CCTV, 03
Place cameras on the plan and their views stop at the walls. A pixel-density map grades every spot for detect, observe, recognise and identify per EN 62676-4, and the recorder card sizes the NVR, the storage and the PoE budget for your retention.
what it answers, 04
Being in the field of view is not enough. The pixel-density map colours the floor by pixels per metre, and the lens calculator gives the focal length that reaches the detail you need at a distance.
Pixel-density map
Draw a coverage zone over the till, the door or the gate and set the grade it must meet. Any gap shows in red.
Coverage zones
Auto-place covers each area to the target grade with as few cameras as possible, at the entrances and corners. Then re-aim them to taste.
Auto-place
Set the retention in days, continuous or motion recording, the codec, the frame rate and how busy the scene is. The recorder card picks the NVR channels, sizes the storage and checks the PoE budget.
Recorder and storage
how it works, 05
The steps of the tool’s CCTV guide, and the CCTV part of lesson 04.
Open the camera library and check each model’s resolution, lens and field of view before you place it.
Click where it mounts and choose ceiling or wall; a wall camera snaps flush and faces into the room. Drag inside the cone to aim it.
Show the field of view with its DORI zones, then the pixel-density map. Look at the doors, the till and every spot a client will ask for evidence.
Set retention, recording mode, codec and frame rate. Check the channels against the cameras, the storage against the retention and the PoE against the load.
The 3D view stands every camera and its footprint in the room: the quickest way to check mounting heights and the blind spot under each camera.
recorder and storage
The recorder card sits in the Inspector beside the plan, so the storage follows every camera you add.
“A recorder with eight channels and a switch with four powered ports is a common mistake, and the tool will show it.”
the analysis
DORI is the one figure here graded per a named standard. Storage is an estimate; ports and PoE are counts.
what you hand over, 04
Its own branded PDF: the coverage plan with the pixel-density map, the camera schedule with model, mount, height, lens and the grade each reaches, the coverage zone check, and the NVR and storage sizing.
For: Client and installer
Cameras and the recorder the design needs are priced lines in the client proposal: the cameras under their area, the recorder in a CCTV group.
For: Client
Every camera is drawn wired to the network switch over PoE, each link with a cable ID in the connection schedule.
For: Installer
Cameras carry C1, C2 references in the report that match the location schedule.
For: Installer
in the catalogue
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29 named models and 5 generic ones.
12
8 named models and 4 generic ones.
Counts are the tool’s built-in catalogue in v2.0.0. Brand and product names in the catalogue belong to their owners. A product in the catalogue does not mean a partnership.
honest limits
DORI grades come from the camera’s resolution and lens at a distance. They tell you whether enough pixels land on a face; look at the real image at commissioning.
A spot inside the field of view can still lack the detail you need. Check the grade, or the pixel density, at the distance that matters.
The recorder card sizes the storage from the settings you choose. Verify it against the bitrate on site before you order the disks.
faq
Detect, observe, recognise and identify: four levels of detail, graded per EN 62676-4 from the pixels per metre a camera puts on a target at a distance. The tool shows the share of each area where each grade is met.
From the retention in days, continuous or motion recording, the codec, the frame rate and how busy the scene is. The card recommends the NVR channels and a disk size. Treat it as an estimate and check the bitrate on site.
Paid accounts can add their own products, switched on per account on request. It is not part of the trial.
Type in the datasheet: resolution, sensor, lens or field of view, IR range and PoE draw. The camera then works like a built-in one, in the DORI maths, the schedules, the rack, the wiring and the reports.
Yes. The recorder card checks the cameras against the NVR’s PoE budget and the switch’s, and the port check warns when switch ports run short.
keep going
Cameras, grades and storage on the same plan as the rest of the system.
15-day trial for approved companies. No card, nothing to cancel.
