Changelog

More accurate camera performance

Camera reach now reflects what the lens and mounting structure can actually deliver. The new correction is optional and can be enabled per project.

• Optics & mount correction — adjust camera reach for real lens contrast and mounting behaviour.
• Mount type on every camera — facade, ceiling, pole, mast or tower, automatically taken from the plan where possible.
• Real mast data — use top deflection, test wind speed and natural frequency directly from the tower datasheet.
• Project site wind — specify the wind speed used for the mast calculation. Without it, the mast contributes no assumed correction.
• Camera wind limit — see the highest site wind at which each camera still meets the recognition requirement, or why no valid limit can be established.
• Real aperture & shutter values — select the widest aperture and slowest shutter from the camera datasheet instead of relying on assumptions.
• Full calculation trace — the camera panel now shows how mast deflection becomes image smear and affects recognition, with every value marked as measured, derived or assumed.

Clearer reporting

• New Optics & Mount report page — shows whether the correction was applied, the site wind used and the resulting wind limit for each camera.
• Coverage stays standards-based — EN 62676-4 coverage zones remain unchanged. Additional physical corrections are reported alongside them rather than being mixed into the standard zones.
• More realistic POV preview — mast movement now smears the image along the direction of deflection while keeping the perpendicular axis sharp.
• Better mount validation — facade and ceiling mounts placed away from a building outline are flagged as warnings instead of blocking the project.

Faster site setup with KML/KMZ

Import a Google Earth KML or KMZ and turn its contents into real project objects.

• Import buildings, fences and cameras using their original coordinates.
• Assign a role to each folder and preview the result before importing.
• Use a GroundOverlay as the floor plan underlay, already positioned and scaled from the source file.
• Skip manual two-point calibration when the imported overlay already contains the required positioning data.

Manage your tower fleet

• Tower fleet registry — keep your physical towers, locations, status, service dates and photos in one place.
• CSV import & export — move an existing tower inventory from a spreadsheet in one step.
• Automatic stock tracking — placing a tower removes it from fleet stock; deleting it or its project returns it to stock.
• Plan-based fleet limits — 1 tower on Free and Installer, 2 on Standard, 10 on Premium, 40 on Pro and unlimited on Enterprise.
• Tower rental pricing — store the monthly rate on the tower and automatically calculate the full rental value in offers.
• Flexible tower specifications — include anything from a simple tower line item to a full generic specification in an offer.

Build sites faster

• 15 new construction-site obstacles — including cranes, excavators, bulldozers, mixers, vehicles, containers, pallets, scaffolding and more.
• Pinned placement tool — place multiple cameras or equipment without reopening the tool each time.
• Keyboard shortcuts — access the shortcut sheet directly from the app.
• Visible undo & redo — faster and safer editing.
• Object palette in the menu — reach all placement tools without hunting through the interface.

Better infrastructure data

• Store WAN address, APN and SIM number on cellular and radio backhaul devices.
• Custom Enterprise roles — create your own roles and choose their permissions from the full permission catalogue.
• Buy seats during invitation — when no editor seats remain, the invitation flow now shows the purchase option and price instead of simply failing.

Fixes & improvements

• Cameras mounted on facades now use the building's actual eave height.
• The planner no longer proposes two masts only a few metres apart.
• A mast-mounted camera no longer renders its own tower in the POV preview.
• The near-blind zone below a camera is now consistent between coverage and 3D views.
• Live PDF previews now render correctly in Chrome on Windows.
• Map tiles load correctly again on the tender map.

Added

• Surveillance tower: a one-click unit with mast, cameras and equipment
• Mast height 3-12 m, mirrored by the telescopic mast in the 3D view
• Tower panel: add, remove and evenly spread the camera ring
• Aimed tower placement: coverage ring at the cursor and collision warning
• Your logo and company name on the tower cabinet in the 3D view

Changed

• Tower cameras are fixed to the mast, the unit moves and deletes as one
• 14-day money-back guarantee on all plans

Added

• Interior mode: storeys, partition walls, rooms and openings
• Wall modes for an opened building in 3D: down, up, cutaway
• Doors and windows are real openings in 3D walls
• Wi-Fi coverage: predicted signal strength for access points, 2.4 and 5 GHz, through walls, fences and obstacles. Premium plans and up.
• Wi-Fi tab in Network architecture: clients per access point with predicted signal and stream load
• Cameras can connect over Wi-Fi instead of cable, with live predicted signal in the camera panel
• System Validator checks Wi-Fi signal strength, access points without uplink, and overloaded access points
• Wi-Fi coverage on the client PDF, opt-in, with a signal-strength legend
• Access point catalog: 14 verified models from 12 manufacturers, plus 3 generic presets
• Import walls, doors, windows and room names from the floor plan's DXF
• Door leaves and window glazing in 3D, with adjustable door base height
• Floor finish per storey (concrete, tiles, wood, carpet, epoxy) and partition colours
• Room names and areas on the plan, in 3D and in the DXF and PDF exports
• Floor plan underlay per storey and a separate PDF sheet for each storey
• Ceiling height per storey, applied to indoor coverage and the POV preview
• Basement storeys visible in 3D

Changed

• Indoor camera coverage now respects partition walls and their openings
• Wi-Fi coverage accounts for doors and windows in exterior walls

Added

• Frozen HD region in 3D: the basemap under the site is stitched from tiles into one sharp still, on by default.
• Detail sheets (one page per camera or per device group) attach to the branded PDF export with its cover, accent colour and client data.
• Notice when the basemap has no imagery for the current view, with a switch to a source that has it.

Improved

• Address search finds addresses written with 'ul.', 'os.' and the Czech 'ulice'.
• Tightened 3D export framing: the camera sits about 45% closer to the site.

Removed

• The 3-day free trial is withdrawn due to abuse. Paid plans are purchased directly; running trials complete unchanged.

Added

• Positions price themselves from the linked project: hardware, labour and margin.
• Live preview of the actual PDF beside the form.
• Client page with a QR on the plan: the client pans the plan, comments and signs.
• Quoted-area selector: pick the ground the offer covers, price and plan follow.
• CSV import of positions with a template, and a picker for what lands on the offer.
• Offer numbering N/YYYY, counter resets each January.

Improved

• Plan page drawn by the same map the client sees, on the basemap the project was designed on.
• Selectable text, A3, and the document in 24 languages.

Added

• Added a PDF style console in Settings: company logo, name on documents, accent colour and a per-page watermark. Premium plans and up.
• Added white-label export from the Pro plan up: documents and file metadata carry no CCTVplanner.io branding.

Changed

• A camera placed inside a building acts as an indoor camera: coverage ends at the walls.
• Cameras and obstacles move only after being selected.
• Reworked the CAD sheet: standard-series scale in the title block, a key plan with sector sheets for large sites, a document contents page.
• Coverage tier boundaries in CAD and DXF follow the optics: straight chords for rectilinear lenses, arcs for thermal and radial optics.

Improved

• Sped up panning and zooming in large projects: scene redraw during a gesture cut from 150 ms to 25 ms.
• Improved display stability while panning and zooming the map.
• Smoothed coverage fills; IR and turned-sensor badges scale with the zoom level.
• Improved PDF export tables: full model names, whole-degree values, a model summary table before the camera list.
• Improved plan legibility in exports: labels placed without overprinting, camera numbers always visible, multi-camera mounts share one label.
• Unified export file saving: every format downloads with a full name and extension.

Changed

• Migrated the application to a more powerful server due to the huge interest.

Improved

• Sped up coverage calculations with many trees, vehicles and obstacles: 5-8x.

Fixed

• Removed designer freezes and lag when zooming and dragging cameras in large projects.

Added

• Hedge tool: drawn point by point like a fence, with height and thickness.
• Shrub object type: 6 models, solid from the ground up.
• Tree model picker: 16 models grouped as broadleaf, conifer and palm.
• Hedge import from map data, with its own radius.
• Tree species read from OpenStreetMap genus, species and leaf_type tags.
• Import summary: how many trees carry dimensions from the map and how many are sized from their species.
• Lighting simulation: luminaires on their own pole, a camera pole, a facade, a canopy or the ground
• IES and EULUMDAT photometric files, checked against their own declared output before use
• Illuminance map with average, minimum and both uniformity ratios against EN 12464-2
• Night verdict per square metre: colour, monochrome, infrared or nothing
• Night preview driven by the lighting solve, with the day/night switch modelled as hysteresis and delay
• Illuminance drawn on the ground in the 3D scene and inside each camera preview
• Lighting page in the PDF: fixture schedule, calculated illuminance and the basis of calculation
• E-LITE DXF layers for luminaire positions, coverage outlines and calculation points
• Night illuminator and slowest shutter can be set per camera
• Verified low-light thresholds with measurement conditions for 97 camera models
• Tender Intelligence: paid add-on in beta, 30 EUR per month or 300 EUR per year, kept at that price for as long as the subscription runs, tracking public CCTV tenders across the EU
• Tender map with alert zones: drop a pin, drag the radius, get an e-mail when a new tender falls inside it
• Deadline calendar for tenders you have marked, with an .ics export
• Compliance checklist extracted from the tender's own requirements document, every item quoted verbatim from the source
• Camera catalogue checked against each tender's IP, IK and ONVIF requirements, with proven, disqualified and unknown kept as separate states
• Award history per buyer: a median reference value in its original currency, no conversion applied
• Pipeline status per tender: watching, analyzing, bidding, submitted, won or lost
• Offer package: cost sheet priced from your own price list, exported alongside the compliance checklist
• Coverage per country disclosed above the price, computed from the last 90 days rather than a fixed list
• Compliance checklist panel inside the designer, linked to the active tender

Changed

• Crown diameter and the height foliage starts at follow the tree species and scale with its height.
• Wall and fence import separated from hedge import.
• Hedge renders in 3D as a layered volume with foliage texture and a trimmed crown.
• Tree height set up to 50 m, crown set with a single diameter.
• Barrier import reads mapped height and width.
• Lighting is solved once and shared by the map, the 3D scene and the camera preview
• Spectral match applied where light meets a camera threshold; the illuminance map stays photometric

Improved

• Sun elevation included in the night calculation alongside the luminaires

Fixed

• Corrected tree scaling in the 3D view: drawn height matches the value in the panel.
• Dimensions tagged in feet or centimetres converted to metres on import.
• EULUMDAT files with C90-C270 symmetry are oriented correctly
• Luminaire aim is honoured at zero tilt
• Photometric files declaring a light output ratio are accepted

Added

• PDF export: one page per device group, framed to the group and showing only its devices
• Floor plan: a crop tool keeps only the outlined region of the sheet
• PDF and PNG exports embed official Google imagery when a Google map layer is selected

Changed

• Coverage zones (EN 62676-4) follow the selected camera model; resolution and sensor no longer need manual setup
• Floor pages frame your design; buildings far from it no longer stretch the view

Fixed

• Saving at the camera cap shows the upgrade prompt, and the camera count covers every floor

Added

• Object panel on the left: the whole project in one tree, including gates, notes, obstacles and measurements
• Object search in the panel and a Ctrl+K palette; both find a camera by its number as well
• Tree view by group, and moving objects to groups from the right-click menu, including creating a new group in one click
• Row menu in the tree: zoom to object, rename (also F2), duplicate, lock and delete
• Gate opening direction: hinge side and inward or outward, shown on the map and in PDF and DXF exports
• Doors and windows listed under their building, with a reed-contact count
• Building height can be typed in exactly next to the slider, e.g. 5.23 m

Changed

• The right panel is only the editor of the selected object; browsing and groups live in the left panel
• A click in the tree selects the object, a double-click travels the map; selecting on the map highlights and scrolls the tree to the object
• The left panel has adjustable width, and its layout (width, collapsed sections, view) is remembered
• The Floor Plan button in the toolbar has a text label

Fixed

• The Delete key removes exactly the object open in the edit panel, for every object type
• Cable type can be changed from the cable route panel
• Designer interface translations completed in all 24 languages (60+ strings, incl. cable schedule, BOM columns, 3D PDF export)

Added

• The designer offers to restore unsaved work from a previous session.
• The designer imports and exports camera lists as CSV: 400 cameras per project on Pro, unlimited on Enterprise.

Changed

• Autosave runs by default: every 60 seconds, and less often on very large projects.

Fixed

• Checkout opens in a separate tab and the plan stays open in the designer.

Added

• The 3D view has a Coverage switch: FOV cones, DORI bands and silhouettes go on and off together.
• The camera panel in the 3D view switches coverage zones on and off.
• The camera preview shows measured loading progress until the scene settles.

Changed

• Fences in the camera preview draw as chain-link mesh, matching the 3D scene.

Improved

• Frames in the 3D view run 2.5× faster on a 1,500-building import.
• Zoom in the 3D view stops 1.7 m above ground.
• Improved the precision of the coverage heat-map.

Added

• Camera tilt goes below level: down to -90° for fixed cameras, -15° for PTZ.
• A POV inset shows the view from the selected camera, built from the same scene as the 3D PDF export.
• A PTZ pad in the 3D view drives the head and the zoom.
• Multi-sensor cameras get a head selector.
• Racks draw 1:1 faceplates with their ports.
• PoE demand is calculated per camera.
• The camera schedule marks which figures came off a datasheet.
• The coverage projection animates in the 3D view, from the lens toward the ground.
• The camera panel shows how far the fetched elevation data reaches.

Changed

• Fences, gates and barriers get their own 3D geometry: chain-link mesh, 6 gate types, a boom with an arm.
• Coverage accounts for Earth curvature and optical refraction. At 10 km the bulge is 6.8 m.
• The catalogue holds 65,538 cameras from 110 manufacturers, including Kenik recorders.

Improved

• Coverage accounts for buildings the camera cannot see over, including cameras mounted on their wall.
• Blocked-area shading stays on the ground, under the roofs above it.
• Buildings and fences use their real height by default, so a camera mounted higher sees over them.
• Coverage reach accounts for mounting height: a 10 m mount with a 20 m range gives 17.3 m along the ground.
• Perimeter validation counts fences as obstacles and measures reach along the ground.
• Blind-spot size follows the lens: a 130° camera at 3 m gives 2.07 m.
• The effective-range read-out matches the cone on the map and reads zero when no ground is in range.
• Storage is sized to the gigabytes on the drive label, which adds 4.6% to the disks needed.

Added

• The system validator flags a power cable that has no power source

Improved

• Cable length now adds the vertical drop for each camera or device mounting height, with an adjustable overhead you set in the BOM
• A power cable from a switch to the network closet counts toward the closet's UPS load
• Right-click removes the last point while drawing cable routes, fences and buildings

Fixed

• Offer cable length now matches the BOM, with no double-counted overhead
• UPS units and batteries show their real rack height instead of a single U
• Clicking a rack opens one editor instead of two overlapping popups
• The equipment picker's specifications panel no longer overflows its window
• Internal type codes no longer appear in the interface, such as the cable drop and RAID mode labels

Added

• The cable line follows your cursor while you draw, showing segment and total length
• Ethernet runs turn red once the total passes 90 m
• The system validator flags cable runs that connect a camera to another camera
• Doors and gates can now hide their opening direction symbol

Fixed

• A cable run finishes when you click the second device
• Esc now cancels a cable run instead of saving it
• Cable waypoints placed next to a camera no longer attach to it
• Locked gates, fences and buildings can no longer be edited
• The designer stays open when a map redraw is interrupted

Added

• New guided walkthrough builds your first project step by step: address, fence, building and cameras, and you can replay it any time from Settings
• Place one camera from the top bar, then copy and paste it exactly where your cursor is

Improved

• Projects with hundreds of cameras stay smooth when you zoom out across the whole site
• Camera field-of-view is sharper and clearer, with brighter cones that stay visible to the edge of range
• Camera numbers sit tidily at the start of each view, and stacked cameras fan out so every one is readable
• Coverage shows a clear hatch where a wall or building blocks the view
• Sharper floor plans, markers and panels throughout the app
• Undo and redo now cover every element, not just cameras

Fixed

• Fixed PDF and offer exports that could fail or come out blank, and interior walls now export to DXF and PDF
• Saving on a slow connection no longer shows a false editing conflict, and the app recovers on its own from a blank screen after an update
• Address search always jumps to the right place on the map

Added

• Contact us from the homepage and pricing page without signing in

Improved

• Buildings render with realistic roofs in 3D, pitched on houses and flat on larger blocks
• Time-of-day sun follows the site's real sun position and shifts smoothly from morning to night
• 3D map stays sharp while you move the camera
• Problem reports attach a screenshot of the current screen automatically

Fixed

• Buildings sit on sloped terrain instead of sinking into the hillside
• Camera POV preview shows correct building heights and the real terrain

Added

• Merge one project into another, bringing over its cameras, equipment and fences
• New Radio Bridge tool places point-to-point links, with a different antenna allowed at each end
• Coverage view adds an Analytics range option using the manufacturer's stated detection distance

Fixed

• Offers and exports now include cameras and equipment from every floor
• Camera resolution, field of view and IR range corrected from manufacturer datasheets

Improved

• Projects open with a loading screen instead of jumping the map to a default location
• Maps and 3D terrain render sharper at high zoom

Improved

• Coverage cones and exports follow mapped terrain, stopping where slopes block the view
• DORI identification ranges account for terrain height and slope
• Coverage analysis flags points hidden behind ridges as uncovered
• 3D view hides camera cones behind hills instead of drawing through them

Fixed

• PDF export no longer fails when a custom font can't load
• App recovers automatically from a stale cached file after an update

Improved

• New client PDF with a cover page, your branding, and a coverage legend
• SVG and CAD exports use correct fonts, labels, and map credits
• Client proposals show as a priced table on the portal

Fixed

• Per-camera PDF pages center on each camera
• Exports save with the project name
• Gates and barrier arms show on the client portal again

Improved

• More reliable building import from the map
• Clearer message when you reach your plan's project limit
• Platform performance, stability, and translation polish

Fixed

• Client portal and PDF now match the editor's map view
• 3D site view rendering and stability
• Project and proposal creation on Pro and Enterprise plans

Added

• Automatic perimeter coverage that places cameras where you actually need them
• Gap detection that finds and fills holes in your coverage
• Cameras respect walls and obstacles, with no more seeing through solid structures
• Fence-line aiming so cameras look along a perimeter instead of straight into it
• Coverage warnings when a stretch of perimeter falls below Detect resolution
• A clean intake screen with a live preview of the proposed design
• New Pro (€19/mo) and Enterprise (€79/mo) plans
• Annual Enterprise (€790) and one-time payment options for Pro and Enterprise
• Invite your team with editor, admin, and read-only viewer roles
• Add extra seats on Enterprise, billed proportionally
• Activity log so you can see who changed what
• Organization console to manage members and send account invites
• A branded login page on your own domain with your logo, colors, and button
• Option to hide "Powered by CCTVplanner.io"
• Customization center: logo, name, brand colors, font, footer, headings, and accents
• One-click themes (Forest, Midnight, Slate, Ocean, Mono, Crimson, Aurora), auto-color from your logo, and a live preview on desktop and mobile
• Branded subdomain on Pro and up, or your own custom domain on Enterprise, with a guided DNS setup and automatic HTTPS
• Each branded portal is private to you and your team

Changed

• 3D view now included on Pro and Enterprise

Improved

• Performance, stability, and security improvements across the platform

Fixed

• More accurate storage sizing for RAID setups in the bill of materials
• Better readability of buttons on light brand colors

Added

• DORI Inspector — check face and plate readability at any point
• Bandwidth analysis for the whole project
• Device groups for before-and-after presentations
• Company-logo watermark on map exports
• Manual azimuth for radio antennas
• Rotation handle on antennas
• New Hikvision, Dahua and Ruijie cameras and recorders

Changed

• New error screen with send-report flow

Improved

• Real DORI range calculated from lens parameters
• Better handling of load errors

Fixed

• PDF, DXF, SVG and PNG export fixes
• Cameras render 1:1 with the designer in the client portal
• Radio link lines visible in the client portal
• Known bug fixes

Fixed

• Unlock works after locking a camera — Locked cameras rejected the unlock toggle alongside every other update. Now the unlock click goes through; everything else stays blocked while locked.
• Camera mounting accessory label translated — Mounting accessory picker fell through to Polish on every non-Polish UI. Added the field label and Select button text to all 20 locales.

Added

• Four new design disciplines for integrated security — CCTVplanner now covers more than cameras. Dedicated workflows for Access Control Design, Intrusion Detection Design, Network Planning for Security and Security Compliance. Each discipline has a pillar page, a navigation entry and cross-linked related sections.
• Doors and windows as first-class objects — Buildings carry doors and windows with editable dimensions and swing direction. A validator flags missing door and window contactors against your alarm zones. Doors and windows export to CSV and respect the project's metric or imperial setting.
• IP and VLAN planning — Define a NetworkSegment per zone (subnet, gateway, DHCP range, VLAN ID). Auto-allocate IPs with a CAM-001-FRONT-style hostname convention. Map switch ports to VLANs. Run topology validators for gateway reachability, DHCP overlap, cross-VLAN routing and internet egress. Spreadsheet-style bulk editor for every device on site.
• Network config exports for Mikrotik and Cisco — Export ready-to-paste configs for Mikrotik RouterOS and Cisco IOS, plus DHCP reservation CSV and DNS zone files. IGMP snooping recommendations and QoS DSCP markings (camera, voice, data queues) included as advisory notes.
• Realistic per-device power draw — Cameras vary by type and IR state, NVRs by channel count, switches by port budget. Power cables have their own validator and visual style on the canvas. Per-UPS load aggregation with four checks (overload, headroom, runtime, redundancy). BOM gains a UPS coverage section showing connected load and margin per UPS.
• NVR storage slot management — Slot-level HDD assignment per NVR with a 40-SKU catalog of surveillance-rated drives (WD Purple, Seagate SkyHawk, Toshiba S300). Per-drive workload validator compares manufacturer TBW rating against your project's bitrate and retention.
• Three new in-designer calculators — Conduit Fill Rating (40% fill rule per NEC 376/378), Cable Loss Budget (signal attenuation over distance for PoE, coax and fiber) and VLAN/QoS Advisor (DSCP markings and queue priorities). Embedded directly in the designer alongside cameras.
• New equipment categories: UPS, Wi-Fi APs, outdoor radios — UPS units from APC, Eaton, CyberPower, Ever and Salicru with power-tiered quick-picks and rack mountability. Wi-Fi access points from TP-Link, Ubiquiti, Cisco, Aruba and Cambium. Outdoor point-to-point radios from InfiNet, Proxim, TP-Link Pharos and RADWIN. Enterprise and industrial network switches including Pulsar. 27 new SKUs total.
• Camera accessories per camera — Mounting brackets, junction boxes and pole adapters attach to individual cameras. Compatibility map for Dahua PFA-series, Hikvision DS-1xxZJ and the IPC-HFW / HDW / HDBW and DS-2CD2 families. BOM and quotes include picked accessories on a dedicated CSV and XLSX sheet.
• Five new free calculators — PIR Sensor Calculator, Alarm Zones Calculator (zone planner with 5-tier panel recommendation, VERSA 5 to INTEGRA 128), Beam Barrier Calculator (Optex SL-TNR / 100Q / 200QN / 650QFR), Security System Budget Calculator (itemized estimate across Budget, Standard, Premium tiers) and PoE Cable Length Calculator (voltage drop plus bulk-roll buy plan).
• 2 new IDS alarm keypads — IDS 860-03-697 (X-Series LCD) and IDS 860-03-0531 Curve (X-Series LCD 2x16 blue display) added to the alarm-system catalog.
• Camera catalog grew from 24,002 to 75,005 models — Over 51,000 new SKUs across 37 brands (Hikvision, Dahua, Hanwha, Axis, Reolink, Mobotix, Avigilon, Milesight, Pelco and more).

Changed

• Insert menu reorganized into four submenus — Replaced the flat 16-item Insert menu with four nested submenus: Surveillance, Detection, Infrastructure, Drawing. Makes the new device categories (UPS, access control, intrusion, network) easier to find.

Fixed

• Designer stability fixes — Slider sync, onboarding race condition, range cap and demo CORS issues resolved. Door and window pixel conversion now scales correctly when the canvas zoom changes. Arc direction fixes when drawing FOV cones at extreme angles. Cable route waypoint handling improved with toast feedback on errors.
• Correct cable defaults for analog systems — Analog, HD-CVI and Turbo HD systems now default to coax instead of wireless.

Added

• Bigger equipment library — Added 906 new equipment and camera models from 64 brands. The library now totals 23,937 cameras from 79 manufacturers. New camera models include Verkada G3, Hikvision ColorVu G3, AcuSense Gen 4, TandemVu Gen 2 and 8K thermal, Dahua TiOC 3.0, WizMind LED and Smart Dual Light, Tiandy, i-PRO, IDIS, Merit Lilin, ACTi, GeoVision, FLIR, Rhombus, UniFi Protect G5/G6, Mobotix, Honeywell, Vicon, Digital Watchdog, March Networks, Annke, Lorex, Speco, Synology, Tyco Illustra, Avycon, Foscam, Bolide, IC Realtime, Sunell and Provision-ISR. New network and access-control gear: Mikrotik, TP-Link Omada and NETGEAR M4250 AV switches, Uniview, Reolink, Synology and QNAP recorders, DoorBird and BAS-IP intercoms, HID Signo and iCLASS readers, Suprema BioStation, Paxton Net2, ZKTeco, 2N, Cygnus SN-Pro fire panels and a full audit of the Eldes catalog. Every field of view was verified against the manufacturer datasheet.
• Rack mounting — You can now mount equipment in a network rack. Pick the U position, track PoE budget and power draw inside the rack, and the rack elevation view goes straight into the DXF and PDF exports.

Changed

• Counts on the site always up to date — Camera and manufacturer counts shown on the home page and sub-pages refresh automatically on every publish. The hero, comparison tables, SEO descriptions and FAQ always reflect the real catalog size.

Fixed

• Fixes — Eldes datasheet links — Fixed 4 Eldes datasheet links (EWS4, EWS3, EWD2, EWD3) that pointed to broken pages. They now open directly on the product page. The EWD2 model is marked end-of-life — the successor is EWD3.
• Fixes — client portal — Resolved several issues in the client portal — comment form, BOM view, signature pad and the map viewer now render and submit cleanly across browsers.

Added

• Full ISO 4217 currency support. — All 178 active ISO 4217 codes + precious metals (XAU/XAG/XPT/XPD), SDR, fund codes (BOV/MXV/USN/UYI/UYW/VED/SVC). Account settings, price lists, quote dialog and offer editor share one canonical list.

Improved

• Currency pickers consolidated to one source. — cl_v1_7_4_f3_desc

Fixed

• Currency change relabels the symbol, never transforms amounts. — Switching account or project currency swaps the symbol on every price (BOM, quote, PDF). Numbers stay as typed — no FX conversion applied. Enter supplier prices in your local currency once.

Added

• Scale-not-set banner in designer. — Warns when a floor plan is loaded without scale calibration. Previously range, DORI zones and cable lengths were silently computed against wrong values.
• First camera in a project opens the 65,000-model catalog. — Quick-pick tiles: Dome, Bullet, PTZ, Panoramic.

Improved

• Renders country flags as SVG sprites. — Replaces regional-indicator emoji that Chrome and Edge on Windows render as plain "GB" / "PL" text.
• Adds Czech, Dutch, Ukrainian to the dashboard language picker. — 20/20 supported languages now selectable from Account Settings.

Fixed

• Home page card shows "65,000 verified cameras" instead of the raw template literal. — Was rendering ${TOTAL_CAMERAS.toLocaleString('en-US')} as text.

Added

• Dutch (NL) — 20th UI language — Full CCTVplanner interface, calculators and marketing pages are now available in Dutch. Users in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium can design in their native language.
• Adds /calculator/oodpcvs and a per-camera DORI/OODPCVS toggle in the designer. — Seven new px/m levels: Overview (20), Outline (40), Discern (80), Perceive (125), Characterise (250), Validate (500), Scrutinise (1500). IEC 62676-4:2025.

Improved

• DORI, FOV and Lens Selector calculators — expanded — Added worked examples for warehouse, parking (ANPR) and bank-teller scenarios. New common-mistake sections and standards/compliance references.
• Testimonials — clearer timestamps — Reviews newer than 30 days now show relative time ("X days ago") instead of a bare month-year stamp. Older reviews keep the existing format.

Added

• Camera Physics whitepaper — A new technical reference at /camera-physics covers the geometry of CCTV camera coverage end-to-end: view-frustum projection, blind-spot math, rectilinear / equidistant / equisolid lens projections, and DORI distances per EN 62676-4. Diagrams are generated by the same code that drives the live designer, so the math you read on the page is the math your project uses. Available in 20 languages.
• Blank map background — Map-layer toggle gains a fourth option, None — hides satellite tiles for a clean grey background. Useful when working from a floor plan or comparing FOV cones without imagery distractions.
• Per-camera FOV fill opacity — New slider in the camera settings panel lets you set FOV cone transparency from 0 to 100% independently per camera. Make one camera stand out by raising opacity, or fade unimportant ones for cleaner site overviews.

Improved

• PDF export: full label visibility — DORI tier labels, mounting + tilt annotation, IR range and corridor / PTZ badges now render in the printed PDF regardless of the preview's map zoom level. Camera number badges respect each camera's icon-size setting (tiny / small / normal / large / huge) instead of a fixed dot, so dense layouts and hero shots both export cleanly.

Fixed

• Fixed known bugs — Resolved a batch of FOV-rendering edge cases around buildings, fences and extreme map-zoom levels.

Added

• Motorized zoom slider for varifocal cameras — Cameras with a variable focal length (e.g. 2.7–13.5 mm) now display an interactive slider in the optics tab, with the lens's min and max focal lengths at the ends and the live focal value highlighted in the middle. Moving the slider updates HFOV in real time using HFOV = 2·atan(W/2f), with detection range scaling linearly with focal length — matching real-world behavior in the field. EN 62676-4 compliant.

Changed

• Resolution filter: megapixel buckets — The camera-selection dialog now groups resolutions into five megapixel ranges: ≤ 2 MP, 4 MP (2K), 5–6 MP, 8 MP (4K), and 12 MP+. Faster to scan and easier to compare across manufacturers than browsing exact pixel counts.
• New filter: variable focal length (yes / no) — Added a yes/no filter in the camera-selection dialog to narrow results to varifocal (motorized zoom) or fixed-focus models.

Improved

• Smarter camera search — punctuation tolerant — All three search boxes in the camera-selection dialog now ignore hyphens, underscores, slashes, and spaces, in addition to case. Typing "Zn-8", "zn8", or "ZN 8" all match the same model — fewer dead-end searches when you're guessing the exact format of a model code.
• Extended sensor aspect ratio support — Calculations for vertical FOV, blind-spot distance, and corridor mode now natively support 4:3, 5:4, and 1:1 sensors in addition to 16:9, using proper tan-based aspect conversion for maximum geometric precision. Designer view, PDF, and DXF exports share a unified calculation engine, ensuring consistent results across all output formats.

Added

• New "Huge" icon size (1.75×) — Added between Large and panoramic for hero shots and presentations where Large feels too small. Available for both cameras and equipment.
• 3D mounting annotation on the canvas — When mounting height or tilt angle is set, a small "h:4m ↘30°" label appears next to the camera body. 2D top-down can't draw pitch, so this surfaces the values without opening the panel.
• Custom-spec cameras: HFOV auto-recomputes from focal + sensor — Editing focal length (e.g. 2.8 → 12 mm) or sensor size now updates HFOV automatically. No more remembering 2 × atan(w/2f) — the cone follows the lens.

Changed

• Camera number and DORI labels are now legible at default zoom — The camera number badge is ~60% larger and scales with the camera icon size. DORI zone labels (D/O/R/I + distance) bumped from 6 px minimum to 10 px and respect the text-size preference.
• Corridor mode now rotates the FOV cone visually — When corridor mode is enabled the optical and thermal cones narrow to 9:16 to match the rotated sensor, instead of only changing DORI math. A small ↻ badge appears next to the camera body so rotated cameras are obvious at a glance.

Fixed

• Equipment label scales with icon size — When the equipment icon is set to Tiny, the label below it now shrinks proportionally instead of staying full-size.
• Corrected IR range on Uniview IPC312LP-ADF20KC-DL — Effective range and IR distance updated from 10 m to 30 m to match the manufacturer datasheet.

Added

• 65,000+ camera models in the database — The library passed the 23,000-model mark across 80+ manufacturers, with verified field-of-view data on every entry.
• New brands and product lines — Added BCS Line/Point/Basic/View/Ultra/Flex full catalog, Longse, IVSEC, Genie CCTV, Vstarcam, Bolide, Empire Tech, Foscam, Wyze, Eufy, Synology, Eagle Eye Networks and more.
• Dahua HD-CVI analog camera support — Added 340 Dahua HAC- analog cameras with HFOV, IR, IP rating and signal-type metadata — plan HD-CVI/HD-TVI/AHD systems alongside IP.

Changed

• Catalog refresh across major brands — Tiandy, Imou, Ezviz, Mobotix, Amcrest, Swann, GeoVision, InVid, Avycon and others rebuilt from upstream catalogs — newer SKUs and corrected lens data.

Added

• PIN-protected portal links — Optional 4-8 digit PIN on top of the URL token. Defense-in-depth if the link is forwarded — the client must enter the PIN before any project data is revealed.
• Solar panel tilt support — Tilted panels now block FOV correctly based on the real elevated geometry — cameras between the lower and upper edge see partially through, tall cameras see over.
• Solar array bulk-add — Generate a grid of dozens to thousands of panels in one dialog — rows, columns, spacing, orientation and tilt. Designed for PV-farm monitoring projects.
• Pricing now shows "Billed in your local currency" under each plan.

Changed

• PNG and PDF exports follow the selected map layer — Exports now use Google Satellite or Hybrid when chosen in the designer, instead of always falling back to ESRI imagery.
• Obstacle and solar dialogs honor imperial/metric preference (m or ft).

Fixed

• Obstacles visible in exports — Trees, vehicles and panels now render in PNG and PDF exports and properly clip camera FOV cones.
• Stray English labels in a few dialogs now translate to all supported languages.

Added

• Ukrainian language — Full Ukrainian translation of the planner UI, dashboard, dialogs and CAD/PDF export labels. Pick UA in the language switcher.
• Czech language — Full Czech translation of the planner UI, dashboard, dialogs and CAD/PDF export labels. Pick CS in the language switcher.

Fixed

• Multi-floor: drawing on a duplicated floor now works — Duplicating a floor and then trying to add cameras, fences or buildings could silently route the new entity to the source floor. Drawing now lands on the duplicated floor as expected.

Added

• Realistic tree FOV blocking — Cameras now look UNDER tree canopies — only the trunk blocks for low-mounted cameras. Tall cameras cast a finite shadow strip past the tree, just like in the field.
• Adjustable canopy clearance and trunk diameter — Tune ground clearance and trunk thickness on each tree to match your site exactly.

Changed

• Cleaner FOV cone — Removed redundant distance gridlines inside the cone — DORI bands and the scale bar carry the same information without the visual noise.
• Sharper, more consistent UI — Sharp borders and editorial typography across panels and dialogs.

Fixed

• Tree obstacle now follows its real circular footprint instead of a square bounding box.
• Clicks near a selected element no longer accidentally drop the selection.

Added

• DXF/DWG drawing import — Bring CAD floor plans straight into the designer — full coverage of common entities.
• Roads layer toggle — Hide street lines on the map for cleaner site exports.
• Project duplicate — One-click copy of a complete design including all cameras, fences and devices.
• Multi-floor cable auto-routing — Closet, NVR and access-point discovery with daisy-chain routing across floors.

Changed

• Imperial / Metric unit switch — Toggle between meters and feet across the entire UI.
• Layer and risk labels translated across all supported languages.

Fixed

• FOV rendering on rotated cameras.
• Service-worker cache invalidation after deploy.

Added

• Offline-aware UX — Designer keeps working without an internet connection.

Changed

• Instant second visit — Service-worker cache makes returning to the app feel instant.

Changed

• Faster initial load — Smaller bundles and smarter preloads cut the time to the first usable screen.
• Largest Contentful Paint cut by more than half.

Added

• Coverage heat-map — See overlap density across your site at a glance — find blind spots and redundant coverage instantly.
• Quality bands inside the FOV — Detection, Observation, Recognition and Identification ranges color-coded inside every camera's cone.

Added

• Install as a desktop or mobile app — CCTVplanner is now a Progressive Web App — add it to your home screen and launch like a native app.
• IFOV calculator — Pick the lens that meets your DORI target in a single screen.
• Multi-currency pricing — Quote in EUR, USD, PLN, GBP and other currencies.
• Portuguese (Portugal) — Eighteenth supported language — fully translated UI for the Portuguese installer market.
• AI System Designer — Describe a site in natural language and get a starting BOM with cameras, equipment and a draft layout.

Changed

• Mobile UX pass — Bigger touch targets, fewer accidental tool changes on phones and tablets.
• Accessibility improvements — Better keyboard navigation, focus rings and screen-reader labels.

Fixed

• Hreflang and language-selector edge cases on shared links.

Added

• PoE budget calculations — Class 1 to Class 8 budgeting per IEEE 802.3 (af / at / bt).
• Cabling distance enforcement — Distances per ISO/IEC 11801 — copper and fiber, indoor and outdoor.
• Regional electrical-code references — EU, US, UK and other regional frameworks called out where relevant.

Added

• Alarm-system compliance flags — EN 50130 grading and environmental classes flagged per camera placement.
• Lightning-protection notes — EN 62305 reminders for outdoor mounts and rooftop installations.
• ONVIF profile recommendations — Profile S, T, G and M called out per camera family.
• Lighting calculations for night-time mounts — CIE 191 mesopic lux targets for low-light scenes.

Added

• Thermal camera support — Separate thermal FOV, Johnson-criteria range and NETD spec — visualised alongside visible-light cameras.
• Multi-floor projects — Design buildings with multiple floors and switch between levels.
• Per-floor cable topology — Vertical risers handled automatically when cables span floors.

Changed

• Visible-light camera spec audit — Sharper IFOV and DORI per model — refreshed across the entire library.

Fixed

• Multi-floor rendering and floor switching edge cases.

Added

• Latest 2026 camera models — 120+ recently launched models now available with accurate FOV and DORI data.
• Expanded camera library — 868 additional models across 10 new manufacturers. Total library: 17,500+ models across 56 brands.

Changed

• SEO — Page titles and meta descriptions on the landing pages are now translated across all 16 supported languages.
• Improved camera data accuracy — Camera specifications refreshed from manufacturer datasheets for more accurate FOV calculations.

Fixed

• Stable camera FOV at any zoom level.
• Changelog page renders in the correct language from shared links.
• Fixed various known issues.
• FOV outline stays anchored to the camera while panning the map.

Added

• Multi-select — Shift+click adds to selection, Shift+drag on the map selects a rectangle, Ctrl+A selects all. Batch move, delete and duplicate (Ctrl+D), copy/paste (Ctrl+C/V). Locked cameras stay in place during batch move.
• Obstacles library — Eight obstacle types that block camera FOV: car, truck, tree, 20ft container, 40ft container, warehouse rack, concrete block, solar panel. Drag from the menu, rotate with the handle, Escape cancels.
• PIR motion sensors — New device type with detection zone visualization: 360° ceiling mount, cone with adjustable angle, narrow curtain. Optional direction arrow.
• Simple Report — 7 templates — New dialog with templates: Minimal, Classic, Clean Horizontal, Technical, Executive, Digital Vibrant, Compact. Available in the Export menu on desktop and the action button on mobile.
• Per-camera PDF export — Generates a separate page for each camera with the map cropped around its field of view. Camera name and specs on every page.
• Automatic project save — Indicator in the canvas corner shows save status. Save runs every 60 seconds when there are changes.
• Real-time collaboration — When another user opens the same cloud project, you see their avatar in the corner. Both sides can edit, but you see who is working in parallel.

Changed

• The direction arrow on camera icons is now clearer.
• Measurement endpoints can be dragged after placement.
• Opacity and thickness sliders for walls.
• Undo history now includes obstacles as well.

Changed

• Lite plan sunset — The Lite plan is no longer visible on the pricing page for new users. Current subscribers keep their plan unchanged.
• Rebuilt changelog — The changelog got a new layout with a version timeline and consistent typography. It now shares the same header and footer as the rest of the site.
• Changelog in 16 languages — Every release and every feature is now fully translated into all supported languages.
• SEO — Removed false structured data from pricing offers. Camera pages now show actual specifications. Rewrote titles and meta descriptions on dozens of pages.

Changed

• Equipment on the map — Switch, rack and other device icons scale down proportionally when zooming out. Equipment near a camera becomes semi-transparent so it doesn't cover the field-of-view cone.
• Dashboard — Full redesign consistent with the rest of the application. Company cards, edit dialogs and delete confirmations in a unified style.
• Multi-currency payments — EUR, PLN, USD, GBP, CZK, SEK, DKK, NOK, CHF, INR, BRL, TRY and more. The bank statement shows the actual charged amount.
• Demo mode — Demo projects are now fully locked for editing. Attempting a change shows a signup prompt.

Fixed

• Field-of-view cones in PDF and PNG exports now render correctly at longer distances.
• The satellite map background is now visible in PNG and PDF exports.
• The selected language no longer resets to English when navigating between Blog, Docs and other pages.
• Around 400 new translations for sign-in, cookie consent, demo mode, payments and the dashboard.

Added

• Client Portal — Share a CCTV project with a client via a single link. The client sees an interactive map with cameras, fields of view, buildings, fences, cable routes and floor plans. They can comment, review and sign proposals electronically.
• Demo project — New visitors can explore a fully loaded sample project directly from the landing page, with no signup required.
• GDPR compliance — Account deletion with automatic subscription cancellation, personal data export in JSON format, privacy policy consent at signup, and cookie settings reset in the footer.
• Midpoint insertion — Add points to existing buildings, fences and cable routes by clicking the midpoint between vertices.

Changed

• Smart Quote supports 44 currencies — Hardware prices and project settings are stored locally. PDF uses a font supporting the full Unicode character range.
• System Validator — Perimeter coverage analysis with fence-gap visualization, fly-to-issue on double-click, and a re-validate button.
• Feature availability — Bill of Materials (BOM), System Validator and Smart Quote are now available in the Premium plan. The pricing page reflects the current plan scope.
• Mobile — Improved support for notched devices, responsive bottom sheet, larger touch targets, automatic scroll-to-field when the keyboard opens.
• Cookie consent — GDPR-compliant banner with Accept and Decline buttons, settings reset link in the footer.

Fixed

• Panoramic and fisheye cameras now have DORI zones and blind spots computed correctly.

Added

• Over 16,000 camera models — The database expanded from about 2,000 to over 16,000 verified models from 43 manufacturers including Hikvision, Dahua, Axis, Hanwha, Bosch and Uniview.
• Configurable VAT rate — Supports German 19%, UK 20%, Polish 23% or any custom rate.
• Offer templates — Save and reuse templates with pre-configured variants, line items and settings.
• In-app issue reporting — Submit bug reports directly from within the app.
• Documentation pages — Comprehensive help covering PDF export, storage calculator, floor plans and subscription plans.

Changed

• Offer editor — Completely rebuilt: configurable titles and subtitles, validity dates, currency selection, per-country VAT rate, net or gross price display.
• PDF exports — Better layout with building labels, camera schedules and company branding.

Fixed

• Fence detection, building auto-detection and cable routing now work more reliably in edge cases.

Added

• 8 new languages (16 total) — Turkish, Arabic, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, French and Italian. Blog articles, calculators and UI fully translated.
• Arabic support — Full right-to-left layout with correct text direction across the entire application.

Changed

• Building detection — Clicking anywhere inside a building on the map correctly identifies and outlines it.
• Fence detection — Identifies the entire property boundary instead of individual segments, giving a complete perimeter outline.
• Storage calculator — More accurate estimates, correct units (GB/TB), realistic cost projections.

Added

• 8 UI languages — English, Polish, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, Indonesian and Filipino. Blog articles, calculators, use cases and system messages fully translated.
• Light theme — Switch between dark and light themes in Settings. Your choice is remembered automatically.
• Two-factor authentication (2FA) — Secure your account with Google Authenticator, Authy or a similar app. Enable it in Settings → Security.

Changed

• Building labels now appear in PDF exports.
• Faster page loads and smoother transitions.

Changed

• Cable route drawing — Improved drawing behavior and more route control options.
• Language selector — Rebuilt language switching interface.

Added

• Blog articles in 7 languages — Full translations of blog content alongside the designer interface.

Added

• A3 PDF export — 300+ DPI with 3.5x scaling for professional printing.
• Floor plans — Rotation, opacity and scaling supported in exports.

Changed

• Floor plans render correctly in A3 and A4 exports with full transformation support.
• JPEG quality bumped to near-lossless for high-resolution exports.

Fixed

• Images retain correct proportions on PDF pages without distortion.

Added

• New camera models added based on user requests.

Changed

• Better error handling when saving a project, with clearer feedback.
• Strengthened protection against data loss in case of a save error.

Fixed

• Building numbering resets correctly when deleting and recreating.
• The camera rotation button no longer conflicts with the right-click context menu.