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Install, configure, and operate Kalytera VMS, and get started with Site Designer, Device Manager, and DC-09 Studio.

Kalytera VMS

Getting started with Kalytera VMS

System requirements

Servers, database, network ports, browsers, and cameras for a Kalytera VMS installation.

Install Kalytera VMS

Run Setup on Windows Server, choose a machine profile and a database, open the ports operators need, and create the first administrator. Linux servers get a package with the same roles.

First steps

Sign in, find your way around Operate and Configure, and set up cameras, recording, rules, and users in a sensible order.

Add cameras

Find ONVIF cameras on the network or add them by address, connect through Axis, Hikvision, Dahua, or ONVIF, and choose the streams for live view and recording.

Using Kalytera VMS

Live view

Watch cameras in layouts of 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 cells or 1+5, save private or shared views, zoom, replay recent video, and control Axis PTZ cameras.

Recording and playback

Set when each camera records and for how long, find video on the timeline, play up to 8 cameras in sync, protect evidence, and export MP4 files with a SHA-256 manifest.

Rules and alarms

Build rules that react to camera, input, recording, and server events, raise alarms, send email and signed webhooks, switch outputs, and move Axis PTZ cameras.

Maps

Build floor-plan maps, place cameras and devices on them, link maps together, and follow live state and alarms from the map.

Administering Kalytera VMS

Users and permissions

Create local user accounts, build roles from allow and deny rules scoped to sites, areas, groups, or single cameras, and review who has access.

Site Designer

Kalytera Tools

Site Designer quick start

Install Site Designer, calibrate a floor plan, place cameras with DORI coverage, size storage and cabling, and export a proposal.

Device Manager

Kalytera Tools

Device Manager quick start

Install Device Manager, find ONVIF cameras on the local network, check streams and clocks, and change camera settings.

DC-09 Studio

Kalytera Tools

DC-09 Studio quick start

Install DC-09 Studio, decode SIA DC-09 frames, simulate a panel and a receiver, and run the seven receiver checks.