Version 6.0.0.363

• Background loading to import site plan or floor plan blueprints in BMP / JPEG format from Autocad, Visio or Google Earth.
• New types of walls: painted walls, thin walls, thick walls
• Number plate region selection (US, EU, AU, RU)
• Pixel per meter visualization
• Drawing speed is increased
• Many other changes

Version 5.52.0.340 (December 2009)

• New test object: Car
• Wall length is shown during drawing
• “Save   Ctrl-S” menu item in addition to “Save As…”
• Project name in the application caption

Version 5.5.0.323 (October 2009)

• Pixel per ft calculation
• Custom camera zone visualization
  
• Large 3D view
• Columns selection for bandwidth&storage as well as for lens&field of view calculations
• Option to show/hide the camera zone on Site Plan and option to hide the blue test man

Please see CCTV Design Tool / IP Video Design Tool help file/Release notes section for details.

Version 5.4.4.315 (September 2009)

• Added “Bitrate, (kbit/s)” field for MPEG4/H.264 bandwidth calculation, now you can specify your CBR (Constant BitRate) limitation for each camera type.
• Added “Comment” field for bandwidth calculation
• Now It is possible to move and reorder bandwidth calculation columns
• On “Site plan” you can add a camera at current position using popup menu (right mouse click to show)
• Win32 Induc Fix

The update to this version is highly recommended.

Version 5.4.3

• Supported 1/2.5, 1/1.8, 1.25, 1/3.6-inch sensor formats
• Added new resolutions: Full HD, 4 MP

Version 5.4.2

• Improved repaint functions for ATI and NVidia  video cards
• Improved object selection functions
• Updated Save/Load functions
• Added  bug reporting system

Version 5.4

• 2D Site Plan added.
• You can put multiple cameras on the site plan and make a visual modeling of  the covered zones.
• You can add walls, test persons, and 3d box objects on the site plan.
• Added a visualization of a camera Monitoring (5%), Detection (10%), Recognition (50%), Identification (120%) zones.
• Added Save Picture to File command in the popup menus
• Updated the Localization Tool

Version 5.3

• Now camera exact view area of  is displayed.
• Added view area “lower bound” in Expert Mode for exact viewing zone calculation.
• Corrected Field Of View and Vertical Angle calculation.

Version 5.2

• Added a new View from Camera (3D Modeling).
• Added test objects (Man 1.8m): (1st - at specified distance, 2nd - at nearest visible distance, 3rd - user placed man).
• Added choice of camera format - 4:3 or 16:9.
• Lens and FOV parameters grouped in Camera, Viewing angles, Field of View groups.
• Corrected MPEG4 and H.264 bandwidth calculation for middle compression levels.
• Added a vertical viewing angle calculation.

Version 5.1

• Added a possibility to modify the Focal Length and immediately calculate new field of view.
• Implemented completely different algorithm for MPEG4 bandwidth and storage space estimation, based on our recent MPEG4 research.
• Added 8 new MPEG-4 and H.264 resolutions.
• Implemented new way of H.264 calculation.
• Added new options for bandwidth calculation: “Image Complexity” and “Motion %” in Expert Mode (Menu/Settings/Expert Mode).
• Added new buttons for fast modification of the Focal Length and FOV Width.
• Supported several new camera PAL and NTSC resolutions, including 704×288, 1280×960, 1280×1024 and 2600×1950.
• Results of bandwidth calculations were tested with several AXIS, Panasonic network cameras and compared with data from AXIS corporation.
• Added the internal localization tool (Menu/Settings/Language/Localization Tool).