Nuuo Crystal v2.1.0 Specsheet

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NUUO Crystal™

System Diagram

Product Overview

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NUUO Crystal™ is the product that represents the next stage in VMS evolution. Rock solid, easily manageable, with

powerful recording and viewing options available. Featuring revolutionary modular system structure that is made to

handle large project size, NUUO Crystal™ is the ideal choice for your enterprise. Featuring technology that focuses on

delivering stable video recording performance, recording failover, and 3rd party integration choice, you will be
impressed with the stability and flexible options with NUUO Crystal™.

Main Features

Server Highlight

 Centralized management to manage unlimited devices and events on unified NuClient.
 Linux based system
 Records up to 64 megapixel cameras per Recording Server
 High throughput: supporting up to 64 channels of 5-Megapixel cameras, 250~550Mbps(CT-8000R/CT-8000RP).
 Recording failover (available in Ultimate)
 Metadata Server for 3rd party integration – POS and Access Control
 Supports over 2000 camera models from more than 80 brands, and RTSP video stream

Support list: http://www.nuuo.com/SupportCamera.php?node_id=4

 Enterprise Management

 Built-in Management Server, Recording Server, Recording Failover Server and Metadata Server in one Crystal
 Centralized I/O and event respond systems
 Support NTP; Management Server can be a time server to make all system time consistent
 Volume group to distribute cameras to assigned volumes
 Individual Retention Condition (IRC) per device
 PTZ control priority
 Powerful authorization for device permission and function privilege

 Stability

 Support RAID 0,1, 5, and 10
 Support redundant power (CT-8000RP)
 Support hardware watchdog (CT-8000R and CT-8000RP) and software watchdog

 Open Platform

 Onvif Profile compatible
 Camera multiple stream support
 Multiple codec support : H.264, MJPEG, MPEG4 and MxPEG

 Value-added Benefits

 Stream up to 256ch live viewing connections per server to multiple clients simultaneously
 Camera edge motion detection
 Support continuous, scheduled, event based and I/O based recording
 Schedule-based and input-triggered boosting record
 Schedule-based user management
 Scheduled Backup video to FTP location

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 Watermark for video verification
 Dual gigabit Ethernet ports

Client Highlight

 Cross platform for Windows and Mac
 All in one NuClient for remote configuring and viewing
 Unlimited channels of live view and playback
 Unlimited channels of NuMatrix Video Wall (available in Ultimate)

 Enterprise Management

 Centralized E-map
 Centralized I/O Panel and Event Panel
 Public and Private View/View profile for each user
 View Tour to loop through selected Views

 Open Platform

 Export video with 3rd party data overlay
 Generic Fisheye Dewarp technology for all fisheye cameras
 Panorama 360° PTZ ─ Immervision and fisheye camera
 Support multiple stream profile
 Auto-switch stream profile

 Value-added Benefits

 Support mobile client for iPhone / iPad / Android
 NUUO Image Fusion Technology ─ stitch up to 10 cameras together

 Layout Wizard - customized layout for viewing
 Instant Playback on live view, e-map and event list
 Twin Clients to support identical, full featured software client and web client
 Support digital and optical PTZ
 Support preset and patrol
 Save video clips into AVI, ASF and MOV
 Intelligent Search in playback

External Support

 External storage through 3rd party DAS, iSCSi

* Support list http://www.nuuo.com/SupportCamera.php?node_id=7#

 Support third party POS and Access control
 Support up to 256 NUUO I/O boxes per server (SCB-C24/C26/C28)
 Support APC Uninterrupted Power Supply (Smart-UPS 750 VA / APC Back-UPS 500 ES / APC Smart UPS 1500

/ APC Smart UPS 3000

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Hardware Specifications

Model

CT-4000

CT-4000R

CT-8000R

CT-8000RP

Product Image

Type

Tower

Rack-mount 1U

Rack-mount 2U

Rack-mount 2U

CPU

Intel Atom

Intel Atom

Intel Core i5

Intel Core i5

Number of Drives

4xSATA II

4xSATA II

8xSATA II

8xSATA II

Max Storage Per
Drive

4TB

4TB

4TB

4TB

Max internal
storage

16TB

16TB

32TB

32TB

RAID Level

RAID 0,1, 5, 10

I/O Interface

6xUSB 2.0 (for

mouse, UPS);

1xeSATA (for DAS)

4 x USB 2.0 (for

mouse,UPS);

1x eSATA (for DAS)

2xUSB3.0;
2xUSB2.0;

1xeSATA (for DAS)

2xUSB3.0;
2xUSB2.0;

1xeSATA (for DAS)

LAN

2 x Gigabit Port, RJ45

LAN
Transmission
Speed

10/100/1000 Mbps

Voltage

100-240V

100-240V

100-240V

100-240V

Power
Consumption

Full loading:50W

Max: 250W

Full loading:50W

Max: 250W

Full loading: 150W

Max: 500W

Full loading: 160W

Max: 500W

(Redundant Power)

Device
Dimension
(HxWxD)

212 x 200 x 318 mm

45 x 447 x 429 mm

88 x 447 x 583 mm

88 x 447 x 583 mm

Device Weight
(Without Drive)

5.3 kg (11.7 lbs)

6.0 kg (13.2lbs)

11.4 kg (25.1lbs)

13.2 kg (29.1lbs)

Temperature

Operating: 0°C-40°C

Humidity

Operating: 5%-95%

Software Specification

Server Operating
System

Linux

Linux

Linux

Linux

Client Operating
System

Windows XP (32-bit) / Win7 (32 and 64-bit)/ Win8 (32 and 64-bit)/ Win8.1 (32 and 64-bit)

Mac OS X v10.6, 10.7, v10.8

License Type

Enterprise /Ultimate/Metadata channel license

Number of
Cameras per
Recording Server

64

64

64

64

Number of
Stream Out per
Recording Server

256

256

256

256

Number of
Camera per
NuClient

400

400

400

400

ONVIF Device
Support

V V V

V

Video
Compression

H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG, MxPEG

Multiple Stream
Profile

V V V

V

Recording
throughput

250 Mbps (MAX), 150 Mbps (OPTIMAL)

250 Mbps(1 Volume Group)
400 Mbps (2 Volume Group)
550 Mbps (3 Volume Group)

3rd Party Support

POS, Access Control

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Metadata
Function

Live view and playback line by line with video

Metadata Search

Export

AVI, ASF, MOV

Number of Live
View
Spot-out(Local
display)

4CH per View

Support View tour to

64CH

4CH per View

Support View tour to

64CH

16CH per View

Support View tour to

64CH

16CH per View

Support View tour to

64CH

Recording Type

Continuous record, trigger record by digital input, motion-triggered record, event-triggered

record, boosting record, record by schedule, and manual trigger record on NuClient

Event Pre-record
and Post-Record

V V V

V

NTP

V V V

V

Joystick Support

V V V

V

Supported IP
Camera Brands

Supported

Languages (15

languages)

Czech, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese(Traditional), English, Finnish, French, Japanese, Korean,
Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish

Remote Client System Minimum Requirement

Model

CT-4000

CT-4000R

CT-8000R

CT-8000RP

CPU

Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.6GHz

Display Card

nVidia or ATI with 1GB memory (OpenGL 2.0 and later)

OS Supported

Windows XP 32 bit

Windows 7 32/64 bit

Windows 8(32/64-bit)

Windows 8.1(32/64-bit)

Mac OS X 10.6/10.7/10.8(64-bit)

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*It is suggested to use 64 bit system for best system performance.

RAM

1GB

2GB

LAN

Transmission

Speed

10/100/1000 Mbps (RJ45)

User Interface

1. Application:

 NuClient
 NuMatrix(available in Ultimate)

2. Web browser

 Internet Explorer 8, 9, 10, 11
 Firefox 23 and above (Windows version)

3. iViewer for NUUO iPhone, iPad, Android mobile live viewer

*It is suggested to use 64 bit system for best system performance.

Technical Details

‧ System, Setting, Management and Integration

 Centralized Management: Unlimited cameras, access control, POS and I/O devices for centrally configuring,

user authority management, integrated video and 3rd party monitoring, system status overview, event
handling, and cluster recording failover management.

 Linux Based: Stable, reliable and virus free.
 Camera Integration: Open platform support multiple camera brands, models and RTSP stream, UPnP search

and Onvif ProfileS. Centrally configure camera parameters including video format, resolution, frame rate, and
lens setting.

 Multiple and High Channel Streaming: Stream up to 256 connections per server to multiple clients

simultaneously for live view. Support multiple stream profile from cameras, displaying lower bit rate but still
record with good quality.

 All Service in One NUUO Crystal™: Built in Management Server, Recording Server, Recording Failover

Server, and Metadata Server in one NUUO Crystal™. Enable necessary services to meet different system scope
and demand.

 Authorization Management: Manage function privilege, device access permission and priority with unlimited

roles, users and user groups.

• Customized login period by users

• Privilege by function

• Access permission by device

• PTZ control priority

• Priority for Video Wall control

 Recording Failover Server Group (available in Ultimate): Flexible N+M server cluster structure to

maximize system reliability, uptime, and efficiency.

 Third Party Integration: Integrate third party data and video on unified management platform. The plugin

structure allows user extend the system by plugin installing.

 Schedule-Based Architecture: Unified Schedule Profile for event, users login duration, recording schedule,

recording parameter and 3rd party streaming for complicate environment and requirement.

 Multiple Video Codec Support: NUUO Crystal™ supports H.264, MJPEG, MPEG4 and MxPEG for best quality

and storage usage.

 Event/ Action Management: Centrally manages events from system, cameras, 3

rd

party metadata devices,
and I/O devices with instant alert responses. Event and boost record reduce storage usage but ensure important
period recording.

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 Event

• System event

 Server disconnect
 Fail to write to drive
 Volume operation error
 Volume Group no functional volume
 Recording Module error
 Power Failed (Redundant power)
 Auto Backup Failed
 No available Failover Server for disconnected Recording Server (available in Ultimate)

• Camera event

 Camera Motion Detection
 Connection lost
 No enough space for retention days

• Digital input event

 Input signal on

• 3rd party metadata event

 Transaction Start
 Transaction Stop
 Up to 10 user-definable events

 Action

• Video edge display on client

• NuClient play alert sound

• Send E-mail

• Camera go to preset point

• Trigger Digital Output

 Centralized System Status Overview: Real-time monitoring the status of all servers, cameras, IO devices,

and metadata channels.

 Automatic NUUO Crystal™ Search: Automatically search for all NUUO Crystal™ in the network.
 Automatic Camera Model Detection: Automatically search for IP cameras in the network (camera should

support UPnP protocol) or manually insert it. Auto detection help users to find the brand and model of the
camera after specifying its IP address.

 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Ports: NUUO Crystal™ is equipped with 2x gigabit ports. User can separate the

recording stream from viewing stream to ensure the cleanest recording pipeline.

 I/O Event Control: With the integration of camera I/O and NUUO I/O Box, system can start recording or

trigger instant alert when input triggered, or trigger output as an event happened.

 License Management: Extendable license activation for up to 64CH per Recording Server, and unlimited

channel per system. Supports online/ offline activation and transfer. It is scalable to upgrade system from
Enterprise to Ultimate by simply activate upgrade license.

 NTP Date/ Time Synchronization: The system can interface to Internet Time Server (NTP server) for time

and date synchronization at each location. Management Server can play the role as NTP server on LAN
environment.

 Watchdog: Support software watchdog and hardware watchdog (CT-8000R and CT-8000RP) to system

stability.

‧ Recording, Recycle and Storage:

 High Recording Throughput (250Mbps for Single Volume): Process large amount of data throughput

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boost Crystal’s recording performance to 250 Mbps for single volume, about 64CH 5-Megapixel cameras (H.264,
15 fps, moderate traffic). Volume group mechanism can further increase the throughput.

 Volume Group: Volume Group mechanism distributes camera throughput loading to multiple volume groups

so that further enlarges recording throughput. It can also maximize recording spec or have different levels of
data protection

*Throughput testing result:

 Total 250 Mbps for 1 Volume Group per CT-8000/CT-8000R
 Total 400 Mbps for 2 Volume Group per CT-8000/CT-8000R
 Total 550 Mbps for 3 Volume Group per CT-8000/CT-8000R

 Individual Recycle Condition (IRC) Per Device: NUUO Crystal™ supports individual recycle condition (IRC)

for each video or metadata device. Videos within specified retention time periods will be protected from
recycling deletion. Videos outside the retention time periods will be automatically deleted.
When system reaches storage capacity limit, even video data within IRC retention periods will still be deleted to
free up additional storage space for Recording. Users will be notified when this occurs.

 RAID: Support RAID 0,1,5 and 10 for maximum capacity or data protection at the HDD level.
 Multiple Recording Modes: NUUO Crystal™ supports multiple event-based and schedule-based recording

modes. It also supports pre-event and post-event record to make sure seamless protection.

*Supported recording mode:

 Continuous record
 Digital-Input-triggered record
 Motion-triggered record
 Event-triggered record
 Boosting record
 Record by schedule
 Manually triggering record on NuClient

 External Storage: Support SAN (iSCSi) and DAS (eSATA).
 Edge Motion: Support camera edge motion detection, reduce server loading and ensure stability. With

event-action management and recording mode in NUUO Crystal™, user can monitor system easily.

 Audio: Support camera audio and audio recording.
 Watermark: Protect original recording from alternation with our watermark verification tool.

‧ Remote Operation:

 Unified NuClient: Simply login Management Server on NuClient to configure, live view or query video from all

servers on the system. Support identical, full featured software client application and web client by browser.

 Cross Platform: NuClient and Video Wall support both Windows and Mac OS. The web client support both IE

browser and Windows Firefox.

 Video Wall (NuMatrix): Support unlimited number of Video Walls and video displays, with up to 100CH

display per monitor. Easily drag and drop view and cameras to Video Wall (available in Ultimate).

 Unlimited Channels monitoring: The system support unlimited client connection and unlimited live viewing/

playback display. It manages up to 400 channels live view and 100 channels playback simultaneously per view.

 NUUO Image Fusion Technology: Manipulating camera views by changing its viewing angle and image size,

making viewing easier in both live view and playback. Moreover, users can stitch multiple cameras together to
form a unified single view.

 Layout Wizard: Intuitive layout customization to meet needs for panorama cameras and camera corridor

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mode.

 Centralized I/O Management: Manage all I/O devices on one I/O panel. Control I/O for event detection,

instant action and digital output.

 Centralized Event Management: View and search all event on one event panel. Video will pop up by double

clicking the event.

 View Management: Including View group, View tour and Matrix profile, NUUO Crystal™ supports public view

for all users and private view for each user. It also supports View Tour to loop through different selected Views.

 PTZ Control:

• Support physical Pan/Tilt/Zoom, camera preset point and Patrol

• PTZ/Preset/Patrol control privilege and priority by device

• Support digital PTZ. Easily monitor one camera on multiple grid with different zone to enlarge the

usability of megapixel cameras

• Event trigger camera goes to specific preset point

• NUUO Generic Fisheye Dewarp for all fisheye camera integrated

• Support Immervision and fisheye cameras

 Instant Playback: User can view instantly play the last few minutes of video via double click event, E-Map

notification, or video tool bar. The intuitive GUI enable users easily export instant playback video or sync to
Playback.

 Multi-View: NUUO Crystal™ can duplicate the same live view video onto multiple channels and digitally zoom

in to see the details of different spots on cloned channels without losing the original live view video.

 NUUO Generic Fisheye Dewarp: Generic dewarp technology to process all type of fisheye-warp video. It

supports Original mode, PTZ mode, Quad mode and Perimeter mode.

 Joystick: Utilize joystick and keyboard to control cameras physical PTZ and software enabled digital PTZ

function.

 Snapshot: Easily take snapshot in BMP/JPEG during live viewing or playback. User can also take snapshot for

whole View.

 Centralized E-Map: Tree structured E-Map with unlimited map layers. Supports intuitive GUI indicators of

cameras, I/O devices, POS, Access Control and all server locations to have real-time system monitor. Supports
notification on indicator when event happened, double click popup live video and instant playback, drag and
drop cameras from map into live view, and one click exam device property.

 Auto-switch Stream Profile: Automatically switch stream profile base on the grid layout to fulfill both need of

best quality of viewing and the loading of client computer.

‧ Playback, Search, Export and Secure Data

 Intuitive Interface: Browse video with GUI timeline and intuitive interface of playback, reverse playback, skip

forward/backward, speed up/down, and play by speed shuttle.

 Intelligent Search: Intuitive post-event motion search for suspicious areas on video and post-event 3rd party

data keyword search then query related camera recording. The system can also search events and double
clicking query associated recording to quickly figure out flagged events.

 Evidence Export: Export video or third party device data in AVI Snapshot and print video image in BMP/ JPEG
 Backup: Support automatically backup videos to FTP and manually backup video from any recording servers.
 Post-Recording Processing: Support Intelligent search, Image fusion, digital PTZ, and Panorama 360˚ PTZ

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‧ External Device

 Remote I/O Modules: Analog devices that are connected to NUUO I/O Modules are converted to Ethernet

through a media converter which enables NUUO Crystal™ to starting recording when inputs are triggered, or
trigger outputs when an event occurred.

 Redundant Power Supply: CT-8000RP supports internal redundant power supplies. This ensures seamless

operation even when the primary power supply has failed. Failed power supplies can be replaced while system
is still operating.

 APC UPS: NUUO Crystal™ support external UPS (Uninterrupted Power Supply) power supplies which provide

clean uninterruptable power.