User’s Guide Intellex® Version 4.
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Contents The Intellex System Managing Digital Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Basic features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Optional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Basic Features Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents While Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 After Stopping Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Restoring Images from Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Playing Restored Images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Resetting Archive Flags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Intellex System Managing Digital Video The Intellex is an intelligent DVMS (Digital Video Management System) that combines video multiplexing, recording, and viewing of up to 16 cameras, local and remote camera control, alarm/event detection and notification, video and text analysis (IntelleCord and Smart Search) and much more.
The Intellex System Optional Features • Archive Manager module allows for data archiving (video, text and audio) to network attached storage devices and retrieval using Network Client. • Policy Manager module integrates with Microsoft Windows security to provide Intellex with Advanced Security for managing and restricting user and user group access to Intellex resources and functions locally and remotely by Network Client and Intellex API 3rd party applications.
Basic Features Getting Started To configure security, see the Intellex Installation and Configuration Guide. The system administrator must grant privileges to access, set, or change features. Logging In 1 Using the mouse, enter the 1- to 8-character PIN (Personal Identification Number) code the system administrator assigned. Click to erase an entry. 2 Click OK. The main screen appears. Main Screen Displays video from 1–16 cameras. Here, the screen displays live images from 4×4 (16) cameras.
Basic Features Controls Play changes to Pause when you click Pause on Playback controls Controls play/pause, playback direction, and speed Searches the image database for specific video images Selects the number of cameras to display: • 1x1 (1) • 2x2 (4) • 3x3 (9) • 4x4 (16) Hides controls and displays current images full screen Displays the list of alarms Click to display a specific camera. In multicamera display, drag and drop a camera button to any image pane.
Basic Features Changing the Look of the Live Display Right-click an image. This menu appears. Switch to Full Screen / Switch to Menu Displays live images on the full screen and hides screen controls / Displays screen controls Display this camera in 1x1 format. Generates an alarm manually for this camera. Selects a camera to display in 1x1 mode. Changes the screen format. Select: Displays video from alarmed cameras in sequence. Displays video from a specified camera.
Basic Features Utility Options From the main screen, click Utility. Restarts the recording after the image database is filled (linear mode). Generates an alarm event manually for one or more cameras. Erases a CD-RW to re-use it for exporting files. Displays a user’s activities. See page 34. Clears alarm messages manually from the live display if Latch Messages is enabled. Shuts down the system. Exits to Windows. See page 35. Displays system version, copyright, and hardware information. See.
Basic Features Checking Camera Status From the main screen, click Status. Cameras by name in numerical order Super, Normal, or Extended Normal or High Disabled, Active, or Alarmed Pre-alarm setting for each camera in Alarmed mode * = the camera is in covert mode the camera is not connected or there is no video to record the camera is currently unable to record Current filter for each camera in Active or Alarmed mode Rate in images per second.
Basic Features Finding Video Segments Find video segments based on Date and Time, Camera, Alarm, or Text criteria. See page 21. From the main screen, click Search. The Search Mode screen appears. Defines a search for a specific video segment Selects a camera to search Searches using entered criteria Searches using the date and time, camera, or alarm criteria Interrupts the search Plays the selected video segment Searches using image filters Clears current criteria and begins new search.
Basic Features Viewing Live Video Start Camera Sequencing 1 From the main screen, select a mode for the video display. 2 On the control tool bar, click Seq. Display Mode Stationary Live Images Sequencing Images Single None. Single pane displays the sequencing cameras. 2×2 Panes 1–3 display stationary live images from cameras 1–3. Pane 4 sequences through live images from cameras 4–16. 3×3 Panes 1–8 display stationary live images from cameras 1–8.
Basic Features Controlling a Dome Camera The dome symbol appears with video from a camera with dome control. Note If another user is operating the dome, you may not be able to control it. • Click in the camera’s pane. • Click the control item on the overlay. .
Basic Features Quick Camera Controls Start a camera control session to open the quick camera controls. Controlling the Pan-Tilt Control via Mouse 1 Float the cursor over the center of the video pane. The Cursor Origin Mark appears. 2 Click and drag the cursor to set the direction and speed, then release. • The camera’s movement speed increases proportionally with the arrow’s distance from the cursor origin mark. • The camera’s direction is relative to cursor origin mark.
Basic Features Selecting a Pattern 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control menu. 2 Click Pattern for the pattern menu: 3 Select a pattern number. 4 Click to run the pattern. 5 Click Exit 6 Click to close the Pattern menu. to close the Primary Camera Control menu. Defining a Pattern 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control. 2 Position the camera for the pattern’s start position. 3 Click and select an index for pattern. 4 Click Define Pattern . The Pattern Definition Menu appears.
Basic Features Defining a Preset 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control menu. 2 Position the camera for your preset. 3 Click to display the preset menu. 4 Select a preset number. 5 Click Define Preset to define a preset at this index. 6 When the Replace Preset? message appears, click Yes to program the preset. The number of available presets is device-dependent.
Basic Features Exporting Video 1 Insert blank CD or DVD media into the drive. 2 From the control bar, click Play to begin playback. 3 Move the slider to the location where video clip begins. 4 Click to define the beginning of a video clip. 5 Move the slider to the right to select the length of the video clip. 6 Click to define end of video clip. 7 Click Export. A screen appears with exported video clips. 8 Highlight the clip to export. 9 Click Edit to name the clip. 10 Enter a name. Click Update.
Basic Features Managing Alarms Generating Alarms 1 Move the cursor over the camera image where you want to generate an alarm. 2 Right-click. The Image Area menu appears. 3 Select Generate Alarm. The unit generates an alarm for the selected camera and processes it according to your alarm settings. Reviewing Alarms 1 From the control bar, click Alarms. The alarm review screen appears.
Basic Features Playing Back Video Clips 1 Click the jog shuttle control or a VCR button to open playback mode. 2 Click a button to select a camera (its number) or cameras (1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4). 3 Drag and drop the selected camera buttons to multi-screen panes. 4 Use the slider to approximate the player’s position. 5 Click the jog shuttle control or the VCR’s middle button to pause playback mode. 6 Click Close to exit playback mode.
Basic Features Playback from External Sources Intellex can play back clips downloaded to external sources such as CDs, DVDs, flash drives, and network drives. Note External clips must be saved as .IMG files in order to play. 1 Make sure the external source is available to Intellex: • If the clip is on a CD or DVD, place the disc in the disc drive. • If the clip is on a flash drive, connect it to the USB port. • If the clip is on a network drive, make sure the drive is mapped to the Intellex.
Basic Features Archiving Video Archive video to tape, to a network, or a combination.The new Network Archive functionality allows automatic archiving that you can store off-site. Note The Archive button is enabled only when a tape drive is connected to the Intellex unit. For the option of network archiving only, the Archive button is disabled. Note See page 14 for using CDs and DVDs. Archiving to Tape You can back up the image database while recording or after stopping the recording.
Basic Features Restoring Images from Tape 1 Click Restore images from tape to copy images from a backup tape to the system. Name of Intellex unit that archived these images * = the segment containing alarm images Double-click to display cameras included in the segment. Video segments on the archive tape Double-click again to hide the cameras 2 Select a video segment to restore. 3 Press to select the number of segments to restore. 4 Click OK. Follow the prompts.
Basic Features Updating License Information To upgrade your license information: 1 From the Utility Options, click About Intellex, then System. 2 Click Upgrade, and the License Information screen appears. 3 From the Features box, you can select the product type: • Ultra • Intellex • RMS • LT • IP Depending on the product you select, you can then select the number of cameras (4, 8, or 16) and features (Deluxe or Premier) associated with that product.
Advanced Features To configure security, see the Intellex Installation and Configuration Guide. The system administrator must grant privileges to access, set, or change features. Searching for Video Segments Use criteria including Date/Time, Filters, and Text to search the image database and text streams. From the main screen, click Search. Creates a search using your criteria. Any matches appear in a list. Interrupts the search. The list includes segments found before the interruption.
Advanced Features Searching by Camera Click Cameras to search for segments by camera. Include segments from all cameras or a specific camera in the search. Searching by Alarms Click Alarms to search for segments based on alarm information. Includes segments regardless of filter criteria. Includes segments regardless of alarm input. Includes segments that were recorded because a filter was triggered. Includes any segments with an alarm input. Includes segments with a specific alarm input.
Advanced Features 7 To define the filter’s target area: a When the Activate button is illuminated (default), move the cursor over the image area. b Draw the filter boundaries by clicking and moving the mouse to each corner of the target area and clicking again. c After enclosing the target area, click again to fill shape. d Click the Deactivate button to create a hole in the target area. 8 Set the sensitivity level. Note Sensitivity is based on the size of the highlighted area.
Advanced Features 4 Select Text Criteria (optional). This screen displays text exceptions. Text Options Configure the Intellex unit to record text streams associated with cameras. Adding, Editing, or Deleting a Text Stream 1 From the main screen, click Setup. The Setup Options screen appears. 2 Click Text. The Text setup screen appears. 3 Click Delete to eliminate a text stream. Click Add or Edit to define or modify a text stream, and the Text Source screen appears.
Advanced Features b Click Setup next to the Connection Type box. The Setup Serial Text Stream Options screen appears. Select an option from each list. Defaults are shown. Then click OK. Rate of data transmission Word size OR 7 To define an IP text stream: a From the Connection Type drop-down box, select IP Port. b Click Setup next to the Connection Type box. The Setup TCP/IP Text Stream Options screen appears.
Advanced Features c 8 Highlight a text formatter from the handler Type drop down menu. 9 Click Setup next to the handler type to access a printer interface. 10 For the General Text handler, enter an end-of-line delimiter to display text lines from a receipt. • Click Default to reset the box definition to default 0D 0A. Click OK. • For the American Dynamics handler, select one or both options to record and display entries. Click OK. Entries from printed customers’ receipts.
Advanced Features • Export exports checked receipt definition entries to a specified file. Enter a name. From the Transaction Data pane, enter a marker. Generating Text Alarms 1 From the Text setup screen, select the Alarms tab. 2 Click Apply selected exceptions as a group to generate an alarm for a receipt. This operation applies to text as Intellex receives it from some text device. These conditions must be met: • You selected at least two receipt definitions.
Advanced Features 6 From the And Value is box, select an option to return these results: Option Results Less Than < Value 1 setting Greater Than > Value 1 setting Equal To = Value 1 setting Between Values between Value 1 and Value 2 settings Found Any results found A String A series of characters in Value 1 box 7 Click Delete to remove the highlighted text exception. 8 Click Import to import a specific file containing text exceptions.
Advanced Features Important differences in sensitivity: Function Motion Exception Motion Detection Reacting to images Analyzes many images before reacting Reacts image to image Best location Outdoors Indoors Best position of the camera Far from the movement Close to the movement Alarms Likelier to miss alarms, especially in low light Likelier to generate false alarms, especially in low light Finding motion while searching Likelier to find specific motion Likelier to find any motion Narrow
Advanced Features Setting Up the Target Area 1 Select the target area’s shape from the draw zone list. 2 Click and drag to form the target area. Custom shapes must form an enclosed boundary. Active zones have scrolling borders. Click a target area to activate it. Right-click to deactivate it. Inactive zones have static borders. Draw Zone: Defines a target area for an alarm or filter. You can draw multiple areas. Areas can overlap, but not completely.
Advanced Features Determining Minimum Object Size Click Size to change the default size of an object. An object larger than the selected or default size triggers the alarm. Target area with a sizing object. Drag its handles to change the object’s size and aspect ratio. Changes the minimum size of an object that triggers an alarm. Preserves the aspect ratio as size is adjusted. Specifying an Object’s Direction Direction arrows are 45° apart.
Advanced Features Specifying an Object’s Minimum Speed Click Speed to change an object’s default speed. Objects moving faster than the selected speed trigger the alarm. The default direction is every direction. An object moves through the draw zone and target area in the specified direction at the indicated speed. When you click Speed, the object moves in the active direction and loops through the zone at the selected speed. Click the arrows to indicate another direction.
Advanced Features Factor Occlusions and obstructions Comment/Recommendation Set up the camera such that no objects totally block (occlude) objects of interest in the camera’s view. When someone walks behind something that totally blocks that person in the camera’s view, Intellex predicts where the person will be next based on his speed when last seen. The more a person is blocked in the camera’s field of view, the more prediction errors may occur.
Advanced Features Viewing an Activity Log 1 From the main screen, click Utility. The Utility Options screen appears. 2 Click Activity Log to view activity a user performs on the Intellex after logging in. 3 From the Range box, select a time frame. If you select Specify, select start and end dates and times for the filter. 4 Click Retrieve to see all activity meeting your criteria. Modify the results by defining User, Category, and Activity.
Advanced Features Monitoring Hard Drive Health Intellex now offers a feature to monitor and anticipate whether a hard drive's health is failing, and if so, notify the user. The drive attributes that Intellex monitors are manufacturer-specific, so these vary for each user’s system. Problems include reliability, temperature, and volume errors. If one of these screens appears, click Storage Setup. Solutions include: • Replacing the affected hard drive as soon as possible.
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Index A E Adjusting Target Area Settings 30 Advanced Search 23 Alarm Stage Generating Alarms 15 Alarms Clearing 15 managing 15 American Dynamics Handler 26 Apply selected exceptions as a group 27 Archiving to Tape 18 Archiving Video 18 Archive button disabled 18 Archive button enabled 18 Area Image 5 Associating Text Streams with Cameras 26 Exiting to Windows 35 Export to CD-R(W) 14 F Finding Video Segments 8 G General Text Handler 26 Generating Receipt Definitions 26 Generating Text Alarms 27 Grant of
Index O T Overview, Intellex SDK 21 Text Options 24 P U Pattern definition 11 Pattern and Preset Camera Controls 11 Personal Identification Number 3 Playing Back Video Clips 16 Playing Restored Images 19 Preset definition 11 Preset Overlay View 12 Utility Options 6 R Resetting Archive Flags 19 Restoring Images from Tape 19 Reviewing Alarms 15 clearing all 15 V VCR Control 16 View Single Pane 5 Viewing Live Video 9 Sequencing 9 Z Zoom Image Area 5 Zooming in on an Image Area 5 S Screen Format 5 S
