Hanwha Vision has released version 6.0 of its Wisenet WAVE video management system (VMS), designed to give security professionals greater control over their surveillance systems.

This update introduces more intuitive user management features, making it easier than ever to scale and customise surveillance resources to meet operational needs.

Feature highlights

Highlights of WAVE VMS 6.0 include:

• A redesigned user management interface
• Enhanced Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) integration
• Upgraded calendars
• Camera linking via hotspot/teleport
• The ability to add temporary users

Similar to previous WAVE VMS releases, all features are supported across the mobile, desktop and server versions of the platform, as well as with any operating system.

In addition, Hanwha Vision’s WAVE Sync allows users to remotely access, view, share and manage their WAVE VMS systems directly from a web browser.

“Greater flexibility”

John Lutz Boorman, Head of Product and Marketing, Hanwha Vision Europe commented: “Organisations need greater flexibility in how they configure and operate their surveillance system and that includes their choice of VMS.

“Whether they’re managing a handful of employees at one location or hundreds across multiple sites, they need to have centralised, 24/7 transparent visibility into every aspect of their system’s health and status, from any platform and WAVE VMS 6.0 fulfils that perfectly,” he concluded.

User management

The company notes that the new update will see an improved and redesigned user management system where administrators can assign permissions to individuals and groups through a streamlined user interface and assign members to multiple pre-set groups to decrease user setup time.

Organisations can also grant temporary access and permissions tailored to users’ varying needs.

Administrators have full control over the amount of time temporary users can spend on the system.

LDAP integration

Organisations using LDAP environments, which enable centralised monitoring and activity detection by tracking user logins, permissions and directory data, whilst also being able to map employee groups to user roles in their VMS for streamlined access management.

For organisations using LDAP environments, administrators can expect:

• Configuration of LDAP through the WAVE VMS Client
• Continuous synchronisation of active directory
• Supports mapping between LDAP groups and user roles

New features

• Camera linking hotspot/teleport, which can navigate large systems by connecting cameras
• Track persons or vehicles between cameras within the viewing pane
• Add multiple hotspots to easily move between cameras; hotspots provide further information on camera placement
• NVIDIA hardware decoding support to achieve smoother video playback and live monitoring
• Reduce central processing unit usage by up to 20-30%
• Emails via WAVE Sync instead of Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP), for a streamlined process.
• Sends API request to notifications service instead of using SMTP settings
• WAVE Sync users will now receive email notifications