MEGApix IVA+ Analytics - Licensing

MEGApix® IVA+™ Analytics - Licensing

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Affected Roles:  Administrator, Owner

Related Digital Watchdog VMS Apps:  DW Spectrum® IPVMS, myDW®

Complexity:  Low

Last Edit:  February 16, 2021

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IVA+™ Licensing

The MEGApix® IVA/IVA+™ camera line feature an intelligent analytic engine that allows users to:

• Detect and classify people and vehicles in real-time
• Automatically analyze video to detect and determine events
• Use zones and virtual tripwires with multiple trigger points allowing for a greater event detection level, while reducing unwanted false alarms and false-positives
• Use logical rules to allow multiple detection inputs to be linked together to provide deeper event filtering

While MEGApix® IVA™ cameras come preloaded with a base IVA™ license, users can acquire and apply an IVA+™ license to the camera to upgrade to advanced IVA+™ analytic capabilities.

This article will outline the difference between IVA™ and IVA+™, how to purchase an IVA+™ license, and where to apply the license to activate it on the camera.

**NOTE:  It is recommended that users have an active myDW account to purchase and manage IVA/IVA+™ licenses.

**NOTE:  You can delete an IVA+™ license from an IVA™ camera to use it on a different IVA™ camera, but cannot be used on two different IVA™ cameras simultaneously.  The IVA+™ license cannot be deleted if it is in use and must be deactivated before deletion.

Supported/Affected Devices:

• MEGApix® IVA/IVA+™ Camera Series

Analytic Options

The MEGApix® IVA™ and MEGApix® IVA+™ models feature analytic features that can be used to detect when people cross into a designated area, keep count of how many times a drawn line is crossed, and more.

It is worth knowing the difference between the IVA™ and IVA+™ options.  Cameras can be purchased pre-loaded with options of either IVA™ or IVA+™. 

The difference between the two options has to do with the types of analytic events that can be used.

See the table below for the difference between IVA™ and IVA+™.

Purchasing IVA+™ Licenses

To purchase an IVA+™ license:

1. Go to myDW.cloud and log in to your account.

2. Once logged in, select License from the Navigation, then select IVA.

3. Click the Buy License button in the top-right.

4. At the bottom of the license description, click the Purchase button.

The Purchase IVA+ License window will then display.  Enter the following:

• • Quantity – enter the number of IVA+™ licenses that you would like to purchase
  • Name – enter your name
  • Email – enter your contact email address
  • Telephone – enter your contact phone number
  • Credit or Debit Card – enter the payment method and information

5. After completing the purchase form, click the Place Order button.

If the order has been placed successfully, a confirmation message will display onscreen to summarize your purchase, and an email will be sent to your contact email. 

The license keys will display at the bottom of the License > IVA tab in your myDW account.

Applying IVA+™ License

After purchasing an IVA+™ license, there are two ways to apply and activate the license on a MEGApix® IVA™ camera.

• License Key – select this option if the camera is connected to the Internet (port forwarding may be required if a Firewall or SonicWall is present)
• Activation Code – select this option if the camera does not have an Internet connection

MEGApix IVA Training Video - Activating Analytic License from Digital Watchdog on Vimeo.

Activate the IVA+™ License With An Internet Connection

If you are choosing to activate the license for the camera using a license key:

1. To add and activate an IVA+™ license, log into the camera’s Web Client and click the Setup button.

2. Click on the IVA menu tab and select Enable.

Under General Setting, set the Enable setting to ON and click the Apply button to enable the IVA options.

3. Next, click on the Licenses tab, then select the License Key option.

4. Purchased license keys can be found in your myDW License List.

Copy the IVA+™ license from the myDW License List, then paste it in the License Key box.

5. Click the Activate button.  The license type will then display in the Activated License(s) box.  Select the activated license, then click the Assign button to enable the IVA+™ features.

Repeat this process for any additional IVA™ cameras that you will be upgrading to IVA+™.

Activate the IVA+™ License With An Activation Code (No Internet)

If the IVA™ camera does not have an Internet connection, you will need to activate the license key using an Activation Code:

1. To activate an IVA+™ license, you must first log into the camera’s Web Client and click the Setup button.

2. Click on the IVA menu tab and select Enable.

Under General Setting, set the Enable setting to ON and click the Apply button to enable the IVA options.

3. Next, click on the Licenses tab, then select the.

Select the Activation Code option.  An HW GUID will then be generated.

Click the Download button to the right of the HW GUID box and save the file to your computer.

4. Next, you must log into your myDW account.  Your purchased licenses will display in your myDW License List.

Click the Activate button under the Manage column of the list.

5. The Activate IVA License window will then display.  Click the Upload icon to the right of the HWCODE box and load the code that was downloaded from the IVA™ camera.

Click the Activate button.  The Activation Code box will then generate a code.  Either copy or download the generated Activation Code from myDW.

6. Go back to the camera’s Web Client and copy the Activation Code from myDW into the Activation Code box of the camera’s Web Client.

7. After copying the Activation Code to the camera, click the Activate button.  The IVA+™ license will then be added to the camera and will be listed in the Activated License(s) box.

Select the activated license, then click the Assign button to enable the IVA+™ features.

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