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1. E A m NI Ira I gu e 4 40 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Filter Lock Ocularis Administrator You may use the Filter Lock icon to lock the filter This will disable the Event Filter text box from accepting entries and allow the Device Filter to filter both devices and events This makes locating events related to a particular device quick and easy To USE THE FILTER Lock 1 From the Servers Events tab first type a portion of a string to filter the device list in the Device Filter text box The filter is not case sensitive 2 Click the Filter Lock icon a The filter text from the Servers list is now applied to the filter of the Events list The filter will apply to both panes For instance the sample shown in Figure 42 shows the Device Filter and Event Filter for all Lab cameras and associated events 3 On55 Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Distribution Groups Video Walls Table Management Assets Abou Servers Events 192 168 7 198 RC C Cameras Lab Cam RC C Camera Lab RC C Camera 34 RC C Camera 31 Lab RC C Camera 32 Lab RC C Camera 36 Lab RC C Lab Camera I 14 t Microphones t Speakers Triggers t Alerts On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Events Resyme a Fuse New lab H RC C Server 123 Lab
2. LJ Hig itime Guscdr F G Lobby i Mehle irada 2 Lobby Lees LO Parking Lots ES 2 BD iheni Group Campus 1 r b Biota pad ETTE o E labil e 3 3 Shared H tat 81 FA ata x2 EV tata 3 Drag and drop to share a view group Shared Groups displayed in orange Finuira 7A Chorin dq Van arnmiima FIGUIe 7 9 OllalIiMg View Groupo 1 fy G d 3 Repeat this procedure to share this view group with other user groups or to share other shared views with any user group 74 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Modifying Shared Views Shared views may be modified the same way as private views see To Modify Contents of a View Pane on page 72 However only the admin user can modify a shared view and it can only be modified when selected under the Shared view group When a shared view is selected under a user group a padlock icon appears over the pane to indicate that the view may not be modified AAA _ pae pr Tei e E T Gua h i ll Libi E bii ha E Chins A i sra i dr E Le ee j ri a r iz a ee Cj pme h E Letty D Eat Len I iari Tish Dipa L OED pen Gimi mb E Pr Mire due Lera El isa cen Faces Figure 76 Padlock indicates view may not be modified in this selection Changes made to a shared view will be reflected in all individual user groups who have permission to access that view
3. On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 19 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Configuring View Content Types Once view panes are populated with content specific parameters may be set for each content type The following section will discuss Camera Configuration Carousel Configuration Hot Spot Configuration Push Video Configuration Web Page Configuration Blank Screen Configuration Camera Output Configuration Actual video configuration for camera resolution and recording is done on the recorder Configuration for camera output here refers to how the camera s video appears in the Ocularis Client TO CONFIGURE CAMERA OUTPUT 1 3 76 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the pane with the camera video you wish to configure For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 69 Click on the pane with the video you wish to configure A Viewport Properties pop up appears corresponding to the type of pane content selected in this case a camera View pane contents with a single camera is considered a one camera carousel More details on carousels in the next section Erameiale Chualrty Original Ks p When Miami Figure 77 Click on the pane to modify parameters You have the option to modify the following Camera Overlay Parameters Aspect Useful for wide screen video output the default option Fit to Window will cause the video to be stretch
4. TLIC Mi Carre Edit Server Bt rr E pie Edit Server Lo ia jhr te Ernman Han PLIES LITE ffl Ease HAT Ira mil PBC ee F Esti EAT Piira Heat 197 158 50 10053003 merma Muir aa 111728000 hibret A Haj 210590540 Relea to ar Ekme Pa ar DeSean napar Spe Sethe Oren ster Lop tree hens Luar hate Paper Figure 7 Sample NAT Configurations 10 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Servers List The resulting Servers list is collapsible and expandable by clicking the symbol in front of the list item Cameras Triggers Microphones Speakers Relay Alerts and Inputs are imported from the recorders as shown in Figure 8 My On Ocularis Administrator Servert bent Users i Prrvalegues Waz Disbribukssa Groups Servers Events Servers 1 EJ asa E tan fij eiee 8 EE de Cameras Micraphan s Spsaler Triggers UALS Ke 0 DS GEL 7 18 R R2 o Ceras Microphones Spikeri Triggers WARNING The camera names listed here are those assigned in the recording component Please note that certain special characters are not supported by Ocularis and if included in a device name may cause erratic or non functional behavior We recommend you avoid all special characters in camera names and events including but not limited to lt gt amp UL fee i eT On Net Surveillanc
5. As you build your composite event a description appears in this section helping you understand rule s meaning Select a Priority for the composite event See Priority on page 26 for more information about priorities Select the sound file to be played when the composite event occurs See Audio on page 27 for more information about audio Set the maximum number of event registries to retain for this composite event See Event Properties on page 26 for more information Set the maximum age to save event registries for this event See Event Properties on page 26 for more information Set the frequency for this event See Event Properties on page 26 for more information If Event 1 occurs before Event 2 occurs If Event 1 occurs prior to Event 2 occurring If Event 1 occurs but Event 2 does not occur within the specified time period If Event 1 does not occur in the time period defined prior to Event 2 occurring If Event 1 and Event 2 occur within the time period specified e You may effectively nest composite events with other composite events resulting in a highly complex fusion of events Consider however that the more complex an event the more difficult troubleshoot may become e If you do not see a recently created generic event in the list of available events in the Eventi or Event2 drop down list click the Resync button to refresh the Events pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 31 Ocularis Administrato
6. Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Events Resync k 5 Fuse New Generic Events Composite p Ror i New Generic Event Source t RE C Server _ O Generic Event Connection Settings Enter connection parameters Type t Port Separation Binary O ASCH Create Cancel Figure 30 Add a Generic Event Connection 3 Fill out the fields in the resulting New Generic Event Source pop up window as defined below You may need to contact or review the manufacturer specifications of the device for which you are configuring the event Item Description Name Enter a descriptive name for the Event Source This is what will appear in the alert so be as descriptive yet concise as possible Avoid using special characters in this name For example Front Entrance might be used to describe alerts transmitted access control systems on the main door to the facility Type Select the protocol TCP or UDP based on the device you are monitoring Port Enter the port on which Ocularis Base should listen for the data sent by the event source Separation Select the format for data transmission Binary or ASCII You may also enter a Separation character to identify to Ocularis Base when an end of string as been received Enter this character in the Separation field 4 When pop up is complete click the Create button The Connection for the event source should be listed under Generic Even
7. camera model or type or any designation you so choose See To Import or Modify an Icon on page 89 1 Locate the camera icon or view icon on the map you wish to change 2 Right click the icon 3 The icons from the Assets tab appear Click the desired icon To MODIFY THE FONT SIZE OF MAP ICONS The descriptions associated with icons on a map come from either the camera name on the recorder or the view name in the Views tab The size of the fonts used may be made larger or smaller 1 Open the desired map in the Maps tab 2 Drag the Font Size slider button left or right to make the font size smaller or larger To RESIZE A MAP ICON 1 Locate the camera or view icon on the map you wish to change 2 Hold the SHIFT key and position the mouse over the icon until you see a set of 4 arrows 3 Click and drag the mouse in a vertical direction up and down to make the icon larger or smaller 4 Release the mouse when done x RC C enue 32 Lab TO ROTATE A Map ICON 1 Locate the camera or view icon on the map you wish to change 2 Hold the CTRL key and position the mouse over the icon until you see a Curved arrow 3 Click and drag the mouse in a vertical direction up and down to rotate the icon 4 Release the mouse when done 98 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual 3 RC C Camera 32 Lab To Zoom A Map 1 Display the map in the working area of the Maps tab 2 Zoominand out
8. he 4 ne Figure 101 Remove a Camera Adding Views to Maps Similar to cameras views may be added to a map to visually depict multiple cameras On the map the view is represented by an icon which can be modified and view name Operators are able to preview the view when viewing the map with Ocularis Client To ADD A VIEW TO A MAP 1 Inthe Maps tab display the map to add the view See To Display a Map on page 94 2 Click the Views tab in the Contents list and expand each folder until you locate the desired one ip Si Contents arin hari a 3 Lape aw E Loti Meer 3 dy Figure 102 Expanded Views List 3 Click drag and drop the view from the Views list to the location on the map The view will use Icon 2 located in the Assets Tab You may want to develop your own icon for use specifically for views Note Views that contain a Hotspot pane may not be added to a map and will appear grayed out in the Views list Views that contain a Blank Screen Push Video or Web page may be added but the pane with these content types will not display any preview images On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 97 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual To CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF A MAP ICON The first image shown in the Icons section in the Assets tab is the default icon used when adding cameras to maps The second icon is the default used for views You may customize the icons for each camera to signify a
9. text box The string can contain letters numbers or special characters The filter is not case sensitive The resulting list will be an exact match of the content typed into the Device Filter text box For instance in Figure 40 the filter is for all lab devices On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 39 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Sj OnSSI Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Distribution Groups Ma Enter text to filter list Cameras Lab Cam RC C Camera 527 Lab RC C Camera 34 RC C Camera 31 Lab RC C Camera 32 Lab RC C Camera 36 Lab RC C Lab Camera 1 14 Microphones t Speakers Triggers A la na Cin ira 4 N Filter for lah Figure 4U FITer ror tao You may clear the filter by deleting the text in the Device Filter text box TO USE THE EVENT FILTER 1 From the Servers Events tab type a portion of a string or keyword to filter the event list in the Event Filter text box The filter is not case sensitive The list will display only those events whose name includes the text typed For instance in Figure 41 the filter is for all events related to fire Events G Erin AE Fur Alen ny beter Prr Fire bergen Eo iiim Aea 1 Alarm Fear Eo iiin hos 3 lada rule O add conmecton_ Compoute mier jae Seer 1 a Fee anhi ae Lora Her add new 1 Event Filter for fire
10. Camera 11 Camera 10 Came Ungpermileged Cancers Camel Full ficoess arme Full Access O ret O mec O rc c Lamera 4 Camera Ai Larner a 3 Figure 52 Right click to Assign Cameras To REMOVE A CAMERA FROM A PRIVILEGE GROUP 94 1 2 In the Users Privileges Tab select the group containing the device you wish to remove You can either a Drag and drop the camera to the Unprivileged Cameras group b Right click the camera and select Unprivileged Cameras On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Video Wall Privileges Similar to devices users need privileges in order to view a video wall These privileges are set in the Users Privileges tab To ASSIGN ACCESS TO A VIDEO WALL To A GROUP Use these steps for user accounts that will be pushing video to video walls as well as video wall user accounts that will be used on a video wall 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the group you wish to assign the video wall s 2 Select the Video Wall Privileges node 3 Existing video walls are displayed Check the checkbox for the videowall s to assign to this user group Mp Onid Ocularis Admirartrator Server Enenta Users y Prinleges Veews Dulnkbubon Groups Mapi Tabie Manage Users Privileges Groups El Defaun Video Wall Privileges Camera Previbeget Gefault E Video Wal Privileges Ei toby OOOO E tar gt El
11. s blank screen pane and reset the timer to zero The value is measured in seconds between 0 unlimited and the default and 3600 one hour The default setting is 20 seconds Keep in mind that this field works in conjunction with Max Events and Max Age Event Properties Combined Keep in mind that three event properties work in combination with each other The Max Events Max Age and Max Frequency all affect the amount of events that are stored and the duration of their storage On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 29 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Composite Events A Composite Event also called Event Fusion is combination of two other events defined with a specific relationship and timeframe The following are examples of a composite event If there is motion on Camera 1 and within the next 5 seconds there is motion on Camera 2 register an event or If there is a card swipe detected from an access control panel AND there is an analytic event that determines two people entered tail gating trigger an alert To CONFIGURE A COMPOSITE EVENT 1 Inthe Servers Events tab click the Fuse New Event button mi s Fuse New Event 2 Fill out the Composite Event Rule pop up Compete pien Fule Composite Event Rule Detalls Tany be prenda il behets Pem and a hme fer m orde La crcabe a commpo lte ml dame dk 00 00 05 a t 320 06 Eveni 1
12. viewing via Ocularis Client 16 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Options The following table describes additional parameters in the Camera Properties dialog box ltem Description Alternate Label Short for Alternate Label the text entered here will be used to identify this camera in Ocularis Client This gives the administrator the ability to change the display of a camera name without changing it permanently on the recorder You may consider using this field in conjunction with Description above to clearly identify your cameras Description You may add a description for the camera which provides more detail on its location purpose settings etc This field is available to administrators while viewing the camera thumbnail in preview modes within Ocularis Administrator as well as in tool tips within Ocularis Client You may consider using this field in conjunction with Alternate Label below to clearly identify your cameras Privacy Mask Click Define Mask to identify areas on the video image to be masked for privacy See Privacy Mask below for more information Privacy Mask A Privacy Mask is an area of an image that is blocked out from view For instance in an office environment you may want to see the images of the general office area but want to block out someone s private desk area to provide the employee with some privacy In this example you may select a section
13. 125 APPENDIX Conan Ree E RETEST A da 126 THE ONSSITEVENT COORDINATOR nella 126 CONTACT INFORMA TION anae 127 ii On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Introduction Introduction The Ocularis Platform consists of the following components e Ocularis Base server software application which regulates and manages the flow of data between video client users recording servers video wall management and automated alerts e Ocularis Administrator The front end software application used to manage Ocularis Base e Ocularis Recording Component A network video recorder is required to supply camera configuration and recording e Ocularis Client OnSSl s award winning video client application e Optional Add On Applications these include Remote Video Wall and Video Content Analytics With each SLC one license for each add on is provided so that you can evaluate each feature Add ons are made available as they are introduced See our website www onssi com or call OnSSI Sales for information on Ocularis Add Ons Depending on which feature set of Ocularis you purchased will depend on which features are available to you Ocularis feature sets include e Ocularis ES e Ocularis CS e Ocularis IS e Ocularis PS See our website www onssi com or call OnSSI Sales for more details on the different feature sets For all features sets configuration of Ocularis is performed using the Ocularis Admini
14. Cam RC C Camera 527 Disabled Enabled M Motion t Lab Cam RC C Camera 27 B Not Responding Other RC C Camera 31 Lab Disabled MN Enabled Falling signal on input 1 B Motion Y RC C Camera 31 Lab E Not Responding RC C Camera 32 Lab 41 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Users Privileges Tab This tab is used to define users user groups and camera privileges within an Ocularis system The Ocularis User Group User Hierarchy Access to the Ocularis surveillance environment is controlled through the use of User Groups and User Accounts User Groups are assigned access and privileges to various components of the system An example would be to assign a specific set of cameras or video wall to a user group Once a group s operating parameters are established user accounts can simply be assigned to the group and inherit the privileges of the group Furthermore each user account within a group may have alternative privileges set beyond those of the group Privileges to cameras may be controlled through camera privilege groups These groups allow you to organize a set of cameras per user group and apply specific parameter restrictions to the camera group as a whole ij CS Cul Abeer Ser Geena Users rra Weed ibm Grupi kapa Tabie Mar germen Astra Aboul Users Privileges Cree Graup The Users Privileges Tab is divided into several
15. Gu ti F Guards Camera Prealeqest Mm Vales Wal Prribeges E hito Para Mia Wall Delete Valeo Wal En MhnnL ha PR A A STI Cin iro AR hark hny for aecinnar vidan wal Figure 53 Gneck DOx for assi anea video wal To REMOVE A VIDEO WALL FROM A GROUP 1 In the Users Privileges Tab select the group you whose video wall s assignment you wish to modify 2 Select the Video Wall Privileges node 3 Uncheck the video wall s you wish to unassign Video Walls Video walls are simply a collection of monitors typically posted in a public or other observation area with no visible keyboard attached They are used to display video from preset cameras as well as receive video on demand On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 55 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual pushed there by operators Video Walls in Ocularis are defined in the Base using the Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Clientis used to display the video wall Remote Video Wall is an optional add on component to Ocularis and available with Ocularis ES Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS Local vs Remote Local video walls are those on the same station PC as the operator For instance an operator s pc may have 4 monitors attached to it with an appropriate video card The operator can use one of the monitors to observe views and maps and the other three monitors as the video wall on which he can post video Local video walls are available in all Oculari
16. Ocularis Client may be adjusted similar to adjusting video for a single camera 1 ZA 3 4 82 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the pane with the carousel Click on the pane video In the resulting Viewport Properties dialog modify the parameters as defined in the following table The settings will apply to all camera video displayed in the carousel Aspect Framerate Quality Keep when maximized Useful for wide screen video output the default option Fit to Window will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may cause the video to appear slightly distorted The option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 20 When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is
17. Specity nde properimet Alert Priority Medium Neme f Aa Detaunt a EMERAGENCY CODE RED ews FIR Leiv hie uot e r Retention Standard Procenby wire Unger dr Mas Esla 2000 Expres M x Fuge MM Daye Mas Frequency 20 feroni Event Retention Depending on the environment the types and number of events monitored the amount of events can quickly build up in the system The database can be overcome with too many events The operator s blank screen panes may also be cluttered by repetitive or too many events Therefore system administrators have the ability to limit the events that are stored and retained in the database and shown on a blank screen These parameters are found when configuring an event rule basic generic or composite Max Events This field holds the total count of event instances to save to the database for the event rule For instance if this value is set to 10 for a motion event on Camera A then only 10 motion events for Camera A will be in the database at any given time Once 10 events have accumulated and new events occur the oldest event will be deleted and the newer event will be stored Valid values are between O the default which means unlimited and 2 147 483 647 The default setting is 2000 Keep in mind that this field works in conjunction with Max Age and Max Frequency Max Age The Max Age for an event rule is the number of days in 24 hour multiples in which to st
18. User Manual Sj OnSSI Ocularis Administrator Users Privileges Views Group Daytime Guards 7 Shared Shortcuts Ei Blue Hill Courtyard 2 Blue Hill Plaza i Floor 1 i Floor 2 Sil Floor 3 Eg Lot A Sa Lot E Eg Lot C Pte 447 Dania iann inAinatas a echara mor Figure 117 Padlock icon indicates a shared map Ocularis Administrator Padlock indicates a shared map Like shared views shared maps may only be modified from the Shared Maps group Likewise new changes to the shared map will be reflected in each groups view of the map Note Cameras displayed on a shared map are controlled via the user group s privileges to that camera in the Users Privileges tab If a user group does not have permission to view a camera or view it will not appear on their view of the shared map On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 107 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Event Management Ocularis facilitates displaying investigating and shared handling of events received from e Arecorder s native video motion detection VMD component e Attached Devices e Integrated Video Content Analytics e Third party access control and security systems Administrators determine which events to which a user should be alerted Ocularis events maintain the following features gt Incoming events appear in the Alerts Manager in the Ocularis Client gt Video walls and Views containing a B
19. coo er Event 2 cc wn Gees Retention Was Eee M n Age Maw Frequency 10 Secor Finiira DO Mantfinira Aa F Aita En at Di Dataila Tah Eeimy ira DS nantnra a lf im CITA vani Hila lIJarajje lan IQ ure co coni IG ure a vom pos Ite Event nule Detalls abo Fields are defined as follows Item Description Name Enter a descriptive name for the composite event Avoid using special characters for the event name Event 1 Select an event to begin to define the condition for which the rule alert should be met This event may be an Event Rule Generic Event another composite event or any event listed Event 2 Select a second event to finalize the condition for the composite formula This event may be an Event Rule Generic Event or another Composite Event 30 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Item Relationship Description Priority Audio Max Events Max Age Max Frequency Relationship Icons gt gt Be e Please note Description You must indicate how event 1 is related to event 2 The directional arrows define the relationship between two Event Rules and are defined below In addition a time period must be specified This works in conjunction with the relationship icons in identify a time limit that may apply to the relationship Valid times are HH 0 through 23 MM 0 through 59 SS 0 through 59
20. create the view under the Shared folder hierarchy 2 Click the New View button The view layout pop up appears On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 69 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual ag pem Duala Edrrerastrator Tagra Everts hap i Pripad kpa Gepri Groupe Views Wiews a Hias Gerdes me hes bt un Drie J D G ial Colt rag J eghtine i a3 5 Lebey bad T Feared EEE a6 tz Lea gt Lai dad ia l 7 Contar d Top Hide 4 Domos 3x1 buda Figure 68 Create View View Layouts 3 Select a layout from the list of View Configurations A blank template for the layout appears in the View working area and a view called New View ayout is created 1 queria ar A kima oops a Lakn hilera ds iaa Mir Viss 2E T Figure 69 Creating a New View for a Single User Group In the event that the view is to be shared between multiple user groups be sure to create the view underneath the Shared view group hierarchy For example 70 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator 4 iy 0055 Oculeris Aderinistrator Servers Events Utert Prrdeges Views Distri Views Views CI Darts Guardi e Delma 0D Nighttime Guarde 2 lobby E Hes View 2 u A D Shaved QB New Group 1 New View la 7 Figure 70 Shared Views Notice in Figure 70 Shared items fol
21. events See Handling Alerts in the Ocularis Client User Manual All unhandled events eventually accumulate Administrators may remove these events and place them in a Closed status by using the Batch Handle Events button To BATCH HANDLE EVENTS 1 Inthe Servers Events tab click the Batch Handle Events button A Batch Handle Events pop up appears y Batch Handle Geet Batch Handle Events og Selec ht ers rodea yoa aah to Paddle and check the Baich Hardie bution POP LET LEP Reds hpne Desnits E hers dd a a if CTA Daba Cata ar Jo Dla T Nel Ripon d Other iniri fremt 1 HaPegy RE Carrera 13 Lal Cir ACE Caenere 527 Late EXE Carr 34 REA TBE TO Camere Rial Coren Beis 7 Pate BEE Cinari PU Althea Cider Than 24 Horari Ceres ere ore sample commeniz Figure 21 Batch Handle Events 22 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator 2 Expand the list of events as needed and select the events for whose unhandled alerts you wish to delete You may get as granular as you like 3 Choose the amount of events you wish to delete in the Method drop down list The selection choices are Older than 24 Hours Keep only last 100 events Clear everything 4 Enter optional comments These comments will be visible when viewing the Handled Events in the Ocularis Client Handled Events list 5 Click Batch Handle to
22. group whose weekly schedule you wish to reset The Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane 2 Click on the Reset Schedule icon next to the day of the week you wish to reset y Weekly Schedule B e HRERL Po A ne REL E y The schedule for that day has been reset to the default of 24 hours 3 Repeat for each day of the week whose schedule you wish to reset Weekly Schedule MD A A ni wl On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 121 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Holiday Schedule Weekly schedules are for general use throughout the year However during days when an organization works a limited number of hours or with a limited number of employees a Holiday Schedule can be followed Holiday Schedules are set on a distribution group basis and override any time range set in a Weekly Schedule By default no Holiday Schedule is set and therefore this task must be done for each Distribution Group The time zone selected for the Holiday Schedule applies to the Distribution Group as a whole and must be the same time zone used as the Distribution Group s Weekly Schedule To SET A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 122 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Holiday Schedule parameter for the group whose Holiday Schedule you wish to set The details pane displays a Holiday Schedule with a pull down menu for the year and an Add New Holiday icon Holiday Schedule ETE 10
23. highlight the Users parameter for the user you wish to configure 2 Select the user in the Users in Distribution Group pane 3 Click the Report Permissions button 4 Inthe Report Permissions pop up check the report s for which the selected user should have access 5 Click Ok To MoDIFY OR REMOVE REPORT PERMISSIONS FOR A USER 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Users parameter for the user you wish to configure 2 Select the user in the Users in Distribution Group pane 3 Click the Report Permissions button _ Report Permissions 4 In this pop up check or uncheck the report s for which the selected user should have access 5 Click Ok iuei Mj Report Permios jmt Report perniciora lei poa riet ich La NT hih Mad TAL Waew hanced mera On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 117 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Filter The Filter parameter is used to identify which events to which the groups members should be alerted You may for instance want the Security Guards from the north building to only see events from cameras located in the vicinity of the north building Restricting the set of events that a particular user can view limits the amount of unnecessary events that potentially can be handled by that user Filters are assigned at the Distribution Group level To ASSIGN EVENTS TO A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab exp
24. in the camera list on the right of the pop up You have the same tools in this dialog to locate cameras as you do when building a view See Camera Preview on page 64 and Camera Filter on page 66 Tip You may widen the dialog box to be able to read lengthy camera names more easily 4 Once you locate the desired camera in the camera list on the left drag and drop the camera to the camera list on the right F rr ato Coy EEEN a fotones la ae fol w i me awh Figure 82 Creating a carousel list Carousel Order The progression of video will go from each camera in the order listed here 5 If you wish to reorder simply drag and drop the camera to the correct order RC C Camera 36 Lab Default E k RC C ner 31 Lab Default ESA RC C Camera 36 Lab Default fa IC C Lab Camera 1 14 as o e Figure 83 Reorder a Camera in a Carousel On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 79 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Dwell Time Dwell Time is the amount of time in seconds that camera video is displayed in the Ocularis Client before switching to the next camera in the list The default Dwell Time is 10 seconds 6 You may modify the default dwell time for all cameras shown by simply changing the number in the Default dwell time field see Figure 81 7 If you want a single camera to have a different dwell time than the default click the Default button next to the camera name A slider
25. is divided into two panes on the left is the list of existing Distribution Groups and on the right is the detail for a selected group Before a user can view events in the Alerts Manager in Ocularis Client the user must be assigned appropriate permissions in this tab To CREATE A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab click the New Group button A New Distribution Group entry is inserted into the Distribution Groups list 2 Double click the entry and type in a descriptive name for the Distribution Group 3 Press ENTER The new group appears in the Distribution Groups list Orbi Ocularis Administrator A mE 7 m i Serer baer Libera Prades Weva Disiribub Grou Mipi lakie Plarnaqerment l suela TT Distribution Groups Distribution Groups ew Group a Delete EJ Dae fowls To MobIiFY A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab double click the Distribution Group you wish to rename 2 The text becomes highlighted Make the required change and press ENTER 114 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To DELETE A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab select the Distribution Group you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button 3 In the Are you sure you want to delete the distribution group pop up click Yes to delete the group Distribution Groups There are four 4 parameters to co
26. later use or in the Maps tab click the Store button 66 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Contents Birin Careers la apre O Lab Cam amp C 0 gt Camere 677 1971841004 UN bal RCC Camere 34 SAC Camera 31 Lab D Ac Camera 27 Lab O Ret Lab Camera 1 14 Figure 65 Click Store to Save Search Filter 7 Anew folder is created containing the subset of cameras as filtered in step 3 This filter can now be shared e With other view groups e Inthe Maps Tab Contents Budi Cima re a CA Hahway ACC Cam 13 1922481199 C3 Lab am ACE Camera 537 10216610 O lab RCC gt Camera 54 O Ret 192158770 Carnero 6 F 6 Labs Figure 66 Example of stored camera filter lab 8 Repeat these steps to add additional camera search filters Now you may use these stored folders to easily locate cameras as defined by the keyword filter Note The cameras displayed in stored camera folders will be filtered further based upon the user group privileges assigned If for instance the keyword search is on the word lab and the Daytime Guards have access to 10 cameras which include the keyword lab but the Nighttime Guards only have access to 5 of these cameras only the 5 cameras will be available to the Nighttime Guards View Organization Views are organized first by user group as defined in the Users Privileges Tab and then by view group
27. ll In the Views Tab select the view with the carousel you wish to configure Click the Carousel Edit icon found in the overlay section of the carousel pane lower right Co In the Carousel Editor pop up drag and drop the cameras listed to the desired order see Figure 83 Repeat for all cameras you wish to reorder Click Save when done To REMOVE CAMERAS FROM A CAROUSEL a 6 In the Views Tab select the view with the carousel you wish to configure Click the Carousel Edit icon found in the overlay section of the carousel pane lower right Co Locate the camera you wish to remove Click the Remove Camera icon see Figure 86 Repeat for all cameras you wish to remove Click Save when done TO CHANGE OR VIEW THE DWELL TIME FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CAMERA 1 In the Views Tab select the view with the carousel you wish to configure On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 81 Ocularis Administrator 6 ie Ocularis Administrator User Manual Click the Carousel Edit icon found in the overlay section of the carousel pane lower right EII Locate the camera whose dwell time you wish to modify Click the Dwell Time button see Figure 84 When the dwell time slider appears Figure 85 drag it left or right to modify the dwell time Repeat for each camera whose dwell time you wish to modify Click Save when done To CONFIGURE VIDEO DISPLAYED IN A CAROUSEL Video parameters displayed while viewing the carousel in
28. lt O gt Onss Ocularis Administrator User Manual On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7 Floor PO Box 1555 Pearl River NY 10965 Phone 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 Web www onssi com 00080912 1023 3 0 3 5 0 072 Legal Notice This product manual is intended for general information purposes only and due care has been taken in its preparation Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient and nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty 2002 2012 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All rights reserved OnSSI and the Eye logo are registered trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Ocularis Client Ocularis Client Lite Ocularis Video Synopsis NetEVS NetDVMS NetDVR ProSight NetGuard NetGuard EVS NetSwitcher NetMatrix NetCentral NetTransact NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective owners On Net Surveillance Systems Inc reserves the right to change product specifications without prior notice Patents Applied For in the U S and Abroad Ocularis Administrator User Manual Contents Table of Contents INTRODUCTION arta ia 1 ME A o fanat elses ara ot eet te 2 PREREQUISITE Sota da a 3 OGULARIS ADMINIS TRA TOR coa A A aa aa 4 OCULARIS ADMINISTRATOR LAUNCH a A ee a a a a 4 THE OCULARIS ADMINISTRATOR INTERFACE c
29. the map on either a clickable link area or a floating map link It is recommended that pin names be kept as concise as possible 5 Click OK 100 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator A eee ra dar Leen oda See Darse rs Pe ra da dere data a i i Ejes coo ME EE Derma LAA ee l Figure 106 Courtyard map with corresponding pin 6 Repeat steps 1 5 above to add additional pins to a map To EMBED A LINK IN A MAP 1 Inthe Maps Tab with the desired group selected be sure to have already set the pins on the destination map See To Set a Map Pin on page 100 2 Display the map on which you would like to place the embedded link 3 You need to draw an area or zone where when clicked will open up the linked map Click the Draw Area button FE 058 Culos Arcos br no ci eer mi Lan Pepa e Dro a o da Daci Mipnagerrepet dal aman Maps Grow neen is SE AA ES p eE ew su Maps b E jor pim 1 Es Higar HEH Copy tpardd a Lae 7 bid a Ma LE LA Figure 107 Draw Link Area On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 101 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual 4 Use the mouse to draw a polygonal shape on the map which will link to the previous map Click release and drag with the right button and when you get to a corner click the right button Repeat this process for each leg of the shape
30. to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen To save settings click on another part of the view pane or click the Close icon X on the pop up On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Hot Spot Configuration Ocularis Administrator Administrators can configure the quality of the camera video displayed in a Hot Spot pane To CONFIGURE A HoT SPOT 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Hot Spot For information on creating a view with a hot spot see To Create A View within a Folder on page 69 2 Click on the pane with the hot spot A Hotspot Properties pop up appears Lobby Rear 2 x 2 Apiri k Fui 7 Quality Original Keep When Maximized Fracnerate Finmira Q SC anfimirinn Hnt Qnnt Cy tn 11 Figure 88 Configuring Hot Spot Output 3 You have the option to modify the following Aspect Framerate Quality Keep when maximized Useful for wide screen video output the default option Fit to Window will cause the video to be stretched to fit the wndow pane and may cause the video to appear slightly distorted The option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are F
31. up a row for pattern definition See Patterns for Rules below for more information Assign a priority for the rule See Event Properties on page 26 for more information on event priorities Select an sound file to play when the event occurs This selection is optional See Event Properties on page 26 for more information on event audio Set the retention parameters for this event See Event Properties on page 26 for more information on event retention You may define multiple rules for the same generic event connection Patterns for Rules When specifying the logic for Ocularis Base to use when analyzing data packets you have several options You must know the string or a portion thereof that you wish to look for in order to trigger the event The options for searching for the string are as follows Item Matches Contains Starts With Ends With 36 Description The string you specify must be detected in its entirety with exactly the characters you specify The string you specify can be located anywhere within the string of the data packet The data packet must begin with the string you specify The data packet must end with the string specified Generic Event Rule Details Specify generic event rule name and at least one pattern Name Patterns Access Denied Contains access denied From IP Matches Contains Starts With Ends With New Pattern On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocular
32. 9 ic ipod E Add Helidy y o Add Holiday aj April POL P fe Ha Tu We Th Fr Ss Select the year for the holiday from the year drop down menu Click the Add New Holiday icon An Add Holiday pop up appears displaying a calendar Navigate to the month and day for the holiday and click the date to select it Click the Add button to add the date to the Holiday Schedule Once the date is added the Time Range for the Holiday should be specified Click and drag along the timescale to select the Start and End times Repeat steps 1 6 for each Holiday for this Distribution Group On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To MobirFY A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Holiday Schedule parameter for the group whose Holiday Schedule you wish to modify The details pane displays the group s Holiday Schedule 2 To modify a Time Range click on the range and change the Start Time and or End Time directly and then click Ok 3 To Add an additional holiday click the Add New Holiday icon 4 Navigate to the month and day for the holiday and click the date to select it 5 Click the Add button to add the date to the Holiday Schedule 6 Once the date is added the Time Range for the Holiday should be specified Click and drag along the timescale to select the Start and End times Holiday Schedule jji F ada
33. Event Coordinator OnSSI EC works with Windows Message Queuing to receive events from the NVR Event Proxies store them in the database and pass the events to the subscribed Ocularis Client s The OnSSI EC resides on the server where Ocularis Base is installed and it is installed automatically during Ocularis Base installation Some behavioral items to note if the OnSSI EC is stopped e You should still be able to log in to Ocularis Administrator e You will be able to add and update NVRs e The Ocularis Administrator Views tab will not display live thumbnail images of privileged cameras e The NVR event source however will not appear in the Events pane of the Servers Events tab Therefore you will not be able to assign the event filter to a distribution group e The Ocularis Client user will not display the event counter in the upper left corner of the screen e The Ocularis Client user will not be able to display events in the Alerts Manager e The Ocularis Client user will be able to create a bookmark but will not be able to view it Be sure that the OnSSI EC is running before creating a bookmark The OnSSI EC may be stopped started or restarted from the Windows Services screen 1 Right click My Computer 2 Select Manage 3 Select Service and Applications 4 Select Services The service is listed as OnSSI Event Coordinator Service 126 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Contact Information On Net Surveillance Systems OnSSI O
34. FROM AN EVENT RULE DISASSOCIATE A CAMERA 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab expand the nodes in the Events pane until you see the Event Rule you wish to remove 2 Click the next to the camera name to disassociate it from the event RC C Camera 31 Lab B Disabled E Enabled E Falling signal on input 1 E Motion 4 RC C Camera 31 Lab Not Responding X RC C Camera 32 Lab Delete Mapping Figure 24 Remove an Associated Camera The camera mapping is removed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 2 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Event Properties For the events that you wish to monitor you may define certain parameters related to the behavior of the alert These properties apply to simple event rules data link events or composite events The properties are e Priority e Audio e Max Events e Max Age e Max Frequency Priority Events can be prioritized For example an organization may deem that the loss of video from camera 1 is critical but the loss of video of camera 7 is not These priorities may be set by the system administrator The priority of the event will dictate how it appears within the Ocularis Client By default when an Event Rule is created it is assigned a priority of 5 or Medium To MODIFY THE PRIORITY OF AN EVENT 1 Inthe Servers Events tab expand the Event Rule in the Events pane whose priority you wish to change 2 Select highlight the Event fo
35. Ocularis Administrator Interface When you launch Ocularis Administrator the resulting screen is a window comprised of a series of tabs Ej Onih Oculens Admetre Servers Events Useri Preleges hee Drubibuton Grbupi kaps l Table Management fusels Aboul Servers Events Events Rennie Pupi Piia Bich Hindle E Generic hent erreur Each tab serves to provide the system administrator with the ability to configure the various aspects of the video management system Ocularis Administrator Tabs e Server Events Tab e Users Privileges Tab e Views Tab e Distribution Groups Tab e Maps Tab e Table Management Tab e Assets Tab e About Tab On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Process Flow A typical process flow for administrators to use when first configuring the system with Ocularis Administrator is as follows 1 2 Import system recorders using the Server Events Tab Create users and groups and assign device privileges in the Users Privileges Tab Create views for the user groups in the Views Tab Import maps icons and sound files in the Assets Tab Configure maps with cameras and views for use in video walls in the Maps Tab Create video wall names and assign video wall privileges in the Users Privileges Tab Identify which events and cameras you would like to use in alerts in the Server Eve
36. PLAY A FLOATING MAP LINK SHORTCUT Floating map links or Shortcuts are easy to assign to multiple maps and appear on the Ocularis map when it is displayed in Ocularis Client They are particularly useful in navigating very large maps These links may appear on a single map or all maps for the selected group In the Maps list beneath each map is a node for Shortcuts These shortcuts are similar to link areas in that when click in Ocularis Client they will navigate the screen to the map with the associated pin On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 103 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Floating Map links shortcuts can be assigned to a map on an individual basis or to all maps of the group The map on which the floating link appears can be considered the source map and the map which is navigated to when the link is clicked can be considered the destination map 1 Inthe Maps Tab with the desired group selected be sure to have already set the pins on the destination map s See To Set a Map Pin on page 100 In the Maps list expand the destination map node displaying the pin name 2 Determine the source map on which you would like the floating links to appear Expand the source map node to expose Shortcuts and Pins 3 Drag and drop the pin from the destination map to the corresponding pin node of the source map Aj Dasa Oculans Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Gr
37. Push Video 1 Aspect FitToWindow crop When Moire 3 You have the option to modify the following Window Index If there are multiple panes configured for Push Video this index determines the order in which pushed video will appear in the view Aspect Useful for wide screen video output the default option Fit to Window will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may cause the video to appear slightly distorted The option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client Framerate This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Quality Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels anda JPEG quality level of 20 Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full
38. When you return to the starting point pencil the shape outline turns white Click the right mouse button and releasing the mouse establishes the shape The shape will appear shaded in color and be labeled unnamed MD Cr Coates deere Damaru be ee ae Ce ee ae ee a a am dea Figure 108 Link Area unnamed and unassigned 5 Click and drag a pin created earlier onto the unnamed shaded area Seras eae a Pra ae Da Pa oe vos Bera a ja a Bec Figure 109 Pin Name Link The area name will change to display the pin name 102 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Figure 110 Link area inherits pin name 6 Click the pin area to be brought to the linked map TO RETURN TO ORIGINAL MAP FROM A LINKED MAP Once you have navigated to a map via a link you may return to the original map by either e Creating another pin to the original map using steps 1 5 in the above section e Click the Go Back icon EJ To MODIFY THE COLOR OF THE LINK AREA The default color for a map link is blue If you want you may change the color for each area from the available palette of colors 1 Display the map with the link area 2 Drag and drop the desired color from the color palette to the link area omae BE Be r E 7 E r y El Figure 111 Drag amp drop color to modify link area To DIS
39. You may also link to an image located on the network or internet by inserting the file s full path and filename in the Url field To MobiFY WEB CONFIGURATION 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Web Page 2 Click anywhere on the pane image 3 Inthe Web Properties pop up modify the URL as needed 86 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Blank Screen Configuration Ocularis Administrator As the name indicates the view pane configured with a Blank Screen remains blank until populated by video triggered by an event The event trigger is configured in Ocularis Administrator and is discussed in Event Rules on page 24 To CONFIGURE A BLANK SCREEN 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Blank Screen For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 69 2 Click on the pane with the Blank Screen A Blank Screen Properties pop up appears Blank Screen Monitor Aspect FitToWindaw NS Framerate Quality Original El Keep When Maximized 10 seconds 3 You have the option to modify the following Aspect Framerate Quality Keep when maximized Dwell Useful for wide screen video output the default option Fit to Window will cause the video to be stretched to fit the wndow pane and may cause the video to appear slightly distorted The option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars
40. alue in Browsing Limit is not equal to 0 Export Video The users of this group will have the ability to export video in both AVI and Database Format from Browse mode of the Ocularis Client This will only be applicable if the value in Browsing Limit is not equal to 0 Create The users of this group will have the ability to export bookmarks from Bookmark Browse mode of the Ocularis Client This will only be applicable if the value in Browsing Limit is not equal to 0 52 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Item When checked Limit The value entered here identifies if and for how long into the past the camera s video may be viewed by this user group in Browse mode of the Ocularis Client Valid Values include O No Browse Privilege 1 Unlimited Browse Privilege any available video from past recordings may be viewed 1 through 168 The number of hours that the users in this group may browse recorded video for the device If the user does not have Browse privileges to a device or the user attempts to view video prior to valid browse hour times the video will appear darkened within the Ocularis Client To ASSIGN CAMERAS TO A PERMISSION GROUP When a user group is first created all cameras are grouped in an Unprivileged Cameras group This means that the cameras listed here are not accessible to the user group members at all In order for the user group to obtain an
41. am RC C Camera 27 and RC C Camera 1 Bldg 2 cameras are not licensed and are not available for use with Ocularis To REASSIGN CAMERA SELECTION If you need to reassign camera selection for licensed cameras follow these steps 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab expand the recorder and Cameras node accordingly 2 Then deselect a camera which you want to unassign Do this by clicking on the camera licensed icon green circle adjacent to the camera name 14 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator a 192168 7 199 RC C d Cameras O Camera Camera 4 allway RC C Camera 15 Lab Cam RC C Camera 527 O Lab RC C Camera 34 RC C 192 168 7 0 Camera 6 RC C Camera 1 Bldg 2 Reception RC C Camera 30 Figure 12 Click to Unassign Camera License 3 Whenacamera license is deselected unassigned cameras become available for selection Available cameras are shown with the camera available white circle icon as shown in Figure 13 a 192 168 7 199 RC C Cameras O Camera Camera 4 Hallway RC C Camera 13 Lab Cam RC C Camera 527 O Lab RC C Camera 34 O RC C 192 168 7 70 Camera 6 O RC C Camera 1 Bldg 2 Reception RC C Camera 30 Figure 13 Camera available and licensed 4 Click the camera available icon for each camera you wish to be used with Ocularis If the icon disappears you have used up all available Oc
42. and or restart the Ocularis Administrator application in order for it to appear on this screen Events Resync Fuse New t Generic Events Composite Source RC C Server 123 RC E Server 425 In the sample shown in Figure 19 there is an event proxy from an RC E server RC E Server 425 and an RC C Server RC C Server 123 These names are inherited from the corresponding recorder event proxy Expand the event proxy name to see further details 20 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator RC C Camera 31 Lab B Disabled E Enabled E Falling signal on input 1 Motion B Not Responding Other B RC C Camera 31 Lab Built in Motion Detection B Tampering on camera 1 alert event t RC C Camera 32 Lab RC C Camera 33 pS Disabled E Enabled B Motion B Not Responding Other From the sample shown in Figure 20 you can see that some cameras may have more available device events than others This is based on the camera driver itself as well as other event settings inherited from the recording component Recorder based Generic events will also appear in this pane Administrators determine which events on which camera they would like included as part of the alert notification process This is accomplished by associating camera video with these events to create what is called an Event Rule Events Toolbar Buttons within the Events pane are defin
43. and the Distribution Group and highlight the Filter parameter for the group you wish to configure The tab updates and displays two panes All Available Events and Enabled Events in this Distribution Group 2 Drag amp drop an event from the All Events list on the left to the Users in Distribution Group pane on the right e You may move one event at a time or the entire hierarchical group of events e You may move composite events data link events or any event listed in the All Events pane ay eS Dular Adie Servers Evento Users Prieger Wawa Cctnbuten Grosps Maps Video Walls Table Management Arete About Distribution Groups Distribution Groups Events dl hs Deer Droe sento bri that De corbin A Lomponrde Soros PEL See LES CI Comporbe Sensor 1 Dha AE Cam dd ILL Gener verde e a si O Vert botado El Holiday Schedis gt EN Dela 3 FJ meg hn Sibel El Weeberd tine e D Frant Entrance O Seeker ACA Serve 1 GE trees Rocawear 133 CI Lab Cam B C Camera 577 152 168 1034 ACE Camera El Lab RACE Comer E Lab gt ACE Comers El To MobirFY EVENT ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Filter parameter for the group you wish to modify 2 Modify filter assignments by dragging amp dropping an event from the Enabled Events list on the right to the All Available Events pane o
44. aris Base machine Different Network Use this option when the recorder machine is on a different network as the Ocularis Base machine or resides outside the firewall Choose Basic or Windows based on the user account set up on the recorder that you will be using to add the recorder Enter the user name for a user account on the recorder In most cases add an account with full administrative privileges Enter the password for the corresponding user account 4 When the Add Server pop up is completed click Add The following is an example of how two different recorders might be configured via NAT On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual When to use NAT Network Address Translation RC C Recorder RC C Recorder 192 168 11 172 Port 8080 192 168 11 101 192 168 10 103 Port 8081 laris B Ocularis Base 72 80 31 44 71 249 239 122 Ocularis Client Internet 192 168 11 250 192 168 11 254 Port 81 e 192 168 10 104 Ocularis Client Fort Forwarding 192 168 171 250 Port81 Port Forwarding 192 168 11 250 Port 7008 Port 8081 192 168 10 103 192 168 11 250 Port 1801 Port 7008 192 168 10 103 192 168 11 172 Port 8080 Port 7008 192 168 10 103 Port 1801 192 168 10 103 192 168 11 205 192 168 11 1 U Figure 6 Sample Environment RETIN iren a Eep Lea Tegan e x
45. arks a Ao z Create Becker igi aipa T Exporting Expo Pret ol rw m Export Video ao diow z rr af A q i A a EN r ry PR A E ioira 44 lear Groin Privilenes Figure 44 User Group Friviieges J Users within a user group may further have alternate privileges set on a user level Group Privileges Defined Item When Allowed Group Privileges Shut down Client The user of this group may exit Ocularis Client When this option is Denied the user must enter account credentials for an account who may log off or shut down the client application Minimize Client The user of this group may minimize the Ocularis Client application Enter Client Setup The user of this group may launch and make personal changes to Ocularis Client settings Enter Browse Mode The user of this group may leave Live mode and view recorded video 44 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Item Circular Control Ocularis Administrator When Allowed For each item in this section the Allow privilege will display the corresponding function on the Circular Control menu in the Ocularis Client Copy to Clipboard Push Video Clear Video Pane Select Camera Bookmarks Delete Bookmarks View Bookmarks Create Bookmarks Exporting Export Frames Export Video To Modify a Group Privileges The user of this group may copy the displayed image to the Window s clipboard The clipboard image
46. ase views are configured within Ocularis Administrator in the Views Tab A GA na tremrtemtar ercer herra iaa Presles aren Cistritalass Dedu bhaga calmo dady Taba Wengert Acanto del Views Figure 55 Views Tab The Views Tab is divided into three 3 areas 1 The Views list in the upper left portion of the tab contains a list of configured views organized by user group and view folders 2 The Contents list in the lower left contains two tabs used to populate the various tiles of the displayed view pane 3 The View working area can be found in the upper right area of the tab and is labeled with the view name or with Select a View if no view is currently selected Tip You must have privileges to a device in order to create a view using that device If you do not see any or a specific camera video in this pane make sure the group you belong to contains privileges to view that camera s video On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 59 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Resizing Panes In the event you need to manually resize a pane in the Views tab position the mouse on the divider between two panes until you see the mouse cursor change to a double arrow Then you may click and drag to resize the pane Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Ta Views 7 Oaytime Guard Labky E Lobby Rear 21 2 Ci Defa
47. b right click the audio clip to be previewed 2 Select Play Preview Sound in the resulting right click menu The wav file now is played through the local pc speakers On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 91 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Maps Tab Once maps and icons have been imported in the Assets Tab they can be configured in the Maps Tab HE ma The left side of the Maps Tab contains elements available for configuring a map and is segmented into a section for Group selection Maps and Contents Cameras and Views The right side of the Maps Tab is the working area used to display and configure a map Maps are configured and organized by user group Administrators should select the group for which the map should be configured Maps may be configured for a single user group private or shared across multiple user groups shared Note lf you know in advance that a map is to be shared among multiple groups be sure to configure the map under the Shared Maps group from the beginning See Sharing Maps on page 105 To ADD A MAP This procedure assumes that navigation maps have already been imported into the Assets Tab and may be used to add a Private or a Shared map See To Add A Map to the Assets Tab on page 89 1 Inthe Maps Tab select the group from the Group drop down menu for which the map should be available If you would like the map to be shared between more t
48. becomes visible PPAR RC C Camera 31 Lab Default rar aoe tad A RC C Lab Camera 1 14 Default UA RC C Camera 36 Lab Default BEianre 84 Change the Nefaislt Dwell Time FIQGUie OF UllallGe IG DECIAU LWT TIC wv a 8 Drag the slider left or right to see the amount of seconds change Stop when you arrive at the desired amount SAO RC C Camera 36 Lab Default PUES RC C Camera 31 Lab Default E gt 40 q EU RC C Lab Camera 1 14 Defaut 9 You may do this for each and every camera listed 10 To remove a camera from the carousel list click the Delete icon to the right of the camera name ME RC C Camera 31 Lab 5 11 When the carousel configuration is complete click Save 80 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Advance carousel to previous camera Number of entries in carousel Advance carousel to next camera spuct Framarata Quality Original keap Quality Fake Figure 87 A configured carousel in the Views Tab The Views tab shows the carousel with left and right arrows The top of the pane indicated the number of cameras in the carousel e g Carousel of 4 entries Click the left or right arrow to scroll through the display of the cameras you selected for the carousel You may set the Camera Overlay Parameters as shown on page 77 for the pane which displays this carousel To REORDER CAMERAS IN A CAROUSEL
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50. ciated and an Event Rule is created it appears in the collapsible Servers Events list Servers Events aah bfi E Lets 3 Semmi Fase hiir BET 108 A eet Penh LE ag i Te HE D Halkara ELL 3 ISTIE j ICA Sete D Lab Com E peta ST PES IRE IO him Ele D Lat R E a ji Habra FAA Gam iJ ALA 0 ALA TALLEL 7 40 Carrera 6 Laila Cam CAL Corvera EF 1 TB O YA ALA Lose 3 Lab 0 AL Camara 17 Lab ll D fresbled N Caren 33 Pa B Enabled 0 ACA gt Camera 36 Lal i a Palbig grh ot pull D AC Lib Carrara Ed D Hsn rf AM ames l dg d Hor paparra O Recepbes AL Caman 30 10 74 D the D Som AE AA ODA A DADO EL Camera Ja RCA Camere Fl Lab Buin Meson Deji Microphone B Tarpe son camera L slart ert Video generated by automated events will appear in a Blank Screen pane on the operators Ocularis Client view For the example shown in Figure 23 the events shown here are 24 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator e lfthere is motion on RC C Camera 31 Lab associate the camera feed from this same camera with the event e lf RC C Camera 31 Lab is not responding register an event and associate the feed from RC C Camera 32 Lab with this event we RC C Camera 31 Lab Disabled O Enabled E Falling signal on input 1 Motion t RC C Camera 31 Lab B Not Responding t RC C Camera 32 Lab E Other Figure 23 Associated Events TO REMOVE A CAMERA
51. ders and views are shown in the color orange With the desired new view selected populate each view pane by dragging and dropping a camera or other pane content from the Contents list onto a pane AA pr nt e e A e a lg e dj ies e ts nl On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 71 Ocularis Administrator OY Crates erator kemi eee ee a j Tmi Cot kerm da hae aoe Wate fame Seeger A LEi Ocularis Administrator User Manual Figure 72 Example Drag a Camera to a View Pane Changes to views are automatically saved View Modification View modification is limited to renaming the view or changing the contents of a pane within the view Reconfiguring the view layout is not available Therefore if for instance you need to change the view layout from a 2 x2toa3x 3 you should delete the 2 x 2 view and create the 3 x 3 view from scratch TO RENAME A VIEW 1 Inthe Views Tab double click the view you would like to rename 2 Type the new name for the view 3 Press ENTER To DELETE A VIEW 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which you would like to delete 2 Click the Delete icon An Are you sure that you want to delete this view prompt appears 3 Click Yes to delete the view To MopiIFY CONTENTS OF A VIEW PANE 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which you would like to modify 12 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator U
52. dministrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator 4 You will be prompted with the message Are you sure that you want to delete this composite event rule 5 Click Yes to delete the Composite Event Data Link Generic Events Ocularis Base has the ability to analyze TCP or UDP data packets and automatically trigger an alert when specified criteria are met This expands event coverage to external devices such as access controls systems These events are called Data Link or Generic events Components of a Data Link Generic Event Data Link Generic Events are made up of Connections and Rules Connections define the protocol and port which Ocularis should monitor and analyze for the event This is considered the event source Rules allow you to define the actual string that should be used in the analysis of the event source You may have multiple rules defined for the same connection and these rules may also be used in Composite Events TO CREATE A DATA LINK GENERIC EVENT Creating a Data Link Generic Event involves these steps e Create a Connection to define the event source e Define at least one rule for the Connection e Testthe Rule e Map camera video to the rule to enable it and allow for Blank Screen monitoring To CREATE A CONNECTION FOR A DATA LINK GENERIC EVENT 1 Inthe Servers Events tab expand the Generic Events node in the Events pane 2 Click add connection On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 33
53. e Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Updating Servers In the course of normal use recorder properties change over time New cameras are added outdated cameras are removed camera settings are changed events are implemented etc In order for Ocularis be aware of any new parameters configured on the recorder the recording component RC server information should be updated periodically To UPDATE A SERVER S CONFIGURATION Follow these steps to update recorder configuration and camera list Use this function when you add or remove cameras or modify camera settings This procedure is not to be used to modify the recorder s IP Address See Editing a Server below Note In earlier versions of Ocularis Base this function was represented by a Refresh button on the Servers toolbar 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab right click the server you wish to update from the Servers pane 2 Inthe resulting menu select Refresh server E OnSSI Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Servers Events Servers Add Edit Delete 192 168 111 172 p Th Refresh server t Cameras ls Edit e Microphones dia Delete server Speakers Triggers An Updating message appears as the configuration is refreshed from the selected server 3 Repeat these steps on each server you wish to update Editing a Server Fo
54. e Tags e Configure Cases a On Ocular rator er d Diaria Lina Pe dell e rr i Bagdad des ad Matte Marea t Ed The Table Management tab is divided into 3 vertical panes Classifications Tags and Cases 110 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Configure Classifications When operators handle events or create a bookmark in the Ocularis Client the event or bookmark may be categorized into predefined classes as defined by the system administrator The default classifications are e False e Nuisance To CREATE A New CLASSIFICATION 1 Inthe Table Management tab click the Add New button in the Classifications pane A New Classification field is inserted into the Classifications list 2 Double click this entry to modify the label 3 Press ENTER 83 OnSSI Ocularis Administrator servers Events Users Privileges Vies Table Manage Classifications gt Add New Delete False New Classification Nuisance ls To MODIFY A CLASSIFICATION 1 Inthe Table Management tab double click the classification you wish to modify The field should become editable 2 Type in text changes as desired 3 Press ENTER Note Modifying the name of a classification is global Therefore If you modify the name of a classification that has already been used in a bookmark or handled event it will also change in that bookmark or handl
55. e recorder you are importing has more cameras than your Ocularis license allows you will receive a warning message that the number of cameras exceeds the amount licensed For Editing a Server see page 12 For Deleting a Server see page 13 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator NAT Network Address Translation If video will be accessed from computers outside the firewall of the Ocularis Base machine or if recorders are located on networks also outside of the Base network NAT must be configured To Configure NAT Servers 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab click the Add button 2 Inthe Add Server pop up check the Enable NAT checkbox Add Server Add a new Server into the system External Host Enable NAT Internal Host Subnet gt Different network Relation to Base Same Network Login type None z User name Password 3 Fill in the NAT fields as follows External host Internal Host Subnet Relation to Base Login type User name Password Enter the public IP address as defined on the network firewall Append the IP address with port Enter the internal IP address of the recording server including port after the address This port number may be the same used in the External host address Identifies the local subnet s Same Network Use this option when the recorder machine is on the same network as the Ocul
56. e working area by clicking and dragging the map to the desired location Once a map is added to a group a green checkmark icon appears next to the map image in the Assets Tab This helps administrators manage system assets 94 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Wp 0955 uini Airi Larra eenia Leen ll eee Das rro baga da Weis Ta Sacer ast hiit Abm Assets Wke HU Erga Figure 99 Used Maps in Assets Tab shown with Green Checkmark In the example shown in Figure 99 the Blue Hill Courtyard and Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 maps have been assigned to a group The other maps have not been assigned to any group To REMOVE A MAP 1 Inthe Maps Tab select the map you wish to remove 2 Click the Delete Selected Map icon An Are you sure you want to delete this map dialog box appears 3 Click Yes to remove the map The map is removed from the group but it is still available to other groups from within Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 99 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Working with Maps Once maps are selected for use in the Maps tab you can configure it by e Add Cameras to A Map e Add Views to A Map e Link one map to another Map Adding Cameras to Maps Cameras may be added to a map to visually depict its location and field of view This aids the operator in being able to better u
57. eated TO SHARE A MAP 1 In the Maps tab select Shared Maps from the Groups drop down list Add a map s to the Shared Maps group See Figure 97 on page 93 Add cameras and views to the map as needed Add navigation links to the maps as needed A S PAN Once the shared map is configured as desired click the Save Layout icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 105 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual 6 Select the user group from the Groups drop down list that you would like to have access to this map Click the Add New Map icon 8 Expand the Shared Maps folder from the Select Map pop up to see the list of available Shared Maps 3 055 Aula Aa rreris trates Ser Ge oil Priego Veni Dilnbubon Gras Blane Wee Walla Tabla Mir rzermim Anni About Group Davina Guanes Maps charred ha T Blue Hill Courtyard 1 SP Blue Hii Plaza 1 Hiwi MF El tasr a a sm AAN A fy a Cli nm Aha mm Lalaase E A miara 116 Add trom Sharad Manse tolder to chare 9 Select the desired map from the list shown and click Select 10 Repeat for each shared map you would like to be assigned to this group When you view a shared map from the user group s perspective a padlock icon appears on the map name in the maps list indicating that the map is a shared map and may not be edited from the user group location 106 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator
58. ed event On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 111 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual To DELETE A CLASSIFICATION 1 Inthe Table Management tab select the classification you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button in the Classifications pane 3 An Are you sure that you want to delete this classification pop up appears Click Yes to delete the classification Note Classifications which have been used in a bookmark or handled event may not be deleted Note Classifications may also be created on the fly from the Ocularis Client as an operator is handling the event Classifications however may only be modified or deleted through the Ocularis Administrator Configure Tags When operators handle events or create bookmarks in the Ocularis Client he or she may assign a tag or keyword to the event Administrators may modify or delete tags entered by operators in the Ocularis Administrator Table Management tab To MobiFY A TAG 1 Inthe Table Management tab double click the tag you wish to modify The field should become editable 2 Type in text changes as desired 3 Press ENTER Note Modifying the name of a tag is global Therefore If you modify the name of a tag that has already been used in a bookmark or handled event it will also change in that bookmark or handled event To DELETE A TAG 1 Inthe Table Management tab select the tag you wish to delete 2 Click
59. ed as follows The Ocularis Administrator application polls the Ocularis Base SQL database at regular intervals If for whatever reason you wish to Resync Resyr manually synchronize event data from the database with Ocularis Administrator click the Resync button in the Servers Toolbar SQL Server data updates should now be reflected on the screen Use this to create a new composite event See To Configure a nee Composite Event Properties pone ee a a ial the priority or audio file of a Composite Event or Delete n Jse this to a or Generic Events Batch Handle Se dn Tate ele Beans de mandes alons Purge Closed Purge Closed Use the Purge Close button to delete all closed events on the server See also To Purge Closed Handled Events On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 21 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Purge Closed Events When an event is handled in the Ocularis Client tt becomes a handled or closed event The Ocularis Administrator application provides a means to delete all closed events When administrators purge closed events they are deleted permanently To PURGE CLOSED HANDLED EVENTS 1 Inthe Servers Events tab click the Purge Closed Events button An Are you sure you wish to delete all handled events warning message appears 2 Click Yes to purge these events Batch Handle Events As events occur and users are alerted in the Ocularis Client operators handle the
60. ed to fit the window pane and may cause the video to appear slightly distorted The option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client Framerate This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Quality Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 20 Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen 4 To save settings click on another part of the view pane or click the Close icon X on the pop up Viewport Properties x ee Aspect FitToWindow a Framerate Full Quality Original El Keep When Maximized Figure 78 Close usi
61. edd E hea Group LI ipida Aide i 8 Ciria i Highl Thh I Wenderd 544 If you position the mouse over the timescale a balloon appears displaying the Start and End time on the timescale On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 119 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual a 6 At the top of the calendar a time zone drop down list is available Select the time zone for the Distribution Group Alerts will be active for the members of this group during the time period of the time zone selected Note Time zones selected here apply to the distribution group regardless of the users in It For instance if the Distribution Group has a time zone assignment for Pacific Time and an alert window is set for 9 00 a m to 5 00 p m the alert would be distributed to the designated members of the group during this time A member of this group who happens to be located in the Eastern Time zone would therefore receive alerts locally between 12 00 p m 8 00 p m The time zone set for the group s Weekly Schedule is shared with the time zone for its Holiday Schedule For each day of the week click and drag to set the time schedule Click the x icon to clear the daily schedule When you release the mouse after clicking and dragging to designate a time period the Time Range pop up appears with the Start Time and End Time displayed 8 00 00 AM 4 10 00 PM Make chang
62. elege Views Dostibuton Groups Maps Tabie Management Assets Users Privileges Groups FA Mia raug Be hew Litas E Delite i El Ceiau User Info x q Guard User Grea Liner fuik kry Camera Pronleger Liper type Bae EEJ video Wal Privileges Parterord Change Password i Email Prorat Privileges Group Administrator Chot dean Cart ES inher Minima Ch ent E inhera Enter Cher Setup inen Enter Browse Mode Minheni Circular Control Copy to Cipboard EA inherit Push Video Fl inhera isar Viadeo Pane Ed insert Gelert Camera Inherit Eookmarks Delete Esoltonarkz i A inten Var Poclemarkr A nhin Create bookmarks A Trent Exporting por Frames A Inert Export Valeo i FVinhers Figure 47 New User Account To MobirY USER ACCOUNT SETTINGS Administrators may reset the password or modify privileges for a user account Group Administrators may perform these actions only for those users in his her own group User accounts may have differing privileges additional or fewer than the group to which it belongs 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the user account you wish to modify 2 Inthe details pane you can a Change the user account password 48 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator b Add or edit the user s contact information email address or phone number c Setorremove Group Administrator privilege on the user accoun
63. ers Mer Group Por All parts gers ia Distribodon Group r a Left El Darle Criar ES Ered i E Weekend srli ME Nancy i E ola m a ES Night Shat TA Defaut A x L a E Day Shift pe CA amina Ea Fl Usen E mR PA Guest E FRET L Weekly Schedule dema A Raay Erre a EN Alig hehe Guards N Kirt Note on Group Administrators Users with the Group Administrator privilege may create Distribution Groups and include only those users within their User Group Group Administrators may have users in their Distribution Group that are not part of their User Group because they were added by the admin user In this case Group Administrators do not have permission to edit or remove these users as their names will be grayed out To UNASSIGN A USER FROM A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 116 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the group and highlight the Users parameter for the user you wish to remove On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator 2 Drag drop the user name from the Users in Distribution Group list on the right to the All Users pane on the left Report Permissions Each user may be assigned varying access to available reports This assignment is done in the Distribution Groups Tab within the Users parameter Reports are assigned at the user level TO ASSIGN REPORT PERMISSIONS TO A USER 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and
64. es manually as necessary Click Ok to save the Time Range settings Repeat for each day of the week You may set multiple time ranges within a given day To MobirY A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 120 le In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to modify The Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane Click on a Time Range you wish to modify The Time Range pop up appears as shown in Figure 126 Modify the Start Time and or End Time as needed Click Ok to save the Time Range settings Repeat steps 1 4 for each day of the week you wish to modify On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To CLEAR A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to delete The Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane 2 Click on the Clear Schedule icon next to the day of the week you wish to clear x Weekly Schedule eo che rad Por aoc dg oF pee eee vx ALTA af x The schedule for that day has been removed Weekly Schedule lt gt taun VX 3 Repeat for each day of the week whose schedule you wish to clear To RESET A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the
65. etc 2 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Prerequisites Prior to using the Ocularis Administrator application the following steps should be completed 1 Ocularis Base server software should be installed 2 Ocularis Base server should be licensed 3 Ocularis Administrator software application files should be installed See the Ocularis Installation amp Licensing Guide for instructions on all steps listed above On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator The Ocularis Administrator is the software application used for configuring Ocularis Base This includes the management of recorders and the configuration of users groups cameras maps events and video walls The Ocularis Administrator application is primarily used by system administrators This application may be installed on any machine with connectivity to the Ocularis Base machine or even the Ocularis Base machine itself It may be installed on more than one computer Ocularis Administrator Launch 1 Launch Ocularis Administrator gt from the desktop icon wae gt or from the Windows menu Start gt All Programs gt OnSSI gt Ocularis Admin Mj 0551 Oculans Adranitrator Login Al loca buen Login ipe Eat Liver marie BUT mE ma EELT Remember Lons 2 Fill out the dialog based on the following Host Login type User name Pa
66. from the drop down list to test E Generic Evert Test Generic event rule tester Lier TR era Be ci Geer eos te r AO Ce oe 1 ae Ten origami Joie derved Comani card fadure Tampian danaged Figure 37 Selecting a Pattern to Test 38 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator 5 Click Send Send Gener ene a TCP dees wae cant to 1076572050000 with the tea accart deniad A test event will be generated and sent based on configured rules Device Filter Event Filter As the system grows and more and more cameras and devices are added it can take some time to locate the desired device amongst the list of hundreds or even thousands of devices The same applies to events If there are dozens or hundreds of events it can be cumbersome to try to locate a specific event To alleviate this a Device Filter and Event Filter are available from the Servers Events Tab A On55 Ocularia Administrator rakei Wmi Cisiribubon Gitai Maga Widen Walls Tabie Massgament Assets About Servem Events Uien E Servers Events Device Filter o aa Gerena Everts Filter 192 168 11 1 S Hi il lo kampek Fourte Event Lock YOLISET EIRC C i ACC Server 173 Filter To USE THE DEVICE FILTER 1 From the Servers Events tab type a portion of a string to filter the device list in the Device Filter
67. han one user group select Shared Maps in the drop down Group list 2 Click the Add new map icon The Select Map dialog box appears 92 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Baits 95 Selecting a Map for a single group Private This pop up displays the list for Available Maps and Shared Maps Available Maps are those which have been imported in the Assets Tab but not yet assigned to this group or to the Shared Group Expand Available Maps to see available map images Figure 97 Choosing a Shared Map On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 93 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual When creating a map to be shared by others the maps displayed here populated by maps that exist in the Assets Tab are available for selection 3 Select the map you wish to add 4 Click Select The selected map now appears in the Maps list Expand the node to see its associated Shortcuts and Pins LA A ten berri dret shami i re a Sete ias Me yro es lr re er Ar Enaura 02 Addad Mantis Daytima Came sor I Igu re 98 Added IVI ap tO D aytme Guards Group 1 To DISPLAY A MAP You need to display a map in order to configure it This procedure assumes that navigation maps have already been added for the User Group or Shared Maps group in the Maps Tab 1 Under the desired group double click the map name in the Maps list 2 Reposition the image in th
68. handle these events You ll be able to see these in the Handled Alerts list in the Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 23 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Event Rules Event Rules identify which events will be monitored on the system An entry to the Ocularis Client Alert Manager will be recorded and if configured video may appear in a blank screen pane Cameras are mapped to events that are system defined such as motion on a camera or user defined such as a Data Link or Composite Event Create a simple Event Rule by associating camera video with an event Events which are mapped in the Servers Events tab are system wide Administrators determine which users will get visibility to these events in the Distribution Groups Tab To CREATE AN EVENT RULE TO ASSOCIATE CAMERA VIDEO WITH EVENTS 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab expand the Cameras list in the Servers pane for cameras you wish to associate with automated events 2 Expand the list in the Events pane until you locate the event you would like monitor 3 For the desired event drag drop a camera name from the Servers pane to the event listed in the Events pane See Figure 22 Tip If you want to associate the camera video to all events affiliated with that camera drag amp drop the camera name from the left Servers pane directly onto the camera name in the Events pane When the camera video is successfully asso
69. ify settings based on the following Color Click a color swatch on the color palette to change the color of the permission group bar displayed in this tab Camera Permission For any camera placed in this group you may apply or remove privileges as follows ltem When checked Live Audio In If the device supports it the users of this group will have the ability to listen to audio from the device Audio Out If the device supports it the users of this group will have the ability to speak to the device through its speakers Start Recording This privilege allows the user to initiate manual recording while viewing live video feed from the corresponding device Video will be recorded to the location and for the duration as defined in the NVR for that camera PTZ Presets The users of this group will be able to direct a PTZ camera to configured preset positions PTZ The users of this group will have the ability to operate pan tilt 4 zoom functions on applicable cameras Toggle Patrol If the camera is a PTZ camera with presets configured to patrol this privilege allows users of this group to pause the camera at any given preset Browsing The checkbox under Browsing will allow the camera s recorded video to be viewed by any user with Ocularis Client Export Frames The users of this group will have the ability to export still images in jpg format from Browse mode of the Ocularis Client This will only be applicable if the v
70. iles are imported in the Assets Tab where the default audio file is set See Event Audio Clips on page 90 for more information on sound file configuration To MODIFY THE AUDIO OF AN EVENT 1 Inthe Servers Events tab expand the Event Rule in the Events pane whose sound you wish to change 2 Select highlight the Event for the event rule not the camera name 3 Click the Properties button or right click the event and select Properties 4 Inthe resulting Event Rule pop up from the Audio drop down select the desired sound file None or Default e Ifyou click None no sound file will be played when the event occurs If there is no option available labeled None then None must already be set as the default option Select Default e f you select a wav file that sound will play through the Ocularis Client when the event occurs e f you select Default you may get a sound file or no sound depending on the default setting in the Assets tab In the event where None is configured as the default audio in the Assets Tab On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 27 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual the option None will not be visible in the drop down list In this case selecting Default is equivalent to selecting None You should be aware of the default audio setting in the Assets Tab when configuring events 5 Click Ok i Event Rule Rule Details
71. ing what the mask is covering When viewing video from this camera in a client the shapes will be opaque 18 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Figure 18 Privacy Masks when viewed in Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 19 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Events Pane The Event pane of the Servers Events tab is where administrators configure Ocularis events This includes e Camera events are identified and video alerting is mapped between cameras and events e Creating associations between events and cameras e Creating new events such as Data Link Generic Composite Events and Analytic Events Events configured in this tab identify system wide events Filtering these events to individual users is done in the Distribution Groups Tab Ocularis Events are supported with Ocularis ES Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS Note In order to use events with Ocularis Base an event proxy related to the event such as a recording component event proxy must first be installed and configured to forward events to the Ocularis Base machine The event proxies configured to forward events to Ocularis Base are listed in the Events pane See Figure 19 If the desired proxy is not shown please e Click the Resync button see Events Toolbar on page 21 e Double check its installation and configuration You may need to restart the event proxy
72. inistrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Camera Filter The camera list in the Views Tab and Maps Tab may be quite lengthy depending on the installation The list can contain hundreds or thousands of cameras making locating just the one you want a time consuming process Luckily you have the ability to filter the list of cameras based on a keyword and also to store this search for later USE To USE THE CAMERA SEARCH FILTER 1 Inthe Views tab select the View Group you wish to work with 2 Click the Cameras tab in the Contents list 3 Inthe Camera Search text box type in a keyword to be used as the camera filter Keywords are not case sensitive and filter based upon the camera name as inherited by the recorder Therefore it is important to know and understand the naming structure of the recorder cameras If for instance you named your cameras using the manufacturer name you may use this as the keyword Or perhaps the cameras were named based on their location Parking Lot A Parking Lot B etc Use any portion of the camera name to filter the list 4 As you begin to type the keyword the list will update Contents Budt an Cameras Camera la z Store Text Box koi Le A Lab Car C Caner 77719716 10 04 O Lab RE C Camera H CJ ACA Camera 31 Lab O AC Camera 32 Lab T RE Lab Carmena 14 5 You can use the list as is i e drag and drop displayed cameras 6 If you would like to store the list for
73. is Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Sources for Patterns For each string to be analyzed on a specified port you can also limit the analysis to be from a specific IP address For TCP based connections enter the IP address for the pattern for which you wish to restrict analysis in the From IP field This is an optional field If left blank the pattern will be evaluated on any IP address Generic Event Rule Generic Event Rule Details Specify generic event rule name and at least one pattern Name Access Denied Patterns Contains access denied FromIP 192 168 1112 Y New Pattern You may include multiple patterns for the same rule The Boolean logical operator OR will be applied for each Generic Event Rule Generic Event Rule Details Specify generic event rule name and at least one pattern Mame Access Denied Patterns Contains access denied From IP Contains kai card failure From IP Contains 7 damaged From IP New Fattern Click the New Pattern button to add a row to configure each pattern In the example shown in Figure 35 the following generic event is configured if the text string access denied or card failure or damaged appears within the specific port of the connection trigger the Access Denied Rule the port is configured with the connection To MAP THE RULE Once the rule has been created you may associate video from a came
74. is placed on a map 88 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Administrators import maps and icons here in the Assets tab first and then continue with map configuration in the Maps tab Event Audio Clips Audio files placed here may be used by the administrator to configure the sound played when an event occurs The default sound is set on the Ocularis Base and is identified by the green checkmark The default sound may be None which therefore indicates no sound during alert notification The audio file type supported is Wav Maps To ADD A MAP TO THE ASSETS TAB 1 Inthe Assets Tab click the Add Map button 2 Browse for the image file and select it 3 Click Open A thumbnail image of the map appears in the Maps area of the Assets Tab Images are displayed in alphabetical order of the filename To DELETE A MAP FROM THE ASSETS TAB Use the following procedure to remove a map image from the Ocularis database This will not delete the image file from the source location 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the map to be removed You may use the SHIFT or CTRL function keys to select multiple files 2 Click the Delete button An Are you sure you want to delete pop up window appears 3 Click Yes to remove the map s Map I cons To IMPORT OR MobiFY A MAP ICON Use the following procedure to set or replace an icon Icon 1 is the default icon used when creating
75. is process for each group you wish to add To MobiFY A USER GROUP NAME 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab double click group name in the Groups list 2 Edit the text to the group label as needed 3 Press ENTER The updated group name appears in the list To DELETE A USER GROUP 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the group you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button An Are you sure you want to delete this group warning message appears 3 Click Yes to delete the group On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 43 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual User Group Privileges Privileges to specific functions of Ocularis may be set on a user group basis Then any user that is added to the user group may inherit the privileges set at the user group level Default settings for all privileges to be Allowed E Oats Oculans Adrranistraloe Servers Events Uiers Privilege views Datnbution Groups Maps Table Management A Users Privileges Groups bai New Group Be New User fa Delete El Dela Group Privileges ES Camera Privileges Cut dewn Chert al Al C Wises Wall Prades Minimizs Clerk PF Ad B eam Ender Cleat Shp ig Elo FA Guest Enter Browse Mode af Aiow T Circular Control E video Wall Praleges Copy to Clipboard 4 Allow E Push Wile P Alera Clear Video Fane ar Alo T Select Carreta ig Allien Bookmarks Lirlele Bealtrrark al Ar E View bookm
76. lank Screen will display video from configured events gt Alert notifications may be designated with low medium or high priority Events with high priority will display on an Ocularis Client blank screen pane until a user handles the event Medium or low priority alerts display for a designated time period gt Alerts appear in the order of occurrence Each alert is accompanied by relevant metadata Typically this includes the camera name that captured the event time date and type of event The type of event is specified in generic terms e g VMD Event or in the case of video content analytics or access control generated events by the analytics rule that triggered the event e g Stalled Vehicle on Shoulder Multiple authorized operators can share the investigation and handling of events through the dynamically updated Alerts Manager in Ocularis Client Once an event is handled it is removed from the Alerts Manager In this case subsequent investigation is possible only through Handled Alerts in the Ocularis Client Note Ocularis Events are supported with Ocularis ES Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS In order to use camera events with Ocularis Base an event proxy must first be installed See the Ocularis Installation amp Licensing Guide for instructions on installation and configuration of supported event proxies 108 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrat
77. laris Administrator Users Privileges tab make sure the appropriate user has privileges to the device see Assign Devices To A User Group on page 50 In the Ocularis Administrator Distribution Groups tab be sure that the user is assigned to a distribution group which has corresponding events assigned in the group s filter and that the weekly and holiday schedules are set appropriately see Distribution Groups on page 115 The OnSSI Event Coordinator service must be running on the Ocularis Base machine See The OnSSlI Event Coordinator on page 126 When a configured event occurs it will be listed in the Alert Manager of the Ocularis Client and in a blank screen pane if one is visible On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 109 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Event Handling As events are triggered and alerts are displayed in the Ocularis Client the operator has the opportunity to handle or ignore the alert When a user handles an event through the Ocularis Client it can be assigned a Classification a Tag or Case File These provide the operator with a means of organizing the alert These organizational parameters are configured in the Table Management tab of the Ocularis Administrator For information on handling events in Ocularis Client see the Ocularis Client User Manual Table Management Tab The following tasks are available on the Table Management Tab e Configure Classifications e Configur
78. llow these steps to modify a recorder s IP Address or changes to its corresponding username and password To EDIT A RECORDER S IP ADDRESS OR ACCOUNT INFO 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab select the server you wish to update from the Servers pane 2 Either right click the server and select Edit server or click the Edit button in the Servers Toolbar Edit An Edit Server pop up screen appears 12 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Si Edit Server Edit Server Edit a server in system Host 1192 168 11 172 8080 E Enable NAT Login type Basic User name admin Password _ Update Cancel Modify the settings as needed Click the Update button An Updating message appears as the configuration is updated Deleting a Server Use the procedure below to remove a recorder or other server from the Ocularis Base This will not delete the recorder or its software it will simply remove Ocularis access to the server This function is only available to the admin user of Ocularis Administrator Group Administrators do not have permission to delete servers To REMOVE A RECORDER OR OTHER SERVER 1 2 In the Servers Events Tab select the server you wish to remove from the Servers pane Either right click the server and select Delete server or click the Delete button in the E ete Servers Toolbar A message appears as the ser
79. may be pasted into any compatible application The user of this group may send video to another user logged in to Ocularis Base The user of this group may remove the video stream from the current pane The user of this group may select another privileges camera from the current pane The user of this group may delete any bookmark to which they have access The user of this group may view bookmarks that they or other members of their group create The users of this group will have the ability to export bookmarks from Browse mode of the Ocularis Client This will only be applicable if the value in Browsing Limit on the camera is not equal to 0 The users of this group will have the ability to export still images in Jpg format from Browse mode of the Ocularis Client This will only be applicable if the value in Browsing Limit on the camera is not equal to 0 The users of this group will have the ability to export video in both AVl and Database Format from Browse mode of the Ocularis Client This will only be applicable if the value in Browsing Limit on the camera is not equal to 0 1 Inthe Users Privileges tab select the User Group that you wish to modify 2 From the drop down menu next to the corresponding privileges select the privilege to assign to the user group Sater Chane Sen A le a fesse Wicehe l o Ote a aia Midis 3 Click Save On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 45 Ocularis Adminis
80. must begin with a letter a through z e User names may not contain the following characters lt gt 4 e The1character is allowed only when specifying the domain along with the user name such as onssi jsmith 46 Add User Enter user details User name User type Basic Password Confirm password On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual 4 Select the User type Type Basic Windows User Windows Group Ocularis Administrator Description Select Basic if not using Windows Active Directory Select Windows User if logging in with the local Window s user account Select Windows Group if user is to log in via Windows Active Directory Group Note If the Windows User you are creating is part of a domain you must include the domain when you enter the User Name Use the format domain username in the User Name field 5 Enter a Password for this user A password e Is required e Must contain at least 4 characters e May contain letters numbers special characters and spaces e Is case sensitive e Does not expire 6 Re enter the password to ensure accuracy 7 Click Add 8 Repeat for all users The user account will inherit all privileges of the group in which it is placed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 47 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual MA Oni551 Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Utert Pre
81. n the left to remove an event assignment 3 Drag anew event from the All Available Events pane to the Enabled Events list 118 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator You may move one event at a time or the entire hierarchical group of events To DELETE EVENTS FROM A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Filter parameter for the group you wish to modify 2 Remove filter assignments by dragging amp dropping an event from the Enabled Events list to the All Available Events pane to remove an event assignment Weekly Schedule Schedules for Distributions Groups can be set up to allow alert notification only during specific dates and times This decreases the amount of alerts shown to a given user making managing alerts an easier task By default the Weekly Schedule is set to be on 24 7 seven days a week To SET A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to set A Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane E td Ciulei Aire Tigrii Events Lipi Prepa Were sir Corpa Lag Table Management iita About Distribution Groups Distribution Groups oe Weekly Schedule Se de Se Por ec ey Of E aei T a bay A Terre a MITE O aer Tes 0145 Landa mn cart Es ta a Alec Dr
82. nderstand where it is that the camera is positioned The accuracy of the location of the camera on the map is subjected to wherever the administrator map creator decides to place it On the map the camera is represented by an icon which can be modified and camera name which is inherited from the recorder Operators are able to preview the camera feed when viewing the map with Ocularis Client To ADD A CAMERA TO A Map 1 Inthe Maps tab display the map to add a camera s see To Display a Map on page 94 2 Locate the desired camera in the Contents area Click the Cameras tab expand the cameras folder and take advantage of other methods of locating camera such as Camera Filter and Camera Preview Servers demia er Preadeges veras Dormir Gemas Hipi Video Vasiy Takie Mans Group Eo cer y ME Ha i fr h Fi F O i Can iin I O uses AAC ES D m Cajllira 31 Labs ac Lab Cara 1 14 Figure 100 Drag amp Drop a camera onto the map 3 Click drag and drop the camera from the Cameras list to the location on the map 96 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To RELOCATE A CAMERA ON A MAP 1 Locate the camera on the map and simply drag and drop the camera to the desired location To REMOVE A CAMERA FROM A MAP 1 Locate the camera on the map 2 Click the delete icon next to the camera to delete A yi 00 RC C Camera 32 Lab
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84. new items on a map so you may want to leave this icon as the default Icon 2 is the default icon used for views 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the icon to be set 2 Click the Set Icon button 3 Browse to the image file and select it 4 Click Open On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 89 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual The icon is displayed in the Icons section of the Assets Tab To REMOVE A Map ICON Use the following procedure to remove an imported icon image and reset it to the default 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the icon to be changed You may use the SHIFT or CTRL function keys to select multiple icons 2 Click the Reset icon button Reset Icon The icon s should be reset Event Audio Clips To ADD AN AUDIO FILE TO THE ASSETS TAB 1 Inthe Assets Tab click the Add Audio button 2 Browse for the sound file and select it The maximum size of the wav file is 4 MB 3 Click Open An image with the name of the sound file appears in the Audios area of the Assets Tab Sound files are displayed in alphabetical order of the filename To DELETE AN AUDIO FILE FROM THE ASSETS TAB Use the following procedure to remove a sound file from Ocularis Administrator This will not delete the file from the source location 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the sound file to be removed 2 Click the Delete button An Are you sure you want to delete pop up window appears 3 Click Yes to rem
85. nfigure for each Distribution Group e Users e Filter e Weekly Schedule e Holiday Schedule Sj OnSSI Ocularis Administrator Users Privileges V Distribution Distribution Groups o New Group mj Delete t E Default t E Weekend Shift E Night Shift Users Filter Weekly Schedule Holiday Schedule Figure 121 Distribution Group parameters On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 115 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Users Users are the first parameter to configure for alert distribution You may select the recipient s for an alert s on an individual user basis To ASSIGN A USER TO A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand a group and highlight the Users parameter for the group you wish to configure The tab updates and displays two panes All Users and Users in Distribution Group In the All Users pane expand the user group which contains the user you want to assign Drag drop the user name from the All Users list on the left to the Users in Distribution Group pane on the right You may only move one user at a time Users from different user groups may be assigned to the same distribution group The same user may be assigned to multiple distribution groups J Onil Ocularis Administrator Sacer Bernt Len Pradera vere Dutibubt n Graig Mapi Veira Wal Padi Macomaeni Arche Abril Distribution Groups Distribution Groups Us
86. ng is supported with Ocularis ES Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS See To Configure a Blank Screen on page 87 to configure a blank screen Content Navigation The Contents list within the Views tab see item 2 in Figure 55 contains two tabs e Built in e Cameras Built in The tab labeled Built in displays various content available for view panes These include Hotspot Web Push Video and Blank Screen To use any of these simply drag and drop the item from this list to a displayed view pane Contents dl p Leer He pa i Cameras The tab labeled Cameras displays the cameras assigned to the selected view group from the Views list above By default a folder labeled All appears listing all available cameras for the selected group in alphanumeric order On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 63 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Figure 59 Cameras Tab Expand the folder to see its contents Cantents Buia Cameras la CD Halwa AC Com 13 1921681197 O Lab Com ECC Camera 577 190 168 104 O Lab RCC Camera H O ELi Da ee Camera S CO RC C Camera 31 Lab CS Stat Camere Lab O etc Camara 33 O RCC Lat Camera 1 14 O ACA Damga d Heig e O Reception RCE Camera 30 10 74 Figure 60 All Cameras for the selected View Group Camera Preview In many cases you may not know the image of a camera simply by looking at its name In these cases you may invoke a Camera P
87. ng the Close icon Camera Overlay Parameters The settings discussed above are also displayed as overlay parameters when the mouse is passed over the pane in the Views tab r Pet TolAndow 2 Gc Full Quality Onginal Koon Quality Fake ina FIL Figure 79 Overlay Parameters On Net Surveillance Systems Inc ES Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Carousel Configuration Carousel configuration includes identifying which cameras are to be used in the Carousel the video parameters as displayed in Ocularis Client and the image s dwell time To CONFIGURE A CAROUSEL 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view or create a new view which contains the pane with the carousel you wish to configure For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 69 2 Assign one camera to the pane drag and drop which will display the carousel 3 Click the Carousel Edit icon found in the overlay section of the pane lower right be RC C Camera 32 Lab Keep Quality Fake Edit Carousel Figure 80 Carousel Edit icon A Carousel Editor pop up appears j Carcusel Editor Crag cameras to carcusel bl Catit dell brig 10 copi AC Cpe Delsult Figure 81 Carousel Editor 78 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator The goal is to create a list of the cameras you wish to display in the carousel
88. nis 1 ss A Hard LotA Gaz MM Shared Group Carmpus 1 na 7 Tana Bisa ted miata M Flicka 3 Drag and drop to share a view Shared views displayed in orange On Net Surveillance Systems Inc T3 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Fidi Fi Nal f Igul DI ICI za A o wre i yira 7A Sharing Via M S YUIG Ol HIY VICVVO Y pa 3 Repeat this procedure to share this view with other user groups or to share other shared views with any user group Additionally entire groups of shared views may also be shared making it easy to share multiple views in one step To SHARE A VIEW GROUP WITH A USER GROUP 1 Inthe Views Tab expand both the view group folder you would like to share under the Shared folder as well as the User Group and its corresponding view group that you wish to share the view group with 2 Drag and drop the view group folder from the Shared view group to the view folder for the desired user group Notice how the mouse cursor changes when it is positioned correctly over the destination folder MS On Ocularis Administrator Mg OSS Ceulan futerinritraton Servers Lvents Users Privileges Yrews Distr Servers Events Lera Prevkeges Wewe Diarito i Views Views Views ELT Drop EE New View hm Thales La Hew Doc E Men Vier Delete im Dime Guard UY Lobby EH lobby Rear 12 21 D Baybee Guards lobby Lobby Atar 2 x 2 E ota 213 Eta 22 E Dist t CI Defa
89. nts Tab Identify the alert distribution for system configured events in the Distribution Groups Tab Configure tags classifications and cases in the Table Management Tab Tags classifications and cases are used when handling events and saving bookmarks On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Server Events Tab This tab is used to manage recorders servers and events within the Ocularis environment A Onti Ocular Admenutratos servers Events Users Ereileges WIS Ontnbubon Groups Mips Table Management Assels Abul Servers Events Events 6 Petra e i Erith Hardie F Generic Events i Dampit Muria The tab contains two panes Servers and Events Administrators identify various servers used in the system including recording components NVRs in the left pane and configure events in the right pane Servers Pane Configuration and information from existing recorders and servers to be used with Ocularis need to be imported into the Ocularis Administrator This is done within the Servers pane of the Servers Events Tab Servers Toolbar The toolbar in the Servers pane of the Servers Events Tab controls server related functions Add Fa Edit Delete Adding a Server To Add a Recording Component or Other Server to Ocularis Base 1 In the Servers Events Tab click the Add button i Add On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Adminis
90. o configure Ocularis Maps Each organization will have a unique set of images and there is no limit to the amount of images that may be imported An unlimited amount of audio files for use in alert notifications are also imported here Graphic images are imported through the Assets Tab and configured in the Maps Tab Audio files are imported through the Assets Tab and configured in the Server Events Tab A O dd 1 i BEL dar baen ra OSA rl M o aia lia iram ijr dc Mapi Map icon i e OS 12121 elololeleler Ewent Audio Clips The Assets Tab is divided into three sections 1 The upper section displays imported map images 2 The middle section displays default and imported map icons used for cameras and other items on maps 3 The lower section displays imported sound files Maps This area houses the navigation maps available for use within the Ocularis Maps feature Navigation maps can be any descriptive image of the surveillance installation geographical maps CAD drawings aerial photographs architectural plans etc Image file types supported are jog png gif and omp The system supports an unlimited number of maps Map Icons Icons identify items placed on Ocularis Maps Icons can be any imported png image file Typically icon images are of IP cameras The first icon on the left is reserved for the default display when a camera is placed on a map There is also a default icon for when a view
91. of the image to NOT appear in the video feed This is called a privacy mask Privacy masks may be used for legal or liability reasons as well Ocularis supports three levels of privacy masking on the camera on the recorder and within Ocularis Setting a privacy mask in Ocularis has the following benefits e You may designate multiple but separate masks on the same image e The mask shapes can be any polygon There are no shape restrictions Privacy Masks set in Ocularis are supported on fixed cameras only To CREATE A PRIVACY MASK 1 Inthe Servers Events tab locate and right click the desired camera Select Properties Click Define Mask in the Options section of the Camera Properties pop up In the Draw Privacy Mask pop up the camera image appears A e Pa Use your mouse to identify an area or areas of the image that you wish to block out To draw the area right click the mouse drag right click drag repeat until you have identified the blocked area Be sure to right click back on the original starting point to complete the shape On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 17 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Figure 16 Right click to draw privacy mask You may draw multiple non contiguous shapes Privacy Masks Figure 17 Configuring Multiple Privacy Masks 6 Click OK when finished setting the privacy mask s The mask shapes appear translucent on this screen to aid you in understand
92. okmark or handled event To DELETE A CASE 1 In the Table Management tab select the case you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button in the Cases pane 3 An Are you sure that you want to delete this case pop up appears Click Yes to delete the case Note Cases which have been used in a bookmark or handled event may not be deleted Note Cases may also be created on the fly from the Ocularis Client as an operator is handling an event Cases however may only be modified or deleted through the Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 113 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Distribution Groups Tab In the Servers Events Tab system administrators configure the events which should be monitored on the entire system The Distribution Groups Tab provides system administrators with the ability to configure the distribution of alert notifications for the system events The system administrator determines who should receive which alert notification and when they should receive it A user must be assigned to a distribution group in order for that user to receive alerts Distribution Groups are also designed to filter the myriad of alerts and distribute them to only those users who really need to see them As an example you may want to alert the weekend lobby security guard of only the alerts generated in or near the lobby during weekend hours The Distribution Group tab
93. on Figure 49 All Cameras Start as Unprivileged 2 In order to give members of a user group access to a camera the camera must be assigned to a camera privilege group Note Camera privilege groups set in this tab should be organized by intended functionality vs camera location or name as the administrator applies camera privileges to the entire group of cameras 3 Click the Create Group button and a New Group entry appears You may now add cameras to this permission group To MODIFY A CAMERA PRIVILEGE GROUP NAME 1 In the Users Privileges Tab under the user group you wish to assign devices double click the camera privilege group name you wish to modify The existing name appears in an editable text box 2 Modify the name or replace as needed 3 Press ENTER to save changes To MODIFY CAMERA PRIVILEGE GROUP SETTINGS New Groupl X 1 In the Users Privileges Tab under the user group you wish to modify device settings click the expand icon to the right of the permission group name to expand the settings parameter area On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 51 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Full Access Color Live PTZ J Browsing Expand or OB V Audio In iv Preset Export Frames collapse DOOD 7 Audio out Y Joystick Y Export Video O00 Start Reco rding Pause Patrol 7 Create Bookmark Limit 1 Hours Delete Group 2 Mod
94. onding recording components ag DE Cuidar Berroa Sere d beinin Liimi Prepa a Dados Gra Man ads Winds Dabir berger diiri ADE About E About onsi Lime Glahn Liconsa bekindi Dasi Oei SLC OOOO OOOO OA E C C Cimmi E in upe ih iip A AYG Pec Gr F on uij MA Camia Eh u A A 4 08 n wel Baa A a i ipods Waea Widg Yj hrapor CAAF Data Crees 124 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Help Click the Help sub tab to launch the Ocularis Administrator User Manual I Onit Ouan k renzintor i i a dl A Servers Live iver Proniegen Veras Duirbwion Grepa Maga visa Vita taba Macagement Aa Ao A i About CA sign Comment lt B gt 0n55l Ocularis Administrator User Manual Figure 136 Launch Help File for Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 125 Appendix Ocularis Administrator User Manual Appendix The following topics are discussed in this appendix e The OnSSI Event Coordinator The OnSSI Event Coordinator The OnSSI Event Coordinator is a service that does much more than coordinate events It is responsible for the following e Storing incoming events in the Ocularis Base database e Dispatching received events to subscribed clients e Adding Updating event sources from event proxies e Generating thumbnail images from camera streams e Exporting Bookmarks The OnSSI
95. or Event Configuration Camera related events which may be monitored include but are not limited to Motion in the camera field of view Camera is enabled Camera is disabled Camera is not responding Video Signal change rise or fall Audio Signal change rise or fall Tampering Software specific events include VMD Event Third party events include Analytic Event Generic Data Link Event To instruct Ocularis which events you wish you monitor and create event associations see Events Pane on page 20 Quick Reference EVENTS The following steps are necessary in order for events to work properly with Ocularis EVENT CONFIGURATION WITH OCULARIS BASE Follow these basic instructions to insure event configuration is done properly 1 In the Ocularis Administrator Server Events tab if applicable add the recorder which contain the events you wish to monitor Locate the associated event proxy in the Events pane In the Ocularis Administrator Server Events tab drag cameras listed in the Servers pane to the events you want to enable in the Events pane see To Create an Event Rule To Associate Camera Video with Events on page 24 If desired change the priority of the alert by highlighting the event and clicking the Properties button see To Modify the Priority of an Event on page 26 If desired modify the sound played when the event occurs see To Modify the Audio of an Event on page 27 In the Ocu
96. or folder A view group may contain multiple folders and a folder may contain multiple views A folder may also On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 67 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual contain multiple folders or nested folders A folder called Shared appears in all Ocularis installations This folder contains views that may be shared across multiple user groups Creating Views Consider the users and their user groups as they are intended to use the system Some users will require certain views to certain cameras Other users may require access to different cameras in different locations The system administrator should take into account the user role and job function when creating views in the Ocularis Administrator As discussed previously views are assigned to user groups but are organized by folders Therefore you must first create a folder or view group and then you may create a view Group Administrators may only create edit or delete views within their own user group Private and Shared Views Views may be created for an individual user group or they may be shared across user groups Consider however that when you create a view if you think that it will ever need to be shared with more than one user group to create it as a shared view This will make it easier later on to allow multiple users group access to a shared view Group Administrators however may view shared views for their user g
97. ore events generated by the event rule The time is calculated from when the event took place For instance if this value is set to 7 fora motion event on Camera A then each of Camera A s motion events will be deleted expire 7 days or 168 hours 28 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator after they take place The value is measured in days between 0 unlimited and the default value and 2 000 The default setting is 30 days Keep in mind that this field works in conjunction with Max Age and Max Events Max Frequency This field identifies the time interval in seconds in which you would like to monitor alerts This feature will reduce the amount of repeated alerts within a specified timeframe For instance if the Max Frequency is set to 10 seconds for a motion event on Camera A and then motion occurs 1 the timer is theoretically set to zero and the clocks starts The event is registered in the Alert Manager and sent to the Operator s blank screen pane 2 Ifthe same motion event on camera A occurs again in the next second nothing will happen 3 Ifthe same motion event on camera A occurs again in the second after that nothing will happen 4 Ifthe same motion event on camera A occurs again for the next 8 seconds nothing will happen 5 Atthe 11 second if the motion event on Camera A occurs register the event in the Alert Manager display it on the Operator
98. oup Daytime Guards x Maps Ej Shared Shortcuts y H Blue Hill Plaza EJ Shortcuts Si Muer HI Courtyard Si Hue Hill Plaza G3 shortcuts rans F So Hon 1 Ghinetruts re hoor 7 The map appears in the map s Shortcuts list 4 Repeat for each map pin you wish to add 5 Click the Save icon to save the map configuration If you wish to assign the pin as a shortcut for all maps of the selected group in one step drag the pin to the Shared Shortcuts node This shortcut will appear on all of the group s maps For example The Blue Hill Plaza map has three Shortcuts configured in Ocularis Administrator Maps tab as shown in Figure 113 104 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual ip Ged Gouda Adecco 4 p q 3 hernan Esta kaen rre Vara Dro Group Lap cate Winki Teter Merge Sata Sect Come ome a E zZ E B ree b Figure 113 Example with three Shortcuts In Ocularis Client the shortcuts will appear as shown in Figure 114 Blue Hill P aa q TT tet i ie iy ee pe eee TTT Tt Tt p A Figure 114 Map with three floating map shortcuts Sharing Maps Ocularis Administrator Creating a map that is to be shared among multiple user groups is the same process as creating one for a single user group See To Add a Map on page 92 as well as the preceding pages for configuring maps The difference with shared maps is where the map is cr
99. output as well as the transition time between images are configured in the Ocularis Administrator See To Configure A Carousel on page 78 Hot Spot A Hot Spot is a view pane dedicated to displaying images from another view pane when manually selected by the user in Ocularis Client For practical purposes hot spots are typically placed in one of the larger size view panes See To Configure A Hot Spot on page 83 Push Video A Push Video window pane is one that is configured to accept video from another computer Video may be oushed manually from one user to another user on the Ocularis Base environment This action is performed in the Ocularis Client See To Configure Push Video on page 84 62 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Web Page A pane may contain an HTML webpage including but not limited to corporate websites online maps link collections IP video camera configuration flash presentation and images of a suspect logo map or event See To Configure a Web Pane on page 85 Blank Screen When a pane contains a Blank Screen configuration the pane will remain blank in the view until event driven video is triggered The video will then be displayed in the Blank Screen pane A benefit to using a Blank Screen is that it is attention getting A Blank screen that suddenly displays video is easily noticed by a security guard or operator Blank screen monitori
100. ove the audio file 90 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To SET OR MODIFY THE DEFAULT AUDIO CLIP Ocularis Base is shipped with one default sound file redalert wav A blue checkmark symbol indicates the default sound in the Assets tab When an alert notification is configured in the Servers Events Tab the default sound is assigned to the alert If the default Event Audio Clip is a wav file that sound will play when the alert occurs If the default Event Audio Clip is set to None no sound will play when the alert takes place Administrators can configure sound on an alert by alert basis A green checkmark indicates that the sound file is already assigned for use to an alert 1 Inthe Assets Tab right click the sound file to be set as the default Or select None to have no sound as the default 2 Select Set to Default in the resulting right click menu Event Audio Clips ly ii A 7 A i MM ah aes 4 A a i iM g amp j 1 amp i I e pj l Y sj H u q r n ay a d i yr Play Preview Sound EMERGEN FiREwawv Informati None redalertw Standard Urg set to Default C Add Audio Delete u The wav file now is displayed with the green checkmark to indicate it as the default audio asset To PREVIEW AN AUDIO CLIP To preview the sound that a particular wav file will make when the alert occurs 1 Inthe Assets Ta
101. r Ocularis Administrator User Manual Refer to the example shown in Figure 29 This composite event will trigger an alert if there is an Access Denied code registered from the main door access system and 20 seconds later there is motion on the hallway camera indicating that someone has gained illegal access w Compose Event Fuke Speuty bro trends a relationship bebeben them and a Ume iranat in ceder lo create a companii event Piere Blegal Entry Ewart 1 Main Doce Acro toa Larrai Evii d Halway RG Gam bo 132 160 132 Motor Relation 00 00 20 E 0110 Desornpbian Main Dor Access Access Denied corws Pan Halley ALL Cam 14 194101197 Mintle ocur wether Alert Prisa Wit Hagh Aiha Urgent wvaw Retention Alice Emil 200 iver Pla ee a Daa M s Frequentdy 10 Senda Figure 29 Composite Rule Example To MODIFY A COMPOSITE EVENT In the Servers Events tab locate the Composite Event in the Events pane under the Composite Source node Highlight the Composite Event Click the Properties button In the resulting Edit Composite Event pop up modify desired settings Click Apply to save changes To DELETE A COMPOSITE EVENT 32 In the Servers Events tab locate the Composite Event in the Events pane under the Composite Source node Highlight the Composite Event Click the Delete button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis A
102. r the event rule not the camera name 3 Click the Properties button or double click the event 4 Inthe resulting Event Rule pop up select the desired priority level and click Ok da Event Fuke Rule Details Mi Low ipe nde properber ul 1 M5 MAS kdi Priority Medium CE hh 7 m Aia Delsuh By Me Retention 3 Eii High M x Ewes 000 Extra Wiis Auge 0 Days Max Frequency 20 Seconds DE Cancel 26 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Event priorities are identified in Ocularis Administrator and in Ocularis Client by color Priority Level Color Shade in Color Shade in Priority Level Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Client 1 3 varying shades of green green Low 4 6 varying shades of yellow yellow Medium 7 10 varying shades of red red High z RCC Camera 31 Lab Disabled NM Enabled Falling signal on input 1 Motion WB Not Responding Other B RC C Camera 31 Lab Built in Motion Detection E Tampering on camera 1 alert event Audio When an event occurs the subsequent alert can play a sound file through the Ocularis Client as an added attention getting mechanism The sound played can be configured by the system administrator The same sound can be played for all alerts or configured on an alert by alert basis A default audio setting is available Sounds are not required and no sound is also supported Audio f
103. ra to this event Do this by dragging and dropping the camera from the Servers pane to the Generic Event on the Events pane Follow the same steps as discussed in To Create an Event Rule To Associate Camera Video with Events on page 24 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 37 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual DETERMINE ALERT DISTRIBUTION Configuring alerts for events does not automatically activate them Additional steps are needed to assign who should receive notification for which alert and when Administrators determine which users will get notification of associated events in the Distribution Groups Tab This step needs to occur in order to see alert video or to test the Generic event To TEST THE DATA LINK GENERIC EVENT You can perform a manual test of the Data Link Generic event to determine if it is properly configured 1 Inthe Servers Events tab expand the Generic Events node in the Events pane to expand it and select the Generic Event 2 Expand the Connection by clicking the expand symbol next to it 3 Click the lightning bolt symbol adjacent to the rule name A Generic event rule tester pop up appears Events E Rairi Ea Pira Gener Ereni Fil Entrar Generic event rule tester A OS ag ar pmr Gerla AGATE ror a ee dera rel bet etal det LP eg pard AA art Figure 36 Testing Generic Events 4 You can select any pattern associated with the event
104. review for a selected camera To PREVIEW A CAMERA IN THE VIEWS TAB 1 In the Views tab select the View Group for cameras you wish to preview N Click the Cameras tab in the Contents list 3 Expand a camera folder and select a camera 4 Click the Expand Camera Preview icon 64 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Contents Built in jitt Cameras 5 an O Haley AEC Cam 13 192681142 Q Lats Cam REE Camere S27 193 166 104 Lab ELL Cimeta 1 O act 192 158 770 Camera O Rc C mera 31 Lab O Re t Camera 22 Lab D REE Camera 33 2 Rc Lab Camera 1 14 O Ac Camera 1 iida 2 O Reception fic C Camera 30 10 76 Expand Camera Preview Figure 61 Expand Camera Preview Icon A camera preview thumbnail appears below the camera list The camera list will remain in preview mode until you collapse the preview Select another camera and the preview thumbnail will update Contents ae eels Glan E ES Hatway RC C Cam 13 19 1ELILA C Lab Cen BCE Camera 537 191681034 g La Lala B C Carra 1d O ac 192198 7 70 Camera 8 O Mc Camere 31 Lab O ACC Camera 12 Lab Figure 62 Camera Preview Thumbnail 5 Collapse the camera preview by clicking the Collapse Camera Preview icon Collapse Camera Preview Figure 63 Collapse Camera Preview Icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 65 Ocularis Adm
105. roup but they may not edit them or create new shared views Only the admin user can create a shared view To CREATE A FOLDER FOR A VIEW GROUP 1 Inthe Views Tab select either e the user group for which you would like to create a folder e the Shared folder e an existing folder beneath a user group or Shared group and create a nested folder beneath it 2 Click the New Group button 3 A folder is created labeled New Group 68 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator a Orbs Dulari Adrruncbrabor Servers i Everts Useri Praleges Views Distrit Views Views a New Group Nee iba ktt 1 Error Cased rimh Mighttime Guards i er Group thared hs To MoDIFY THE NAME OF A VIEW GROUP 1 Inthe Views Tab double click the group folder you wish to rename The folder name becomes highlighted 2 Type the new name for the folder 3 Press ENTER to accept changes To DELETE A FOLDER WITHIN A GROUP 1 Inthe Views Tab select the folder which you would like to delete 2 Click the Delete button An Are you sure you want to delete this view group prompt appears 3 Click Yes to delete TO CREATE A VIEW WITHIN A FOLDER VIEW GROUP Once view folders view groups are created views may be added to them 1 Inthe Views Tab select the folder for which you would like to create the view If you intend on sharing this view with multiple groups
106. s E rty Click to create a new video wall Per Wide Wal Dieta Vadis Wal A ry A f rADRTKINN a Iidan IA o Figure 54 Creatina a Video Wall YUIC IT YVICAUIIY a VIUCYU VVCII To DELETE A VIDEO WALL 1 Inthe Users Privileges tab select any user group 2 Select the Video Wall Privileges node 3 Select the video wall to be removed 4 Click the Delete Video Wall button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 97 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual To ASSIGN VIDEO WALL PRIVILEGES Once a video wall site has been created it must be assigned to a user group in order for it to be visible in the Ocularis Client t should also be assigned to the user group which contains the user account s of the video wall station s This is assigned in the Users Privileges Tab For more information see To Assign Access to a Video Wall To A Group on page 55 OFFSETS When multiple stations PCs are used in the same video call offsets must be defined in order to prevent overlap on the operator s station The configuration of the offsets is performed in the Ocularis Client Client Setup screen See the Ocularis Client User Manual for instructions on how to configure offsets 58 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Views Tab A View is the fundamental display when observing video from a client application such as Ocularis Client When using Ocularis B
107. s feature sets Remote video walls are those where the video wall display monitors are not attached to the same pc as the operator These monitors may be located in the same room or in another remote location from the operator Remote video walls are available in the Ocularis IS Ocularis CS and Ocularis ES feature sets The system administrator determines which video wall a user may push video to as well as which video wall a user account may be associated with A site is synonymous with video wall The video wall in the example shown in the graphic below has six monitors and two stations Each station is a separate PC with a unique IP address Both stations combined make up the video wall named Lobby Video wall site names are created by the administrator on the Ocularis Base Video wall names can be any short label or description about the video wall 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 Station Station Site is named Lobby Sample Video Wall There is no technical limit to the number of screens monitors which can encompass a video wall There is however a limit to the number of screens that each Ocularis Client installation can support Currently each instance of Ocularis Client can support up to eight 8 monitors on a single station or IP address Therefore if you wanted a video wall comprised of sixteen 16 monitors for instance you would need at least two PCs each with its o
108. screen 4 To save settings click on another part of the view pane or click the Close icon X on the pop up 84 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Web Configuration In addition to camera video panes may be populated by an HTML page accessible via URL or IP Address Typical examples of these include e Company websites or logos e Online or static maps e Link collections e IP Camera configuration page Note Panes with web pages or images may not be maximized in Ocularis Client For web pages we recommend using a large size pane or even a 1 x 1 pane To CONFIGURE A WEB PANE 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Web Page For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 69 2 Click on the pane with the Web Page A Web Properties pop up appears i ie Sn Lt Cii Ranked 1 WMS Company in North America if lors Castas Figure 90 Configuring a Web Page Pane 3 Type in the URL or IP Address for the content to be displayed You will see a preview of the page On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 85 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual 4 To save settings click on another part of the view pane or click the Close icon X on the pop up The web page will now appear in the Ocularis Client and the user will be able to navigate the page using embedded links
109. sections 1 Near the top there is a toolbar containing several function buttons that apply to items on the tab 2 On the left there is a Groups pane that displays existing groups and users and their hierarchy 3 Onthe right the pane will display details for the item selected in the Groups pane 4 For cameras only a preview pane is available displaying the camera s thumbnail image 42 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Working with User Groups The installation process creates one user group titled Default This user group has two user accounts Admin and Guest each has a matching password The Admin user account is an administrative user account The Admin user can view and change anything in Ocularis Administrator We recommend changing the password of this account immediately This account is referred to as a super user account The Guest account is what can be considered a standard account This means that by default this user can access video through the Ocularis Client but will not be able to log in to the Ocularis Administrator Neither the Admin nor the Guest account may be deleted TO CREATE A USER GROUP 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab click the New Group button 2 An entry in the list called New Group appears Edit the text to the group label you wish to create 3 Press ENTER The new group appears in the list Repeat th
110. ser Manual Ocularis Administrator 2 To change the configuration of an existing pane click the pane to view the pane configuration settings Make changes as required 3 To replace a pane with a different component camera carousel hot spot etc you may e Remove the pane content by clicking the Clear View icon in the pane Figure 73 Click Clear View to remove pane contents e Replace the pane contents by dragging and dropping a camera thumbnail or content type onto the pane Shared Views Once a shared view is created underneath the Shared folder additional steps must be taken in order to share it lt must be assigned to the desired user group s To SHARE A VIEW WITH A USER GROUP 1 Inthe Views Tab expand both the view you would like to share under the Shared folder as well as the User Group and its corresponding view group that you wish to share the view with 2 Drag and drop the view from the Shared view group to the view folder for the desired user group Notice how the mouse cursor changes when it is positioned correctly over the destination folder MY On Dosi Adrriniviratos Serrerif Eve Libor Freiger Dieu Views El I eime Gard LJ Libre Guards 1 Lobby m Oo Lobby oe te lt 3 C Lobby Fear 2 in 2 EJ Dolar an Lota td C Miagheume Guach C e fy E Lebty 4 r LL Maghytere Guan G Parking Lets r 6 Lebtry i Sharad i oO Parlora Lots aE T z D treed Group Ca
111. servers and networks Ocularis consists of the following software components e Ocularis Base This component provides for o system wide management o user access o shared event management o alarm and event correlation o video access and distribution rights Ocularis Base regulates and manages the flow of data between video client users connecting recording servers and integrated alerting application using an SQL database This allows creating composite events from multiple detection systems sharing resources between video client users shared bookmarking and event handling among multiple users at multiple sites and management of all user authorization data The front end application used to manage Ocularis Base is the Ocularis Administrator e Ocularis Video Recorder Software This component provides for video recording camera management and archiving configuration The different feature sets of Ocularis support different recording components For instance Ocularis ES supports recording component RC E e Ocularis Client This award winning component is the user interface for accessing video managing alerts and shared event handling and observing Video Wall environments e Add Ons and Integrated Applications includes Remote Video Wall operation and management forensics applications video analytics and incident indexing and integrated physical security solutions access control radiation detection contact closure
112. ssword Remember Login Version Number Enter the IP address where the Ocularis Base server software is installed Using localhost is acceptable if Ocularis Base is on the current machine If the IIS port is anything other than 80 add port to the IP address Of the choices Current User Windows or Basic select Basic for first time use Enter the user name for an account created with Ocularis Administrator For first time access enter the name admin Enter the corresponding password for the user name entered For first time access enter the password admin Click this checkbox to have the application remember your login credentials for subsequent logins The Ocularis Administrator software version number is located in the lower right portion of the Login screen 3 When complete click the Login button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Tip We recommend that you change the password for the Admin account immediately for security purposes See To Modify A User Account on page 48 for further instructions Note If you receive the following error message when logging in An unsecured or incorrectly secured fault was received from the other party See the inner FaultException for the fault code and detail check that the date and time on the PC with Ocularis Administrator is synchronized with the date and time on the PC with Ocularis Base The
113. strator application This manual covers the component s Ocularis Administrator For information on other components please refer to the following documents which can be obtained from OnSSI Support Ocularis Installation 8 Licensing Guide Recording Component User Manual Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Viewer User Manual On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 1 Overview Ocularis is a distributed video centric PSIM Physical Security Information Management software platform which offers central event user rights video distribution and system management Ocularis supports e The ability for the user to view manage and record video from an unlimited number of IP and non IP video surveillance cameras at multiple sites e The management of short and long term video storage and combine video with non video alerts resulting in automatic video delivery to subscribers of interest e The utilization of off the shelf hardware and facilitates the integration of new technologies thus combining the detection and distribution of video events with data and alerts received from a host of physical security and transaction systems e The use of separate or common networks VLANS or switches for connecting cameras to the recording servers and video clients This provides physical network separation between the camera and servers clients e The use of VMware to run recording servers and client applications on virtual computers
114. surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 20 When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen This is the amount of time in seconds that video will be displayed in a Blank Screen pane applies to low and medium priority only 4 To save settings click on another part of the view pane or click the Close icon X on the pop up On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 87 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Assets Tab The Assets Tab displays the centralized repository of all graphic images and audio files used in Ocularis Base Administrators import graphic files and icon assets in this tab that may be used t
115. t d Modify the specific user account privilege as needed By default new users are set to Inherit privileges from the user group s setting To modify a specific user account setting i Select the drop down list next to the corresponding privilege Hp t ir Pe e wip _ phere li Change the setting Allow or Deny iii Repeat for other privileges 3 When finished modifying user account settings click the Save button If the User name or User type needs to be changed you should delete the user account and recreate it with the proper settings To DELETE A USER ACCOUNT 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the user account you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button Delete An Are you sure you want to delete this user warning message appears 3 Click Yes to delete the user account On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 49 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Device Privileges Ocularis provides administrators centralized control for assigning privileges to users for all cameras on the system regardless of the recorder on which it resides Users will not be able to view camera video unless they are given access privileges in the Users Privileges tab of the Ocularis Administrator application Access to a device is granted at the group level and individual functions for that device may also be granted or denied Note Be sure to set privileges for the Default group This incl
116. tas te A A aaa 72 O A e O O eka aaa te ll col cat team ated t 73 Configuring View Content TYDES ci dd 76 ar OU Se COMM Ua OM Nahas actrees atleast A iste a aac naion 78 POL OO COMMUTATION css dl toca iN a a 83 ISI PVCS Ol MI I eNO he ce te tt cee eee seen ease eee oe hac A ioseerueatieaeenee 84 We COMMOUlAN OM eces cette ae tlre ite tatiana abana seal Cacia eben tall el mec eetal cai hanes late ae 85 Blank Screen Conugurall OM rl is EA A A A eternity es ti ee 87 AG SOUS MA tt cti r AE pace case caes 88 rn A atic et cua acc a aeetsancadeedis Sansa tesa aed mieaue sae Nneues 89 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc i Contents Ocularis Administrator User Manual MAD ICONS aae aa a oa dd ree edicto dl 89 EVENT AUCIO MS ideal 90 Maps AAD il di ibi 92 WOKING WIN Va Sta is 96 HAKMO MADS AAA e E PE O uta cen tel uae T 100 TOFU CES and FINS it da 100 o A 105 EVENTIMANAGEMENT dao 108 EVENT CONFIGURATION oiia a o e o ae 109 Quick Reference EVENT Scar 109 EVENT RANDEN G cunse a a a E 110 Table Management TAD a E A E ae eee savant teats 110 CONQUE CASTA CAI a A asii 111 Conquer a e o in dE te 112 A PA A o ananassae tect ceestaamsseeeececeaaest 113 DISTHDUTOR GIOUDS A AD aida 114 BiCyidlelWhd olake OUDS eeaeeeenee eee te epee eee E eee ee E ee eee ee eee eter ree 115 POOUL A O ananassae care el a eeaattenee 124 FAN 6 UA A o eR ee oe rare ee 124 License Ito malo A escalate easter lead a 124 A eect echt iat N A Cra each ed content eh eee eet ee
117. the Delete button in the Tags pane 3 An Are you sure that you want to delete this tag pop up appears Click Yes to delete the tag Note Tags which have been used in a bookmark or handled event may not be deleted 112 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Note Tags are created on the fly from the Ocularis Client as an operator is handling an event or creating a bookmark Tags however may only be modified or deleted through the Ocularis Administrator Configure Cases When operators handle events or create bookmarks in the Ocularis Client the event or bookmark may be assigned to an incident case The use of an incidence case file is optional Case names can be created in Ocularis Administrator by the system administrator or on the fly as an operator is handling a case To CREATE A NEw CASE 1 Inthe Table Management tab click the Add button in the Cases pane A New Case entry is inserted into the Cases list 2 Double click this entry and type in a descriptive name for the Case 3 Press ENTER To MODIFY A CASE 1 Inthe Table Management tab double click the case you wish to modify The field should become editable 2 Type in text changes as desired 3 Press ENTER Note Modifying the name of a case is global Therefore If you modify the name of a case that has already been used in a bookmark or handled event it will also change in that bo
118. trator User Privileges Ocularis Administrator User Manual Once privileges have been established for user groups Ocularis users need to be created and assigned to the groups There are three user roles in Ocularis Base Administrator Group Administrator and Standard User Role Standard Group Administrator Administrator To CREATE A USER ACCOUNT Description This user can access video from recorders using the Ocularis Client by logging into Ocularis Base This user has no access to Ocularis Administrator This user has limited access to Ocularis Administrator He or she can log into Ocularis Administrator but may only manage their own user group or its settings This user can add modify or delete users in their own user group as well as modify other aspects of Ocularis Administrator as it applies to this user group This user may not add edit or delete servers Additionally there are some restrictions placed on Distribution Groups which will be discussed in Distribution Groups Tab on page 114 This is the super user for Ocularis Base It is the user account admin This user may view change or edit any part of the system We recommend changing the password for this account 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the user group to wish you would like to add users 2 Click the New User button 3 Inthe Add User pop up window enter the User name to be created e Usernames are not case sensitive e User names
119. trator Ocularis Administrator User Manual 6 7 is Add Lars Add Server Add a eter Lores ele Host Enable HAT Laan bype hiara User rime Parmer In the Host field of the resulting pop up window enter the IP Address and port number of the server to be added to the Ocularis Base system Supported recorders are controlled through Ocularis Base licensing e If the port number for the recorder is 80 there is no need to enter it e If the port number for the recorder is a value other than 80 use the following format IP Address Port Number For example IP Address of Server 192 168 10 111 Port for recorder 8080 Enter 192 167 10 111 8080 If NAT is used due to one or more components requiring access from outside the firewall click the Enable NAT checkbox and see To Configure NAT Servers on page 9 Select the Login type from the drop down Choose from Basic or Windows based on an account located on the recording component that has full access rights Enter a User name for the corresponding user account Note lt is important to use an account on the recorder or server with full administrative access Only one account on the recording component is necessary when using Ocularis Base Enter the Password for the username entered Click Add The recorder server should now appear in the list Repeat this process for each recording component to be added to the system Note if th
120. ts in the Events pane 34 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To DEFINE A RULE FOR A DATA LINK GENERIC EVENT CONNECTION Be sure to first define an event source prior to defining a rule See To Create a Connection for a Data Link Generic Event on page 33 1 Inthe Servers Events tab expand the Generic Events node in the Events pane and select the desired generic event 2 Expand the generic event connection source Generic Events Front Entrance add rule aad connection Figure 31 Click add rule to configure the generic event connection 3 Click add rule beneath the event E Gentric Ewen Rel Generic Event Rule Details Spectty genenc event nube name and at least one pattern Mer Fale Retention Bik Lasers biar ice Kiar Fraquiisny Figure 32 Creating a Generic Event Rule 4 Inthe resulting pop up window fill out the fields as follows Item Description Name Enter a descriptive name for the rule Avoid using special characters in the name field Following our earlier example the name could potentially be something like Access Denied or Access Granted On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 35 Ocularis Administrator Item Patterns Priority Audio Max Events Max Age Max Frequency 5 Click OK when done Ocularis Administrator User Manual Description Click the New Pattern button to open
121. udes the user admin The Default group should typically be given access to all devices Assign Devices To A User Group There are three general steps in providing user groups access to devices e Create a Camera Privilege Group e Modify Camera Privilege Group Settings e Assign Camera to the Permission Group When a new user group Is created its members do not have privileges to any camera or device All cameras are listed under Unprivileged Cameras Licensed cameras will have a different icon representation than unlicensed cameras Administrators i e the user admin assign cameras to camera privilege groups based on the selected user group To CREATE A CAMERA PRIVILEGE GROUP 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab under the user group you wish to assign devices select the Camera Privileges node All cameras appear under the group Unprivileged Cameras e To see a preview of the camera image click the camera thumbnail icon e To filter the camera list displayed enter a keyword or phrase in the Filter text box 50 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual E oe uta Adewrupirator J 4 o e ss Porra a Dato A aba Dam dispar debo Users Privileges C Sao Nida Erre Fl adria E Gaara El Gum Unlicensed camera Ocularis Administrator Click to create a new camera privilege group All cameras are unprivileged until assigned to a group Camera preview ic
122. ularis camera licenses a 1927 166 7 199 RC C da Cameras O Camera Camera 4 O Hallway RC C Camera 13 wab RC C Camera 34 RC C 192 168 7 0 Camera 6 RC C Camera 1 Bldg 2 Reception RC C Camera 30 Figure 14 Select Available Camera In the example in Figure 14 once the Lab Cam RC C Camera 27 was selected all licenses were used and the camera available icons were removed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 15 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Camera Properties Certain parameters can be set on a camera by camera basis by the administrator in the Servers Events tab This is done by right clicking a camera name in the Servers pane and selecting Properties 3 Camera Properties Camera Properties Adjust Camera Properties Here Optics Panomorph Lens E Orientation Lens Type Options Alternate Label Description Privacy Mask Define Mask So Figure 15 Camera Properties Optics In order to take advantage of Immervision s 360 panomorph lenses the camera with the panomorph lens needs to be configured in the Ocularis Administrator 1 Click the Panomorph Camera checkbox 2 Select where the camera with the panomorph lens is installed under Orientation Choices are Ceiling Wall Floor 3 Select the lens under Lens Type The user will now be able to take advantage of the 360 x 180 field of view provided by the special lens when
123. ull default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 20 When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen 4 To save settings click on another part of the view pane or click the Close icon X on the pop up On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 83 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Push Video Configuration Push Video panes are used in Ocularis Clientto manually push video from one logged in Ocularis Base user to another logged in user The Push Video function uses port 7008 Push video with Ocularis is supported with Ocularis ES Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS TO CONFIGURE PUSH VIDEO 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Push Video Port pane For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 69 2 Click on the Push Video pane
124. ult O Niger Guards C Shared Baal bora Hotspar Web Figure 56 Resizing a Pane 60 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator View Basics A View is a collection of panes or windows that display video output There are many layout options for views Ocularis Base views are configured from the Views Tab in Ocularis Administrator Administrators configure the views on a group by group basis and control which view layouts and cameras are available to users when they use Ocularis Client If a new employee joins the organization for instance once they are made a member of a group they inherit all Ocularis Base views for that group A A y a m Ea a Th Ea cs eee ie r ee ooh A ged ee ie A a gt ine me a A 2 4 View 8 x 8 View Figure 57 Sample views as seen via Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 61 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual View Configurations The following view configurations are available in Ocularis A View consists of a varying number of panes A pane will most often contain video output from a camera Contents In addition to streaming camera video a pane may contain other content such as a e Carousel e Hot Spot e Push Video pane e Web Page e Blank Screen Carousel A Carousel within a view pane will alternate video from camera to camera The cameras included in the alternating
125. using either the e Scroll wheel of the mouse e Zoom In or Zoom Out icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator 99 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Linking Maps Linking maps allows you to easily navigate from map to map and back again Links to maps can be embedded within a map or displayed as floating links within the map display e To Embed a Link in a Map e To Display A Floating Map Link Shortcuts and Pins A Shortcut is a link that appears on one map that when clicked will navigate the screen to another map The shortcut inherits its name from the pin used A Pin is a shortcut name given to a location on a particular map and is created by the administrator The pin sets the destination map as well as its horizontal position vertical position and zoom level Prior to creating an embedded or floating link you must first set the pin s on the map s To SET A MAP PIN 1 Inthe Maps Tab with the desired group selected open the destination map or the map to which you would like be linked This is the map that must include the pin s 2 Position the map on the screen and zoom in or out so that the map is positioned in the location you wish it to be displayed when it is brought up by the link 3 Click the Add New Pin icon 4 Inthe resulting Enter Pin Name dialog box enter a descriptive name for this pin Keep in mind that the pin name is going to be displayed on
126. ver is removed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 13 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Selecting Licensed Cameras In the Servers pane you may expand the recorders in order to see the imported cameras associated with each one A symbol appears next to each camera indicating if the camera is Ocularis licensed or not Camera is licensed camera licensed Camera is not licensed No camera licenses Camera 2 are available O Camera is not licensed but available for Camera 2 l i selection camera available Ocularis camera licenses are purchased as part of the Ocularis feature set licensing You may view the quantity of Ocularis camera licenses in the License Information section of the About Tab For example The expanded camera list sample shown in Figure 11 indicates the cameras which are licensed as those with the camera licensed or green circle adjacent to the camera name The cameras without the camera licensed icon prefix are not licensed and will not be available for use with Ocularis You must either purchase additional Ocularis camera licenses or reassign the camera selection 4 192168 7 199 RC C da Cameras X O Camera 2 Camera 4 Hallway RC C Camera 15 Lab Cam RC C Camera 527 O Lab RC C Camera 4 RC C 192 168 7 70 Camera 6 RC C Camera 1 Bldg 2 Reception RC C Camera 30 In this example there are six camera licenses applied The Lab C
127. whee carpe 7 Repeat steps 1 6 for each Holiday for this Distribution Group To DELETE A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Holiday Schedule parameter for the group whose Holiday Schedule you wish to remove The details pane displays the group s Holiday Schedule 2 To delete a Time Range for a particular holiday click on the range itself and click the Remove button in the resulting Time Range pop up 3 To delete an entire holiday day click the Delete Holiday icon Holiday Schedule 2012 aad ighidu cope T Bx The Holiday is removed from the schedule On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 123 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual About Tab The About Tab displays various system regarding the Ocularis installation The display is divided into three sub tabs e About OnSSI e License Information e Help About OnSSI The About OnSSI tab displays version and build information for the Ocularis Administrator installation WR OAR Ould Adrrincitratos Siiil kerita Udri i Prreadeges Weeer Lsinbualirs Lbrsupi bagi Wahoo Weli Table Management Anca HKbsut About ein Aa Ama E Copel Ds Mel Surmbllante babesa bee 00D SOO LE Patent Pardo License I nformation The license information sub tab provides a unified display of Ocularis license information as well as the number of cameras used and their corresp
128. wn instance of Ocularis Client installed Configuring a Video Wall Defining a video wall involves these steps e Creating a video wall name in the Ocularis Administrator Users Privileges Tab e Assign user privileges to the video wall within the Ocularis Administrator Users Privileges Tab 56 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator e On the station s which includes video wall monitors select the video wall from the Client Setup function in Ocularis Client See the Ocularis Client User Manual for more information e Video Walls are used in conjunction with Ocularis Maps and at least one map should be configured in order for the operator to push video to a video wall See Working with Maps on page 96 To DEFINE A VIDEO WALL 1 Inthe Users Privileges tab select any user group 2 Select the Video Wall Privileges node 3 Click the New Video Wall button A new video wall site is added and available for all user groups Modify the text double click the name and press ENTER to change the site name ag 0539 rulas aderinistrabor Servite Denis Weer Preileges Wei Dibetot Grups i Maps Table Management Users Privileges Groups El Defeuk Video Wall Privileges Camera Prorteges Default El Video Wall Privileges biem Vicio Wal E Admin P E Cae y El Guards Double click to modify name O Camera Proleges press Enter when done E Video Wal Praaege
129. y access to a camera a camera privilege group must be created and cameras added it to it The camera must also be licensed in the Servers Events tab Unlicensed cameras may still be assigned to a user group in the event that at some future date those cameras do become licensed 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab under the user group you wish to assign devices select the Camera Privileges node 2 Select the device or devices you wish to assign to the group in the Devices list Use the SHIFT or CTRL keys to select multiple items 3 Assign cameras using either of these methods a Drag and drop the camera s from the Unprivileged Cameras group to the destination group Cameras may also be moved between groups On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 53 Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator User Manual Camera Privileges Unprivileged Cameras O RC C Camera 1 B RC C Camera 2 D RC C Camera 3 RC C Camera 4 D RC C Camera 5 j RC C Camera 6 O RC C Camera 7 E RC C Camera 11 i D RC C Camera 10 RC C Camera amp i B RC C Camera 12 i D RC C Camera 9 F Full Access ME Cameras Figure 51 Drag and Drop to Assign Cameras b Right click the highlighted camera s and select the destination camera privilege group Camera Privileges Unprivileped Cameras O rc c O ree D rc c O rc c Y Rec O rc c O rc Rec O ret Camera 1 Camera 2 Camera 3 Camera 7

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