VideoConsole viewing client Senator viewing client Samurai - retrospective-motion-search tool
Software Viewing Clients for Networked CCTV
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Sirrus VideoConsole

VideoConsole is our entry-level client, bundled with out IPVR series of NVRs but also available separately.

VideoConsole is designed for systems from a few cameras up to roughly 32 in a system. Click on the screen image at left to read more.

Senator

Senator is our senior-level client, designed for much larger systems of up to hundreds or even thousands of cameras. Equipped with multiple cameo pages showing up to 100 cameras at one time, plus interactive maps, Senator can be customised to your exact system needs. Click on the double-screen image at left to read more.

Samurai Retrospective-Motion-Search Tool
for Sirrus IPVR NVRs

Samurai is our tool designed to assist with archive searching, by allowing retrospective motion-detection searching. This means that, if an intrusion or other event has occurred on a site but it is unclear when or where trouble occurred, the archive can be searched after the event, to look for identifiable motion in specific areas of any camera.

'Masking' allows specific areas of the scene on any one or multiple cameras to be searched for, and the user can "tune" sensitivity to find exactly what is sought. Once set in operation, Samurai can be left to build a list of "bookmarks" which can be reviewed (and saved) later.

IPVR-212 Network Video Recorder

The 212 is the smaller brother to our 215 model. Housed in a compact 1U rack-mount chassis, the 212 has room for up to 800 Gigabytes of video storage.

Dimensions :    482 W (19" rack) x 500 D x 45 H (1U)
Weight       :    7Kg



Sirrus Viewing and Management Clients for Networked CCTV

The Sirrus VideoConsole and Senator video viewing clients have been designed expressly to work with many different makes of IP Cameras and Servers. Following the same philosophy as our IPVR series of Network Video Recorders (NVRs), our clients are compatible with cameras from Sirrus, Axis, JVC, Sony, Panasonic, D-Link, Mobotix, Canon, Elmo, Linudix, Merit-Lin, Appro and others.

Scroll down (or click on the client images above) to read more about the various clients.


VideoConsole: An entry-level client for systems of up to 32 cameras

VideoConsole is designed for systems from a few cameras up to around 32 (up to 32 cameras can be seen on screen at one time, in the largest client version). The client when installed offers three easy to use formats: up to 9 cameras in a 4x4 grid, up to 16 cameras in a 5x5 grid (pictured below), and up to 32 cameras in a 7x7 grid. Thus the client can grow with your needs.


Sirrus VideoConsole

Incredibly Easy to Use
VideoConsole is specifically designed for a security operator and presents him with the simplest possible interface. Instead of a plethora of controls, he is presented with a simple "cameo catalogue" showing 9, 16 (as above), or 33 "cameo" views from the cameras in the syste, Simply clicking on one of these will bring a larger live view into the main viewpane - which can be made to fill the screen at the touch oa button. Pan/tilt and zoom/focus/iris controls are available for steerable cameras, and accessory controls can remotely switch lamps and wash/wipe mechanisms on fully functional cameras.

Integrated Playback access to Sirrus IPVRs
VideoConsole offers completely integrated access to Sirrus IPVR Network Video Recorders. Clicking on the Archive menu accesses the IPVR(s) associated with the current viewing session over the LAN or WAN network, allowing shuttle and playback access to the recorded archive, without interrupting recording. A single click restores live viewing.

Unlimited Number of Different Viewing Configurations
The user can save as many different viewing "sessions" as required - these may call up different groups of cameras in the network, and access to one or several Sirrus IPVR NVRs associated with those cameras. When shuttling playback of a recording, if more than one IPVR is involved, all IPVRs will shuttle together in synchronism, giving seamless playback of multiple machines.


Senator: A senior-level client for larger systems of 16 up to 1600 cameras

Senator is designed for larger systems of perhaps sixteen cameras upwards, but can allow a single operator to manage up to 1600 cameras from a single client PC.

Multi-paged Cameo Catalogues
Senator has been developed from the same origins as VideoConsole, but now offers two main view panels, and multiple "tabbed" cameo catalogues. Each catalogue page (grid of "cameo" images) can refresh cameos from up to 100 cameras on screen at one time. These are deliberately slow-refreshed to offer a current view of all the cameras, but without consuming too much network bandwidth.

Since up to sixteen catalogue pages can be had and all are kept refreshed at all times, the client can switch instantly between pages of catalogue to instantly view each. The user can configure each tab page to hold any number of cameo views, from just a few up to 100 per page.

Multi-paged Map Selectors
Senator also offers, as further "tabbed" pages beside the cameo catalogues, fully functional map pages also. Each map (or floorplan, or aerial photograph) can have live camera-selection icons superimposed upon it, such that the operator can select cameras from the maps as easily as from the cameo catalogues.

   
          Sirrus Senator in cameo selection mode                         Sirrus Senator in map selection mode

A user-friendly "wizard" allows a user or system integrator to build his own configuration based on his own maps and floorplans. Senator is designed to be highly customisable and can allow a large system control suite to be designed, perhaps with several clients runnign different configurations of the software for different operator needs.

Unlimited Number of Different Viewing Configurations
As with VideoConsole, the user can save as many different viewing "sessions" as required - these may call up different groups of cameras in the network. Different sessions may be associated with different operators or perhaps different modes of operation set up to suit circumstances at different times.