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1. Workstations BOSS Server Application Remote Data Download Remote BOSS Servers External LPR Data Sources BOSS Database NCIC State Captured gt Hotlists System License Configuration Plates Local The New Design of BOSS version 3 0 BOSS version 3 introduces a new and improved user interface design This new design increases user accessibility with a user friendly look and feel Large easy to identify icons provide more intuitive navigation with the most important or frequently used elements always appearing first The user interface will seem very recognizable and comfortable particularly for users already familiar with common Windows office software and or PIPS PAGIS software In addition users will have to enter a minimum amount of information to add a data object with the ability to include more details via Advanced options if needed Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 3 4 Pederal Siora Compara Technical Support Problems suggestions or questions Please contact PIPS Technology Software updates may be available on the Support section of the PIPS Technology website http pipstechnology com requires
2. Op LPN Find LPN Field Field2 Field3 Field4 Field5 PNC DL Info m ao06442 co 1 1 IStolen 1999BELSTLBLK A01316 CO Stolen 2000 TRAI TL RED A013365 NM Stolen Stolen plate AOIVGA FL Stolen 1989 CHEV BRO vw lt 1111 gt wE LPN 401617 Field 1 co Field 2 Field 3 Field 4 Field 5 Information Stolen Stolen plate Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 34 4 Pederal Siora Company 9 3 3 ADDING A HOTLIST ENTRY MANUALLY Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Hotlists shortcut A listing of all hotlists appears in the Browse Edit area Click the desired hotlist to select Details for the selected hotlist appear in the Browse Edit area Click the Plates button Click the New button The plate edit form will be displayed at the bottom of the screen Enter the LPN mandatory and other fields optional Y VV VV V WV Click Save to save changes Note Manually added hotlist entries will be lost the next time the hotlist is updated automatically 9 3 4 DELETING A HOTLIST ENTRY Retrieve hotlist plates as instructed in section 9 3 1 Click on the row showing the desired plate The plate edit form will be displayed at the bottom of the screen Click the Delete button Y Y VV WV Click Yes to confirm the deletion 9 4 TARGETS Targets are individuals of interest associated with a license plate Target in
3. Advanced queries are also available in various areas of the application Action Buttons These are the buttons directly below the browse edit area These buttons will differ per shortcut icon that is selected The actual buttons that appear will vary depending upon the logged in user s privileges Status Bar This is the area along the very bottom of the application window that displays state information and statistics The following information is shown BOSS system state Online or Offline An Online status indicates that the client is currently communicating with the BOSS server application and the server is running An Online status is highlighted with a green background a status of Offline is highlighted with a red background Reads The total number of Reads currently contained in the BOSS system Hits The total number of Hits records currently contained in the BOSS system MisReads The total number of Misreads currently contained in the BOSS system Devices Offline The number of camera devices that are currently marked as offline File Menu The File menu of the application resides in the very top left of the application window The File menu is always visible and available regardless of the screen or shortcut selected The Exit option is available through this menu Additional options may be available in this menu in future versions of the software 5 2 ONLINE HELP BOSS provides online help doc
4. Open ey Look in 9 DMV lv o 2 ema My Recent Documents Desktop My Documents wd File name crossreference bd My Network Files of type All files gt Click Open to import the plate numbers A maximum of 50 plate numbers can be referenced at a time Imported plate numbers will show up in the LPN field Advanced ABC123 6FT632 FTR234 gt Enter other query criteria as needed and click Go to run the query Federal Signal 2009 PIPS TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Sigrad Comparer BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 50 13 7 WORKING WITH QUERIED READS 13 7 1 VIEWING QUERY RESULTS The results of both Quick Search and Advanced Reads Queries are presented in the same manner 9 17 2008 4 11 03 PM H702910 9 17 2008 4 10 54PM S68DRT 9 17 2008 4 10 52 PM s11MWC 9 17 2008 4 10 05 PM Blot On Map Detail Report Summary Rpt Save Query The columns displayed are LPN Timestamp Patch Overview Device Site Hit Misread Manual Login Latitude The plate text characters read in by a camera or manually entered by a user The date and time when the read occurred The grayscale picture of the license plate The color overview picture of the vehicle The device that originated the read The site that originated the read Indicator whether the read is a hit Indicator whether the read was marked a
5. The SMTP sender field should contain the username that will appear in the from field on an email generated by the BOSS system smtp_UserName smtp_password smtp_SSL smtp_Server The SMTP username and password fields should contain a valid SMTP user and associated password for sending alerts through the SMTP email server These fields must be populated properly in order for the BOSS system to send any alerts to email addresses Normally a BOSS administrator coordinates with his SMTP administrator to create a special SMTP user that will be used exclusively for BOSS alerts If Secure Sockets Layer SSL is used on your SMTP server the value of this field should be set to 1 Otherwise it should be set to 0 The name or IP address of the SMTP server should be entered here The name or address used here must be one by which the SMTP server can be reached from the BOSS server This field must be populated correctly in order for the BOSS system to send any alerts to email addresses Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 61 4 Pederal Siora Compara smtp_SubjectTemplate smtp_AlertTemplate These fields allow a BOSS administrator to customize the verbiage in an alert email subject line and message body using any combination of static text and field variables from the Hit that generated the alert Each field from the Hit is enclosed in brackets smtp_SubjectTemplate Sets the subject line of alert emails generated b
6. click Back to return to the New Device screen Click the Save button to complete creation of the new device The new device will now appear in the devices list above EDITING A DEVICE Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Devices shortcut A listing of all devices appears in the Browse Edit area Click the desired device to select Details for the selected device appear in the Browse Edit area Click the Edit button The Device edit screen appears in the bottom of the screen Modify fields as desired and click the Save button ENABLING AND DISABLING A DEVICE Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Devices shortcut A listing of all devices appears in the Browse Edit area Click the desired device to select Details for the selected device appear in the Browse Edit area Click the Edit button The Device edit screen appears in the bottom of the screen Click the Disable Enable button The change will take effect the next time BOSS is restarted DELETING A DEVICE Note It is strongly recommended that devices are never deleted If a device is deleted queries can no longer be performed using the device as a criterion Instead of deleting a device it should be disabled or given a new description gt gt gt gt gt gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Devices shortcut A listing of all existing Devices will display in the browse edit area Clic
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8. the Smart Client again Address C Documents and Settings Administrator Local Settings Apps Folders X Name 3 5 Administrator A 32 0 5 Application Data i Cookies Desktop ve Favorites 3 Local Settings 5 Application Data O Temporary Internet Files 5 My Documents a My Recent Documents NetHood 5 PrintHood 5 SendTo O Start Menu O Templates Smart Clients Cannot Connect to BOSS or Response Times Are Slow Antivirus Installed On Server Antivirus and network filtering utilities such as Symantec Endpoint Protection can prevent the BOSS server or the Smart Client from communicating with each other and can degrade database access speed If you are experiencing such problems please disable the antivirus and or network filtering utilities temporarily If the problem disappears when anti virus is disabled please contact the utility vendor for a workaround Login Fails Net Tcp Port Sharing Service Stops Abruptly On A Dell computer On Dell machines the Wave Systems EMBASSY Trust Suite is known to cause the Net TCP Port Sharing service to crash If this is the problem try installing the NET hotfix from http support microsoft com kb 923028 If this does not resolve this issue uninstall the Wave Systems EMBASSY Trust Suite software Federal Signal 2009 PIPS Technology BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Appendices APPENDIX A THIRD PARTY LICENSED COMPONENTS This product makes use o
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10. Group that has been granted PAGIS permissions in order for the user to user to login to PAGIS gt When advanced User settings are configured as desired click the Back button to return to the main New User Entry screen gt Click the Save button to complete creating the new User Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 18 4 Pederal Siora Compara 6 5 2 DELETING A USER Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Users shortcut A listing of all existing Users will display in the browse edit area Click the desired user in the listing Click the Delete button at the bottom of the Browse Edit area Y Vv VV WV Click Yes to confirm the operation 6 5 3 IMPORTING USERS FROM ACTIVE DIRECTORY BOSS allows user logins to be imported from Microsoft Active Directory AD service gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Users shortcut gt Click on the mport button C MMolnar A C MMorales C mmoretta C mnarendra C mnylander C molson v gt Select the BOSS Group that will receive the imported logins Click on the gt gt button to display available groups and lt lt to commit the selection gt Enter the default password for the imported logins in the Password field gt Browse for the desired users OR type in the desired login name full or partial in the Find field and press Filter button gt Click on
11. ID of the target This field is linked to the PNCID field in the hotlist information in the PAGIS application Category The category of the target such as Felon Suspect etc Warning The warning information to display to the officer A mugshot image of the target can also be associated with the target record Upload an image by clicking on the gt gt button and browsing to the image file JPG GIF or BMP 9 4 2 DELETING A TARGET Activate the Targets screen as described in section 8 4 Click the row containing the target to be deleted The Target Edit form will be displayed Click the Delete button Y Vv VV WV Click Yes to confirm deletion Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 37 4 Pederal Siora Compara 10 HOTLIST FORMATTERS Hotlist Formatters define the structure of source data that is imported into BOSS Hotlists BOSS3 includes several default formatters when the software is installed There are three types of formatters CSV A flat text file containing one line for every record Each field in the record is separated by a comma Fixed Length A flat text file containing records all the same length No separator characters are used to determine where a field ends and another begins but rather field and record lengths are known up front In a fixed length file padding spaces are used where necessary to accomplish the correct field length NCIC NCIC United States
12. National Crime Information Center database is a computerized index of criminal justice information i e criminal record history information fugitives stolen properties missing persons that is available to law enforcement agencies and is operational 24 hours a day 365 days ayear Several NCIC import sources formats exist within BOSS 10 1 CREATING A NEW FORMATTER FOR HOTLISTS BOSS 3 contains several default formatters for Hotlists Normally when creating a new Hotlist you will find that one of these default formatters is what you need However BOSS does allow the flexibility to create new hotlist formatters Creating a new Formatter or modifying an existing formatter should be approached with caution and is beyond the scope of this manual PIPS provides BOSS training that details creating and modifying hotlist formatters in practice For more information please contact PIPS Technical Support Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 38 A E I5 i RM r if 4 Pederal Sigrad Compare 11 ALERTS BOSS can send real time alerts to either on screen via the BOSS application or through email In order to receive alerts through the BOSS application the logged in user must be in a group that is assigned the Dispatch permission Email alerts can be received by any BOSS user or email address recipient A real time alert for a hit will pop up on the screen when the BOSS application is running regardless of which scre
13. PNC DL Info Priority Annotation 12 1 3 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 41 The name of the hotlist from which the hit occurred Fields originating from the hotlist The content and meaning of these fields vary depending on the composition of the hotlist Primarily used for United Kingdom deployments for storing the UK Police National Computer reference number It is commonly used for Driver s license number in US installations Commonly contains free form additional text associated with the hit record In situations where the hotlist source contains additional fields the additional information is all stored in this field Priority assigned to the Hotlist Lower number means greater priority Notes associated with the Read Annotations are entered by BOSS users The content in Custom fields Field1 Field5 will differ per hotlist DISPATCH READS The bottom section of the dispatch screen displays rows for Reads The Show Reads option must be selected in dispatch settings in order for Reads to display Each Read produces a new row The columns displayed are Device LPN Timestamp Patch Overview Misread Hit Manual Annotation The device from which the read originated The license plate value characters read in by a camera or manually entered by a user The date and time that the read occurred Small image of the license plate Color overview image of the vehicle Check indicates that this recor
14. Warranty PIPS Technology warrants products and spare parts of its own manufacture against faulty materials and workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of shipment or as modified by the contract from the date of on site acceptance if installed by PIPS Technology authorized personnel The warranty excludes consumable materials and parts with an inherently limited life and excludes faults arising from misuse neglect or vandalism PIPS Technology will replace or repair at its option and at no cost to the purchaser any faulty items reported to it within the warranty period Service Service of this equipment by replacement of parts on site repair or routine maintenance inspections is available Please contact PIPS Technology for a quotation Design Changes PIPS Technology reserves the right to change the design of any product from time to time without notice and with no obligation to make corresponding changes in products previously manufactured Trademarks PAGIS and BOSS are registered trademarks of PIPS Technology Federal Signal Company Windows Windows XP Window NT NET and DirectX are all trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Other trademarks and register trademarks are the property of their respective owners Copyright BOSS is copyright 2006 2009 PIPS Technology Inc All rights reserved This product contains confidential and trade secret information of PIPS Technology Inc and is protected by copyright law and internat
15. a login and password Contact Information Customer Support Phone 1 865 392 5590 Email support pipstechnology com Email info pipstechnology com Web www pipstechnology com Tel 1 865 392 5540 Fax 1 865 392 5599 PIPS Technology Inc 804 Innovation Drive Knoxville TN 37932 USA Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 4 4 Pederal Siora Compara 2 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS The minimum recommended system requirements for installing and running the BOSS 3 0 Smart Client are Pentium compatible PC at 1 0GHz Windows XP SP2 or later Windows Vista or Windows 7 512MB of RAM 32 bit SVGA display at 800 x 600 pixels 250 MB of hard drive space if the smart client is installed locally 10MB of hard drive space if installing via web Keyboard and mouse 4 ey SZS ee SZS e SCS ee SCS ee SZS ee SZS ee 3 INSTALLING THE BOSS 3 0 SMART CLIENT The BOSS 3 0 Smart Client is a software application the BOSS application used to access the BOSS server The Smart Client application is typically run from a workstation in a local area network LAN For instructions for installing and deploying the Smart Client please refer to the BOSS 3 0 Installation and Configuration Guide 4 LOGGING IN 4 1 BOSS ADMINISTRATOR LOGIN When a new BOSS system is installed the default user admin is created with password of admin1 The installer or desi
16. application gt Inthe Dispatch Screen double click on the read to be corrected The Manual entry screen appears in the lower half of the browse edit area gt Enter the plate characters in the LPN field gt Select one or more Dispositions for the manual Read Click the gt gt button to the right of the field Select the desired disposition s and click the lt lt button to complete the selection gt Click the Save button to finish saving the corrected entry Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 43 4 Pederal Siora Compara 13 QUERYING STORED DATA The BOSS3 application allows for accessing data via a Quick Search function for simple searches the Reads section for advanced queries of all Reads records and the Reports section for various data This section will cover these areas of the application that allow searching or querying BOSS data 13 1 WILDCARDS Wildcards are special characters that represent any all potential character and can be used in searches and queries Wildcards can make finding a match easier as they can define a portion of the match criteria to be ambiguous Wildcards used in BOSS3 are the percent sign the asterisk and underscore _ The percent sign and the asterisk match multiple characters The underscore matches only a single character To match multiple letters use square brackets and Wildcard Examples Wildcard use Any values that start with the
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21. letter a oa Any values containing a Any all values la Anyvalues that are exactly two characters long and start with a Any values that have a as the second letter and end with b Any values that start with a b or c 13 2 QUICK SEARCH BAR The Quick Search Bar is always visible and available on the top of the BOSS screen regardless of category or shortcut currently selected It allows for quick simple searches of various BOSS data 13 2 1 USING THE QUICK SEARCH BAR gt Type inthe value to search in the Look For field This value can include wildcard values Multiple values can be entered separated by a comma e g ABC123 XYZ234 however wildcard values cannot be used when searching for multiple values gt Select a data type to search in the dropdown list Options include Reads Hotlists Users Groups Group Users Devices and Sites gt Click the Find link to initiate the search gt Search results are displayed in the browse edit area of the screen Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 44 4 Pederal Siora Compara 13 3 QUERY RESULT NAVIGATION LINKS The links at the top right of the screen allow for moving through the data results These controls can be very useful for larger result sets providing an easier way to move through records without using the scroll button First Moves to the very beginning of the data results first r
22. of BOSS users that belong together administratively Permission A set of related functionality in BOSS Role The authorization to access functionality in BOSS Deployment Notification The distribution or making available of a hotlist to a device Propagation or delivery of an alert resulting from a hit Federal Signal 2009 PIPS Technology BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Appendices 17 KNOWN ISSUES TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS Cingular AT amp T Connection Manager or PCS Connection Manager There is a known issue with ByteMobile Optimization Client Bmwebcfg exe often installed by Cingular AT amp T Connection Manager software used with cellular modems This software may cause BOSS service to crash prevent web installation of the Smart Client or prevent the Smart Client from connecting to BOSS server ByteMobile has addressed this issue in ByteMobile Optimization Client v2 3 If you upgrade to this version you may resolve the issue Otherwise please uninstall the software For more information please see article online http support microsoft com kb 910435 BOSS Smart Client Fails To Install With Web Deployment If the BOSS Smart Client application fails to install when deployed through a web browser the deployment can be reset on the workstation as follows Locate folder Documents and Settings username Local Settings Apps where username is the login name of the logged in Windows user Delete the folder and try to launch
23. recommended that sites are never deleted If a site is deleted queries can no longer be performed using the site as a criterion Instead of deleting a site devices assigned to it should be moved to another site gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Devices shortcut A listing of all existing Devices will display in the browse edit area Yy Click the Sites button at the bottom of the screen A listing of existing sites will appear in the browse edit area Click the desired site in the listing Click the Edit button Click the Delete button at the bottom of the Browse Edit area Y V V WV Click Yes to confirm the operation Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 25 4 Pederal Siora Compara 8 BOSS DATA SHARING BOSS allows linking of multiple BOSS systems for data sharing purposes When a user issues a query from the Smart Client application that includes a remote site the query is submitted to the local BOSS server which in turn makes a query to the remote BOSS server s The combined results from all the sites are then returned to the smart client Data from remote sites is not retained on the local BOSS server In order to configure BOSS for data sharing the following configuration needs to be done 8 1 CONFIGURING BOSS TO ALLOW REMOTE BOSS QUERIES gt Create A BOSS user for remote access This user account is a proxy that all requests from client BOSS
24. to apply this Hotlist The list appears Click the checkbox next to a device in order to select it When desired devices are checked click the lt lt button to make the selection One or more devices can be selected If one device is selected the Deployment field will show the name of that device If multiple devices are selected MULTIPLE will display in the deployment field http en wikipedia org wiki WAV Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 28 4 Pederal Sigrad Company gt Select groups for Notification Click the gt gt button to see a list of all BOSS groups Click the checkbox next to a group to select the group When you select a parent group child groups are automatically selected When desired groups are checked click the lt lt button to make the selection 9 1 2 DEFINING A HOTLIST DATA SOURCE gt Inthe Hotlist edit screen click the Source button EM F soss3 ame Hore AOUISES Name Priority Enabled LastUpdate Status Source Preferences Users JEW O SOU eae hoc gt Hotlists Source C Hotlists CSV ALPR_Invalic_Ins tt pd Formatter es E Starting Daily Devices Repeat Every i Hours Poll For Changes lv Type Network or Local A local source means that the file is physically on the BOSS server Windows file system A network source means that the hotlist source resides outside of the BOSS server Note If a Lo
25. traffic and makes hotlist updates more efficient The Delete Inactive value determines how long inactive entries are kept in the BOSS hotlist database One or multiple email addresses may be defined to receive an alert when there is a Hit Multiple email addresses can be entered in the field separated by a comma or a semicolon This setting is only applicable if there are remote sites defined Select remote sites in which to send alerts When a BOSS system sends an alert to a remote system it is sent as a Read the remote BOSS system then determines whether to treat the Read as a Hit Determines the date that the Hotlist will stop importing data from its source Fora Hotlist that is intended to be permanent leave the expiration at the default value Default expires value is 30 years from current date 9 2 ENABLING AND DISABLING A HOTLIST Y VV VV WV Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Hotlists shortcut A listing of all hotlists appears in the Browse Edit area Click the desired hotlist to select Details for the selected hotlist appear in the Browse Edit area Click the Edit button The Hotlist edit screen appears in the bottom of the screen Click the Disable or Enable button 9 3 VIEWING AND EDITING HOTLIST ENTRIES BOSS allows viewing adding editing and deleting hotlist entries 9 3 1 QUERYING HOTLIST ENTRIES gt gt gt gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click th
26. 09 Es PIPS O BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 54 TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Siora Comparer Report Tiada oft bh ole 30 au 100 A indias A summary report can be printed by BOSS3 Read Details riencia clicking on the Print Report button Sess ee me O pa oo m a pew CN s ooo eam pws ee CI E O E eee ep O Paes pE A AA e or Information siria a 1 gt ith gt Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 55 4 Pederal Siora Compara 13 8 FAVORITES Favorites are saved Read Query criteria Query criteria can be saved as favorites and reused over and over again This allows the user to quickly perform frequently needed queries without the need to define the parameters each time Favorites are specific to each user 13 8 1 CREATING A NEW FAVORITE gt Select the Home on the Shortcut bar to access its shortcut icons gt Click on the Read shortcut icon Y Enter desired query parameters in the browse edit area e g data range location radius servers etc Click the Go button to run the query When the query results window appears click the Save Query button A dialog box will appear prompting for a name Enter a descriptive name for the new Favorite Select the Use Relative Date Range option if desired Y YV VV WV Click OK to complete The query definition is now saved as a Favorite and can be accessed at any time Use Relative Date Range Option R
27. 09 PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 5 o a a NA PARA 3 k FaN 1i i wa i i URIET CR A botri UiM A ba ee a 4 Pederal Sigrad Compare Note In order for BOSS to automatically login the user the Active Directory user must be in the same Windows domain as the BOSS server 4 3 LOGIN DIALOG BOSS Login a Remember my password BOSS Serwer TECHNO LOGY CE Cancel gt Enter your username in the login field gt Enter correct password in the Password field Note passwords are case sensitive gt Click OK to complete the login process 4 3 1 STORING USERNAME AND PASSWORD Select the Remember my password option to save the password and automatically fill in both login and password fields on subsequent logins Selecting this option only remembers the login information for the current Windows User on the local computer It will not apply to a different Windows user logged into the same computer and will not apply to the same user logging into a different computer Select the Remember my password option to save the password to the computer local registry and automatically fill in both login and password fields on subsequent logins Selecting this option only remembers the login information for the current Windows User on the current computer The Remember my password option need not be checked every time Once checked the option will stay that way until it is deselected during a login Note The username an
28. 8 7 30 AM BYagen PC56789 10 10 8 65 10 6 2008 9 11 PM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM admin SRV B0SS1 10 10 6 44 10 6 2008 9 58 AM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM ccamp PC1200 10 10 7 32 10 6 2008 9 11 PM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM Drs admin PC2223 10 10 6 12 10 6 2008 9 58 am 10 7 2008 7 30 AM gseam LAPTOP10 10 10 8 74 10 6 2008 9 11 PM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM bmarsh LAPTOP1 10 10 6 52 10 6 2008 9 58 AM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM phodge PC4312 10 10 7 34 10 6 2008 9 11 PM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM Sa rherrera LAPTOP7 10 10 8 46 10 6 2008 9 58 AM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM Parameters 15 2 2 WORKSTATION POWER MANAGEMENT AND SESSIONS Page 63 Click the Sessions shortcut A listing of current login sessions appears in the Browse Edit area The heading in the Browse Edit area indicates the total number of current sessions To disconnect click the Disconnect button that appears in the detail area and click OK Using Windows Power Management to hibernate or suspend a workstation running the BOSS 3 0 Smart Client will cause the session in BOSS to be terminated after five minutes When the workstation is resumed from hibernation or suspended state the user will have to log in to BOSS again Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 64 4 Pederal Siora Compara 15 3 DISPOSITIONS Dispositions are pre defined classifications that can be assigned to Hits Example dispositions might include Arrest Made vehicle recovered surve
29. ANUAL ENTRIES O Preferences UNASSIGNED UNASSIGNED E rr ws Jew e Site Name Hotlists Description g Belongs To sS Eg Remote Site B Devices Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 24 4 Pederal Siora Compara 7 3 1 DEFAULT SITES A new BOSS3 site automatically contains two default sites MANUAL ENTRIES UNASSIGNED Normally a BOSS administrator will want to create additional sites applicable to her organization 7 3 2 CREATING A SITE gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Devices shortcut gt Click the Sites button at the bottom of the screen A listing of existing sites will appear in the browse edit area gt Click the New button at the bottom of the screen gt Enter a Name for the new site Name must be at least 3 characters long Note that the name cannot be changed once the site is created gt Enter a Description for the site Description must be at least 3 characters long gt Select the parent site for the site BOSS allows organizing sites into tree like hierarchies Click the right pointing arrow next to the Belongs To field and select one site from the list Click the lt lt button to complete the selection The site name will appear in the Belongs To field gt Check the Remote option to designate as a remote site Remote sites are explained in the next section 7 3 3 DELETING A SITE Note It is strongly
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31. ATING A NEW GROUP v Y Y V WV Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Users shortcut A listing of all existing Users will display in the browse edit area Click the Groups button at the bottom of the Browse Edit area A listing of all existing Users will display in the browse edit area Click the New button Enter a Group Name Group name must be at least 3 characters long Enter a Group Description optional Select a parent Group Each group is required to have a parent group Only the default BOSS group has no parent Click the gt gt button next to Belongs To in order to access a list of all existing groups Click the desired group and click the lt lt button to select The name of the selected group will display in the Belongs To field Federal Signal 2009 Groups provide an efficient way to BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 14 4 Pederal Siora Compara gt Assign a Role to the group Click the gt gt button to select from existing roles Click the desired role in the list and click the lt lt button to make the selection The name of the selected role will appear in the field gt Click the Advanced button to access additional optional settings for the new group PAGIS Role User M Admin External C PNC Remote Group a Servers Access la Log Queries E PAGIS Roles User Admin External PNC Check desired PAGIS roles to grant the new group the associated permiss
32. CE da NE 66 15 5 1 changing User Preeren ES anina A a 66 16 GLOSSARY Visca ii 67 17 KNOWN ISSUES TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS oocccconocccnonnccccnononcccnonnccacncnnocccnnnnonacnnnnocacnnnnonaccnnnonaness 68 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 2 4 Pederal Siora Compara 1 INTRODUCTION This document serves as a reference manual for version 3 of the Back Office System Software or BOSS software and will discuss the various features and functionality of the application BOSS is a management and administration tool for PIPS ALPR systems The BOSS application provides an interface for user maintenance data queries import and export of data and dispatch functions BOSS lets an administrator specify the databases used by both mobile and fixed camera installations BOSS retrieves these databases on a regular schedule manages the users of the PAGIS deployments provides a central repository for data collected by mobile PAGIS deployments and fixed camera installations such as the Spike provides reporting and data management tools provides hit detection and dispatch functions for fixed camera installations and allows for data mining and data sharing with other agencies The schematic below shows how the BOSS works together with the PAGIS application and Spike Spike SpikeHD cameras to create a comprehensive solution BOSS Smart Clients PAGIS vehicles Synchronize Manage
33. N The BOSS home screen is displayed upon login The top banner displays the login name of the current BOSS user the BOSS server address and current system statistics Statistics may take a few moments to update after login Xx D 10 69 250 2 23032 3 0 0 15293 IVL 19856 102 l 5 TECHNOLOGY Copyright c 2008 Federal Signal Exit Exit the BOSS application Logout Log out from the current session to the login screen Alerts Toggle dispatch alerts on orange highlight and off This button will not be displayed if the user is not authorized to access the dispatch screen or if the user has not chosen to receive dispatch alerts in Preferences Help Activates the online help system About Displays application information 5 4 MINIMIZING THE BOSS APPLICATION The BOSS application can be minimized to the Windows System Tray using the Windows minimize button on the right upper corner of the BOSS application window To restore the BOSS application click on the BOSS icon When the application is minimized real time alerts will still be displayed i B0553 x Y Click here to show BOS553 EEO e 10 12 Ar gt Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 10 4 Pederal Siora Compara 6 BOSS ACCESS PERMISSIONS USERS GROUPS ROLES Access permissions to various functions such as reports or dispatch alerts in BOSS are administered through users groups and roles Each individual that will use the BO
34. OSS Online Reads 19856 Hits 102 Misreads 5 Devices Offline 30 o E Navigation The navigation breadcrumbs appear at the top of the BOSS screen as different actions are selected By clicking on the links it is possible to backtrack to a previous screen Shortcut Bar The panel that on the left of the screen The shortcut bar contains icon buttons for the various operations available The Shortcut icons are divided into 3 categories Home Admin and System Each time the application is first started all of the categories are closed with no shortcuts displayed Click on any of the three headings to access the shortcuts within that category The shortcut bar can be collapsed entirely in order to provide a larger space for the Browse Edit Area by clicking the lt lt button at the top left of the screen To expand the shortcut bar again click the gt gt button Browse Edit Area This is the widest portion of the application window and where data is displayed for viewing or editing The actual data is displayed here depends upon the shortcut icon that is selected from the shortcut bar Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 8 4 Pederal Siora Compara Quick Search Bar This resides directly above the Browse Edit Area and allows for simple immediate queries of BOSS data Using the quick search simply involves typing in text for which to query selecting the type of data to search in the type dropdown
35. PIPS Technology Ltd Federal Signal Company PIPS Technology Inc Federal Signal Company 804 Innovation Drive A Federal Signal Compare York House School Lane Knoxville Tennessee Chandlers Ford 37932 USA Eastleigh Hampshire SO53 4DG UK Advancing security and well being BOSS BACK OFFICE SYSTEM SOFTWARE Version 3 0 2 Software User s Manual Part AVOOOO000000202 Notices The information within this manual is authorized for distribution to customers authorized service center personnel and distributors of PIPS Technology Every effort has been made to supply correct information However PIPS Technology assumes neither responsibility for its use nor any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which would result No license is granted by the manufacturer under any patent or patent rights PIPS Technology reserves the right to modify and update the equipment at any time without prior notice No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means to a third party without the prior consent of the copyright holder The manufacturer s warranty will be invalidated if untrained personnel operate the equipment or if any attempt is made to service the equipment by unauthorized personnel This manual contains confidential and proprietary information and should not be redistributed except on an as needed basis for proper use and maintenance of your system
36. SS software must log in to BOSS via a user account Each user account is assigned to a Group Every Group is assigned a Role such as Administrator or Dispatcher which determines the set of functionality to which that the Group s members will have access Permissions The security parameters defined in a Role apply to a user via the group to which the user belongs 6 1 PERMISSION LEVELS The following table lists the permission levels that apply to permissions Explanation NoAccess No permissions to the function Read Only View only permissions to the function Add Change Delete not permitted Full Access Complete permissions to the function View Add Change Delete permitted When a user s effective permissions to a function are No Access the function is not shown to the user For example if a user has No Access privileges to the System function the System category is not displayed Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 11 ww E A iiaiai da 6 2 PERMISSIONS The following table lists the functions that are controlled by permissions levels Permission Explanation o Dispatch Real time monitoringandhitalerts S Users Groups and user accounts SS Hotlists Hotlists plates of interest Devices Sites and LPR camera devices System configuration options 6 3 ROLES Roles are access permission profiles BOSS3 comes with several predefined roles A BOSS administrator i
37. ads show Hits Cutoff mins 3 Y Save As Default d Monitored Devices Camera sources can be selected or deselected to control which ones will supply Reads and resulting Hits to the dispatch screen This allows individual dispatchers to focus on particular camera inputs In large BOSS deployments it may not be practical for a single dispatcher to monitor all sources simultaneously This setting allows the dispatcher to select deselect any combination of sources one multiple or all for monitoring An organization may choose to assign individual dispatcher personnel to different sources or may select to focus on particular sources during certain time periods or events Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 40 4 Pederal Siora Compara Show Reads When selected all Reads from devices selected in Monitored Devices field display in the dispatch screen By default this option is not selected Show Hits When selected Hits will display in the top section of the dispatch screen as they occur When the option is deselected rows are not displayed in the Hits section However popup alerts wills still display for Hits regardless of this setting Cutoff mins The cutoff setting determines how current from the present time a Hit or Read must be in order to display on the dispatch screen This setting determines the number of minutes before data is discarded from the on screen display Save As Default When checke
38. al Cred ad NEE lame A Hotlists Password o Domain PO acad Federal Signal 2009 4 Pederal Siora Compara BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 31 9 1 5 DEFINING HOTLIST ADVANCED OPTIONS Advanced Options are values that allow you to further define details of the new Hotlist To access the Advanced Options click the Advanced button on the New Hotlist entry screen Covert A covert hotlist is one that contains sensitive information that should be available to only certain user groups The effects of defining a hotlist as covert are as follows A hit on the covert hotlist will not be alerted to users in mobile PAGIS vehicles unless the logged in user is a PAGIS Administrator A hit on the covert hotlist will not be alerted in the BOSS application regardless of the user alert preferences Hit alerts for covert hotlists will be sent only via email When reads are queried hit information on covert hotlists will be displayed only to users in the Notifications list for the hotlist Other users will see that the read is a hit but no information will be shown Whitelist Wildcard One Time Alert Timeout Hit information for hits from covert hotlists will not be sent to remote BOSS servers This option when selected defines the hotlist to be a whitelist which works reversely to a normal hotlist A whitelist defines a list of plates that are authorized and not of concern When a whitelist is a
39. are set to No Access by default Click the lt lt button to the left to increase the security level Click the Save button to complete creation of the new Role 6 3 2 DELETING A ROLE gt Select the System category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Roles shortcut A listing of all existing Roles will display in the browse edit area gt Click the desired Role in the list An entry screen appears in the bottom of the browse edit area for the selected Role gt Click the Delete button A dialog will appear requiring confirmation for the delete gt Click the Yes button to complete the delete operation The Role entry screen will close and the deleted Role will no longer appear in the Roles list Federal Signal 2009 6 4 Groups are collections of users that have the same permissions BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 13 4 Pederal Siora Compara GROUPS organize users for example by organizational units and easily assign permissions to those users Using Groups is optional A default group named BOSS automatically exists within a BOSS system and user accounts will by default belong to the BOSS group The BOSS group cannot be deleted The screen for editing Groups in BOSS looks as follows ree ee Grops Look For D tna cies dme Belongs Remote To Group poss E Lance Advanced Group Mame Description Belongs To Role 6 4 1 CRE
40. ather than using the specific dates that were entered when defining the query settings date range will be calculated based on the current date at the time the query is run Relative Date Range Example Consider a Query is saved as a Favorite and originally defined on 8 9 2008 to search Reads between 8 02 2008 and 8 8 2008 the prior week If the Relative Date Range option is selected the query is saved to always run against the prior week rather than those actual dates If the Favorite is invoked on 12 3 2008 it will return results from 11 26 2008 thru 12 2 2008 13 8 2 ACTIVATING A FAVORITE gt Select the Home category in the shortcut bar if not already selected gt Click the Favorites shortcut gt Alisting of all favorites is displayed in the browse edit area gt Click the desired Favorite The selected favorite will be highlighted in yellow gt Click the Go button in the bottom area of the browse edit area gt The query results will appear in the browse edit area Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 56 4 Pederal Siora Compara Note Depending on factors such as the size of the BOSS database the speed of the server and the bandwidth of the connection between client and server and the parameters of the query there may be a delay before the results are displayed A cursor hourglass indicates that the query is in progress 13 8 3 DELETING A FAVORITE gt Select the Home category in the shortcu
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42. cal source is selected the source file location folder must be accessible to the Windows process running the BOSS server application PIPS BOSS3 Windows service Source For a local source click the gt gt button to the right of the location field A file dialog will display in which you can navigate to a path and select a file For a network source Click the gt gt button to select one of the default Locations if applicable OR type in the location for the source HTTP The location format must be http server port path There are a few predefined HTTP locations CA DOJ included in BOSS that can be accessed with the gt gt button FTP The location format must be ftp server port path lt Remote BOSS system The location format must be boss server port hotlist where hotlist is the hotlist name on the remote system Note The remote system hotlist name must be alphanumeric and cannot contain any spaces Federal Signal 2009 4 Pederal Siora Compara Formatter Starting Daily Repeat Every OR Poll for Changes BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 29 Formatter means the way a hotlist database file is parsed out into discrete fields Click the gt gt button next to the Formatter field A list of available formatters appears Click on the desired formatter and click the lt lt button to make the selection The name of the selected formatter will appear in the field Note Normally
43. colon Alert Timeout Minutes The cutoff time for older Hits to alert the user Alert Via A user can elect to receive BOSS alerts through the application Dispatch email or both mediums Language Language preference for the user Default value is English PAGIS Password The PAGIS password for the user Note The user must be in a Group that has been granted PAGIS permissions in order for the user login to PAGIS Display Images Height px This setting defines the size of the images Reads and Hits that will display for the user in the Dispatch and Reads Query sections APPENDIX A Third Party Components Licensing Terms Federal Signal 2009 PIPS Technology BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Appendices 16 GLOSSARY ALPR Automatic License Plate Recognition Read A license plate detection event that results in the plate text optical recognition and pictures being taken Hotlist A list or database of license plates of interest e g the NCIC database Hit A match on a plate read against a hotlist Misread A read that was marked as a misread by a user Disposition The classification of a hit e g a recovered stolen vehicle Mobile Unit An ALPR system installed in a patrol vehicle PAGIS Fixed Camera An ALPR camera permanently mounted above a roadway Spike Spike SpikeHD Device A source of ALPR data PAGIS or Spike Site A group of related devices User An authorized BOSS user with a login name Group A group
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45. ctive license plates read that do not match an entry on the list will trigger a Hit Alert An example of a whitelist use might be a secure parking lot in which camera devices are monitoring vehicles entering Authorized plates will match entries in a whitelist Hotlist If a plate is read that does not match an entry in the whitelist an alert occurs Whitelists and hotlists can be active for a device simultaneously This option when selected allows wildcard characters in LPN entries in the Hotlist Note This feature is not yet functional but will be operational in a future version of the software This option when selected specifies that the Hotlist data should only be accessed from its defined source one time no subsequent updating after the first import This setting allows you to define how current a Hit from this Hotlist must be in order to cause an alert This primarily pertains to information coming in from mobile units where there may be a large delay Alert Timeout can be specified in minutes hours days or months Federal Signal 2009 4 Pederal Siora Compara Delete Inactive Notify Email Remote Alerts To Expires BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 32 BOSS updates hotlists in an incremental manner and instead of deleting hotlist entries that no longer exist non existent entries are marked as inactive If the entry subsequently becomes valid the entry is marked active again This reduces network
46. d the settings are saved and restored the next time the user logs in Note that selected devices will always default to the devices where the user is configured to receive notifications in the Hotlist settings see Notifications in section 8 1 1 If the Alert Toggle button see 4 1 is set to the off position Hits and Reads will not display in the Dispatch screen gt Change Dispatch settings as desired and click the Save button to put the changes into effect The dispatch screen is divided into two sections with Hits shown in the top section and Reads shown in the bottom 12 1 2 DISPATCH HITS The Dispatch screen displays rows for Hits The Show Hits option must be selected in dispatch settings in order for Hits to display Each new Hit produces a new row The columns displayed are Device The device that originated the read LPN The license plate value characters read in by a camera or manually entered by a user Misread Check indicates that this record was marked as a misread TimeStamp Date and time that the read occurred Syntax The state or region of the plate if available Misread Check indicates that the hit resulted from a read that was marked as a misread Manual Check indicates that the hit resulted from a manual entry put in by a BOSS user Patch Small image of the license plate Overview Color overview picture of the vehicle Federal Signal 2009 4 Pederal Siora Compara Hotlist Field1 Field
47. d the password are stored in the Windows Registry This can be a security risk It is recommended that the Remember my password option is not used unless the Windows workstation can be secured against unauthorized access Federal Signal 2009 Es PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 6 TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Signal Comparer 4 3 2 BOSS CLIENT CONNECTION SETTINGS Click the BOSS Server button on the Login screen to view change the client connection settings Server Port Server IP address computer name or DNS address can be used in the server field as long as the client can reach the server using the value entered Port The default Port used for connecting to the BOSS server is 23032 This should only be changed here if the BOSS server has been configured to use a non default port BOSS Login Ed Password o Remember my password BOSS Server 127 0 0 1 23032 E PIPS pr a TECHNOLOGY IF Cancel Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 7 4 Pederal Siora Compara 5 APPLICATION LAYOUT 5 1 COMPONENTS OF THE BOSS APPLICATION SCREEN Navigation breadcrumbs Spr me F Boss3 from TECNO OGY Shortcut Bar as Quick Search Bar Welcome ti BOSSs37 admin 10 69 250 2 23032 3 0 0 15293 I l Browse Edit Area 19856 am 102 echnology BOSS3 5 PIPS TECHNOLOGY Copyright c 2008 Federal Sianal A p es7 all Action Buttons Status Ba r B
48. d was marked as a misread Check indicates this Read resulted in a Hit Check indicates this Read was input manually by a BOSS user rather than originating from a camera device Notes associated with the Read Annotations are entered by BOSS users Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 42 4 Pederal Siora Compara 12 2 MANUAL ENTRIES There may be times that a camera does not read a plate or for some other reason a Read needs to be entered manually by a dispatcher Manual Read entries can be added by an authorized user via the Dispatch section 12 2 1 ADDING A MANUAL ENTRY gt From the Dispatch Screen click the Add button The Manual entry screen appears in the lower half of the browse edit area gt Enter the plate characters in the LPN field gt Select one or more Dispositions for the manual Read Click the gt gt button to the right of the field Select the desired disposition s and click the lt lt button to complete the selection gt Click the Save button to finish saving the manual entry The manual entry may not appear in the Dispatch screen if Manual Entries device is not being monitored 12 2 2 CORRECTING READS There may be situations in which it is necessary for a dispatcher to manually adjust a Read An example scenario would be a Read that missed a character due to an obstruction between the camera and the plate A Read can be edited from the Dispatch screen of the BOSS
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52. e Hotlists shortcut A listing of all hotlists appears in the Browse Edit area Click the desired hotlist to select Details for the selected hotlist appear in the Browse Edit area Click the Plates button Federal Signal 2009 TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Sigrad Compare Es PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 33 gt The Hotlist Plates screen will be displayed wer TECHNOLOGY lists TEST 96259 LPNs Plates it ojojo Field4 Field5 PNC DL Info Stolen 1999 BELS TL BLK Stolen 2000 TRAI TL RED Stolen Stolen plate Stolen Stolen plate Stolen 1989 CHEV BRO Stolen Stolen plate Stolen Stolen plate Stolen Stolen plate Stolen 1997 PLYM RED CAN REV 1971 TRA Stolen 1986 SUPR TL BLK Stolen Stolen plate CAN REV 1986 SUN Stolen 1994 WELL WHI Stolen 1992 HMDE TL BLk Stolen Stolen plate _ Stolen 1993 HMDE TL BLky EA gt Type in the plate text to find or partial plate text in the LPN field gt Click on the Find link License plates that match the criteria will be displayed Note that only the first 1000 matching license plates will be shown 9 3 2 EDITING A HOTLIST ENTRY Retrieve hotlist plates as instructed in section 9 3 1 Click on the row showing the desired plate The plate edit form will be displayed at the bottom of the screen Edit the field values as desired Y VV V WV Click Save to save changes
53. e per login he System Administrator C User le Dispatcher he Group Administrator C Device Administrator C Hotlist Administrator Rennrt Mant 14 2 RUNNING A SYSTEM REPORT Y Select the Home category on the shortcut bar V Click the Reports shortcut Yy The Browse Edit area will display a list of available reports Reports to which the user does not have permissions are not displayed Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 58 4 Pederal Siora Compara gt Click the desired report The selected report is highlighted in yellow Parameters for the report appear in the bottom of the browse edit area gt Select Date Range All reports call for a From Date and To Date to define the time range for the report data By default the values in these fields define a report for the most recent 2 weeks You can change these dates by typing different information into these fields using the up down arrow keys to the right of the field or by clicking the gt gt button to the right of the field and selecting a date on the calendar and then clicking the lt lt button gt Some reports also allow for filtering report results by user s For example the pictures report which reports pictures taken in PAGIS allows for defining one of more users to report on gt Once desired parameters are selected for the report click the Go button The report screen immediately displays indica
54. ecord lt lt Prev Moves one record back Next gt gt Moves one record forward Last Moves the very end o the data results last record New Search Use to clear the results page and return to the query parameters screen To clear results from a Quick Find click the Clear link to the right of the search entry fields Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 45 4 Pederal Siora Compara 13 4 QUICK SEARCH FIELDS When performing a query using the quick search feature keep in mind that the search is performed on one significant field of the data type the search is run against the significant field not all fields For example when performing a quick search on Users the text entered is compared against the user name field of all user records but not against the display names The following is a list of the fields used in Quick Search Data Type Field used for Search LPN Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 46 4 Pederal Siora Compara 13 5 ADVANCED READS QUERIES Reads can be viewed real time using the Dispatch screen For information regarding viewing Reads real time see the Dispatch section of this manual 13 5 1 QUERYING READS Reads screen allows for searching and viewing past Read records Reads can be searched via a quick search where the LPN Plate number is queried The Reads section allows for more advanced Read queries in which data can be filtered based on addit
55. en the user has active at the time If there s a sound associated with the hit it will be played Alerts will be queued until the user acknowledges them by clicking OK Real time alerting in the BOSS application can be turned off by clicking on the Alerts button on the BOSS home screen The settings for real time alerts can be modified through the Dispatch screen Hit Alert 2 pending TEST Device COMARES LAPTOP A License Plate RAMOS a t i Timestamp 1 24 2009 10 29 40 AM A a a i Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 39 4 Pederal Siora Compara 12 DISPATCH The purpose of the Dispatch screen is to be a tool for first responder dispatchers for viewing hits and for monitoring and correcting license plate reads that come into the BOSS system The information on the Dispatch screen is near real time Plate reads and hits are shown immediately as they arrive into the BOSS application from license plate reader cameras 12 1 ACCESSING DISPATCH gt Click on the Home category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Dispatch shortcut icon 12 1 1 DISPATCH SETTINGS Dispatch Settings allow you to choose the information shown in the Dispatch screen gt Select the Home category in the shortcut bar if not already selected gt Click the Dispatch shortcut gt Click the Settings button in the bottom of the browse edit area Monitored Devices Multiple Show Re
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57. f unmodified binaries of SharoMap v0 9 RC1 library published under GNU Lesser General Public License LGPL version 2 1 See Appendix B SharpMap is copyright Copyright 2006 Morten Nielsen The SharpMap source code can also be downloaded from http www codeplex com Wiki View aspx ProjectName SharpMa Per LGPL Section 3 b PIPS Technology offers you for a charge no more than the cost of physically performing source distribution a complete machine readable copy of the corresponding SharpMap source code To obtain the source code distribution please contact PIPS Technology technical support This product makes use of unmodified binaries of MiniHttpd library published Create Commons Attribution License v2 5 The license text can be found online at URL http creativecommons org licenses by 2 5 legalcode The MiniHttpd is Copyright 2005 2005 Rei Miyasaka This product makes use of unmodified binaries of SharpZipLib library released under the GPL with the following exception Linking this library statically or dynamically with other modules is making a combined work based on this library Thus the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License cover the whole combination As a special exception the copyright holders of this library give you permission to link this library with independent modules to produce an executable regardless of the license terms of these independent modules and to copy and distribute the resulting executab
58. formation is downloaded to the PAGIS mobile application from BOSS To access Targets gt Retrieve hotlist plates as instructed in section 9 3 1 gt Click on the row showing the desired plate gt The plate edit form will be displayed at the bottom of the screen gt Click the Targets button Federal Signal 2009 TECHNOLOGY A Pederal Siora Comparer Es PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Home Hotlists TEST 96259 LPNs Plates Targets Targets tor AUTS565 PNCID Name Warning Joe Doe Armed and dangerous Back New 9 4 1 CREATING A NEW TARGET Activate the Targets screen as described in section 8 4 Click the New button gt gt gt The Target Edit form will be displayed gt Fill in the fields with appropriate values gt Click the Save button Home Hotlists TEST 96259LPNs Plates Targets Targets tor AUT3365 PNCID Name Warning Target Joe Doe Cancel Delete Full Name Joe Doe Load Image gt gt Date of Birth Place of Birth Ethnicity PNCID Category Warning Armed and dangerous Federal Signal 2009 Page 35 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 36 4 Pederal Siora Company The fields supported are Full Name The first and last name of the target Date of Birth The date of birth of the target Ethnicity The ethnicity race or national origin of the target PNCID The UK Police National Computer
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60. gnated BOSS admin can login with this account to create additional users and otherwise configure the system It is important that the admin password should be changed right away in order to protect system security Also remember that it is very important that this password is kept confidential in order to protect the security of your BOSS system Please refer to the BOSS 3 0 Installation and Configuration Guide from more information about BOSS 3 0 installation 4 2 USER LOGINS The BOSS application will require the user to login with user name and password only if there is no BOSS user matching the current Active Directory user login In other words if the user name currently logged into Windows matches a user name in the BOSS system the user is automatically logged into the application when it is started and no login screen will appear For example if user bsmith is logged in using Windows Domain Authentication through Active Directory logged into Windows when the BOSS Smart Client is started and a bsmith user exists within the BOSS system no login screen will appear the application will authenticate the user and load automatically If a user logs into Windows that is not an exact match to that user name in the BOSS system or is not logged into the same Windows Domain a login screen will appear The user will then have to enter a correct BOSS user name and password in order to enter the application Federal Signal 20
61. iao ooo aicicoa 49 Locke WORKING VITA CUERIEDIREAD ooo oca 50 13 7 1 VIC WING Query ROSUIES cona acest oe vice acess asa eee AE 50 13 7 2 Query RESUIS ACUONS otters atlases 51 13 7 3 VIEWING Read DOT T AT N 52 Lor FAVORITE ra E E 55 13 8 1 CREQTING O NGW FOV Ole re EAE TEE E EEEE 55 13 8 2 PCUIVGQUING FF QV OVC rene aE E E EA E 55 13 8 3 DE UNO EROALE E L AES AE o iaa 56 14 REPORT Scissscsvoscateniwnssiwsnnccataasnasiuacensnanastousscansescahoutnesiucavaesatesswasgucetunsshenbonsesdecoucabonbennieestassatembousiuaevees 57 TAL ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS TO ACCESS REPORTS crseo tiers epmeueceaete tee seaacat a 57 14 2 RUNNING ASYSTEM REPOR A AAA AS 57 143 VEWNGAND PRINTING REPORTS sesseccccesctucVaneui ced ecbedsn apewedusesseaaceabenecen ia 58 15 SYSTEM SETTING Sido euch ate EEE EEEE EEEE EAEAN ESA ston ses 60 VA SYSTEM PARAMETER riiin a E A SS 60 1531 4 EIN SVS te PROTONES Nica 60 15 1 2 EStOF BOSS SVEM FarameterS diia 60 15 3 ROAD cs 62 ON a Ree ORT a ea UP Ee Ie ee eT ee een eee 62 15 2 1 VIEWING GNG DISCONMECUNG SESSIONS ea spteldcee cae nats alos intelligence A A sae aas 63 15 2 2 Workstation Power Management And Sessions sccccssessececeesececssecsscceesesecsusecsssusecsssueesseuesecensuseeeeas 63 MSs ISPOSITIONG sete accte tects en tanita ein lal de 64 15 34 Defining a NewDIS DOS 64 15 3 2 Delega DION io 64 134 TRANSLATIONS cenna T cdas 65 15 4 1 Entering a New Translation rerin e E RAR A a 65 Loe PREFEREN
62. icadon Timeout lo ial ENGLISH al Displayed Images Height 100 Lanquage Expiration Date 10 2 2038 5 11 PM gt eyes PAGIS Password Email Address Email address or addresses associated with the user BOSS alerts for the user are sent to the email addresses specified here Multiple addresses should be separated with a comma or a semicolon Alert Notification By A user can be configured to receive BOSS alerts through the application Dispatch Email or both mediums Click the lt lt or gt gt buttons to cycle through the options stopping at the desired selection Notification Timeout The cutoff time from the time of when a hit occurred after which an alert will no longer be sent to the user For example if the notification timeout is 20 minutes and a plate of interest is detected at 12 00pm notification is not sent to the user after 12 20pm This timeout prevents alerts being sent for events that are delayed in arrival to BOSS Language The language preference for the user The default value is English Displayed Images Height This setting defines the size in pixels of the images Reads and Hits that will display for the user in the Dispatch and Reads sections Expiration Date Date for the User account to automatically be disabled Simply leave this field at its default value 30 years from current date if no expiration is desired PAGIS Password The PAGIS password for the user Note The user must be in a
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64. illance established etc A BOSS administrator is able to define any number of dispositions for her system Users can then use those dispositions to specify the action taken or the status of the Hit A new BOSS3 system will have a default disposition of No Action 15 3 1 DEFINING A NEW DISPOSITION Yy Y Y YV V WV Select the System category on the shortcut bar Click the Dispositions shortcut A listing of all current Dispositions appears in the top of the browse edit area Click the New Button in the bottom of the browse edit area Enter a Name for the disposition Enter a Description for the new disposition Specify a Priority for the disposition A lower number means greater priority Select the Back Office Only option if the disposition should not be available only in the Correct Reads screen in BOSS and not exposed in PAGIS Name Description Priority lo Back Office Only 15 3 2 DELETING A DISPOSITION Y VW VV V WV Select the System category in the shortcut bar if not already selected Click the Dispositions shortcut A listing of all dispositions is displayed in the browse edit area Click the desired Disposition The selected disposition will be highlighted in yellow Click the Delete button in the bottom area of the browse edit area Press Yes to confirm deletion Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 65 4 Pederal Siora Compara 15 4 TRANSLATIONS Across var
65. including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT TORT OR OTHERWISE ARISING FROM OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE This product makes use of MapTools library Copyright c 1999 Frank Warmerdam This library is available under the following MIT Style license http shapelib maptools org license html Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction including without limitation the rights to use copy modify merge publish distribute sublicense and or sell copies of the Software and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so subject to the following conditions The above copyr
66. ional fields such as date ranges location radius near address etc 13 5 2 ADVANCED READS QUERY To perform an advanced reads query gt Select the Home Category on the Shortcut bar if not already selected gt Click the Reads shortcut icon gt Enter desired query criteria All fields do not have to be filled in Leaving a query field blank simply defines no filtering on that field gt Click the Go button to run the query OR gt Click the Append button to add the query results to a previous query OR gt Click the More button to retrieve more reads using the same query Note Depending on factors such as the size of the BOSS database the speed of the server and the bandwidth of the connection between client and server and the parameters of the query there may be a delay before the results are displayed A cursor hourglass indicates that the query is in progress Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 47 4 Pederal Siora Compara 13 5 3 ENTERING ADVANCED READS QUERY CRITERIA From Date 7 17 2009 11 31 AM o 7 31 2009 1 31AM E Location Near Address Radius 0 0 m f Servers The query criteria fields are LPN Full or partial using wild cards license plate number See section 13 5 4 for additional information From Date The start date and time for reads to be retrieved Click on the gt gt button to display a calendar for quick selection or type in
67. ional treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portions of it may result in civil and criminal penalties Version This manual documents version 3 0 2 of the PIPS BOSS software and was last updated on July 31 2009 CONTENTS Te INTRODUCTION sosa cone dean varus asap wseseecssnes NE pune denon aus ssnsueedswaneranenraeveanenanees 2 2 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS wiccsssiscssnscsevevcnesasnevwncwavnvnvusaveviente sus vescunncouncusueunevonssenedevesusevesdeuseroseusueus 4 3 INSTALLING THE BOSS 3 0 SMART CLIENT sisiscsssscnecesetondenvnnsmanenctsnsunvsnssussessveunseensiaasnstsseuseesevasnues ESE 4 As LOGGING A Sn on AAA E 4 4 1 BOSS ADMINISTRATOR EOGIN cerraron irn E E EEE E 4 4 2 URLO IN Saba 4 4 3 LOGIN a 5 4 3 1 Storing Username and Password sseeseeeseseesseessernesrerseeresereserersseresrresrerssereserrerersrresrereseresereseeressereseee 5 4 3 2 BOSS Clienti connec ion SOLOS crio iabs 6 dy APPLICATION LALO irradia 7 5 1 COMPONENTS OF THE BOSS APPLICATION SCREEN bese 7 sree ONENE ELO coat 8 5 3 TREBOS gt HOME SCREEN crio tits 9 5 4 MINIMIZING THE BOSS APPLICATION oscars ds 9 6 BOSS ACCESS PERMISSIONS USERS GROUPS ROLES scccssccsscccssccnssccssscescccscccesccscccesccussesseccusceues 10 6 1 PERMISSION LEVES ascos polonia E E a T 10 6 2 PERMISSION Serpiente ooiop ron os repo cocacola 11 6 3 A a 11 6 3 1 CREO INC Ositos 12 6 3 2 DEJO NOS curar ooiatas 12 6 4 o Pee 13 6 4 1
68. ions in PAGIS Please refer to PAGIS documentation for more information Remote Group Select this option to designate the group as remote Logins from remote sites have to be in a group that is flagged as remote When a BOSS administrator wants to give access to another BOSS system for remote queries data sharing a login must be created and assigned to a group that is flagged as a remote group The remote BOSS administrator will then create a remote site with credentials of that login Server Access This option allows for defining which if any remote systems will be accessible by this group Click the gt gt button to access a list of remote systems See section 6 4 2 Note If no remote sites have been defined no options are available for this field Click each desired site and click the lt lt button to complete the selection process If one remote system is selected the name of that system will appear in the Server Access field If more than one system was selected MULTIPLE will appear in the field Log Queries This option when selected will result in all queries made by all users of the group to be logged This information is then available via the Audits report Warning This can potentially be a very large amount of data Select this option with care gt When advanced User settings are configured as desired click the Back button to return to the main New Group Entry screen gt Click the Save button to co
69. iora Compara Hotlist Name TEST Description Priority 500 f Colors Deployment Multiple Notification Multiple gt Enter a Name for the Hotlist You cannot use a Hotlist name that already exists The name must be at least 3 characters and be alphanumeric Note Hotlist names of hotlists that are shared between BOSS servers cannot contain spaces v Enter a Description for the Hotlist optional gt Selecta Priority for the Hotlist When there are multiple hits alerts the priority determines which alert will occur first Lower number means greater priority gt Select a Sound for alerts resulting from this Hotlist optional Click the Load button to select a Microsoft Wave Sound File Format wav file To test the selected sound click the Play button Optionally one of the three default sounds may be selected Low Medium or High Alert gt Select Colors for the alert if desired optional The default is white text on a royal blue background Custom color settings affect the entries in Dispatch The background color also applies to alerts in PAGIS gt Click Text button to select a color for the text gt Click the Bgnd Backround button to select a color for the background Note Currently selected text and background color is displayed in the sample box showing ABC123 gt Select devices for Deployment Click the gt gt button to the right of the Deployment field to select devices to which
70. ious organizations and agencies terminology related to BOSS can differ significantly For this reason a new function has been added in BOSS version 3 that gives customers flexibility in naming conventions used in the application The Translations function provides for changing wording on BOSS screens allowing a customer to tailor screen labeling to correspond to their own vernacular Text items in the translations editor correspond to labels on BOSS screens Authorized users can change these text items as necessary Note This feature is not intended as a replacement for language specific versions of BOSS For international versions of BOSS please contact PIPS Technology me F Boss3 Home Translations ansiauon Text Translation Parameters Jew Translation e ce Caption Translation Report Mgmt E Translations F al lo 15 4 1 ENTERING A NEW TRANSLATION gt Select the System category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Translations shortcut A listing of all current translations appears in the top of the browse edit area The new translations entry screen appears in the bottom area gt Enter an existing label from the BOSS application in the Caption field using exact case and spelling that normally appears on the screen gt Enter the desired replacement text in the Translation field gt Click the Save button to complete the operation Note The user must logout and log back in for tra
71. k on the enlarged image to dismiss from the screen Right click on the image to copy the image to Windows Clipboard Oo KAS If the read is a hit details of the hit Device SIMULATOR_2_1 decis can be displayed by clicking on the ll A oe Hit Info button at the bottom of ie o La 7 the screen o Hit Hit TEST co STOLEN STOLEN PLATE Federal Signal 2009 Es PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 53 TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Sigrad Comparer 7KIT En 9 17 2008 4 11 03 PM The map displaying the location Device MARKS LAPTOP where the read occurred can be lal displayed by clicking on the View Site ane mk Map button Lat 35 89428833333 Lon 84 14077833333 A E 8 Timestamp 9 17 2008 4 11 03 PM Ree MAG NS Use the Edit button to correct the Location BRYAN S plate text and or assign a disposition Site NEW SOURCES ee to the read Click on Save to save Lat 35 89428833333 Lon 84 14077833333 the cha nges To associate annotations notes with the read click on the Annotations button Cancel annotations LPN 837KJT 5 ae a Dispositions Timestamp 9 17 2008 4 11 03 PM Annotations associated with the read can be viewed by clicking on the Annotations button Device MARKS LAPTOP Location BRYAN S Site NEW SOURCES Lat 3589428833333 Lon al LTT Federal Signal 20
72. k the desired device in the listing Click the Edit button Click the Delete button at the bottom of the Browse Edit area Click Yes to confirm the operation Federal Signal 2009 PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 23 TECHNOLOGY Federal Signal Compare 7 2 5 VIEWING DEVICE LOGS gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Devices shortcut gt Click the Logs button at the bottom of the screen Sources z C simulator _98_1 la C simulator_99_1 C station1_1 C station2_1 To Date 3 5 2009 12 20 PM a C station3w_1 C station4_1 C station5_1 C station6_1 C station7_1 C station8_1 C test_1 C Site1 2 19 2009 12 20 PM E m Sources Select the sources from which to view log entries From Date Select the start date for the display To Date Select the end date for the display gt Click Go to view the log entries 7 3 SITES A site is an optional mechanism for organizing devices This allows a BOSS admin to arrange devices into groups according to convenience such as geographical area or a facility The ability to group or arrange devices can be quite significant in large installations where there are many devices Each device created must be assigned to a site me F Boss3 Home Devices Sites ECHOLOD Y Look For y y in Ps Find Clear tes 2 First lt lt Prev Next gt gt Las Name Description Remote MANUAL ENTRIES M
73. l Sigrad Compare 6 5 USERS me F BOSS3 rae Preferences Hotlists Devices Home Users Users 1 Login Name Display Name Group PhomeNo Enabled admin admin BOSS Ww Jew User Cancel Save Ade Sneed T Login Name A Display Name FO Password A Group O Phone Number CREATING A NEW USER Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Users shortcut A listing of all existing Users will display in the browse edit area Click the New button at the bottom of the Browse Edit area The new user entry screen appears Enter a Login Name for the new user This is the name the user will use when logging into the BOSS application The Login name must be at least 3 characters Enter a Display Name for the new user optional Enter a Password for the new user Password must be at least 3 characters Select a Group for the user Click the gt gt button to access a list of all groups Click on the desired group and click the lt lt button to complete the selection Enter a contact Phone Number for the user optional This field is simply for informational purposes in a scenario where the BOSS administrator may need to contact the user Click the Advanced button to access additional optional settings for the new user Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 17 4 Pederal Siora Company Email Address Alert Notification By Motf
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75. le under terms of your choice provided that you also meet for each linked independent module the terms and conditions of the license of that module An independent module is a module which is not derived from or based on this library If you modify this library you may extend this exception to your version of the library but you are not obligated to do so If you do not wish to do so delete this exception statement from your version PIPS Technology chooses to distribute SharpZipLib binary library under the exception above but notes that the source code of the library can be downloaded free of charge from http www icsharpcode net OpenSource SharpZipLib SharpZipLib is copyright 2001 2005 Mike Krueger PIPS Technology offers you for a charge no more than the cost of physically performing source distribution a complete machine readable copy of the corresponding SharpZibLib source code To obtain the source code distribution please contact PIPS Technology technical support Federal Signal 2009 PIPS Technology BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Appendices This product makes use of shapelib library Copyright c 1999 Frank Warmerdam This library is available under the following MIT Style license http shapelib maptools org license html Permission is hereby granted free of charge to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files the Software to deal in the Software without restriction
76. lication they are compared against Hotlist records to find matches Various Hotlists can be in effect on a BOSS system simultaneously and Hotlists can be assigned individually to devices Typical Hotlists that exist include stolen vehicles amber alerts wants warrants etc When the system reads in a plate that is determined to be a match to a Hotlist entry the BOSS application informs with an alert sound and a pop up window displaying a picture of the vehicle or via email depending on the user s preferences A Hotlist database can be imported from an external source such as another law enforcement agency Three different format types exist in a BOSS system and several specific formats are pre defined and available by default when a new BOSS system is loaded 9 1 CREATING A NEW HOTLIST There are 3 general areas to complete when creating a new hotlist 4 Configure Basic Settings 4 Define a Source o Provide Credentials for Source when necessary lt Define Advanced Settings optional The following sections describe the detailed steps for creating a new hotlist 9 1 1 CONFIGURING BASIC HOTLIST SETTINGS gt Select the Admin Category on the Shortcut bar gt Click the Hotlists button Currently existing Hotlists appear in the browse edit area gt Click the New Button at the bottom of the browse edit area The New Hotlist entry form appears Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 27 4 Pederal S
77. ly there is no need to define devices in advance gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar Click the Devices shortcut A listing of existing devices will appear in the browse edit area Click the New button Vv Y WV Enter a Name for the new device Name must be at least 3 characters long Note that the name cannot be changed once the device has been created Y Enter a Description for the new device Description must be at least 3 characters long gt Select mobile or fixed in the Type field By default Fixed is selected To change the current selection click the left or right arrow gt Selecta Site Click the gt gt button next to the site field to display a list of all available sites Click on the desired site in the list and click the lt lt button Note There are two default sites created automatically when a new BOSS system is installed Additional sites can be created by an authorized BOSS user See the following section for information regarding sites gt Select Owners Owners mean groups that can access this device For PAGIS units it means that user logins are sent only to devices where the group is an owner of the device Click the right arrow next to the Owners field to display a list of all BOSS groups Select each desired group by clicking the checkbox When the desired groups are selected click the left pointing arrow gt If one group is selected the group name is displayed in the Owne
78. mpara 9 1 4 DEFINING HOTLIST SOURCE CREDENTIALS Some sources will require credential settings e g login information in order to allow BOSS to access that data To enter the credential settings in the Hotlist Source screen click the Credentials button The credentials depend on the source type as follows Network HTTP If the HTTP website source defined requires login information it should be entered Network FTP in the credential section This will include username and password Domain field may be necessary as well Consult the administrator of the HTTP source for required login information Unless the FTP server allows anonymous connections username and password must be entered for the FTP source Network Remote BOSS system A login name and password valid on the remote BOSS system must be entered as in remote sites configuration Consult the administrator of the remote BOSS system for username password Click the Credentials button The credential input screen appears Enter Username Password and Domain information applicable to the source you are specifying Click the Back button to return to the Source entry form gt gt gt gt PIPS Technology BOSS3 Click the Back button again to return to the New Hotlist entry screen BOSS3 Home eee A rriar Tlg Name Priority Preferences Users Enabled Last Update Status Source y AN Ho Hist Retriev
79. mplete creating the new Group Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 15 4 Pederal Siora Compara 6 4 2 PARENT GROUPS When creating a new group selecting a Parent Group is required the Belongs To field BOSS uses a parent child group structure as an organizational mechanism This allows the BOSS administrator to arrange groups into collections based on location job role or any other applicable criteria When selecting groups throughout the application a Parent Group can be selected in order to easily select the entire collection of groups under that parent This can be especially helpful in large installations that utilize a large number of groups 6 4 3 DELETING A GROUP gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Users shortcut gt Click the Groups button at the bottom of the Browse Edit area A listing of all existing Users will display in the browse edit area gt Click to select the desired group from the listing gt Click the Delete button gt Click OK to the confirmation dialog to complete the operation Warning Any users currently assigned to the deleted group will be assigned to the default BOSS group It is recommended to empty the group by assigning all its users to different groups prior to deleting Federal Signal 2009 Fa iFa 1 E aj a a i2 T pg IE BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 16 UAI MV oon E ANN LEJ 4 Pedera
80. n the headings column Click to generate a detailed report of selected reads To select one or more records click the checkbox on the far left of the record so that the box is checked To select all of the results records at once click and check the checkbox in the headings column Click to get a Summary report of selected reads To select one or more records click the checkbox on the far left of the record so that the box is checked To select all of the results records at once click and check the checkbox in the headings column Click to save the query criteria as a Favorite for future use See Favorites for more information Federal Signal 2009 TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Sigrid Comparer Es PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 52 13 7 3 VIEWING READ DETAILS Click a row in the query results to view details for the record Home Reads Read Details B37KIT Timestamp Read Details screen displays the plate read in the title timestamp originating device site and 9 17 2008 4 11 03 PM Device MARKS LAPTOP ae oe geographical coordinates The plate Site NEW SOURCES patch and vehicle color overview Lat 35 89428833333 Lon 84 14077833333 image are shown on the right o a e Re Re 9 17 2008 4 11 03 PM 537 K 3 7 The vehicle color overview picture MARKS LATOR _ i can be enlarged by clicking on the picture Use mouse scroll wheel or cursor up and down keys to enlarge or shrink the image Left clic
81. nd that role can be assigned to multiple groups Federal Signal 2009 PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual TECHNOLOGY A Federal Signal Compare Page 20 7 DEVICES AND SITES 7 1 DEVICES A BOSS device is any source that can input Reads into the system Normally a device is a camera either fixed or mobile mounted in a vehicle Another source for Reads is manual entry in which a BOSS user types the information for a Read into the BOSS application 7 2 DEFAULT DEVICES A new BOSS3 site automatically contains two default devices MANUAL ENTRIES UNASSIGNED A BOSS administrator create additional devices applicable to his her organization MP F Boss3 Home Devices TECHO a Daviess First lt lt Prev Next gt gt Name Device Name Site Enabled Status Last Updated Manual Entries MANUAL ENTRIES MANUAL ENTRIES I Vv 10 6 2008 9 19 AM ICA Unassigned UNASSIGNED UNASSIGNED E M 10 6 2008 9 19 AM lane_1 lane_1 Sth and Main M lv 10 6 2008 10 46 AM lane_2 lane_2 Sth and Main lv 10 6 2008 9 19 AM lane_3 lane_3 5th and Main E M 10 6 2008 9 19 AM Eastbound State and Ma n State and Main iv Vv 10 6 2008 10 46 AM Hotlists Devices Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 21 4 Pederal Siora Company 7 2 1 DEFINING A DEVICE Note Devices will be defined automatically when a PIPS device connects to BOSS the first time Normal
82. nslation to take effect in current session For example A customer preferring to see a label of Plate where the software normally uses the term LPN would use the translations software to create the replacement for their installation The translation entry caption field would contain LPN while the Translation field would contain the replacement term Plate Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 66 4 Pederal Siora Compara 15 5 PREFERENCES The preferences section allows for changing settings for the currently logged in BOSS user such as passwords and email address as well as other options pertaining to the user 15 5 1 CHANGING USER PREFERENCES gt Select the Admin category on the shortcut bar gt Click the Preferences shortcut The preferences entry screen appears at the bottom of the Browse Edit area gt Modify the preferences settings as desired and click the Save button Password Sseeseceeeseacaaesaeaas Email Address He Alert Timeout Minutes 20 Alerts Via BOTH gt Language Ees Us ee PAGIS Password Display Images Height px 100 Password Login password for BOSS user For security purposes the existing password does not display on screen Email Address Email address or addresses associated with the user BOSS alerts for the user are sent to the email addresses specified here Multiple addresses should be separated with a comma or a semi
83. one of the several default formatters included with BOSS is sufficient A new custom formatter can be created if necessary See Creating Formatters section for more instructions on creating a new formatter If a new Formatter is necessary you can simply select any formatter at this point so that you are able to save your new Hotlist After the new formatter is created edit the hotlist selecting the new formatter Hours minutes between 00 00 and 24 00 can be selected to specify the time of day that the Hotlist should begin updating every day This setting allows you to specify the time interval in hours 1 24 between updates in hours You will notice that when you select this option the Starting Daily and Repeat Every are disabled When the Poll for changes option is selected BOSS will check for updates to the hotlist approximately every 30 seconds Note If Poll for changes is selected and the hotlist source resides on the network BOSS will attempt to make a network connection every 30 seconds This may incur significant network traffic Use with caution 9 1 3 ZIP COMPRESSED HOTLIST FILES BOSS will automatically recognize and extract a hotlist data file contained in a ZIP archive file such as Windows Explorer compressed zipped folder There can be only one file in the ZIP archive http en wikipedia org wiki ZIP file format Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 30 4 Pederal Siora Co
84. particular users Click on the gt gt button to display a list of users and select the desired users or type in the user s login name Dispositions A query can be narrowed down to reads with particular dispositions Click on the gt gt button to display a list of dispositions and select the desired dispositions Annotation Contains If text is entered in this field only reads that where the annotation contains the text are queried Maximum of Results The maximum number of reads that are displayed The default is 100 Note If there are more reads that can be retrieved additional reads can be retrieved by clicking on the More button From Date 2 19 2008 12 52 PM a To Date 3 5 2009 12 52 PM SE Location Near Address Radius 0 0 Bl kaai Servers 5 Federal Signal 2009 PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 49 TECHNOLOGY Pederal Sigrad Comparer 13 6 CROSS REFERENCING EXTERNAL DATA BOSS allows cross referencing external data such as DMV information To query BOSS based on external information take the following steps gt Create a comma delimited text file containing the license plate numbers to be cross referenced The license plate number must be in the first field gt Open the Advanced Reads Query panel gt Click on the gt gt arrows next to the LPN field gt From the Open dialog select the comma delimited file containing the plate numbers
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86. rs field If more than one group is selected MULTIPLE is displayed in the field gt Select Latitude and Longitude values for the geographical location of device by typing in a value or using the up and down controls on each field to increase or decrease the value Note that some devices such as PAGIS units will automatically send the latitude and longitude of the device to BOSS gt Click the Advanced button to display additional options for the device No Reads Alert Defines how long the device must remain with no reads coming in before the system shows the device as offline Alert Email The email address or addresses to which alerts associated with this device should be sent Retain Reads The length of time that Reads from this device should be saved in the BOSS database If the Retain Reads setting must be longer or equal than the Retain images setting Retain Images The length of time that pictures captured by this device should be saved in the BOSS database Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 22 4 Pederal Siora Compara SpikeStore 7 2 2 Y VV VV WV 1 2 3 Y VV V V WV 7 2 4 The PIPS P372 and P382 allow captured images to be stored in a on board flash memory to be retrieved on demand Setting a device as a SpikeStore device causes BOSS to attempt to retrieve images from the storage device when the Read is requested for viewing When Advanced Options have been set as desired
87. s able to add additional roles to the system A BOSS administrator is also able to alter and delete any roles Roles define a permission level for different functions of the system The following tables show the permission levels and components used in defining roles The screen for editing Roles in BOSS looks as follows EA Fsoss3 es ae ROIES G T System Administrator Sessions User Group Administrator Device Administrator Hotist Administrator Dispositions Name Reads Mino access Dispatch Ino access Users Ino access Hotlists Ino access Devices no access O ll System Ino access Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 12 4 Pederal Siora Compara The following roles are installed by default in a BOSS3 system System Administrator User Dispatcher Group Administrator Device Administrator Hotlist Administrator ey gt ee gt e ey SZS ee SES ee 6 3 1 CREATING A NEW ROLE Select the System category on the shortcut bar Click the Roles shortcut A listing of all existing Roles will display in the browse edit area Click the New button The new role entry screen will appear Enter a Name for role minimum 3 characters VV VV WV Select a permission level for each of listed components by using the lt lt and gt gt buttons to scroll through the options Components
88. s a misread by a user Indicator whether the read was entered manually The login name of the user logged into the device that originated the read The latitude coordinate of the device at the time the read was originated Federal Signal 2009 4 Pederal Siora Compara Longitude Hotlist BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 51 The longitude coordinate of the device at the time the read was originated The name of the hotlist that produced the hit Field1 Field5 PCNID Information Annotation 13 7 2 Information from the hotlist that produced the hit Annotations entered for the read QUERY RESULTS ACTIONS There are several button options available at the bottom of the Reads Query results screen EEE z 3 a J New Search Hide Images Plot on Map Detail Report Summary Report Save Query Initiates a new search Use to remove the image columns patch and overview from the view This will provide more room for text fields Notice that when the Hide Images button is clicked the button caption changes to Show Images The button can be clicked again to redisplay images again Click to show any selected Read records shown on map on the screen One or multiple records can be selected for plotting on map To select one or more records click the checkbox on the far left of the record so that the box is checked To select all of the results records at once click and check the checkbox i
89. server will use This user account will have Reads privileges by default no other privileges need to be given The user must be assigned to a remote group See the Groups section of this document for information about flagging a group as remote gt Give the username and password for this proxy user to the BOSS administrator at the remote BOSS system Tip It is best to create a dedicated user account for remote sites one that will not be used for an actual user to login and access the application 8 2 CONFIGURING A BOSS TO ACCESS A REMOTE BOSS SERVER gt Obtain username and password from BOSS administrator at the remote site gt Create a site for the Remote BOSS server and select the Remote option The remote site IP address and BOSS service port 23032 by default and the login name and password of the remote user login must be entered gt For each Group that is allowed to query the remote BOSS server assign the remote server to the user via the Servers Access option See section 5 5 1 gt The Remote BOSS server can be queried by selecting the desired servers in the Reads Query screen Note BOSS3 does not support data sharing with BOSS 2 5 x servers only between BOSS 3 0 servers Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 26 4 Pederal Siora Compara 9 HOTLISTS A hotlist is a database that contains Plates of interest When Reads from license plate readers arrive at the BOSS server app
90. t Remove the custom logos and texts Welcome Message A custom welcome message can be typed in here gt Click OK to save changes or Cancel to discard changes 15 2 SESSIONS The Sessions screen allows for viewing the current BOSS user logins Each login on each computer utilizes a concurrent license of the software Since BOSS is licensed per concurrent active session a BOSS administrator may find it necessary to have a session disconnected in order to release a session license A BOSS admin can force a session disconnect in the Sessions screen Federal Signal 2009 i iB ed as Pir TELAN IHi LOGY 4 Pederal Sigrad Compare 15 2 1 gt gt gt gt gt Note You cannot disconnect your own session in this manner To disconnect your own session simply BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual VIEWING AND DISCONNECTING SESSIONS logoff from the BOSS application Pa ze F BOSS3 Home Sessions Select the System category on the shortcut bar Click on a session to see details in the bottom half in the Browse Edit area Sessions 1 2 lt Pre Name Machine Name IP Address Created Last Access HSmith PC100003 10 10 7 7 10 6 2008 9 11 PM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM Lewis PC23450 10 10 6 5 10 6 2008 9 58 AM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM JMLee Pc34567 10 10 35 8 10 6 2008 9 11 PM 10 7 2008 7 30 AM LT Trey LAPTOP12 10 10 6 32 10 6 2008 9 58 AM 10 7 200
91. t bar if not already selected gt Click the Favorites shortcut gt Alisting of all favorites is displayed in the browse edit area gt Click the desired Favorite The selected favorite will be highlighted in yellow gt Click the Delete button in the bottom area of the browse edit area gt Press Yes to confirm deletion Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 57 gibt ka kal 4 Pederal Sigrad Compara 14 REPORTS Several reports are included automatically with a new BOSS 3 installation These reports are available for use as soon as a BOSS administrator assigns Role permissions to the reports 14 1 ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS TO ACCESS REPORTS Select the System category on the shortcut bar Click the Reports Mgmt shortcut The Browse Edit area will display a list of available reports Y VV WV Select a report by double clicking the name in the list The selected report will be highlighted in yellow gt Report permissions for the report display in the bottom of the browse edit area Each BOSS Role is listed along with a checkbox Click a Role in the list to select Click a second time to change an unchecked box to checked gt After selecting the desired permissions for the report click the Save button Report Management6 Mame Description Hits Per Hotlist Breakdown of hits per hotist Disposition Statistics Breakdown of dispositions per read Login Statistics Minutes of usag
92. the box in front of the desired login names to check mark logins to be imported to BOSS gt Click on Save to import the logins from Active Directory Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 19 4 Pederal Siora Compara Access permissions Example The previous sections have discussed how BOSS user security is designed utilizing roles groups and user accounts Now that creating each of these has been covered let s look at an actual working example A BOSS administrator creates a role and names the role Temporary Workers defining the new role to have very limited permissions as follows Read Only Dispatch Read Only No Access Hotlists Then the administrator creates a group called Temps When creating the group a role is required The admin selects the new role he just created Temporary Workers This assigns the permissions defined above to the new group Next the admin creates a user account Jsmith for a temporary worker While creating the new user he is required to select a group for the user He assigns the user to the Temps group he just created The user Jsmith has now been created with the permissions shown above because he belongs to the group called Temps and that group was assigned the Temporary Workers role As you can see this security design allows reusability of security roles as a BOSS administrator can define a set of permissions in a role a
93. the date as desired To Date The end date and time for reads to be retrieved Click on the gt gt button to display a calendar for quick selection or type in the date as desired Location The location as entered in the PAGIS application see PAG S User s Manual for more information Near Address An address to use as the center of a radius search The address format depends on the mapping system used but typically street name house number city and state are required Radius When near address filter is entered the search radius from the center point must be entered here Servers Information can be queried from one or more remote BOSS servers Click on the gt gt button to display a calendar a list of authorized BOSS servers There is a set of additional criteria that can be used Click Advanced to display the additional options Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 48 4 Pederal Siora Company LJ Hits Only C Misreads Only Hatist Devices sers Dispositions Annotation Contains Maximum of Results Hits Only When checked only hits are queried Misreads Only When checked only reads that are marked as misreads are queried Devices A query can be narrowed down to reads originating from particular devices Click on the gt gt button to display a list of devices and select the desired devices Users A query can be narrowed down to reads originated by
94. ting that the server is generating the report until results are displayed 14 3 VIEWING AND PRINTING REPORTS The Report screen displays the date and time the report was generated and the title of the report in the heading area When you place your mouse above a shortcut on the Report shortcut bar a label appears indicating what the shortcut button does Note that some of the buttons on the shortcut bar are not relevant to BOSS reports and are therefore disabled The Report Results Shortcut bar i of 1 a a ldo H 100 Find Next First Page Return to first page of report Previous Page Go to the previous page of report Page input box Type in a particular page number to bring up on screen Next Page Go to next page of report Last Page Go to last page of report Stop Rendering This button can be used to cancel the report processing This can be helpful if a large report was initiated but is no longer desired Refresh Refresh the report using the most current BOSS data Print Print the report Print Layout toggle Toggles between available print layouts Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 59 Federal Signal Company Page Setup Allows for standard page setup such as page orientation paper size etc Save As Excel Adobe PDF Allows for saving the current results to a Microsoft Excel xls or Adobe Portable Document Format pdf Width Zoom Setting Dropdown allows selecting a zoom view for the report resul
95. ts on the screen Federal Signal 2009 4 Pederal Siora Compara BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 60 15 SYSTEM SETTINGS 15 1 SYSTEM PARAMETERS System Parameters allow for configuration parameters for a BOSS system System parameters only need to be configured during initial system configuration and normally do not need to be modified again after that 15 1 1 EDITING SYSTEM PARAMETERS gt Select System from the left shortcut bar Yy Click on the Parameters button in the shortcut bar gt Click on the desired parameter in the right browse edit window The bottom pane of the browse edit window will display the entry field for the selected parameter gt Modify the parameter value as desired and click the Save button 15 1 2 Last SQL Script LIST OF BOSS SYSTEM PARAMETERS This field is used to track updates to the SQL Server Database schema It can be incremented at each SQL schema update Proxy_uri proxy_username proxy_password proxy_domain smtp_SenderName These settings are only necessary if there is a proxy server involved that requires authentication for connection Enter a valid Uniform Resource Identifier URI username password and domain in the associated fields to allow communication through the proxy server Consult the network administrator for proxy authentication information In order for the BOSS server to send alerts to email addresses the SMTP settings must be configured correctly
96. umentation accessible from the client application To access help press the F1 button A help documentation browser will be presented ajax Boss 3 Help Repository 9 HOTLISTS A hotlist is a database that contains Plates of interest When Reads from license plate readers arrive at the BOSS server application they are compared against Hotlist records to find matches Various Hotlists can be in effect on a BOSS system simultaneously and Hotlists can be assigned individually to devices Typical Hotlists that exist include stolen vehicles amber alerts wants warrants etc When the system reads in plate that is determined to be a match to a Hotlist entry the BOSS application informs with an alert sound and a pop up window displaying a picture of the vehicle or via email depending on the user s preferences Index Introduction Minimum System Requirements Installing The Smart Client Logging In Application Layout BOSS Access Permissions Devices And Sites BOSS Data Sharing Hotlist Formatters Alerts Dispatch Querying Stored Data Reports System Settings A Hotlist database can be imported from an external source such as another law enforcement agency Three different format types exist in a BOSS system and several specific formats are pre defined and available by default when a new y lt gt Federal Signal 2009 BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 9 4 Pederal Siora Compara 5 3 THE BOSS HOME SCREE
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98. y BOSS while the smtp_AlertTemplate affects the text in the body of the alert email For Example The following entry in the smtp_SubjectTemplate field incorporates both static text and a BOSS field variable as well BOSS alert from SRC The static text BOSS alert FROM will always be constant in each SMTP alert However the value of SRC will vary depending upon from which source device the HIT originated If the Hit originated from a source device named Camera2 for instance the complete subject would read BOSS alert from Camera2 BOSS alert FROM SRC The following tokens can be used in the templates and for each individual alert they will be replaced with the actual value from the Hit record information information new line Federal Signal 2009 TECHNOLOGY 4 Pederal Sigrid Comparer Es PIPS BOSS 3 0 Software User s Manual Page 62 15 1 3 BRANDING BOSS allows the BOSS Administrator to upload a logo image and a welcome message that is displayed to BOSS users on the Home screen To define these gt Select System from the left shortcut bar gt Click on the Parameters button in the shortcut bar gt Click on Branding The following screen will be displayed E Custom Logo 8 Welcome to BOSS Welcome Message Cance Browse Select an image file JPEG GIF BMP to be displayed on the home screen The largest recommended image size is 120 by 380 pixels Defaul
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