AUVINET DVS interoperates with a wide variety of cameras including standard CCTV cameras, "bullet" cameras, CCD / CMOS cameras and Pan-Tilt-Zoom (PTZ). If you have a pre-existing analog CCTV installation, we can upgrade it to a digital solution, so you don't waste your previous investment in analog CCTV cameras and wiring.

Each DVS Server has the capability of supporting up to 32 cameras, 32 alarm sensors, 32 relay control devices and 32 audio I/O devices. This means that 16 live video feeds can be viewed on a single monitor and as many as 32 video streams from a dual monitor configuration. You also have the ability to easily modify the video quality and video size depending on your needs. Video image size can be set to range from 160 X 120px to 352 X 240px.

AUVINET DVS also allows multiple users to access the same video feed at the same time.

AUVINET DVS utilizes a Windows-based user interface which means that there's little to no learning curve involved in viewing video live feed once the system is set up. The system automatically places, in order, all activated cameras on a display pane.

AUVINET DVS gives you tremendous control over your video display options by providing a number of features that can be accessed through a simple right-click of the display pane.

Freeze: Pauses the video.

Snap shot: Saves a current display pane image into a bitmap file. By default, a snap shot file is saved in the "camera ID-date-time.bmp" format in the "C:\" directory.

Zoom x2: Doubles a display pane's image size.

Auto-Switch: The Auto-switch feature allows you to view more than one channel of video in a single display pane. For example, if you had three active cameras set up in a display pane and set Auto-switch to one second, you would automatically cycle between the three cameras. Every second, the image in the display pane would change from one camera to the next.

Switch next: This feature allows you to manually switch the currently displayed camera to the next available camera. This is applicable when you have several cameras assigned to the same display pane. The Switch next feature gives you finer control over switching cameras than the Auto-switch feature.

Clear: Turns off all camera views assigned to a pane

With AUVINET DVS, an alarm is defined as any external event that is to be monitored. This could be a window being broken, a motion sensor being activated, a temperature gauge going too high, excessive noise or vibrations, etc. Any of these events could be set to trigger an alarm response in the system. The system can be configured to perform several actions, such as notifying security monitoring personnel, activating a particular relay switch, and/or recording video from a selected camera.

Status and error messages are displayed in an output window in AUVINET DVS and pop up whenever they occur. Messages can be highlighted with various colors for easy identification. For example, your administrator could choose to have all alarm event messages highlighted in red. Your system administrator has complete control over who has access to cameras, alarms, and other sensitive systems!

AUVINET DVS allows you to easily and permanently archive your video files for extended periods of time. This is accomplished by utilizing the safest and most efficient storage technologies available. With AUVINET DVS you have the option of archiving your video to Magneto Optical WORM (Write Once Read Many) and Rewriteable media, RAID storage systems as well as writeable DVD.

Video is stored and retrieved in industry standard MPEG-1 format and can be recorded in time-lapse mode or in real-time mode. Time lapse recording can be thought of as taking a "snap shot" of the area being recorded every few seconds. Snap shots can be printed at will. The other advantage of using a time-lapse approach is that it reduces the file size for recordings for which there is few alarm events. Video can be recorded at up to 30 frames per second for each video channel.

Video files are copied from the DVS systems to the archiving system automatically, without the need for human intervention. As well, most Client systems have sufficient storage space to internally store several days worth of video recordings. Video storage space is self-managed by the system by means of a recycling mechanism that can be tuned by the system administrator. As storage needs increase, additional AUVINET DVS Servers can easily be added to the system.

Once a file has been safely archived it can be readily located and played back whenever the need arises.

AUVINET DVS provides advanced search options to help you quickly locate the recorded video you want to review.

Search by Duration: Allows you to base your file search on predetermined time durations. Once you have provided a starting date and predetermined time period, AUVINET DVS searches for files that match your search criteria and gives you an active list of files.

Search by End: Allows you to determine the precise time duration for your file search (i.e. finer control than searching by Duration). In this type of search you precisely define the beginning and end point of your search. AUVINET DVS searches for files that match your search criteria and gives you an active list of files.