Gen
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Analog
Capture
Hardware
Guide
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Hardware Overview
Salient Systems CompleteView is a Hybrid capable Video Management Platform, allowing for direct
connection of Analog cameras to the Network Video Recorder. CompleteView is licensed by the number of
cameras recording to the CompleteView server. When purchasing analog camera licenses, the licenses include
the Gen I or Gen II analog capture card hardware saving the cost of an encoder.
In addition, analog licenses can be converted to IP camera licenses saving any future VMS licensing cost when
migrating analog cameras to IP.
Prior to CompleteView v4.1 Salient provided the Gen I
capture board, also known as the Fusion 4 capture board.
The Gen I board came included with the purchase of a 4
channel analog license, and was available as either PCI or
PCIe. The Gen I capture board delivered raw video to
CompleteView which was compressed using the computers
CPU. As such, any type of compression supported by
CompleteView could be used to compress the analog video
feed however processing resources were tied up in the
compression of analog video. Additionally the card came in
4 camera increments so a free PCI or PCI slot was required
on the target computer for each 4 camera card.
Beginning with CompleteView v4.1 Salient provides the
Gen II capture board. The Gen II board provides up to 32
channels of analog camera support with matching audio
channels included. The Gen II board is connected via PCIe
and requires a single 1x full height slot. Gen II board are
able to compress video at the board level, free CPU
resources for other tasks, making Gen II equipped
CompleteView server inherently higher performance.
Gen II boards are available with support for 8, 16 or 32
cameras. The specific model of Gen II board provided with
purchased CompleteView licenses will be determined by
Salient based on the number of analog channels orders.
Analog camera channels will continue to be available in 4
camera increments (in most cases, please refer to
Pricing and Ordering
for details).
