It is with great pleasure that Milestone Systems has announced the release of Milestone XProtect Corporate 2.0

The powerful IP video management system XProtect Corporate is designed for large-scale mission-critical enterprise applications, supporting unlimited cameras, servers and users. The central management and intuitive access clients make even very large installations easy to use and manage. Based on an open platform, XProtect Corporate video-enables your business, and allows you to integrate with 3rd party systems and video content analysis.

What’s New Compared with XProtect Corporate Version 1.5?

XProtect Corporate 2.0 is the successor to XProtect Corporate 1.5 and is loaded with powerful new features designed for the higher-end market:

XProtect Corporate Management/Recording/Failover Servers 2.0

• Two-Way Audio – The XProtect Corporate Recording Servers support full two-way audio with transmission of microphone input from Smart Client computers to remote speakers attached to IP devices. In addition the IP video management system offers two-way recording^1), and relaying of incoming audio from remote devices equipped with microphones to Smart Client computers with speakers. Each speaker and microphone is assigned to a device that by default is the same as the device they are connected to. The speaker and microphone can be assigned to other devices as well.

• Failover Support – An XProtect Corporate Failover Server can be on standby for a single recording server or a group of recording servers and will take over if one of these fails. Recordings are synchronized back to the original recording server once it is back online. Multiple failover servers can serve a group of recording servers, and failover activity can be monitored by initiating rules from failover events. The Failover Server is not licensed and can be rolled out on an unlimited number of computers per Management Server.

• Multicast Support – In situations where many XProtect Smart Clients want to view the same live camera, multicasting is the answer that can save many system resources. Where unicast sends an individual stream to each Smart Client, Multicast sends one stream to all Smart Clients. The infrastructure must support IGMP to reach remote networks. Multicast is especially useful for virtual Matrix where multiple Smart Clients often require the same live view.

• Multistream Support – Live view and playback do not necessarily require the same settings to achieve the best result. Depending on camera capabilities, Multistream support can establish two independent streams from a camera to the XProtect Corporate Recording Server with different resolutions, encodings and frame rates. For live viewing, MPEG4 at a high frame rate is often preferred, whereas playback is primarily used for investigation, where images in high resolution MJPEG give the best evidence export result. The recordings in most cases are stored at a lower frame rate to preserve disk space.

• SNMP Support – This is a standard protocol for monitoring and controlling network devices, for managing their configuration and for collecting statistics. The XProtect System acts as an SNMP agent which can generate an SNMP-trap as the result of rule activation, in addition to the existing rule actions. A third party SNMP management console will receive this alarm-triggering event where operators can configure their system for further action. The implementation uses Microsoft Windows SNMP Service for triggering SNMP-traps.

• NAT Firewall Support – To access the IP video management system from outside a Network Address Translation (NAT) firewall, the administrator has the option of enabling port forwarding which allows clients from outside the firewall to connect to Recording Servers without using VPN. Each XProtect Corporate Recording Server/Failover Server will be mapped to a specific port and this port is forwarded through the firewall to the server’s internal IP address.

• IPv6 Support¹⁾ – For a long time IPv4 32 bit addresses like 192.168.1.1 have been the de facto IP addressing method for TCP/IP enabled networks. Due to IPv4 address shortage on the Internet and governmental regulations, IPv6 using 128 bit addresses are required as the default IP addressing method. XProtect Corporate 2.0 Management Server, Management Client, Recording Server, Failover Server and Smart Client are designed to support both IPv4 and IPv6 addressing. IPv6 support is not enabled in XPCO 2.0a but will be included in a coming service release.

• Recording Server Licensing – The XProtect Corporate Recording Server is no longer licensed per computer as a result of the straightforward XProtect licensing strategy. The recording server can now be installed on an unlimited number of computers per Management Server.

• Download Manager and Management Server portal¹⁾ – A new, localized, auto-generated web portal for download and installation of Smart Clients, Smart Client plug-ins, Smart Client Language Packs, Management Client, Recording Server/Failover Server, Device Packs, and start of Remote Clients in a web browser. The Download Manager configures client availability and other download options for the web portal. The Download Manager and Management Server portal are not included in XPCO 2.0a but will be available in a coming service release.

• Camera Pre-alarm Images – Some cameras are able to store a short sequence of images that can be transmitted to the Recording Server/Failover Server.

• Customizable E-mail Settings – Allow customization and use of system variables in the e-mail Subject and Message text fields in Notification profiles. This makes it easier to format the e-mail content to match the exact purpose and to send e-mail to SMS messages or mobile phone text messages via third party services.

• User-defined Events – Custom Events have been renamed to User-defined Events. They are still used for triggering rules from external entities, as well as from the Smart Clients.

• Authorization on User-defined Events – Option to select/clear User-defined events in roles for which the property “Status API” is enabled.

• New hardware configurable events – Rules can be triggered by new device events for audio failing, audio passing, audio rising, images received, tampering, temperature and video lost for selected devices. See Device Pack release notes for more information.

• MxPEG Support – The video compression algorithm MxPEG, that is unique to Mobotix, is now supported by the IP video management system. The MxPEG encoding is able to maintain high image quality for megapixel cameras while decreasing bandwidth consumption dramatically.

• H.264 Support¹⁾ – This standard introduces a more efficient compression of video. Without quality loss, H.264 is capable of transmitting at much lower bit rates than previous standards like MPEG-2, H.263, or MPEG-4 Part 2. H.264 was developed as a joint venture by ITU (H.26x) and ISO (MPEG) and is also referred to as H.264/MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC). The outcome of using H.264 is a significant reduction in bandwidth and disk space usage. H.264 support is not available in XPCO 2.0a but will be included in a coming service release.

• MPEG4 ASP Support¹⁾ – This video compression standard is called MPEG-4 Part 2, Advanced Simple Profile (ASP) and is an extension to the currently supported MPEG-4 (Part 2), Simple Profile (SP). The MPEG4 ASP standard enables a number of technical features designed to reduce the bandwidth slightly compared to MPEG4 SP. MPEG4 ASP support is not available in XPCO 2.0a but will be included in a coming service release.

XProtect Smart Client 3.6a

• Two-Way Audio¹⁾ – The Smart Client can play live audio from a camera’s microphone and playback recorded incoming audio, as well as export audio together with video in native database format as well as in AVI format. The operator has a “press to talk” option which will send the microphone input from the operator to one IP device-enabled speaker, or to all of them. Each camera view item will use the default assigned microphone and speaker. The operator can select other audio devices or even let the same speaker follow the operator when choosing other views. Playback and export of recorded outgoing audio is not available in XPCO 2.0a but will be included in a coming service release.

• Multicast Support – The Smart Client supports multicast streams if enabled, which will lower the network traffic when many clients are requesting the same live view camera. Otherwise clients will receive individual unicast streams. If the network becomes unreliable, the stream will automatically switch to unicast to ensure that the operator receives video.

• Controllable Carousel – In addition to the existing carousel functionality, the operator can select the default display time or enter a custom display time for each camera. From inside the camera view the operator has the option of manually switching to the next or previous camera in the carousel camera list, as well as pausing at the current camera. When switching from one camera to the next, the transition phase is now completely smooth without any delay.

• Dynamic actions – The operator is able to assign outputs, PTZ presets and views as actions to joystick buttons and as keyboard shortcuts. The actions are grouped to optimize overview.

• Hide HTML page toolbar – In HTML page view items the toolbar can be hidden. The option is configurable on the Setup tab.

• AVI export with audio – The assigned audio source is automatically included in the AVI export from the Smart Client.

• Digital Zoom as default – The operator is able to use digital zoom where the zooming is performed in the image only. This has now become the default for fixed cameras.

• Camera mode information – The current camera state is displayed in the title bar of the live view item window. Compared to the previous version, these texts have been replaced with a green “Live”, a red “REC” for ongoing recording, and a yellow “Stopped”.

• Image quality limitation – When maximizing live view or playback video, it will switch to full quality unless “Keep when maximized” is enabled.

• Online Help – To get instant help regarding a topic, the Smart Client has been equipped with a context-sensitive help system that covers the full Smart Client functionality.

• Localization¹⁾ – The Smart Client is in XProtect Corporate version 2.0a delivered with English installation and help system, and an option to switch the graphical user interface (GUI) into Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. In a coming service release the Smart Client installation, graphical user interface and help system (in addition to English) be available as separate, fully localized applications in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Spanish.

XProtect Remote Client 3.5c included

• Live View and Playback – The Remote Client is now included in XProtect Corporate 2.0a. The web based Remote Client offers live view with up to 16 cameras including PTZ control with joystick and event and output activation. The Playback function gives the user concurrent playback of up to 9 recorded videos with date, alert sequence or time searching.

• View Support – The Remote Client window supports shared and private server-based views with a layout of up to 4x4. Any of these views can contain a combination of cameras, images and HTML page view items.

• Microsoft Active Directory Support – The Remote Client supports logon using the NTLM challenge handshake with Microsoft Domain Controllers and the local Windows user account database on the Management Server.

IMPORTANT NOTE

1) The following features are not included in version 2.0a but will be available in service releases as soon as possible in the second half of 2008:

• IPV6 support for Management Server, Management Client, Recording Server, Failover Server and Smart Client

• H.264 Support

• MPEG4 ASP Support

• Full localization of Smart Client installation, GUI and Help in Arabic, Chinese (simplified), Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Spanish.

• Remote Client in German, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish and Japanese.

• Download Manager and new Management Server portal

• Playback and export of recorded outgoing audio

What’s not in the XProtect Corporate 2.0 compared to XProtect Enterprise 6.5?

• OPC Data Access Support

• PDA Client

• Timer Events

• SMS support (third party e-mail to SMS services can be used as an alternative)

• Client initiated start of recording

• Support for Wipe and Wash commands

• DVR Support

System Requirements

XProtect Corporate Management Server 2.0a

• CPU: Intel^® Xeon^®, 2.0 GHz or higher (Dual-Core recommended)

• RAM: Minimum 1 GB (2 GB or more recommended)

• Network: Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended)

• Graphics Card: Onboard GFX, AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768, 16 bit colors

• Hard disk type: E-IDE, PATA, SATA, SCSI, SAS (7200 RPM or faster)

• Hard disk space: Minimum 100 Gbyte free (depends on number of servers, cameras, rules and logging settings)

• OS: Microsoft^® Windows^® XP²⁾ Professional (32 bit), Windows Server 2003 (32 bit)

• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework and Internet Information Server (IIS) 5.1 or newer

XProtect Corporate Recording Server/Failover Server 2.0a

• CPU: Dual-Core Intel Xeon, 2.0 GHz or higher (Quad-Core recommended)

• RAM: Minimum 1 GB (2 GB or more recommended)

• Network: Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended)

• Graphics Card: Onboard GFX, AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768, 16 bit colors

• Hard disk type: E-IDE, PATA, SATA, SCSI, SAS (7200 RPM or faster)

• Hard disk space: Minimum 100 Gbyte free (depends on number of cameras and recording settings)

• OS: Windows XP²⁾ Professional (32 bit) or Windows Server 2003 (32 bit)

• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework or newer

XProtect Management Client 2.0a

• CPU: Intel Core2™ Duo, 2.0 GHz or higher

• RAM: Minimum 1 Gbyte

• Network: Ethernet (100 Mbit or higher recommended)

• Graphics Card: AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768 (1280 x 1024 recommended), 16 bit colors

• Hard disk space: Minimum 100 Mbyte free

• OS: Windows XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows Server 2003 (32 bit)

• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework and DirectX 9.0 or newer

XProtect Smart Client 3.6a

• CPU: Intel Core2 Duo, 2.0 GHz or higher (Quad-Core recommended for larger views),

• RAM: Minimum 512 Mbyte (1 GB recommended for larger views, 1 GB recommended on Microsoft Windows Vista)

• Network: Ethernet (100 Mbit or higher recommended)

• Graphics Card: AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768 (1280 x 1024 recommended), 16 bit colors

• Hard disk space: Minimum 100 Mbyte free

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾) and Windows Server 2003 (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾), Windows Vista^® Business (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾), Windows Vista Enterprise (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾) and Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾)

• Software: Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework and DirectX 9.0 or newer

XProtect Remote Client 3.5c

• CPU: Intel Pentium^® 4, 2.4 GHz or higher

• RAM: Minimum 256 Mbyte (512 MB recommended for larger views, 1 GB recommended on Microsoft Windows Vista)

• Network: Ethernet (100 Mbit or higher recommended)

• Graphics Card: AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768 (1280 x 1024 recommended), 16 bit colors

• Hard disk space: Minimum 10 Mbyte free

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾) and Windows Server 2003 (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾), Windows Vista Business (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾), Windows Vista Enterprise (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾) and Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾)

• Software: DirectX 9.0 or newer

XProtect Matrix Monitor 2.3a

• CPU: Intel Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz or higher

• RAM: Minimum 512 Mbyte (1 GB recommended on Microsoft Windows Vista)

• Network: Ethernet (100 Mbit or higher recommended)

• Graphics Card: AGP or PCI-Express, minimum 1024 x 768, 16 bit colors

• Hard disk space: Minimum 50 Mbyte free

• OS: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾) and Windows Server 2003 (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾), Windows Vista Business (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾), Windows Vista Enterprise (32 bit or 64 bit³⁾) and Windows Vista Ultimate (32 bit or 64 bit ⁾)

• Software: DirectX 9.0 or newer

²⁾ Limited by Windows Operating System to 10 concurrent network connections.

³⁾ Running as a 32 bit service/application.

Supported Languages

XProtect Corporate Management Server, Recording Server, Failover Server and Management Client 2.0

• English.

Smart Client 3.6a

• English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish and Japanese. In a later service release Arabic, Chinese (simplified) Dutch, Korean, Polish and Russian will also be available.

• Smart Client Help System and User’s Manual are in English only.

Remote Client 3.5c

• English. In a coming service release German, French, Spanish, Italian, Danish and Japanese will also be available.

• Remote Client User’s Manual is in English only.

Matrix Monitor 2.3a

• English.

Licensing

�� Base Server License

o An XProtect Corporate Base Server License is mandatory for installing the product.

o The Base Server License contains one (1) XProtect Corporate Management Server, unlimited XProtect Corporate Recording Server/Failover Server and four (4) Device Channel licenses. The XProtect Corporate Base Server License is identified by a unique Software License Code (SLC).

o The product may be installed on one (1) computer designated as Management Server per Software License Code.

�� Recording Server/Failover Server License

o The product may be installed on an unlimited number of computers designated as Recording Servers/Failover Servers per designated Management Server using the same Software License Code.

�� Device Channel License

o To connect to a device, a license per camera channel is required. In total, for all copies of the product installed under the XProtect Corporate Base Server license, the product may only be used with as many device channels as you have purchased device channel licenses for.

o A video encoder connected to multiple analog cameras requires a license per channel to operate. When applying a one-device channel license, only the first video channel will work, while the remaining channels will be non-operational and grayed out in the Manager module.

o Device channel Licenses can be purchased in any number. To extend the installation with additional Device Channel licenses, the SLC is required when ordering.

�� Client License

o The XProtect Smart Client, XProtect Remote Client, XProtect Matrix Monitor and the XProtect Corporate Management Client are not licensed and can be installed and used on any number of computers.

Supported Devices

The following IP video devices are supported by XProtect Corporate 2.0a:

�� ACTi ACD-2100, ACD-2200

�� ACTi ACM-1100 series, ACM-1230 series, ACM-1310 series, ACM-1430 series

�� ACTi ACM-3100 series

�� ACTi ACM-3210 series

�� ACTi ACM-3300 series

�� ACTi ACM-3400 series

�� ACTi ACM-4100 series

�� ACTi ACM-4200 series

�� ACTi ACM-5600 series

�� ACTi ACM-7400 series

�� ACTi ACM-8100 series

�� ACTi ACM-8200 series

�� ACTi CAM-5100H, CAM-5100M, CAM-5100S, CAM-5120, CAM-5130, CAM-5140, CAM-5150

�� ACTi CAM-5200 series

�� ACTi CAM-5220 series,

�� ACTi CAM-5300 series, CAM-5320 series

�� ACTi CAM-5500, CAM-5520

�� ACTi CAM-6100, CAM-6110, CAM-6120

�� ACTi CAM-6200, CAM-6210, CAM-6220, CAM-6230

�� ACTi CAM-6500, CAM-6510, CAM-6520

�� ACTi CAM-6600, CAM-6610, CAM-6620

�� ACTi CAM-7100-series

�� ACTi CAM-7200-series

�� ACTi CAM-7300-series

�� ACTi SED-2100R, SED-2100S, SED-2120 / 2120T, SED-2130, SED-2140

�� ACTi SED-2200

�� ACTi SED-2400, SED-2410, SED-2420

�� ACTi SED-2600, SED-2610

�� Arecont AV1300

�� Arecont AV2100

�� Arecont AV3100, AV3130

�� Arecont AV5100

�� Arecont AV8180

�� Arecont AV8360

�� AXIS 206, 206M, 206W,

�� AXIS 207, 207W, 207MW

�� Axis 209FD, 209MFD

�� AXIS 210, 210A, 211, 211A, 211M, 211W

�� AXIS 212 PTZ

�� AXIS 213 PTZ

�� AXIS 214 PTZ

�� AXIS 216FD, 216MFD

�� AXIS 221, 223M, 225FD

�� AXIS 231D, 213D+, 232D, 232D+, 233D

�� AXIS 240Q

�� AXIS 241Q, 241S, 241SA, 241IV, 243Q, 243SA, 247S

�� AXIS 2100, 2110, 2120

�� AXIS 2400 Linux, 2400+

�� Bosch Dinion NWC-0455- 10P, Dinion NWC-0495-10P

�� Bosch FlexiDome NWD-0455, FlexiDome NWD-0495

�� Bosch VIP X1, VIP X2

�� Bosch VIP X1600

�� Bosch VG4 Series

�� IQEye101

�� IQEye300 series

�� IQEye501

�� IQEye510

�� IQEye511

�� IQEye600 series

�� IQEye700 series

�� IQEye 800 Sentinel series

�� JVC VN-C20U, VN-C215

�� JVC VN-V25, VN-V26

�� JVC VN-V686

�� Mobotix D10, D12, D22M

�� Mobotix M1, M10, M12, M22M

�� Linudix LWS800, LWS820, LWS840

�� Panasonic BB-HCE481 series

�� Panasonic BB-HCM311 series, BB-HCM331 series, BB-HCM371A, BB-HCM381 series

�� Panasonic BB-HCM511, BB-HCM515, BB-HCM531, BB-HCM580, BB-HCM581

�� Panasonic BB-HCS301

�� Panasonic BL–C1 series

�� Panasonic BL-C10 series

�� Panasonic BL-C20 series

�� Panasonic BL-C30 series

�� Panasonic BL-C111, BL-C131

�� Panasonic WJ-NT304

�� Panasonic WV-NF284, WV-NF302

�� Panasonic WV-NP240 / WV-NP244

�� Panasonic WV-NP1000 / WV-NP1004

�� Panasonic WV-NS202

�� Panasonic WV-NS320 series

�� Panasonic WV-NS950, WV-NS954

�� Panasonic WV-NW484, WV-NW960, WV-NW964

�� Pelco NET300, NET350

�� Sony SNC-CS10, SNC-CS11, SNC-CS50

�� Sony SNC-DF40, SNC-DF50, SNC-DF70, SNC-DF80

�� Sony SNC-P1, SNC-P5

�� Sony SNC-RX530, SNC-RX550, SNC-RX570

�� Sony SNC-RZ25, SNC-RZ30, SNC-RZ30/2, SNC-RZ50

�� Sony SNC-Z20

�� Sony SNT-V704

�� Toshiba IK-WB15A, IK-WB21A

�� Vantage VIPC1100E, VIPC1311EP, VIPC1431EP

�� Vantage VIPC3100E, VIPC3211EP, VIPC3311EP

�� Vantage VIPC5300, VIPC5320

�� Vantage VIPC6510F, VIPC6610F

�� Vantage VIPC7100 series

�� Vantage VIPC7200 series

�� Vantage VIPC7300 series

�� Vantage VIPS2120

�� Vantage VIPS2310Q

�� Vantage VIPS2410

�� VCS VideoJet 10

�� VCS VIP 10

�� Verint Nextiva S1704e, Nextiva S1708e, Nextiva S1712e, Nextiva S1724e

�� Vivotek IP6124

New Device Packs will be released for XProtect Corporate 2.0 frequently to extend the number of supported devices.

Installation – New Installation

Start the installation program and proceed as guided by the installation wizard.

Installation – Upgrade

XProtect Enterprise 6.x systems

�� It is not possible to perform a migration of an XProtect Enterprise system to XProtect Corporate 2.0. The system settings must be entered manually in the XProtect Corporate Management Client. However the XProtect Enterprise servers can run as locally managed Recording Servers with Smart Client single sign-on during the transition phase.

XProtect Corporate 1.5 systems

�� Shut down all programs and uninstall the XProtect Corporate 1.5 components from the Control panel – Add/Remove programs.

IMPORTANT NOTE

Do not uninstall the Milestone XProtect Database Server if you plan to reuse the configuration.

�� Start the installation program and proceed as guided by the installation wizard.