JVSG CCTV design software on Mac

JVSG CCTV design software have been tested on a Mac OS X Lion with Parallels Desktop 7.

Parallels Desktop for Mac is a virtualization software  to run Windows program on Mac in a fast and easy way.

The test has been made on the following Mac configuration:

• Macbook Air, 1.7 GHz Intel Core i5,  4 GB Ram, integrated graphic card: Intel HD3000
• Mac OS X 10.7.2
• Parallels Desktop for Mac version 7  (in Coherence mode)
• Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 bit, English
• IP Video System Design Tool versions: 6.3.0.510,   7.0 beta

Parallels Desktop for Mac has more than 2 million users worldwide.

Coherence is a Parallels Desktop visual mode of working with a virtual machine that allows to use Windows applications side by side with Mac OS X programs.

After installing the Parallels for Mac you need to create a virtual machine using a Windows 7 DVD or ISO installation image.

Then you will be able to run IP Video System Design Tool installer.

Installing IPVideoSytemDesignToolSetop.exe using Parallels

Launching IP Video System Design Tool

Graphical CCTV lens calculation with JVSG software running on Mac with Parallels.

JVSG IP Video System Design Tool  Version 7.0 Beta runing on Mac OS X Lion.

We have tested version 7.0 beta with Parallels as well. The 2D/3D graphical performance is really good.  To zoom the site plan you can use standard MacOS zoom gesture, but using of a scroll-wheel mouse is highly recommended. In order to scroll the site plan you can use Alt-drag or Alt-arrows. For copying objects on the site plan, in addition to Windows hotkeys Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V  you can use Mac OS standard hotkeys:Cmd-C, Cmd-V.

Running JVSG software on other virtual machines

It is possible to run IP Video System Design Tool version 6.3 on VMWare Fusion and Virutal Box, but it is not recommended.

If you use Virtual Box (version 4) you need to switch off 3D Acceleration and 2D Acceleration in Display properties.

If you run version 6.3 with VMWare Fusion 4 or Virtual Box you may notice a large black area in “3D View” Window. In order to fix the 3D View window please change camera “Aspect Ratio” parameter to 16:9 and then change it back to 4:3.

Beta Version 7 is not compatible with VMWare Fusion (VMWare Fusion 4 has been tested) and also not compatible with Virtual Box (version 4.1). Please use Parallels Desktop for Mac instead.

Apart from Parallels you can run JVSG IP Video System Design Tool on Mac via  Boot Camp®, part of Mac OS X that enables you to install and run  Windows-based applications using a separate disk partition.

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