exacqVision Start
Low-Cost VMS Software for Stand-Alone Installations
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exacqVision Start
Low-Cost, Easy-to-Use Video Management System (VMS) Software
- Customizable full-screen video wall
- Onscreen display of motion and alarm events
- Instant replay of video and audio events with exacqReplay
Monitor video and audio in real time
- Search across multiple cameras seamlessly
- Powerful thumbnail & timeline search tools
- Export video in open-standard video formats or as a self-contained player with tamper protection
Conduct investigations on recorded video and audio
Ease of Use & Flexibility
- Freely distributed PC client or mobile apps
- Simple, per-camera server licenses with no base server fee
Simple Licensing
- Software installs in minutes and requires minimal configuration
- EasyConnect automatically finds, assigns and addresses certain IP cameras to the network
Fast Installation
- Deploy server software on Windows and Linux
- Available on pre-configured exacqVision NVRs or install on third-party servers
Flexible Deployment
Constantly Expanding Functionality with Included Software Updates
- Get more video management features without replacing your entire video management system
- Includes 90 days of software updates (three years on exacqVision NVRs)
Expandable
- Connect up to 16 analog and 16 IP cameras per server
- Easily add additional IP cameras as needed
- High video throughput with minimal CPU and RAM requirements
- Easily upgradable to exacqVision Professional and Enterprise for future expansion
- Compatible with SH-ipcams and encoders from over 60 manufacturers
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| Max cameras per server (hardware dependent) |
16 IP | 175 IP | 175 IP |
| Max server connections per client | 1 | 512 (thick client) 16 (web client) |
512 (thick client) 16 (web client) |
| Windows and Linux server compatibility | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Free Windows, Linux and Mac clients | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Browser-based viewing of live/stored video Deploy a web server to support client access from IE, Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Opera browsers |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tablet/Smartphone based viewing of live/stored video Free iOS or Android application to view live or stored video |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| EasyConnect Automatically finds, assigns and addresses certain IP cameras to the network |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Auto-detect and connect to 1,000s of supported IP cameras Connect to over 1,700 camera models from more than 60 manufacturers |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Fish-eye/panoramic lens support (live and recorded) De-warp circular images directly in the client for supported cameras and lenses |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Client bandwidth throttling Optimize video data rates over limited bandwidth client connections |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Pre-post alarm recording Capture the entire event with configurable pre- and post- event recording |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Soft triggers Set up buttons in exacqVision client to trigger external events in other systems |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Per-camera min/max retention Specify minimum/maximum video retention time per camera |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Time-lapse recording Prove that cameras are always recording without consuming lots of storage space |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Extended storage Expand primary video and audio storage using exacqVision's S-Series or industry standard NAS |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Archiving Archive important video and audio to an exacqVision S-Series storage server or industry standard NAS devices |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Audit trail See who modified the system and when |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Setup Indicators Guides installers through common configuration options to optimize the exacqVision client |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Custom user groups Set up groups of users with specific permissions |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Third-party integrations Integrate with access control, analytics, retail, intrusion systems and more |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Smart search Search for motion in a particluar region of video |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Email notifications for system health events Receive an email notification when a system is experiencing hardware failures or other health events |
- | Yes | Yes |
| exacqVision Surveillance Keyboard support Control PTZ cameras accurately and navigate exacqVision faster with the exacqVision surveillance keyboard |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Health dashboard of exacqVision NVRs and attached cameras | - | - | Yes |
| Advanced user role management | - | - | Yes |
| Dynamic client connection management | - | - | Yes |
| Scheduled configuration backups and recoveries | - | - | Yes |
| Scheduled version updates | - | - | Yes |
| LDAP/Active Directory Manage user access to exacqVision through existing active directory |
- | - | Yes |
| Live View | Start | Professional | Enterprise |
| View cameras on multiple monitors Configure multi-camera layouts spanning one or more monitors |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PTZ control and presets Manually control PTZ cameras or define and call up presets or tours of presets |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Digital PTZ control and presets Digitially zoom in and around high mega-pixel cameras images |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Motion and alarm indication View color-coded notification borders for motion and alarm events as they happen |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Event linking on discrete inputs Automatically execute actions when camera inputs are triggered |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Event linking on video, serial and health events Automatically execute actions on a variety of conditions including motion events, serial data or health events |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Event-driven and time-based video switching Direct operator attention to specific cameras with event-driven and time-based video switching |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Camera groups Define groups of cameras for faster inspection |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Camera Links Configure overlay controls to appear on the live view when you navigate and hover over the camera |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-streaming Record and view multiple streams of video from individual cameras |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Event notifications Send email notifications as a response to input events, motion event, alarm events and more |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Maps Define maps for rapid navigation of cameras according to their physical location |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Two-way audio Receive audio from cameras and transmit audio to server or camera audio outputs for two-way communication |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Hierarchical maps for fast camera navigation Define nested maps for rapid navigation of large numbers of cameras according to their physical location |
- | - | Yes |
| VideoPush Push individual live cameras or an entire view of live cameras to another exacqVision user or public view monitor |
- | - | Yes |
| Camera inspection workflow | - | - | Yes |
| Search, Playback, Export and Archive | Start | Professional | Enterprise |
| exacqReplay instant replay Instantly review video from the live view screen |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Thumbnail & timeline search Visually search video using thumbnail or timeline views |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| List Search Displays search results in list format with an animated thumbnail of the associated video |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| POS and ATM serial text search Search point-of-sale, ATM data and more to view video from the cooresponding time |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-camera playback Simultaneously review multiple cameras during playback |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export to DVD Burn video directly to a DVD from exacqVision |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export to .AVI, .MP4, .MOV or .EXE file Export video to industry standard .AVI or a self-contained executable player |
Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple camera export Export more than one camera (self-contained player export only) |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Bookmarking Permanently save, label and manage important video |
- | Yes | Yes |
| Case Management Organize bookmarks into cases |
- | - | Yes |
| Software Updates | Start | Professional | Enterprise |
| Available for Purchase |
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| Software Updates Included (on exacqVision Servers) |
3 years | 3 years | 3 years |
| Software Updates Included (on 3rd-party Servers) |
90 Days | 1 year | 1 year |
| Supported languages (all versions) |
EasyConnect
Thumbnail Search
Timeline Search
Export
exacq Replay
View Video Anywhere
EasyConnect
Finds, addresses and connects certain IP cameras to the network automatically. EasyConnect provides the power of IP cameras with the simplicity of analog cameras.
Thumbnail Search
Thumbnail search narrows down video segments, allowing you to quickly find the video you need.
Timeline Search
Video frames automatically populate as the timeline cursor is moved for a much faster and more intuitive search even in low bandwidth connections.
Export
Save a picture or video, print a picture or export video files to easily be used for investigations.
exacq Replay
Instantly play back video in increments of 5 seconds to 15 minutes from any camera by right clicking in the camera window.
View Video Anywhere
Access live and recorded video on multiple PCs through the freely distributed client applications, free web server application and free mobile app available for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8.
Easy-to-Use, intuitive user interface
exacqVision Start boasts an easy-to-understand, highly-intuitive user interface. Even untrained personnel can start using exacqVision Start right away.
Powerful Search - Easily find what you want
exacqVision's Graphical Search enables quick finding of desired video. Playback multiple cameras simultaneously. See POS transactions scroll with the video. Find video based on POS searches. Playback audio. Easily export.
Easy Configuration
exacqVision Start is an out-of-the box solution. Auto-detection of IP cameras makes configuration simple and quick. Adjusting camera resolutions and framerate, users and permissions,trigger events, audio and more is simple. exacqVision Start defaults to motion record on all cameras so you can connect cameras and start recording in minutes.
Recorder Hardware Requirements
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Minimum
Up to 16 cameras*
1-2 simultaneous remote clients |
Recommended
Up to 64 cameras*
4 simultaneous remote clients |
High Performance
Up to 128 cameras*
5+ simultaneous remote clients |
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Processor |
Intel Celeron | Intel Core i3 | Intel Core i7 |
RAM |
4 GB | 4 GB | 8 GB |
Operating System Drive |
HDD (1TB) | SSD (128 GB) | SSD (128 GB) |
Video Storage Drive |
120 Mbps (non-sequental write)* | 240 Mbps (non-sequental write)* | 480 Mbps (non-sequental write)* |
NIC |
2x1 Gbps | 2x1 Gbps | 2x1 Gbps |
* Assuming each camera with a primary stream at 1080p@15fps@5Mbps and secondary stream at 1080p@15fps@2.5Mbps
Client Hardware Requirements
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Minimum
One monitor, up to 16 streams @ 1080p
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Recommended
Two monitors, up to 32 streams @ 1080p
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High Performance
Four monitors, up to 64 streams @ 1080p
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Processor |
Intel Celeron | Intel Core i3 | Dual Xeon processors |
RAM |
4 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB |
Hard Drive |
128 GB SSD | 128 GB SSD | 128 GB SSD |
Graphics |
Intel HD Graphics | Intel HD Graphics | NVIDIA or similar discrete graphics card |
NIC |
1x1 Gbps | 1x1 Gbps | 1x1 Gbps |
Supported Operating Systems
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Windows
Server, Client, Web Service
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Linux
Server, Client, Web Service
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Mac
Client Only
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Recommended |
Windows 11 | Ubuntu 22.04 (64-bit) |
10.15 (Catalina) |
| Windows 10 | Ubuntu 20.04 (64-bit) |
10.14 (Mojave) |
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| Windows Server 2022 | Ubuntu 18.04 (64-bit) |
10.13 (High Sierra) |
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| Windows Server 2019 | Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) |
10.12 (Sierra) |
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| Windows Server 2016 | Ubuntu 14.04 (64-bit or 32-bit with PAE) |
10.11 (El Capitan) |
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| Windows 7 | Ubuntu 12.04 (32-bit with PAE) |
10.10 (Yosemite) |
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| Windows Server 2012 R2 | Ubuntu 10.04 (32-bit with PAE) |
10.9 (Mavericks) |
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| Windows Server 2012 |
Supported Web Browsers
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NOTE: The web service is typically installed on the exacqVision video server. It has the same CPU and RAM requirements as a client workstation, which vary based on resolution and quantity of simultaneous camera streams. |
Mobile Device Access
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NOTE: Mobile device access requires the web service to be activated on the NVR or another server. |
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