VAST

Security Station
A Quick-to-set-up A.I. Surveillance System

Product Description
VIVOTEK’s VAST Security Station (VSS) is an easy-to-use, all-around, AI-powered IP video surveillance
software designed to help you manage tens of thousands of cameras with ease and focus on only what matters
to you through VIVOTEK AI solutions. With two variants VSS Standard and VSS Professional, you can choose
what's best for your organization and scale up the whole system anytime.

Diverse Feature Support

Deep Search Alarm/ TCP message Data Magnet Digital Video Export
Notification Watermark Encryption

Video Recording GIS/GPS E-map Matrix CMS/Substation Dashboard

Encryption Failover
VSS Architecture Overview

Client
iViewer Client Matrix

CMS
CMS Failover

Substation
ND/NV-Series NVR VMS Failover NR-Series NVR

Camera

Specification

Product Edition

VSS Lite VSS Standard VSS Professional

Designed for mid-size to large-scale

Free entry-level VMS for basic Cost-effective solution for small and
Product Overview surveillance needs mid-size business
projects requiring central management
and 24/7 operations

Software Version 1.1

System

Deployment

Maximum Number of Cameras Per Server 1 32 128 320

Maximum Number of Clients Per Server 200 2

Maximum Number of Simultaneous Video

2,0483
Streaming Output Per Server
700
324
Maximum Number of Substations Per System 0
(ND/NV series NVR)
(ND/NV series NVR, VSS Pro NR
series NVR, VSS Professional Station)

Maximum Number of Cameras Per System 32 128 22,4005

Licensing
32
Complimentary Camera License (VIVOTEK cameras only)
8 0

Platform

Windows Windows 11, 10 (64-bit); Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (Server Core installation type is not supported)
Server ●
Virtual Machine - -
(VMware®, Microsoft® Hyper-V®)
Windows 11, 10 (64-bit); Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (Server Core installation type is not supported);
Client macOS 12, 13

Mobile APP iViewer (iOS/Android)

1. Please refer to the system requirements when designing your surveillance deployments.
2. The maximum number of clients per server is based on each client being able to connect to 1 live view of camera. However, this number may vary depending
on system workload and network bandwidth.
3. The number of video streaming outputs a server can handle at the same time depends on the system workload and network bandwidth.
4. The number of substations per system is limited by the maximum number of cameras per system.
5. The maximum number of cameras per system is obtained by 320 cameras per server X 70 substations per system or 32 cameras per server X 700 substations per system.
Specification
Language
Arabic, Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Persian, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Thai,
Language Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese

General

Video

Video Format MJPEG, MPEG4, H.264, H.265

Video Resolution Up to 12 Megapixels

Audio

Audio Format G.711, G.726, AMR, MPEG-2 AAC-LC

Audio Capability Two-way audio

Key Features

Live View
Maximum Number of Display Channels
64
Per Monitor 7
Multicasting of Live Streams from
●
Servers to Clients
Equal 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8

Display Layout Panorama 1P+6, 2P, 2P+3, 3P

Option Focus 1+12, 1+16, 1+3, 1+5, 1+7, 1+9, 2+8

Vertical 1V+6, 2V+2, 2V+3, 3V, 3V+4, 4V, 4V+4, 5V

Custom Layout ●

Camera Tour ●

View Cell Source Camera streaming, E-map, webpage

Fisheye Display Mode 1O, 1P, 1R, 1O3R, 4R, 2P, 4R Pro, 1O8R
rd
3 Party Fisheye Dewarping ●

Multi-Sensor Display Mode 1P, 1R, 1P2R, 1P3R

Display Watermark ●

Recording
Maximum Number of Recording
32 128 320
Channels Per Recording Group 6
Additional Recording Time for Event
Pre-event recording time: 3 ~ 15 (sec.); Post-event recording time: 10 ~ 60 (sec.)
Recording
Recording Stream Type Unicast

Recording Stream Single

Recording Mode Continuous, customized schedule, event

Activity Adaptive Streaming ●

Recycle Options By remaining storage space, by the set number of days

Recording File Format 3GP

Video Encryption

Digital Watermark ●

Exported Video Encryption ● (AES-256 CTR)

Recording Encryption - - ● (AES-256 CTR)

Playback
Maximum Number of Display Channels
64
Per Monitor9
Equal 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 7x7, 8x8

Display Layout Panorama 1P+6, 2P, 2P+3, 3P

Option Focus 1+12, 1+16, 1+3, 1+5, 1+7, 1+9, 2+8

Vertical 1V+6, 2V+2, 2V+3, 3V, 3V+4, 4V, 4V+4, 5V

6. The limitations of macOS client: (1) Only supports 3GP as exported video format 3GP; (2) AD login cannot be set up in macOS client; (3) Only supports the joystick AJ-001; (4) Only supports
one-way audio; (5) Does not support standalone player; (6) Does not support third-party fisheye dewarping.
7. The maximum number of monitors depends on the capability of your system.
8. Please refer to system requirements when designing your surveillance deployments.
9. The maximum number of monitors depends on the decoding capability of your system.
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Custom Layout ●

Playback Mode Asynchronous, synchronous

Playback Control 1/64X ~ 64X speed control, next/previous frame, pause, play, rewind, stop

Playback Timeline Event timeline interval display, scale adjustment

Display Watermark ●

Search

Bookmark Search ●

Calendar Search ●

Event Search ●

Thumbnail Search ●

Log Search ●

Data Magnet Search - ● ●

Alarm Search - ● ●

Smart Search - ● ●

● ●
Object Search -
(People, vehicle) (People, vehicle)
● ●
Attribute Search - (People: gender, age, clothing color, (People: gender, age, clothing color,
Deep Search10 accessories; Vehicle: type, color) accessories; Vehicle: type, color)
● ●
Scene Search -
(Line crossing, intrusion, loitering) (Line crossing, intrusion, loitering)
●
Re-Search11 - -
(Search by similar appearance)

Export

Exported Snapshot Format JPEG, PNG

Exported Video Format 3GP

Exported Video Mask - - ●

VIVOTEK Standalone Player

Layout Single, multiple

Custom Layout According to playback export layout configuration

Supported Video Format 3GP, MP4

Playlist Control Drag and drop, play and delete selected or all videos

Playback Mode Asynchronous, synchronous

Playback Control 1/64X ~ 64X speed control, next/previous frame, pause, play, rewind, stop

Playback Timeline Event timeline interval display, scale adjustment

Snapshot JPEG, PNG

Exported Video Format 3GP

10. Please note that (1) The number of cameras a server can search is limited by your system capability; (2) The supported Deep Search features may vary depending on the specifications of
camera models and ND/NV series NVRs. Please refer to https://www.vivotek.com/ai-driven/deep-search-system-requirement; (3) An object can generate approximately 0.25 MB of data. For
mid-to-high activity scenes, such as parking lots, with about 10 objects per minutes, the data capacity can take up approximately 150 MB of storage space per hour per camera.
11 Please note that (1) The CPU and disk performance will influence the search speed; (2) a broader search time frame and more selected cameras require a longer search time and may reach a
90-second timeout.
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Alarm Management

Maximum Alarm Period - 30 (sec.) 30 (sec.)

Schedule Type - Continuous, schedule Continuous, schedule

Audio detection, camera DI/DO, camera disconnected, IR (Infrared), motion

detection, PIR (Passive infrared), PPTZ (Panoramic PTZ), recording error,
General -
SD card life expectancy detection, shock detection, stop recording, tampering
detection, temperature, video loss (Video server only)

Camera Event
Intrusion detection, loitering detection, line crossing detection, unattended
Video Content object detection, missing object detection, face detection, crowd detection,
-
Analysis running detection, parking violation detection, restricted zone detection, smart
tracking, zone detection

Alarm Trigger Trend Micro IoT

Type - Brute force attack, cyberattack, quarantine
Security

Storage failure, storage full, network disconnected, fan status, brute force
ND series NVR -
attack, cyberattack, quarantine

Storage failure, storage full, network disconnected, abnormal g-sensor

NV series NVR -
motion, speeding, GPS disconnected

System Event NR series

NVR and VSS Storage failure, storage full, network
- -
Professional disconnected
Station

Counting Report - Number of remaining people12

External Device Event - Data Magnet, I/O box DI/DO, TCP message, virtual trigger

Add bookmark, go to camera presets, go to e-map, play audio file with

network audio device, set DO status, start to record video, send email with
Alarm Action -
snapshot 11, send HTTP requests (GET/POST method), send live streaming,
send mobile notification, sound the alarm

Alarm Result Display - By list, by thumbnail By list, by thumbnail

Time, trigger type, status, name, Time, trigger type, status, name,
Alarm Search Filter -
trigger source trigger source

Alarm Status - New, in progress, false alarm, close New, in progress, false alarm, close

Alarm Result Export - 3GP, CVS 3GP, CVS

Pre-triggered: 1 ~ 10 (min.); Pre-triggered: 1 ~ 10 (min.);

Additional Time for Exported Alarm Clip -
Post-triggered: 1~60 (min.) Post-triggered: 1~60 (min.)

PTZ

Mouse drag and move, click to Mouse drag and move, click to Mouse drag and move, click to
Pan and Tilt Control move move, joystick move, joystick
PTZ Control
Mode
Zoom Control Button, mouse wheels Button, mouse wheels, joystick Button, mouse wheels, joystick

PTZ Operation Home, preset, patrol, auto pan, auto focus, manual focus, focus speed, zoom speed, tracking

Tracking Mode Smart Tracking Advanced, auto tracking

E-map

12. This feature requires appropriate configuration on the counting camera and Counting Report.
Specification

Supported Image Format - BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, SVG BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, SVG

Camera, DI/DO (Camera, NVR), Camera, DI/DO (Camera, NVR),

Supported Items -
regional map regional map

Map Control - Tilt angle adjustment, zoom in/out Tilt angle adjustment, zoom in/out

Add and remove items (Camera, DI/ Add and remove items (Camera, DI/
DO, regional map), click icon for live DO, regional map), click icon for live
Map Elements Control - view/ playback/ PTZ control, FOV view/ playback/ PTZ control, FOV
direction adjustment, icon/ FOV direction adjustment, icon/ FOV
color, icon/ FOV type color, icon/ FOV type

Alarm Notification - Video prompt Video prompt

Video Content Analysis

Counting Report - ● ●

Backup

External Network Storage NAS (SMB/CIFS), iSCSI

Backup Settings Select cameras, schedule, upload limit

Video Wall

Matrix - - ●

User Management

Maximum Number of User Accounts Per Server 4,096

User Account Management Basic user account, Windows Active Directory user account

Administrator ●

User Role Customizable ●

User Pre-defined - - ●

User Permission Management Accessible devices, configuration, operation

Failover

CMS - - 1+1 redundancy

Server Type
Substation - - N x M redundancy

System Monitoring

System Server Status CPU, memory, network, storage

Monitoring
Dashboard System Error List ●

Diagnostic Service ●

Log Management ●
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Integration and Compatibility

3rd Party Integration

3rd party data source, access 3rd party data source, access
Data Source Type - control, POS, VIVOTEK License control, POS, VIVOTEK License
Plate Recognition Plate Recognition

Data Magnet Data Display on View Cell - ● ●

Search Result Display - By list, by chart By list, by chart

Search Result Exported File Format - CSV, PNG CSV, PNG

TCP Message - ● ●

Trigger recorded announcements; Trigger recorded announcements;

Network Audio Solution - Speak live directly; Broadcast (By Speak live directly; Broadcast (By
group, by schedule) group, by schedule)

GIS Maps (Google Map, Open

Street Map (OSM)); User-defined
Transportation Solution - -
maps; Vehicle GPS tracking; Tracks
playback

Device Compatibility

Camera 13 VIVOTEK 9000 series

VIVOTEK ND/NV 9000 series NVR,

Substation - VIVOTEK ND/NV 9000 series NVR VSS Pro NR series NVR, VSS
Professional Station

Joystick - VIVOTEK Joystick AJ001, AJ002 VIVOTEK Joystick AJ001, AJ002

VIVOTEK AU-001, AU-002, AU- VIVOTEK AU-001, AU-002, AU-

Network Audio Device -
003, AU-004 003, AU-004

Wiegand Converter - VIVOTEK AO-20W VIVOTEK AO-20W

Advantech ADAM-6000 series; Advantech ADAM-6000 series;

I/O Box - Chiyu CYT-133SC; MOXA ioLogik Chiyu CYT-133SC; MOXA ioLogik
E1210, E1211, E1212, E1214 E1210, E1211, E1212, E1214

Chiyu CSS-R11 (Expanded by Chiyu CSS-R11 (Expanded by

Access Control - CSS-A11); SOYAL AR-837 series; CSS-A11); SOYAL AR-837 series;
ZKTeco SpeedFace-V4L ZKTeco SpeedFace-V4L

POS - ARCH ARCH

Camera Integration

Video Source VIVOTEK VIVOTEK, ONVIF, RTSP VIVOTEK, ONVIF, RTSP

Basic Camera name, streaming protocol (TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS)

VIVOTEK Video codec, resolution, maximum frame rate, intra frame period, video quality, target bit rate, policy (Frame rate
Settings Video
Camera priority, image quality priority), Smart Stream

Image Color mode, mount type (Fisheye lens only), power line frequency, timestamp, video title, video orientation

Profile - Profile S Profile S

Video - H.265, H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG H.265, H.264, MPEG4, MJPEG

ONVIF Format - G.711, G.726, MPEG-2 AAC-LC G.711, G.726, MPEG-2 AAC-LC
Camera Audio
Capability - One-way audio One-way audio

PTZ control (Up, down, left, right, PTZ control (Up, down, left, right,
Control -
zoom in/out) zoom in/out)

13. For supported camera models, please refer to https://www.vivotek.com/device_pack#supported_models

Specification
Discovery - ● ●
ONVIF
Camera Motion, camera DI/DO, video lost Motion, camera DI/DO, video lost
Event -
(Video server only) (Video server only)

NVR Integration

Auto Scan - ● ●

Add NVR Manual - ● ●

From VIVOCloud - - ●

14
Camera Settings - ● ●

14. This feature is only compatible with ND 9000 Series NVRs with firmware version 4.3 or above.

License Overview
Single Server

System Architecture VSS Standard VSS Professional

≤ 8 CH Free-of-charge

Cameras under Single 9-128 CH VSS Std Camera License

VSS Pro Camera License
VSS Server
Not supported
> 128 CH
(Requires upgrading to Professional edition*)

Multi-Server

System Architecture VSS Standard VSS Professional

≤ 8 CH Free-of-charge

Cameras under CMS 9-128 CH VSS Std Camera License

VSS Pro Camera License
Server
Not supported
> 128 CH
(Requires upgrading to Professional edition*)

≤ 128 CH Free-of-charge
VSS Embedded NVR Camera License
Cameras under ND/NV
(Requires on CMS server)
Series Substations Not supported
> 128 CH
(Requires upgrading to Professional edition*)

VSS Pro Camera License

Cameras under VSS Not supported
≥ 1 CH (Requires on each substation)
Substations (Requires upgrading to Professional edition*)

*Please upgrade VSS Standard to VSS Professional by purchasing VSS Std-to-Pro upgrade licenses.

System Requirements
VSS VMS Server (Recording Only)

Windows 11, 10 (64-bit)

Operating System
Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (Server Core installation type is not supported)

Server Up to 64-CH Up to 128-CH Up to 256-CH Up to 320-CH

8th Generation 8th Generation

CPU
Intel® Core™ i3 Processors desktop version or above* Intel® Core™ i7 Processors desktop version or above*

RAM 8 GB or above 16 GB or above**

Total Storage Throughput*** 288 Mbps 576 Mbps 1152 Mbps 1440 Mbps***

Network Interface Ethernet, 1 Gbps or above** Ethernet, 2.5 Gbps or above**

 VSS CMS Server (Central Management Only)

Windows 11, 10 (64-bit)

Operating System
Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (Server Core installation type is not supported)

8th Generation
CPU
Intel® Core™ i7 Processors desktop version or above*

RAM 16 GB or above**

Network Interface Ethernet, 2.5 Gbps or above****

[Note] The camera settings in the above table are tested by H.264, 1080P, CBR, and 4 Mbps for each channel; the actual situation depends on the users’
system status.

* It is recommended to keep the CPU usage below 80% in normal operating conditions to prevent excessive system load and potential abnormalities in certain situations.
** Please use a dual-channel memory configuration.
*** The total storage throughput refers to 4KB random write throughput. The combined maximum bitrate of cameras cannot exceed the total storage throughput.
**** Please consider the throughput of viewing, recording, and server network bandwidth when designing your surveillance deployments.

VSS Client & Matrix (Display Only)

Windows 11, 10 (64-bit)

Operating System Windows Server 2022, 2019, 2016, 2012 (Server Core installation type is not supported)*
macOS 12, 13

H.264, 720P,
2Mbps for each 8-CH 16-CH 32-CH
channel**

H.264, 1080P,
Client Display Channels 4Mbps for each 6-CH 10-CH 18-CH
channel***

H.265, 1080P,
4Mbps for each 3-CH 5-CH 9-CH
channel

8th Generation 8th Generation 8th Generation

CPU Intel® Core™ i3 Processors Intel® Core™ i5 Processors Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
desktop version desktop version desktop version

RAM**** 8GB or above 8GB or above 16GB or above

Graphic Card***** Support Direct3D Acceleration with 1GB Video RAM

Network Interface Ethernet, 1Gbps or above

*Independent graphics card is necessary when using Windows Server OS.

** Display requirements of 3MP fisheye camera equal to 720P camera.
*** Display requirements of 5MP fisheye camera equal to 1080P camera.
**** Please use a dual-channel memory configuration.
***** Please update to the latest GPU driver.
If you plan to install both VSS Server & Client on the same PC, please consider the combined loading when evaluating system requirements.

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