer and exacqReplay Improvements 
• Post-motion recording configuration added
• IP Camera Additions from Arecont, Basler, more
• Czech Translation added 

Here are some of the features in detail:

Faster, Easier Search
(availability: exacqVision Start, exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

Version 4.8 brings yet more Search Page improvements:

Improved Timeline – Cleaner, easier-to-use timeline bar and display. Simple right-click on timeline bar to mark start and stop points for video export.

Easy Export – Use mouse scroll wheel to zoom in on the search bar graphic timeline to choose the desired search times.

Faster Multi-Camera Searching – Significant speed improvements enables faster multi-camera search queries, especially when doing multiple searches.

Serial Integration Search Improvements – Serial data now graphically stored with image saves. ATM, POS and other serial data now easily exported with video images. Additional improvements have been made to serial data to automatically remove all unprintable characters from the display.

Panoramic Video Panels
(availability: exacqVision Start, exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

View Megapixel IP panoramic cameras the way they were meant to be seen, in a borderless wide-panel view. Borders can now be removed in the Client Setup page allowing multiple lens images using panoramic cameras or multiple cameras.

The borders are easily removed in the Client Setup page here:

Enhanced Export Archiving
(availability: exacqVision Start, exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

Version 4.8 now allows video export archiving greater than 4GB and containing video from greater than 16 cameras. exacqRecall now automatically discovers and allows targeting specific drives for export. A new “Write Progress” bar shows the current status of the export.

Improved Mapping – I/O Triggers Added to Maps
(availability: exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

Input and output triggers and events can now be added to maps along with cameras and audio sources.

New Audio Alerts – Sounds Added to Event Monitoring
(availability: exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

“Play Sound” has been added as an Action Type within Event Monitoring, enabling sounds to play on selected events or alarms.

ePlayer & exacqReplay Improvements
(availability: exacqVision Start, exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

The OSD (On-Screen Display) for the camera as defined in the client is now also seen on the ePlayer used with the exacqReplay right-click instant-replay feature. A timeline bar has also been added to provide a time-based scroll mechanism.

Post-Motion Recording Configuration Added
(availability: exacqVision Start, exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

Post-alarm video has now been added to each camera setup in addition to the already-existing pre-alarm video setup.

IP Camera Enhancements and Updates
(availability: exacqVision Start, exacqVision Professional, exacqVision Enterprise)

Basler
A 16:9 aspect ration is now supported in the Basler BIP2-1920 series of cameras: BIP2-1920c, BIP2-1920c-dn, BIP2-D1920c-dn (indoor), BIP2-1920c-dn (outdoor).

Arecont Vision
The latest version of exacqVision now supports the Arecont Vision 20-megapixel panoramic cameras: AV20185 (180 degrees) and AV20365 (360 degrees).

Language Translation Updates

Czech
Czech localization has been added, bring the total number of exacqVision localizations to 22.

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.

Version 4.7 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 4.7 is available for download here. Key features in the 4.7 Release include:

• Enhanced Search Page
• New Client Login/Logout capability
• Dewarping for 360-degree lenses and cameras
• New Enterprise Notifications page
• New camera additions and enhancements

Here are some of the features in detail:

Enhanced Search Page
Version 4.7 has a freshly-designed search page, the first of many search page improvements coming. The new search layout is more intuitive, and includes a number of new search features, including the ability to set start time and end time. The search results appear in a dynamic timeline that scales appropriate to the start and end time parameters. The cleaner layout enables more screen real estate for the video windows.

A close-up view of the new search bar is here:

The new Search Page is in the 4.7 versions of exacqVision Start, Pro, and Enterprise.

Client Login/Logout
A new enhanced security feature in version 4.7 adds the ability, on a per-server basis, to require user login for each connection. This new setup option appears on the Add Systems page:

When that login parameter is chosen, a prompt for user login credentials will appear when attempting to connect to that system:

The new Client Login is included in the 4.7 versions of exacqVision Start, Pro and Enterprise.

Real-time Dewarping for 360-degree cameras
Support has been added for real-time dewarping for 360-degree cameras and lenses, including those from ImmerVision. Expanded Digital PTZ Settings on the Camera Setup page enable configuration of the 360-degree parameters:

In the fully zoomed-out mode, the camera shows the entire view in the warped mode:

Using exacqVision’s Digital PTZ, you can zoom in and pan around the image in a fully dewarped mode. You can also set up multiple camera views, giving the effect of multiple, individual cameras watching different parts of the viewing field:

The full line of Panomorph lenses from ImmerVision are supported:
  – IMV1-1/3
  – IMV1-1/3NI

ImmerVision issued their own press release on exacqVision support here.

The new dewarping function is available in the 4.7 versions of exacqVision Start, Pro and Enterprise.
 

Enterprise Notifications page
A new feature added to exacqVision Enterprise is the Enterprise Notifications page. This is a new item in the "My Enterprise" tree:

Enterprise Notifications enables the configuring notifications for all exacqVision Enterprise-enabled servers from one screen:

IP Camera Enhancements and Updates
There are numerous additions, tweaks and enhancements for the various IP camera plugins in Version 4.7, including:

ACTi
Zoom support has been added for the full line of KCM-Series cameras from ACTi.

Arecont
Support has been added for the new AV20185DN and AV20365DN 20-Megapixel panormaic cameras from Arecont.

Arktan
Support has been added for the AT-16SD180-N 180-degree panoramic camera from Arktan Systems.

Bosch
Enhancements to the exacqVision Bosch ONVIF driver include support for encoding interval parameter, as well as frame rate for the supported cameras from Bosch.

IQeye
Support has been added for the new  IQA33 and IQA35 Alliance Pro models from IQeye.

ONVIF
Enhancements to the exacqVision Samsung ONVIF driver include multi-profile support and H.264 support for the supported cameras from Samsung.

Pelco
Numerous bug fixes, as well as added support for the Sarix PTZ cameras from Pelco.

Samsung
Enhancements to the exacqVision Samsung ONVIF driver include multi-profile support and H.264 support for the supported cameras from Samsung.

Sanyo
Support has been added for the new VDC-HD3500 and VDC-HD3300 HD IP cameras from Sanyo.

Vivotek
Support added G.711 audio for all 8000-series and some 7000-series models from Vivotek.

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.

Version 4.6 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 4.6 is available for download here. Key features in the 4.6 Release include:

• Audit Trail
• Enterprise Cameras page
• New screen layouts
• Redesigned Notifications page
• IP Camera Enhancements and Updates
• exacqVision Start – New low-cost VMS

Here are some of the features in detail:

Audit Trail
Audit Trail is a major new feature in 4.6. Audit trail allows for easy and quick searching on users and activities on the system. Select the timeframe and hit search, and Audit Trail lists all user activity on the system, including logins and logouts, configuration settings, viewing/closing cameras, trigger activities, user activities, and more. A quick-search box instantly filters the list to the desired content. For example, typing in "soft trigger" instantly returns just those user events associated with soft triggers.

Specific events can be searched, returning instant results. For example, a search on users who activated a "soft trigger" displays this in real-time:

Enterprise Cameras
The new Enterprise Cameras tab in Version 4.6 enables the viewing of all IP cameras on all enterprise-enabled servers on one screen. The Enterprise Cameras page lists the following

The Enterprise Cameras tab appears under the My Enterprise section of the tree:

Enterprise Cameras tab shows all of the cameras in the entire enterprise system, on all servers:

A closer view of the screen:

Easily search for specific cameras, firmware versions, model numbers, etc:

The results are returned instantly:

You can also immediately jump to a cameras setup page by double clicking, or you can right click on any camera in the list and get the exacqReplay instant replay:

On an enterprise system with possibly hundreds of cameras, this feature is invaluable in keeping track of cameras, firmware versions, camera health, etc.
 

New Screen Layouts
Additional views and layouts have been added, including the 3×2 wide view:

Redesigned Notifications page
The Notifications page has been completely redesigned with a more intuitive, tabbed layout for setting up e-mail notifications based on events.

IP Camera Enhancements and Updates
There are numerous enhancements, tweaks and additions for the various IP camera plugins in Version 4.6. Some of those of note include:

ACTi
Support for the PIR Analytics has been added as an event source in exacqVision on the TCM-4201 IP POE cube camera from ACTi.

Arecont
Full frame rate is now available for the new 3115 and 5115 Megapixel cameras from Arecont.

Basler
Support has been added for the entire BIP2 line of HD IP cameras from Basler.

Brickcom
The Brickcom line of ONVIF-compatible IP cameras are now supported through the exacqVision ONVIF plugin.

Hunt Electronics
The Hunt Electronics line of ONVIF-compatible IP cameras are now supported through the exacqVision ONVIF plugin.

Panasonic
Support has been added for a number of new-generation Panasonic IP camera models, including the WV-SC385, WV-SP102, WV-SP105, WV-SF342, and WV-SF336.

Scallop Imaging
Support has been added for the D7-180 panoramic 7MPixel IP camera from Scallop Imaging. Here’s a screenshot of the D7-180 with exacqVision.

exacqVision Start
Beginning with the 4.6 release, we are now shipping a new product called exacqVision Start, a low-cost implementation of exacqVision designed for stand-alone systems.

exacqVision Start is part of the unified code base of exacqVision Pro: same code, just keyed differently. As such, it functions the same and coexists with all exacqVision Pro systems, and can be easily upgraded to Pro version. exacqVision Start has been simplified with the essential features necessary for stand-alone installations. Up to 32 cameras (16 IP + 16 analog) can be connected. Viewing, searching, and configuration all included. Also included are the web viewer, for viewing and searching on a browser, plus the exacq Mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices.

exacqVision Start is available on the full line of exacqVision EL-Series embedded NVR appliances.

More information is on the exacqVision Start webpage.

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.