PLANET CVPP Series - Manual (Page 2)

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Chapter1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing the IP surveillance application program. The Cam Viewer Plus Pro is a
multi-camera video surveillance application that enables you to set up a comprehensive and
effective surveillance system quickly and easily. It works with PLANET network cameras and
video servers to provide video monitoring, recording and event management functions.
1.1 Before Installation
Before installation, please be sure to read this quick installation guide and user’s manual (CD)
carefully to complete machine installation.
This QIG includes the following chapter:
• Chapter2. Cam Viewer Plus Pro Installation
• Chapter3. Import Surveillance Product
1.2 System Requirements
The system consumes huge of computation power to decode and record multiple video streams
from IP cameras. Therefore, bear in mind that much faster CPU speed and higher system
memory will be very useful to handle and process multi-channel video streams. Here is a
minimum recommendation of system requirement as below:
The Minimum system requirement
CPU Intel® Pentium 4 3.0GHz with Hyper-threading
RAM 1 GB
Video RAM 128MB
Display Chip
nVIDIA GeForce 8500GT
ATI Radeon HD 4350
Display Resolution 1024X768 24bits
Operating System Windows2000 SP4 / Windows XP Pro SP2 /Windows 2003 /Vista
DirectX 9.0c
Required space for installation 100MB
Recommended HD free space 160 GB
Network Ethernet 100Base-TX