O P E R AT I O N / C O N F I G U R AT I O N DS NVR and DS NVs System Software C3663M-B (11/09)
Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Installing the Windows Operating System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 DS NVs Software Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recorded Video Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Searching for Recorded Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Playing Back Recorded Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
List of Illustrations 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 C3663M-B (11/09) DSAdmin Directory Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Add System Dialog Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Introduction DS NVR and DS NVs are network video recorders that use Integral Digital Sentry® as the video monitoring and management software. DS NVR is an all-inclusive, stand-alone video recorder. DS NVs is a software-only solution that can be installed on an existing server, as described in the following sections. For information on installing DS NVR, refer to the Integral Digital Sentry Installation manual (C3662M).
DS NVS SOFTWARE INSTALLATION DS NVs software can be installed on a computer that meets the following minimum requirements: • Industry-standard, Intel® platform, server-grade motherboard • Dual-Core Intel Xeon® Processor (32-input system) or Intel Pentium® 4 3.2 GHz Processor (16-input system or smaller) NOTE: If you are streaming between 4 and 32 H.264 cameras, Pelco recommends that you meet the following system requirements: CPU Speed: Intel Core™2 Quad Q9400 at 2.
DIGITAL SENTRY CLIENT/ADMIN SOFTWARE To install the Digital Sentry client software on a computer, insert the CD and follow the on-screen instructions. Select either of the following options, or you can select both for a simultaneous installation. • Digital Sentry Admin Program: Allows you to configure the DS NVs server. • Digital Sentry Client Program: Allows you to monitor live video and search for recorded video.
DSAdmin This section describes DSAdmin, the application that configures Digital Sentry software and the DS hardware. The following topics are discussed in this section: • Overview of DSAdmin and its directory tree • Adding and configuring servers, VAUs, and cameras • User administration • Creating camera groups and zones • Enabling e-mail notification DSADMIN OVERVIEW DSAdmin is the administration program that configures DS NVR or DS NVs for daily use.
ADDING AND CONFIGURING SERVERS Complete the following steps to make a DS server available to your client computer: 1. Click the client directory at the top of the tree to display the Available Systems directory. 2. Right-click Available Systems and choose Add System. This opens the Add System dialog box (refer to Figure 2). Figure 2. Add System Dialog Box 3. In the System Name field, enter a name for the DS server you want to make available. 4. Enter the static IP address of the DS server.
CONFIGURING SERIAL PORTS Perform the following steps to configure serial ports on a VAU: 1. Click the VAU in the directory tree and select the Serial Ports tab. 2. Highlight a COM port and click Add to activate it. 3. Highlight the COM port in the assigned ports list. 4. Enter serial input information on the following six tabs: • General: Contains required information (refer to Figure 3): Figure 3. Serial Ports Tab Within General Tab – Interface Type: Options include Monitor, Card Reader, or PTZ.
• Port Settings: Enter the alarm panel settings here, including the COM port to which it is connected, the baud rate, parity, and stop bits (refer to Figure 4). Figure 4. Port Settings Tab for Serial Input Devices • • • • Reset Text: Enter all text string segments that the alarm panel sends to indicate that an alarm is reset. The instance of one of these segments in a string is recognized as an alarm reset. After you enter each segment, click Add.
CONFIGURING IP CAMERAS The IP Cameras tab (refer to Figure 6) allows you to configure IP cameras connected to the VAU through the TCP/IP network port. A limited number of IP cameras can be connected to a VAU, and a valid manufacturer-specific license must be installed for each. The top of the tab displays the number of licenses installed for each camera manufacturer. Figure 6.
• The top of the window displays the location of the camera input automatically selected for the IP camera. By default, the final input on the final input device (or “board”) is selected for the IP camera. Because up to 32 cameras can exist on any board, and up to four boards can exist on any VAU, the input selected for the IP camera might not actually exist.
2. Enter a uniform naming convention (UNC) share name for the storage location. A valid UNC share name begins with two backward slashes and contains the network name of the storage unit in which it is installed. 3. Enter a minimum amount of free space (in MB) that you want the storage location to maintain. 4. If you want to enable caching, select Use Caching. Caching is typically used to increase performance on storage devices that employ RAID arrays. 5. Click Save.
ADDING AND CONFIGURING CAMERAS After you add cameras to a system, you can configure them by clicking the respective name under any of the Cameras directories in which they are shown. NOTE: If you click a Cameras directory, any configuration changes are applied to all cameras in that directory. After you make the changes, click “Apply To All Cameras in Folder.” This feature is not available on the Motion tab; it is unlikely that a user would want the identical motion mask on multiple cameras.
MOTION The Motion tab (refer to Figure 11) allows you to configure how much motion is required to trigger motion recording. It is also used to create motion masks, which ignore motion in certain areas of a camera’s view, and to test your motion setup. Live video from the selected camera is displayed on this tab. Figure 11.
Perform the following steps to test the motion recording performance of the mask you created: 1. Click the “Save and Test Mask” button. 2. Check the following parameters: • Max Consecutive: The highest number of consecutive images that exhibited motion during the current test; when motion occurs, a colored border appears around the video pane. • Consecutive Frames: The current number of consecutive images that differed enough from the previous image for motion to be recognized.
ON SCREEN DISPLAY The On Screen Display tab (refer to Figure 12) allows you to set the location for date, time, and camera name text in live and recorded video panes. You can also set the location for the words Motion and Alarm that appear on video displayed over an analog output when motion or alarm events occur; these words do not appear in the Digital Sentry client software. Live video from the currently selected camera is displayed on the tab for easy reference.
TIME-LAPSE STORAGE The Time-lapse Storage tab (refer to Figure 13) allows you to schedule time-lapse recording for the currently selected camera. The screen contains a time line, organized by day and time, that visually represents the schedule for each day of the week. The schedule is color-coded to represent the recording rate scheduled for the camera. Figure 13. Time-Lapse Storage Tab for Scheduling Continuous Recordings Complete the following steps to create a schedule for a day of the week: 1.
MOTION STORAGE The Motion Storage tab (refer to Figure 14) is similar to the Time-lapse Storage tab, except that it allows you to schedule recording only during motion events that occur in the selected camera’s view. While a motion event is occurring, this schedule and its recording rate override the timelapse recording schedule. Figure 14.
PTZ The PTZ tab (refer to Figure 15) allows you to configure PTZ cameras for use in the Digital Sentry client software. Select “Enable PTZ support for this camera” and then select the type of camera and the camera’s address from the drop-down menus. The video pane on the tab allows you to test the PTZ functionality for the camera. Figure 15. PTZ Tab for Configuring PTZ Cameras, Presets, and Tours Pan, tilt, and zoom is controlled in Digital Sentry using a heads-up display (HUD).
USER ADMINISTRATION The User Administration directory is used to manage users and assign permissions. Clicking on the directory opens the Camera Assignments tab, which allows you to select the cameras each user is allowed to view. Other tabs allow you to add and delete users and assign permissions to perform specific functions. CREATING USERS Complete the following steps to add users from the list of those who can access a system: 1. Click Add User. This displays the Add User window. 2.
• “admin account properties” – Account is disabled: When selected, disables a user account. – User must change password at next logon: When selected, requires the user to change a password at the next log on. – Password never expires: When selected, the user no longer requires a password change at log on. Figure 17. Change Password Dialog Box ASSIGNING PERMISSIONS Complete the following steps to assign permissions to a user: 1. Select the User Rights tab (refer to Figure 18). Figure 18.
2. Select the user’s name in the Users area. 3. Select one or more permissions in the left list, and click the right arrow button to place the permissions in the right list. To assign all permissions, click the double right arrow button. 4. To remove a permission, highlight it in the right list and click the left arrow button. To remove all permissions, click the double left arrow button. 5. When you are finished assigning permissions for the user, click Save.
ASSIGNING CAMERA PERMISSIONS Complete the following steps to assign or change camera permissions for a user: 1. Select the Camera Assignments tab (refer to Figure 19). Figure 19. Camera Assignments Tab for Assigning Camera Permissions 2. Select the user name in the Users list. 3. Choose the permission from the Groups area. The following permissions are available: • All Cameras: Grants access to all cameras available on the selected system (as listed in the Available Cameras list at the bottom of the tab).
MANAGING USERS ACROSS MULTIPLE SYSTEMS The Multiple Systems tab (refer to Figure 20) allows you to create new user accounts based on existing accounts, add a new user or copy an existing user to multiple systems, and change a user’s password on multiple systems. All systems added in DSAdmin are available for multiplesystem user administration, and you must have User Administration permissions on each system. Figure 20.
If you selected either button: Enter the user’s password. If you want this password to replace the password for this user on systems where the user is already configured, select this option. 2. Click Continue. 3. Select the systems where you want to copy the user. 4. Click Continue. 5. Click Apply. 6. Watch the Status and Systems dialog boxes for messages. To save a log file containing these information messages, click the disk icon.
ADDING AND CONFIGURING ZONES A zone is a user-defined group of cameras that are triggered to record when specific events occur. For example, you might create a Door 3 zone that contains all cameras near Door 3. Then, when the door is opened, all cameras in the Door 3 zone begin recording video. The Event History page in the Digital Sentry client software allows you to search by zone for alarm events.
CONFIGURING ZONES To configure a zone, click its entry in the Zones directory. This displays the following tabs: • General: Contains the configuration information assigned to the zone. • Cameras: Assigns cameras to the zone (refer to Figure 24). To assign a camera, select it in the Cameras Available List and click the Add button. This displays the camera in the Cameras Assigned list. To remove a camera from the zone, select it in the Cameras Assigned list and click the Remove button. Figure 24.
• Video Motion: Selects cameras which, when they detect motion, cause the rest of the zone’s cameras to begin recording (refer to Figure 26). Refer to Motion on page 18 for information about zone recording based on motion. Figure 26. Video Motion Tab for Triggering Cameras in Zone • Video Loss: Selects cameras whose loss of video cause the rest of the zone’s cameras to begin recording.
• Email Configuration: Allows you to select e-mail addresses that receive messages when an alarm event happens in a zone. To identify and test the mail server, refer to the Email Notification on page 35. To select e-mail addresses, click Add Email Account to open the window shown in Figure 28 on page 33. Add e-mail addresses as desired, and then select cameras from the zone.
• Services/MaxAlarmDuration: Limits the amount of time an alarm event is recorded, if not reset by an alarm panel. • Services/PacketDelayMS: Sets a delay, in milliseconds, between packets sent. • Services/PacketSize: Limits the size, in bytes, of packets sent to the client. • Services/PTZUserTimeout: The number of seconds before a PTZ camera resumes a tour, after a user has stopped controlling PTZ functions.
EMAIL NOTIFICATION The Email Notification page (refer to Figure 31) allows you to select e-mail addresses that receive messages whenever a system message is generated. Each recipient e-mail address can be configured to receive any combination of critical, warning, or informational messages. Complete the following steps to enable e-mail notification of these types of messages: Figure 31. Email Notification Page 1. In the SMTP Server field, enter the e-mail server used to send the e-mail messages.
Digital Sentry Client Software This section describes the daily operation of the Digital Sentry client software. The following topics are discussed in this section: • Overview of Digital Sentry • Video pane configurations • The Event History and Recorded Video pages • Client Manager • Digital Sentry messages RUNNING DIGITAL SENTRY To run the Digital Sentry client software, select it from the Start menu. When asked, enter a user ID and password, as configured in DSAdmin.
VIDEO PANE CONFIGURATION The following video pane configuration buttons control the display of live video: The 1 × 1 button displays video from a single camera. The 2 × 2 button displays video from up to four cameras. The 3 × 3 button displays video from up to nine cameras. The 4 × 4 button displays video from up to 16 cameras. The Camera Groups button displays video from predefined groups of cameras.
DIGITAL PTZ If you have a mouse with a scroll wheel, you can digitally zoom into a video pane by scrolling the wheel forward, and digitally zoom out by scrolling the wheel backward. You can also pan and tilt within a zoomed video pane by clicking and then dragging in the desired direction. To activate Digital PTZ, select Scroll Wheel Digital Zoom on the Video Controls tab (refer to Video Controls Tab on page 39).
COPYING LOCAL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TO OTHER COMPUTERS The .INI File Configuration tab allows you to locate the .INI file that contains information about the local configuration so you can copy it to another client computer. Simply locate the file and copy it to the same location on the other computer over a network, or use a portable data storage medium. VIDEO CONTROLS TAB When you select a video pane configuration button, the Video Controls tab appears on the right side of the screen.
CAMERAS TAB The Cameras tab (refer to Figure 35) contains a tree diagram of all currently connected servers and their cameras. To see a list of cameras connected to a server, expand the server by clicking its plus button. To view video from a listed camera, drag it to a video pane. You can view video simultaneously from multiple connected servers. NOTE: When viewing recorded video from the Event History or Recorded Video page, the Cameras tab is replaced by the Search tab.
EXPORTING A VIDEO CLIP Digital Sentry allows you to export simultaneous video clips from multiple cameras to any location on the DS system or over a network connection. Complete the following steps to export a movie: 1. Play back video from the Recorded Video or Event History page. 2. Pause the video and click Export Movie on the Print/Export tab; this opens the Save As dialog box. 3.
EVENT HISTORY PAGE The Event History page (refer to Figure 37) allows you to search for and view a log of all events that occurred during a certain time period, and then play back video of events based on the results of the search. The log is a graphical, color-coded representation of events that is organized by days and hours. Each row represents a complete calendar day; the columns represent the 24 hours in each day. Figure 37.
5. In the “For (Days)” box, select the length of your search period (the default and maximum are both seven). Also select either Client Local Time, Server Time, or GMT. 6. In the “From” field, select the first day of the period you want to search. In the “To” field, the last day of the period is automatically displayed, based on the duration you selected in the “For (Days)” box. 7. Click the Get Event Information button.
RECORDED VIDEO PAGE The Recorded Video page allows you to view recorded video from up to nine separate cameras or one predefined camera group. This page (refer to Figure 38) contains a time line similar to the Event History time line, indicating when video was captured and where it is stored. The time line is organized by days and hours. Each row represents a complete calendar day; the columns represent the 24 hours in each day. Figure 38.
NOTE: To view video that occurs during the fall-back hour when reverting to standard time from daylight saving time, you must select GMT. The following video-type colors can be displayed on the time line: • Event: An alarm event occurred during the 15-minute segment. • Motion: Only motion events and time-lapse video were recorded during the 15-minute segment. • Time-Lapse: Only a certain frequency of time-lapse frames were recorded per second during the 15-minute segment.
SEARCH TAB When you play back recorded video from the Event History or Recorded Video page, the Search tab appears in place of the Cameras tab (refer to Figure 39). The Search tab allows you to filter the video so you can view images of specific interest. The following options can be found within this tab: Figure 39. Video Search Tab • All Frames: Plays back all images in the selected video clip. • Motion Frames: Plays back only those images that exhibit motion.
5. Use the mouse to draw a mask in the selected video pane. Motion must occur in the masked area for an image to be displayed during the smart search. To clear a mask, click the Mask Color box and select Clear Mask; to reverse the mask, select Inverse Mask. 6. Adjust the Blocks Requiring Motion slider bar to select the number of “blocks” in the mask that must exhibit motion for an image to be displayed during the smart search.
If you change the information in any column, you can immediately activate the changes by clicking Apply New Settings, or you can click “Undo Changes in Grid” to return to the settings activated when you opened the manager. To disconnect and reconnect to all systems labeled as Connected, click Refresh Connected Systems. CHANGING PASSWORDS Client Manager allows you to change your password for each system.
VIEWING REPORTS Several useful reports can be viewed from Client Manager. To view a report, click the Reports button, select a report type, and select the week for which you want to view the report. The following reports are available: • Camera Usage Report: Displays recording activity (per camera and per day) in terms of the amount of disk space used for storage. • Client Log: Displays user activity by date/time, user name, and IP address.
VIEWING MESSAGES The DS system communicates a variety of messages while running. Messages are listed in a pop-up window when they occur, or when you first start the application after they occur. The following information (refer to Figure 42) can be found within the pop-up window: Figure 42. Digital Sentry Messages Window • (message type): This icon can indicate a critical, warning, or informational message. • Last Occurrence: The time and date of the most recent occurrence of the message.
ALARM ASSESSMENT If you are assigned Alarm Activity rights in DSAdmin, Digital Sentry immediately notifies you whenever an alarm event occurs. The Current Alarms pane in the upper-right corner of the Digital Sentry screen automatically displays the time and zone in which the alarm event occurred. Alarms are sorted by the time they occurred, with the oldest on top.
Figure 44. Example of Window with Record Event and Live Video ACKNOWLEDGING ALARMS When one or more alarm notifications appear in the Current Alarms pane, the following two buttons appear in the Digital Sentry tool bar: This button clears only the alarm selected in the Current Alarms pane. This button clears all the alarms in the Current Alarms pane. If you click this button, you are asked to confirm the action.
PTZ CONTROL The PTZ tab (refer to Figure 45) allows you to control the pan/tilt/zoom functions of a PTZ-enabled camera. The PTZ tab is available only when the video pane of a PTZ-enabled camera is selected. PTZ cameras are enabled in DSAdmin. Figure 45. PTZ Control Tab PTZ functions are controlled using a heads-up display (HUD). To view the HUD, select PTZ HUD on the PTZ tab. The HUD is a set of boxes that you select to control the various PTZ functions.
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