Asustor Surveillance Center 2.6 Beta for NAS

Asustor Inc. announced the Surveillance Center 2.6 Beta, introducing professional surveillance functions which include the centralized surveillance software CMS Lite, unlimited storage capacity expansion with MyArchive cold backups, image restoration for fisheye cameras, the ability to shut off and turn on online cameras, more agile search options for finding recording files, and optimized exportation of recording files.

The total number of cameras supported for each NAS series has been increased. With Surveillance Center 2.6, the firm redefines the meaning of an economical high quality video surveillance solution. This upgrade is available for all firm’s NAS devices and can be downloaded from the beta section of App Central.

“Asustor’s centralized surveillance software (CMS Lite) not only expands the scale of surveillance deployment to enterprises, but also eases the burden on administrators, satisfying user demand for versatile deployment and flexible expandability,” said James Su, product manager, Asustor.

Key features for Surveillance Center 2.6 Beta

• Centralized surveillance software – CMS lite
  A solution designed for systems with multiple servers spread across different locations, CMS Lite allows surveillance professionals to have more flexibility and convenience when monitoring and playing back video. It can centralize management for up to 128 IP cameras and company’s NVRs in up to 32 different locations, enhancing management efficiency.

• MyArchive cold backup solution with unlimited capacity expansion
  Firm’s NAS’s MyArchive cold backup storage technology is available for use with Surveillance Center. Users can schedule backups of recording files to MyArchive HDDs, freeing up storage space for online recordings. When you need to play back recordings, you can mount recordings from MyArchive HDDs to Surveillance Center and then quickly search and play back the recordings you need.

• Supports 360° fisheye camera image restoration
  Fisheye cameras have a wide angle view and can focus on areas such as offices, ATMs, retail stores, supermarkets, hotels, and factories, providing greater coverage than most common cameras. Surveillance Center’s image restoration function allows users to select a specified area, 180° panoramic view, or double 180° panoramic view restoration of a fisheye camera’s live video feed. This gives users the comprehensive surveillance without blind spots without having to use a multitude of cameras. Currently, Acti Corp., Dahua Technology Co., Ltd,  and Vivotek, Inc. brand fisheye cameras are supported.

• Flexibly shut off and turn on online cameras
  Using network streaming protocol to view surveillance feeds may consume too much bandwidth at times. For users who wish to temporarily power off specific cameras, this function can be used. All camera settings will be maintained when the camera is shut off, allowing users to turn on the camera at any time with all settings and configurations.

• Agile searches of recording files
  In addition to being able to increase the playback speed of recording files, this version of Surveillance Center features newly added 30 second fast-forward and ten second rewind playback functions allowing users to conveniently find the recording files they need.

• Optimized Exportation of Recording Files
  This function allowing recordings to be exported to local folders on the NAS enhances the speed of the exporting process.

• Increased number for supported cameras for individual machines
  After upgrading to this version, users will be able to increase the total number of supported camera channels for their devices. 70 series devices now support a maximum of 64 channels, 61/62 series devices 36 channels, 50/51 series devices 30 channels and 31/32 series devices 25 channels. Due to hardware limitations 10/2/3 series devices are still only able to support up to 8 channels.

Rsources:
Surveillance Center 2.6 Beta 
List of compatible IP cameras