
6 • Introducing ViconNet XX112-36-00 Rev 909 Kollector Hybrid Network Digital Video Recorder
ViconNet Products
ViconNet’s environment is comprised of one or more sites (systems) connected by a network. The various
ViconNet site types available are described below:
• Digital Video Recorder (DVR): The hybrid Kollector series each has up to 16 camera and microphone
inputs (the Kollector Strike supports 4 audio inputs). With version 5.6, all Kollector models support audio.
DVRs, which are managed by ViconNet applications, can perform local and remote video recording, local
and remote video playback and can archive video/audio data to any suitable connected RAID device.
• Workstation: The VN-WS-PC Workstation or the ViconNet software (VN-WS-SW) loaded onto a
computer meeting the defined minimum hardware and software requirements. Workstations can remote-
view live and playback video from networked Recorders, Encoders and other Workstations. In addition,
Workstations can handle alarms sent from ViconNet Recorders and Encoders/Decoders. The ViconNet
software is available in two versions. The VN-WS-SW has full ViconNet functionality except for recording
capability; the VN-NVR-SW should be used when recording is the primary function of the workstation.
• Network Video Recorder (NVR): The ViconNet NVR is a powerful PC running Windows XP, preloaded
with the ViconNet application, ready to record video and audio over the LAN and WAN (Internet).
Managed by ViconNet application, it can view, record and configure video from IP video devices and
Kollector Digital Video Recorders locally and remotely, perform local and remote video playback and can
archive video/audio data to any suitable connected RAID device.
• IP Camera/Encoder: A family of video cameras and encoders that convert analog video into digital for
use with the ViconNet system.
• Virtual Matrix Controller (VMC): The Virtual Matrix Controller (VMC) is software loaded onto a
preconfigured computer meeting the defined minimum hardware and software requirements. The VMC
can remote-view live and playback video networked Recorders, Encoders and NVRs. Unlike the
Workstation, all video output is sent via the network to decoders (KRX-3), which adjust and transfer the
video to remote display monitors.
• KRX-3 Decoder: A video decoder used with the Virtual Matrix (VMC) that can control and handle up
to three analog remote monitors, in composite, S-Video and VGA formats.
• Keypad: A keypad used with the VMC for selecting, using the devices secondary ID, which video
should be displayed on which monitors. For more details about the device secondary ID, refer to the
Defining Device Groups and Group Sets section in Chapter 3, Configuring the ViconNet System.
• VN-VIEWER-64 Camera Viewer Application: Viewer application that provides a solution for installations
that require a larger number of cameras to be viewed. This software increases the number of cameras
that can be viewed on a single workstation PC up to 64 cameras. Additionally, up to 4 monitors can be
connected to view up to 64 cameras in a variety of configurations.
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