ISC East wrapped up yesterday. By all accounts, it was a great show. Good selection of vendors, great educational sessions, and a lot of attendees. The attendance levels were commented on extensively in the trade media.
We were there showing the upcoming Version 3.7 of exacqVision software in the Winsted booth, and there were crowds in the booth both days, all day long. exacqVision was also being featured in other parts of the show, including the StarDot booth.
Geoff Kohl of SecurityInfoWatch.com came by and talked with us, and he featured Exacq in his extensive Podcast coverage of the ISC East show. We appreciate the complimentary things he had to say about us.
You can find the specific Episode #44 of the SIW Radio Podcast here:
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/root+level/episode-44-isc-east-2009-coverage
You can also listen to the ISC East episode directly here:
SIW Radio – Episode 44 – ISC East 2009 Coverage
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Geoff’s comments about Exacq start at exactly 7:00 minutes in.
Our thanks to Winsted, StarDot, and the organizers of ISC for a great show.
October 30th, 2009
We are pleased to announce that Rob Munro has joined Exacq Technologies as the new Security Products Sales Manager for the Northeast US. Rob is responsible for all Exacq territory activity in New England, Metro NYC, and mid-Atlantic, and will be working with our Manufacturer Rep firms, integrators, distributors and OEMs in those states.
Many of our channel partners are certainly familiar with Rob and have worked with him in the past. He brings a wealth of security industry and channel management experience having spent many years with IDenticard in Regional, National and Executive sales management roles. After IDenticard Rob held sales director positions with our friends at PSA Security Network, with Verint, and most recently with VideoNEXT.
Rob can be reached at rmunro@exacq.com
Welcome aboard, Rob!
October 22nd, 2009
Heather Klotz, Associate Editor at SDM Magazine, has a good overview of the IP interoperability demo at ASIS 2009 last month with Exacq, Firetide, IQeye and Pivot3:
Exacq Technologies, Firetide, IQinVision and Pivot3, all open-system vendors, participated in a joint live demonstration of IP technology interoperability at ASIS 2009. Wireless connectivity, megapixel cameras, Smartphone viewing, and smart storage were all on display in an interoperability demo that had one message: It’s easy.
“As open systems vendors, we had several goals for the demonstration. In addition to promoting how open the industry has become and the benefits of being open, another important goal we all had was to demonstrate that this is not intimidating,” explained Roger Shuman, marketing manager for Exacq, Indianapolis. “We didn’t cross-train our technicians or prep them months in advance to set up this system here at ASIS. We did this in addition to setting up all our booths at the same time, and it was fine. We just all showed up at the show floor and set it up, and it was easy – even with the limitations that a show floor can bring.”
What did the companies set up? The live demonstration featured wireless distribution, storage and playback of HD/megapixel video over wireless networks across separate booths on the ASIS show floor. High-resolution video from IQeye megapixel cameras was streamed from vendor booths over Firetide wireless network links. The video was subsequently captured and displayed remotely using the exacqVision video management system running on Pivot3 iSCSI SAN storage with embedded virtual servers. Centrally captured video was then viewable and searchable from remote computers in each of the partner booths and on smart phones.
The open architecture demonstrated by the companies allows customers the ability to select the highest quality components from a wide variety of manufacturers instead of being limited to offerings from one vendor. How is the interoperability between these four specific companies possible? “We are all non-proprietary companies and we are all IP-based, which means the products are essentially plug-and-play,” Bodell explained.
By demonstrating the ease of set-up on the ASIS show floor, the companies hoped to reduce the “perceived risk” or difficulty in setting up systems like this.
“Traditionally, I think integrators tended to be wary of IP things because it looked like it would be complicated,” said Lee Caswell, chief marketing officer, Pivot 3, Palo Alto, Calif. “We are finding by reducing the perceived risk of making this work in the field, people have more of a chance to get excited about it and embrace what it could mean for their company.”
The full article can be read at the SDM Magazine site here. Our thanks again to everyone at Pivot3, Firetide and IQinVision for making this a successful demo.
October 15th, 2009
Version 3.6 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 3.6 is available for download here. Key features in the 3.6 Release:
- Enhanced Smart Search
- Multi-System User Configuration
- Basler IP camera support
- IQeye 4-series IP camera support
- PCSC Access Control integration
Here are some of the features in detail:
Enhanced Smart Search
Smart Search, sometimes referred to as ‘museum search’ functionality, has been substantially enhanced in version 3.6. Smart Search adds quick and detailed granularity to a search result, enabling the viewing, scrubbing, saving and exporting of just the video search information desired. Smart Search works on all cameras: analog or IP, standard or Megapixel.
On the search page, a new “Brain” icon has been added to the toolbar:
With any camera, when Smart Search is selected, a grid appears. Simply use the mouse to fill in the grid of the desired area of the camera view, and Smart Search will quickly find just the video that has changed within the grid area.
The results of the Smart Search then appear as orange in the timeline:
Timeline after standard search, with blue bars showing areas of motion:
Timeline after Smart Search, with orange bars showing motion within the selected grid:
While the Smart Search function is selected, the user can scrub, play forward and reverse, save, and export just the Smart Searched (orange bar) video. Fast and easy, this enhanced functionality enables rapid searching and exporting of just the video information desired.
Here is the exacqVision tutorial on using Smart Search:
Multi-System User Configuration
New to Version 3.6 is the Enterprise Server option. This new option, enabled per-server, adds functionality unique to user and server management across an enterprise deployment. Multi-System User Configuration is available in Version 3.6 and is the first of several features to be added to the Enterprise Server option. Multi-System User Config enables fast and easy user account management across any number of exacqVision servers.
With the Version 3.6 release a new item, Multi-System User Config, has been included in the server tree on the Configuration page:
Creating a new account, deleting an account or changing an existing account is done quickly just once, and then applied to all selected servers with a single push of a button. This feature works in all enterprise deployments without the need for existing LDAP or Active Directory implementation.
New – Basler IP camera support
Support has been added for the entire line of Basler IP cameras. Basler IP cameras range in resolution from VGA to 2 Mpixel, all with day/night models available, and are distinguished by their compact physical size. All Basler IP cameras utilize H.264 compression.
The Basler IP camera models supported in exacqVision Version 3.6 are the BIP-640c/c-dn, BIP-1000c/c-dn, BIP-1300c/c-dn, and BIP-1600c/c-dn. The press release on the exacqVision-Basler IP camera support is here.
New – IQeye 4-Series IP camera support
Adding to our existing support of IQeye cameras, Version 3.6 adds support for the new 4-Series line of low-cost IP cameras from IQeye.
The IQeye 4-Series provides IQeye-quality video, resolutions from VGA to 2 Mpixel, compact, sturdy housings (both standard and dome), Power-Over Ethernet, and a low price point. The 4-Series models supported in exacqVision Version 3.6 include the IQeye 4-Series Standard cameras and the IQeye 4-Series Dome cameras.
PCSC Access Control Integration
exacqVision Version 3.6 adds integration support for PCSC Access Control systems. PCSC’s access control system is distinguished by their Fault Tolerant Technology, with redundant host, controllers, and communication. When combined with exacqVision VMS software it makes for a unique, fault tolerant access control and IP video surveillance system under a single user interface. Details on the PCSC LiNC-VIEW integration are here. The press release on the exacqVision-PCSC integration is here.
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.
October 6th, 2009
We just returned from an extremely productive ASIS 2009 in Anaheim. New exacqVision features were introduced, the booth was packed throughout the show, and we participated in a number of multi-vendor demonstrations and seminars.
New Features Introduced – We showed a number of just-released and about-to-be-released exacqVision features including:
- Smart Search enhancements – further search granularity that returns just the video segments when a particular portion of the image changed. Works across all cameras (IP and analog), and allows for playback, scrub, export, and save of just the smart-searched video.
- Multi-System User Configuration – part of the new Enterprise Server option in Version 3.6, this feature allows for quick and easy administration of user accounts across all servers in an enterprise deployment.
Mapping – highly intuitive and simple to use. Maps are integrated right into camera views; any number of maps can be used; maps can come from any source. Cameras, audio, POS streams, etc. can be dragged onto a map, alarm events produce animated icons on the maps, video sources can be pushed from maps to viewing panes. Nested maps allow additional detail (entire campus, building, floor, wing, etc) and alarm events on a nested map can “bubble up” to the top level map for instant assessment.
- exacqVision Web Server enhancements – upcoming release enables viewing cameras from multiple servers simultaneously, search and playback across multiple cameras, ability to save and e-mail/text a URL of a specific camera view grouping. exacqVision Web Server comes standard with exacqVision software.
Multi-Booth Wireless IP Demo
The multi-booth wireless IP demo worked flawlessly. Firetide set up wireless mesh nodes in their booth and in the Exacq, IQeye, Pivot3, and Anixter booths.
IQeye megapixel IP cameras were connected in all five booths, video was being recorded on a Pivot3 iSCSI SAN storage with an embedded virtualized server running exacqVision server, and exacqVision clients were in multiple booths enabling viewing, searching and playback of the video. This was a great real-world open-standards technology display.
More pictures from Firetide here.
Other ASIS News:
- Exacq was once again featured in the popular ASIS seminar What’s New On The Floor, a review of the hottest products to see on the show floor.
- We had our engineering contingent at the ONVIF Annual Meeting on Wednesday. Exacq is an ONVIF member.
- Monday evening saw a great turnout for our Manufacturer Rep & International Distributor meeting, where we reviewed our product and sales roadmap for the next year.
- Tuesday night was baseball night courtesy of our channel partners at Security-Net. It was the Angels-Yankees game at Angel Stadium, and Security-Net presented Exacq with an award at the tailgate reception before the game.
We appreciate everyone that stopped by our booth, as well as all of our technology and integration partners who were showing exacqVision running with their products in their respective booths. Below are some pictures from the show, click for larger versions. More ASIS 2009 pictures here.
September 25th, 2009
At ASIS 2009 next week (Sept 21-23) we’re participating in a four-booth live demonstration of IP technology interoperability.
Exacq (booth #347), Firetide (booth #447), IQinVision (booth #353) and Pivot3 (booth #453) will be showing a real-world example of how easily standards-based solutions from open-system vendors can be integrated and supported from the field.
The live demonstration will feature wireless distribution, storage, and playback of HD/megapixel video over a wireless network across these four separate booths on the ASIS show floor.
Video from IQeye megapixel cameras in each booth will be streamed over a Firetide wireless mesh network connecting the four booths. The video will be subsequently captured and displayed remotely using the exacqVision Video Management System (VMS) running on Pivot3 iSCSI SAN storage with embedded virtual servers. Centrally captured video will then be viewable and searchable from remote computers in each of the partner booths and on smartphones.
A detailed description of the demo is in this flyer. The press release for the demo is here.
September 16th, 2009
This week we introduced new, increased-storage capacity versions of our entire line of exacqVision Hybrid and IP servers. Utilizing the latest in energy-efficient, enterprise class hard drives, up to double the amount of storage per server is now available in each configuration.
exacqVision EL Hybrid NVR appliances now offer up to 2TB of storage. exacqVision 2U Hybrid and IP servers now offer up to 6TB of storage. exacqVision 4U Hybrid and IP servers now offer up to 16TB of standard storage, or 14TB of RAID-5 storage.
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exacqVision EL
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Desktop Servers (Hybrid and IP)
up to 2TB |
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2U Servers (Hybrid and IP)
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4U Servers (Hybrid and IP)
up to 16TB standard, 14TB RAID-5 |
With the increased use of multi-megapixel IP cameras, requirements for storage continue to increase. Larger-capacity systems address increased storage needs without requiring additional, external add-on storage systems in most cases. That means simpler deployments, less rack space, lower power and cooling requirements, and lower overall system cost.
These new configurations are available for immediate shipment. They are fully compatible with all exacqVision servers and software. A detailed listing of the current configurations is available here.
More info:
exacqVision EL
exacqVision Hybrid Servers
exacqVision IP Servers
exacqVision VMS Software
August 10th, 2009
We’ve made a number of recent updates to both printed spec sheets and web-based spec pages for our exacqVision Hybrid NVR servers. The exacqVision 2U Hybrid system spec sheet is the most recent of the updates.
All of our spec sheets are available on our downloads page here:
http://www.exacq.com/specs
The individual web pages for our line of exacqVision Hybrid Servers are here:
http://www.exacq.com/hybrid
The new exacqVision EL embedded Linux Hybrid NVR appliance has its own web page and downloadable spec sheet here:
http://www.exacq.com/el
July 21st, 2009
We have just added an ACTi IP camera demo server to our growing number of exacqVision demo servers located in Indianapolis and around the world. These demo servers are widely used by our resellers and customers for evaluation, training and demo purposes. The large number of servers replicates an enterprise video surveillance deployment, complete with a full range of cameras of varying types, brands, resolutions and compression formats.
The ACTi server is running on our new exacqVision EL embedded Linux Hybrid NVR appliance. There are eleven ACTi IP cameras connected, including their new H.264 models. Since the exacqVision EL is a hybrid server, we additionally have 16 analog cameras connected, for a total of 27 video sources on this demo server. As with all of our demo servers, audio channels, POS inputs, and user-activated triggers are also connected.
If you currently have a login to our exacqVision demo serves and would like to add the ACTi server, just e-mail us at info@exacq.com and we’ll add your login to that server.
July 7th, 2009
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