Multiple ibaCapture Servers can be run in a network.

The core of a video recording system is the ibaCapture Server (computer). Either analog and/or IP cameras can be connected to ibaCapture Server.

For connecting analog cameras to ibaCapture Server, either a frame grabber board or an analog-to-IP converter is required.

Supported network-compatible cameras are connected to ibaCapture Server via standard Ethernet connections. The network infrastructure should be designed to handle continuous camera streams for the given number of cameras and display clients.

So-called GigE cameras must support the GigE Vision® standard. They allow high-speed capturing with frame rates of up to 300 fps. GigE cameras must be connected to ibaCapture Server via a special GigE frame grabber or network card (e. g. Type Matrox Solios GigE or Intel® Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4V2). The card allows connecting up to 4 GigE cameras. Only 1 card is supported per ibaCapture Server. If a GigE card is used, further system requirements apply.

For more information, see separate manual ibaCapture GigE.

Visual information of the HMI operator stations, including operating procedures, is recorded synchronously with process data from ibaPDA with the help of virtual cameras. This way, the relations between process control and measured data can easily be identified.

All computer monitors that work with a Windows operating system can be captured. An ibaCapture-ScreenCam program is installed on computers for this purpose and they must be connected to ibaCapture Server via TCP/IP.

It is furthermore recommended installing a dedicated network (blue LAN in the figure below) between ibaCapture Server(s), ibaPDA Server(s) and ibaPDA Client(s) with camera view and analysis computers. Multiple ibaPDA Clients with active camera view will draw multiple video streams over the network. If analysis computers additionally request video streams, the network load can increase significantly.

The total number of cameras is limited to 64 cameras per ibaCapture Server. The camera types analog and/or IP cameras (incl. GigE) can be combined as desired.

The maximum number of cameras which can be simultaneously operated depends on the ibaCapture Server license (see chapter License model) and on the performance of the hardware.