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™.
 

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Main Features
Management Server Unlimited Management Options under a single NuClient
NUUO Crystal™ Management Server maximizes management efficiency and transparency by allowing the configuring and viewing of an unlimited number of devices, users, and licenses under one unified interface: NuClient.
• Centralized device management
• Centralized user management
• Network Time Protocol (NTP) synchronization -- WAN and LAN
Recording Server Megapixel Recording Powerhouse -- File Ring and Volume Group
NUUO’s leading technology, File Ring boosts recording throughput up to 250 Mbps for a single volume. This is also the NUUO Volume Group mechanism for managing volume load balance, which can further boost throughput and increase disk service life.
• Recording load distribution- volume group
• Independent retention condition per device- IRC
• Boosting record -- event and schedule triggered
Metadata Server Plugin Modularized third party support
The Metadata Plugin Pack makes integration fast and flexible. Third party devices such as Access Control and Point of Sale (POS) can be enabled by simply upgrading the plugin. No more wait for server function upgrade.
• 3rd party plugin pack for modualized integration
• Metadata line by line playback
• Metadata customized event and search
NuClient and NuMatrix Unlimited Viewing Capability 
NuMatrix(Enterprise Level) - a function available at enterprise license level, is the perfect solution for viewing unlimited number of video displays. As simple as to use the NuClient, users can access viewing functions such as View, multiple stream profiles, PTZ, NUUO Crystal™ layout manager, and fisheye dewarp
•Cross platform for Mac and Windows
•Video Wall -- NuMatrix (Enterprise level)
•Generic Fisheye Dewarp
•Image Fusion -- video stitch for panorama view
•Customized layout wizard

Server Highlights

• System Navigator: centralized management for multi-sites; managing unlimited devices and events on unified NuClient
• Diagnostic Service: retrieving important logs from server and client for troubleshooting
• Linux based system
• Records up to 64 megapixel cameras per Recording Server
• High throughput: supporting up to 256 channels, 250~1024Mbps(CT-8000R/CT-8000RP/ R3-1600CT).
• Recording failover (available in Ultimate)
• Metadata Server for 3rd party integration – POS and Access Control
• Supports over 4000 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, 6, and 10
• Support redundant power (CT-8000RP/ R3-1600CT)
• Support hardware watchdog and software watchdog

Open Platform

• ONVIF Profile compatible
• Camera multiple stream support
• Multiple codec support : H.265, H.264, MJPEG, MPEG4 and MxPEG

Value-added Benefits

• Stream up to 960 ch 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
• Watermark for video verification
• Dual gigabit Ethernet ports

 

Client Highlights

• 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 Enterprise)

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
• Advanced Intelligent Video Surveillance with counting filter and 8 types suveillance suite

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 Supports

• External storage through 3rd party DAS, iSCSI
  Support list: http://www.nuuo.com/SupportCamera.php?node_id=12 
• Support third party Point of Sale(POS), Access Control and License Plate Recognition
• Support up to 256 NUUO I/O boxes per server (A08)
• Support APC Uninterrupted Power Supply (Smart-UPS 750 VA / APC Back-UPS 500 ES / APC
• Smart UPS 1500 / APC Smart UPS 3000


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.

System Navigator: Use one NuClient to login multiple management servers. Watch videos from different recording servers under different management servers. Configuration on different management servers can also be accomplished.

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 320 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 and device access permission 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.265, H.264, MJPEG, MPEG4 and MxPEG for best quality and storage usage.

Event/ Action Management: Centrally manages events from system, cameras, 3rd party metadata devices, and I/O devices with instant alert responses. Event and boost record reduce storage usage but ensure important period recording.

Centralized System Status Overview: Real-time monitoring the status of all servers, cameras, IO devices, and metadata channels.

Automatic NUUO Crystal™ Search: Automaticly search for all Titans 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: Control I/O for event detection, instant action and digital output.

License Management: Extend Recording Server to 64CH per server by license activation. Supports online/ offline activation and transfer. Scalably upgrade system from Enterprise to Ultimate by 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.

Diagnostic Service: A simple tool to retrieving important logs both from servers and clients for troubleshooting.

Advanced Intelligent Video Surveillance: NUUO support counting filters including people counting, vehicle counting, stabilizer and tamper detect and 8 types of surveillance suite including presence, enter and exit, appear, and disappear, dwell, tailgating, stopping, direction and tamper detect.
 

Recording, Recycle and Storage:

High Recording Throughput (250Mbps for Single Volume Group): Process large amount of data throughput boost NUUO Crystal™’s recording performance to 250 Mbps for single volume, about 256CH (R3-1600CT). 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.

*Throughput test 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 DeviceNUUO 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, 6 and 10 for maximum capacity or data protection at the HDD level.

Multiple Recording Mode: 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 Enterprise).

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.

Customized Layout: Intuitive layout customization to meet needs for panorama cameras and camera corridor 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 popup 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 Dewarp 2.0 -- Generic fisheye dewarp for all fisheye camera integrated
• Support Immervision and VIVOTEK Fisheye. 

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 Dewarp 2.0 Module
Generic dewarp technology to process all type of fisheye-warp video.
• Manual calibration for precise dewarp video 
• Client display supports 4 modes: Original mode, PTZ mode, Quad mode and Perimeter mode.
• GPU acceleration to increase dewarp performance
• Camera pre-calibration for dewarp accuracy

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

Thumbnail:  When users check on thumbnail, they can move to thumbnail time directly. And when users double check on it, they can move to time line and zoom in.


Event/Action Management:

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

5 automatic alert responses:
• Auto Video Popup to NuClient and NuMatrix when event happens
• Video edge display on client
• NuClient play alert sound
• Send E-mail
• Camera go to preset point
• Trigger Digital Output

IVS event
• People counting
• Tamper detection
• Camera calibration
• Object classification
• Camera shake elimination
• Presence (Tripwire)
• Enter and exit
• Appear and disappear
• Dwell
• Tailgating
• Stop
• Direction
• Abandoned / Removed object


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.

 
Model NUUO Crystal™  
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CPU Intel Celeron Intel i5 Intel i7
RAM 2GB X 2 (Dual Channel) 4GB X 2 (Dual Channel)4GB X 2 (Dual Channel)
Model Name TR-0400CT R1- 0400CT CT- 8000R CT- 8000RP CT-8000EX CT-8000EX-RP
Type Tower Rack-mount 1U Rack-mount 2U Rack-mount 2U with Redundant Power Supply Rack-mount 2U Rack-mount 2U with Redundant Power Supply
Max camera license 64 CH per server 128 CH per server
License Type Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate / Metadata channel**
Server O/S Linux based
Video Format H.265, H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG, MxPEG
Recording Performance 250 Mbps (MAX)
150 Mbps (OPTIMAL)*
250 Mbps(1 Volume Group)
400 Mbps (2 Volume Groups)
550 Mbps (3 Volume Groups)
Removable HDD Trays 4 X SATA III 8 X SATA II
HDD Support 16TB per drive (Max 4 drives)*** 16TB per drive (Max 8 drives)***
RAID Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 Support (Hardware RAID Card is for R3-1600CT)
External Storage DAS, iSCSI, NFS ( http://support.nuuo.com for details)
External Ports
2 X USB 2.0
(for mouse or UPS);
1 X USB 3.0;
1 X eSATA (for DAS);
1 X VGA;
1 XHDMI
2 X USB 2.0
(for mouse or UPS);
1 X USB 3.0;
1 X eSATA (for DAS)
1 X VGA
1 X HDMI
2 X USB3.0;
2 X USB2.0;
1 X eSATA (for DAS);
1 X VGA
Ethernet (NIC) 2 x Gigabit Port, RJ45
Voltage 100-240V
Power Consumption Full loading:50W
Max: 250W
Full loading: 150W
Max: 500W
Full loading: 160W
Max: 550W
Full loading: 150W
Max: 500W
Full loading: 160W
Max: 550W
Dimension (HxWxD) 212 x 200 x 318 mm 45 x 447 x 505 mm 88 x 447 x 583 mm
Weight (without HDD) 5.3 kg (11.7 lbs) 6.0 kg (13.2 lbs) 11.4 kg (25.1 lbs) 13.2 kg (29.1 lbs) 11.4 kg (25.1 lbs) 13.2 kg (29.1 lbs)
Temperature
0°C ~ 30°C
32°F ~ 86°F
0°C ~ 40°C
32°F ~ 104°F
Humidity 5% ~ 95%
Supported Language (17) Czech, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Finnish, French, Germany, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
*Max recording throughput (250 Mbps): Approx. 64ch 5-Megapixel H.264 cameras at 10 fps when server is streaming out 16 channels of live video without playback.
*Optimal recording throughput (150 Mbps): Approx. 64ch 2-Megapixel H.264 cameras at 15 fps when server is streaming out 128 channels of live video and 16 channel playback.
**Ultimate, Enterprise and Professional licenses are not compatible with each other. Only 1 type of license can be installed into a single management server.
***Refer NUUO web site for hard drive compatibility list (http://www.nuuo.com/SupportCamera.php?node_id=12)

 
Model NUUO Crystal™
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CPU Xeon E3
RAM 8GB X 2 (Dual Channel)
Model Name R3-1600CT-HR R4-2400CT-HR
Type Rack-mount 3U with Redundant Power Supply Rack-mount 4U with Redundant Power Supply
Max camera license 256 CH per server
License Type Professional / Enterprise / Ultimate / Metadata channel**
Server O/S Linux based
Video Format H.265, H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG, MxPEG
Recording Performance 1024 Mbps (RAID 6 X 2 Sets)
in 10 Gigabit Network Environment (optional)
Removable HDD Trays 16 X SATA III
2 X SATA Port (Backplane)
24 X SATA III
2 X SATA Port (Backplane)
HDD Support 16 TB per drive (Max 16 drives)***
RAID Software RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 Support Hardware RAID Card
External Storage iSCSI, NFS
( http://support.nuuo.com for details)
External Ports
8 X USB3.0
2 X USB2.0
1 X VGA
1 X DVI
1 X HDMI
1 X Display Port
Ethernet (NIC) 2 x Gigabit Port, RJ45 (10Gigabyte Network Card is optional)
Voltage 100-240V
Power Consumption Full loading: 200W
Max: 550W
Dimension (HxWxD) 435 x 132 x 620 mm 438 x 176 x 620 mm
Weight (without HDD) 19 kg (41.9 Ibs) 31 kg (68.3 lbs)
Temperature 0 ~ 35°C
32 ~ 95°F
Humidity 10% ~ 95%
Supported Language (17) Czech, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, Finnish, French, Germany, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish
*Max recording throughput (250 Mbps): Approx. 64ch 5-Megapixel H.264 cameras at 10 fps when server is streaming out 16 channels of live video without playback.
*Optimal recording throughput (150 Mbps): Approx. 64ch 2-Megapixel H.264 cameras at 15 fps when server is streaming out 128 channels of live video and 16 channel playback.
**Ultimate, Enterprise and Professional licenses are not compatible with each other. Only 1 type of license can be installed into a single management server.
***Refer NUUO web site for hard drive compatibility list (http://www.nuuo.com/SupportCamera.php?node_id=12)

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