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1. Event setup Action i PUE E v Highlight camera nodetred circle Pop up video window Sound effect e Event window display and logging M Automatic enabling of audio output Vo ve Change active channel sound Effect O Windows Beep Popup Video Window Normal Size Wave file play Wave file C WINDOWSteystem32 Full Screen Size Action Duration g 300 sec h sec Duration e Highlight camera node Blinking red circle is displayed on the camera icon on the map It disappears if user clicks the node or the action duration expires Wer Ave e Pop up video window Pop up video is displayed on the map 63 0 Mc Ghee Irene M MD G e Sound effect Wave file or Windows beep sound is played 54 e Event window display and logging Events are displayed on Event Window at the bottom of TMAP GUI and logged to a file for searching later e Automatic enabling of audio output If audio output to PC is turned off the event turns on the audio output e Change active channel Active channel is changed to the channel where the event happened Event search Event log dialog is invoked by Event gt Event Log menu lt allows searching of events with various conditions TMAP stores events on its own way independently from VMS s event logging Eve
2. Video on off control Video streaming from a camera can be turned off using the menu gt AA Disconnect on the camera node of the tree or DU Event handler provides a A eer errr way to turn video on automatically on selected events Video on off as Eos oti r menu together with this feature allows event based viewing of We ed video 18 Additional settings for video display Etc tab of Display setup contains additional settings related with video viewing Video encoding Automatic control Etc Channel information display Video display On Off and position Mw Decode visible channels only if Channel name f Top C Botan M Stop video display while Search application in running Include group name m eet Keep aspect ratio Alt F5 M server time fe is M Statistics Alt F1 C Top Bottom Deinterlacing Vertical Filter z Motion icon a fe Display buffer le Recording icon Top Bottom 0 a Mlin latency Mas Test color and size a Gennes Font color Font size 12 e Image for unassigned window l Dwell time III III INN ANNAN a 23 Sec DAP rajw e MYRA tnovideo bmp Browse e Image for unassigned window Normally DU displays black screen when no camera is mapped Customized image can be displayed by this setting e Decode visible channels only When set the VMS don t decode invisible channels For instance max 4 channels are decoded in 2x2 screen mode When the screen mode is changed
3. VMS internally equips with streaming module for the remote client viewers Remote clients can connect to VMS to get video audio and event data This way of indirect relaying reduces the streaming load of the camera as well as the network to the camera Status of remote clients connected to the VMS can be viewing by Relay status sub menu of View menu O Relay status Relay List No Camera Name Camera Address Relay Address Video RX kbps Audio RX kbps Video RX fps 163 1622501 164 165 166 167 168 170 112 113 114 115 131 132 134 135 10 00 MM fa oom 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Client List M Show all clients Selected Server 192 168 10 163 2222 192 168 10 162 2222 192 168 10 164 2222 192 168 10 165 2222 192 168 10 166 2222 192 168 10 167 2222 192 168 10 168 2222 192 168 10 170 2222 192 168 10 112 2222 192 168 10 113 2222 192 168 10 114 2222 192 168 10 115 2222 192 168 10 131 2222 192 168 10 132 2222 192 168 10 134 2222 192 168 10 135 2222 0 0 0 0 2323 0 0 0 0 2324 0 0 0 0 2325 0 0 0 0 2326 0 0 0 0 2327 0 0 0 0 2328 0 0 0 0 2329 0 0 0 0 2330 0 0 0 0 2331 0 0 0 0 2332 0 0 0 0 2333 0 0 0 0 2334 0 0 0 0 2335 0 0 0 0 2336 0 0 0 0 2337 0 0 0 0 2338 CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED CONNECTED _ a ee A d d d ad Relay Client Address Video TX kbps Aud
4. Print Close Snapshot dialog allows additional processing on the image before saving it as an image file e Inserting the title Title of the image can be inserted e Privacy control Parts of the image can be hidden for privacy using mosaic processing or drawing a rectangle in grey color e Watermarking When the image is saved in JPEG format watermark information can be inserted to the image data A customized program called JPEGViewer is provided to check if a JPEG image was modified since it was saved using snapshot function SIGNED the image contains watermark and it was not modified MODIFIED the image contains watermark and it was modified NOT SIGNED the image doesn t contain the watermark That is it is not created by the snapshot function of VMS 24 A JPEG Viewer N JPEG Viewer A JPEG Viewer MODIFJED NOESIGNED Audio control Audio send mode and play mode As the VMS connects to more than one camera generally it is necessary to have the way to select cameras for audio communication Audio setup provides settings for how to send and receive audio data Audio Talkisend mode Listen play mode f To selected only C ot C To all Broadcast f Selected C Visible All Wave files to play send to camera ee A Audio video synchronization if Synchronize with video 100 1000 FResyne threshold 300 ms e Talk send mode Determine to which camera s the audio data
5. Statuses of sensors and alarm devices attached a 163 to the camera are also shown It provides a way to start record JEX ESD instantly bd lata 165 166 e Storage Shows the storage status and recorded duration briefly lt collects the information from the disks which are ce 0 0 selected for recording WRecord Free User data Drives D E F Duration From 2010 05 05 05 45 03 To 2010 0317 09 56 16 e PTZ Provides PTZ control interface Circular control provides TE Speed full control for pan and tilt including the speed Speed U control the dialog applies to zoom and focus control Preset also can be selected here Further controls of PTZ cameras are available on PTZ control dialog e Audio Provides controls for audio send on off and mute for PC speaker Volume also can be controlled Audio file in ee PC Input j wave format can be played toward the camera instead of live input PE Output L a Audio source Live Mic e Color Provides controls for input video color of the selected camera Brightness pp f P Contrast T Hue je i Video window Video window is the area for display video from the cameras lt consists of display units DU hereafter The toolbar above the video window provides ways to change the mode of video window to various configurations E l l 5x5 Pe ee or AA d Fit o ee 6x6 TXT pa os ee He HE E TEA oF l A Multi screen mod
6. A Aa 44 EVENEMONILONNG ana se aro esen reminisces Boia co bunds ia 44 EVENEIOG ANG SEAN CM A AS 45 Event handler erresen N SS 46 2 ied acy NID ee eae E E E ee ee eee te et CCR ee eee me eee 51 IMPOFINO MAPS da sacs ete Steet A shane AA A A AA A A add ceded 52 CONNECUINO O VMS 0 A as 52 Placing cameras omo a Ma Diadeinternet tada daba td 53 POP UPS di o e ei 53 EVEN NANI ai ia 54 conig urnng MS OEA Y a e al hea 56 OD FAG GION Al PURCHONS as ii ios 57 senal data DISS MOUGN iseina aoaeiaa a iii 57 1 Introduction VMS is a powerful IP video surveillance application providing rich features e Connect to a number of IP cameras or video encoders and monitor live video and audio from them in realtime e Record the streams from cameras into local storage and provide convenient search playback and export to video clips of stored data e Monitor various events from camera and associate various actions to handle the events e Provide stream relaying service to remote clients IP Camera VMS Client so VMS sa gt gt Recorded Data ES a f gt gt A V Streaming Storage Live Streaming y er 2 y NETWORK a NETWORK e Video Server VMS Client Analog Camera ES By O TESA Central Monitor 2 Installation and Startup Minimum system requirements The following minimum requirements should be met for normal functioning of the VMS e Operating system Windows XP Professional Vista Business Server 2003 Ser
7. Delete Ott m Continuous Mode name Motion Sensor ny C sensord lt description gt gt O Alarm lt description gt O Alarme lt lt description gt gt O Alarms lt lt description gt gt O Alarm lt descrAption gt O Video loss lt lt description gt gt M Motion lt lt description gt gt lt lt description gt gt O Saragesensorl lt lt descriptian gt gt External events from O Garage sensore Door sensor camera Garage O Garage Sensor3 lt description gt gt O Garage Sensor4 lt lt description gt gt O Garage Motion description gt Selecting external events Camera list Event Description ae O Sensori lt description gt gt A sensor Door sensor M Sensors description gt M Sensor4 lt description gt gt O Alarm description gt O Alarme lt description gt gt O Alarms description gt O Alarmd description gt O Video loss lt lt description gt gt M Motion description gt DO serial event lt lt description gt gt 3 Manual recording Manual recording is to start recording of a camera instantly ina k4 Building 1 specific situation without setting recording mode and schedule led Main gate The menu for starting or stopping manual recording is available Soh on the menu on the camera icon of the tree Manual recording Disconnect works independently from recording mode and schedule W
8. associated in a very flexible way Each action can have independent schedule which allows the control of action dispatch according to days and time An event handler is an association between a specific event from a camera or the VMS and a specific action Camera As alarm 1 ON Event handler 1 Camera As sensor 1 ON Schedule A Event handler 2 Camera B s motion ON Goto camera B s PTZ 2 Schedule A Event handler 3 Send E mail to the operator VMS disk full Schedule B A schedule which controls when to trigger the action is defined independently and associated to an event handler arbitrarily As a result it is possible to use the same schedule for multiple event handlers Abe Actions for events Various actions can be associated to the events from cameras or the VMS itself ston Operation Parameters Popup video window A popup window to display the video from the Duration of the popup camera comes window display Blink video channel Blink the border of the DU in red color Duration of the blinking Change screen mode The screen mode is changed to show the to 1x1 camera in 1x1 mode Video on off control Control video on off mode of the camera Play wave file Play a specified wave file Wave file to play send wave file to Send a specified wave file to the camera to Wave file to play Audio mute on off Control audio playing on PC It controls PC Duration and on off control Output contro
9. creates required pages automatically Move right More flexibility in mapping cameras to DUs can be achieved by allowing creation renaming repositioning of pages manually Menu for page operation is invoked by clicking the right button of the mouse over the page title part Full Screen Full Screen mode will be operated by clicking button Generally ESC key is used to return from full screen mode For sites where keyboard is not used returning only with mouse operation is supported Press the wheel of the mouse for returning from full screen mode Controlling video encoding of cameras to get effective multi channel display e Video encoding setting of individual camera Video encoding tab of Display setup allows the setting of video encoding of a camera As it modifies the setting of the camera the effect will be propagated to all connected clients as well as recorded data by the VMS Video encoding Automatic control Ete Get settings whenever Display setup is opened i Send modified settings only stream Preference Resolution Framerate Quality Bitrate l Frame Primary Quality T20 460 en Normal HA Tr Primary Quality 720x480 nse to a aA Primary Quality 720x480 aq Propogatetoall pea i Right button click on a value It is useful to use Propagate to all function invoked by right mouse button click on a value to set the same value to all cameras Settings are retrieved kept
10. from PC s audio input device or a wave is sent To selected only mode will be used when audio stream is to be done to only one camera e Listen play mode Off audio is turned off Selected audio data from currently selected camera are played Visible audio data from currently visible cameras are mixed and played All audio data from all connected cameras are mixed and played It is possible to send wave file to the camera instead of live input from audio device Up to 4 wave files can be registered Actual file to be sent is selected on Audio tab of the control pane Note Listen play mode setting has no relationship with recording Audio data are received regardless of this setting if audio recording is enabled and the camera is configured to send audio data 25 Audio talk output control Audio tab of the control pane provides interactive control of audio talk mode and audio output to PC s output device A wave file can be selected for playback to the server instead of live input e PC input When the mic button is in OFF state audio data sending stops e PC output When the speaker button is in OFF state audio data 4 PE Input E play stops C a AMS e Audio source The source of audio data to be sent to the camera is Audio source selected If a wave file is selected it is played Live iMic repeatedly until audio source is changed to Live Mic Live Mic Sending a wave file is also disabled if PC input c
11. make backup 2 Select Backup setting to AVI 3 Specify the duration 4 Check Include audio if audio is to be included 5 Click Refresh button to estimate the size of the backup file This can take significant time if the duration of the backup is long This step is optional 6 In case of remote access to the VMS system Remote backup speed can be additionally configured to limit the bitrate of backup to share the network bandwidth with others 7 Configure the name of the backup file 8 Click Start Backup button 9 Progress will be shown When multiple channels are selected the VMS makes the backup for each channel one by one The names of the backup files are automatically generated in this case Server camera list selected camera Backup Multiple selection oa e Duration Datetyyyyimmidd Tirmethhimmiss From r as ae Pe fa fe w r a AAA M Include audio Real duration and estimated size Real record duration 10h 40rn 52 s Estimated size 12393 Mb Output Backup file Disk free size ci 31726 77 Mb M silent mode tauto increment backup 1 N avi when resolution got changed Remote backup speed unlimited Progress Backup thread priority Normal 6 Close dialog after completion of backup Native format Native format means the format used for recording in the VMS That is it is the format of the storage files generated by VMS Except that backup of multiple channels can be take
12. mode and status in Record mode If display of recording icon is checked in Display setup the recording icon comes on the DU in Live mode In Record mode Status field shows the connection state as well as recording status Main gate i Recording Continuous Warehouse dd Recording Continuous 3 Garage Disconnected Ot Search and playback with True Search Full operations of search and playback on all channels are possible by invoking True Search application with Search button on the toolbar Setting recording parameters Record tab of Record setup contains various parameters which can affect the stream to be recorded As it is not possible to change the properties of the video stream such as resolution and framerate once the stream is encoded the settings on Record tab changes the settings in the cameras As a result the effect of settings in Record tab is propagated to all clients as well as the video display in Live mode Storage Record Get from cameras M aet settings whenever Record setup is opened Changes settings in the camera Record Mame Pre Post stream Preference Resolution Framerate Quality Bitrate Frame Audio jw Main gate 10 el Primary i Bitrate 120460 5 HA 1000 Ti e Warehouse 10 ll Primary Bitrate 220x460 eb HA 1000 TE iw i Garage 10 ll Primary Quality Teis 40 30 Ultra fine M A 30 MEA e Record Check to turn on the recording Manual recording works regardless of this setting
13. simultaneous recording of a lot of cameras to the storage consisting of storage files Each storage file is optimally structures for supporting long pre event and post event recording and synchronized playback of multiple channels Storage setup The storage needs to be configured first to make the recording work The only thing to do is to select the drives to be used for recording INS Record setup Storage Record Disk allocation Drive Total GB Used GB Free GB Reserved Duration ci 48 8 0 0 30 no data d 195 3 24 0 2009 04 21 20 21 52 2009 09 18 13 09 38 e 488 3 477 1 2009 10 21 04 35 06 2009 10 28 13 44 17 f 97 7 95 0 E 2009 10 22 12 49 07 2009 10 29 20 28 40 g 39 1 38 2 2009 10 27 02 11 37 2009 10 29 20 03 33 h 19 5 19 4 2009 10 27 03 47 51 2009 10 27 05 02 12 i 19 5 17 5 2009 10 22 11 28 18 2009 10 27 03 47 50 j 9 8 7 8 2009 10 22 10 52 23 2009 10 22 11 28 15 k 13 5 11 6 2009 10 22 11 46 17 2009 10 22 12 40 07 Y Y Y Y e On disk full C Stop Overwrite Open Storage tab of Record setup Check the drive to be used for recording Adjust Reserved size if necessary Reserved size is the amount of space to be left without writing record data for other purposes like keeping backup data If the drive will be fully used for recording this setting need not be touched Click Advanced button to open Advanced setup dialog if necessary Advanced setup dialog provid
14. to local configuration file and set to the camera in the following way Initial settings when a camera is added When a camera is added settings are read from the camera on the first connection These values are saved to the local configuration file is shown until it succeeds in the first connection Get from camera operation Settings can be read from the camera by pressing Get from cameras button at any time When there are a lot of cameras and or the network is poor it may take considerable time If Get settings whenever Display setup is opened is checked the VMS reads settings from cameras whenever the dialog is opened Applying the settings to camera and saving to the configuration file lf Send modified settings only is checked only settings changed manually or by Get from cameras since opening the dialog are applied to the cameras and saved to the configuration file on clicking OK or Apply Otherwise all settings in the table are applied unconditionally It is recommended to check this setting in order to apply the settings only when necessary 17 It is useful to use Propagate to all function invoked by right mouse button click on a value to set the same value to all cameras Note When the display and recording are configured to use the same stream primary or secondary change of video encoding setting in one setup invalidates the settings in the other setup It is preferable to configure in only one setup when the s
15. to view channels which are not visible in current mode it will take a few seconds to get video for the channels which are in invisible state in current mode lf the performance of the PC allows decoding of all channels simultaneously quicker video display can be achieved by disabling this setting e Stop video display while Search application is running When checked the VMS stops displaying video if True Search application is running This is to reduce CPU load for efficient running of search application e Keep aspect ratio ALT F5 When checked video display in a DU keeps the width height ratio of the encoded stream instead of scaling to fit to the DU and remaining part comes in black 19 e Deinterlacing Select the deinterlacing method e Display buffer Set the number of frames before decoding and display Larger value results in more smooth display while the latency increases e Sequencing When enabled pages in a screen mode are displayed in turn in a specified interval Viewing on the secondary monitor VMS allows opening of another video window which can be moved to y Live monitoring mode the secondary monitor if it is supported in the PC Recording mode The extra video window is called Secondary monitor view The Secondary monitor secondary monitor view can be opened using Secondary monitor start Remote Search Server menu in TVMS menu Exit The secondary monitor view has the GUI similar to Live mode of m
16. 009 1 1 Main gate Recording Continuous 720x480 1167 2 Warehouse Recording Continuous 720x460 1910 3 Garage Disconnected Off 0 Off 0 e Building 1 el Main gate es Warehouse Garage 37 6 Search and Playback Search and playback of recorded data are supported in a separate application True Search True Search is invoked by clicking Search button on the toolbar SEES 2009 10 30 1 23 a 3 A o 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 No Video 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 ocal storage Mia Main gate 0lad M Main gate M Video Server b4 Ms Warehouse Ha Warehouse 7c2 Ms Warehouse 10 00 12 00 14 00 16 00 18 00 20 00 a al No Audio selected e Date 2009 10 30 Interval 24 Hot Timeline control Search by date and time A scene of interest can be found by selecting date camera and the time 1 Click a day in the calendar Days with recorded data are marked with red color Month can be changed by clicking arrow buttons in the calendar When a day is clicked the tree is updated with the channel having data on the day When there are a large number of cameras loading the tree can take some time 2 Select the channels to search Up to 16 channels can be selected Only one audio channel can be selected at a time 3 When channels are selected the timeline will be updated to show recorded status of the channels 4 Move the current position bar in the timeline
17. 20123 TMAP is connected to the VMS H R Ea CHI 52 Placing cameras onto a map A camera can be placed on a map by dragging and dropping a camera node in the tree The location of the name tag yellow rectangle can be adjusted after placing the camera TMAP Map Camera Event View Help Map List Senior Citizens Ps 5 Mutrition i E E a y Street 1 street 2 E Fair Oaks 76 7 Eleven Sellado no Laundry Basket FO A Executive Cln an OU Camera List SS My VMS A E Garag 0123 A Y CHI Ea He BEES G y BE rren CANO a Su 163 Drag and drop e CH Ga 167 e CHI ma 141 A camera on the map can be deleted either with the context menu on the camera icon on the map or with the context menu on the camera node of the tree Pop up video Pop up video for a camera on the map can be opened with Show F E P l video menu on the icon Double clicking the camera icon has the pa F IE same effect r IE e des Show video Pop up video also can be opened due to event handling function Delete oy i a lt 53 Event handling TMAP has its own event handler which maps an event to one or more actions Sensor motion and video loss events can be handled The following dialog which is invoked by Event gt Event Setup menu shows how events are mapped to actions and how the parameters for actions are specified Videoloss
18. 4 30 56 Off CEC ecg ET CS CI CN CI CI Recording Continuous 720x480 1207 20 31 en Recording Continuous A 720x480 743 24 46 Off H 121_ch 4 122_ch3 Recording Continuous 20 720 480 867 22 64 Ofi H 122 122_ch4 Recording Continuous 720x480 797 25 79 Of i ae 123 Recording Continuous 720480 341 14 83 Off cag 122 ch 123_ch2 Recording Continuous 720x480 593 19 48 Off H E 123 123_ch3 Recording Continuous 720x480 620 19 10 Off H 123_ch2 123_ch4 Recording Continuous 720x480 659 28 54 Off Heid 123 ch3 124 Recording Continuous 720x480 595 19 70 Off H a 123 chd 124_ch2 Video loss Continuous 720x480 0 25 97 Off 124 124_ch3 Recording Continuous 720x460 918 29 53 Off ed 124 ch2 124_ch4 Recording Continuous 720x480 760 25 59 Off led 124_ch3 125 Recording Continuous 720x460 480 6 90 Off el 124_ch4 125_ch2 Recording Continuous 720x480 195 1 39 Off 125 125_ch3 Recording Continuous 720x480 319 6 40 Off ed 125_ch2 125_ch4 Recording Continuous 720x480 246 6 78 Off ed 125_ch3 126 Recording Continuous 720x480 713 19 69 Off AZ 126_ch2 Recording Continuous 720x480 594 20 67 Off Opg op 126_ch3 Recording Continuous 720x480 966 31 50 Off 7 126_ch4 Recording Continuous 720x480 755 18 70 E 127 A Rernrdina Cantinas 720x481 7NA 29 2R MRecord Free User data Drives D E F Duration 121_ch4 From 2010 03 03 05 45 03 ae To 2010 0347 10 04 11 Login admin Clients 0 11 Streaming to remote clients
19. 4402 14 00 12 63 4701 56 00 12 63 4400 B5 00 10 6S 47 01 63 00 1 63 43 05 29 00 12 63 4300 76 00 10 63 43 0335 0010 63 43 00 00 00 1C 63 43 00 01 00 12 6S 46 00 4F 00 12 6S 45 00 06 00 1 63 45 00 9F Sen IP Fixed IF Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IF Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IF Fixed IP Fixed IP Fixed IP se 47 Device s found Discover IF Change Close Quick viewing of added camera Once a camera is added it will come on the tree and connected if it is reachable The camera node will be in grey color if it is connected The video from the camera will not be displayed on video window until the camera is explicitly mapped to a DU display unit The simplest way of mapping a camera to a DU is to use automatic mapping function 1 2 3 Click the right button of the mouse on any position of the video window Select Auto map menu All cameras in the tree will be mapped to DUs sequentially left to right top to bottom If there are more cameras than a page of the screen mode can accommodate more pages will be created automatically 14 _ A AA mm Default page Map camera Auto map lll Building 1 ea lain gate One automatic mapping operation applies only to current screen mode The mapping needs to be done again in manually or automatically in another screen mode Note Cameras are
20. Preset configuration Although the maximum number of preset entries is 256 actual number of preset entries varies depending on the models Preset function can be used in the following way 1 Control PTZ to make the camera view a wanted scene 2 Select the preset number to assign to the view 3 Press Set button 4 Press Edit button to invoke a dialog where the preset name can be edited To make the camera view a selected preset location select a preset entry and press Go button Clear button releases the preset setting of an entry e Tour configuration and selection A tour is the function to visit preset locations sequentially Tour groups which are selected sets of preset entries can be configured in the dialog invoked by Config button Tour setup Tour group Preset list Mo Name Dwell sec Day tour Preset 5 e Preset 2 10 Preset 3 10 Add Edit Delete Cancel 22 Multiple tour groups can be defined by selecting the entries from the preset lists arbitrarily Add button and Edit button invoke a dialog of the same shape where preset entries constituting a tour group can be selected A preset entry can come multiple times in a tour group Tour edit Preset Preset 2 Preset 3 2 3 4 E E a q 1 amp Lora e Dm wos eo Preset Dwell time which is the time to view a specific preset location before moving to the next preset location is 5 seconds Dwell time for e
21. Use Auto map function to map all cameras to DUs in a screen mode la Building 1 eae wale Main ae nnnnnsnnuin 45 Sensor Drag amp dro or y E di e Mas Building 41 Main gate Auto map Unmap PTZ Aux Camera setup Snapshot PTZ Video off Disconnect Ping camera Audio talk On Off Automatic mapping is convenient for mapping all registered cameras to all screen modes at one click It creates required pages in each screen mode and maps cameras to DUs in left to right top to bottom order starting from the top left DU Mapping done by automatic mapping can be modified by manual mappings later It would be useful to do automatic mapping first then modify the mapping partially according to specific needs It is possible to map a camera to multiple pages in a screen mode The position of a camera in the video window can be changed instantly by dragging a DU and drop on a different DU If the destination DU already has other camera positions of two cameras are exchanged A DU can be freed from camera mapping by Unmap menu invoked by the right button of the mouse over the DU 16 Page operations A page is defined as a set of DUs which can be displayed Add page simultaneously in a specific screen mode For example a page Rename pa in 4x4 screen mode contains 16 DUs When the number of Delete cameras is larger than the number of DUs in a page more than one pages are required Automatic mapping
22. VMS User Manual About this Manual This user manual provides information on operating and managing the optimal video management software VMS The manual includes instructions of installation operation and configuration of VMS as well as how to do troubleshooting This manual contains various applications based on network knowledge User s basic network knowledge may be needed to fully understand this manual This manual is designed to deliver the optimal ways to utilize various Network Video Recorder configurations Legal Notice The legal conditions of camera surveillance vary depending on regions Unauthorized and inappropriate use may cause you to have penalties Users have the responsibilities of legal operation of surveillance product Please make sure to check your local laws before using this product Safety notices Do not proceed with improper operation beyond the instructions in this manual to avoid damages Please read this manual before operation and follow instructions Table of Contents o UCUON seszestatts tas scerssacesteataicesanatadeeruiueasiepuntes a elated ast aareared 5 ZAS ANA o Uenetanesese 6 3 Overview of Application Interface and FUNCTIONS ccoocccccccnccccnnocccnnoncnncnnnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnncncnnnos 8 A LIV MONTO FING eran ei O 13 Adding cameras or video encoders sii ia 13 Display management iissa dd oro 16 Viewing on the secondary Mont 20 Connection and disconne
23. ace of VMS consists of several parts as shown in the figure Toolbar Video window True NYR NVR View Setup Eveg Tools Help e Pagel PageZ Pages Pages 4d GI ema 163 ea 1622 301 E lata 165 166 167 168 170 112 113 114 115 131 132 134 135 Control pane Be Pc input 4 PC Output tis lm ge Storage PTZ Audio Date 27 10 2009 Interval Admin Clients 1 Timeline for recording status Status bar Tool bar Tool bar provides the way to invoke frequently used functions or applications o L amp Setup Record mode E map Live mode Search Event log e Setup Opens the dialog for setup the VMS Individual dialog can be accessed also from corresponding menu e Live mode Record mode Changes the UI mode of the application e Search Invokes True Search application for search and playback of recorded data e E map Invokes TMAP application which provides geographical management of camera locations etc e Event log Opens a dialog for realtime monitoring of events and searching stored events Control pane Control panes provides most of the controls for the VMS including camera connections management PTZ control audio control color control It also shows storage status briefly Each pane can be hidden or shown using corresponding menu in View menu group e Camera tree Shows registered cameras and provides operations for connection fill 5 and disconnection
24. ach preset entry of a tour group can be configured on Tour setup dialog A tour is operated by selecting a combo entry in the PTZ control dialog Tour can be turned off by selecting none entry e Camera power wiper light control Power Wiper Light buttons can be used for controlling camera power wiper and light respectively These functions are mostly used when the cameras connected to a video encoder supports the functions e Setup of analog camera Some analog cameras provide the configuration in terms of OSD menu PTZ control dialog provides buttons and controls to configure the camera using the OSD menu Menu to enable the OSD menu for camera setup Enter Esc menu operation Circular button on the plate direction control menu browsing On screen PTZ control When On screen control mode is set to PTZ control in the menu of the DU clicking left mouse button on the DU triggers the pan tilt operation to move the direction 23 Snapshot The snapshot of a channel s video can be taken by clicking Snapshot button or selecting Snapshot menu in the menu of a DU Image format can be selected on saving the snapshot image Bitmap and JPEG are supported In case of JPEG format JPEG compression parameter which determines the image quality can be configured by JPEG compression setting in General setup Snapshot m Title p Watermark F Insert image title I Insert watermark JPG format only Mosaic Bov fill
25. ain GUI but items which have nothing to do with video display are omitted A camera can be mapped to a DU of the secondary monitor using the menu on the DU One camera can be mapped to both to the primary monitor main GUI in Live mode and to the secondary monitor view Dragging a camera from the tree in main GUI to the secondary monitor is not allowed TVMS 128 a O gt Baidns A1 Man sae Auto map Building 1 Garage Unmap Building 1 Warehouse Disconnect Video off On screen PTZ Digital zoom PTZ Aux Snapshot Camera setup Ping camera 20 Connection and disconnection of a camera How to connect or disconnect A camera can be connected or disconnected with one the following ways 1 Menu on the camera node of the tree 2 Menu on the DU Main gate Building 1 192 166 10 162 3 Checkbox on Camera setup dialog O Warehouse Building 1 192 166 10 163 The menu on a group node can be used to change the connection states of all cameras in the group in a single operation Camera icons for connection states Depending on the connection state of a camera the icon in the tree comes in Connected different color ADU displays current state in text over black or blue window Disconnected we Trying connect PTZ control PTZ control for a camera is enabled only when Use PTZ setting is checked on adding a camera in Camera setup PTZ control on the control pane PTZ tab on the control pane provides casu
26. al functions in Maingate Speed camera PTZ control pan tilt zoom focus and preset selection Full controls are available on the PTZ dialog invoked by PTZ Drag the button zanm button on the toolbar above the video window e Pan tilt Small button inside the circular plate can be dragged to move the camera to a desired location The distance from the center or the circle determines the speed of pan and or tilt operation Another way is to click the specific position in the circular plate Then the button will be moved to that position which has the same effect of dragging the button Storage PITZ e Zoom focus Zoom and focus are triggered by pressing or button Focus provides auto focus function by the button with car sign inside The speed of zoom and focus operation is controlled by setting the Speed slider PTZ control dialog PTZ control dialog is invoked by g button in the toolbar above the video window The button is enabled only when currently selected camera is configured as having PTZ capability 21 In addition to the PTZ control tab available on the control pane PTZ control dialog provide more functionality Some functions are effective only when the camera connected to the video encoder supports those features For example some cameras don t support power wiper or light control Preset Preset 1 y Set Edit Clear Contig Menu On Enter Esc Power Wiper Light e
27. ame camera name 56 9 Additional Functions Serial data pass through Serial data pass through is a function use to deliver serial data transparently between the camera or video encoder s serial port and PC s COM port A typical usage is to control the PTZ camera using PTZ keyboard connected to the PC PC RS 232 PTZ camera or Video Network PTZ Receiver RS 485 Encoder Keyboard Serial data pass through function neither modifies nor the data between PTZ keyboard and PTZ camera lt just delivers data bi directionally Serial setup provides the settings for serial data pass through operation Serial Send PC to camera Recelvelcamera ta PC Off Off To selected camera only C From selected camera only C To all cameras f From all cameras Camera serial port PC serial port serial port Por COM SEIERE ETIES TENEH 112 Hod dob Bitrate S600b ps ki 113 AS 23e eS quest room Ao 23e Beall 163 Ha dde Parity None 164 As 232 i 166 Agogo stop bit I 167 AS 23e 170 AS 23e 131 ASs 23e 132 AS 23e x e Send PC to camera Send mode to send to all connected cameras or currently selected camera only e Camera serial port Camera s serial port to which serial data from PC s COM port will be sent and from which serial data from external equipment will be read e Receive camera to PC Receive mode to receive from all connected cameras or currently selected camera only e PC serial p
28. ame stream is used for both e Automatic control of video encoding for various screen modes Due to the load by video encoding it is not possible to view many HD video simultaneously On the other hand it is not so meaningful to view HD video in a small display unit in NxN screen mode As a compromise VMS provides a way to control video encoding setting automatically according to current screen mode Video encoding Automatic control Etc Mode n af Preference Resolution Frame rate Quality Bitrate Frame ls Cit Bitrate 20460 30 M A 1500 30 Re aff Bitrate 20460 30 M A 1500 30 353 Cit Bitrate 20460 30 M A 1500 30 ded afi Bitrate fede doo 30 M A 1500 30 12 Cit Bitrate 20460 30 M A 1500 30 e Cit Bitrate fede doo 30 NLA 1500 30 1 5 aff Bitrate 20460 30 M A 1500 30 Bx Bb Cn Bitrate 352x240 30 HA 500 30 bx 6 On Bitrate Ibex 240 30 M A 500 30 THe On Bitrate 152x240 20 M A 500 30 0x0 On Bitrate ex 240 15 MA 500 30 This feature is more useful if the camera or encoder supports dual stream encoding One stream can be configured with fixed setting to get consistent recording quality while the other can be controlled dynamically according to the screen mode to get smooth display with affordable CPU load Note Automatic control is useful only when Decode visible channel only setting is ON If the setting is OFF all channels are decoded regardless of the screen mode and CPU loads can be almost the same in any modes
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30. e PTZ Snapshot Full screen Timeline for recording status Timeline shows the recording status of a selected camera Detailed view can be obtained by changing the scale of the timeline using button or button While it is updated periodically it is possible to update manually by pressing the button or refresh J A 00 00 02 00 04 00 06 00 03 00 10 00 12 00 14 00 16 00 18 00 20 00 22 00 149_2 0_10 2010 03 17 Status bar Status bar shows additional information such as login ID the number of currently connected viewing clients and statistics for serial TX RX activity Showing Hiding the user interface components TVMS 128 setup Events Tools Visibility of each user interface component is controllable using e Toolbar i corresponding menu in View menu When some of the features are not Ely Status bar f used corresponding components can be hidden Sensor Alarm nodes menu controls whether sensor and alarm nodes in the tree are to be shown or hidden In case sensor alarm devices are not used more concise tree can be obtained by hiding the nodes e Cameras treeview sensor A larm nodes Color control Audio control nda PTZ control we Storage status e Record timeline Relay status 10 Two modes of user interface Live mode and Record mode VMS provides two modes of user interface Live mode and Record mode which can be selected according to the specific situation in the si
31. e Pre Pre event recording duration in seconds e Post Post event recording duration in seconds e Stream Select the stream to record Single stream camera shows Primary entry only e Preference l Frame Video encoding parameters of the camera Refer the user manual of the camera or the video encoder e Audio Check to record audio stream together Parameters of all cameras in the grid can be changed at once using Propagate to all function invoked by right button click of the mouse over an entry 36 Note Allowing video encoding settings in the VMS is useful for convenient settings of multiple cameras without opening web based setup pages However it should be used carefully as it modifies encoding setting of the camera This means that the setting in Display setup can be invalidated by the setting in Record setup if both are using the same stream In case of dual stream camera it is ideal to use one stream for display and the other for recording Then settings in two setups don t affect each other Record mode interface If viewing cameras continuously is not essential running the VMS in Record mode is preferable In Record mode CPU load is much lower as decoding and display are not performed The mode also shows more detailed statistics on the recording status Another advantage is that it can run on any kinds of graphics cards TVMS 128 SEE NVR View Setup Events Tools Help o Of Es 2009 10 30 FRIDAY 2
32. e channels will be started from the event time Channel selection in the tree is also updated automatically with the channels recorded by the event 39 Playback control Buttons in the playback control group allows sophisticated control of the playback Play Stop Fast backward Fast forward 10 sec backward 10 sec forward 1 frame backward 1 frame forward All playbacks in backward direction play only frames So jumping effect comes Fast forward in multi screen mode also plays frames only In case of 1x1 mode it is selectable to play all frames or frames only using the setting Decode only key frames in FF playback in 1x1 mode in Display tab of the setup Smooth playback can be obtained by this setting is not checked Playback of individual storage file VMS provides a way to play individual storage file or to play all storage files in a specific folder or a drive This feature is useful to E mi play storage files copied as a backup Open storage file dialog is i e i ee A invoked through a menu on the root node named Local storage of Pen storage me the tree hes J Open storage file _ storage o _storage Choose file _ storage _ storage _ storage _ storage _ storage _ storage _shorage Remote search and playback Data recorded in the VMS system can be searched and played through the network from a client PC True Search should be installed in the client PC and configured to access the st
33. ecording modes When many cameras are to have the same recording modes it is possible to copy the recording modes defined for a camera In this way repeated definition of recording modes to multiple cameras can be avoided while allowing flexibility of defining different recording modes for different cameras Clicking Copy from button on Edit recording modes dialog invokes the dialog on which recordings modes defined for other cameras can be selected for copying Copy recording modes Building 1 Main gate oot Garage O Continuous O sensori ny sensorl sensor sensors Sens O Motion Motion Sensoret sensorst Sensor Sensors Motion 3 i a Select all Clear all OK Cancel e Working with external events It is possible to trigger the recording of a camera when some events from other camera happen For example recording of camera A can be started if camera B goes to video loss state Another example is to start recording of many cameras simultaneously when a sensor event is detected on a camera 1 as Click External events button to open Selecting external events dialog Select the external camera and the event types which will be used for recording of this camera on Selecting external events dialog Click OK Selected external events appear on Edit recording modes dialog The external events can be selected to define recording modes 33 Edit recording modes Recording modes Copytrom Add Modify
34. election for setting the schedule ot Edit recording modes The last row H in the schedule table is for holidays Holidays can be configured in General setup 1 Select a day 2 Click Add at the bottom part of the dialog 3 Edit the description to 4 Check Annual setting if the day is fixed every year Resolution Quality ki iW Teis 460 Morme NA iUs dol 720480 Select the recording mode in the combo at the bottom part of the dialog Fill the schedule table by dragging or click the mouse Framer Quality Bitrate Frame Audio r amp Mormal Ultra tine au 30 MA T o MA 0 Legend Of Continuous E sensor Any E Motion m Holidays Deseo E 2009 123 MA tl 4 a 3 es 2 J 6 7 o 9 1011 12 13 14 15 16 17 lo 19 0 el 22 25 ed de 26 t 26 29 3031 1 M gt Add Continuous recording In Continuous recording mode the VMS records the channel continuously When a camera is newly added the recording mode of the camera is set to Continuous by default Event based recording Event based recording works only when specified event condition happens in the camera Most frequently used events are sensor and motion detection For these two types of event VMS provides pre defined event modes in the combo for recording mode selection Recoding mode selection for setting the schedule Ci Edit recording modes e Defining recording modes User can define
35. ervers based on RTSP RTP protocol Address IP address or domain name of the camera Channel channel number if the video encoder has multiple channels starting from 1 Port port number to connect AI 13 4 Protocol protocol for streaming video audio data Audio uncheck when audio will not be used PTZ check if PTZ control for the camera is to be used Login Password login ID and password of the camera Relay name name of the streaming server when the VMS is connecting to the specified camera by way of streaming server Relay address address of the streaming server Relay port port of the streaming server default 2222 Relay login login ID of the streaming server default admin Relay password password of the streaming server default 1234 User info1 3 additional information to be described for user s needs Click OK It is possible to detect the cameras video encoders or video decoders in the same LAN using IP Discovery function 1 Click IP Discovery button on Camera setup dialog 2 Select a device to add on IP Discovery dialog 3 Enter additional information on Add camera dialog IPF Discovery MAC address HITE port 192 168 10 131 192 168 10 132 192 168 10 134 192 169 10 135 192 168 10 137 192 168 10 138 192 166 10 141 192 168 10 142 00 1 63 46 02 b4 00 10 63 4200 8F 00 10 63 46 00 64 00 12 63 4400 0 00 12 63 4201 05 00 10 63 200 00 1 63 4 00 96 00 12 63
36. es a way to change the interval and or size of storage file generation Generally it is not necessary to change the default setting However it may be necessary if the pattern of recorded data generation is unusual Configure On disk full action Click OK or Apply 29 Storage tab also shows full information on the disks and recorded duration for each disk e Total Total size of the drive e Used Amount of space contained recorded data e Free Space available for recording If this size is smaller than the size of the storage file VMS doesn t write data to the disk e Reserved Amount of space to be left without writing record data for other purposes e Duration Duration represented by the data in the disk e Advanced Advanced settings dialog is to configure the interval and the size of a storage file generation Bitrates section of the dialog is just for easy calculation of total bitrates of all channels When the total bitrate is calculated or configured manually by Manual setting it recommends the size of a storage file in Recommended file size to the amount for 1 hour duration This recommended value or any other value preferred by user can be set on File Size to set section The VMS generates a new file when one of these two conditions interval and size is met Advanced settings Bitrate Bitrate per channel kbps 1000 Mumber of channels 150 Total bitrate kbps 50000 M Manual setting File size Interval Generati
37. events VMS started Startup and termination of the VMS generate the events Forced VMS terminated killing of VMS process or accidental termination due to error doesn t generated VMS terminated So these can be used to check whether the VMS was terminated due to error or not Camera connected Generated when the connection to a camera is established or lost Camera disconnected respectively These are useful to check if there have been failure in the network or the camera Config changed Generated when the configuration of the VMS is changed How events are monitored Camera events are monitors in more than one ways Sensor event an Alarm events change the states of icons in the camera tree Motion icon in a DU reflects the motion detection state of a camera DU also display Videoloss message when the camera loses video signal Events are monitored in a dialog which also provides search of stored events Event log menu or Event search menu invokes the dialog with corresponding tab opened When specific actions need to be executed when an event happens Event handler can be configured Event log and search Event log menu invokes a dialog where both camera events and VMS events can be monitored in realtime This dialog shows the events happened only after it is opened Event types can be selected to include the events of interest only Events Log Search Events types sensor Alarm Video loss select all sensor Mm
38. format It is recommended to use the image whose size is Name Street 411 similar to that of Map area of Map image C Documents and SettingssksparkABHEF TMAP 2 Enter the name for the map 3 Click OK button Map List Added maps appear on the Map list of TMAP Map image display aaa area of TMAP displays the map selected by clicking the mouse on the list A large area can be divided into multiple regions maps Or it is also useful to import maps of different scale for macro view of the area as well as detailed view Street 2 Connecting to VMS TMAP is designed to operate with one or more VMSs or NVRs That is it doesn t work alone TMAP gets the camera Add NYH list by connecting to an VMS NVBNSme MWRIF 1 Invoke Add NVR dialog using Camera gt Add NVR menu MN VAP ort 2 Enter the information for the VMS or NVR to ies BE connect s Currently the port is fixed to 2220 Password 3 Click OK button 4 More than one VMS or NVRs can be added for sharing TMAP among multiple VMSs NVRs Added VMSs and their cameras come on Camera List part VMS node and camera node show connection state using the Camera List color E E B s Garag 0123 e Grey CHI Connection to the VMS is disconnected by user Era 112 The menu on the VMS node provides menus for a ll connection and disconnection H CHI G 167 e Violet dd It is in Trying connection state to the VMS Camera List asa e Blue Els Garag
39. hen Video off manual recording is turned off the recording mode setting with Camera setup the schedule becomes effective again Recording control on off Recording of a channel can be turned on or off with keeping the recording Storage Record mode and schedule untouched with the check box at the first column in Record tab This setting doesn t affect manual recording which works Get from cameras E unconditionally Record Mame e Main gate OU Warehouse Yo Garage Checking how recording is going on A number of ways are provided to check if the recording is going on Storage tab Storage tab of the control pane shows storage status and recorded duration briefly When the recording is going on the newest time of the duration is periodically updated Information such as the amount and duration in the tab is obtained only from the drives selected on Storage setup Data in deselected Record Free J User data drives are not included Drives E F 6 H 1 4 K Duration From To Storage Audio Video Timeline Timeline shows the recorded status of the selected channel More detailed view of the status can be obtained by adjusting the scale of the time using 2 and button Although timeline is ne periodically update it is possible to refresh any time using button a 10 00 02 00 04 00 06 00 03 00 10 00 12 00 14 00 16 00 18 00 20 00 22 00 121 3010 03 17 35 Recording icon in Live
40. io TX kbps Video TX fps Video TX Drop Audio TX Drop 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 127 0 0 1 CONNECTED 107 AOS AMSTE INTO wN 1 4 Live Monitoring Adding cameras or video encoders A camera or video encoder can be added on Camera setup dialog Camera setup Camera y 163 192 165 10 163 23 192 165 10 162 164 192 166 10 164 165 y i 166 Add camera 167 168 M Get from camera Relay name 170 112 Name Main door Relay address 113 Group Building 1 M Relay port 114 Type TCAM TCS y Relay login 115 131 Address 192 168 10 103 Relay password 132 134 Channel User info 135 Port User info2 Protocol User info3 Audio Y Use audio channel PTZ V Use PTZ Login admin Password aro Cancel Open Camera setup dialog Click Add button to open Add camera dialog Enter the information for the camera Name name of the camera Group name of the group to which the camera belongs Once a group is entered it can be selected from the entry of the next camera Type Currently VMS supports MEI VS products as well as TOA cameras Select the camera type to be added 1 TCAM TCS MEI VS IP camera or MEI VS video servers 2 Netcansee TOA camera Please add toa before IP address Ex toa 192 168 10 180 3 Generic RTSP Support video streaming of IP cameras or video s
41. ion to zoom digitally can be selected by drag and drop of the mouse Selected region come enlarged It goes back to original state by clicking mouse left button in zoomed state Four arrow keys in the keyboard can be used for shifting in digitally zoomed state Channel information display Information on the channel is displayed over the video Visibility and position of each item are configured on Etc tab of Display setup Main Gate perz N Motion icon Ns Channel name us Recording icon Server time Lt ff Statistics Statistics part shows operational statistics which are useful for diagnosing the reason when video doesn t come as expected e RX 1445 Receiving bitrate of video data in kbps unit If it is much lower than the setting in the camera the network or performance of the PC can be suspected It can happen also when too many clients are connected to a camera e fps 24 0 Video framerate in fos The number inside the parenthesis is the number of frames skipped for display due to lack of display resources or too late delivery of frames caused Small skipping can be avoided by increasing Display buffer setting at Etc tab of Display setup 27 e Buf 3 Number of frames in the buffer This value is approximately proportional to Display buffer setting e 0 56 Audio TX bitrate and RX bitrate in kbps In case of G 711 the range of normal value is 50 70 28 5 Recording VMS supports
42. l on Audio tab of main UI Camera alarm control Turn on or off a specific alarm of the camera Duration and on off Goto PTZ preset Control the camera to view a specified preset Preset item Activate PTZ tour Activate a specific PTZ tour configured at PTZ Tour item Send events to TMAP Send event to trigger an action in TMAP Send E mail Send E mail to the operator E mail title and text Event handler dialog Event handler dialog is invoked by Event handler submenu of Event menu group The dialog shows currently configured event handlers for each camera briefly By clicking an event source clicking a specific event handler for that event source it is possible to view detailed relationship between the events and actions Event handler Event handlers Event handler sheduler Event source fakes af sensor motion Popup video window Camera alarm ca 113 Guest room 163 164 Descriptic On events MS a sensor mM Handler 3 Actions Popup video window Copy from Add Modify Delete Creating an event handler An event handler for an event source is created in the dialog invoked by Add button on Event handler dialog 1 2 3 4 Choose events for which actions are to be associated Multiple events can be selected to trigger the action on any of selected events Choose one or more actions Edit the name of the event handler Configure the parameters for events The state of an event on or off
43. larme mM Motion Sensor3 Alarms serial event leat al M sensord Mm Alarm mM Local event Date Time Motion On 0100317 10 17 19 Motion On 20100317 10 17 19 Motion On 10 17 19 Motion Off 10 17 Motion On 10 Motion On 10 Motion Off 10 Motion Off 10 Motion Of 10 Motion On 10 Motion Off 10 Motion On 10 Motion On 10 Motion Off 10 Motion Of 10 Motion Off 10 Motion On 10 Motion Off 10 Motion On 10 Motion On 10 17 7 45 Event search menu invokes a dialog where events in the storage can be searched Events Log Search Camera name 163 From T First 2009 11 09 e 23 12 00 00 Enter for all cameras To mi 2009 11 09 23 5 51 37 Events type mM sensor O Alarm O Video loss select all F sensor O Alarm O Motion CI l mM sensors O Alarms O serial event _ Clear all M sensord O larm O Local event sensor Ott sensore Ott sensor Ott sensore Ott sensorl Ott sensore Ott sensor Ott sensore Ott sensorl Ott sensore Ott sensor Ott sensore Ott 0091109 14 04 24 0091109 14 04 24 0097109 Ibe 0097109 Ibiz i2 0097109 16 29 23 0097109 16 29 23 0097109 16 32 44 0097109 16 32 44 0097109 16 36 25 0097109 16 36 25 0097109 17 51 12 0097109 17 51 12 Sear Event handler VMS provides versatile event handler with which various actions for the events generated at the VMS as well as from the cameras can be
44. mapped to DUs automatically without explicit mapping operation in 1x1 screen mode While user may prefer his her own mapping for various configurations in multi display modes the mapping can be limited in1x1 mode So only automatic mapping is supported in 1x1 mode Changing camera information Pressing Modify button on Camera setup dialog invokes Modify camera dialog which is similar to Add camera dialog Double clicking a camera entry in the table also invokes Modify camera dialog It is possible to modify some entries of multiple cameras by selecting multiple entries before pressing Modify button Camera setup Camera Building 41 192 168 10 162 1 2222 Ez War house Building 1 19216810163 222 Modify multiple cameras S Itio Note ect mu tip e entries Selected settings will be applied to all change more than selected cameras One cameras at once lv Port 2233 Y Protocol TCP M Audio Iv Iv PTZ iv Use PTZ Y Login admin M Password M Relay Add Modify Remove IP Discovery lt lt gt gt 15 Display management Camera DU mapping A DU Display Unit is a rectangular region consisting the video window For example 2x2 mode consists of 4 DUs and 4x4 mode 16 DUs In order to view a camera the camera should be mapped to one of the DUs A camera can be mapped to a DU in three ways 1 Drag a camera from the tree and drop on a DU 2 Use Map camera menu on a DU 3
45. n to a single file the usage is basically the same as the backup in AVI format Storage files created by the backup can be played only with True Search Snapshot A snapshot can be taken while the playback is going on Snapshot dialog which is invoked by gt Snapshot button is basically the same as that in Live mode of the VMS Please refer to Snapshot section of the chapter for Live monitoring Aes 7 Event Handling Event monitoring and search Events monitored in the VMS are classified into two categories camera events and VMS or local events Camera events Camera events come from cameras or video encoders when specific situations happen Camera event Description Sensor on off Delivered when the sensor device attached to sensor DI port of a camera changes its state Alarm on off Delivered when the alarm DO port of a camera changes its state Motion on off Delivered when a camera detects motion in the scene or the motion disappears Videoloss on off Delivered when a camera losses video input signal Since video input module tightly assembled with other parts in IP camera this event is rare in IP camera On the other hand this can happen due to disconnection of video cable or fault in analog camera in case of a video encoder VMS events VMS events represent some situations in the VMS which need to be logged for interpretation of recorded status VMS events are sometimes called as Local
46. nsoratoni sensordtor g Actions z Popup video window sound effecti times raii EN r r pii Click blue event action to configure parameters M Use sheduler Adding event handlers by copying one from other camera If events from many cameras are going to be handled in the same way it would be boring to define the same event handler for each camera For example all cameras can be configured to play an wave file when any of the sensors in the camera detect the change of the state The VMS allows copying event handlers from those defined for other cameras Copy event handlers GI Garag 810183 E Handler 1 sensor giad 2 sensor Handler 3 motion Select all Clear all DE Cancel 49 Defining schedules The schedules to be associated with event handlers are created independently from event handlers Then a schedule is selected when an event handler is created or modified This allows flexible association between event handlers and schedules One schedule can be shared among many event handlers or each event handler can have different schedules Event handler Event handlers Event handler sheduler Event handler sheduler list sheduler 4 Add Remove Hame HAE schedule all on Event handler schedule Legend 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 0910 111213141516 17 1819 20 21 22 23 Ort MN o BREE Handling events le Set Reset A schedule is created in the following steps Edit the name
47. nt Log Camera name From First 2010 02 08 s 2F 11 06 49 Remain blank for all e DJ Last 2010 02 09 el 23 8 21 31 cameras To Event type All Sensor e Motion Camera Event Motion 1 On Motion 1 On Motion 1 Off Motion 1 Off Motion 1 On Motion 1 On Motion 1 Off Motion 1 Off Motion 1 On Motion 1 Off Motion 1 On Motion 1 Ott Motion 1 On Motion 1 On Motion 1 Off Motion 1 Of 55 Date Time 010 009 0100209 2010 02 09 2010 02 09 2010 02 09 010 009 010 0209 010 0209 2010 02 09 2010 02 09 010 009 010 009 010 0209 010 0209 2010 02 09 aa a ee 19 20 34 19 20 34 19 20 35 19 20 35 19 20 36 19 20 36 Er 19 203 19 20 40 19 20 40 19 20 43 19 20 44 19 20 46 19 20 46 19 20 47 end Configuring the object display TMAP allows changing the way how objects are displayed on the map Object Display Setup dialog invoked with Map gt Object display setup provides such feature User defined camera icons for different states can be specified The color of line connecting camera icon and pop up video can be changed Camera name tag also can be fully customized Object Display Setup Camera icon on map otyle My style Connected Disconnected Videoloss Add Background Line for connecting camera and pop up window M Camera name on map Background Transparent Camera object text Server name O Camera name O Server n
48. of the schedule to create Click Add button Configure the weekly holiday schedule table by dragging and or clicking mouse Click OK or Apply button ON 50 8 E Map E Map Electronic Map functions is supported in a separate application TMAP TMAP is invoked by clicking TMAP button on the toolbar eG Map Camera Event View Help f Senior Citizens Nutrition j O Y HIERE a a Street 2 os e 583 S82 Fair Oaks 76 7 Eleven Laundry Basket a amp Executive Cin La Hacienda Camera List E 3 CMS S f j eS li f If 1 3 Garag 0123 S Slow Maximum q Shanghai j j j ive tf H Core Flavor Sho 2 CalaDr_ 700 Daffodil Ct E o Braly Park Daffodil Ct IO Mc Ghee Irene M MD _Daffodil Ct Gladiola Dr Braly Park Event Window No Camera Name Event TMAP provides the following functions e Displays image based maps and allows placements of cameras on specific positions e Displays a camera s video manually or in a event driven way e Provides various actions such as marking a camera on receiving events from a camera e Two way audio communication with a camera 51 Importing maps The first step to use TMAP is to import map images Maps of Bitmap or JPEG format can be imported in the dialog invoked by Map gt Add a map menu Add a map 1 Choose an image of Bitmap or JPEG
49. on Interval minutes 60 Recommended file size MB 21972 File Size to set MB 10400 F Automatic adjustment canoa e On disk full Action when all selected drives become full Generally Overwrite is selected to recycle the storage Other actions such as sending E mail can be configured by Event handler 30 Recording mode and schedule Three kinds of recording modes are supported Continuous Event based Manual recording allows user defined combination of various Event based types of events While Manual recording works independently from the schedule setting Continuous recording and Event based recording can be set to 1 hour unit on the schedule table of 1 week x 24 hour format Recording mode and schedule of a camera can be configured on Record tab of Record setup Click a camera to configure AS Click OK or Apply Record setup storage Record Get from cameras M Get setings whenever Record setup is opened Fre Fost Stream IE EE Primary Primary Record les Mame Preference FA Warehouse jw Garage Liuality Quality Notice Recording settings affect affects encoding operation of the camera lf other clients are connected to the camera they will be affected Recording modes and schedule OO 01 02 05 04 05 06 OF Oe OF TO le i314 1516 1718 192021 2223 att T Nn arre BEERS 0 E ones MANI RN E EE ATT TTTT SERRE _ EE a a 0 1 Recoding mode s
50. ontrol is turned off Storage PTZ Audio e Audio video synchronization Audio video synchronization is supported The synchronization is supported by default It can be turned off or parameters can be configured on Audio setup page of TVMS Video input color control Color properties of input video of the selected camera are configured on Video tab of the control pane Some cameras or Brightness encoders don t support control of some properties AL _ 1 P Contrast pl E Settings changed using these controls are effective on the camera s web setup Hue ql E Storage PTZ Audio Video Indentifying sensor state and control of alarm in the tree When a sensor device connected to a camera changes its state b Building 1 corresponding event is generated and it changes the icon in the awa Main gate tree to yellow color 4d Sensor o Sensor 1 The menu Change On Off state which comes by clicking the right uJ Sensor 2 button of the mouse over an alarm node allows the control of the 40 Alarm alarm relay state eel Warehouse Sensor 1 90 Alarm Alarm 1 41 PAE 4q Change On Off state 26 Digital zoom In order to use digital zoom function mouse clicks on a DU should be mapped to Digital zoom Another alternative use of mouse click on DU is On screen PTZ control These can be selected in the menu of a DU invoked by the right button of the mouse Settings are saved for individual channels The reg
51. orage is remote system 1 Open Setup dialog Select Remote mode to access VMS system through the network 3 Click Add to open the dialog for adding an VMS Name and address of the VMS are specified Port 2121 is used for TCP connection for remote search and playback If port login or password is modified it should match the setting in Remote Search Server More than one VMS can be added but only one VMS system can be connected at a time 4 Other settings can be configured optionally Buffering time set the amount of data to be buffered before playback In case the network bandwidth is lower than the encoding bitrate of the video this value should be large enough to avoid frequent stopping and buffering Command timeout set the timeout in the interaction It can be increased of the network is poor Auto reconnect on backup check to reconnect automatically when the connection is lost during long term backup 5 Click OK 6 It will connect to the specified VMS and get data from the VMS Connect Display General storage access C Local f Remote Buffering time sec 5 Command timeout sec 5 Ww Auto reconnect on backup NVA Name E My NVA 192 168 10 43 2121 CONNECTED admin Add Add N R ug Modify Mame My YMS _ emowe ddress 192 168 10 43 Port AA Login admin Passweord Be Cancel In order for remote search and playback to work Remote Search TME View Setup Events Tools Server application sh
52. ort Camera s COM port to which serial data from the camera will be sent and from which serial data from external equipment attached to the PC will be read 5 Note Some models of camera or video encoder have only one serial port typically RS 422 485 although the combo for serial port selection provides both RS 232 and RS 422 485 The serial port supported by the camera or video encoder should be selected appropriately When any of the modes Send Receive is enabled the status bar of the main GUI shows the bitrate of serial TX and RX through the PC s COM port Clients 0 Serial Tx 0 A 0 58 This manual is based on the date as shown in the right and is subject to change without notice for quality improvement 59
53. ould be running the in the VMS system Itis y Live monitoring mode Ctrl L automatically started by starting VMS However it is possible to Recording mode Ctrl F start manually using Start Remote Search Server menu secondary monitor stat Remote Search Server Exit Alt F 4 Remote Search Server appears as a tray icon at the bottom part of the Windows User interface of Remote Search Server can be opened by double clicking the tray icon The user interface allows modification of default settings It also shows currently connected clients Remote Search Server ASE 7 OLLY Ng 23125 Note True Search may fail to connect to VMS system with the following reasons VMS system is actually unreachable in the network VMS system is reachable but it is protected by the firewall Port 2121 should be open Remote Search Server application is not running in the VMS system or it is configured with different setting port login password Backup Backup provides a way to copy a duration of recorded data to a file Two formats of ii files are supported AVI file and Native format The same backup dialog invoked by Backup button IS used and the format is selected in the dialog AVI format AVI format is used to use casual media player such as Window Media Player GOM Player or VLC Player for playback of the backup file As AVI doesn t allow multi channel video streams a backup for each channel needs to be taken separately 1 Select a camera to
54. te Live mode button and Record mode button in the toolbar are used for mode switching Live mode Live mode is used where interactive monitoring of live video is required As the decoding and display of video takes essential CPU load the number of cameras to be viewed simultaneously can be limited according to the video encoding settings of cameras and PC s performance In terms of functionality Live mode is a super set of Record mode That is Live mode supports recording function Note If the graphics mode of the PC is not configured to support video display in Live mode Display initialization error comes on video area The following essential condition for running Live mode should be checked Minimum 128MB graphics memory DirectX9 0c installed and maximum H W acceleration 32 bit color mode Record mode When live monitoring in the VMS PC is not essential it is preferable to use Record mode As it doesn t use CPU load for decoding and display more cameras can be accommodated for recording and streaming Another advantage of Record mode is that it can run in any display mode with any kinds of graphics cards TVMS 128 NVA View Setup Events Tools Help No Camera name Status Recording mode Pre sec Post sec Resolution Video kbps Framerate Audio 1 121 Recording Continuous 10 20 720x460 437 15 07 Off 1 2 Ar Recording Continuous 10 20 720x480 473 30 10 Off a Alten Recording Continuous 20 720x480 49
55. to a position to play 5 Press Play button Instead of moving current time in playback using the position bar it is possible to set a specific time in the dialog invoked by double clicking the current time display The tooltip appears when the mouse is over the current time display 38 097101 00 00 00 P SE pon time bar is moved Double cheki for precise positioning to the time specified in the i l m Select time The scale of the timeline can be changed by Li button and 24hours 12hours 6hours 3hours and 1hour are supported button Five different scales Search by event One or more channels recorded by a specific event can be searched in Event search dialog invoked by Event search F button Event Search Dateiyyyyi mmidd Timethh mm ss Server ID Main gate From l First 2009 11 01 gg z Fz To Last 209 1 o u 5 3 Event type Event status e All E ON only Main gate Motion 1 ON 0091101 12 44 46 Main gate Motion 1 ON 2009 11 02 01 48 40 1 Select the camera to search All camera can be included by selecting For All Servers 2 Specify the duration to search 3 Select the types of events 4 Select event status On Off or All for both type 5 Click Search button 6 Play the channels recorded by the event either by double clicking the entry or by selecting an entry and click Play button 7 Event search dialog will disappear and playback of th
56. to trigger the action is selected Mostly on is configured to make the action happen on the generation of the event Configure the parameters for actions Parameters for actions are specific to each action Most common parameter is the duration in which the action is to be continued The following shows an example of the dialog for configuring action parameters lt configures whether audio mute of playing on PC is turned on off and the duration By selecting Continuous item in Dwell time it is possible to make the mute on off effective until user changes the setting on Audio tab of main UI manually Action settings Audio mute on of E Set Audio mute ontott control Dwell time f On C o 48 6 Select the schedule to be used for this action The action is triggered only when the schedule is configured to On state at the time when the event is generated If Use schedule is not checked the action happens without checking the schedule 7 Click OK button Add event handler Choose events Choose actions H sensor O Motion Popup video window 0 Blink video chan M sensor Q Serial event O Camera alarm control O show channel M sensors sound effect M sensard J E mail send O Alarm E Goto PTZ preset O larm O Activate FTZ tour O Alarms O ideo on off control O larm4 O Audio mute on off control O Video loss send events to TMAF lt Event handler name Handler d On events Sensoriton Sensarelon se
57. various recording modes by combining event types in extremely flexible ways Recording modes are defined by arbitrary combinations of primitive events sensor alarm video loss motion and serial event Recording modes are defined for individual camera Thus different recording modes can be defined for different cameras depending on the situations in the sites 1 Click Edit recording modes button to open the dialog Select event types to combine Click Add button New recording mode is added Recording modes section with another color Change mode name if necessary to describe what the recording mode is for Edit the description of the event if necessary Click OK New recording mode will come on the recording mode combo on Record tab ey po ela Edit recording modes ES Recording modes Copy from Modify Delete i _ Modity Delete E E Mode name Sensorl Sensor2 Sensor Sensor motion sensor Any Motion H sensor description gt Gansorl Sensoretser M sensore lt lt description gt gt M sensors description gt F sensord lt lt description gt gt O Alarm lt lt description gt gt O Alarme lt lt description gt gt O Alarms lt lt description gt gt O larm lt lt description gt gt O Video loss lt description gt gt M Motion lt lt description gt gt serial event lt lt description gt gt gt External events OK Cancel 37 e Copying r
58. ver 2008 e CPU Intel Pentium 4 2 4GHz or higher e RAM 1GB or larger e Network Ethernet 100Mbps or higher e Graphics Graphics memory 128MB or larger DirectX9 0c installed Screen resolution 1024x768 or larger Note Above minimum requirements are for normal functioning with a few cameras The requirements to support more cameras vary a lot depending on the number of channels video resolution framerate bitrate etc Please contact Marshall technical support to get the recommendation for a specific configuration for supporting a large number of cameras Installation Installation of the VMS is started by double clicking the installation package Please follow the instructions for installation During the installation the password for the administrator will be prompted An administrator user of ID admin is created by default and the password is configured on the installation Startup and login Login dialog comes on executing VMS Change password Correct user ID and password of a registered user should be entered The dialog also provides a way to change the password of a user The dialog for changing password will come only when User ID and Password are entered correctly When Automatic login is checked the VMS doesn t ask login in the next startup Automatic login setting can be changed in Security setup also 3 Overview of Application Interface and Functions Application interface Application interf

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