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Webcams as Channels

Use the USB webcam as the video channel of the NVR

Overview

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Product Matrix

Comparison

Overview

What is a video channel?

Typically, a video channel of the NVR is either an IP camera, or an analog camera that transmits the video via IP video encoder device. The NVR would allocate the channel for each device. That channel can become a part of the view or layout in the NVR. Each channel can be recorded and the videos can be accessed later. In addition to the conventional surveillance cameras as channels, ACTi's NVR also supports both smartphones and webcams as video channels.

What is webcam as a channel?

The webcam that is plugged into the NVR server machine via USB cable can be selected as a source of a video channel of the NVR. This does not require any Ethernet at all.

Applications

The webcam as a channel can either be used as a security solution, for example, to monitor the control room itself, or it can be used also as a simple demo solution of the NVR server. Without requiring any local area network and data switches or PoE, the video stream can already be shown on the NVR screen using plug-and-play USB-based webcam.

Solutions

ACTi's NVR 3 supports webcam as the video channel. The channel license is also required for the webcams.

NVR

Product Matrix

Maximum Recording Channels	Bundled Licenses		Built-in PoE Connectors	Tower Standalone NVR
Maximum Recording Channels	IP Devices	Analog Devices	Built-in PoE Connectors	6 Bay(s)
100	32	0	0	GNR-350

Maximum Recording Channels	Bundled Licenses		Built-in PoE Connectors	Rackmount Standalone NVR
Maximum Recording Channels	IP Devices	Analog Devices	Built-in PoE Connectors	8 Bay(s) (RAID)	12 Bay(s) (RAID)	16 Bay(s) (RAID)
144	64	0	0	INR-406 INR-416
256	64	0	0	INR-407 INR-960	INR-401 INR-417 INR-490	INR-413 INR-418 INR-930

Comparison

Model	GNR-350	INR-401	INR-406	INR-407	INR-413
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Product Type	Tower Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR
Max. Channels	100	256	144	256	256
Free License	32 (32 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)
Rack Space	-	2U	2U	2U	3U
Storage Bay(s)	6 Storage Bay(s)	12 Storage Bay(s)	8 Storage Bay(s)	8 Storage Bay(s)	16 Storage Bay(s)
Hot Swappable Drive	-	Yes	-	Yes	Yes
RAID	Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Redundant Power Supply	-	Yes, 550W x 2	-	-	Yes
Processor	Intel Core i3-14100	Intel Core i7-6700	Intel Core i7-7700	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i7-7700
RAM	16GB, DDR5, 4800MT/s	-	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s
Server Operating System	Windows 11 IoT Enterprise Value	Windows 10 IoT	Windows 10 IoT	Windows 11 IOT Enterprise LTSC	Windows 10 IoT
Smart Search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Metadata Search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Object Visual Tracking	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyber Security	-	-	-	TAICS, CNS-16120	-
NDAA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Model	INR-416	INR-417	INR-418	INR-490	INR-930
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Product Type	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR	Rackmount Standalone NVR
Max. Channels	144	256	256	256	256
Free License	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)
Rack Space	2U	2U	3U	2U	2U
Storage Bay(s)	8 Storage Bay(s)	12 Storage Bay(s)	16 Storage Bay(s)	12 Storage Bay(s)	16 Storage Bay(s)
Hot Swappable Drive	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
RAID	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Redundant Power Supply	-	-	Yes	Yes	-
Processor	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Core i7-8700	Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y	Intel Core i7-7700
RAM	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s	16GB, DDR4, 3200MT/s	16GB, DDR4, 2400MT/s
Server Operating System	Windows 11	Windows 11 IOT Enterprise LTSC	Windows 11	Windows Server 2022	Windows 11
Smart Search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Metadata Search	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Object Visual Tracking	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyber Security	CNS-16120	CNS-16120	CNS-16120	-	-
NDAA	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Model	INR-960	NVR 3 Corporate
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Product Type	Rackmount Standalone NVR	-
Max. Channels	256	200
Free License	64 (64 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)	1 (1 channels for ACTiand 1 channel for third-party video device)
Rack Space	2U	-
Storage Bay(s)	8 Storage Bay(s)	-
Hot Swappable Drive	Yes	-
RAID	Hardware RAID (Add-on Card) 0, 1, 5, 10, 50	-
Redundant Power Supply	Yes, 550W x 2	-
Processor	Intel Xeon E-2324G	-
RAM	16GB, DDR4	-
Server Operating System	Windows 11 loT Ent MultiLang ESD OLC High End	Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019
Smart Search	Yes	Yes
Metadata Search	Yes	Yes
Object Visual Tracking	Yes	Yes
NDAA	Yes	-