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3. 1 From the Search menu select Manage Recurring Searches The Recurring Search Definitions dialog box opens showing a list of your named search recurring search types Server farms are listed in a drop down box 2 Click on the named search The Refine Search and Delete buttons become active 3 Ifyou click Refine Search the Search dialog box opens where you can adjust settings See Search Tool on page 71 S Recurring Search Definitions Farm localhost 72829 Refine Search ss Dele RecurringSearch 1 the previous day at 18 00 00 End the current day at 08 00 00 Creator weak Description Every day search For any event on camera Cameral Figure 10 Recurring Search Definitions 79 Chapter 2 LPR Chapter 2 LPR This menu option is available only if you have purchased and completed the License Plate Recognition LPR installation XR Reports Help iz iP 6 View License Plate Log Search License Plate Log Figure 11 Main menu access in Symphony Client for LPR Automatic License Plate Recognition is available as a video engine inside Aimetis Symphony The VE410 allows you to detect and index license plates It is designed for vehicle access control applications as well as traffic control and enforcement applications For complete instructions on field installation and planning software installation and analytics configuration see the Aimetis Automatic License Plate Recognition ALPR Guide
4. 80 Chapter 2 Activity for All Cameras Chapter 2 Activity for All Cameras The Activity For Cameras view makes it easy to compare the Timelines for all or a group of cameras on all servers for the specified date range It is also useful if you want a snapshot of all activity on all your cameras for a day Procedure To see activity for all cameras 1 2 Chapter 2 From the View menu in the main console select Activity for Cameras Optional Click on the Timeline and the corresponding image is loaded in the Main View Activity For Cameras localhost o E feel Start 9 28 2010 End 9fz6 2010 Reload Zoor In Zoom Out One Camera View Pick Cameras aesreareai o9 2e 2010 o9 2e 2010 12 00 4M 01 00 AM 02 00 AM ACT 1231 ACTi 5611 als 214 Panasonic y i vo E Ej k Figure 12 Activity For Cameras dialog box Upon altering the date range clicking Reload will load all the cameras timeline information for the new date range Zoom In and Zoom Out allow you to quickly change the granularity of the time bars shown One Camera View button uses one Video Panel to show the result of navigating with the timelines If not depressed then each time you click on a timeline a new Video Panel will be created 81 Recent Alarms Motion Chapter 2 Recent Alarms Motion The Recent Alarms Motion feature is ideal for the following scenarios when you want to see which alarms happened around a given time to determine
5. To access the Object Counts report 1 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens Click New Report The Reports Designer dialog box opens From the General tab enter a description for the report in the Name field 2 3 4 Under Report Type select the Object Counts option 5 nthe Cameras tab click Add a Camera and then select one or more cameras from the list 6 In the Start amp End tab define the start and end time of the report Option jDeserplon ooo Select whether to use a Relative time to execute the report or a specific date and time For example if this Report was saved with the intention of running it in the future Start selecting a Relative start of 7 days would mean the report start time would be 7 days from each time the report is executed Using a specific date and time is only useful if this report is intended to be run only once and not in the future If a Relative time was selected in the Start section selecting Now would set the report End time dynamically to the time the report was run If a specific data and time was selected it is most likely that a specific date and time for the end of the report is appropriate Searching by Full Days will include all 24 hours in a day In cases where a search should Timeot Dey spend multiple days but only a certain period of time per say Partial days should be selected For example we may search across 7 days but only 10 00
6. camera currently selected Green arrow recording Orange arrow activity Box around a circle containin 5 PTZ Camera Red arrow alarm an arrow Orange circle camera currently selected Access control device Green access granted e g key card or key Red access denied fob 25 Chapter 1 Placing Rules on Maps Chapter 1 TORCH ERLAAGED AND ENCLOSED 7262 BY NORMAN STZENHOF ARCHITECT FIRST FLOOR PLAN nD BRAWN OY ROSERT E FELIN HISTORIC AMERICAN CHICAGO PROJECT 1 1964 WK WIN S LOW RESID ENCE i BUILDINGS SURVEY SNOMED STAYER DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR S AUVERGNE PLACE RIVER FOREST ILLINOIS SHET 2 oF S SHEETS Figure 30 Example of a typical map with camera PTZ camera digital I O and control access device icons and rules Placing Rules on Maps Procedure To place rules on a map 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation 2 Scroll through the maps to select the one which will have rules 3 Inthe upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens 4 Click the Rules tab From the right pane listing the rules drag and drop your rules to the map with your mouse 5 Click OK to save settings 26 Chapter 1 Acknowledging Rules on Maps Chapter 1 Acknowledging Rules on Maps Procedure To acknowledge an alarm rule on map 1 From the View menu select Alarm Log OR click the Alarm Log icon on the Menu Toolbar 2 Right click on the ala
7. Display Alarms Video Camera view Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Streaming Sound 5 No historical sound Live Sound Stop live sound to hear historical sound Event Sounds Play sound when an alarm occurs Sound on startup Default sound File CiProgram Files x66 4imetis Sympha m Continuous Sound Figure 63 Sound tab 56 Chapter 1 Regional Chapter 1 Regional e You can specify the language of Symphony Client By default Symphony Client will use your Windows system language If your Windows is using a language not supported by Symphony Client it will automatically select English e You can also customize how the date and time are displayed in Symphony Client by selecting a format from Date Format drop down box and if necessary selecting the Use 24 Hour Time display check box Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Regional tab symphony Client Settings Startup Display Alarms Video Camera view Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Language For Symphony Client English r Date Format MDC YY ka Use 24 Hour Time 15 00 instead of 3 00 PII You must restart Symphony Client for these options to take effect Figure 64 Regional tab 57 Chapter 1 User Settings Chapter 1 User Settings You can directl
8. Image File e Mark As Alarm To mark as a real alarm e Mark as False Alarm To mark as a false alarm e Mark as Real Actionable To mark as a real alarm that requires action for example security staff should investigate the alarm e View Alarm Details To add comments to the alarm e Highlight New Alarm To automatically select new alarms when raised and switch cameras and show the alarm image in the main view 3 Click Save when finished 112 Chapter 2 Reports Chapter 2 Reports Symphony comes standard with the following reports Object Counts Across a line Textual report which shows counts across a user definable line per camera Heat Map Image Graphical report which overlays traffic patterns on image Object Counts Textual report which summarizes in table form object counts across many cameras Object Statistics Graphical report which compares object traffic and dwell time Alarm Counts Textual report which summarizes alarm totals User Permissions Reports require the following user permissions to execute them Common to all reports Connect Execute Report Object Counts Across Line no other rights Object Counts no other rights Object Statistics no other rights Alarm Counts no other rights Heat Map Search How to Use the Report Manager T 2 Chapter 2 Read through General Procedure for Using the Report Manager on page 114 to get a overview of the process Se
9. Name Pan Tilt Zoom Pause Time sec Camera Live View 0 00 0 00 j P Timeline el Navigation Decoration 4 Date MUON Et K 4 3d om v i ASE Mot all cameras are supported Tour List Actions Tour Options Add Current Live View PTZ Location To The List Update Location Change Motion Mask Affects Tracking Go To Selected PTZ Location Set Schedule For This Tour Drag drop row indicator to order camera tour location OK Cancel Figure 35 Home position of camera tour 3 Using the PTZ Controls move the camera to where you want the second position and then click Add Current Live View PTZ Location to the List This will be Location 2 KK Gamera Tour Tour Name Camera Tour iv Add Another Tour PresetID Name Ti Zoom Pause Time sec Camera Live View I PES Timeline bea Navigation Decoration E Date lg Export 2 L i M dj Ung jj 7 Not all cameras are supported Tour List Actions Tour Options Add Current Live View PTZ Location To The List Update Location Change Motion Mask Affects Tracking Go To Selected PTZ Location i Set Schedule For This Tour Remove Selected PTZ Location Drag drop row indicator to order camera tour location OK Cancel Figure 36 Second position of the tour Chapter 2 Chapter 2 98 Camera Tour Chapter 2 4 Using the PTZ Contr
10. 20 00 each day to filter out results that happened outside of store hours Time Interval Select the Time Interval to be used in the Report Select the format and create an email recipient list for the report in the Distribution gt Email tab Formats include PDF CSV comma separated document XML and bitmap image 8 Schedule when reports should be run including the time range of data the recurrence and schedule range 9 On the Table View tab define which columns should be included in the report Select the Column link and drag a column header into top header This causes information to be grouped by the column category By default all available column are shown in the Table View unless manually removed Click Next to continue 10 Define Graph Type and the Graph Size the Graph Size is the image size of the report graphic 11 Select Save and then Run to finish the report 12 Afterthe report is run select the Table tab to Export the data if necessary to Excel CSV PDF or RTF format To save the generated report in the format you selected in the Distribution gt File subtab previously click Send Report and then File 128 Chapter 2 Object Statistics Chapter 2 Object Statistics This report allows users to generate a report on the number of objects that were in different parts of the image Procedure To access the Object Statistics report 1 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens Click
11. 6 Camera amp 8 Camera 3 Camera Time Period d 10 Cameras Start Time 118 2012 4 58 56 PM End Time 118 2012 5 01 56 PM Destination Format Symphony video aira Destination Folder C Users build Desktop Split Files at 640 MB Figure 21 Select cameras from which to export video 3 Select Symphony Video or AVI from the Format field a If you selected AVI the Export Video dialog box expands to display more options s Expart video Sources Camera Stream Cameral 320 x 240 Sfps H264 Time Period Start Time 1 18 2012 4 09 20 PM End Time 1 18 2012 4 11 20 PM Destination Format Destination Folder C Users build Desktop Split Files at 640 MB Decorations to Export i Boxes Messages i Time i Paths Video Codec Microsoft MPEG 4 Video Codec V2 Audio Codec js Export Audio CCITT u Law Export Close Figure 22 AVI file type selected 90 Chapter 2 Using Export b Optional By default decorations are included on the exported video You can clear the check boxes to remove the decorations c By default Video and Audio Codecs are selected Use the drop down lists to select other codecs that are installed on your Windows system d By default audio is exported To exclude audio clear the Export Audio check box 4 By default the video file and a log file will be saved on your Desktop If necessary change the location of the saved files by altering the path in the Destination Folder field e The video
12. 84 e Camera Tour on page 97 Document History Document History Table 1 Changes to this manual Continued Date Description 000000oooooooooooo Release 6 9 1 e Using Export on page 88 Right click on Timeline to establish Start and End points for exported video e Figure 19 Right click context menu on Timeline on page 89 e Figure 20 Start and End arrow times reflected in Video Export dialog box on page 89 February 28 2012 e Images from scheduled Heat Map reports e In scheduled reports only an image can be emailed saved for a Heat Map Report on page 117 e In scheduled reports Symphony can email save images ONLY for Heat Map reports on page 120 Revised e To acknowledge an alarm rule on map on page 27 e To mark an alarm on page 112 Release 6 9 Revised e Working with Carousels on page 87 Access Carousels ONLY by clicking Carousel icon in Tool Strip e Running a Report from the Web on page 131 If Camera Tree contains more than 100 devices the Web Client shows video from cameras as separate pages navigated by forward and back buttons Added Exporting Video on page 88 e New Add button Figure 18 Export Video dialog box on page 88 e Export video from multiple cameras Figure 21 Select cameras from which to export January 31 2012 video on page 90 e Exclude audio export in AVI files Figure 22 AVI file type selected on page 90 e Video Playlist
13. AChOSS a LING c enlace tee vea EUER e be vu tero put Lube a Ciis 121 HearMap IMAGE ES 124 ODIOCEGOUIMNS sarane aE a E E 128 ODISCE SIAM SCS tT T 129 Neid 70 6 to e Er 130 Running a Report from the Web eese eere eere nennen 131 Creating Two Heat Map Reports to Run from the Web ssesesseessses 133 Reporting Issues to Aimetis eee eere eere rre ee enne nnne nnn 134 XVii Symphony Client Main Console Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Symphony Client Main Console The Main Console is the primary window that you will use within Symphony Client The Main Console consists of typical Windows application items such asthe Title Bar Menu Toolbars and controls for minimize maximize and close The Main Console also includes panels e Video panels for live mode historical playback and analyzing still frames e Camera Tree panel listing devices e Map panel representing camera location placement e Alarm Log panel for a summary and detailed view of raised alarms e Server List panel indicating IP addresses and server status e Application Log panel listing messages and errors since Symphony Client started Titlebar Toolbar Timeline Menubar Address bar Map Camera Tree Alarm Log Bookmarks Server Search _Eepotts Help pes a a tai Ed Ge ES Ge 25 Navig tion amp Bj B Pun Send Picture To pe 922 ago af Design ros j Date 8
14. AXIS camera Symphony does not analyze video downloaded from the camera As such it does not determine activity type for example broken rule or video signal lost e Yellow orange Indicates activity e Red A Rule was broken that resulted in an alarm being raised By default rules are summarized on the Timeline using a red square You can customize how rules are displayed on the Timeline from the Alarms tab in the Symphony Client Settings dialog box See Symphony Client Settings on page 49 e Gray Poor video quality e White Access granted e Black Access denied e Purple circle Always indicates the Timeline position for what is currently being viewed in the Video Panel e Pink horizontal bar Indicates that camera is not in the home position Visible only when camera set up with auto tracking PTO90 PTO91 video analytic Address Bar The address bar contains a Symphony link to the last selected video position Each time you click on the Timeline or navigate to a different camera on a different server this information is recorded This allows you to navigate backwards or forwards from your current position den laill slP Addeesss 1 2012 01 18 13 26 39 860 Figure 3 Address bar Procedure To display the address bar e Click the Tool Strip button The address bar is displayed Titlebar Toolbar Timeline Menubar Address bar Ej Symphony Client v amp 5 3 27822 File View Bookmarks Server Search Ger
15. Export 49 Searc Qu E v ai 10 234 4 40 3 2010 11 03 13 45 15 207 I 01 30 PM z Time ViFam 01 45 qa 2 01 45 ga 2 Axis Q6032 E Axis Q6032 E Axis Q6032 E ing Aimetis CurrentDesktop Layout Camviews xml d AimetisiCurrentDesktop Layout xml Application Log Navigation Bar Main Video Panel Server List Figure 1 Main Console Chapter 1 Timeline Chapter 1 Timeline The Timeline is a powerful way to view everything that has happened in a day at a glance The Timeline is integrated in the main view of Symphony Client isl Load Multi view F Tool Strip Timeline kewl Navigation 3j B3 E Carousel Send Picture To 6 Camera6 localhost i7 6 MV Console P1 zal Navigation Decoration Date jj Export jS search Q8 E ai 10 234 10 67 6 2011_12_02_11 26 55 448 08 30 4M 09 00 4M 09 30 AM 10 00 AM 10 30 4M 11 00 4M 81127 01 AN re HM Figure 2 Timeline Procedure To display the timeline e Click the Timeline button OR e Right click on the Video Panel and select Show Timeline If you click anywhere on the Timeline a still image for that time will appear in the main view Chapter 1 Address Bar Chapter 1 Timeline Colour Code e Green No relevant foreground activity was detected e Contrasting green bar Indicates that video was not recorded locally in the Windows machine but Symphony is already downloading the video from an
16. Figure 44 Messenger dialog box 106 Chapter 2 Monitoring with Symphony Chapter 2 Monitoring with Symphony Monitoring alarms with Symphony is easy and efficient Symphony has been designed to maximize human attention on the cameras that need it most The following are guidelines as to how you can maximize the monitoring experience in Symphony e Using Multiple Monitors e Using the Site Map e Using Alarm Log e Marking Alarms on page 108 e Using the Alarm Console on page 108 e Using the Timeline on page 108 e Viewing Activity for all Cameras on page 108 e Using a Carousel on page 108 e Disabling Alarms on page 108 Using Multiple Monitors For most users using one monitor with Symphony Client is fine The Main Console displays and summarizes activity across your enterprise adequately For more advanced users or monitoring stations the ability to see multiple windows and cameras at once may be arequirement Symphony Client supports multiple monitors the number of monitors depends on your PCs ability to decompress multiple video streams This gives you the ability to display the Main Console in one screen and the Multi Live on the other display The Multi Live view can be configured to automatically update which cameras are displayed focusing your attention on only those cameras where activity is detected by Symphony It is also easy to manually drag and drop cameras into a Multi Live
17. Other Algorithms VE130 Simple Motion Detection VE140 Video Input Error VE141 Camera Tampering Advanced Motion Tracking WESS2 Left and Removed Item Detection m Home Position pan D 00 tit 0 00 zoom 1 00 Figure 6 Basic to Advanced settings in the Search dialog box One Time Search The search will be performed only once using the date range you selected Specified Interval Search You can specify to search between a date and time range For example between July 26 and July 30 but only between 6 38pm and 7 38pm Recurring Search Allows you to specify a search that Symphony will continuously perform until you end it For example between 18 00 and 8 00 each day This option may be useful if you want automated searches done at specific times for review Title A user defined tile for the search can be defined Email address To notify a user the search is complete Seconds before clip and Seconds after clip Can be modified by entering a numeric value that represents the seconds before or after the event Symphony should begin to play the resulting video Everything Will not filter any video The resulting movie will include all frames between the From and To search times Any Movement Symphony will search for all activity between a specific date and time Alarms Only Allows you to select the specific events to search for as defined by the Rules 75 Chapter 2 Search Tool Chapter 2 e Events group area Allows you to co
18. Users and Supervisor Logon Procedure To switch users logged into Symphony Client 1 In Symphony Client from the File menu select Log On Switch User The Logon dialog box opens 2 Select the Server to log on to User Password Windows Authentication O supervisor Logan Figure 78 Logon 3 Enter the User and Password of the new user and click OK The name of the user appears in the Symphony Client title bar Chapter 1 Chapter 1 68 Logging on with Supervisor Privileges Chapter 1 Logging on with Supervisor Privileges Procedure To log on with supervisor privileges T 2 m e xam e 7 8 Chapter 1 In Symphony Client from the File menu select Log On Switch User The Logon dialog box opens Select the Server to log on to with supervisor privileges The Supervisor Logon check box is enabled E Logon Server My Server User Password LI Windows Authentication Supervisor Logon Figure 79 Logon Enter the User and Password of one of the two users Select the Supervisor Logon check box More fields appear Enter the User and Password of the second user wanting to log on at the same time Enter the Supervisor User name It is the same name of the virtual user you created in the User Configuration dialog box E Logon Server User Password LJ Windows Guthentication User Password Supervisor User Reason Figure 80 Supervisor Logon fields displayed In
19. amp Real Alarm J False Alarm Real Actionable Alarm Comments Figure 14 Alarm Details dialog box 11 Chapter 1 Date Chapter 1 Date The Calendar allows you to load alarms for all connected servers for a specific date Days displayed in bold weight font contain video data Procedure To display the calendar e Click the Date toolbar filter button Alarm Log 0 New 0 Unviewed 1 Total cheemeec Ho de mie Farm Camera LA Show all Filter by a specific date 4 September 2010 Mon Tue Wed Thu 2 g 16 23 gt lt v Is Visi 2 30 Figure 15 Calendar selection to view archived alarms 12 Chapter 1 Application Log Chapter 1 Application Log The Application Log panel is at the bottom of the Main Console It lists errors and messages that have occurred since Symphony Client was started Procedure To activate the application log 1 Fromthe View menu select Application Log OR Click the Application Log icon in the Menu Toolbar 2 Double click on any entry in the Application Log panel and the entire message will be displayed 11 14 07 Loaded Camviews C Users build AppData Roaming Aimetis CurrentDesktop Layout Camviews xml 11 14 13 Loaded Layout C Users build AppData Roaming Aimetis CurrentDesktop Layout xml Application Message 11 14 13 Loaded Layout C Users build 4 Figure 16 Application Log expanded to show details 13 Chapter 1 Camera Tree Camera Tree By default th
20. and mouse To move the camera you can e Use the PTZ navigation controls PTZ button on the toolbar e Left click the mouse to zoom in on a region and right click to pan See Using the Mouse to Control a PTZ Camera on page 95 e Connect a USB joystick to the client PC running Symphony Client See Using a USB Joystick on page 96 Using the PTZ Controls Procedure To open the control dialog of the dome or PTZ camera e Click the PTZ toolbar button or from the View menu select PTZ Controls PTZ Navigation is summarized as follows e The arrows move a dome or PTZ camera up and down left and right A fixed camera will be digitally moved must be digitally zoomed first e The allows you to digitally zoom in or out fixed camera or optically zoom in and out dome or PTZ cameras e Clicking the Home icon will automatically bring the camera back to its user defined Home Position e The numbers represent camera tour locations and provide easy navigation e Lock Unlock icons e Rabbit and Tortoise slider controls speed Not all cameras are supported Figure 29 PTZ Camera Controls Iris Brightness Focus Contrast Figure 30 PTZ controls for Iris Brightness Focus and Contrast 94 Chapter 2 Using the Mouse to Control a PTZ Camera Chapter 2 Using the Mouse to Control a PTZ Camera Procedure To zoom in on an area using your mouse 1 Left click on the live view to re center to this position 2 Drag your mouse around the object you
21. button in the toolbar The Export Video dialog box opens c By default Symphony sets parameters for a movie clip starting 60 seconds before the timeline clicked time until 60 seconds after it Alter these settings as necessary in the Start Time and End Time fields 88 Chapter 2 Using Export Chapter 2 e Option 2 e f you create an END a Right click a starting point on the Timeline and from the context menu select Mark point to the left of the Export Start START point the START will be removed before the END is created 10 30 AM e f the cameras are 11 00 AM changed after a 11 30 4h A Show Tool Strip selection is made the 12 00 PM END point is removed e f you select a Start and End point from the Timeline first the Video Export dialog box m oe i displays corresponding PTT edu s AP a a a PL Start and End dates e j a e f you do NOT first select Start and End points in the Timeline but open the Video Export dialog Show Timeline Shaw Navigation Bar Mark Export Start Mark Export End Clear Export Selection box the Start End arrows will be created in b Right click an ending point on the Timeline and from the context menu select Mark the Timeline 1 Export End minute from the current selection Arrows in the Timeline will match the Start End dates shown in the Video Export dialog box e n Live View if you first launch the Video Export dialog box only the Start
22. dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens Ensure that you have at least two maps to link If not follow To add a map on page 18 Select a primary map on which you want to add a hot link ono e eS Click the Map Links tab A list of all maps is displayed Select a map that will open when the user clicks on a hot link in the primary map e Select the map name and drag it onto the map The link appears as a box on the map Figure 26 on page 22 21 Chapter 1 Optional Creating Map Hot Links Chapter 1 ls Edit Maps Map Map of House Street Map Street Map 2 Wychwood Park Christie Pits Park oO et M Honest Eds Bargain Shopping Centre VUL CL Park T Drag items onto the map E Chas Lomas Devices Rules ap Links Map of House Street Map Street Map 2 t m E i i i i The Anne Ba mH Mi Lee s Palace Y Rotman of Manag e Bickford Park Figure 26 Drag Map Link to primary map Healey Wian Park 7 Right click on the hot link box to display the context menu d To resize the box to cover a larger area select Resize and then move your mouse e The box size decreases as you move your mouse pointer towards the box e The box size increases as you move your mouse away from the box e Left click the mouse to accept a size To change the colour of the hot link box select Change Color The Color dialog box op
23. for Large AVI File Export on page 92 Reports on page 113 e Figure 47 Reports dialog box on page 114 e Figure 49 Selecting a device in Report Designer dialog box on page 115 e Figure 51 Distribution gt Email subtab showing an email list for reports on page 116 e Figure 52 Distrubtion gt File subtab Format in which generated report to be saved on page 117 e Figure 53 Schedule when reports will be run on page 117 e Figure 57 Send Report to Email distribution list or save to File on page 120 Sym 6 8 P 304 Document History December 15 2011 December 6 2011 Document History Document History Table 1 Changes to this manual Continued Date Description 00oooooooooooooooo Release 6 8 2 Added e Instructions for Video Export log file and using md5sum see Figure 23 Video Export log file on page 91 e Figure 61 Aimetis Symphony Web Access on page 131 e Figure 62 Web Login on page 132 Revised e Exporting Video on page 88 The filename is saved as lt CameraName gt Capture Resolution Capture FPS gt Capture Format YYYYMMDD HHMMSS Release 6 8 1 Revised e Figure 1 Main Console on page 1 e Figure 2 Timeline on page 2 e Figure 4 Tool Strip button clicked to display the Address bar on page 3 e Figure 33 Live Mode on page 31 e Figure 34 Playback Mode with context menu options displayed on page 32 e Figure 36 Multi View icons on pa
24. g ula 64 My Console P1 ga 2 3 Axis O6052 E e leg Navigation Decoration J Date UST B Search OD ai 10 234 4 40 3 2010 11 03 13 45 15 207 01 30 PM Figure 4 Tool Strip button clicked to display the Address bar Chapter 1 Address Bar Chapter 1 Procedure To navigate using the address bar e Use the Forward and Back arrow buttons on the address bar to navigate to camera sites e Toview a location you have just visited click the Back arrow button You will return to the camera and time you were just viewing e If you have already installed Symphony Client on a computer you can access the position from the Windows Start menu e Click Start and then Run Paste a Symphony link in the Open field and click OK Figure 5 on page 4 Symphony Client opens at the link location e Type the name of a program folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it for you Open an WIN K6 T44FG29EK 2 2010 09 23 11 13 34 876 o Cancel Browse Figure 5 Windows operating system Run dialog box Chapter 1 Alarm Log Alarm Log The Alarm Log panel shows a list of alarms for connected servers Procedure To display the alarm log panel e From the View menu select Alarm Log OR e Click the Alarm Log icon on the Menu Toolbar Alarm Log 178 Mew 1170 Unviewed 1177 Total 5L Advanced Mode Date Time Farm 928 06 16 PM localhost 0928 03 54 PM localhost 0928 03 07 PM localhost
25. line Changes video speed Shows a video frame Chapter 2 Click to add a bookmark Click to go back to previous foreground activity Click Play Pause as necessary Click to go forward to next foreground activity Turn right to play video faster Turn left to play video at slower rate Turn to red portion of slide to play video backwards Turn clockwise to show next video frame Turn counterclockwise to show previous video frame Support for AXIS T8310 Surveillance Control Board Chapter 2 Switching Control between Panels The View button has four small squares and is located under the F1 button on the Axis keypad Figure 42 View button on Axis keypad Procedure To switch between multi views 1 Onthe Axis keypad enter XXYYYZZ e Xisthe monitor number e Yisthe multiview number e Zisthe panel number within multiview 2 Click the View button The multiview panel name will now be represented as Hostname M xx MVyyy Pzz To switch between multi view panels and switch camera displayed in panel 1 Onthe Axis keypad enter XXYYYZZC e Xisthe monitor number e Yisthe multi view number e Zisthe panel number within multiview e Cis the camera number 2 Click the View button To switch control to main Live view panel 1 Onthe Axis keypad enter O and click the View button 104 Chapter 2 Quick Find Quick Find This tool allows you to search for cameras The search text you enter can match part
26. mpeg format Click the Export button and select Download MPEG This will save it as MPEG4v2 format which can be played in a wide variety of media players including Microsoft Media Player e To email a search result video Click the Export button and select E Mail Link View Search Results Farm localhost 74743 Request MPEG Conversion lal Download ARA B Download MIPEG Creator admin E Mail Link End 9 28 2010 9 15 Size 1 aB Status Done Description Searching For any event on camera AXIS 214 113 AXIS 214 Clip Id 11 Title AXIS 214 Clip Created arzarzn10 10 57 AM Creator admin Start 9 22 2010 10 55 AM End 9 29 2010 10 5 Size GB Status Done Description Searching For everything on camera AxIS 214 123 Id 1z Title Created arzarezni10 1 32 PM Creator admin Start arz7r2010 1 41 PM End arzarezni 1 41 Size GB Status Done Description Searching For any event on camera ACTi 5611 3 Figure 8 Menu options in View Search Results dialog box 78 Chapter 2 Recurring Search Chapter 2 Recurring Search Recurring searches are set up in the Advanced search options For details see Search Tool on page 71 fe Recurring Search From previous day 06 00PM To current day 08 00AM bi Every day week Figure 9 Recurring Search You can manage your recurring searches from the Recurring Search Definitions dialog box Procedure To manage recurring searches
27. point arrow will be displayed in the Timeline The End point arrow will appear in the Timeline after a minute that is when time has passed and the Timeline shows a historical moment e f no End point is selected Symphony displays an End arrow on the Timeline two minutes after the Start arrow e f no Start point is selected Symphony displays a Start arrow on the Timeline two minutes before the End Note Once the Video Export dialog box is displayed if you change a Start Time SUAE or End Time in the Video Export dialog box and click outside the date control fields the arrows in the Timeline will change to reflect this However the Start Time and End Time fields in the Export Video dialog box are NOT updated when changing the Start and End points on the Timeline c Click the Export button in the toolbar The Export Video dialog box opens The points in the Timeline are reflected in the Start Time and End Time fields in the Export Video dialog box Figure 20 Start and End arrow times reflected in Video Export dialog box 89 Chapter 2 Using Export Chapter 2 2 Selectthe camera s from which to export video for the time period Click Add The Select Camera to Export dialog box opens Select the check box associated with the camera s Select Camera to Export Sources EE Devices 1 Cameral Camera Stream E 2 Camera Cameral 320 x 240 5fps H264 I 3 Camera3 mp 4 Camerat E 5 Cameras J
28. select the video quality for this panel 38 Chapter 1 Activity Tab Chapter 1 Default Lowest resolution Closest fit to panel size Closest fit not smaller than panel size Highest resolution Stream Selector on Appearance tab in the Camera View Settings has been redesigned and renamed Video Quality in Symphony 6 10 1 Display Mode specifies how Symphony Client displays video for the camera in the panel Default Actual size Maintain Aspect Ratio Fit to Window If video is not displaying properly try changing the Display Mode Some video cards do not support all video display modes RGB display modes require more CPU power than the default display mode Activity Tab Event Camera View Settings Appearance Activity Child Tracking Other Event w Switch view when an alarm occurs Ensure Visible w Switch view when motion occurs I Show alarm cameras in other panels I Limit action to specific cameras or alarms Cameras Alarms E 21 Devices j mE 1 Cameral 2 Camera Display f Video f Image Action W Perform action after switch m Disable switching after switch occurs Re enable by right clicking on camera view Hide switched view after secands leo Go back to previous state after seconds leo e cmn Figure 46 Camera View Settings dialog box with Activity tab active Event Display on page 41 Action on page 41 Example 1 on page 42 You can force a Video Panel to
29. the Reason field enter information that describes why you are logging in with supervisor privileges Click OK You can now use the system 69 Logging on with Supervisor Privileges Chapter 1 70 Chapter 1 Searching Video by Using the Search Tool Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Searching Video by Using the Search Tool Symphony provides two methods of searching video using the Timeline or the Search tool e The Timeline is integrated in the main interface of Symphony Client and summarizes a full day s activity This is useful if you want an overview of the entire day on the current camera See Timeline on page 2 e The Search tool allows your to query video for specific events in specific parts of the video Search Tool The Search tool allows you to search recorded video for motion or alarms in specified areas of interest Symphony will search based on your criteria and create a mini movie and thumbnails showing the results For example you may search for all activity around a car for the last 24 hours Symphony will create a video containing only activity that occurred in an area of an image designated by you The result may be a five minute movie depending on how much activity was found 71 Chapter 2 Search Tool Chapter 2 search localhost AXIS 214 Moving Loitering in non busy environment search Type f Any part of track End of track Any fence Draw Fence 09 27 2010 05 19 PM Beginning of tra
30. using the Disable Alarms for Server dialog Procedure To access the Disable Alarms for Server dialog box e From the Server menu select Enable Alarms for Server Disable The Disable Alarms for Server dialog box allows you to disable all alarms for the currently selected server This is useful in cases where all alarms should be disabled for a period of time on the server This is faster than manually disabling individual Rules Procedure To access the Disable Alarms for Server dialog 1 From the Server menu select Disable Alarms for Server 2 Specify the amount of time to disable the alarms for the current server 111 Chapter 2 Marking Alarms Chapter 2 Marking Alarms The Alarm Log dialog box shows a list of alarms for connected servers Procedure To mark an alarm 1 Right click on the alarm you wish to mark Multiple alarms can be marked simultaneously if you select a range of alarms using standard Windows click followed by Shift click or Ctrl click 2 Select an action to perform e Print and Export To The Preview dialog box opens You can export to various files types print the alarm information or send the information via email File View Background r8 em A m amp Page Setup E amp dL 100 zi EN GM Print i Print Lid Export Document PDF File Send via E Mail HTML File G Ext MHT File l RTF File XLS File XLSX File CSW File Text File
31. view window by left clicking a camera and dragging it into a Multi Live view pane Using two monitors with Multi live and the Main Console makes this less awkward and more efficient Using the Site Map To navigate to different cameras to see a live view simply left click on the Site Map on the camera you wish to see You can also drag a camera from the Site Map into a Multi Live view pane The colours of the camera indicate camera status e Green a normal video signal is detected but no activity is detected e Yellow activity is detected e Red an alarm has occurred on the camera e Grey the camera signal is lost e White problem with Symphony on that camera Using Alarm Log The Alarm Log is in the Main Console is much like your email inbox Symphony Client can be connected to multiple Symphony Servers at once Each time an Symphony Server causes an alarm it pushes a message to Symphony Client and a new alarm entry appears in the Alarm Log Simply click on new Alarms as they come in and Symphony will automatically jump to the correct server and camera which caused the Alarm allowing you to quickly inspect the video content 107 Chapter 2 Marking Alarms Marking Alarms After a new alarm comes in and you have inspected the alarm you can mark the alarm as a real alarm or a false alarm with your additional notes This allows security administrators to generate reports on how many alarms were detected by Symphony the respons
32. want to zoom on A green box appears around the area as you drag your mouse 3 Release the mouse button and the PTZ camera zooms on the area of interest Figure 31 Zooming with mouse 95 Chapter 2 Using a USB Joystick Chapter 2 Procedure To pan using your mouse 1 Right click the live view to simulate a joystick control 2 Dragthe mouse in the direction you want to move the camera A red arrow is drawn on the image 3 Adjust the length of the line to control speed of the camera 4 Release the mouse button and the PTZ camera pans to the area of interest Figure 32 Panning with mouse Using a USB Joystick 1 Connect a USB joystick to the client PC running Symphony Client 2 Fromthe View menu select Joystick Advanced Usage Only 1 If the joystick sensitivity is not high enough edit appdata aimetis acc ini and change the following parameters with the default values joystick maxpan 100 maxtilt 100 maxzoom 100 pollinterval 50 deadzone 20 e If response is too sensitive try lowering the max values to 80 or 50 e fthe PTZ control appears jerky erratic decrease the pollinterval e fthe joystick moves while idle increase the deadzone between 1 and 100 2 Savethe acc ini and then restart Symphony Client for the changes to take effect 96 Chapter 2 Camera Tour Camera Tour Procedure To set up a camera tour 1 Inthe Camera Tree right click on a PTZ camera From the context menu selec
33. what is going on prioritize alarms so that you know which of the most recent you should be dealing with see where there was motion to determine if an alarm setting is necessary in certain areas learn to differentiate between a true alarm and activity only in your monitored area see recent activity alarms if you have stepped away from your monitor for any reason Procedure To display the Recent Alarm Motion JPEGs feature ship Devices zT Sami imber of IFE s l ILL nn g Em BE From the View menu in the main console select Recent Alarm Motion JPEGs The Recent Alarms Motion JPEGs dialog box opens F n 11 23 2040 04 21 02 PM Selected cameras has been changed Reloading data 11 23 2010 04 21 02 Pits Seleched cameras has been changed Reloading data 11 23 2010 04 21 40 PM Selected cameras has been changed Relpading data 11 23 2010 04 21 41 Pf amp Selected cameras haa been changed Reloading data 11 23 2010 05 21 42 Pf4 Selected cameras has been changed Reloading data 11 29 2010 04 24 26 PM Selected cameras haa been changed Reloading data 11 29 2010 05 24 42 Pfs Showing alarms and mobons on selected cameras Figure 13 Recent Alarm Motion JPEGs panel This feature allows you to view images JPEGs of alarm or motion instances based on the selected cameras Chapter 2 82 Recent Alarms Motion Chapter 2 Table 1 Feature Usage View unique alarm JPEGs of the selected cameras in reverse c
34. 000000000000 New features in Symphony 6 10 1 Appearance Tab on page 39 Multi streaming in Symphony for analytics and Camera Views reduces server and client CPU and CPU transcoding Reports on page 113 e User Permissions on page 113 November 15 2012 e All reports except Heat Map allow you to select more than one camera e Heat Map Image on page 124 Using Interval Time and Dwell Threshold e Figure 60 Sensitivity tab on page 126 Improvements to this manual Tracking Tab on page 46 September 13 Revised Adding Digital Input and Output to Maps on page 27 Supported DIO devices 2012 now listed in KB article http www aimetis com Support kbarticle aspx ID210141 e Timeline Colour Code on page 3 added edge storage and PTO91 September 12 e Correction to Heat Map Image procedure content for Sensitivity tab missing Dwell 2012 Time information 7 Since the Heat Map Image report was selected the Sensitivity tab is enabled on page 126 Document History Document History Table 1 Changes to this manual Continued Date Description 000000ooooooooooo Release 6 10 e Camera Views Figure 18 Camera Views saved in Camera Tree dialog box on page 14 Placing Camera Views on Maps on page 20 e Figure 34 Playback Mode with context menu options displayed on page 32 New context menu e Figure 35 White arrows on timeline indicate start and end time for video ex
35. 201 Shiji Avenue Asia Pacific Pudong Shanghai China 200120 Phone 86 21 6182 6916 Fax 86 21 6182 6777 xiii Preface Table of Contents CAD UCR We me Symphony Client Main Console 11Leee e eeeee eee reeee rennen nennen nnns 1 NISI EE MN eee 2 Address BP ecsuteusaluttenu tecum asd stus beducbnt va liben ce qu ti Uta a Dane RE au bau E RN NN 3 Alarm LOU idc iseeide crinis asta esc ieui d etesEc E vesauetetscacese 5 CUSTOMIZING the Ala Log M I me aiushet 5 Tree View of Alarm Filtering Options ccccccseeccceeeseeceeeeeceeeseesseseesseeessseeessaeeess 9 Fs a oe VCW een ee uaa EM DIM M P M UN LI M UU LEM UE 10 Alann Detall ec NC O M anes Le 11 Br esis eee 12 PAP PNCATION LOQ pr M 13 Camera WCC siari a A oaa Aaaa ATANA 14 Customizing the Camera Tree cccccccssceccsececceneeecaeeeeeesueeeeeaueeeesauesesseeessgeessaaees 15 Ban Video from Cameras and Camera Groups sees 16 USMO INIAD Sariei D 17 VIEWING A MIAO m cte 17 PACING MaD EET RT ERREUR TEUER 18 Placing Cameras ori Maps otio uiietc tdeo adonde ut odo DO De sedo ped De deeded 19 Placing Camera Views on Maps sssesssseeeneeeenm nennen nnn nnn nnns 20 Optional Creating Map Hot Links
36. 214 Chapter 1 Camera View localhost 3 AXIS 214 Timeline bes Alarm Details Alarm Id localhost 1282 Time of Alarm 09 28 2010 03 07 22 PM Time of Acknowledgement Alarm not yet acknowledged Latency Acknowledged By Rule Name Rule1 Rule Instructions The user has not specified any instructions Real Alarm False Alarm Real Actionable Alarm Comments Figure 8 Alarm Log expanded to show Advanced Mode view Chapter 1 Customizing the Alarm Log Chapter 1 Column Chooser The Column Chooser menu option allows you to customize which columns are displayed Procedure To use the Column Chooser 1 Right click on one of the column headings in the Alarm Log panel and select Column Chooser 2 Dragcolumns from the Customization dialog box to the column headings in the Alarm Log or drag column headings from the Alarm Log into the Customization dialog box Alarm Log 0 New 0 Unviewed 1 Total Advanced Mode fae A Sort Ascending 03 Ir j all Sort Descending Camerai Clear Sorting Group By This Column show Group By Box l Remove This Column e Customization Best Fit Alarm Best Fit all columns Rule P Filter Editor Thumbnail Figure 9 Column Chooser Grouping Columns in the Alarm Log Grouping by columns is an effective way of organizing the potentially long list of alarms A typical use would be to group all alarms by Server the
37. 36 5fps 20120115 150824 Text Document viden Clip Video clips from large video export M3U file for playist In Library mode in Windows Media Player you can click Play to view the list of AVI files Play Burn In save list E aaj T Search Count Clear list Camera 640 x 480 5fps There are no playlists in this library Click here to create a playlist ile 0 50 t Camerad 640 x 480 5Fps 2012011 Camera amp 640 x 480 5fps 2012011 gt Camera amp 640 x 480 5fps Windows Media Player displaying playlist of vide 92 Alarm ID Camera ID and Keyboard Navigation Chapter 2 Alarm ID Camera ID and Keyboard Navigation In addition to navigating cameras using the Camera Tree or Site Map Symphony supports navigation by Alarm ID Camera ID and keyboard navigation Procedure To navigate cameras 1 From the View menu in the Main Console select Go to The Enter Address dialog box opens Selecting F5 on the keyboard also opens this window 2 Enterthe camera ID or alarm ID and click OK Enter address S m 3 Alarm Id eg lacalhost 123 OR Camera Id gt eg 3 OR full address gt Figure 28 Navigating by Alarm ID or Camera ID 93 Chapter 2 Using PTZ Cameras Chapter 2 Using PTZ Cameras When working with PTZ cameras you can set multiple home positions for a camera tour and pan tilt and zoom right from Symphony Client using a standard keyboard
38. 6 Inthe Cameras tab click Add a Camera and then select one or more cameras from the list 7 In the Start amp End tab define the start and end time of the report Select whether to use a Relative time to execute the report or a specific date and time For example if this Report was saved with the intention of running it in the future Start selecting a Relative start of 7 days would mean the report start time would be 7 days from each time the report is executed Using a specific date and time is only useful if this report is intended to be run only once and not in the future If a Relative time was selected in the Start section selecting Now would set the report End time dynamically to the time the report was run If a specific data and time was selected it is most likely that a specific date and time for the end of the report is appropriate Searching by Full Days will include all 24 hours in a day In cases where a search should spend multiple days but only a certain period of time per say Partial days should be selected For example we may search across 7 days but only 10 00 20 00 each day to filter out results that happened outside of store hours Time of Day Time Interval Select the Time Interval to be used in the Report 8 Click Next to open the Line tab From the drop down list select a camera and add a line where objects should be counted Do this for each camera you select Move the line to where objects should be co
39. Aimetis Symphony Version 6 10 Client User Guide November 15 2012 Disclaimers and Legal Information Copyright 2012 Aimetis Inc All rights reserved This guide is for informational purposes only AIMETIS MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user Without limiting the rights under copyright no part of this document may be reproduced stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise or for any purpose without the express written permission of Aimetis Corp Aimetis may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Aimetis the furnishing of this document does not give you any license to these patents trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property Aimetis and Aimetis Symphony are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Aimetis Corp in the United States and or other countries Portions Copyright O 1993 2012 ARH Inc Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group Document History Document History Sym 6 10 P 303 Table 1 Changes to this manual Date Description 0
40. Any fence f Draw Beginning of track All fences Erase E Any part of object Figure 5 Search options Chapter 2 From 09 27 2010 n5 31 PM r To 09 26 2010 05 31 PM V E250 Motion Tracking Other Algorithms _ VE130 Simple Motion Detection VE140 Video Input Error VE141 Camera Tampering I 1 vE150 Advanced Motion Tracking pan 0 00 tit 0 00 zoom 1 00 Home Position Loitering in non busy environment seconda 15174 v Draw Fence Delete Fence 74 Search Tool Search Type Fram Ta Other Algorithms WE130 WE140 WE141 WESS2 Video Input Error Camera Tampering Chapter 2 3 Specify your search From and To dates For more advanced settings click the Advanced button Figure 6 Search For Everything green yellow red f Any Event New Sub Event 1 Alarms Only red bars Oofe7 2010 05 22 PM Search Type f One Time Search O9 28 2010 05 22 PM Specitied Interval Search Recurring Search EET 09 27 2010 05 22 PM x Simple Motion Detection Ta O9 28 2010 05 22 PM Advanced Motion Tracking E SD VS e r Left and Removed tem Detection Advanced Search Options M in sequence Home Position pan D 00 tit 0 00 zoom 1 00 Title fe within a time period Add a title to your search Time period seconds Email leo Add email addresses separated by commas to be 5 Seconds before clip 5 Seconds after clip
41. Bickford Healey Wian Park Figure 23 Drag cameras onto map 19 Chapter 1 Placing Camera Views on Maps Chapter 1 Placing Camera Views on Maps Procedure To place a camera view on a map L 2 3 Chapter 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation In the upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens From the right pane listing the cameras and camera views in the Devices tab drag and drop a camera view to the map with your mouse Optional To remove a camera icon from the map right click on camera view icon and select Remove from Map Click OK to save settings Drag items onto the map I i il Figure 24 Camera View icon on Map 20 Optional Creating Map Hot Links Chapter 1 Optional Creating Map Hot Links In larger sites where you want to have more than one site map you can layer maps by creating hot links For example one main map can contain hot links that open detailed maps of a particular area Procedure To create a map hot link 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation 2 Scroll through the maps to select the one which will have hot links Map localhost 2 Street Map mg Edit Maps G Christie aan flc Pits Park a wee E a m 1 s FCUORTTI m T 1 ot Dari NN 2 gox Si opping Centre A 5 i Healey M LAfiqn Dark BIENES Figure 25 Scroll through maps In the upper right corner of the Map
42. Camera ACTi 5611 als 214 ARIS 214 naraa 02 17 PM localhost AKIS 214 09 25 02 11 PM localhost AKIS 214 0928 02 08 PM localhost AKIS 214 09 25 01 40 PM localhost AKIS 214 X V Is visited Checked Figure 6 Alarm Log Customizing the Alarm Log By default the Alarm Log panel is docked inside the main view However the Alarm Log panel can be dragged into a second monitor and configured to display more information In Advanced Mode the Alarm Log panel provides detailed information camera view alarm details thumbnails of alarms Procedure To display the Alarm Log in Advanced Mode e Click the Advanced Mode button in the Alarm Log panel Alarm Lag 174 Mew 1166 Unviewed 1173 Total Time Farm 06 16 PM localhost 03 54 PM localhost 02 17 PM localhost 02 11 PM localhost 02 08 PM localhost Camera ACTi 5611 Aes 14 AKIS 214 AIS 214 Ass 214 x IDs visited Checked i em Figure 7 Alarm Log panel with Advanced Mode button Chapter 1 Chapter 1 Customizing the Alarm Log Alarm Log 171 New 1163 Unviewed 1170 Total i Print And Export To id Viewed d Retrieve Alarms Unviewed ind Marked Thumbnail 06 16 PM localhost Camera ACTi 5611 03 54 PM 03 07 PM 02 17 PM localhost localhost localhost AXIS 214 AXIS 214 Rule1 02 11 PM gt lt V Is visited Checked localhost AXIS
43. Chapter 1 Figure 19 Device Tree Configuration dialog box with Options s Device Tree configuration localhost ri Add 26 Delete Options Drag cameras to Ehe custom tree wv Show Device Icons Show Device Numbers w Show Digital Ifa Camerae Camera Camerad Cameraa3 HardwareDevice1l z Output l Output 1 Pm Mutpuk 2 Input 0 Input 1 Drag items here to remove them From groups Cancel Figure 20 Digital I O displayed after Show Digital I O option selected Ban Video from Cameras and Camera Groups Igi West pioa cence iw 2 Ban Video e 1 Unban Video F atduworermenmcer In the Camera Tree the right click Ban Video context menu item allows you to ban video from cameras and camera groups Only users and groups with specified permissions can use this feature e When Ban Video is selected for camera s and or group s the permissions for View Live Video and View Historical Video access will be changed to Deny e When Unban Video is selected for camera s and or group s the permissions for View Live Video and View Historical Video access will be changed to Unspecified For details on user groups and permissions see the Aimetis Symphony Administration Guide 16 Chapter 1 Using Maps Chapter 1 Using Maps Symphony allows you to upload an image jpg gif or bmp file to be used as a map visual representation of your camera configuration e Viewing a Map e Adding a
44. Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 52 Chapter 1 Video Chapter 1 2 Click the Video tab Symphony Client Settings i amp Panning left moves the camera left Panning left moves the image left Pan PT camera when clicked on Ehe map Default Yideo Decorations Boxes Time Paths Camera Messages Thick Decoration Messenger Messages seconds ideo Decoration Settings Decoration Font scale Please switch or restart video or restart the client For the changes to take effect Display Mode These settings only affect client display Maintain 4spect Ratio Direct connect ka camera Warning if you are unsure of these settings please leave them as default Factory Default Renderer Video Mixing Renderer 9 custom presenter default Colour Space YUYZ Figure 60 Video tab Chapter 1 53 Camera View Chapter 1 Camera View e Symphony allows you to open a split screen or virtual video matrix window that can show 1 to 25 cameras simultaneously This requires a lot of CPU resources on the client PC e Frame Rate section allows you to configure whether to run Camera View windows at a decreased frame rate to reduce CPU load on the client PC e Camera view tool button default behaviour section allows you to select the default camera view layout either floating for docked when Symphony Client is launched Procedure To access the Symphony Client Set
45. Help gt Report an Issue 2 Enter details and then click Submit Report Aimetis Symphony Error Report Report Details Problem Description mE assistance please include a detailed problem description Support Case Mew Case Existing Case Submission Method amp Upload ta Aimetis Save to Desktop Contact Information Additional Information Start Time 8 00 00 AM gt l injerznin Duration haurs Source Mame Description Attachments Details Logi Privacy Policy Submit Report Ready Figure 64 Aimetis Symphony Error Report dialog box 134 Chapter 2 Copyright 2012 Aimetis Inc All rights reserved This guide is for informational purposes only AIMETIS MAKES NO WARRANTIES EXPRESS IMPLIED OR STATUTORY AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user Without limiting the rights under copyright no part of this document may be reproduced stored in or introduced into a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise or for any purpose without the express written permission of Aimetis Corp Aimetis may have patents patent applications trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property rights covering subject matter in this document Except as expressly provided in any written license agreement from Aimetis the furnishing of this document does
46. IB http 50000 default asp s X lS Bina iz File Edit View Favorites Tools Help 5 Favorites Monitoring ta M Page Safety Tools e Aimetis Symphony Web Access Reports Language Log Out Timeline Camera8 Date 06 12 2011 Cameras s CameraZ s Camera3 w Camera4d we Camera5 1 49 23 PM 12 06 2011 Camerab Camera s Cameras s Camerag EI ry i gt A 8 V 4 E p 4 2 gt De toe te v Pre m M i Alarms No alarms found Figure 61 Aimetis Symphony Web Access 131 Chapter 2 Running a Report from the Web Chapter 2 Procedure How to run reports from the Web Task 1 Access the web interface 1 Navigate to http SERVERNAME 50000 where SERVERNAME can be your windows hostname or the IP address of the server 2 Login Aimetis Symphony Llsername Password Recommended Browser Microzott Internet Explorer 7 Streaming Video Requirements Microsoft Internet Explorer Microsoft Met Framework 2 or never Figure 62 Web Login Task 2 Obtain the report ID 1 Click the Reports link 2 Select the report you want to run and click Edit Notice that the report ID appears in the URL displayed in your Web Browser Remember the ID Task 3 Prepare the report URL 1 Enter this URL http SERVERNAME 50000 Reports ReportOutput aspx username lt name gt amp password lt pa
47. Map on page 18 e Placing Cameras on Maps on page 19 e Placing Camera Views on Maps on page 20 e Optional Creating Map Hot Links on page 21 e Deleting a Map Removing a Camera Icon or a Hot Link on page 24 e Icons on Map on page 25 e Acknowledging Rules on Maps on page 27 e Adding Digital Input and Output to Maps on page 27 e Activating an Output Device Using the Map Context Menu on page 30 Viewing a Map Procedure To display the map e From the View menu select Map Navigation Any maps already in your system are displayed Use the left and right arrows to scroll through all maps Map localhost 1 Map of House Edit Maps Pome ERLA Geg BSA ENCL Tee BY IERA gT ESAoE Lim ROOM Figure 21 Map 17 Chapter 1 Adding a Map Chapter 1 Adding a Map Procedure To add a map 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation 2 Inthe upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens 3 Click New Map and then browse for the image file you want to use for the new map jpg gif or bmp and click Open The map is displayed 4 Name the map In the left panel under the Map column highlight the word New Map and type a name to identify the map 5 Click OK 5 Edit Maps PA New Map Delete Map Change Image Puy tel um i Park d Drag items onto the map Devices Rules Map Links i sg Devices Casa Loma a The Annex B
48. New Report The Reports Designer dialog box opens From the General tab enter a description for the report in the Name field 2 3 4 Under Report Type select the Object Statistics option 5 nthe Cameras tab click Add a Camera and then select one or more cameras from the list 6 In the Start amp End tab define the start and end time of the report Option Description 0000000000000 Select whether to use a Relative time to execute the report or a specific date and time For example if this Report was saved with the intention of running it in the future selecting a Relative start of 7 days would mean the report start time would be 7 days from each time the report is executed Using a specific date and time is only useful if this report is intended to be run only once and not in the future If a Relative time was selected in the Start section selecting Now would set the report End time dynamically to the time the report was run If a specific data and time was selected it is most likely that a specific date and time for the end of the report is appropriate Searching by Full Days will include all 24 hours in a day In cases where a search should imeda spend multiple days but only a certain period of time per say Partial days should be selected For example we may search across 7 days but only 10 00 20 00 each day to filter out results that happened outside of store hours Time Interval Select the Time Interval to
49. OK The interface is now unlocked 62 Chapter 1 Logging Chapter 1 Logging You can set the level of information low medium high that Symphony Client should log for system functions If you select Low the client logs will contain less detail but system performance will be better Increasing the log level provides more detailed information if a problem is encountered but can impact system performance If unsure leave the default selection Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 From the View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Logging tab Symphony Client Settings Figure 69 Logging tab 63 Chapter 1 Server List Chapter 1 Server List The Server List panel is on the right side of the Main Console It lists the servers along with their connection status Procedure To display and customize the Server List panel 1 Fromthe View menu select Server List The currently selected server is highlighted and any server operations that are performed via the Server menu will act on this selected server 2 Right click on the top title bar The context menu appears where the Column Chooser allows you to customize which fields are displayed 5l Sort Ascending all Sort Descending Clear Sorting Show Group By Box Remove This Colurnn E Column Chooser L Best Fit Best Fit all columns 10 234 1 34 Connected Figur
50. Output to Maps Chapter 1 Procedure To place digital inputs outputs on the Map 1 2 3 4 Ts Edit Maps New Map M Delete Map ff Change Image gt Map Rue 1 Rue z Paris Rue Dauphine Chapter 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation Scroll through the maps to select the one which will have rules In the upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens Click the Devices tab From the right pane listing the devices drag and drop the digital devices to the map with your mouse Click OK to save settings Drag items onto Ehe map Interior House Magam ak J i Devices Rules Map Links E Devices zi 1 Cameral Lg 2 Cameraz 2 d 3 Camera3 T 4 Camerat Om 5 Cameras 6 Camera B d 3 Camera op Input 1 gt Input 2 E ei 7 HardwareDevicel Output Mukpue 1 Output 2 Input D ep Input 1 i Input 2 IHE AME LOCATION GF ETIPUETURE Hi Figure 31 Digital I O on map displayed with arrow icons 28 Activating an Output Device Using the Map Context Menu Activating an Output Device Using the Map Context Menu Procedure To activate output device using the context menu 1 Right click on the device The context menu opens 2 Click Activate The icon turns yellow lap localhost 1 Interior House aay Edit Maps do em qc aye ae H i i g E d E MARE AME LORGETHSM
51. PTZ Return home PT Lock Properties Send Picture To Camera Tour show Tool Strip Show Timeline show Mawigation Bar Clear Export Selection settings Figure 34 Playback Mode with context menu options displayed Procedure To select options for playback mode Right click on the video panel in playback mode to view other context menu options e Full Screen Opens Main Console in Full Screen mode Right click to exit full screen e Play at RealTime Speed Set the Speed Slider to real time speed e Unlock PTZ Return Home Forces PTZ back to home position e PTZ Lock Properties PTZ Lock dialog box opens Indicates who has PTZ locked and when that lock expires Options to Unlock Lock Indefinitely Lock 5 minutes Lock for user defined minutes e Send Picture To You can automatically send picture to Printer Email Recipient as a Link a File the Clipboard or to the Clipboard as a Link e Camera Tour Allows you to Edit or Create a Camera Tour and Enable or Disable a Tour If Enable or Disable is selected while playing historical video the Video Panel will switch to Live mode e Show Tool Strip Show Timeline Show Navigation Bar A check mark beside each feature indicates that it is displayed with the video panel e Settings Launches the Camera View Settings dialog box with several settings for appearance what to do when activity occurs digital tracking and other miscellaneous options See Custo
52. This would correspond with unusually fast moving objects or almost motionless objects This can cause the range of colors used in other areas to be too small to see meaningful differences e Set Minimum Dwell Time to set the bottom of the color range Any point with an average dwell time less than this number will be hidden e Set Maximum Dwell Time to set the top end of the color range All points with an average dwell time above this number will be in the same color Dwell Threshold Allows you to set how many people were dwelling longer than a definable threshold E Report Designer kodades Save Run Cancel General ps al O ii i Minimum Intersections 1 Cameras et wate E Start amp End Maximum Intersections 50 Sensitivity Ditributon Minimum Dwell Time 0 Schedule Table View Heat Map View v Dwell Threshold 0 lt gt EE s E Ln lt Maximum Dwell Time 5 s 0 P IEPIKPI 3 c KE EE EE n s t Show Help 9 Previous Page Mext Page Figure 60 Sensitivity tab 126 Chapter 2 Heat Map Image Chapter 2 8 Select the format and create an email recipient list for the report in the Distribution Email tab Formats include PDF CSV comma separated document XML and bitmap image 9 Schedule when reports should be run including the time range of data the recurrence and schedule range 10 On the Table View tab define which columns should be included in
53. WF EIIWETUME Figure 32 Activating an Output device on a Map Only Output device has context menu for Activate Chapter 1 Chapter 1 29 Video Panels Chapter 1 Video Panels Video Panels show live video recorded video and allow you to analyze still frames All Video Panels including the Main Video Panel can optionally include a Timeline and a Navigation Bar These options and others are available by right clicking on the Video Panel to display the context menu Live View Mode By default cameras show live images in the Main Console File view Bookmarks Server Search Reports Help X Bis m Al Ea He Ea W amp as lg Load Multi view F Tool Strip PF Timeline keel Navigation 3j Lil Carousel Send Picture To m Camera6 localhost i7 6 MV Console P1 5ytimelne si Navigation Decoration 2 Date lg Export 2 Search ED 08 30 4M 09 00 AM 09 30 4M 10 00 AM 10 30 4M 11 00 AM Click for live view s am 1 2 Figure 33 Live Mode Procedure To navigate to different cameras e Click on a camera in the Camera Tree panel or Map to switch cameras To exit live mode e Click on Timeline and you automatically enter playback mode 30 Chapter 1 Video Playback Mode Chapter 1 Video Playback Mode If Timeline or Alarm Log is clicked video playback mode begins 3 41 10 PM 0706201 Full Screen View Blank Camera Play at RealTime Speed Unlock
54. ail File Cameras Start amp End Server Path C Users build Documents Reports Distribution e Report Format s rete enm PDF Document PDF Comma Separated Text CSV Extensible Markup Language XML Generate Image Figure 52 Distrubtion gt File subtab Format in which generated report to be saved Note In scheduled reports only an image can be emailed saved for a Heat Map Report 8 Schedule when reports should be run including the time range of data the recurrence and schedule range s Report Designer General Cameras Start amp End Data Inclusion Distribution Start 12 bo oo AM Schedule Table View Graph View Hourly C Daily C Weekly Every f hour s C Monthly Recurrence C Yearly Schedule Range Start 19 01 2012 No end date C End after to occurences C End by Previous Page Next Page Figure 53 Schedule when reports will be run 117 Chapter 2 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager Chapter 2 9 Click Run to generate the report and then click the Table View or Graph View tabs Report Alarm Counts on My Camera Table E Graph Export To Columns Drag a column header here ta group by that calumn Date Interval End Time Camera Rule Analytics Engines False Alarms Real Non Actionable Real Actionable Unmarked Lost 10 5 2010 13 00 00 12 28 48 Cameral Camera Intel vE352 Connection Lo
55. amera Tampering VWE1S0 Advanced Motion Tracking 2 Figure 3 Analytics Engines selection list Some options might be e Using the displayed image from the video you define the area in blue a mask where objects in motion should be detected Figure 4 on page 74 e Select the Erase option to erase the blue mask e Select the Draw option to draw the blue mask e The Size slider adjusts the pen thickness e Alternatively digital fences can be used as the search criteria Select Any fence to draw a digital fences Selecting All fences denotes that the object must pass through all fence lines to result in resulting search video Figure 5 on page 74 e Select the Class of object you wish to search for such as People Vehicles or Unknown objects unknown objects are objects that were tracked but were not classified as people or vehicles Figure 5 on page 74 e Select the Behavior to filter by such as loitering Figure 5 on page 74 73 Chapter 2 Search Tool Search localhost AXIS 214 Any part of track End of track C Beginning of track L Any part of object Chapter 2 iE Moving C Loitering in non busy environment Any fence All fences Figure 4 Search dialog box search localhost ACT 1231 Class Behavior Iv People Moving v vehicles Loitering C Leaving Detect Crowds greater than 5 people in at least 5 aut of last 2l seconds Any part of track End of track
56. apter 1 41 Activity Tab Chapter 1 Example1 Alarm Launching Multiple Cameras continued 5 Rule Wizard localhost New Rule 1 Instructions 2 Event 3 Action 4 Schedule Choose which actions you want this rule to take when an alarm occurs creste new action Edit Remove keset Action name view ether cameras when alarm on Camera 1 Alarm Record Relays FTP Email TCR Run Program Sounds oom Instructions Rule OPC View other cameras on alarm zf Devices K K KILI L Figure 48 Rule Wizard Alarm tab View other cameras on alarm 4 Click Next and set up the Schedule 5 Click Save to save the Rule name for this scenario 6 Click OK to close the Server Configuration dialog box Set up a camera view panel 1 Ina camera view panel for example 2x2 right click ONLY on the first panel Panel 1 2 Fromthe context menu select Settings The Camera View Settings dialog box appears 3 Click the Activity tab 4 Select the Switch view when alarm occurs check box 5 Select the Show alarm cameras in other panels check box This option forces all the other panels in the Multi view to display images from cameras associated with Camera 1 Recall in the Rule Wizard Cameras 2 3 and 4 were selected to be viewed if an alarm was triggered on Camera 1 42 Chapter 1 Activity Tab Example1 Alarm Launching Multiple Cameras continued Camera View Setting
57. ata Shc Museu fm we Lee s Palace eia Vat Rotman School of Management Honest Ed s Bargain Shopping Centre Healey Wian Park Figure 22 Edit Maps dialog box 18 Chapter 1 Placing Cameras on Maps Chapter 1 Placing Cameras on Maps Procedure To place cameras on the Map 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation 2 Inthe upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens 3 Fromthe right pane listing the cameras in the Devices tab drag and drop your cameras to the map with your mouse Cameras are not added to the map by default 4 Optional Rotate the icon so that the arrow represents the angle of the camera lens a Right click on a camera icon on the map and select Rotate b Move your mouse and the arrow will rotate C Left click your mouse to accept the position 5 Optional To remove a camera icon from the map right click on camera icon and select Remove from Map 6 Click OK to save settings 5 Edit Maps Eal Mew Map m Delete Map Lu Change Image Map Aree Drag items onto the map i 25 Rules Map Links Map of House Casa Loma s Street Map TES 2 Cameraz 3 Camera3 E 4 Camerat Lowe 5 Cameras Vermont Remove fram Map Square T Rotate Pd s t N fey mee Lee s Palaces Pits Park Lee s Palace amp hal ag Rotman School a of Managemen Um M Honest Ed s Bargain uu Shopping Centre 4
58. ate time chart is red indicating Active 99 Chapter 2 Camera Tour Chapter 2 Wed Thu Fi Sat 1 I Figure 39 Schedule when camera tour active 7 By default the Inactive option is selected Using your mouse click on the date and time intervals you want the Camera Tour to be inactive green and click OK 8 Make any adjustments as necessary to your tour and click OK 100 Chapter 2 Camera Tour Chapter 2 In the main console with the PTZ Controls visible you can click on the numbers For example 1 moves the camera to the Home position Location 1 on the tour pu NS x E Y Zu OSEE A un e ds EAT IME aie Lu Securitv1 P 50 Figure 41 Clicking 2 in PTZ Controls moves the camera to Location 2 in the camera tour 101 Chapter 2 Support for AXIS T8310 Surveillance Control Board Chapter 2 Support for AXIS T8310 Surveillance Control Board You can use the joystick keypad and jog dial units of the AXIS T8310 Surveillance Control Board with Symphony All units interact with the Main View e Joystick Buttons e Keypad Buttons on page 103 I e Jog Dial on page 103 e Switching Control between Panels on page 104 Procedure To access all units in the control board from within Symphony e From the View menu select Joystick The modules do not control Multi View or Video Wall Joystick Buttons Table 2 Joystick functions Button Live View Mode Go
59. automatically switch to a specific view when an event occurs Chapter 1 The switching event can be an alarm defined in Rules or it can be motion detected by motion analytics engines such as VE150 VE160 VE250 An alarm can be from an I O device that is associated with a camera 39 Activity Tab Chapter 1 Limit action to specific cameras If you are connected to many farms servers cameras you may want a view to automatically switch only to a subset of all cameras You select the cameras that should be in this set This is useful if you have 4 Multi Views open and you are monitoring 1000 cameras where there is rarely activity The 4 Video Panels within a Multi View window can be configured to always show video from the last 4 cameras that had activity Display Choose whether you want to automatically switch to the live video or to the still image Action An action can be performed after the switched view Chapter 1 Disable switching after switch occurs As an example scenario imagine a Video Panel switches and the operator watches the camera then another alarm occurs on a different camera that causes a second switch to a new view The operator may be frustrated that the view has automatically changed In such a case it might be useful to Disable switching after one switch occurs However if the operator needs to re enable switching the operator must right click on the live view and select the Enable Automatic Switching
60. ay amp Full days C Partial days Time Interval 01 00 Iv Show Help Chapter 2 Figure 50 Selecting dates in Report Designer dialog box 6 Select the format and create an email recipient list for the report in the Distribution Email tab Formats include PDF CSV comma separated document XML and bitmap image rs Report Designer General Cancel Cameras Start amp End Distribution Schedule Table View File Email Address Graph View Report Format s Iv PDF Document PDF Comma Separated Text ims CY Extensible Markup Language XML Generate Image johnsmith company com a Ts Report Designer General Cameras Start amp End Distribution Schedule Table View Graph view Cancel Email File Email Address johnsmith company com heathersman company c Report Format s M PDF Document PDF n Comma Separated Text CSV Extensible Markup Language XML Generate Image Figure 51 Distribution Email subtab showing an email list for reports Chapter 2 116 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager Chapter 2 7 You can select a file format in which to save the generated report In the Distribution File tab You can save the generated report as a PDF a CSV comma separated document as an XML document and or a bitmap image s Report Jesitgrier Cancel General Em
61. be used in the Report Select the format and create an email recipient list for the report in the Distribution gt Email tab Formats include PDF CSV comma separated document XML and bitmap image 8 Schedule when reports should be run including the time range of data the recurrence and schedule range 9 On the Table View tab define which columns should be included in the report Select the Column link and drag a column header into top header This causes information to be grouped by the column category By default all available column are shown in the Table View unless manually removed Click Next to continue 10 Define Graph Type and the Graph Size the Graph Size is the image size of the report graphic 11 Select Save and then Run to finish the report To save the generated report in the format you selected in the Distribution gt File subtab previously click Send Report and then File 129 Chapter 2 Alarm Counts Chapter 2 Alarm Counts This report allows users to generate a report on the number of alarms that occurred for a given time period Alarms are defined by Rules Procedure To access the Alarm Counts report 1 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens Click New Report The Reports Designer dialog box opens From the General tab enter a description for the report in the Name field 2 3 4 Under Report Type select the Alarm Counts option 5 nthe Cameras tab click Add a Ca
62. ble servers appears Add Symphony Server Connection Symphony Server Information Address FE The lacation of the camera server Server name IP Address Host name Version Farm ID Name Symphony Servern Windows Authen User Password Figure 73 65 Chapter 1 Register New Server Chapter 1 3 Select one of the servers e fthe Symphony Server is running on a nonstandard TCP port you can enter an address with colon suffix followed by the TCP port number If you do not suffix with a port it will try the default port 50 000 e Enter a descriptive Name that will appear in Symphony Client for this address This information is not used to connect e Inthe User field enter a user name for a user who will have access to the server e Enter the password that is set up for the user Procedure To edit the Symphony Server connection information 1 Inthe Server List dialog box right click on the server name you want to edit and select Edit Server Lisk Server State MainBuildin MainBuilding Add Edit Delete Disable Properties Configure View an Web Figure 74 Right click on server name in Server List 2 The Edit Symphony Server Connection dialog box opens You can edit the description Name of the server the User name and Password Edit Symphony server Connection Symphony Server Information Address h 234 4 55 The location af the camera server There are 2 types of name
63. ck C Al fences From fe Delete Fence Any part of object 09 28 2010 05 19 PM 10 44 15 28 09 2010 VWE250 Motion Tracking Other Algorithms VE130 Simple Motion Detection VE14D Video Input Error VE141 Camera Tampering I VET50 Advanced Motion Tracking Home Position pan 0 00 tit 0 00 zoom 1 00 Figure 1 Search dialog box Procedure To perform a search 1 From the toolbar click the Search button Figure 2 The Search dialog box opens Figure 1 on page 72 File View Bookmarks Server Search Reports Help IE zr Heca Gl Ea E B fel fee sil Laad Multi View Tool Strip 5 Timeline Navigation Bl i Carousel Send Picture To 13 Cameral localhost i7 6 My Console P1 Timeline ies Navigation Decoration E Date Ej Export 3 ED lanffi0 234 10 67 1 2011 11 30 16 36 07 123 02 00 Ph 02 50 Phi Figure 2 Search button 2 Fromthe Analytics Engines list select the engine Depending on the analytics engine you choose you can mark the area of interest for searching or select a class of objects to search for such as people or vehicles Each engine has different search options that you can use 72 Chapter 2 Search Tool Chapter 2 vll E250 Motion Tracking m Other Algorithms VE130 Simple Motion Detection E140 Video Input Error VE141 C
64. e 70 Right click on Server List panel title bar 3 Right click on a server from the Server List panel A context menu pops up that allows you to Add Edit Delete Enable Disable and view Properties of the selected servers Disable Properties Configure View on Web Show Toolbar Figure 71 Right click on a server The Server List panel can be docked in the Main Console or undocked and moved to another monitor 64 Chapter 1 Register New Server Chapter 1 Register New Server Symphony Server Registration allows Symphony Client to connect to a Symphony Server over a network You need at least one server registered because the server houses the database and all configuration settings Procedure To register the symphony server 1 From the File menu select New Symphony Server Registration The Add Symphony Server Connection dialog box opens Add Symphony Server Connection Symphony Server Information Address E The location of the camera server There are 2 types of names allowed Server search is done 1 IP eg 45 23 23 43 2 DNS eg yourcompany com Found 0 servers Name The name by which you want to refer to this Server Symphony Server Login Information Windows Authentication User Your username setup on the camera server to allow access Password The associated password Figure 72 Add Symphony Server Connection 2 Click the drop down arrow in the Address field A list of possi
65. e Camera Tree panel is shown in the top right of the Main Console The Camera Tree is the default method of navigating in the user interface of Symphony Client between cameras Like tree or folder organization of files in common Windows applications all cameras are listed in a predefined order In Symphony Client the cameras are listed in order of camera ID Each camera has a unique ID and is set automatically by the system as cameras are added Procedure To display the Camera Tree e From the View menu select Camera Tree The Camera Tree can be docked to the main console or undocked and dragged to any monitor Camera Tree localhost Eam Devices 1 Cameral 2 Te 2 Cameraz 2 d 3 Camera3 2 4 Camerat zi 5 Cameras 6 Camera Eu B Camera bem Input 1 mmp Input 2 2 d 9 Camerad 2 10 Camerag E f 7 HardwareDevicel Deactivated Deactivated On On Deactivated Deactivated Deactivated Deactivated Deactivated Deactivated Figure 17 Camera Tree How camera IDs are organized I O Devices with status displayed Camera Tree Chapter 1 HE Camera Views ML EB Main Hall 4 Camera view 47 Devices saq 1 Cameral N I 2 3 HardwareDevicel Figure 18 Camera Views saved in Camera Tree dialog box Chapter 1 14 Customizing the Camera Tree Chapter 1 Customizing the Camera Tree Procedure To customize the Camera Tree 1 Access the Camera Tree panel one of the following way
66. e coming in from a particular server or camera you can temporarily disable alarms so the Alarm Log is not flooded with nuisance alarms Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Alarm Console Chapter 2 Alarm Console The Alarm Console lets you manually speak or play a sound at a remote Symphony server installation This is useful when manually responding to an alarm event in real time where you may wish to ward off trespassers Procedure To access the Alarm Console e From the Server menu select Alarms Console Alarm Console Speak over Loud Speaker Enter or choose textto say over theloud speaker at the remote Symphony location Say it Add to master list Remove from master list Play Sound Choose the way fileto play at the remote Symphony location Add a wav file from your computer to Symphony Remove selected way from Symphony Play Sound R Device Relay DLE If device has multiple output modules please specify output module number with a dash e g 1 2 means output module 1 part 2 Figure 45 Alarm Console Feature Description S You can enter text that will be played at the remote location The master list is a text file that contains different spoken strings and it appears in the This is private property field This content is specific to each installed Symphony Client If you have multiple people connecting to the Symphony server from different locations they will each have their own list of
67. e the following instructions for specific reports e Object Counts Across a Line on page 121 e Heat Map Image on page 124 e Object Counts on page 128 e Object Statistics on page 129 e Alarm Counts on page 130 e Running a Report from the Web on page 131 e Creating Two Heat Map Reports to Run from the Web on page 133 113 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager Chapter 2 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager Procedure To access the Reports dialog 1 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens pate save Clip ye search Figure 46 Main menu Reports gt Manage New Report My Reports Shared Reports Marne A Type Last Run Created Shared Scheduled Last Schedule Run Ma reports found Figure 47 Reports dialog box e New Report Click New Report to create a new Report e Edit To modify an existing Report select it on the list and click Edit e Delete To delete an existing Report select it on the list and click Delete e Run To generate an existing Report e Copy To copy an existing Report e Shared Reports Denotes whether the Report is accessible for other users or private to the current user 2 Youcan design reports by clicking the New Report button The Report Designer dialog box opens 3 Enter a Name for the report and select the Report Type You may also select a Default View of Table or Graph 114 Chapter 2 General Procedure for Us
68. e time by security personnel and keep track of real alarms to false alarms Using the Alarm Console The Alarm Console enables you to respond to alarms through your Internet connection provided that you have a speaker configured on the remote location When alarms arrive through the Alarm Log and you have assessed the alarm marked it as false or real and added comments you may choose to use the Alarm Console to engage a perpetrator With the Alarm Console you can speak play sounds and more Using the Timeline The Timeline is an integrated display within the Main Console The Timeline summarizes the activity per bar on a 30 minute basis It is a quick way to know whether activity was detected before or after the alarm without having to manually review video If there is some activity summarized on the Timeline simply click on it to view a still image of that event To watch video playback simply click Play on the bottom navigation bar Viewing Activity for all Cameras The View Activity for all Cameras dialog box allows you to see a merged Timeline of multiple cameras Through the Main Console the currently selected camera s Time Graph is visible but if you want to compare that with other cameras you can see this summary through the View Activity for all Cameras dialog box Using a Carousel A carousel is a user definable group of cameras that will loop through on a pre determined schedule Disabling Alarms If too many alarms ar
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70. ection allows you to reset all the dialog boxes back to their initial set state so that they will display the help information with the Do not show this again option Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Display tab El Symphony Client Settings c fel Startup Display Alarms video Camera View Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lack Logging Symphony Client Restore Symphony Client when an alarm occurs C Highlight Focused camera video panel Application Log Show verbose debugging information E Show Failed connection attempts Dialog Preferences Dialog Preferences are your responses to messages with the Do not show this again option Figure 57 Display tab for setting dialog boxes 49 Chapter 1 Alarms Chapter 1 Alarms e The Alarm Notification section allows you to specify if a dialog box should pop up after an alarm Rule broken occurs or if an alarm icon should be added to the system tray m A gun 4 LCERUITOLE e 9 Cameras Ma Recor mm 10 36 AM C OC iau Li Figure 58 Alarm notification e The Alarm Box section allows you to customize alarm colours displayed in the Timeline and what alarms to show in the Alarm Log by Rule By default all alarms will create a Red Dot in the Timeline and all Rules that are broken will a
71. elect Unmarked to show only those alarms that have not yet been marked acknowledged See Alarm Details on page 11 Alarm Log 13 New 33 Unviewed F T1 Filters 5 Al Figure 12 Filters for viewing alarms Camera View Chapter 1 Camera View A Camera View panel can be docked within the Alarm Log panel or dragged onto another display monitor Procedure To display a camera view e Click the Camera View toolbar button Ee Print And Export To ZE F ILI C k l TI Retrieve Alarms Filters Filters und localhost 1462 l 09 6 2010 03 54 49 PM MMewed 0000000000000 TOM calm not vet acknowledged gt ed any structions Thumbnail Real Alarm False Alarm Real Actionable Alarm Comments X Is Visited Checked v Figure 13 Camera View displayed 10 Chapter 1 Alarm Details Chapter 1 Alarm Details The Alarm Details panel can be docked within the Alarm Log or dragged onto another display monitor Procedure To display alarm details 1 Click the Alarm Details toolbar button 2 Optional Enter any relevant details in the Alarm Comments area and click Save Alarm Details Alarm Id 10 234 1 34 3 Time of Alarm 09 21 2010 11 10 04 AM Time of Acknowledgement Alarm not yet acknowledged gt Latency Acknowledged By Rule Name Lost Camera Connection Rule Instructions The user has not specified any instructions
72. ens displaying a range of colors x Basic colors Custom colors HN HN HN ll NENNEN BEI I E SN na ee Emu al m m m LEN E m E Define Custom Colors gt gt Cancel Figure 27 Color dialog box Chapter 1 22 Optional Creating Map Hot Links Chapter 1 c To change the opacity of the box select Change Opacity and use the sliding scale to make the box more transparent or more opaque Figure 28 on page 23 Bargain Shopping Centre Y a Healey Willan Park i Figure 28 Change Opacity option on hot link 8 When the box is the right size color and opacity click OK 9 Test the link Click on the hot box link in the primary map The associated map should open Map localhost 2 Street Map Edit Maps rey CL EN Park Casa Loma a Street Map 2 The Annex Or Square Bata Shoe Museum bl Figure 29 Area of the hot link box on the map 23 Chapter 1 Deleting a Map Removing a Camera Icon or a Hot Link Chapter 1 Deleting a Map Removing a Camera Icon or a Hot Link Procedure To delete a map 1 From the View menu select Map Navigation 2 Inthe upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens 3 Underthe Map column heading select the map you want to delete 4 Click the Delete Map button 5 Click OK Procedure To remove a camera icon from a map 1 Fromthe View menu select Map Naviga
73. esented You can customize how Symphony displays information and behaves Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box e From the View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens with the Startup tab active Startup The default layout at startup for the current user can be defined e You can require a user to enter credentials when Symphony Client starts by enabling the Prompt user for credentials when Symphony Client starts check box e Classic layout displays the Main Console Map panel Camera Tree panel Alarm Log panel and the Application Log panel symphaorny Client Settings Startup Display Alarms Video Camera View Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Request User Credentials C Prompt user For credentials when Symphony Client starts Layout Choose layout to load when Symphony Client starts Load classic layout Load layout saved when Symphony Client closes Load custom layout File Figure 56 Startup tab for selecting layout 48 Chapter 1 Display Chapter 1 Display e The Symphony Client section allows you to control whether Symphony Client is restored to standard screen size when an alarm occurs e The Application Log section allows you to configure how messages are displayed in the Application Log panel Verbose indicates a large quantity of information will be displayed e The Dialog Preferences s
74. filename is saved as CameraNames Capture Resolution Capture FPS gt Capture Format YYYYMMDD HHMMSS with the avi or aira extension The date and time reflects the start of the recorded clip e The video log file is named in the same manner as the video file but with a txt extension The exported video file contains an MD5 checksum a digital signature It is used to verify that the video file has not been altered TTE 640 480 Sips MPG4_20111714_ 103555 Notepad File Edit Format wiew Help yl gt 2011 12 14T10 38 02 65880708 05 00 Camera6 640 x 480 5fps MPG4 20111214 1l03555 aira 8987285 bytes lo bs2osdbbl216431d345672c7614h 0se 2011 12 14T715 35 55 00000007 2011 12 14T715 37 55 00000007 00 02 02 Figure 23 Video Export log file e To verify the checksum you must run md5sum against the video file and verify that the number matches the value in the log file See the Aimetis Knowledge Base for instructions http www aimetis com Support kbarticle aspx ID 10086 5 From the Split Files at drop down list in the Export Video dialog box you can select file size segment 10 100 640 700 or 2000 MB You can also enter any value in the field between 2 and 2000 MB e Files are created by default in approximately 640 MB segments e Consecutive files have a timestamp that represents the start of that file s Export video Sources Camera Stream Cameral 320 x 240 Sfps H264 Time Period Sta
75. ge 33 e Figure 2 Search button on page 72 e Introductory information to View Search Results on page 77 e Using Export on page 88 Figure 22 AVI file type selected on page 90 Added e Definition for In Stock Counts report in Reports on page 113 e Information on Sensitivity tab for Heat Map Image on page 124 in Reports on page 113 e Using Export on page 88 Figure 24 Segment large files using the Split Files at option on page 91 vi Document History Table 1 Changes to this manual Continued Date Description 000oooooooooooooooo Release 6 8 Revised e Camera Tree on page 14 e Customizing the Camera Tree on page 15 e Adding a Map on page 18 e Placing Cameras on Maps on page 19 e Optional Creating Map Hot Links on page 21 e Deleting a Map Removing a Camera Icon or a Hot Link on page 24 e Adding Digital Input and Output to Maps on page 27 e Activating an Output Device Using the Map Context Menu on page 30 e Figure 60 Video tab on page 54 default renderer November 28 e Figure 58 Line tab extending and shaping the counting line on page 122 in Reports 2011 on page 113 Added e Figure 19 Device Tree Configuration dialog box with Options on page 16 e Figure 20 Digital I O displayed after Show Digital I O option selected on page 16 e Display Four Historical Video Streams Concurrently in Fast Forward Mode on page 38 e Using Export on page 88 e Email re
76. hronological order starting with most recent in a sequence of instances with Minimum Interval Seconds between the alarm occurrences View unique motion JPEGs of the selected cameras in reverse chronological order starting with most recent in a sequence of instances with Minimum Interval Seconds between the motion occurrences This is specific to the redundant alarms that are ignored by the Alarm Log and Timeline because they have occurred within quick succession of a unique alarm These alarms can be identified when Symphony tags them as Too many alarms ignored in the Live View panel Both Alarms and Motions can be selected at the same time enabling both unique and redundant alarms to be displayed Each image will have the Minimum Interval Seconds between them Limit the number of JPEGs displayed between 1 and 200 and arrange the images Number of JPEGs 1 200 in different layouts each staying consistent with the reverse chronological ordering Minimum Interval Seconds determines the number of seconds in between a set of adjacent images for a unique alarm or motion Reducing this setting will display a larger more granular set of JPEGs as there will Minimum Interval be less time between the displayed alarm instances Increasing the setting will in Seconds 1 60 contrast reduce the set Note Changing the Minimum Interval Seconds from for example 60 to 3 will not change the snapshots in the displayed set but will affec
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78. iew tab you select whether the Object Paths or the Object Dwell Time will be the default graphic shown when the report is finished e Object Paths view by number of objects that have passed through a location e Object Dwell Time view by total amount of time objects spent at a location Intersections Points in the image which more than one path passed through A range of colors is used to define how many paths passed through a point This helps you see the most common paths for objects even in an area where there was at least one object at every point BUT some areas of the image which you are not interested in may have an unusually low or high number of intersections This can cause the range of colors used in other areas to be too small to see meaningful differences e Set Minimum Intersections to the bottom of the color range Any area with fewer than this number of intersections will be hidden e Set Maximum Intersections to the top end of the color range All areas with more than this number of intersections will be in the same color Dwell Time Shows the paths that objects followed Dwell time is the length of time an object was found at particular point Color is used to show the length of dwell time At points where more than one object passed the color represents the average of the dwell time for all the objects But some areas of the image which you are not interested in that have unusually low or high dwell time
79. igure 7 View Search Results dialog box Procedure To manually open the View Search Results dialog box 1 From the Search menu select View Search Results or if you have the Search dialog box open click the Search button The View Search Results dialog box displays all your previous searches 2 You have several options once a search result is selected from the list e The right pane of the View Search Results dialog box displays snapshots of each event for the currently selected search Chapter 2 4 m e Togeta better view of the image click on the snapshot in the right pane and the image will be displayed in the main video panel Note that the selected snapshot must be an existing archived image in the system in order for it to be displayed e To play a search Click the Play button in the toolbar Symphony Player will automatically open and play the video of the selected result e To refine a search Click the Refine Search button in the toolbar The Search dialog box opens See Search Tool on page 71 e To delete a search Click the Delete button X in the toolbar The corresponding aira and mpeg files will be deleted from the server Chapter 2 77 View Search Results Chapter 2 e To save a search to your computer Click the Export button and select Download AIRA The video will be saved in aira format to your PC You require Symphony Player to play aira files e To save as an
80. in Fast Forward mode or Reverse mode at 16 times real speed concurrently using the Lock times on navigation feature Ed Jag in l Carousel Full Screen Send Picture To EI 1 Cameral loc calhos sk 7 6 Mol MvOnS i i E imeline m Navigation Decoration es Date H Save Clip 02 DO Ph Mie ETIN EE RC fiat fall Fe Et b 23 s mm zl 6 Cameras localhost 17 5W101 MVODO3 P4 li save clip Timeline bee Navigation Decoration Date lal save i 02 00 PM 02 30 Pw ESS i5 eee EI Cameras lacalhiask F7 6 MOT TIVO PA IPs Timeline m Nawigation Decora fon Lj Date al Pl I 02 00 Pra 2 30PM 1 E E Hi i M I I j l If some cameras do not have video for the start time the user has specified one or more panels may display video for 1 second from a future time while the panels synchronize d m Timeline em Navigation Decoration E Date lal Save Clip 02 00 Ph pmi ver nem v rmm omi pni i inm Ro Pm LLL ee 02 30 PM SaaS Sein ss Timeline es id Navigeten e Date Save Clip px LU d Me factage found Ter 11 05 2011 2 43 29 PM Figure 44 All 4 videos i in Fast Forward mode No footage found message displayed in panel of camera with no recorded video for a particular time 37 Chapter 1 Customizing Video Panel Properties Chapter 1 Customizing Video Panel Properties Each video panel can be configured w
81. ing the Report Manager Chapter 2 E Report Designer Cancel General Start amp End Line Report Type Sensitivity Distribution Schedule C Object Counts Across a Line C Heat Map Image Object Counts Object Statistics alarm Counts T a h i i i guy G fd p h y Py H f t ful d p i i guy Default View Shared Allow other users to run this report Previous Page Mext Page Figure 48 New Report button launches Report Designer 4 Allreports except Heat Map report allow you to select multiple cameras You select devices in the Camera tab Click Add a Camera and then select one or more cameras from the list s Report Jesirrier General None Select Cameras Cameras Be 21 Devices Start amp End au I p Cameral pou seh D cameraz Ses D Camera3 Table view E Camerad Graph View amp Cameras D Camerae Camera D d CameraB Camerag Figure 49 Selecting a device in Report Designer dialog box 115 Chapter 2 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager 5 Dates for reports are selected in Start and End tab s Report Designer General Cameras Start amp End Distribution Schedule Table View Graph View Start Relative to end date and time 1 days 0 5 hours 0 Specific date and time 18 01 01 Cancel minutes End current date and time when run C Specific date and time 19 01 2012 Time of D
82. ior of each video panel can be customized Customizing Video Panel Properties on page 39 In Symphony version 6 9 and prior Camera View layout is referred to as Multi View 07 30 PM 07 30 PM T51 MO1 MVvOO3 P4 Es1 besk 1 Cameral 07 30 PM 07 30 PM Figure 38 Camera View 4 panels example Depending on the default setting in your Client Settings a camera view can open as a floating view or a docked view For default settings see Symphony Client Settings specifically the tab with Camera View on page 55 34 Chapter 1 Camera View Layout Chapter 1 Procedure To load a Camera View display 1 Inthe Menu toolbar click one of the camera view icons 1 4 6 9 16 25 Depending on the default setting in your Client Settings a camera view can open as a floating view or a docked view 2 Optional To switch between a default view either docked or floating view press the Ctrl button on your keyboard and with your mouse click the desired camera view icon 1 4 6 9 16 25 3 Drag cameras from the Map panel or Camera Tree panel onto panes in the camera view s Symphony client Eile View Bookmarks Server Search Reports Help amp Ug a gt esl fa l zal Eg lea We pk lg Load Multi view Tool Strip FE Timeline bes Navigation 5 Ba El Carousel Send Picture To We 4 Cameras Date a Export JS Search Qu E gt Figure 39 Camera View icons Procedure To
83. ith advanced options A video panel can be in the Camera View see Camera View Layout on page 35 or the Main Console Procedure To customize camera view settings 1 Right click on the image in the video panel and select Settings 2 The Camera View Settings dialog box opens with several settings for e appearance such as title video information overlay e views that can be displayed when an activity occurs e digital tracking Zooming in on an activity e global settings that is applying changes to all video panels Appearance Tab Camera View Settings Appearance Activity Child Tracking Other Title i Show Camera Number Timeline Lock Timeline Height When Resize Occurs Video Decoration Overlay W Overlay Camera Messages lv Overlay Tracking Paths W Overlay Time Overlay Thick Decoration W Overlay Tracking Boxes Overlay Messenger Messages 300 seconds Video Quality Display Mode Default r en cmn d Figure 45 Camera View Settings dialog box with Appearance tab active e Title Displays camera number e Timeline Enables whether Timeline height should be resized automatically e Video Decorations Overlay Enables video annotations e Video Quality You can set a smaller stream on the client to reduce bandwidth Multi streaming in Symphony for analytics and Camera Views reduces server and client CPU and CPU transcoding If camera accommodates multiple video streams allows you to
84. l 40 Activity Tab Important To hide the view until next event one time only right click on the Video Panel and select Hide View Until Next Event Alarm Launching Multiple Cameras An intruder breaks through door and enters room e Camera 1 focused on door e Cameras 2 3 and 4 all show interior space related to door e n Symphony Client 2 x 2 multi view panels with no cameras currently displayed Task e Set up Symphony so that image from Camera 1 appears immediately in a multi view panel when an alarm is raised and that cameras near the door are also displayed immediately when an alarm is raised on Camera 1 Set up rule in Rule Wizard 1 Inthe Rule Wizard Camera 1 which is focused on a door is selected The appropriate Video Engine and mask are set up as necessary s Rule Wizard localhost New Rule 1 Instructions 2 Event 3 Action 4 Schedule Please define sub events for the rule Select video engine fram those running on camer vE250 Motion Tracking Sub Events New Sub Event 4 HH Cameras L Camera i PL Camera 3 Include FL Camera 4 Use Mask Any part af tra C Use Fences C End of track Figure 47 Rule Wizard Event 2 Click Next 3 Inthe Alarm tab you select all the cameras from which you want to see an image if an alarm occurs on Camera 1 In this example you want to see images from Cameras 2 3 and 4 if an alarm is triggered on Camera 1 Chapter 1 Ch
85. ly or completely with the Name Description or ID Code of the camera Those additional parameters are configured per camera in the Device configuration The Quick Find will look for instances in the selected parameters for a match and the result will display a list of cameras Procedure To open the Quick Find dialog box 1 2 3 4 Chapter 2 From the View menu in the Main Console select Quick Find Click the drop down arrow next to the Find button to reveal all search parameters Select the check boxes for the parameters you want your search to cover Click Find A list of possible matches is displayed W When there is only one result automatically select it Search in vf Cameras V Mame 2 Fj Description i 4 ID Code nM NN Figure 43 Quick Find dialog box Chapter 2 105 Messenger Chapter 2 Messenger This tool allows you to send messages to any user or user group in the system Anyone who is logged in will see this message as a popup in Symphony Client or at the top of an Internet Explorer page Procedure To use the Messenger tool 1 From the View menu select Messenger The Messenger dialog box opens 2 Select the users or groups to send the message to 3 Enter your message in the message box and click Send Messenger Print And Export To View history Auto close alerts E ALL USERS E password E ALL GROUPS E Administrators E Symphony Users Pre written message
86. mbine different search events in order to further filter the results For example you can search for people loitering AND cars parking within 60 seconds and only these combined events would be displayed in the search results 4 Ifthe search is being conducted against a PTZ camera select the Home Position to search in Home Positions are configured in the Camera Tour See Using PTZ Cameras on page 94 5 ClickSearch to start search The View Search Results dialog box opens See View Search Results on page 77 76 Chapter 2 View Search Results View Search Results After you perform a Search the View Search Results dialog automatically opens B View Search Results Farm localhost 74743 Z li Play Refine Search Export 4 Delete 1 m of 19608 at 9 23 2010 4 23 50 PM Id 10 Title x Created arzarezn010 9 05 AM Creator admin Stark of2212010 9 15 AM End arearen1i Size 1B Status Done izi Description Searching For any event on camera AXIS 214 113 AXIS 214 Clip Id 11 Title AXIS 214 Clip Created arzarezn10 10 57 AM Creator admin Stark of2212010 10 55 AM End arearen1i 10 5 Size 1 aB Status Done Description Searching for everything on camera AxIS 214 iz Id 12 Title Created arzarezo10 1 32 PM Creator admin Stark of27 12010 1 41 PM End arearan1 1 41 Size 1B Status Done Description Searching for any event on camera ACTi 5611 5 i Sof 19508 at 3 23 2010 4 24 34 PM F
87. menu option Hide switched view after seconds If the view should be blank unless an event of interest has occurred then select this option When no event has occurred the panel will be black with the text Waiting for event When an event occurs the video will pop up and a countdown timer will be displayed that shows how many seconds are left until the Waiting for event state The number of seconds to wait before blacking out the live view can be specified in the text box Go back to previous state after seconds As an example scenario you are watching live or historica video for camera 1 The panel switches to show an alarm raised from camera 2 Sixty seconds later camera 1 goes back to previous state that is continues playing live or historical video for camera 1 Note 1 Symphony will not automatically switch a Video Panel to a camera that is already being displayed in another camera panel in that Camera View 2 After a Video Panel automatically switches it will not automatically switch to another camera for 8 seconds 3 If multiple Video Panels within a Camera View switch based on activity only one will switch the one that switched furthest in the past Each Camera View operates independently therefore if you have 2 cameras in different Camera Views set to automatically switch based on activity they may both be showing the same camera 4 To disable switching the user must click on the video image in the pane
88. mera and then select one or more cameras from the list 6 In the Start amp End tab define the start and end time of the report Option Description 0000000000000 Select whether to use a Relative time to execute the report or a specific date and time For example if this Report was saved with the intention of running it in the future selecting a Relative start of 7 days would mean the report start time would be 7 days from each time the report is executed Using a specific date and time is only useful if this report is intended to be run only once and not in the future If a Relative time was selected in the Start section selecting Now would set the report End time dynamically to the time the report was run If a specific data and time was selected it is most likely that a specific date and time for the end of the report is appropriate Searching by Full Days will include all 24 hours in a day In cases where a search should imos spend multiple days but only a certain period of time per say Partial days should be selected For example we may search across 7 days but only 10 00 20 00 each day to filter out results that happened outside of store hours Time Interval Select the Time Interval to be used in the Report Select the format and create an email recipient list for the report in the Distribution Email tab Formats include PDF CSV comma separated document XML and bitmap image 8 Schedule when reports should be
89. mizing Video Panel Properties on page 39 31 Chapter 1 Video Playback Mode Chapter 1 You can also indicate video export times using the Timeline Right click on the Timeline for a specific panel and select Mark Export Start and Mark Export End for a video you want to export Indicators are right and left arrows 3 35 41 PM EL EUNT Figure 35 White arrows on timeline indicate start and end time for video export 32 Chapter 1 Navigation Menu Usage in video playback mode Chapter 1 Navigation Menu Usage in video playback mode Figure 36 Navigation buttons e Navigates forward and backward by alarm activity motion 10 seconds 1 second 1 frame e Controls video playback speed as well as reverse playback speed e Switches back to Live mode from playback mode b Go forward to next alarm Go forward to next foreground activity Go forward 10 seconds Go forward 1 second Go forward 1 frame Figure 37 Navigation forward 33 Chapter 1 Camera View Layout Chapter 1 Camera View Layout Camera View layout allows you to view multiple camera views at the same time You can configure Symphony to display 1 to 25 cameras at once You can have more than one multi view dialog box open Since Camera View layout is made up of individual Video Panels it is possible to configure them individually for appearance the activities to perform upon alarm events whether or not to have Timelines Navigation Bars etc The behav
90. n Servers Cameras in Current Carousel d server Farm 7 re Client Connectivity MB 2 ACTi 1231 Hel Carousels d 5 ACTi 5611 SE Carousel in 3 AXIS 214 zd 4 Panasonic L2US 1 Vivotek Os Cancel Figure 17 Server Configuration Carousel 86 Chapter 2 Working with Carousels Chapter 2 Procedure To create a new carousel 1 Inthe Carousels Summary dialog box click New 2 Inthe Sequence Name field enter a descriptive name for the carousel 3 Inthe Available Cameras on Servers group area expand the Devices tree 4 Select the check box associated with each camera you want in the carousel and then click the arrow to move the cameras into the Cameras in Current Carousel group area Note The same camera can be added multiple times 5 Define a pause time in seconds Click in the field under the Pause Sec column to activate the field 6 Click OK to save Working with Carousels Procedure To access carousels from Symphony Client e Click the Carousel icon in the Tool Strip aa S pm De Yew omaks Sever fesh epote Heb 7 ki Ea ie Es LB S fe Lost Mati view FE Toal Serie Temes Nawpation G B ii Carousel wi Picture To PA Tiree e Newigation Decoration JOete lg Epot po Search o 4 x To dock a carousel directly inside a Multi View e From the Multi View navigation bar select Carousel 87 Chapter 2 Exporting Video Chapter 2 Exporting Video You can ex
91. n by Camera as shown in Figure 10 on page 8 Procedure To group by column e Drag the desired column heading into the area marked by the text Drag a column header here to group by that column Chapter 1 Customizing the Alarm Log Chapter 1 ITF F JE Date Time Camera E l sart Ascending all sort Descending 06 16 PM 03 54 PM 02 17 PM 02 11 PM 02 06 PM 01 40 PM FE Camera A 03 54 PM O3 07 PM 02 17 PM 02 11 PM 02 05 PM 01 40 PM X Is visited Checked v ACTi 561l M ARIS 214 Aes 214 Aes 214 AnIS5 214 AxI5 214 Camera AxIS 214 AxIS 214 AxIS 214 AxIs 214 AxIs 214 AxIS 214 Clear Sorting S Group By This Column show Group By Box Remove This Column Column Chooser Ll Best Fit Best Fit all columns T Filter Editor Rule Alarm Camera ACTI 5611 Figure 11 Grouping by Camera Chapter 1 Tree View of Alarm Filtering Options Chapter 1 Tree View of Alarm Filtering Options In the Advanced Mode the alarm filter options are displayed Procedure To display a tree view of the alarm filtering options e Click the Filters toolbar button Chapter 1 Select Viewed to show only those alarms that have already been viewed Select Unviewed to show only those alarms that have not yet been viewed Select All to show all alarms Select Marked to show only those alarms that have already been marked acknowledged See Alarm Details on page 11 S
92. not give you any license to these patents trademarks copyrights or other intellectual property Aimetis and Aimetis Symphony are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Aimetis Corp in the United States and or other countries Portions Copyright 1993 2012 ARH Inc Portions of this software are based in part on the work of the Independent JPEG Group 135
93. ntinuous flashing until alarms are acknowledged Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Maps tab symphony Client Settings Startup Display Alarms Video Camera view Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Alarm Display Flash when alarm occurs gt Flash while alarms are unacknowledged Figure 62 Maps tab Chapter 1 Chapter 1 55 Sound Chapter 1 Sound You can customize sound configuration within Symphony Client e Inthe Streaming Sound section you can specify how Symphony Client will play audio for live and recorded video e Inthe Event Sounds section you can specify a default sound to be played for alarms e Continuous sound on alarms Each policy may in addition to the existing sound have a continuous sound that plays until all alarms based on the given policy have been acknowledged The sound wav file will play continuously You must have the Play sound when an alarm occurs check box selected for any sound to play If any existing sounds are being played clearing the Play sound when an alarm occurs check box stops the sound Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Sound tab syrmphaorny Client Settings Startup
94. ols move the camera to each location you need for a tour clicking Add Current Live View PTZ Location to the List each time You can set up 8 locations stops on the camera tour Ts Camera Tour Tour Name Camera Tour Add Another Tour Preset ID Name Pan Tilt Zoom Pause Time sec Camera Live View 1 Location 1 2 00 0 00 0 00 600 PE Timeline bea Navigation Decoration E Date pg Export f Bh aay aNd ee E Location 3 4 00 0 00 0 00 600 D n aao X SE amp 6o 2o Not all cameras are supported Tour List Actions Tour Options Add Current Live View PTZ Location To The List Update Location Change Motion Mask Affects Tracking Go To Selected PTZ Location Set Schedule For This Tour Remove Selected PTZ Location Drag drop row indicator to order camera tour location OK Cancel Figure 37 Third position of the tour 5 For each location you can define the amount of time in seconds that the camera pauses in that location Enter the amount in seconds for example for a pause of 10 minutes you enter 600 seconds in the Pause Time field Tour Name Camera Tour 1 Add Another Tour Figure 38 Pause time field editable for each tour location 6 You can define a schedule for when the camera tour should be active Click Set Schedule for this Tour The Schedule dialog box opens By default the entire d
95. orted regardless of whether there was anyone dwelling in the zone in that period E3 Report Customers dwelling in a zone Table jen Heat Map Export Ta Columns Send Report Time Interval Tine Below 3 sec Count Above 3 sec Count Below 3 sec Avg Time Above 3 sec Avg Time 1U LCELELI 11 53759 Uo 0000 12 00 00 13 59 59 Dopo 0 000 14 00 00 15 53 58 Zone 0 D 0 000 0 000 16c00 n i ee Do 0 000 18 00 00 19 53 59 D 000 0 000 To see the raw data for the heat map select the None option in the Time Interval field The non aggregated report is similar to the aggregated report in that it shares the same columns Each row describes the value of a single object through a zone Table Heat Map Export To Columns Send Report Date Time Fone Below 3 sec Count Above 3 sec Count Below 3 sec Avg Time Above 3 sec Avg Time 9 5 2012 16 03 16 1 0 87 0 00 9 5 2012 16 11 05 P 1 60 0 00 9 5 2012 16 10 02 P 1 72 0 00 9 5 2012 16 09 46 1 10 0 00 9 5 2012 16 09 40 0 00 3 58 9 5 2012 16 00 29 0 94 0 00 9 5 2012 16 30 42 0 92 0 00 9 5 2012 16 30 32 0 62 0 00 9 5 2012 16 09 29 2 98 0 00 9 6 2012 09 33 13 2 99 0 00 ne i c c c c c i a c c c Chapter 2 Chapter 2 125 Heat Map Image Chapter 2 7 Sincethe Heat Map Image report was selected the Sensitivity tab is enabled The Sensitivity information actually relates to the Heat Map View tab In the Heat Map V
96. otion images From the View menu in the main console select Recent Alarm Motion JPEGs The Recent Alarms Motion JPEGs dialog box opens Chapter 1 Chapter 1 44 Tracking Tab Tracking Tab Camera View Settings Appearance Activity Child Tracking Other Digital Tracking Digitally zoom in on hot spots Figure 51 Tracking tab The digital zoom option in the Tracking tab allows you to see a digitally magnified image of a tracked scene Procedure To digitally zoom 1 Select the Digitally zoom in on hot spots check box and click OK 2 Select a point where an object was tracked i PM 4 30 PM Figure 52 Timeline 3 Click Play Chapter 1 Chapter 1 45 Tracking Tab Chapter 1 Figure 53 Click Play Notice how the image has been magnified at the tracked area In this example the area in and near the green box Figure 54 Image magnified at the tracked area 46 Chapter 1 Other Tab Chapter 1 Other Tab Camera View Settings Appearance Activity Child Tracking Other Apply To All Apply changed settings to all views Figure 55 Other tab e Applies changes selected in other tabs to all video panels 47 Chapter 1 Symphony Client Settings Chapter 1 Symphony Client Settings You can configure numerous Client side settings for individual users These settings do not affect the Symphony Server directly only how the information from the Symphony Server is pr
97. port on page 33 e Go back to previous state after seconds Activity Tab on page 40 e Symphony Client Settings on page 49 Video on page 53 new Direct connect to camera option e Camera View tab in previous releases Multi View Camera View on page 55 August 2012 e Symphony Client Settings on page 49 procedure for each tab in the Symphony Client Settings dialog box e Figure 46 Camera View Settings dialog box with Activity tab active on page 40 Camera View on page 55 e Register New Server on page 66 new process e Logging In Switching Users and Supervisor Logon on page 68 e Symphony saves format and destination of Video Export within a session Using Export on page 88 e Object Counts Across a Line on page 121 Can now select multiple cameras Figure 58 Line tab extending and shaping the counting line on page 122 Can now generate an Information Summary on Counts In and Out Revised e White black and pink indicators in timeline Timeline Colour Code on page 3 e Figure 45 Camera View Settings dialog box with Appearance tab active on page 39 Render Mode now labeled Display Mode June 13 2012 e Figure 59 Alarms tab on page 52 Policy column heading now labeled Rule e Using a USB Joystick on page 96 Advanced Usage Only on page 96 Added e Figure 61 Camera View tab on page 55 New Camera view tool button default behavior option Added May 2012 e Tracking Color on page
98. port video from the Symphony server two ways e Youcan perform a Search and save it to disk from the View Search Results dialog box e You can export video by selecting a time period to export using the Export button in the toolbar Using Search 1 Perform your search For details see Searching Video by Using the Search Tool on page 71 2 Right click a search result from the list Save the result in one of the following formats e Click the Export button and select Download AIRA The video will be saved in aira format to your PC You require Symphony Player to play aira files e Clickthe Export button and select Download MPEG This will save it as MPEG4v2 format which can be played in a wide variety of media players including Microsoft Media Player Using Export 1 Cameral Console F 1 Timeline be Mawigation Decoration Date li Export JB Search du gt ais 2012 Di 18 16 10 20 177 01 30 Ph 02 00 PM s Export Wideo 02 30 Phi 03 00 Phi Sources 03 30 PM Camera Stream 04 00 Ph Camera ee ES ONT qn l Time Feriod Start Time 1 18 2012 4 09 20 PM End Time 1716 2012 4 11 20 PM Destination Format Symphony Video airay d Destination Falder Ci WUsersibuildiDesktop e Split Files at 640 ME Lil Export Close Figure 18 Export Video dialog box 1 Select a point on the Timeline e Option 1 a Click on the Timeline to the location you want to begin the export b Click the Export
99. ports to distribution list in various formats Figure 51 Distribution Email subtab showing an email list for reports on page 116 and Figure 57 Send Report to Email distribution list or save to File on page 120 Removed LPR Search now in Aimetis Symphony Automatic License Plate Recognition Guide See https www aimetis com xnet Support documentation aspx Sym 6 7 P 302 Added Seer ey AES Creating Two Heat Map Reports to Run from the Web on page 133 Clarification ADAM hardware devices only for Digital I O on Maps Adding Digital Input and Output to Maps on page 27 Added Example 1 on page 42 for Activity Tab on page 40 in Customizing Video Panel Properties on page 39 August 18 2011 Release 6 7 Added e Icons on Map on page 25 August 2011 e Acknowledging Rules on Maps on page 27 e Adding Digital Input and Output to Maps on page 27 e Maps on page 56 in Symphony Client Settings on page 49 e Support for AXIS T8310 Surveillance Control Board on page 102 Sym 6 6 P 300 2 vii Document History Document History Table 1 Changes to this manual Continued June 3 2011 Icon change for Notes and Examples Font change highly readable for both online and print documents May 16 2011 LPR on page 80 Sym 6 5 P 300 4 January 21 2011 Added Running a Report from the Web on page 131 Added D 201 A i 7019 Recent Ala
100. ppear in the Alarm Log By customizing the Timeline it is easier to locate specific events You can configure what colour each Rule should represent in the Timeline Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Alarms tab 50 Chapter 1 Alarms Chapter 1 symphony Client Settings Startup Display Alarm Notification E Show Alarm Window click OK required Shaw Alarm Pop Up in System Tray passive Alarm Box colour on Timeline 5haw rule alarms in Alarm Log Enabled Colour Select All Deselect All Figure 59 Alarms tab 51 Chapter 1 Video Chapter 1 Video e The PTZ Movement section allows you to define the PTZ movement behaviour in the live view e The Default Video Decorations section allows you to define how images are displayed with video annotations such as time information or messages By default Symphony overlays boxes and paths on the live video You can switch whether Symphony should decorate display the video annotation on the image This affects only how live video is displayed and does not change how Symphony records video e Decoration information is always recorded separately and not written directly on the video images e Thisisa client side setting that does not affect other users The same video can be viewed by one Symphony Client user with decorations enabled and by another
101. r 1 Global Paths define where to store client configuration and farm registration Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Global tab El Symphony Client Settings ea fo ftw Startup Display Alarms Video Camera view Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Notice Any changes on this tab will affect all users on this computer Path to client configuration Ci IsersVos WIMLSER S A ppbata Roaming Aimetis E Custom path to Farm registration CAUsers S WIMUSERS amp AppDatalRoaminglAimetis Use SS WIMLISER S En use Windows username in path Use S5 SY MPHONTLISER to use Symphony username in path Mate Symphony username is only applicable iF Symphony login is required Figure 67 Global tab 60 Chapter 1 Lock Lock Chapter 1 In some cases you may want to lock the user interface to prevent users from changing the configuration Panel resizing moving Prohibits user changing size of panels as well as moving and docking the panels Panel adding closing Prohibits user adding panels to the user interface or closing them in the current layout Camera selection Prohibits user changing camera in the view through the camera tree or through the map Exit Symphony Prohibits user from exiting Symphony Set Passphrase button Creates a passwo
102. rd to lock unlock the interface The user will be prompted for a password Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 From the View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Lock tab symphony Client Settings Chapter 1 Startup Display Alarms video Camera View Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memary Global Lo The Following checked Features will not be available while lacked Panel resizing moving Panel adding closing Camera selection C Exit Symphony Set Passphrase P Passphrase Confirmation Once the user interface is locked the user will be unable to modify the layout multiviews change selected cameras and perform other related features Ta unlock the user interface select View Unlock From Ehe main menu Cancel Figure 68 Lock tab 61 Lock Chapter 1 Procedure To lock the user interface 1 Inthe Locktab of the Symphony Client Settings dialog box select the interface features you want to lock 2 Clickthe Set Passphrase button Enter a pass phrase that the user must enter if necessary to later unlock the interface and lick OK 3 From the View menu of the Main Console select Lock To unlock the Symphony Client 1 From the View menu on the Main Console select Unlock The Unlock Symphony dialog box opens 2 Enter the pass phrase that was defined when locking the interface and click
103. rm you want to acknowledge 3 Select an action to perform e Mark as Alarm To mark as areal alarm e Mark as False Alarm To mark as a false alarm e Mark as Real Actionable To mark as a real alarm that requires action for example security staff should investigate the alarm Adding Digital Input and Output to Maps Not on all devices See list in Knowledge Base article http www aimetis com Support kbarticle aspx ID 10141 The Map Configuration dialog box contains a Devices tab listing all cameras and digital input and output devices You can customize digital input and output names to help identify them For instructions see the Administration and Analytics Guide Icon Icon Description Colours Indicate Digital Input e g person presses a Triangle pointing up in circle button which causes an appropriate action in the system Green arrow up white background not activated Green arrow up yellow background activated Digital Output Triangle pointing down in e g motion sensor Green arrow down white circle detects motion and background not activated closes a gate Green arrow down yellow background activated Important The Show Digital I O option on the must be enabled in Device Tree Configuration dialog box for the digital I O to be displayed regardless of which specific inputs outputs are selected See Customizing the Camera Tree on page 15 27 Chapter 1 Adding Digital Input and
104. rmation to be grouped by the column category By default all available columns are shown in the Table View unless manually removed Click Next Page to continue 122 Object Counts Across a Line Chapter 2 Report Designer General Cameras Start amp End Line Distribution Schedule Table View Graph View Columns Chapter 2 Cancel Drag a column header here to group by that column Date Camera Interval End Count In Count Out B 1 2012 abc 1 00 00 B 1 2012 def 2 00 00 B 1 2012 ghi 3 00 00 Show Help amp 3 Previous Page Mext Page 10 2D 30 Figure 59 Columns in Report Designer 10 2 30 12 Optional Select a Graph Type Graph Size and Graph Default for example Count In or Count Out for the Information Summary Graph Size is the image size of the report graphic 13 Select Save and then Run to finish the report 14 To save the generated report in the format you selected in the Distribution gt File subtab previously click Send Report and then File Important Depending on write permissions the generated report will be stored in the Data Reports folder on the master server machine This default folder is designated during the initial Symphony installation and setup or can be changed in the Server Path field Contact your Administrator or consult the Aimetis Symphony Administration Guide 123 Heat Map Image Chapter 2 Heat Map Image This report allows
105. rms Motion on page 82 Revised e Figure 1 Main Console on page 1 e Options in Lock tab of Symphony Client Settings dialog box see Lock on page 62 e Figure 7 View Search Results dialog box on page 77 Removed e Server Sets Added e Refine Search option see View Search Results on page 77 e Maximum size video clip see Exporting Video on page 88 e Recurring Search on page 79 November 10 e Monitoring with Symphony on page 107 2010 e Alarm Console on page 109 e Enable or Disable Alarms for Server on page 111 e Marking Alarms on page 112 e Reports on page 113 e Object Counts Across a Line on page 121 e Heat Map Image on page 124 e Object Counts on page 128 e Object Statistics on page 129 e Alarm Counts on page 130 e Reporting Issues to Aimetis on page 134 October 6 2010 First version of this document Symphony v6 5 3 viii Document History Conventions Preface Preface Conventions Table 1 Symbols and formatting used in this manual Icon Caption Format Description Additional information Example scenario Vital additional instructions or links A UT Bold Arial Font Graphic User Interface term button menu window option or keyboard item Italic Arial Emphasis new term or an external reference You could lose recording footage or you must pay close attention to setting changes Preface Documen
106. rt Time 118 2012 4 09 20 PM End Time 118 2012 4 11 20 PM Destination Format Symphony video faira Destination Folder C Users build Desktop Split Files at Figure 24 Segment large files using the Split Files at option Chapter 2 Chapter 2 Symphony saves the format and destination of your last export within a session 91 Using Export 6 Click Export A message is displayed indicating that your file has been saved You have the option of opening the directory where the video file has been stored Chapter 2 E xXport Video B Video export completed successfully Do you want to open the W directory containing the exported video Mo Figure 25 Export Video successful export message Video Playlist for Large AVI File Export When exporting a large file Procedure To launch a playlist 1 j Camerab 640 x 480 E Camera 640 x 480 Camerab 640 x 480 E Camera 640 x 480 Figure 26 2 k Windows Media Player I k Library Playlists Create playlist ar Organize Title Eh build Playlists rj J Music dA Artist 2 Album c3 Genre Bd videos Pictures Recorded TV Other media Figure 27 Chapter 2 into segments in AVI format a playlist is created Open the M3U file in Windows Media Player The files play in order one after another Trem pe Sfps_20120116_150824 Text Document 5fps 201201186 150936 Video Clip 5fps 201201186 1509
107. run including the time range of data the recurrence and schedule range 9 Onthe Table View tab define which columns should be included in the report Select the Column link and drag a column header into top header This causes information to be grouped by the column category By default all available column are shown in the Table View unless manually removed Click Next to continue 10 Define Graph Type and the Graph Size the Graph Size is the image size of the report graphic 11 Select Save and then Run to finish the report To save the generated report in the format you selected in the Distribution gt File subtab previously click Send Report and then File 130 Chapter 2 Running a Report from the Web Chapter 2 Running a Report from the Web Aimetis Symphony includes a web interface Each server has its own web interface The web interface is designed to mimic the windows rich client Symphony Client as much as possible If the Camera Tree contains more than 100 devices the Web Client shows video from cameras as separate pages navigated by forward and back buttons All core features such as Alarm Log Timeline Reporting and live video streaming are included Important To view a Heat Map report for both Object Paths and Object Dwell Times you must first create 2 reports in Symphony Client See Creating Two Heat Map Reports to Run from the Web on page 133 Monitoring Windows Internet Explorer e d xi x
108. s e From the Server menu select Device Tree Configuration The Device Tree Configuration dialog box opens OR e From the View menu select Camera Tree Click the Design button in the right corner of the Camera Tree dialog box The Device Tree Configuration dialog box opens 2 To add a folder to your camera tree click Add 3 Todelete the currently selected object either a camera or folder click Delete 4 Click Options in the upper right corner of the dialog box You can select or clear the Show Device Icons Show Device Numbers and Show Digital I O check boxes to modify the display of these items 5 Toaddacamerato the tree select a camera from the right pane Drag and drop it with your mouse in the left pane Note The Device Tree can be automatically generated and maintained from an external source In this scenario Symphony needs to query the source for changes in the camera tree structure Define the time interval to query the source in the Device Tree Synchronization found in Managing General Settings in the Administration and Analytics Guide s pevice Tree Gonfguration localhost Eia Add Delete Options Drag cameras to the custom tree Eg Devices wv Show Device Icons Show Device Numbers 2 E 4 Camerat Camera MS 5 Cameras HardwareDevice 1 6 Cameras E i 7 HardwareDevicel Drag items here to remove them From groups Cancel 15 Chapter 1 Ban Video from Cameras and Camera Groups
109. s Appearance Activity Child Tracking Other Event Ii Switch view when an alarm occurs Ensure Visible Switch view when motion occurs W Show alarm cameras in other panels Limit action to specific cameras or alarms Display Video Image Action Perform action after switch m con cm A Figure 49 Client View Settings dialog box Activity tab When an alarm occurs on Camera 1 Panel 1 will now display the image from Camera 1 AND the other panels will display images from Cameras 2 3 and 4 Image from Image from Camera 1 Camera 2 Image from Image from Camera 3 Camera 4 Chapter 1 Chapter 1 43 Child Tab Child Tab Camera View Settings Appearance Activity Child Tracking Other Event Show latest alarm when the camera displayed in another panel changes Panel Name Panel Name used to let other objects control this Camera Panel WIN K6T44FG629EK MY Console 1 wy cm He Figure 50 Child tab You can force a Video Panel to always show the latest alarm image for the camera being displayed in another Video Panel Primary Video Panel When you change the camera being shown in the Primary Video Panel either automatically or manually the Secondary Video Panel switches to the most recent alarm In the Panel Name field you can change the long panel name to a word or phrase you can easily identify Procedure To display a listing of the most recent alarm m
110. s alloyed 1 IP eg 45 23 23 43 H DENS eg yourcompany com Name IhtainBuilding The name by which you want to refer to this server Symphony Server Login Information Windows Authentication User Security Your username setup on the camera server to alow access Pazzwvord staan The associated password m Figure 75 Edit Symphony Server Connection 66 Chapter 1 Logging In Switching Users and Supervisor Logon Chapter 1 Logging In Switching Users and Supervisor Logon You can log in log off switch users or even log two users in at the same time on the same machine granting them higher user privileges than they normally have on an individual basis Procedure To log off log into Symphony Client 1 In Symphony Client from the File menu select Log Off All Servers 2 The Log Off All Servers confirmation dialog box opens Click OK Log OFf All Servers Are vou sure vou want to log off all servers Cancel Figure 76 3 Symphony Client displays the Access Denied message Server All Password CI windows Authentication O Supervisar Lagan Access Denieq Figure 77 Logon screen after user has logged off Symphony Client 4 To log back into Symphony select the Server to log on to You can log onto all servers with the same credentials 5 Enterthe User and Password and click OK The name of the user appears in the Symphony Client title bar 67 Chapter 1 Logging In Switching
111. save your currently configured Camera View for later use 1 Click the Save icon in the Toolbar The Save As dialog opens Symphony Client 6 0 0 0 View Bookmarks SB PEE Search LPR Reports o Existing view Mew View c Figure 40 Save As icon for Camera Views 2 Select the New View option and enter a name for the view in the adjacent field 3 Click OK to save the camera view Sfx Existing View p Mew View Main Hall 4 Camera View Figure 41 Camera View saved 35 Chapter 1 Camera View Layout Chapter 1 To load a saved Camera View multi view e From the View menu select Load Camera View Layout and select a named view or e Click on a named camera view in the Camera Tree Camera Tree HEB Camera Views EE Main Hall 4 Camera View AT Devices zd 1 Cameral Up 3 HardwareDevicel Figure 42 Camera View listed in Camera Tree Floating Camera View Floating Camera View windows are typically used where the operator has more than one monitor A floating camera view can be dragged to the second monitor e From the View menu select Floating Camera View Docked Camera View e From the View menu select Docked Camera View 36 Chapter 1 Display Four Historical Video Streams Concurrently in Fast Forward Mode Chapter 1 Display Four Historical Video Streams Concurrently in Fast Forward Mode You can play 4 historical synchronized video streams
112. ssword amp report reportlD where e SERVERNAME is the name of host running the symphony server or IP address of the server e lt username gt is the username you used to log into Aimetis Symphony web version Task 1 step 2 e password is the password you used to log into Aimetis Symphony web version Task 1 step 2 e report ID is the ID you obtained in Task 2 step 2 2 Depending on the type of output you want append one of the following format variables to the URL XLS amp formatzXLS CVS amp format CVS PDF amp format PDF RTF rich text format amp format RTF 132 Chapter 2 Creating Two Heat Map Reports to Run from the Web Chapter 2 Note A heat map or graph is output as a bitmap image bmp Task 4 Invoke the URL in the command line Use a command line program to invoke the URL to output the report You can use a program such as CURL http curl haxx se download html 1 2 For example in the command line enter curl L O lt URL gt where lt URL gt is the URL specified in Task 3 http SERVERNAME 50000 Reports ReportOutput aspx username name amp password password amp report reportlD The script runs and the corresponding file is saved locally You can create a batch script to run all the desired reports at once Creating Two Heat Map Reports to Run from the Web To view a Heat Map Report for both Object Paths and Object Dwell Times from the Web you must first crea
113. st 10 5 2010 13 00 00 12 45 05 Cameral Camera Intel vE352 Connection Lost 10 5 2010 13 00 00 12 49 47 Cameral Camera Intel vE352 Connection Figure 54 Results of running a report in Table format Report Alarm Counts an My Camera Table b Graph Total E False Alarms E Real Non Actionable E Real Actionable E Unmarked Figure 55 Results of running a report in Graph format 118 Chapter 2 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager Chapter 2 10 In Table format you can export the data to Excel CSV PDF or RTF format Click the Table tab and then Export to Table i Graph Send Report Export To Columns Microsoft Excel XLS Comma Separated Text CSV up by that column PDF Document PDF id Count In Count Out Rich Text RTF D D 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 Cameral Cameral Cameral Cameral Cameral 17 11 21 18 11 21 19 11 21 20 11 21 21 11 21 oO 7 31 2012 Cameral 22 11 71 7 31 2012 Cameral 23 11 21 B 1 2012 Cameral 00 11 21 B 1 2012 Cameral 01 11 71 3 GAEL Figure 56 Exporting file type options 11 To send the generated report to the recipient list you created in the Distribution Email subtab previously click Send Report and then Email Chapter 2 119 General Procedure for Using the Report Manager Chapter 2 12 To save the generated report in the format and in the loca
114. t Camera Tour The Camera Tour dialog box opens 2 39 Devices POP 1 Cameral d 12 Cameraio s a New Camera View a 2 Camera Pew 3 Camera Camera Setup w 4 Camera Quick Camera Setup PTZ Controls View on Web Disable Alarms for Camera Enable Alarms For Camera Camera Tour PTZ Calibration Stop Camera Start Camera Mot all cameras are Reconnect to Camera Stop Recording Start Recording Resume Record mode Stop Recording Audio Start Recording Audio Search Figure 33 Right click on PTZ camera Camera Tour menu option s Camera Tour Tour Name Camera Tour Add Another Tour Preset ID Mame Pan Tilt Zoom Pause Time sec Camera Live View 0 00 0 00 FS Timeline eal Navigation Decoration E4 Da cn N mr n RET wey A ALL v un Tour List Actions Tour Options Add Current Live View PTZ Location To The List Update Location Change Motion Mask Affects Tracking Go To Selected PTZ Location Set Schedule For This Tour Drag drop row indicator to order camera tour location Figure 34 Camera Tour dialog box Chapter 2 Chapter 2 97 Camera Tour 2 Using the PTZ Controls move the camera to where you want the Home position and then click Add Current Live View PTZ Location to the List This will be location 1 or Home Ts Gamera Tour Tour Name Camera Tour T Add Another Tour Preset ID
115. t Suite Preface Document Suite Table 2 AIMETIS documents and videos Document Name Links Symphony Release Notes https www aimetis com Xnet downloads documentation aspx Symphony Installation Guide https www aimetis com Xnet downloads documentation aspx eas A ANNALO https www aimetis com Xnet downloads documentation aspx x lt Preface AIMETIS Xnet Portal Preface AIMETIS Xnet Portal My Settings Log Out Account Management Downloads Marketing Translation Submit Videos Gy Aimetis Q Farmsiservers 1 Home Aimetis Add amp Cameras Embedded 0 Announcements Add Welcome to the new Aimetis Extranet If you have any questions about our new site or encounter any technical problems please contact our support team el Users 1 Add Notes Favorites Create Account Place Order Issue Credit Inventory 2950 Order History Product Keys Account Settings Admin Views All Farms Servers All Cameras Figure 1 Aimetis Xnet home page Xnet is the Aimetis Online Portal www aimetis com Xnet You can e Order Licenses e Manage Sub Partner Accounts e Access Technical Support amp Downloads e Access Sales amp Marketing Tools e Access Aimetis Software Translation Note Access to tools depends on account type for example Distributor Certified Partner Authorized Partner End User For instructions see Table 3 on page xi
116. t new snapshots that are displayed New snapshots will be set at the new Minimum Interval Seconds View the listed changes to the cameras selected as you click the Alarms or Event Log f Motions button eee me GEWETEE We Select the cameras from which to view images JPEGs view JPEGs 2 medium size images in a row 2 medium size images one above the other small images in a row use horizontal scroll bar to view all small images in a column use vertical scroll bar to view all rows column icons representing display layout 83 Chapter 2 Tracking Color Chapter 2 Tracking Color A Symphony video analytic engine may be running on your system Tracking lines may appear as the camera follows an object through an area These tracking lines vary in color according to object tracked and video engine used VE150 Person MiParking lot 1 54 33 PM 14 03 2012 metis 5 l arking lo 7 gt 11 02 16 Axis 06032 Figure 14 Same parking lot blue tracking line for person and yellow tracking line for vehicle 84 Chapter 2 Bookmarks Chapter 2 Bookmarks You can add a bookmark for what is currently showing in the Main Video Panel This could either be live playing video historical playing video or a still image After you have added a bookmark it will appear on the Bookmarks menu just like Favorites in Microsoft Internet Explorer Procedure To add a bookmark From the Bookmarks menu select Add Bookmark Enter a name for
117. te 2 reports in Symphony Client Procedure How to set up heat map reports to be run from the Web im p 2 Chapter 2 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens Click New Report Select the Heat Map Image option and for convenience name the first report Heat Map Object Paths Set up the report as you want but in the Heat Map View screen ensure that you select Object Paths from the Default Map drop down list Save the map Create another new Heat Map Image report this time naming it Heat Map Object Dwell Time Set up the report as you want but in the Heat Map View screen ensure that you select Object Dwell Time from the Default Map drop down list Save the map To view the information from the Web you must run 2 reports As such you will use the report IDs for the Heat Map Object Paths and for Heat map Object Dwell Time Follow the Web instructions How to run reports from the Web on page 132 Reporting Issues to Aimetis Chapter 2 Reporting Issues to Aimetis You can log issues with Aimetis through the Symphony Client Procedure To report an issue 1 From Help menu select Report an Issue The Aimetis Symphony Error Report dialog box opens Heb e oe Symphony Help View Detailed Logs Ctrl G view Detailed Events ctrl E EA Buy License Report an Issue RS Request a Feature e Aimetis Contact Info m Aimetis Web Page about Figure 63 Main menu
118. the bookmark 1 2 3 Optional To make the bookmark visible to all connected users select the Shared check box 4 Click OK Add Bookmark m rcm Bookmark Name lw Share OK Cancel Figure 15 Add Bookmark dialog box Procedure To manage bookmarks 1 From the Bookmarks menu select Manage Bookmarks 2 Select a bookmark to delete or share Shared bookmarks are visible to all connected users 3 Click OK to complete the action and close the dialog box Manage Bookmarks Name Shared Link Figure 16 Manage Bookmarks dialog box 85 Chapter 2 Carousels Chapter 2 Carousels Carousels allow you to loop through multiple cameras across multiple servers in the same server farm pausing on each camera for a defined period of time Procedure To access Carousels 1 From the Server select Configuration The Server Configuration dialog box opens 2 Inthe left pane click Carousels The Carousels Summary dialog box opens Creating or Modifying Carousels server Configuration localhost Carousel gE Rules Carousel alow you to loop through multiple cameras across multiple servers pausing on each camera for a defined period of time To access your a97 Devices carousel on the selected server click on View Carousel gt Carousel Name La Licenses dii Security Led Notifications Carousel Setup eJ General Settings DS Storage Sequence Name Carousel o pE 64bit E T52 SE QA 5 Available Cameras o
119. the report Select the Column link and drag a column header into top header This causes information to be grouped by the column category By default all available column are shown in the Table View unless manually removed Click Next to continue 11 In the Heat Map View tab define if the Object Paths or the Object Dwell Time will be the default graphic shown when the report is finished If the image is too large select the Resize image for screen resolution check box If the image does not fit to the screen resolution the check box will be displayed regardless of whether the window is maximized e Object Paths view by number of objects that have passed through a location e Object Dwell Time view by total amount of time objects spent at a location 12 Click Add Zone each time a specific area in the scene is to be included in the report a Click the Zone name such as Zone 0 to edit the name of the box b Click Update to save changes c Optional To delete a zone click the zone name for example click on the name Zone 0 and click Remove Zone 13 Select Save and then Run to finish the report To save the generated report in the format you selected in the Distribution gt File subtab previously click Send Report and then File 127 Chapter 2 Object Counts Chapter 2 Object Counts This report allows users to generate a report on the number of objects that were tracked inside the Motion Mask of the camera Procedure
120. the report time dynamically to the time the report was run If a specific data and time was selected it is most likely that a specific date and time for the end of the report is appropriate 124 Chapter 2 Heat Map Image Option Desoription S Searching by Full Days will include all 24 hours in a day In cases where a search should spend multiple days but only a certain period of time per say Partial days should be selected For example we may search across 7 days but only 10 00 20 00 each day to filter out results that happened outside of store hours Time of Day Sums the total number of objects dwelling in a defined zone and calculates the average dwell times in the zone for that aggregated period For example if the data is grouped into two hour segments the report sums the total number of people occupying the zone and the average time those people dwelled in the zone for each two hour period Us this for Aggregate dwell time on Heat Map Report Allows you to collect data hourly for example to determine e How many people were dwelling in different zones and the average length of time they were in those zones e How many people dwelled longer than a pre defined threshold value Example Scenario Collect data hourly on how many people were standing in the breakfast cereal aisle for more than 20 seconds and how long those people on average dwelled there Each block of time in the time range is collected and rep
121. things that they can say Speak over Loud Speaker After entering new text in the Speak over Loud Speaker drop down box or selecting Say it existing phrases from the drop down box click Say it to play the text at the remote location Symphony converts the text string into voice at the remote site Add to master You can add text to the master list which will be available as an option in the Speak over list Loud Speaker drop down list for future use Remove from master list You can remove stored text from the master list 109 Chapter 2 Alarm Console Chapter 2 Feature Description 00ooooooooooo Add a wav file from your computer to Symphony Play Sound Symphony will play the sound you have selected in the Play Sound field Upload a wav file from your local PC to the Symphony Server Remove selected wav from Delete a sound file from the Symphony Server Symphony It may be useful to manually turn a relay on or off A siren or other audible alarm can be connected to Relay inputs or outputs or doors could be opened or closed by triggering a relay Select the Device and Relays number of the device and click On to turn on the relay or Off to turn off 110 Chapter 2 Enable or Disable Alarms for Server Chapter 2 Enable or Disable Alarms for Server Enable The Enable Alarms for Server dialog box allows you to enable all alarms for the currently selected server if they were previously disabled
122. tings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Clickthe Camera View tab Symphony Client Settings Startup Display Alarms Video Camera View Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Frame Rate Run multi views at a decreased frame rate saves CPL For MPEG4 Only view key frames For MJPEG Specify reduced Frame rate to view Camera view tool button default behaviour Create Floating camera view by default Create docked camera view by default fHold Ctrl while clicking on camera view bool button to invert selected behaviour Figure 61 Camera View tab In Symphony version 6 9 and prior the Camera View tab is referred to as Multi View tab Should you run a Camera View multi view at a decreased frame rate What is the benefit e If you run it at 1 FPS instead of 5 15 30 you benefit from decreased client CPU and GPU load about 10 of current values a major savings What is the loss e Video will not be smooth When should you consider it e Use this feature if you have a large number of panels in the Camera View multi view for example 9 or more panels e f your CPU amp GPU are powerful enough you probably never have to reduce the frame rate 54 Chapter 1 Maps Maps You set up how alarms on Maps are displayed For example flashing for a given amount of seconds when an alarm occurs or co
123. tion 2 Inthe upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens 3 Under the Map column heading select the map containing the camera icon you want to remove 4 Right click on the camera icon Select Remove from Map 5 Click OK Procedure To remove a hot link from a map Chapter 1 1 2 3 4 5 From the View menu select Map Navigation In the upper right corner of the Map dialog box click Edit Maps The Edit Maps dialog box opens Under the Map column heading select the map containing the hot link you want to remove Right click on the hot link Select Remove from Map Click OK 24 Icons on Map Chapter 1 Icons on Map Use the following legend to understand the icons placed on maps Table 1 Map Icon Legend Icon Description Colours Indicate You can set colours to indicate various states as necessary Filled in circle Rule on a camera Digital Input e g person presses a button which causes an appropriate action in the system Green arrow white background not activated Green arrow yellow background activated Triangle pointing up in circle Digital Output e g motion sensor detects motion and closes a gate Green arrow white background not activated Green arrow yellow background activated Triangle pointing down in circle Green arrow recording Orange arrow activity Circle containing an arrow Camera Red arrow alarm Orange circle
124. tion you selected in the Distribution gt File subtab previously click Send Report and then File Table Export To Date 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 7 31 2012 B 1 2012 B 1 2012 Graph Columns Camera Cameral Cameral Cameral Cameral Cameral 16 11 21 17 11 21 18 11 21 19 11 21 20 11 21 21 11 21 22 11 21 23 11 21 0 11 21 01 11 21 i3 p 2 3 Figure 57 Send Report to Email distribution list or save to File Map reports Send repor Count Out D D D D D D D D Note In scheduled reports Symphony can email save images ONLY for Heat Important If you encounter a problem saving your file contact your Administrator or consult the Aimetis Symphony Administration Guide You may not have permission to save files on your machine Chapter 2 120 Object Counts Across a Line Chapter 2 Object Counts Across a Line This report allows you to generate statistics regarding the number of objects crossing a user defined line Procedure To access the Object Counts Across A Line report 1 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens Click New Report The Reports Designer dialog box opens From the General tab enter a description for the report in the Name field Click Next Page or the next option in the vertical tabs list 2 3 4 Under Report Type select the Objects Counts Across a Line option 5
125. to Preset ID 1 Go to Preset ID 2 Go to Preset ID 3 Go to Preset ID 4 If PTZ control through joystick is too fast you can limit the speed by editing the acc ini file 1 Edit appdata aimetis acc ini and change the following parameters with the default values joystick maxpan 100 maxtilt 100 maxzoom 100 pollinterval 100 deadzone 20 e maxpan maxtilt and maxzoom values can range from 0 to 100 e pollinterval values are in milliseconds e deadzone value is a percentage of physical x y and z range 2 If response is too sensitive try lowering the values 3 Save the acc ini file and restart Symphony Client for the changes to take effect 102 Chapter 2 Support for AXIS T8310 Surveillance Control Board Keypad Buttons Chapter 2 Table 3 Keypad functions Moves PTZ camera in preset pattern Shows a historical jpeg image for a given time in the current day Does not start automatically Enter Preset ID and click button Enter a time hhmm and click button Example Enter 1300 and click button A jpeg image is shown for 13 00 1 00 pm for the current day Table 4 Jog Dial functions Opens the Add Bookmark dialog box ce ohms Add Bookmark Bookmark Name OK Cancel Shows a jpeg image of the previous foreground activity from the current location in the time line Plays or pauses video Shows a jpeg image of the next foreground activity from the current location in the time
126. unted e To extend the line Click on the background image to create a new line segment from the existing line to the point clicked e To delete a segment Click the Delete Segment button which removes the last segment Delete Segment will not remove the last original line segment to ensure there is at least one line segment for the report e To reshape the line Hover the mouse over the box segment end point the cursor changes to a hand Click and drag The cursor changes to a move shape icon arrows and allows you to drag the vertex 121 Chapter 2 Object Counts Across a Line Chapter 2 10 11 General Cameras Start amp End Distribution Schedule Table View Graph View Chapter 2 Refresh Image ACM 3611 Reverse In and Out Click the background image to add a line segment Delete Segment Figure 58 Line tab extending and shaping the counting line Select the format and create an email recipient list for the report in the Distribution gt Email tab Formats include PDF CSV comma separated document XML and bitmap image You can also include Summary Information about Counts In and Counts Out Schedule when reports should be run including the time range of data the recurrence and schedule range Click Next to continue On the Table View tab define which columns should be included in the report Select the Column link and drag a column header into top header This causes info
127. without decorations enabled e This setting also effects video play back settings You can choose to overlay decorations for recorded video you are playing back e Video Quality If a camera accommodates multiple video streams allows you to select the video quality for the entire Symphony Client Lowest resolution Closest fit to panel size Closest fit not smaller than panel size Highest resolution e Video Decoration Settings Allows you to change the font size of decorations based on percentage By default it is set at a readable 10096 If you need large font set it to 20096 To see the change in font size you must switch panels or restart Symphony Client e Display Mode Specifies how Symphony Client displays video in a panel Actual Size Maintain Aspect Ratio Fit to Window and how it renders video e Some video cards do not support all video render modes e RGBrender modes require more CPU power than the default render mode e In Symphony versions before 6 8 the default was Video Renderer Default If your video does not play with the Video Mixing Renderer 9 custom presenter select Video Renderer Default from the Renderer drop down list e Direct connect to camera Depending on camera allows direct connection to camera instead of the server when Support Direct Connect check box selected in camera configuration See Aimetis Symphony Administration Guide Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1
128. y edit the initialization ini file which stores all the user specific settings of Symphony Client We do not recommend that you change these advanced settings Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the User Settings tab symphony Client Settings Startup Display Alarms Video Camera view Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Main DireckConnectionToCamera True UserLanguage en Skins LiCAlarm LIseAdvancedMade False Figure 65 User Settings 58 Chapter 1 Memory Chapter 1 Memory You can configure memory usage conditions under which Symphony Client will restart Procedure To access the Symphony Client Settings dialog box 1 Fromthe View menu select Settings The Symphony Client Settings dialog box opens 2 Click the Memory tab symphony Client Settings Startup Display Alarms Videa Camera View Maps Sound Regional User Settings Memory Global Lock Logging Restart Symphony Client if memory usage goes above maximum megabytes Restart Symphony Client if megabytes used goes above this amount 600 MB 60 is Ehe minimum allowed value Check memory usage at these times eg 4 00 19 00 1 00 You must restart Symphony Client for this option to take effect Figure 66 Memory tab 59 Chapter 1 Global Chapte
129. you to generate a report on the number of objects that were in different parts of the image Important If you have an existing Heat Map report from a Symphony release prior to 6 10 1 the new columns of data may not appear To ensure that all columns are displayed 1 Select the report and click Edit 2 Click Save to re save the report in the Report Designer All columns will be displayed correctly when you run the report Procedure To access the Heat Map Image report 1 From Reports menu select Manage The Reports dialog box opens Click New Report The Reports Designer dialog box opens From the General tab enter a description for the report in the Name field 2 3 4 Under Report Type select the Heat Map Image option 5 nthe Cameras tab click Add a Camera and then select one or more cameras from the list 6 In the Start amp End tab define the start and end time of the report Option Description ooo Select whether to use a Relative time to execute the report or a specific date and time For example if this Report was saved with the intention of running it in the future selecting a Relative start of 7 days would mean the report start time would be 7 days from each time the report is executed Using a specific date and time is only useful if this report is intended to be run only once and not in the future If a Relative time was selected in the Start section selecting Now would set

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