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1. aseananuaalasnassnsasnes Playback interval E ormona v S55 ozo8 2013 13 434 Playback acceleration 2 A 00 00 59 This one day overview shows green blocks indicating minutes for which recordings have been archived A red corner in a block indicates that an event was triggered and an event recording was started in that minute When you move the mouse pointer over a green block then the first recorded frame of this minute is displayed in the lower right corner of the window You can also switch to a monthly or an annual overview via the View button and its popup menu View _ Month View Here is an example of a month view for the camera Page 76 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 View Month View v Fe People count CET Sun Mon Thu Wed Thi Fri Sat Total images 1148352 2013 August With the mouse select the time span of the archive that you want to play back To do this press the left mouse button at the start of the time range then move the mouse pointer to the end of the time range and then release the mouse button The color of the selected time range changes to dark green ECC Also select the playback acceleration by moving the Playback acceleration slider default value is 1 At the slider you can see in parentheses how long the
2. 2 To automatically follow a predefined PTZ route choose it from PTZ gt Select PTZ route in the view port control menu of the PTZ camera 3 Inthe view port control menu of the PTZ camera click PTZ gt Select PTZ route gt Stop route to stop control of the PTZ camera Stop PTZ control You can stop PTZ control by pushing the El button or deselect PTZ gt Activate PTZ control in the view port control menu Note Please do not forget to stop PTZ control otherwise other users cannot assume control When you end the Observer client all PTZ control is automatically released For further details on user specific PTZ priorities and timeouts please refer to 5 1 Creating a new user account on page 43 10 4 2 Controlling PTZ cameras with motion detection events Itis possible to automatically control PTZ cameras with motion detection events Please refer to 8 1 4 Controlling PTZ cameras with motion detection events on page 90 10 4 3 Scheduling PTZ routes Itis possible to schedule time intervals for PTZ camera to follow predefined routes Note Before you can schedule a route you first must define the route please refer to 10 3 Defining PTZ routes on page 102 To schedule a PTZ route follow these steps Page 107 of 203 Oy OT FWY a 9 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog Select a PTZ camera Press the Next button
3. 14 6 4 Navigating in the layout hierarchy You can position to a layout by clicking its name in the layout hierarchy You can also jump to a connected layout by clicking a link field 14 6 5 Working with events in the layout navigation tool The layout navigation tool LNT also allows you to view and acknowledge Observer events Please note Event handling will only work if the user has the rights to work with events When a new event occurs in Observer then it is displayed in the Event list at the right side of the LNT window the Event list can be switched on and off in editing mode by choosing View gt Event list The Project settings define what happens when a new event is coming in see 14 6 7 Project settings on page 139 The layout that contains the primary control for related to the event can be exposed automatically and also the control that is related to the event can be highlighted blinking rectangle Additionally a longer description is displayed in the Event description field at the bottom of the window which also can be switched on and off in Editing mode by choosing View gt Event description You can acknowledge an event by pushing Acknowledge in the Event description field Acknowledged events will be removed from the Event list Pressing Cancel sets the state of the event to seen visited but does not acknowledge it Please note that for each camera a primary control can be defined that is exposed whe
4. 7 Working with archive recordings This section shows you how to work with the Observer recording archive particularly in the following areas e Programming archive recordings timed or triggered by iCAT video analytics events e Selection and playback of archive recordings Please note In order to work with archive recordings you need to have the appropriate user privileges and camera access rights for further details see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 and 5 3 Setting camera access rights on page 48 7 1 Programming archive recordings Two types of programming are available in Observer e timed recording e recording on iCAT video analysis events like motion detection or people counting To be able to program recordings you need corresponding user privilege 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 Inthe camera tree select the camera for which you want to program archive recording When you select the camera highlighted in light blue its data are displayed in the Properties dialog at the right side of the screen 3 Inthe menu select Modify selected camera or group 4 Atthe bottom of the screen click on the Next button twice This takes you to the Scheduling dialog If you are setting up a new camera this dialog will be quite empty Note Some fields and buttons are deactivated until you select Modify
5. Page 124 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 grey 127 0 0 1 Active Directory configuration Remote servers Connection parameters enable Server address 192 168 100 123 Port 389 User name NETAVIS Administrator Password eeeeeeeee Re enter password ececeeeeee Directory parameters Search base OU Users DC netavis DC net AD group name CN Observer4 OU Users DC netavis DC net Observer group name AD Users Attribute mapping schema UserMapping X Directory Address DC netavis DC net Tag mapping AD group identifier tag memberOf Login name tag cn New Delete 6 Configure the Connection parameters a b d Enable the configuration by checking the corresponding checkbox Enter the Server address IP Directory server Enter the User name includi address and Port the standard port is 389 of the Active ng the name of the Active Directory server e g NETAVIS Administrator Password and confirm the Password You can test the entered confi guration with the Test connection button 7 Configure the Directory parameters a Enter the organizational unit OU Users DC netavis DC net Enter the name of the previou name and don t forget to incl located in e g CN Observer4 OU and domain as the Search base e g sly configured Active Directory group name as the AD group ude the corresponding organizational unit the AD group is OU Users DC netavis DC net
6. 6 4 4 Controlling video analysis iCAT display The iCAT menu offers various options for displaying iCAT related video analysis information Please refer to 15 4 Working with iCAT on page 163 for further information 6 4 5 Replaying archived images The Replay archived images menu offers the option to directly jump into the Archive Player to replay the previous 10 minutes 1 hour 24 hours or 1 week of recordings of that camera An error message is displayed in case no such recordings are available Page 57 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Add camera Remove camera from view PTZ gt Video parameters b Camera name appearance gt Rendering preference iCAT info display b iCAT visual statistics gt Replay archived images Replay previous 10 minutes Replay previous 1 hour Camera port control Replay previous 24 hours Replay previous 1 week Client preferences Exit 6 4 6 Defining a crop area For views where you have the Crop image to fit view port setting selected you can define what part of the cropped camera image you want to see by choosing Define crop area from the menu 6 5 Zooming in a view port and in archive recordings Observer allows you to zoom view ports in the Online monitor and in the Archive player Basically you have two ways to zoom a view port or a recording in the Archive player 6 5 1 Zooming with the mouse wheel 1 Just move the mouse pointer over a vie
7. In case of an event this setting defines whether the layout that contains the primary control related to the event should be exposed Defines in which order new events are to be visited When a new event comes in or an existing event is selected the related control blinks or is highlighted This setting defines with what mouse operation the state of the event can be set to seen visited blinking is stopped If this checkbox is marked then only events of mapped cameras will be suggested for automatic visiting If it is unchecked then all events will be suggested Defines the default image size either Fit image or Full size Defines whether new events in the Event list are inserted from the Top or from the Bottom Page 140 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 15 Video analytics with iCAT iCAT is the video analytics toolkit of Observer It provides powerful and easy to configure object detection and tracking mechanisms as well as a statistics module with integration to the event management system EMS iCAT can also interface to 3 party video analysis toolkits and algorithms contact NETAVIS Software GmbH Please note Since iCAT and some functions are licensed separately of Observer you need a valid license in order to work with these features See also 11 1 Server system information and restarting on page 109 for details about what license you have 15 1 iCAT highlights iCAT works with any camera t
8. Press the Next button 4 times starting from basic properties to scheduling to I O control to Image settings Now you should see the Video parameters dialog Page 40 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Axis 88 Video parameters 5 Brightness sal 1 1 Contrast FFS Pint i i oe rl Saturation aoe Original values 4 Inthe menu select Modify selected camera or group and then modify the brightness Contrast and Saturation values according to your needs Please be aware that light conditions may change during the day 5 To store the settings press Save 4 7 Working with camera groups Camera groups are a powerful means for managing and organizing cameras 4 7 1 Creating anew camera group 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 Inthe camera tree select the group in which you want to create the new camera group 3 Inthe menu select Add new camera group which will open new dialog that allows you to enter the name and description for the new camera group 4 Optionally select the Use group name as camera name qualifier checkbox If this checkbox is selected then the name of the camera group is displayed as prefix to the camera name e g group name camera name 5 Press Save to create the new camera group 4 7 2 Moving a camera or camera group in the camera tree A camera or a group of cameras in the camera tree
9. s Default settings will be taken for recording 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties on page 31 If you choose JPEG stream you can additionally set the Image quality the Frame rate and the Image size for the archive recording Set the values according to your needs See 1 4 5 JPEG image sizes and storage requirements on page 10 for details on images sizes quality and storage requirements Note Some cameras are only capable of a single picture stream which will constrain the possibility of recording in multiple formats and having different video stream settings in the Online Monitor and the recording Please refer to the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources for information about supported cameras and their streaming capabilities Fillin the Requested recording period for this camera This value defines how long Observer will keep recordings Recordings that are older than Requested recording period will be automatically deleted by Observer see also 7 1 4 Operation of the Observer dynamic storage management on page 74 You can also select Priority over other cameras if storage space is short to give this camera priority over other cameras if the available storage space is too small for all requested recordings of all cameras for further details see 7 1 4 Operation of the Observer dynamic storage management on page 74 You can also define what the requested recording period refers to either Recording perio
10. xx KB s OVR xx SWP xx MB Server CPU load in percent This display is updated every 5 seconds Load of Image database IDB engine This parameter shows how busy the server is with saving video data on storage The actual video data storage rate is displayed below the percent value in Megabytes sec or Kilobytes sec The IDB display does not appear if the server does not record Note that the IDB load also increases when the server removes video data when the storage is full or recording time limits are reached IDB details are updated once a minute Overloaded state of the IDB engine The IDB engine is overloaded if the server receives more video data from the cameras than it can record Save on storage In this case the server will drop frames OVR shows the percent of dropped frames If the label OVR does not appear then the server can save every incoming frame Swapping This display appears if the server starts heavy swapping which means that the amount of main memory of the server is insufficient If this is situation persists the server must be extended with additional RAM Page 109 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 11 1 2 System information dialog L Choose System information from the System administration menu This opens the System information dialog The table shows the connected servers and their state Name shows the name of the server and the Observer version running State s
11. Enter the name of the previously configured Observer user group to which the Active Directory users will be imported as the Observer group name e g AD Users Select a previously defined Attribute mapping schema or create a new one by choosing Edit and then clicking on New These are the attributes which will be imported from Active Directory to Observer e Login name tag mandatory Set it to cn users login with their common name e g John Doe or sAMAccountName users login with their account name e g john Page 125 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 e Name tag mandatory Set it to displayName e SMS number tag optional Set it to telephoneNumber e Email tag optional Set it to mail e Enter the domain of the server as its Directory address e g for netavis net it would be DC netavis DC net No te The directory parameters OU DC CN have to be written in capital letters 8 Configure the Tag mapping a The AD group identifier tag has to be set to memberOf b Forthe Login name tag it is possible to choose from two possibilities cn users login with their common name e g John Doe sAMAccountName users login with their account name e g john Note The Login name tag option set here has to match the option set earlier in the Attribute mapping schema 9 Press Save 10 After O two mi name Note but not bserver has finished synchronization with the Active Di
12. Eve n n tge Event tge tge tge Event nera nera nera nera nera nera teq teq teq teq teq teq z E E E E E ne N O N O ne n O ne NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description n a user acknowledges an event n a user logs in n a user logs out n an ICAT Object Tracking detection occurs n the video signal from a camera is lost n a video stream annotation occurs Page 196 of 203 21 Index 4 ACIF 10 A ABS transcoding for low bandwidth connections 27 configuring ABS 113 Acknowledging events 95 Active Directory 51 123 AES encryption of video recordings 115 Alarms see Events 100 Annotating videos with data from external sources 181 Anonymize voice 33 Apple iPad 24 Apple iPhone 24 Archive See Recording Aspect ratio of JPEG images 10 32 of Online monitor views 52 PAL NTSC VGA HDTV 52 Audio playback in archive 80 settings 33 working with cams 63 AVI exporting from archive 82 Bandwidth limiting overall outgoing bandwidth of server 114 support for low bandwidth via Transcoding 27 Brightness 40 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 c Calendar in archive 75 Camera access rights for users 48 default settings 33 duplicate existing camera with similar settings 38 groups 41 moving in camera tree 41 multicast streaming for MPEG 33 port mapping on video server 4
13. but not generally recommended to use the Comment field to add a dynamic view command to an iCAT definition pop lt mode gt lt view name gt lt window ID gt lt viewport eventline gt lt viewport archive replay gt lt additional camera IDs gt lt user names gt lt IP addresses gt where lt mode gt is one of e 1 shows the camera in a large view e 2 shows the camera and optional lt additional camera IDs gt in the view named lt view name gt must be supplied The cameras are placed in the oldest view ports view ports that stood there the longest without a camera change Thus you can create a view where always cameras with the newest events are displayed Page 68 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 3 shows the camera and optional lt additional camera IDs gt in the view named lt view name gt must be supplied The cameras are placed row wise starting at the top left view port The cameras that were in these view port before are shifted to the right Cameras at ght corner of the view therefore are removed from the view Thus you can create a view where cameras with the most recent events are always displayed at the top the lower ri left position e 4 shows the camera name gt m close button associa removed from the vi Thus you can create a view w displayed and stay there unti ports of the view are filled no e 5 similarto mode 1 it shows the camera camera IDs gt are paired on
14. e g higher recording rate if that has been programmed see 7 Working with archive recordings on page 71 Here you find the steps how to configure the parameters for simple motion detection 8 1 1 Preparation Before you begin to configure a motion detection definition be sure that you have the necessary authorization to make settings If you are not sure please ask your Observer administrator Please note Motion detection for PTZ cameras is problematic since normal movement of the camera will trigger a motion detection event 8 1 2 Basic configuration of server based motion detection If you are not already running the Observer client application open your Internet Explorer and login to your Observer server and your Observer system 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Page 88 of 203 Nom eA Ww 10 11 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Axis 88 7 Enabled 7 Rectangle Polygon Type Simple motion detection v a Sensitivity Normal Identifier Simple motion detection 1 sane reueny 0 Comment Time between events sec 3 0 Icon Default v 7 Pixel change threshold 20 0 Sound None v eS Highlight color EA A Pixel change Priority of generated event 100 0 0 0 P Save events in list overrides scheduling setting C Do not save event
15. netavis NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual English NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual Valid from Observer 4 6 0 Published in June 2015 The software described in this manual is licensed under the terms of the NETAVIS end user license agreement and may only be used in accordance with these terms Copyright Copyright 2003 2015 NETAVIS Software GmbH All rights reserved NETAVIS and Observer are trademarks of NETAVIS Software GmbH All other trademarks are trademarks of their respective holders NETAVIS Software GmbH Lerchenfelder G rtel 43 A 1160 Vienna Austria Tel 43 1 503 1722 Fax 43 1 503 1722 360 info netavis net www netavis net Page 2 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Contents 1 Introduction Gibb s0sesseseceeeecesesssecbeesseecsscessocecsssescssoeseecsccsssecsseeseseseceseesecoscssssccsssecsoe Li Ke O DSERVE RCO CUIISMEALION Set nacaanoresstarasaranarennasavataranaapiaens tanrdasstanees eai e aa 6 D2 WhatisnewWwith this treleasei se seas toes cts shes cons cnet aseuats 8 chad abet aios cht a a cadl tends 6 Te SFODSEIVER Ca tas ScEnE ee me see eanah E N E E aNe EAE NE ts ENA EAs Neat sks Ns Bans had 7 1 4 Video streaming methods and COMDFeSSlOn nx sex zixstixh nas cerseastordtiarderbdastdvrbariuadedsdersirubinddasdvsir dans 7 2 Observer clients on multiple platforMS csessececsocsecoesoececoocsecoesoececsocoecoesseseesess LL 2
16. section 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 7 1 3 Event triggered recordings The option Event triggered recordings can be used to create schedules which control when externally triggered events handled by Observer s Event Management System EMS are recorded 7 1 4 Operation of the Observer dynamic storage management In the Scheduling dialog you can specify the Requested recording period property that defines how long recordings are to be kept by Observer Any recordings that are older than the requested recording period are automatically deleted as long as you do not manually protect them from deletion see 7 2 8 Protection of recordings against automatic deletion on page 81 For cases like motion detection based recording it can be very difficult if not impossible to estimate the required storage space and therefore space for all requested recordings could be too short To help with this hopefully rare case Observer uses an intelligent storage management process This process always tries to store all requested periods for all recorded cameras However if there is not enough space available the allocation process is doing two things e t generates a system event once a day and sends an email SMS to the Observer administrator telling him that there is not enough space for all recordings e t automatically truncates the recordings of cameras to allow a proportionally even distribution of the available space a
17. 64 dynamic control with the Matrix function VIP control 183 Overlay painting 20 P PAL 10 pan tilt zoom 102 Password changing 50 PDAs mobile devices 24 People counting iCAT 148 Playback of archive recordings 75 Port mapping Page 200 of 203 of analog cameras on video server 42 Preferences of the client 24 Priority ETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 save space with frame rate reduction for older parts of the archive 73 storage management 74 synchronous playback of mutiple cameras of events 94 sorting event list 94 Privacy mask ICAT 155 Privileges of users 45 Protect archive recordings against deletion 81 PTZ pan tilt zoom 102 automatic routes 107 control with motion detection 90 controlling camera 103 joystick control 106 routes 102 user priority 44 Q QCIF 10 Quality settings changing in view port 56 Quitting the client 28 Recording 71 AES encryption of video recordings 115 Audio playback 80 calendar 75 continuous timed 71 DivX export 82 event based recording 160 exporting 81 exporting event related recordings 98 holiday calendar 185 iCAT based recording 160 manual recording control in the Online monitor 59 motion detection in 83 on removable storage devices see NEA 85 Playback 75 programming 71 protection against deletion 81 115 SAFE format export 82 80 Release Remote time zoomimg 79 notes 6 servers 117 e
18. Bet Salemann Windows Help oeny EE OS pea g awen imne notar Page 23 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 2 5 2 Defining which components to display in a window For each window you can define any combination of components and component specific configurations to be displayed Online monitor You can choose to Display Online monitor and Show main controls the View control menu Next and Previous buttons View selector and Round tour selector For that Online monitor s empty view ports you can configure whether the Add camera button should Show on mouse over or else only be accessible via the right mouse click menu The Preferred monitor for large view on double click option can only be set for one window and defines in which one big views of cameras are shown after a double click Archive player You can choose to Display archive player Event list You can choose to Display event list Display titlebar Hide acknowledged events Show hidden event list on new events and Scroll to reveal new events Additionally you can configure which columns to show in the event list ID Time Details Camera ID Camera Priority Icon Server and ACK state Camera tree You can choose to Display camera tree always and Display titlebar Note Normally it is not necessary to always display the camera tree since it is displayed on demand 2 5 3 General preferences The configuration options set here apply to all Observer clie
19. Defines whether the event bar at the bottom of the window is visible Defines whether the B menu and the history buttons for Online monitor control are visible When this is selected and the hardware supports it the Online monitor uses the hardware overlay technique for displaying flicker free MPEG streams This can also boost the client performance and relieve the main CPU In multi screen operation overlay painting of MPEG video streams may result in pink colored view ports if the client is not running on the primary screen of Windows Then you should turn off this feature 2 4 Client multi window and multi screen operation Observer supports multi window and multi screen operation With clients workstations that have multiple screens connected you can position windows on different screens Here is an example of a client setup with 3 screens Page 20 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Monitor 1 Monitor 2 Monitor 3 Live overview Live alarm view Recording archive incl event list and incl prioritized event list and incl event markers iCAT triggers iCAT statistics diagram The window contents and positions are automatically stored per user and between sessions This means when a user has multiple windows positioned on 3 screens and he exits and then logs in again all the windows on the 3 screens will automatically be restored Please note There can only be one Archive player and this is located in the mai
20. Dynamic view configuration Additional cameras Sony 240 Users Video admin user cde Window Any Window View Event_Overview Display mode insert into empty viewports Limit to IP address IP address Picture in picture features E Show event in viewpor s event line Show archive event replay in viewport For the Show camera s live stream in large view and Show live streams in view options there are also Picture in Picture features which can be enabled Show event in view port s event line This option enables a list which keeps track of the events which occurred in the view port To navigate between the events turn the mouse wheel up and down while hovering over the list at the bottom of the view port By double clicking on an event in the list the Event details dialog is shown whereby the Acknowledge and next Previous and Next buttons are disabled 2013 12 16 16 56 Motion event test_md on camera Sony 240 pop 1 1 1 1 1 2 Please note he background color of the event line is the Highlight color which has been set for that iCAT or motion detection definition As of NETAVIS Observer 4 5 and similarly to the camera name label it is also possible to change the size CTRL key mouse wheel up or down and contrast CTRL Shift keys mouse wheel up or down of the event list Page 66 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Action Show live streams in view Additional cameras Sony 240 ues eevsomnuse
21. Event selection dialog Page 96 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 gt amp Allevents Se pa 9 Camera specific messages 9 State change events Video analysis iCAT Age and gender detection Face detection In camera motion detection Traffic events Simple motion detection iCAT object tracking Change of the input port L Camera PTZ position change Camera failures Camera authentication failure Connection to camera lost Connection to camera restored b Digital camera failure b Grabber card failure b Unstable grabber card b Unstable video signal b Video signal lost L Video signal restored L Video annotation e System events i Informational messages m c Image archive access message fA Data change W In each of the dialogs it is possible to make multiple selections For example to search for the event types In camera motion detection Simple motion detection and iCAT object tracking hold down the CTRL key and select these event types with left mouse clicks amp All events Camera specific messages 9 State change events Video analysis ICAT Age and gender detection Face detection C In camera motion detection Traffic events Simple motion detection iCAT object tracking b Change of the input port You can also search for events which have been ac
22. OK Now you have mapped the camera to your camera icon Repeat the above step for other cameras You can delete a camera by selecting it with the mouse by choosing Delete from the right mouse button pop up menu Mapping I O contacts LNT allows you to work with I O devices i e you can display the state of input contacts and you can switch output contacts of I O devices for configuring I O devices please refer to 20 7 Configuring I O devices on page 187 You can place such I O controls onto layouts like camera controls Here are some icons representing the various states of input and output contacts Output contacts a a Page 130 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Mi Saaz Input contacts Impulse button 1 From the list of controls at the right side drag an I O control icon with the mouse onto the layout and drop it there An I O contact selection dialog opens automatically In the list you only see I O devices that are configured with Observer Choose the device and the I O contact and press OK depending on whether the I O control represents an input an output or an impulse button you get only input or output contacts of the selected device Now you have mapped the I O device to the icon Repeat the above step for other I O contacts You can delete an I O contact control by selecting it with the mouse by choosing Delete from the right mouse button pop up menu Defining zones LNT al
23. Observer server parameters on page 111 2 8 Exiting the client The Observer client can be closed by choosing Exit from the Observer menu at the main application window You will be asked whether you really want to exit If the menu bar is hidden you can exit the client via the right mouse button menu Page 28 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 3 Guidelines for setting up a new system with Observer This section guides you how to best set up a new system with Observer It shows which steps are needed in which order and gives you some hints on how to configure cameras and users For a simple system with 1 server take these steps 1 Setup cameras 2 Setup users 3 Setup views For a bigger system with connected servers take these steps Set up servers Set up cameras Set up users ge OaE a Set up views Please note All of these steps should be taken by the administrator user usually login admin Here we describe the steps for one server for the setup of connected servers please see 12 Working with interconnected Observer servers on page 117 3 1 Guidelines for setting up cameras Usually a system consists of several cameras of the same type with similar settings Bigger systems may have many cameras of the same type and several different types Therefore Observer offers you the possibility to duplicate cameras in order to facilitate the setup Take these steps for setting up cameras 1 Define cam
24. Reduced frame rate settings MJPEG only W Wednesday Sunday V Thursday Actual recording period days hours 11 15 Storage used by this camera MB 525718 Lat Total storage space MB 823076 Free storage space MB 54490 canci save 7 Now you can define the days and times for archive recordings You can activate individual days or with the All button the whole week at once Select hours and minutes from the popup matrix Page 72 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please make sure that the Enable interval checkbox is marked because only then are the settings enabled and recording is started Note If you want to record at different times on different days you can create multiple recording intervals For each recording interval proceed as described here In addition to defining the weekdays and times you need to specify the Recording format f your camera also supports multiple formats you have several choices for details on streaming formats please refer to 1 4 Video streaming methods and compression on page 7 e JPEG stream is also known as MJPEG where the server stores sequences of JPEG images e MPEG 4 video for MPEG 4 video streams e H 264 video for H 264 video streams e MxPEG video for MxPEG video streams For the MPEG video formats you can additionally select Save audio When you choose any of the MPEG video formats then the video settings that are defined in the camera
25. add other TCP IP based systems to an Observer system as I O devices In order to do that an I O device of the Type Generic TCP has to be added as described above The corresponding system or device then has to be configured to send TCP messages to the Observer server s port 10100 with the following syntax statechange lt DEVICE_ID gt lt IO_PORT_ID gt lt IO_PORT_VALUE gt So for example changing the value of the first port of an I O device with ID 1001 to 0 would require the following TCP message statechange 1001 1 0 E vo port Input 1 value changed from 1 to 0 on Generic Test virtualbox Page 169 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 17 Rule Administration NETAVIS Observer 4 6 introduced Rule Administration which enables the simple configuration of a range of actions which are triggered by specific events For example the permanent recording of cameras can be started once an alarm system is activated or a barrier can be opened upon the detection of certain number plates The rule administration is an extensible system which will continue to cover more scenarios in the future Note Actions triggered by I O devices configured in versions prior to NETAVIS Observer 4 6 via the XML configuration file will continue to work in NETAVIS Observer 4 6 However if you want to use Rule Administration you will need to remove the previous XML configuration reconfigure the I O device in the I O Device Administrat
26. and System variables for all users 5 Toadd anew User variable click on New button In the New User Variable dialog box enter the variable name NETAVIS_ DIRECTORY and the location of the directory and then click OK The default location would be 3USERPROFILE netavisLibs 6 Click OK in the Environment Variables dialog window and close the other dialogs as well Working with sessions of pre 4 0 servers The Starter also allows you to also manage sessions with Observer servers running releases older than 4 0 Just select the checkbox Show settings for pre 4 0 releases to show the additional settings Page 19 of 203 Description of elements Element Window width height Upper left corner X Y Initial monitor view name Window decoration visible Tool control bar visible Event bar visible Online monitor control bar visible Overlay painting enabled NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Define the size of the client window in pixels Define the location of the upper left corner of the client window in pixels This setting can be changed e g for multi screen setups Is optional and defines the initial Online monitor view Defines whether the windows decoration border is visible Defines whether the tool control bar at the right side of the window is visible This bar allows switching between Online Monitor Archive Player Event Management and Administration
27. are older than the Requested recording period in order to free space for new recordings For cases where you want to keep certain scenes longer than the requested recording period you can protect arbitrary periods against automatic deletion Here is how you can do that 1 Inthe Archive go to the Calendar view and select a camera 2 Inthe calendar select the period you want to protect against automatic deletion 3 Press Protect selected images against deletion Now the color of the selected period in calendar turns to a different color which shows that the images are protected To unprotect a protected period you must select this period in the Calendar view and Press Unprotect selected images With the Day limit of remove protected archive option see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 itis possible to limit the time that these manually protected recordings are stored Afterwards they are deleted automatically Caution Please be careful when using this feature Unless you set the aforementioned Day limit of remove protected archive option the protected recording periods will never be deleted automatically by Observer This means that the space will be locked as long as you keep them protected 7 3 Exporting recordings images and video sequences Observer allows you to export individual images and video sequences in various formats e JPEG for single images e AVI Divx for video sequences e SAFE This is a pr
28. assigned Outside of this time interval there is no recording or event generation Furthermore recording is started only if either of the fields for Pre post event recording sec is bigger than zero Further considerations for pre and post event recording Observer allows you to define the frame rate and quality of event based recordings If you want to save video streams for events generated by the video analytics toolkit iCAT please keep in mind that Observer needs to analyze the video stream that it later stores Some cameras have limitations when providing multiple video streams at different qualities and frame rates Therefore Observer tries to retrieve only 1 video stream with 1 quality and frame rate setting whenever possible This also helps to keep the CPU load for the server and the camera at a minimum Here is some information about how event based recording depending on the video format and pre post event frame rate setting is done This can help you to tune your system to better fit your needs while reducing burden on the server and the camera For further information on which video format is best for iCAT please refer also to 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 Please note f the recording event is not generated by iCAT then the recording behavior is the same as described here just iCAT is not analyzing the video stream Simple motion detection involves iCAT If both iCAT based and other event tr
29. camera group to which you want to add the new camera later on you can move the camera in the camera tree to a different group 3 Choose Add new camera from the menu The Properties dialog opens in which you can configure the camera Enter your camera data in the corresponding fields Use the following table as a guide Fields labeled in bold are mandatory while all others are optional Field label Description Camera name Enter the name that you want to give your camera This is the name Page 31 of 203 Field label Comment Time zone Camera type Name of camera admin Pwd of camera admin Camera IP address Camera server port Aspect ratio Streaming mode Mobotix only NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description by which you will select or display this camera e g camera 2 Here you can add text that describes your camera Select the time zone of your camera s location e g CET fora camera installed in Vienna Specify the type of camera by selecting it from the camera pop up menu Important f you want to connect an analog camera via a video server then select the type of the video server from the menu If you connect an analog camera to a video capture card directly in the Observer server then select NDS Observer Digitizer Server as your camera type If the camera needs authentication for administrating then enter the user name of the camera administrator here Enter the
30. camera tree within the Camera admin PP TCD net Cameras Axis a 215 a Axis 206 a Axis 212 Sony a Sony DH110T For cameras the status icon indicates one of three states e Ifthe icon is green everything is running normally e Ifthe icon is grey then the status is unknown or still being queried please allow for up to a minute for the status to be determined e Ifthe icon is red then one or more of the following issues have arisen o Unreachable The camera is not reachable equivalent to the Camera not responding message in the Online Monitor s view port o Authentication The username and or password in the camera setup are not correct equivalent to the Camera authentication error message in the Online Monitor s view port o Internal camera error An internal camera error has occurred The status icon of a camera group is an aggregate of the statuses of its cameras If one or more of the cameras have a grey or red status icon then the group s icon also has that color This makes it possible to quickly get an overview of the cameras even when the groups aren t expanded TCD net Cameras axis 3 Sony More detailed information about each camera is available in an overlay which appears after hovering over a camera entry Page 39 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 FD net Cameras D Axis a Axis 207 L a Axis 209 a Axis 212 Unreachable Last err
31. can be moved to another location by following these steps Page 41 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 With a mouse click choose the camera or group you want to move 3 Inthe menu select Move camera or group Anew dialog appears that requires you to enter the password 4 Enter the password After you enter the correct password a camera group dialog is opened showing the camera groups 5 Inthe newly opened camera groups dialog select the group where you want to move the camera or group to and press Select Now the camera or group is moved to the new location and the camera tree is updated 4 8 Changing the port mapping of analog cameras This section is only valid for analog cameras For analog cameras a port must be defined where the camera is connected to at the video capture card or the video server Sometimes the port mapping of analog cameras needs to be changed but it is difficult to do that physically by changing the cabling To help the situation Observer can change the port mapping in the software There are two ways for doing that e Either go to the Camera Administration and manually switch the port there For this however you need to know exactly which camera is connected to which port e Youcan also swap the ports in the Online Monitor This has the advantage that you see the video pictures and
32. checks the availability of the Java on your computer appears This page should disappear in a few seconds If this page stays it means that you do not have the Java plug in installed on your browser You have to first install Java by visiting www java com download to install the latest Java package and then start the browser anew Now the screen should disappear and you can continue as shown below Next a startup screen is displayed that lets you choose the language that you want to use Click on your language of choice and push Start This takes you to the start page of Observer Click on Start Observer client from the browser using Web Start Depending on the browser you are using you might be asked whether you want to execute the Java JNLP link Click on OK to tell the browser to automatically start see 2 2 1 Optimizing the Web Start behavior of your browser on page 15 Now you will be advised that the program is being loaded How long loading takes depends on your network On completion of loading you will be notified that Observer is initializing Then user data are loaded Note By clicking on Install the Observer client on your PC you can also install the Observer client on your machine locally see 2 3 Working with the installed Observer client on page 16 Before starting the Observer client you will be asked if you allow to execute the downloaded trusted applet Page 13 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Si
33. clients on page dil Observer also supports MPEG cameras MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG with audio streaming see also 4 2 Adding anew camera and setting basic properties on page 31 If the camera allows MPEG streaming you can select the MPEG streaming format from view port control menu Once the MPEG streaming is activated additional MPEG controls appear on the view port s These controls allow you to see and modify Audio aspects Audio from the camera Zl indicates that audio from the camera is on Blindicates that audio from the camera is off Aclick on the icon turns it on or off Audio to the camera 2 indicates that audio from your microphone to the camera is on Blindicates that audio from your microphone to the camera is off A click on the icon turns it on or off If you have the Default settings in the Camera Admin set to Audio from and to share single button then you will see only one control icon Bidirectional Audio indicates audio in both directions is on loudspeaker and microphone is on indicates that audio in both directions is off loudspeaker and microphone is off Page 63 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 10 Dynamic View Control in Online Monitor The use of dynamic views triggered by iCAT and motion detection events was significantly simplified by the addition of a new configuration menu in Observer 4 5 Combined with the dynamic view control feature archive access within the Onlin
34. detection is based on a detection of changed pixels between video frames while iCAT offers intelligent object detection and tracking For more details on iCAT refer to 15 Video analytics with iCAT on page 141 Observer offers two mechanisms for simple motion detection e Observer s own server based motion detection The images are analyzed by the Observer server The advantage of this method is that it works with any camera even old cameras The disadvantage might be that if there are many cameras that transfer their images to the server for analysis the bandwidth of the network could be burdened and also the server could be overloaded e in camera motion detection The images are analyzed in the camera and only when detection occurs an event and image data are sent to the Observer server that then stores the event and the images in its archive The advantage of this method is that the network and the server are not burdened The disadvantage is that it works only with special cameras that offer this feature and that the motion detection settings have to be programmed in the camera directly 8 1 Observer s own server based motion detection The simple motion detection feature of Observer can recognize motion by detecting pixel changes between video frames Such a detection can then trigger the following predefined actions e Entry of events in an Event list optionally accompanied by an acoustic signal e Changes in recording behavior
35. e the bandwidth needed for transmission between cameras and server but also between servers and clients e the CPU load at the server and the client induced by compression and decompression and e the storage requirements for recording For low bandwidth client server connections Observer offers the unique Transcoding feature See 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS on page 27 1 4 1 Multi streaming multiple parallel video streams from the camera Some cameras are capable of providing multiple parallel video streams to Observer This can be helpful for example when online viewing and recording is to be done in different formats e g Page 7 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 different sizes and frame rates or for optimizing iCAT video analytics performance see 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 Usually MJPEG cameras can deliver several MJPEG streams while MPEG cameras MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG usually can deliver only 1 or 2 MPEG streams and some camera types can deliver several MJPEG streams in addition to the MPEG stream s However there are a few important restrictions with multi streaming e Some cameras have performance limitations in providing multiple streams depending on the streaming format resolution and frame rate We found out that some cameras just stop streaming when the streaming processors of the camera get overload
36. entry parking and similar scenarios Note This option has to be configured in accordance with the license running on your system Page 159 of 203 10 11 12 13 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Check or uncheck the Motion detection trigger checkbox If this option is enabled number plate recognition is only attempted after a motion is detected in the image only available for Scenario Slow Speed Check or uncheck the Fast detection checkbox If this option is enabled then the first number plate recognition of a given plate will create a corresponding event else three consecutive recognitions are needed for the event to be created Check or uncheck the Disable learning checkbox If this option is checked then the initial learning period is disabled Next the detector learns the typical location of the number plates inside the previously defined region The duration of this learning process depends on the number of vehicles passing through the region and the previously selected Lower edge parallel with plate and Disable learning options During this learning period a corresponding message appears in the camera ports of the Online Monitor where the camera is shown no number plates will be recognized and no Number Plate Recognition events will be generated Note Only one Number Plate Recognition iCAT definition can be created per camera 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording This section d
37. evant cameras and then onging to this group automatically inheriting the privileges and rights is not available on the server it is therefore possible that e Thevideo wall control application itself does not display live video streams of the cameras but snapshot images for better orientation instead The real video streams appear in the video wall monitors 19 1 2 Setting up the video wall Please follow these steps for setting up the video wall di 2 Configure your Observer server network with all the cameras and other settings Setup the video wa to 1 client PC depe desktop applicatio We suggest using 1 Ilmo nds o n group that has privi VW client PC In the exan VWPC2 speci nitors and the video wall client PCs how ma n your hardware setup The video wall clien nple diagram above it would be 2 users with ny monitors you can connect ts must run the Observer fic user per video wall client PC As indicated above you can create a user leges and access rights to all relevant cameras and then create 1 user for each names like VWPC1 and Start the Observer application on the first video wall client PC and login with the user of that client PC e g VWPC1 For each video wall monitor you have to define a separate window in the Observer application there is a 1 to 1 mapping between video wall monitors and Observer application windows For each of these windows you can define mult
38. iCAT video processing frame rate Do not place the tripwire too close to areas where objects exit the scene e g image borders doors because they might disappear before crossing the tripwire It is a good practice to draw the tripwire about half the average object size away from such areas You can also define when an object is counted by either selecting Object center point Any point of object or Whole object The most appropriate choice in most cases Object center point because of its robustness When you push the Next button you can define additional constraints for the event creation You can limit the counting only to certain object sizes certain aspect ratios and a certain speed Currently those measures are definable in pixels please keep in mind that the resolution iCAT works on is either CIF or QVGA depending on the aspect ratio of the camera Future releases of iCAT will allow for real world measures Zero values in these fields mean that there is no constraint In the Identifier text field enter a name for this event trigger An example name for a people counter would be Entrance 1 incoming Press Save to save your definition Please note e Ifyou add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 e Ifa definition is not assigned to a s
39. icon list click the right mouse button and choose Add zone from the pop up menu This opens the New zone dialog which is essentially the same as the Modify Zone dialog see 14 5 3 Modifying zone control appearance and behavior on page 134 Click OK to create the new zone control 14 5 5 Modifying I O contact control appearance and behavior 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing button at the right side of the tool bar In the control icon list click on an I O control icon with the right mouse button and choose Modify from the pop up menu This opens the Modify control dialog for the corresponding I O control type Modify I O Contact Contro Name 1 0 output Activated state image i0_output_activated png Dectivated state image io_output_deactivated png Control type Output pin In this dialog you can define the name of the control and the two images for activated and deactivated states For the Impulse Button you can also set the Impulse Duration ms and whether 0 or 1 should be set The control type Input Output Impulse Button cannot be modified Click OK to save changes 14 5 6 Adding a new I O contact control 1 Switch to customizing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the customize button at the right side of the tool bar Page 136 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 2 Inthe cont
40. is no such file then download the StatisticExportConfig sample xml 20 6 2 Edit the XML config file Edit the file according to your needs A detailed description about the function can be found in the comment at the beginning of the file When you are done with editing save the file If you want to access the generated statistics files via FTP we suggest that you create the output file in home admin If you want to put the file on a mounted network drive then use the mount location The SAMPLE file has to be renamed to StatisticExportConfig ACTIVE xml 20 6 3 Upload and activate the XML config file You can upload and activate the function by following these steps 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that Page 186 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 2 Inthe Customizer under the heading Upload configuration files click on the button Choose file 3 Inthe opened file dialog choose the file StatisticExportConfig ACTIVE xml and upload it to the server 4 Please restart Observer to activate settings of the automatic event export 20 7 Configuring I O devices Note O devices and their corresponding actions configured in versions prior to NETAVIS Observer 4 6 via the XML configuration file as described below will continue to work in Observer 4 6 However if you want to use I O devices with new features introduced in Obs
41. it is recommended to use JPEG and PNG files and keep their sizes small Creating a new layout To create a new layout follow these steps 1 Inthe layout navigation tool LNT switch to customizing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing mode button at the right side of the tool bar 2 Inthe Layout menu choose New which opens the Layout dialog Page 129 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Layout name Ground floor Preview background image Layout background file mx10 2 36 49_2008 01 24_164430 jpg floor_plan4 jpg floor_plan3 jpg floor pian 1 pa 3 Enter a name for the layout 4 Select a background image from the list of available uploaded images or push Upload to upload a new background image for the layout you can also delete uploaded images from the server by selecting an image from the list and pushing Delete 5 Ifthe layout is subordinate to another layout then choose the parent layout from the Parent pop up menu you can change the layout hierarchy later on via the Layout gt Properties dialog 6 Push OK to create the layout Now you see that the layout with the selected background image has been created Mapping cameras 1 From the list of controls at the right side drag a camera control icon with the mouse onto the layout and drop it there A camera selection dialog opens automatically Choose the O device and contact and push
42. list of servers 11 1 3 Restarting Observer and rebooting the server 1 2 Choose System information from the System administration menu This opens the System information dialog Select a server in the table In the System menu you have the following actions available Stop Observer system This stops all video system processes but does not shut down the server Switch off server This shuts the server down Reboot server his reboots the server 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters Observer allows you to set several server parameters To access them follow these steps L Choose Host admin from the System administration menu This opens the Host admin dialog Select your own server indicated by bold face default is netavis Here you see the Hostname Network name or IP address and Observer Host ID of your server are read only The Observer Host ID is needed for working with distributed Observer server see next section If this server is cooperating with other servers then the settings for synchronization group may be relevant see also 12 Working with interconnected Observer servers on page 117 If this server should be part of a synchronization group then enter the name of the synchronization group in the field Name of synchronization group f this server should be the master of the synchronization group then select the check box Master of the sync group Please refer to 12 1 2 Keeping multiple users servers in
43. notifications about I O device malfunction events via SMS Defines if the user group receives notifications about I O device port change events within the client Page 46 of 203 Field label Events Sending email about I O device port value change events Events Sending SMS about I O device port value change events User admin Access to User administration User admin Manipulate user data User admin Access to information about logged in users Camera admin Access to camera admin Camera admin Manipulate camera configuration data iCAT May set iCAT definitions read only I O device admin Access to I O device admin I O device admin Manipulate I O device configuration data Rule Admin Access to rule administration Rule Admin Manipulate rules Host admin Access to Host administration and System information NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Defines if the user group receives notifications about I O device port change events via email Defines if the user group receives notifications about I O device port change events via SMS Defines if the user group has access to the User admin configuration Defines if the user group can change the User admin configuration Defines if the user group can access the Users tab to see which other users are logged into the system Defines if the user group has access to the Camera admin configuration Defines if the u
44. number of used MBytes Accessibility information A storage can be attached to a server locally as a disk device or externally via SAN NAS or any type of network mount e g NFS Unique identifier of the host within a distributed network Internal name of the video platform within the domain of servers Software version of the video platform Overall license information A percentage value telling how much of the available image archive has been filled up with images The time in UNIX seconds since the NETAVIS video platform has been started Login name of user Unix stamp when the user has logged in Address of the login terminal Version number of the client software The type of the connection via the user is connected to a server Unique identifier of the camera Identifier of the host where this camera is connected to Name of the camera Vendor and type of the camera Address of the camera Aggregated status information Unix time stamp of the last error essage from the camera or network for the last error event Shows if a recording is scheduled to run on the camera at this point in time Shows if an iCAT definition is scheduled to run on the camera at this point in time Length of the camera archive in hours Percentage telling how much of the image archive is filled up with images Ca hort name of the event i e name of concrete container class Z etavis internal
45. of workload a single server is not capable of doing all those things at once Therefore multiple servers can be installed to handle the workload 12 1 1 Camera servers NCS and user servers NUS In anetwork of multiple servers the individual servers usually work in different roles Camera servers NCS NETAVIS Camera Server A camera servers NCS mainly manages cameras it stores recordings and optionally runs video analytics on the video streams of the connected cameras It also stores the events related to the connected cameras A NCS usually does not serve any user clients directly but it offers its cameras to user servers for mounting User server NUS NETAVIS User Server A user server handles user clients It usually mounts cameras from multiple camera servers and also receives events from them Thus a user connecting to a NUS can have access to the cameras of all camera servers A user server uSually does not manage any cameras directly and does not do any recording or any video analytics However it usually does store the events of all the mounted NCS in its central event database 12 1 2 Keeping multiple users servers in sync synchronization groups In a larger system that requires multiple user servers NUS it can be cumbersome to manually keep all user configuration data synchronized between all user servers Thus Observer offers the concept of so called synchronization groups Page 117 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Ma
46. password of the administrator account of the camera only if used Specify the IP address or network name of your camera or video server If you supply a network name you must have access to a domain name server DNS that resolves the name to an IP address Even dynamic DNS names like dyndns can be used This field is not needed for analog cameras connected directly via a video capture card NDS If you are adding an analog camera via a video capture card NDS or via a video server specify the port of the capture card or video server to which the camera is connected This setting is only enabled for certain IP cameras that are shipped with different aspect ratios like PAL or NTSC For cameras that are delivered in one standard only the correct value is set automatically and cannot be changed Please select the correct value for your camera If you select a value that does not fit your camera then the image might be distorted Please refer also to 1 4 5 JPEG image sizes and storage requirements on page 10 This option is only relevant if you use a Mobotix camera Set it when you would like to operate the camera in streaming mode If this option is not activated the camera operates in single picture mode In streaming mode MJPEG format the camera delivers higher Page 32 of 203 Field label Use HTTPS encryption JPEG RTSP URIE H 264 MPEG 4 RTSP URL NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description fr
47. reflect your current time Page 93 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 9 Handling events Observer can record and display events of various types These can be camera related events like video analytics events archive access by a user or camera failures but also system related events like user logon and logoff Events are displayed in Event lists of the client and are stored in the central event database of the server were they can also be queried They have several properties that depend on the type of the event Event priorities All events also have an event priority that defines the relative importance of events The default event priority is 100 Informational events have a lower priority of 50 system and camera malfunction events have a higher priority of 300 For events generated by video analytics triggers you can specify individual event priorities Event lists can also be sorted according to priority User privileges for accessing and handling events In the User admin under the System administration menu you can define for each user some basic event handling privileges For example whether user you can access events at all or what kinds of system events are displayed at the users event list see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 The number of events stored in the database can be defined in the server parameters see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 9 1 Event list and e
48. selected camera or group in the menu and then they become modifiable Also the Time Intervals field is still empty when you begin Later it will contain one or more program slots for the selected camera 5 Click the Add button to add a programming slot to the Time Intervals list Page 71 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 MTWTFSS 00 00 24 00 E Video analysis ICAT A MTWTFSS 00 00 24 00 E Continuous recording 00 00 24 00 N Continuous recording Add Delete Continuous recording v The new entry will be selected 6 Click the Change button and choose Continuous recording Now the Scheduling dialog shows the settings for configuring continuous recording Axis 215 54 Scheduling MTWTFSS 00 00 24 00 E Video analysis iCAT Recording format JPEG stream v MTWTFSS 00 00 24 00 E Continuous recording Fi Save endian Image quality High v Frame rate 10 pic sec v Image size 704x576 4CIF PAL v Pre event frame rate fps 10 piclsec v Pre Post event recording sec 5 f ls _ Assigned iCAT definitions s UY Save event in event list Video analysis iCAT v Requested recording period days hours 1000 ilo V Enable interval 00 00 2 00 00 Priority over other cameras if storage space is short Z Monday 7 Friday Recording period is measured form now V Tuesday Saturday
49. selected time will need for playback at the selected playback acceleration Now click the Playback button This brings you to the Player view and the images for the selected time span are loaded from the server and then will be replayed with the specified acceleration you can cancel the loading process by pushing the Cancel button Page 77 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 _ Calendar Player Playback acceleration Control menu a BE Fe A 4x 00 01 59 People count 02 08 2013 07 26 00 02 08 2013 07 27 59 za y oe Z ae A s 02 08 2013 07 26 00 J4 4 i B 2 mm 02 08 2013 07 27 59 In the Playback view you have several possibilities e Automatic or manual fast forward and rewind of recordings e Selection and playback of a time frame time zooming e Synchronous playback of recordings of up to 4 cameras e Export of individual images as well as the selected video sequence 7 2 2 Moving forward and back in the recording Automatic playback By clicking the Playback buttons la or BI you can let the recording automatically play forward or backwards Due to the archive storage mechanism backwards playback might be a little jumpy with MPEG 4 and H 264 streams With the Playback Speed slider at the left of the window you can vary the playback speed Press the Stop button mto end playback Manual playback By clicking and moving the green Playback marker F you can control the playb
50. set up cameras in the system Ask your Observer system administrator whether you have such authorization 4 1 Preparations Before you begin to set up a new camera in Observer be sure to have the following information available e Your camera type e ls your camera type supported by Observer Please consult the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources e Are there available licenses for setting up additional cameras e P addresses of cameras or camera servers Please note Here we describe how to setup a camera in Observer If you setup an IP camera then the camera itself also can be configured This is normally done via a web based interface of the camera Please consult the manual of your IP camera for further details 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties Start the Observer client application see 2 Observer clients on multiple platforms on page 11 You can either e add anew camera from scratch or e duplicate an existing camera and just modify some parameters see 4 2 2 Duplicating an existing camera on page 38 Duplicating an existing camera creates an exact duplicate with all settings copied This is useful when you have more than one camera of the same type or with equal similar settings like recording or video analytics settings 4 2 1 Adding a camera from scratch 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 With amouse click select the
51. setting in the cameras The cameras need to be configured separately for the RTSP port Page 114 of 203 Field label Image database AES encryption O no encryption 1 or 2 encryption Length of alarm recording image database in days Limit for manually protected recordings in days Name of logout PTZ position NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description This defines whether the image data are encrypted with AES Value 0 switches off encryption default Entering the value 1 or 2 will switch on AES encryption of the video recording Value 1 means the system will store the encryption key on a local server disk Value 2 will store the key on a USB device formatted with FAT32 which has to be plugged into the server If the device is not accessible then archive access is not possible Prior to inserting the USB device a writable directory nek must be created on the device this can be done under Windows for example Observer will search for this directory and store the key file in it After the USB device is detected and the key has been written to it the first time an event with following text is generated IDB encryption started USB device can be removed now for creating backup copy At this time the USB device can be removed from the server and a backup copy of the directory nek can be created Note that the stick must be inserted again before any archive query is started Warning Loss of th
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53. the camera are overwritten by the values of this dialog When it is switched off the values from the camera are taken and the settings in Observer are ignored In very special situations only e g when setting the values by Observer causes some unwanted side effects in the camera you may want to set the values in the camera directly and switch off this check box Defines the image quality of the stream The possible values are High Medium and Low quality The higher the quality the more bandwidth will be used for transmission and the bigger the space requirements for recording will be see also 1 4 Video streaming methods and compression on page 7 For multi stream JPEG cameras this value cannot be set here since separate image qualities can be set for recording and in each view port in the Online Monitor Defines the image size of the stream Possible values depend on the camera model The bigger the image size the more bandwidth will be used for transmission and the more space for recording will be needed For multi stream JPEG cameras this value is of no importance since separate image sizes can be set for recording and in each view port in the Online Monitor Defines the frame rate of the stream Possible values depend on the camera model The bigger the frame rate the more bandwidth will be used for transmission and the more space for recording will be needed For single stream JPEG cameras this value defi
54. the CPU is doing o2HostTotalMemory Size of the RAM in kBytes o2HostUsedMemory Total number of RAM kBytes in use o2HostTotalSwap Number of configured kBytes of swap space o2HostUsedSwap Number of used kBytes of swap space o2HostUptime The time in UNIX seconds since the NETAVIS server has been booted Storage Table Entry o2StorageHost D Unique identifier of the server where this disk is connected to o2StoragelD Identifier which is valid only locally on the server o2StoragePath For internal storage types it shows the device path of the partition where the storage is located e g dev sdal For external storage types it shows the mount point or directory where the external device has been mounted o2StorageTotal Total number of MBytes Page 193 of 203 NETAVIS MIB Name o2StorageUsed o2StorageStatus o2Storagelype Video Platform o2VPID o2VPName o2VPVersion o2VPLicense o2VPStorageUtilization o2VPUptime User Table Entry o2UserName o2UserLoginStamp o2UserClientAddress o2UserClientVersion o2UserSessionType Camera Table Entry o2CameralD o2CameraHostID o2CameraName o2Cameralype o2CameraAddress o2CameraStatus o2CameraLastErrorStamp o2CameraLastErrorMessage o2CameraRecording o2CameraVideoAnalytics o2CameraRequestedRecordingTime o2CameraArchiveLoadPerc Event Descriptor o2EventName o2EventNumber o2EventStamp NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Total
55. the appropriate privileges 5 8 Working with Active Directory and LDAP users The configuration of Observer to work with users from Active Directory and LDAP is covered in chapter 13 Active Directory Integration on page 123 Page 51 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 Using the Online Monitor In the Online Monitor you can view live streams from cameras that are set up at the Observer server The prerequisite is that you must have authorization to access the Online Monitor see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 Furthermore you can access only those cameras for which you have access rights see 5 3 Setting camera access rights on page 48 When a new user logs in the first time he will encounter an empty Online Monitor waiting for new camera views to be defined Once you have defined your views they will reappear next time you log in You can also have several Online Monitors in multiple windows see 2 4 Client multi window and multi screen operation on page 20 Important f you are using a low bandwidth connection between client and server e g via wide area networks it can happen easily that the video streams cannot pass through the connection fast enough which results in bad frame rates and slow responsiveness of the client In such a case you should use the Transcoding feature of Observer See 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS on page 27 for furt
56. therefore you can identify the correct ports visually In order to swap the ports of two analog cameras visually please follow these steps 1 Inthe Online Monitor go to the view that shows the first analog camera in a view port 2 CTRL click into the view port that shows the first analog camera 3 Now go to the view that shows the camera that you would like to swap with and CTRL click in the view port Now the ports of the two cameras have been swapped Page 42 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 5 Managing users Observer requires users to login in order to work with the system This chapter describes how to create and manage users in Observer Generally you can either e use Observer to administer users see 5 1 Creating a new user account on page 43 or e use Active directory or LDAP to manage users see 5 8 Working with Active Directory and LDAP users on page 51 5 1 Creating a new user account An Observer administrator can create user accounts in the system Please note At initial product installation a set of predefined users accounts and groups are created These users and groups model typical permissions of users in various roles Instead of creating a new user account you can take one of these predefined users and modify the settings accordingly Here are the steps for creating a new user account 1 Choose User admin from the System administration menu This opens the User admin dialo
57. to analog video signals This is useful for example for security center video walls that are driven by analog video signals The configuration of these special devices must be done in configuration files please refer to the Release Notes or to the customization documentation Events You can also modify the behavior of control icons for certain events like Connection to camera lost or Motion detected Click OK to save changes 14 5 2 Adding a new camera control i Switch to customizing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the customize button at the right side of the tool bar In the control icon list click the right mouse button and choose Add control from the pop up menu This opens the Add new control icon dialog which is essentially the same as the Modify control icon dialog see 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 133 Here you can define the icon name and image and which actions are to be performed on certain mouse operations You can also modify the behavior for certain events like color and blinking Click OK to create the new camera control icon 14 5 3 Modifying zone control appearance and behavior l Switch to editing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing button at the right side of the tool bar Page 134 of 203 2 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 In the control icon list click on a zo
58. to go to the Scheduling dialog In the menu select Modify selected camera or group Click the Add button to add a programming slot to the Time Intervals field Click the Change button now enabled for a popup menu select PTZ route This will show the PTZ scheduling settings see above Set the time settings according to your needs Select the route from the Route Name pop up menu in the example above we selected Route I Click on Save to store the scheduling settings Note You can add several PTZ route schedules for a single camera This means that you can follow different routes at different times Page 108 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 11 Administrating Observer servers This chapter describes how to e get sta tus information about running Observer servers e set server parameters e start s e admin Further inforn top servers istrate external NEA storages nation about administrating servers you find in the document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration 11 1 Server system information and restarting Observer offers 2 sets of status information of the running servers in a network e The server load display in the main client window e The System information dialog in the Admin area 11 1 1 Server load display The server load display is located in the status bar of the main client window and shows the following information CPU xx IDB xx
59. tracking region you can also define what object statistics should be measured by iCAT Such statistics can then be visualized Page 142 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Event triggers Each camera can have several event triggers that define under what conditions an event is generated by the detected objects Event triggers only work inside of the object tracking region Examples of event triggers are people or object counters and detectors of stopped or started objects The CPU load caused by event triggers compared to the tracking region is negligible Scheduling The standard Observer scheduling mechanisms are also used for scheduling activating various iCAT setups For example it is possible to have different iCAT settings for weekdays and weekends 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT Camera selection and placement Though iCAT is able to analyze video captured by any type of supported camera using a device with higher image quality will result in better detection and tracking Generally the iCAT algorithms work with in and outdoor cameras as well as for different perspectives The configuration of the algorithms in Observer is pretty simple as you will see below For people and object counting the best results are possible if the camera is mounted overhead downward looking Please note Setting up iCAT definitions for PTZ cameras is problematic since most of the iCAT functions require a
60. type from the view port s right click menu iCAT heat maps Type e Object count e Object speed e Stopped object count e Object stopping time Next in the iCAT heat maps Show menu you can choose when to show the heat maps e Show always e Show on mouse over e Donotshow For showing the heat maps for all view ports in a view the same menu is also available in the view s Control Menu Set parameters of all view ports In the Archive player s Control Menu you can select the heat map type to be shown via iCAT iCAT heat maps Page 165 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 In the screenshot above you see an example of the object count heat map in an office situation Cold colors such as blue mean few object counts and hot colors such as red mean high object counts When you move the mouse over the view port you can see the raw heat map data for the corresponding heat map type e Object count accumulated object count e Object speed average speed of objects e Stopped object count accumulated stopped object count e Object stopping time accumulated stopped object time In the screenshot above the count in the middle of the screen would be 3199 objects If you are normalizing the type of heat map see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 for further information then the max value set there is displayed in brackets 3500 in the screenshot above As a comparison here you see the heat ma
61. unique identifier of the event me stamp when the event has happened in seconds Page 194 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 NETAVIS MIB Name Description o2EventCameralD etavis internal unique identifier of the camera if event is not camera specific its value is zero o2EventCameraName ame of the camera can be empty if event is not camera specific o2EventUserlD etavis internal unique identifier of the user only if event is user related in other cases its value is zero o2EventUserName ame of the user if event is user specific otherwise empty o2EventDescription Human readable representation of the event Observer events available with SNMP Trap Observer Event Description AgeGenderDetection Event generated when a face with age and gender estimation is detected ArchiveAccess Event generated when archive is accessed BaseDataChange Event generated when configuration data system users cameras iCAT definitions etc is changed CameraAuthenticationFailure Event generated when a camera can t be accessed due to a wrong user password configuration CameralOStateChange Event generated when a camera s I O contacts are changed CameraPTZChange Event generated when a camera s PTZ position changes ConnectionLostToHost Event generated when the connection to the host is lost ConnectionRestoredToHost Event generated when the connection to the host is restored Connec
62. you want that recording can only be started manually then make sure that the Enable interval checkbox is disabled Note When a user pushes the manual recording button in the Online monitor actually the Enable interval checkbox is toggled This causes the recording to either start ort stop 8 Setall the recording options as described in 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 9 Click on Save to save your settings 6 6 2 Manually controlling recordings in the Online monitor When everything is set up as described above then for the enabled user and camera a manual recording button is shown in any view port displaying the camera Axis215 PARANEE You can switch recording on and off by pushing the manual recording button The recording state is shown by the color a strong red dot means recording is on otherwise recording is off Please note For times not covered by a continuous recording schedule no manual recording button is shown Page 60 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 7 Working with round tours the Smart guard function Observer allows you to make virtual round tours of views You can define round tours that contain certain views When a tour is started Observer walks you through all the views by automatically showing up the views in the Online monitor This is like a virtual patrol of a security guard Smart guard function 6 7 1 Defining a round tour Steps to add a n
63. 2 privacy mask 155 sabotage detection 152 setup 31 status 39 status display LNT 139 video analytics ICAT 141 Camera server NCS 117 Camera tree drag and drop cameras 53 how to work with it 53 positioning in the window 21 CIF 10 Client installation directory for client components 19 introduction 11 anguages 13 ocally installed 16 multi window multi screen operation 20 overview of components 24 preferences 22 24 starting 16 support for low bandwidth connections 27 web browser 12 Clone camera 38 Contrast 40 CPU load and streaming formats 8 Page 197 of 203 display of server CPU load 109 for video analytics ICAT 143 Cropped view ports define which part to display 58 D Data integration with external applications 181 Data security 7 Default settings for cameras 33 Deleting windows 22 Demo mode license 12 Distributed upgrades of servers 122 DivX exporting from recordings 82 Documentation set 6 Drag and drop camera from the camera tree to view ports 53 Duplicate existing camera 38 Dynamic views view ports 64 Email receiving on events and alarms 100 Encryption AES encryption of video recordings 115 general description 7 HTTPS for camera connections 33 HTTPS for client connections 12 16 HTTPS for server server connections 119 Event triggers iCAT 143 148 Events 94 acknowledging 95 automatic export of statistics data 186 details
64. 2 Working with interconnected Observer servers sccccccccssccscsccccccccccccccccscceece LIT 12 1 Basic concepts of interconnected Observer Servers seesseesseesseesseessecssecseeseesseesseesneesteeseeeseenses 117 12 2 Adding and defining a remote Observer SEPVEL eesecsesssessecsesseesseesseessecsuecseesseessecsueeseeseeeseensees 118 12 3 Working with cameras of another Server c tex cerscazsearhecthevenaetoterbesdhtanteceetuchesdhtrariperendrededeaeeheried 120 T24 Working WithEvents GF tem Ole SENE S ini 121 12S MOMMONIN G remore S VE O e T a T T ten arate T E TAE aa TTA TAE Tae ET TE Ae TETE ie aaa 122 126 Distributed Upgrades ennyi e e beer enn Oey e a ape EE A E EEE E a E s 122 13 Active Directory Integration sessssosescsessososossosocososssoseseseososossssososssssssssssse 123 13 1 Configuring the users on the Active Directory Server eecsecsseesseesseesseessecsecseesseessecsneesteeseeeseensees 123 T2 ConNgunne OSENG aetna ene nnn nme ne mentee en et ee ete eee ner eee eee ae ee eee 124 14 Working with Layout Navigation ccccccccccsccsccsscscccccccccccccccccccccccccsccscceece L27 Hi 4 t BasicconceptsandNOWItWO KS enara a RE TT RETE 127 42 Installing Layout Navigatio M sree a a aa aas 127 p Page 4 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 WAS Starting Layo ut Navi aO Naera ces Ceiseznd cs dbsag A ca dud tee E E E ded tea feed eea tives 128 14 4 Setting up a project a
65. 9 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 M JPEG MPEG 4 Bandwidth Frame rate 1 4 5 JPEG image sizes and storage requirements The image recording quality and image size affects the required storage per image frame Likewise does the frame rate impact the recording storage and also the network bandwidth Observer supports all image sizes that a camera offers The following are some values for typical JPEG images JPEG Image size Image quality Storage per image approximately Small Low 3 KB 176x144 QCIF PAL 176x120 QCIF NTSC Medium 5KB 160x120 QQVGA High 8 KB Medium Low 8 KB 352x288 CIF PAL 352x240 CIF NTSC Medium 13KB 320x240 QVGA High 20 KB Large Low 20 KB 704x576 4CIF PAL 704x480 4CIF NTSC M 4 KB 640x480 VGA High 52 KB For mega pixel cameras the image size will be much bigger than shown in the table Page 10 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 2 Observer clients on multiple platforms 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients Once you have successfully installed Observer on your server authorized users can access the server via an Observer client Normally the Observer client runs on a PC separate from the server however in a client on server installation the client runs directly on the server see the document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for further information on how to create and run a client on server installation Clients f
66. 95 Event list 94 create a separate Event list window 21 maximizing 21 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 modifying layouts 21 positioning in the window 21 priorities 94 sorting 94 event based recording 160 exporting event related recordings 98 HTML export 98 in layout navigation 138 notification via client GUI email SMS 100 priorities 94 remote servers 121 searching in the event database 96 short replay 95 Statistics 99 Statistics data automatic export 186 user privileges for accessing and handling 94 video analysis iCAT 167 Exiting the client 28 Export of event statistics data 186 Exporting archive recordings 81 event related 98 External applications control via HTTP commands 182 external archive see NEA 85 F Floating window components 21 Four eyes principle 43 Four eyes principle 45 Frame rate changing in view port 56 maximizing 56 G Getting started 29 Google Chrome optimizing settings for browser client Web Start JNLP files 15 Page 198 of 203 H H 264 7 See also MPEG HDTV 16 9 aspect ratio in Online monitor 52 Heat maps iCAT Heat maps 165 eat maps iCAT 165 oliday calendar 185 ML code for embedding streams in web ages 181 P commands for starting actions 182 Se se 3 SE SE CSE J PS encryption between servers 119 for camera connection 33 for client connection 12 16 general description 7 I O con
67. Check the Overwrite old file checkbox if you want to overwrite a file with the same name Optionally you can create a Multi camera export synchronous video sequences by clicking on the Select camera button l This opens the camera tree in which you can select multiple cameras by holding the CTRL key while clicking on the cameras Enter an Export file label which should describe the exported scenes Optionally you may enter an Export file password which needs to be confirmed by entering it a second time in the text box below This password is required when opening the exported file Caution Do not forget this password because otherwise you cannot open the exported file When you click OK a file dialog will be opened asking where on your client computer you to want to save the file Once you select the location and confirm a File download progress dialog will show the state of the export You can cancel the export anytime by clicking Cancel The exported file is an executable for MS Windows 8 7 Vista XP Below you can find a screen of the running SAFE Player Page 82 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 2008 07 29 09 33 00 CET 2008 07 29 09 33 16 CET 2008 07 29 09 38 59 CET Zooming in exported SAFE video sequences You can zoom into parts of the camera view by drawing a rectangle and then clicking in the rectangle You can drag a zoomed view with the mouse Alternatively you can show the zoomed view in a separa
68. Contacts White Paper available in the documentation section of our website 20 8 AXIS T8310 Control Board configuration Observer 4 5 added support for the AXIS T8310 Video Surveillance Control Board which consists of a joystick keypad and jog dial These input devices can be used be used individually or combined Note Joystick support is only available in the locally installed Observer client on Microsoft Windows platforms 20 8 1 Installation Follow these steps to enable AXIS T8310 Control Board support on a client e Connect the AXIS T8310 Control Board to the system and wait for Windows to detect and install it e Install the latest Observer client via the corresponding option from the Observer Start page e Restart the client computer to complete the installation process 20 8 2 Use The following two figures show the controls and buttons of the AXIS T8312 keypad and AXIS T8313 jog dial For simplicity we have numbered the buttons for later reference AXIS T8312 keypad Page 188 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 9 3 10 2 11 12 1 13 AXIS T8313 jog dial Page 189 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 The functions assigned to the different buttons of the keyboards are dependent on whether the Online Monitor or Archive are in focus To show the current focus press the Alt 13 View 3 button combination The focus between windows and between different tabs wit
69. H 264 and MxPEG strictly taken MxPEG is not part of the standards defined by the MPEG group but is a proprietary standard by the company Mobotix However because of reasons of simplicity we refer to MxPEG also as an MPEG format MPEG 4 and H 264 are well known and widely supported MPEG streaming standards Simply described MPEG s basic principle is to compare two compressed images to be transmitted over the network and using the first compressed image as a reference image called an I frame only sending the parts of following images B and P frames that differ from the reference image A viewing client will then reconstruct all images based on the reference image and the difference data Page 8 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 At the cost of higher complexity the result of applying MPEG video compression is that the amount of data transmitted across the network is less than that of Motion JPEG This is illustrated below where only information about the differences in the second and third frames is transmitted A H 264 and MxPEG all work very similar to MPEG 4 whereby H 264 for example needs only about 60 of the bandwidth of MPEG 4 for roughly the same video quality However this efficiency does not come for free Encoding and decoding H 264 needs more CPU power than MPEG 4 A general rule is that the higher the compression factor the heavier the CPU burden in the server and in the clients Therefore the
70. In the main application window select Delete window from the Windows menu A Delete window dialog will open offering you the list of windows available for deletion 2 5 Client preferences The Observer client offers many configuration options which can be adjusted via the Client preferences accessible via the Observer menu or the right mouse click menu in the main application window Note Depending on the authorization that your Observer administrator has assigned to you some of the client components could be disabled menu shown in grey color Ifyou need more authorization please contact your local Observer administrator Page 22 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Archive player Event list Camera tree 2 5 1 Window preferences Here you can set some general configuration options for each individual window e The Window title is shown in a window s title bar Note that the number in brackets after the window title in the left hand menu is the ID of the window That is important as only the main application window designated by 1 can contain the Archive player Similarly the Display menu bar Display status bar and Display toolbar options are also only available for the main application window e The Fullscreen requires restart option is available for every window In full screen mode a window is shown without a title bar or the Windows task bar and fills the whole screen Obee
71. June 2015 occupy the whole space of the window and will automatically resize when you resize the window Thus you can create a window that contains only an Event list After you are done with the modifications deselect Windows gt Enable layout customization The default location for the Event list is the right window border and for the Camera tree that usually only pops up when needed it is the left window border Note Only the Event list and the Camera tree can be dragged The other components in the window will then change their size accordingly 2 4 3 Positioning a window on a specific screen Positioning a window on a specific screen is very easy Use the mouse to drag the window to the desired screen and drop it there You can also maximize the window on the screen When a window is configured to be in full screen mode and therefore drag and drop is not possible there is a Send to screen option in the context menu accessible via a right mouse button click Previous P Next Single View Previous Send to screen gt Client preferences Exit Note See 2 5 Client preferences on page 22 for information on how to enable full screen mode for a window All the window states will be remembered between sessions This happens on a per user basis which means when the user logs in on a different client workstation the same window setup as on the first client workstation will be shown 2 4 4 Deleting a window
72. Observer When using this option entering wrong Login credentials will result in two separate error messages Hint The size and position of the Layout Navigation window is saved and restored upon the next start of the application The Layout Navigation main window looks like this amp 2 Layout Navigation Tool christian 80 81 130 20 OOA aR Test Event list Event description Jung im Bidsegment Gevator Comes der Kamera netavis Axis2120 Event count unacknowledged and not yet visited 4 3 Status line 14 4 Setting up a project and defining layouts Editing mode In order to setup LNT for work you have to execute a few steps e Plan your layout hierarchy e Select and upload images to be used for layout backgrounds Page 128 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 e Define the hierarchy and map your cameras In the next subsections we will cover the above topics 14 4 1 Planning your layout hierarchy Before you create a project and start to upload graphics images for your layouts it makes sense to plan the layout hierarchy For example if your Observer system covers a building then you could have an overview layout image for the building and then separate subordinate layout images for each floor For an even bigger setup If your Observer system covers a whole area with several office or plant buildings then you could have an overview layout image for the whole area and subordinate layout im
73. This opens the Host admin dialog Inthe menu select Add host Fillin the basic information of the desired remote Observer host server Field label Description Hostname This is the name you give to the remote Observer server It does not necessarily have to match the actual name of the remote server Network name or IP This is the network name or IP address of the remote Observer address server Comment A descriptive text Observer Host ID This is an internal ID that uniquely identifies the remote server The ID of an Observer server can be obtained by reading its own entry under the Host Admin tab 2 Now you can define what you want to do with the remote Observer server Set options according to your requirements Field label Description Send local events to Check this option if you want that your local events are sent to the Page 118 of 203 Field label remote server Import of cameras from remote server enabled Export local cameras to remote server onitor remote server status c pgrade software on remote server upgrade Slave Accept software upgrades from remote server upgrade master Request license from remote server license master Use secure connection HIES NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description remote host Check this option if you want to import cameras from the remote server Check this option if you want to export cameras of your server to the r
74. To configure Observer for in camera motion detection follow these steps 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog Assuming that you have already defined the basic properties of the camera in Observer select the camera in the camera tree On the Properties dialog press the Next button at the bottom of the dialog until you reach the Defaults settings dialog Here you focus on the In camera motion detection settings In camera motion detection and iCAT settings Receive event images via FTP i Receive event images via HTTP Post recording length sec 0 Frame rate 1 pic sec In the menu choose Modify selected camera or group Mark either Receive event images via FTP or via HTTP depending on what your camera supports This tells Observer to receive in camera events and images from the camera If you already have a defined an active server motion detection schedule for the camera you will get a dialog that tells you that having both server and in camera motion detection at the same time is not possible To continue you have to first disable the server based motion detection schedules in the Scheduling dialog and then you can continue here Optionally you can set the Post recording length sec that defines whether and for how long the Observer server should record camera images in addition to receiving and storing the event pictures pushed by the camera As mentioned abov
75. VIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for information on how to do that At the login panel enter your Login name and Password and click OK Page 14 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Login name Password Forgot my password cancel Keyboard Guestiogin If you do not yet have a permanent license string for Observer a License dialog appears To continue without a permanent license just push Continue In this case the full functionality may not be available See also 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 for further details about licensing Please note The authentication data transferred between client and server are encrypted with MD5 strong encryption The administration user admin has the default password admin For security reasons you should change this password please see 5 Managing users on page 43 A guest login is possible only if the guest has been defined on your server which is the factory setting For further details contact your Observer administrator If you have forgotten your password you can mark the Forgot my password checkbox answer the asked question and click OK For more information ask your Observer administrator 2 2 1 Optimizing the Web Start behavior of your browser When you click on a Java Web Start link JNLP like the Start Observer client from the browser using Web Start some browsers ask whether you want to dow
76. a Polygon or Rectangle shape by checking the respective check box Now you can draw the region with the mouse in the preview pane For a polygon you just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon You close the polygon by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse Check or uncheck the Age and gender detection checkbox depending on the requirements Page 154 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Hint For more details on using NETAVIS Observer for face detection please refer to the Face Detection with iCAT White Paper available in the documentation section of our website 15 3 10 Defining a privacy mask Privacy masks allow hiding private areas of a camera view from live viewing and recording This is an example of a privacy mask hiding the text on the carpet ENTRY_a241s 5 fps objekt stoppt vor theke Q 0H 00D 1T 1 counter 1 Q 0H 0D 17 4 Here are the steps for creating a privacy mask Please note For privacy masking an object tracking region is NOT needed Currently privacy masks are not shown in exported streams and in the Layout Navigation tool 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Choose a camera and in the menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Privacy mask which will expose the configuration settings Under the camera preview choose the Rectangle or Polyg
77. a vehicle s route to the direction learned on the adjacent lane Hint It is possible to set up more than one Wrong Way Detection per camera e g to generate different events for vehicles going the wrong way on the main road or an exit lane 15 3 14 Defining Number Plate Recognition NETAVIS Observer 4 6 introduced iCAT Number Plate Recognition that can detect number plates for use in vehicle entry parking and free flow scenarios Note iCAT Number Plate Recognition is a separate module which needs to be enabled with an appropriate license key and depending on the specific configuration a USB hardware dongle The basic steps for setting up Number Plate Recognition in Observer are 1 Configure an iCAT Number Plate Recognition definition which is covered in this section 2 Optional Configure the desired NPR lists please see 18 NPR List Management on page 174 for more details 3 Optional Configure desired actions for number plates included or excluded in NPR lists please see Using Rule Administration for more details Note iCAT Number Plate Recognition is a separate module which needs to be enabled with an appropriate license key and depending on the specific configuration a USB hardware dongle Page 158 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Here are the steps for configuring iCAT Number Plate Recognition 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens t
78. abotage detection and lighting change detection iCAT algorithms have been tuned for the highest performance and least burden on the server 15 2 Basic iCAT concepts iCAT basically consists of the following components that are tightly integrated with Observer 1 An object detection and tracking engine analyzes the video stream and tracks detected objects Please be aware that an object has to show consistent motion first in order to be detected and tracked 2 An event logic engine with configurable event triggers decides when a tracked object triggers an event 3 Areal time statistics module stores statistical information about various aspects of objects like object sizes and speeds For setting up a camera with iCAT you essentially configure the following things Object tracking region The object tracking region defines the part of the camera view in which iCAT is detecting and tracking objects For each camera you can define one tracking region that is either the full camera view or a part of it in the form of a polygon or rectangle No object will be detected or tracked outside of this tracking region Since the CPU overhead caused by to the size area of all the active tracking regions of all active cameras of a tracking regions will save CPU power Region definitions can also be used areas in the scene as well e g swaying trees iCAT is directly proportional server optimizing the to mask out problematic For each
79. ack of images manually You can select the size of the playback by clicking the Original size button at the lower left of the Player dialog Here you have the possibility to choose from various sizes 7 2 3 Zooming in a view port and in archive recordings Observer allows you to zoom view ports in the Online monitor and in the Archive player Basically you have two ways to zoom a view port or a recording in the Archive player Page 78 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Zooming with the mouse wheel L Just move the mouse pointer over a view port and turn the mouse wheel The view port will zoom accordingly You can move the zoomed area in a view port by dragging it with the mouse Use the mouse wheel again to zoom out Zooming by drawing a zoom rectangle Wi Click in this rectangle which will cause the view port to zoom accordingly You can position the zoom by dragging the rectangle You can also modify its size by turning the mouse wheel th the mouse draw a rectangle in a view port Click outside the rectangle to return to normal not zoomed view You can remove the zoom rectangle by clicking into it with the mouse and pressing the Delete or Backspace key Alternatively you can drag the rectangle outside of the view port to remove it You can also have multiple zooming rectangles per view port Showing a zoomed view in another view port Online monitor only O sn a Draw azoom rectangle w
80. ages for each of the buildings and additional images for the parking lots driveways fence sectors etc Each of the building layouts then in turn could have subordinate layout images for parts of the building like each of the floors Each of the floors could additionally have subordinate layouts for parts of the floor or even for each of the rooms Thus you can create hierarchies at arbitrary levels of detail 14 4 2 Switching to editing mode and creating a project 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing button at the right side of the tool bar In editing mode the LNT window now has added a new control icon list 2 Create a new project by choosing Project gt New project and then enter a name of the new project in the newly opened dialog Push OK Now you start to upload background images for your layouts 14 4 3 Creating layouts and mapping cameras I O contacts and zones After you planned your layout hierarchy you have to select appropriate images for the various layouts The layout navigation tool supports popular image graphics file formats like GIF JPEG PNG etc Depending on your needs and the available screen resolution for the layout navigation you have to choose the size in pixels for your images Please keep in mind that the LNT also supports image scaling to fit the available space Please note Each image s file size is limited to 2MB For performance reasons
81. allows you to set various options including video quality of either single view ports or all view ports in the current view at once The settings of a single view port can be modified via the view port s control menu that appears in the upper right corner of a view port when you move the mouse pointer over the view port The view port control menu offers the following options Page 55 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 4 1 Adding and removing cameras Cameras can be added and removed with the Add camera and Remove camera menu entries Please refer to section 6 2 Selecting cameras on page 53 for more details 6 4 2 Controlling PTZ cameras The PTZ menu allows PTZ control and is enabled for PTZ cameras see 10 4 1 Controlling PTZ cameras in the Online Monitor on page 103 6 4 3 Setting video parameters The Video parameters menu offers the following options Set streaming format Set image quality Set image size Set frame rate Set camera name appearance Defines the format in which the camera images should be streamed The available options depend on the camera and its configuration in Observer see 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties on page 31 Please also refer to 1 4 Video streaming methods and compression on page 7 for further details on streaming formats Sets the quality of the streamed images by modifying the compression rate The options are High Medium and Low Re
82. ame rates than in single picture mode If you activate the streaming mode you also must set the according option in the camera with the Admin tools of the camera If the camera supports encrypted streaming using HTTPS this setting will be enabled It defines whether streaming from the camera is encrypted using HTTPS Please note that encryption needs significantly more CPU resources on the server than unencrypted communication see also 1 3 Observer data security on page 7 If you want to use the generic RTSP driver to get a JPEG stream from a camera which requires selecting Generic RTSP as the Camera Type then you have to enter the RTSP port of the camera into the first field if it is left empty then the default port 554 is used and the specific URL into the second field The IP address and if applicable username and password of the camera admin are used from the corresponding configuration fields above The stream configuration stream resolution fps etc has to be done in the camera itself Note Ensure that on the Basic video and audio settings page see the next section for details you only enable the JPEG MPEG 4 H 265 checkboxes if you have entered a corresponding RTSP URL here The configuration of a H 264 MPEG 4 stream via RTSP works just like the JPEG stream configuration see above for details Press Save to create the new camera Select the newly created camera again in the camera tree and then push the Next but
83. amera view port server utils CameraMatrixMapping DOUBLE CLICK xml single click in a camera view port l l server utils CameraMatrixMapping SINGLE CLICK xml Page 184 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Trigger action XML file name LNT single click double click mouse over or conte meni Orracearmeranced server utils CameraMatrixMapping LNT xml In addition to the above you can also control on which Observer clients the Matrix view function should be triggered You can do that by downloading and editing the file server utils TargetActionMapping sample xml 20 4 3 Upload and activate the XML config files You can upload and activate the Matrix function by following these steps 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer under the heading Upload configuration files click on the button Choose file 3 Inthe opened file dialog choose the file that you want to upload and push Open Repeat this step for all files you want to upload 4 Uploading a properly filled CameraMatrixMapping file to the server will activate the mapping function No server restart is necessary changes become active within 10 seconds after upload 20 5 Holiday calendar A holiday calendar allows you to define a list of special days holidays and to modify the standard recording schedules of cameras for these days enable or d
84. amp action mode show_as_large amp action cameraid 12 Create action which draws a red box for two seconds onto the frame of camera ID 12 in the Online Monitor of the admin user http 192 168 7 2 arms servlet BrowserServlet cmd clientcontrol amp selector user admin amp selector user admin amp selector tool online_monitor amp action action draw_bounding_box amp box x0 100 amp box y0 100 amp box x1 500 amp box y1 500 amp box linewidth 2 amp box color red amp box text M D amp box timeout 3 amp action cameraid 12 Each server offers a simple test page for URL control at the following address http lt your server gt URLtest jsp 20 4 Matrix View function of the Online Monitor VIP control With the matrix view function also called VIP control you can control which cameras defined in a bigger matrix are displayed in a view in the Online monitor For example assume you have a big area covered with 50 cameras Each of these 50 cameras cover a part of the overall area The Matrix view function now allows you to position all the cameras in a huge virtual matrix covering the whole area Page 183 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Now assume that in the Observer Online monitor you want to show adjacent cameras of this virtual matrix in a 3x3 view Whenever you double click any of the 50 cameras in any of the views in Observer this camera is then positioned as the center of the 3x3 view and the adjacent cameras of t
85. an do that I 2 In the Event search dialog press the Video export button which opens an export dialog Select the directory where the exported video files are to be stored and choose whether you want to export only the events displayed in current search list or all events matching the filter criteria You can also supply the pre and post event time to be exported Page 98 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Select the video format 3 Press Export Now a separate video file is created for each event that has a recording At the end a summary dialog shows how many files have been create and what is their total size 9 3 Generating an event statistics report Observer allows you to create an event statistics report in MS Excel XLS format To create a statistics report file follow these steps 1 Choose Event statistics export from the Events menu This brings up the Event statistics export dialog Event statistics export Ezg Time filter Resolution Hour X Start time 06 08 2013 v 00 00 Time period 1 Day v Event filter Event type Summary for all Camera name Summary for all at t i User name Summary for all Event parameter name Please choose Event parameter value any string _ any character 2 Select for which Start time Time period and time Resolution you want to create the report Also you can filter according to Event type Camera
86. and User multiple selection by holding down the CTRL key while clicking is supported for all filters If you do not select any values for Event filter then a summary statistic report will be created 3 Press OK to start creating the report file You will be prompted for a file name where the report should be stored 4 Open the created file in MS Excel With the data you can also create graphics like the following one motion detection statistics for one day Page 99 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 B Motion detection Video content analysis events Analog 1 Analog 1 eingang eingang 00 00 00 00 15 00 00 30 00 00 45 00 01 00 00 01 15 00 01 30 00 Motion detection 01 45 00 Analog 1 02 00 00 eingang 02 15 00 02 30 00 02 45 00 03 00 00 03 15 00 03 30 00 03 45 00 04 00 00 04 15 00 04 30 00 04 45 00 05 00 00 05 15 00 05 30 00 05 45 00 a 8 OP HGH GPP E E E E A 06 00 00 neS S S O S S Sik LY Ss Sa KS OO G s g 06 15 00 s HF S NE S S Sh a 06 30 00 06 45 00 07 00 00 07 15 00 07 30 00 Number of events 9 4 Receiving notification on events Observer can be configured flexibly to notify users on various event types and by various channels The event types for defining notifications are e System malfunction events e g storage failures e System information events e g example user login and logout e Camera related events o Camera malfunction events e g camera is not a
87. and with Audio recording enabled then you can decide whether you also want to replay audio By default Audio is switched on when you replay To toggle audio on or off push the l button in the Playback view 7 2 6 Synchronous playback of up to four recordings 1 Select the playback time frame for the first camera as described above Then change to the Player view 2 Click the Synchronous Playback button HHI which opens the Camera tree where you can select the second camera for synchronous playback 3 Repeat camera selection until you have up to 4 cameras for synchronous playback The following illustration shows synchronous playback of two cameras Calendar Player Playback RA Control HH adie na 01 59 People count F W 07 26 04 305 CET 02 08 2013 07 26 00 02 08 2013 07 27 59 HE eB w A s 02 08 2013 07 26 00 02 08 2013 07 27 59 Note Synchronous playback always loads one frame or GOP for each selected camera after each other 7 2 7 Displaying video analysis iCAT information for recordings The iCAT submenu in the Control menu offers various options for displaying iCAT related video analysis information also for recordings Please refer to 15 4 Working with iCAT on page 163 for further information Page 80 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 7 2 8 Protection of recordings against automatic deletion Normally Observer automatically deletes recordings that
88. artphone amp Tablet The Client for Smartphone amp Tablet can be run directly in a smartphone or tablet web browser and does not require an installation 1 Start a web browser on your smartphone or tablet 2 Enter the address of your Observer server followed by browserclient e g lt Observer IP gt browserclient and login Both http and https are supported by the Client for Smartphone amp Tablet 3 When you get the camera tree tap click on camera groups to expand them and then on acamera to show its live stream Page 26 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 25 5 10 10 10 125 browserclier lt Back Live view X Logout Medium wv Letterbox v 4 You can choose whether to watch the live stream in a Small Medium or Large resolution and which Letterbox mode should be used Please note Changing the resolution only works for cameras where multiple MJPEG streams are supported Please see the NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources document for further information 5 When you are finished using it it is recommended to log out of the Client for Smartphone amp Tablet via the Logout button although there is an automatic logout after 10 seconds 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS The unique Observer Transcoding technology also called ABS for adaptive balanced streaming reduces the necessary bandwidth for video streams to a fraction of the usual val
89. ated as object but essentially becoming background After an object is being dismissed by iCAT if it starts moving again it will be detected as new object The setting is useful to lower the probability of falsely tracked objects which remain in the scene for too long If you experience that objects are no longer tracked though they are visible and moving this value might have to be increased Defines how long a detected object that stopped is tracked before it is dismissed by iCAT i e no longer treated as object but essentially becoming background After an object is being dismissed by iCAT if it starts moving again it will be detected as new object The setting is useful for removing false detections usually caused by environmental changes which often remain still for a longer period If objects in the scene usually stop longer than this time imit then set it higher This defines at what frame rate the iCAT algorithms operate If the objects you want to track move very quickly across your camera view you want to improve the speed If they move slowly across the camera view you can decrease the speed See also 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 Defines when how much a stopped object may move away from its stopping position before iCAT detects it to move again There is a virtual circle centered at the object s center point In this field one can define its radius proportional to the siz
90. ccessible o Camera in picture events e g motion detection video analytics object triggers The notification channels are e Event list of the client e Email e SMS For each of the above event types the notification channels can be enabled disabled in the user privileges and camera access rights see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 for details on how to define privileges and rights Please note that the notification channels can be defined on a user or on a group level Likewise the camera related notifications can be defined on a camera or a camera group level Page 100 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please note In order to receive emails the email address must be correctly defined in the user properties Also the server must be correctly configured and must also have access to an email router for sending emails For receiving SMS an SMS sending device must be configured at the server See NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for details 9 4 1 Receiving Email notification with alarm image on camera events Here you learn how to set up email notification with alarm image on camera motion detection or video analytics events 1 In the User admin dialog select the user for which you want to define the email notification and enter the correct email address see 5 1 Creating a new user account on page 43 Continue to the Camera access rights by pushing the Next button and th
91. chedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no events will be generated Page 150 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 15 3 5 Defining an event trigger for object starting and stopping In addition to object counting iCAT also offers to detect stopping and starting objects in a defined field Here are the steps for creating an event trigger for object starting and stopping 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog 2 Select acamera and make sure that you have a suitable object tracking region defined that allows for object counting see 15 3 3 Defining an object tracking region on page 146 Inthe menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Event trigger which will expose the configuration settings Under the camera preview choose the Rectangle or Polygon check box DO 0 Ww Now you can draw the field with the mouse in the preview pane For a polygon you just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon You close the polygon by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse 7 Now select on what object behavior you want to trigger an event When an Object is crossing field when an Object starts moving in field or when an Object stops in field You can also define when an event is triggered by either selecting Object center point Any point of object or Whol
92. cherheitswarnung von Xperts Software Ltd Authentizit t des Herausgebers best tigt durch VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2001 CA Hinweis Xperts Software Ltd versichert dass dieser Inhalt sicher ist Die Installation bzw das Anzeigen des Inhalts sollte nur erfolgen wenn Sie Xperts Software Ltd vertrauen Zugelassene Signatur Volle Zuariffsrechte C Inhalt von Xperts Software Ltd immer vertrauen Select the checkbox always trust and click on Yes to allow the download of the trusted applet When you start the client the first time after a new installation some additional client application components need to be installed this is needed only once per client You will be asked rmation E Your client needs further program components Install program components from Sererover nenon canca Normally you want choose to install the program components from Server over network However if you have a very slow network connection between the client and the server you might want to choose installation from Local media When you choose this option you will be asked to locate the directory ClientInstaller of the Observer installation CD Once you choose the correct location and push OK the components will be installed Next you either come to the login panel or to the license dialog If the license dialog appears you yet have to obtain a license for using Observer Please consult the manual NETA
93. cking on the file and then choosing Save link as from the menu Please note If there is no such file then download the server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings sample xml 20 7 2 Edit the XML config files Edit the file server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings xml to your needs A detailed description about the function can be found in the comment at the beginning of the file Page 187 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 For each supported I O device types there is a device descriptor file server externallO deviceio DeviceTypeDescriptor lt device_type gt xml For configuring a device you must refer to one of the supported devices in server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings xml When you are done with editing save the file Please note The sample file has to be renamed to server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings xml 20 7 3 Upload and activate the XML config files You can upload and activate the function by following these steps 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer under the heading Upload configuration files click on the button Choose file 3 Inthe opened file dialog choose the file server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings xml and upload it to the server 4 Please restart Observer to activate the configuration Hint For more details on configuring I O devices please refer to the O
94. continuous recording is done at a lower frame rate or different quality and both streams use the MJPEG format then the iCAT recording settings will only be used for the post alarm period and the continuous recording settings for other times In all other cases e g when one of the recordings uses MPEG 4 H 264 MxPEG the continuous recording settings will be used to record the event iCAT processing will be done with continuous recording frames scaled down in size and or frame rate if necessary Pre alarm setting has no relevance in this case Page 162 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 15 4 Working with iCAT In this section you will learn about e Watching iCAT information live in the Online monitor and also when replaying recordings e Displaying Visual Statistics in the Online monitor e Generating reports on iCAT events like people counting and stopped objects 15 4 1 Displaying iCAT information in the Online Monitor and when playing recordings For each camera that has active iCAT schedules enabled you can display additional iCAT information like object markers bounding boxes and event trigger fields in the Online monitor and also when playing back recordings in the Archive player or an exported SAFE Player Here is an example of additional iCAT information displayed a objekt stoppt auf teppich d 04 0n o0 7 173 je W counter 1 Q 1 H 2 D 3 T 133 x To choose what iCAT information to display yo
95. control is enabled Transcoding bandwidth limit for live view video streams kbit s NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Defines the time the server waits to receive a response from a camera and then displays the Camera not responding message in the Online Monitor Note that also other error conditions can trigger the Camera not responding message so this message might also be shown sooner than the configured timeout period e g when there s no route to host Defines the number of connection retries after which the server raises a Camera not reachable event Defines the time after which the guest user is forced to logout If the value is 0 then the guest is never forced to logout Defines the time after which an event Connection lost to server is generated and the cameras mounted from that server disappear from the camera tree only the root element of the mounted camera tree remains visible painted in red This setting is only important for IP cameras that must actively access the server e g for FTP upload with in camera motion detection and only when the server is not accessible by the cameras at its set IP address but at a different address e g due to address mapping Per default this address always reflects the IP address of the server You can enter an IP address or a network name URL control is one way to enable third party applications to start actions via URL encode
96. d Tnformation E Your client needs further program components Install program components from Local media Server over network Cancel Normally you want choose to install the program components from Server over network However if you have a very slow network connection between the client and the server you might want to choose installation from Local media When you choose this option you will be asked to locate the directory ClientInstaller of the Observer installation CD Once you choose the correct location and push OK the components will be installed Note f you enable the Download client without asking option you won t be presented with this dialogue If you do not yet have a permanent license string for Observer a License dialog appears To continue without a permanent license just push Continue In this case the full functionality may not be available See also 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 for further details about licensing Starting multiple sessions of the Observer client Itis also possible to start multiple sessions of the Observer client with a single shortcut To do so you need to right click on an existing shortcut to the Observer client and open its Properties In the Target field you can then add the names of the saved sessions which you would like to be started upon clicking on the shortcut e g C Program Files NETAVIS Observer na bat 4 5 2 NCS 4 5 2 NUS will ope
97. d API It explains the URL Command API which is a simple and effective way for Observer to interface with 3rd party applications These documents are available online as PDFs directly on each Observer server via the standard web interface and also from each client via the Help All Documentation menu 1 2 What is new with this release The changes of a release are documented in the Release Notes which you can find on the standard web interface of each Observer server and also under the following direct link http lt your server gt relnotes or on the public demo server showroom netavis net relnotes There you also find the release information of previous releases Additionally the new features of releases are also documented on www netavis net Page 6 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 1 3 Observer data security Observer has been designed to provide the highest level of robustness and data security The following aspects of the Observer system document that e All video and configuration data on an Observer server are stored in separate file system partitions protected by multiple levels of security e Optionally the video data can be stored using 128 bit AES encryption since Observer 4 0 e Optionally HTTPS can be used for streaming video data between cameras and servers since Observer 4 0 e Optionally HTTPS can be used for streaming video data between server and clients since Observe
98. d is measured from now or Recording period is measured from youngest recording here can be quite a difference between these two choices for the following case Assume a motion detection based recording that only triggers recording once every few weeks Optionally in order to save disk space you can lower the frame rate of older parts of the archive To do that click on Reduced frame rate settings JPEG only to open a small dialog that allows you to enter a reduction period and a reduced frame rate Page 73 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 For example setting 30 days of Requested recording period with 25 fps and 20 days for reduced archive with 3 fps will maintain an archive containing recent 10 days with 25 fps and the remaining 20 days will be automatically reduced to 3 fps Note This works for JPEG streams only and does not affect any MPEG recordings Additionally you can see the Actual recording period days hours the Storage used by this camera MB the Total storage space MB which shows the overall storage space of the server and the Free storage space MB which is the available space for new recordings on this server 10 Click on Save to save your settings As soon as the scheduled time is reached recording is started with these settings 7 1 2 Scheduling video analysis iCAT operation and recording For information on how to schedule video analysis iCAT operation and recording please refer to
99. d no limit for archive playback streams Please read 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS on page 27 for choosing the best limit values Note See the note for Transcoding bandwidth limit for live view video streams kbit s Bandwidth limit per session for transcoded outgoing archive export streams ABS Zero means no transcoding and no limit for archive export Please read 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS on page 27 for choosing the best limit values Note See the note for Transcoding bandwidth limit for live view video streams kbit s IP address of the network interface NIC for which bandwidth limitation is applied If zero then the bandwidth imit is applied in total for all available network interfaces If transcoding is switched on then it will only be applied to connections of this NIC If you enter the keyword NUS instead of the IP address of the NIC then only traffic to a NUS Observer user server is transcoded Local client connections to this server will not be transcoded It also works this way if the server has only 1 NIC for all traffic to cameras local clients and a NUS Total bandwidth limit for all outgoing connections of the specified network interface NIC Port number generally used for RTSP communication e g for some MPEG cameras Please note that modifying the value here does not change the RTSP port
100. d strings send http GET request to an Observer server The server upon receiving these special URL requests executes the actions as if they would have been generated internally URL control is only enabled for computers whose IP addresses are entered in this fields comma separated list All other requests are blocked Please refer to the Release Notes for further details on URL control Bandwidth limit per session for transcoded outgoing live view streams ABS Zero means no transcoding and no limit for live view video streams Please read 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS on page 27 for choosing the best limit values Page 113 of 203 Field label Transcoding bandwidth limit for archive playback video streams kbit s Transcoding bandwidth limit for archive export streams kbit s IP address of network interface NIC for bandwidth limitation Total outgoing bandwidth limit kbit s RTSP streaming port NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Note In a single server setup it is necessary to re start the streams e g by switching from Online Monitor to Archive Player and back for the changes to take effect In a distributed NCS NUS setup and when connected to the NCS then a client restart is needed for the changes to take effect Bandwidth limit per session for transcoded outgoing archive playback streams ABS Zero means no transcoding an
101. ding email about system information messages Events Sending SMS about system information messages Events Notification in user interface about I O device malfunction events Events Sending email about I O device malfunction events Events Sending SMS about I O device malfunction events Events Notification in user interface about I O device port value change events NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Defines if the user group can manage external storage devices for NEA Defines if the user group can access the Event list and database Defines if the user group can acknowledge system events Defines if the user group receives notifications about system malfunction events within the client Defines if the user group receives notifications about system malfunction events via email Defines if the user group receives notifications about system malfunction events via SMS Defines if the user group receives notifications about system information messages within the client Defines if the user group receives notifications about system information messages via email Defines if the user group receives notifications about system information messages via SMS Defines if the user group receives notifications about I O device malfunction events within the client Defines if the user group receives notifications about I O device malfunction events via email Defines if the user group receives
102. ding space for distributing the available space it happens that the relatively small recording space of a camera with a low recording frame rate is truncated in the same proportion like the relatively big recording space of a camera with a high recording fra me rate Caution Please be careful when you set the Priority over other cameras flag since if storage space is short Observer truncates the archives of all other cameras in favor of this camera If available storage space is much too short relative to the requested storage periods of all cameras this can lead to strongly truncated archives 7 2 Playback of archive recordings Observer features a multitude of p owerful functions for working with archives 7 2 1 Selecting the camera and the playback period 1 Goto the main window and choose the Archive player if the Archive player is not available then perhaps it is disabled in operation on page 20 the client preferences see 2 4 Client multi window and multi screen Either the Camera tree appears immediately or you have to push the Select camera button mi 2 Select the camera from thec drag it to the calendar view amera tree and push Select you can also double click a camera or An overview for the selected camera on the current day is displayed Page 75 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 ite Axis CET View Day View v
103. e you could want to do that to record the post event images with a high frame rate In such a case set the Frame rate according to your needs Now you also have to tell Observer for how long it should keep the recorded event images both the ones pushed by the camera and the ones additionally recorded by the server Press the Previous button at the bottom of the dialog until you reach the Scheduling dialog Below the Time intervals list push the Add button and then choose Camera MD FTP HTTP from the newly created Change pop up menu In the field Requested recording period days hours enter the values that fit your needs Optionally you can also mark the Priority over other cameras if storage space is short checkbox For further details about these recording parameters please refer to sections 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 and 7 1 4 Operation of the Observer dynamic storage management on page 74 Push the Save button to store your changes Page 92 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 10 Now you have to configure your camera for pushing the in camera events and images to the Observer server Since the steps for doing that are very camera specific you must consult the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources To program the camera s detection algorithm please consult its user manual Note After setting up the camera do not forget to check and set the date and time of the camera to
104. e Monitor view ports now allows operators to quickly view event triggered recordings without having to switch to the Archive They are therefore able to keep an eye on live camera streams while reviewing critical events Hint Aside of controlling views with iCAT and motion detection triggers it is also possible to control them with the Matrix view function see 20 4 Matrix View function of the Online Monitor VIP control on page 183 for more details 6 10 1 Controlling views via iCAT events Dynamic view configurations can be added to any of iCAT triggers such as motion detection MD object tracking event trigger sabotage detection etc Once the iCAT definition is activated the associated dynamic view is shown Here are the steps to control dynamic views via an iCAT definition 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog 2 Select a camera and for the camera select an iCAT definition 3 Choose Modify selected definition from the menu 4 Click the button next to the Dynamic view action field where you are presented with three options e No action means that the Online Monitor s views are not changed This is the default option for all iCAT definitions e Show camera s live stream in large view results in the live stream of the camera which triggered the iCAT definition being shown in a large view This option supports three different modes o Current ca
105. e Name of the community SNMPv1 2 3 VACM SNMPv1 can be deactivated on demand EnableV1 true to enable false to disable SNMPv1 SNMPv1 Transport SNMP data Port Standard port of Observer for SNMPv1 2 3 SNMP data Notification Notification options for SNMPv2 3 Page 192 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Element Description Version Options V2clP IP address of the SNMPv2 SNMP management station for the corresponding version V3IP IP address of the SNMPv3 SNMP management station for the corresponding version 20 9 2 Activation Once the configuration file has been adapted rename it to server site snmp SNMPMappings default xml and upload it via the Customizer login Afterwards the Observer server or at least the NETAVIS services have to be restarted for the SNMP agent to be activated To receive the SNMP data sent by Observer a so called SNMP management station software is needed 20 9 3 Available system information and Observer events The following system information and Observer events are available via SNMP System information available with SNMP Get Walk via the NETAVIS MIB NETAVIS MIB Name Description Host Table Entry o2HostID Unique identifier of the server o2HostName Human readable name of the server o2HostOSNameAndVersion Name and version of the Operating System running on the server o2HostCPUldle Percent of CPU idle time the higher this value means the less work
106. e action cameraid ID of camera that is involved in the action e action mode further descriptor for the action possible values pop_if_exists show_as_large show_in_view show_all_cams e action fromtime from time stamp YYYY MM DDTHH MM SS or millisecs since Unix epoch of archive playback Should be given only when action is play_archive e action totime to time stamp of playback YYYY MM DDTHH MM SS or millisecs since Unix epoch Should be given only when action is play_archive e action idlist comma separated list of camera ids which we want the archive playback or want to place them in the current Online monitor view Should be given only when action is show_live_stream or play_archive e action panelname name of Online monitor view that should be exposed Should be given only when mode is show_in_view or show_all_cams Following conditions exist o If panelname does not exist it will be created and all cameras listed in the idlist parameter will be placed into it If panelname exists with the cameras listed on the idlist parameter it will be popped up If panelname exists but the idlist parameter contains more cameras as there already are in the view then 1 if we have enough view ports to show the rest of the cameras it will Page 182 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 be shown there or 2 if the view can not handle any more view ports a new view will be created where all listed cameras are then
107. e by one wi additional cameras are shown in large v logged in e 6 similar to mode 1 it shows the camera most recent he user Plea hown until a in a large view The opt in a large view The opt and optional lt additional camera IDs gt in the view named lt view ust be supplied The cameras are placed in empty view ports They have a ted with them When the user clicks the close button the cameras are ew freeing the view port for another camera to be shown here cameras with the they are removed by t new cameras will be s events are always se note When all view view port is freed ional lt additional th the lt user names gt T iew at the clients where his causes that these he supplied users are ional lt additional camera IDs gt are paired one by one with the in the lt IP addresses gt This causes that these additio lt window ID gt defines the window which wi lt viewport eve whereby 0 ntline gt defi disables this functionali nal cameras are shown i Lb yandle lt viewport archive replay gt defines whether whereby 0 lt viewport eventline gt opti lt addition shownina lt user names gt is an optional com all users are going to be notified lt IP addresses gt is an optional con disables this functionali al camera IDs gt ddition to the camera th tyandle on is enabled e used n large view at the supplied clients wor
108. e encryption key stored on the USB device will make archive access impossible Also encryption needs much more CPU power than no encryption see also 1 3 Observer data security on page 7 In case continuous recording is run in parallel to an iCAT or event triggered recording this option defines the minimum number of days the iCAT or event triggered recordings are stored regardless of how long the continuous recordings are stored Warning f there is not enough space available for a recordings then even iCAT or event triggered recordings may be deleted sooner than configured here Please see 7 1 4 Operation of the Observer dynamic storage management on page 74 for further information Any delete protected recordings older than this time limit number of days will be deleted automatically Name of a PTZ position where all PTZ cameras which have a position configured with that name will be positioned when a user logs out If left empty the feature is not Page 115 of 203 Field label Heat map data reset method Max value for normalizing count Max value for normalizing speed Max value for normalizing stopped objects Max value for normalizing object stopping time NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description activated Per default iCAT heat map data is never reset However since NETAVIS Observer 4 6 it is possible to automatically reset all heat map data e daily reset day hour concrete exampl
109. e is day 07 for daily resets at 7AM e weekly reset week week_day hour concrete example is week 2 07 for weekly resets on Mondays at 7AM whereby week_day is anumber where Sunday 1 and Saturday 7 e monthly reset month day_of_month hour concrete example is month 01 07 for monthy resets on the first of the month at 7AM Note This setting only affects the current host This means that in a system with multiple Observer servers this option has to be set on all servers NCS and NUS individually to achieve a consistent result The maximum value up to 8 digits for normalizing count heat maps for all cameras on this host Note See the note for Heat map statistics reset method The maximum value up to 8 digits for normalizing speed heat maps for all cameras on this host Note See the note for Heat map statistics reset method The maximum value up to 8 digits for normalizing stopped objects heat maps for all cameras on this host Note See the note for Heat map statistics reset method The maximum value up to 8 digits for normalizing stopping time heat maps for all cameras on this host Note See the note for Heat map statistics reset method To modify any of these values select Modify host in the menu set the values and then press Save Page 116 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 12 Working with interconnected Observer servers Observer allows you to work with the res
110. e mouse Here is an example of a tripwire _ Rectangle _ Polygon v Tripwire This tripwire triggers a counting event whenever an object moves from the green area across the red tripwire The tripwire is smart as it only counts objects that have first been detected in the green area and move across It would not count the object if it would first be detected in the non green area then moved across the line into the green and then move across the tripwire from the green to the non green area It also would not double count an object that would have moved across the line twice Hints To count incoming and outgoing people or objects you would create two different tripwires with opposite green areas which would both trigger events You can also use the tripwire to detect objects moving in the wrong direction Page 149 of 203 10 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please note As indicated 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 objects will only be detected after a few frames Therefore an object can move a bit before it is actually detected as object by iCAT Therefore it makes sense to have the green area big enough to allow iCAT time for the object detection If that is not the case it might be possible that quickly moving objects are not detected before they cross the tripwire and therefore would not be counted The ideal settings depend on viewed relative object speed and
111. e object 8 Inthe text field Minimum time for staying inside field sec for Object is crossing field event triggers or Min time for stopping staying inside sec for Object stops in field triggers you can enter a minimum time required for an object that either stops or stays inside a field before an event is triggered 9 When you press the Next button you can define additional constraints for the event trigger You can limit the counting only to certain object sizes certain aspect ratios and a certain speed Currently those measures are definable in pixels please keep in mind that the resolution iCAT works on is either CIF or QVGA depending on the aspect ratio of the camera Zero values in these fields mean that there is no constraint Page 151 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 The section 15 4 1 Displaying iCAT information in the Online Monitor and when playing recordings on page 163 shows you how to view object markers 10 Inthe Identifier text field enter a name for this event trigger 11 Push Save to save your definition Please note If you add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no even
112. e of the object If the object s center remains inside the circle it is detected as stopped When this value is set close to 100 slowly moving or loitering objects will be detected as stopped It also influences the statistics of stopped objects Page 147 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Field label Description Reinitialize on light change Defines whether the iCAT object tracking region will be re initialized if there are significant light changes e g a flashlight that is turned on in a dark environment Slow adaptation This option lengthens the learning period to distinguish between the static background and moving objects It can be useful for particularly crowded scenes in people counting applications 8 Press Next to get to the Heat map data collection settings for the object tracking region Here you can define what heat map data iCAT should collect Later on the resulting heat maps can be shown in the Online monitor and Archive player see 15 4 2 Displaying heat maps on page 165 Currently the following data can be collected e Object count e Object speed e Stopped object count e Object stopping time NETAVIS Observer 4 6 introduced two new features for heat maps a Normalizing the heat maps of all cameras see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 b Resetting the heat maps applied to all cameras on this server e Manually Select the corresponding Object Tracking Regio
113. e refer to 8 3 n camera motion detection on page 91 for further details Field label Receive event images via FTP Receive event images via HTTP Post recording length sec Frame rate Description If this checkbox is marked you enable the In camera motion detection and tell Observer to receive event images via FTP Please be aware that if you select this checkbox the server based motion detection must be disabled The same as above just that the images are received via HTTP protocol some cameras support only HTTP When Observer receives an in camera event then it can start a parallel server side recording in addition to the event images it receives from the camera The event images received from the camera via HTTP FTP is not supported with this option are merged with this server side recording This field defines how long this parallel post event recording is If it set to 0 then Observer does not start its own server side recording of images and just stores the event images it receives from the camera via FTP HTTP This field defines the frame rate of the above mentioned parallel server side post event recording Push the Next button at the bottom of the dialog This invokes the Scheduling dialog Please refer to 7 1 Programming archive recordings on page 71 on how to set up the camera archive and scheduling Optional Push the Next button again at the bottom of the dialog This invokes the I O Cont
114. e server and works very efficiently The CPU overhead caused by iCAT is directly proportional to the following aspects see also 15 2 Basic iCAT concepts on page 142 Page 143 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 e The size area of all the active tracking regions of all cameras of a server This means that optimizing the tracking regions will save CPU power The number and shape of event triggers is negligible e The video processing speed in fps of iCAT e Thestreaming format see above An Observer server running with iCAT on standard not high end desktop server hardware can easily handle approximately 10 iCAT enabled cameras with standard settings Additional CPU power like quad core enhanced RAM speed and bigger L2 caches help to boost the iCAT performance Multi streaming operation with iCAT As indicated above iCAT normally needs much more CPU power for processing MPEG streams MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG than for processing MJPEG streams Therefore Observer can pull two parallel streams from the camera if the camera supports that one MPEG stream for live viewing and recording and 1 additional MJPEG stream for iCAT operation In the Default settings dialog in Camera Admin the checkbox Multi stream allowed enables or disable this dual stream iCAT processing see also 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties on page 31 If this checkbox is selected and live viewing or recording is active wi
115. ed and a duration per position Define a PTZ route as follows 1 Choose PTZ from the System administration menu This opens the PTZ dialog 2 From the camera tree select the PTZ camera whose PTZ route you want to program 3 Ifyou have not already defined PTZ positions that now appear in the list or you can create new positions now See the previous section for defining new positions 4 Click on the Next button at the bottom right This takes you to the Routes dialog whose layout resembles the Positions dialog above 5 Inthe menu select Add new definition Page 102 of 203 10 11 12 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Inthe Name field enter a designation for the route Optionally you can enter a description Click on Next to move to the Route details dialog Route details Axis 88 Default Position Entrance Windows New Delete Position Overview Up Down Stay on target time 5 0 nevus ie Click the New button to create a new entry in the Position list of the route and select a position from the list of predefined positions via the Position popup menu In the Time at position field enter the duration in seconds that the camera is to spend at the position Note that this time includes the positioning time of the camera Repeat Steps 8 and 9 for each entry in the position list You can change the sequence within the position list by selecting a positio
116. ed by certain resolution and frame rates settings Please refer to the camera data sheet and documentation e Inthe current version Observer supports 1 format setting for MPEG streams MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG and multiple format settings for MJPEG streams Please note Please refer to camera data sheet and documentation for camera limitations Also the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources may provide further details on camera restrictions 1 4 2 Motion JPEG A network camera captures individual images and compresses them into a JPEG format The network camera can capture and compress for example 30 such individual images per second 30 fps and then make them available as a continuous flow of images over a network to an Observer server which then distributes it to Observer clients and or stores it in the camera archive At a frame rate of about 16 fps and above the viewer will perceive full motion video As each individual image is a complete JPEG compressed image they will all have the same guaranteed quality determined by the compression level as defined for the network camera or network video server Example of a sequence of three complete JPEG images ZX RIA 1 4 3 MPEG MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG Some of the best known audio and video streaming techniques are defined by the so called MPEG consortium Moving Pictures Expert Group Under the MPEG umbrella several streaming methods are available like MPEG 4
117. ee 15 3 13 Defining Wrong Way Detection on page 157 for more information e Reset all heat map values on this host Resets the heat map values of all cameras on this server 15 3 2 iCAT event settings Event properties can be configured for each iCAT definition 1 You can enter an optional Comment which is shown in the event details Hint You can also use the Comment field to configure certain views to be shown to one or multiple users when an iCAT event occurs See 6 10 Dynamic View Control in Online Monitor on page 64 for more information 2 You can choose a specific leon Sound and Highlight color for the event when it is shown in the Event list 3 You can also define a special event priority for events generated by the iCAT definition by setting the value Priority of generated event Please note that the event priority is a relative priority whereby 100 is the default priority see also 9 Handling events on page 94 4 For more information on the Dynamic view action configuration please see 6 10 Dynamic View Control in Online Monitor on page 64 5 Thecheck boxes Save event in event list and Do not save event in event list allow you to selectively override the general setting for the camera schedule which is defined in 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 Page 145 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 15 3 3 Defining an object tracking region L ana w wN Choose Video a
118. efines if the user group is notified about camera malfunction events via SMS Defines if the user group is notified about in picture events in the client Defines if the user group is notified about in picture events via email Defines if the user group is notified about in picture Page 49 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Field label Description analysis events via SMS To set access rights for the selected user for all cameras in the system you can select and modify the root camera group 7 Click Save to save your changes 5 4 Working with user groups User groups are a powerful means to manage and organize users For instance you can set privileges for groups that are then inherited by the users belonging to this group 5 4 1 Creating a user group 1 Choose User admin from the System administration menu This opens the User admin dialog 2 Inthe list of users and groups select a user group to which you want to add a new group 3 Inthe menu select Add new group which will open the new group dialog that allows you to define a Group name 4 Press Next to edit the group Privileges The privileges are the same as for a user Inherited privileges are displayed in normal font while privileges defined at this group level are displayed in bold font 5 Press Save to create the new group 5 5 Defining Online Monitor views for a new user If a new user needs to work in the Online Monitor then ca
119. efines which scaling algorithm will be used when images need to be scaled to fit preference the available view port space Optimized for quality means that the scaling is done with a more CPU intensive anti aliasing which causes straight lines to be smoother Optimized for speed means that the scaling is done with a faster algorithm that may cause lines to be not so smooth These settings can be modified all at once for all view ports in the current view via Set parameters of all view ports from the view s Control menu Holding down the CTRL key while selecting any of the Set parameters of all view ports commands will modify all view ports of all views not just the current view Note When modifying all view ports at once the selected options are only set for the view ports with cameras which support the desired options With the Set image size option there are 5 categories of image sizes for modifying all view ports and the closest possible match supported by each camera will be used e Very small QCIF QQVGA QCGA e Small CIF QVGA CGA e Medium VGA 4CIF NTSC D1 e Large HD 720 SVGA XGA SXGA e Very large HD 1080 SXGA UXGA Note Setting the image size and image quality is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams Please refer to the NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources document for information about for which cameras this functionality is supported
120. eges and camera access rights of the users imported via Active Directory LDAP can be defined with the Observer user group they belong to When the Observer server connects the Active Directory LDAP server for the first time it loads all matched users into the user group in Observer These users are then cached in Observer no user passwords are stored in Observer Every 2 minutes the list of users is reloaded from the Active Directory LDAP server Each time when a user that is defined in Active Directory LDAP logs into Observer the password is checked authenticated with the Active Directory LDAP server This means that at login time a connection to the Active Directory LDAP server has to be possible Note No Observer specific information is stored in Active Directory LDAP 13 1 Configuring the users on the Active Directory server All the users on the Active Directory server which should have access to Observer must be members of the group which will be imported by Observer though of course they can also be members of additional other groups 1 Create a new Group with the desired Group Name e g Observer4 Group Scope set to Global and the Group type set to Security New Object Group x P Create in netevis net Users Group name Observer4 Group name pre WWindows 2000 Observer4 Group scope Group type Domain local Security wo Global Distribution C Universal Lo _ ca 2 Add the desired users to
121. elated to the event trigger as seen in the screenshot above The following options are available for users Start live stream Starts live monitoring of the camera that triggered the event Short event replay Starts a playback of the event recording that triggered the event a replay is only available if the camera has been configured to record the event Go to Archive player Opens the Archive player and starts a playback of the event recording Classify event as The event can be classified as Unclassified Irrelevant Valid true and Invalid false f Acknowledge comment This acknowledgement of the event ield can be used to add an optional comment related to the Acknowledge Acknowledges the event and close the dialog Acknowledge and next Acknowledges the event and loads the next event Previous Loads the previous event Next Loads the next event Close Closes the dialog 9 2 Searching in the event database 1 2 3 When you choose Event search from the Events menu the Event search dialog appears Select the Time filter according to your needs whereby the options are either All records no time filter or manually choosing a time interval You can further constrain the search by using Event filters for Event type Camera name User name or Event ID from to and event specific parameters and their values e g the event s classification For some filters an appropriate dialog will open e g the
122. emote server If this option is not enabled the remote server cannot access your cameras Check this option if you want to monitor the status of the remote server in System information dialog Check this option if you want to allow automatic distributed software upgrades of the remote server initiated by your current server In such a case your current local server is the upgrade master and the remote host the upgrade slave For details about distributed upgrades please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration Check this option if you want to accept automatic distributed software upgrades of the current server slave initiated by the remote server master In such a case your current local server is the upgrade slave and the remote host the upgrade master For details about distributed upgrades please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration Check this option if your current Observer server should check out licenses from the remote server license master For details about floating network licenses please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration Select this checkbox if you want to use an encrypted connection between the two servers TLS HTTPS Please note Please be aware that an encrypted connection needs more CPU resources on both servers see also 1 3 Observer data security on page 7 Click on Save to save your set
123. en select the camera or group for which you want to define the notification settings and enable the right Events Sending email about in picture events e g motion detection video analysis If the user should also be informed about camera failures you can also enable Events Sending email about camera malfunction events see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 and 5 3 Setting camera access rights on page 48 Define and enable a motion detection or iCAT definition see 15 3 Setting up a camera for video analytics with iCAT on page 145 Check that the iCAT video analytics or motion detection definition has an active recording enabled either continuous or event based Please refer to 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 ake sure that for the motion detection or iCAT definition the event generation is enabled the heckbox Save event in event list is marked in the Scheduling dialog and that it is not uppressed in the iCAT event definition itself Qa n When you have setup all these things the user should receive an email with an attached alarm image on every event Page 101 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 10 Working with PTZ cameras Observer features the control of PTZ cameras pan tilt zoom Note To configure and work with PTZ cameras you need the corresponding user privileges and camera access rights see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 and 5 3 Setting cam
124. enerates a relatively large amount of image data that is sent across the network For this reason at a given image compression level defining the image quality of the I frame and JPEG image respectively the network bandwidth is less for MPEG compared to MJPEG except at very low frame rates Another difference is that most MJPEG IP cameras can produce multiple simultaneous streams and in different qualities image sizes and compression quality while most MPEG cameras can produce only one stream in one quality Therefore the same stream will be used in live viewing and recording This summarizes the benefit of MPEG the ability to give a relatively high image quality at a lower bit rate bandwidth usage This can be especially important if the available network bandwidth is limited or if video is to be stored recorded at a high frame rate and there are storage space restraints The lower bandwidth demands come at the cost of higher complexity in encoding and decoding which in turn contributes to a higher latency when compared to MJPEG The graph below shows in principle how bandwidth use between MJPEG and MPEG compares at a given image scene with motion As can be seen at very low frame rates where MPEG compression cannot make use of similarities between neighboring frames to a high degree and due to the overhead generated by the MPEG streaming format the bandwidth consumption is actually higher than MJPEG Page
125. ent NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources for details on restrictions If your camera supports MJPEG video streaming you can allow using this mode by selecting this checkbox In one special case Observer will try to pull an MJPEG stream even if this checkbox is deselected This is the case when iCAT video analytics is working on MPEG streams e g for motion detection and Multi stream allowed is selected This special additional MJPEG stream in QVGA is used only for iCAT and helps to minimize server CPU load for iCAT processing please refer also to 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 If your camera supports MPEG 4 video streaming you can allow using this mode in the Online Monitor and the archive by marking this checkbox Please note that platform restrictions may apply for this streaming mode please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 If your camera supports H 264 video streaming you can allow using this mode in the Online Monitor and the archive by marking this checkbox Please note that platform restrictions may apply for this streaming mode please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 If your camera supports MxPEG video streaming you can allow using this mode in the Online Monitor and the archive by marking this checkbox Please not that platform restrictions may apply for this streaming mode please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer cl
126. ent software for your video monitoring system As you use it you will find that Observer not only enables you to view live images and record them but also provides a full scale platform for the intelligent utilization of your video data This User Manual guides you through the functionality of NETAVIS Observer 4 6 If you have questions that are not answered in the Observer documentation set please contact your NETAVIS partner or else get in touch with us via the usual channels We wish you a great experience with NETAVIS Observer 4 6 Your NETAVIS Team 1 1 The Observer documentation set These documents are available e NETAVIS Observer User Manual It describes how to configure and use the Observer client e NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources It provides detailed information on the IP camera models supported by Observer e NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration It describes how to install and administrate an Observer system e NETAVIS Observer Server Client and Storage Compatibility and Requirements It explains the hardware and software requirements for Observer systems e NETAVIS Observer Server Customizing It provides an overview on how to customize various aspects of an Observer server e NETAVIS Observer SNAP XML Interface It describes the Simple NETAVIS Access Protocol SNAP that allows bidirectional communication between an Observer server and other applications e NETAVIS Observer URL Comman
127. epending on the specific configuration a USB hardware dongle The basic steps for setting up Number Plate Recognition in Observer are L 2 3 Configure an iCAT Number Plate Recognition definition please see 15 3 14 Defining Number Plate Recognition on page 158 for more details Optional Configure the desired NPR lists which is covered in this section Optional Configure desired actions for number plates included or excluded in NPR lists please see Using Rule Administration for more details 18 1 Configuring number plate lists 1 Choose NPR admin from the System administration menu This opens the NPR admin User admin Camera admin Video analysis iCAT PTZ Host admin Users System information 1 O device admin Rule admin NPR admin Plate lists Black List Name White List Plates Filter icon p NPREvent png v KD Sound None oR Highlight color To add a new number plate list right click anywhere on the window and select Add new list In the Name text field enter a name for this NPR list You can choose a specific Icon Sound and Highlight color for the corresponding event when it is shown in the Event list There are two options to add number plates to this list a You can manually add number plates by clicking on the Add button at the bottom Page 174 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 To add multiple number plates you can either separate them wi
128. er Also events such as iCAT detections can be forwarded accordingly Note SNMP Support is a separate module which needs to be enabled with an appropriate license key 20 9 1 Configuration 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to log into the Customizer area with the administration user admin 2 After login click on Download configuration files 3 Download the file server site snmp SNMPMappings sample xml Note Here you can also download the file NETAVIS MIB txt which contains the NETAVIS MIB Management Information Base 4 Edit the sample file according to the desired configuration lt SNMPMappings Enabled true gt lt USI r SecurityName name AuthProtocol SHA AuthPass password PrivProtocol AES PrivPass password gt unity Name pi teng EnableVi true sport Port lt Notification V2c 10 1 V3IP 10 10 10 18 gt lt SNMPMappings gt Element Description Version Options SNMPMappings Root element Enabled true to enable false to disable SNMPv1 2 3 the SNMP configuration USMUser Required for authentication SecurityName Security name used for generating SNMPv3 SNMP notifications AuthProtocol Authentication method SNMPv3 SHA MD5 AuthPass Authentication password SNMPv3 minimum 8 characters PrivProtocol Optional Encryption standard SNMPv3 AES DES PrivPass Optional Password for encryption SNMPv3 minimum 8 characters Community SNMP community Nam
129. er 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Large zoom in Controlling PTZ cameras with a joystick The locally installed version of Observer is able to handle USB joysticks as input device from Java VM 1 4 and newer for information on how to install the application version locally please refer to 2 3 Working with the installed Observer client on page 16 The joystick can be used for panning tilting the camera while its buttons for zoom in and zoom out operations which button is used for which operation is assigned during calibration The joystick must be calibrated before use found in the System Information menu beside the language change menu Please note In order for the joystick support to work the Java version 32 bit or 64 bit installed on the client PC has to match the system s processor architecture Jump to a predefined PTZ position and follow PTZ routes 1 Tosendacamera to a predefined PTZ position activate the PTZ control right click to open the context menu and select a position from the list at the top of the menu see 10 2 Defining fixed PTZ positions on page 102 Page 106 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Position Center Position Right Add camera Remove camera from view PTZ gt Video parameters d Camera name appearance gt Rendering preference gt iCAT info display b iCAT visual statistics gt Replay archived images Camera port control Client preferences Exit
130. era AAEE E E N E 52 TESST GN Ved tn tata E AN 53 6aNavigating Mine OniNeMoNitO ese E AE RERA 54 Ke GLUT TEE View porr SUNS a acc tce vetlel cidechduet dette tect hci crepes n u na u hepe bo tuinga 55 6 5 Zooming in a view port and in archive TECORGINGS 1 5 5 chi Sessa ease hes eaes ua vae seit uitaeaaaioaherds 58 Page 3 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 6 Manual recording control in the Online MO iCOl aciaus crconecsdaura evecare cannvara suvsbane nssava diva vanadevs dyugasalas 59 6 7 Working with round tours the Smart guard FUNCTION eceecseesseesseesseessecsesseesseessecssecsecseesseessees 61 6 8 Copying views DDSI SE Sasi o dyed euch a a a ule ee Some E abutuate ates 61 6 9 Working with MPEG cameras and audio MPEG 4 H 264 and MXPEG eseeseessessesseeseesneeseeseeees 63 6 10 Dynamic View Control in Online MOnItOT ssssssssssssssssssssssssresssssrsenssstssnssssroessssreenssrrsesnssrsensssreeenss 64 7 Working with archive recordings sssssssessssoseseosososoesosososossessoseseseososossesossesese TL TA Pr gramming archive FECOtdines drenira AREE RRR T 12 Playbackofarchiyerecordihe Saniora a ATO TR 75 7 3 Exporting recordings images and video SEQUENCES s ssessessesssessscssecscsssssecnsecscssssssessensesnssneesseses 81 PAM OCIOM CES C ION NEEE VS SCO A cs cal suvcs E wiusvaeswsns heaton Mes ooeoateatees eominonteowies 83 PS Ex errial are nives management NEAJ so cs sy hepa cuahus ane che ah
131. era access rights on page 48 If you find that you do not have the authorizations you need please contact your Observer administrator 10 1 Setting up a PTZ camera Setting up a PTZ camera is the same procedure as setting up a camera without PTZ functionality 4 Setting up cameras on page 31 The user must possess the user specific camera authorizations see 5 3 Setting camera access rights on page 48 to permit PTZ access 10 2 Defining fixed PTZ positions 1 Choose PTZ from the System administration menu This opens the PTZ dialog 2 From the camera tree select the PTZ camera whose PTZ positions you want to program 3 Inthe menu select Add new definition 4 In the Name field enter a designation for the position and then use the PTZ control elements to move to the desired position detailed explanation of control elements in Section 10 4 Controlling PTZ cameras on page 103 5 Click on Save to save your configuration Then you can repeat steps 3 to 5 to define additional PTZ positions 6 From the Online Monitor you can select these predefined positions see below 7 Double clicking on one of the predefined positions lets you position the camera Proceed similarly in order to change positions 10 3 Defining PTZ routes In addition to individual PTZ positions you can also define position routes that can be followed on command A position route consists of a list of PTZ positions that are automatically sequentially follow
132. era groups We found that a good grouping criterion is the location of the camera Another grouping criterion could be access rights for various users groups See 4 7 Working with camera groups on page 41 for details 2 For each of the cameras that are of the same type and have a similar setting for recording and possibly motion detection create a camera that serves as a blueprint for other cameras and can be duplicated later Define also the recording settings for this camera For motion detection MD take useful default values that can be tuned later on please note that first you have to create the MD definition and then you set up the scheduling recording for the MD setting Since most video analytics settings are different between cameras it does not make a lot of sense to create default values for video analytics at this point in time One exception could be that you may want to set up the same object tracking regions for several cameras For further details please refer to 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties on page 31 and 8 Working with simple motion detection on page 88 3 Now duplicate clone the cameras and if necessary move them to different camera groups After that you can fine tune the camera setup and define special settings like video analytics for various purposes see 15 Video analytics with iCAT on page 141 Page 29 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 3 2 Guidelines for setting
133. ers For entering digits in camera names or view names AXIS T8313 jog dial 1 6 Not used 7 Previous Next view Changes to the previous or next view 8 Select view The names of defined views appear on the screen upon turning the jog wheel To change to the given view press the View 3 button within 3 seconds e Archive player AXIS T8313 keypad Not used AXIS T8313 jog dial 1 Not used 2 Marker button Valid only when followed by pressing the Left 1 or Right 6 buttons When you press the Left 1 button then the start left marker of the interval is positioned under the current position of the playback marker Pressing the Right 6 button will modify the end time stamp When the Play 4 button is pressed the video sequence for the new time interval will be downloaded and played back 4 Play Stop 3 5 Jump to the Beginning or End of the selected time interval 7 Not used 8 Move playback marker back and forth in the sample line e Examples 00123 2 Select the camera whose name ends with _00123 11 3 Select the view whose name starts with 11_ 20 9 SNMP Support Simple Network Management Protocol In Observer 4 5 SNMP support in Observer was enhanced so a broad variety of operating system and application events can be communicated to monitoring systems Thereby failures such as camera Page 191 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 malfunctions can be detected and addressed even fast
134. erver 4 6 e g Rule Administration or iCAT Number Plate Recognition then you will need to remove the previous XML configuration and re add the I O device in the I O Device Administration see 16 O Device Administration on page 168 for details From NETAVIS Observer 4 6 onwards using I O Device Administration and Rule Administration is the recommended way to work with I O devices and the description below is only included for legacy reasons NETAVIS Observer allows you to work with I O contacts of cameras and special O devices The I O device configuration is done by XML files sitting on the server You must download edit and then upload the files in order to configure and activate the function 20 7 1 Download the XML config files You can access the XML file in a web browser from the server s web page 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer click on Download configuration files 3 Inthe list of files you find several XML files that are responsible for the device configuration XML file name Description server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings xml Actual I O device configuration server externallO deviceio DeviceTypeDescriptor Device descriptor files not intended for lt device_type gt xml modification by you Save server externallO deviceio DeviceMappings xml to your local hard disk You can do that by right cli
135. erver 4 6 User Manual June 2015 To see how to integrate Video4Web into your web pages please refer to the examples and full documentation available on the Observer server s web page http lt your server IP gt under Documentation Video4Web Please note Currently Video4Web only supports MJPEG streams 20 3 Controlling Observer with HTTP commands from external sources URL control URL control is one way to enable third party applications to start actions via URL encoded strings send http GET request to an Observer server The server upon receiving these special URL requests executes the actions as if they would have been generated internally For testing purposes you can execute URL control by entering an HTTP command in a standard web browser http lt your server gt arms servlet BrowserServlet cmd clientcontrol amp 20 3 1 Available URL control parameters Here is a list of available URL control parameters e selector tool name of the target tool in the client application possible values online_monitor archive_tool e selector machine optional IP address of the target client PC e selector user optional name of the logged in target user if both machine and user are specified then only the client application is selected which fulfills both conditions Further action parameters are e action action the action to be executed possible values show_live_stream show_calendar play_archive draw_bounding_box
136. escribes how to schedule iCAT video analysis operation and how to define the related event based recording Here are the steps I Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog In the camera tree select the camera that you want to schedule Go to the Scheduling dialog by clicking on Next at the bottom In the menu select Modify selected camera or group Press the Add button below the Time intervals list and choose Video analysis iCAT from the type button labeled Change Now define the days and times when iCAT should be enabled for this camera You can activate individual days or with the All button the whole week at once Select hours and minutes from the time popup Please make sure that the Enable interval checkbox is marked because only then the settings are enabled Note You can create multiple iCAT intervals for different setups at different times For each interval proceed as described here Check the assigned iCAT definitions to this interval via the Assigned iCAT definitions popup menu at the right side of the dialog Per default all available iCAT definitions for this camera are assigned If you do not want that you can remove them now by deselecting the definition that you do not want in this interval You can also define whether something should be recorded at an event triggered by one of the assigned iCAT definitions For that you have a full set of options to set w
137. everal options for directly controlling PTZ cams The various modes can be selected via PTZ gt PTZ control mode in the view port control menu The default setting is Continuous mode and Center on click As an alternate mode also an operation via a Crosshair is available Continuous mode available for joystick and mouse operation Click the mouse in the view port and drag it in the direction where you want the PTZ cam to move A red dot marks the origin of the movement and a red line indicates how fast the movement is When you release the mouse the movement will stop though depending on the camera and network it is possible that there is a small delay Page 104 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Axis MAILER Center on Click A single mouse click somewhere in the view port commands the camera to center on the mouse click location Zooming Zooming is available via the mouse wheel zoom in forward scroll and zoom out backward scroll The amount of the zoom will be indicated by 3 red dots after the mouse is released Please note When PTZ control is enabled any mouse actions are taken for PTZ control In order to control the client based view port zooming see 7 2 3 Zooming in a view port and in archive recordings on page 78 hold down the CTRL key while using the mouse Crosshair When this mode is enabled a crosshair for relative control mode is shown in the view port Page 105 of 203 NETAVIS Observ
138. evice Administration on page 168 Then you can choose one of its output Ports or relays and define whether the Port value should be set to 0 or 1 Optionally you can define whether to Switch the value back to the opposite value after a certain amount of time in milliseconds g Set PTZ position You can select a previously configured PTZ position of a Camera and define a Minimal stay time for which the camera will remain at that position You can also delete actions by clicking on the delete button next to each action Press OK to create the rule If you forgot to specify any mandatory options then an icon will pop up next to it Press Save to store the changes For any changes also a corresponding event will be generated i Rule list was modified by Video admin user virtualbox Existing rules can be enabled and disabled via the Active checkbox next to each rule They can also be modified by double clicking on one or selecting it and pressing the Modify rule button Finally you can also Duplicate and Delete selected rules via the corresponding buttons Page 173 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 18 NPR List Management NETAVIS Observer 4 6 introduced iCAT Number Plate Recognition that can detect number plates for use in vehicle entry parking and free flow scenarios Note iCAT Number Plate Recognition is a separate module which needs to be enabled with an appropriate license key and d
139. ew round tour 1 Inthe Online monitor choose Round tours from the view Control menu Now the Round tours dialog opens 2 Inthe Round tours dialog push the button Add new round tour 3 Inthe Tour name field enter the name of the round tour 4 Now you can select a view from the Views list and push the PA button to include it in the tour By pushing the Eil button you can remove a view from the tour You reorder views in the tour by pushing the Up 4 and Down 1 buttons Please note You can have the same view several times at different locations in a round tour You can select multiple views in the Views list at once by holding the CTRL key while selecting the views 5 For each view you can set a Shuffle duration that determines how long in seconds this view is shown before Observer automatically changes to the next view in the tour By pushing Set for all you can set the same duration for all view in the round tour 6 Push Save to save your changes and OK to leave the dialog Later on you can modify an existing round tour by opening the Round tours dialog and then choose an existing round tour from the Round tours list and push Modify round tour A tour can be deleted by opening the Round tours dialog and then choose an existing round tour from the Round tours list and push Delete round tour Then you have to enter your password to confirm the delete 6 7 2 Activating round tours After you have defined a
140. fer to 1 4 5 JPEG image sizes and storage requirements on page 10 for details on these values Note Setting the image quality is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams Sets the image size resolution of the streamed images The available size options are camera specific so please refer to your camera s manual Note Setting the image size is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams You cannot change the image size for MPEG 4 MxPEG and H 264 streams Sets the frame rate of the video stream The options are Max fps various fps and fpm frames per minute values and Stop Note For cameras which provide a single MJPEG stream you can only select frame rate values which are lower than the default MJPEG frame rate set in the Camera settings Defines the position where the camera name is displayed in the view port The options are Show at the top Show at the bottom and Do not show Hint As of NETAVIS Observer 4 5 it is also possible to change the size CTRL button mouse wheel up or down and contrast CTRL Shift buttons mouse wheel up or down of the camera name and hide show the label with the stream type and fps information Shift buttons mouse wheel up or down For all of these commands the mouse pointer has to be over the camera name Page 56 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Rendering D
141. ff You can also enter values in the Brightness high limit and Brightness low limit fields to detect slower lighting changes like during sunrise and sundown If you leave these values empty then slower lighting change detection will be disabled In the Identifier text field enter a name for this definition Push Save to save your definition Please note If you add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no events will be generated 15 3 9 Defining Face Detection Since NETAVIS Observer 4 4 0 iCAT supports Face Detection The functionality can be used to detect and count faces in a video stream Optionally it is also able to provide age and gender information of people Here are the steps for configuring Face Detection i Oyi OT PF wr Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Face detection which will expose the configuration settings In the Identifier text field enter a name for this Face detection Choose whether you want
142. fixed camera position Video streams and formats iCAT works with any video camera If the camera can provide an MJPEG stream iCAT uses this format because it is the most efficient for video analytics If the camera provides only MPEG formats MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG then iCAT can also work on these streaming formats However please be aware that video analytics in MPEG streams requires a lot more CPU power than in MJPEG streams since the decoding is much more complex for multi stream operation please see below Also video analytics in PEG streams causes additional delays because it works on groups of pictures or frames so called GOPs As a rule of thumb iCAT adds a delay of approximately 1 GOP duration Depending on the actual MPEG cameras model a GOP duration is between 0 5 and 1 sec see also 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties on page 31 Analog cameras that are connected via a video server are also supported of course iCAT generally works on CIF or QVGA or nearest resolution This is a good balance between accuracy and CPU overhead If there is a continuous recording enabled for the camera iCAT uses this stream for its algorithms and does not cause additional bandwidth If the size of the stream is bigger than CIF iCAT downscales it to CIF or QVGA or nearest resolution Any pixel measures that are available in iCAT are relative to this resolution CPU load of iCAT performance issues iCAT runs on th
143. function VIP control 183 JPEG 8 versus MPEG streaming 9 obile devices PDAs 24 onitoring 191 otion detection 88 in archive 83 in camera 91 recording based on 160 server based 88 Motion JPEG 8 MPEG 7 8 settings 33 versus MJPEG streaming 9 working with cams 63 MPEG 4 7 See also MPEG Multi streaming parallel video streams 7 enabling 33 ptimizing iCAT operation 144 O Cc ticast streaming for MPEG cameras 33 Cc ti screen operation 20 positioning windows 22 ulti window operation 20 xPEG 7 See also MPEG NCS camera server 117 NEA external archive accessing archives at another server 87 Displaying status 86 recording on removable storage devices 85 starting and stopping double recording 86 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 ETAVIS_DIRECTORY environment variable for installed client components 19 ew system setup 29 NS synchronization groups of servers 117 otification on events and alarms 100 TSC 10 US user server 117 o bject bounding boxes iCAT 164 bject counting ICAT 148 bject markers ICAT 164 b ject tracking region 142 O O OC CO O nline monitor 52 creating views 52 defining views for new user 50 manual recording control 59 navigating in the 54 view port quality settings 56 view settings 55 working with iCAT 163 zooming in a view port 58 78 Online Monitor Archive Access 64 dynamic control with iCAT and motion detection
144. g 2 Select a user group to which you want to add the user Please refer to 5 4 Working with user groups on page 50 if you want to create a new user group first 3 Inthe menu select Add new user The Properties dialog opens to allow you to enter user data 4 Enter your user data in the corresponding fields of the dialog Use the following table as a guide Fields labeled in bold both in the dialog and in the table are mandatory all others are optional Field label Description Login name isis a short name that the user will use to log in Full user name his is the complete name of the user Password Enter a password for the user The user can change this later on see 5 7 Changing the password on page 50 Re enter password Enter the password again for verification Secondary password Enable the checkbox and enter a secondary password if a secondary password is needed for logging in the user This is important for enforcing the four eyes principle for certain video operations Re enter sec password Enter the secondary password again for verification Page 43 of 203 T Field label Forgot question Forgot answer SMS number E mail address Language Auto login after 1 min timeout PTZ priority 1 lowest 10 highest Max PTZ use time sec PTZ inactivity timeout sec NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Formulate a question that only the user can a
145. g If you have a temporary demo license a License dialog appears at every login indicating that there is no permanent license At this dialog just press the Continue button to operate Observer in the demo mode See 11 1 Server system information and restarting on page 109 for how to display the current license of your server 2 1 1 Advanced client technology The Observer uses advanced technologies to ease the operation of clients on MS Windows platforms e Lazy loading client technology Observer clients both browser based and locally installed only load the needed application components from the server on demand when they are needed This saves time at startup and also bandwidth It also eases the management and upgrading of clients Libraries for one version are downloaded only once and are then stored locally on the client machine The path is lt user s home directory gt netavisLibs lt version gt e g C Documents and Settings user netavisLibs 4 4 5 158 634 e Automatic client upgrading Whenever the Observer server is upgraded to a new version the clients are automatically upgraded too This is happening transparently to the user The same client will still be able to work with older server versions See next point Since release 1 9 the client application has to be installed only once and every further Observer version will be seamlessly accessible without having to manually upgrade the client e Different version
146. g please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration Archive shows the sum of fps and Kbytes per second of archiving on that host Monitor shows the sum of fps and Kbytes per second of all logged in users Page 110 of 203 3 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please note that you usually only see the status of your server If you want to monitor the status of other Observer servers as well you have to make other servers known to your server please refer to 12 Working with interconnected Observer servers on page 117 To show the details of a server double click an entry or select a server in the table and then choose Details from the System menu Now you see detailed information for the selected server with hard disk partitions and their state Partition ctrl shows the number of the hard disk controller dev shows the hard disk number on the controller On the screen dump we have 5 disks on 3 controllers Type indicates the type of the partition DB is a database holding configuration and event data and Lis an image partition that holds the actual video image data Status indicates whether there is a failure on the partition Such a failure needs to be reported to your Observer Administrator Capacity indicates the size of the partition in MB Used shows how much space of the partition is used Click on the Back button to leave the server details dialog and go back to the
147. g to your needs To change a privilege click on its button and select the status from the pop up menu either Inherited Enabled or Disabled Online monitor Access to Online Defines if the user group has access to the Online monitor monitor Online monitor Add cameras to views Defines if the user group can add cameras to existing in Online monitor views in the Online monitor Online monitor Remove cameras Defines if the user group can remove cameras from from views in Online monitor existing views in the Online monitor Online monitor Create and delete Defines if the user group can create and delete views in views in Online monitor the Online monitor Online monitor Save view layoutsin Defines if the user group can save different view layouts Online monitor in the Online monitor Recordings Access to recording Defines if the user group can access the recording archive player archive Recordings View external archive Defines if the user group can view NEA recordings Page 45 of 203 Field label recordings NEA Recordings Manage external archive devices NEA Events Access to Event list and database Events May acknowledge a system event Events Notification in user interface about system malfunction events Events Sending email about system malfunction events Events Sending SMS about system malfunction events Events Notification in client user interface about system information messages Events Sen
148. ges Page 132 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing button at the right side of the tool bar 2 Inthe control icon list click on a camera icon with the right mouse button and choose Modify from the pop up menu This opens the Modify control dialog Mouse over Mouse over delay Context menu actions Show live stream in LNT Stop motion detection Start continuous recording Stop analog video decode Start motion detection Show archive calendar in Observer Client Show live in Observer Client Decode video to analog Stop continuous recording cl Action Caer MI nny 255 ho Connection to camera restored Color IJ Opacity 255 Interval Connection to camera lost Color BB Opacity 255 Interval In this dialog you can define the control name and image and which actions are to be performed on certain mouse operations and events Actions The possible Actions are e Show live in Observer Client exposes a large live view of the respective camera in the Observer client that runs on the same machine If no client is running on the same machine then noting is happening Page 133 of 203 3 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 e Show archive calendar in Observer Client exposes the archive cale
149. has its own view port controls At the right side of the window is the Event list which is explained in 9 Handling events on page 94 Choose Save all view settings from the menu in order to save all settings for your current user The next time you log on to Observer all views will then be available again If you neglect to save all changes are lost when you exit the application You can change the name of the current view with Rename view in the Control menu Please note All view settings will be stored also image quality and frame rate settings of view ports New views will be stored automatically without the need to save manually 6 2 Selecting cameras 1 In the view port press the Add camera button Please note that you first have to set up a camera before you can select it in one of the view ports see 4 Setting up cameras on page 31 This opens the camera tree Select a camera from the camera tree Page 53 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 S Camera D tavis Cameras ne ow we Axis 211A w we Sony CS50 Sony RZ25 You can either o selecta camera and press the Select button or o double click on a camera to add it to the view port where you press Add camera or o drag and drop a camera to the view port of your choice 3 Proceed in the same way with additional view ports in your view 4 You can assign multiple cameras to each view port However since you can only
150. hat can deliver an MJPEG MPEG 4 H 264 or MxPEG stream this covers also analog cameras that are connected via a video server iCAT is easy to configure and setup and it works in difficult situations also with extreme camera perspectives It offers flexible scheduling of iCAT definitions depending on date and time Thus you can have different setups for weekdays and weekend as well as day and night The iCAT Traffic module enables applications for roads and highways Traffic Monitoring Stopped Vehicle Detection Wrong Way Detection The Face Detection module automatically detects human faces in video streams and estimates the person s age group and gender The Smart Tripwire function for people and object counting prevents wrong and double counting and works even with the most difficult entrance situations Rectangle _ Polygon v Tripwire Toggle Page 141 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 The Smart Tripwire also allows detecting wrong direction movements of people and objects Powerful and robust object tracking and event triggering can be constraint to object sizes speeds and other properties Event statistics can be exported to Excel XLS for further processing All iCAT detection annotations are available for live streams and in archived recordings Seamless integration with the Observer event management system EMS and other Observer functions Additionally iCAT offers camera s
151. he Video analysis iCAT dialog Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Number Plate Recognition which exposes the configuration settings In the Identifier text field enter a name for this iCAT Number Plate Recognition definition Draw the region where the number plates appear in the preview pane Just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon and close it by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse Check or uncheck the Lower edge parallel with plate checkbox depending on whether the lower edge of the region defined above is parallel to the number plates only available for Region Hungary If it is enabled then the initial learning period of the number plate recognition module is shortened Select in which Region the system is used please refer to the iCAT NPR datasheet available on our website for the complete list of countries whose number plates are supported e Arabian Peninsula e Europe and Russia e Hungary Note This option has to be configured in accordance with the license running on your system Select the Minimum plate length whereby you can choose values between 1 and 5 Recognized number plates with fewer than this minimum length will be discarded and not stored in the event database Select the Number Plate Recognition Scenario e High speed is used for free flow scenarios e Slow speed is used for vehicle
152. he big matrix are automatically positioned around it In the example above you see how the 3x3 view would look ike if you would double click Cam24 and Cam18 The Matrix view function is defined by XML files sitting on the server The name of the XML files follows the form server utils CameraMatrixMapping lt action gt xml You start by downloading and editing the file server utils CameraMatrixMapping sample xml When you are done with editing you upload the file under a specific name to the server 20 4 1 Download the XML config file You can access the XML file in a web browser from the server s web page 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer click on Download configuration files 3 Inthe list of files find and save server utils CameraMatrixMapping sample xml to your local hard disk You can do that by right clicking on the file and then choosing Save link as from the menu 20 4 2 Edit the XML config file Edit the file according to your needs A detailed description about the function can be found in the comment at the beginning of the file When you are done with editing save the file under a file name that reflects the trigger action for which you want to enable the Matrix view Possible trigger actions for the Matrix function and the corresponding XML file names are Trigger action XML file name double click in a c
153. her Supported browsers e Mozilla Firefox 10 0 or higher e Google Chrome 17 0 or higher e Other browsers with HTML5 compatibility 19 2 1 Starting the video wall control application You can start the video wall control application VWCA in a web browser with the following URL lt your server address gt videowall Please note VWCA stores its configuration information like monitor settings linked servers etc on the server where it was started from If you want to control more than 1 Observer servers with your VWCA you have to start it always from the same server VWCA has the following components Page 178 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Camera tree aJ usti Cameras 412 792 ALLNET ALL2297 Name default Rows 4 wR Sony cht20 Columns 4 gt Sony ch140 Zoom Esi anan Si p f Aspect 43 wl F dj cust Cameras ratio es poi Active trame 994242 gt ALLNET ALL2297 Passive i EAC frame color STS9AFF pi Back color Properties Camera Video wall monitors tree e Left side Camera tree separate for each server link e Middle Video wall monitors here you can control the contents of the video wall monitors e Right side Properties of the current selection here you can see and modify the properties 19 2 2 Configuring the video wall control application VWCA Before you can control the video wa
154. her away than 15m Disable this check box for outdoor environments Experiment with this setting if the detection tracking quality is not ideal Overhead downward This setting only takes effect if Indoor camera is enabled Enable looking the setting if the camera is overhead mounted and downward looking This will improve object separation and the accuracy of object counting In our example above the camera is an indoor camera and mounted overhead downward looking Page 146 of 203 Field label Sensitivity Max object lifetime sec Max stopped object lifetime sec Video processing fps Tolerance radius for stopped object NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Usually this setting should be left at Normal Only if you are not satisfied with the object detection quality or behavior you can try to modify this setting If you want a sharper object detection and separation you can set the Sensitivity to High or Very high Also for example if you want to detect very small objects you can improve the sensitivity The Sensitivity also influences how fast new objects are detected Higher Sensibility means quicker object detection lower means slower detection For environments that are very noisy visually and that cause too many objects to be detected the Sensitivity can be set to Low or Very low Defines how long a detected object is tracked before it is dismissed by iCAT i e no longer tre
155. her details 6 1 Creating a new view Observer lets you create an unlimited number of named views Each of these views can contain up t 100 camera view ports O 1 Choose Create new view either from the empty Online monitor or from the Control menu to open the Create new view dialog 2 You can now choose the layout for your view from predefined templates and you also can define an arbitrary matrix of up to 10 x 10 views A new dialog is opened asking for the name of the view and the aspect ratio for the view ports The Name of view is shown in the view selector at the top of the screen Please note that you can also create a view hierarchy by using a colon between the names In the example below we created a view in the group called First floor with a name Entrance hall There might also be a view called Office 1 or Kitchen The Aspect ratio pop up defines the aspect ratio of the view ports in the view o Fixed aspect ratios PAL NTSC VGA double VGA or HDTV 16 9 o Fill available space This is the default setting and will adapt the view port size and hence the aspect ratio to fill the available space o Custom aspect ratio here you can freely define an N M aspect ratio The setting Stretch image to fit into view port selected by default defines whether a camera image can be stretched to fit into the view port This may cause distorted images for aspect ratios that do not fit the current view por
156. hey load the same LNT project regardless on which client they work In a typical installation you would run the Observer client on one screen and the layout navigation tool on another screen see 2 4 Client multi window and multi screen operation on page 20 for details However you can of course run both tools on the same screen as well Please note Currently LNT can only display MJPEG camera streams MPEG camera streams are not yet supported 14 2 Installing Layout Navigation Layout Navigation is available in a locally installed client see 2 3 Working with the installed Observer client on page 16 or alternatively via a desktop web browser see 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 Note Layout Navigation only works on Microsoft Windows and requires Windows NET 2 0 or later Page 127 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 14 3 Starting Layout Navigation Layout Navigation can be started in three different ways e inthe locally installed client please refer to 2 3 2 Starting the installed Observer client on page 16 for more details e in a desktop web browser with the Start the Layout Navigation Tool from the browser using Web Start option on the start page of Observer e in a desktop web browser with a One Click Single Sign On simultaneously with the Observer client with the Start the NETAVIS client and the Layout Navigation Tool from the browser using Web Start option on the start page of
157. hich are described in 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 In addition to the parameters for continuous timed recordings you can specify a Pre event frame rate fps which can differ from that after the event defined by Frame rate fps With Page 160 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Pre Post event recording sec you can specify how long before and after the event you want to record Please note f there is an active continuous recording in MPEG format it does not make sense to have any Pre post event recording sec set for the event based recording This is because MPEG recording is only done in one quality See also below for further considerations on pre and post event recording 8 iCAT events for this camera are only stored in the Event database and only appear in the Event list if the flag Save event in Event list is switched on Otherwise only the recording will start but no event will be generated You can override this setting for individual iCAT events selectively in the corresponding iCAT definition e g 15 3 4 Defining an event trigger for people and object counting Smart Tripwire on page 148 9 For all other recording settings please refer to 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 10 Push Save Please note iCAT triggered event generation and recording is only active if there is an enabled iCAT interval and there is at least one enabled iCAT definition
158. hin windows can be changed forward with the Tab 1 button and backward with the Alt 13 Tab 1 button combination Below you will find a list with the assignment of the buttons in the Online Monitor and Archive e Online Monitor AXIS T8312 keypad 1 Tab Move focus forward or combined with Alt 13 backward 2 Camera After entering numbers and pressing this button the camera whose name ends with an underscore _ character followed by the entered number e g Camera_212 is activated In case no such camera exists an Invalid camera XXX message is shown 3 View After entering numbers and pressing this button the view whose name starts with the entered number followed by an underscore _ character e g 123_MainView is shown In case no such view exists an Invalid view XXX message is shown 4 Activate view Activates the first view which contains the previously assigned camera Page 190 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 5 Activate large view The previously assigned camera is shown in a large view 6 Show previous view 7 Show next view 8 Not used 9 Activate PTZ In case the last assigned camera has PTZ capabilities this button activates the PTZ function and the AXIS T8311 joystick will be assigned to this camera 11 Archive Displays the archive view of the previously assigned camera 10 Administration Displays the administration view of the previously assigned camera 12 Numb
159. hoose the file HolidayCalendar xml and upload it to the server 4 Please restart Observer to activate settings of the holiday calendar 20 6 Automatic export of event statistics Observer allows you to automatically export event statistics data in the format of a CSV comma separated text file that can be easily read by programs like MS Excel The details of the statistics like resolution duration and filters for event types and camera can be flexibly defined The exported file will be stored in the file system of the server This means you must have file system access to the server in order to obtain the file You can do that for example via FTP and the admin user and password Or you can mount a network drive via Samba or NFS and place the file there The statistics export function is defined by an XML file sitting on the server You must download edit and then upload the file in order to configure and activate the function 20 6 1 Download the XML config file You can access the XML file in a web browser from the server s web page 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer click on Download configuration files 3 Inthe list of files find and save StatisticExportConfig ACTIVE xml to your local hard disk You can do that by right clicking on the file and then choosing Save link as from the menu Please note If there
160. hows whether the server is running and if there is a failure License shows the license of the Observer server e OBS represents the basic functionality e Server network licensing UNW unlimited number of connected servers LNW max 3 connected servers e Licensed features SNMP SNMP support EIDB Encrypted image database AD Active Directory LDAP support ABS ABS Adaptive Balanced Streaming transcoding for low bandwidth connections CAM shows the number of total camera licenses If the number contains an R then it is a floating license from a remote licensing server If the number of cameras exceeds the license limit then in parentheses first the number of disabled cameras is shown and then after a slash the number of allowed licensed cameras USR shows the number of total user licenses If the number contains an R then it is a floating license from a remote licensing server SNAP SNAP XML integration interface LNT Layout Navigation iCAT iCAT video analytics SAB Camera sabotage detection IPAD Client for iPad URL SNAP URL integration interface VW Video wall control V4W Video4Web SMPH Client for Smartphone amp Tablet TRF iCAT Traffic NPR iCAT Number Plate Recognition You can display the current license key string by entering the following URL in a web browser http IP address of your server arms servlet BrowserServlet cmd showlicensekey For further information about licensin
161. ideo analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog 2 Select a camera in the camera tree and int he menu select Add new definition Page 156 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 3 Inthe Type pop up menu choose Stopped Vehicle Detection which exposes the configuration settings In the Identifier text field enter a name for this Stopped Vehicle Detection 5 Draw the region you want to monitor in the preview pane Just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon and close it by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse 6 Adapt the Alarm time limit sec option which defines after how many second the corresponding event is triggered Hint It is possible to set up more than one Stopped Vehicle Detection per camera e g to generate different events for vehicles stopped on the main road or the emergency lane 15 3 13 Defining Wrong Way Detection NETAVIS Observer 4 5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Wrong Way Detection It detects vehicles going into the wrong direction on a normal road or special segments such as an emergency or exit lane Here are the steps for configuring Wrong Way Detection 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog 2 Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition 3 Inthe Type pop up menu cho
162. ients on page 11 for details on the functionality available on various platforms 14 1 Basic concepts and how it works The Observer layout navigation tool LNT allows you to define a hierarchy of graphical layouts that correspond to various aspects of your physical environment section 14 4 1 Planning your layout hierarchy on page 129 provides details on how to plan the hierarchy Layouts that belong together and other related settings can be grouped together in so called projects Depending on the user rights several users can access and share the same projects and by thus layouts and settings On each layout you can place camera control icons that correspond to cameras on an Observer server The camera icons on layouts are interactive i e trigger certain actions when you move the mouse over them or click on them Such actions can be to show camera live image streams or its recording archive in the corresponding Observer client running on the same client workstation On layouts you can also define polygon shaped zones that group certain cameras together and that allow for smart ways of highlighting on events and for good synchronization with the Observer client Additionally you can also display and acknowledge Observer events in the tool All information used by the LNT e g project and layout definitions background images and camera mappings are stored on the Observer server Users can use the same LNT information as long as t
163. ients on page 11 Page 34 of 203 Field label Stream MPEG 4 via Multicast Allow Audio to camera Allow Audio from camera Audio from and to share single button Anonymize distort audio NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description This option should only be switched on in very special situations When marked then the MPEG 4 stream from the camera is received via multicast when disabled via RTSP over HTTP Multicast is a one to many while RTSP is one to one type connection Mark this checkbox only if you want to have multicast MPEG 4 streaming of the camera In most cases you want to leave this checkbox not marked which means that the MPEG 4 stream is transmitted via RTSP over HTTP When marked Observer will allow Audio to the camera and will offer a button for that in the Online Monitor Of course this feature only works if you have a working microphone connected to the PC where you run your client on and your camera has a loudspeaker function When marked Observer will allow Audio from the camera to your client in the Online Monitor and for recordings Of course this feature only works if you have a working loudspeaker connected to the PC where you run your client on Please note that platform restrictions may apply for this streaming mode please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 If this checkbox is marked then there is only one button in the Online Monitor that
164. iggered recording is active at the same time iCAT recording parameters have priority for obtaining pre alarm streams Event based recording for iCAT in MJPEG format e Different frame rates for pre and post event recording Observer obtains a separate stream for iCAT analyses for further information please refer to the sub section Multi streaming operation with iCAT in 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a Page 161 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 system with iCAT on page 143 and also uses this stream for pre event recording In case of an iCAT based event or alarm Observer switches to the frame rate and quality defined by the main recording settings post event P Thesa Observer obtains a Advantage same recording me frame ra te for pre and pos L stream of the ma nalyzing based on this stream it ac event alarm the vi deo stream forma images for pre pos t event recording tually scales t tis not changed t event recordings N ease note Depending on the camera there can be a small delay caused by the camera needed to switch from the pre event streaming format to the post event streaming format n post event recording quality It also does iCAT he image sizes down to QVGA In case of an o delay between pre and post event Disadvantage CPU load is bigger since images need to be scaled down for iCAT analyzing Event based recording for iCAT in MPEG format
165. imply enables previously configured Video Analysis iCAT schedules see 7 1 Programming archive recordings on page 71 which are scheduled to run at the current time Changes of the scheduling can take up to 2 seconds to be executed and no other changes should be made during that time Disable current iCAT scheduling You can select for which Camera s the current iCAT scheduling will be disabled either the camera from the event which triggered the rule or any other camera s Note This action does not automatically stop an Video Analysis iCAT recording on the corresponding camera s Rather it simply disables previously configured Video Analysis iCAT schedules see 7 1 Programming archive recordings on page 71 which are scheduled to run at the current time Changes of the scheduling can take up to 2 seconds to be executed and no other changes should be made during that time Page 172 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 e Show camera in large view You can select which Camera to show in the large view either the camera from the event which triggered the rule or any other camera Additionally you need to configure the User s and Window where the camera will be shown When multiple users are selected only the subset of commonly available windows are shown here f Set I O device port value You can select any I O device which was previously added via the I O Device Administration see UNRESOLVED CROSS REFERENCEI O D
166. in 9 Handling events on page 94 Currently iCAT generates events of the following types as shown in the event type hierarchy dialog of the Event search see 9 1 Event list and event details on page 94 Camera specific messages State change events Video analysis iCAT events Simple motion detection iCAT object tracking All events that are generated by iCAT that are not simple motion detection like people counting object stopping and sabotage detection are of type iCAT Object tracking Therefore if you want to filter iCAT events you have to choose the event type iCAT Object tracking You can differentiate events for the various iCAT event triggers by their names You can also create event statistics reports in Excel XLS format see 9 3 Generating an event statistics report on page 99 Page 167 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 16 I O Device Administration NETAVIS Observer 4 6 introduced I O Device Administration which enables the configuration of I O devices within the Observer user interface Adding I O devices to a NETAVIS Observer system is now as easy as selecting the model and entering its IP address port user and password Note O devices and their corresponding actions configured in versions prior to NETAVISObserver 4 6 via the XML configuration file will continue to work in Observer 4 6 However if you want to use I O devices with new features introduced in Observer 4 6 e g Rule Administrati
167. ink Imposs and Next but possibilities for controlling the contents video wall monitors When you select a ng on the monitor title bar inside VWCA you can views draga ible camera select a point in the history by selecting it from the History tab in the Properties pane Please note t monitor view hat the stat ports tons at the monitor title bars to move in history You can also specifically us bar shows the camera name when you move the mouse pointer over Page 180 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 20 Special functions This chapter describes some special functions of Observer 20 1 Video annotations Video streams for live viewing and recording can be annotated with text that then displayed in the video stream The annotations can come from external data sources and can be stored in the event database for later retrieval and search Annotations can be created via the SNAP XML interface or with a simple shell command with command line options Example applications are POS cash register data ATM data logistics data or access control data 20 1 1 Working with video annotations You can access the video annotation tools from the server s web page dy At the server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that After login click on Download configuration files Download the file annotate zip and unpack
168. ion and then add the corresponding actions via Rule Administration described in this chapter 17 1 Configuring rules 1 Choose Rule admin from the System administration menu This opens the Rule admin Show camera AXIS 212 in large view in window NETAVIS Observer of user s admin 2 Toadd or modify rules right click anywhere in the window and select Modify rules 3 To add a new rule click on the Add rule button which opens the Rule Editor Page 170 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Rule name Motion detection alarm Trigger type Motion detected Cameras net Cameras Definition name Any definition vo vo Port value C Switch value back after device port Enter a name for this rule in the Rule Name text field Next you choose and configure a Trigger type whereby NETAVIS Observer 4 6 currently supports the following triggers a Motion detected In its basic configuration the trigger is any motion detection option Any definition on one or multiple cameras and or camera groups which can be selected Additionally it s also possible to limit the trigger to only occur when any of the selected iCAT Motion Detection definitions occurs option Any selected definition When selecting mo defi re than one camera then only the subset of identically named iCAT Motion Detection nitions available o
169. ioned above the camera movement detector works with high contrast points on the picture and the focus change detector checks the sharpness of the picture measuring the sharpness of edges Logos or date and time text fields generated and placed on the picture by the camera could decrease the accuracy of these detectors or could even prevent detection at all This is because such overlay fields are always stable have a high contrast and sharpness and can therefore balance real picture changes so that the overall change is too small to be detected The solution is to disable the text overlay at the camera s own web page Focus lost and focus gained events A dynamic scene with moving objects of various sizes always changes the average sharpness a little bit and the detector tries to filter out these small variations This is not always possible so one can sometimes experience false focus lost or a focus gained events Covering the camera should cause a camera covered event but the effects of the covering could be very similar from the algorithm s point of view to a moved camera or to a lost focus So the algorithm has to decide what happened and the result is not always the proper event category one may get camera moved and more usually focus lost instead of camera covered However a sabotage event should occur at unusual situations it is just possible that the detailed category will not match the actual reason Hint A
170. iple views with different layouts you can also add and modify views later on These views can later on be controlled by the video wall control application Page 177 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 Inthe Observer application position each of the created windows to the corresponding video wall monitors and put it in full screen mode You can do that by dragging the window with the mouse and then maximize the window 7 When you are done setting up all the video wall client PCs and windows monitors you can continue to configure and use the video wall control application see 19 2 Controlling the video wall with the control application on page 178 19 2 Controlling the video wall with the control application The video wall control application VWCA is a client server web application which you can activate from an Observer server from release 4 4 on The client part runs within a web browser and needs only minimal computer resources and the server part of the application runs on an Observer server You can use any workstation PC in the network also your standard Observer client workstation to run the VWCA client Parallel working of multiple VWCAs It is possible that multiple operators work on the same video wall In this case Observer always executes the last command no matter who initiated it Therefore we assume a cooperative multitasking style which means that the operators have coordinate with each ot
171. isable recordings The holiday calendar is defined in an XML file that can be accessed via the standard server web page 20 5 1 Download the XML config file You can access the XML file in a web browser from the server s web page 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer click on Download configuration files 3 Inthe list of files find and save HolidayCalendar SAMPLE xml to your local hard disk You can do that by right clicking on the file and then choosing Save link as from the menu 20 5 2 Edit the XML config file Edit the file according to your needs A detailed description about the function can be found in the comment at the beginning of the file When you are done with editing save the file The SAMPLE file has to be renamed to HolidayCalendar xml Please note The holiday calendar has to be configured on camera servers NCS Controlling recording over user servers NUS is not supported Page 185 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 20 5 3 Upload and activate the XML config file You can upload and activate the function by following these steps 1 Atthe server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed for that 2 Inthe Customizer under the heading Upload configuration files click on the button Choose file In the opened file dialog c
172. it is also possible to limit the feature to clients connected from a certain IP address Show live streams in view offers three different modes o Replace oldest view port first in first out The newest iCAT events are always displayed in the oldest view ports the view ports that stood there the longest without a camera change Thus it is possible to create a view where always cameras with the newest events are displayed o Shift older view ports from top left to bottom right The newest iCAT events are always displayed in the top left view port with all other camera views shifting towards the bottom right Cameras in the lower right view port are removed from the view Thus it is possible to create a view where cameras with the most recent events are always displayed at the top left position o Insert into empty view ports The newest iCAT events are always displayed in empty view ports and each view port has a close button ET When the user clicks Page 65 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 the close button the cameras are removed from the view freeing the view port for another camera to be shown Thus it is possible to create a view where cameras with the most recent events are always displayed and stay there until they are manually closed by the user Please note When all view ports of the view are filled no new cameras will be shown until a view port is freed Action Show live streams in view
173. ith the mouse Click into another view port Now the zoomed area is shown in the other view port You can position the zoom by dragging the rectangle You can remove the zoom by clicking the rectangle with the mouse and pressing the Delete or Backspace key Alternatively you can drag the rectangle outside of the view port to remove it Removing a rectangle will also remove the zoomed view from the other view port Please note When PTZ control is enabled any mouse actions are taken for PTZ control In order to control the view port zooming hold down the CTRL key while using the mouse 7 2 4 Playback of a time frame time zooming 2004 27 09 16 21 00 amp y 2004 27 09 16 21 00 M A a e 150 images loaded every 45 4 of the total 6772 in archive 2 21 Time intervall between frames 09 72s 2004 27 09 16 44 59 2004 27 09 16 44 59 am gt The red and blue markers A let you select a smaller time interval for detailed playback Alternatively you can click the Set Blue Marker button 2 or Set Red Marker button lto set the respective marker at the current position of the green Playback marker Click the Zoom in button to load and replay the time interval between the blue and red markers Page 79 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 7 2 5 Playback with audio If the recording also includes audio i e the recording has been done with MPEG 4 or H 264
174. knowledged or not acknowledged by selecting the appropriate check box With the Number of records options you can also select how many search results should be displayed After setting different search criteria and filters press the Search button to display the results By clicking the Next button you can step forward in the result list and with Previous button you can step backwards Page 97 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 9 2 1 Saving results in an HTML file You can export the search results to an HTML file I 2 In the Event search dialog press the HTML export button which opens an export dialog Enter a file name and choose whether you want to export only the events displayed in current search list or all events matching the filter criteria Press Export Now the file is created You can open the file in a normal web browser nas ene OOOO OOOO gt file C Users Christoph 20Derndorfer events_search_2 html Events 01 08 2013 10 52 34 Records 20 9 2 2 Exporting event related recordings You can export event related video recordings from the Event search dialog For each event that has recording associated a separate video file is created The file name is composed of the event ID date time and event type The export can be done in 2 formats AVI DivX and SAFE see also 7 3 Exporting recordings images and video sequences on page 81 Here is how you c
175. kstations nes whether the events will be shown in the view port s event line nables it the archive event replay is shown in the view port isan optional com at triggered nables it This functionality can only be used if the ma separated list of camera IDs which should be the event ma separated list of user names to notify If not defined then nma separated list of client workstation IP addresses to which the notification is sent If not defined then all connected workstations are going to be notified Examples of commands to be used in any iCAT comment field 999 pop 1 shows a live view of the camera which triggered the event in all connected client sessions pop 2 my view 3 45 shows live view of camera which triggered the event and the cameras with IDs 3 and 4 in the view named my view in all connected client sessions pop 3 my_fifo 3 4 christoph 192 168 7 12 Page 69 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 shows a live view of camera which triggered the event and the cameras with IDs 3 and 4 in the view named my_fifo where the IP address of the client workstation is 192 168 7 12 and user christoph is logged in pop 4 my_dynamic 3 43 shows live view of camera which triggered the event and the cameras with IDs 3 and 4 in the view named my_dynamic in all connected client sessions Press the Save button Page 70 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015
176. ll with the video wall control application you have to configure it We assume that you have already set up your video wall physically and you have already configured the video wall client workstations PCs that connect to the various monitors of your video wall see 19 1 Setting up a video wall with Observer on page 176 Configuring the basic setup 1 Select video wall matrix by clicking on the default tab or the background area between monitors You will see the Matrix settings in the Properties pane 2 Define the number of rows and columns of your video wall this must obviously match your physical setup 3 Select the appropriate aspect ratio of the monitors 4 The zoom factor defines how many monitor columns of your video wall you want to see in your VWCA without scrolling Additionally you can also define some colors Linking the VWCA to servers Before you can operate the video wall with VWCA you have to define the linking mapping between the physical monitors of the video wall and the monitors inside VWCA The linking is actually done via the Observer server that serves the video wall client workstations that actually connect to the monitors and by choosing the appropriate Observer user login for which the windows for the monitors have been defined Here are the steps for linking VWCA to the video wall servers 1 Select one of the monitors by clicking on it You will see Server link in the Properties pane 2 Enter the ser
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178. lows you to group several cameras on a layout into so called zones that can have arbitrary polygon shapes Cameras belong to a zone as long as they are positioned inside the boundaries of the zone You can place an arbitrary number of zones onto a layout Here is how you can create a zone 1 Select a layout from the layout hierarchy 2 Drag the Zone field with the mouse from the controls list at the right side and drop it onto your layout Where you drop the zone field control with the mouse will be the first corner of the polygon shape and you can now define the zone shape by clicking at further corners To finish the zone definition close the polygon shape Alternatively you can create a rectangular zone by pressing the CTRL key while moving the mouse n u 3 Per default the zones will be named Zone 1 Zone 2 and so on You can rename and delete a zone via the right mouse button pop up menu Zones can be moved by dragging them with the mouse Please note A zone can trigger certain actions e g when you click with the mouse on it a zone can show all cameras belonging to the zone in the Observer client This for example will either create a new view in the Observer client or map it to an existing view depending on the names of the views and zones Therefore the name of a zone can be of importance Here is how the mapping works for the LNT action Show zone live in Observer Client If there is an Observer view that has
179. lso require entering a TCP HTTP port for connecting to it Additionally many I O devices require authentication via a user name and password The device type specific I O ports and relays are shown in the table below the configuration text boxes Page 168 of 203 10 11 12 13 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 You can edit the Port name for each O port and relay by double clicking on it For some devices e g many AXIS cameras AXIS P8221 you can also configure the Port type by double clicking on it and choosing the desired type from the pop up menu Note It is important that the port type configuration made here matches the one on the corresponding O device s webpage When you press Save Observer will try to connect to the I O device with the given configuration and a corresponding I O device was added event is generated If the connection is not successful or lost at any time a Connection lost to I O device event is generated G Connection lost to VO device Alarm system virtualbox For any changes of input ports and relays of I O devices a corresponding event will be generated G vo port Input 1 value changed from 0 to 1 on Alarm system virtualbox Finally you can also Modify and Delete selected I O devices via the right click mouse menu Corresponding events are again generated when an I O device is modified or deleted 16 2 Generic I O devices It s also possible to
180. mera The camera s live stream is shown on all connected clients o Camera user pairs A list of camera user pairs can be configured which specifies which cameras large views are shown on the clients when the respective users are connected o Camera IP Address pairs A list of camera IP Address pairs can be configured which specifies which cameras large views are shown on the clients connected from the respective IP Address Page 64 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual J a amp 8 Action Show camera s live stream in large view v Dynamic view configuration Mode Camera IP Address pairs v Sony 240 10 10 10 48 Window Window 1 X Picture in picture features V Show event in viewport s event line V Show archive event replay in viewport Additionally you can define in which Online Monitor Window the large view should shown For configurations which concern multiple users the largest common subse available windows will be shown With the Current camera mode only Window 1 supported Show live streams in view can be configured with Additional cameras a selecti Users Windows and Views please note that view ports used for dynamic view configurations should not be modified manually e g by new adding cameras to the une 2015 be t of iS on of m Multiple cameras and users can be selected and deselected by keeping the CTRL button pressed For single user configurations
181. mera views need to be defined Generally there are 2 ways for doing that e Login as the new user and manually create new views as described under 6 1 Creating a new view on page 52 or e copy existing views from another administration user as described under 6 8 Copying views between users on page 61 5 6 Information about logged in users Observer allows you to get information about logged in users 1 Choose Users from the System administration menu Now you see the list of logged in users with information about the host from which the user logged in login time total bytes transmitted since login and bandwidth 5 7 Changing the password This section describes how to change passwords for users defined in Observer For users defined in Active Directory LDAP the passwords need to be changed there Page 50 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Each Observer administrator with the appropriate privileges can change the passwords of other users see also 5 1 Creating a new user account on page 43 Additionally each user can change his own password by following these steps 1 Inthe Observer menu choose Change password 2 Inthe newly opened dialog enter the old current password and the new password twice 3 Push OK to change the password When you login the next time you will have to enter the new password Please note The optional secondary password can only be changed by an Observer administrator with
182. mong all cameras For some special cameras that have to record the requested storage period in any circumstances Observer offers the Priority over other cameras if storage space is short flag If this flag is set for a camera Observer always tries to store the requested period for this camera and truncates other cameras that do not have this flag set a little more If there is more than 1 camera that has the flag set the storage management process tries to store all of those cameras Algorithm of the dynamic storage management process Fill time percentage FTP 100 Actual recording time Requested recording time Page 74 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Observer tries to keep the FTP of all cameras of each of the two priority classes the same high priority cameras and lower priority cameras First the algorithm tries to fully record the high priority cameras and then use what is left for the lower priority ones whereby all of those will reach the same FTP However the low priority cameras can never go below an FTP of 10 If the low priority cameras reach a level of 10 then the storage management process starts truncating the archives of the high priority cameras as well Anyway this should never happen in a normal case and is only possible if the storage space is totally insufficient for holding the programmed recordings Since the storage management process considers recording time and not recor
183. n a new event is generated You can set the primary flag for a camera icon by right clicking on the icon in editing mode and choosing Primary from the pop up menu Page 138 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Generally events in LNT can have the following states indicated by different colors of the event entry e New unseen events are shown as grey if it is selected then it is shown in green e Seen visited events are shown in blue e Acknowledged events are removed from the list When there are several new events then LNT offers you to see visit them one by one The exact behavior of the visiting and how the event state can be set to seen visited can be defined in the Project settings see 14 6 7 Project settings on page 139 You can for example mark a new event as seen and jump to the next event by moving the mouse over the blinking control 14 6 6 Camera status display LNT allows you to display certain states of cameras in the mapped camera and zone control icons Examples for states that can be displayed are recording motion detection active broken connections etc An example of a status display is 7 This camera currently is recording and has motion detection enabled To modify the status display settings follow these steps 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project gt Switch to editing mode or by pushing the customize button at the right side of the tool bar 2 Cho
184. n all cameras is shown here b Connection to camera lost You can select one or multiple cameras and or camera gro ups The trigger is if NETAVIS Observer loses the connection to one of them c Connection to camera restored You can select one or multiple cameras and or camera gro d Wo ups The trigger is if NETAVIS Observer restores the connection to one of them device port value changed You can select any O device which was previously added via the I O Device Administration see UNRESOLVED CROSS REFERENCEI O Device Page 171 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Administration on page 168 Then you can choose any of its input ports or relays and define whether the port value changing from 0 gt 1 1 gt 0 or Any value change is used as the trigger Number plate detected In its basic configuration the trigger is simply a number plate being detected on one or multiple cameras and or camera groups which can be selected Additionally it s also possible to limit the trigger to only occur when a number plate is in or is not in one or multiple NPR lists see 18 NPR List Management on page 174 6 By clicking on the Add action button you can then add one or multiple actions which will be executed when the trigger configured above occurs NETAVIS Observer 4 6 currently supports the following actions a Enable current continuous recording scheduling You can select for which Camera s the current continu
185. n and then clicking the Up or Down button You can remove an entry from the Positions list by selecting it and then pressing the Delete button Click the Save button to save your route or Cancel to discard changes You can select the saved route in the Online Monitor via the PTZ menu of the view port control menu of the PTZ camera Proceed similarly to modify a route 10 4 Controlling PTZ cameras 10 4 1 Controlling PTZ cameras in the Online Monitor Control PTZ cameras as follows Page 103 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Select the Online Monitor Switch to a view that contains a PTZ camera how to create views and assign cameras is covered in section 6 Using the Online Monitor on page 52 In the view port of the PTZ camera push the PTZ start button or choose PTZ gt Activate PTZ from the view port control menu The icon Pi of the view port indicates that you have PTZ control over the camera Axis v Dig Sch eg i Note For each user a PTZ priority and allocation timeouts can be defined see 5 1 Creating a new user account on page 43 If another user with equal or higher priority has already assumed PTZ control over the camera you will be denied control and notified in a window Then you need to wait until this user surrenders control or reaches his timeout Auser with a higher PTZ priority can take away PTZ control from a user with lower PTZ priority Direct PTZ control inside a view port You have s
186. n definition right click on it and select Reset all heat map values on this host e Automatically Configure the Heatmap statistics reset method option in the Host Admin see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 9 Press Save to create the tracking region Later on you can modify the tracking region settings 10 If you did not yet define the scheduling for iCAT activities then after you save the first iCAT definition for a camera you will be prompted for whether you want to edit the scheduling now Click on the Yes button if you want to configure the scheduling now refer to section 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 for further information Click on the No button if you do not wish to schedule the recording or if you want to do that later Please note If you add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no events will be generated 15 3 4 Defining an event trigger for people and object counting Smart Tripwire Once you have created a tracking region you can create an arbitrary number of event triggers inside this tracking region Event triggers define under what conditions an Obse
187. n for PTZ control In order to control the view port zooming hold down the CTRL key while using the mouse 6 6 Manual recording control in the Online Monitor In addition to programmed recordings you can also manually start and stop continuous recordings directly in the Online monitor When manual recording control is set up a recording button is shown in camera view ports in the Online monitor 6 6 1 Setting up manual recording control To enable recording control you must do 2 things e Enable the manual recording camera access right for the user e Setup a continuous recording schedule for the camera The continuous recording schedule that is active at the time when the user pushes the manual recording button defines the format of the recording Therefore you can also have different manual recording formats for different times in the day or week Enable the manual recording camera access right Here is how to set the camera access right for manual recording see 5 3 Setting camera access rights on page 48 for a general description on how to set camera access rights 1 Login as administrator user or another user with the right to modify user data 2 Choose User admin from the System administration menu This opens the User admin ialog elect the user or group for which you want to enable manual recording control elect the camera or camera group for which you want to enable manual recording control C d S Click the Nex
188. n from the System administration menu This opens the User admin dialog Select the user or group you want to modify Please note The camera access rights can be set for regular individual users and Active Directory groups but not for regular user groups or individual Active Directory users Click the Next button twice to get to the Camera Access Rights dialog As with the general user privileges also the camera access rights are initially inherited from the upper group level Inherited camera access rights from the group level to which the user or group belongs are displayed with normal font while values that you define at the current user or group level are displayed in bold Select the camera or camera group you want to look at or modify Choose Modify selected user or group from the menu Set the rights according to your needs To change a camera access right click on its button and select the status from the pop up menu either Inherited Enabled or Disabled Field label Description Live viewing View live streams in the Defines if the user group can view live streams in the Online monitor Online monitor Page 48 of 203 Field label Recordings Access camera recording archive Recordings May export camera archive recordings Recordings May protect archive against deletion Recordings Ask user for reason of accessing the archive recordings Recordings Manual recording control in Online monitor PTZ contr
189. n the two saved sessions called 4 5 2 NCS and 4 5 2 NUS Page 18 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Layot Faben Verkn pf Saved Sessions ZY 4 5 2 NCS gy NETAVIS Observer AS camin 10 10 10 81 oy 45 2NUS Windows Batchdatei hf samin 10 10 10 83 NETAVIS Observer dbserver na bat 4 5 2 NCS 4 5 2 NUS C Program Files NETAVIS Observer Keine Mri Using a different directory for the installed client application components Per default the downloaded client application components will be installed in the directory SUSERPROFILE netavisLibs eg C Documents and Settings user netavisLibs You can change this directory by setting the environment variable NETAVIS DIRECTORY The directory must exist prior to starting the Observer client If the 4 variable does not exist the client components will be installed in the standard directory Here is how you can set an environment variable in Windows 7 1 Right click on the Computer icon in your Explorer or on your Desktop and choose Properties In the System window click on Advanced system settings in the left pane 3 Inthe System Properties window select Advanced tab and click on the button Environment Variables at the bottom of the dialog 4 Inthe Environment Variables window you will notice two tables User variables for the current user
190. n window 2 4 1 Creating a new window In the main application window select New window from the Windows menu The window title and the contents of the window can be adapted in the Client preferences see 2 5 Client preferences on page 22 for more details 2 4 2 Modifying window layouts You can modify the layout of a window by rearranging its components Once you have defined in the Client preferences dialog what components are to be shown in a window you can customize the layout Select the menu Windows gt Enable layout customization For the Event list and the Camera tree you can now define e Where they are located inside the window Just click on the title bar of the Event list or the Camera tree and drag it to a different location For example when the Online monitor and the Event list are enabled then you can drag the Event list from the default position at the right border of the window to the bottom of the window 31 03 2011 15 10 12 la anana d tay ey eee e Whether they are floating open when needed or there are new entries and collapsed or hidden otherwise or pinned always shown You can change the state of the Event list or the Camera tree by pinning M or unpinning it in the title bar Whether the Event list or the Camera tree should fill the whole window You can maximize the component by pushing the maximize button E When a component is maximized it will Page 21 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual
191. nalysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Object tracking region In the Identifier text field enter a name for this region Choose whether you want a Polygon or Rectangle shape by checking the respective check box Now you can draw the region with the mouse in the preview pane For a polygon you just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon You close the polygon by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse Here is an example of a tracking region Y Polygon Please note As indicated in 15 2 Basic iCAT concepts on page 142 and 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 objects will only be detected and tracked inside a tracking region Event triggers will only work inside the boundaries of tracking regions On the other hand making the object tracking region as small as possible helps you to save CPU power of your Observer server Also be aware that the tracking region should approximately at least be twice the size of the biggest objects you want to track Now you have to set the configuration parameters of the tracking region Field label Description Indoor camera Enable this setting if the camera is an indoor camera Indoor setting usually is best for rooms not bigger than 10x10m and objects not fart
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193. ndar view of the respective camera in the Observer client that runs on the same machine If no client is running on the same machine then noting is happening e Show live stream in LNT opens a window showing a live stream of respective camera in LNT If this action is bound to Mouse over then the window will be automatically closed when the mouse is moved away from the camera icon If this action is bound to Single click or Double click then the window stays until it is closed manually To close all such windows you can select Close all live streams in the View menu e Start Stop continuous recording starts or stops continuous recording of the camera in Observer It actually sets or deletes the Enable interval checkbox in the camera admin s Scheduling dialog Please be aware that there must be at least one continuous recording interval for the camera for this to work refer to 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 for details e Start Stop motion detection enables or disables motion detection of the camera in Observer It actually marks or unmarks the Enabled checkbox in the camera admin s Motion detection dialog Please be aware that there must be at least one detection field definition for the camera for this to work refer to 8 1 2 Basic configuration of server based motion detection on page 88 for details e Start Stop analog video decode allows the control of special devices that decode IP based network video signals
194. ne icon with the right mouse button and choose Modify from the pop up menu This opens the Modify Zone dialog Context menu actions Show zone live in Observer Client In this dialog you can define the color of the zone and which actions are to be performed on certain mouse operations and events Actions The possible Actions are basically the same as for the camera control see 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 133 with one addition e Show zone live in Observer Client exposes the corresponding view of the zone in the Observer client that runs on the same machine If there is an Observer view that has the same name as the LNT zone and that also contains all the cameras of the zone then this view is exposed in the Observer client Otherwise a new view is created with the name of the zone Page 135 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Events You can also modify the behavior of zones of this type for certain events like Connection to camera lost or Motion detected The event View selected in Observer Client works this way If there is an LNT zone with the same name as the view in Observer then the corresponding action is triggered Click OK to save changes 14 5 4 Adding a new zone control L Switch to customizing mode by choosing Project gt Editing mode or by pushing the customize button at the right side of the tool bar In the control
195. nes the maximum possible frame rate In the Online monitor and for recording lower frame rates can be selected For MPEG streams defines the how many frames are sent and stored in a GOP group of pictures One GOP is an integral data packet that is transmitted and recorded Our default value is 10 which means that there is 1 reference frame I frame and 9 difference frames P frames A bigger GOP size means a higher compression rate but also a somewhat lower quality and a bigger delay between a real scene and its viewed images which is relevant e g for live viewing in the Online Monitor We think that a GOP size of 10 is optimal for most case which dependent on camera model covers a time between 0 5 1 sec Page 36 of 203 Field label Bandwidth limit Kbps NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description This setting limits the maximum bandwidth in kilobits per second for the transmission of MPEG streams between the camera and the server As a consequence also the bandwidth between the server and the clients is thus limited and also the required storage in the archive is influenced limited If this value is zero then the bandwidth is not limited This actually is a setting in the camera The camera always optimizes for the desired image quality and will sacrifice frame rate in favor of quality in the case the bandwidth would exceed the supplied limit Fields for In camera motion detection pleas
196. new view Set parameters of all view ports Rename view Delete current view Save all view settings Copy current view to other users Copy all views to other users Start automatic shuffling of views Round tours 4 Nowa user selection dialog opens Orne Copy to user only non logged in net Groups 6 2 System g Admin only user 5 Select the user you want to copy the current view to whereby views can only be copied to logged out users and your own account You can then choose one of the user s windows or select Create new window as a target for the current view After you have finished the selection Page 62 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 press the Copy button Now the selected user receives a copy of the current view in the designated window 6 The user who received the views has to log in again in order for the changes to take effect You can also copy all views of the current user by choosing Copy all views to other users from the view s Control menu Please note f the users already have views with the same name as the copied views then the existing views will be overwritten by the newly copied ones 6 9 Working with MPEG cameras and audio MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG Note In the current version of Observer MPEG and bidirectional audio is only supported by clients running on MS Windows For further details please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer
197. ng the Stop button Sl Caution Since the motion detection actually runs on the Observer server and can potentially use up a lot of CPU resources please be careful selecting the detection fields and also the time period Especially if you have selected a long time period in the Calendar the motion detection can take a lot of time As mentioned above you can always stop a running archive motion detection 7 While the motion detection is running the detected motions are displayed in the hit list sorted by the time in which the motion occurred In our example we have 2 hits Preparing movie on server 1 3 21 07 08 2013 14 05 12 20 07 08 2013 14 07 08 21 07 08 2013 14 15 09 23 07 08 2013 14 17 23 Pim a x 8 You can replay the events by just selecting the event with the mouse The playback time before and after the event can be defined by the Pre Post event sec fields You can change the values according to your needs Please note that there must be archived pre and post event recordings available in order to be replayed 9 You can step through the events by pushing the Previous Aland Next buttons 7 5 External archive management NEA 7 5 1 Introduction to external archives NEA Starting with release 4 4 Observer offers external archives NEA for portable archive recordings Simply connect an external storage the external storage in additi device via eSATA to the server then Observe
198. nload and save the file Web Start JNLP file instead of executing it This can be annoying because you have to first save the file and then execute it manually Here is how you can automate that Optimizing Web Start for Google Chrome 1 Click on the link that you are trying to launch and Chrome will download it as before 2 By default Chrome will list the download on the bottom of the page To the right of the filename is a small drop down arrow click it 3 From the menu that pops up select Always open files of this type Now when you click on the Web Start link the next time the application will start automatically 2 2 2 Next steps If your Observer server already has cameras configured then you can go to chapter 6 Using the Online Monitor on page 52 If you have to setup cameras first then continue with chapter 4 Setting up cameras on page 31 Furthermore because Observer behaves in a context sensitive way you will find that certain menu items are also disabled at certain times Thus for example you cannot remove a camera if there is no Page 15 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 camera to remove Thus in different contexts the same menu might look quite different at different times menu entries and buttons in grey are disabled and in black are enabled 2 3 Working with the installed Observer client Alternatively to starting the Observer client from a web browser you can also install the Java client a
199. nswer if he has forgotten his password Provide the answer to the above password question If the user is to receive an SMS in the event of an alarm or failure provide his cell phone number Please insert a full international number starting with a Example 43 123 456 7890 Please note that an SMS sending device has to be connected to the Observer server for this feature to work Refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for information about supported devices and how to connect and setup them If the user is to receive an e mail in the event of an alarm or failure provide his e mail address Specify the preferred language for this user Defines whether this user should be logged in automatically when nobody else logs at the login panel in for 1 minute This option can be enabled for only one user at a time Defines the relative PTZ priority between users A user with higher priority can take away PTZ control from a user with lower priority Please note The automated PTZ actions started by the event manager and scheduled routes have priority 4 Therefore users with priority 1 to 3 will be overridden by automatic PTZ actions whereby users with priority 5 to 10 can override automatic PTZ actions but will not be interrupted by them Maximum allocation time after which a PTZ camera is automatically released Zero means no limit When a user has taken PTZ control and is inactive f
200. nt windows General You can enable the Camera statistics display see 4 4 Checking the Camera status on page 39 for details Event list You can enable disable the Play event sound option and configure the Maximal event count shown in the event list It is also possible to configure the Default event video export duration how many seconds of the recording before and after the event should be exported and Override default archive playback duration how many seconds of the recording before and after the event should be shown per default in the archive player This last option overrides other pre and post event recording options which may have been set up for specific events Streaming To ensure smooth video and audio playback you can configure the length of the local Live video cache with and without audio in milliseconds In case of connectivity issues itis advisable to raise the Live video cache no audio value above the default of 200ms Debug You can enable different debug options and Show Log Debug Note These debug options are only needed for advanced error diagnosis 2 6 Mobile Observer clients You can also access an Observer server from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets As of NETAVIS Observer version 4 4 0 two different mobile clients are available Client for iPad Version 2 is an app for Apple iPads requires iOS 6 or later Page 24 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 e Client for Sma
201. nual June 2015 In asynchronization group a master user server automatically propagates its configuration data complete user configuration data and camera configuration data customer specific resources like icons and layout navigation data to all the other user servers in the same group Thus the master user server is the single point of all user administration in fact changes at slave servers are no longer possible Any changes are automatically propagated to the other user servers in the same group Whenever a server is added as a slave to a synchronization group it will automatically be synchronized with the data from the master sync server The synchronization group settings can be modified in 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 Note When a server is added as a slave to a synchronization group any configuration data that does not exist on the master server will be deleted and overwritten by the data of the master server So please be careful when you work with synchronization groups Also When users connect to slave servers they cannot modify their user settings this can only be done when they are connected to the master user server Thus layout navigation tool LNT project creation and icon uploads should always be done at the master user server 12 2 Adding and defining a remote Observer server 1 Choose Host admin from the System administration menu
202. nual PTZ control is released For information on how to setup PTZ preset positions refer to 10 Working with PTZ cameras on page 102 Example of an motion detection Identifier Door ptz 4 Door 10 HomePos 3 will on an MD event with the Identifier Door move the PTZ camera with ID 4 to the preset position Door wait 10 seconds and move the camera to the preset HomePos and wait another 3 seconds The overall positioning time therefore is app 13 seconds From then on the PTZ camera is open to receive further MD triggered PTZ positioning commands 8 2 Motion detection in archive recordings Observer supports server based motion detection not only in live streams but also in archived recordings Please refer to 7 4 Motion detection in archive recordings on page 83 8 3 In camera motion detection Several IP cameras and video servers support in camera motion detection and upload push of event triggered images via FTP or HTTP to a video management system like Observer Observer implements a general mechanism to handle this feature This section describes how Observer supports in camera motion detection and also how to configure it in Observer Please note Since the camera carries out the detection the actual configuration and programming must be done directly in the camera via the setup interface e g parameters like detection settings image quality speed etc This can usually be done by connecting with a web browser
203. ointer away from the icon the stream disappears This behavior can be changed with the Modify control icon dialog see 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 133 Page 137 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 14 6 2 Showing a camera in the Observer client When you single click a camera icon in LNT then the corresponding camera will be shown in full size in the Observer client This behavior can be changed with the Modify control icon dialog see 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 133 Alternatively a camera can also be dragged from Layout Navigation and dropped into a specific view port in the Observer client to show its live stream there Note An Observer client has to be running on the same machine being connected to the same server in order for the feature to work the client will not be started automatically by LNT 14 6 3 Positioning to the camera recording archive in the Observer client When you double click a camera icon in LNT then recording archive of the corresponding camera will be shown in the Observer client running on the same machine This behavior can be changed with the Modify control icon dialog see 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 133 Note An Observer client has to be running on the same machine being connected to the same server in order for the feature to work the client will not be started automatically by LNT
204. ol pan tilt zoom and I O port control Camera admin Manipulate camera or group configuration data Events Notification in client user interface about camera malfunction events Events Sending email about camera malfunction events Events Sending SMS about camera malfunction events Events Notification in client user interface about in picture events e g motion detection video analysis Events Sending email about in picture events e g motion detection video analysis Events Sending SMS about in picture events e g motion detection video NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Defines if the user group can view the camera recording archive Defines if the user group can export archive recordings Defines if the user group is required to enter a reason for accessing an archive recording which is stored on the system Defines if the user group is required to enter a reason for accessing an archive recording which is stored on the system Defines if the user group is able to manually start and stop recordings in the Online monitor Defines if the user group is able to manually control PTZ cameras and set I O ports Defines if the user group is able to modify the configuration of cameras and camera groups Defines if the user group is notified about camera malfunction events in the client Defines if the user group is notified about camera malfunction events via email D
205. on then you will need to remove the previous XML configuration and re add the I O device in the I O Device Administration 16 1 Configuring I O devices 1 o N o Choose I O device admin from the System administration menu This opens the I O device admin User admin Camera admin Video analysis CAT PTZ Host admin Users System information 1 0 device admin Rule admin NPR admin VO devices Alarm system 1000 Name Alarm system Configuration hint T Barix Barionet 100 14 ports 2 relays amp inputs 4 outputs The port set here has to match the TCP command port configuration on the Barix Barionet device Also be aware that the Barix Barionet devices only allow for a single connection on this port Note The Barix Barionet devices also have relays IP address 192 163 56 1 TePport 33332 Port ID Port type RELAY JRELAY DIGITAL_INPUT DIGITAL_INPUT DIGITAL_INPUT IDIGITAL_INPUT IDIGITAL_INPUT IDIGITAL_INPUT JDIGITAL_INPUT IDIGITAL_INPUT IDIGITAL_OUTPUT IDIGITAL_OUTPUT IDIGITAL_OUTPUT IDIGITAL_OUTPUT Cancel To add a new O device right click anywhere in the window and select Add new device In the Name text field enter a name for this I O device In the Type pop up menu choose the type of I O device you want to add to the system Next enter the device s IP address Almost all 1 O devices a
206. on check box OL eo o Now you can draw the privacy field with the mouse in the preview pane For a polygon you just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon You close the polygon by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse 6 Inthe Identifier text field enter a name for this privacy mask 7 Push Save to save your definition Please note If you add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no events will be generated Page 155 of 203 15 3 11 Defining Traffic Monitoring NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 NETAVIS Observer 4 5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Traffic Monitoring It assesses the speed and density of road traffic and can thereby detect traffic jams low traffic and other traffic patterns Here are the steps for configuring Traffic Monitoring 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Of w wN Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Traffic Monitoring which exposes the configuration settings In the Identifier tex
207. oprietary format that stores the video together with the player in an executable format exe that can be run on MS Windows platforms The file can be password protected and you can export synchronous video sequences of up to 16 cameras simultaneously The following sections describe how you can export from the recording archive In 9 2 2 Exporting event related recordings on page 98 you learn how to export recorded video sequences based on events 7 3 1 Exporting a single JPEG image the current frame 1 Inthe Archive select a camera for the export 2 Inthe Calendar select the time for exporting the image 3 Inthe Player move to the picture you want to export and click the Export button Sto open the Export dialog Choose Current image JPEG from Export format Enter a file name for the image to be saved Mark the first checkbox if you want to overwrite a file of the same name that might exist St Oy UM When you click OK a file dialog will be opened asking where on your client computer you to want to save the file Select the location and confirm Page 81 of 203 8 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Now you can use the exported file 7 3 2 Exporting a recording in AVI DivX format 1 2 3 In the Archive player select a camera for the export In the Calendar select the time period for exporting In the Player view or in the Calendar view click the Export button Sto open the Export dialog You have
208. or a certain amount of time the PTZ camera is freed automatically after this timeout Zero means no timeout Click on Next to go the Privileges dialog Here you can set the privileges for the new user see 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 for details Click on Next to go the Camera Access Rights dialog Here you can set the camera access rights for the new user see 5 3 Setting camera access rights on page 48 for details Click on Save to create the new user account with the settings you entered Page 44 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 5 2 Setting general user privileges For each user and group certain privileges can be defined These privileges define which tools and data a user has access to and what he can do 1 Choose User admin from the System administration menu This opens the User admin dialog 2 Select the user or group you want to modify 3 Click on the Next button to move to the Privileges dialog Here you can edit privileges for the user or group In their initial state all privileges in this dialog are inherited from the upper group level Inherited privileges from the group level to which the user or group belongs are displayed with normal font while values that you define at the current user or group level are displayed in bold Use the scroll bar to access the lower part of the list 4 Choose Modify selected user or group from the menu 5 Set the privileges accordin
209. or at 07 04 2014 14 51 09 Last error No route to host Continuous recording scheduled No Status One of the first three error states described above or Normal Last error information Includes the exact timestamp and a short description of the last error Continuous recording scheduled If a recording is scheduled to run on the camera at this point in time Video analysis iCAT scheduled If an iCAT definition is scheduled to run on the camera at this point in time 4 5 Optional Configuring video analytics iCAT The configuration of video analytics with iCAT is covered in chapter 15 Video analytics with iCAT on page 141 4 6 Defining brightness contrast and saturation If you are not satisfied with the brightness contrast or saturation of camera video images then you can modify them For IP cameras and analog cameras there are two different ways of modifying those video parameters IP cameras Each IP camera has its own setup interface usually available via web browser to define modify the video parameters Please consult the admin setup manual of the IP camera Analog cameras Observer allows you to define video parameters via the System Admin menu Please see below for details 4 6 1 Defining video parameters for analog cameras aly Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog Select the camera in the camera tree for which you want to set the image values
210. or various platforms You can choose among these Observer clients operating systems and platforms Observer client OS and platform Supported functionality Locally installed desktop client MS Windows XP Vista 7 8 All No audio Layout Navigation and Linux Unix also client on server PTZ Joysticks CoS Desktop web browser MS Windows XP Vista 7 8 No support for joysticks for PTZ control Linux Unix No audio Layout Navigation and PTZ Joysticks Client for iPad Apple iPad with iOS 6 or later Live viewing and archive access with MJPEG streams Client for Smartphone amp Tablet many smartphone platforms and Live viewing with OSes MJPEG streams Note The Mac OS X operating system hasn t been supported since Observer 4 0 Please be aware that some functions like Layout Navigation and running SAFE export files are only available on the MS Windows platform This chapter describes how to start the Observer client on a desktop PC If you want to run Observer on a mobile device please refer to 2 6 Mobile Observer clients on page 24 The minimum screen resolution for running the Observer client is 1024x768 pixels Page 11 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Licensing issues The available functionality of your Observer installation is defined by the license string The document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration describes how licensing works and how to obtain a license strin
211. ose Project gt Camera status display settings which opens the Status display settings dialog This dialog now allows you to define the status settings for camera and zone controls You can modify the status display settings according to your needs You can also enable disable certain status displays by setting the Enabled flag 3 Push OK to save your changes or Cancel to discard them When you switch to navigation mode the new settings become effective 14 6 7 Project settings The layout navigation tool LNT allows you to set several project settings that define the workings of the tool In the Project menu choose Project settings to open the Project settings dialog Here you can set the following values Setting Description Show home layout on load Defines whether the Home layout is shown when the tool is started In order for that to work you must have a home layout defined Highlight zone under mouse Defines whether zones will be highlighted when you move Page 139 of 203 Setting CUrSOFr Automatically jump to layout on event Visiting order of events Set event state to seen visited by Only suggest events of mapped images for visiting Standard view size for layouts Event list insertion mode NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description the mouse over them This can be useful for distinguishing when the mouse cursor is over the zone or over the camera control icon on top of the zone
212. ose Wrong Way Detection which exposes the configuration settings 4 Inthe Identifier text field enter a name for this Wrong Way Detection 5 Draw the region you want to monitor in the preview pane Just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon and close it by crossing an existing edge or by double clicking with the mouse Page 157 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 6 Next the detector learns the typical direction of the traffic inside the previously defined region Depending on the amount of traffic the duration for this learning process can range from a couple of hours to a day When the learning process is completed every vehicle going into a direction other than the usual one will be detected as a wrong way driver and an event will be generated If the typical traffic direction changes temporarily e g because of construction work the detector can be reset Select the Wrong Way Detection definition right click on it and select Reset traffic direction learning Please note The Wrong Way Detection region should always include road parts where the typical traffic direction is observable For example if the scenario is to detect drivers traveling the wrong way on the emergency lane it is not a good practice to draw the detection region tightly around the emergency lane Rather the solution is to extend the detection region to include the lane next to the emergency lane so the detector can compare
213. ou want the password to be remembered for the next start of the application Here you can select another session out of the already defined session that should be started automatically when the server of this session is not accessible Select this checkbox if a message should be shown when the alternative session is started Select this checkbox if you want updated versions of the client to be downloaded automatically Note Enabling this option is particularly recommended for systems without a mouse and keyboard Here you can set how many times the client will try to reconnect to a server which it has lost its connection to Note This does not handle situations in which no connection is available upon the initial start of the client Page 17 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Starting the Observer client Pressing Start in the Starter will open the client window and connect you to the Observer server When the client is started the Starter window will be hidden and in the task bar you will see it s icon You can access the Starter by clicking its icon There you can open the Starter dialog again and also force an exit of the client application Active sessions gt Quick Connectto gt Open Starter dialog Exit When you start the client the first time after a new installation some additional client application components need to be installed this is needed only once per client You will be aske
214. ources of interconnected remote distributed Observer servers The concept is similar to accessing files on a remote file server You can import single cameras or whole groups of cameras from other Observer servers and you can also export your locally defined cameras to other Observer servers You can work with remote cameras as if they would be local e g you can also access their archive modify their parameters or even add new cameras to remote sites You can also define whether events are to be propagated between servers A special feature are so called synchronization groups of servers Asynchronization group allows you to automatically synchronize server configuration data like user configuration data and camera configuration data between servers Before you can do any of these things you first have to make both servers known to each other You can do that by adding the other server as remote server on each of the machines The next section describes how to do that Note In order for interconnected Observer servers to work together all of them have to run exactly the same version e g 4 4 5 158 630 and 4 4 5 158 634 do not work together 12 1 Basic concepts of interconnected Observer servers In a single server system an Observer server does multiple things store camera recordings run video analytics on camera streams store events in the event database handle user clients In a bigger system with many cameras and users because
215. ous recording scheduling will be enabled either the camera from the event which triggered the rule or any other camera s Note This action does not automatically start a continuous recording on the corresponding camera s Rather it simply enables a previously configured continuous recording schedule see 7 1 Programming archive recordings on page 71 which is scheduled to run at the current time Changes of the scheduling can take up to 2 seconds to be executed and no other changes should be made during that time Disable current continuous recording scheduling You can select for which Camera s the current continuous recording scheduling will be disabled either the camera from the event which triggered the rule or any other camera s Note This action does not automatically stop a continuous recording on the corresponding camera s Rather it simply disables a previously configured continuous recording schedule see 7 1 Programming archive recordings on page 71 which is scheduled to run at the current time Changes of the scheduling can take up to 2 seconds to be executed and no other changes should be made during that time Enable current iCAT scheduling You can select for which Camera s the current iCAT scheduling will be enabled either the camera from the event which triggered the rule or any other camera s Note This action does not automatically start an Video Analysis iCAT recording on the corresponding camera s Rather it s
216. ove to create your overall layout hierarchy You can switch back to Navigation mode by clicking the navigation mode icon at the right side of the tool bar Defining a default project To define a default project to be loaded when LNT is started follow these steps 1 Inthe Project menu choose Set default project which opens a dialog listing all available projects Choose a project and push Select To not load a default project choose lt No default project gt from the list Now this project will be loaded automatically at startup Defining a home layout A home layout can be defined which is automatically shown when the project is loaded You can set the home layout by following these steps 1 Inthe layout hierarchy select the layout that you want to set as home layout 2 Inthe Layout menu choose Set as home Now this layout will be opened automatically when the project is loaded 14 5 Customizing the behavior and appearance of controls LNT currently has 2 types of controls that can be modified camera controls and zone controls the link field control cannot be modified LNT lets you modify several aspects of the appearance and behavior of these control icons e conimage and appearance e What happens when you move the mouse over a control icon or when you click on it e What happens on certain events originated by Observer related to cameras or zones Also you can create new control icons with your own icon ima
217. p of the stopped object counts of the same camera Notice the difference in coloring You see that people only very seldomly stop in the right side of the office but stop very often in the middle near the chair Resetting all the heat maps on a server To reset all the heat maps on a server follow these steps e Manually Open the iCAT admin right click anywhere on the window and select Reset all heat map values on this host e Automatically Configure the Heatmap statistics reset method option in the Host Admin see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 Page 166 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Resetting the heat maps of individual cameras 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Choose the camera and then the corresponding object tracking region In the menu select Modify selected definition Press Next to get to the Heat map data collection settings Disable the checkboxes of those statistics you want to reset Press the Save button to save the changes Now the heat map data of the disabled types is reset BOY OV Pe 00 lst Now enable the heat map data collection again by repeating the above steps accordingly Do not forget to press Save again 15 4 3 Working with iCAT events Working with iCAT events is the same as working with other events of the Observer event management system EMS as described
218. placed e box x0 upper left x coordinate of box valid between 0 and 1000 The values are in 1 10th percentages of the displayed image Box parameters should be supplied only when the action is draw_bounding_box e box y0 upper left y coordinate of box valid between 0 and 1000 e box xl lower right x coordinate of box valid between 0 and 1000 e boxyl lower right y coordinate of box valid between 0 and 1000 e box linewidth line width used when drawing the box e box color color of the box possible values black blue cyan darkgray gray green lightgray magenta orange pink red white yellow e box text text which is written into the box e box timeout seconds after the box disappears automatically 0 mean click to disappear Please note URL control is only enabled for allowed computers whose IP addresses are known to the server see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 for details All other requests are blocked Please refer to the Release Notes for further details or updates on URL control 20 3 2 URL control examples Create an action that brings up images of camera ID 12 in a large view on a client machine where the admin user is logged in we assume that the address of the server to which we are sending the URL control is 192 168 7 2 http 192 168 7 2 arms servlet BrowserServlet cmd clientcontrol amp selector user admin amp selector tool online_monitor amp action action show_live_stream
219. pplication locally on your machine Some functions are only available in the installed client see 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 for details 2 3 1 Installing the Observer client To install the client locally on your PC please follow these steps 1 Atthe Observer Start page click on the link Install the Observer client on your PC using Web Start 2 Save and run the Web Start installer 3 Follow the steps of the setup program Alternatively you can also download and run the client installer executable on Windows platforms 1 Atthe Observer Start page click on the link Alternative installation Download Observer client installer executable Windows only 2 Save the client installer executable at an arbitrary location 3 Execute the just downloaded client installer Observer_setup exe Follow the steps of the setup program standard Windows installation 2 3 2 Starting the installed Observer client Once the setup finished you can start the client locally from your Windows Start menu or also from a desktop icon if you selected so at installation The Starter window appears Saved Sessions ra 4 0 HU admin admin nct xperts hu ry 4 0 HU ckl Q ckl nct xperts hu L GE cki 84 21 30 209 8380 default admin showroom netavis net 2 ind31 selfip biz netavis ind31 selfip biz D ind31 selfip biz admin admin ind31 selfip biz w licensing admin admin licensing netavis ne
220. ptimal frame rate for object detection and tracking is 8 10 fps Page 144 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Note Not the absolute speed of the objects influences what processing speed you need but the relative speed that these objects have in your camera view This relative speed is influenced by the camera perspective and distance from objects Example Cars on a highway are moving very fast However if you look at them with a camera from a larger distance and from a perspective with a flat angle the cars are actually are moving pretty slowly in your camera s view Therefore you can choose a slower video processing speed even for such fast objects like cars on a highway 15 3 Setting up a camera for video analytics with iCAT 15 3 1 Working with iCAT definitions Several options for working with iCAT definitions are available in the right click mouse menu e Add new definition Opens the dialog for adding a new iCAT definition e Delete selected definition Deletes the iCAT definition e Modify selected definition Allows the modification of the iCAT definition e Duplicate definition Creates a copy of the selected iCAT definition on the same camera e Deny modification of selected definition Makes an iCAT definition read only so other users cannot modify or delete it The names of read only definitions are displayed in italics e Reset traffic direction learning Only applicable for Wrong Way Driver definitions S
221. r NUS 117 Users Active Directory LDAP 51 123 adding 43 camera access rights 48 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 copying view between 61 Four eyes principle 45 groups 50 info about logged in 50 managing 43 privileges 45 V VGA 10 Video analytics 141 See iCAT video annotations 181 Video compression 7 MPEG vs MJPEG 7 Transcoding for low bandwidth connections 27 Video walls 176 configuring the control application 179 controlling with Observer 178 operating with the control application 180 setup 176 View ports creating 52 define crop view 58 dynamic event based control 64 quality settings 56 zooming camera views 58 78 Views copying between users 61 dynamic event based control 64 Online monitor 52 optimizing big views after double click 55 round tours 61 settings 55 VIP control matrix view function 183 VWCA video wall control application 178 w Web pages embedding live video streams 181 Windows create a separate Event list window 21 Page 202 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 deleting 22 Zooming modifying layouts 21 in an Online monitor view port 58 78 in SAFE exports 83 Z of PTZ cameras 105 Zones in layout navigation LNT 131 Page 203 of 203
222. r 4 2 e In any case the authentication data user names and passwords transferred between clients and servers are encrypted by MD5 strong encryption Please note Encryption and decryption can mean higher CPU overhead at the server and or the client Also doing something with the contents of an encrypted stream means decryption and therefore higher CPU overhead For example doing video analytics with an encrypted video stream means that is has to be decrypted at the server before processing Likewise storing an unencrypted stream in an encrypted video database means that it has to be encrypted at the server before storing Likewise displaying an encrypted video stream at the client means more CPU overhead at the client because it has to be decrypted On the other hand simply storing an already encrypted video stream coming from the camera does not need more CPU at the server than storing an unencrypted video stream 1 4 Video streaming methods and compression Observer supports video streaming in several standards e Motion JPEG often also referred to as MJPEG e MPEG 4 streaming e H 264 streaming also known as MPEG 4 AVC e MxPEG streaming this is a streaming standard specially developed by www mobotix com for their IP cameras The big difference between the various streaming methods is the way how the image data are compressed and transferred The selected streaming method has great influence on
223. r can save video streams on on to the main archive storage Thus it executes a second mirrored or double recording recording on the external NEA device in addition to standard recording The external archive can the analysis NEA also offers a swap funct n be carried and connected to another Observer server for replay and ion that allows the easy exchange of external storage devices during active recording without additional user interaction therefore no particular operator expertise is needed for the exchange This chapter describes how you can manage removable storage devices NEA devices for external video recording Page 85 of 203 ETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please note The NEA recording on the external device is exactly the same as the standard recording on the main storage at least as long as there is enough space on the device The same recording algorithm is used for NEA as the main storage This means when the NEA device is running out of space the oldest recordings will be overwritten For a detailed description of how Observer manages recordings please refer to 7 1 4 Operation of the Observer dynamic storage management on page 74 Apart from the NEA management functions in the client NEA storage devices can also be configured and managed via the admin command line interface of Observer see NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration Some more advanced functions like the set
224. r control center personnel to operate video walls Any configuration of the servers video wall clients cameras recordings or other administration has to be done in the main Observer client and admin consoles Here is the basic architecture of a video wall with Observer Video wall Monitors are connected to Observer video wall clients Videowall control center The browser application connects to one or more Observer servers Video wall client 2 manages monitors 5 8 Video wall client 1 manages monitors 1 4 User LAN _ te a a a ee Soe Sypoee SSS SESS as User Server 2 for user access user servers NUS for user access user servers NUS The video wall control application itself runs in a web browser on a PC that serves as the video wall control center It connects to one of the Observer servers in the network that then in turn controls the Observer video wall clients that directly connect to the monitors of the video wall 19 1 Setting up a video wall with Observer 19 1 1 General setup considerations The video wall control application connects to an Observer server normally a user server NUS in order to control the display of the video wall clients It is possible to choose any server in the network Page 176 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 for that purpose However all cameras that you want to display on the video wall must be accessible by I
225. r ote Ea Window Any Window View Event_Overview Display mode insert into empty viewports Limit to IP address IP address Picture in picture features E Show event in viewport s event line Show archive event replay in viewport Show archive event replay in view port This option enables Archive Access from within the Online Monitor view port which contains the camera which triggered the iCAT definition It can only be used if the Show event in view port s event line option is enabled Page 67 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Axis 206 BSR RRS 12 18 51 2014 01 20 12 18 To watch the event you can either drag the timeslider to the corresponding position or click on the preview window to watch 10 second segments of the recording The Archive Access window can be moved by pressing the CTRL key and dragging the window with the mouse and it can be resized by pressing the CTRL key and turning the mouse wheel The event line and archive replay window are automatically removed when all the cameras in the corresponding view port are removed Please note Until all the cameras are removed the event list and archive playback window configuration in the corresponding view port stay the same as configured in the definition of the iCAT or motion detection event which first triggered a video stream to be shown in it Alternatively it is also possible
226. rate events for camera moved defocused and covered Page 152 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 The camera movement detector tries to locate a couple of strong has high contrast points across the entire picture Then it searches for them on each of the following frames while continuously creating new points to keep adapting to a new scenery A camera moved event occurs when a given number of these points are lost for a while The focus change detector acts like the auto focus algorithms in digital cameras It estimates the average sharpness of the picture and produces an event if this sharpness changes abruptly A focus lost event is produced if the sharpness of the picture decreases below a threshold and a focus gained event if the sharpness is increased above a threshold Both thresholds are based on average sharpness values of previous frames The camera covered detector uses a brightness analyzer that calculates the average brightness of the picture for each frame and if something strange happens tries to find out what has happened light switched off light switched on or just a person in dark clothes passed by It does so by analyzing a sample of average brightness values collected in previous frames The result of the these three detectors are combined to give the final alarm event camera moved camera covered focus lost gained brightness change Possible reasons of missed or wrong detections As ment
227. rchive of the device will be shown again in the camera tree of Archive player of users who have the appropriate privileges see above In such a case you have to execute the command Stop eject again before unplugging the device 7 5 3 Accessing NEA archives at another Observer server Any user with the appropriate privileges can play back NEA archives easily at any Observer by just connecting the NEA storage device to the server The user privilege for accessing the NEA archives in the archive player is Recordings View external archive recordings NEA In the Archive player of the client the NEA archive appears automatically in the camera tree under the camera group External Archive ie netavis Cameras we Axis 206 a Axis 207 MW we Axis 211A we Axis 2415 5 0 External Archive B B CKL encr 1 on netavisDELL 2012 07 24 18 10 2012 07 24 18 18 netavis Cameras H a Axis 206 Axis 207 MW Axis 211 A a 9 EEN a ww 1Q 755 Panasonic WV N240 Please note There are some limitations on external NEA archives like Archive motion detection is not possible Page 87 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 8 Working with simple motion detection Please note Since release R1 12 Observer offers powerful video analysis functions with iCAT This chapter describes the simple motion detection features that were present before R1 12 and that are now a part of the iCAT toolbox Simple motion
228. re is always a tradeoff between bandwidth utilization and CPU power needed 1 4 4 Advantages and disadvantages of Motion JPEG and MPEG MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG Due to its simplicity Motion JPEG MJPEG is a good choice for use in many applications JPEG is a widely available standard in many systems often by default It s a simple compression decompression technique which means the cost in both system time and money for encoding and decoding is kept low The time aspect means that there is limited delay between image capturing in a camera encoding transferring over the network decoding and finally displaying at the viewing station In other words MJPEG provides low latency due to its simplicity image compression and complete individual images and for this reason it s also well suited for when image processing is to be performed for example video motion detection or object tracking MJPEG gives a guaranteed image quality regardless of movement or complexity of the image scenes It still offers the flexibility to select either high image quality low compression or lower image quality high compression with the benefit of lower image file sizes thus lower bit rate and bandwidth usage At the same time the frame rate can be easily controlled providing a means to limit bandwidth usage by reducing the frame rate but still with a guaranteed image quality Since MJPEG does not make use of a video compression technique it g
229. reated 4 Set the basic properties like name and IP address 5 Optionally modify other parameters as needed see 4 2 1 Adding a camera from scratch on page 31 for details 6 Push the Save button at the bottom of the dialog Note Only local cameras and remote camera groups can be duplicated It is not possible to duplicate individually mounted remote cameras 4 3 Setting up the camera recording archive The configuration of camera recordings is covered in section 7 1 Programming archive recordings on page 71 Page 38 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 4 4 Checking the Camera status Observer 4 5 added a camera status overview which enables users to quickly see whether the cameras in their system or on connected remote servers are running normally Issues such as a camera being unreachable are indicated by a red icon An overlay provides additional information about each camera and its status and configuration In order for the camera status to be available the Camera statistics display option has to be enabled in the Client preferences see 2 5 Client preferences on page 22 for details Note The camera status overview is only updated for cameras which are being actively used by Observer for recordings video analysis or live monitoring in the Online Monitor For all other cameras the status is not updated Once the option has been enabled a status icon is added next to each camera and camera group in the
230. rectory server which may take up to nutes the users configured there will appear under the previously set Observer group in the User admin he camera access rights can be set for regular individual users and Active Directory groups for regular user groups or individual Active Directory users ha Netavis Groups 4D Users g John Doe John Doe g Max Mustermann Max Mustermann Note By adding extra servers on the Active Directory configuration page it is possible to integrate multiple Active Directory groups Hint In case that the configuration does not work please make sure that the configuration options are correct For example no leading or trailing space must be included in the configuration e g DC netavi s DC net with a trailing space does not work if the directory address is netavis net Page 126 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 14 Working with Layout Navigation Observer offers powerful layout navigation features that allow you to navigate based on layouts floor plans and also other images This chapter describes how to configure and use Layout Navigation Note Since Layout Navigation is licensed separately of Observer you need a valid license in order to work with these features See also 11 1 Server system information and restarting on page 109 for details about what license you have Note Layout Navigation only works on Microsoft Windows See 2 1 Introduction to Observer cl
231. rol dialog that lets you define the handling of optional I O contacts of your camera If you do not want to use O contacts you can just jump to the next step Page 37 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Set your values Field label Description Input handling enabled Select this check box if you want to process the state of the digital input contact port of the camera Input poll interval msec The poll interval defines how often the state of the input port is checked Minimum time is 500 milliseconds Output handling enabled Select this check box if you want to enable switching the digital output port of the camera from within view port menu 7 Push the Save button at the bottom of the dialog 4 2 2 Duplicating an existing camera Duplicating an existing camera creates an exact duplicate of the camera with all settings copied This is useful when you have more than one camera of the same type or with equal similar settings like recording or video analytics settings With duplicating camera you can dramatically reduce the set up time for systems with many cameras with similar settings Here is how you can do that 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 Inthe camera tree select the camera you would like to duplicate clone 3 Choose Duplicate camera from the menu Now a new camera named as the existing camera with copy appended has been c
232. rol icon list click the right mouse button and choose Add I O contact from the pop up menu This opens the Modify I O Contact Control dialog for a screenshot see 14 5 5 Modifying I O contact control appearance and behavior on page 136 In this dialog you can define the name of the control and the two images for activated and deactivated states Also set the Control type An Input contact displays the state of the input contact of an I O device An Output contact allows you to switch an output contact of an O device An Impulse button allows you to manually switch an output contact for a predefined period of time For example for an input contact that shows the state of a gate barrier you can use images that reflect the open and closed state of the barrier 3 Click OK to create the new camera control icon 14 6 Layout navigation and operation Navigation mode Switch to Navigation mode by clicking the navigation mode icon l atthe right side of the tool bar or by choosing Project gt Switch to navigation mode Note An Observer client must be running under the same user on the same client workstation so that itcan be controlled by Layout Navigation 14 6 1 Peeking live video of mapped cameras The default behavior of some camera icons is that you can peek at live video of mapped cameras by moving the mouse pointer over a camera icon Then the live video stream will be shown on top of the layout As soon as you move the mouse p
233. round tour a new Round tour selector appears in the Online monitor To activate the round tour just choose its name from the Round tour selector This activates the automatic walkthrough all of the views in the round tour Smart Guard function The name of the round tour now appears in green to show that it is active You can stop the tour by choosing a view from the View selector the Round tour selector will change its color to normal to show that no tour currently is active 6 8 Copying views between users If there are several users in a system it can be a lot of work to create views for each user individually In order to help Observer offers the possibility to copy a selected view or all views including all view settings of an administrator user to other users It is important that the user who copies the views to other users must have user administration rights more specifically User admin Access to User administration and User admin Manipulate user data Page 61 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please follow these steps 1 Login as the user from whom you want to copy the view s and go to the Online monitor 2 Create the view s you want to copy Please note that only saved settings are copied 3 Open the view you want to copy open the view s Control menu and choose Copy current view to other users LA Online monitor amp Archive player Previous next test Create
234. rtphone amp Tablet is a browser based application for all platforms Please refer to the NETAVIS Observer Server Client and Storage Compatibility and Requirements document for details on compatibility Please note These mobile clients do not support the full functionality of desktop clients see 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 for more details This chapter describes how to use these mobile Observer clients 2 6 1 Client for iPad To get the NETAVIS Client for iPad follow these steps Follow this link or go to the iTunes Store and search for NETAVIS 2 Install the Observer app on your iPad To use the app Start the NETAVIS Client for iPad 2 Connect to an Observer server and login 3 Ifyou have previously configured a view port layout you will see it and be able to tap on a camera for a full screen view and access to its archive 04 49 axis 212 camera Else you first have to tap Add layout select the desired layout and then add cameras to the individual view ports It is possible to add multiple layouts and switch between them using the arrow buttons or dropdown menu in the middle of the navigation bar Page 25 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Edit layout 4 When you are finished using it it is recommended to log out of the NETAVIS Client for iPad via the Logout button on the overview screen although there is an automatic logout after 10 seconds 2 6 2 Client for Sm
235. rver event is generated by Page 148 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 iCAT Such events can trigger automatic recording and are stored in the normal Observer event database that can be queried and exported Currently iCAT supports the following event triggers A Smart Tripwire for directional people or object counting This tripwire is directional so if you want to count objects in two directions you would create two tripwires A polygon or rectangle that creates an event when an object either crosses the field stops inside the field or starts moving inside the field Please note Before you can define an object trigger you must first define an object tracking region see 15 3 3 Defining an object tracking region on page 146 Here are the steps for creating a counting tripwire i Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Select a camera make sure that you have a suitable tracking region defined that allows for object counting Choose Add new definition from the menu In the Type pop up menu choose Event trigger which will expose the configuration settings Under the camera preview choose the Tripwire check box for directional people or object counting Now you can draw the tripwire line with the mouse in the preview pane You just click with the mouse to define the corners of the polygon You finish the line by double clicking with th
236. s MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG The majority of MPEG cameras cannot deliver multiple MPEG streams with different formats Only 1 stream is delivered from the camera Therefore you need to set the default frame rate to at least the detection frame rate you need for iCAT see Defaul basic properties on page 31 There is no pre event recording recording ti me is 0 t settings in 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting Observer obtains a QVGA MJPEG stream from the camera and runs iCAT analyses on it In the case of an event the streaming format is sw Advantage minimal overhead on server CPU Disadvantage De needed to switch There is pre even Observer obtains is also done with pending on the can from the pre event t recording recordi this stream Please nera there can beas stream the MPEG stream from the cameras and note that iCAT based on MPEG stream needs more CPU itched to MPEG and recording is started mall delay caused by the camera ing format MJPEG to the post event MPEG format ng time is bigger than 0 also does iCAT based on it Recording power on the server see also 15 2 1 Considerations for setting up a system with iCAT on page 143 Continuous and event based recording at the same time If the continuous recording has the same frame rate quality as the post event recording then only continuous recording is done and the recording calendar is marked with the events If
237. s 209 240 grey Now the camera tree shows this imported camera or group in bold with the name of the remote server in brackets e g 209 grey FIC Netavis 209 grey Axis 215 Axis 01755 Mobotix M22M People count Sony SNC DH240 Beeeepe amp If the remote server is not reachable the mounted cameras are not shown in the tree only the top point of the mounted camera tree appears in red color 5 After you mount remote cameras you can work with them as if they would be connected to this server You can access live streaming via the Online Monitor or you can access the archive If you have the appropriate administrator rights you can also modify camera settings like PTZ scheduling or motion detection Note Only local cameras and remote camera groups can be duplicated It is not possible to duplicate individually mounted remote cameras 12 4 Working with events of remote servers Observer servers can forward their events to other servers Such forwarded events are stored in the event database of the generating server itself and also in the event database of the server s that receive the events Page 121 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Event entries in the event database of remote servers look the same as local events they just start with the remote server s name and not with the name of the local server The same kind of search and listing is available as with local events In order
238. s between servers and clients Since release 1 9 Observer clients can connect to servers running different versions release 1 9 or newer without the need to install clients matching the servers versions As a summary Observer clients e download libraries for one version only once e share the same libraries for both browser based applet and installed client application e can connect to servers having different versions e automatically upgrade themselves when the server has a new version 2 2 Starting the Observer client from a desktop web browser This section describes how to start the client in a standard web browser If you want to install the client on your machine and run it independently of a web browser please refer to 2 3 Working with the installed Observer client on page 16 You can start the client with an unencrypted HTTP connection or with an encrypted HTTPS connection 1 Toaccess the client via an unencrypted HTTP connection start a web browser and enter the address of your Observer server http IP address of your server o access the client via an encrypted HTTPS connection start a web browser and enter the address of your Observer server https IP address of your server Page 12 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 about blank Microsoft Internet Explorer Datei Bearbeiten Ansicht Favoriten Extras Adresse http 80 81 128 30 oana Now a page that
239. s in list overrides scheduling setting Cancel Save In the camera tree at the left select the camera for which you want to create a motion detection definition In the menu choose Add new definition From the Type menu chose Simple motion detection Select whether you want to create a Rectangle or a Polygon Use the mouse to draw a detection field in the preview area Mark the Enabled checkbox otherwise the detection field is inactive and no detection can occur Actually a detection field must also be assigned to an active motion detection schedule see below Assign a name for the field in the Identifier text box e g Movement Optionally you can enter a Comment which is shown in the event details Usually the Sensitivity should be left at Normal It defines how sensitive or tolerant the detection algorithm is when detecting the change of pixels Modify the setting only when you want the algorithm to be more or less sensitive Inthe Sample frequency fps field you can specify how often the image is to be checked for changes Page 89 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 12 Inthe Time between events sec field you can enter the minimum time that must elapse before a following event is triggered This helps to filter out repetitive events Minimum time sec 3 means that after one motion detection event has been triggered at least 3 seconds must pass before another Motion Detection even
240. s the three sabotage types have many properties in common to get the best detection rate switch on all sabotage categories For example a camera cover event might be categorized as a focus lost because then image sharpness drops dramatically If this category is also switched on the sabotage will surely be detected 15 3 7 Defining simple motion detection Prior to release R1 12 Observer offered simple motion detection based on a detection of changed pixels between video frames Since then this detector has been made more robust and it is now part of iCAT toolbox Simple motion detection does not require an object tracking region Page 153 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 For more details on setting up and working with this simple motion detection please refer to 8 Working with simple motion detection on page 88 15 3 8 Detecting a lighting change Please follow these steps to enable lighting change detection Please note For lighting change detection an object tracking region is NOT needed I Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog Choose a camera and in the menu select Add new definition In the Type pop up menu choose Lighting change detection which will expose the configuration settings Select the checkboxes for Light switched on and Light switched off to detect abrupt lighting changes like when somebody switches the light on or o
241. s will be generated although it has the Active option set 8 1 3 Scheduling motion detection The scheduling for simple motion detection is the same as for other iCAT definitions Please refer to 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 8 1 4 Controlling PTZ cameras with motion detection events Itis possible to assign a sequence of PTZ positioning actions to each motion detection MD field definition Once the MD field gets active the associated PTZ action is executed PTZ actions can be assigned to an MD field by appending the following sequence to the MD Identifier ptz lt CID gt lt PresetName gt lt WaitTime gt lt PresetName gt lt WaitTime gt where lt CID gt is the ID of a PTZ camera the ID is shown in Camera admin gt Properties dialog next to the camera name If lt CID gt is 0 then the MD field s camera is controlled MD and PTZ camera are the same lt PresetName gt is the name of a preset position as entered in the PTZ definitions lt WaitTime gt is the pause time in seconds starting from the time when the camera receives the positioning event Page 90 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 There can be any number of lt PresetName gt lt WaitTime gt pairs added Further MD triggered PTZ actions are blocked as long as a sequence is running However control of PTZ camera can be taken manually then the automatic MD triggered PTZ control is suspended until the ma
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243. ser group can change the Camera admin configuration Defines if the user group can set iCAT definitions read only Defines if the user group has access to the I O device admin Defines if the user group can change the O device configuration Defines if the user group has access to the rule administration Defines if the user group can change the rule configuration Defines if the user group has access to the Host admin configuration and System information Client Allow GUI layout customization Defines if the user group can customize the layout of the Page 47 of 203 6 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Field label Description Client Client Allow window management Defines if the user group can create and delete windows Client Manage number plate lists Defines if the user group can manage number plate lists Client Modify client preferences Defines if the user group has access to the client preferences Client Allow saving logfiles Defines if the user group can download the logfiles from the server iCAT Reset heat map values manually Defines if the user group can reset heat map values manually To set privileges for all users in the system you can select and modify the root group but please be aware that at each group or user level privileges can be overridden Click Save to save your changes 5 3 Setting camera access rights 1 Choose User admi
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245. switches MPEG and Audio on and off If this checkbox is not marked then you will find 3 buttons for the three functions See also 6 9 Working with MPEG cameras and audio on page 63 In some cases Laws do not allow the transmission or recording of people s voices The criterion often is whether one can recognize a person by listening to its voice Therefore Observer allows anonymizing the audio stream by distorting it If this checkbox is marked then the live and recorded audio will be anonymized distorted The Default settings for MPEG 4 H 264 MxPEG and Default settings for single stream JPEG cameras define the streaming format for the various streaming types These settings will be used in the Online Monitor and also for recordings For multi stream JPEG cameras the Default settings for single stream JPEG cameras are of no importance because for each view port in the Online Monitor and also for recording separate formats can be specified Please note In the current version Observer only supports 1 streaming format for MPEG cameras for live viewing and recording Page 35 of 203 Field label Use these settings Image quality Image size Frame rate GOP size NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Usually this checkbox must be set It defines whether the default camera settings are set via Observer or in the camera directly via its own setting utilities When it is switched on the settings in
246. sync synchronization groups on page 117 for a general explanation of synchronization groups Page 111 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please note Modification of configuration data is only possible at the master of the synchronization group and not at the slaves as they will be updated by the master automatically As long as there is no master in the sync group which may happen during set up of the sync group no modification is possible at all Click on the Next button Now you see the Server Parameters dialog The following settings are available Field label Event storage period days Defines how many days events are stored Any events that are older than these days will be deleted from the event database Max number of events storedon Defines how many events can be stored in the event server database For each event more than the defined max number of events the oldest event will be deleted Please note that both settings the storage period and the max number of events together constrain the event database Server timezone abbreviation Defines the server timezone Available values are Page 112 of 203 Field label Timeout for IP cameras sec Retry count for IP cameras after which an event is generated Maximum login time for the suest user Sec Timeout for server server communication sec Server network address for camera access List of IP addresses from which URL
247. t Page 16 of 203 Working with sessions NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 The Starter allows you to manage sessions In a session you can define the server address which Observer application to start and the user password details Thus you can store and run different sessions easily The Session editor is opened when you press Add new or Modify and allows you to define the session details Element Session name Application Previous Connections Hostname or IP address Use secure connection Username Password Remember password Alternative Session Show message if alternative session started Download client without asking Reconnect count Description Name under which the session is stored You can either choose Observer Client or Layout Navigation Tool for further details on the Layout Navigation Tool please refer to 14 Working with Layout Navigation on page 127 The selected application will start when you press OK Offers you the list of previously active sessions Enter the name or IP address of the server you want to connect to Select this checkbox if you want to use an encrypted connection between the client and the server TLS HTTPS Please be aware that an encrypted connection needs more CPU resources on the server and on the client See also 1 3 Observer data security on page 7 Enter the login name of the user Enter the password for the user Select the checkbox if y
248. t ID is 10 object size is 9110 pixels and the object is moving with a speed of 208 pixels sec Defines whether the event count fields are to be displayed in the lower left corner of the view port When enabled the count information will be displayed for each event trigger separately in the form of Q for last quarter of an hour H for last hour D for day and T for total since setup Here is an example my si objekt stoppt vor theke Q 1H 10 2 7 2 counter 1 Q 3H 3D 4T 4 There are two event triggers a field for counting stopped objects and a people counting tripwire counter 1 Defines whether object bounding boxes should be displayed Here is an example of an object bounding box displayed Please note that also the object marker and the event triggers are displayed Page 164 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 15 4 2 Displaying heat maps For every camera you can display heat maps as overlays to the normal video stream in the Online monitor and also in the Archive player The requirements for displaying heat maps for a camera are e an object tracking region with enabled heat map data collection see 15 3 3 Defining an object tracking region on page 146 for details e anenabled and currently running iCAT schedule for that object tracking region Below you can find an example of an object count heat map In the Online monitor you can display these heat maps by choosing the desired heat map
249. t aspect ratios The setting Crop image to fit into view port defines whether a camera image can be cropped to fit into the view port This may cause that some parts of the image are not visible in the view port In the section 6 4 Modifying view port settings on page 55 you can define what part of the cropped camera image is to be shown in the view port Page 52 of 203 5 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please select an aspect ratio that fits most of your cameras you plan to show in the view Selecting an improper aspect ratio can lead to unused space on the screen Press OK to create a new view with these settings In accordance with the selection above Observer creates a new view that might look as follows your view may have a different number of view ports depending on what you selected E NETAS Observer Observer Events System administration Windows Help E Onine monitor Wh Archive player Events eos O nen Fro toordnoance non 9 Tow be tt roor 401 pec Orne Oii O rinena O EE formaron tects tl is D i i sigisisis Add camera View control Next previous view View Round tour menu selector selector E i sjsisisisisis Event list View port 91919191999 AEAF Ji control menu A View port Status bar CPU 6 IDS 1 84KB di icensng netavis net 20 44 57 CET The view ports fill the central part of the window and each view port
250. t button twice to get to the Camera Access Rights dialog S Choose Modify selected user or group from the menu E Oe OL ag nable the right Manual recording control from Online monitor by choosing Enabled from the pop up menu 8 Push Save to save your changes Page 59 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Set up a continuous recording schedule In order to use manual recording control for a camera you have to define a continuous recording schedule please refer to 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 for a general description of setting up schedules for continuous recordings 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 Inthe camera tree select the camera for which you want to set up the recording schedule 3 Atthe bottom of the screen click on the Next button twice This takes you to the Scheduling dialog If you are setting up a new camera this dialog will be quite empty 4 Inthe menu select Modify selected camera or group 5 Click the Add button to add a schedule slot to the Time Intervals list 6 Click the Change button and choose Continuous recording Now the Scheduling dialog shows the settings for configuring continuous recording 7 Now you can define the days and times for the recordings You can activate individual days or with the All button the whole week at once Select hours and minutes from the popup matrix If
251. t can be generated 13 Inthe Pixel change threshold field you can define how many pixels in must change so that a detection event is triggered Pixel change 20 means that 20 of the pixels relative to the previous frame detection cycle must change for a detection to be triggered 14 Optionally you can define a specific event icon and sound for this definition Click on the Icon button to assign a symbol This icon is displayed in the Event list to notify an operator when an event related to this definition occurs Click on the Sound button to assign a specific sound to the definition This sound is played when a user notification event related to the definition occurs 15 After you have entered all parameters for your definition save it by clicking on the Save button 16 If you have not yet scheduled a detection based recording for this camera you will be prompted for whether you want to edit the scheduling now Click on the Yes button if you want to configure the scheduling now Please refer to section 8 1 3 Scheduling motion detection on page 90 Click No if you want to do that later Please note If you add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually If a definition is not assigned to an active schedule then it will not be activated no archive recordings will be made and no event
252. t field enter a name for the Traffic Monitoring definition By default the Traffic Monitoring region is assumed to have one lane but you can choose between one two or three lanes in the Number of lanes menu You can change the position of the region by dragging the green and red d ots in the preview pane The direction of each lane is indicated by the yellow arrow and can be changed by clicking on the area of a lane 6 Adjust the Road length and Road width both in meters of the road section which is covered by the region configured above Please note The included section should be around 70 100 meter long 7 Define the Measurement time unit in minutes which defines how long a certain traffic state has to last before a corresponding event is triggered 8 Now foreach Traffic state except Normal traffic the lower and upper thresholds for the Speed in km h and Traffic Density in have to be defined Additionally a Highlight color Icon Sound and Dynamic View Action can be defined for each Traffic state Please note he Speed and Density ranges from the different traffic states should not overlap 15 3 12 Defining Stopped Vehicle Detection NETAVIS Observer 4 5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Stopped Vehicle Detection It detects vehicles which stop on a road or special segments such as an emergency lane or an exit lane Here are the steps for configuring Stopped Vehicle Detection 1 Choose V
253. t is also possible to use more tha how you setup your server network topology In su on clients that directly connect to the monitors must connect to these serv set wa l up and management of the video wall we suggest this server i e must be configured at this server or must be mounted from other servers n 1 server for providing the streams for the video wall this depends ch a case the VWCA and also the video wall ers For simplicity and easier using one Observer server for driving the video Each video wall client workstation PC can drive several monitors of the video wall how many depends on your hardware setup i e graphics card Each such video wall monitor has to map to one window in the Observer client User management for the video wall You will need a few users to manage video wall functions appropriately Generally these users must have access rights to all cam You can create a user group create the above users be Please note these special issu eras that are to be displayed on the video wall e 1video wall management user with which you login in to the VWCA e For each video wall cli e Itisimpossiblet ent workstation PC you need 1 user that has privileges and access rights to all rel eS o display a camera on a video wall monitor which where the video wall client connects to Depending on your setup you cannot display every camera on any video wall monitor
254. tacts configuring I O devices 187 placing them on LNT layouts 130 settings 37 I O devices configuring 187 iCAT 141 considerations for setting up 143 CPU load 143 event triggers 143 148 event based recording 160 events 167 Heat maps 165 object bounding boxes 164 object counting 148 object markers 164 object tracking region 142 146 people counting 148 privacy mask 155 recording based on 160 sabotage detection 152 SAFE export 83 scheduling activities 160 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 sensitivity setting 147 Smart Tripwire tm 148 starting and stopping objects 151 video processing speed 144 video streaming formats 143 working with in Online monitor 163 In camera motion detection 91 settings 37 IP address of camera 32 iPad 24 iPhone 24 J Joystick AXIS T8310 Control Board configuration 188 Joystick control for PTZ cameras 106 JPEG aspect ratio 10 32 exporting from archive 81 image sizes and quality 10 MJPEG vs MPEG 7 L Languages 13 Layout navigation 127 editing mode 128 I O contacts 130 installation 127 navigation and operation 137 zones 131 Layout of windows modifying 21 LDAP 51 123 License displaying current license 110 license string 12 Login secondary password 43 the locally installed client 16 Page 199 of 203 the web based client 14 Low bandwidth connections with Transcoding 27 M anual recording control in the Online monitor 59 atrix View
255. te window by selecting View gt Separate zoom window You can also use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out See also 7 2 3 Zooming in a view port and in archive recordings on page 78 Displaying iCAT information The iCAT info display menu accessible via a right mouse button click offers various options for displaying iCAT information Please refer to 15 4 Working with iCAT on page 163 for further information Controlling playback There are several ways to control the playback of the recording Besides the Play backward and Play forward buttons it is possible to go the Previous Frame Next Frame and Jump to start Jump to end when the playback is paused The Speed of the playback can be controlled with a slider and ranges from 1 8th to 1024x 7 4 Motion detection in archive recordings Observer supports server based motion detection not only for live camera streams but also in the archived recordings Here you find information about how to execute motion detection on recordings Please note In this version Observer supports archive motion detection only for MJPEG recordings and not for recordings of other streaming formats like MPEG 4 or H 264 1 Goto the main window and choose the Archive player if the Archive player is not available then perhaps it is disabled in the client preferences see 2 4 Client multi window and multi screen operation on page 20 Page 83 of 203 2 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 In
256. th a comma or add them in separate lines by pressing ENTER after each number plate b You canimport number plates stored in text CSV and Excel files by clicking on the Import button at the bottom and selecting the corresponding file from your hard drive 6 Once added you can also filter the number plates by entering characters into the Filter textbox Fiter wil W12344B W1111AA 7 Press Save to store the changes For any changes also a corresponding event will be generated ig ck List number plate list was modified by Video admin user virtualbox 8 You can also Modify Delete and Export as text CSV and Excel files selected lists of number plates Corresponding events are again generated when an NPR list is modified or deleted Page 175 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 19 Video walls with Observer The Observer video wall solution allows you to configure and operate professional video walls using standard Observer servers and clients Such a video wall can then be controlled by the Video wall control application which allows you to e Handle video walls with up to 10x10 monitors e Connect multiple monitors to a single client PC e Flexibly control the views and layouts in any of the video wall monitors e Maximize individual camera streams on any of the monitors e Work with multiple control consoles in parallel The video wall control application has been specifically designed fo
257. th an MPEG stream with a frame rate of more than 5 fps or a resolution bigger than VGA 640x480 pixels then Observer will try pull a second MJPEG stream from the camera for iCAT processing please note that this stream will be pulled even if the checkbox Allow JPEG streaming is deselected For Face Detection Traffic Monitoring Stopped Vehicle Detection and Wrong Way Detection the resolution of this second stream will be approximately VGA size 640x480 pixels and for other iCAT definitions it will be approximately QVGA 320x240 pixels The frame rate of this second stream depends on the iCAT function Note Dual streaming iCAT processing will not be activated automatically after selecting the Multi stream checkboxes Please restart the server or stop and start disable enable all iCAT functions of the camera in order to activate dual streaming iCAT after changing the Multi stream selections Object detection Depending on the sensitivity and other settings iCAT currently detects objects of 8x8 pixels or bigger in size in a QVGA image Only moving objects are detected New objects are detected by iCAT after a few video frames How quickly objects are detected is also influenced by the sensitivity setting iCAT video processing speed If the objects you want to track move very quickly across your camera view you will require a higher video processing speed of iCAT than if they move slowly across your camera view As a rule of thumb the o
258. the previous view with the Previous view button or the corresponding option in the context menu Please see below for a few hints on how to manage big views of cameras 6 3 1 Optimizing big views of cameras views opened after a double click When you double click on a view port with a camera then Observer does the following 1 It first tries to open up an already existing big view that contains the camera or 2 Ifsuch a view does not exist a new temporary view will be created For the new view some parameters such as the frame rate will be taken from the corresponding camera s default configuration whereas the following parameters are inherited from the view port it is derived from e Video stream type MJPEG MPEG 4 H 264 or MxPEG e Aspect ratio incl different custom aspect ratios e Crop or stretch parameters e Current crop position e iCAT view options Note The new big view only inherits these parameters upon its initial creation Subsequent changes made in the original view port e g video stream type or iCAT view options will not affect the big view To create a permanent big view for a particular camera Create a view with this camera and adapt the settings see 6 1 Creating a new view on page 52 for details Then a double click will open that view You can group those big camera views into view groups by supplying view group names such as Big cam1 Big cam2 and so on 6 4 Modifying view port settings Observer
259. the Calendar view of the Player select the camera and the timeframe for the motion detection Push on the Playback button This will load the images of the timeframe and replay the recorded images In the Upper left corner of the Player view select Archive motion detection from the Control menu Playback acceleration Fe Control menu 7 z 00 01 59 Archive motion detection Image size b Previous timeline selections iCAT gt Now the motion detection pane is opened on the left side in the Player view Simple motion detection 1 v Manage detections fields Preparing movie on server 1 3 bE a amp From the Detection field pop up menu choose the motion detection field definition you want to use for this motion detection If you do not yet have a detection field defined or want to change an existing definition then you can push the Manage detection fields button to jump to the Detection fields view in Administration Please refer to 8 1 2 Basic configuration of server Page 84 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 based motion detection on page 88 for details on how to setup detection fields Continuing here we assume you have a correctly set up detection field definition 6 To start the server based motion detection Push the Start button amp You can see the progress of the motion detection at the progress bar You can always stop a running motion detection by pushi
260. the previously created group Page 123 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 zixl Didin Environment Sessions Remate contral Remote Desktop Services Profile Personal Virtual Desktop COM General Address Accourt Frofile Telephones Organization Member Of Member of Domain Users netavis net Users Select arous i x Select this object type ees ee d Fee aos Enter the object names to select examples Add i Observer4 Check Names Frimay grup Set Pinan Group 13 2 Configuring Observer Now Observer must be configured to access and use the Active Directory server 1 Choose User admin from the System administration menu This opens the User admin dialog For importing users from Active Directory you can either Select an existing group though note that this group has to be empty Create a new group a Choose Add new group from the User group menu or the right mouse click menu b Enter a Group name e g AD Users check the Users of this group are imported from Active Directory checkbox and click Next c Make the appropriate adjustments on the Privileges and Camera access rights pages and finally click Save Right click on the group and select Active Directory configuration Right click on the Active Directory configuration page and select Modify host Click on the New button below the Remote servers list to add a new Active Directory configuration
261. the same name as the LNT zone and that also contains all the cameras of the LNT zone then this view is exposed in the Observer client Otherwise a new view is created with the name of the zone Details for zone actions can be found under 14 5 3 Modifying zone control appearance and behavior on page 134 Page 131 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Linking layouts with link fields LNT offers link fields to easily navigate between layouts Link fields can be placed on layouts and are resizable grey areas Clicking on a link field in Navigation mode will open the linked layout Here is how you can link layouts via link fields 1 Drag the Link field from the controls list at the right side and drop it onto your layout Where you drop the zone field control with the mouse will be the first corner of the polygon shape and you can now define its shape by clicking at further corners To finish the link field definition close the polygon shape Alternatively you can create a rectangular link field by pressing the CTRL key while moving the mouse After you finished defining the shape of the link field a dialog is opened offering the available layouts for this link field Choose a layout by double clicking or by pushing the Select button This defines which layout is to be opened when the link field double clicked in Navigation mode 2 Choose Save from the Project menu to save your changes Now you can repeat the steps ab
262. the zip to a local directory on your client The zip contains the Windows command line program annotate exe Just run the program from a command line to see all options You can also refer to annotate readme txt The Java source code of the program is also part of the zip file If you select to generate an event with the video annotation an event will be stored in the event database for later retrieval and search By selecting VideoStreamAnnotation in the event type filter of the Event search dialog the annotation text can be searched for by SQL type wildcards 20 2 Embedding Observer video streams in web pages Video4Web Observer 4 5 introduced Video4Web which replaced the previous Snapplet technology with a significantly more versatile solution for embedding cameras live video streams in standard web pages Video4Web is a small embeddable JavaScript app which works on most desktop and mobile browsers It provides the following functionalities e Plays back MJPEG stream or JPEG image series browser dependent e Plays single stream or users can select from the camera tree popup P P Full screen support with image maximize effect fallback on older browsers e Supports all major desktop and mobile browsers back to Internet Explorer 6 Easy to use no JavaScript knowledge required to embed in HTML pages S mall unobtrusive JavaScript app doesn t interfere with other JS code Page 181 of 203 NETAVIS Obs
263. tings Now you are ready to import cameras or camera groups from a remote Observer server Page 119 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 12 3 Working with cameras of another server In order to work with cameras from another Observer server the following prerequisites must be fulfilled e The servers must know of each other e The server that exports cameras must have the option Export local cameras to remote server set e The server that works with cameras of a remote server must have the option Import of cameras from remote server enabled set Note See 12 2 Adding and defining a remote Observer server on page 118for more details on how to configure these prerequisites 12 3 1 Mounting cameras of another server 1 Open the Camera admin dialog from the System administration menu 2 Inthe menu select Mount remote camera or group 3 Select the remote Observer host from where you want to import cameras with the Known remote machines menu Now the Remote host name and remote host IP address of the remote Observer host are shown 4 After clicking on Cameras on remote host the remote Observer host s camera tree is shown You can then select a single camera or group to be imported Note For remote cameras it is recommended to mount them per group rather than individually Confirm your selection by clicking on Select Page 120 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 netavis Cameras grey w
264. tionToCameraLost Event generated when the connection to a camera is lost ConnectionToCameraRestored Event generated when the connection to a camera is restored CustomEvent Event generated when a CustomEvent occurs DegradedimageSaving Event generated when the recordings are degraded DiskSubsystemFailure Event generated when a hard drive has failed FaceDetection Event generated when a face is detected GUIControlChange Event generated when changes are made to the client s interface ImageExportEvent Event generated when archive recordings are exported InCameraDetection Event generated when an in camera motion detection occurs InverseTrafficEvent Event generated when Wrong Way Traffic is detected MotionDetection Event generated when a motion detection occurs PlateNumberRecognition Event generated when a number plate is detected RecordingSwitched Off Event generated when a recording is stopped RecordingSwitchedOn Event generated when a recording is started SMSSendError Event generated when an SMS notification can t be send StoppedVehicleEvent Event generated when a Stopped Vehicle is detected SISI Z E Z Z Z 2Z2 Z2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 TrafficStateChange Event generated when a Traffic State change is detected Page 195 of 203 Observer Event serEventACK serLoggedin serLoggedOut deoContentAlert deoSignalLost deoStreamAnnotation Eve Eve Eve
265. to receive events from another Observer server the following prerequisites must be fulfilled e The servers must know of each other 12 2 Adding and defining a remote Observer server on page 118 e The server that exports events must have the option Send local events to remote server set 12 2 Adding and defining a remote Observer server on page 118 12 5 Monitoring remote servers You can monitor the status of remote servers in the System information dialog see 11 1 Server system information and restarting on page 109 Before you can do that you have to tell your server to monitor the remote server by checking the option Monitor remote server status see 12 2 Adding and defining a remote Observer server on page 118 12 6 Distributed upgrades When there are several Observer servers in a network upgrading servers to a newer release of Observer one by one can be a very cumbersome and time consuming task In order to ease this task Observer offers an automatic distributed upgrade of all interconnected servers in a network Please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for further details Page 122 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 13 Active Directory Integration You can configure your Observer server to import users from an Active Directory AD LDAP server In this case the users are maintained in AD LDAP and users are imported mapped to a user group in Observer The privil
266. to the camera by entering its IP address Please refer to the latest NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources and the camera s user manual for further details 8 3 1 How Observer supports in camera motion detection In the camera you define the various settings for the motion detection algorithm and for the transmission of event images to the Observer server which is done via FTP or HTTP push upload by the camera Most cameras also support the transmission of pre and post event images The configuration of for these pre and post event images must also be done in the camera Observer is capable of doing these things in connection with in camera motion detection e Receive in camera motion detection events from the camera and store these events in the standard Observer Event database these events can also be displayed in the Event list e Receive pre and or post event images from the camera pushed by the camera and record these images in the standard Observer camera archive Page 91 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Optionally with receiving an in camera detection event start a server based post event recording of images and merging this recording with the in camera event images pushed by the camera This server based recording can have a much higher frame rate than the pictures pushed by the camera This allows a much better documentation of in camera events 8 3 2 Setting up in camera motion detection
267. ton at the bottom This invokes the Default settings dialog that lets you define the default image and audio settings for your camera To modify values choose Modify selected camera or group menu Fields for Basic video and audio settings Field label Multi stream allowed Description Some cameras are capable of providing multiple video streams in parallel This can be helpful for example when online viewing and recording is to be done in different formats or for optimizing iCAT video analytics performance see 1 4 Video streaming methods and compression on page 7 for a general discussion about multi streaming Usually MJPEG cameras can deliver several MJPEG streams while Page 33 of 203 Field label Allow JPEG streaming Allow MPEG 4 streaming Allow H 264 streaming Allow MxPEG streaming NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description MPEG MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG cameras deliver only 1 MPEG stream some camera types can deliver several MJPEG streams in addition to the MPEG stream If this option is not selected then only 1 video stream will be pulled from the camera regardless of how many different formats would be needed If it is selected then multiple streams will be pulled Also consider the following checkboxes that define which formats can be pulled from the camera Please note Multi streaming has some important restrictions that depend heavily on the camera type Please refer to the docum
268. ts will be generated 15 3 6 Defining sabotage detection iCAT offers intelligent features for detecting three types of camera sabotage actions e Camera defocused e Camera covered e Camera moved Please note For sabotage detection an object tracking region is NOT needed When initializing the camera for sabotage detection please make sure that the camera has the correct focus setting and that the scenery and brightness is stable Here are the steps for installing iCAT based sabotage detection 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog 2 Choose a camera and in the menu select Add new definition 3 Inthe Type pop up menu choose Sabotage detection which will expose the configuration settings Select any of the three sabotage detection types 5 Inthe Identifier text field enter a name for this sabotage detection 6 Push Save to save your definition Please note If you add a new iCAT definition it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera If you do not want that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no events will be generated Background information on sabotage detection algorithms Sabotage detection uses three detector algorithms to gene
269. two AVI options for Export format e AVI all images This exports a video sequence with all the frames of the currently selected time frame regardless of the Playback acceleration setting e AVI Subsampled movie This exports the time lapse playback with the settings of the Playback acceleration slider E g if you have selected a Playback acceleration of 3 your exported file will be roughly a third of the size of an AVI all images export See also 7 2 1 Selecting the camera and the playback period on page 75 Enter the file name of video to be exported Mark the first checkbox if you want to overwrite a file of the same name that might exist When you click OK a file dialog will be opened asking where on your client computer you to want to save the file Once you select the location and confirm a File download progress dialog will show the state of the export You can cancel the export anytime by pushing Cancel Note To play back exported video sequences with Microsoft Media Player you need the DivX codec You can download this for free from www divx com divx 7 3 3 Exporting a recording in SAFE format 1 2 3 10 In the Archive select a camera for the export In the Calendar select the time period for exporting In the Player view or in the Calendar view click the Export button Sto open the Export dialog Choose SAFE All images from Export format Enter the Filename for the video sequence to be exported
270. u have these options In the Online Monitor in the view port of a camera that has iCAT processing enabled the view port Control Menu menu offers an iCAT info display menu For setting the display for all view ports in a view the same menu is also available in the view s Control Menu Set parameters of all view ports In the Archive player s Control Menu you can select the iCAT information to be shown via ICAT iCAT info display The iCAT info display menu allows you to select from various display options For each of these options you can select Show always Show on mouse over and Do not show For some you also can select Show on event The display options are Field label Description a Displ ll ilable iCAT inf ti informao isplays all available iCAT information Tracking Defines whether the obj king region boundaries should be sh boundaries efines whether the object tracking region boundaries should be shown Page 163 of 203 Field label Event trigger lines boxes Object markers Event count fields Object bounding boxes NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Description Defines whether the event triggers like tripwires and object starting stopping fields should be shown Defines whether object markers should be displayed Object markers show the object ID and information about the state of the object MOV moving STP stopped LOUNGE move just a little bit size and speed In this example objec
271. ues Especially high resolution cameras can thus be streamed from server to clients over low bandwidth wide area network WAN connections without loss of quality Therefore even megapixel cameras can be operated over very low bandwidth connections that would normally prevent their operation The technology works for all cameras streaming resolutions and formats including MPEG 4 H 264 and MxPEG Additional CPU resources are needed at the server and at the client for transcoding streams Transcoding can be set up in the server level by limiting bandwidth for live video and recording playback streams as well as for recording exports See 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 111 Page 27 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Important Although transcoding works with all streaming formats the best results and least CPU overhead are possible with MJPEG streaming Also the transcoding bandwidth limit must be chosen carefully Therefore we suggest e MJPEG streaming format e Limit the transcoding bandwidth to app 70 of the available server client connection bandwidth For connections like Internet connections with heavily varying bandwidth it is much better to use a lower limit than a higher limit With low limits of 256 kbit s or 128 kbit s very good results are possible Some customers have even used 56 kbit s or 30 kbit s with transcoding As mentioned above the limits are defined in 11 2 Setting
272. up of swap management for storage devices are accessible only in this interface 7 5 2 Managing and accessing NEA storages A user with the appropriate privileges can do the following with external NEA archives e Initializing of storage devices and starting of NEA recordings as well as stopping of NEA recordings and ejecting devices All of these functions are available in the NEA storage management dialog is accessible via the System administration menu of the main window The user privilege Recordings Manage external archive devices NEA is needed for accessing the dialog See 5 2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 on how to modify user privileges e Replay NEA external archives in the Archive player The user privilege Recordings View external archive recordings NEA is needed For an explanation and setup of automatic swap management of NEA device please refer to the document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration Displaying the status of NEA storage devices When a NEA storage device connected to the server you can view its status in the NEA storage management dialog accessible from the System administration menu of the main window The dialog shows all connected NEA storage devices their sizes and their Status e Recording recording is currently running on the device e Archive a finished archive of the device can be accessed in the Archive player e Empty the storage device is empty b
273. up users Usually a bigger system will allow several users to login with different privileges and rights Therefore it can be useful to group several users with similar tasks and rights in so called user groups in Observer Take these steps for setting up users and groups 1 Create user groups for the various roles and privileges examples are security personnel view only users administrators For each users group define the system wide privileges See 5 Managing users on page 43 2 Inthe users groups create the users you need Please note that by default the users will inherit the privileges from the group they belong to 3 Set the camera access rights per user 3 3 Guidelines for setting up views Observer allows you create several views for showing cameras in various configurations and sizes Therefore it makes sense to create various views for different surveillance purposes Since the views are configured per user we suggest that the administrator creates the standard set of views and then copies the views to the various users Take these steps for setting up views 1 Create the various views needed by most users See 6 1 Creating a new view on page 52 2 Copy the views to the various users See 6 8 Copying views between users on page 61 Later on you can create further views and copy them again Page 30 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 4 Setting up cameras Observer allows any authorized user to
274. ut initialized e Unformatted the device must be initialized formatted first e Write error the device can be accessed in the Archive player Initializing a device and starting NEA recording When a new storage device is connected to the server via an eSATA connector then the device is shown in the NEA storage management cialog accessible from the System administration menu of the main window You can start NEA recording on the device by pushing the Initialize and start recording button A new device will automatically be initialized formatted for NEA before the recording starts This initialization is only executed once per device and it may take a while before it is finished When initialization is done recording will start automatically Next time recording will start immediately when you push the button Page 86 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Please note All data on a storage device will be deleted when it is initialized for NEA Stopping NEA recording and or ejecting a device In the NEA storage management dialog accessible from the System administration menu of the main window you can stop a NEA recording on the device by pushing the Stop eject button When you push the button all NEA recordings on the device will be stopped and the device will be unmounted ejected A dialog will open and ask you to unplug the device before pushing OK If you leave the device connected when you push OK the a
275. vent details The most recent events are displayed in the Event list 02 2011 11 26 24 lems2 User Video admin user has acknowledged ey 02 2011 10 50 50 lems2 User admin 10 0 0 2 logged in ems2 Motion event has happened on the 4 120 cam ems2 Motion event has happened on the 4 120 cam lems2 Motion event has happened on the 4 120 can ee 89 011 23 35 22 9 1 Sec 011 20 44 13 9 1 Each client can have multiple event lists for example one that is sorted chronologically and another one that is sorted according to event priorities In the Client preferences you can configure for each window s event list what columns are to be displayed whether acknowledged events should stay in Page 94 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 the list or should disappear automatically and other options see 2 5 Client preferences on page 22 for more details The position of the event lists inside client windows and further layout options can be defined as described in 2 4 Client multi window and multi screen operation on page 20 You can sort the event list according to column values by just clicking on the column title Little arrows after the title indicate the sorting order ascending or descending Clicking a column title again will change the sorting order For example you can sort the list according to event priority by clicking on the Priority column heading In an e
276. vent list columns can be rearranged by clicking on a column title and dragging it with the mouse to the new location Unseen events have a light red background color As soon as an event has been opened in the Event details dialog its background color changes to light grey When an event is acknowledged it usually disappears from the event list However in the client preferences you can define whether acknowledged events should be displayed in the event list If so they appear with a white background color 9 1 1 Event details Double clicking on an event in the event list opens the Event details dialog Motion event Main Office on camera axis 212 vierfuenf Value 9723 24 02 2014 16 01 00 5 ACKComment Classification Start live stream Short event replay Go to Archive player Classify event as Unclassified Acknowledge comment L Acirowiesoe anane Previous The first line contains the event text Further details of the event are listed at the left side of the dialog The exact contents of the event details depends on the event type but you will at least find the exact time when the event occurred and if it is camera related then also the camera ID and name are shown Page 95 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 When you move the mouse over the camera preview area you will also see the video analytics object markers and annotations r
277. vents 121 monitoring 122 upgrading 122 Restarting and rebooting 111 Round tours 61 RTSP streaming port 114 S Sabotage detection iCAT 152 SAFE format archive export 82 SAFE Player iCAT information 83 Playback 83 Zoomi ng 83 Saturation 40 Scheduling iCAT activities 160 Screen resolution minim um for running the client 11 Secondary password for log Security Sensitivi Server admin in 43 T ty setting ICAT 147 istrating 109 information about running servers 109 interconnected 117 load display 109 network 117 camera server NCS 117 synchronization groups 117 user server NUS 117 setting parameters 111 Page 201 of 203 Setup of anew system 29 Smart guard function 61 Smart Tripwire iCAT 148 Smartphones mobile devices 24 SMS receiving on events and alarms 100 Snapplet embedding live video streams in web pages 181 SNMP 191 Statistics events 99 Storage management in archive 74 Streaming formats 7 changing in view port 56 iCAT video analytics 143 Synchronization groups of servers 117 Synchronous playback of mutiple cameras in archive 80 T Time zone of server 112 Time zoomimg in archive 79 Transcoding for low bandwidth connections i setting up 113 Tripwire for object counting iCAT 148 U Upgrading remote servers 122 URL control allowed IP addresses 113 control from external applications 182 User serve
278. ver address Login name and Password of the Observer server that serves the video wall control workstations PCs for a general description on which servers and users to Page 179 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 choose please see 19 1 Setting up a video wall with Observer on page 176 Please note that you have to select the correct user login for the monitor You have to take the user login of the video wall client workstation PC where the monitor is connected to choose from the available windows of the user Push Validate If you entered the correct server and login combination you will be offered to Choose the window that is associated with the monitor please remember that each monitor has an associated Observer window for a basic explanation please refer to 19 1 Setting up a video wall with Observer on page 176 You will notice that a view of the window has been selected by default Repeat the above steps for all monitors of the video wall 19 2 3 Operating the video wall with the video wall control application VWCA Yo monitor by cl Select a view u have severa icki from the View Drag drop a camera from th camera only drops are prohibited and are shown with a red cross Push the Bac to the view port ist Please note that each window in Observer can have severa e camera tree to a view port in a monitor Please note that you t of a monitor that also has the appropriate server l
279. view one camera image in each view port Observer lets you manually switch between cameras by clicking on the camera selection menu at the upper left corner of the view port Axis 215 v PHIR mS Mobotix i l Axis Q1755 Axis 215 Shuffle 5 Inthe camera selection menu of a view port you can also select the option Shuffle Then Observer cyclically switches through all the cameras assigned to the view port 6 Please select Save all view settings from the view Control menu in order to save all settings The next time you log in to Observer all views and view ports will be available again 6 3 Navigating in the Online Monitor You have several options for navigating in the Online monitor e Select a view from the View dropdown menu e Select a Round tour from the Round tour dropdown menu e Use the Next Previous view buttons or the corresponding options in the context menu accessible via a right mouse button click to navigate to the previously displayed views Page 54 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Previous P Next Single View Previous Send to screen gt Client preferences Exit e Double click in a view port to get a big view of the currently displayed camera in the view port If there is a view defined containing a big view port with the camera then this view will be shown Otherwise a new temporary view with the camera will be created You can then go back to
280. w port and turn the mouse wheel The view port will zoom accordingly 2 You can move the zoomed area in a view port by dragging it with the mouse 3 Use the mouse wheel again to zoom out 6 5 2 Zooming by drawing a zoom rectangle 1 Wi 2 Click in this rectangle which will cause the view port to zoom accordingly th the mouse draw a rectangle in a view port 3 You can position the zoom by dragging the rectangle You can also modify its size by turning the mouse wheel Click outside the rectangle to return to normal not zoomed view You can remove the zoom rectangle by clicking into it with the mouse and pressing the Delete or Backspace key Alternatively you can drag the rectangle outside of the view port to remove it You can also have multiple zooming rectangles per view port Page 58 of 203 NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual June 2015 Showing a zoomed view in another view port Online monitor only Draw azoom rectangle with the mouse Click into another view port Now the zoomed area is shown in the other view port You can position the zoom by dragging the rectangle PW Neer You can remove the zoom by clicking the rectangle with the mouse and pressing the Delete or Backspace key Alternatively you can drag the rectangle outside of the view port to remove it Removing a rectangle will also remove the zoomed view from the other view port Please note When PTZ control is enabled any mouse actions are take

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