Secure Guard Central Management System

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1 Speco Technologies, Inc. Secure Guard Central Management System Usage Information

2 Contents 1 Overview Installation System Requirements System Installation Command Line Options Configuration User Configuration Concepts Operations Creating a New System Folder System Configuration Site and Group Configuration Path Settings Image Annotations Sequence Settings Styles User Settings Administrator Operations Save Settings Load Settings Activity Log Debug Log Operations General Layout Main Menu File Page 2 1/26/2012

3 5.2.2 Control Utilities Settings Screen Mode View Help Main Toolbar Control Panel Group Configuration Tree Screen Mode Layout Status Bar System Capacity Widgets Camera Site Status Playback Speed Controls Selected Camera Status System Tray Icon Viewing Images Screen Mode Active Viewing Area Dragging Images into viewers Moving images Removing images Ordering images Quick Zoom Image Image Annotations Camera Information Host-Zoom control Adjust Image Qualities Pan-Tilt-Zoom Control Image Sequencing Page 3 1/26/2012

4 5.8 Playing Images Recorded on DVR Recording Images on Host Playing Images recorded on Host Finding the images to playback Local Playback viewer Making an image snapshot Help About Appendix A: Release 1.0 to Release 1.1 Upgrade New Permissions - Administrator Non-administrator New Permissions PTZ Support for HD, RS, and WRS Table 1 - Command Line Options... 7 Table 2 - Command Line Option Effects... 8 Table 3- Examples of Styles and Style Sheets Table 4 - Main Menu Control Contents Table 5 - Group Configuration Tree, Camera Icons Table 6- Status Bar Icons Table 7 - Status Bar Camera Status Fields Table 8 - Image Annotation Color Chart Figure 1 - Installed CMS shortcuts... 8 Figure 2 - Login Dialog Figure 3 - No system folder files found dialog Figure 4 - Welcome Dialog Figure 5 - Settings dialog to save unsaved changes Figure 6 - CMS Settings, Group Management Tab Figure 7 - Site Settings dialog Figure 8 - Site Locate Dialog Figure 9 - CMS Settings, File Paths Tab Figure 10 - Image Annotations Settings Figure 11 - Image with no annotations Figure 12 - Image with just the site name Figure 13 - Image with site and camera name annotations Page 4 1/26/2012

5 Figure 14 - Image with name and time annotations Figure 15 - Sequence Settings Figure 16 - CMS Settings, Available Styles Figure 17 - CMS Settings, Style Sheets Available Figure 18 - User Settings Figure 19 - Update User Dialog Figure 20 - Delete User Verification Figure 21 - Add User Dialog Figure 22 - Roles Management Figure 23 - Add Role Dialog Figure 24 - Update Role Dialog Figure 25 - Delete Role Verification Figure 26 - Save Settings File Selection Dialog Figure 27 - Load Settings File Selection Dialog Figure 28 - CMS Activity Log Figure 29 - CMS Activity Log - Date browser Figure 30 - CMS Activity Log, year selection Figure 31 - CMS Debug Log Figure 32 - General Layout Figure 33 - Main Menu and Toolbar Figure 34 - Main Menu, File sub-menu Figure 35 - Open Group Selection Dialog Figure 36 - Open Group Verification Dialog Figure 37 - Main menu - Utilities sub-menu Figure 38 - Main Menu, Settings sub-menu Figure 39 - Main Menu, Screen Mode, Simple sub-menu Figure 40 - Main Menu, Screen Mode, Advanced sub-menu Figure 41 - Main Menu, View sub-menu Figure 42 - Main Menu, Help sub-menu Figure 43 - Toolbar Figure 44 - Control Panel docked on left Figure 45 - Control Panel docked on right Figure 46 - Control Panel, Group Configuration Tree Figure 47 - Group Configuration Tree, Site Tooltip Figure 48 - Group Configuration Tree, Site Context Menu Figure 49 - Group Configuration Tree, Disconnected Site Figure 50 - Remote Configuraton for T-Series DVR Figure 51 - Group Configuration Tree, camera context menu Figure 52 - Camera Information Dialog Figure 53 - Screen Mode, Simple Tab Figure 54 - Screen Mode, Advanced Tab Page 5 1/26/2012

6 Figure 55 - Capacity Widget Dialog Figure 56 - System Tray Icon Menu Figure 57 - Screen layout, 2x Figure 58 - Screen Layout, advanced, 17 viewing areas Figure 59 - Viewing area context menu Figure 60 - Host Zoom Controls Figure 61 - Adjust Image Dialog Figure 62 - Dome Control, RS model Figure 63 - Dome Control, TH model Figure 64 - Initial Sequence Tab Figure 65 - Sequence Tab Figure 66 - Playback, Remote Tab Figure 67 - Viewing area with host Record annotation Figure 68 - Playback, Local Tab Figure 69 - Local Playback Viewer Figure 70 - Snapshot Status Bar Message Figure 71 - Sample Snapshot Figure 72 - About Secure Guard CMS Information Box Figure 73 - About Qt Information Page Figure 74 - Roles - New Permissions Administrator Figure 75 - Roles Management - New Permissions Figure 76 Roles - New Permissions non-administrator Figure 77 - PTZ Control for HD, RS, and WRS Page 6 1/26/2012

7 1 Overview The Speco Technologies Secure Guard Central Management System (Secure Guard CMS) is a PC Windows application that provides access to multiple DVRs and IP cameras in order to assist surveillance personnel. This document provides information intended to be useful to users of Secure Guard CMS. This document addresses topics in the following areas: 1. Installation How to install the product on one or more systems. 2. Configuration Describes what needs to be done before active surveillance work can be performed. This work is typically done by an administrator or installer. 3. Normal Operation Describes the functions available during normal operation of the product. The Secure Guard CMS product uses a modular design where the connections to different types of DVRs are made through different connection plug-ins. Each plug-in provides connections to a different type or family of DVR or IP camera. The operations available on each DVR or camera may vary, depending on what level of support the connection plug-in is able to provide. 2 Installation 2.1 System Requirements The Secure Guard CMS product is intended for systems with the following types of operating systems: 1. Windows XP Professional Version 2002, Service Pack 3. The system should have at least 1G of memory. 2. Windows 7 Professional N. The system should have at least 1G of memory. (32-bit or 64-bit) The monitor screen resolution should be at least 1280x System Installation The product is delivered in a self-extracting executable. Simply run the executable to install the program. In most cases, use the defaults in terms of where to install the product and which components to install. 2.3 Command Line Options There are two command line options that can be specified when starting Secure Guard CMS. These options make it possible to create convenient shortcuts. The two options are described in Table 1. Table 1 - Command Line Options Option Description /inst=n Specifies the instance number that should appear in the initial login box. /user=name Specifies the user name that should appear in the initial login box. Page 7 1/26/2012

8 The options can be in upper or lower case. Normally, the user name and instance number in the initial login are the same as the name and number specified when Secure Guard CMS was last run. These options let you override one or both of these values. The effect of using these command line options is listed below in Table 2. Table 2 - Command Line Option Effects Command Line Description No options User name and instance of last invocation /inst=2 User name from last invocation and instance 2 /user=william User name William and instance from last invocation /inst=3 /user=charlie User name Charlie and instance 3 Specifying just the instance number is probably the most useful. When Secure Guard CMS is installed, there are 4 shortcuts created that specify different instance numbers. See Figure 1. Figure 1 - Installed CMS shortcuts 3 Configuration The Secure Guard CMS product provides controlled access by the use of user names and passwords. There is one special user who will be referred to as the Administrator or Installer. The administrator is typically the one who performs the initial configuration on the installed product. This includes: 1. User Configuration. Adding new users to the system so that users can login and monitor the surveillance equipment. 2. System Configuration. Adding new DVR and IP camera sites to the product for use by the users. Page 8 1/26/2012

9 3.1 User Configuration Concepts Users The concept of a user in Secure Guard CMS consists of a name, password, and a role. A role is a set of permissions for different operations and these determine what the user can and cannot do. When Secure Guard CMS is started, the user is asked for their user login name and password. If these match what the administrator has configured, then the product initializes and the user can perform various operations. There is a special user named admin who is the administrator. This user is always present in the list of users and this user must have a non-blank password. All other users are added by the administrator and may or may not have non-blank passwords. The Administrator usually has permission to do everything. In addition, the administrator can delegate an operation to other users so that they can perform the operation System Folder The System Folder is the location in the file system where all the settings and configuration information is stored. This location can be on a local hard drive (e.g. in \My Documents) or it could be on a shared drive. The advantage of using a shared drive is that users can login from physically different systems but they would still have access to the same configuration information Multiple CMS Instances On a single system, a user can run multiple copies of Secure Guard CMS. Typically, this is used to connect to a different set of DVRs and have one set displayed on one monitor and the other set displayed on a separate monitor. As part of the initial login step, the user will specify which instance or copy of Secure Guard CMS is starting up. This determines which startup settings are used and makes it easy for the user to remember the settings for each instance. Since the intent of this feature is to make it easy to use multiple monitors attached to a system, the practical limit is up to 8 instances. The Secure Guard CMS product determines whether or not a specified instance is already running on the host PC. If it is, then the instance starting up refuses to initialize. The user needs to specify a different instance or exit Roles The concept of a role is a set of information that has a name and a list of permissions for different types of operations. Each user login name is associated with a specific role in order to determine which operations a user is allowed to perform. Page 9 1/26/2012

10 3.1.2 Operations Initial Login When Secure Guard CMS is starting, a dialog is presented in order to gather the login name, password, instance, and system folder. See Figure 2. Figure 2 - Login Dialog The system folder is the file system location where configuration files for Secure Guard CMS are stored. On the first login, this folder should be empty since no configuration files have been created yet. When a new system folder is used, you are presented with the dialog in Figure 3: Figure 3 - No system folder files found dialog You have three choices. 1. If you have saved settings from a previously created Secure Guard CMS, you can press the Load button to load the saved settings into this instance of Secure Guard CMS. 2. Create a new set of configuration files by pressing the Create New button. 3. Press Cancel to return to the Login dialog and select a different System Folder. Page 10 1/26/2012

11 3.1.3 Creating a New System Folder When creating a new system folder or anytime when starting Secure Guard CMS with no groups defined, a dialog is shown that describes the steps needed to start viewing images from DVRs and cameras. The dialog is shown in Figure 4. Figure 4 - Welcome Dialog When the OK button is pressed, the System settings dialog is opened so the site and group lists can be created. When the settings dialog is closed, a dialog is presented to allow the selection of the group to connect to and then the sites in the group are connected to and images from the sites should appear in the viewer screens. 3.2 System Configuration The system configuration consists of information that usually only needs to be specified once by the Administrator. This includes 1. The list of DVR and IP camera sites available for connections 2. The file name paths identifying where to store recorded files, snapshots, etc. 3. A list of defined image sequences for each site group. 4. User logins and roles On each tab of the settings dialog, there is an Apply button. The Apply button is enabled when you have made changes that need to be saved. When the Apply button is pressed, the changes are saved and the button is disabled until you make additional changes. If you try to move to a different tab without pressing the Apply button, a dialog appears asking if you want to save the changed settings. An example of this dialog is shown in Figure 5. Page 11 1/26/2012

12 Figure 5 - Settings dialog to save unsaved changes Site and Group Configuration Each Secure Guard CMS instance is configured to connect to a set of DVRs and/or IP cameras. The term site is used to refer to a DVR or an IP camera. The term group is used to refer to a set of sites. Each Secure Guard CMS instance is configured to connect to a single group which is defined as a set of sites. The list of sites and groups is maintained as part of the Group Management Settings. These lists are typically created by the administrator and each Secure Guard CMS instance is configured to connect to all the sites in one particular group. The Group Settings are setup and modified by using the Settings->Group Management dialog. This can also be reached by pressing the Settings button on the main toolbar and then selecting the Group Management tab in the dialog box that appears. The dialog is shown in Figure 6. Page 12 1/26/2012

13 Figure 6 - CMS Settings, Group Management Tab The normal order of operations is the following: 1. Define one or more sites using the Site Settings and Sites sections. 2. Define one or more groups using the Sites and Groups sections Site Maintenance The following site operations are available: 1. Adding a new site. To add a new site, do the following: a. Click on the New button on the Saved Sites panel on the left side of the screen. This opens the Site Settings dialog as shown in Figure 7. Page 13 1/26/2012

14 Figure 7 - Site Settings dialog b. In the Site Settings, enter a new name for the site. All the site names in the Sites list must be unique. c. Select the appropriate Model for the site. If you do not see the correct model in the Model list shown, scroll up or down to see additional choices. d. Enter the remaining site arguments as indicated in the Site Settings. Note that the settings may be slightly different for each Model. 2. Locating ONSIP cameras. An easy way to locate and make sites for ONSIP cameras on your local network is to use the ONSIP Locate button. This tool helps to automate the creation of site objects for local ONSIP cameras. Pressing the button brings up a dialog as shown below in Figure 8. This dialog scans the local network for ONSIP cameras and displays information about the local cameras in the table on the left. This information includes the name and model of the camera, the IP address and RTSP port number. The IP address type (statically assigned or DHCP) and the MAC address are also shown. You can force a new scan of the network by pressing the Refresh button. Page 14 1/26/2012

15 The table on the right shows the currently existing sites along with their IP addresses. Initially, the table just shows the currently existing sites and they are all disabled. If you want to create a new site for a camera listed on the left, double click the entry on the left. This opens a Site Settings dialog with many of the entries filled in. You can change the site name and will need to put in the user name and password entries. Once the site is fully defined, click OK to add the new site. The new sites are added to the list on the right. The newly added sites are not disabled like the currently existing sites. You can select and edit a newly added site. Figure 8 - Site Locate Dialog When you have added all the sites you wish to add, press the OK button to return to the group settings dialog. The added sites can now be added to groups and used like any other site. 3. Changing an existing site. In the Sites list, select the site you wish to change and press the Edit button. You can also double-click on the site in the site list. This opens the Site Settings dialog where you can make changes to the site connection information. Page 15 1/26/2012

16 4. Deleting an existing site. In the Sites list, select the site you wish to change. Press the rightmouse button to see the context menu for this site. One of the items is Delete Site. By selecting this item, a pop-up is displayed asking if you are sure about deleting the site. If the site is currently connected, the dialog should mention this and ask if you are sure you want to disconnect and delete. Note that it is not necessary for a site to be used in any group. Deleting a site could be a rare action. 5. Duplicating an existing site. You may want to have multiple site entries for the same physical site. There may be slight differences such as a different Username and password. To duplicate a site, select the site you wish to duplicate in the Sites list. Press the right-mouse button and select the Duplicate menu item. This creates a new site item with all the same parameters and generated tag. Now you can edit the site to change the name of the site and modify any parameters you want to be different. 6. Renaming an existing site. In the Sites list, select the site you wish to rename, press the rightmouse button and select the Rename item. Then type in a new tag in the Site Settings. Another method is to use the Edit button and change the name in the Site Settings dialog. 7. Sort the site list by site name. In the Sites list, click on the Site Tag column heading. Pressing the Site Tag column heading again toggles the sort order from ascending to descending. An up or down arrow in the column heading indicates the direction of the sort Group Maintenance The following group operations are available: 1. Creating a new group. A first group with the name Group is initially present in the Groups list on the right-most panel of the dialog. To create a new group, press the New button in the Groups panel on the right side of the Settings dialog. The group names must be unique. 2. Adding a site to a group. To add a site to a group, select the site you wish to add from the Sites list. You can use the >>> button or press the left-mouse button and drag the site into the desired group. 3. Changing the site name within a group. When you add a site to a group, the site name within the group is given the site name from the site list, unless a site in the group with that name already exists. If there is a name collision, then the name for the second site is of the form: name(1) where the number in parenthesis is chosen so that the name is unique. If you want to change the name of a site within a group, do the following: Page 16 1/26/2012

17 a. In the Groups list, select the Site within the Group that you wish to rename. Now, double-click on the desired site and then type in a new site name. Note that the site names within a group must be unique. b. In the Groups list, select the Site you wish to rename, press the right-mouse button and select the Rename Site menu item. 4. Deleting a group. Select the group you wish to delete and press the right-mouse button to get the context menu for the group. Select the Delete group item to delete the group. You will receive a pop-up message asking if you are sure you want to delete the group. If the group is connected, the pop-up will explain this and ask if you want to disconnect and delete the group. Note that deleting the group does not delete the sites within the group. The sites are still in the Sites list. 5. Removing a site from a group. Select the site you wish to remove from the group. Press the right-mouse button and select Remove from the context menu. You will receive a pop-up asking if you are sure you want to remove the site from the group. If the site is currently connected, the pop-up will explain this and ask if you wish to disconnect and remove the site. Note that removing a site from a group does not delete the site from the Sites list. 6. Sort the group list by group name. Select the Groups header in the Groups list to sort the list by Group name. Press the Groups header again to toggle between an ascending and descending sort. An arrow on the header indicates which column is the sort key and the direction of the sort. 7. Sort the sites within a group by site. Select the Site column header in the Groups list to sort the list by Site within each group. Press the Site column again to toggle between an ascending and descending sort. An arrow on the header indicates which column is the sort key and the direction of the sort Path Settings The File Path Settings dialog can be used to specify where different types of information are stored. These paths are specified on a per-user basis. The dialog can be reached by pressing the Settings button and then selecting the File Paths tab. It can also be reached by selecting Settings->File Paths in the main menu. See Figure 9. Page 17 1/26/2012

18 Figure 9 - CMS Settings, File Paths Tab The following information can be provided: 1. The Snapshot path. This path identifies where snapshot files are stored. The Browse button can be used to graphically select the folder to use for this storage. 2. The Archive path. This path identifies where to store information marked for archival. 3. The Record path. This path identifies where images recorded on the host should be stored. 4. The snapshot type. When a snapshot is stored, it is written in the specified format. The types available are: a. BMP uncompressed proprietary format invented by Microsoft b. JPG compressed image format developed by Joint Photographic Experts Group optimized for photographs. c. TIFF uncompressed image format which preserves all the original information. Useful if more processing will be done since it preserves all the original information. 5. The recording format. When a host-based recording is made, the video is written in the specified format. The formats available are: a. Microsoft AVI b. Quicktime MOV c. Matroska Page 18 1/26/2012

19 3.2.3 Image Annotations When images from cameras and DVRs are viewed, the images can be annotated with information that identifies the DVR time, site name and camera name. The Image Annotations Settings can be used to select which annotations should appear. The selection applies to all images viewed. Select the menu item Settings->Image Annotations to bring up the dialog shown in Figure 10. Check the appropriate checkboxes, click on Apply, and close the dialog. The DVR time appears in the upper left corner of the images. The Site name appears in the lower left corner of the images. The camera name appears in the lower left corner following the site name (if present). Figure 10 - Image Annotations Settings An image with no annotations looks like Figure 11: Page 19 1/26/2012

20 Figure 11 - Image with no annotations An image with just the site name (lower left corner) looks like Figure 12: Figure 12 - Image with just the site name An image with the site and camera names (lower left) looks like Figure 13: Page 20 1/26/2012

21 Figure 13 - Image with site and camera name annotations An image with both names (lower left) and the time (upper left) looks like Figure 14: Figure 14 - Image with name and time annotations Sequence Settings The Settings->Sequence dialog is used to specify a sequence. A sequence is a way of cycling through a list of images. The dialog is shown in Figure 15. When a sequence is shown, a grid is filled with images from the specified list. This set of images is shown for a specified period of time (the dwell time). When the dwell time expires, the grid is filled with the next grid of images from the specified list. This continues until the list is exhausted at which time, images from the front of the list are used. The sequence settings specify the size of the grid to use, the dwell time, and the list of images to show. Page 21 1/26/2012

22 In the Configuration section at the top of the dialog, you can specify the Dwell Time in number of seconds (1 to 99), and the Screen Mode. The Screen Modes available are n x n where n varies from 1 to 8. The left side of the dialog shows the Site list for the currently connected Group. Cameras or Sites can be selected on the left side and then added to the Sequence list on the right side of the dialog. To add a Site, select a site on the left side of the dialog and press the Add button in the middle column. This adds all the cameras in the site list to the bottom of the Sequence list. To add a Camera, select a specific camera on the left side of the dialog and press the Add button in the middle column. This adds the selected camera to the bottom of the Sequence list. A camera in the Sequence list can be removed by selecting a camera in the Sequence list on the right hand side and then pressing the Remove button in the middle column. All items in the sequence list can be removed by using the Remove All button. The order of the cameras in the Sequence list can be changed by selecting a camera in the Sequence list on the right hand side and then pressing the Up or Down buttons in the middle column. The selected camera is moved in the direction specified. Note that a single camera can be in the Sequence List multiple times. Page 22 1/26/2012

23 Figure 15 - Sequence Settings Styles The Styles Settings can be used to select different button styles and color themes. The dialog can be opened by selecting Settings->Styles from the main menu bar or pressing the Settings button and then selecting the Styles tab. The styles available are shown in Figure 16. Page 23 1/26/2012

24 Figure 16 - CMS Settings, Available Styles The style sheets available are shown in Figure 17. Page 24 1/26/2012

25 Figure 17 - CMS Settings, Style Sheets Available A simple dialog in the different styles and style sheets is shown in Table 3. Table 3- Examples of Styles and Style Sheets Windows coffee dark Page 25 1/26/2012

26 default WindowsXP dark WindowsVista dark Motif dark CDE dark Plastique dark CleanLooks dark Page 26 1/26/2012

27 3.2.6 User Settings The list of Users and Roles can be managed by using the User settings. This dialog can be opened by selecting Settings->Users or by clicking on the Settings button and then selecting the Users tab. The dialog shows the location of the System Data Folder and the list of defined Users. For each user, the table shows the Login ID, the Role, the Name, and the address. The Login ID is the ID used in the initial login dialog. The Role is the name of the role selected for this user. The Name is descriptive text and is an address for the user. Figure 18 - User Settings Changing an Existing User To change an existing user, double-click on the line for the user you wish to change. This opens an Update User dialog as shown in Figure 19. This dialog can be used to change the password, role, name, or for the user. The Login ID cannot be changed. Page 27 1/26/2012

28 Figure 19 - Update User Dialog Deleting an existing user To delete an existing user, double-click on the user line to open the Update User dialog and then press the Delete button in the middle of the bottom buttons. This will display a dialog as shown in Figure 20 to verify that you wish to delete the user. Figure 20 - Delete User Verification Adding a new user To add a user, select the Add User button. This will open an Add User dialog as shown in Figure 21. When adding a new user, enter a Login ID, a password, Name, , and select a Role. When all the fields have been entered, click OK. Page 28 1/26/2012

29 Figure 21 - Add User Dialog Roles Management To manage the list of available roles, click the Roles button on the Users Settings tab. This opens the Roles Management dialog as shown in Figure 22. This dialog shows a table where the first column is the list of permissions that are available for each role. The other columns correspond to each defined role and show the permissions settings for the roles. Note that the columns can be rearranged by clicking on the column header and dragging it to the desired position. Page 29 1/26/2012

30 Figure 22 - Roles Management Adding a new Role Adding a new role involves adding a new column to the Roles Management table. To add a new role, click on the Add Role button in the lower right-hand corner. This opens the Add Role dialog as shown in Figure 23. You just need to specify the Name for the role. As a shortcut, you can also specify an existing role which should be used to initialize the new role. This lets you copy an existing role and then change a couple of permissions instead of requiring you to specify all the permissions. Figure 23 - Add Role Dialog Page 30 1/26/2012

31 Updating or deleting an existing Role To update or delete an existing Role, double-click on the Role Name at the top of a column in the Roles Management table. This opens an Update Role dialog as shown in Figure 24. With this dialog, you can either rename or delete the role. To rename the role, select the Rename option, enter the new Role name, and click on OK. If the Role is not assigned to any users, the role can be deleted. The dialog shows the list of users assigned to this role. (see the drop-down list next to Login IDs Assigned this Role: ) If the list is empty, the Delete button will be enabled. To delete the role, select the Delete button and press OK. You will see a delete verification dialog as shown in Figure 25. Figure 24 - Update Role Dialog Figure 25 - Delete Role Verification 4 Administrator Operations 4.1 Save Settings You can use the Save Settings function to setup one system, and then load the settings on a new system. This provides an easy way to copy all the settings without re-entering them. If the System Folder is stored on a shared drive, this operation may not be needed. Page 31 1/26/2012

32 To save the settings, you can either select File->Save CMS Settings or press the Settings toolbar button and press the Save CMS Settings button. Either of these methods opens a dialog as shown in Figure 26. This dialog lets you pick the location and name of a zip file that will contain all the settings for the current Secure Guard CMS. Figure 26 - Save Settings File Selection Dialog 4.2 Load Settings To quickly set up a second version of Secure Guard CMS, you can use the saved settings when first using a new System Folder area. As described in you can press the Load button to load previously saved settings. When the Load button is pressed, the dialog shown in Figure 27 to shown select the zip file saved when loading the Secure Guard CMS settings. Page 32 1/26/2012

33 Figure 27 - Load Settings File Selection Dialog 4.3 Activity Log An activity log is kept in order to record high-level actions that affect the Secure Guard CMS configuration or the settings on a particular camera or DVR. The log can be viewed in order to review recent activity. All activity from all users using the same System Folder is logged in the same activity log. The activity log can be viewed by using View-> Activity Log from the main menu. This brings up a modal dialog box as shown in Figure 28. Page 33 1/26/2012

34 Figure 28 - CMS Activity Log The columns shown include the following information: 1. Time: This is the clock time to the nearest millisecond. 2. User: This is the name of the logged in user and the name of the instance being used at the time. 3. Activity: This is a brief description of the activity being logged. Initially, the log shows the most recent activity. It is possible to browse to other days and see activity from previous sessions. The following navigation operations are available: 1. Press the Save button to save the activity for this day to a file of your choosing. 2. Press the << button to show the activity on the day previous to the day being shown. 3. Press the >> button to show the activity on the day after the day being shown. Page 34 1/26/2012

35 4. Press the button to show a dialog that can be used to browse to a particular day of activity. The browse dialog looks like Figure 29. Figure 29 - CMS Activity Log - Date browser The available controls are: 1. <- to move to the previous month. 2. -> to move to the next month. 3. The dates highlighted in yellow are dates on which activity has been logged. 4. The shaded day indicates the currently selected day. 5. Pressing the arrow by the name of the month causes a drop-down list with all the month names to be shown to allow selection of the desired month. 6. Pressing the year causes the year to become a spin-box control such that the year can be increased or decreased. See Figure 30. Page 35 1/26/2012

36 Figure 30 - CMS Activity Log, year selection 7. Press the Cancel button in order to keep the originally chosen date. 8. Press the OK button to switch to the newly chosen date. 4.4 Debug Log The Debug Log records low-level information regarding communications with DVRs and cameras. This information may be useful in different support scenarios. The log can be viewed by selecting View->Show Debug Log from the main menu. When the log is being shown, the menu item will be Hide Debug Log instead of Show Debug Log. See Figure 31. Page 36 1/26/2012

37 Figure 31 - CMS Debug Log This window is not modal, so you can open the dialog and leave it up while you do other activities. Unlike the activity log, this information is not kept across sessions. The information in the view contains the following columns: 1. Date and time. The time is shown in milliseconds. 2. Information. Each line will identify the action being logged. The lines are usually about low-level communications with a DVR or camera. They can also be status lines in general. The buttons and actions available in the dialog box include: 1. Save. The contents of the debug log window can be saved to a text file. 2. Copy. The contents of the debug log window can be copied to the clipboard. 3. Max lines. The maximum number of lines to show in the debug log can be changed from the default of Clear. Pressing the clear button clears the debug log. Page 37 1/26/2012

38 5. Close. Pressing the x icon or selecting View->Hide Debug Log causes the debug log view to close and not be visible anymore. Log messages continue to be logged and can be viewed at a later time. 5 Operations 5.1 General Layout The main Secure Guard CMS window is shown in Figure 32. This view was taken with the Dome Control showing (which is not the default). Figure 32 - General Layout The different parts of the main window are as follows: 1. Main menu see Main Menu 2. Toolbar see Main Toolbar 3. Viewer Panel see Viewing Images a. Active viewer see Active Camera 4. Dome Control see Pan-Tilt-Zoom Control Page 38 1/26/2012

39 5. Control Panel see Control Panel a. Group Configuration Tree see Group Configuration Tree b. Screen Layout see Screen Layout c. Zoom Thumbnail see Zoom Thumbnail 6. Status Bar see Status Bar a. System Capacity Widgets see System Capacity Panel b. Active Camera name and status see Status Bar 5.2 Main Menu The main menu is located at the top of the menu as shown in Figure 33. Figure 33 - Main Menu and Toolbar The items in the top-level menu are: 1. File 2. Control 3. Utilities 4. Settings 5. Screen Mode 6. View 7. Help File The sub-menu for the File menu choice is shown in Figure 34: Figure 34 - Main Menu, File sub-menu Page 39 1/26/2012

40 The Open Group item lets the user select a group. Once selected, the sites in the current group will be disconnected and then the sites in the newly selected group will be connected. Before the disconnects are done, the user is asked if they are sure they want to switch groups. The group selection dialog is shown in Figure 35. Figure 35 - Open Group Selection Dialog The user simply selects the desired group and presses Ok to continue. If they decide they do not wish to change groups then they can hit Cancel. Information about the selected groups is displayed on the right. The information cannot be changed here, it can just be viewed. After selecting a group and pressing Ok, an are you sure dialog is presented. See Figure 36. Page 40 1/26/2012

41 Figure 36 - Open Group Verification Dialog Control The Control sub-menu contains actions that determine the mode of a site with regards to live images, playback of site-recorded images, playback of host-recorded images, or recording images on the host system. The exact contents of the menu depends on the mode of the currently selected camera/site. The options available are shown in the following table: Table 4 - Main Menu Control Contents Mode Live Menu Live and recording Page 41 1/26/2012

42 Playback Utilities The Utilities menu actions provide access to various utilities and include: 1. Snapshot captures the current image for a camera and stores it in a file. 2. Lock locks the CMS program so users cannot make inadvertent changes. Figure 37 - Main menu - Utilities sub-menu Settings The Settings menu gives easy access to the Settings dialog. The particular sub-menu items cause the Settings dialog to be opened and started on the indicated tab. (e.g. Group Management or File Paths) See Figure 38. Figure 38 - Main Menu, Settings sub-menu Page 42 1/26/2012

43 5.2.5 Screen Mode The Screen Mode menu item offers two sub-menus. In addition, the Screen Mode menu offers the Sequence action which will enable/disable the Sequence mode. If a sequence has not been defined, then an error pop-up is displayed indicating that no sequence images are available. The Simple sub-menu lets the user choose between 8 simple grid patterns ranging from 1 by 1 up to 8 by 8. The chosen layout determines how many viewer widgets are open and how they are arranged. See Figure 39. Figure 39 - Main Menu, Screen Mode, Simple sub-menu The Advanced sub-menu offers the user several advanced layouts which are not regular grids. The submenu contains an icon indicating the layout and then a word description of the layout. See Figure 40. Page 43 1/26/2012

44 Figure 40 - Main Menu, Screen Mode, Advanced sub-menu View The View menu offers several actions which control whether different portions of the application are visible or not. See Figure 41. Figure 41 - Main Menu, View sub-menu With these actions, the user can do the following: 1. Hide or show the Toolbar. By default, this is near the top of the main window. If can be detached from the main window if desired. 2. Hide or show the Control Panel. This is shown on the left hand side by default. It can be floated or moved to the right side. Page 44 1/26/2012

45 3. Hide or show the Status bar. This is shown at the bottom of the main window. 4. Hide or show the Dome Control. This is shown on the right hand side by default. If can be floated or moved to the left side. 5. Hide or show the Debug Log. This is not a modal dialog. After using this action to show the Debug Log, the text of the action changes to Hide Debug Log. 6. Open the Activity Log. The Activity Log is modal and will need to be closed before other activities can be performed. 7. Full Screen is a toggle to and from full-screen mode. The menu item is checked when in fullscreen mode Help The Help menu gives access to showing About information about Secure Guard CMS and about Qt which is the graphics package used to implement Secure Guard CMS. See Figure 42. See Help About for examples of the information shown. Figure 42 - Main Menu, Help sub-menu 5.3 Main Toolbar The main toolbar is normally below the Main Menu. The toolbar can be moved so it is 1. On the top of the screen 2. Floating so it is not attached to any of the sides of the screen. Figure 43 - Toolbar Starting from the left, the purpose of each button is described below: 1. Company logo: this is not a button 2. Settings: This button can be used to bring up the Settings dialog. 3. PC Playback: Use this button to select parameters and then start a PC-based playback. Page 45 1/26/2012

46 4. Lock: This button asks the user for their password and then locks the Secure Guard CMS product. While locked, the only action allowed is to press the un-lock option. This asks the user for their password and then unlocks the product. While locked, images continue to update. The buttons on the right-side of the toolbar depend on the mode of the currently selected camera. These buttons include: 1. Live: Use this button to start displaying live images from the currently selected site. This button is shown when the current camera is in playback mode. 2. Playback: Use this button to select parameters and then start remote or DVR playback. This button only appears if the current site is in live mode. 3. Record: Use this button to start/stop the recording of the currently selected site. When the site is in record mode, the red dot will flash. This button only appears if the current site is in live mode. 4. Snapshot: This button will capture the currently playing image on the currently selected camera and record it on the host system. The location of the saved snapshot is specified in the Settings->File Paths. 5.4 Control Panel The Control Panel is the collection of controls normally located on the left side of the screen. The panel can be moved to the right side or even made to float without being attached to the rest of the window. The different parts of the control panel include: 1. Group Configuration Tree which shows the sites in the group which is currently connected. 2. Screen Mode layout selection buttons. This controls the size and arrangement of viewing ports in the main viewer section. 3. Zoom thumbnail. This area shows the overview of an image when the local zoom functions are being used. See Host-Zoom control for more information. Screen snapshots showing the 2 docking positions are shown in Figure 44 and Figure 45. Page 46 1/26/2012

47 Figure 44 - Control Panel docked on left Page 47 1/26/2012

48 Figure 45 - Control Panel docked on right Group Configuration Tree The Group Configuration Tree is in the top part of the Control Panel. An example is shown in Figure 46. Figure 46 - Control Panel, Group Configuration Tree Page 48 1/26/2012

49 The tree shows the sites and cameras that are in the group that is currently connected. The name of the group is shown on the top bar. Then each site is shown as the top elements of the tree. If the Site is connected, it has a green icon. If the site is disconnected, it has a red icon. The name of the site is shown as the text for the site items. The expansion of a site shows the cameras connected to the site. The names of the cameras are specified by the DVR or IP camera. If you let the mouse hover over a site name, a tooltip is displayed that shows the IP address of the site, the port used for the connection, and the name of the connection plug-in used. See Figure 47 for an example of the tooltip. Figure 47 - Group Configuration Tree, Site Tooltip There are two icons used to depict the different kinds of cameras. The icons used are shown in Table 5: Table 5 - Group Configuration Tree, Camera Icons This icon is used to represent cameras that do not have pan-tilt-zoom control. (PTZ) This icon is used to represent cameras that do have pan-tilt-zoom control. For these cameras, the dome control will become enabled Site Context Menu If a site is selected in the tree, then the right-mouse button can be pressed to show a site-specific context menu. See Figure 48. Page 49 1/26/2012

50 Figure 48 - Group Configuration Tree, Site Context Menu The Disconnect action is shown if the selected site is connected. When selected, Secure Guard CMS disconnects from the specified site and shows the site icon as red instead of green. See Figure 49 Figure 49 - Group Configuration Tree, Disconnected Site The Live, Playback, and Start Record of Site are the same as the main menu and toolbar buttons. The checkmark shows which mode the site is currently in. Note that the mode applies to all cameras in the site. The Live mode means the cameras are showing live images of what is currently happening. The Playback button refers to remote playback where the remote site (at the DVR or camera) is playing back images that were recorded earlier. All cameras at the site are put into playback mode at the same time. Recording of a site is capturing the live images from a site and storing them in files on the host. Images from all cameras are recorded so that they can be played back as a set. You cannot enter Record mode unless the site is in Live mode. If the site is in Playback, then you will have to first switch to Live and then switch to Record mode. Page 50 1/26/2012

51 Remote Site Configuration The Configuration action item in the site context menu starts a connection to the remote site so that the site configuration can be changed. The method of the connection varies depending on the connection plug-in being used. For the T-Series connection plug-in, an Internet Explorer is started connecting to the IP address for the DVR. This will be started in a separate window and will connect to the DVR using a DVR-supplied web control interface. The user will need to enter the login and password in order to connect to the DVR. Once connected, press the Menu button. See Figure 50. Figure 50 - Remote Configuraton for T-Series DVR This will open a configuration dialog specific to the T-Series DVR Camera Context Menu Selecting a camera in the configuration tree and pressing the right-mouse button brings up a camera context menu. An example is shown in Figure 51: Figure 51 - Group Configuration Tree, camera context menu The Live, Playback, and Record items apply to the parent site and are the same as actions in the site context menu. The Camera Info action displays a dialog box with information about the camera. An example is shown in Figure 52. Page 51 1/26/2012

52 Figure 52 - Camera Information Dialog The information includes: 1. Site Name: This is simply the name of the site as specified in the group configuration tree. 2. Channel Name: This is the name of the camera as specified by the remote site. 3. Model: This is the name of the model selected for this site. 4. Site specific parameters: The site specific connection parameters are shown. These include an IP address and port or a DDNS name, depending on the type of connection. 5. Format: This is the format of the video information coming from the site. 6. Video Size: This is the size of the image in pixels. 7. Frame Rate: This is the approximate rate at which new frames are being received from the site. 8. Audio Bytes/Sec: This is the approximate bytes per second of audio information that are being received from the camera Screen Mode Layout The screen mode layout portion of the Control Panel offers convenient buttons to change the layout of the viewing panel. There are two sets of layouts. The first set offers regular grids with each viewing area the same size and the number of columns is the same as the number of rows. The panel showing the first set of options is shown in Figure 53. The numbers refer to the number of rows and columns. Page 52 1/26/2012

53 Figure 53 - Screen Mode, Simple Tab The second set of layout options offers a mix of smaller and larger viewing areas. The panel showing the options is shown in Figure 54. The icons on the buttons show a small version of the mix of viewing areas for each option. Figure 54 - Screen Mode, Advanced Tab 5.5 Status Bar The Status Bar is at the bottom of the main window and contains 3 different areas. The exact contents depend on the mode of the currently selected camera. The table below shows the possibilities. Table 6- Status Bar Icons Mode Recording Status bar Live Playback Page 53 1/26/2012

54 5.5.1 System Capacity Widgets On the right-hand side, there are three system capacity widgets. The first shows the CPU processing load on the current system. The second shows the amount of memory being used. The third shows the amount of space used on the drive used to store image recordings on the host. When the mouse is hovered over any of the three widgets, a tool-tip is shown with the numeric value and the name of the metric being shown. If you double click on the three icons, a dialog appears that shows the three widgets and the current capacity information. An example is shown below in Figure 55 Figure 55 - Capacity Widget Dialog Camera Site Status The button just to the left of the capacity widget shows the status of the selected camera. The possibilities are: Mode Live showing live images Status button Recording live mode, recording on PC Playback playing a DVR-based recording Playback Speed Controls When a camera is in playback mode, the buttons just to the left of the site status are shown if any sites are in playback mode. These buttons control the speed and direction of the playback. The key decreases the playback speed. If the playback speed is 1, then decreasing it makes the playback speed become -1 and starts to play in reverse. The key increases the playback speed. If the speed is -1, then increasing the speed makes the speed become 1 and changes from playing in reverse to playing forward. The key pauses a playback. When the site is paused, the key becomes a key. This key is used to resume the playback. When the playback is resumed the speed is in the forward direction at a speed of 1. Page 54 1/26/2012

55 5.5.4 Selected Camera Status In the toolbar, the text to the left of the site-specific buttons indicates which camera is currently selected. The format of the information is shown in Table 7: Table 7 - Status Bar Camera Status Fields SiteName ChannelName SiteName : ChannelName Name of site as provided in group configuration tree Name of the camera as provided by the site 5.6 System Tray Icon When Secure Guard CMS is running on Windows XP or 7, it creates an icon in the System Tray. This icon has menu items to control the size of the application window. See Figure 56. When the application is minimized using the Minimize menu item, the application will hide and the icon in the Start Tray will also be hidden. (Other methods of minimizing the application will not hide the Start Tray icon) Figure 56 - System Tray Icon Menu 5.7 Viewing Images The main purpose of Secure Guard CMS is to monitor surveillance cameras at different sites. As such, the camera viewer panel is the main activity area. This panel has one or more viewing areas to show the images coming in from different cameras at remote sites. A particular image viewer can show 3 kinds of content. 1. The Secure Guard CMS logo when the viewer is not associated with a camera. 2. An image from a connected camera 3. A gray screen indicating no video from a connected camera. Page 55 1/26/2012

56 5.7.1 Screen Mode The layout of the viewing areas is determined by the screen mode as discussed in Screen Mode Layout. Screen snapshots showing different layouts are shown in Figure 57 and Figure 58. Figure 57 - Screen layout, 2x2 Page 56 1/26/2012

57 Figure 58 - Screen Layout, advanced, 17 viewing areas Active Viewing Area The Active Viewing Area is the currently selected viewing image. The currently selected viewing image is indicated in many different ways. 1. In the Group Configuration tree of the Control Panel, the currently selected camera corresponding to the active viewing area is highlighted. 2. In the Viewer panel, the currently selected viewing area is highlighted in yellow, red, or green. The color depends on the mode. Yellow is used for live, red for recording, and green for DVRplayback. (see examples) 3. In the Tool Bar, the currently selected camera is named in the text box next to the site specific buttons on the right of the tool-bar. You can change the currently selected camera image by clicking on a camera in the Control Panel or by clicking the mouse when it is over the desired image. Page 57 1/26/2012

58 Note that it is possible to have the same camera in multiple viewing areas. If a camera is selected in the control panel, the first viewing area with that camera will be selected. The Active Camera determines all of the following: 1. Which viewing area is affected by various viewing area actions 2. Which camera is affected by camera level actions 3. Which site is affected by site level actions Dragging Images into viewers To populate the image viewers, you can drag items from the Group Configuration Tree into the viewing areas. Dragging a site and dropping it into a particular viewer, drops all the cameras for the site into viewing areas starting at the receiver of the drag operation. The first camera in the site goes in the first viewing area, the second camera in the next area, etc. Dragging a camera into a particular viewer just drops a single image into a single viewing area. The icons used during the drag are the same as the icons used in the Group Configuration Tree Moving images The association between cameras and viewing areas can be changed by dragging cameras into different viewers. In addition to dragging from the Group Configuration Tree, images can be moved from one viewer to another. This actually swaps the association between two viewing areas and two cameras. Images cannot be moved like this when the images are zoomed. Once zooming starts, the mouse actions used for dragging drive a panning operation instead Removing images To remove an association between a camera and a viewing area, use the Remove action on the context menu of the viewing area. See Figure 59 for an example of the context menu. Remove All can be used to remove the images from all the viewing areas. Page 58 1/26/2012

59 Figure 59 - Viewing area context menu Ordering images To reorder all the images, use the Reorder context menu item on any of the viewing areas. This will put the first camera of the first site into the first viewing area etc Quick Zoom Image To do a quick zoom of a viewing area, a mouse double-click can be used. This changes the screen layout to 1x1 with the active viewing area being the only camera image being shown. Double-clicking again will return to the original screen layout before the quick zoom Image Annotations The image annotations regarding the date/time and camera and site name can be controlled by the global settings Image Annotations as discussed in Image Annotations. Other annotations are used depending on the mode and other actions taken. See Table 8. Table 8 - Image Annotation Color Chart Yellow text Red text Green text Zoom Xn Yellow text is used for images in live mode Red text is used for images in record mode Green text is used for images in playback mode Zoom factor indication. The text is yellow, green, or red depending on the mode. The number after the x indicates the zoom factor. When the zoom factor is one, zoom is not on and no text is shown. The zoom factor can vary from 1 to 7 in halfstep increments. Page 59 1/26/2012

60 5.7.9 Camera Information The context menu for an image includes a Camera Info action that displays the same camera information available from the camera context menu in the Control Panel. See Camera Context Menu for an example Host-Zoom control The host-zoom control feature provides a way to zoom in on a camera image. This is different from a pan-tilt-zoom control which changes the settings on the remote camera. This is just an operation on the host. There are several areas of the screen involved with this feature. See Figure 60. Figure 60 - Host Zoom Controls 1. The image area being zoomed is shown on the right. Note the Zoom x2 annotation in the upper right. 2. The thumbnail image at the bottom of the Control Panel is shown on the left. The thumbnail image shows the original image with no zooming. In addition, there is a red rectangle showing the portion of the image that is now being shown in the image viewer on the right. 3. Below the thumbnail image is the site name and camera name. This will always correspond to the currently active viewing area. 4. At the bottom of the Control Panel is a zoom slider. Clicking on and moving the indicator changes the zoom factor. The hash mark on the far left corresponds to a zoom factor of 1 which is no zooming. The red rectangle is not shown and the Zoom annotation is removed. Each hash mark corresponds to a half step of zoom factor Wheel-based zoom One way to control the zoom factor is to point the mouse at an image and then move the mouse wheel. Moving the top of the wheel forwards increases the zoom factor a half step for each wheel increment. Page 60 1/26/2012

61 Moving the top of the wheel backwards decreases the zoom factor a half step. The zoom factor can range from 1 to 7. When the zoom factor is 1, zooming is off. Note that when zooming is on (i.e. zoom factor is not 1), then the viewing area cannot be dragged to another viewing area nor can a different camera be dropped into this viewing area. When the mouse wheel is used to increase the zoom factor, the location of the mouse is important. As the zoom factor is increased, the point in the image that is being pointed to by the mouse will be stationary relative to the image viewing area. (unless the edge of the viewing area comes into play) This gives the visual effect of zooming in on the position or object being pointed to Image Panning When zooming is in effect, you can pan the image in order to show a different portion of the image in the image viewing area. One way to pan is to point to the image viewing area, press the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse. As this is done, the point in the image that is clicked on will follow the mouse and cause a different portion of the image to be shown. As this is done, the red rectangle in the thumbnail will also move to show which part of the image is in the viewer Thumbnail image panning An alternative way to pan is to point the mouse in the zoom thumbnail image, press the left mouse button, and then drag the mouse. As this is done, the red rectangle will follow the mouse and cause a different portion of the image to be shown in the viewer Thumbnail zoom slider control As mentioned before, the slider control in the zoom thumbnail area of the control panel can be used to increase or decrease the zoom factor. When the slider is used, the focus or stationary point of the image may or may not be clearly defined. If the image viewer was made the currently active area through a mouse click on the viewing area, then the location of the mouse at the time of the click will be the image location that is zoomed into. On the other hand, if the active area was selected by clicking on a camera name in the control panel, then the center of the image will be used as the focus point Adjust Image Qualities On the right-mouse context menu of the image viewing areas is an action named Adjust Image Qualities. Choosing this action opens a dialog that allows adjustments to be made to a number of image qualities. See Figure 61. Page 61 1/26/2012

62 Figure 61 - Adjust Image Dialog The image qualities available to be adjusted are: 1. Brightness 2. Contrast 3. Saturation 4. Hue 5. Sharpness Each quality is on a scale of -128 to +127 and by default, all images start with a value of 0 for each quality. The dialog lets you change the value of each quality. As the new values are chosen, the viewing area updates so you can see the effect of the changed quality. The controls available are: 1. Slider control for each quality. Move the slider to the left to make the value smaller. Move the slider to the right to make the value larger. 2. Spin control for each quality. Use the up and down arrows to increment or decrement the values for each quality. 3. Reset button. This resets all the qualities back to OK button. Press the OK button if you are happy with the changed values and want to keep the values and dismiss the dialog. Page 62 1/26/2012

63 5. Cancel button. Press the Cancel button if you wish to return to the image quality values which were in effect when the dialog was started. Note that the image quality values are not saved when Secure Guard CMS exits Pan-Tilt-Zoom Control In the right-mouse context menu, the Dome Control action is enabled if the associated camera has Pan- Tilt-Zoom (PTZ) capability. When the action is selected, the Dome Control Panel is opened and becomes visible if it is not already. There are two methods available to control the PTZ abilities of the camera Controlling PTZ cameras with the Dome Control Panel The exact content of the PTZ panel depends on the capabilities of the actual camera and the DVR it is connected to. A snapshot of the dome control for a camera connected to an RS model DVR is shown in Figure 62. Figure 62 - Dome Control, RS model Page 63 1/26/2012

64 The following functions are available: 1. Camera movement. Movement in the 8 different compass directions are available with arrow buttons. 2. Focus change. Changing the focus for near (+) or far (-) can be incrementally changed by clicking the appropriate button one or more times. 3. Iris change. Opening the Iris(+) or closing the iris(-) can be incrementally changed by clicking the appropriate button one or more times. 4. Zoom. Zooming in (+) or out(-) can be incrementally changed by clicking the appropriate button one or more times. 5. Go Preset: Changes the camera settings to a previously remembered set of settings. The number of presets may vary for each camera. 6. Set Preset: Captures the current state of the camera position and saves the settings in the designated preset. When a go preset is done later to the same preset number, the camera will return to where it is now. Secure Guard CMS will try to show the PTZ protocol and device ID used for a particular camera. In some cases, this information is not available. Other functions may also be available. A camera connected to the TH model DVR has some additional functions in addition to those described above. See Figure 63. Page 64 1/26/2012

65 Figure 63 - Dome Control, TH model There is an auto-focus button and a slider to control the speed of the changes made on the camera. For example, at high speeds, one click on a particular control may cause a big change in the camera settings. Moving the slider to the left for a lower speed would cause changes at a slower rate Using the mouse to control PTZ abilities When the dome control is open and the current image is a PTZ-capable camera, there is another way to affect the camera position and settings. When the mouse is in the viewing area, the mouse icon will reflect what area of the screen the mouse is in. In the upper left corner, the mouse icon will point in the northwest direction. Pressing the mouse button will cause the camera to move in that direction. Similarly for the other points of the compass. To zoom the camera, use the mouse wheel. This might look similar to the host-based zoom discussed earlier, but this is actually affecting the camera and not just the image on the host. Page 65 1/26/2012

66 There is a sweet spot in the center of the image viewing area where double-click can still be used for the quick zoom feature. Pressing the mouse in the sweet spot can also start a drag and drop of the camera image to move it to another viewing area. When the dome control is open, use of the mouse wheel in the image viewer changes the zoom on the camera. When the dome control is not open, the mouse wheel controls the zoom factor as implemented on the host Image Sequencing A Sequence can be defined as described in Sequence Settings. The sequence can be run by selecting the menu item Screen Mode->Sequence. Either of these actions will start the sequence. To view the sequence, select the Sequence viewing tab. This is next to the Viewer tab in the main image viewing area. When no images have been selected, the Sequence viewing tab appears as shown in Figure 64. Figure 64 - Initial Sequence Tab Page 66 1/26/2012

67 Use the Settings->Sequence tab to add images to the sequence. The checkbox can be used to start/stop the sequence. When the sequence is started, the sequence tab looks like Figure 65. Figure 65 - Sequence Tab The Sequence viewing tab shows a dwell countdown so you know how many seconds are left for the current page of images. The sequence can be stopped by unchecking the menu item Screen Mode- >Sequence or the checkbox on the sequence tab itself. 5.8 Playing Images Recorded on DVR When the Control->DVR Playback or the Playback button on the toolbar is selected, the dialog in Figure 66 is shown. This dialog is used to select a time at which to start playing back video that has been recorded on a DVR. Page 67 1/26/2012

68 The currently connected group is shown in the group tree at the upper left. You can select the DVR or site you wish to use as the source for the playback by checking the checkbox for the desired site. Information from the site is used to populate the calendar shown next to the group tree. The days that are highlighted in yellow indicate days that have recorded images on the DVR. The selected day in the calendar below is dark in addition to being highlighted in yellow. You can change the selected day by clicking on a different day in the calendar. When you select a different day, the details for the recordings on that day are shown oin the area labeled Choose from this day s available recordings. The next box, Select Start Time can be used to select the start time on the selected day. The slider bar can be used to pick a time between the day s start and end times. The entry box at the bottom of the group to fine-tune the time for precision that may difficult to control with the slider. The Summary box at the bottom shows the group and site selected as well as the start time chosen. The Page 68 1/26/2012

69 playback button to the right of the summary information is used to start the actual playback. Figure 66 - Playback, Remote Tab When playback is started, the DVR or camera starts playing old images instead of current images that the camera is now seeing. The text annotations will be in Green text to indicate the playback mode. Additional playback buttons are displayed in the Status bar to help control the rate at which the playback is done. Page 69 1/26/2012

70 5.9 Recording Images on Host To record images on the host, press the Record button when the site is showing Live images. This changes the text to red and adds a red dot in the upper right(see Figure 67) in the viewing area and starts recording all cameras in the site to the file system on the host. Figure 67 - Viewing area with host Record annotation Press the flashing Record button again to stop the recording process Playing Images recorded on Host Playing images that were recorded on the host involves selecting which recorded images are desired and then starting the playback operation Finding the images to playback Select the Control->PC Playback action to start the process or use the PC Playback button on the toolbar. ( ) The dialog shown in Figure 68 lets you select which recorded images you want to playback. This dialog is very similar to the dialog used for DVR playback. In the upper left of the dialog, a group-tree is shown. This group tree is not for the currently connected group. It corresponds to the list of groups and sites that have recordings on the currently selected day in the calendar to the right of the group-tree. The calendar days highlighted with yellow are days which have recorded images. The group tree to the left of the calendar is used to filter the list of recordings so that you only see the items for the selected groups or sites. The list below the calendar shows the list of recordings that match the day and group/site filter specified. Page 70 1/26/2012

71 Select a recording which you want to view. Select the desired start time for this recording by using the slider in the Select Start Time box. Review your selections in the Summary box and then select the Playback button to start the playback. Figure 68 - Playback, Local Tab Local Playback viewer When images recorded on the host are played back, a separate playback viewer is used. See Figure 69. Page 71 1/26/2012

72 Figure 69 - Local Playback Viewer 5.11 Making an image snapshot To make a snapshot of an image, select the desired image and then press the snapshot button or use the image context-menu item Take Snapshot. When the snapshot is taken, a temporary message is written in the lower-left of the Status bar that indicates where the snapshot was saved. See Figure 70 Figure 70 - Snapshot Status Bar Message The snapshot includes the image and date and time annotations. An example is shown in Figure 71. Page 72 1/26/2012

73 Figure 71 - Sample Snapshot 5.12 Help About The help about box shows the version and build date of the product. See Figure 72. Page 73 1/26/2012

74 Figure 72 - About Secure Guard CMS Information Box A separate page displays the license and copyright information for Qt. See Figure 73. Page 74 1/26/2012

75 Figure 73 - About Qt Information Page 6 Appendix A: Release 1.0 to Release 1.1 Upgrade Release 1.1 of Secure Guard CMS contains new features not available in Release 1.0. These new features include the following: 1. Support for ONSIP cameras 2. Support for the GS and PS DVR models 3. Support for pan-tilt-zoom cameras connected to HD, RS, and WRS DVR models. 4. Additional permission items in the Roles that were missing in Release 1.0. If you are using a System Folder which was previously used with Secure Guard CMS Release 1.0, then the first time you use Release 1.1, you will see a dialog about the new permission items that have been added. Page 75 1/26/2012

76 6.1 New Permissions - Administrator If you are an administrator or a user with permission to change the roles, a dialog as shown in Figure 74 will appear. If you have added new roles, you may want to edit those roles to account for the new items. Just the new items are listed in the dialog. Figure 74 - Roles - New Permissions Administrator When you press OK, the Roles Management dialog is opened. If you scroll through the permissions, the new permissions are highlighted in the same manner as shown in the previous dialog. See Figure 75. When closing the Roles Management dialog, you will be asked to save the changes. (there are always changes since new permissions have been added). Once the Roles changes have been saved, the New Permissions dialog will no longer appear. Page 76 1/26/2012

77 Figure 75 - Roles Management - New Permissions 6.2 Non-administrator New Permissions If you have logged into CMS as a non-administrator or a user without permission to change the roles, you will still see a dialog showing the new permissions. However, instead of opening the Roles Management dialog, you will see text advising you to contact your administrator so they can make the necessary changes. If your administrator has entered their name and address, this information will appear in the dialog. An example is shown in Figure 76. Page 77 1/26/2012

78 Figure 76 Roles - New Permissions non-administrator 6.3 PTZ Support for HD, RS, and WRS When defining a site for an HD, RS, or WRS model DVR, you will need to manually specify which cameras have PTZ capability. The Site Settings dialog has a number of checkboxes that can be checked to indicate which cameras are PTZ. See Figure 77. Page 78 1/26/2012

79 Figure 77 - PTZ Control for HD, RS, and WRS Page 79 1/26/2012