Exacq Scenario Series – Audio and Email Notifications After Business Hours

The Scenario Series of videos addresses setup configurations for specific use cases. In this video our scenario is that of a car dealership that wants to play an audible alert to people on the property after hours, as well as send a notification to staff members. We walk through setting up AI Object Classification on… Continue reading Exacq Scenario Series – Audio and Email Notifications After Business Hours

Arecont Camera 12176DN on firmware 65216 is Causing the Video Stream to Timeout

Description  Arecont Camera 12176DN on fw 65200 is causing the video stream to time out and the stream is reconnecting. CGI access to the camera is fine. Product  Steps to Reproduce  Connect to the camera and let it record. The video stream is timing out and the stream is reconnecting. CGI access to the camera… Continue reading Arecont Camera 12176DN on firmware 65216 is Causing the Video Stream to Timeout

Windows Server 2022 Showing Only One Network Card

Description  Some Exacq NVRs built with Microsoft Windows Server 2022 only acknowledge one network interface, rather than two, when being configured out-of-box. <br> Product  Issue has been noted on BBE systems ASRock Industrial IMB-X1313 system boards, listed below. NOTE: Windows Server OS is an optional upgrade for many systems, so this will not apply to… Continue reading Windows Server 2022 Showing Only One Network Card

exacqVision License Recovery

Description An event, such as OS failure, requiring a reimage of your Exacq NVR may leave you with unlicensed exacqVision Server software. If you cannot locate a copy of the emailed license key from the time of purchase, or an exported copy of the .KEY file to use, what should you do? <br> Import from… Continue reading exacqVision License Recovery

De-elevation not working on Ubuntu 20.04 and higher

Product  exacqVision Server Steps to reproduce Use the following command per the hardening guide sudo dpkg-reconfigure –p low edvrserver Expected Results  De-elevating the exacqVision Server Actual Results  Getting the following error Solution The fix for this issue will be back patched to 24.03.X We strongly recommend checking our Exacq server release notes to be aware… Continue reading De-elevation not working on Ubuntu 20.04 and higher

Camera did not send valid quality for codec H264

Camera did not send valid quality for codec H264 Description exacqVision Client connection status for camera shows “unable to create video stream” status. Notes Often this is a firmware compatibility issue. There are some cases that this has been resolved by factory defaulting the camera and/or removing and recreating illustra3pi.xml file in server folder.

Deprecation of Legacy Installers – exacqVision 24.03 Update

As part of the exacqVision 24.03 software release, we are announcing the deprecation of specific installers that were previously part of the collection of software downloads available on the Exacq web site, https://exacq.com. What installers are being retired? On both Windows and Ubuntu – the 32-bit installers, also known as “x86” installers, of server, client,… Continue reading Deprecation of Legacy Installers – exacqVision 24.03 Update

Recording different resolution or frame rates on event

Description Some users may desire to record a different resolution or frame rate from a camera when an event such as motion or an analytic is triggered. Reasons for this vary by site, but often comes down to wishing to record a lower amount of data when very little is happening, but they require high… Continue reading Recording different resolution or frame rates on event

How to Determine the Age of a System Using a Serial Number

Exacq hardware serial numbers include both the year and the week number the system was built. See How to Find the Serial Number of an exacqVision System for help in finding your system’s serial number. There are a few different serial number prefixes depending on where the system was built. They are: After this, the… Continue reading How to Determine the Age of a System Using a Serial Number

How to Add IP Cameras – Quick Add

Learn how to use the new Quick Add feature, introduced in exacqVision Server/Client 24.03 to remove the multistage process of setting up and adding new cameras to your exacqVision system. Quick Add combined with the Illustra Registration License tool provide an easy to use experience when pairing Illustra cameras with Exacq. For a written article… Continue reading How to Add IP Cameras – Quick Add