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DW Spectrum IPVMS
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Features
  • Open architecture / cross-platform
  • Interface is dramatically easier to use.
  • Enterprise features are standard
  • Part of a complete end-to-end IP solution.
  • Lifetime upgrades included / no annual agreements
  • Scalable from one to thousands of devices.
  • NEW in v.4.2! Intel® quick sync video
  • C2P integration
  • Dual Stream RTSP/HTTP
  • Failover on storage failure
  • Layout-as-an-action
  • System update
  • Virtual camera (import offline video)
  • H.265 support to ONVIF cameras
  • Metadata SDK
  • Plugins
  • Webcam support
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Specifications

Video
Compatible Recorders Blackjack NVRs (DW-BJ)
Operating System Windows
Mac
Linux

Part Numbers

Model Number

Description

DW Spectrum® IPVMS Licenses
DW-SPECTRUMLSC001Single DW Spectrum® IPVMS Recording License
DW-SPECTRUMLSC004Four (4) DW Spectrum® IPVMS Recording Licenses
DW-SPECTRUMLSC010Ten (10) DW Spectrum® IPVMS Recording Licenses
DW-SPECTRUMLSC020Twenty (20) DW Spectrum® IPVMS Recording Licenses
DW-SPECTRUMLSC050Fifty (50) DW Spectrum® IPVMS Recording Licenses
DW-SPECTRUMLSC100One Hundred (100) DW Spectrum® IPVMS Recording Licenses
DW Spectrum® Analog Encoder IPVMS Licenses
DW-SPCP04LSC004 Four (4) DW Spectrum® Analog Encoder IPVMS Licenses
DW-SPCP16LSC016
 Sixteen (16) DW Spectrum® Analog Encoder IPVMS Licenses
DW Spectrum® I/O Module IPVMS Licenses
DW-SPIOLSC001 Single DW Spectrum® I/O Module IPVMS License
DW Spectrum® Video Wall IPVMS Licenses
DW-SPVWALL1X2 Single DW Spectrum® Video Wall IPVMS License
NOTE: Custom-ordered licenses are available by request.
NOTE: Lifetime upgrades are included with no annual renewal fees.

System Requirements

Details
OS Support

DW Spectrum® IPVMS is a cross-platform software and is supported on all major operating systems.  The advantage of cross-platform functionality is that computers that are using different operating systems can work with other computers that are using a different OS.  For example, a Windows instance of the DW Spectrum® Client software can work and communicate with an Ubuntu instance of the DW Spectrum® Server software. This article will list the supported operating systems and their estimated end-of-support (EoS) dates.

**NOTE: This article applies to DW Spectrum® IPVMS v4.2 and DW Spectrum® Mobile v20.4 and does not apply to prior versions of DW Spectrum® IPVMS as they are now outdated.

Supported Computer Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows OS

Microsoft Windows is supported by both DW Spectrum® Server and DW Spectrum® 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
  • Windows Server 2022 – Released:  August 2021 | EoS:  10/2031

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

Installing DW Spectrum (Windows)

Ubuntu (Debian-based Linux) OS

Ubuntu/Linux is supported by both DW Spectrum® Server and DW Spectrum® 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
  • Ubuntu 20.04 LTS “Focal Fossa” – Released:  April 2020 | EoS:  04/2030

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

Installing DW Spectrum (Ubuntu)

Macintosh OS

macOS is supported only by the DW Spectrum® Client.  DW Spectrum® Server is not available for macOS.
  • macOS 10.15 “Catalina” – Released:  October 2019
  • macOS 11.0, 11.1, 11.2 “Big Sur” – Released:  November 2020
  • macOS 12 “Monterey” – Released:  October 2021

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

Installing DW Spectrum (Macintosh)

Supported Mobile Operating Systems
Android Mobile

Android is supported only by the DW Spectrum® IPVMS Mobile application.
  • Android 5.0 “Lollipop” – Released:  November 2014
  • Android 6.0 “Marshmallow” – Released:  October 2015
  • Android 7.0, 7.1 “Nougat” – Released:  August 2016
  • Android 8.0, 8.1 “Oreo” – Released:  August 2017
  • Android 9.0 “Pie” – August 2018
  • Android 10.0 – August 2019
  • Android 11.0 – August 2020

Available on the Google Play Store

iOS Mobile

iOS is supported only by the DW Spectrum® IPVMS Mobile application.
  • iOS 11 – Released:  September 2017
  • iOS 12 – Released:  September 2018
  • iOS 13 – Released:  September 2019
  • iOS 14 – Released:  September 2020

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

Available on the App Store

Videos

DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Sync
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Video Export Sequence
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Video Export
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Web Pages
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Forensic Spyglass
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Minimum Grid Size
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Notification Panel
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Smart Motion Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Thumbnail Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Open and Close the UI
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Preview Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Storage Analytics
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Storage Backup
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Storage
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Screen Recording
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: User Interface Overview
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Virtual Cameras
May 5, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: VisionLabs
May 5, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Thermal Radar
May 8, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: C2P
May 12, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: CHeKT
May 15, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: PDK
May 19, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: HALO Smart Sensors
June 26, 2020 Customer Webinar Recording: Analog to IP Encoders and DW Spectrum® IPVMS
August 13, 2020 Customer Webinar Recording: New Features in DW Spectrum® IPVMS Version 4.1
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Adaptive Timeline
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Mapping
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Add Device Panel
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Admin Rules
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Backup and Restore
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Camera Discovery
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Event Log Reports
May 12, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: iRONYUN
May 19, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Ai-RGUS
May 26, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: BriefCam
May 26, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: DoorBird
June 2, 2020 New DW Spectrum® IPVMS Version 4.1 Sneak Peek Webinar Recording
June 2, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Cambium Networks
June 4, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Actuate AI
June 9, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Neural Labs
June 9, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Neural Labs
June 9, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Nirovision
June 25, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Senturian Solutions
July 2, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Linux
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Analytics
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Bitrate Throttling
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Archive Integity
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Camera Website Tab
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Camera Export
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Bookmark Export
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Layout-as-an-action
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Spectrum Layouts
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Calendar Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: How to Demo
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Video Wall License
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: DW Cloud
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: DW Cloud Add Users How To
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Partner - SecureSound
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Partner - DW Spectrum POS Integration
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Events and Actions
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Image Enhancement
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: audit trail
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Motion detection
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Partner - DW Spectrum Video Briefcam Analytics Sample
May 22, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: DW® Illuminators and Motion Detectors
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Logical ID
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Health Monitoring
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Server Merge
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Recording set up-v-2
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: DW Spectrum Promo Video
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Device list
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: LDAP
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: USERS

Videos

DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Sync
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Video Export Sequence
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Video Export
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Web Pages
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Forensic Spyglass
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Minimum Grid Size
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Notification Panel
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Smart Motion Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Thumbnail Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Open and Close the UI
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Preview Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Storage Analytics
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Storage Backup
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Storage
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Screen Recording
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: User Interface Overview
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Virtual Cameras
May 5, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: VisionLabs
May 5, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Thermal Radar
May 8, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: C2P
May 12, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: CHeKT
May 15, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: PDK
May 19, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: HALO Smart Sensors
June 26, 2020 Customer Webinar Recording: Analog to IP Encoders and DW Spectrum® IPVMS
August 13, 2020 Customer Webinar Recording: New Features in DW Spectrum® IPVMS Version 4.1
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Adaptive Timeline
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Mapping
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Add Device Panel
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Admin Rules
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Backup and Restore
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Camera Discovery
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Event Log Reports
May 12, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: iRONYUN
May 19, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Ai-RGUS
May 26, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: BriefCam
May 26, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: DoorBird
June 2, 2020 New DW Spectrum® IPVMS Version 4.1 Sneak Peek Webinar Recording
June 2, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Cambium Networks
June 4, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Actuate AI
June 9, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Neural Labs
June 9, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Neural Labs
June 9, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Nirovision
June 25, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Senturian Solutions
July 2, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: Linux
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Analytics
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Bitrate Throttling
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Archive Integity
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Camera Website Tab
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Camera Export
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Bookmark Export
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Layout-as-an-action
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Spectrum Layouts
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Calendar Search
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: How to Demo
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Video Wall License
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: DW Cloud
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: DW Cloud Add Users How To
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Partner - SecureSound
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Partner - DW Spectrum POS Integration
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Events and Actions
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Image Enhancement
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: audit trail
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Motion detection
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Partner - DW Spectrum Video Briefcam Analytics Sample
May 22, 2020 Works with DW Spectrum® IPVMS Webinar Recording: DW® Illuminators and Motion Detectors
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Logical ID
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Health Monitoring
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Server Merge
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Recording set up-v-2
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: DW Spectrum Promo Video
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: Device list
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: LDAP
DW Spectrum® IPVMS Feature Tutorials: USERS

Documents

Title Type
Blackjack C2P product brochure
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DW Spectrum IPVMS v4.2 Release Notes
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DW Spectrum license agreement
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS A&E Specifications
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS Brochure
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS Cloud™ Quick Start Guide
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS Cloud™ Quick Start Guide - Single Page
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS Datasheet
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS Manual
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS media server quick setup guide
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DW Spectrum® IPVMS quick user guide
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DW Spectrum® Video Wall Brochure
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Software

Gen 5

Linux OS
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v5.0.0.35271 Linux x64 Bit zip v5.0.0.35271 174.69 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Server v5.0.0.35271 Linux x64 Bit zip v5.0.0.35271 84.52 MB Download
DW Witness Plugin for Linux v5.0.0.35271 so v5.0.0.35271 0.21 MB Download
Windows OS
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v5.0.0.35271 Windows x64 Bit exe v5.0.0.35271 146.55 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Full Software v5.0.0.35271 Windows x64 Bit exe v5.0.0.35271 193.07 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Server v5.0.0.35271 Windows x64 Bit exe v5.0.0.35271 93.99 MB Download
DW Witness Plugin for Windows v5.0.0.35271 dll v5.0.0.35271 0.09 MB Download
MAC OS
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v5.0.0.35271 Mac ARM x64 Bit zip v5.0.0.35271 124.80 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v5.0.0.35271 Mac x64 Bit zip v5.0.0.35271 135.98 MB Download
Plug-in
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVSM Paxton Plug-in v5.0.0.35271-Net2v5 exe v5.0.0.35271 1.24 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVSM Paxton Plug-in v5.0.0.35271-Net2v6 exe v5.0.0.35271 1.28 MB Download
DW Witness Plugin for Linux v5.0.0.35271 so v5.0.0.35271 0.21 MB Download
DW Witness Plugin for Windows v5.0.0.35271 dll v5.0.0.35271 0.09 MB Download

Version 4.2

Linux OS
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum v4.2 Linux Plug-in for MEGApix IVA IP cameras v 2.0.13 so - V4.2 Linux OS 0.94 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v4.2.0.32842 Linux x64 Bit deb v4.2.0.32842 167.46 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Server v4.2.0.32842 Linux x64 Bit deb v4.2.0.32842 63.82 MB Download
Windows OS
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVMS Full Software v4.2.0.32842 Windows x64 Bit exe v4.2.0.32842 185.34 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Server v4.2.0.32842 Windows x64 Bit exe v4.2.0.32842 94.23 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v4.2.0.32842 Windows x64 Bit exe v4.2.0.32842 129.20 MB Download
MAC OS
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVMS Client v4.2.0.32842 Mac dmg v4.2.0.32842 121.98 MB Download
Installation File
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum IPVMS ARM v4.2.0.32842 for DW-BJMINI zip v4.2.0.32842 105.00 MB Download
Plug-in
Title Type Release Notes Version Compatibility Size
DW Spectrum v4.2 Linux Plug-in for MEGApix IVA IP cameras v 2.0.13 so - V4.2 Linux OS 0.94 MB Download
DW Spectrum v4.2 plug-in for MEGApix IVA IP cameras dll - V4.2 Windows OS 1.36 MB Download
DW Viewer plug-in for DW Spectrum Keyscan Aurora integration zip - v4.2 26.23 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVSM Paxton Plug-in v4.2.0.32842-Net2v5 exe v4.2.0.32842 1.24 MB Download
DW Spectrum IPVSM Paxton Plug-in v4.2.0.32842-Net2v6 exe v4.2.0.32842 1.27 MB Download

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