Intrusion Detection with the Admiral and Imperial NVRs

Intrusion Detection detects objects that move into an area and stay beyond a configured time. It will allow you to create a custom area in an image that will record or alert you when anything or anyone is an area where they are not wanted. You can specify up to 4 areas. Objects that stay motionless in the area beyond 80 seconds are defined as background, and will be detected if the object moves again. As with other detection settings, you can search through the daily events after they’ve happened.

Scenarios where you would use Intrusion Detection Video Analytics

Intrusion Detection is very useful for flagging people who spend time in areas of concern.

Intrusion Detection is often used to alert property owners of people spending time in areas they shouldn't. For example, anyone other than the homeowner or repairman spending extended time near an outdoor air conditioner or parked car is cause for an alert. They may be trying to disassemble the item and sell the parts.

Intrusion Detection is very useful for alerting the property owner if someone is in a restricted access area:

For homeowners, intrusion detection is often used with backyard cameras, for such things as watching a prized new barbecue, or alerting the homeowner to unwanted guests using a covered pool or hot tub in the middle of the night.

For businesses, Intrusion Detection is also frequently used to alert management if anyone enters a restricted area (such as a stock room, medical supply room, or sever room) at a time when the shouldn’t, by combining Intrusion Detection and Alert Scheduling. This feature is also used to monitor “No Parking” zones outside of a business. Some businesses have electrical boxes in general access areas that people shouldn’t be approaching regularly.

Best Practices when using Intrusion Detection Video Analytics

Intrusion detection requires an area that does not have objects in motion. As with our earlier example of the pool, if that pool were to be uncovered, reflections or ripples in the water could potentially set off the intrusion detection. In the same way, if you want to monitor an air conditioner, it is best to do so from more of a side angle than top view, as the top view may catch the motion of the fan spinning. You may also want to designate the entrance areas around your pool or air conditioner as the intrusion zone to reduce false positives. Accuracy is highly depending on installation environment and settings.

Limitations of Intrusion Detection Video Analytics

If you’re looking at an area that objects are constantly passing through but you’d like to know if an object has stopped somewhere it’s not supposed to, intrusion detection is not for you. This feature will be best utilized with an area that is expected to have little to no intrusions regularly.

How to Configure Intrusion Detection

Setup step 1: enable Intrusion Detection

Setup step 2: Define your zones

Choose how long a object or person can linger before you are alerted. If you are concerned with loitering, set this longer, if you are concerned with access, set it shorter. Set your sensitivity and percentage to match how large of an object / person matters and how sure the NVR needs to be before it alerts you. (If you defined multiple zones, each number/color corresponds to your zones).

You can configure Intrusion Detection to trigger PTZ preset locations, send signals to your alarm system (on models with alarm inputs/outputs), make the NVR beep, send email alerts, or trigger recording.

SCW Support is Here to Help

Video Content Analytics features are complex, in their infancy in terms of product development, and are sometimes difficult to set up. The Intrusion Detection feature, in particular, generates lots of false positives if set up in an area with lots of movement. If you want help setting up any of our Admiral NVR Video Analytics Features, you’ll find that the tech support team here at SCW is here to help. We can assist you with optimize any of our VCA features to work in the best way possible for your application.

Intrusion Detection is available on these NVRs when combined with SCW Admiral Line Cameras:

The Admiral 4 Channel 4K NVR - ADM4P4

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$349.00

Recording

4 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
4 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
4 4K cameras at 30 FPS

40 Mbps incoming bitrate; 10 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

VCA: Motion Detection, Line Crossing, Face Detection, Intrusion Detection, People Counting, Vandalism Detection
Video Content Analytics (VCA) Search
VCA Event based Email Alerts
Remote Footage Download
1 Click Firmware Update

Viewing

1 x 4K, 2 x 4MP, 4 x 1080p

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

1 hard drive bay
Rack Mount Tray Optional
Cat5e (RJ45) Ethernet to Network
Standard 3-Prong Wall Plug
4 SCWEasyConnect ports on back for Plug and play 2018 SCW camera auto-configuration
VGA Monitor Out
4K HDMI Out for TVs/Monitors
Footage Download via USB

The Admiral 8 Channel 4K NVR - ADM8P8

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$549.00

Recording

8 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
8 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
8 4K cameras at 30 FPS

80 Mbps incoming bitrate; 10 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Viewing

4 x 4K, 8 x 4MP, 8 x 1080P

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

2 hard drive bays
Rack Mount Ears Optional
Cat5e (RJ45) Ethernet to Network
Standard 3-Prong Wall Plug
8 SCWEasyConnect ports on back for Plug and play 2018 SCW camera auto-configuration
VGA Monitor Out
4K HDMI Out for TVs/Monitors
Footage Download via USB

The Admiral Pro 16 Channel NVR - ADMP16P16

The Admiral Pro 16 Channel 4K NVR - ADMP16P16

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$799.00

Recording

16 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
16 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
16 4K cameras at 30 FPS

160 Mbps incoming bitrate; 10 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Viewing

4 x 4K, 8 x 4MP, 16 x 1080p

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

4 hard drive bays
Rack Mount Ears Included
Cat5e (RJ45) Ethernet to Network
Standard 3-Prong Wall Plug
16 SCWEasyConnect ports on back for Plug and play 2018 SCW camera auto-configuration
VGA Monitor Out
4K HDMI Out for TVs/Monitors
Alarm Inputs and Outputs
Footage Download via USB

The Imperial 32 Channel 4K NVR - IMP32

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$2,299.00

Recording

32 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
32 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
32 4K cameras at 30 FPS

320 Mbps incoming bitrate; 10 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Viewing

4 x 4K, 8 x 4MP, 16 x 1080p, 32 x 960p

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

8 hard drive bays; supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Rack Mount Ears Included
2x Cat5e (RJ45) Ethernet to Network
Standard 3-Prong Wall Plug
VGA Monitor Out
4K HDMI Out for TVs/Monitors
Second 1080P HDMI Out
Alarm Inputs and Outputs
Footage Download via USB

The Imperial 64 Channel 4K NVR - IMP64

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$3,499.00

Recording

64 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
64 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
64 4K cameras at 30 FPS

320 Mbps incoming bitrate; 5 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Viewing

4 x 4K, 8 x 4MP, 16 x 1080p, 32 x 960p

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

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Hardware

The Imperial 128 Channel 4K NVR - IMP128

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$7,999.00

Recording

128 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
128 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
100 4K cameras at 20 FPS

512 Mbps incoming bitrate; 4 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Viewing

4 x 4K, 16 x 1080p, 36 x 720p, 64 x D1

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

16 hard drive bays; supports RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60
Rack Mount Ears Included
4 RJ-45 10M/100M/1000M adaptive Ethernet Interface
2 1000M SFP Ethernet Interface
Standard 3-Prong Wall Plug
VGA Monitor Out
4K HDMI Out for TVs/Monitors
Alarm Inputs and Outputs
Footage Download via USB
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The Admiral Pro 32 Channel NVR - ADMP32P16

The Admiral Pro 32 Channel 4K NVR - ADMP32P16

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$1,499.00

Recording

32 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
32 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
32 4K cameras at 30 FPS

320 Mbps incoming bitrate; 10 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Remote Viewing

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

The Admiral Standard 16 Channel 4K NVR - ADM16P16

In stock.
Usually ships the same business day if ordered before 2PM EST.

A hard drive is required to store video footage on a NVR or DVR. You can use our Hard Drive storage calculator to determine what size hard drive you need.

$649.00

Recording

16 1080P cameras at 30 FPS
16 4MP cameras at 25 FPS
16 4K cameras at 30 FPS

160 Mbps incoming bitrate; 10 Mbps per channel

H.265 encoding

Software

Viewing

4 x 4K, 8 x 4MP, 16 x 1080P

Smartphone Apps
Tablet Apps
Windows Apps
Mac Viewing Apps
Internet Explorer Viewing

Hardware

2 hard drive bays
Rack Mount Ears Optional
Cat5e (RJ45) Ethernet to Network
Standard 3-Prong Wall Plug
16 SCWEasyConnect ports on back for Plug and play 2018 SCW camera auto-configuration
VGA Monitor Out
4K HDMI Out for TVs/Monitors
Footage Download via USB