LILIN will showcase its new standalone solution for managing and recording IP cameras for the first time at Security 2012 Exhibition, to be held from 25-27 July at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

The NVR Touch is a standalone Network Video Recorder capable of displaying and recording up to 16 HD (1080P) IP video channels at 25 FPS simultaneously. It can be operated by a DVR-style front panel with familiar features such as jog-shuttle, an IR remote control, a PTZ keyboard, or a standard touch screen monitor. LILIN’s touch screen interface takes advantage of highly intuitive smartphone-style features like ‘pinch and zoom’, multi-touch and scrolling icon based menus deliberately avoiding traditional PC-style screens. The touch-screen increases operator speed and minimises the time taken to learn the system. Remote viewing from smartphones is fully enabled, with iPhone, iPad, Android, and Blackberry compatibility.

Unlike current NVRs, which are mostly PC-based, LILIN’s NRV Touch decodes real time HD streams without relying on a PC for processing.

LILIN group vice president Jason Hill explains, “LILIN’s NVR Touch is the first next generation NVR, designed from scratch for the larger, incumbent CCTV market. It has taken us four years to develop because of the difficulties associated with decoding real time HD streams without relying on a PC for processing. We wanted to do the difficult thing as we feel it is our responsibility to make our products straightforward for the installer to set up and ultimately the user to operate. We have put in considerable investment to yield the best results for the user.

“Traditionally, it has been easier to develop software NVRs that utilise the PC’s processor and hardware than to design and develop standalone systems capable of similar performance. We saw a similar development in DVRs ten years ago, when the earliest digital recorders were PC-based for manufacturer, not operator simplicity. However, second generation DVRs were standalone, specifically designed for security and surveillance applications and preferred by installers and end users alike. This is what we have mimicked with the NRV Touch. Having developed the hardware backbone for our NVR we plan to incorporate it into other HD IP systems for more specialised markets.”

The NVR Touch is capable of recording and displaying 16 real-time HD channels and supports eight internal hard drives. The NVR Touch also has an IP scan facility (WS Discovery) that locates all the cameras on the network and imports a preview picture of each channel to help with identification. In addition, the solution features an automated installation wizard that greatly speeds up commissioning. Users can easily export audio and video recordings to USB, the NVR’s integrated DVD or to a protected part of a hard drive using the drag and drop timeline.