Network*

IP Protocols

Static, DHCP, wireless

Mobile applications

Apple^® iOS devices: iPad, iPad mini, iPhone, iPod Touch Android^® devices: all smartphones and tablets

ONVIF conformant

Network connection

1000 Mbps

Performance*

Camera image control

Brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, 3D-DNR, WDR, camera firmware upgrade and reboot

Firmware upgrade

USB drive, network upgrade, FTP remote upgrade

Recording mode

Continuous, motion, motion + low resolution always

Search modes

Instant motion-based smart search, advanced thumbnail search, calendar search, preview search, bookmarks, frame-by-frame search

Special features

Fully customizable layouts, easy drag-n-drop camera management and recording

Compression type

H.265, H.264, MJPEG, MPEG4

Pre-alarm recording

Yes

External export devices

Micro SD card, USB flash drive, USB HDD

Video*

Dual-stream recording

Operating system

Linux^®, Windows^®, Mac^® (client only)

Maximum recommended elements in a single system

Maximum recommended servers in a system: 100.
Maximum recommended resources in a system: 10,000.
Maximum recommended users in a system: 1000.
The maximum number of MEGApix^® CaaS™ all-in-one edge cameras in a single system is 30 cameras (all in the same local network, using MEGApix CaaS cameras only).
Maximum Blackjack^® DW-BJMINI in a system: 5 (all in same local network).
* The maximums above are based on lab testing results and could vary significantly based on a project’s real-world environment.

System requirements*

Operating system

Microsoft Windows OS

Microsoft Windows is supported by both DW Spectrum^® Server and Client.

• Windows 8 – Released: October 2012 | EoS: 01/2023
• Windows 8.1 – Released: October 2013 | EoS: 01/2023
• Windows 10 – Released: July 2015
• Windows Server 2012 – Released: August 2012 | EoS: 10/2023
• Windows Server 2012 R2 – Released: October 2013 | EoS: 10/2023
• Windows Server 2016 – Released: October 2016 | EoS: 01/2027
• Windows Server 2019 – Released: October 2018 | EoS: 01/2029

**NOTE: DW Spectrum IPVMS for Windows can be installed as a software bundle or the Server and Client software can be installed separately.

Ubuntu (Debian-based Linux) OS
Ubuntu/Linux is supported by both DW Spectrum Server and Client.
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS “Xenial Xerus” – Released: April 2016 | EoS: 04/2024
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS “Bionic Beaver” – Released: April 2018 | EoS: 04/2028

**NOTE: DW Spectrum IPVMS for Ubuntu is only available for separate installations (not bundled).

Macintosh OS
macOS is supported only by the DW Spectrum Client. DW Spectrum Server is not available for macOS.
• macOS 10.14 “Mojave” – Released: September 2018
• macOS 10.15 “Catalina” – Released: October 2019
• macOS 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 “Big Sur” – Released: November 2020

**NOTE: DW Spectrum IPVMS for macOS is only supported by the DW Spectrum Client.

Minimum

Recommended

Processor

Intel^® Core i3^® 4th gen processor
(or higher)

Intel^® Core i5^® 4th gen processor
(or higher)

System RAM

4GB RAM

8GB RAM

Video card

Integrated Intel^® graphics

GeForce^® GTX 480 video card

Network interface

1 Gbps

1 Gbps

Hard disk space

500GB HDD

256GB SSD