User guide

DETEXI Basic Configuration 16 - 31
System Health and Status
A background service in Windows, DETEXI NVR will start automatically upon system start-up and continue
running even after the user logs out. The underlying structure of the DETEXI NVR software consists of
many individual services, which allow execute and organize all the tasks it is responsible for.
From the Domain Controller user interface — NVR Control Center — system administrators can perform
system health and status checks. Here users can verify the operational status of all network video
recorders in the domain, check weather the necessary services has been turned on to support specific
features and functionality, update the status, launch NVR health monitoring procedure and other.
y Restart Windows on a child NVR Server
y Stop/Restart any DETEXI NVR in the domain
y View running/stopped services
y Turn on/off a service
y Enable/disable service monitoring
y Synchronize running services with new configuration
Knowing the responsibility of each DETEXI NVR service is important. This allows users to make sure the
necessary services for the given application are running and controlled properly, while unnecessary
services are turned off to preserve system resources.
1. Monitor Service
Monitor service is an internal service to start/stop other DETEXI NVR services. It is also responsible for
monitoring the health and status of all NVR services.
9 It is recommended that the Monitor service be active at all times.
9 System will check status only for the components checked as monitored.
9 If, for some reason, the user stops a service and it is selected to be monitored, it will be restarted by
the Monitor service in approximately 30 seconds.
9 During the system tuning you may need to disable restarting a service by the Monitor service.
2. Other NVR Services
Server service authenticates remote users connected to the NVR through the Remote DETEXI Clients. It is
also responsible for tracking statistics about the remote user’s connections.
Recorder service records information and images from each video input into the NVR archive, according to
the configured schedules, preferences, alarms and events.
FTP Server service receives images from cameras via FTP and writes them into the NVR archive. It also
raises an alarm when such images are received from a camera, and can also be used for FTP notification
of IP address changes from the camera to the NVR.
Check Drive service monitors the condition of the storage path and device to confirm existence and
available space for new video being recorded to the archive.
Check Alive service monitors if camera is online and video inputs are active.
Check Alarm service monitors the hard inputs of connected video devices, and raises alarms when
defined changes are seen on such inputs.
Tour service moves PTZ cameras through a predefined series of locations according to defined schedules