Recorder Configuration Manual

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1 Recorder Configuration Manual Smarter Surveillance for a Safer World

2 Contents Contents Contents Legal notice Copyright Trademarks Address Support Reporting a software problem i ix ix ix ix x x Introduction 1 Functional overview 2 Sample System Layout 3 Server 3 Redundant system management 3 Redundant recording 4 Client Manager 4 Report mode 4 Configuration mode 4 LPR mode 4 Installation 5 Information on installation 5 Setup types 6 Firewalls 6 System requirements 6 General requirements for the Ocularis Recorder Components 6 Requirements for remotely controlling the Ocularis Recorder Manager 6 Requirements for the Help system 7 Modules 7 Type of installation 7 Standard installation 9 Manager installation 11 Installation of Device Manager 12 Carrying out a Custom installation 14 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. i

3 Contents Installing and configuring the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService and the UpdateAgent 17 Installing the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService 18 Configuring the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService 18 Manually configuring and activating the UpdateAgent 18 Updating, customizing, repair and uninstallation 19 Updating 19 Customization and repair 19 Uninstallation 20 Login 21 Logging in for the first time 22 Advanced options 22 Extending the network timeout 23 The user interface 24 The menu bar 25 File 25 Client configuration 25 Client 26 Analytics 27 Warnings 28 Input devices 28 Changing the font color 29 Changing the language 29 Changing the password 29 Changing the user 29 Switch installation 30 Installation Manager 30 Requirements 30 Select and add an installation 31 Reorder installations 31 Disconnect and reconnect a installation 31 Edit installations 31 Delete saved installations 31 View 31 LPR master data editor 32 Creating a new license plate (1) 32 Editing a license plate (2) 34 Deleting a license plate (3) 34 Displaying (4) and restoring (5) deleted license plates 34 Deleting a history (6) 34 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. ii

4 Contents Deleting a license plate permanently (7) 34 Switching the view (8) 35 Refresh the view (9) 35 Search for a license plate (10) 35 Exporting and importing license plates (11) 35 Tools 35 Info 35 Request product ID 36 Import license file 36 Activate license 36 Show license 36 Show program information 37 Show system information 37 Help 37 User's Guide 37 Start problem recording 37 Display Help icons 38 The mode bar 38 The control bar 38 Showing/hiding a tab 39 Search 39 Searching in configuration mode 39 Report mode 40 Filtering the analysis 40 Exporting the analysis 41 Saving a query 41 Configuration mode 42 Searching for objects 42 Additional settings 42 The Configuration wizard 42 Creating a camera 43 Creating an alarm 43 Find cameras 43 Searching for devices 43 Adding individual devices 44 Adding multiple devices 45 Company 45 About the relationship between the company and its branches 45 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. iii

5 Contents Working with branches 46 Creating a branch or branch group 46 Editing the name of a branch or branch group 46 Organizing branches in groups 46 Deleting a branch or branch group 46 Displaying a branch overview 47 Administration 47 Functions 47 Editing menu 48 Concept 48 Schematic diagram of rights and profiles 48 Administrative rights and user rights 49 Multi-level administration 49 Cameras 49 Creating a new camera 50 Selecting and deselecting multiple cameras at once 51 Configuring multiple cameras 51 Configuring a camera 52 Encoder/camera 52 General 52 Digital inputs 52 Camera 53 General 53 Image storage - Multimedia database 53 Image storage - Edge storage 55 Video streams 55 Audio 56 Camera positions 57 Video data export 57 Server side functions 57 Camera side operation 58 Record on motion 59 Duplicating a camera 59 Deleting a camera 60 Converting a camera 60 Other hardware 60 Working with other hardware 60 Creating new hardware 61 Configuring hardware 61 Deleting hardware 61 Duplicating hardware 62 SeeTec 62 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. iv

6 Contents SeeTec network I/O 62 General 62 Inputs 62 Outputs 63 VoIP 63 General 63 Voice over IP recording 63 SeeTec Video Analytics 64 License plate recognition 64 Lane configuration 64 List configuration 65 Advantech 65 General 65 Inputs 65 Outputs 66 Wago 66 General 66 Inputs 66 Outputs 66 Third-party interface 66 eyevis wall 67 General 67 SPC alarm system 67 General 67 Areas 67 Rules 67 Users 68 Creating a new user 68 Configuring a user 68 General 68 Password 69 Managing user rights 69 Managing administrative rights 70 Deleting a user 70 Duplicating a user 70 Groups 70 Creating a new group 71 Configuring a group 71 General 72 Rights options 72 Using Windows Active Directory 72 Managing user group rights 72 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. v

7 Contents Managing administrative rights 73 Deleting a group 73 Duplicating a group 73 Time management 73 Creating a new time management template 73 Configuring a time management template 74 Deleting a time management template 74 Duplicating a time management template 74 Alarms 74 Creating a new alarm scenario 74 Creating an alarm scenario with the wizard 75 Configuring an alarm scenario 75 General 75 Start 76 Expert mode 76 End 76 Persons involved 76 Server 76 and FTP 77 Deleting an alarm scenario 77 Duplicating an alarm scenario 77 Create Alarm Scenarios for Configured Motion 78 Buttons 80 Creating a new button 80 Configuring a button 81 General 81 Action 81 Deleting a button 81 Duplicating a button 81 Patrols 82 General information on Patrols 82 Creating a new Patrol 82 Configuring a Patrol 82 General 83 Actions 83 Deleting a Patrol 83 Duplicating a Patrol 83 License plate groups 84 Creating a new license plate group 84 Configuring a license plate group 84 Deleting a license plate group 84 Duplicating a license plate group 84 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. vi

8 Contents Server 85 Configuring a CoreService 85 Configuring a Device Manager (DM) 85 General 85 Options 85 Video data export 86 Automatically export video to the server 86 Configuring the global OCR settings 86 Configuring the LPR module 87 Configuring the transcoding module 87 Configuring the generic DVR module 88 System 89 Using video classification 89 Configuring video classification names 89 Configuring the company calendar 90 Setting up a holiday calendar file 91 Configuring the backup 91 Configuring the Event Manager 92 General 92 Error/warning/info 92 Configuring the SMTP server 93 Configuring the Manager 93 Alarm addresses and system addresses 93 Configuring the SNMP server 93 SNMP v1/v2 94 SNMP v3 94 Configuring the NAT list 94 LPR mode 95 Editing LPR master data 95 Displaying license plate recognition details 95 Player 95 Call license plate 96 Administration Tools 97 Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool 98 Switching the display language 99 Creating a new configuration file 99 Adding an LPR module 99 Adding a Transcoding engine module 100 Adding a gateway service module 101 Adding an Analytics interface module 101 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. vii

9 Contents Adding server-based motion detection module 102 Adding a Generic DVR module 103 Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool 104 General settings 105 Management database (MaxDB) 105 Backup and restore 105 Increase storage space (add volume) 106 Cache 106 Multimedia database 107 About zones 107 Add zone 108 Add zone in network drive 108 Editing a zone 109 Remove zone 109 Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager 109 Switching the display language 109 Editing the settings 110 Starting and stopping the services 110 Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer Configuration Tool 111 Configuring the UpdateService 112 Manually triggering an action 113 Configuring a group 113 Creating a group 114 Renaming a group 114 Deleting a group 114 Update and patch settings 115 Editing the Server configuration 116 Configuring the FTP server 117 Import of updates and patches at the UpdateAgent 117 Command line parameters 118 Shortcut keys 120 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. viii

10 Legal notice Legal notice This document is an integral part of the software shipped by On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. (OnSSI) (referred to hereinafter as the vendor) and describes how to use and configure the software and the associated components. The English version of the document is the original version. All translations are based on the English original. Copyright This document is protected by copyright. It is not permissible to pass on the information it contains to third parties without the vendor's expression permission. Any infringements will result in claims for damages. Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Android is a trademark of Google Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this content are trademarks of their respective owners. This text is intended for general information purposes only and due care has been taken in its preparation. Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient, and nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty. OnSSI reserves the right to make adjustments without prior notification. All names and people and organizations used in the examples in this content are fictitious. Any resemblance to any actual organization or person, living or dead, is purely coincidental and unintended. This product may make use of third party software for which specific terms and conditions may apply. OnSSI and the Eye logo are registered trademarks of On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. Ocularis, Ocularis Client, Ocularis Client Lite, Ocularis Video Synopsis, NetEVS, NetDVMS, NetDVR, ProSight, NetGuard, NetGuard-EVS, NetSwitcher, NetMatrix, NetCentral, NetTransact, NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Patents Applied For in the U.S. and Abroad Address On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. One Blue Hill Plaza Pearl River, NY Tel: (845) info@onssi.com Internet: Subject to alterations, errors and misprints. Rev code: SP1 R7 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. ix

11 Support Support Reporting a software problem If you discover a software problem, report it to us at suport@onssi.com. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. x

12 1 Introduction Ocularis is OnSSI s innovative and cost effective open platform Video Management Software (VMS) designed to enhance your security while simplifying your daily workload. From convenience stores to citywide deployments and everything in between, Ocularis can scale up to accommodate an infinite number of cameras to match your growing system needs. Ocularis lets you record both analog video and video from newly integrated IP network cameras, and can become your Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) platform, putting you in control of advanced tools and enhanced integrations like smart motion detection, access control, biometrics, and behavior analytics. The Ocularis platform is offered in three feature sets Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes and types. For more information, go to On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 1

13 2 Functional overview Ocularis Recorders consist of various services that communicate with each other within a closed network and over the Internet. Installations are possible on multiple computers, and an unlimited number of servers, clients and devices can be added to the system. In addition, the database can be installed at multiple distributed sites (multicore) to ensure network independence. The system essentially consists of server applications and client applications. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 2

14 Functional overview Sample System Layout Server One or more server applications manage the connected devices and databases, providing the clients with the required data. Redundant system management The video management system has the option of redundancy of the core service master (central core service) in the form of a core service slave (redundant core service). The redundancy concept sets the core service slave as the primary active contact and makes it available for the services. If the core service slave fails, the core service master automatically takes over its tasks. This allows the active clients to continue operating virtually without interruption and without requiring restart. Restart is also available without restrictions. The failure of the connection to the core service slave is shown immediately on occurrence in the GUI of the Ocularis Recorder Manager (that is currently running on the server). The system switches back to the core service slave as soon as the connection is re-established. During the failure of the core service slave or the core service master, the essential functions of the Ocularis Recorder Manager remain available. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 3

15 Functional overview If the connection to the core service master fails, the configuration, report mode, backup and vertical modules of the system are not available, but the system can continue to be operated. This feature is supported in Ocularis Enterprise and Ocularis Ultimate. Redundant recording If a device manager (multimedia database) fails, the concept of redundant recording offers the option of assigning the cameras assigned to the device manager to be assigned to a predefined different device manager. The second device manager can be a standard device manager or a device manager specifically defined for redundancy purposes. This feature is supported in Ocularis Ultimate. Client Manager A 'client' application has a user interface that makes one or more modes available to the user (see below). Multiple client applications can access a single server application. With Ocularis Recorders, the client application used to configure the recorder is called the 'Ocularis Recorder Manager'. Report mode In report mode the events that occur (e.g. alarms and user logins and logouts) are displayed and can be analyzed. Configuration mode All settings and adjustments made to the system are made in configuration mode. These include the multiple configuration of video sources (e.g. cameras), user authorization management and user interface settings. LPR mode License plate recognition (OCR) of the live images of the applicable cameras is performed on the server. In LPR mode, the recognized license plates are compared with the stored master data and can be linked to actions. This mode is available with Ocularis Enterprise and Ocularis Ultimate. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 4

16 3 Installation Information on installation Multiple scripts are used for installation, so you should disable any active virus scanners for the duration of installation. The Ocularis Recorder must not be installed on a compressed drive, since this can result in problems with the database. A drive on which Ocularis Recorder is already installed must not be compressed subsequently. DirectX is installed during installation, and Microsoft.NET Framework 4 as well, which may require a restart in the case of a first-time installation. If you receive an error message telling you that DirectX could not be installed, you must install it subsequently. You will find the setup file (DXSETUPexe) in the installation folder. Use only this version that is shipped with the software. Before installation, the ZIP packed files must be unpacked. After unpacking, the files are located in the folder \DirectX9c. When firewalls or virus scanners are used, you should disable the web guard/browser protection function or a similar function, since these programs prevent communication between the server services. The use of web guards, behavioral monitoring etc. (e.g. of virus scanners) is not supported. The web client supported with Ocularis v5.0 is supported on many browsers but Google Chrome is recommended. (see list of browsers below). In order for users to access video via a browser, two services must be installed: Transcoding Service and Gateway Service. These services may be installed on a separate computer or one that is shared with other recording components (such as a Core or DM) On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 5

17 Installation Setup types Manager & Server. This installation type installs the manager and server modules on the computer. Manager. This installation type installs only the Ocularis Recorder Manager software modules. Device Manager. This installation type installs only the Ocularis Recorder Manager and the server services for the cameras (DM/MDS) on the selected computer. User-defined. In a user-defined installation, it is possible to install only specific components on a computer. Firewalls Multiple ports on the server computer must be available by default to allow the Ocularis Recorder software to function correctly in a network environment with a firewall. These are in the range from to (TCP communication), (TCP, AutoUpdate) and (UDP, image transmission). The client must also be accessible at ports , (TCP) and (UDP). The TCP alarm ports of the camera must also be accessible on the server computer that administers a camera to guarantee alarm processing. Some cameras use the RTSP over RTP over UDP standard for MPEG4 image transmission. In this case, the server sends the requirements (e.g. frame rate and resolution) to the camera via TCP port 554. The camera sends the image data to the server via a UDP port. The corresponding ports must therefore not be blocked between the camera and the server. System requirements General requirements for the Ocularis Recorder Components The performance requirements of the Ocularis Recorder server services depend, above all, on the video volume transferred and the storage hardware. The server software (CoreService) can only be installed on computers with the NTFS file system. For the server, an additional 25 MB of RAM should be available for each camera. Please note that the hardware requirements depend very greatly on the configuration. OnSSI recommends a 64-bit operating system for data-intensive clients in order to enable the use of the 64-bit Ocularis Recorder Manager application. If in doubt contact OnSSI Tech Support. For each server, a maximum of 250 devices can be integrated with 64-bit operating systems. Depending on the configuration (high resolution/frame rate), this number may also be reduced. There can be no more than 250 servers in a distributed installation. Requirements for remotely controlling the Ocularis Recorder Manager The Ocularis Recorder Manager application can be remotely controlled with applications such as Windows Remote Desktop or Teamviewer remote control software..net 4.5 framework On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 6

18 Installation Requirements for the Help system Current browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome) with JavaScript activated Modules Modules Supported operating systems Notes Core ServiceDevice Management Multimedia DatabaseVersatile Applications (i.e. LPR) SDK Ocularis Recorder Manager Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows 8 (Standard, Professional, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (Standard, Enterprise) 32 and 64 BitMicrosoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Standard) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows 7 (Home Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows 8 (Standard, Professional, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Standard, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Standard) 32 and 64 Bit Only listed OS are supported Windows embedded not supported Windows 8.1 is not yet supported Windows 2012 R2 is not yet supported Windows 2008 R2 (64 Bit) is recommended Contact OnSSI Tech Support for use of Virtual Machines Only listed OS are supported Windows embedded not supported Windows 8.1 is not yet supported Windows 2012 R2 is not yet supported Windows 7 (64 Bit) is recommended Type of installation Type of installation Hardware requirements Notes Core Service CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i or Xeon with at least 2 GHz (Intel Xeon Processor E recommended) RAM: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB or more recommended) HDD: Minimum 50 GB free hard disk 8 GB RAM recommended, if more than 50 video channels configured 16 GB RAM recommended, if more than 250 video channels configured 32 GB RAM recommended, On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 7

19 Installation Type of installation Core Service Device Management Device Management Ocularis Recorder Manager Versatile Applications (i.e. LPR) Hardware requirements space available (7200 RPM or faster recommended) Network : Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s or faster CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i or Xeon with at least 2 GHz (Intel Xeon Processor E recommended) RAM: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB or more recommended) HDD: Minimum 50 GB free hard disk space available (7200 RPM or faster recommended) Network : Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s or faster CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i or Xeon with at least 2 GHz (Intel Xeon Processor E recommended) RAM: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB or more recommended) HDD: Minimum 50 GB free hard disk space available (7200 RPM or faster recommended) Network : Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s or faster CPU: Intel Core i3 or better RAM: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB or more recommended) O/S: Microsoft Windows Vista Business, Ultimate, Enterprise (32 or 64 bit); Microsoft Windows 7 Professional, Ultimate or Enterprise (32 or 64 bit); Microsoft Windows 8/8.1 (Standard, Professional, Enterprise) (32 or 64 bit) Graphics Adapter: PCI-Express, 128 MB RAM, Direct 3D supported CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i or Xeon with at least 2 GHz (Intel Xeon Processor E recommended) RAM: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB or more recommended) HDD: Minimum 50 GB free hard disk space available (7200 RPM or faster Notes if more than 1000 video channels configured 8 GB RAM recommended, if more than 25 video channels configured 16 GB RAM recommended, if more than 100 video channel configured 32 GB RAM recommended, if more than 1000 video channels configured max. 250 video channels configured for DM max. 200 MBit/sec. throuput for DM 8 GB RAM recommended, if more than 50 video channels 16 GB RAM recommended, if more than 200 video channels max. 250 video channels max. 400 MBit/sec. throuput Ocularis Recorder Manager does not require a dedicated PC Contact OnSSI Tech Support or Sales Engineering to get a precise recommendation. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 8

20 Installation Type of installation Hardware requirements Notes recommended) Network : Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s or faster As always, we recommend checking our website for the most up-to-date hardware recommendations. Standard installation The standard installation installs the system with the managers (configuration application also called the 'Ocularis Recorder Manager' and device manager) and Server ('Master Core') on a single system ('Manager & Server'). 1. Click the download button for the Ocularis Recorder to download the installation files from the Ocularis Component Downloads web page. 2. Choose to Run the application to launch the installer. 3. Select the installation language. You can configure the language of the user interface after installation. 4. Click OK to start installation. 5. At the Welcome screen, click Next. 6. Read the software license agreement, accept the terms and then click Next. The program can only be installed if the End User License Agreement is accepted. 7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. 8. Select 'Manager & Server' as the Setup Type. Click Next. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 9

21 Installation The Host field of the Management Service in disabled and should state 'localhost'. The port number of the Management service is set at '60000'. If the port number must be changed, contact OnSSI Tech Support. 9. In the Host field for IP address/host name for server communication, enter the IP Address for the Device Manager. You can do this typing it in or selecting it from the drop-down list labeled IP addresses/host names found. This should be the IP Address of the computer you are running the installation on. If there are multiple NIC cards on the PC but are not in use or do not have valid IP addresses be sure to deactivate the network adapters for the unused NICs. Neither the IP nor the host name "localhost" may be used for communication with the server in this 'Host' field. The 'Update service Host' field should identify where the Update Service SVR component is installed. By default, using this installation option, the Update Service SVR component is installed on this computer along with the Master Core. If you need to install the Update Service SVR component on a different computer, use the 'Custom' installation option. The Update Service will provide automated updates to the installed recorder components. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 10

22 Installation Click Next. 10. Alter the existing path for image storage, or delete or add additional folder paths. Additional locations for video storage may be added now or after the software has been installed. If the folder is created on a network drive, enter the complete UNC path. Example: 1 If the network drive is protected with a user name and password, select Using network authorization and click Authorization. Enter the user name and password for accessing the network drive, and then click OK. Ensure that the specified user is available locally and that the domain is included in the user name field (e.g. "Domain\\User name"). It is important to use a zone that is in a sub-folder of a drive. Do not use the root of a drive for a zone. Click Next. 11. Click Install. 12. When asked, accept the EULA (End User License Agreement) for installing the DirectX 9 component. This window may appear behind the primary installation window. The Ocularis Recorder components: Core Server, Device Manager and Recorder Manager are now installed on your computer.. Manager installation In the 'Manager' installation, only the configuration application (Ocularis Recorder Manager) is installed on the computer. 1 "\\IP address\release name\path..." On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 11

23 Installation 1. Click the download button for the Ocularis Recorder to download the installation files from the Ocularis Component Downloads web page. 2. Choose to Run the application to launch the installer. 3. Select the installation language. You can configure the language of the user interface after installation. 4. Click OK to start installation. 5. At the Welcome screen, click Next. 6. Read the software license agreement, accept the terms and then click Next. The program can only be installed if the End User License Agreement is accepted. 7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. 8. Select 'Manager' as the Setup Type and click Next. 9. Click Install to begin the installation. 10. Enter the IP address for the Update Service SVR component on the 'Server services' installation screen. The Update Service SVR component is by default installed on the same server as the Master Core. Check with your System Administrator if you are unsure as to where this service is located. The Update Service will provide automated updates to the Ocularis Recorder Manager software. 11. When asked, accept the EULA (End User License Agreement for installing the DirectX 9 component. This window may appear behind the primary installation window The Ocularis Recorder Manager is then installed on your computer. To find out how to start the program and modules, see Login. Installation of Device Manager In the Device Manager installation, only the database modules for the image database are installed together with the Ocularis Recorder Manager on a different computer from the already installed Ocularis Recorder Manager and Core server. The Device Manager reduces the utilization of the core server because the image database is located partially or entirely on the another server. In order to configure the Device Manager server, you need an installed and configured Ocularis Recorder Manager and Core server (see Standard installation). 1. Click the download button for the Ocularis Recorder to download the installation files from the Ocularis Component Downloads web page. 2. Choose to Run the application to launch the installer. 3. Select the installation language. You can configure the language of the user interface after installation. 4. Click OK to start installation. 5. At the Welcome screen, click Next. 6. Read the software license agreement, accept the terms and then click Next. The program can only be installed if the End User License Agreement is accepted. 7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 12

24 Installation 8. Select 'Device Manager' as the setup type and click Next. 9. In the Management service area, specify the IP address of the Master Core in the Host field. Leave the port number unchanged at '60000'. In the IP address/host name for server communication area, the IP address of the Device Manager should be placed in the Host field. This can be done either by typing it in or by selecting it from the IP address/host names found drop-down list. The list shows you all of the existing network addresses and host names of the PC or server. If there is more than one network adapter on this computer, be sure to select the correct one. Neither the IP nor the host name "localhost" may be used for communication with the server. The 'Update service Host' field should identify where the Update Service SVR component is installed. By default, this service is installed on the Master Core server. Enter the IP address for the computer with the Update Service SVR component in this Host field. Port is used by the Update Service. The Update Service will provide automated software updates to the installed recorder components. Click Next. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 13

25 Installation 10. Alter the existing path for image storage, or delete or add additional folder paths. Additional locations for video storage may be added now or after the software has been installed. If the folder is created on a network drive, enter the complete UNC path. This is also known as a 'Zone'. Example "\\Server name\release name\path..." or "\\IP address\release name\path..." If the network drive is protected with a user name and password, select Using network authorization and click Authorization. Enter the user name and password for accessing the network drive, and then click OK. Ensure that the specified user is available locally and that the domain is included in the user name field (e.g. "Domain\\User name"). It is important to use a zone that is in a sub-folder of a drive. Do not use the root of a drive for a zone. 11. Click Next. 12. Click Install. The Device Manager server is then installed on your computer. 13. Launch the 'Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager' from the Windows Start menu in the Ocularis Recorder folder. 14. Use the Service Manager to start the services. The Device Manager server connects to the main server automatically. The required ports for communication between the device manager and the main server must be open. 15. Configure the system with the Ocularis Recorder Manager. Carrying out a Custom installation In a 'Custom' installation you can install selected modules. It is also possible to install an additional core server in slave mode that serves as a redundant server and thus increases the reliability of the core server. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 14

26 Installation 1. Click the download button for the Ocularis Recorder to download the installation files from the Ocularis Component Downloads web page. 2. Choose to Run the application to launch the installer. 3. Select the installation language. You can configure the language of the user interface after installation. 4. Click OK to start installation. 5. At the Welcome screen, click Next. 6. Read the software license agreement, accept the terms and then click Next. The program can only be installed if the End User License Agreement is accepted. 7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. 8. Select 'Custom' as the setup type and click Next. 9. Select the desired services and features. Core Service Slave and Core Service Master cannot both be installed simultaneously on the same machine. Manager Components: Manager (32-bit): this is the Ocularis Recorder Manager client application used to configure the recorder. Use this for 32-bit operating systems Manager (64-bit): this is the Ocularis Recorder Manager client application used to configure the recorder. Use this for 64-bit operating systems WebClient: not used in this version Server Components: CoreService Master: The master core services and management database CoreService Slave: The slave core services and management database. DeviceManager & MediaDatabaseService: The services for the Device Manager and Media Database. These services are responsible for image handling processes. Update Service: The server component service that automates software updating. OPC Service: The 'Open Platform Communications' interface provides a standardized data exchange between applications and devices in real time. Gateway Service: not used in this version Transcoding Service: not used in this version Analytics: The server side components for video analytics features such as license plate recognition On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 15

27 Installation You can deselect services and features that are not required. IMPORTANT: if a previously installed service is deselected, it will be removed. 10. Click Next. 11. This screen is dynamic based on the components you selected to install. If you are installing only a Master Core Server: Management service/host and Port: these fields are disabled but should contain 'localhost' and '60000' IP address/host name for server communication-host: this field should contain the IP Address of the Master Core Server If you are installing only a Master Save Server: Management service/host and Port: Enter the IP Address of the Master Core in the Host field and '60000' in the Port field. IP address/host name for server communication-host: these fields are disabled. If you are installing only a Device Manager: Management service/host and Port: Enter the IP Address of the Master Core in the Host field and '60000' in the Port field. IP address/host name for server communication-host: this field should contain the IP address of the Device Manager If you are installing a Master Core Server and a Device Manager: Management service/host and Port: these fields are disabled but should be 'localhost' and '60000' IP address/host name for server communication-host: this field should contain the IP Address of the Master Core Server If you are installing a Slave Core Server and a Device Manager: Management service/host and Port: Enter the IP Address of the Master Core in the Host field and '60000' in the Port field. IP address/host name for server communication-host: this field should contain the IP address of the Device Manager On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 16

28 Installation The Host field in the IP address/host name for server communication area should be populated by selecting it from the drop-down menu or you may enter it manually. The drop-down list shows you all of the existing network addresses of the PC or server. If there is more than one network adapter on this computer, be sure to select the correct one 12. When ready, click Install. 13. If asked, accept the EULA (end user license agreement) for installing the DirectX 9 component. This window may be behind the primary installation window. The modules and services are now installed on your computer. Installing and configuring the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService and the UpdateAgent The Ocularis Recorder UpdateService installs the downloaded updates and patches on the connected components. This enables automatic installation of updates and patches for multiple components. For this, the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService is installed on the core service master. The UpdateAgent will be automatically installed and activated on the associated components. The UpdateService was introduced with Ocularis v5.1. The Update Service is a service that will automatically check online for updates to recording system components and download the update if it is available. Recorder updates are typically made available once per month. By default, the system will check for the update nightly at 3:00 a.m. and if found, will download and install the update patch. These settings may be modified. There are two components to the UpdateService: the Update Service SVR (Server module) and the Update Service Agents (Client module). By default, the SVR module (or service) will be installed on the Master Core (unless unchecked using hte 'Custom' installation option). You may also install this service on a separate server, however there should be only one instance of the server module in an ENT or ULT system. For PRO, the Update Service SVR service should be installed on each Master Core Server (it will be by default). Components installed on remote/satellite PCs will have an Update Service Agent installed by default. This allows the Update Service SVR to communicate and push any updates out to Agents on the remote machines. Therefore, if you decide to use the default and include the Update Service SVR (Server) on the Master Core server, use either the 'Manager & Server' installation option or the 'Custom' installation option. With the 'Custom' installation option, be sure that 'Update Service' is amonth the checkboxes selected. If you choose to install the Update Service SVR (Server) on a server other than the Master Core, be sure to use the 'Custom' option and that 'UpdateService' is among the checkboxes selected when installing the Update Service. Once the UpdateService SVR option is installed, if you decide to use the 'Custom' installation option to install other components, the 'Update Service' should be unchecked (since it is already installed). The Update Service uses ports and It is advised to keep these default values. If you need to change these port numbers, please contact OnSSI Technical Support prior to doing so. Installing the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService 18 Configuring the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService 18 Manually configuring and activating the UpdateAgent 18 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 17

29 Installation Installing the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService The UpdateService is installed on the main server (core service master, CSM) by default (see Installation of Device Manager). To install and run the UpdateService on a different server than the CSM, it must be removed from the main server before installation (see "Installing and configuring the UpdateService and the UpdateAgent"). Only one server should be the UpdateService server. Having multiple UpdateService servers is not recommended. 1. Select the server that runs the UpdateService. 2. Check that ports and are not blocked by the firewall. By default, the UpdateService uses port and to communicate with the UpdateAgents. 3. Select the "UpdateService" component in the server components of the user-defined installation and install (see Carrying out a Custom installation). 4. If Ocularis Recorder is already installed, run the installer again from the control panel of the operating system and select Change. (To modify installed applications, refer to the operating system manual.) 5. Start the VMS_UPDATESVR service if not already running (see Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager). Configuring the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService The configuration application will be installed automatically with the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService on the server. For configuration settings, see the section on the Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer Configuration Tool. Manually configuring and activating the UpdateAgent The UpdateAgent is installed automatically (see Standard installation). After installation, the UpdateAgent is enabled and configured by the installer by default. If the IP address of the UpdateServer has changed, the UpdateAgent has to be configured manually in the configuration file of the UpdateAgent. 1. Open the configuration file "/conf/updateclient.conf.xml" in the installation directory. 2. Set the new IP address of the UpdateService. The IP address is identical to the network address of the client with the UpdateService installed. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 18

30 Installation Example 1 3. Restart the VMS_UPDATER service. For restarting, see Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager. Updating, customizing, repair and uninstallation Updating If a previous version of the Ocularis Recorder is already installed, Customization and repair Use this option if you need to modify the installation (i.e. add or remove components) of the current PC. 1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Programs and Features. 2. Select Ocularis Recorder, and then click Change or Repair. 3. Select the desired option. 4. To update the program, select "Modify" and then Next. This allows you to carry out a user-defined installation, in which you can install and uninstall the modules and services you choose (see Carrying out a Custom installation). 1 updateclient.conf.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <ServerInformation xmlns:xsi=" xmlns:xsdd=" <ip> </ip> <port>63000</port> </ServerInformation> On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 19

31 Installation 5. To repair the program, select "Repair" and then Next. Ocularis Recorder tries to repair and reinstall any damaged program components itself. 6. To remove the program from the hard disk, select "Remove" and then Next. All components of the program except for the configuration settings are deleted from the hard disk and removed from the directory services. 7. To completely remove all traces of the program after uninstallation, delete the remaining folder in C:\Program Files manually. Uninstallation 1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Programs and Features. 2. Select Ocularis Recorder, and then click Uninstall. All components of the program except for the configuration settings are deleted from the hard disk and removed from the directory services. 3. To completely remove all traces of the program after uninstallation, delete the remaining folder in C:\Program Files manually. This step is necessary when performing a "clean installation", as the MaxDB data base will be migrated when not removed manually. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 20

32 4 Login Once the system is installed, you have to log in with the Ocularis Recorder Manager in order to use the installed services. To automate the startup of the Manager, multiple Command line parameters can be passed at startup in order, for example, to start the application with a different language or with predefined passwords. 1. Start the Ocularis Recorder Manager in the Ocularis Recorder folder on the Windows Start menu or from the desktop icon. 2. Enter the IP address of the Master core in the 'Server' field. 3. Enter the name of the user and the password. The first time you log in, the credentials are admin / admin. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 21

33 Login Make sure the user name and password are entered correctly, because the system distinguishes between upper and lower case (case-sensitive). 4. Apply your entry by clicking the blue check mark. Logging in for the first time 22 Advanced options 22 Extending the network timeout 23 Logging in for the first time 1. If you are logging in for the first time (i.e. without installing Ocularis Recorder beforehand), you have to modify the default user password. 2. Enter the user name ("admin") and default password ("admin"). 3. Enter your new password. 4. Disable Enforce secure password if you do not require increased password security. 5. We recommend to NOT enter a second password. Advanced options In the advanced options you can configure additional user management functions. 1. Click Advanced options in the login window. 2. From the drop-down list, you can select a different server in the network. 3. Enter a second password if you wish. We do NOT recommend this when using Ocularis. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 22

34 Login 4. In the drop-down menu, select a comment or enter a new comment. Commenting can be used to store additional information for the selected login. 5. In order to access an Active Directory service for the purpose of user management, select Use Active Directory and use your Windows login details to enter the user name and password. This must have already been set up by the system administrator. 6. Select Remember user name and Remember password in order to avoid having to specify the user data. The system enters the specified user name and password in the login window. 7. Select Log user in automatically to go straight to the user interface when the program starts up. 8. Select Use NAT to use the manager to access a different server over the Internet. Deselect this option if no internet connection is required. If you forget the administrator's password and haven't added any users to the administrator group, it is no longer possible to access the system configuration settings. Extending the network timeout If the Manager application cannot connect to the server because the time to connect is exceeded, a failure message is displayed. Extend the timeout interval and click OK. The login window is displayed. 1. Apply your entry by clicking the blue check mark. The manager is started in report mode. The manager will try to reconnect to the server within the new extended interval. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 23

35 5 The user interface The Ocularis Recorder user interface is subdivided into five different sections: The mode bar (1), which allows you to select the modes (see The mode bar) The menu bar (2), which allows you to choose functions regardless of the mode selected (see The menu bar) On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 24

36 The user interface The "The user interface" (3), which is the main window for displaying the selected mode functions and depending on which mode is selected the Information control (4), which is displayed in the lower part of the work area. Similar to a browser window, the work area can be displayed on multiple tabs.the information control is used for the alarm list and system messages in surveillance mode, and for displaying search results in configuration mode The control bar (5), which contains the tabs for controlling the contents of the work area (see The control bar) The menu bar The menu bar contains the menus you can use regardless of the mode you have selected: File (1). Changes the settings of the manager, the language, password, profile, installation, installation manager, and switches the user. View (2). Manages the settings of the connected monitors as well as the LPR master data. Tools (3). Allows you to configure the manual reference image. Info (4). Displays information on the system and license. Help (5). Calls the Help system and provides options for solving problems. Screen background of the main window (bright) (6). This function makes the screen background of the main window brighter. Screen background of the main window (dark) (7). This function makes the screen background of the main window darker (except when the configuration mode is active) File This menu displays the following options: Client configuration 25 Changing the font color 29 Changing the language 29 Changing the password 29 Changing the user 29 Switch installation 30 Installation Manager 30 Client configuration The settings of the client are stored locally in the Windows user profile. They can only be On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 25

37 The user interface changed by a user with administrator rights. Client 1. The following items on the Client tab are not supported in this version: Disable alarm toast messages Disable system notification toast messages All items under Thumbnails All items under Automatic login for display agent 2. Select Show filtered search results only to display only the search results relevant for the selected branch. 3. Select Show camera media time with milliseconds to display more granularity in the camera time. 4. Select a web browser to be used for displaying the online help. If no browser is specified, the standard browser defined in the operating system settings will be used. 5. Make entries for Maximum number of events in report mode to specify the maximum number of events displayed in report mode. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 26

38 The user interface Analytics 1. Select the Analytics tab. 2. Select which tracking data should be displayed: Objects Classification Counts Object path Rules On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 27

39 The user interface Warnings 1. Select the Warnings tab. 2. Select Suppress warning about time difference to server to suppress a warning if there are more than ten seconds of time difference between client and server. 3. Select Suppress warning about low screen resolution to suppress a warning if the screen used does not have a high enough resolution (see System requirements). 4. Select Suppress warning about MDS zone full to prevent a warning when the storage depth limit of the multimedia database is reached. 5. Select Suppress warning about different streaming settings in configuration mode to suppress the warning that recording losses can occur if there are discrepancies between the settings for standard and alarm recording in MPEG-4/H.264 recording. 6. Select Delete entities without confirmation in configuration mode to delete the entity (camera, time template, alarm, button, etc.) without receiving a request for confirmation when you click the Delete button in configuration mode. Input devices 1. Select the Input devices tab. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 28

40 The user interface 2. All input devices, such as joysticks, that are connected to the system and available before startup of the client are displayed. Any combination of devices is supported. Every device can be configured independently of the others. 3. Select from the list the device you want to configure. The device's functions are listed on the right-hand side of the dialog box. 4. Activate the device. 5. If necessary, activate the z-axis (depending on the hardware). 6. Press the joystick button to which you want to assign an action, and then select the desired action. 7. To use the keyboard for selecting and displaying cameras, activate Enable virtual sequence. Contact OnSSI Tech Support for more details. Changing the font color The font colors for the user interface can be configured. 1. Choose Font colors from the File menu. 2. Set the color for the font on a dark background (Color 1), on a light background (Color 2), on a mixed background like the main menu (Color 3), on a mixed background like table heading (Color 4). 3. To revert to the default settings, activate Use default colors. 4. Restart the client for the changes to take effect. Changing the language 1. The Ocularis Recorder Manager user interface is shipped in multiple languages: 2. Choose Change language from the File menu, and then select the desired language. If you select the Windows default, the operating system's language environment is used automatically. 3. Click OK to apply your selection, and then restart the application. Changing the password You can change the user's password at any time. To allow the user to change the password, the respective setting has to be activated in the configuration menu in the user's account configuration. 1. Choose Change password from the File menu, and then enter the new password for the current user. 2. Enter the new password. 3. Click OK to apply the password. Changing the user If multiple users are created, you can change to a different user. 1. Choose Change user from the File menu, and then select the user. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 29

41 The user interface 2. Click OK to confirm your selection. The current user is logged out, and the new user has to log in with a user name and password (see Login). Switch installation If you have installed multiple independent servers, you can connect to a different server. 1. Choose Switch installation from the File menu. 2. Enter the server name or IP address and the user name and password. The current installation is terminated, and the selected installation is started. Installation Manager Adds additional servers to the existing client-server installation in order to provide access to the devices connected to them and displays the current connection status. Connect (1): Connects an available installation Delete (2): Removes the installation from the list Edit (3): Allows editing the installation's connection settings Activate (4): Activates or deactivates the selected installation Requirements The same server version has to be installed on all servers to which a connection is to be established. All of the servers must support multi-installation login. A license must be available for multi-installation login. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 30

42 The user interface Select and add an installation 1. Choose Installation manager from the File menu, and then select the desired servers. 2. If the server is not displayed, add the installation by entering the installation name, the IP address or host name, and the port number of the server. 3. Click Add to confirm your selection. Reorder installations 1. Reorder the list of installations by selecting one object and dragging it to the designated place in the list. Disconnect and reconnect a installation Disconnects connected installations from the current system. The color marker in the symbol indicates the connection state. 1. Click the Disconnect icon (4) of the installation that you want to disconnect. 2. For automatic connecting and disconnecting, click the Enable auto-connect icon or Disable auto-connect icon of the installation. Edit installations 1. Changes the IP address, host name and the port number of the selected server. 2. Click the Edit icon (3) of the installation that you want to change. The selected server is displayed at the bottom of the window. 3. Edit the installation name, the IP address or host name, and the port number of the server. 4. Click Apply to apply the changes. Delete saved installations Cleans up the list of installations most recently called by the Recorder Manager (see also Login). 1. Click the Delete icon (2) of the installation that you no longer want to be available for selection the next time you log in on the Recorder Manager. 2. To delete multiple installations at once, select the installations you want to delete and click Delete selected objects. View The settings are stored locally and have to be made on each client and for each Windows login profile. LPR master data editor 32 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 31

43 The user interface LPR master data editor In the LPR master data editor you can add, modify or delete license plates. The LPR master data editor must be configured in the Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool prior to usage. License plates in the list (12) can be sorted and displayed by license plate groups. 1. Click the arrow beside the name of the license plate group to close it. 2. Click the arrow again to open the license plate group again. Creating a new license plate (1) The window for entering new data is opened automatically as soon as a license plate is recognized by the camera. 1. If the window for entering a new license plate is not opened automatically, click New (1). Automatic opening of the master data editor in the event of unknown license plates can be activated in configuration mode (see Server). On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 32

44 The user interface 2. Enter the new license plate in the text box in the upper left corner if it is not yet displayed. 3. Assign the license plate to a license plate group. License plate groups are created in configuration mode in the License plate groups area. 4. You have the option of entering additional descriptions for the license plate in the LPR master data tab. The name and number of text fields are defined in the Server > Server area in configuration mode. 5. Switch to the Ticket tab and select the validity period for the license plate. The activated time period is displayed in the left column. 6. If you wish to enter a different time period, click Activate and enter the desired time period. This gives every license plate a validity ticket. The status of the ticket is indicated by the different font color and an icon. 7. To see an overview of the changes to the license plate, switch to the History tab. The history shows the initial configuration of the license plate and all subsequent changes. The width of the columns can be adjusted to improve readability. 8. Switch to the notification tab and optionally enter the recipient to whom an is to be sent as soon as the vehicle with the specific license number is recognized. 9. Enter the macro that is to be replaced with the applicable information by the server. The following macros are available: [0] Camera image [1] License plate [2] Group [3] Unknown status [4] date [5] Time On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 33

45 The user interface [6] Lane [7] Module name [10] Master data field 1... [19] Master data field Example: The text in the message "License plate [1] was recognized [4] at [5]." becomes "License plate KA YX 0815 was recognized on at 4:25 pm." in the Click OK to confirm your entries. Editing a license plate (2) 1. Select a license plate in the list of the master data editor and click Edit (2) to change the details for the license plate. See Creating a new license plate (1). Deleting a license plate (3) License plates can be removed from the list of valid license plates. When removed from the list, the license plates lose their validity but are not removed from the database. 1. Select a license plate from the list of the master data editor, and then click Delete (3) to remove the selected license plate from the list. The license plate is hidden. Displaying (4) and restoring (5) deleted license plates 1. Click Display deleted entries (4) to display the list including the deleted (hidden) license plates. 2. Select the deleted license plate (recognizable by the grayed-out text), and then click Restore (5). The license plate is restored in the license plate list. Deleting a history (6) If necessary, you can restore a deleted (hidden) license plate to delete its history. 1. Select the license plate whose history you wish to delete, and then click Delete history (6). Deleting a license plate permanently (7) To remove license plate from the database permanently, they first have to be deleted (i.e. removed from the list). License plates can only be permanently deleted by a user with administrator rights. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 34

46 The user interface 1. Select the license plate that is to be permanently deleted. To delete multiple license plates, select the license plates while pressing and holding the CTRL key. 2. Click Delete permanently (7), and then click OK in response to the query. The license plate is permanently deleted. Switching the view (8) 1. Click Change view (8) to cancel or activate sorting by license plate group in the list (12). Refresh the view (9) 1. Click Refresh view (9) to display any hidden license plates in the list (12). Search for a license plate (10) 1. To search for a license plate in the list (12), enter part of the master data set of the license plate into the search box. The search is started automatically, and the result is displayed in the list (12). 2. Click the X in the search box to save the search. Exporting and importing license plates (11) You can export and import the master data of the license plate as a CSV file (a text file with values separated by semicolons) in order to analyze or prepare it for further import into databases. 1. Select the license plate whose master data you wish to export. To export multiple license plates, select the license plates while pressing and holding the CTRL key. 2. Click Export (11) to export the master data as a CSV file. 3. Click Import (11) to import a CSV file with master data sets. Tools This menu allows you to configure a reference image manually. Info This menu displays the following options: Request product ID 36 Import license file 36 Activate license 36 Show license 36 Show program information 37 Show system information 37 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 35

47 The user interface Request product ID The Ocularis Recorder installation must be activated within 30 days. If the PC with Ocularis Recorder Manager on it has internet connectivity, personalize the license by using the Info...Activate License option. Use this option if you do not have internet access on the Ocularis Recorder Manager PC. 1. Choose Request product ID from the Info menu. The software creates a unique product ID. 2. Click Copy to copy the displayed product ID to the clipboard. 3. Save the ID to a Notepad or similar text file and store on portable media. 4. On a computer with internet connectivity, open a browser and go to the link: com/support/recorderlicensing 5. Enter your product ID, SLC and the other requested information. 6. Click Submit. You will receive the license key by Use the Info...Import license file option to import the file and complete the licensing. Import license file 1. Choose Import license file from the Info menu. 2. Click Select and navigate through the file system to the storage location of the license file that was sent to you by Select the license.key license file or the packaged ("zipped") file containing the license file. Upon import, the zipped file will be decompressed automatically. 4. Click Import to use the license key. Activate license You cannot activate or download the licenses unless you have a connection to the Internet. Use this option to personalize and activate your Ocularis Recorder license. You can use this after a software upgrade as well. 1. Choose Activate license from the Info menu. There are two options. 2. Select Personalize license (to register it with your user data) if the license has not yet been registered. 3. Enter your software license code (SLC) and user details. 4. Or select Download license if an update has been carried out and the license is therefore required again. If the product ID has changed (e.g. due to changes to the server hardware), contact OnSSI Tech Support. 5. Enter your software license code (SLC). 6. Click OK to confirm your entries. The application connects to the registration server and transfers the license key to the computer. Show license 1. Choose Show license from the Info menu. Information on the license is displayed, such as the maximum number of cameras/devices that can be On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 36

48 The user interface used, the concurrent connections or the validity period of the license (if it is a demo license). A test license will be installed during installation and is valid for 30 days. A demo license is valid until the displayed date. If no valid license is available, login is not possible. For further questions, contact OnSSI Tech Support. Show program information 1. Choose Show program information from the Info menu. The information on items such as the program version, current user and also validity of password is shown. 2. Click OK to close the window. Show system information 1. Choose Show system information from the Info menu. The information on items such as the operating system, number of clients and server is shown. 2. Click Copy to copy the system information to the clipboard. You can paste the data from the clipboard to your program to send it to OnSSI Tech Support. 3. Click Cancel to close the window. Help This menu displays the following options: User's Guide 37 Start problem recording 37 Display Help icons 38 User's Guide Starts the Help system on the starting page. In addition, there are also links for accessing specific topics directly from the various controls and dialog boxes. The system automatically checks for current versions of the online help system. The user is notified if the installed version is not up-to-date. For newer editions of the help system and the manual, visit the OnSSI website. When starting the help system for the first time, you may be prompted by the browser to activate ActiveX or allow JavaScript. The help system will not function properly, if those services are blocked. Start problem recording If problems occur during operation, you can use the "Start problem recording" function to record, comment on and save them. The "Problem Steps Recorder" is part of the operating system. 1. Choose Start problem recording from the File menu. 2. Select Start recording and carry out the steps that led to the problem. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 37

49 The user interface 3. As soon as you have carried out these steps, stop recording. 4. If you want to add a comment to the recording, click Add comment (e.g the time, behavior of the client and devices, etc.). 5. Specify where the file is stored. Display Help icons 1. The help icons are small gray circles with question marks in the program components that lead directly to the applicable section of the Help system. 2. Choose Display Help icons from the Help menu. The function is activated (check mark) or disabled (no check mark). The mode bar The mode bar allows you to switch between display modes. Report mode (1). The report mode facility gives you a list of the events that have occurred. Configuration mode(2). Configuration mode is for managing and configuring the video sources, users and locations. LPR mode (3). LPR mode is used for license plate recognition in the image data of the corresponding cameras. The control bar The control bar contains the tabs required, depending on the mode, for controlling the display or for configuration. You will find descriptions of the tabs in the sections describing each mode. Tabs cannot be moved. They remain anchored in position on the control bar. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 38

50 The user interface Showing/hiding a tab 1. Click the gray triangle in the upper-right corner of a tab to hide the tab on the right-hand edge of the screen. Once the last control on the control bar has been minimized, the available size of the main window increases. 2. Click the gray triangle on the tab on the right-hand side of the screen to show the control. The control bar then also appears again. Search Searching in configuration mode The Search control at the bottom of the The user interface helps you find the contents of the server database more quickly. 1. Enter the search term. The search starts as soon as the second character is entered and shows a list of all results. Information on the type is also displayed. 2. Click the term found. The right column shows context belonging to the found term. 3. If it is a setting, click Open setting. The menu belonging to the hit is opened. 4. Click the magnifying glass icon. The next term found is highlighted. 5. Double-click the item found to open the corresponding settings window in the configuration mode. To edit items in the configuration mode, administration rights may be required. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 39

51 6 Report mode Report mode gives you an overview of the events that have occurred in the form of a list. Distinctions are drawn between: user events (display of events that concern specific users) alarm events (events that have occurred) camera usage (display of events that a specific camera) system messages (display of events that concern specific services) In addition, the camera usage of users can be tracked. The maximum number of events to be displayed can be specified in the configuration (see Client configuration). 1. To switch to report mode, click the Report mode icon on the The mode bar. 2. Click a column header in the main window to sort the events in ascending or ascending order on the basis of the column's category (data/time, alarm, description). Filtering the analysis 40 Exporting the analysis 41 Saving a query 41 Filtering the analysis 1. To filter the events on the basis of specified criteria, select the type of event you are searching for on the Query for control bar. 2. Select the user or users related to the events to be searched for. 3. Select the desired events. The items are displayed in the list below. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 40

52 Report mode 4. Select specific items by clicking the check box in front of the item's name or click select all. 5. To deselect, click Delete selection. 6. To further narrow the selection, specify dates and times to define the time period. 7. Start the query. Only the events that meet the selected criteria are displayed in the main window. Exporting the analysis You can also export the result as a comma-separated file (*.csv). 1. Export the result in order to analyze it in a spreadsheet program Saving a query Additionally, the search criteria can be saved for future queries. 1. Click Save. 2. Enter the Report template name. 3. Optionally, select Save timestamp relative to current time. This option will use the time interval of the current query for the next query. Example: The current query searches for events within the last 24 hours. When the query is saved with a relative time stamp, the next query will also search within the last 24 hours - relative to the next query. 1. Click OK to save the query. 2. To use a previously saved query, select the name of the query in the drop-down menu and click Start query. 3. To delete the saved query, select the query from the drop-down menu and click Delete. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 41

53 7 Configuration mode You need adequate administrator rights for configuration mode. In configuration mode you make all of the settings for the hardware, network, company, alarms and users. To change to configuration mode, click the Configuration mode icon on the The mode bar. Searching for objects You can search for all objects in configuration mode with the Search control below the work area. The search starts as soon as the second character is entered and shows a list of all the results (see also Searching in configuration mode). Additional settings See Company for further settings for the company. The Configuration wizard You will find the configuration wizard on the starting page of configuration mode. This helps you configure settings for the hardware. You can use it to make basic settings for: Alarm scenarios for manual configuration, see Creating a new alarm scenario for configuration with the wizard, see Creating an alarm scenario with the wizard Cameras On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 42

54 Configuration mode for manual configuration, see Creating a new camera for configuration with the wizard, see Creating a camera Find available cameras. See Find cameras. Creating a camera The wizard helps you create (add) a new camera. The settings correspond to the steps you have to take in the Cameras control (see Creating a new camera). (see Creating a new camera). see test xref Cameras Creating an alarm 1. Specify the name of the alarm, and then click Wizard to start installation. 2. Select the events that are to trigger the alarm, and then click Next. 3. Select the camera to be used as the alarm camera. 4. Specify the recording time of the alarm camera (in seconds). 5. Indicate whether you want a pre-alarm duration to be activated, and then set the duration (in seconds), if applicable. 6. Click Next. 7. On the next screen, you are asked to specify which users are to be notified in the event of an alarm and whether the selected users are to be notified by means of a message window. Please skip this step. 8. Click Next. 9. Check the settings you have made, and then click Finish. The alarm configuration is displayed. You can make further settings here. Find cameras By using the IP address assigned uniquely to a camera (device), the software is able to generate an overview of all devices currently present in the network. By this, finding and configuring the camera is fast and easy. Searching for devices 43 Adding individual devices 44 Adding multiple devices 45 Searching for devices 1. Select Find devices in the Configuration mode view. The Device Finder window is displayed. All cameras available on the network are displayed. Unknown (i.e. not yet configured cameras) are displayed as gray text. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 43

55 Configuration mode 2. Click the arrow triangle (1) to start a new scanning through the network. 3. To display additional network options, click on the circle icon (2). The IP Finder currently supports Onvif, UPnP, and Bonjour (available if installed on the system) protocols. 4. Deselect the protocol not installed. 5. Specify the timeout (in Seconds) for the protocols. This defines the time each protocol "listens" for new devices. After the timeout, the search has to be triggered manually. 6. Click on the search filter icon (3) to toggle the display between all or only unknown devices. Installed devices are hidden or shown. 7. Enter one of the following search items in the search field: IP address or manufacturer or device type or name 8. Click on the IP address of a camera to open the configuration page supplied by the camera software. Adding individual devices 1. Select a camera and change the settings (manufacturer, type, and DeviceManager), rename the camera or change user name and password, if required. 2. Click on the Add icon in the camera row or click on the Add and Configure icon. After clicking on the Add and configure icon, the configuration settings for this device are displayed. 3. Configure the camera (see Cameras). 4. If the Validate settings before device creation box is checked, the system will verify username, password, port number, IP Address and device driver prior to adding the device. (It will validate against the class of driver, not necessarily the actual exact driver. The software sends an API command to the camera and if the camera understands it, then it assumes a match). The following camera manufacturers are supported for data validation: ACTi, Arecont Vision, Axis, Bosch, IQinVision, Panasonic, Pelco, Samsung, Sony, Vivotek and Onvif. If you prefer to remotely configure the system prior to final installation, uncheck this box. You will be able to add devices without validation so that when you get to the field, all you need to do is connect the servers and cameras and everything should work. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 44

56 Configuration mode Adding multiple devices 1. Select multiple cameras and change the settings (manufacturer, type, and DeviceManager), rename the camera or change user name and password, if required. 2. To configure the cameras with the multi-configurations option, select Add with multi-config. 3. If the Validate settings before device creation box is checked, the system will verify username, password, port number, IP Address and device driver prior to adding the device(s). (It will validate against the class of driver, not necessarily the actual exact driver. The software sends an API command to the camera and if the camera understands it, then it assumes a match). The following camera manufacturers are supported for data validation: ACTi, Arecont Vision, Axis, Bosch, IQinVision, Panasonic, Pelco, Samsung, Sony, Vivotek and Onvif. Note: the Validate settings before device creation box will appear for all manufacturers, even those devices which do not support this feature. If you prefer to remotely configure the system prior to final installation, uncheck this box. You will be able to add devices without validation so that when you get to the field, all you need to do is connect the servers and cameras and everything should work. 4. Click Add. Company This control allows you to configure your company's branches and the hardware used at each location. When the program is installed, one "Company" branch is set as the starting point. You can specify the name of the branch and assign additional branches to it. The headquarter can have sub-branches, but branches cannot have sub-branches. About the relationship between the company and its branches Branches are dependent subgroups of a company. Hence the administration of the company can extend into the administration of a branch, but not vice versa. Equally, one branch cannot manage another branch or the company itself. With the exception of cameras and DeviceManagement servers, all other objects belong to the branch. The relationship for individual items is as follows (not exhaustive): Confined to the branch are time settings, camera actions and recordings (also cameras used for the license plate recognition), buttons, user and administrative rights (if defined in the branch), alarms, and patrols (if defined in the branch), failover server (each branch must have its own failover server). Confined to the branch and the company, but not other branches are: DeviceManagement server and all associated services such as GND, SPS and SPC, user and administrative rights (if defined in the company), alarms, and patrols (if defined in the company). Administrative rights from the company are not inherited by the branch. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 45

57 Configuration mode Working with branches Creating a branch or branch group 1. To create a new branch or branch group, click the New branch icon (2) or the New branch group icon (1). 2. Specify the name of the branch or group, and then click OK. The new branch or group is displayed. Editing the name of a branch or branch group 1. To edit the name of a branch or branch group that has been created, select the branch or group in the window of the control. 2. Click the Edit icon (3). 3. Enter a new name for the branch or group, and then click OK. Organizing branches in groups Branches can be organized into branch groups to facilitate navigation. The branch groups are displayed as folders in the Company control as tree views. 1. To move a branch into a branch group, select a branch and drag the branch on the branch group. 2. To remove a branch from a branch group, select the branch and drag it on the company name. Deleting a branch or branch group To delete a branch or branch group, you first have to delete all of the objects assigned to it. 1. To delete a branch or group, select the branch or group and click the Delete icon (5). 2. Click OK to confirm. The branch or group is deleted. The top-level branch (company) cannot be deleted. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 46

58 Configuration mode Displaying a branch overview 1. To display all of the objects and branches, click the Site map icon (4). 2. Select Consistency check to display any assignment inconsistencies. For example, these may be maps with cameras assigned to different locations. Administration The Administration control bar contains all configuration settings. The Administration control bar allows you to assign hardware (e.g. cameras), actions and the authorization manager to the specified Company and manage new objects such as alarm scenarios, for example. It is recommended to obtain a basic understanding of the concept of the underlying rights management before configuring the system. Functions Depending on the hardware and network architecture, you can configure the following functions: Cameras. This function allows you to configure and manage the camera hardware and the associated video server. Other hardware. This function allows you to configure and manage additional devices. Users. This function allows you to configure and manage the users. Groups. This function allows you to configure and manage the user groups. Time management. This function allows you to configure and manage the time templates to coordinate the standard image recording of individual or multiple cameras as well as validity in alarm scenarios. Alarms. This function allows you to configure and manage the alarm scenarios. Buttons. This function allows you to configure and manage manual triggers that you can invoke from Ocularis Client. Patrols. This function allows you to configure patrol of a PTZ camera where the camera will travel from preset position to preset position based on the order and schedule you define. License plate groups. This function allows you to configure and manage the number plate recognition function of the LPR module. Server. This function allows you to configure the device services. System. This function allows you to configure and manage system-wide settings for the network, automatic backups, communication settings and event management settings. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 47

59 Configuration mode Editing menu The following editing modes are available on the Administration control: Create new object (1) Create new folder (2) Duplicate object (3). Only one object can be selected. Edit object (4). Depending on the context, many different configuration pages or a multiple configuration can be open. Delete object (5) Concept Schematic diagram of rights and profiles For a better understanding of the administrative rights, the following texts provide a description of the concepts. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 48

60 Configuration mode Administrative rights and user rights After the software is installed, two types users can be configured: Administrator. An administrator is installed by default. The administrator is a user with configuration rights and belongs to the administrator group. An administrator inherits the administrator group's rights. The administrative rights of the group and hence the administrators can be restricted to branches, where the administrator may manage only the objects (e.g. cameras) within the branch without "seeing" other branches. Users. The user has restricted rights and can be member of one or more user groups. A user inherits the rights of his group or groups. The user group's rights are defined in the Group control. Additionally, the user may have specific rights that are not included in his groups' rights. These additional rights are defined in the User control. Group rights take priority over user rights. In other words, a user in a group cannot receive any exceptions (i.e. further restrictions or "negative rights"), only additional rights. A user's membership of particular groups is revealed by the colored fields (see Groups for information on how to configure the colors of groups). When using Ocularis only administrator accounts should be used. Multi-level administration The video management system has multi-level administration, which allows a user to be assigned administration rights to only a part of the installation or some of the functions. For defining user group rights, see Managing user group rights, for defining specific user rights, see Managing user rights. The system allows subdivision of the administrative rights levels and division into a control center and as many branches as required. The branches are defined as logical subunits with their own configuration context and cannot be nested. Users or other entities such as device manager servers or cameras that belong to a branch are restricted to their associations only, so that users only receive access to video data and the configuration of the associated branches. Users or other entities such as device managers or cameras that belong to the control center are also able to interact with branches. Users that belong to the control center are explicitly assigned administration rights for the applicable branches. The video management system prohibits simultaneous configuration of a branch by two or more users, but it does allow simultaneous configuration of different branches by different users. Cameras The Camera function on the control bar allows you to configure and manage cameras. Creating a new camera 50 Selecting and deselecting multiple cameras at once 51 Configuring multiple cameras 51 Configuring a camera 52 Duplicating a camera 59 Deleting a camera 60 Converting a camera 60 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 49

61 Configuration mode Creating a new camera For creating multiple cameras quickly, see Find cameras in the configuration wizard. 1. Select the location or branch in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the control bar. 2. Select Cameras in the control bar. 3. Click Create new object in the camera control bar. 4. In the Create camera pop-up, enter the name for the new camera. If you want to configure the new camera using the configuration wizard, select Wizard. 5. Select the manufacturer and type of the camera. Generic video driver: The generic video driver can be used to import cameras that are not integrated into the software. The functions are restricted to displaying and recording the camera image. The video parameters, e.g. the resolution and the frame rate, must be configured on the camera directly. OnSSI does not accept liability for correct operation of cameras that are integrated by the generic video driver. Generic camera driver (vendor specific): The generic camera driver or 'Smart Driver' obtains the supported features directly from the camera. The Ocularis Recorder provides generic camera drivers for Arecont, Axis, Canon, Hikvision, Samsung, and Sony. All models available at the time of the current release are supported. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 50

62 Configuration mode Note: some models that are different from the manufacturers' standard can cause different behavior of the generic camera driver. Generic camera drivers do not support offline configuration. For projects with many cameras of the same type, at least one camera per model must be connected and configured. Afterward, the cameras may be duplicated and configured as often as required. ONVIF / ONVIF Profile S: The ONVIF video driver can be used to integrate cameras that are not integrated into the software. The functions are restricted to displaying and recording the camera image. The video parameters, e.g. the resolution and the frame rate, and motion detection can be configured depending on the ONVIF version. OnSSI does not accept liability for correct operation of cameras that are integrated by the OnVIF video driver. 6. Select authorization, if required, and enter a user name and password. 7. Enter the host name or IP address of the camera. 8. Select the Device Manager, if applicable. If multiple servers have been installed for storing the image data (see Distributed server in the installation routine), the available servers are displayed. 9. Optionally and if available, check or uncheck the Validate settings before device creation box. If the Validate settings before device creation box is checked, the system will verify username, password, port number, IP Address and device driver prior to adding the device. (It will validate against the class of driver, not necessarily the actual exact driver. The software sends an API command to the camera and if the camera understands it, then it assumes a match). The following camera manufacturers are supported for data validation: ACTi, Arecont Vision, Axis, Bosch, IQinVision, Panasonic, Pelco, Samsung, Sony, Vivotek and Onvif. If you prefer to remotely configure the system prior to final installation, uncheck this box. You will be able to add devices without validation so that when you get to the field, all you need to do is connect the servers and cameras and everything should work. 10. Click OK to confirm your entries. The new camera is displayed in the camera control bar. Selecting and deselecting multiple cameras at once 1. To select a contiguous list of cameras, select the first camera in the camera control by clicking its check box. A check mark is displayed in the box. 2. Press the SHIFT key and select the last camera in the row by clicking its check box. All cameras in between are selected. 3. To deselect a contiguous list of cameras, deselect the first camera in the camera control by clicking its check box. The check box is empty. 4. Press the SHIFT key and deselect the last camera in the list by clicking its check box. All cameras in between are deselected. 5. Press the SHIFT key and click on the check box in front of the list name. All cameras are selected. Configuring multiple cameras To facilitate camera configuration, multiple cameras can be configured at once, even across different branches. However, not all settings are available. For the configuration of specific cameras, see Cameras below. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 51

63 Configuration mode 1. Close all camera configuration tabs. 2. Click Sitemap in the company control. 3. Select the cameras you want to configure. 4. To configure multiple cameras at once, close all camera tabs in the work area. 5. Click Multi Configuration. The camera configuration view is displayed. Unavailable options are greyed out. When configuring multiple cameras at once, only those settings can be changed that apply to all cameras. 6. Activate or deactivate the required settings. For setting details, see below in Cameras. Configuring a camera 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the camera in the overview. The settings of the camera are displayed in the main window. 3. Network cameras consist of at least one camera unit and a video server unit (Encoder). That is why the video server and one or more cameras are displayed under Hardware. Accordingly, the settings of a network camera are always subdivided into video server settings and camera settings. The video server settings include all of the connection-specific parameters, while the camera settings include all of the image quality and image storage settings. Encoder/camera General 1. Activate or deactivate the camera. 2. Enter the name of the network camera. 3. Select the protocol type (http or https), and then change the port number, if necessary. 4. To test the incoming camera signal, click the Browser button. The browser defined in the system settings ("standard browser") starts up, and the camera image is displayed in the browser window. 5. The application programming interface (API) is identified automatically. If the API version cannot be retained, ask OnSSI Tech Support for the correct assignment of the API version to the camera firmware. 6. If necessary, change the server for managing the devices (Device Manager Server). 7. Specify whether separate authentication is to be required for the camera and, if necessary, enter a user name and password. 8. Select Virtual cameras to display and save multiple image details from a camera as a separate camera. The image details can then be specified in the virtual cameras. This function is only available for specific camera models. After activation of the virtual camera function, multiple virtual cameras are automatically created. The number of virtual cameras depends on the camera model. They are configured similarly to a standard camera. Digital inputs 1. Select the digital inputs and specify unique names for Name for CLOSED and Name for OPEN. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 52

64 Configuration mode 2. Specify the interval for the idle time (in seconds) after which a signal is analyzed again. That prevents the event database from becoming unnecessarily large when there are events in rapid succession. This setting may also be used to trigger an alarm (see Alarms). 3. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 4. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. 5. Digital outputs 6. Select the digital outputs and specify unique names for Name for CLOSED and Name for OPEN. 7. Specify the hold time for the time (in seconds) within which an output is opened or closed (0 = infinite). Camera General 1. Activate or deactivate the camera with the Yes/No drop-down list. 2. If necessary, alter the name of the camera. 3. If necessary, change the camera ID and adapt the ID of the associated camera to the hardware. The camera ID is only required for some camera controllers. 4. To change the camera type, click Open Converter (see Converting a camera). 5. If the camera was not mounted upright, you can use the Rotate image function. You can rotate the image in 90 steps (90, 180, 270 ). This function is only available for specific camera models. 6. For PTZ cameras, several options will appear. Select Control camera if you are configuring a PTZ camera or a control unit in order to give the user the option of controlling the camera. 7. Specify the PTZ sensitivity of the camera control. 8. The camera position function is not supported in this version. 9. Select Invert PTZ control to correctly control cameras that are mounted upside down. 10. In Pan/tilt mode: Continuous control: During continuous control a graphic with cross hairs is shown. The further from the center point the user clicks the faster the camera moves in that direction. 11. Configuring panomorph lenses and cameras is done on Ocularis Base using Ocularis Administrator. If you see options to configure 360 degree lenses, such as 360 lens, Dewarping mode and Positon camera) please ignore these fields. 12. Make a selection for Action in the case of inactivity to specify which action is to be performed if the camera is inactive. The selected action is displayed. 13. Specify for Timeout the time after which the action is to be performed if the camera is inactive (in seconds). 14. Make entries for Action at start of video stream and Action when the video stream stops. The selected actions are displayed. 15. The action at the start of the video stream is triggered if a user has the camera in surveillance mode in the foreground, i.e. is viewing the current live image of that camera. 16. The action when the video stream stops is triggered if the current camera is closed or a different layer is moved to the foreground. 17. Make a selection for Action in the case of network error to specify what is to happen if there is a network error. The selected action is displayed. Image storage - Multimedia database Images are stored according to the so called "ring buffer" queue. For a brief overview, see the following illustration: On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 53

65 Configuration mode Overview 1 All of the image storage settings (e.g. the size of a camera's storage area on the hard disk) are configured here. To prevent sensitive image data from being overwritten, standard and alarm recordings are configured separately. 1. Select Multimedia database from the Image storage menu. 2. Select whether the image recording has a priority: the oldest recordings will be overwritten at the latest when not enough storage is allocated or the recording interval is too long. 3. Select whether standard recordings are to be carried out with this camera. 4. Select the recording period. You specify the exact period using a time template that you create in the Time Manager. By default, continuous recording is started ("Always"). 5. Select the time limit and enter the maximum storage duration. If the time limit is exceeded, some of the oldest recordings will be deleted to free storage. 6. You can specify a condition for starting image recording. 7. Select whether alarm recordings are to be carried out with this camera. 8. Select the time limit and enter the maximum storage duration. If the time limit is exceeded, some of the oldest recordings will be deleted to free memory. 9. Specify a pre-alarm duration (up to a maximum of 3600 seconds) to record a period before the alarm is triggered. The data recorded in the buffer memory is transferred to the alarm track when manual recording is started. 10. Specify a maximum post-alarm duration for manual alarm recording to record a period after the alarm is triggered. If manual alarm recording is not stopped, the recording will stop automatically at the end of the specified post-alarm duration. 1 When the storage capacity reaches 89%, a message is triggered via SNMP, or as message in the Recorder Manager. As soon as the storage capacity reaches 90%, the ring buffer system starts deleting the image data. The image data of the prioritized cameras are the last to be deleted. If a camera is deactivated, the ring buffer stops for the image data of the deactivated camera. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 54

66 Configuration mode 11. Activate automatic reduction of the frame rate of standard recordings or alarm recordings after a specified period (data-aging standard recording or data-aging alarm recording). On expiration of the specified period, the frame rate of the stored recordings is reduced to save storage space (data aging). Example Specify the time limit after which the recordings are to be compressed and released from the audio track. 13. Specify the frame rate (in fps) at which the recordings are to be stored after the time limit is exceeded. This reduces the image data to the set frame rate. 14. Motion JPEG recordings will be reduced to the defined frame rate 15. MPEG4 / H.264 recordings will be reduced to i-frames (the p-frames will be deleted) 16. Specify the time and date for the oldest full frame in the buffer. As soon as this limit is reached, a system message will be displayed. Image storage - Edge storage The menu item Edge storage is only displayed if supported by the selected camera. 1. Edge storage uses the camera to store images on an internal SD card to cover connection failures between the camera and the database server. If the connection between the camera and the server is interrupted, there will be recording gaps on the Device Manager. After the connection is re-established, the recording gaps on the server can be filled with the recordings from the camera's internal storage media. 2. Select Edge storage from the Image storage menu. 3. Select the required type edge storage. 4. Gap filling: Fills gaps in the recording when the connection between the camera and the server has been temporarily interrupted. 5. Edge storage import: Stores the images on the internal storage of the camera. The images can be manually transferred to the archive. This feature is not supported in this version. 6. Select the Recording type of the camera recording (standard recordings or alarms). For gap filling, the recording type must be set to Standard recording. 7. Specify the execution time and date for the server to look for recordings on the edge storage. If the server finds recording gaps in the archive, they are filled with the recordings from the camera. Video streams In the video streams you can specify and configure different profiles for the transmission of image data. The software creates a base profile during installation of the camera. 1. Click New to create a new video stream. The maximum number of streams depends on the camera type. 2. Select the video stream, and then click Edit to make the required settings. 3. Select the capture mode. Capture mode can only be selected if it is supported by the camera. With multi-channel devices or virtual cameras, a change to the capture mode applies to all devices under this video server. Hence the capture mode can only be defined for the base stream (displayed with a home icon), but affects all 1 You record 20 images a second with an I-frame interval of a second. Data aging reduces the frame rate to one image a second, because all P-frames are deleted. Tracking data and audio recordings are always deleted. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 55

67 Configuration mode subsequent streams of the selected camera. Depending on the setting selected, the camera provides different frame rates and resolutions. The camera may restart and then be inaccessible for a few minutes. 4. Select the type of the video stream. The following video streams are available, depending on the hardware: Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) MPEG-4/H.264 (required for audio) MxPEG RTSP 5. The selected video codec is displayed. 6. Select the transmission mode. RTP over UDP Unicast (default setting): Communication between the server and camera is via TCP port 554 (RTSP port). Image transmission from the camera to the server is via a negotiated UDP port. RTP over UDP Multicast: Communication between the server and camera is via TCP port 554 (RTSP port). Image transmission is via a multicast address provided by the camera. RTP over UDP Multicast should only be used if third-party systems (e.g. Barco or eyevis) and the server access the camera simultaneously. RTP over RTSP over TCP: Communication between the server and camera and image transmission is via TCP port 554 (RTSP port). This setting is recommended where there is a poor network connection between servers and camera. The disadvantage of this transmission method is the possibility of latency times, because corrupt data must be transmitted again. RTP over RTSP over HTTP Unicast: Communication and image transmission is via a HTTP tunnel (port 80 TCP). This setting is recommended where there is a poor network connection between servers and camera. The disadvantage of this transmission method is the possibility of latency times, because corrupt data must be transmitted again. 7. Select the transmission of audio signals in the Activate audio drop-down. This function is available only if the camera can process audio signals. Selection of the camera is necessary only for multi-channel devices. 8. Specify the Frame rate (fps) and Quality (compression) separately for standard and alarm recording. When there are differences in the settings for standard and alarm recording in MPEG-4/H.264 streaming, it can take several seconds to switch from standard to alarm recording. The length of time taken depends on the camera. There may be no recording available during this period. 9. Select a suitable resolution for the camera image. 10. Select the required video classification (refer to Using video classification). 11. In Ocularis Ultimate only, select multicast streaming to display one video stream simultaneously on multiple clients. Multicast should only be used if there is low bandwidth between the Device Manager and clients. Multicast-capable network hardware is required for multicast streaming. 12. Enter the network address and port number of the multicast server. 13. Specify the validity period (TTL) after which the client has to log in to the multicast server again.a short TTL results in a higher network load. Audio If the camera supports transmission of audio signals, the audio codec can be configured. To use the transmission of audio signals, the transmission has to be activated in the video stream settings. 1. Select the MPEG-4/H.264 mode for video streams in the video stream settings. 2. Select the associated camera. 3. Select the corresponding audio codec. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 56

68 Configuration mode Camera positions Camera positions can be created and deleted as presets administrator in configuration mode. 1. Use the PTZ controller or an external controller device to move the camera to the required position. 2. Click New. 3. Enter the name of the new preset position, and then click OK. The name is displayed in the column, and the preset position is assigned the next free position number. If there are not enough position numbers, the additional positions are added in a drop-down list. 4. To remove a preset position, select the name from the list and click the Delete button. Video data export 1. Specify whether standard recordings and alarm recordings are to be exported automatically. The time and path for the export are specified in the Device Manager configuration. 2. Specify the time period to be exported. You specify the exact period using a time template that you create in the Time Manager. 3. AV export: this section is not used in this version of the software. 4. Video settings: this section is not used in this version of the software. 5. Single-image sequences: this section is not used in this version of the software. Server side functions There are several options you can configure for server side operation. The server side motion detection of the server detects motion within the image detail and, if necessary, triggers an alarm scenario. The motion detection feature only delivers usable results indoors. The Video Analysis module must be installed and configured prior to configuring the server side operation (see Adding server-based motion detection module). 1. Select server side functions. 2. Select a Video analysis module. Upon software installation, two Server-based motion detection modules are automatically installed. Each module can support up to 30 cameras/channels. Once you exceed this amount, add additional Server-based motion detection modules using the Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool. 3. Select a video classification. The video classification determines which video stream is used for motion detection. The video streams are ordered according to their use of network bandwidth ("HD quality" requires a broadband connection, whereas "Mobile" decreases the image quality for slow networks). (Note: you can rename the video classification labels in the System...Video classfication screen.) For image comparison, select a video stream withlow bandwidths. For Motion detection, reference image comparison and tampering, resize the images to 320x240 internally if they are larger. We recommend using camera side motion detection rather than server side motion detection for increased performance and better use of resources. Motion detection 1. Select Motion detection from Server side functions (you may have to click on the triangle in front of the label). 2. To activate the motion detection, select Yes from the drop-down menu. The entire image will be analyzed for motion. 3. Adjust the motion sensitivity as appropriate. 4. Specify the interval for the idle timer (in seconds) after which a signal is analyzed again. 5. If necessary, adjust the threshold as of which motion is to be detected. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 57

69 Configuration mode If you want, you can specify specific regions within an image for motion detection. This is used to avoid false positives for items that are known to be moving, such as a tree swaying in the wind. You configure motion parameters for each region individually. If you create a specific motion detection region within the image, you will not have the ability to use motion detection analysis on the full image. Avoid overlapping regions. 1. Click the plus sign to the right of the camera image. 2. Use the polygon tool to draw the region on the camera image. 1. Click on the image for the first corner of the polygon. 2. Move the mouse and click again for the first tangent. 3. Repeat this to draw a shape. 4. When you return to the original starting point, double-click the mouse to complete the shape. 5. Repeat for each region. 3. Enter a name for the region(s). When using motion based recording, we recommend turning Standard recording off to avoid duplicate recordings. Also, don't forget to configure an alarm scenario to complete the configuration of motion-based recording, whether you use server-based or camera-based analysis. (see Creating a new alarm scenario). Reference image comparison The live camera image is compared to a defined reference image of the same camera view (see Manual reference image comparison). An alarm will be triggered if the images do not match and triggers a second alarm when the original camera view is restored. 1. Select Reference image comparison under Server side functions. 2. To activate the automatic image reference comparison, select Yes from the Activate automatic reference image comparison drop-down menu. 3. Click Create reference image to select an image from the camera that serves as a reference for the motion detection. 4. Set the desired Alert threshold in percent (tolerance). 5. Specify the values for the Execution time by defining the time interval (in minutes, at a certain day time or on certain days per week at a specific time) for the comparison between the reference image and the live image. Tampering detection Tampering detection recognizes manipulation of the camera orientation but uses edge detection for comparison. The reference images are generated automatically from every image and compared to the following. Specific tampering events can be used as triggers for an alarm scenario. After an alarm, the reference image will be recreated. 1. To activate the tampering detection, select Yes from the Activate tampering detection drop-down menu. 2. Set the Minimum allowable deviation for the live image (in percent) to specify the threshold value that triggers the motion detection. The higher the value, the less sensitive the image detection will be. 3. To trigger an alarm, an alarm scenario has to be configured for the camera (see Configuring an alarm scenario). 4. Select the alarm by opening the camera module in the camera control and selecting the alarm scenario. Camera side operation Motion detection 1. Choose Motion detection under Camera side functions. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 58

70 Configuration mode 2. Activate the appropriate number of windows, and enter a name and interval for the idle ('Dead') time (in seconds) after which a signal is analyzed again. This setting may also be used to trigger an alarm (see Alarms). Make sure that motion detection is configured in the camera manufacturer's configuration interface for the camera. Tampering detection Depending on the camera model used, specific events can be used as triggers for an alarm scenario (see the respective camera manual for more information about the camera specific tampering features). 1. Specify if a notification is to be sent to the server automatically, if there is tampering with the camera or the video signal is lost. An action can be started once notification is received. This setting may also be used to trigger an alarm (see Alarms). 2. Select Yes to activate camera side tampering detection. 3. Select Yes for sending notifications if the video signal is lost. This will trigger a notification in the alarm list if the video signal drops out. Record on motion The Record on motion drop-down is easy to use but has certain limitations. If this drop-down is set to Yes, once motion is detected, it will record video for 30 seconds regardless of the idle timer/dead time settings of the motion detection screen (server-based or camera-based) or whether there is continued motion. If motion is detected again once the idle time is reached, video will record for another 30 seconds. This can result in excess video being recorded. There is also no control over pre-buffer and post settings with this method. We recommend using Alarm scenarios to define motion detection recording. For more information, see the document Ocularis 5.1 Technical Notes found at Duplicating a camera Duplicating a camera enables camera settings to be applied to a large number of identical cameras to save time. 1. Select the location/branch in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the camera in the overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and specify the number of copies. 4. Enter the name of the duplicated camera. The names of the cameras are also assigned a number, which is automatically incremented. The name can also be changed after it has been set (see Configuring a camera) 5. Enter the IP address of the first copied camera in the address range. The IP addresses are automatically incremented based on the number of copies. This too can be modified later. 6. Select the DeviceManager. 7. Activate the properties that are to be transferred to the newly copied cameras. 8. If you want to validate settings, keep the Validate settings before device creation checkbox checked. Otherwise, to add the camera(s) without verification, uncheck this box. 9. Click OK. The new camera(s) is displayed in the overview. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 59

71 Configuration mode Deleting a camera 1. Select the location/branch in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the camera in the overview. 3. Click the Delete icon. All saved recordings of the camera are deleted. Converting a camera An installed camera can be converted into a new camera by transferring the camera configuration and recordings (driver conversion). Alarms and other settings are inherited by the new camera. This conversion can be used to install a new camera to replace a defective one. The new camera must use the same IP address as the old camera. If you are replacing a camera with the exact same camera model, all you need to do is give the new camera the same name and IP address and replace it. This procedure is not necessary. Use this procedure when replacing a camera with a different model (driver). 1. Click Open converter in the general settings of the selected camera. 2. Select the manufacturer and the camera type of the new camera. 3. Enter user name and password, if required. 4. Click Verify conversion. A list of possible conversion issues is displayed. 5. After resolving the issues, click Apply to start the conversion process. Other hardware The Other hardware function in the Administration control allows you to configure and manage additional devices. Additional devices include items such as network interfaces, alarm systems and I/O modules. The devices can be partly administered and actuated with the software and also with software from third-party manufacturers. Working with other hardware Working with other hardware follows the same basic procedures. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 60

72 Configuration mode Creating new hardware 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Other hardware in the Administration control. 3. Create a new hardware item. 4. Enter the name for the new hardware. If you want to configure the new hardware using the configuration wizard, select Wizard in the dialog box. 5. Select the manufacturer and type of the hardware. The following manufacturers and types are available: SeeTec: network I/O, display agent and VoIP SeeTec Video Analytics: Generic VCA Channel, license plate recognition, Analytics Basic / Enterprise / Premium, Counting Suite Advantech: ADAM 6050/6050W, ADAM 6052, ADAM 6060/6060W/6066 Wago: Wago System 750 I/O module Third-party interface: eyevis wall, SPC alarm system, Aritech Alarm Center,Schneider Intercom ICX Connection, Siemens SPC 4000/5000/6000, SiPass Access Control Software, TDSi access control 1. Select an authorization, if required, and enter a user name and password. 2. If necessary, enter the name of the host or the IP address of the device. 3. If necessary, select the Device Manager. 4. Click OK to confirm your entries. The new hardware is displayed in the overview. Configuring hardware 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the hardware in the Other hardware overview. 3. Edit the settings for the hardware. SeeTec SeeTec Video Analytics Advantech Wago Third-party Interface Deleting hardware 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the hardware in the Other hardware overview. 3. Click the Delete icon. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 61

73 Configuration mode Duplicating hardware 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the hardware in the Other hardware overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and then enter the name for the duplicated hardware. 4. Click OK to accept the name. The new hardware is displayed in the overview. SeeTec Other hardware from SeeTec includes the configuration of Network input and output VoIP For a description on how to configure, refer to the sections below. SeeTec network I/O General 1. Activate or disable the module. 2. If necessary, alter the name. 3. If necessary, enter the valid IP addresses or IP address ranges to create a mask within which input operations are to be run.this is optional. You can specify any number of masks separated by commas (no spaces). The placeholders * and - can be used in a mask. If no mask is assigned, every incoming connection is accepted. Example 1 4. If necessary, change the server for managing the devices (DeviceManager). This option is only available for a user-defined installation. Inputs 1. Click the Add new input or Add 10 new inputs button to create one or ten new inputs. 2. Activate the desired input and change the name. 3. Select the network protocol for the input. The following protocols are available: TCP for connections within the network HTTP for connections over the Internet. 4. Enter the IP address and the port number with which the output is to establish a connection. 5. Specify the interval for the dead time (in seconds) after which a signal is analyzed again , ,192.*.*.* Three restrictive masks have been defined: Mask allows all IP addresses in the range to Mask allows the individual IP address. Mask 192.*.*.* allows the complete subnet 192. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 62

74 Configuration mode 6. If the HTTP protocol is selected, enter the user name and password for accessing the hardware. 7. Select the type of password encryption. If ASCII is selected, only upper- and lower-case letters and numbers can be used, not special characters. With HEX, all characters are permissible. 8. Enter the text to be displayed as soon as the hardware is accessed, and (optionally) specify the control character encoding for the correct display of paragraph changes, for example. 9. To delete inputs, select the inputs you want to delete, and then click the Delete inputs marked for deletion button. Outputs 1. Click the Add new output or Add 10 new outputs button to create one or ten new outputs. 2. Activate the desired input and change the name. 3. Select the network protocol for the output. The following protocols are available: TCP for connections within the network HTTP for connections over the Internet. 4. Enter the IP address and the port number with which the output is to establish a connection.you can assign to the same IP address to multiple outputs. 5. If the HTTP protocol is selected, enter the user name and password for accessing the hardware. 6. Select the type of password encryption. If ASCII is selected, only upper- and lower-case letters and numbers can be used, not special characters. With HEX, all characters are permissible. 7. Enter the text to be displayed as soon as the hardware is accessed. 8. To delete outputs, select the outputs you want to delete, and then click the Delete outputs marked for deletion button.. VoIP The configuration sets suitable hardware (VoIP-capable devices such as Mobotix cameras and door intercom systems). General 1. Activate or disable the module. 2. If necessary, alter the name. 3. If necessary, change the SIP address of the computer on which the VoIP is installed. 4. Select the DeviceManager. 5. Select whether the function key is to trigger a DTMF sequence or a SeeTec button. 6. If necessary, specify the DTMF sequence, which can be found in the manual supplied by the device manufacturer, or select a button: To configure the buttons, see Buttons. 7. Specify the DTMF sequences for the start and end of the call. Voice over IP recording 1. Activate Standard VoIP recording, select the recording period, and enter the size of the recording to limit the available storage space. 2. Activate Additional time limit, and enter the maximum number of days and hours for the total recording time. 3. Activate Alarm VoIP recording to set the storage space for the alarm recordings. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 63

75 Configuration mode 4. Activate Additional time limit, and enter the maximum number of days and hours for the total recording time. 5. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 6. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. SeeTec Video Analytics Because the attention of the observers falls as the number of monitors that are observed increases, the software gives you the option of performing intelligent video analysis. Intelligent video analysis reduces the stress on the personnel and significantly improves the surveillance quality. For performance reasons, the video analysis module should be installed on a dedicated server (see User-defined installation). License plate recognition To configure an LPR module, you first have to create it in the VA administration tool (see VA administration tool) Lane configuration 1. Activate the module and, if necessary, alter the name. 2. Select the appropriate API module. 3. Select the appropriate camera. 4. Select the appropriate video classification. The video classification determines the video profile used in surveillance mode for the various modes (normal, selected, alarm). With MPEG-4/H.264 streaming the frame rate for recognition must correspond to the frame rate for default recording on the selected camera, while any desired value can be entered for Motion JPEG. 5. Select the desired role. For example, in LPR mode you can restrict the search to all entrances and you do not need to selected every entrance lane manually. 6. Enter the frame rate for recognition to specify the number of images per second that are to be transmitted to the module. With MPEG-4/H.264 streaming the frame rate for recognition must correspond to the frame rate for default recording on the selected camera, while any desired value can be entered for Motion JPEG. 7. Specify the number of days after which LPR events (recognized license plates, changes to master data, etc.) are to be deleted. 8. Select the assigned cameras and assigned layers that are to be displayed in LPR mode in addition to the camera. 9. Select Event-based recognition or Continuous LPR. With event-controlled recognition license plate recognition is only started after an event, e.g. if a vehicle passes through a light barrier. 10. Enter the pre-delay and the post-delay in seconds for event-controlled recognition. This period is used for recognition of the license plate, i.e. the images of this period are sent for OCR recognition. 11. Activate Export at next trigger event. As soon as this function is activated, the images are exported at the next trigger event to the LPR mode for license plate recognition and stored in the "VersatileApplications" folder in accordance with the pre- On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 64

76 Configuration mode delay, post-delay and frame rate parameters. Example 1 This setting is only applicable for the coming event and is used to check the parameters. It is applicable for only one event and is disabled after export. 12. Enter the time between identical license plates for continuous recognition. This specifies how long the same license plate must be viewed. Example Specify the number of images within which the license plate must be clearly recognized in the Number of required frames box. 14. Click the Create new list button to save one or more license plate lists. Select a list and assign a license plate group to it to be able to analyze it. List configuration 1. Select a list. 2. Activate the list and, if necessary, alter the name. 3. Select the license plate groups that are to be analyzed. In the associated alarm scenario the user can specify, for example, that an alarm is triggered by a license plate from list 1 and that a barrier is automatically opened for a license plate from list Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 5. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Advantech General 1. Activate or disable the module. 2. If necessary, alter the name. 3. If necessary, change the IP address or the name of the host. 4. If necessary, select the appropriate API version. 5. Change the server for managing the devices (Device Manager server). Inputs The number of inputs depends on the device type. 1. Activate the desired input and change the name for CLOSED. 2. Select the appropriate icon to display a graphic view of the current status of the input. You set the icon to be displayed in the map in the field of the same name. 1 Frame rate: 2 fps Pre-delay: 1s Post-delay 2s At the next trigger event six images are saved to the "VersatileApplications" directory (pre-delay+post-delay * 2fps). 2 License plate recognition at a gas station: The time between same license plates is set to 60 seconds. Scenario 1: Car 1 arrives -> license plate recognition is started - car 1 leaves -> start 60 seconds - car 1 returns within 60 seconds -> no license plate recognition because the car returned within 60 seconds. Scenario 2: Car 1 arrives -> license plate recognition is started - car 1 leaves -> start 60 seconds - car 1 returns after 60 seconds -> license plate recognition again because the car did not return within 60 seconds On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 65

77 Configuration mode 3. Change the name for OPEN. 4. Select the appropriate icon to display a graphic view of the current status of the input. You set the icon to be displayed in the map in the field of the same name. 5. Specify the interval for the dead time (in seconds) after which a signal is analyzed again. Outputs The number of outputs depends on the device type. 1. Activate the desired output and change the name for CLOSE. 2. Change the name for OPEN. 3. Specify the hold time (s) for the period for which the output is open or closed (0 = infinite). 4. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 5. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Wago General 1. Activate or disable the module. 2. If necessary, alter the name. 3. If necessary, change the IP address or the name of the host. 4. If necessary, select the appropriate API version. 5. Change the server for managing the devices (Device Manager server). Inputs 1. Click the Add new input or Add 10 new inputs button to create one or ten new inputs. 2. Activate the desired input and change the name for CLOSED. 3. Select the appropriate icon to display a graphic view of the current status of the input. You set the icon to be displayed in the map in the field of the same name. 4. Change the name for OPEN. 5. Select the appropriate icon to display a graphic view of the current status of the input. You set the icon to be displayed in the map in the field of the same name. 6. Specify the interval for the dead time (in seconds) after which a signal is analyzed again. 7. To delete entries, mark the entries that you want to delete and click the Delete inputs marked for deletion button. Outputs 1. Click the Add new output or Add 10 new outputs button to create one or ten new outputs. 2. Activate the desired output and change the name for CLOSE. 3. Change the name for OPEN. 4. Specify the hold time (s) for the period for which the output is open or closed (0 = infinite). 5. To delete entries, mark the entries that you want to delete and click the Delete outputs marked for deletion button. 6. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 7. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Third-party interface On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 66

78 Configuration mode eyevis wall General 1. Activate or disable the module. 2. If necessary, alter the name. 3. Enter the eyevis supervisor IP address. 4. Specify the eyevis wall name. 5. Divide the available image area on the eyevis video wall into individual video wall modules by means of Number of modules (X) and Number of modules (Y). 6. Enter the port at which the eyevis supervisor can be reached. 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. SPC alarm system The Siemens alarm center can send alarms and events to the system. The system acknowledges the events and can process them in the form of alarm scenarios. General communication between the two systems is via TCP. The Siemens alarm center always establishes a TCP connection. All messages sent to the system by the Siemens alarm center are acknowledged by, otherwise they are sent again. General 1. Activate or disable the module. 2. If necessary, alter the name. 3. If necessary, change the server for managing the devices (DeviceManager). The alarm system sends the messages to this server. 4. If necessary, change the port number. Use a separate port for every alarm center. 5. Enter the source ID and destination ID. You will find the source ID and destination ID in the configuration of the SPC alarm system. The corresponding module entries of the SPC alarm system (source ID) and the entries of the Ocularis Recorder system (destination ID) must be identical. Areas 1. Activate the area and enter the name for the arming and the name for the disarming. If an event is triggered, the term specified is displayed instead of a number (e.g. "window open" or "window closed"). The state of an area can be visualized in the map. The area is shown red (armed) or green (unarmed) after Seconds. Rules 1. Click the Add new rule or Add 10 new rules button to create one or ten new rules. 2. Activate the desired rules and change the name. 3. Select the event that is to trigger an alarm message. The alarm system distinguishes between the burglar alarm and panic alarm events. Specify the type of alarm in the rule. 4. Enter the detector group to set the ID of the device that sends the alarm signal. 5. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 6. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 67

79 Configuration mode Users The User function in the Administration control allows you to create and delete user accounts. In addition, you can configure the connection to an existing Active Directory Authorization Manager. The corresponding authorizations and profiles are assigned to the user, depending on whether he or she is logged in under a user name or as a group. For a general description of administrative and user rights, refer to Administrative rights and user rights. Creating a new user 68 Configuring a user 68 Deleting a user 70 Duplicating a user 70 Creating a new user 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Users control. 2. Select Create new object in the Users control. 3. Create a new user. 4. Enter the name and password of the new user. 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new user is displayed in the control. Note: we recommend that you use the default account 'admin' to be imported into Ocularis. Be sure to change the password on this account. Or you may create an additional account with administrator rights for this purpose. If using Ocularis OpenSight, another user account should be created with individualized access rights. Configuring a user 1. Select the location/branch in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Users in the Administration control 3. Select the user in the Users control. General 1. Activate or deactivate the user with the Activated checkbox. The administrator cannot be deactivated. 2. If necessary, alter the name of the user. 3. Enter a description of the user account. This can be the name of the user, for example. 4. lick the administrator group checkbox to give administrator rights to the user. Do this for any account you will use to import the recorder into Ocularis. If you use the default account 'admin', this step is not necessary. For accounts to be used with Ocularis OpenSight, you may not want to click this box as you likely want to limit rights for these users. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 68

80 Configuration mode Password 1. User must use a secure password. If this option is checked, the user will be required to change their password to a secure password upon first log in to Ocularis Recorder Manager. 2. Select User may change own password to permit the user to change his or her password. 3. If you want to change the user's password, select Change user password, and enter a new user password. choose a password that consists of at least eight characters and contains at least one digit, one upper-case letter and one lower-case letter. 4. Enter the user password again. 5. If you forget the administrator's password and haven't added any users to the administrator group, it is no longer possible to access configuration mode. Managing user rights Granular control of user rights is possible in the Manage user rights screen. 1. Select or deselect the rights for the selected user to perform specific actions on the installed devices and objects. Depending on the device or object, the following rights are available, which can be selected or deselected individually or together. Note: not all checkboxes are applicable. Click the icon to the left of the branch or Company to expand the list. All: Selects or deselects all users rights for the corresponding device or object. View Live Video: The user can see a camera and its live images. View Recorded Video: The user can to access recorded video. Delete recordings: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Overwrite protection: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Camera PTZ: The user can use the PTZ camera except for preset camera positions. Camera lock: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Use camera presets: The user can use the set camera positions. Create camera presets: The user can create camera positions or delete positions that have been defined. Export camera: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Export camera (AVI): This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Privacy masking: This option is not applicable. Privacy Masks are set in Ocularis Administrator. Please ignore. MPEG audio: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Intrusion detection: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Create reference image: The user can create reference images for comparisons. Map: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Layer: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Button: Report mode: The user can view report mode. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 69

81 Configuration mode Edit Report Templates: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Server extensions: The user can use server extensions such as license plate recognition. Count analysis: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Use license plate group: The user can use license plate groups. Change license plate group: The user can change license plate groups. Access control: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Access control data editor: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Access control trigger commands: This option is not applicable in this version. Please ignore. Managing administrative rights 1. Select or deselect the rights of the selected user to make changes or settings. There are three types of administrative rights available: Create/delete: The user has unlimited scope to manage the selected objects and can, for example, create, configure and delete cameras. Edit: The user can change the settings of the selected objects, but cannot create or delete objects. View: The user can view and operate the selected objects but cannot make settings or create and delete objects. 2. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 3. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Note: the following right types are not supported in this version: Layers, Maps, Buttons, Patrols, Video Walls and Web Pages. Also note that 'Sequences' in this context is synonymous for 'Patrols'. Deleting a user 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Users in the Administration control 3. Select the user in the overview. 4. Click the Delete icon. Duplicating a user 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Users in the Administration control. 3. Select the user in the overview. 4. Click the Duplicate icon, and enter a name for the duplicated user. 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new user is displayed in the overview. Groups The Groups function in the Administration control can be used to add users to groups and manage the rights of groups. The corresponding authorizations and profiles are assigned to the user, depending on whether he On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 70

82 Configuration mode or she is logged in under a user name or as a group. For a general description of administrative and user rights, refer to Administrative rights and user rights. Creating a new group 71 Configuring a group 71 Deleting a group 73 Duplicating a group 73 Creating a new group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Groups in the Administration control. 3. Create a new group. 4. Enter the name for the new group. 5. If Active Directory groups are available (the client must be connected to an Active Directory network), select the appropriate AD-group. Click the Refresh button (1) to fetch the current group settings from the Active Directory server. 6. Click OK to accept the name. The new group is displayed in the overview. Configuring a group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the group in the overview. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 71

83 Configuration mode General 1. Select or deselect the group. 2. If necessary, alter the name of the group. 3. Enter a description of the group. 4. Select a validity period for the group, within which a user belonging to the group can log in to the system. The possible periods are specified in the Time Manager. 5. Specify the validity status to activate or deactivate the group. All users belonging to this group can thus be prevented from accessing certain cameras. 6. Assign the group colors in group lists. Different colors for different groups facilitate the administration of user rights as each user inherits the rights and the colors of the group he or she belongs to. 7. Select the users to be assigned to the group. Rights options 1. Select Limit archive access, and specify the duration of the access period (in minutes) in order to prevent the user from having continuous access to the archive. This feature is not supported in this version. 2. Select Activate Active Directory support to apply the authorization settings of a connected Active Directory server. See below for information on Active Directory. 3. Use secure password for exports. This feature is not supported in this version. 4. Comment necessary for changing to archive mode. This feature is not supported in this version. Using Windows Active Directory 1. Create a new group in Active Directory. 2. In Active Directory, add the domain users of the group who are to log in using the Active Directory login. 3. In the software, create a group that is analogous to the one in Active Directory. Be sure to use upper and lower case in exactly the same way. 4. Assign the group in the software the required authorizations, and select Activate Active Directory support. When the software starts up, the users can use the Active Directory login button to log in to the system with their Active Directory user name and password. 5. To automate Active Directory login, enter the AutoADLogin command line parameter in the link for the surveillance software (see Command line parameters). You don't have to create any users in the software in order to log in using Active Directory. Rights are assigned by means of the data stored in the group. Managing user group rights 1. Select or deselect the rights to perform specific actions on the installed devices and objects for the selected group. Expand the Company and/or Branch to see full details. Refer to User rights for a definition of each item. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 72

84 Configuration mode Managing administrative rights 1. Select or deselect the rights to make changes or settings in the administration settings for the selected group. As with User Rights, the following are not applicable in this version: Layers, Maps, Buttons, Patrols, Video Walls and Web Pages. Also note that 'Sequences' in this context is synonymous for 'Patrols'. Create/delete: The group can administer the selected objects in full and, for example, create and delete cameras. Edit: The group can change the settings of the selected objects, but cannot create or delete objects. View: The group can view and operate the selected objects but cannot make any settings or create and delete objects. 2. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 3. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Deleting a group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the group in the overview. 3. Click the Delete icon. Duplicating a group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the group in the overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and enter the name for the duplicated group. 4. Click OK to accept the name. The new group is displayed in the overview. Time management The Time management function in the Administration control allows you to create time templates that are similar to a schedule in order to coordinate the standard image recording of individual or multiple cameras as well as validity in alarm scenarios. Creating a new time management template 73 Configuring a time management template 74 Deleting a time management template 74 Duplicating a time management template 74 Creating a new time management template 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed on the title bar of the Administration control. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 73

85 Configuration mode 2. Select Time management in the Administration control. 3. Click Create new object. 4. Enter the name for the new time template. 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new time manager template is displayed in the overview. Configuring a time management template 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the time management template in the overview. 3. In the calendar, select the periods in which actions are to be performed by holding down the mouse button and dragging the mouse pointer over the period. 4. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 5. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Deleting a time management template 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the time management template in the overview. 3. Click the Delete icon. Duplicating a time management template 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the time management template in the overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and then enter the name for the duplicated time manager. 4. Click OK to accept the name. The new time management template is displayed in the overview. Alarms The Alarms function on the Administration control allows you to configure and manage alarm scenarios: Creating a new alarm scenario 74 Creating an alarm scenario with the wizard 75 Configuring an alarm scenario 75 Deleting an alarm scenario 77 Duplicating an alarm scenario 77 Create Alarm Scenarios for Configured Motion 78 Creating a new alarm scenario 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 74

86 Configuration mode 2. Select Alarms in the Administration control. 3. Click Create new object to create a new alarm scenario. 4. Enter the name for the new alarm scenario. 5. If you want to configure the new alarm scenario using the configuration wizard, select Wizard in the dialog box or confirm the name with OK. The new alarm scenario is displayed in the overview. Creating an alarm scenario with the wizard 1. Click the Configuration tab. 2. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 3. Click Create alarm. 4. Enter the name of the new alarm scenario and select Wizard. 5. Expand the list of available objects for the location. 6. Activate the objects that are to trigger an alarm event, and then click Next. 7. Select the camera that is to be displayed as the alarm camera, and set the duration for alarm recording (in seconds). 8. Specify whether you want to add a pre-alarm duration, and set the duration in seconds. 9. Click Next. 10. The items on this screen ('Users involved') are not used. 11. Click Next, and then check the settings. If you wish to make changes, click Back and change the settings. 12. To apply the settings, click Done. Configuring an alarm scenario 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the alarm scenario in the alarm overview. General 1. Select or deselect the alarm scenario. 2. If necessary, alter the name of the alarm. 3. Enter a description. 4. The Priority slider is not used in this version. 5. Select the validity period for the alarm. The possible periods are specified in the Time Manager. 6. Ignore the color in alarm list. 7. Ignore the Only remove alarm when it is ended and confirmed. 8. Ignore the Automatically start new alarms on clients. 9. Ignore the settings for low-priority alarms. 10. Ignore the following: Terminate alarm on clients when terminated on server, Start new alarm on clients if another low-priority alarm is active, and : Do not close layers automatically at the end of the alarm. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 75

87 Configuration mode Start Depending on the camera model used, the following events can be used as triggers for an alarm scenario: Tampering: The camera angle is changed or the camera lens is covered. Video signal lost: The connection between the analog camera and the video server is cut. Motion detection: Significant motion has been detected in a defined area of the camera image. Digital I/O: An incoming digital signal triggers an alarm. 1. Click the Edit button to select the events that trigger the alarm. The hardware and event are displayed. You can select multiple objects. The trigger must be created or activated before configuring the alarm scenario. One exception to this is buttons, which can be defined later in the buttons control. A starting event can be, for example, the receipt of a TCP signal from a camera when it detects motion. This is implemented via the network I/O. 2. Click Expert mode to specify the settings. Expert mode Expert mode can be used to create complex alarm scenarios. The alarm is triggered by different conditions that are logically linked (AND). 1. Click Edit and select the conditions at the (digital) inputs that must be fulfilled to trigger an alarm. 2. Set the period (in seconds) within which at least one of the following events from each group occurs. 3. To add the events to the condition, click Edit and select the relevant objects. End 1. Specify the maximum server alarm duration (in seconds) to specify how long the alarm is to be recorded for. 2. Use the Edit button to select the events that terminate the alarm. The hardware and event are displayed. Persons involved This entire section is not in use with Ocularis. Please ignore. Server 1. Specify the pre-alarm duration for camera recordings (up to a maximum of 3600 seconds) to record a period before the alarm is triggered in alarm recording. 2. Select Use separate frame rate (fps) for camera recordings, and enter the required frame rate. The frame rate can only be changed with MJPEG. 3. Choose Edit, and then activate the actions at the start of an alarm. The selected actions are displayed. For motion recording, select Start alarm recording. If the AlarmWatchDog function is required, select AlarmWatchDog alarm from the list 4. Choose Edit, and then specify if there are actions at the end of an alarm. The selected actions are displayed. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 76

88 Configuration mode and FTP The SMTP server for s and the addresses must be created in the System control to enable the system to forward the messages. In an alarm scenario, in addition to the alarm message, it is also possible to send a standard or specify a data export to an FTP server. 1. Enter the subject and text for the message. 2. Select the recipients to receive the at the start and end of the alarm. You can specify the addresses in the Alarm addresses section of the system settings. 3. Select the cameras whose data at the end of the alarm is to be attached to the and specify the data format. Two types of file format are possible: 4. Video: the files are sent unencrypted as *.avi 5. Single image sequence: the files are sent as image sequence (JPEG) 6. Note that the attachments can exceed the permissible size of the Select the cameras whose data is to be stored on an FTP server when there is a large volume of data, and specify the data format. The FTP server is defined in the Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool. 8. If there are problems contacting the FTP server at alarm end, e.g. the FTP server is not available, the program retries sending the data to the FTP server once every minute. After one hour the attempt is canceled and the data are discarded. 9. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 10. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. For instructions specific to setting an alarm scenario for motion recording see Create Alarm Scenarios for Configured Motion. Deleting an alarm scenario 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the alarm scenario in the overview. 3. Click the Delete object icon. Duplicating an alarm scenario 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the alarm scenario in the overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and enter a name for the duplicated alarm scenario. 4. If you want to configure the new alarm scenario using the configuration wizard, select Wizard in the dialog box. 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new alarm scenario is displayed in the overview. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 77

89 Configuration mode Create Alarm Scenarios for Configured Motion It is recommended to use alarm scenarios when recording on motion in order to have better control over the video being recorded. Use the steps below to create the alarm scenario. It is assumed that motion detection settings have already been configured. 1. In Ocularis Recorder Manager, create a new alarm by either, selecting 'Alarms' in the Control Bar and then 'Create new Object' or click 'Create alarm' in the main configuration screen. 2. Enter a descriptive name for the alarm and click OK. 3. Click Start on the left panel and then click the Edit button to select the event that will trigger the alarm. 4. Expand the camera configured for motion and check the box for Motion Detection for the configured region or full frame. You can select more than one motion detection event for the alarm. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 78

90 Configuration mode 5. When done, click OK. 6. Click End on the left panel to configure when to end the alarm. In most cases, it will be the Maximum server alarm duration, a time value in seconds. Note: we recommend setting the Maximum server alarm duration to 2 seconds longer than the idle timer in order to ensure that all video is captured. If you take advantage of a pre-alarm buffer, the Maximum server alarm duration and idle timer values can be the same. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 79

91 Configuration mode 7. Click Server on the left panel. Enter the number of seconds for Pre-alarm duration for camera recording(s). This alarm setting overrides the global pre-alarm buffer setting for alarm recording in the camera's Image Storage section. 8. Click the Edit button to set the Actions at start of alarm. Expand the list and click Start alarm recording for the camera. Click OK. 9. Click Save to save settings. Buttons The Buttons function in the Administration control allows you to manually start specified processes (actions) such as camera recordings or alarm scenarios from the Ocularis Client interface. Buttons are the same as Triggers in Ocularis Client and will either appear in the Triggers menu (Global) or in the aux menu of a camera pane (camera-specific). Creating a new button 80 Configuring a button 81 Deleting a button 81 Duplicating a button 81 Creating a new button 1. Select the location/branch in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Buttons in the Administration control. 3. Create a new button by clicking Create new object. 4. Enter the name for the new button. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 80

92 Configuration mode 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new button is displayed in the overview. Configuring a button 1. Select the location/branch in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the button in the overview list. General 1. If necessary, alter the name. 2. To make a camera-specifc button, click the checkbox specific camera, and then select the camera. Leave the checkbox blank if you are creating a global button (trigger). Action An action is what you want to happen when the button (trigger) is pressed. You can perform an action related to a camera or device, start an alarm scenario, stop an alarm scenario or run a program. 1. To perform an action, select the Perform action option and then the action. 2. If a second action is to be performed, select Perform action again and then the action. The action is selected as soon as you release the mouse button. 3. To start an alarm scenario, select the Start alarm scenario option and then the alarm scenario (see Alarms). 4. To stop an alarm scenario, select the Terminate alarm scenario option and then the alarm scenario (see Alarms). 5. To run an application, select the Run program option, and then click Select to select a program that is to be started. The selected program must be installed on the Ocularis Recorder Manager computer. 6. Enter any parameters required by the program. A document can be opened using the selected program, for example. 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Deleting a button 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the action in the overview. 3. Click the Delete icon. Duplicating a button 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 81

93 Configuration mode 2. Select the action in the overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and enter a name for the duplicated action. 4. Click OK to accept the name. The new action is displayed in the overview. Patrols The Patrols function on the Administration control allows you to create sequences in which multiple set PTZ positions are approached one after the other. General information on Patrols Multiple times and/or time periods can be added to a patrol. A time input is not required if the patrol is to be started by an alarm scenario. If a patrol is started by an alarm scenario, the patrol in progress is stopped. The patrol in progress is run once and then restarted at the previously stopped time. If a patrol is started by an alarm scenario, the patrol is processed in full. The patrol is also processed in full if the alarm scenario is stopped earlier. If a patrol in progress is stopped by an alarm scenario, the patrol is only interrupted for a defined time period. A recording can only be started in connection with an alarm scenario. Patrols do not have exclusive access to the camera positions. If a PTZ camera is controlled during an ongoing patrol, the preset positions are approached with a dead time of one minute not included in the patrol. A preset position can also be approached by an alarm scenario, even if the patrol approached a different preset position of the same camera shortly before. The same applies to an additional patrol. Creating a new Patrol 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select Patrols in the Administration control. 3. Create a new patrol by clicking Create new object. 4. Enter the name for the new patrol. 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new patrol is displayed in the overview list. Configuring a Patrol 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the patrol in the overview. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 82

94 Configuration mode General 1. Select the patrol and, if necessary, alter the name. 2. Use the Add buttons to make additions. 3. Time: The patrol is started once at the selected time on every selected day. 4. Time period: The patrol is started multiple times depending on the duration of the patrol on every selected day within the time period. Be sure to click the Loop checkbox to have the patrol cycle continuously. 5. Select one or more entries, and then click the Edit selected entries button to edit the entries one after the other. 6. Select one or more entries, and then click the Delete selected entries button to delete the entries. Actions 1. Create a new group and give it a name. 2. Drag one or more cameras or actions to the group, and then specify the dead time (in seconds) to specify the interval within which no new signal is displayed. 3. Select a group, and then use the New pause button to adjust the pause (in seconds) to specify how long the camera is displayed. Note: you must add a pause in between each preset otherwise the camera will not remain on that preset. 4. Select a group or an entry, and use the Up or Down button to move it up or down in the list. 5. Select a group or pause, and then click the Edit button to edit the name of the group or the duration of the pause. 6. Select a group or an entry, and then click the Delete button to delete the group or entry. 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Deleting a Patrol 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the patrol in the overview. 3. Click the Delete icon. Duplicating a Patrol 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the patrol in the overview. 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and then enter the name for the duplicated patrol. 4. Click OK to accept the name. The new patrol is displayed in the overview. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 83

95 Configuration mode License plate groups The License plate groups function in the Administration control allows you to configure and manage the license plates for automatic recognition (License Plate Recognition, LPR). Contact for more information on the integration with license plate recognition. Creating a new license plate group 84 Configuring a license plate group 84 Deleting a license plate group 84 Duplicating a license plate group 84 Creating a new license plate group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select License plate group in the Administration control. 3. Create a new license plate group. 4. Enter the name for the new license plate group. 5. Click OK to accept the name. The new license plate group is displayed in the overview. Configuring a license plate group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the license plate group in the overview. 3. Select the license plate group. 4. If necessary, alter the name of the license plate group. 5. Adjust the font color and background in the display of the license plate. 6. Select XML export to export the license plate data as an XML file as soon as any license plate from that group is recognized by an LPR event. The XML data is saved in the folder specified during configuration of the LPR module. 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Deleting a license plate group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the license plate group in the overview. 3. Click the Delete object icon. Duplicating a license plate group 1. Select the location in the Company control. The selected location is displayed in the title bar of the Administration control. 2. Select the license plate group in the overview. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 84

96 Configuration mode 3. Click the Duplicate object icon, and then enter the name for the duplicated license plate group. 4. Click OK to accept the name. The new license plate group is displayed in the overview. Server The Server function on the Administration control bar allows you to configure the server services. Configuring a CoreService 1. Optional: you can change the name of the server. By default, it will include the machine name where the component resides. 2. Click the Remove from the system button to remove the core server from the system configuration. Removing from the system is only available if the server is not running. Always contact OnSSI Tech Support before deletion. 3. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 4. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Configuring a Device Manager (DM) General 1. If necessary, alter the name of the image server. 2. Select the failover server in Server for redundant image recording. In the event of the failure of the image server (DM), all connected devices are transferred to the failover server. This feature is supported in Ocularis Ultimate only. Note that the failover server must have sufficient capacity to take over the devices. 3. Specify the time of the data aging search. 4. Activate Accesses to video sources to save these events. 5. Select the period after which the events are automatically deleted. 6. Apply the Display statistics button to display the available recordings of the individual cameras. 7. Click the corresponding Remove from the system Apply button to remove the Device Manager server from the system configuration. Always contact OnSSI Tech Support before deletion. Options 1. If necessary, alter the port for SIP messages. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 85

97 Configuration mode Video data export Automatically export video to the server 1. Select Activate automated export. 2. Create the export path for the automatic storage of the image data, or click the Select path button to select the folder directly in Windows Explorer. The export folder can only be specified if client and server are installed on the same computer. 3. Click the Apply button next to Check path to check the availability of the specified folder. 4. Specify the time of the export. 5. Activate Export image data of the last 24 hours to export the image data of the last 24 hours before the specified export time. If this option is not to be activated, the image data of the previous day (midnight to midnight) are exported. 6. Specify a password, with which the image data is encrypted. Additionally, each camera on the DM should also be configured for Video data export. Configuring the global OCR settings The server on which the License Plate Recognition (LPR) service is to be executed is displayed. 1. Select Enable automatic master data entry for unknown license plates. This opens the LPR master data editor as soon as the camera detects an unknown license plate. 2. Change the font color for unknown license plates and the background in the display of the license plate. Known license plates can be changed in the License plate groups control. 3. Select XML export to export the license plate data as an XML file. 4. Select Enable automatic master data entry for license plates that are no longer valid. 5. Create up to 10 additional fields in the master data fields. These are displayed when you add or edit a license plate. 6. Select Required field and/or Search field to specify that an entry must be made in this field (required field) and/or it is possible to search for this data (search field). 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 86

98 Configuration mode Configuring the LPR module 1. If necessary, alter the name of the module. 2. Select the failover module in order to be able to switch to a different server in the event of the failure of the server. 3. Select Detect spaces to include spaces in the license plate. 4. Specify the XML export path for the storage of the exported XML files. The export path must be available on the LPR module server. Each recognized license plate is saved as a separate XML file, including the license plate, license plate group, time and lane name. 5. Select Embed images in XML file to save an image as a JPEG in Base64 of the recognized license plate in the XML file. 6. If you like, you can specify an export path for the SQL export. Specify the corresponding information for this (URL, database, table and user name and password for accessing the database). The export contains the license plate, country code, date and time. In the SQL table, three columns must be created: "NumberPlate" (char), approx. 20 characters "LastSeen" (varchar) or (string), size 20 characters "Country" (char) with at least 30 characters. The size depends on the recognized country codes. Most country codes have only 3 letters, such as GER, FRA. However, there are also longer country codes, such as GER_Oldtimer_old. Example 1 7. If multiple character sets have been installed, select which character set is to be used for the recognition of the license plate. The character set cmanpr-7.2.7:99: default does not have an integrated country code. The character set cmanpr-7.2.7:99: latin also recognizes the country but requires more time for recognition. You can get character sets for non-european license plates on request. Configuring the transcoding module The transcoding module is required for the configuration of the Ocularis Recorder web client. This is unnecessary when using Ocularis Mobile with Ocularis Media Server. 1. After installing the Gateway and Transcoding services, from the Ocularis Recorder Manager, select 'Server' in the control bar. 2. In the lower right control bar area, select the Transcoding Module. 1 NumberPlate, LastSeen, Country KA LH 0001, :27:25, GER On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 87

99 Configuration mode 3. If desired, you may modify the Name of the module. This is helpful if you install more than one instance of the transoding module. 4. If you have more than one Transcoding modules installed, you can make one redundant to the other by specifying this in the Redundant module drop-down list. 5. Specify the maximum number of channels. For each image requested by the web client, one channel is needed. To reduce the network load and the load on the transcoding module, limit the number of channels to a maximum of 25 channels per transcoding module. Keep in mind that this number applies to all users. So if you keep the setting as the default of '5', only 5 streams may be used at the same time by all logged in users. 6. Specify the Lowest RTSP port and the Highest RTSP port number for channels. If you have increased the maximum number of channels, there must be enough RTSP ports to accommodate. In other words, the Highest RTSP port number minus the lowest RSTP port number should equal the maximum number of channels. 7. Activate the DeviceManagment server(s) for all DMs that you would like users to access via the web client. 8. Apply the configured values if you want to make additional settings. 9. Save the values to apply the values and close the tab. The SGS Module which appears as a result of installing the Gateway Service should automatically be configured. Configuring the generic DVR module 1. If necessary, alter the name of the module. 2. Select a DVR plugin. 3. Specify the maximum number of devices. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 88

100 Configuration mode 4. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 5. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. System The System function on the Administration control allows you, for example, to configure and manage system-wide settings for the network, automatic backups as well as communication settings and event management settings. 1. Select the main location in the Company control. Using video classification 89 Configuring video classification names 89 Configuring the company calendar 90 Configuring the backup 91 Configuring the Event Manager 92 Configuring the SMTP server 93 Configuring the Manager 93 Configuring the SNMP server 93 Configuring the NAT list 94 Using video classification Ocularis 5 supports multiple streams from the camera. Each stream can be assigned to a 'video classification'. These classifications are used to identify the stream in Ocularis Client. Streams can also be used by motion detection modules. Configuring video classification names 1. In the Ocularis Recorder Manager, select System in the Control Bar. 2. In the lower right section of the control bar, select Video classification. 3. Click the Add new video classification button, and then specify the name of the video classification. 4. Click OK to confirm. The new video classification is displayed in the list. 5. Select the video classifications you want to delete, and then click the Delete video classifications marked for deletion button. The standard video classifications ("HD quality", "Standard quality", "Mobile", "Web", "Analytics") cannot be deleted; they can only be renamed. 6. Apply the set values if you want to change additional settings. 7. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 89

101 Configuration mode Configuring the company calendar In the company calendar, you specify the days to be handled in time templates separately from normal weekdays (e.g. public holidays or non-working days). Time templates are created in the Time Manager. They allow the precise specification of recording periods or times in which alarm scenarios are started. 1. Select the year for which you want to create a calendar template. Six months are displayed. 2. Click Next to display the following six months, or click Back to display the previous six months. 3. To navigate to the current date, click the Jump to the current date icon (2). 4. Click Import to enter the public holidays in the company calendar if you have a template. The templates for public holiday import are in the installation folder in the "\Client\calendar folder as text files. 5. Select the desired states, as appropriate. 6. Activate Replace holidays to replace all entered public holidays, and then click OK. The imported data is displayed highlighted in blue. 7. Or you may set the holidays manually by clicking on the days. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 90

102 Configuration mode Setting up a holiday calendar file To do this, you need to create a.txt file and store it in this location on the Master core: c:\program Files\OnSSI\Ocularis Recorder\Client64\calendar You will see other.txt files in there for different countries. You can copy an existing one or create a new one from scratch. Inside the txt file, organize your holidays by region by enclosing the region name in brackets [ ]. For instance, here is a sample for a list of holidays. The format is shown below with name of holiday, YYYY/MM/DD [USA] New Years Day, 2016/01/01 Presidents Day, 2016/02/15 Memorial Day, 2016/05/30 Independence Day, 2016/07/04 Labor Day, 2016/09/05 Thanksgiving Day, 2016/11/24 Christmas Day, 2016/12/25 [CALA] New Years Day, 2016/01/01 May Day, 2016/05/01 Thanksgiving Day, 2016/11/24 Christmas Day, 2016/12/25 Save the file and import it using the instructions above. Configuring the backup With Ocularis Enterprise and Ultimate, the management database is backed up each night at 1:01 a.m. You may modify these settings if desired. 1. Under System, select Backup. 2. Select Use automatic backup to schedule automatic backups. This checkbox is on by default. 3. Select the time and start time of the backup. 4. If necessary, edit the storage path for data backup or click the Select button to select the folder directly in Windows Explorer. The export folder can only be selected if Ocularis Recorder Manager is installed on the Master Core server. Otherwise, the storage path to the export folder on the server has to be entered manually. 5. Select Delete old data to delete existing backups before the data is backed up. This setting is only applicable for automatic backup. There are up to eight backups. The backup folder should be backed up to a tape drive or other backup medium at regular intervals to ensure that the data backups are still available in the event of a hard drive crash. 6. Click the OK button next to Perform backup to carry out a manual data backup immediately. The backup is started. The backup file is named as follows: SeeTec_M_20yymmdd.hhmm.zip, where "yy is the decade, mm the month. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 91

103 Configuration mode Example 1 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Configuring the Event Manager Irrelevant events must be deleted from the event database at regular intervals to ensure that searches for events are fast. Irrelevant events include events for which image data are no longer available. A database maintained in this way enables faster searches. Legislation in France requires that events are never deleted in installations in France. Make sure that the management database (MAXDB) has sufficient storage space at its disposal. The capacity of the management database is configured with the Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool. General 1. Select Use automatic deletion, and then select the period after which the event database is to be deleted. 2. To clean up the database manually, select Delete only events that are older than, and then specify the period. 3. Click the Delete events button to delete the events in the selected period from the database. 4. Specify the time for the daily report on the system events. The with the report of the events of the last 24 hours is sent to all addresses stored as system addresses in the manager. Error/warning/info The events that have occurred are subdivided into three categories, depending on their priority: Error: Serious events that impair the operation of the Ocularis Recorder software such as the failure of a server, service or device and errors in transmission or when accessing the image database. Warning: Events that can lead to errors if they are not eliminated, such as the loss of a camera's video signal, a change to the system time or data backup problems. Info: Events that provide information on the successful completion of system configuration such as the modification of the license file or the restoration of image analysis. 1. Select the events in the list, and specify: whether the event is to be displayed only in the daily report of the system events, whether an is to be sent to all of the addresses entered in the manager as system addresses when the event occurs. 2. To edit one or more events, select it in the Edit column and click the Edit selected objects button. 3. Specify whether an action is to be performed: to which recipient an is to be sent, for which profiles a message is to be displayed in surveillance mode. 4. Click the Back to overview button to go back to the list of events. 1 "SeeTec_M_ zip" for a backup performed on July 25, 2013, at 11:45 am. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 92

104 Configuration mode 5. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 6. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Configuring the SMTP server To enable the services to report the malfunctioning or failure of a camera, the software requires the data of an accessible SMTP server. 1. Activate the SMTP server. 2. Specify the network address of the SMTP server and the SMTP port number. 3. Enter the user name and password for the user account. 4. If necessary, select the encryption method with which the s are to be sent. The following encryption methods are available: SSL and TSL. 5. Enter the sender address. 6. Click Send test to check the settings. 7. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 8. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Configuring the Manager The lists are used to send system messages (see Configuring the Event Manager). The addresses are also used to the report (see Configuring the SNMP server). 1. Click the Add new list button, and then specify the name of the new list. 2. Click OK to confirm. The new list is displayed. 3. To remove the list, activate it and click the Delete list marked for deletion button. All activated lists (except for alarm addresses and system addresses) are deleted. Alarm addresses and system addresses The lists of alarm addresses and system addresses are already created. The system messages are sent by default to all addresses in system addresses. 1. Select the desired list. 2. Click the Add new address button, and then enter the new address. 3. Click OK to confirm. The new is displayed in the list. 4. To change the address, click Rename. 5. To remove the address, activate the and then click the Delete addresses marked for deletion button. All activated addresses are deleted. Configuring the SNMP server It is possible to send SNMP v1, v2 and v3 traps. 1. Activate the SNMP server to report system errors by means of SNMP messages. 2. Enter the ManagementHost. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 93

105 Configuration mode 3. Enter the ManagementHostTrapListenPort, the LocalTrapSendPort and the CommunityString in accordance with the settings required for the SNMP server. If the SNMP component (Simple Network Management Protocol) is installed in the Control Panel > Software > Add/Remove Windows Components > Management and Monitoring Programs, a different port for LocalTrapSendPort must be set, because transmission is not possible via port 161. If port 161 is set as the default, it will not work. SNMP v1/v2 1. Activate SNMP v1 or SNMP v2. SNMP v2 adds simple security features, whereas SNMP v1 has none. 2. Enter the CommunityString to enable correct responses from the host. SNMP v3 SNMP v3 is currently the most secure protocol version. 1. Activate SNMP v3. 2. Enter the Security Name, Authentication Type, Authentication Password, Encryption Type, and the Encryption Password. 3. To test the settings, click Send SNMP test message to check the settings. 4. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 5. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. Configuring the NAT list The NAT feature is only available for the client in the software over the Internet without requiring a VPN tunnel; port forwarding must be activated on your router or firewall. Ports are required by default for NAT. These ports have to be open on all distributed servers. 1. Click the Add new NAT entry button. 2. Enter the internal and public address. 3. To remove an entry, select list, select Delete at the end of each line, and then click the Delete NAT entries marked for deletion button. 4. Apply the set values if you want to make further settings. 5. Save the set values to apply the values and conclude input. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 94

106 8 LPR mode The automatic recognition of license plates in the video image and comparison with a license-plate database allows items such as entry checks and barrier control, parking and loading area administration and triggering of alarms. LPR mode is for analyzing the LPR events and displaying the information associated with the event (including master data, if available). In addition, statistics can be kept. Editing LPR master data LPR master data are all information that is assigned to a specific license plate (such as group, validity). The master data are created and administered with the LPR master data editor (see LPR master data editor). Displaying license plate recognition details When a license plate is recognized, the master data and alarm messages belonging to that license plate are displayed. 1. Click a column header in the main window to sort the column (alarm, layer/camera, start, stop) in ascending or descending order. 2. Select the required layer or camera (or start or end of recording). The selected object is displayed in the player. Player The player is operated in LPR mode in the same way as in archive mode (see LPR mode). On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 95

107 LPR mode Call license plate In the Administration control, the stored events for a license plate in the master data set can be searched for in the database. 1. Click a column header in the main window to sort the license plates in ascending or descending order on the basis of the column's category (time, license plate, group). 2. Click Start query to display all stored events for the selected license plate. 3. Limit the search filter by selecting the query mode and, if appropriate, entering information on the license plate, container, group, lane and period. 4. If only the statistics are to be searched through, select Query statistics only and the type. 5. Click Start query to search the database. 6. The search results are displayed in the License plate recognition details window. 7. Click the event found. The player skips automatically to the selected point in time. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 96

108 9 Administration Tools NOTE: Do not configure the VA Administration Tool unless instructed to do so by OnSSI Technical Support. These instructions are listed here for informational purposes only. Configurations made haphazardly can result in a non-functional system. The Ocularis Recorder Administration Tools are a suite of tools required to manage the servers, clients and additional modules. Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool The VA Administration tool is used to configure the settings for the core server and installing the "Versatile Application" extension. The extension parameters are then configured from within the client. Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool: The Administration Tool is used to configure the image database and the administration database of the servers. Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager. The ServiceManager is used for starting and stopping services. Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer Configuration Tool: The UpdateServer Configuration Tool manages the configuration of the UpdateService on the core service master (CSM) and the UpdateAgents on the clients. Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool 98 Switching the display language 99 Creating a new configuration file 99 Adding an LPR module 99 Adding a Transcoding engine module 100 Adding a gateway service module 101 Adding an Analytics interface module 101 Adding server-based motion detection module 102 Adding a Generic DVR module 103 Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool 104 General settings 105 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 97

109 Administration Tools Management database (MaxDB) 105 Backup and restore 105 Increase storage space (add volume) 106 Cache 106 Multimedia database 107 About zones 107 Add zone 108 Add zone in network drive 108 Editing a zone 109 Remove zone 109 Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager 109 Switching the display language 109 Editing the settings 110 Starting and stopping the services 110 Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer Configuration Tool 111 Configuring the UpdateService 112 Manually triggering an action 113 Configuring a group 113 Creating a group 114 Renaming a group 114 Deleting a group 114 Update and patch settings 115 Editing the Server configuration 116 Configuring the FTP server 117 Import of updates and patches at the UpdateAgent 117 Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool The Ocularis Recorder VA Administration tool is used to configure the settings for the core server and installing the "Versatile Application" extension. The extension parameters are then configured from within the Ocularis Recorder Manager. NOTE: Do not configure the VA Administration Tool unless instructed to do so by OnSSI Technical Support. These instructions are listed here for informational purposes only. Configurations made haphazardly can result in a non-functional system. 1. Start the VA administration tool from the Windows Start menu: Start > All Programs > OnSSI > Ocularis Recorder. Switching the display language 99 Creating a new configuration file 99 Adding an LPR module 99 Adding a Transcoding engine module 100 Adding a gateway service module 101 Adding an Analytics interface module 101 Adding server-based motion detection module 102 Adding a Generic DVR module 103 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 98

110 Administration Tools Switching the display language 1. Exit the VA administration tool. 2. Start the command prompt as the administrator and enter "VMS_VA_ConfigurationTool.exe -l:<code_ for_the_display_language>". Example: For English: "VMS_VA_ConfigurationTool.exe -l:en-gb or "VMS_VA_ConfigurationTool.exe -l:en-us", or for French: "VMS_VA_ConfigurationTool.exe -l:fr-fr" 3. Start the VA administration tool. Alternatively, you may change languages by selecting one from the tools menu. Creating a new configuration file 1. Click the Settings (1) icon, and then choose Create new configuration file from the File menu. Adding an LPR module You may only operate one LPR-Module per server at the same time. You may however install multiple LPR modules on multiple servers if only one server is activated in the Server settings in the configuration mode. 1. Right-click the configuration file in the column on the left and choose License plate recognition from the Add new module context menu. A new entry is created under the configuration file in the menu tree. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 99

111 Administration Tools 2. Change the module name. 3. Enter the IP address of the core server. Do not use localhost or as the entry as other services must communicate via these IP addresses. The service ID changes after the first connection to the server. Do not reset the service ID without talking to OnSSI Tech Support first. 4. Click the Connection test button to check the connection between the module and the main server. If the module does not connect, check and configure the network and the firewall settings. 5. Select the module IP. 6. Enter the module port used by the LPR module. 7. Specify the number of concurrent jobs that are to be transferred. This number should exceed the number of lanes to be monitored. 8. Example: For each lane, more than one vehicle may be waiting. Hence, multiple concurrent jobs may be present per lane. The jobs will then be set on a "waiting list" where the queue is processed one after the other. Do not change to 32bit mode without talking to OnSSI Tech Support first. 9. Select Enforce 32bit checkbox if the devices are not 64-bit capable. This setting only applies to devices that have not yet been released for 64bit. 10. Click Save to save the changes. 11. Restart the services or add additional modules. Adding a Transcoding engine module This module is unnecessary when using Ocularis Mobile with Ocularis Media Server. 1. Right-click the configuration file in the column on the left and choose Transcoding engine from the Add new module context menu. A new entry is created under the configuration file in the menu tree. 2. Change the module name. 3. Enter the IP address of the core server. Do not use localhost or as the entry as other services must communicate via these IP addresses. The service ID changes after the first connection to the server. Do not reset the service ID without talking to Support first. 4. Click the Connection test button to check the connection between the module and the main server. If the module does not connect, check and configure the network and the firewall settings. 5. Select the module IP. 6. Enter the module port used by the transcoding module. 7. Select Enforce 32bit if the devices are not 64-bit capable. This setting only applies to devices that have not yet been released for 64bit. Do not change to 32bit mode without talking to Support first. 8. Click Save to save the changes. 9. Restart the services, or add further modules. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 100

112 Administration Tools Adding a gateway service module This module is unnecessary when using Ocularis Mobile with Ocularis Media Server. 1. Right-click the configuration file in the column on the left, and choose Gateway service from the Add new module context menu. A new entry is created under the configuration file in the menu tree. 2. Change the module name. 3. Enter the IP address of the core server. Do not use localhost or as the entry as other services must communicate via these IP addresses. The service ID changes after the first connection to the server. Do not reset the service ID without talking to Support first. 4. Click the Connection test button to check the connection between the module and the main server. If the module does not connect, check and configure the network and the firewall settings. 5. Select the module IP. 6. Enter the module port used by the SGS module. 7. Enter the SOAP IP and the SOAP port. 8. If accessing the network from the intranet (internal access), enter the local IP of the server. 9. If accessing the network from the internet (external access), enter the public IP of the router or firewall. Additionally, transparent port forwarding must be activated at the router or firewall. 10. Select Enforce 32bit if the devices are not 64-bit capable. This setting only applies to devices that have not yet been released for 64bit. Do not change to 32bit mode without talking to Support first. 11. Click Save to save the changes. 12. Restart the services (see Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager) or add further modules. Adding an Analytics interface module 1. Right-click the configuration file in the column on the left and choose Analytics interface from the Add new module context menu. A new entry is created under the configuration file in the menu tree. 2. Change the module name. 3. Enter the IP address of the core server. Do not use localhost or as the entry as other services must communicate via these IP addresses. The service ID changes after the first connection to the server. Do not reset the service ID without talking to Support first. 4. Click the Connection test button to check the connection between the module and the main server. If the module does not connect, check and configure the network and the firewall settings. 5. Select the module IP. 6. Enter the module port used by the VCA module. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 101

113 Administration Tools 7. Select the VCA plug-in. The supplied plugin must have been installed in the plugin folder before (C:\Program Files\Ocularis Recorder\plugins). 8. Select Enforce 32bit if the devices are not 64-bit capable. This setting only applies to devices that have not yet been released for 64bit. Do not change to 32bit mode without talking to Support first. 9. Click Save to save the changes. 10. Restart the services (see Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager) or add further modules. Adding server-based motion detection module The Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool is used to configure settings for the Core Server and install the 'Versatile Application' extensions. Extension parameters are then configured in the Ocularis Recorder Manager. One of the components controlled by the VA Administration tool is Server-based motion detection. When you install the software, two Server-based motion detection modules are automatically installed. Each module can support up to 30 cameras/channels. Once you exceed this amount, we recommend adding additional Server-based motion detection modules. Server-based motion detection modules are the components that perform the analysis of motion on each frame. Therefore, consider where these are installed. If you observe a degradation of CPU performance or are running low on memory, consider moving the server-based motion detection module to another computer. Another methodology is to configure a single server with adequate hardware and use this solely for server-based motion detection modules. 1. From the Windows Start menu > All Programs > OnSSI >Ocularis Recorder > Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool. 2. Right-click VAConfig in the column on the left and choose Server-based motion detection from the Add new module context menu. A new entry is created under the configuration file in the menu tree. 3. Change the module name to make it easily identifiable. 4. Enter the IP address of the core server. Do not use localhost or as the entry as other services must communicate via these IP addresses. The service ID changes on the first connection to the server. Do not reset the service ID without talking to Support first. 5. Click the Connection test button to check the connection between the module and the main server. If the module does not connect, check and configure the network and the firewall settings. 6. Select the module IP. 7. Enter the module port used by the motion detection module. 8. Select Enforce 32bit if the devices are not 64-bit capable. This setting only applies to devices that have not yet been released for 64bit. Do not change to 32bit mode without talking to Support first. 9. Click Save to save the changes. 10. Restart the services (see Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager) or add further modules. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 102

114 Administration Tools Adding a Generic DVR module 1. Right-click the configuration file in the column on the left and choose Generic DVR from the Add new module context menu. A new entry is created under the configuration file in the menu tree. 2. Change the module name. 3. Enter the IP address of the core server. Do not use localhost or as the entry as other services must communicate via these IP addresses. The service ID changes after the first connection to the server. Do not reset the service ID without talking to Support first. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 103

115 Administration Tools 4. Click the Connection test button to check the connection between the module and the main server. If the module does not connect, check and configure the network and the firewall settings. 5. Select the module IP. 6. Enter the module port used by the Generic DVR module. 7. Select Enforce 32bit if the devices are not 64-bit capable. This setting only applies to devices that have not yet been released for 64bit. Do not change to 32bit mode without talking to Support first. 8. Click Save to save the changes. 9. Restart the services (see Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager) or add further modules. Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool The Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool is used to configure the image database and the administration database of the servers. Note that incorrect settings in the administration tool may result in a non-operational system. 1. Start the Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool from the Windows Start menu > OnSSI > Ocularis Recorder Administration Tool All settings in the administration tool are not valid until the services or the complete computer have been restarted General settings 105 Management database (MaxDB) 105 Backup and restore 105 Increase storage space (add volume) 106 Cache 106 Multimedia database 107 About zones 107 Add zone 108 Add zone in network drive 108 Editing a zone 109 Remove zone 109 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 104

116 Administration Tools General settings 1. Configure the server and port of the Master Core server in the System Manager section if administration was started on a distributed server. If administration was started on the main server, leave these settings unchanged (default: server: localhost, port: (60000). 2. Enter the IP address of the Device Manager server and the host name for the services to connect to in the "IP address/host name for server communication" area. 3. Enter the network password. Note: network passwords are used to prevent rogue DMs from being installed on the system. Contact OnSSI Tech Support prior to modifying this value. 4. Click the Settings (1) icon, and then choose Save from the File menu to save the changes. 5. Restart the services. Management database (MaxDB) Backup and restore 1. To create a backup of the management database, click Backup. The database is backed up as a manual backup in the "\Ocularis Recorder\sapdb\backup" folder. 2. To restore a data backup, click Restore and select the required data backup. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 105

117 Administration Tools Increase storage space (add volume) If more storage space has to be made available to the multimedia database because, for example, the event data is to remain available for an extended period, an additional volume can be added to the MaxDB. The default size of the MaxDB is 4 GB. A maximum of four volumes can be added to the MaxDB. This extension has no influence on the actual multimedia database. 1. Enter the size [MB] of the additional storage space for the expansion of the multimedia database (minimum: 512 MB, maximum: 4000 MB). 2. Click Add new volume. The additional storage space is available immediately under DISK000X in the MaxDB installation folder. 3. Click the Refresh (3) button for an estimate of how long (in days) the space in the MaxDB will last at the current alarm rate. A reliable estimate can only be made if the system is running under normal load with reference to the alarm occurrence. Cache If a large number of events occurs with resulting high loading times, the MaxDB cache size can be increased. However, this value should be selected carefully. Enlarging the cache is not useful if the computer does not actually have enough free RAM available. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 106

118 Administration Tools The current cache size of the RAM reserved for the MaxDB is displayed. The actual size of the MaxDB is shown under Current capacity utilization of the management database. The cache size of MaxDB is an extremely system-critical parameter that should not be changed unless there are good reasons for it. The throughput is optimal if the compete database is kept in the cache. 1. Enter a value in MB for the desired size, and click Adjust cache size. Multimedia database The multimedia database tab is used for maintenance and editing of zones of the video database. The zones are paths in which the multimedia database stores its image data. Both local drives and network drives can be used. The specified zone size is not reserved immediately but only used as required. About zones Zones specify the maximum storage depth of the multimedia database and thus of the software. By default, the software does not set any limits on the zone of the multimedia database. The default zone is placed in the following folder in a new installation: C:\VideoDatabase. Note: we recommend replacing the default with a zone on a dedicated partition and not the C: drive. Also, do not use the root of the drive (such as D:\) as the zone. Always specify a subfolder. If a network location is used, the UNC path (not mapped drive letter) must be used. If the volume of the existing zone is not sufficient, another zone can be added. A maximum of ten zones should be created. A larger number has a negative effect on the performance of the multimedia database. It is also better to have a few large zones than a larger number of small zones. The system will load balance the data and determine the best location for data storage. If more storage space than is available on the zones or on the hard disk is assigned to the connected cameras, the database stops recording. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 107

119 Administration Tools We strongly recommend against setting a hard disk that is connected by USB or FireWire as a multimedia database zone, because this will have a very negative effect on the performance. The multimedia database should be placed on another hard disk or a RAID system to ensure satisfactory performance. Add zone 1. Create a folder on a dedicated partition as a zone to store the image data. The cluster size should be 64 KB. 2. Click Add zone. 3. Enter the path and the maximum size (in GB). If necessary, click Browse to go to the new folder. 4. Activate Unlimited to use all the physical space in the partition. We recommend using no more than 90% of the physical space on a partition, because any more will adversely affect the performance of the operating system. 5. Click OK to confirm. Add zone in network drive 1. Create a folder on a server in the network to store the image data. 2. Click Add zone. 3. Enter the UNC path and the maximum size (in GB) (e.g. "\\ \Path\To\Accept"). 4. Activate Unlimited to use all the physical space in the partition. 5. Activate A user name and password are required in the network authorization area, and enter the authorization data of the network drive, i.e. the server login information. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 108

120 Administration Tools 6. Enter the user name and password. Note that the user must also be available locally on the computer and the domain is also required, e.g.: DOMAIN\firstname.lastname 7. Click Test to check the availability and authorization on the network drive. Editing a zone 1. Select the desired multimedia database in the zones field. 2. Click Edit zone to change the path and/or size. We recommend using no more than 90% of the physical space on a partition, because any more will adversely affect the performance of the operating system. 3. Click OK to confirm. Remove zone 1. Select the desired multimedia database in the zones field. 2. Click Remove zone. The image data in the deleted zone is no longer available in Ocularis, but is not automatically deleted. Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager The Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager is used for starting and stopping services. The following functions are available in the ServiceManager: Restart all services Stop all services Start all services The ServiceManager is automatically installed when a server service is installed. To start the ServiceManager automatically at login, add "-autostart" as the command line parameter (see Command line parameters). 1. Start the Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager in the Ocularis Recorder installation folder or the Windows Start menu > OnSSI > Ocularis Recorder > Ocularis Recorder Service Manager. Switching the display language 109 Editing the settings 110 Starting and stopping the services 110 Switching the display language 1. Exit the ServiceManager. 2. Start the command prompt as the administrator and enter "VMS_ServiceManager.exe -l:<code_for_ the_display_language>". On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 109

121 Administration Tools Example 1 3. Start the ServiceManager. Editing the settings 1. Click the Settings (1) icon to edit the ServiceManager settings. 2. Activate Show services that are not installed to show all available services in the list. By default, services not installed are not displayed. 3. Activate Minimize to the notification area on the taskbar at program startup for faster access to the ServiceManager. 4. Activate Show balloon tip for status changes to see an immediate notification on the screen in the event of changes to the services. 5. Define the Wait time between stopping and restarting services (default 15 seconds). Increase the interval to allow the services to start and terminate correctly with large installations. 6. Click OK to confirm. Starting and stopping the services The state of the services is displayed and color-coded: green = service is started red = service is stopped 1 : For English: "VMS_ServiceManager.exe -l:en-us", or for French: "VMS_ServiceManager.exe -l:fr-fr" On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 110

122 Administration Tools yellow = service is started or stopped black = service is not installed 1. Click Restart all services to stop all services regardless of the state of the services and to restart them after the defined wait time (see Starting and stopping the services). 2. Click Stop all services to stop all services regardless of the state of the services. 3. Click Start all services to start all services regardless of the state of the services. You can also optionally start, stop or restart specific services by clicking the service with the right mouse button. Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer Configuration Tool The Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer Configuration Tool manages the configuration of the UpdateService on the core service master (CSM) and the UpdateAgents on the clients. The configuration tool will be installed automatically with the UpdateService (see Installing and configuring the Ocularis Recorder UpdateService and the UpdateAgent). The UpdateServer Configuration Tool supports the following features: Displaying all connected UpdateAgents, their the hardware specification, their installed feature, and the applied patches of each UpdateAgent Displaying status information of all UpdateAgents in a group Creating groups of UpdateAgents to configure Renaming and deleting groups and old UpdateAgents from the configuration Import and export of download packages and patch files for the UpdateService Export of patches and updates and import them with the help of a small tool to the UpdateAgents Configuration for getting updates/patches and how they should be deployed to the UpdateAgents Checking for updates or patches at the server 1. Start the Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer configuration tool in the Windows Start menu > OnSSI > Ocularis Recorder > Ocularis Recorder UpdateServer configuration. If required, confirm the system's administration privileges. The information tab is displayed. Configuring the UpdateService 112 Manually triggering an action 113 Configuring a group 113 Update and patch settings 115 Editing the Server configuration 116 Configuring the FTP server 117 Import of updates and patches at the UpdateAgent 117 On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 111

123 Administration Tools Configuring the UpdateService The Groups column displays all groups managed by the UpdateService alphabetically. The default group contains all UpdateAgents (clients) not assigned to a group. 1. Click on a group folder icon to display the status overview of all clients within the group. Colored bullet point shows the current status of each client: Red: An error occurred at the client or the UpdateAgent of the client is offline for more than 3 minutes. Yellow: UpdateAgent is currently busy (patching, downloading, etc.) or waiting for an event triggered by the UpdateService (e.g. manual distribution of patches). Green: The client's UpdateAgent is up-to-date. 1. Click on a client name to display the installed components, the system software, the software version, the status, and the installed patches. 2. Click Refresh list to see a more current status. 3. Click Configure group to create, rename or delete a group and specify the group's update settings (see Configuring a group). 4. Click Delete clients to remove clients from the configuration tool. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 112

124 Administration Tools Manually triggering an action If a group is configured to be updated manually, Start patch/update at the UpdateAgents is displayed in the group's status pane. 1. Click Start patch/update at the UpdateAgent to start the update. It will require up to 60 seconds before the update process is started. Configuring a group The group configuration displays Specific download date and time of the update package or the patch files. If the time is in the past, downloads and patches will start immediately. Download interval between each UpdateAgent for in minutes (e.g. the first UpdateAgent starts the download at 10:00, the second UpdateAgent starts the download at 10:10, the third at 10:20, etc). Update and patch date and time. 1. Specify the required update and patch settings for the group. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 113

125 Administration Tools 2. Select Don't distribute patches or updates to these clients to prevent automatic distribution at low bandwidth. If this option is activated, the patches have to be distributed manually. 3. Select Don't start patching or updating automatically to prevent automatic installation of patches and updates. Patching and updating has to be performed manually. 4. Select Automatic restart before and after the patch/update to shut down the software and log out all users before applying the patch. The clients will be restarted automatically. 5. If required, deselect clients from the groups list. Only the selected clients will be affected by the group settings. Creating a group 1. Click Create new group, enter a name for the new group and click OK. The new group will be displayed in the Groups column. Renaming a group 1. Click Rename group, change the name of the group and click OK. All assigned UpdateAgents will remain in the group and adhere to the group's settings. Deleting a group 1. Select a group in the Groups column and click Delete group. All clients in the group will be moved into the default group and will be exempted from the update settings. UpdateAgents in the default group will get updates and patches as soon as they are available. The default group cannot be deleted. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 114

126 Administration Tools Update and patch settings The tab displays the available updates and patches. If the UpdateService has been configured for manual distribution in the Update and patch settings tab, all updates and patches can be imported from the server and exported to a directory on the server or an attached media. 1. Click Import updates to download the available updates from the server. 2. Click Refresh to check at the server for updates not yet displayed. 3. Click Export to copy the updates to a directory that can be copied to any media such as a USB stick. The updates have to be installed at each client separately. 4. Click Import patches to download the available patches from the server. The available patches are displayed. 5. Click Export to copy the patches to a directory that can be copied to any media such as a USB stick. The patches have to be installed at each client separately. 6. If patches are not required, select the patches from the list and click Delete patches before exporting them. Only the patches listed will be distributed. 7. Click Refresh to check at the server for patches not yet displayed. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 115

127 Administration Tools Editing the Server configuration With the Server configuration tab, the basic settings for the communication between the Update server and the clients are managed. By default, the UpdateService connects to the server providing the updates (i.e. ), downloads and distributes the updates and patches to the UpdateAgents. However, if manual distribution or a different server for downloads is preferred, the automatic setting can be changed. 1. Select an option from the menu: Download and install updates/patches automatically from the internet. This is the recommended setting for automatic updates and distribution of patches. Download updates/patches from the internet, but don't install them automatically. Updates and patches will be automatically downloaded from the server, but will not be distributed to the UpdateAgents. The updates and patches must be Editing the Server configuration and installed manually. Download and install updates/patches automatically from a defined remote location. The updates and patches will be downloaded from a server (FTP) that has to be Configuring the FTP server and automatically installed at the UpdateAgents. On-Net Surveillance Systems, Inc. 116