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1. Event Policy Storage Policy STD Motions and E Consumed space MB 263043 Storage usage MB hour 783 Storage usage MB day 18960 Live stream KB sec 211 aaa asc B Delete Reload Figure 3 10 Cameras are storage consumers One method is to load the individual camera configurations and assign the Storage Policy from the drop down list This method works best when you work with relatively few cameras Another method is to load the Cam Config page from the Devices menu and load a matrix of cameras settings It is possible to select a Storage Policy in the first column and propagate it to all the cameras in the row by using the on the left of drop down 1g m Ld J ra eacus General Populate simulation 1 Axis 241S Axis Q1755 Axis Q7404 Obj ID G 102 104 105 107 UDIO 5 oc102 DC104 DC105 DC107 Model G Axis Axis Axis Axis Model ID G Q7404 2415 Q1755 Q7404 Model ID Status ON ON ON ON Status Uptime SdaysiSho 5 30 minutes 24 39 minute 23 39 minute Uptime Camere probing G Probe Probe Probe Probe J Camera probing State Lov 19 on ou 3 om D 3 ERES Camera Name CG simulation 1 Axis 2415 Axis Q1755 Axis Q7404 Camera Name pu Frooffiee frontperking game conference rc ETAT Audio G ow on Audio Multicast Lor 3 or om l om Multicast Is configurable G Yes
2. sssssssssssseeeme eme mener renes 105 C 4 Using S O S Account for system administration recovery Linux only 107 C 5 Adding Storage e ee e abet ete i Eee Ane Mee Ee weed 108 C 6 Importing and Exporting CSV camera lists sssssssem Hm 108 D Device Support 111 D 1 Supported Video Cameras iori a tee emen ene nhe eren 111 D 2 Supported Relay Sensors ccccceceeeeeee ee eeee eects tees ae eeee mene eene hne nnne ren renes 112 E Support 113 F Release Notes Stratus 3 3 115 G Revision History 121 Chapter 1 Introduction The videoNEXT team is proud to present Stratus 3 3 0 the software solution that will improve and simplify the operation and management of your security systems Stratus allows you to build and grow your security system based on your existing IT infrastructure Stratus an open standards based software solution that works with almost any IP digital or analog camera including HD and mega pixel runs on any Intel or compatible server now on the Mac and uses your existing security and data infrastructure in new and powerful ways With thousands of systems currently installed and a rock solid reputation for no downtime during critical installations Stratus is a proven security technology for today and beyond Stratus provides the easiest and most scalable Physical Security Information Management PSIM solution available today This combined with
3. Program Program Image Size 4CIF Rate Control Mode variable Maximum ana cam defined Media Format mpeg4 3 Pixel Aspect Ratio auto Retriever Protocol RTSP RTSP port 554 Figure 4 3 Image Tab Table 4 3 Image Tab Parameter Description Image size For most regular cameras the largest size will produce the best visual result at the cost of more bandwidth and storage utilization Other options may be considered to reduce the load on your Storage and Network Frames Per Second FPS Bitrate These options directly influences video quality and the load on the Storage Network As a rule the higher you set them the smoother video will be but the more resources it will take of the Storage and Network Media Format This will be a list of supported video stream formats See Appendix B Video Codecs Transmission Protocols and their Effective Usage for a discussion on the pros and cons of each Retriever Protocol This lists what protocol is being used to access the video RTSP or HTTP RTSP Port HTTP Port If present allows you to set which network port to use to retrieve video Default for RTSP is port 554 Default for HTTP is port 80 26 The PTZ tab 4 1 4 The PTZ tab The PTZ Tab controls what driver to use to control any PTZ available to the camera User Sets Indoor gt Camera DC127 Backroom PTZ zeneral source Image
4. VCA Channel Settings Description For Classification to work accurately all VCA settings must be properly configured Triggers an alert if an object crosses the tripwire Direction Triggers an alert if an object crosses the tripwire in a certain direction Additional Parameters Direction The angles in degrees from Up on the image that the object needs to be moving for an alert to trigger Value ranges from 180 to 180 degrees Acceptance Angle The number of degrees off of from the set direction the target can be moving to still trigger an alarm Value ranges from O to 360 degrees When set an arrow will be displayed on the zone indicating the direction an object needs to move to trigger based on the Direction value Two additional lines will be connected to the arrow indicating the Acceptance Angle Speed Triggers an alert if the object moves faster or slower than the set speeds Additional Parameters Lower Bound If the object is moving below this speed an alert will be triggered Values from 0 to 655 km h Upper Bound If the object is moving above this speed an alert will be triggered Value ranges from 0 to 655 km h This option relies heavily on accurate settings in the VCA Calibration tab and other tabs Tailgating Triggers an alert if one object follows another through the tripwire Additional Parameters e Threshold The maximum number of seconds
5. If the Node becomes non operational the Node Information screen will identify the node as broken It will then be able to be removed from the Stratus Security Domain It is impossible intentionally or accidentally to remove an operational Stratus Node from the Stratus Security Domain as a safeguard against possible errors If you must remove the Stratus Node from the Master the system should be powered down first and then it can be removed from the Node Information screen To summarize nodes management in Stratus is mostly automated and is performed in the background to minimize the potential for errors 12 Multi Node Configuration Management Snapshot with a two node system Admin Interface opened where master node is automatically loaded into the right side of the screen for device management purposes Figure 3 2 A two node system 13 Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration From the Control Panel you can access the Nodes by clicking on Nodes on the left side panel To view information about the Nodes Click the IP address for the master followed by Node Information Here is a snapshot of a two node system in the Control Panel with one server expanded Nodes v 207 207 160 15 Mode Content Node Information p 207 207 160 114 Figure 3 3 Node Content and Information 3 3 Stratus License Installation This section explains how to install a new license on to the Stratus system
6. Set Manager E 2 Alnus iS CONTROL PANED wet Welche Roles to Set Roles be s 31 Admin Role Fee 34 Manager Role gt i5 System Sets 33 Operator Role ITE 32 Viewer Role s Y X Settings 177 Identity 163 Analytics ES 197 Cavu Remotes Storage Manager at Indoor a rts Laas pie 161 Outdoor Polides 162 PTZ Devices from Set Devices Y Credentials To Dente DC240 Axis Q7404 DA241 audio Axis Q7404 Role Manager Delete system sets DC120 Front Analytics DA259 audio C20 E m M Ada Delete Lea x DC124 Front Side View DA180 audio Chris Gettings s iPad Se Manege DC101 Middle Offices DA246 audio Chris Gettings s iPad gt Customize System DC116 Northern Parking lot DA237 audio Chris Gettings s iPhone DC118 Videonext VNE C1000 DA177 audio Christopher Gettings s iPhor gt i Maintenance DA154 audio Front Door gt DA122 audio Front Offices T Gans DA137 audio Front Parking HD Scie E Logout Figure 4 18 Set Manager Here the focal point is the Sets list Upon selection you will see the associated Roles and those that can be assigned to that set The two boxes on the far right hand side of the screen are all roles and all devices not currently associated with this set The two boxes in the center are for the roles and devices already associated with this set Highlighting any Role or Device will allow you to assign un assign it from the currently selected set To crea
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8. 1 Use web browser to login as admin 2 Open Admin GUI 3 Open Licensing page General gt Licensing 4 Here you can see if the system already has license installed and Serial Number and or you can install change the license by clicking on Change button which will ask you for Serial Number and will perform a new license activation automatically if you have a connection to the Internet 5 If Stratus software is not able to establish communications with the videoNEXT licensing server it will prompt you to perform offline activation 6 The most likely reason for you to be redirected into offline activation is that your system is installed on a network segregated from the Internet In this case you will have to perform limited information transfer by the means other then direct Internet connection in order to activate the license see below 14 Licensed Option Serial Number Product Licensing Currently Used Licensed Limit 33STR131853856901 Change Expiration date 01 12 2012 12 12 2025 Maintenance expires 01 12 2012 12 12 2025 Camera feeds 21 50 Audio feeds LL 50 Sensor Inputs l 50 Relays Inputs 0 50 vMX Video Feeds 0 50 vMX Monitors 3 4 Analytics EDVA Channels 2 10 Analytics VCA on Details Analytics OV Channels 5 8 Geo Mapping interface OFFLINE vAC number of Gateways jt 10 Number of NODES 2 2 Storage manager number of LUNs 6 50 Stratus License Installation Figure 3 4 L
9. Parameter Description Schedule ID A list of user created schedules you wish to assign this camera to Leave blank to not use a schedule For more information on how to configure Schedules please see Section 4 11 Schedule Manager Schedule ID Figure 4 8 Schedule Tab 4 1 8 Analytics Configuration Analytics is one of the options you may enable in Stratus to allow your digital video to automatically extract signaling information which otherwise may require continuous human review and analysis In 3 3 Stratus supports three Analytics algorithms ObjectVideo VCA and GMU Other improvements include Trip Wire Focus Region detections and target trail visualization for video archive l1rcqm Please note that the target detection is triggered by the Object s bottom midpoint at the objects feet for both Trip Wire and Focus Region detection This approach is more accurate in most situations The capability is similar to Motion Detection described in the section above but can provide more granular feature extraction such as Object Tracking and Behavior Analysis at the expense of more system resources mostly CPU utilized Usually you can expect 5 7 times more CPU utilization by Analytics in comparison to Motion detection This is largely dependent on video resolution and frame rate Analytics may be enabled on any fixed camera PTZ enabled cameras are currently not supp
10. f Format Storage Find potential storage drives and format them t Setup NTP c Custom scripts run scripts from USB drive prior and after activation Example Mf installs Master System and format the storage MS 2 You must choose only one option from the TYPE category and you can choose none or any of the second options For most installations you will want to choose Ms at the least 100 CentOS Linux 2 namins If you choose the f option the system will attempt to format any attached storage it sees such as the USB drive with the Kickstart on it if it is still present Do not choose this option unless you know all attached storage is safe to be formatted 3 The activation process takes a few minutes but may take substantially longer if the optional step Format Storage is chosen 4 After activation is completed use your workstation browser Internet Explorer 8 FireFox or Chrome are recommended for connecting to the server and configuring cameras The predefined system administrator user admin password topse C 1 2 CentOS Linux An alternate means of installing the Stratus software for Linux is to use the CentOS version This version has some advantages over the Red Hat version Itis free to download The installation DVD contains the entire software no need to use a USB drive The installation procedure is much easier The installation DVD is a very smaller download under 1GB T
11. Figure C 12 Network Configuration 4 7 When the installation is complete the server will eject the DVD and restart itself Activation 1 Login with as sos user password s 0o s You will be prompted to change the password Switch to the root account with the command su The default password will be 123456 You will be prompted to change the password Run the activation script with the command opt sarch bin activate The following activation dialog will be presented Define an activation scenario by combining the TYPE with multiple options T1122 22 TYPE M Master Dedicated master or master only system 103 Appendix C Detailed Steps N Node Install an additional node for a system E Evaluation Master only system with small storage on system drive options m MUMS Mass Update Management System s SOS Account f Format Storage Find potential storage drives and format them t Setup NTP c Custom scripts run scripts from USB drive prior and after activation Example Mf installs Master System with sos and format the storage MS 2 For most installation you will want to choose Ms at the least GQ warming so If you choose the f option the system will attempt to format any attached storage it sees such as the USB drive with the Kickstart on it if it is still present Do not choose this option unl
12. Storage Policy This is a list of available Storage Policies If selected sets the default storage policy Target Bitrate in kbps If the camera is in variable bitrate this option sets the default targeted bitrate Maximum Bitrate in kbps If the camera is in constant or variable bitrate this option sets the default Maximum bitrate 59 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration gt Important Once a default is chosen and cameras assigned it is no longer possible to control that setting in the standard camera interface Once configured click Apply to add or finish editing the schedule 4 11 2 Postures The next step is creating Postures A Posture is a what state to change a camera to from the default based on the time For example you can set a posture to turn Motion Detection on at night when the default set in the Schedule is for Motion Detection to be off Postures created as a sub entity to schedules so each schedule can have its own set of postures that are not shared A list of all Postures is shown on the left of the Schedule Manager screen Postures Night After Shutdown Daytime Analytics Special Storage Time Figure 4 38 Postures The order in which Postures are displayed dictates their priority in the case of a conflict the higher on the list the higher the priority To rearrange priority click on the will allow you to drag the Posture up or down to re prioritize it 6
13. The smallest latency among all other codecs in this group as each frame is encoded individually and does not need any delay to get streamed out The easiest to integrate The quality is the best in the group The bandwidth and storage space consumption is the largest in the group Quality bandwidth and storage utilization in general do not depend upon motion on the scene and are relatively constant It is the fastest time to open stream and to reposition in the stream during playback MPEG 4 codec This codec was introduced much later to compare to MJPEG and this stream is a complex sequence of independent key frames I frame and differential frames P frames which requires you to wait until next I frame before stream may be visualize Since P frames do not need to repaint entire picture this type of old stream is much more compact for relatively static scenes relatively small amount of motion involved n general storage and bandwidth utilization are significantly lower compared to MJPEG e MPEGd has a catch it is compact when a scene is relatively static but it will sharply increase bandwidth storage utilization when a scene becomes very dynamic Most manufacturers allow the limiting of these bursts but at the price of decreased quality or decreased frame rate so if it is not carefully configured the video can become degraded to an unusable state 95 Appendix B Video Codecs Transmission Protocols and thei
14. They do not introduce changes until you click on the Save button 30 The Storage Tab 4 1 6 The Storage Tab The Storage Tab will allow you to control how the video being stored on the system is handled User Sets Indoor Camera DC127 Backroom PTZ General Source Image PTZ Motion Storage Schedule A Event Policy Default policy Storage Policy STD Motions and E Consumed space MB 263043 Storage usage MB hour 783 Storage usage MB day 18960 Live stream KB sec 211 Figure 4 7 Storage Tab Table 4 5 Storage Tab Parameter Description Event Policy Sets which event policy will be used for this camera See Section 4 6 Configure Event Handling for more information Storage Policy Sets which Storage Policy should be used for video storage See Section 3 4 Manage Storage and Storage Consumers for more information Consumed Space This is the total amount of storage that has been used by this camera so far in Megabytes Storage Usage These two entries list the average amount of storage required per hour or per day in Megabytes Live Stream This is the current bandwidth that is required to view store live video from this camera in Kilobytes 4 1 7 The Schedule Tab The Schedule Tab allows you to set which schedule the camera should be subscribed to if any 31 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Table 4 6 Schedule Tab
15. When a Posture is scheduled it will default to show covering three hours To change the time period add a special name description or to set the Posture to repeat click on it to open an editing window Edit Timecard UDID Name Timecard Description Posture Night After Shutdown Start End 2011 11 08 2011 11 08 17 00 20 00 M Repeat Repeats Daily Repeat every 1 days Never Ends After occurrences Oat Figure 4 42 Edit Timecard Table 4 13 Schedule Timecard UDID User Defined Identifier You can give this Timecard a unique identifier if desired Optional Name Some Name for the Timecard Description A brief description of the timecard Optional Posture Which Posture this Timecard belongs to Read Only Start These two fields are for Date and Time to start this timecard Date Clicking the Date field will open a calendar to select the date Time Clicking the Time field will open a selector to choose the time End These two fields are for Date and Time to stop this timecard See Start Repeat Select to allow the schedule to be repeated 63 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Parameter Description Repeats Daily Weekly Monthly Select the frequency the timecard should be repeated Repeat Every Allows scaling of repeat interval for example setting to 2 days will repeat every other day Repeats
16. header Options will appear You will now be in the Add Camera Wizard Camera Add Wizard Choose action type Add single camera Import camera list from CSV file Enter camera IP or Domain Name Domain Name 0 0 0 0 Camera model name fast probing auto Or choose camera from list AXIS 213 00408C7DD743 207 207 160 205 AXIS Q1755 00408C999507 207 207 160 203 AXIS P1347 00408CADOE79 207 207 160 45 AXIS Q7404 Channel 4 00408CA10E2D 207 207 160 129 AXIS 211A 00408C7DDFCE 207 207 160 209 AXIS 232D 00408C7DD886 207 207 160 171 Enter camera Username Password Figure 3 13 Camera Wizard 20 Configuring Cameras Here is a brief description of each option Choose action type You can choose either to add a single camera or import multiple cameras from a CSV The format of the CSV will be covered in Section C 6 Importing and Exporting CSV camera lists Choose camera type Network is for a networked camera that is supported officially by Stratus URL Cameras that are not officially supported can be added here if you have the RTSP URL for the video stream Local This option is for cameras physically attached to the server such as USB web cameras Unicast Unicast Port to listen on for an incoming MPEG2 TS connection Multicast The Multicast address and port to subscribe to for MPEG2 TS multicast Enter Camera IP or Domain Name Here you can
17. run the command opt sarch sm sbin sm mkvolume dev sdd va 1234 remember to replace dev sdd with your device and replace va 1234 with your drive ID 5 After this the storage is correctly formatted for best performance in Stratus To add the newly formatted drive to available storage pool use the Graphical Interface and refer to Section 3 4 Manage Storage and Storage Consumers C 6 Importing and Exporting CSV camera lists You may wish to recreate system configuration with minimum hassle by exporting cameras into a CSV file and importing the CSV through the Add Camera Wizard First you will have to connect to system through ssh over apl account 108 Importing and Exporting CSV camera lists ssh sosQ192 168 XXx XXx Next start SQL interpreter sos psql apl apl Set postgres to export the next query to the home directory apl No cameras csv And execute next query apl select md val id val ip val it val description location us val pw val from _objs o join _obj_attr id on id obj o obj and id attr MODELID join _obj_attr md on md obj o obj and md attr CAMERAMODEL join _obj_attr ip on ip obj o obj and ip attr DEVIP join _obj_attr it on it obj o obj and it attr CAMERA join _obj_attr us on us obj o obj and us attr USRNAME join 0bj attr pw on pw obj o obj and pw attr PASSWD where o otype D and o subtype C and o deleted 0 You will now have a
18. series contact trigger condition ACTi SED 21XX Event Generation for dry series contact trigger condition NVC Series Firmware upgrade may be needed on older models Event Generation for dry contact trigger condition Relay output control videoNEXT VNE series Event Generation for dry contact trigger condition relay output control 112 Appendix E Support Customer Support videoNEXT offers technical support to all customers to ensure smooth and effective operation Web Support Please go to www videonext com Support Technical Support Select Option 1 or 2 and follow the prompts Telephone Support Dial Toll free Number 1 866 723 3077 for calls within the USA Dial 1 703 657 1200 for calls originating from other countries Choose Option 1 for Sales or Option 2 for technical support Please have your Product Serial Number ready when you contact us or include the information in your e mail Be as specific and clear as possible in explaining your question concern or need so we can respond appropriately Please visit www videoNEXT com www videonext com 113 114 Appendix F Release Notes Stratus 3 3 This document provides an outline of new features in the Stratus release 3 3 We encourage you to read the Stratus 3 3 Administrator Manual and the Stratus 3 3 User Manual for more details on how to use new capabilities effectively 1 VCA analytics integrated into Stratus softw
19. 4 on the Best Usage Practices and how to calculate safe and efficient operating limits for your installation When an Event gets created in Stratus it will always be associated to the Event Originator object Originating objects may be a camera sensor relay or any other type of device that Stratus supports external devices like Access Control doors or such The link is established by a device association with a particular Event Policy as shown on the right for the camera configuration editor screen To manage the Event Policies you will have to select Settings in the left menu then choose Policies then select the Event Policy option This action will open the Event Policy list which contains all currently configured Event Policies in Stratus Security Domain In the policies list the Default policy is protected from editing since it is intended to be a system fall back point which comes standard with the software and will reliably operate with no additional configuration You can add a new policy with the button To edit the existing policy click on the policy name Event Policy ALTUS CONTROLLA EENEN Default poli s Default policy for mobile devices gt w User Sets demo policy gt 15 System Sets gt i Nodes M GEI Edit information for Event Policy Identity Name Default policy Storage Manager Description Schedule Manager Event Source Event Source Alert W
20. 5 Adding Storage More Storage can be added to a system once it is already online without requiring the system to be restarted If the storage is already formatted it can be added through the GUI interface as described in Section 3 4 Manage Storage and Storage Consumers If the storage is not formatted this section will explain how to format the storage and add it to the system lccH m E This procedure requires a shell session on the Stratus server either through a keyboard and monitor or through a remote shell application like SSH It also requires root access to the Stratus server 1 Login to the system with root privileged account or as a less privileged account and switch to root with the command su 2 Identify the unformatted storage volume s device name One way to get this information is to run a command such as parted 1 then search for the drive with no partition table In the next examples the device dev sdd will be used but your device is likely to be different 3 Identify what the new storage volumes ID will be For a single server system sequential numbering should be fine For a larger system it may be worthwhile formulate a number convention to denote what physical disk or disk group each drive is and to what server it is attached For instance va 3013 could mean Server 3 channel 0 LUN 1 Partition 3 The va is required In this example the ID va 1234 will be used 4 As root
21. Appendix A Analytics While the interface for configuring behavior for both SSVA Software Side Video Analytics are very similar there are enough differences that they will be covered in separate sections below A 2 VCA Tracker Configuration The VCA behavior can be configured with either Lines or Zones There are additional tabs for configuring Channel Settings Classification or VCA Calibration The following sub sections will go in to more details about each Analytics configuration for camera Zones Cha Zones Selctzone Add zone Add iine Remove Close Apply changes Figure A 1 VCA Analytics Rules 76 VCA Adding and Editing Zones A 2 1 VCA Adding and Editing Zones If you click the Add Zone a small Zone box will be displayed in the video and additional configuration options will be displayed on the right EN zones ch Zones Rule 1 s Add zone Add line Remove Zone editor Color Magenta Detect non detect Detection zone c Include exclude object classes Include C Person Vehicle j Clutter _ Group of People C Inside M Enters M Exits C Appears Disappears C Stopped C Loiters Direction C Speed C Tailgating Apply changes Figure A 2 VCA Analytics Zones Table A 1 VCA Zone Configuration Parameter Description Name The name of the Rule This name will
22. Cell noise 10 Objectsize go p a ee Save Cancel Figure 4 6 Motion Detection Calibration Here the real scene picture is presented to the Administrator which is updated every second with a fresh image and additional information received directly from the Motion Detector The algorithm is based on Background Subtraction and will detect changes in subsequent video frames with special provisions to ignore normal background changes The Calibrator screen shows partial detections as white dots on the top of the image and you will notice that even perfectly still video will have these white dots around sharp edges or lines which is attributed to the Pixel Noise The Calibrator allows you to adjust the algorithm sensitivity to Pixel Noise based on a visual assessment in realtime what simplifies camera calibration to particular scene and lighting conditions Normally some Pixel Noise should be present to make sure you did not set threshold too high and ignore real action but the amount of noise on the previous picture is slightly excessive The picture in the Calibrator is subdivided into Cells which are analyzing the number of pixels with detections to determine if a Cell has motion or not The second control in the Calibrator Cell Noise is utilized to adjust Detector Sensitivity to reliably detect motions and disregard Pixel Noise To facilitate the visual calibration process cells will be painted green yello
23. Management The next screen will show system warnings or errors This will include messages about cameras being in a broken state time synchronization and storage being offline or critical If this is the first time you are logging in to the system it will show warnings about the system license the lack of storage and the lack of cameras Since the admin user by default has access to any User Interface the next screen will be the Interface Selector where you are given the option between Control Panel or Operator Matrix You will need to choose Control Panel to continue with the system administration You should now be logged in to the system and in the Control Panel interface 3 2 Multi Node Configuration Management The maximum number of devices Stratus can operate is limited by the hardware performance of the server Stratus is installed on Usually this limitation is caused by reaching the write capacity of the storage volumes For this reason Stratus is scalable to span multiple servers There are two states for a Stratus server a Master or a Node There can be only one Master and it is in charge of zero or more Nodes Each node is responsible for the devices on that node and for communicating event status health and other information back to the Master server For this reason the Master server will have a higher load than the Nodes As a security system grows you will want to have fewer cameras proportionally hos
24. Near Width The minimum width the object must be in the near ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Near Height The minimum height the object must be the near ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Far Width The minimum width the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Far Height The minimum height the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Maximum If an object is above a maximum size it is ignored Additional Parameters Near Width The maximum width the object must be in the near ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Near Height The maximum height the object must be the near ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Far Width The maximum width the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Far Height The maximum height the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored 87 Appendix A Analytics Parameter Description Change Size Sets the maximum change in size of an object can undergo before it is ignored This change must occur rapidly to count Additional Parameters Max change The percent change compared to the original object size This value is used a
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26. On Only shown for Weekly Sets which day of the week this timecard will repeat on Ends Sets when to stop repeating Never never stop repeating After X Occurrences Set to stop repeating after X times At X Sets to stop at the chosen calendar date Once the timecard is configured hit OK to save changes Cancel to cancel changes Press Delete to remove that timecard and all repeats of it 4 12 Configure vCrypt Cryptographic signatures are used to guarantee the authenticity of video clips exported from the secure environment of the Stratus system Once enabled Stratus automatically places a verification signature on any video fragment leaving the confines of the system Modern industry standard cryptography is used to guarantee the authenticity of both the signature and associated signed video Even the smallest one bit alteration of the content is guaranteed to be reliably detected by this algorithm vCrypt comes as a standard capability inside the Stratus software vCrypt is built upon the public private key infrastructure Upon software installation Stratus will generate a unique key pair K lc u The public private key pair may be regenerated if needed 64 Configure vCrypt The key must be kept well protected and preserved For this reason it is not a part of the Configuration Backup nor the Support File creation and should be safeguarded by the System Administ
27. PTZ JENA TII Tm Pan Tilt Zoom Axis PTZ PTZ Pan Tilt Speed 100 3 Zoom Speed 100 Timeout Before Go To ti Never t Figure 4 4 PTZ Tab Table 4 4 PTZ Tab Parameter Description Pan Tilt Zoom This will list the current protocol the system will use for PTZ control This option can be changed on encoders that support multiple PTZ protocols PTZ This button will open a new window to allow control of that camera Pan Tilt Speed This allows movement speed to be scaled up and down Zoom Speed This allows zoom speed to be scaled up and down Timeout Before Go To Preset 1 This is the number of seconds before the camera will automatically move back to Preset 1 Default is Never 4 1 5 Camera Motion Detection Stratus has multiple options for camera motion detection They are all configured in the Motion tab of camera editor Motion Detection Engine parameter 27 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Upon camera creation the default value is off to limit unwanted event creation Until calibrated motion detection uses simple default settings that will not be tuned for the scene the camera is looking at User Sets my set gt Camera DC104 Front parking lot Motion Detection Engine ON EE I Cuban o Calibration Analysis Intensity Low 2 fps Figure 4 5 Motion Detection Tab If you want the camera to utilize some sort of Motion
28. SSH ssh sosQ Stratus ip Once logged in you will need to switch to root su Change directories to sos home where you copied the service pack cd sos Remove the old version of Stratus rpm e va stratus Install the new version you copied over rpm i va stratus 3 3 2 1 e15 rpm Once the installation is complete you will need to run the activation script opt sarch bin activate You will be asked if you want to make a C Clean install or U Upgrade A clean install will wipe all configuration and license An upgrade will leave configuration and licensing intact 106 Using S O S Account for system administration recovery Linux only C 4 Using S O S Account for system administration recovery Linux only When the Stratus software is installed it creates a special S O S account on every Stratus node server which is used specifically for system configuration patches and recovery operations It is accessible from the system console only or ssh and has s o s as the default password Lz2222222222222 2 2 22 2 2 2 2 2 Network sss2z2 2 2 222 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 bond0 207 207 160 10 255 255 255 0 nameserver 207 207 160 1 OK nameserver 207 207 160 2 OK NTP Server remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter 127 127 1 0 LOCL 18 1 49 64 377 0 000 0 000 0 001 207 207 160 1
29. Samsung SNC 5xx series Video MJPEG MPEG 4 111 Appendix D Device Support Manufacturer Modelfs Supported features Comments SightLogix SightSensor Video MPEG 4 Megapixel cameras with Object Tracking Sony SNC DF series Video MJPEG H 264 MPEG 4 PTZ Toshiba IK WB series Video MJPEG UDP NVC NVE IPEseries Video MJPEG VCA Analytics MPEG 4 H 264 PTZ Verint S19xx series Video MJPEG MPEG 4 videoNEXT VNE Series MJPEG H 264 video VCA Analytics and audio Vivotek MJPEG MPEG 4 H 264 video C 1 Stratus will support almost any type of camera PTZ with Axis native loadable drivers In addition through Axis Generic driver and internal protocol implementation Stratus supports ICD TASS 001 compliant cameras FLIR MRTI WSTI COHU QuickSet QPT Sentry series with FLIR Ranger or BAE LTC550 lens QuickSet GeminiEye QPT LT 2 Bosch camera PTZ works through standard Pelco Stratus driver when PTZ Transport is set to Bosch to accommodate for Bosch s proprietary communications protocol 3 To support PTZ on FLIR cameras you have to have Nexus software enabled and configured properly Stratus PTZ will work through Nexus API D 2 Supported Relay Sensors Table D 2 Supported Sensors Relays Manufacturer Model s Supported Features Comments Axis All Models Event Generation for Dry Contact trigger condition Sony SNC DF Event Generation for dry
30. Tracks Alerts Analytics Results are generated and displayed on the Operator Interface as green bounding boxes Tracks Alerts Rules Like Tracks Alerts but it will also show which configured rule was violated Tracker Configure This option will open a new window to fine tune tracker settings details provided later 33 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Parameter Description Skips Frames between analyses Number of frames skipped for every frame analyzed This number depends on 1 Frames per Second FPS and 2 the complexity of the scene speed and size of the object distance lighting conditions etc As a rule of thumb ensure that the object is analyzed at least 7 to 12 times per second For 30 FPS choosing 3 will ensure that 7 5 frames are analyzed per second Once these basic settings are properly configured you will have to Apply the changes From this point you can start configuring the Tracker and Behavior Analyzer More information can be found in Appendix A Analytics 4 1 9 Camera GEO Calibration The Stratus Operator Interface allows the use of Google Earth within the browser to visualize cameras and Events and work with Live Video and PTZ operations This functionality will be enabled automatically once the Administrator GEO calibrates one or more of the cameras To calibrate a camera you have to open the camera settings editor and go to the GEO tab 34 Camera GEO Ca
31. are presented to the Administrators and End Users in one logical cluster As your system grows you can scale close to linear by adding more Stratus Nodes to accommodate system expansion Each Stratus node will support a number of cameras and other sensors per node depending on the resolution For instance on a single mid range server with internal storage configured with RAID 5 up to 45 video streams each with a 4Mb s bitrate were able to run on a single server The Stratus licensing schema is flexible to accept any number of processing nodes you might need i e it does not charge for additional processing node s but it does change for the number of sensors and for the enabled processing options The Storage System will have to grow as you expand your security system Each new Stratus node will require its own storage so as you scale the system and add additional nodes you will also need to expand the storage The v MX Video Wall Stratus option should be seriously considered for installation with above average requirements on the number of simultaneous video feeds displayed 2 2 Install and Upgrade Procedures Outline Stratus 3 3 software works under Red Hat Enterprise Linux OS 5 6 and APPLE Mac OS X 10 6 and newer The software installation itself is a very straightforward process described in greater details below in Appendix C Detailed Steps while a careful look should be given to the preparation and planning t
32. at a time If multiple Roles are accessible for particular Users then the user will be allowed to select a current Active Role but only be able to use one Role at any given time This is not a software limitation but a mechanism to keep the user experience consistent among multiple Users working in concurrent environments When adding or editing a user you will be given the option to set the name description and password You can also input an email account if you want events from certain devices to be sent to this user via email 4 5 Storage Policies Management Stratus software comes pre configured with a set of default storage policies which will perform well with any size storage system This section is mainly concerned with additional features not the mandatory configuration steps Please open the Settings gt Policies section in the left menu of the Admin Interface and select Storage Policy to load the Storage Policy list Storage Policies List STD Events only STD Motions and Events STD Space limited Figure 4 21 Storage Policy The standard default policies provided when Stratus is installed are Table 4 9 Storage Policies Policy Description STD 24x7 Space Limited Space consuming devices cameras audio assigned with this policy will record 24x7 and allocate as much storage as is possible and will be recycled when the Storage Manager determines that the amount of free space is below threshol
33. be displayed in the event message when this rule is triggered Color The configuration display color This is useful when adding several rules to be able to distinguish between them Detect non detect Sets if the zone should be treated as a detection zone or ignored as a non detection zone 77 Appendix A Analytics Parameter Include Exclude object classes Description Set if detection should be run on selected object classifications or NOT be run on selected classifications Object Classifications These are classifications of objects Additional classifications can be added but defaults are e Person e Vehicle Clutter Group of People For Classification to work accurately all VCA settings must be properly configured Inside Enters Exits Triggers an alert if the object is inside the zone Triggers an alert if the object enters the zone Triggers an alert if the object exits the zone Appears Disappears Triggers an alert if the object appears in the zone such as a zone placed over a door Triggers an alert if the object disappears in the zone Stopped Loiters Direction Triggers an alert if an object stops in the zone Additional Parameters Time The number of seconds the object has stopped before triggering an alert Maximum of 50 seconds Triggers an alert if an object enters a zone but does not leave it e Duration The number of
34. behind the first object the second object must be to still trigger an alert Value ranges from O seconds to 1 hour A 2 3 VCA Channel Settings Channel settings tab is where settings describing how object detection is done instead of what object detection to do is set 81 Appendix A Analytics Channel settings N Channel settings _ Camera shake compensation Object tracking mode Surveillance tracking TVCA Channel settings Alarm retrigger time Minimum alarm object display time 5 sec Minimum object tracking area y 10 Hold on stationary objects 60 sec 2 ae 2000 msec Minimum object display time a 1000 msec Figure A 4 VCA Analytics Channel Settings Table A 3 VCA Channel Settings Parameter Camera Shake Compensation Description Sets if the analytics should attempt to compensate for camera shaking This comes at two costs 1 Reduced detection area The shake compensation will remove up to 64 pixels per side of the video This will potentially lower the total detection area significantly 2 Increased CPU usage Compensating for shake will take additional processing power to handle so should be avoided if processing power looks tight Object Tracking Mode Alarm Re trigger Time Sets which object tracking mode to use Currently only Surveillance tracking is enabled Sets the amount of time before the same alarm can be triggered
35. by the same object an additional time Minimum Object Tracking Area Hold on stationary objects Minimum Alarm Object Display Time Sets the minimum size that an object can be and still be tracked in square pixels The amount of time to remember a stationary object before it is considered part of the background For example it is unlikely that it is desirable to track a parked car for the entire day itis parked The minimum time in milliseconds that an alarmed object will be displayed 82 VCA Classification Parameter Description Minimum Object Display Time The minimum time in milliseconds that an object will be displayed A 2 4 VCA Classification The Classification tab is to configure how objects are classified It relies heavily on the VCA Calibration tab to have accurate settings At the top left are listed already configured classifications To add a new classification click Add To remove a classification select it and press Remove When an Object Class is selected additional parameters are displayed on the bottom Classification bject classes 1 Vehicle 2 Clutter 3 Group of People M Object edito Name Person Minimum area 0 37 m Maximum area 1 86 m Minimum speed 0 km h Maximum speed 132 2 km h Figure A 5 VCA Analytics Classification Table A 4 VCA Classification Settings Parameter Description Name The name of the cl
36. calibrate analytical engine and to define multiple behavioral rules to substantially reduce the need in continuous monitoring by the operator resulting in productivity improvements Rapid improvements in server CPU technologies from Intel and AMD makes this path more economical and better suited for long term infrastructures maintenance and updates resulting in longer usable solution life span This enables a cost effective retrofitting for existent IP surveillance deployment as well as easier maintenance and expansion on newly planed installs This is a separately licensed option for the Stratus product please inquire our Sale Team sales videonext com for details on pricing and bundled packages 3 Extended system audit The functionality of Application Log of prior Stratus software was completely replaced with brand new implementation which collects substantially more information about system operation configuration changes and usage by Operators The Audit Log provides a cross searchable database which is exposed via Full Audit Log and through multiple filters which allow to review activities relevant to particular Device User Role etc All of this data is exposed in Control Panel user interface In addition the same audit log stores the history about Operators actions over Events which is exposed in Matrix user interface for the Operators with Supervisor or higher permission level that allows to keep track of the st
37. camera has changed etc The Audit Log can be accessed from two places you can access each cameras audit log in the configuration settings of that camera or you can view all devices in Maintenance gt Audit Log 40 Users and Roles and Management If viewed from the Audit Log page there are many ways that you can filter the Audit Log You can filter based on the time interval setting the Start and End time to search for You can filter based on the Category of the log You can set the Start and End Intervals to filter based on time 4 4 Users and Roles and Management The Stratus Credentials Management system consists of four layers Resources cameras sensors etc Sets resources grouped together Roles coordinated collections of Sets and Permissions and Users Resources are assigned to sets and sets are assigned to Roles with privileges and Users are also assigned to Roles A single resource may exist in multiple sets and a single Set may be assigned to multiple Roles and possibly with different permissions per Role A Role can have multiple Users assigned to it and a User may also belong to multiple Roles To avoid overcomplicated configurations as the system grows Stratus does not allow individual Resources to be assigned directly to Users Resources will always have to be assigned through Roles and Sets even if a flat configuration is required ll u Stratus predefines an
38. change when addressing the server from inside or outside the NAT Firewall For example the host s may be addressed from inside as alpha local lan beta local lan while they may be visible as alpha corp company net beta corp company net from the outside Both external names may be resolved to the very same external IP address but both names should be resolvable by the DNS to the individual servers or video streaming from other non master nodes will not work A firewall should be configured to have port 80 HTTP and 10000 Stratus messaging to accept incoming connections from outside NAT Firewall Both of these connections are over TCP In addition each node s Real Time Streaming Protocol RTSP port which can be found in the Node Info screen of a particular node should accept connections from the outside using UDP In multi node configurations Stratus allocates the RTSP ports for its nodes with a five port pitch starting from port 8554 e g 8554 8559 etc The pitch makes it possible to use one external IP address for multiple nodes which are accessible through the RTSP from outside the NAT Firewall This is specifically done to avoid using Port Address Translation PAT which is problematic in some routers 4 3 The Audit Log The Audit Log is a new feature in 3 3 It records what happens with each device on the system who changed settings who accessed video streams who controlled the PTZ how the health of each
39. etc It is important to carefully examine the following areas of the Digital Security System design in order to determine how best to set up your system 1 Data Acquisition devices Cameras Sensors Access Control Systems etc If you are doing a new installation investing in natively IP enabled devices may be a little bit pricier but will benefit you by achieving a faster cheaper roll out using standard network infrastructures and less expensive maintenance on network enabled devices down the road If you are retrofitting an existing system you might consider keeping legacy analog data acquisition devices like cameras and sensors while adding analog to digital converters which again may give you a faster cheaper roll out and less expensive maintenance in the long run 2 Network Infrastructure Media streams Video and Sound are heavy on transmission and storage by definition so your network should have sufficient capacity for proper bandwidth handling Deployment Planning Considerations Network designs should allow for the growth as experience shows that Security Systems tend to grow bigger with time Reasonable consideration should be given to the reliability and network security due to the nature of the data that will be transmitted and processed Data Storage Storage is the largest potential bottleneck for system performance Just as the network needs to be able to handle the load of video streams you are plann
40. expecting to run For instance if you are trying to run Analytics on three cameras you will need a minimum of a four core processor Server Hardware Stratus processes data on Servers and Common Off The Shelf COTS hardware from most leading vendors Consideration should be given to overall system reliability and maintainability This aspect depends on the hardware provider and on the set of management tools which will be installed If the installation consists of multiple processing Nodes Servers you may consider rack mountable hardware to decrease the installation footprint Client Platforms Chapter 2 Planning Your Stratus System Stratus client software requires a standard browser on any Windows or MAC OS X to operate Dependencies include Java Runtime 1 6 update 22 and Adobe Flash 9 or later revisions GEO mapping capabilities require optional Google Earth browser plug in to operate in 3D mode The number of simultaneously visualized video feeds depends mostly on client computer CPU power and on a reasonably powerful mid class video adapter If simultaneous display of more then 8 12 videos is expected consideration should be given to either deploying a v MX Video Wall Stratus option preferred or to boost the CPU on the viewing station above the average of office PC class 8 Scaling the system The Stratus software automatically binds multiple Nodes to form the Stratus Security Domain where resources
41. gt Gateway XG144 General Obj ID 144 weed o Description Network address 207 207 163 197 Is enabled YES ad Time Zone America New York CCancel J Apply Figure 4 33 Access Control Gateway Initially you will have to create a Gateway in the Manage Gateways screen and configure Obj ID into ACSG product specific for your particular ACS it will be used for Stratus handshake procedure Once you enable ACSG product to communicate to your ACS Stratus will receive a full list of devices which will be presented into the Gateway you created on the initial step You will have to identify and enable ACS objects you will want Stratus to communicate with by clicking on the device icon in the list and changing Is Enabled option to the yes value e System Sets vAC Doors II Door v XD145 XD146 XD147 door READER 1 door READER 2 PROX door READER 3 MIFARE PIN PROX Figure 4 34 A door Device 57 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Once you are finished with basic ACSG configuration the list of devices will be presented into the Credentials Manager screen for assignment and permissions management The Credentials Manager is described in greater details in Section 4 4 Users and Roles and Management 4 11 Schedule Manager The Scheduler has been refactored and expanded in Stratus 3 3 Schedules can now be created as system wide objects and then
42. in the legend theno place the target over some distinct marker in the surrounding area such as a pole building corner etc Open the video either by clicking on the camera icon or on the play icon in the video snapshot in camera settings section It will attempt to center the camera over your marker object but most likely it will be significantly off the marker since the settings are not yet correct Now you have to use the ruler and up down arrows displayed above the map to visually center the camera on your marker s projection to the ground The ruler allows you to pan the camera left or right on every click of the mouse the number of degrees shown at the position of the click Once you are satisfied with camera alignment over the marker move the target to another marker and confirm calibration accuracy You might need to do minor adjustments to get reasonable accuracy Click Save to accept changes 36 The Set Tab The Administrator may also upload KMZ KML models for multiple buildings and or floors into Map3D and place cameras and Access Control objects into these models Go to Settings gt Customize system gt 3D Maps in left menu to open relevant management screen 3D Mapping scene and models setup x T pe E gt User Sets gt System Sets PA gt Nodes Y Settings Identity Storage Manager Schedule Manager Policies gt Credentials Y Customize System Workflow
43. share the Certificate file as it cannot be used to derive your encryption key 65 66 Chapter 5 Suggestions This section is for various suggestions and metrics for deciding hardware network and storage capacity required 5 1 Recommendations on Client Station platforms PC Windows platform minimum requirements Screen resolution of at least 768x1024 Resolution of 1024x1280 or higher is recommended Intel Core 2 or newer system with at least 2 GB or RAM and decent video card Multi core CPU is strongly recommended if you expect to open more then 4 or 5 videos simultaneously Internet Explorer 8 or Google Chrome web browser Java Run time 1 6 update 22 or newer Adobe Flash Player 9 or newer For Internet Explorer browser we strongly recommend setting your cache size to 40 50 Megabytes down from default size to prevent the browser from degrading your computer performance As an extra precaution you might also need to set the browser cache settings to Update cache upon every visit to the page in the Internet options if you experience any unexpected UI behaviors Apple Macintosh platform minimum requirements Screen resolution of at least 768x1024 1024x1280 or higher is recommended Intel CPU based Macintosh with at least 1 4 GHz CPU and 2 GB or memory older PowerPC CPUs are not supported Safari web browser At this time it is recommended to keep the Safari version from updating to 5 1 Up
44. the monitor This can be changed with the sos account on the v MX Default is test Password The Password for the monitor This can be changed with the sos account on the v MX Default is test State ON OFF Set whether to use this v MX on or off Status The current status of the v MX like connected disconnect etc Read Only While it is possible to configure v MX DS to drive multiple displays we suggest using small PCs AOpen MP45 class for each individual Monitor This is more economical more reliable and has better overall performance Once you have your Monitors configured the next step will be to define Walls el User Sets my set Camera Ld Juu vMX Monitor Y x ji vMX Wall DW111 Main Wall Left Figure 4 31 v MX Wall 55 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Walls are sets of Monitors arranged into a rectangular matrix by assigning previously created Monitors into cells as seen above The Wall matrix may have empty cells which accommodates for non rectangular physical Wall layouts for example the Wall may have rectangular 3x4 center and wings of two monitors on each side mounted around the top which would be a 3x6 with 4 empty cells Different v MX Walls may be installed in separate rooms and even be geographically dispersed as long as a sufficient network infrastructure is provided In general however you wil
45. to date Snow Leopard or Lion OS with all updates installed 67 68 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting This section describes the Security System troubleshooting The main goal for videoNEXT is to make sure our customers have their systems reliably working 24x7 and that problems if any are resolved in a fast and efficient manner without disrupting the operations videoNEXT offers various Support options which are different in the expected response time and types of incidents covered In any case the first level of troubleshooting should be done before contacting your Integrator or videoNEXT Support as it mostly involves initial information gathering and basic analysis 6 1 How to Identify and Classify the issue The first and most important step in getting specific issues contained is to Identify and Classify In essence in this step you have to identify which part of your Security System is at the root of the issue and define your Plan for the resolution The first place to consider is the network as this is a blood line of your Security system and it will not function without it If the Operator s station normally has access to the Internet and will not now allow access to major sites like Google or CNN then the Network the connection or the network is a very likely the reason for your Security System issues Contact your Network Administrator and resolve the issue before continuing further with the troubleshooting If
46. 0 Postures Clicking on a Posture will allow you to edit it Clicking on Add Posture will allow you to create a new Posture i General Property Posture Name Schedule ID 200 Priority in Schedule Reload Cancel Apply Figure 4 39 Posture General Reload Figure 4 40 Posture Property The General tab will allow you to set the Posture name and give a brief description The Property tab will allow you to set changes from the defaults that were chosen in the Schedule The only options that will be displayed are those that have defaults set in the Schedule For example you can set Analytics to OFF when the default state is for them to be ON then whenever this Posture is applied the Analytics will be set to off and whenever the Posture is not in effect Analytics will be turned back on 61 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration 4 11 3 Scheduling a Posture Timecard Posture Timecards can be scheduled by dragging a Posture to the calendar This interface is very similar to the one use by Google Calendar All timecards will be displayed as spanning the time for which they are set and multiple timecards will be displayed at once Su 11 06 Mo 11 07 Tui11 08 Wei1 09 Thi11 10 Frii 11 Saii i2 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 18 30 21 30 Daytime 19 00 i i i i Analytics 20 00 21 00 Figure 4 41 Scheduling a Timecard 62 Scheduling a Posture Timecard
47. 1 06 Mo 11 07 Tui11 08 Wei1 09 Thi1 10 Frii 11 Sai1 12 06 00 07 00 11 00 12 00 13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00 Figure 4 35 Schedule Manager The Schedule 4 11 1 The Schedule To add a schedule click the Add button under Schedule in the upper left To edit a schedule select the schedule then click the Edit button Both options will open a window that looks like Schedule Name Night 8P 6A Description Motion Detection ON for Night Shutdown Move to Time Zone America New York Reload MEM Cancel Apply Figure 4 36 Schedule General Device State Motion Detection Engine Andytics O O OOOO O y StragePolicy oo y Target Bitrate kbit for cbr mode Maximum Bitrate kbit for vbr cbr mode Reload MEM Cancel D Apply Figure 4 37 Schedule Defaults On the General tab you can set the Schedule s Name give a brief description for it and set which timezone it should operate in The Defaults tab sets what this schedule controls The schedule will only be able to control attributes which have a default set on this page Table 4 12 Schedule Defaults Parameter Description Device Status If selected sets the default state of the camera to on or off Motion Detection Engine If selected sets the default state for Motion Detection to on or off Analytics If selected sets the default state for Analytics to on or off
48. 129 6 15 28 2u 345 1024 377 0 129 26 975 1 543 System ID version 33STR131853856901 va stratus 3 3 1 6 e15 p0 Application Application is UP and RUNNING Status ALERT Camera vChain 3 2 0 210 is BROKEN T NODE DOMAIN Master IP 207 207 160 10 Server is MASTER Select an option Show status Network DNS configuration 1 Reset application admin password 2 3 Change MASTER IP 4 6 7 System update 8 Setup NTP Server 9 Collect Support Files 9 EXIT Restart application services Restart server i Figure C 13 The sos interface The S O S account displays an overview of the system status It will show the IP and netmast configured nameservers and if they are reachable current NTP status the license and software version the system state and any status messages the Master s IP address and the current computers running state node or master Various options also allow the settings to be changed The options are 1 Show status shows the system status as above 2 Network DNS configuration change the network information or DNS information 3 Change MASTER IP This option will change the IP address the server is looking to as the Master On Master nodes you will only be able to set Master IP t
49. 2D Maps 3D Maps Joystick Email Configuration Digital Signature 2011 Googlet e WIS gt Maintenance 4 Cien NS gt General 3 7 1 Imagery Date 8 28 20105483 979N 77 28 15 37 W elev 79m Eyeyalt 156m Matrix Logout Figure 4 11 3D map additions 3D models are created using the popular Google SketchUp Pro software which allows you to define your own 3 dimensional modells or to import AutoCAD drawings To create multi layer multi floor Scenes you need to export the model in a series of floors and upload them individually The device editor see above in the Control Panel allows the Administrator to associate camera sensor etc to models uploaded and managed with 3D mapping scene and models setup The Operator is able to visualize these model s and associated cameras and objects while slicing building s for convenient scene visualization 4 1 10 The Set Tab The Set tab allows you to assign the camera to any number of user sets or none Check the box next to any set you want the camera to be in You can find more information about Set management in Section 4 4 Users and Roles and Management User Sets Indoor gt Camera DC127 Backroom PTZ Changes on this tab will be applied immediately Set Manager Figure 4 12 Set Tab 37 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration 4 1 11 The Audit Tab The Audit tab lists the activity with regards to
50. 4 codec please make sure that the target bit rate is not set to be higher then maximum bit rate as some cameras will stop video streaming with such parameters settings Setting the resolution to the high settings and bandwidth to overly low settings may prevent some encoders from producing a stream Try increasing the allowed bandwidth and or reducing the resolution and checking the results 71 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting For most cameras MJPEG codes will be used with HTTP protocol over port 80 while H 264 and MPEGA will be used with RTSP protocol over port 544 Other combinations might not work Camera editor will try to shield the installed cameras from such mistakes but they are still possible If Stratus has no storage in an accessible writable state or if you are using a motions only type of storage policy the camera will perform live streaming but will have no video archive 6 3 2 Camera PTZ does not work The most likely reasons for problems with camera PTZ control are Camera does not support PTZ Check if your particular camera model supports PTZ controls The PTZ protocol is not properly set in the Stratus camera configuration Check on the Controls tab in the camera configuration editor The PTZ driver is not loaded into your Video Server encoder This confusion is common for the novice Axis equipment users connecting analog cameras to Video Servers models 241 7404 etc You have to select A
51. 41 degree Camera pan angle es 0 degree Camera roll angle j 0 degree Apply changes Figure A 6 VCA Analytics Calibration Table A 5 VCA Calibration Settings Parameter Description Camera Height The height above the ground plane that the camera is at in meters Camera Tilt Angle The number of degrees the camera is looking below the horizon Negative numbers means the camera is looking upwards Vertical Field of View The angular distance the camera can see from the top of the frame to the bottom Camera Pan Angle The number of degrees the camera is paned relative to the tilt plane Camera Roll Angle The number of degrees the camera is rotated from horizontal 84 OV Tracker Configuration A 3 OV Tracker Configuration The OV behavior can be configured with Lines Multilines or Areas There is an additional tab for View Settings The following sub sections will go in to more details about each Rules list Add area Add line Add multiline Remove SLUT Apply changes Figure A 7 OV Analytics Rules 85 Appendix A Analytics A 3 1 OV Adding and Editing Zones If you click Add Area a small Area box will be displayed in the video and additional configuration options will be displayed on the right Rules View settings Rules list area 7 Add area Add line Add multiline Remove Rul
52. 7 85c0 f26d4673eb15 va 0003 INFO 16 21 45 is assigned to wheels 2011 02 22 INFO add SUCCESS ID 6bc33ddf 2a98 4d87 85c0 f26d4673eb15 is 16 21 45 UNUSED now Figure 3 9 Storage Health Stratus will maintain and present for review the most recent log of actions relevant to a particular Volume Node or overall Storage system It is accessible to the Admin with a mouse click on the Log view icon the folder with an i In the picture above the Volume Log shows the entries that are a result of the changing a Storage Volume from the Unused state to the Online state The scenario described above demonstrates how to recognize and add a new Volume to the Storage System Other types of Storage Volume Management operations are similar in method and execution and include Temporarily suspending write operations to particular Volume useful when it is needed to perform maintenance without getting Volume unmounted Taking a Volume OFFLINE for maintenance with full unmount Removing a Volume from the Storage System it will have to be brought OFFLINE then DEMOTED then REMOVED 18 Manage Storage Consumers 3 4 2 Manage Storage Consumers Once your Storage system is configured and the Storage Policy is established the Storage Consumers Management is the next step In essence you assign your Storage Consumers cameras to use a particular Storage Policy User Sets Indoor gt Camera DC127 Backroom PTZ
53. Detection you will have to use one of next values ON Stratus internal software Motion Detector will be used advantages any camera may use it very flexible configuration options drawback additional load on server CPU which is fairly moderate External camera internal external to Stratus motion detector will be used This option works for Axis cameras only and allows the use of the camera s software motion detector Sensor camera wired connector for hardware motion detector or other type of open close sensor will be used to detect motion events This option is supported for IQeye cameras only In the majority of cases the ON or Stratus software Motion Detector setting is used as this functionality is not very taxing on the system s resources while providing a wide range of configurable options to accommodate a wide range of conditions normally found on security videos For Stratus internal software Motion Detector a special Calibrator utility is provided which is opened by clicking on the Calibrate button 28 Camera Motion Detection Calibrator for camera ID 475 at host 207 207 160 14 Define Zone On defaut all cells are Included transparent Drag with mouse to mark cells as Induded Press Shift and drag with mouse to mark celis as Excluded gray New aria would blink and reappear in few seconds 20 1 08 04 11 2 8 Pixelnoise 29
54. LUNs 6 50 Figure 4 29 Licensing limitations To configure v MX you must first configure two devices a Monitor and a Wall A Monitor corresponds to the individual monitor screen whereas a Wall is a group of monitors 53 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration To add a Monitor click the icon at the top of a set and choose Monitor or you can go to the All Monitors system set and click there g z User Sets my set j L Camera v Eam vMX Monitor DV101 FishbowlLeft CE vMX Wall Figure 4 30 v MX Monitor The next screen is an editor for the Monitor configuration Table 4 11 v MX Settings Parameter Description Obj ID Unique System Identification for the Monitor Note this number as it is needed later Read Only UDID User Designated Identifier If none is provided one will be created by the system by appending the ObjID to the DV prefix Monitor Name A descriptive name for which monitor this is Location A description of where the Monitor is located Must not be blank TCP IP Address The IP Address or Domain Name of the v MX client TCP Port The TCP port to connect to the v MX with Recommended to leave on default Default of port 8510 Monitor Port Which monitor attached to the v MX computer to use 0 is first monitor 1 is second etc 54 Configure v MX Video Wall Parameter Description Username The Username for
55. MX Video Wall The v MX Video Wall is an option of the Stratus enterprise edition of the software but is not available on Cirrus consumer edition In this release v MX supports an additional control type VNC Cell which allows the publishing and sharing of the computer screen on the video wall From the deployment perspective v MX consists of the server size functionality which gets enabled with proper license installation and additional computers running a v MX DS software package which turns them into Display Server Appliances with no keyboard and mouse These computers are remotely controlled by Stratus to deliver the Video Wall experience to end users v MX is a separately licensed software option based on the number of v MX DS computers to be served and by the maximum number of video feeds simultaneously displayed Current limitations can always be checked in the left side of Admin Interface in the General gt Licensing section Product Licensing Licensed Option Currently Used Licensed Limit Serial Number 33STR131853856901 Change Expiration date 01 12 2012 12 12 2025 Maintenance expires 01 12 2012 12 12 2025 Camera feeds ad 50 Audio feeds 11 50 Sensor Inputs 1 50 Relays Inputs 0 50 vMX Video Feeds 0 50 vMX Monitors Li 4 Analytics EDVA Channels 2 10 Analytics VCA on Details Analytics OV Channels s 8 Geo Mapping interface OFFLINE vAC number of Gateways 1 10 Number of NODES 2 p Storage manager number of
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57. Starting to ON and through Stopping to OFF upon setting the State to ON or OFF 23 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Parameter Uptime Camera Probing Description The status will also display Broken or Down error codes Use the Refresh button at the bottom of the page to update as needed Read Only This lists the duration of the current network connection to the camera If this duration is routinely very low it may indicate a problem with the camera Read Only Pressing this button will force the camera to be re probed updating the camera make model if it has changed State Camera Name This is set to on to allow this camera to actively operate Set to off to disable This is how camera will be identified by Operators Location Associated Devices This is a description of where the camera is located e g Building 4 This is a list of the ID s of associated device such as audio recording device Camera Log Multicast Pressing this button will display a log of the camera s current activities This button allows you to preview a realtime report of the internal system messages where you might find reports on issues like wrong username password rejected connection etc This determines whether the video will be transmitted to users over multicast The default setting is Off 24 4 1 2 The S
58. Stratus 3 3 Administration Manual A guide to the Administrative Interface a m a B a m il video NEXT Administration Manual Stratus 3 3 Administration Manual A guide to the Administrative Interface Edition 3 Copyright 2002 2013 videoNEXT Federal Inc Security Synchronized All Rights Reserved Worldwide No part of this document may be copied or reproduced in any form or by any means print photographed sent via electronic mail sent via postal service or by such means without the prior written consent of videoNEXT Federal Inc dba videoNEXT videoNEXT makes no warranties with respect to this document and disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability quality or fitness for any particular purpose The information in this document is subject to change without notice videoNEXT reserves the right to make revisions to this publication without obligation to notify any person or entity of any such changes Trademarks or brand names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners THE INFORMATION IN THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED ON AN AS IS BASIS VIDEONEXT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS IN NO EVENT SHALL VIDEONEXT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT NEGLIGENCE OR
59. additional configuration In addition Stratus allows the media exported to be on a storage device not directly connected to the Operator s computer which is useful in cases when Stratus provides the media for other Media Production or Document Management systems like Apple s Final Cut Studio By default Stratus will not have this second functionality enabled until the Administrator configures the data destination directory To accomplish this you will have to go to the Setting gt Identity in the left menu Identity Event Appending max event length minutes 30 Event Migration Destination Directory var sarch home migration Media Export Mode Originator Only Figure 4 28 Set Export Directory It is important to provide a resource which is mounted but is separate from the OS root directory The space management is not provided within Stratus and is within the integrator s area of responsibility 52 Configure v MX Video Wall Another important topic associated with media export is vCrypt capability which is the application of a digital signature ensuring authenticity for any exported content leaving the trusted confines of Stratus system Once enabled all exported video will be cryptographically signed so that the signature can be examined to ensure that the video has not been altered or corrupted More on this will be covered in Section 4 12 Configure vCrypt 4 9 Configure v
60. algorithms for object behavior analysis and display in real time 1 The VCA algorithm either software based or utilizing hardware based acceleration on edge devices supporting it UDP videoNEXT Dante This option requires either hardware that supports this or a software license 2 The Object Video algorithm is a high quality algorithm Its performance is very good and there are more complex behavior rules so that alarms will only occur on very specific situations if desired It is however a more expensive option At the outset a cautionary note is in order regarding the processing power required to run the Analytics on Stratus Analytics algorithms by their very nature are resource intensive This should be kept in mind when enabling analytics on multiple cameras It is advised that the user s requirements regarding analytics the corresponding hardware processor resources are carefully planned and employed to get good performance Get in touch with the videoNEXT Account Manager to get engineering support as necessary The next step is to establish the Behavior Analysis configuration Stratus 3 3 supports internal Behavior analysis inside the software one of the SSVA options and in addition it allows the performance of behavior analysis on the edge for hardware supporting VCA analytics EDVA supported on some hardware For edge based behavior analysis you will have to connect to the edge device s interface and configure the analytics
61. and show you what you license is good for 15 Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration 3 4 Manage Storage and Storage Consumers Stratus s Storage System is in constant motion and balance Cameras and audio devices record media to the Storage They are the Consumers The Storage Manager constantly monitors Storage Providers Volumes to ensure Consumers always have accessible and healthy storage Policy enforcement tools monitor Storage for sufficient space reserve to store content and for hard limits such as maximum time to store Storage volume limits and health monitoring are for the most part automatic and provide the best operating conditions for this particular configuration Consumers are assigned to Storage Policies which prescribe the hard and soft limits as well as retention policies Stratus comes with several predefined policies the default allows for fully automated management based on the Storage Space available and in the case of video the presence of motion in the video Of the next three subsections it is mandatory to perform the procedure described in Section 3 4 1 Manage Storage Volumes The other two procedures are optional and allow you to take finer control of the system but they are not essential for normal operations Please be sure to review Section 4 6 Configure Event Handling which affects the storage consumption and should be taken into consideration 3 4 1 Ma
62. are Stratus software now incorporates an analytics engine from VCA Technology directly in the software opening the possibility to perform video analytics processing even on the cameras not equipped with such an option by the hardware manufacturer Stratus software includes all functionality required to easily deploy an integrated solution enable and calibrate analytical engine and to define multiple behavioral rules to substantially reduce the need in continuous monitoring by the operator resulting in productivity improvements Rapid improvements in server CPU technologies from Intel and AMD makes this path more economical and better suited for long term infrastructures maintenance and updates resulting in longer usable solution life span This enables a cost effective retrofitting for existent IP surveillance deployment as well as easier maintenance and expansion on newly planed installs This is a separately licensed option for the Stratus product please inquire our Sale Team sales videonext com for details on pricing and bundled packages 2 Object Video analytics integrated into Stratus software Stratus software now incorporates an analytics engine from ObjectVideo directly in the software opening the possibility to perform video analytics processing even on the cameras not equipped with such an option by the hardware manufacturer Stratus software includes all functionality required to easily deploy an integrated solution enable and
63. as Cameras will not have a place to store video otherwise see Section 3 4 Manage Storage and Storage Consumers Configure the Cameras see Section 4 1 Cameras Configure the Credentials so that your Users will use the system see Section 4 4 Users and Roles and Management When you finish the above steps you should be able to use Stratus for the most basic scenarios 3 1 Logging In to the Control Panel Once installed the Stratus system is accessible through the regular browser Please open it by pointing your browser to the Stratus master domain name or IP address You should see a login screen similar to the one shown in Figure 3 1 Login Screen Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration E P a m gy a videoNEXT Username Password Figure 3 1 Login Screen You have the option to choose Spanish Russian or Arabic as well as the default of English as the system language Changing the language will change the character set as well as the read direction i e right to left versus left to right for your session on the server This manual will assume a left to right reading orientation The Administrator s default login name is admin and default password is topse For security reasons please make sure you change it when you finish with the system s initial configuration see Section 4 4 Users and Roles and Management 10 Multi Node Configuration
64. assification as it will appear in the list as well as the alert messages Minimum Area The minimum area in square meters that the object must occupy to fall in to this classification category Maximum Area The maximum area in square meters that the object must occupy to fall in to this classification category 83 Appendix A Analytics Parameter Description Minimum Speed The minimum speed in kilometers per hour that the object must be moving to fall in to this classification category Maximum Speed The maximum speed in kilometers per hour that the object must be moving to fall in to this classification category A 2 5 VCA Calibration The VCA Calibration tab is very important for many rules to properly function It defines the cameras perspective relative to the ground plane allowing it to estimate object size and speed When on this tab an overlay will be added to the video showing a green grid representing the ground plane When updating settings on this page the overlay will reflect those changes If you double click on the ground plane a virtual meter stick will be placed shown in blue This meter stick is meant to represent something two meters high when properly calibrated cation VCA calibration Field of View Ground plane Calibration parameters Camera height q 3 meters Camera tilt angle 29 53 degree Vertical field of view 72
65. assigned to individual Cameras The Scheduler is a system wide set of Policies which are established in one place and then are used by any camera device in the system This design consideration significantly simplifies system deployment and maintenance The Schedule creation and modification process was simplified with scheduler user interface in Control Panel similar to one used by Google Calendar It allows the administrator to define multiple individual and repeating time intervals and associated System Posture settings which control the most important settings like Device State on off Storage Policy Motion Detection etc The Schedule policy has an important concept of the Default Posture which defines which individual setting s will be controlled by the Schedule and their default values Once a Schedule is assigned to a certain device it takes over overrides listed parameters maintenance in other words old values of these settings on device configuration have no effect and are disabled since now the Schedule controls it This allows for relative ease of system administration and maintenance especially for installations with tens and hundreds of devices You can access the Schedule Manager by clicking Settings gt Schedule Manager Schedule Manager Schedule T5200 Night 8P 6A mm Nov 6 12 2011 month ES day ada J delete Jf ca Devices Postures Night After Shutdown 08 00 Add Posture 09 00 10 00 Su 1
66. ata write performance for massive concurrent write operations It is important that the write performance is good enough when the RAID is degraded not just when optimal Once a non fatal disk failure occurs RAID may substantially degrade the write performance and disrupt media archival This increased load makes secondary fatal disk failures very common for such situations with RAID levels 3 4 5 RAID 6 is one of the best options as it degrades very gracefully when a drive failure occurs and allows up to two drives to fail without fatal data loss Using spare drives with automated fail over should be considered routine when working with RAID Please refer to Chapter 5 Suggestionsfor more information on the best practices when planning system storage 2 5 Time Considerations The Stratus server keeps track of data based on the time the data is generated Without accurate time and time that is synchronized between nodes and clients discrepancies can occur For example if a node is one hour behind the main Stratus server when the main server looks for video from the node that video will be off by an hour Worse if the main server looks for archive from five seconds in the past the node will be trying to access video from 59 minutes in the future from its perspective This can lead to a false conclusion that the node is not archiving video Chapter 2 Planning Your Stratus System To help prevent this scenario Stratus 3 3 fo
67. behavior there directly A 1 Types of Tracker Rules To open the tracker configuration click the Configure button in the analytics tab for the camera This will open an overlay In one half of the screen will be the zones and lines you have created overlain on the video The other half displays the various rules behaviors filters and additional settings specific to the algorithm chosen A dropdown menu allows you to select Zones and lines that you have already configured The buttons below allow you to add new Zones or Lines or delete the currently selected Rule There are two main types of rules zones and tripwires Additional filters and behaviors can be applied to each of these rules to form complex alert conditions Briefly 1 Zones Zones are regions in which various rules may be applied These rules include things like Enters Exits Presence Loiters Object Taken or Object Left Behind Zones are drawn as polygons starting out as a square To add additional corners double clicking on an edge To reshape drag a corner To move the zone drag from the center 2 Lines Lines enforce rules only on the threshold of when an object crosses them They work as virtual tripwires and can enforce both one way and two way traffic and discriminate based on size or classification To add additional joints double click on the a line segment To reshape drag any end point or joint To move drag from a line segment 75
68. choose the IP address or Domain Name for the IP camera this assumes you have chosen to add a single network camera this menu will change if you choose other options f you have an AXIS camera you can optionally choose it from the list below This list is generated automatically through a process called Zero conf Enter Camera Username Password You should enter the username and password required to access the camera In most cases you will want to use an account for the camera that has privileges to modify camera settings but this is not required You can then click on the Next button 21 Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration The next screen will be a preview screen of the camera Camera Add Wizard Enter camera Name and Location Node 207 207 160 15 12 cameras Camera Name Axis 241Q Location Media Format _ jpg Image size 4CIF Audio source Encoder Setting Override You entered data for camera Camera model Axis Model number 241Q Model firmware 4 40 Camera image Figure 3 14 Preview Here you can give a name and location as well as choose the resolution and media format to use A snapshot of the camera will be displayed If the camera that you added has multiple video feeds available such as with a multi port encoder each video feed will have a snapshot and you can choose which feed to use If you are using a multi node system you can also choose which node to p
69. csv file that you can import again in the Add Camera Wizard The format of the CSV file is lt Camera Make gt lt Camera Model IP Address Channel if present Description Location Username Password 109 110 Appendix D Device Support D 1 Supported Video Cameras Table D 1 Supported Cameras Manufacturer Model s Supported features Comments ACTi TCM TCD series Video MJPEG H 264 Other cameras may MPEG 4 be supported but not tested Arecont all models Video MJPEG H 264 MPEG 4 Axis all models Video MJPEG H 264 Firmware upgrade may MPEG 4 Piz Motion be needed for older Detection alerts models BAE Systems LTC500 Bosch VIP 10 1000 Video MJPEG PTZ Cisco 2500 2500W Dante Security SpeedDome Video MJPEG H 264 PTZ FLIR Nexxus enabled series Video MJPEG MPEG 4 PTZ GrandEye Halocam Video MJPEG PTZ Megapixel cameras with 360 fisheye lens and virtual PTZ iQeye Basic Pro Video MJPEG Motion Megapixel cameras Detection and Sensor Input for alerts Lumenera LE series Video MJPEG Megapixel cameras Mango DSP Raven M Video MJPEG MPEG 4 Panasonic BB WV series Video MJPEG MPEG 4 PTZ WV N series H 264 video and audio Pelco Spectra IV IP Spectra Video MJPEG miniDome MPEG 4 PTZ Phoenix IVS Intelligent Video MJPEG H 264 video Sensor QuickSet QPT Series Sentry Series GeminiEye QPT LT Radiant V4400 MPEG 2 video
70. d The threshold is calculated as 5 of the total available space or 3 hours of recording at the current rate whatever is higher STD Events Only Space consumers will record only when an Event is created within the context of a particular consumer Examples of this are Motion Detection events Analytics events etc The Motion Detector has to be specifically enabled in the Motion tab to request the software to analyze the video STD Motion and Events This strategy is very similar to the Events Only setting described above however the software 45 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Policy Description Motion Detector will be enabled automatically and it will trigger the recording The sensitivity of the Motion Detector is also different in this scenario it will trigger the recording for one or more cells so the Object Size setting will be bypassed This allows for more video in the archives and the ability to perform post facto searches where the search region and the object search size is defined at the time of the search rather than at the time camera is configured This gives more flexibility at the expense of more storage consumption This policy will perform recording for any other Event reported similar to the STD Events Only STD No Archive This setting allows for live view only with no archive being created for devices with this storage policy This can be used in conj
71. d automatically maintains a My Set Set and Admin Guard Manager Viewer Roles for convenient management of simplified flat configurations 41 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration 4 4 1 User Access and Permissions The illustration below provides a big view on how credentials are managed in Stratus INDOOR set FH 4D an ov C Ec T x e eo o 06 User John a p FRONT DOOR camera T Jf Guard Role E REAR DOOR camera ser Chris C SIDEWALK camera p a User Sue Y camere LOBBY camera j Guest Role a C f User Ryan STAIR CASE camera C OFFICES camera ALL DEVICES set Figure 4 17 Credential management overview Here in simplified form you see the most important concepts behind the Credentials Manager Resources Sets Roles and Users Resources are the actual Devices with which Users will interact Cameras Sensors Control Devices Video Walls etc The same approach is used when using the Operator Matrix or the Control Panel user interfaces The Operator Matrix is automatically associated to any Admin created Role while the Control Panel is granted only through system managed Admin Role This also provides access to the system maintained standard All Cameras All Sensors etc Sets which cannot be edited Sets provide an aggregation method for presenting the Resources in uniform pools managed together in the Operat
72. e editor Name area Color Magenta Behaviours Inside Enters Exits _ Appears _ Disappears Loiters Filters Shape amp Direction Minimum Maximum _ Change size Figure A 8 OV Analytics Areas Table A 6 OV Area Configuration Parameter Description Name The name of the Area This name will be displayed in the event message when this area is triggered Color The configuration display color This is useful when adding several rules to be able to distinguish between them Inside Triggers an alert if the object is inside the area Enters Triggers an alert if the object enters the area Exits Triggers an alert if the object exits the area Appears Triggers an alert if the object appears in the area such as a zone placed over a door 86 OV Adding and Editing Zones Parameter Description Shape amp Direction Minimum Disappears Triggers an alert if the object disappears in the area Loiters Triggers an alert if an object enters the area but does not leave it e Duration The number of seconds that the object needs to be loitering before triggering an alert Minimum of 20 seconds maximum of 1 hour Select to ignore objects that change shape or direction very rapidly This option can be used to reduce false alerts caused by waves shadows etc If an object is below a minimum size it is ignored Additional Parameters
73. e shown as UNCONFIGURED To configure an interface highlight it and choose Edit When you are finished press OK to continue eth UNCONF IGURED ethi UNCONF IGURED You will need to chose either the DHCP or Static Network configuration The following example will be based on a static network address choice Figure C 9 Network Configuration 1 IPv4 Configuration for ethB8 Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller 80 14 22 1A EA 99 Dynamic IP configuration DHCP Manual address configuration IP Address Prefix Netmask Caf 209 too ce Bee oo eee Figure C 10 Network Configuration 2 102 CentOS Linux Hostname Configuration If your system is part of a larger network where hostnames are assigned by DHCP select automatically via DHCP Otherwise select manually and enter a hostname for your system If you do not your system will be known as localhost automatically via DHCP manually bigbrother Figure C 11 Network Configuration 3 5 Assign the name for the server especially if you do not have a DHCP server to automatically do that for you 6 Next the installation will begin installing all required packages This may take a few minutes You will see screens like this Package Installation Name peri Goce eke oe ieee Size 29845k Summary The Perl programming language Packages Total 411 931M 8 84 58 Completed 64 142M Remaining 347 Lae
74. ed through the sos account Section C 4 Using S O S Account for system administration recovery Linux only and Stratus software should always be restarted if s master alias gets changed Stratus automates the multi node systems configuration by a special handshake procedure between node server and master server This handshake is performed every time the Stratus software is started guaranteeing that the node always operates alongside its proper master 11 Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration Newly recognized nodes are placed into the Nodes list in the left side of Admin Interface Control Panel The Node information provided here allows the user to review the Node s operational status online offline broken and to identify devices managed by this particular node Normally device management is performed outside of the Node context but this Node Content screen allows the review of devices currently allocated to the node if needed When adding a new device Stratus will automatically try to place the device on the server with the least devices already configured This is a simple method to provide load balancing across servers however it does not take in to account the bandwidth or other resources such as processing power if running Analytics that server is utilizing Some thought should be given to how best to distribute cameras between servers based on the load you expect to encounter
75. ee Section C 3 3 Remote Software Upgrade for how to push the software through scp and steps to copy from a USB drive Remove the old version of Stratus rpm e va stratus Install the new version you copied over rpm i va stratus 3 3 2 1 e15 rpm Once the installation is complete you will need to run the activation script opt sarch bin activate You will be asked if you want to make a C Clean install or U Upgrade A clean install will wipe all configuration and license An upgrade will leave configuration and licensing intact C 3 3 Remote Software Upgrade The service pack can also be installed remotely but doing so requires more complicated steps In order to perform a remote upgrade you will need an SSH and SCP client This should come standard on any Linux or Mac OS platform For Windows users a free utility is PuTTY available from www putty org where you will want to get putty exe and pscp exe 1 2 Acquire the service pack as described in the section above You will need to push the service pack to the server using SCP In the following example the service pack is in the home directory 105 Appendix C Detailed Steps scp va stratus 3 3 2 1 e15 rpm sosQ Stratus ip You will need to replace stratus ip with the address of your Stratus server This will then prompt for the sos password and place the file in the sos user s home directory Now remotely login to the server with
76. enabled Sets the minimum area an object must occupy to be tracked in pixels The default is the minimum 100 pixels or 10 pixels per side Minimum Object Tracking Area Shape amp Direction Select to ignore objects that change shape or direction very rapidly This option can be used to reduce false alerts caused by waves shadows etc 94 Appendix B Video Codecs Transmission Protocols and their Effective Usage Digital video volumes are huge so to make it commercially feasible and economical video surveillance systems always rely upon some kind of video compression to reduce the size and effect on transmission lines and storage systems The surveillance industry took multiple approaches to accomplish this but in the most common scenario they are based on either closed vendor specifications or open industry standards Stratus is based upon RTSP Real Time Streaming Protocol an open industry standard for the transmission protocol and most prevalent standard MJPEG MPEG 2 MPEG 4 H 264 codecs in use for video surveillance industry today You can easily find a tremendous amount of information about particular codec s advantages and drawbacks on the Internet but here we will mostly concentrate on practical aspects of selecting one or another codec Motion JPEG MJPEG codec The simplest of all as every frame is a fully independent JPEG image The first standard codec in the Video Surveillance industry
77. ent video and is managed similar to Space Limited Storage Policy effectively competing for Storage Space It is important to grasp the difference between Storage Prioritizing through STD Events only STD Motions and Events Storage Policy versus any other Storage Policy in conjunction with the Event Policy based on Space Limited With regard to the Event lifespan in the first case the video is never written to the Storage while in the second case the video is stored completely at first and only after that is decimated which gives the Operator some time configured by hard limit on Storage Policy to mark Events and to affect the actual Storage Events retention In the first case the process if fully automatic which is intrinsic as decision has to be done in seconds and in the second it requires some user input Configure Sensors 4 7 Configure Sensors Stratus allows you to register and manage Events from various types of sensor dry contact RADAR etc found in the System Set Sensors or in a user set the sensor is assigned to Add new Sensor Select sensor type AXIS sensor JACTi sensor SONY sensor Select node 207 207 160 10 207 207 160 15 gt Settings gt i Maintenance gt General Matrix Logout Figure 4 25 Add a new sensor When you add or edit a Sensor the next dialog will allow you to select the device type and connectivity parameters Similar to Cameras Sensors
78. eoNEXT recommends to postpone installing update to Safari 5 1 0 or to use FireFox in place of Safari on Mac OS X client computers 19 General notes General note of caution avoid using special character like gt amp V in the device names saved configuration names policy names etc It potentially could break some of the functionality As a first troubleshooting step try removing these special characters from the names and see if your problem is resolved Please submit your findings to support videonext com and reported defects will be accommodated in the next product release 119 120 Appendix G Revision History Revision 0 0 Tue Jul 5 2011 Jeffrey Scott jeff scottvideonext com Initial creation of book by publican Revision 0 1 Tue Jul 212011 Jeffrey Scott jeff scottvideonext com Added section id s Added internal references Revision 1 0 Tue Sept 12 2011 Jeffrey Scott jeff scottvideonext com Revisions provided by George Revision 1 1 Tue Nov 23 2011 Jeffrey Scott jeff scottvideonext com Updates to 3 3 release version Revision 1 2 Tue Jan 11 2012 Jeffrey Scott jeff scottvideonext com Minor language fixes 121 122
79. eps and actions taken by Operator s to review and clear alarm conditions 4 Scheduler functionality refactored and expanded The Scheduler became a system wide set of Policies which are established in one place in the boundaries of Stratus Security Domain and then are used by any camera device in the 115 Appendix F Release Notes Stratus 3 3 system This design consideration significantly simplifies system deployment and maintenance The Schedule creation and modification process was simplified with scheduler user interface in the Control Panel similar to that of Google Calendar which allows the user to define multiple individual and repeating time intervals and associated System Posture settings which control the most important settings like Device State on off Storage Policy Motion Detection etc The Schedule policy has the important concept of the Default Posture which defines which individual setting s will be controlled by the Schedule and their default values Once a Schedule is assigned to certain device it takes over overrides listed parameters maintenance in other words old values of these settings on device have no effect after that and are disabled since now schedule controls it This allows for relative ease of system administration and maintenance especially for installations with tens and hundreds of devices For more information see Section 4 11 Schedule Manager New STD No Archive Stora
80. ess you know all attached storage is safe to be formatted 3 The activation process takes a few minutes but may work substantially longer if the optional step Format Storage is chosen 4 After activation is completed use your workstation browser Internet Explorer 8 or Chrome are recommended for connection to the server and configuring cameras The predefined system administrator user admin password topse C 2 Upgrade from Stratus 2 7 1 This Appendix contains a detailed description of the process which for the Stratus system upgrade from version 2 7 1 to 3 3 At this time there is no upgrade path from 2 7 1 to 3 3 C 3 Software Upgrade When performing a software upgrade Stratus will be unavailable and not recording Some upgrades will require the system to be restarted check the release notes that come with new software versions In most cases all nodes will need to be upgraded to the newest software version at the same time Plan downtime accordingly C 3 1 Software Upgrade Through SOS Account If you have the S O S account enabled performing software updates is easy For more general information on using the S O S account see Section C 4 Using S O S Account for system administration recovery Linux only When logged in to the S O S menu perform the following steps to upgrade the software 1 Choose option 7 to start the update process 2 The system will pause and ask you to provide the new s
81. full policy level administration flexible Storage Volume Manager and the renowned Frame Rate Decimation feature gets you the most capable and scalable surveillance and security tool ever developed Most importantly the Stratus software platform leverages a classical IT approach to video and sensor content management CAPTURE data from an infinite quantity of cameras access control sensors ground based radar point of sale etc ORGANIZE data into a single intelligent workable database STORE data in commercially available storage arrays in accordance with enterprise archival policies DISPLAY video and sensor data in an intuitive graphical user interface to all credentialed users via web browser or wireless device Chapter 2 Planning Your Stratus System This chapter will provide you with an introduction into the most common situations Stratus Administrators face when installing maintaining or troubleshooting Security System software After you read this chapter you will have a conceptual understanding of how to Install and or upgrade Stratus software Plan your Stratus installation Configure and maintain cameras and sensors Administer Users Access and Permissions Utilize other options and services within Stratus Ensure optimal operation Please see Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration for further reading and detailed instructions 2 1 Deployment Planning Considerations One of the
82. g both lines If the object takes longer than this period an alarm will not be triggered Shape amp Direction Select to ignore objects that change shape or direction very rapidly This option can be used to reduce false alerts caused by waves shadows etc Minimum If an object is below a minimum size it is ignored Additional Parameters Near Width The minimum width the object must be in the near ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Near Height The minimum height the object must be the near ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Far Width The minimum width the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Far Height The minimum height the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Maximum If an object is above a maximum size it is ignored Additional Parameters Near Width The maximum width the object must be in the near ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Near Height The maximum height the object must be the near ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored e Far Width The maximum width the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Far Height The maximum height the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen after w
83. ge Policy Previous versions of Stratus did not have a dedicated Storage policy to disable writing video to media archive while it was quite easy to emulate with setting Motion Detection sensitivity to low level and using Motion Only storage policy After introduction of revised improved Schedule see 1 4 above a dedicated policy for Live Only policy became necessary for easier management in the situations where for example recording is not needed during certain periods of time but which can not be covered with STD Motions Only policy Newest browsers support with TibcoGI 3 9 engine update Our upstream vendor issued a new runtime engine with better load speed and improved Internet Explorer 9 Safari 5 and FireFox 6 support It is incorporated into Stratus 3 3 as a part of Stratus Support and Maintenance process Runtime engine introduction into prior releases is not planned and we are encouraging our customers to utilize their free upgrade program to get benefits from runtime update and other new and improved features of Stratus 3 3 MediaPlayer improvements for better video delivery Stratus has alway been supporting popular browser working under both Windows and Mac OS X client platforms for real time video audio delivery Previously it was relying on Java platform to enjoy this cross platform portability but this technologies carried a drawback of less then optimal system resource usage Stratus release 3 3 introduces native bro
84. hat precedes it Before installation on any platform the disk system has to be prepared to accept the software through the creation of a specified disk layout On Linux a number of dependency packages should be installed videoNEXT provides a special kick start scenario to simplify and automate the installation process Once the prerequisites are met the Stratus software package will configure OS components such as the database and web server to have the proper settings No additional configuration will be needed To upgrade from a previous versions of Stratus a special set of upgrade scripts is embedded into the software package to facilitate the automated configuration and content migration Please refer to Section C 2 Upgrade from Stratus 2 7 1 inside this document for the upgrade procedure from a prior major Stratus release 2 6 Multi Node Stratus Installations 2 3 Multi Node Stratus Installations The Stratus installation is easily scalable by adding additional Nodes servers running Stratus software Once such nodes are added the compound system will behave as a single compound set of resources which is called Stratus Security Domain The User will be unaware that the Stratus installation is comprised of multiple nodes and no special actions will be needed for accessing the resources Stratus Nodes perform a handshake with each other in multi node configurations and this process is fully automatic You will find mo
85. he CentOS version is functionally identical to the Red Hat version The only downside is that you have no support for any problems that may occur with the Operating System If this is acceptable for your installation we recommend that you use the CentOS version instead Assumptions You should have a CentOS 5 7 stratus 3 3 X dvd iso installation media download from the downloads section at hitp vtiger videonext com portal burned to a DVD You should decide on the network configuration to be used IP address name network mask router DNS etc Please contact you Network Admin for specifics Installation Steps 1 Insert the DVD with Stratus and CentOS 5 7 into your server s DVD drive and start an CentOS installation You may use either an internal DVD drive or a USB attached external DVD drive Check the BIOS boot order and make sure your DVD drive is the fist bootable device 2 Once the Installation starts you will get the boot screen Type stratus and press enter This tells the system to install everything needed for the Stratus software and the Stratus software itself vtiger videonext com portal 101 Appendix C Detailed Steps 3 The installation will start the network configuration dialog You will need to configure at least one 4 network interface at this time Network Configuration The current configuration settings for each interface are listed next to the device name Unconfigured interfaces ar
86. hich it is ignored Change Size Sets the maximum change in size an object can undergo before it is ignored This change must occur rapidly to count Additional Parameters 92 OV View Settings Parameter Description Max change The percent change compared to the original object size This value is used as a multiplier of total object area A 3 4 OV View Settings Channel settings tab is where settings describing how object detection is done instead of what object detection to do is set 1 Channel settings _ Camera shake compensation Object tracking mode Surveillance tracking OV view settings Minimum object tracking area _ Shape amp Direction Figure A 11 OV Analytics View Settings Table A 9 OV View Settings Parameter Description Camera Shake Compensation Sets if the analytics should attempt to compensate for camera shaking This comes at two costs 1 Reduced detection area The shake compensation will remove up to 20 pixels per side of the video This will potentially lower the total detection area significantly 93 Appendix A Analytics Description 2 Increased CPU usage Compensating for shake will take additional processing power to handle so should be avoided if processing power looks tight Parameter Object Tracking Mode Sets which object tracking mode to use Currently only Surveillance tracking is
87. icensing Offline Activation 1 You will be asked to download pcid bin file See screenshot for details Current License Expires on 12 11 2025 If you obtained a new license please upload it using control down below click Browse select a file and then click Upload To obtain a license 1 You need to download this pcid bin file 2 Submit it to license activation page here link 3 You will be given License File which you have to download and save on your workstations and upload using control down below Browse Upload Figure 3 5 PCID bin 2 Click on link in the offline license activation page to open the license activation page http licenses videonext com SLM upload pcid php You might need to write down the URL and manually enter it on another computer with Internet access 3 Once you have access to offline licenses activation page please upload your PCID file when prompted and you will be forwarded to the new page with download license link Save this file on the media you can transfer to the location with access to the Stratus system Return to Stratus offline license activation page and click on Install license Click on Browse find your license file saved on Desktop example 338TR131825381312 lic and upload the license into your Stratus system Chose General Licensing from left menu and check license details At this time the system should report a valid license
88. ifically for v MX View Does not give any credentials to manipulate Video Wall Control Allows the recollection of pre created layouts and manipulation of the monitors but not to modify saved layouts Manage Adds the ability to create edit delete saved layouts and share them as needed For more information on Credential settings see Section 4 4 Users and Roles and Management 56 Configure v AC Access Control 4 10 Configure v AC Access Control Stratus allows an external Access Control Systems ACS to be made an integral part of the security System sensors and control devices In essence it allows the creation of ACS Gateways ACSG which are used to automatically discover and describe ACS Objects to Stratus relay ACS security events into Stratus and let Stratus call ACS control Methods ACS Objects are managed as a special set of External Stratus Objects but allow the application of a uniform set of Credential Management and processing rules in the fashion uniform to the rest of Stratus Devices There are multiple commercial ACS vendors on the market and Stratus defines a universal layered Stratus ACSG API videoNEXT offers a number of ACSG software integrations as an add on to the standard Stratus package If such an add on is not developed it usually requires only a moderate effort on the integrator side to create one Please inquire for more information from your Vendor System Sets All Gateways
89. ing on using the storage must also be able to write as fast while still maintaining enough addition resources for archive to be viewed again Storage internal to the hardware may be used for systems where long retention time is not needed As demand for longer retention time grows externally attached storage should be considered for its scalability reliability and manageability For both speed and reliability some form of RAID is strongly recommended Accurate Time An often overlooked aspect is the necessity for accurate time The Stratus system uses its own time to know when to archive video It is important that the system has an accurate source for time that will not drift Such a source should be external either an accessible NTP server or some attached device such as GPS with an accurate clock It is also mandatory that all nodes and all clients are synced with the main Stratus server In 3 3 Stratus now comes with NTP enabled on Linux so all nodes and clients can be synchronized to the main server Data Processing The primary constraint with Stratus is the speed that video archive can be written to a disk After that however processing power is the next concern There are two major components that rely on processing power the number of cameras and the number of clients Analytics provides a heavy data processing load As such it is recommended that your system has a spare CPU core per Analytics channel you are
90. irectly from the camera If your camera supports this you can follow the following steps to narrow down if the server or the camera is likely at fault 70 Camera does not retrieve video 1 Goto the camera configuration of Admin Interface and identify the camera IP address in the Source tab of the configuration screen 2 Open an additional browser window with a camera the native interface using that address as the URL f the camera does not work in a native camera interface then troubleshooting should be performed on the camera itself network power device was disconnected stolen etc Otherwise further investigation into the Stratus Camera Configuration screen should be performed The next step will be to check if the camera s Username and Password are properly configured in the Stratus Camera Configuration screen An attempt to connect to the camera directly may be used to validate the Username and Password It is usually done in the Setup section Reset the password in the Stratus camera configuration to the known good one before proceeding further If the previous steps did not resolve the issue you can view detailed log information for the camera in the Camera Editor General Obj ID 105 Model Lumerera Model ID le275c dn Status ON State ON Camera Name vonh Parking Lot 4 Location Columbia SC Associated devices Camera Log Log d Camera Log INFO 109 CPT 0003 Retriever
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92. k infrastructure is sized properly to accommodate such a load Still the simple setup has one important limiting factor the number of video feeds that can simultaneously be viewed is limited by the power of the CPU and graphics card available on the client s computer In a more advanced setup as depicted in the schema below you will see how Stratus overcomes this limitation and grows beyond it EIE Sensors Die m SE Access Control System v MX Video Wall E Network _ v EAS a Mobile Client 4 Cameras Lg Client PC Stratus Figure 2 2 A More Complicated Deployment In this diagram the Video Wall concept comes into use The video wall allows for the creating of multi monitor multi view viewing solutions with generic inexpensive video monitors and COTS Common Off The Shelf computers Video Walls can be shared between Clients who use the extended User Interface features to control Video Walls while retaining their ability to work with video on their personal computers This solution not only extends simultaneous video visualizations capabilities but it improves the reliability and survivability for critical applications Another scenario that is depicted on the schema is an integration with Access Control Systems and Sensors Here Stratus becomes a focal point of Signal Processing and Control by keeping the user experience uniform in receiving Alerts and controlling such devices as Door Readers Keypads
93. l be enforced first and outdated media will be removed permanently Inner limit Preserve days min for both Fixed and Range will define the limit or the place where the Cleaner must stop once the available storage space criterion are satisfied All the elastic ranges will be enforced on the most fair approach until the available storage space criteria are satisfied The amount of media content retained will be proportional to the expectations of the Outer Limits while disallowing Space Consumers with Space Limited type to disproportionately increase their space consumption relevant to Range type When mixing Events Only policies with other policies the Storage Manager will use the most fair approach to enforce proportional distribution of storage to these potentially open ended strategies and disallow disproportionate increase of their space consumption over bound strategies n summary we recommend that you use one of predefined standard storage policies which are fully automatic unless you absolutely need to mix Storage Consumers of different importance within one system The Event Policy entity will allow another dimension of reconfigurability to separate more the important information from the general flood of media that your system processes 24x7 4 6 Configure Event Handling Event Handling is a very important configuration item which significantly affects the Storage Management please see Secti
94. l want to define a new wall for each logical separation one wall per each room or one wall for each operator group in charge of the wall Please pay close attention to the Monitor map attribute as it defines a mapping of v MX monitor IDs into the matrix of monitors representing the video wall This Monitor Map is a set of triplets defining the position of each monitor Cell numbering is done starting from O zero and the triplet format is row column v MX Monitor ID Each cell entry is separated by a semi colon General Obj ID 111 UDID DW111 Wall Name Main Wall Left Location Front Conference Room Wall width _ 2 3 Wall height _ 1 B Monitor map 0 0 101 0 1 494 1 0 1 1 Time Zone UTC 4 Figure 4 32 Configure the v MX wall In the example above the cell at the top left position lt 0 0 gt has the monitor with Obj ID 101 and the monitor at the top right position lt 0 1 gt has the monitor with Obj ID 494 Another important concept of combining multiple Monitors into Walls is the ability to re combine essentially the same subsets of Monitors into independent walls It allows sections of the same physical Video Wall to hold different Stratus Roles through the Credential Manager The v MX is effected by Credentials slightly differently than other devices They will be assigned to Sets and Sets will be assigned to Roles with permissions The permissions levels are View Control and Manage Spec
95. lace the camera on The system will attempt to place the camera on the system with the fewest cameras by round robin Press Next Your system should now have minimal functionality Please see Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration for more configuration options 22 Advanced System Configuration 4 1 Cameras A camera s configuration page is broken in to multiple tabs On each tab there will be a box displaying a snapshot from the camera with a Play arrow to allow playing of video from that camera The content of the tabs is dependant on the make and model of the camera but the most common attributes will be listed below 4 1 1 The General Tab The General Tab displays the state of the camera on the system It includes information like name model and status Obj ID 105 UDID DC105 Model Axis Model ID Q1755 Status ON Camera probing State ON B Camera Name Front Parking Lot Location Associated devices 106 Camera Log Multicast OFF Figure 4 1 General Tab Table 4 1 General Tab Parameter Description Obj ID This is the unique identifier the system uses to identify devices Read Only UDID This is the user modifiable identifier A default will be created automatically if none is provided Model Model ID This is the camera make model identified through automatic probing Read Only Status This is an indication of the current device processing state It will go through
96. les gt Delete e For FireFox Tools gt Clear Private Data gt Clear Private Data e For Safari Safari gt Reset Safari d Open Stratus application once again and recheck 3 Clear Java cache Windows Go to Control Panel There you can open Java preferences Click Delete Files in the Network tab e Mac OS X Go to Application gt Utilities gt Java Preferences Click Delete Files in the Network tab 4 As a final resort for the most stubborn browser related problems you can try to reboot your computer 5 If it still does not work you may need to request Support Please make sure to follow procedure in Section 6 4 Documenting Software Issues and Getting Support filing support request 6 3 Issues with Stratus Server The Stratus server software is specially designed to automatically resolve the problems that can be fixed without administrator intervention This includes recovery from inconsistent situations on storage cameras connectivity etc The information below outlines the most common scenarios of how the Administrator can use the tools provided by Stratus to go beyond the automated recovery process and actively look for clues to resolve the situation when Stratus does not automatically recover 6 3 1 Camera does not retrieve video The first step in the no video troubleshooting will be to confirm that the camera itself works Most cameras have their own interface for viewing video d
97. libration GEO calibration YES GEO Latitude deg 38 91212463378906 GEO Longitude deg 77 47008514404297 GEO Altitude m 10 0 Altitude Mode relativeToGround H GEO Range m 500 0 GEO Tilt deg 15 0 GEO Heading deg 9 0 Field of View deg 80 0 FOV present YES View Range m 50 0 NORTH Offset Angle 65 Model OEC Figure 4 10 Geo Editor The options on this tab are Table 4 8 The GEO Tab Parameter Description GEO calibration YES NO The following options will only be displayed if set to YES GEO Latitude The Latitude of the camera in degrees and fractional degrees not minutes seconds It is recommended to be as precise as possible GEO Longitude The Longitude of the camera in degrees and fractional degrees not minutes seconds It is recommended to be as precise as possible GEO Altitude The Altitude of the camera in meters It is recommended to be as precise as possible 35 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Parameter Altitude Mode Description RelativeToModel RelativeToGround Absolute This sets whether the listed GEO Altitude is relative to the loaded model the ground level or above sea level GEO Range The range above the camera of the default Google Earth view in meters GEO Tilt The tilt of the default Google Earth view in degrees GEO Heading The default Orientation of the Google Earth view in degrees Field of View The horizo
98. may be located in any Time Zone and Stratus presents local device time inside the Events Add new Sensor Password Port Server Device Name dev ttySO Time Zone America New York Figure 4 26 Edit sensor Associated Camera ID is similar to Associated Devices in Camera setting where it allows the establishment of automated cascading Event propagation from the Originating Object to the Event Witnesses It allows for automated behaviors like Camera Popup or Audio Notification to be executed for the associated object most likely Camera upon an event registration with a Sensor While it is optional for cameras it is used more often for Sensors 51 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Another method to add cameras is to Activate them directly from cameras configuration if a sensor is attached directly to a camera Click on the Activate button in the Camera Configuration gt PTZ tab which will automatically add sensors relays and will automatically associate them to the camera Pan Tilt Zoom none HH Activate relay sensor Figure 4 27 Camera Relays This mode allows the user to automatically maintain the camera relay sensor relationship if they are naturally associated one to another by being attached to the same piece of hardware 4 8 Media Export The Stratus Operator Interface allows users to export video on demand to the Operator s computer hard drive or DVD without any
99. most important things to keep in mind when planning your Security System deployment is that you have to plan your installation for future growth to make sure you are effectively using your initial investment as your Security System expands Please review the simple Stratus deployment schema below Network _ gt p D OW ans E p d a N 1 E v f Mes a x Client PC P S P d Y Y d Cameras m Stratus Mobile Client Figure 2 1 A Simple Deployment The setup is very simple It interconnects media producers cameras to consumers clients through a network where a Stratus Server provides the middle point The server manages cameras provides video recording and media analysis and leverages multiple camera manufacturers specifics into a uniform user experience for Clients As the number of video feeds grows this setup will easily scale by extending the network infrastructure and a linear expansion of the number of Stratus servers The user experience will be kept uniform regardless of how many cameras and Stratus servers your setup will have Stratus software is specifically accommodated to span multiple servers with no need to require users to log in to individual servers Chapter 2 Planning Your Stratus System The total number of Clients registered in the system is not limited and Stratus will be able to support tens and hundreds of simultaneously connected and actively working users as long as your networ
100. nage Storage Volumes To use the Storage Manager screen you will have to select Settings Storage Manager in the left panel of Admin Interface The Storage Manager screen will be loaded This screen shows the Storage System configuration and status for all the Nodes in the Stratus Security Domain From here you can manage the storage on any Node Storage Manager Size Load Status Storage System jon l Emm HN gt dema i4 mid a o z b demo s E Em 1 Figure 3 6 Storage Overview The Size Load and Status columns in the above picture provide graphical summaries for the entire Storage System as well as summaries for individual Nodes In this example the demo15 Node has three volumes two are ONLINE while the second one is in the SUSPENDED state so it will not accept any new media at this time 16 Manage Storage Volumes Typically columns should be in the green zone but it is quite normal for individual volumes to reach the yellow or red state in the size column while the Node and or entire Storage System are expected to stay in the green Stratus is capable of automatically discovering any type of storage device that is presented as a standard local storage device This includes ATA and SCSI and iSCSI SAN if it is properly configured and using the appropriate OS utilities Double clicking on the Settings icon results in the icon changing to the ASSIGNED state folder with green up ar
101. nal kickstart name in our example is hd sdhi stratus cfg Error downloading kickstart file Unable to download the kickstart file Please modify the kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an interactive installation Figure C 4 Kickstart Path The kickstart will start the network configuration dialog You will need to configure at least one network interface at this time 98 Prepare OS Linux only Network Configuration The current configuration settings for each interface are listed next to the device name Unconfigured interfaces are shown as UNCONFIGURED To configure an interface highlight it and choose Edit When you are finished press OK to continue eth UNCONF IGURED ethi UNCONF IGURED Figure C 5 Network Configuration 1 7 You will need to chose either the DHCP or Static Network configuration The following example will be based on a static network address choice IPv4 Configuration for ethB8 Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller 086 14 22 1A EA 99 Dynamic IP configuration DHCP Manual address configuration IP Address Prefix Netmask 207 207 163 327 __ E59 259 255 565 Figure C 6 Network Configuration 2 Hostname Configuration If your system is part of a larger network where hostnames are assigned by DHCP select automatically via DHCP Otherwise select manually and enter a hostname for your system If you do not your system will be kno
102. ns and codecs supported MJPEG H 264 Support for Bosch NBC 255P Bosch NWC 495 Support for Bosch NBC 255P and NWC 495 was added for all resolutions and codecs supported MJPEG H 264 Support for MOXA video encoders Support was added for video retrieval from MOXA devices MJPEG and H 264 codecs GEO PTZ commands exposed to HTTP PTZ API Previously integrators needed to implement MBus interface to take advantage of GEO enabled PTZ functionality Now this functionality is exposed via less complex HTTP API Please refer to API document for details Consult your Sales Representative if you do not have API document access Stratus installation process refactoring 117 Appendix F Release Notes Stratus 3 3 15 16 17 18 Stratus release 3 3 was significantly improved internally for easier upgrades which allows us to abandon the Service Pack type of maintenance starting from this release As a part of this refactoring effort installation and update process were modified to include a distinct activation step to facilitate the update in place scenario with easy customer data migration between subsequent software Major and Minor Releases This will allow videoNEXT to serve our customer better and to reduce time to deliver changes and fixes Please refer to the Installation Guide document for more details Software Security improvements Stratus 3 3 is supplied with installation procedure suitable for de
103. ntal Field of View for the camera in FOV Present degrees YES NO Sets whether to show the FOV cone on the Google Earth map or not View Range NORTH Offset Angle Distance the camera can see in meters This sets how long the FOV cone will be The degree offset from True North the camera is looking This is can be calibrated easily for PTZ cameras using steps detailed below Model Layer Sets the camera to appear on a specific Model Optional Sets which layer of the model to display the camera on Optional If the camera has already been calibrated you will see the map centered on the current camera position Otherwise you will have to switch the GEO calibration parameter to yes and select a camera position while navigating through the Google Earth s three dimensional map To place or relocate the camera click on the camera icon in the legend and then click on the map in the location where the camera is to be placed Click Save to accept the change The GEO calibration procedure has a second optional part relevant to PTZ cameras which allows users to calibrate the camera s pan and tilt offsets for slew operation when receiving targets from a radar or other type of device providing GEO coordinates for the targets This functionality is available for integration through API and needs to be mapped to a particular targeting device like radar To perform PTZ calibration click the target icon
104. o one of the network interaces present on the system If chosen on a Node the Node will attempt to varify that the IP belongs to a Master 4 Restart application serveices This will restart all services related to the running of Stratus This includes Stratus the database and the web interface 5 Restart server This restarts the entire server it is equivalent to running the Reboot command 6 Reset application admin password If admin log in credentials are lost or otherwise unavailable this allows the credentials to be reset 7 System Update see Section C 3 1 Software Upgrade Through SOS Account 8 Setup NTP server only available o the Master This option configures where the Master should look for an NTP server Nodes always look to the master as their NTP source 107 Appendix C Detailed Steps 9 Collect Support Files This will collect various logs and system statistice and compress them in to one file Uploading this file when requesting support can greatly expidite your support request Finally option 99 will exit the SOS menu returning you to a commnad shell Normally each modification of the systems settings will cause the application to restart to make sure the Stratus application operates accordingly with the new settings If this is not done consider choosing option 4 to manually restart the application Service Packs installation is described in details in Section C 3 Software Upgrade C
105. oftware version at this time There are two methods of presenting the software to Stratus 104 3 Software Upgrade a Place the software on a USB and connect the USB to the server The upgrade process will automatically check attached USB devices for newer software b Place the software in the mnt folder This could be where you copy the software to if you are remotely connected or this could be the mount point of some non USB drive like a CD DVD Once the software is on the system press ENTER to continue If the system is unable to identify the software where you placed it it will display Nothing was found and return C 3 2 Software Upgrade The software upgrade procedure in 3 3 is very simple In this version we have done away with the concept of Service Packs and instead you just install a new rpm package containing the newest code Before getting started you will need to prepare the following 1 2 Download the newest software version from the videoNEXT portal Take note of the new software s name Below we will use the example name va stratus 3 3 2 1 el5 rpm meaning version 3 3 patch 2 build 1 but this will likely not be the exact name that you download Identify the path to the software The path might be the current directory the path to a USB drive or even an FTP URL In the examples will be using a path as if the software is at the path home sos the home directory of the sos S
106. on 3 4 1 Manage Storage Volumes Events are tags that are preserved in Stratus s database which provides a convenient way to extract an entry about something that happened in the system at a particular point in time One of the Stratus 48 Configure Event Handling objects such as a camera or a sensor registers the event in the system as the event originator The Event may have zero or more witnesses Stratus objects associated to the same event such as a camera that can see the same area Events represent a tag to retrieve information about those events and get the associated media content such as archived video from the cameras or sound from the audio devices which may be the same camera or a microphone on another camera There are a few important factors in the concept of Events The event will have a lifespan age until which it will be preserved which will protect the media for both the event originator and all witnesses If the media content is still protected by the Storage Policy it will not be specifically deleted when the Event becomes obsolete and gets removed But if the Event is getting beyond the point of where the Storage Policy protects the media archive of a particular device from deletion then the media covered by the Event will be retained until the Event expires and gets deleted It directly affects the amount of Storage your system will consume We strongly recommend that you review Chapter
107. ong term storage and a few tenths of a second of extra latencies may be sacrificed 96 Appendix C Detailed Steps C 1 Stratus software Installation in details C 1 1 Prepare OS Linux only Assumptions You should have a Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 update 7 installation media download from hitp www redhat com apps download burned to a DVD You have downloaded the KickStart file from videoNEXT web portal go toportal login and then Downloads section You should have USB drive with videoNEXT KickStart please unpack ks stratus 3 3 X zip file into root directory of your USB stick You should decide on the network configuration to be used IP address name network mask router DNS etc Please contact you Network Admin for specifics Installation Steps 1 Insert DVD with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 into your server s DVD drive and start an RHEL installation You may use either an internal DVD drive or a USB attached external DVD drive Check the BIOS boot order and make sure your DVD drive is the fist bootable device Do not insert USB stick into the server yet Once the Installation starts you will get the boot screen Type linux ks hd sda none At this point we set dummy installation kick start file location since we do not know what name our USB Stick will get RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 To install or upgrade in graphical mode press the ENTER key To install or upgrade in text mode type lin
108. operate CentOS may be used as a replacement with no commercial OS support Selecting kernel with PAE support is strongly recommended and is default for supplied kick start based installation procedure The Server should have at least 2 GB of RAM and a dedicated physical OS software disk not shared with video archive disks 4GB of RAM is strongly recommended while 8GB is the ideal size for highly loaded system with tens of high resolution cameras Installing more than 8GB of RAM is possible but is not recommended since the OS and application would not be able to use it effectively Hardware platforms supported include leading vendors like DELL and HP and should be selected to support RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 32 bit Please inquire for list of currently certified hardware solutions from support videonext com videoNEXT supplies a kick start install scripting file which must be used to get the proper environment created on the server side Warranty claims relevant to installations done with an environment not certified by videoNEXT will not be honored 118 On the client side Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 8 9 and Google Chrome are supported for web clients accessing the Stratus system Apple MAC OS X platforms include Snow Leopard v10 6 2 and Lion 10 7 1 with Safari 5 0 x or FireFox browsers Apple s Safari 5 1 0 browser has a known bug in Java Plugin which leads to an intermittent problems with some Mac OS X systems vid
109. opt sarch mgears bin cam mretr for DEVID 105 has been started INFO 109 CPT 0001 Retriever for camera DEVID 109 is absent in memory will be restarted am aosrraeris sssep mro rioelcrr aoos Retriever opUsrch mgearsbivcam_ etr for DEVID 109 ras been started 2009 12 07 15 33 11 INFO 109 CPT 0001 Retriever for camera DEVID 109 is absent in memory will be restarted 2009712707 sssia mro tine cer oo03 Retriever Jogusarch moearsivcam metr for DEVID 109 has been started 2009 12 07 15 33 27 INFO 105 CPT 0001 Retriever for camera DEVID 109 is absent in memory will be restarted 09 12 07 15 33 27 mro soe cer ooos Retriever Jogusarcmoeerstiycam ret far DEVID 109 ras been sared 2009412702 15 33 39 IMEN besos 001 6 CAI 09 iz absent in zero d Figure 6 1 Camera Log 2009 12 07 15 32 06 2009 12 07 1 This tool will allow you to see the exact sequence of events and how a camera is getting recognized and started in Stratus internal service processes You can look for information suggesting there is a network issue or invalid username password configured In particular look for Warning Error or Fatal types of log entries The issues reported here are a direct diagnosing tool when investigating why a camera does not work The next step in the camera configuration analysis will be to check that the individual settings are not contradictory If the camera uses H 264 or MPEG
110. or Matrix User Interface Resources are aggregated into Sets and then proper Permissions are granted for entire set on the next Role level One Role may combine one or more Sets and similarly one Set may be used in multiple Roles This provides a flexible mechanism of reusing aggregations when creating combinations of Resource Sets and Permissions for a particular Role Since it is possible that one device may be published via two different Sets which may be presented to the Role with different Permission levels the final Operator Matrix User Interface will consolidate and use a superset of granted Permissions for consistent user experience Users provide an entity to map a real world person into virtual object in the software which has one or more Roles granted to perform manipulation with Stratus objects in one or more User Interfaces If a 42 Resources and Sets Management User is granted more then one Role he she will have to select or choose their Active Role but only one role can be active at any given moment in time This is needed to guarantee uniformity among multiple users who share the same Role and it accommodates for real life scenarios like a temporary substitute or working in time shifts 4 4 2 Resources and Sets Management To manage Resources and Sets at the same time please open the Credentials menu on the left side and open the Credentials Set Manager screen The next screen will open
111. orage Consumers using this policy will store at least Preserve days min like in Fixed but will be allowed to store more but not exceeding Preserve days max similar to Space Limited This Storage Rotation type is the one we strongly encourage you to use as it offers a limited enforcement which is required for legal compliance in many cases while retaining 47 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration Parameters Description storage elasticity which may be needed if the storage utilization suddenly changes from expected limits for example due to temporary unavailable storage Volume or because of increased storage utilization by some of the cameras dues to changes in scene complexity flow of traffic etc Preserve Days Min The minimum number of days to keep storage for Fixed or Range only Preserver Days Max The Maximum number of days to keep storage for Range only Stratus allows the use of multiple Storage Policies and subsequently multiple Storage Rotation types in one installation When multiple conflicting policies compete for storage space the next set of rules will apply Cleaner will remove the oldest media content until sufficient available storage space is achieved automatically determined by the Stratus software based on multiple factors approximately 596 of total space Outer limits Preserve days min for Fixed Preserve days max for Range wil
112. orkflow Informational Workflow Priority Default event Preevent Postevent v Policies Parameters type sec sec f Storage Policy E Control ACSG no merge Simple Info no merge Normal Alert j5 15 T Event Policy Analytics Simple Alert no merge Simple Info no merge Normal Alert 5 15 gt Credentials Camera Motion Simple Alert merge Simple Info merge Normal Informational 5 15 gt Customize System caica Motion detector R4 m j hd Yat Maintenance Simple Alert merge Simple Info merge Normal Informational 5 15 E Gent il Sensor Simple Alert no merge Simple Info merge 7 Normal Informational 5 15 E Matrix User Simple Alert no merge Simple Info no merge Normal B 15 Priorities Low 2 Logout Mapping hours Normal content dependent High 720 Critical 1440 Figure 4 23 An event policy The Policy name should be short and descriptive since it will be used in a drop down lists when assigning it to Stratus devices The description may be used to store any kind of additional descriptive information 49 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration The next section of the Event Policy editor defines various parameters for the individual Event Source types The significance of these assignments is in the automated Event classification based on the Event source Between these settings only Priority and Lifespan can be altered by the user during
113. orted Analytics are purchased separately as this is not a part of the standard license in Stratus 32 Analytics Configuration Analytics Analytics on 4 Analytics results hi hide X visualization Tracker configure Configure Tracker a MJ Tracker output mode snapshot 1 Skips frames between n M analysis Behavior on B Behavior eventlog output_on Behavior output mode transient 3 Behavior configure Configure Delete p Cancel IL Apply Figure 4 9 Analytics settings To use Analytics you need to enable it first by changing the Analytics setting to on in the Analytics section of the Camera Configuration Utility of Admin Interface Table 4 7 Analytics parameters Parameter Description Analytics Turn ON OFF the Analytics Engine Tracker Which tracker to use OFF no tracker SSVA OV Server Side Video Analytics Object Video SSVANCA Server Side Video Analytics VCA SSVA OV VCA Server Side Video Analytics using both Object Video and VCA algorithms at once Analytics Results Visualization Four Options are available Disable Alerts Only Tracks Alerts and Tracks Alerts Rules Disable Analytics Results are generated but not visualized over the video Alerts Only Analytics Results are generated but visualized on demand only analytics icon allows Operator to enable visualization
114. ource Tab The Source Tab The Source Tab controls how the system will attempt to connect to the camera User Sets Indoor gt Camera DC127 Backroom PTZ Source Figure 4 2 Source Tab Table 4 2 Source Tab IP or Domain Name 207 207 160 171 Force RTP over TCP OFF Username root Password eeee Time Zone America New York Parameter Description IP address This is the camera network address Both IP and DNS name are supported Username Password The correct authentication for accessing the camera If not provided the camera will not operate properly or at all Input Number optional The video input number for multi port encoders This will not be shown for devices which do not need it Time Zone Stratus operates in Universal Time UTC and Force RTP over TCP optional will allow you to support multiple cameras all around the world with a proper automated time calculus Set the timezone the camera is in A choice to force the sending of video to the server over TCP In some cases setting to On will fix problems with receiving video Default to OFF l1cra Some cameras may show video but disable the PTZ or other controls if you do not provide correct username password 25 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration 4 1 3 The Image Tab The Image Tab controls what type of video should be retrieved from the camera
115. ployment in various level of secured environments starting from unsecured level 0 to DOD secured level 2 A set of extensive security scans and reviews was performed on the consolidated OS software solution to ensure substantially improved level of protection to the deployed system Please consult with your Sales Representative about the current security approval ratings and certifications on the Stratus product and relevant bundles Reports removed from Control Panel Admin GUI As a part of Software Security improvements see 15 above Report menu item was removed from the Control Panel Admin GUI due to potential vulnerabilities and or lack of security approvals on third party software components previously utilized As an alternative videoNEXT suggests to utilize a standard external monitoring systems like HP OpenView or free open source alternatives This Wikipedia link may be a good starting point http en wikipedia org wiki Network monitoring comparison Streamlined OEM branding process videoNEXT can support integrators resellers with specific OEM branded software release and bundles where product name logos and contact information will be substituted with selected brand easily in current and any subsequent produce versions Please consult with your Sales Representative about the details Platforms support Stratus 3 3 server side requires the RedHat Enterprise Linux 5 7 32 bit Operating System to
116. r Effective Usage MPEG 4 always has an additional latency present at the start of the visualization of the MPEG 4 stream which is due to the skipping of frames next to the I frame which may last up to several seconds Stream reposition and individual frames extraction obeys the same laws it is possible with mandatory reposition to I frame only which may take additional time h 264 codec This is the newest of all and it is an evolution of MPEG 4 with all its advantages magnified and its disadvantages mostly preserved H 264 is even more compact and quality is more consistent and better controlled f you have a choice of H 264 or MPEG 4 for the new installation there is no reason to use MPEG 4 MPEG 2 codec It may look like a step backward but the security industry adopted MPEG 2 for number of unique characteristics MPEG 2 was originally designed and optimized for DVD and thus is concerned primarily about the video quality The advantages and drawbacks are similar to MPEG 4 and H 264 but the focus is shifted to better video quality at expense of additional bandwidth and latency MPEG 2 s relevant hardware is mostly a niche market nowadays Given listed codecs specifics we recommend Skipping MPEG 4 in favor of H 264 when possible Use MJPEG for the situations when real time performance is mostly required and when bandwidth storage is not of concern Use H 264 or MPEG 4 when you are mostly concerned about l
117. r Linux has a built in Network Time Protocol NTP server that other nodes and clients can synchronize with This should help prevent most major problems that can arise however it is still recommended to have this main server be synchronized with a more accurate source An internal clock on a server or consumer grade computer can drift several seconds over the course of a day Synchronizing the system with an outside NTP server is recommended If a WAN network connection is available and NTP is not blocked Stratus 3 3 should automatically synchronize with Red hat time servers if on Linux or Mac time servers if on Mac If the Stratus is on an isolated network a local time server or GPS based time server is recommended Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration The Stratus software should already be installed and it should be possible to access the software from the recommended browsers Please refer to Appendix C Detailed Steps for details on the installation specifics for your particular OS This section will detail how to accomplish configuring the different pieces needed to get a bare minimum installation operational Later sections will detail specific configuration steps We will cover how to Login to the Stratus system Configure the Stratus Nodes separate servers in cluster forming Stratus Security Domain see Section 3 2 Multi Node Configuration Management Configure the Storage
118. rator as a separate configuration item Digital Signature You have to install Encryption Certificate to enable Media Export Signatures The procedure is 1 Create a Certificate Request with form in Get new Request 2 Resulting Request should be sent to the Certification Authority 3 Install Certificate from Certification Authority 4 You will have to download and install Validation Utility from next links Validation Utility for Microsoft Windows vCrypt exe Validation Utility for MacOS vCrypt dmg Certificate is not installed Get new Request Install Certificate Email Configuration Digital Signature Figure 4 43 Configure vCrypt Established and trusted Certificate Authority CA would be needed to create a certificate which will be used to sign all the digital content To configure the vCrypt functionality you have to open the Operator Panel and go to Setting gt Customize System gt Digital Signature The necessary steps are detailed on that page Once you finish installing a digital certificate all media exported from Stratus will receive a digital signature automatically Special vCrypt utility is used to confirm the exported media content s authenticity It may be downloaded as a Windows executable directly from Stratus Admin Interface on the Digital Signature page The Validation utility requires the Certificate file to validate content authenticity It is SAFE to export and
119. re details in Section 3 2 Multi Node Configuration Management 2 4 Storage System Planning and Configuration outline Storage configuration is one of the most important tasks to be done when a Stratus system gets installed Reliable properly sized hardware and properly configured options are the keys to success Stratus automatically discovers and manages the storage for you but it is still the Administrator s responsibility to assign the storage resources for management The newly installed Stratus system will not have any storage pre configured so before you proceed any further please consider the following Internal server storage should be considered a good economical option for entry level systems when the media archival rate is moderate Such storage options tend to have good performance only with relatively insignificant concurrency levels As your number of simultaneously recorded media streams grows you need to consider using cache controllers with write back option and battery memory backup and storage drives designed for high levels of concurrency like SAS and enterprise class or SATA 2 drives with NCQ option Various RAID options internal storage with RAID controller or external RAID solutions should be seriously considered when media storage reliability is of concern and no shadow backup of some sort is an option which is true in most cases When deciding on RAID level close attention should be given to RAID d
120. re the data based on the amount of storage your system has and its inflow of data It will keep the minimum reserved free storage space while maintaining the longest media archive your system can sustain It is almost impossible to go wrong with this type of storage since it has no additional parameters to configure Fixed The most rigid Storage Rotation type It has a Preserve days min parameter to allow you to configure how long in days you want your media content to be preserved before it is destroyed Storage Policy enforcement utilities will delete media content with accuracy of up to one hour if you configure 1 day to be preserved it means you will get between 24 and 25 hours of media accessible at any given time This type of Storage Rotation type is the most rigid one available and it may lead to system misconfiguration by requesting the storage of more data than the Storage System is capable of storing This may result in a temporary Media Archival stop until some of the older content can be safely deleted While Fixed type usage may be necessary for compliance reasons we strongly advise that you use it with sufficient reserve in available storage space and or together with other more elastic types Range is a semi rigid Storage Rotation type which combines the characteristics of both the Space limited and the Fixed Rotation It has an additional Preserve days max parameter St
121. round as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Near Height The minimum height the object must be the near ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Far Width The minimum width the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Far Height The minimum height the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen before it can trigger an alert Maximum If an object is above a maximum size it is ignored Additional Parameters Near Width The maximum width the object must be in the near ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Near Height The maximum height the object must be the near ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored 89 Appendix A Analytics Parameter Description Far Width The maximum width the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Far Height The maximum height the object must be far ground as a percentage of the screen after which it is ignored Change Size Sets the maximum change in size an object can undergo before it is ignored This change must occur rapidly to count Additional Parameters Max change The percent change compared to the original object size This value is used as a multiplier of total object area A 3 3 OV Adding and Editing M
122. row Another click will change the storage to an OFFLINE setting cogwheel with grey down arrow Another mouse clicks on the status icon will change it to ONLINE as pictured below oo LL MEE N lo B Figure 3 7 Storage Status Offline va 0124 p a Figure 3 8 Storage Status Online The Volume is also assigned for the automated management by Stratus and is in an ONLINE state Stratus will automatically take the actions needed to healthfully maintain this volume and to accept and store the media data 17 Chapter 3 Quick Start Initial System Configuration va 0003 EM O i B 1o j Time Level Note 2011 02 22 1 UM 16 24 25 INFO Full ONLINE gt Online 2011 02 22 16 24 25 INFO Volume is OK problem Tight is cleared 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO Online ONLINE Full 2011 02 22 16 23 55 WARNDISK FULL 0 1 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO Mount ONLINE gt Online 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO Volume is mounted successfully 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO scanning for space usage 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO Start ONLINE gt Mount 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO Check FS is completed with code 0 2011 02 22 16 23 55 INFO Chek FS consistency fsck 2011 02 22 ws 16 23 55 INFO Offline ONLINE Start 2011 02 22 s 16 21 50 INFO Stop OFFLINE gt Offline 2011 02 22 16 21 45 INFO unmount 2011 02 22 A 16 21 45 INFO Online OFFLINE gt Stop 2011 02 22 add SUCCESS ID 6bc33ddf 2a98 4d8
123. rts to all users in this role 1122 guere 1121 edmi 165 joanna ES Roles 31 Admin Rola 32 Viewer Role 33 Operator 34 Manger Role Figure 4 15 Role Email on Event Setup the SMTP server The Stratus system cannot send emails directly Instead it sends emails using an existing email account This email must allow SMTP POP3 access 39 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration 1 Goto Settings gt Customize system gt Email Configuration Email Configuration gt is User Sets b mm System Sets gt Nodes v Settings Identity L Storage Manager gt Policies gt Credentials YE Customize system T7 Workflow Li 3D Maps T Joystick T7 Email Configuration TT Frervntinn Certificato Figure 4 16 Email Configuration 2 Provide the SMTP server such as smtp gmx com 3 Provide credentials for the email account the Stratus server should send emails from 4 Change the Run Status to YES 5 Optional Create a test event to verify that the setup is working correctly 4 2 Configuring DNS NAT and Firewall The very first step to make your Stratus system operational in a NAT Firewall environment is to configure your Stratus server s to properly work with the DNS If you do so your nodes names will appear by their real host names in the Control Panel s Nodes list Host names will be preserved from the client side when addressing servers while the domain suffix can
124. s is no exception You may expect to get a sufficiently stable operation from commercial products like Microsoft Internet Explorer on a Windows PC or from Safari on Apple s Mac OS X while popular alternatives like Google Chrome or Mozilla FireFox are less stable in general It is always beneficial to check if the problem is related to your unique computer or it is consistent on any other computer you may have around This allows you to easily distinguish between a Stratus problems and a computer OS problems This is an important quick test which you should not overlook 69 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting as explaining your situation to support will take time and the first troubleshooting step will be the very same so you will save time if you come prepared If you experience a problem with you browser based Stratus client please follow the next steps to get back to normal operations 1 The fastest resolution is to Reload your browser associated to the F5 function key or Ctrl R on keyboard for most of platforms It resolves issues in 9596 of cases 2 Ifthe issue is still not resolved please try the next and more elaborate procedure a Close all browser windows plus make sure the browser was shut down in Dock on OS X b Start the browser once again but do not open Stratus software yet c Clean browser cache For Internet Explorer Tools gt Internet Options gt Browsing History gt Delete gt Temporary Internet Fi
125. s a multiplier of total object area A 3 2 OV Adding and Editing Lines If you click the Add Line a line will be displayed in the video and additional configuration options will be displayed on the right Rules View settings Rules list Rule 2 mm Add area Add line Add multiline Remove Rule editor Color Green esl Behaviours One side cross Filters _ Shape amp Direction Minimum Maximum _ Change size Figure A 9 OV Analytics Lines OV Adding and Editing Lines Table A 7 OV Line Configuration Parameter Description Name The name of the Line This name will be displayed in the event message when this rule is triggered Color The configuration display color This is useful when adding several rules to be able to distinguish between them One Side Cross Select to trigger alerts only if the object crosses the line in a certain direction Additional Parameters Direction Choose left to right or right to left When chosen an arrow will be added to the line indicating the direction the object must move to trigger the alert Shape amp Direction Select to ignore objects that change shape or direction very rapidly This option can be used to reduce false alerts caused by waves shadows etc Minimum If an object is below a minimum size it is ignored Additional Parameters Near Width The minimum width the object must be in the near g
126. seconds that the object needs to be loitering before triggering an alert Minimum of 20 seconds maximum of 1 hour Triggers an alert if an object in the zone move in a certain direction Additional Parameters Direction The angles in degrees from Up on the image that the object needs to be moving for an alert to trigger Value ranges from 180 to 180 degrees Acceptance Angle The number of degrees off of from the set direction the target can be moving to still trigger an alarm Value ranges from O to 360 degrees 78 Parameter VCA Adding and Editing Zones Description When set an arrow will be displayed on the zone indicating the direction an object needs to move to trigger based on the Direction value Two additional lines will be connected to the arrow indicating the Acceptance Angle Speed Tailgating Triggers an alert if the object moves faster or slower than the set speeds Additional Parameters Lower Bound If the object is moving below this speed an alert will be triggered Values from 0 to 655 km h Upper Bound If the object is moving above this speed an alert will be triggered Value ranges from 0 to 655 km h This option relies heavily on accurate settings in the VCA Calibration tab and other tabs Triggers an alert if one object follows another through the zone Additional Parameters Threshold The maximum number of seconds behind the first objec
127. set to Unknown 10 13 2011 16 48 26 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to OK 10 13 2011 16 48 21 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to Unknown Page 1 from 1 Prev Next Reload Cancel Apply _ Figure 4 13 Audit Tab 4 1 12 Email on Events The system can be configured to send notification emails when events are generated Each user can have an associated email address where event notifications will be sent to and each device set can be configured to send events or not to all users of a particular role 38 Email on Events To configure a user to receive email alerts on events 1 Login to the web interface as an admin user and enter the Control Panel 2 Chose Settings gt Credentials gt User Manager and set an email address for the user You can also set an email interval to defines how often user will receive emails User name login edmin b Nodes Description Aumirestrater ve Settings PRG tT nee n nee n nee nneeeneaneaneeaes Wentity TT Staraga Manager Policies Email intervai minutes 2 7 Credentials Umit for warning of maximum video players Maximum video players Figure 4 14 User Email 3 Under Credentials gt Role Manager find a role that is assigned to the user that is to receive emails For each device set for which you want emails generated click the Email on Event check box All devices in this set will send emails on ale
128. t Preview snapshots over entire event with 5 seconds pitch on both Event Source device and on any Associated Witness devices An additional tab provides more space for the Operator to review the comments of other operators and to provide his her own comments Additional tab for Event Audit History Additional tab for device control for example associated Access Control devices Another improvement to simplify Event Monitoring and to facilitate a separation of responsibilities in a multi user installation is in the ability to add Event Priority into the FILTER of EventLog Effectively this allows the user to ignore low priority entries as needed Another improvement to EventLog interface is to visually indicate that the FILTER is active so that the Operator is aware that the Even flow observed may be restricted because of the filter s that are applied CISCO VSOM integration Stratus 3 3 adds Cisco VSOM as one of the video input sources which is natively supported so video may be ingested into Stratus source Another function for this integration is to allow Stratus to push its events back to CISCO VSOM software using Notification HTTP URL which may be used to trigger soft trigger on CISCO s side for example to push Events from VCA or ObjectVideo Video Analytics into CISCO VSOM see 1 1 1 2 above Support for Cisco CIVS IPC 4300 cameras Support for Cisco CIVS IPC 4300 cameras was added for all resolutio
129. t that the second object must be to still trigger an alert Value ranges from O seconds to 1 hour 79 Appendix A Analytics A 2 2 VCA Adding and Editing Lines If you click the Add Line a line will be displayed in the video and additional configuration options will be displayed on the right m Zones Rule 1 A Add zone Add line Remove Zone editor Name Rule 1 C Group of People Color Red Include exclude object classes Include Person Vehicle Clutter Cross any direction _ Direction Speed Tailgating Figure A 3 VCA Analytics Lines Table A 2 VCA Line Configuration Parameter Name Color Description The name of the Rule This name will be displayed in the event message when this rule is triggered The configuration display color This is useful when adding several rules to be able to distinguish between them Detect non detect Include Exclude object classes Object Classifications Sets if the zone should be treated as a detection zone or ignored as a non detection zone Set if detection should be run on selected object classifications or NOT be run on selected classifications These are classifications of objects Additional classifications can be added but defaults are Person e Vehicle e Clutter Group of People 80 Parameter Cross Any Direction
130. te a new Set click the Add button in the left most box This will open a dialog to name the set and provide an optional description Once added you will need to assign Roles that can view the set and devices belong to the set To delete a Set select it and press the Delete button You can only delete User Sets you can not delete System Sets such as All Cameras Deleting a Set does not alter the devices in that set When selecting a Role in the Role to Set box top middle you will be given the option to enable email on event this is only available for user generated Roles 43 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration 4 4 3 Role Management The Roles management screen is very similar to the Sets management screen explained above Role Manager Users in Role Users 21 admin 155 activu gt 22 guard 193 I3 demo L 257 mariner 186 saic 34 Manager Role 33 Operator Role Sets in Role Sets 15 All 3D models 197 Cavu Remotes 3 All Audio 14 All Cameras 6 All External devices 7 All Gateways 16 All layer models 1 All Relays 163 Analytics 160 Indoor Summ view ONSE system sets Figure 4 19 Role Manager Here you can manage Roles while associating Sets to Roles and Credentials assignment between Sets and Roles Much like for Set management to add or remove a Set or User to a Role highlight the Set and click the left right arro
131. ted on the Master server if the security system grows large enough you will even want to remove cameras from the Master entirely After installing Stratus on a server you must activate Stratus This activation menu will give you an option to make the server a M aster or a N ode More information can be found in Section C 1 Stratus software Installation in details Once you have chosen the role of a server either Master or Node you will have to reinstall that server to change the servers role from a Master to a Node or vise versa Stratus maintains a special s master alias as a statically configured DNS entry in etc hosts This alias is managed through the sos account see Section C 4 Using S O S Account for system administration recovery Linux only This DNS entry is what defines who the Master server is and which provides a stable name for master server in the Stratus Security Domain This alias is maintained on every node in the Domain and should be tightly monitored to point to the proper network IP address of the master server Sp important If this alias is changed e g because the Master has changed or changed IP addresses the Stratus software should always be restarted If the Master s IP has changed all nodes will need to be restarted The s_master alias exists even in single server Stratus installations and must always point to the correct node IP address This alias is manag
132. the Event life cycle while the rest are assigned at the time of the Event creation Event Policy Event Policy List Default poli Default policy for mobile devices demo policy Edit information for Event Policy Name Default policy Description Event Source Event Source Alert Workflow Informational Workflow Priority Default event Preevent Postevent Parameters type sec sec Access Control ACSG no merge Simple Info no merge Normal Alert I5 15 System Analytics Simple Alert no merge Simple Info no merge Normal Alert i5 15 Camera Motion Simple Alert merge Simple Info merge Normal Informational 7 5 15 detector Motion detector Simple Alert merge Simple Info merge Normal Informational 5 15 Sensor Simple Alert no merge Simple Info merge Normal Informational 5 15 User Simple Alert no merge Simple Info no merge Normal 5 15 Priorities Low 2 Mapping hours Normal content dependent High 720 Critical 1440 Figure 4 24 Available event policies Please pay attention to the Priorities Mapping section of the Event Policy it may provide the actual number of hours each Event Priority is expected to be preserved or may be mapped into one of content dependent or space limited values The Content Dependent lifespan attaches Event recycling to the recycling of the video content while Space Limited allows content to survive the decimation of non ev
133. the Operator station normally has no access to the Internet you can check the connectivity to the internal network resources to make similar determinations Once you ruled out the Network as a possible cause of the problem the next step will be to determine if the problem is with the client station versus something else At this step you are trying to contain the problem to a particular Client Station by testing essentially the same functionality on another computer Try to open the browser and point it to the Security System from another workstation If another computer has no problem then you can conclude that the Client Station is the route of the problem and proceed with troubleshooting accordingly If these first two causes were disqualified you may assume that problem resides in the Stratus server s Please make sure to follow the procedure in Section 6 4 Documenting Software Issues and Getting Support when filing support request 6 2 Issues with Client Station Normally Stratus does not require any special installation on the Client Station other than software dependencies like a Web Browser Java and Flash Player Please make sure your computer has the proper versions of these components see Chapter 5 Suggestions for details A general note on the client platform is that browser based clients are as stable and reliable as the browser itself Browsers may freeze or crash frequently for any type of web application and Stratu
134. this particular camera For more information about the Audit log see Section 4 3 The Audit Log The option Show User activity will show when a user requested live video archive video and what time period of archive or controlled the cameras PTZ Most entries can be expanded to give more information For example if you expand any User entry you will see what IP address the user connected from As another example if you expand a camera health update you will see what state the camera was in before The log is broken in to multiple pages The first page will show the newest entries If you need to view older entries than are shown on your page you can enter an arbitrary page or click Next or Prev until you find the correct page User Sets Indoor gt Camera DC127 Backroom PTZ 10 18 2011 15 09 50 DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to OK 10 18 2011 15 02 34 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to Unknown 10 14 2011 17 07 48 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to OK 10 14 2011 17 05 12 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to Unknown 10 14 2011 15 08 35 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to OK 10 14 2011 15 04 03 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to Unknown 10 13 2011 18 16 07 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status set to OK 10 13 2011 18 13 16 System DC127 Backroom PTZ Health status
135. uch faster having done so If the problem is not trivial our Stratus Reseller or your Integrator will be happy to help you resolve it and the information you collect during initial the troubleshooting steps will make it more expedient When contacting Support please collect the following information before you call Precise description of problem s you experience what you see and what you expected to see Is the problem repeatable Please specifically emphasize your primary concern s while listing the rest of the issues as secondary Your system serial number can be found in General gt Licensing page 72 Documenting Software Issues and Getting Support Please collect the Support File can be created in Maintenance gt Support Files page as soon as possible It will give a Support person much more internal information on what was happening in the system when the issue occurred This information is constantly recycled so it is important to retrieve it quickly after the problem occurred For severe problems it may be lost even after few hours as the amount of cyclical storage space is limited and a flood of error messages may obscure the original issue making the root cause identification hard if not impossible 73 74 Appendix A Analytics videoNEXT Stratus is designed to accommodate multiple analytics algorithms both embedded and external Stratus Release 3 3 includes the support of two
136. ultilines If you click the Add Multiline a line will be displayed in the video and additional configuration options will be displayed on the right 90 OV Adding and Editing Multilines Multilines allow lower false alerts than a single line One object must cross both lines in order to trigger an alert Rules View settings m Rules list Rule 2 Add area Add line Add multiline Remove Rule editor Name Stairs Color Red r Behaviours Vf Ordered crossing Order Ist then 2nd Duration 5 sec Filters Shape amp Direction Minimum Maximum _ Change size Figure A 10 OV Analytics Multilines Table A 8 OV Multiline Configuration Parameter Description Name The name of the Multiline This name will be displayed in the event message when this rule is triggered Color The configuration display color This is useful when adding several rules to be able to distinguish between them Ordered Crossing Select to trigger alerts only if the object crosses both of the line in a certain order Additional Parameters e Order Choose 1st then 2nd or 2nd then 1st When chosen an arrow will be added to both of the lines indicating the direction the object must move to trigger the alert 91 Appendix A Analytics Parameter Description Duration This is the maximum time a single object can take when crossin
137. unction with Schedules to allow turning archive on and off Please be advised that STD Motions and Events is the policy assigned by default thus you need to explicitly reassign it if another policy is desired l 1 All the standard policies are protected from modifications so you will have to create your own policy by clicking on the icon in the storage policy list header Storage Policies List STD Events only STD Mations and Events STD Space limited Edit information for Storage Policy Name Description Storage rotation type Preserve days min Figure 4 22 Add Storage Policy After clicking on the you have the opportunity to create a new policy Table 4 10 Timecard Parameters Description Name Will identify your new Policy when attaching it to the Storage Consumers cameras so please keep the name short and descriptive 46 Storage Policies Management Parameters Description Description Attribute may be used to explain any necessary details Storage Rotation Type This is the most important attribute to consider when creating a Storage Policy It will affect how much elasticity you allow in your system and subsequently how reliable and effective your Storage System will perform Space limited This is the default Storage Rotation type and it is the most elastic It will allow the Stratus software to determine how long to sto
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139. ux text ENTER Use the function keus listed belou for more infornation boot linux ks hd sda none Figure C 1 The Boot Screen The kick start scenario will be initialized and in less than a minute you will get the screen requesting kickstart file path clarification 1 http vtiger videonext com portal 97 Appendix C Detailed Steps 6 Error downloading kickstart file Unable to download the kickstart file Please modify the kickstart parameter below or press Cancel to proceed as an interactive installation hd sda none Figure C 2 Provide location of kickstart Insert your USB stick into the server Press lt ALT F4 gt to switch the console to the installation log You need to find the actual USB drive name on the screen The name depends upon the server configuration and may be different In our example it is sdh1 device sdh 1982464 512 byte hdur sectors 1815 MB Write Protect is off Mode Sense 43 66 68 0A assuming drive cache write through device sdh 1982464 512 byte hdwr sectors 1815 MB Write Protect is off Mode Sense 43 68 BA AA s assuming drive cache write through lt 6 gt sdh sdhi lt S gt sd 18 8 8 8 Attached scsi removable disk sdh usb storage device scan complete Figure C 3 Find USB device Press lt ALT F1 gt to switch back into the installation dialog and type the actual kick start path substituting the disk name found in previous step The fi
140. w button When a set is assigned to the Role you can also choose the Permission level There are three permissions that can be assigned Each subsequent permission includes the lower permissions The lowest permission level is View which only allows the user the ability to view live video from a camera The next level is Control which adds the ability for the user to control the camera through PTZ and to view archive video The highest permission level is Manage The Admin Role is a special system created Role Only users assigned to this Role will have access to the administrative GUI No user created Role can gain this privilege If PTZ Prioritization is enabled in Settings Identity Miscellaneous there will be an option in Role gt Edit to set user PTZ Priority level The lower the number the higher the priority More information can be found in Section 4 1 Cameras 4 4 4 User Management The next screen allows for easy Users Management Roles to User Roles 32 Viewer Role 31 Admin Role 34 Manager Role 33 Operator Role Storage Manager Schedule Manager gt Policies Y Credentials User Manager I Role Manager I Set Manager Figure 4 20 User Manager User Management in Stratus is simplified by assigning a User to one or more Roles It allows for easy Credentials reallocation for the pool of users 44 Storage Policies Management A User can only use one Role
141. w red dependent on the trigger threshold for the Cell Noise where red depicts that motion was detected in the cell condition yellow is very close and green is some motion is present but relatively low A Properly calibrated camera may show some green cells for non moving areas but should not have any yellow or red while any small motion should reliably fire red detections 29 Chapter 4 Advanced System Configuration The Cell Noise parameter is very important for the STD Motions and Events Storage Policy as it determines the Cell Trigger point which is used to decide if video should be recorded or discarded Use exclusion zones to mask any areas of video where constant unwanted motion occurs like waving trees in windows water etc The Object Size parameter allows you to discriminate targets based on their size in Cells In Figure 4 6 Motion Detection Calibration 10 is sufficient to detect a person even if only slightly in the frame while disqualifying normal levels of noise When such a detection happen a red border flashes around entire picture to visually alert about detection By default the entire video area is INCLUDED but the Administrator Installer may elect to exclude any arbitrary number of Cells from the analysis to safeguard against unwanted detections like waving trees in windows water etc All the scenarios described above work as what if controls
142. wn as localhost automatically via DHCP manually bigbrother Figure C 7 Network Configuration 3 99 Appendix C Detailed Steps 8 Assign the name for the server especially if you do not have a DHCP server to automatically do that for you 9 Nextthe kick start will begin installing all required packages This may take a few minutes You will see screens like this Package Installation Name Sere eee ee Size 29845k Summary The Perl programming language Packages Total TEN Completed 64 Remaining 347 15 Figure C 8 Network Configuration 4 10 When the installation is complete the server will eject the DVD and restart itself Activation 1 Login with as sos user password s 0o s You will be prompted to change the password Switch to the root account with the command su The default password will be 123456 You will be prompted to change the password Run the activation script with the command opt sarch bin activate The following activation dialog will be presented Define an activation scenario by combining the TYPE with multiple options wort rrr rere eee eee TYPE M Master Dedicated master or master only system N Node Install an additional node for a system E Evaluation Master only system with small storage on system drive options m MUMS Mass Update Management System s SOS Account
143. wser plugins helpers with better performance and more smooth video and audio playback capabilities These software components are delivered to the client platforms automatically and transparently so users do not experience any additional discomfort for installation activation steps same as it was done with previous components In addition new MediaPlayer components have video enhancement functionality built in which allows to adjust brightness and contrast in addition to digital pan tilt zoom which is a standard feature of prior software versions To adjust any of these settings a User would need to hover the mouse pointer over left top corner of the video and wait the split second for the icons for brightness contrast digital zoom to appear select a mode to be adjusted and use mouse scroll wheel to change setting EventLog GUI improvements Specifically The EventLog is an important radiator of information for multi user Stratus installations and it received a number of updates in release 3 3 The Event Details modal dialog window was 116 10 11 12 13 14 completely reworked and changed into multi tabbed component to provide screen real estate for more information and controls All important read only information was consolidated into bigger and better arranged General info tab which opens first so Operator may review the essence of alert quickly An additional tab provides more space for Even
144. xis as a protocol for the Stratus PTZ but in addition you have to load the appropriate PTZ driver into your Axis Video Server for you particular camera model These drivers are available for download from the Axis web site upon registration The Camera ID is not properly set in the Stratus configuration If you have a multi port encoder with multiple cameras connected usually it is the port ID on the encoder If you use ICDOO1 or PTCRxx types of PTZ protocols make sure to select the PTZ driver that corresponds to the device protocol and configure TCP Port settings to the appropriate value to talk to the Pan Tilt controller 6 4 Documenting Software Issues and Getting Support Depending on how the system was installed it is very likely that our Reseller Partner or Integrator will be responsible for the first level of support underlying hardware and or system software before the problem is classified as a software issue and gets reported to videoNEXT per the Reseller Agreement and or Maintenance and Support Agreement In the majority of cases your Integrator or Reseller will be a proxy in getting proper resolution for your problem s as it may involve coordinations between various vendors which were involved in your unique setup We strongly encourage you to perform the basic internal troubleshooting before requesting Support You will need to perform some information collection and basic triage and will be able to resolve your problem m

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