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1. IPIX IP cameras allow you to control PTZ functions in both live and recorded video However with IPIX IP cameras the iris and focus boxes in the HUD are unused See the PTZ Control section of the Client Application chapter for more details on IPIX IP cameras 33 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 User Administration The User Administration directory is used to manage users and assign permis sions Clicking on the directory opens the Camera Assignments tab which allows you to select which cameras each user is allowed to view video from Other tabs allow you to add and delete users and assign permissions to perform specific functions Creating Users To add users from the list of those who can access a system complete the following steps 1 Click Add User This displays the Add User window 2 Enter a login name and password and click Create Login names can include letters numbers and the following symbols period hyphen and underscore _ 3 Repeat these steps for each user Now when these users open the DSAdmin or DigitalSENTRY client applica tion they must enter this login name and password to be able to access the system you are currently connected to 34 DS NVs Assigning Permissions To assign permissions to a user complete the following steps 1 2 Select the User Rights tab see Figure 17 Select the user s name in the Users area Select one or more permissi
2. General Motion On Screen Display Time lapse Storage Motion Storage Prz co Focus Far 3 lis Open RES EET SS rtg 0 FocusNea Iris Close Zoom Out Add PTZ Tour Delete Tour EBENE Hoo Iv PTZ HUD On ee IV Run PTZ Tour Move Up Move Down Delete Tour Stop Add a Tour Stop Go To Preset 1 Set Preset 4 ERI EHI DS NVs To configure a preset camera position point the camera as desired and click Set Preset To select a different preset number to set click the right or left arrows below the button before clicking Set Preset To view a preset click Go To Preset to select a different preset number to view click the right or left arrows below the button before clicking Go To Preset You can configure up to 10 presets To configure a tour of presets for the camera click the Add PTZ Tour button in the PTZ Tour Configuration section Enter a name for the tour and a Dwell Time the amount of time the camera will go to each preset in the tour and then click Save To select the presets in the tour click Add a Tour Stop and select a preset from the drop down list repeat until all presets are added to the tour You can reorder a preset by selecting it and then clicking Move Up or Move Down Select Run PTZ Tour to test the tour You can delete a preset from the tour by clicking Delete Tour Stop You can delete an entire tour by selecting Delete Tour or you can change the tour name by clicking Change Tour
3. Stop Bits 1 X Port Settings Enter the device s settings here including the COM port it is connected to its baud rate parity and stop bits see Figure 4 Reset Text Enter all text string segments that the device sends to indicate a reset see Figure 5 After you enter each segment click Add Required Text Enter text string segments that must be present to cause DigitalSENTRY to recognize an command If the device sends multiple similar strings for the same command only the string with one of these segments is recognized After you enter the text click Add Alarm Text Enter all text string segments that the device sends to indicate that an alarm is occurring The instance of one of these segments in a string is recognized as an alarm These segments are used to trigger recording in certain zones that you will configure see the Adding and Configuring Zones section of this chapter After you enter the text click Add Normal Text Similar to Alarm Text but video does not automatically appear for these alarms even if automatic alarm viewing is configured General Port Settings Reset Text Required Text Alam Text Normal Ten cree DS NVs Configuring Storage Locations The Storage Locations tab see Figure 6 displays local hard drives on the VAU and all activated network storage locations Local hard drives available for storage of video files are listed under Local Storage along with their total
4. AE m MIN i ime een DigitalSENTRY contains a toolbar 26 Parking Lot 15 39 26 118 05 27 2003 Gates at the top along with an area for video Defauts windows history P Image Data IV Image Time pages and more airo OSD Display Client Local Time i C Server Time C GMT i T Audio On IV Apply to all Cameras Delay Live s e VV AcliveAlert Elipses Print Export Image Details 58 DS NVs Video Window Configuration The following video window configuration buttons control the display of live video The 1x1 button displays video from a single camera The 2x2 button displays video from up to four cameras The 3x3 button displays video from up to nine cameras 8 BH LI o BHHH The 4x4 button displays video from up to 16 cameras OO The Camera Groups button displays video from predefined groups of cameras The Save Local Camera Group button allows you to create camera J groups spanning multiple DS systems and to create camera sequences The Close Windows button removes all live video windows or any other graphics such as the Event History or Recorded Video timelines xI ko ie To view live video click a video window configuration button If you click the 1x1 button the first camera configured for the first connected system is displayed if you click the 2x2 button the first four cameras are displayed and so on To vie
5. Click on the portion of the colored box aligned with the time and day when the event you want to view occurred The events corresponding to your selected segments are highlighted in the list on the right side of the screen 2 Double click the highlighted event from the list that corresponds to the video you want to view Recorded video is simultaneously played back from all cameras in the zone where the event occurred 3 Use the counter and the playback controls Play Pause Video Play Fast Reverse Step Back Step Forward and Play Fast Forward at the top of the screen to view the desired portions of video To see the function of each button hover over the button with the mouse without clicking 4 When you play back an alarm event the Video Controls tab appears To return to the list of events click the down arrow button on the left When you are finished viewing the event you can click the Event History button to return to your search results or you can proceed with other tasks When you play an event from the Event History the Video Controls panel includes a Play By Frame Time feature Play By Frame plays only recorded frames skipping over periods without recorded video Play By Time plays back video based on time elapsed including periods when no video was recorded 72 Recorded Video Page DS NVs The Recorded Video page allows you to view recorded video from up to nine separate cameras or one predefined ca
6. Update List Delete All Delete 53 INTEGRAL Technologies Rd Email Notification The Email Notification page see Figure 30 allows you to select email ad dresses that receive messages whenever a system message is generated Each recipient email address can be configured to receive any combination of critical warning or informational messages To enable email notification of these types of messages complete the following steps 1 Inthe SMTP Server field enter the email server used to send the email messages This must be a valid SMTP server accessible from the DS server 2 Inthe Email Sent From Domain Name field enter the domain name as configured on the SMTP server 3 Ifrequired enter a User Name and Password for sending email using the SMTP server 4 Click Add Email Account Enter an Email address and select one or more message types The email account receives only those messages that match the selected message types Click Save 5 Repeat the previous step for each email address Figure 30 The Email Notifica tion page allows you to select email addresses to receive messages when a DL E E 1L 1 Jj system message is generated user2 yourserver com user3 yourserver com 54 DS NVs 6 To change the messages types sent to an email address select the address and click Edit Email Address Select the appropriate message types and click Save 7 To delete an entered email address
7. an d i gt alarm triggered cry recording on two pests Camera inputs The F Inege Date recorded event is IV Image Time FZ Nane played in the top row ww of windows while ma ent live video from the same cameras is played in the bottom row of windows Search Video Controls FAST 450 IPM Prnxpot Image Details 87 INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 44 The PTZ tab allows you to control the pan tilt zoom functions of PTZ enabled cameras 88 PTZ Control The PTZ tab see Figure 44 allows you to control the pan tilt zoom functions of a PTZ enabled camera The PTZ tab is available only when the video window of a PTZ enabled camera is selected PTZ cameras are enabled in DSAdmin Pan tilt zoom functions are controlled using a heads up display HUD To view the HUD select PTZ HUD on the PTZ tab The HUD is a set of boxes that you click to control the various PTZ functions The largest box controls the pan and tilt functions simply click and drag in the direction you want the camera lens to point The small box in the center controls the zoom function left clicking the box zooms in and right clicking zooms out You can also control zoom using a mouse wheel The colored bars on the PTZ tab allow you to change the color of the HUD To control PTZ functions select PTZ Control on the PTZ tab and click on the video window the HUD does not have to be vis
8. e Camera Port Name the default name of the camera input You cannot change this name e Camera Name the name of the camera as it appears in the client application You can change this name as desired e Description the camera s location or other identifying information e VAU the VAU that the camera is connected to Input Device Name and Input Z unused with DS NVR NVs Changes on the General tab are implemented at the next of either zero 15 30 or 45 minutes after the hour You can change a camera name at any time However searching for video using the new name finds only the video recorded after the name change Any video recorded before the name change must be searched for using the name of the camera when the video was recorded When an IP camera is selected the General tab includes two extra buttons Edit IP Camera Settings and IP Camera Configuration Web Page These buttons are also on the IP Camera tab and described in the Configuring IP Cameras section of this chapter DS NVs Motion The Motion tab see Figure 12 allows you to configure how much motion is required to trigger motion recording It is also used to create motion masks which ignore motion in certain areas of a camera s view and to test your motion setup Live video from the selected camera is displayed on this tab Figure 12 The Motion tab configures motion settings and masks 23 INTEGRAL Techn
9. located in the Zones directory 37 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 Figure 18 The Camera Assignments tab assigns camera permissions to users 38 Assigning Camera Permissions To assign or change camera permissions for a user complete the following steps 1 Select the Camera Assignments tab see Figure 18 2 Select the user name in the Users list 3 Choose the permission from the Groups area The following permis sions are available e All Cameras grants access to all cameras available on the selected system as listed in the Available Cameras list at the bottom of the tab If you select this option click Save and skip step 4 Add User Change Password Delete User di Camera Assignments L User Rights Groups C All Cameras C Allnon covert cameras By Assignment Available Cameras Assigned Cameras 1FSTCAMT e All Non Covert Cameras grants access to all cameras not designated as Covert Camera on the individual camera configura tion pages If you select this option click Save and skip step 4 e By Assignment grants access to cameras individually selected from the bottom of the Camera Assign tab If you select this option proceed to step 4 If you select By Assignment select the cameras in the Available Cameras list that the user has permission to monitor and then click the right arrow button to move them to the Assigned Cameras list or click the doub
10. select the address click Delete Email Account 8 To test a configured email address select the address and click Test Email Account Check the email account to ensure that an email was sent The SMTP server selected for email notification of messages is automatically the same server selected for email notification of alarms if applicable See the Configuring Zones section of this chapter for more information 55 DS NVR amp DS NVs Client Application This chapter describes the daily operation of the DigitalSENTRY client application In this chapter the following topics are discussed Overview of DigitalSENTRY Video window configurations The Event History and Recorded Video pages Client Manager DigitalSENTRY messages Alarm assessment This chapter is fully illustrated to assist you in the daily operation of DigitalSENTRY INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies K Security Intelligence Made Simple INTEGRAL amp Technologies amp Running DigitalSENTRY To run the DigitalSENTRY client application select it from the Start menu When asked enter a user ID and password as configured in the DSAdmin program When DigitalSENTRY starts a toolbar is displayed see Figure 31 This toolbar contains buttons for video window configurations event history recorded video administration and exiting DigitalSENTRY The following sections contain information about each of the toolbar items Figure 31 eue
11. G0 To view video from a time frame before the previous 60 minutes perform a search on the Event History or Recorded Video page as described later in this chapter Zooming Into Video To zoom into a video window left click on the window to highlight it Then each additional click increases the size of the video in the window by a factor of two cropped to fit the window and recenters the window in the direction of the click Right clicking reverses the zoom You can also zoom in and out using the wheel on a mouse with wheel capability Creating Local Groups Local groups are similar to camera groups except that local groups are available only on the remote client computer on which they are created To create a local group of up to 16 cameras click the Close Windows button click the Save Local Camera Group button and select the Local Group Configura tion tab see Figure 33 Click New Group type a name for the local group select whether the group is viewable by all users of the client computer or only by the current user and click Save Group You can also quickly create a local group by arranging cameras on the live video page and then clicking the Save Local Group button The tree on the left side of the Local Group Configuration tab contains a list of all available cameras To add a camera to the group drag its name to the list on the right side of the tab or select the camera and click the right arrow To remove a camera from
12. by the selected camera This field on the General tab does not actually set the frame rate it only establishes the Fast Medium and Slow settings used on the scheduling tabs Select the frame rate per minute for each speed setting the rate per second is automatically updated e Associated Audio Channel unused with DS NVR NVs e Covert Camera marks this camera as covert when assigning camera permissions in the User Administration procedure continued Figure 11 The General tab under Cameras allows you to configure image size frame rate and more 21 INTEGRAL 4 Technologies RR 22 e Maximum Video Buffer the maximum amount of time in seconds you can save video for pre motion recording If the camera begins recording a motion event you may want to record a certain amount of time before the event The Maximum Video Buffer value limits the amount of video that can be appended to the beginning of any re corded event This value is limited by the amount of RAM available in the VAU See the Motion tab description in this section for informa tion about setting pre motion recording values for individual cameras e Motion Detection enables settings on the Motion tab as described later in this section if Use Integral Motion Detection is selected Alternatively you can select Use Motion Detection in IP Camera to enable the motion detection settings that are configured directly on the IP camera
13. j89712 2003 15280 3 05 12 2003 16 18 15 DS DVA 05 12 2003 16 26 33 Warming 1 05 12 2003 16 18 1E 10 05 12 2003 16 18 17 DS DVA 05 12 2003 16 26 33 Informational 1 05 12 2003 16 18 17 n 05 12 2003 16 18 19 DS DVA 05 12 2003 16 26 33 Informational 1 05 12 2003 16 18 1 12 05 12 2003 16 18 35 DS DVA 05 12 2003 15 26 33 Warming 1 05 12 2003 16 18 3E 13 05 12 2003 16 31 15 DS DV 05 12 2003 16 33 25 Warning 1 05 12 2003 16 31 1 14 05 12 2003 16 31 17 DS DVA 05 12 2003 16 33 25 Informational 1 05 12 2003 16 31 17 15 05 12 2003 16 31 19 DS DVA 05 12 2003 16 33 25 Informational 1 05 12 2003 16 31 Tex Message Video Server has started Save Messages to fle Ej Lee Servers you can connect to 81 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 949 Viewing Reports Several useful reports can be viewed from Client Manager To view a report click on the Reports button select a report type and select the week for which you want to view the report The following reports are available e Camera Usage Report Displays recording activity per camera and per day in terms of the amount of disk space used for storage e Client Log Displays user activity by date time user name and IP address e Administration Log Displays administrator activity by date time user name and IP address e Configuration Report Displays all configuration changes for VAUs cameras camera groups zones users and other configur
14. portion of the camera s view that includes the receptionist s desk so that motion that occurred there wouldn t be detected You can create a motion mask as large or as small as you want and in a virtually unlimited number of patterns To create a motion mask complete the following steps 1 On the live video window click and drag to draw a rectangle that covers all or part of the area you want to mask Repeat until the entire area you want to mask is covered 2 To eliminate a portion of the mask you created click and drag on the mask to draw a rectangle over the area you want to clear To eliminate the entire mask click Clear Mask 3 To change the color of the mask click on a color square above the live video window If there is only one small area where motion events need to be detected you can instead mask that area and then click the Invert Mask button This masks all unmasked portions of the video and clears all masked portions DS NVs 25 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 To test the mask you created to see if motion recording will perform as desired click the Save and Test Mask button Then view the following parameters e Max Consecutive the highest number of consecutive images that exhibited motion during the current test when motion occurs a colored border appears around the video window e Consecutive Frames the current number of consecutive images that differed enough from the previous imag
15. size unused space and minimum free space maintained in MB To assign a drive for local storage of video select the drive and then Activate Storage Location To make sure a drive is detected and available select it and look for the word Online or Offline below the list DSAdmin searches for the drives each time a connection is created or refreshed Activated network storage locations appear on the right side of the Storage Locations tab To archive video stored on the VAU to the network storage locations every 15 minutes select Copy To Network Storage Location You can view information about each network storage location by selecting it in the list The network storage locations are configured on the Network Storage page as described in the following section VAL Info Serial Ports pe Audio Channels IP Cameras Delete VAU F l g ure 6 m Local Storage j Network Storage Locations The Storage Loca tions tab allows you to select local and network drives for archiving MNetworkStorageXC NetworkStorage D Selected Drive Online Total MB fa7237 Unused MB Selected Drive Offline 16449 Drive Total MB S Networks toragekC o Meira hee MB Minimum free MB Unused MB fo 1000 0 IV Activate Storage Location Copy To Network Storage Locations 13 INTEGRAL 4 Technologies k d Figure 7 The IP Cameras tab contains a list of IP cameras connected to the VAU and
16. system in this case 17PC Under 17PC is the Available Systems directory which contains a list of all servers available for the client to connect to in the figure the available system is DS NVs Under each server are several directories containing all the cameras VAUS zones and other hardware and configurations that are available through the selected server Figure 1 The DSAdmin EHE UPC directory tree aT pw displays the qs hierarchy of the Configuration Parameters p DS NVR NVs Sys tem Email Notification J Network Storage Storage ptions Throttle Exempt Addresses User Administration BO Cameras cg Video Input Devices Zones DSSYSTEM Joel s Twisted World Uncle Tom s Cameras INTEGRAL 4 Technologies ee Adding and Configuring Servers To make a DS server available to your client computer complete the following steps l Click on the client directory at the top of the tree to display the Available Systems directory Right click on Available Systems and choose Add System This opens the Add System window see Figure 2 In the System Name field enter a name for the DS server you want to make available Enter the static IP address of the DS server If the server will not be connected to a network during operation enter 127 0 0 1 for the IP address Enter a reconnect interval If the client becomes disconnected from the server it will try to reconnect after the amount of time in secon
17. video to be recorded on that day of the week 2 Click on the day s row under the time of day you want to start time lapse recording and drag the edge of the box that appears to the right until you reach the time of day you want to stop time lapse recording continued General Motion On Screen Display Time lapse Storage Motion Storage Prz F i g ure 1 4 r Time lapse Recording Storage Schedule 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 SSS SS ETATE RT LEES IA ETE TEI The Time lapse Storage tab uses a timeline to schedule Sunday Monday Tuesday continuous record Wednesday ing at various image rusty capture rates Frid SS EE EE EE ME ER HE HEL MEN HE EE EI EE EER WEL EL HE DER EED HE ES EE EE ED EE Saturday Storage Rate Fast 450 IPM Slow 1 IPM Clear Schedule Full Week Slow a 7 50 IPS 02 IPS Medium 240 IPM E 4 001PS ax 29 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 949 3 Ifyou want to record at a different rates at a different times on that day of the week select a recording rate and draw another schedule box on that day s row 4 To clear a section of the schedule select Clear and drag over the schedule boxes that you want to erase To completely clear the schedule to start over click Clear Schedule 5 Repeat this procedure for each day Changes saved on the Time lapse Storage tab are implemented at the next of either zero 15 30 or 45 minutes af
18. view the Recorded Video page the most recent seven days are selected If you change this you can quickly return to the most recent days by clicking the Today button All video captured within those parameters is displayed as boxes on the timeline aligned on the row corresponding to the day they occurred and on the column below the hour they occurred The timeline always shows seven days regardless of the length of the selected period The video is organized in quarter hour segments thus all events that occur between 4 00 and 4 15 are displayed as one box To view video that occurs during the fall back hour when reverting to standard time from daylight saving time you must select GMT 74 DS NVs Several video type colors can be displayed on the timeline as described in the following list e Event An alarm event occurred during the 15 minute segment e Motion Only motion events and time lapse video were recorded during the 15 minute segment e Time Lapse Only a certain frequency of time lapse frames were recorded per second during the 15 minute segment e Continuous All captured images were recorded and stored during the 15 minute segment This always occurs during the current 15 minute segment This also occurs if the Manage Storage slider bar is more than 096 on the Storage Options page in DSAdmin See the DSAdmin chapter for details e Event Continuous Motion Continuous Time Lapse Continuous Eve
19. want to include in the exported video clip and click OK 7 Click the play button to start the video clip 8 Click STOP on the Video Controls tab when you want to end the video clip The clip is then saved to the location you chose To view the movie you saved open the file in the location you saved it to DigitalSENTRY Export Video Clip M Outside Front Full Filename BEET pes Iv Mark video selection Mark End oo oo NEE S Start Not Set End 9436 11 07 2003 13 12 26 715 Figure 35 The Export Video Clip window allows you to mark smaller portions of video clips for export XPV and EXE only M Dutside Front Lobby M Break Room Entrance East Entrance North 1 M Entrance North 2 Entrance North 3 Entrance North 4 M Entrance South 1 Outside Back Select the cameras to include in the export file I KI A K K K R K K 67 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 Image Details Tab The Image Details tab contains information about the image in the currently selected video window This information includes the camera name the VAU the camera is connected to the IP address of the VAU the size of the image the video standard NTSC or PAL and current recording rate 1f applicable The Image Details tab also displays the Connection Status which is the current status of the connection between the client and the VAU of the selected camera Green indi
20. DS NVR amp DS NVs User Manual February 2006 Information in this document is subject to change without notice Copyright 2006 Integral Technologies All rights reserved INTEGRAL Technologies 9 Security Intelligence Made Simple DigitalSENTRY and Integral Technologies are trademarks of Integral Technologies Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks or names or their products Integral Technologies disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own Integral Technologies makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Integral Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual Integral Technologies 9855 Crosspoint Blvd Suite 126 Indianapolis Indiana 46256 U S A 3000 40150 TABLE OF CONTENTS ietsie died 1 DS NVR and DS NVS Basi6S i se sasie rs Gee ees Ego sinis LOL Qa dep Eg sed eg 2 DS NVs Minimum Reduiremnt iese se se ee ee ee ee Re Re ee ee ee nennen 3 Be 1 EE 5 DSAdimin OVerview tei rn ita Ree iter de iain did ect sk Ge ds 6 The DSAdmin Directory Tree seed sed de ese ee de eed dd eed ec een
21. GRAL s Technologies 84 e Message Count The number of times the message has occurred since the last time that specific message was acknowledged e First Occurrence The time and date of the first occurrence of the message since the last time it was acknowledged The pop up window allows you to sort messages by any of the columns as selected from the drop down list You can also view the occurrence times in either local or GMT time Local occurrence times are local to the DS system To close the message window click Clear Messages This acknowledges all messages listed in the window If any other messages occur while viewing the message window they do not appear until after you clear the messages you are currently viewing they are not added to the pop up window you are viewing After you clear a message you can view it later in Client Manager see the previous section Alarm Assessment If you are assigned the Alarm Activity right in DSAdmin DigitalSENTRY immediately notifies you whenever an alarm event occurs The Current Alarms window in the upper right corner of the DigitalSENTRY screen automatically displays the time and zone in which the alarm event occurred Alarms are sorted by the time they occurred with the oldest on top To see all alarms in the window click the down arrow button on the right this button 1s grayed out unless there are too many current alarms to fit in the window The Sort by Priorit
22. NTEGRAL Technologies e e 5 99 ve DSAdmin Overview DSAdmin is the administration program that configures a DS NVR NVs for daily use DSAdmin is used to configure DS NVR NVs servers video acquisi tion units VAUS and cameras along with recording rates video settings recording schedules and much more DSAdmin also allows you to set up zones serial input devices and other important elements of the DS NVR NVs system To run the DSAdmin program select it from the Start menu and enter your login information see Note When DSAdmin first runs the name of the client computer is displayed in the gray title bar and the Folder Items area The Server List field contains a path to a local INI file containing a list of servers that the client is allowed to connect to If the login information entered during DSAdmin startup does not match the login information for the available systems you are also asked to enter login information for those systems See the Adding Systems section of this chapter for a discussion on system login information DS NVs The DSAdmin Directory Tree A DS NVR NVs system is a collection of servers VAUs and cameras which the DSAdmin program organizes into a directory tree This tree illustrates the relationship between all the parts and allows you to add subtract or modify any of them Look at the sample tree in Figure 1 At the top of the tree is a directory named after the client
23. Wed 11 05 2003 Thu 11 06 2003 Fri 11 07 2003 Sat 11 08 2003 Sun 11 09 2003 Mon 11 10 2003 Tue 11 11 2003 EWER Go To Today Selected Video 11 08 2003 10 45 00 To 11 23 59 period of time Evenlmages 0 Motion Images 2237 Total of Images 2402 Video File Size MB 35 63 Clear Selected Video Selected Video From Sat 11 08 2003 se 10 45 00 m Te sa 11708 2003 11 2959 33 Play Selected Video O 1 DSSYSTEM PMDEMO2 DSSYSTEM PMDEMO3 C DSSYSTEM PMDEMO4 73 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Searching for Recorded Video To view a log of recorded video click the Recorded Video button ee The Recorded Video button displays a timeline of seven days To display all events that occurred during any period complete the following steps 1 Double click or drag camera names from the left list into the middle list or select the camera name and click the right arrow button Alternatively you can double click or drag a camera group or local group from the right list to the middle list or select the group and click the left arrow button To clear the middle field click Clear All To remove one camera at a time double click the camera name or drag it to the appropriate list 2 Enter a search period on the right side by selecting a starting day and a duration in days Also select either Local time or GMT 3 Click the Query Recorded Video button When you first
24. You can choose to display the current time date and or camera name on each video window in various colors Also the Inverse option displays a negative image for the currently selected window e Client Local Time Server Time and GMT Greenwich Mean Time equal to Universal Time This applies to time displayed on OSD and the playback counter e Audio On This is unused with DS NVR NVs e The Delay Live slider bar Setting this to the left displays video at its fastest rate Moving this to the right decreases the displayed image rate The Apply to All option allows you to apply Video Quality and Delay Live settings to all displayed cameras e An offset video window configuration button 2x2 3x3 and 4x4 views only a This button increases the size of the currently selected window and decreases the size of the rest of the displayed windows This allows you to see video in a larger window as with 1x1 mode but still displays the other video windows To view another camera s video in the larger window click the small window this switches the size and location of the large window and small window To return to the multiple window format click on the video window configuration button that appears in the same place on the Video Controls tab or click one of the buttons on the toolbar 63 INTEGRAL s Technologies 64 e When you play back video the Video Controls tab also includes a Play Video section that a
25. age type This can indicate a critical warning or informational message e Last Occurred The time and date of the most recent occurrence of the message e System The DS system on which the message occurred e From The VAU on which the message occurred e Code The code number of the message This is useful information for technical support e Message Text The text of the message If you select the message in the window the text also appears at the bottom of the window Figure 41 x Critical Messages Warning Messages 7 Informational Messages focal C GMT DigitalSENTRY Sor By System Last Occurred Date 7 messages are Double Click a row to ignore not ignore a message communica ted Total Messages Loaded 6 through a pop up LastOccured System FromComputer From Code Messag ind 2 To 001 S DS A DSStorag ice E pping Winaow DSCOMBO AS DSCOMBO A DSStorageService 2004 Storage Service Starting 3 07 26 2001 DSCOMBO AS DSCOMB A DigitalsENTRY Video Server 7012 Video Server has shutdown 3 07 26 2001 DSCOMB AS DSCOMBO A DigitalsENTRY Video Server 7011 Video Server has started Ea 07 25 2001 DSCOMBO AS DSCOMBO A DSWatch 3003 The DSWatch Service was not properly e 07 25 2001 DSCOMB O AS DSCOMBO DSStorageService 2003 Storage Service could not recover offline Storage Service Stopping ET Clear Messages 83 9 INTE
26. arm event e Motion and Alarm Frames plays back only those images that exhibit motion and were recorded during an alarm event e Manually Recorded Frames plays back only those images recorded using the Manual Record button on the Video Controls tab e Smart Search et al plays back images that exhibit motion in a user defined area of the video window See the following section for details Options to play back motion alarm or manually recorded video are available only if the selected video segment contains images recorded in that manner DS NVs Client Manager Client Manager allows you to monitor the status of your connection to DS systems and control several operation parameters To open Client Manager click the following button Client Manager see Figure 39 lists the following information e System Name the name of each configured server in the DSS file e Connected As the user name you are connected to the system as e Connected whether you are currently connected to the system e Notify On Event whether you will be notified when an event occurs on the system e Critical Msgs whether you will be notified when critical messages occur on the system continued 131811 28 27 MO 38D1 ede AE jn EE EE v Client Manager Rech Connected Systems apply New Settings Undo Changes in Grid Client Manager Total Systems a Connected As Connected Notiy
27. at has a robust controller card especially if you have a high camera count 20 32 IP cameras or when using high throughput cameras such as iPIX TCP IP Addresses The DS NVs server must have two network interface cards NICs one to communicate with the IP camera network and the other to communicate with other computers such as clients computers used to remotely monitor the system Each NIC has a unique TCP IP address and the DSAdmin software must recognize the address of the NIC used to communicate with other computers When you first run DSAdmin which is described in greater detail in the following chapter check the TCP IP address that is assigned to the VAU If the TCP IP address displayed is applicable to the IP camera network switch the network cables plugged in to each NIC and restart the system Then run DSAdmin again and ensure that the TCP IP address assigned to the computer network is displayed DS NVR amp DS NVs DSAdmin This chapter describes DSAdmin the application that configures DigitalSENTRY software and the DS NVR NVs hardware In this chapter the following topics are discussed Overview of DSAdmin and its directory tree Adding and configuring servers VAUs and cameras User administration Creating camera groups Enabling email notification Also in this chapter is a list of special configuration parameters and much more INTEGRAL e Technologies KA Security Intelligence Made Simple I
28. ation parameters The reports are viewed onscreen in a browser and can also printed Client Startup Options The Client Startup Options section allows you to control the resolution of the DigitalSENTRY client application You can display the application at the standard 1024x768 resolution or at the resolution of the Windows Desktop 1024x768 minimum You can also choose whether to allow multiple simultaneous instances of the client application A second instance is useful when manually controlling the analog video outputs Changes in the Client Startup Options section are not applied until the next time the DigitalSENTRY client application is started Adding and Deleting Systems Client Manager allows you to add servers to the system list To do this click Add System and enter a name TCP IP Address and Reconnect Interval Select AutoConnect if you want to automatically connect to the system every time you start the client application or DSAdmin Click Save when finished You can also delete a server from the system list by clicking the server name and then the Delete servername button where servername is the actual name of the server 82 DS NVs Viewing Messages The DS system communicates a variety of messages while running Messages are listed in a pop up window when they occur or when you first start the application after they occur The window contains the following information see Figure 41 e Mess
29. cates an active connection and red indicates an inactive connection 68 DS NVs Event History Page The Event History page see Figure 36 allows you to search for and view a log of all events that occurred during a certain time period and then play back video of events based on the results of the search The log is a graphical color coded representation of events The log is organized by days and hours Each row represents a complete calendar day the columns represent the 24 hours in each day Figure 36 ru The Event History page displays a EIDSSYSTEM FMDEMDA timeline of all events that have occurred over a period of time 69 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Searching for Logged Events To view a log of events click the Event History button al The Event History button displays a timeline of seven days To display all events that occurred during any period complete the following steps L 2 70 Click the Event History button The timeline appears From the Systems drop down list choose the system whose event log you want to view This drop down list contains only those systems you are connected to AND have Event History permissions for From the Zones drop down list choose the zone that includes the cameras whose recorded events you want to view If you want to include events from all cameras on the system select ALL Zones In the Event Description field enter search
30. chive video over a network video files remain on the local hard drives until they are complete and then they are copied to the network device Video files are complete at the end of a 15 minute segment The Network Storage page see Figure 9 allows you to configure network storage locations To add a network storage location complete the following steps 1 Click Add Storage Location Not In List This opens the Add an Archive Storage Location window 2 Enter a UNC share name for the storage location A valid UNC share name begins with two backward slashes and contains the network name of the storage unit in which it 1s installed Add Storage Location not in list Edit UNC Path for Storage Location Delete a Storage Location Drive TotalMB WNetworkStorageAC o MinFreeMB UnusedMB 000 o Activate Storage Location Selected Drive Offline v Use Caching DS NVs 3 Enter a minimum amount of free space in MB that you want the storage location to maintain 4 Ifyou want to enable caching select Use Caching Caching is typi cally used to increase performance on storage devices that employ RAID arrays 5 Click Save The storage location is then included in the list of loca tions assigned to the selected computer To begin saving video to the location select Activate Storage Location After a network storage location is activated it appears on the Storage Loca tions tab of each VAU You can then sele
31. ck Refresh Connected Systems Changing Passwords Client Manager allows you to change your password for each system To do this click on the name of the system you want to change your password for this displays the name of the system after For System beneath the manager grid Enter the current password in the Old Password field then enter the new password in the New Password and Confirm New Password fields and click Change 80 Viewing the Message Log DS NVs Client Manager allows you to view the VideoServer message log on each server To do this complete the following steps 1 Click on the name of the system whose message log you want to view and click Message Log History This displays the Message Log History screen see Figure 40 2 Enter the dates of occurrence for the messages you are interested in 3 Choose ALL Records or open the drop down list to choose messages based on the source computer or service 4 Click Load Message Log Records All messages that fit the search parameters are then listed by the date they occurred the originating computer the originating user service the date they were acknowledged their type error code number of times the message occurred since the last acknowledgment and the time of the last occurrence Use the drop down list above the listed messages to sort the log by any of those information columns To view the text of the message click on the message The message is di
32. ct all activated network storage locations for the VAU to copy files to To edit the UNC share name for a network storage location select it and click Edit UNC Path for Storage Location To completely remove a network storage location select it and click Delete a Storage Location 17 INTEGRAL Technologies 18 e e 5 99 ve Storage Options The Storage Options directory see Figure 10 allows you to configure the length of time that video is stored on a DS system before it is automatically deleted The Video Storage Options section configures the storage options available for each camera The value you select for the First Storage Option and Second Storage Option will appear in the drop down lists on the camera configuration pages For example if you keep the default storage options 10 and 30 days the Retain Video drop down list on the Motion Storage tab for all cameras will contain options to store video as long as possible for 10 days or for 30 days The Video Storage Options section also allows you to configure how long alarm video is saved before it is automatically deleted If you select 0 days the alarm video will be saved for the same amount of time you select for motion video on the Motion Storage tab Otherwise the alarm video will be saved for the number of days you select in the Video Storage Options section Alternatively you can select the Force Video to be Deleted option in the Video Storage Options
33. d DS NVs Basics DS NVR and DS NVs are network video recorders that use DigitalSENTRY as the video monitoring and management software DS NVR is an all inclusive standalone video recorder DS NVs is a software only solution that can be installed on an existing server as described in the following section For information on installing DS NVR see the DS Hardware Installation amp Field Service Manual DigitalSENTRY DS NVs Minimum Requirements DS NVs can be installed on a computer that meets the following minimum requirements Industry Standard Intel Platform Server Grade Motherboard Dual Xeon Processors 32 input system or Intel P4 3 2GHz Processor 16 input system or smaller IGB RAM Dual Gigabit Network Interface Cards NICs Microsoft Windows XPe XP Pro 2003 Server Operating System 7200rpm Hard Drive minimum of one can be SCSI or SATA Drive Controller Card CD RW Standalone systems 20GB available storage for operating system and applications Distributed systems 160GB available storage for operating system applications and video storage If all video will be stored on the DS NVs server you must add the appropriate quantity speed and size of drives required to meet the storage requirement If the video will be stored on an external storage subsystem you must also install a suitable SCSI Card The transmission I O rate of the Drive Controller Card is important For best performance select a system th
34. ddresses click Add Email Account to open the window shown in Figure 27 Add email addresses as desired and then select cameras from the zone For each selected camera a JPEG image of the alarm event will be attached to the email messages you can adjust the image resolution and quality using the slider bars under JPEG Image Properties Changes to a zone configuration are applied when you save them Add Email Account s Figure 27 is ans Cameras to Include in the Email user Iourserver conm H in thi EDGE index The Add Email Account s window allows you to select email addresses that E will receive mes sages if an alarm occurs in the zone JPG Image Properties Remove Image Resolution Quality 75 2524240 sk op Save Account s 49 INTEGRAL Technologies ee Figure 28 The Configuration Parameters screen allows you to configure miscellaneous DigitalSENTRY settings 50 The Cameras Directory The Cameras directory under a DS server in the directory tree contains a list of all cameras configured on all VAUS in the tree See the Adding and Configur ing Cameras section of this chapter for more information Configuration Parameters The Configuration Parameters directory contains several miscellaneous parameters that you can set for a DS system Clicking this directory opens the Configuration Parameters box see Figure 28 To change a parameter select i
35. ded video from the Event History or Recorded Video page You must pause the recorded video to activate these buttons e The Print Screen button which prints a still image from all displayed windows e The Print Image button which prints a still image from the currently selected window e The Print Comment field Whatever you type here is printed along with the image or images you print Exporting and printing rights are granted based on user permis sions and available only if the user is granted permission Exporting a Video Clip DigitalSENTRY allows you to export simultaneous video clips from multiple cameras to any location on the DS system or over a network a connection To export a movie complete the following steps 66 DS NVs 1 Play back video from the Recorded Video or Event History page 2 Pause the video and click Export Movie on the Print Export tab this opens the Save As window 3 Select a location enter a file name and select a file type e XPA format playable in Integral Media Player e EXE format a self extracting executable with Integral Media Player built in e MPEG e AVI 4 To mark a smaller portion of the video clip for export move the slider bar to the start of the desired clip click Mark Start and drag the slider bar to the end of the clip see Figure 35 You can also select which cameras should be included in the exported file 5 Click OK 6 Select the cameras that you
36. directory see Figure 21 contains groups of cameras with some similar characteristic such as location These groups can be used for quick selection of cameras from which to view live or recorded video To create a camera group complete the following steps 1 Click New Group and type a name for the group in the Camera Group drop down box 2 Inthe Available Cameras list select one or more cameras and click the right arrow button This adds the camera s to the Assigned Cameras list Repeat until all desired cameras up to 16 are placed in the Assigned Cameras list 3 To remove a camera from the Assigned Cameras list click the left arrow button To remove all cameras from the Assigned Cameras list click the double left arrow button To adjust a camera s position in the group highlight it and click Move Up or Move Down 4 When you are finished modifying the camera group click Save You can modify a camera group at any time by selecting the group from the Camera Group list and performing steps 2 4 To rename a selected group type the new name in the New Name field and click Rename Group Camera Groups Camera Group fal Cameras New Group New Name Rename Group Available Cameras Assigned Cameras 15105 Very High 16105 High Move Up 18105 Low 25 Parking Lot 14 East Entrance gt 21 South Entrance 24 Narth Entrance 1 lt 12 Narth Entrance 2 22 SQA Hall 13 Shipping Dock Move Down Sav
37. ds indicated by the reconnect interval If you want the client to automatically connect to the server whenever the DigitalSENTRY client application is started click Auto Connect Click Save to add the server to the Available Systems list DS NVs To configure a server that you have made available to the client click on the server in the directory tree This displays the server configuration information which allows you to view or change the name IP address and reconnect interval for the server If you do not select AutoConnect you can click Connect to connect to the server You can refresh a connection to a server at any time by right clicking on the server name in the directory tree and selecting Refresh Figure 2 The Add System window makes a DSSERVERS P available for access 192 168 0 1 from the client po T ee Technologies Thi Adding and Configuring VAUs To add a VAU to a server right click on the VAUs directory under the appro priate server in the directory tree and select Add VAU This opens the Add VAU window which asks for the following information e VAU computer name e Static IP address e VideoServer port Enter this information for each VAU connected to the DS server and click Save On a server VAU combination system this information is the same as the system configuration information and it might already be entered in the VAUs directory To configure a VAU click on its na
38. e Camera y Camera z alarm event alarm event The counter at the top of the screen becomes red when you play back a current alarm event The top line of the counter shows the beginning and ending times of the displayed alarm event The second line shows the time of the video as it progresses through the playback The scroll bar below the counter see Figure 43 shows the progress of the video The black portion of the scrollbar corresponds to the actual alarm event The white portion of the scrollbar to the left of the alarm event corresponds to the amount of prealarm video recorded the white portion of the scrollbar to the right of the alarm event corresponds to the amount of postalarm video re corded Prealarm and postalarm recording is configured using the DSAdmin program 86 DS NVs Acknowledging Alarms Whenever one or more alarm notifications appear in the Current Alarms window the following two buttons appear in the DigitalSENTRY toolbar 55 This button clears only the alarm selected in the Current Alarms window E This button clears all the alarms in the Current Alarms window If you click this button you are asked to confirm the action DSDEMO Test Zone 05 28 2003 15 43 48 To 05 28 2003 154358 05 28 2003 15 49 51 05 28 2003 154953499 Lu Sottby Priority T 15 44 03 Test Zone z Figure 43 lt Events B 15 4515 Test Zone 1 15 46 56 Test Zone sme dn this example
39. e Group Cancel Delete group DS NVs Adding and Configuring Zones A zone is a user defined group of cameras that are triggered to record when specific events occur For example you might create a Door 3 zone that contains all cameras near Door 3 Then whenever the door is opened all cameras in the Door 3 zone begin recording video The Event History page in the DigitalSENTRY client application allows you to search by zone for alarm events For example you could search for all video recorded when Door 3 was open by choosing the Door 3 zone as part of your search parameters A zone can contain any number of cameras To create a zone right click on the Zones directory in the directory tree and select Add Zone When the Add Zone window appears see Figure 22 enter the following information e Zone Name a name that describes the zone s location or other characteristic e Zone Description any description identifying the zone e Alarm Information contains the following options e Active activates the zone e Report Alarm automatically displays an alarm notification in the Current Alarms window whenever an alarm event occurs within the zone continued EE Figure 22 Zone Name Zone Description The Add Zone west 2 All cameras in west wing window creates and names zones Alarm Information MV Active Alarm Times in Seconds 5 v Report Alarm Prealarm Postalarm 5 MV Record Until RESET Received Bade
40. e cameras the window contains an IPIX Settings button which allows you to configure the geometry settings of the camera consult the camera manufacturer s documentation for information Also the Resolution settings in the IP Camera window must be less than the maximum settings combined with the offsets that are selected in the manufacturer provided settings page e When the configuration is complete click OK To configure an existing IP camera click Edit IP Camera To delete an existing IP camera from the VAU click Delete IP Camera AXIS Camera This IP camera has been assigned input 31 on board number 4 Change Assigned Input Camera Name j Frame Rate Images Per Minute Resolution v 352x240 NTSC Width Height V Activa 352 s 240 Quality 50 F J E TCP IP Address Port Number 80 Event Port Number Input on IP Device 5860 1 User Name Password foot pooo Microsoft Internet Explorer must be the Re Type Password default browser in order to configure IP m cameras for DigitalSENTRY DS NVs Figure 8 The IP Camera window allows you to configure IP cameras connected to the VAU through the TCP IP network port 15 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 Figure 9 The Network Storage page allows you to configure drives for network archiving 16 Network Storage DigitalSENTRY video files can be saved on storage devices available over a network connection If you ar
41. e enint eda 7 Adding and Configuring Server S iii eed ee ee ke ee ee Re ee ee ke ee ee eene 8 Adding and Configuring VAUS ees ee ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ek ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee 9 Configuring Serial ae 2 tret tedio Dee La ul dean aod daas 10 Configuring Storage Locations eene 13 Configuring IF Cameras dtr kt teda edente Dee ge eee ddp Eden oed za ad d vn 14 Network Sie AE rat EE OE rec pid casale de Ep dd nep devenue 16 Storage OPTS Pm 18 Manage Storage ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Re ee Ge Re ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee 19 Adding and Configuring Cameras sse nennen 20 ciu 21 MM 23 On Screen Display ee ee GR ee AR ee AR ee AR nennen nemen nnne nnns 28 Time lapse Storage ese ee ee AR ee AR ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee AA ee ee ee nennen ee 29 Motion Storage ee ee ee ek ee ek ke ee AR Re nene ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee 31 FA AA AE MT EE EA 32 User Administration ee ee Re AR AR ee ee ee ee ee ee ee ee Ge AA ee ke ee ee ee 34 Creating Users ee ee ee Re AA GR ee AA ee ee ee ee AR ee ee Re ee ee nennen nnn nennen 34 Assigning PermisSiONnS ee ee ee ee ee ke ee Re ee GR Re ee ee Re ee ee ee Re ee ee nennen 35 Available ou oi OE RE IR 36 Assigning Camera Permissions ie ee ee Ge Re ee ee Re ee ee ee ee ee ee 38 Managing Users Across Multiple Systems
42. e for motion to be recognized This resets to zero when a change is not recognized in an image e Total the total number of images that exhibited motion during the test whether consecutive or non consecutive e Total Non Motion Frames the number of images during the test that did not exhibit motion e Total Frames the total number of images displayed and compared during the test After the test assess whether too much or too little of the image is masked and whether the sensitivity 1s too high or low Also assess the consecutive images setting for example if a person can walk across the entire camera view while only five images are recorded the consecutive images setting should be less than five so that such activity isn t ignored Any changes made on this page for individual cameras are applied when you click Test Mask even while recording You cannot change motion settings for more than one camera at a time 26 DS NVs The Motion tab also contains settings that control the triggering of alarms based on motion events You can configure a zone of camera inputs to begin recording when motion occurs on specific cameras see Adding and Configur ing Zones in this chapter for more information The settings that control when this recording occurs are found in the Alarm Settings area of the Motion tab This section contains the following settings e Consecutive Motion Frames to Trigger Alarm the number of consecutive m
43. ecorded in the post motion recording period This video is appended to the end of the recorded motion event If the minimum number of consecutive motion images reoccurs during the post recording period the post recording period restarts beginning with the image following the final consecu tive motion image 27 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 Figure 13 The On Screen Display tab config ures the text that appears in video windows 28 On Screen Display The On Screen Display tab see Figure 13 allows you to set the location for date time and camera name text in live and recorded video windows You can also set the location for the word Motion that appears on video displayed over an analog output when motion events occur these words do not appear in the DigitalSENTRY client application Live video from the currently selected camera is displayed on the tab so that you can see what your setting would look like if you were to activate the OSD for the camera in the DigitalSENTRY client application To display date time and camera name information on the test video window select the appropriate boxes in the Display column Then adjust the X and Y values to change the location of the first character of text for each displayed item onscreen Each video window is divided into a grid 28 units wide by 11 units high The X horizontal value can be 0 27 with 0 indicating the left column units and 27 indicating the right column
44. ed with other tasks Follow the counter at the top of the playback screen Video from a specific camera appears only if it was recording at the time indicated If only two cameras were continuously recording video at 4 15 only two windows would display video If another camera began recording a motion event at 4 17 three windows would show video UL INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 98 Figure 38 The Search tab allows you to perform smart searches and play back only certain types of images 78 Video Controls Print E xport Image Details All Frames 549 Motion Frames 544 Alarm Frames 9 C Motion And Alarm Frames 4 Manually Recorded Frames 5 C Smart Search 1FS1CAMO1 All Frames C Play Smart Search List e F Show Smart Search Mask EN Mask Color On Mouse Click z Zoom Mask m 7 10 motion required 4 gt Nert Frame ran Play Frames Bancel Search Search Tab When you play back recorded video from the Event History or Recorded Video page the Search tab appears in place of the Cameras tab see Figure 38 The Search tab allows you to filter the video so that you can view images of specific interest This tab contains the following options e All Frames plays back all images in the selected video clip e Motion Frames plays back only those images that exhibit motion e Alarm Frames plays back only those images that were recorded during an al
45. ee seconds to account for the maximum lag between the loss of video and the triggering of the alarm the system monitors for video loss every 1 5 seconds For example if you want to record five seconds of prealarm video on the zone set the prealarm time to eight seconds 44 DS NVs Configuring Zones To configure a zone click on its entry in the Zones directory This displays the following tabs e General contains the configuration information you assigned to the zone e Cameras assigns cameras to the zone see Figure 23 To assign a camera select it in the Cameras Available List and click the Add button This displays the camera in the Cameras Assigned list To remove a camera from the zone select it in the Cameras Assigned list and click the Remove button continued General Cameras Digtal Inputs Video Motion Video Loss Serial Input Schedule Figure 23 r Cameras r Cameras Available The Cameras tab assigns cameras to TFS1CAMT TFSTCAMT 1FS1CAM2 1FS1CAM2 the currently 1FS1CAM3 1FS1CAM3 selected zone 1FS1CAM4 1FS1CAM4 Add Remove r Cameras Assigned 45 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 e Digital Inputs assigns digital input points to the zone see Figure 24 Whenever an assigned digital input is triggered cameras in the zone begin recording Figure 24 General Cameras Digtal Inputs video Motion Video Loss Serial Input Schedule joj r Digita
46. ees ees es se ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee Ge ke ee 40 le urCECoUII M 42 Adding and Configuring Zones sssssse eene 43 Config ring ZOHnmnes ooo IE RE EE AE ES 45 The Cameras Directory RE EE RE N EE N EE paga 50 Configuration Parameters sericsson sesse dee esse dd dee se dd ese dd de a AEN ee dd ee ee death ad dee ee 50 Throttle Exempt Addresses siisii ieina ee nnn 53 Emal NOCION RE 54 continued Client ApplICatlOn ciconia teet caeco eco sano xax Te docte So caa auae EHE ep pe ana 55 Running DigitalSENTRY ssssesssssseeee enne nennen nennen enne 56 Video Window Configuration renees aaie Re ek Re ee GR Re ee ee Re nee 57 Recording Mode Indicators seriei eean ee NEE EAE E EERE ene 58 Quick REVIEWS ER tomis 58 ZOOMING IMO VIdeo rene E E EG dee sien A NSE 59 Greatirig Local Groups Ee iG o dn ea iere A edes 59 Camera Sequericling dn ede eee nig ED edema dat ens 60 Copying Local Configuration Information to Other Computers 60 Video Controls Tab dieci ecc tette dete dece de v Rue ded ee de ibd abd dtes 61 Manual Recording tese deed bee dcn seve dede oe e aee ce de uude gee be 62 Cameras Tab di e dd LL edo ud RE e dus 63 US deed EE irae dee Ded ed eeu Hadid deadbeat 64 Exporting a Video Clip sy se Ee EER cti iL dede Hed e diio do n FEE d eda ER 64 image Details TaD an ene E Ra eet D Reden 66 Event History Page EE ccc
47. eia eroi iR Dep ea RONEN R ERRA 67 Searching for Logged Events eese eene 69 Playing Back a Logged Event esse see ees ee ke ee ee ee ke e ee ee ee ke ee ee ee ke EA ee ke ee ee 70 Recorded Video Page ie ese ee Ee E EA ke ee REER Re ee Ge ee 71 Searching for Recorded Video sse enne 72 Playing Back Recorded Video iese ee ee ee ee Re ee Ge Re eene 74 Search Lab HE RR EE Ten a EO e bag 76 Client Manager 4 eerie ites t a Pre LT et US a o etd ers 71 Changing Passwords nt tereti ttem resta De ci tic st regata a 78 Viewing the Message LOG ee ee Re AR eene 79 Viewing Reports rea te b clt e ta ete De 80 Client Startup Option San eeii ee ee Ee Ee ER Ee a Ee ee ER GR Ee Re Re ee ee ee Re ee ee ee ee nnn 80 Viewing Messages i e Ee Re Ee d vt e EID ee REL D ee gee 81 Alarm Assessment i s EE EE ta ito e eg Ee te eae Ge Pe ER ee ed 83 Playing Back Current Alarms ees se ee ee ke ee ee Re ee ee ke ee ee ee ke ee ee ke ee ee ke ee 84 Acknowledging Alarms esses eese se AE Ee Re ee a eri ee ee 85 PARE OE EA DU p N OE N 86 IPIX SolidsState P TZ ORE e e EE GR RE EE N Re e Aa edits 87 GOW EER KEER RE EE EE 87 Technical Support and Certifications 89 DS NVR amp DS NVs Introduction INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ad Security Intelligence Made Simple INTEGRAL Technologies e e 5 99 ve DS NVR an
48. er with User Administrator rights must also have Configuration Viewer rights to view the User Rights tab or Configuration Manager rights to change information on the User Rights tab and perform other User Administrator functions 36 DS NVs Critical Messages The user can view messages labeled as Critical Delete Computer The user can access the Delete VAU tab Disable Event Monitor In Client Manager the user can change the Notify On Event parameter for the system Disable System Messages In Client Manager the user can disable the display of Critical Messages Warning Messages and Informational Messages Event Viewer The user can access the Event History page Export User The user can export data from DigitalSENTRY Informational Messages The user can view messages labeled as Informational Live Video The user can view live video Manual Record The user can activate manual recording Print User The user can print data PTZ User The user can control pan tilt zoom functions of cameras Recorded Video Viewer The user can view the Recorded Video page Reports in Client The user can view the onscreen reports available in the DigitalSENTRY client application User Administration The user can access the User Rights tab add and delete users and change passwords Warning Messages The user can view messages labeled as Warn ing Zone Administrator The user can modify information on the tabs
49. f this chapter for information about zone recording based on motion TFS1CAM2 1FS1CAM3 1FS1CAM4 DS NVs Figure 25 The Video Motion tab selects camera inputs that trigger recording on all cameras in the zone when motion is detected The Video Loss tab looks identical to the Video Motion tab 47 INTEGRAL 4 Technologies k d Figure 26 The Serial Input tab contains alarm panel text strings that will trigger recording on cameras in the zone 48 Video Loss selects cameras whose loss of video cause the rest of the zone s cameras to begin recording Serial Input looks for certain text in strings sent by alarm panels as entered during the Computer Configuration see Figure 26 Select a COM port on the server enter text that the alarm panel will send during a particular alarm and click Add Whenever the alarm panel sends this text through the designated COM port the zone s cameras begin recording DSCOMBO ASUS3 COM2 DOOR3 DS NVs e Schedule assigns recording times for the configuration you selected in the other tabs Draw schedule boxes on the timeline to indicate the days and times this zone s configuration information should be activated e Email Configuration allows you to select email addresses that receive messages whenever an alarm event happens in a zone To identify and test the mail server see the Email Notification section of this chapter To select email a
50. he Motion Storage tab are implemented at the next of either zero 15 30 or 45 minutes after the hour Genesi Motion On Screen Display Time lapse Storage Motion Storage pre Fig ure 1 5 Motion Storage 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 03 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 5 The Motion Storage unday EE EE EE tab uses schedules Monday 5 EE EE ESE motion recording Tuesday EE EIE AA AE and image capture MET rates E E Thursday Friday Saturday Storage Rate El Fast 450 IPM IB Slow 1 IPM Clear Schedule Full Week Slow 7 50IPS 2 IPS Retain Video for EH Medium 240 PM Clear s long as possbe gt 31 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies k d Figure 16 The PTZ tab allows you to configure presets tours and more 32 PTZ The PTZ tab see Figure 16 allows you to configure PTZ cameras for use in the DigitalSENTRY client application The video window on the tab allows you to test the PTZ functionality for the camera PTZ is controlled in DigitalSENTRY using a heads up display HUD The HUD is a set of boxes that you click to control the various PTZ functions The largest box controls the pan and tilt functions simply click and drag in the direction you want the camera lens to point The small box in the center controls the zoom function left clicking the box zooms in and right clicking zooms out You can also control zoom using a mouse wheel
51. hich documents the number of days video is stored before it is overwritten VideoServer FastSwitch records even and odd fields from an XMUXX2 unit Change this only under the advice of Integral s Techni cal Support Center VideoServer FSRetryCount limits the number of times DigitalSENTRY tries to initialize a multiplexer When initialization fails this many times DigitalSENTRY waits the amount of time set in VideoServer FSRetryDelay before attempting initialization again VideoServer FSRetryDelay sets the time between multiplexer initialization attempts DigitalSENTRY tries initializing the multi plexer the number of times set in VideoServer F SRetryCount before starting this delay DS NVs Throttle Exempt Addresses The Throttle Exempt Addresses page see Figure 29 allows you to exempt client computers from the packet restrictions selected on the Configuration Parameters page Each computer exempted can download video at the fastest available rate To exempt a client computer type its IP address and click Update List To delete a computer from the list select it and click Delete To delete all comput ers from the exempt list click Delete All The list of TCP IP addresses below will be exempt from Fig ure 29 the bandwidth throttling algorithm if enabled Video will be requested as fast as possible The Throttle Exempt 182 168 088 Addresses page allows you to exempt client computers from packet restric tions m
52. ible To tour the presets configured in DSAdmin click Start Tour To view an individual preset click the Go To Preset X button to select a different preset number to set click the right or left arrows below the button before clicking Go To Preset X ese ales 7 EX i oase ime Je ll 11 Front EET E P m Video Controls Cameras Image Details DS NVs IPIX Solid State PTZ IPIX IP cameras which require a optional license for use with DigitalSENTRY allow full PTZ control on both live and recorded video PTZ is controlled with IPIX cameras in the same way as with other PTZ cameras except that the iris and focus boxes are unused When you view video recorded from an IPIX camera the HUD and IPIX PTZ functions are the same as when viewing live video If you export video from an IPIX IP camera in XPA format the PTZ functions are disabled and video appears in fisheye format If you export the video in EXE format you can still use the PTZ functions in the exported video and the video appears in standard format 89 DS NVR amp DS NVs Technical Support and Certifications INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies amp Security Intelligence Made Simple INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Technical Support Integral Technologies is committed to providing you with superior technical and engineering support When you need help with your DS hardware or DigitalSENTRY sof
53. l Inputs The Digital Inputs Digital Input Points Available tab assigns digital PontName a Nomely per 2 input points to the 4 DSCOMBO ASUS3 FS1 4 False 5 DSCOMBO ASUS3 FS1 5 False currently selected amp DSCOMBD ASUS3 FS1 6 False zone 7 DSCOMBD ASUS3 FS1 7 False amp DSCOMBD ASUS3 FS1 8 False 8 DSCOMBD ASUS3 FS1 3 False 10 NSEOMRN ASLISR FSI 1n False zl Las Renove m Digital Input Points Assigned 1 DSCOMBO ASUS3 FS1 2 DSCOMBO ASUS3 FS1 2 False 3 DSCOMBO ASUS3 FS1 3 False For DigitalSENTRY to recognize an alarm from a serial device you must configure both an Alarm Text in the VAU configuration and a Unique Zone Text which are different parts of a text string from an alarm panel The Alarm Text notifies DigitalSENTRY that some sort of alarm is occurring whereas the Unique Zone Text indicates the location or some other distinguishing feature of the alarm and causes the designated camera inputs to record video For example if an alarm panel sends the text string OPEN DOOR3 you would enter OPEN for the Alarm Text and DOOR3 for the Unique Zone Text Multiple zones can use the same com port and Alarm Text segments but each zone typically uses different Unique Zone Text segments 46 Video Motion selects cameras which when they detect motion cause the rest of the zone s cameras to begin recording see Figure 25 Refer to the Motion Tab section o
54. le right arrow button to assign all cameras Repeat until all cameras are properly assigned To remove a camera from the Assigned Camera list select it and click the left arrow button or click the double left arrow button to remove all cameras When all cameras are properly assigned click Save DS NVs 39 INTEGRAL Technologies 40 e e 5 99 ve Managing Users Across Multiple Systems The Multiple Systems tab see Figure 19 allows you to create new user accounts based on existing accounts add a new user or copy an existing user to multiple systems and change a user s password on multiple systems All systems added in DSAdmin are available for multiple system user administra tion and you must have User Administration permissions on each system To copy an existing user to other systems select the user in the list box and click the Copy a User With Changes or the Copy a User With No Changes button 1 Ifyou selected Copy a User With Changes In the Specify User Details window see Figure 20 modify the user name camera access and user rights as desired 2 If you selected either button Enter the user s password if you want this password to replace the password for this user on systems where the user is already configured select this option 3 Click Continue 4 Select the systems where you want to copy the user 5 Click Continue 6 Click Apply 7 Watch the Status and Systems windows for messages T
55. licensing information Configuring IP Cameras The IP Cameras tab see Figure 7 allows you to configure IP cameras con nected to the VAU through the TCP IP network port To configure an IP camera click Add IP Camera and then select the camera model from the drop down list This opens the IP Camera window see Figure 8 which contains the following configuration information and options e The top of the window displays the location of the camera input automatically selected for the IP camera e The Camera Name field allows you to enter the desired name of the IP camera that will appear in video windows searches lists and so on e Consult the camera manufacturer s documentation for information on Frame Rate Resolution and Quality information This can vary between camera manufacturer s and models 192 168 1 126 192 168 1126 192 168 1 126 192 168 0136 i IPIX Command 14 e Inthe IP Configuration section enter the TCP IP Address and other information configured for the camera on your network Some IP cameras use a TCP or UDP notification for motion events the event port number is the TCP or UDP port used for that notification and must be a different number for each camera To view information about the camera using a web page generated by the manufacturer click the IP Camera Configuration Web Page button Internet Explorer must be the default browser for this to work e When configuring IPIX CommandView Dom
56. llows you to control the playback speed Available options are As Fast as Possible In Real Time and Skipping x x Seconds To configure the number of seconds skipped with the final option select the up or down arrows to change the number in half second increments The As Fast as Possible option does not skip any frames The video settings adjusted on the Video Controls panel are different from the video settings adjusted in the DSAdmin applica tion These video settings merely change the video as it appears in the live and recorded video windows whereas the video settings in DSAdmin affect the video as it is digitized and captured Manual Recording The Video Controls tab also includes the following button for users with Manual Record permission This button allows you to start time lapse recording of video in the currently selected window overriding the recording schedule set in DSAdmin When you select the Manual Record button a menu allows you to select a recording speed DigitalSENTRY records video in the selected window at the selected speed until you click the STOP button that appears in the Manual Record button s place Cameras Tab The Cameras tab see Figure 34 contains a tree diagram of all currently connected servers and their cameras To see a list of cameras connected to a server expand the server by clicking its plus button To view video from a listed camera drag it to a video window You can view video si
57. me in the directory tree to display the following tabs e VAU Info unused with DS NVR NVs e Serial Ports configures PTZ cameras and other devices connected to each COM port e Storage Locations configures the local and remote storage locations connected to the DS system e Audio Channels unused with DS NVR NVs e IP Cameras configures the IP cameras connected to the VAU e Delete VAU deletes a VAU from the system These tabs are described in more detail in the following sections The Delete VAU function removes all data for that VAU including all recorded video unless it is the only VAU added to the server If only one VAU is added its data must be deleted manually By default the permission to delete a VAU is not granted to users 10 DS NVs Configuring Serial Ports To configure serial ports on a VAU click on the VAU in the directory tree and select the Serial Ports tab To activate a COM port highlight it and click Add Then highlight it in the assigned ports list and enter serial input information on the following five tabs e General This tab see Figure 3 requires the following information e Interface Type either Monitor Card Reader or PTZ e PTZ Type the make and model of the PTZ camera connected to the selected port if PTZ is selected for the Interface Type Select the type from the drop down list only one PTZ type can be selected per COM port To update the drop down list click Ge
58. mera group This page see Figure 37 contains a timeline similar to the Event History timeline indicating when video was captured and where it 1s stored The timeline is organized by days and hours Each row represents a complete calendar day the columns represent the 24 hours in each day 4 Digital ae 11 11 2003173018 Figure 37 PMDEMO IQT High EN Entrance East PMDEMD IOT High EN Entrance North 3 PMDEMD Entrance North 1 PMDEMO M Outside Front EN Entrance North 4 CEN IQT Extra High ER IQT Low ER IQT Medium EN Lobby EN Lobby 2 TEN M Break Room TEN M Entrance North 2 TEN M Entrance South 1 Dutside Back E 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 5 Clear All Query Recorded Video Available recorded video from SOR 00 00 00 to 11 11 2003 23 59 00 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ei f Local Groups X3 AN X3 Entrance North X3 Entrance Other EB Image Test X Medium Test Ei PMDEMO E MedContinuous The Recorded Video page displays a timeline of all video captured over a From Wednesday 11 05 2003 Y m To Tuesday 11 11 2003 For Days C Client Local Time C Server Time C GMT T MixContinuous E Even W Motion Mi Time lapse E Event Continuous ll Motion Continuous N Time lapse Continuous Selected Bill on vau Bl On VAU Requires Copying Bill On Network Previous Week
59. multaneously from multiple connected servers When viewing recorded video from the Event History or Recorded Video page the Cameras tab is replaced by the Search tab For information on the Search tab see Event History Page and Recorded Video Page in this chapter DSCOMBO ASUSS3 1FS1CAMO2 1FS1CAMD4 Video Controls I T D a 2 a G E DS NVs Figure 34 The Cameras tab allows you to select cameras and drag them into a video window in order to view it 65 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Print Export Tab The Print Export tab allows you to print and export images displayed in the video windows This tab contains the following e The Authenticate Frames button which locates faulty frames in a video clip All video in the selected video segment and video window is authenticated e The Export Image button which saves a still image from the currently selected window in bitmap or JPEG format Pause the live or recorded video and then click Export Image Enter a filename format and location in which to save the image and then click OK Then enter further information and click OK when finished e The Export Movie button which saves a series of live or recorded images in XPA or EXE format For instructions on saving a video clip and descriptions of the file formats see Exporting a Video Clip in this section The export options are available only when playing back recor
60. n B Priority E 0 255 43 INTEGRAL 4 Technologies RR e Record Until RESET Received changes the beginning of the postalarm recording period If you select this option postalarm recording does not begin until the alarm is reset to its normal state Otherwise the postalarm recording period begins when the alarm is triggered e Priority determines how alarms from this zone are sorted in the Current Alarms window Alarms notifications from zones with Priority 1 are listed at the top of the Current Alarms window e Alarm Time in Seconds contains the following options e Prealarm indicates how much of the video captured before the alarm occurs is appended to the beginning of a video segment of an alarm event within this zone e Postalarm indicates how much of the video captured after the alarm occurs is appended to end of a video segment of an alarm event within this zone e Realarm indicates how long after an alarm occurs that ensuing alarms are ignored For example 1f you enter 5 seconds alarms that occur less than 5 seconds after an initial alarm event do not trigger recording After you enter this information click Save to add the zone to the Zones directory in the directory tree The next section describes how to assign cameras to the zone and configure which events trigger the zone to record When creating a zone for the recording of video loss events be sure to include an additional thr
61. n the timeline by clicking and dragging in any direction The Selected Video area then displays the following information e The date and time of the start and end of the period in which all the video you selected was recorded e The number of images recorded during all alarm events during the period e The number of motion images recorded during motion events during the period e The total number of images recorded during time lapse recording alarm events and motion events during the period e The total size of all video files recorded during the period Alternatively you can enter the time period parameters in the Play Selected Video From area and click Select Video This can also be used to narrow down the selection you made by clicking on the timeline DS NVs 2 To select a different portion of video from the timeline click the Clear Selected Video button or simply click on the timeline 3 Click Play Selected Video Recorded video is then played back simultaneously from all cameras whose video you searched 4 Use the counter and the playback controls Play Pause Video Play Fast Reverse Step Back Step Forward and Play Fast Forward at the top of the screen to view the desired portions of video To see the function of each button hover over the button with the mouse without clicking When you are finished viewing the video you can click the Recorded Video button to return to your search results or you can proce
62. ncludes the date and time it occurred and the zone where it occurred The total number of events is indicated below the date selection fields If the number of events exceeds 2000 events are displayed only in groups that you can select from a drop down list next to the Get Event Information button e All events that occurred during the time period you selected are also displayed on the timeline as boxes matching the color indicated at the bottom of the screen aligned on the row corresponding to the day they occurred and on the column below the hour they occurred The timeline always shows seven days regardless of the length of the selected period Events are organized in quarter hour segments thus all events that occur between 4 00 and 4 15 are displayed as one box You can control the colors displayed on the Event History page by right clicking on the color boxes at the bottom of the screen and selecting a color for each video type and storage location Colors configured here are also configured for the Recorded Video page and the recording mode indicators that surround live video windows At any time you can click the Previous Week or Next Week buttons to view the preceding or following seven days on the timeline 71 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Playing Back a Logged Event To play back a logged event perform a log search as described in the previous section and then complete the following steps 1
63. nt motion or time lapse events were recorded during the 15 minute segment along with continuous video The storage location of an event s segment is indicated by a shorter colored box below the video type indicator box The recorded video can be stored on a VAU on a VAU requiring copy to permanent storage or stored on the network At any time you can click the Previous Week or Next Week buttons to view the preceding or following seven days on the timeline You can control the colors displayed on the Recorded Video page by right clicking on the color boxes at the bottom of the screen and selecting a color for each video type and storage location Colors configured here are also configured for the Event History page if applicable and the recording mode indicators that surround live video windows If you change a camera name the old name continues to appear in the camera list for as long as there is video that was recorded while the old name was used You must use the old name to search for video recorded before the name change 75 INTEGRAL Technologies 76 Sa Playing Back Recorded Video To play back recorded video perform a search as described in the previous section and then complete the following steps 1 Click on the portion of the colored box aligned with the time and day when the video you want to view occurred You can select any number of consecutive boxes displayed o
64. o save a log file containing these information messages click the disk icon Following are other administration procedures that you can perform on the Multiple Systems tab e To copy multiple users with the same password to other systems click the Copy Multiple Users button and begin with step 2 of the preceding procedure e To create a new user on multiple systems click the Create New User on One or More Systems button and begin with step 1 of the preced ing procedure DS NVs Figure 19 EF The Multiple m Systems tab allows los you to manage a Emaan user across several noalarm2 Breen systems simulta O TestLog neously To delete an existing user from multiple systems click the Delete a User On One Or More Systems button enter the user name select the systems and click Continue Click Apply and watch for messages To change the password for a user on multiple systems click the Change a Password for a User On One Or More Systems button enter the user name enter the new password select the systems and click Continue Click Apply and watch for messages User Administration Specify User Details Figure 20 This window allows you to change the password and permissions for a user 41 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 Figure 21 The Camera Groups tab creates collec tions of cameras with some similar characteristic such as location 42 Camera Groups The Camera Groups
65. of units The Y vertical value can be 0 10 with 0 indicating the top row of units and 10 indicating the bottom row of units Be sure to leave enough room for the rest of the text For example do not place the time text in column 27 because the rest of the text would extend past the right edge of the video window The live video window allows you to immedi ately test your OSD configuration If the DigitalSENTRY client application is running when you make changes on the On Screen Display tab you must refresh the system in Client Manager for the changes to be implemented General Motion On Screen Display Time lapse Storage Motion Storage pre r On Screen Display r Location x m 027 010 Display D wea a Camera Name Timef22 fi M BackLot Name 0 Iv Analog Output View Indicator Analog Output Alam G Motion C Alam and Motion Indicator 2 N10 F 04 07 2004 DS NVs Time lapse Storage The Time lapse Storage tab see Figure 14 allows you to schedule time lapse recording for the currently selected camera The screen contains a timeline organized by day and time that visually represents the schedule for each day of the week The schedule is color coded to represent the recording rate scheduled for the camera To create a schedule for a day of the week complete the following steps 1 Selectthe rate Slow Medium or Fast as defined on the General tab at which you want
66. ologies 94 To adjust how much motion is required to trigger motion recording adjust the values for the following parameters e Sensitivity the change in a pixel required for that portion of the image to be considered changed The Sensitivity value is expressed as a percentage times 100 For example a value of 100 indicates a 1 percent change 5000 indicates 50 percent and so on A brightness change from black to white would be a change of 10000 or 100 percent This comparison is performed for all pixels in each image e Unmasked Area for Motion the percentage of an image that must change as compared to the reference image for motion recording to be triggered For example a value of 10 percent means that one tenth of the pixels in the image must change enough as compared to the reference image for motion to be detected e Reference Count how often the reference image is updated A setting of 100 for example means that every 100th image becomes the new reference The 99th image would be compared to the first image whereas the 101st image would be compared to the 100th image 24 Motion masks allow even greater control of the motion detection Suppose you have a camera at a front entrance that happens to capture the receptionist s desk you might not want to record all of the receptionist s movements if they didn t present a security risk because the images would consume valuable disk space for storage Thus you could mask the
67. on Event_ CrticalMsgs WamingMsgs Informational Msgs AutoConnect allows you to DSCLIENT demo MI i M M m MESES xm el si H oO monitor your For System DSCLIENT Cleni Startup Options connection to DS Old Password Use the full screen resolution New Password C Use fed resolution 10244768 systems and control Confim New Password T r EE instances of the DigtalsENTRY several opera tion Lm Note Any changes wil take effect the nest time Message Log History Reports pou start the DighaSENTRY cient p arameters Add System Delete DSCLIENT 79 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 e Warning Msgs whether you will be notified when warning mes sages occur on the system e Informational Msgs whether you will be notified when informa tional messages occur on the system e AutoConnect whether AutoConnect is currently turned on for the system Information in the Connected Notify On Event and the three Msgs columns is changeable if you have the proper permissions See the User Administration section of the DSAdmin chapter for information on the Disable Error Monitor and Disable Event Monitor user permissions If you change the information in any column you can immediately activate the changes by clicking Apply New Settings or you can click Undo Changes in Grid to return to the settings activated when you opened the manager To disconnect and reconnect to all systems labeled as Connected cli
68. ons in the left list and click the right arrow button to place the permissions in the right list To assign all permis sions click the double right arrow button To retract a permission highlight it in the right list and click the left arrow button To retract all permissions click the double left arrow button When you are finished assigning permissions for the user click Save Figure 17 The User Rights tab assigns each user permissions to perform specific functions 35 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies 94 Available Permissions The following permissions can be assigned to any user in any combination e Alarm Activity The user is notified of alarm events Notifications are displayed on the system only if configured using DSAdmin e Alarm Clearer The user can acknowledge and clear alarms via check buttons e Analog Output User The user can control the cameras displayed through the analog outputs e Audio Monitor Unused with DS NVR NVs e Change Colors The user can change the default color coding Recorded Video and Event History pages e Change Password The user can change his or her password in Client Manager e Configuration Manager The user can access DSAdmin and change its data e Configuration Viewer The user can access DSAdmin but cannot change its data A user must have either Configuration Viewer or Configuration Manager rights to be able to run DSAdmin Thus a us
69. otion images that must occur on the selected camera input to activate recording on all cameras in the zone e Consecutive Non Motion Frames for Reset the number of con secutive non motion images that must occur to end alarm recording or to begin post motion recording if configured You can also configure pre and post motion recording on the Motion tab The Pre Motion Recording and Post Motion Recording sections of the Motion tab contain the following settings e Consecutive Motion Frames to Trigger Pre Motion Recording the minimum number of consecutive motion images that must occur on the selected camera input for the pre motion video to be appended to the recorded motion event e Pre Recording Seconds the amount of video appended to the beginning of the recorded motion event when the minimum number of consecutive motion images occur The images included in the pre motion segment is determined by counting backward from the final consecutive motion image The maximum possible Pre Recording Seconds value is equal to the Maximum Video Buffer setting on the General tab e Consecutive Non Motion Frames to Start Post Motion Record ing the minimum number of consecutive non motion images that will end the motion event and start a post motion recording period The first image included in the post motion recording period is the first image after the final consecutive non motion image e Post Recording Seconds the amount of video r
70. parameters for information received from an access control panel For example if you configure an access control panel to transmit to DigitalSENTRY the identifica tion of an employee who swipes his ID badge you can enter the employee s name or other transmitted information in the Event Description field and the search result will include only those events associated with the employee s badge In the For Days box select the length of your search period the default and maximum are both seven Also select either Client Local Time Server Time or GMT In the From field select the first day of the period you want to search In the To field the last day of the period is automatically displayed based on the duration you selected in the For Days box Click the Get Event Information button To view events that occur during the fall back hour when reverting to standard time from daylight saving time you must select GMT DS NVs When you first view the Event History the most recent seven days are selected from midnight of the first day to 11 59 59 p m of the current day even if a portion of the current day hasn t yet occurred If you change this you can quickly return to the most recent days by clicking the Today button Search results are then listed in two ways e Each event that occurred during the time period you selected is listed on the right side of the screen The information displayed for each event i
71. s played in the Message field You can also save the Message log by entering a file name in the Save Errorlog to File field browsing to a directory and clicking Save 05 27 2003 16 30 53 Sort by Priority es Figure 40 IE ALL Records From To 5 1 2003 m 5 27 2003 Total Message Log records 78 Load Message Log Records Message Log History for DSDEMO Local C System Time Client Manager allows you to view the VideoServer error log of all the Message Log records from 05 01 2003 00 00 00 through 05 27 2003 23 59 59 SortBy MessageTime gt r Records Loaded 78 Row Num Originating Computer _ Originating User e 05 12 2003 15 25 40 Acknowledge Date 0571272003 15 30 59 Count Last Message Time 1 DS DVA j Informational 2 05 12 2003 15 25 4 2 05 12 2003 15 25 43 DS DVA 05 12 2003 15 30 59 Informational 1 05 12 2003 15 25 42 3 05 12 2003 15 25 49 DS DVA 05 12 2003 15 30 59 1 05 12 2003 15 25 46 4 05 12 2003 15 25 49 DS DVA 05 12 2003 15 30 59 1 05 12 2003 15 25 4 5 05 12 2003 15 26 56 DS DVA 05 12 2003 15 30 59 7 05 12 2003 15 28 5 6 05 12 2003 15 28 50 DS DVA 05 12 2003 15 30 59 Informational i 2 05 12 2003 15 28 57 7 05 12 2003 15 28 54 DS DV 05 12 2003 15 30 53 Informational X 05 12 2003 15 28 54 8 0571272003152907 DSOMA 05 12 2003 15 3053 Infomational T
72. section To do this select the checkbox and enter the number of days This option overrides the other video storage options You can also enter an Expected Number of Days If video is deleted because of lack of space before this number of days a warning message is displayed Activating or modifying the Force Video to be Deleted option affects only the video recorded after you make the change Any video recorded before you modify this option follows the setting configured at the time the video was recorded DS NVs Figure 10 The Storage Options directory allows you to configure how long certain types of video are stored before they are automatically deleted Manage Storage The Manage Storage section of the Storage Options page allows you to determine the portion of the total storage space that is reserved for continuous recording all captured frames and the portion reserved for time lapse or motion recording Simply adjust the slider bar right or left to configure this setting Note the number of hours displayed below the slider bar video recorded at the maximum possible frame rate is always stored for that approxi mate period of time However after that time period expires the video segment is saved at the appropriate frame rate for the recording type motion or time lapse and the continuous frames are deleted Thus you have a limited amount of time to view continuous video recorded at the fastest pos
73. sible frame rate before the video clip 1s reduced to only the motion and time lapse video This section allows you to analyze video storage locally on each VAU Select a VAU from the drop down list to view the amount of continuous and motion video stored locally on that computer The amount of video is displayed in duration days hours minutes total file size and percentage of hard drive space filled 19 INTEGRAL Technologies 20 e e 5 99 ve Adding and Configuring Cameras After you add cameras to a system you can configure them by clicking on their names under any of the Cameras directories in which they are shown Camera configuration consists of six tabs as described in the following sections If you click on a Cameras directory any configuration changes you implement are applied to all cameras in that directory After you make the changes click Apply To All Cameras in Folder This feature is not available on the Motion tab it is unlikely that a user would want the identical motion mask on multiple cameras DS NVs General The General tab see Figure 11 contains the following configuration informa tion e mage Quality the size of image files recorded by the selected camera The larger the file is the higher the quality of recorded video There are four predefined image quality settings low medium high and extra high e Frame Rate the number of images recorded per second and per minute
74. t Types every time you want to configure the PTZ type e Maximum Line Size the maximum size of a string coming from a device A string longer than this many characters usually indicates an error e End of Line Characters a character such as a carriage return that indicates a line is complete e Description a description of the COM port e Active activates the COM port VAU Info Serial Ports Stage Locations Ao Chana IP Cameras l Delete VAU Figure 3 Unused COM Potts Assigned COM Ports The General tab M under Serial Ports lt lt Remove contains basic information about Deisis for COM Port the serial input General Port Settings Reset Tent Required Ten Alam Tent Normal Text device Interface Type Monitor 7 PTZ Type Not Selected Get Types Maximum Line Size fiz 11024 FistEndofLineCharacte 13 lt gt ml SecomEndotUneCharecter 10 lt i gt Eel Third End of Line Character 152 7 Description 11 INTEGRAL 4 Technologies oe Figure 4 The Port Settings tab contains connection information for the serial input device Figure 5 The Reset Text tab contains the text the alarm panel sends to indicate that an alarm is reset The Required Text Alarm Text and Normal Text tabs look identical to the Reset Text tab 12 General Port Settings Reset Text Required Tas Alarm Test Normal Tes ComPort BaudRate sco zl comt Parity None X
75. t in the list and enter a value allowed in the Description field The value can be either a quantity such as number of MB or a code number ParentKey SubKey 4 Interface Services Services Services Services Services Services Services Services Services System C ubere Value EventlmageDisplay DebugFlag LogFileSizeKB Max amp larmDuration PacketDelayMS PacketSize PTZUserT imeout SerialD elimiter SerialFieldCount SerialLog DeleteOrphanFilesHour gt Nalaka Neml as idaakd ma Description 1 Display Event Images when an event occurs 0 Do not automatically display event images DS NVs The parameters list contains the following settings applicable code numbers in parentheses e Interface EventImageDisplay automatically displays event images when the event occurs Choose 1 to automatically display event images or choose 0 not to automatically display event images e Services DebugFlag limits the type of data written to the log file none 0 basic information 1 or all information 2 e Services LogFileSizeKB limits the size in KB of the VideoServer log file When the log file reaches this size it replaces the oldest data with the newest data e Services MaxAlarmDuration limits the amount of time an alarm event is recorded if not reset by an alarm panel e Services PacketDelayMS sets a delay in milliseconds between packets sent e Services PacketSize limits
76. t computer The tree on the left side of the tab contains a list of all available camera groups and local groups To add a group to the sequence drag its name to the list on the right side of the tab or select the group and click the right arrow To remove a group from the sequence drag its name back to the tree or select the group and click the left arrow Add groups until the sequence is complete You can re order the sequence by selecting a group and clicking the up and down arrows The Rename Sequence and Delete Sequence buttons allow you to modify or remove the sequence selected in the Camera Sequence Name drop down list Copying Local Configuration Information to Other Computers The INI File Configuration tab allows you to locate the INI file that contains information about the local configuration so that you can copy it to another client computer Simply locate the file and copy it to the same location on the other computer over a network or using a portable data storage medium 62 DS NVs Video Controls Tab When you select a window configuration button the Video Controls tab appears on the right side of the screen This tab allows you to change character istics of the selected video window click on a window to select it The Video Controls tab contains the following information e Brightness and contrast settings for the currently selected camera The Defaults button returns these to preset values e Display options
77. ter the hour To quickly configure the camera or cameras to record at the preset slow rate simply click on Full Week Slow This button is available on both the Time Lapse Storage and Motion Storage tabs 30 DS NVs Motion Storage The Motion Storage tab see Figure 15 is similar to the Time lapse Storage tab except that it allows you to schedule recording only during motion events that occur in the selected camera s view While a motion event is occurring this schedule and its recording rate override the time lapse recording schedule For example suppose you have scheduled time lapse recording at the Slow rate all day on Sunday and motion recording at the Fast rate from 2 to 4 a m on Sunday If no motion is occurring at 2 a m video is recorded at the Slow rate Whenever motion occurs from 2 to 4 a m video is recorded at the Fast rate When motion is occurring the motion schedule overrides the time lapse storage schedule The exception is at times when motion recording is not scheduled at all If motion occurs during a time unscheduled on the Motion Storage page the time lapse storage schedule and recording rate still apply The Motion Storage tab also includes a drop down list that allows you to configure how long motion video recorded from this camera is saved The options in this list are created on the Storage Options page See the Storage Options section of this chapter for more information Changes saved on t
78. the group drag its name back to the tree or select the camera and click the left arrow Add cameras until the local group is complete Cameras will be displayed in the order that you select on this tab you can re order the cameras by selecting a camera and clicking the up and down arrows Local Group Configuration INI File Configuration Local Group PMDEMO X New Group EH Entrance East EH Entrance North 3 Entrance North 1 Rename Group EH IQT Extra High Entrance North 4 isi M Outside Font Delete Group EN IGTEOW IQT Medium EN Lobby EH Lobby 2 das M M Entrance North 2 EH M Entrance South 1 M Outside Back M Office BA Allow access to c All j C Only Current User demo DS NVs Figure 33 The Local Group Configuration tab allows you to create camera groups specfic to the client computer on which they are created 61 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Camera Sequencing DigitalSENTRY can automatically cycle through configurable sequences of camera combinations To configure a sequence select the Save Local Camera Group button and select the Camera Sequence Setup tab Click New Sequence type a name for the sequence enter a dwell time the amount of time in seconds that each combination of cameras is displayed in the cycle and click Save A sequence can contain camera groups configured on the server and local groups configured on the remote clien
79. the size in bytes of packets sent to the client e Services PTZUserTimeout the number of seconds before a PTZ camera resumes a tour after a user has stopped controlling PTZ functions e Services SerialDelimiter a character or string that separates each field in a message from a card reader A hexadecimal character must be preceded by Ox e Services SerialFieldCount limits the number of fields saved from a message from a card reader e Services SerialLog creates a log of all data read on the COM port You can choose not to create a log 0 to create a log in ASCII characters 1 or to create a log in hexadecimal format 2 e System ActiveAlert activates the optional Integral ActiveAlert software if properly licensed and installed See the ntegral ActiveAlert User Manual for details e System DeleteOrphanFilesHour the hour of the day when orphan files are searched for 51 INTEGRAL Technologies 52 e e 5 99 ve System DeleteOrphanFilesMax the maximum number of orphan files that can be deleted during an orphan search System ErrorLogAge sets the number of months to retain message log data System ErrorLogRowsDelete sets the number of expired rows to delete at a time System ManualRecord limits the amount of time manual recording can be activated before timing out System VideoArchiveTrend limits the amount of data in months that is stored in the VideoArchiveTrend table w
80. tware please have the following information available e A complete description of the problem including error messages and instructions for re creating the error e Peripheral equipment you use with the system including cameras cables and so on Send the report to Integral Technologies 9855 Crosspoint Blvd Suite 126 Indianapolis IN 46256 3336 Phone 1 866 585 0280 Fax 1 317 845 9275 Internet support integraltech com World Wide Web http www integraltech com Technical Support Center Hours Monday Friday 8 00 a m 8 00 p m Saturday Sunday Closed Holidays Closed Eastern Standard Time GMT 5 00 all year CE Notice Marking by the symbol ICE indicates compliance of this device to the EMC directive of the European Community Such marking is indicative that this device meets or exceeds the following technical standards e EN55022 Conducted Emissions Class B e EN55022 Radiated Emissions Class B e EC801 2 Electrostatic Discharge ESD 8kV Air 4kV Contact e EC801 3 Radiated Immunity 3 V m 27 1000MHZ 80 modulated e JEC801 4 Electrical Fast Transients EFT 1kV supply 92
81. w a camera group configured in DSAdmin click the Camera Groups button to display a tree diagram of connected servers Expand the tree to view camera groups and then either double click on the group or click the View Group button All cameras in the group are then displayed in a multiple window format For information on creating camera groups see the DSAdmin chapter of this manual To change which cameras are displayed in which windows see the Cameras Tab section of this chapter 59 INTEGRAL Technologies 94 Figure 32 This section allows you to perform a quick review of recently recorded video 60 Recording Mode Indicators Live video windows displaying video that is currently being recorded are surrounded by colored bars that indicate the current recording mode either time lapse motion or alarm The colors are based on settings entered on the Event History and Recorded Video pages See those sections of this chapter for information on configuring recording mode color indicators Quick Review The Go button above the video windows see Figure 32 allows you to quickly view recently recorded video To do this use the drop down list to select video from the previous 1 5 15 30 or 60 minutes When you click Go video from the selected time frame is displayed for each currently selected camera You can scrub through the video using the slider on the timeline at the top of the screen fi Minute 7
82. y option allows you to sort alarm notifications based on the priority assigned to each zone using the Admin program If two or more zones share a priority level their alarm notifications are sorted by the time they occurred The total number of unacknowledged alarms is indicated by the Events entry next to the Current Alarms window If there are too many unacknowledged alarms to fit in the Current Alarms window click the down arrow button to display all the alarm notifications DS NVs 85 INTEGRAL 4 4 Technologies Playing Back Current Alarms When you click on an event s notification its video is played back on the screen If there are three or fewer cameras in the zone associated with the alarm event live video is displayed simultaneously with the recorded alarm event Figure 42 shows the video window configurations that can be displayed while playing back a current alarm event Alarm on 1 camera input Alarm on 2 camera inputs Figure 42 When an alarm li Camera x Camera x Camera x Camera y triggers up to three alarm event live video alarm event alarm event cameras the recorded event is Camera x Camera y played simulta live video live video neously with live video Alarm on 3 camera inputs Alarm on 4 or more camera inputs Camx Camy Camz Camera w Camera x alarm alarm alarm alarm event alarm event Camx Camy Camz live live liv

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