What is new?

Version 6.0 (build 397)

Added support of MS Visio-style for drawing a wall or a box (Click + drag)
Added Site plan “Zoom”  by rotation of mouse wheel
Added Site plan scrolling function using middle mouse button or mouse wheel
Added manual “Check for updates” commands
Site plan scrolled when the user selects a remotely located camera

Version 6.0.0.390

• 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)
• Pixel per meter visualization
• Drawing speed is increased
• Many other changes

Version 5.52.0.340

• 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

• 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

• 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)

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).