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2. 84 INSTALLING THE NETDV MS EVENT PRO XY ssbeigevisbzesussebusg sau gotesesuztui saab a ii 84 CONFIGURING THE NETDV MS EVENT PROXY aos 85 Configure Events in NetDVMS Administrator ooooooononooonnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nono nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnos 85 Configure Parameters in the NetDVMS Event Proxy oooooooonnonoooooonnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononononnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnos 86 RESTARTING THE NETDV MS EVENT PROXY sii iii 87 CONTACT INFORMATION creases cates tet cececceseazcdecnsca vases tues ceuscncescetencseceeccescancuccestacecoecenceeteesssedeescn sascecuasseccensa tease 88 ARI 5s 89 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page ii Legal Notice This product manual is intended for general information purposes only and due care has been taken in its preparation Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient and nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty 2002 2009 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All rights reserved OnSSI and the Eye logo are registered trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Ocularis Client Ocularis Client Lite Ocularis Video Synopsis NetEVS NetDVMS NetDVR P
3. ig Ocularis Administrator e i Y i Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets i Views View Lab View Root Default Managers j Security Guards 4 Weekday 4 j Friday an Framerate Push Video Port Aspect Keep Original Quality Keep when maximized Window Index Bi Port Password Figure 33 Configuring a Push Video Pane 3 You have the option to modify the following Framerate This setting is the framerate for the pushed video while viewing in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Useful for wide screen video output the default option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client The Fit to Window option will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may appear slightly distorted Quality Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 2096 On Net Surveillance Systems I
4. Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen 4 Click Ok when done 5 Click the Save icon to save the view a On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 40 a A I 1 153 Sl P A p p 1 1 i b ws gd A rr NN A ovg e a EA Y VA IN FVYIFILCTVTMTEX SMEP QO bh NANT i mrt 14 73 rIO INVFYAIKTRVICTCATR AVA PE LE TINAG Ail hl I j N EJ EI M B 1811 lA J lod LEA 166i Iw io Ji RAUTI TIO CAL y UY OUI IVICAII ILI Cii aI U U IO IO AAC ll NE Pw CALU Push Video Configuration Push Video panes are used in Ocularis Client to manually push video from one user IP Address to another user IP Address These panes are also useful to display event driven video as configured in NetDVMS Push Video panes operate when NetMatrix is configured on the system An Ocularis Base event on the other hand will populate a BlankScreen pane TO CONFIGURE PUSH VIDEO 1 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the Push Video Port pane For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the Push Video pane A Push Video pane pop up appears
5. Distribution Groups 4 Weekend Security Guards Users Filter Weekly Schedule Holiday Schedule Distribution Group Figure 54 Distribution Group parameters Users Users are the first parameter to configure when creating a Distribution Group TO ASSIGN A USER TO A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the group and highlight the Users parameter for the group you wish to configure The tab updates and displays two panes Users in Distribution Group on the left and All Users on the right 2 Inthe All Users pane expand the user group which contains the user you want to assign Drag amp drop the user name from the All Users list on the right to the Users in Distribution Group pane on the left e You may only move one user at a time e Users from different user groups may be assigned to the same distribution group On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 67 e he same user may be assigned to multiple distribution groups i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Distribution Groups Distribution Groups User to Distribution Group Mapping 4 Weekend Security Guards Users in Distribution Group All Users Users Filter m Report Permissions Weekly
6. Table Management Assets Maps Group Maps Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Blue Hill Courtyard office floor plan CT I n SA VY c ra o i Contents SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 b Cameras qs di p Y Y A ECC SS X yy ST b Views y pi ues atate ee p EREE i P T ld try AAAI x XX COD OCCCTEY SY TTTY n y A G New View 2 x 2 2 Se Courtyard Figure 49 Pin Name Link 10 Click the pin area to be brought to the linked map Note Pins are temporary They remain in the Pins list of the Maps tab only for the current logged in session When you exit out of Ocularis Administrator and log in again the pin settings will be gone Links created to pin locations however will remain intact TO RETURN TO ORIGINAL MAP FROM A LINK Once you have navigated to a map via a link you may return to the original map by either e Creating another pin to the original map using steps 1 9 in the above section e Click the Go Back icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 57 Views Views may be added to Maps for use with Ocularis Client When working with maps and video walls entire views from a map may be pushed to a video wall TO ADD A VIEW TO A MAP 1 In the Maps tab display the map to add the view see
7. info onssi com Page 4 NetDVMS PC Running the NetDVMS NVR Administrator CPU Dual Core Intel Xeon minimum 2 0 GHz Quad Core recommended RAM Minimum 2 GB Network Ethernet 1 Gbit recommended Hard Disk Type SATA SCSI SAS Minimum 100 GB free depends on number of servers cameras rules and logging settings refer to the OnSS Hardware Calculator Operating System Microsoft Windows 2008 Server 32 bit or Windows Server 2003 32 bit Hard Disk Space Microsoft NET 3 0 Framework and Internet Information Services IIS 5 1 or Software newer Please check our website for the OnSSI Hardware Calculator to assist in determining hardware specifications for the installation Or contact OnSSI Technical Support at 845 732 7900 for more assistance On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 5 Getting Started with Ocularis A recommended process flow to prepare the video management environment with Ocularis on a new system is as follows 1 Install the NetDVMS NVR software See the NetDVMS user manual for more details on installation of this application 2 Create at least one administrative account on the NVR with full access rights Add and configure the IP video cameras and devices on the NVR 4 Install the Ocularis Client on at least one workstation See the Ocularis Client User Manua
8. 4 Security Guards Figure 23 Rename a Folder TO DELETE A FOLDER WITHING A GROUP 1 Inthe Views Tab select the folder which you would like to delete 2 Click the Delete icon Um The folder is deleted On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 31 TO CREATE A VIEW WITHIN A FOLDER Once view folders groups are created views may be added to them 1 Inthe Views Tab select the folder for which you would like to create the view 2 Click the Create a new view icon e The view layout pop up appears i Ocularis Administrator Users Privileges Views Distribut 8x8 1x3 Wide 2x4 Wide 1x8 Wide 4x3 Wide 1x5 1x7 4 Top 2 Middle 4 Bottom Cancel pl Figure 24 Create View View Layout 3 Select a layout from the list of View Configurations A blank template for the layout appears in the View working area 4 Populate each view pane by dragging and dropping a camera thumbnail or an item from the Content Types list onto the pane 5 Click the Save icon to save the view a On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 32 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator y Ocularis Admin
9. 4 Click Ok to save the Time Range settings 5 Repeat steps 1 4 for each day of the week you wish to modify TO CLEAR A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to delete The Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane 2 Click on the Clear Schedule icon next to the day of the week you wish to clear x Weekly Schedule 2 5 00 am 11200 pm 11 59 pml 16 00 am 12 00 pm 6 00 pm 11 59 pm p Figure 61 Cleara Weekly Schedule 112 00 am The schedule for that day has been removed 3 Repeat for each day of the week whose schedule you wish to clear Weekly Schedule Monday 12 00 am 16 00 am 11200 pm 16 00 pm 11 53 pm 16 00 am 11200 pm 16 00 pm 11 59 pm Figure 62 Cleared Schedule 112 200 am To REsET A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to delete The Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane 2 Click on the Reset Schedule icon next to the day of the week you wish to reset Vi Weekly Schedule Monday 12 00 am 16 00 am 11200 pm 16 00 pm 11 59 pml b 16 00 am 11200 pm 6 00 pm 11 59 pml 12 00 am Figure 63 Reset a Weekly Schedule The schedule for that day has been reset to the default of 24 hours 3 Repeat for each day of the
10. DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 4 DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Motion Enabled Disabled Not Responding Other Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 GenericEvent 1 Figure 9 Drag amp Drop to Associate Events For the example shown in Figure 9 the following Event Rules are configured e lf there is motion detected on the Axis P3301 Camera 1 camera then display the video from the Axis P3301 Camera e If the Axis P3301 Camera 1 camera is not responding then display video from the Sony RX530 PTZ To REMOVE A CAMERA FROM AN EVENT RULE DISASSOCIATE A CAMERA 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab expand the nodes in the Event Fusion pane until you see the Event Rule you wish to remove 2 Click and drag the camera to the left off of the Event The Event Rule should be cleared On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 17 Event Priority Events can be prioritized For example an organization may deem that the loss of video from camera 1 is critical but the loss of video of camera is not These priorities may be set by the system administrator The priority of the event will dictate how it appears within the Ocularis Client By default when an Event Rule is created it is assigned a priority of 5 or Normal To MODIFY THE PRIORITY OF AN EVENT 1 In the Servers Events tab expand the Event Rul
11. Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Maps Group Maps Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Blue Hill Courtyard office floor plan T o Contents b Cameras b Views Start Drawing right click Pins Courtyard Figure 47 Draw Link Area 8 Use the mouse s right button to draw a polygonal shape on the map which will link to the previous map To end the shape click on the pencil icon The shape will appear shaded in color and be labeled unnamed i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls a Table Management Assets Maps Group Maps Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Blue Hill Courtyard office floor plan T o Contents Cameras b Views Pins Courtyard Draw Area Figure 48 Link Area unnamed and unassigned 9 Click and drag the pin created in step 4 onto the unnamed shaded area The area name will change to display the pin name On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 56 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator y Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls
12. e Creating a Video Wall Site e Creating a Video Wall Station Creating a Video Wall Site A video wall site is Ocularis Administrator s method of organization Video Wall stations It is a descriptive group that contains a set of sites 1 Inthe Video Walls tab click the Add Site button A new site is added Modify the text to change the site name On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 77 Creating a Video Wall Station For each Video Wall Site the station of the video wall must be defined 1 In the Video Walls tab select the site for the station you wish to add Click the Add Station button Modify the name of the New Station Change the IP Address to the IP Address of the PC where the video wall resides ph xs AS If the station has more than two monitors change the X or Y Offset Offsets The Offsets defined in a video wall station refer to the pixel position of the starting point of the video wall based on the screen resolution The X Offset relates to the horizontal position and the Y Offset the vertical For instance for a station with four monitors all having the same screen resolutions set to 1280 x 1024 the video wall stations would be set to If the monitor layout is Station 1 X Offset 0 Y Offset 0 Station 2 X Offs
13. info onssi com Page 19 Relationship Icons If Event 1 occurs before Event 2 occurs If Event 1 occurs prior to Event 2 occurring e If Event 1 occurs but Event 2 does not occur within the specified time period ae If Event 1 does not occur in the time period defined prior to Event 2 occurring lf Event 1 and Event 2 occur within the time period specified 3 Click Ok to save these settings As you build your composite event there is an information section that helps you interpret the rule s meaning ig Composite Event lt Specify two events a relationship between them and a time frame in order to create a composite event Composite event name Hallway Motion Rule PT Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 Motion occurs then DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 Motion occurs within 00 00 20 interpretation shown here Lo Cancel Figure 13 Informational Message Area In the example shown in Figure 13 the two cameras are positioned in a hallway This composite event will trigger an alert if someone walks within the path of the Sony camera and within the next 20 seconds walks within the path of the Panasonic camera To MODIFY A COMPOSITE EVENT 1 In the Servers Events tab locate the Composite Event in the Event Fusion pane under the Composite Source node Highlight the Composite Event 2 3 Click the Properties button ma 4 Inthe resulting Composite
14. Click Ok TO MODIFY OR REMOVE REPORT PERMISSIONS FOR A USER 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Users parameter for the user you wish to configure 2 Select the user in the Users in Distribution Group pane Click the Report Permissions button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 68 4 5 Filter In the Report Permissions pop up check or uncheck the report s for which the selected user should have access Click Ok ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Manageme Distribution Groups Distribution Groups User to Distribution Group Map 4 Weekend Security Guards Users Users in Distribution Group Filter es Report Permissions Holiday Schedule ke T y Fred 4 Managers i Report Permissions Report permissions let you select which P reports users have access to View handled alerts C ox cance Figure 56 Assigning Report Permissions The Filter parameter is used to define the following for a Distribution Group for which events that group s members should be alerted You may for instance want the Security Guards from the north building to only see events from cameras located in the vicin
15. Disabled Not Responding Other Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 p e N u IsenericEvent Figure 8 Expanded List of Available Events From the sample shown in Figure 8 you can see that some cameras may have more available event catalysts than others This is based on the camera itself as well as configuration settings in the NVR Administrators determine which events on which camera they would like included as part of the alert On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 15 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator notification process This is accomplished by associating camera video with these events to create what is called an Event Rule Buttons within the Event Fusion pane are defined as follows Use this to create a composite event See To PUS CCW EVENE Tous idis Confiqure a Composite Event Properties Use this to modify the priority of a Composite Event or Event Rules Delete Use this to delete a Composite Event Event Rules Event Rules are formulas by which the system is to follow in order to notify users of alerts Create an Event Rule by associating camera video with an event TO ASSOCIATE CAMERA VIDEO WITH EVENTS TO CREATE AN EVENT RULE 1 In the Servers Events Tab expand the Cameras list in the Servers pane for cameras whose video you w
16. Event pop up modify desired settings 5 Click Ok to save changes To DELETE A COMPOSITE EVENT 1 In the Servers Events tab locate the Composite Event in the Event Fusion pane under the Composite Source node 2 Highlight the Composite Event Click the Delete button Af Delete 4 You will be prompted with the message Deleting a composite event rule will also delete all alerts that were generated by this rule both handled and unhandled Are you sure that you want to delete this composite event rule and all associated alerts On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 20 5 Click Yes to delete the Composite Event Users Privileges Tab This tab is used to define users and groups within the Ocularis system The Ocularis Group User Hierarchy Access to the Ocularis environment is controlled through the use of Groups and Users Groups are assigned access and privileges to various components of the system An example would be to assign or to block the ability to control the PTZ function on a particular PTZ camera Once a group s operating parameters are established users can simply be assigned to the group and inherit the privileges of the group i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Asset
17. Ocularis Administrator Linking Maps Linking maps allows you to easily navigate from map to map and back again To link a map you create a drawing area and link it to a hotspot or pin on another map When the drawing area is clicked the linked map will display TO LiNK ONE MAP TO ANOTHER MAP 1 In the Maps Tab with the desired group selected open the destination map the map to which you would like be linked 2 Position the map and zoom in or out so that the center of the map will be brought up when clicked from another map Click the Add New Pin icon 4 Inthe resulting Enter Pin Name dialog box enter a descriptive name for this pin Click OK y Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Maps Group Maps Contents Cameras Views Figure 46 Courtyard map with corresponding pin 6 Open the source map where you want to begin the link 7 You need to draw an area or zone where when clicked will open up the linked map Click the Draw Area button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 55 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator y Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users
18. POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 70 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Weekly Schedule Schedules for Distributions Groups can be set up to allow alert notification only during specific dates and times This decreases the amount of alerts that a given user is shown making managing alerts an easier task By default the Weekly Schedule is set to be on 24 7 seven days a week To SET A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to set A Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane iy Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges rivileges Views Distribution Groups Maps v Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Distribution Groups m New t Delete Distribution Groups created by joe 4 Weekend Security Guards Weekly Schedule Users m o EEE Weekly Schedule Holiday Schedule 120 16 00 pm A rre 12 00 am 112 00 pm 9 pm 16 00 am 2 For each day of the week click on the day of the week you wish to change and a Time Range pop up window appears On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com in
19. Push Video window pane is one that is configured to accept video from another computer Video may be pushed manually or may trigger automatically based on an event Web Page A pane may contain an HTML webpage including but not limited to corporate websites online maps link collections IP video camera configuration and images of a suspect or event On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 29 BlankScreen When a pane contains a BlankScreen configuration the pane will remain Blank in the view until event driven video is triggered The video will then be displayed in the BlankScreen A benefit to using a BlankScreen is that it is eye catching A Blank screen that suddenly displays video is easily noticed by a security guard or operator View Organization Views are organized first by group as defined in the Users Privileges Tab and then by folder A group may contain multiple folders and a folder may contain multiple views A folder may also contain multiple folders or nested folders Folders and views may be renamed by their creator Creating Views Consider the users and their groups as they use the system Some users will require certain views to certain cameras Other users may require access to different cameras in different locations The system administrator should take into account th
20. SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 Figure 15 Editing a Group Name To DELETE A USER GROUP In the Users Privileges Tab select the group you wish to delete Click the Delete Selection button Vf Delete Selection An Are you sure you want to delete this group warning message appears Click Yes to delete the group On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 22 Device Privileges Despite configurations set in the NVR users will not be able to see camera video or access other devices unless they are given access privileges in the Users Privileges tab Access is granted at the group level Note Be sure to set privileges for the Default group This includes the user admin The Default group should be given access to all devices This allows the admin user the ability to configure the system for others TO ASSIGN DEVICES To A GROUP 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the group you wish to assign devices 2 Select the device or devices you wish to assign to the group in the Devices list Note Use the SHIFT or CTRL keys to select multiple items 3 Click drag and drop the device s from the Devices pane to the Privileges pane i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Users Privi
21. Y v CTrA LA V Ocularis Administratoi i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View Lab View Root Default Managers Security Guards 4 Weekday 4 Friday Ld Lab View dl test 2 Hotspot Port Aspect Keep Original z Quality ll Keep when maximized Figure 32 Configuring Hot Spot Output 3 You have the option to modify the following Framerate This setting is the framerate for the hot spot while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Useful for wide screen video output the default option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client The Fit to Window option will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may appear slightly distorted Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 20
22. a user can view events in the Alerts List in Ocularis Client the user must be assigned appropriate permissions in this tab TO CREATE A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab click the New Distribution Group button New Distribution Group 2 Inthe Add New Distribution Group pop up enter a descriptive name to assign to the Distribution Group 3 Click Ok The new group appears in the Distribution Groups list dh Ocularis Administrator Distribution Groups Distribution Groups New Distribution Group Figure 53 Distribution Group Tab On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 66 To MODIFY A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab double click the Distribution Group you wish to rename 2 The text becomes highlighted Make the required change and press ENTER To DELETE A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab select the Distribution Group you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button Delete 3 Inthe Are you sure you want to delete the distribution group pop up click Yes to delete the group Distribution Groups There are four 4 parameters to configure for each Distribution Group e Users e Filter e Weekly Schedule e Holiday i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Distribution Groups
23. a window comprised of a series of tabs y Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Servers Events Servers Event Fusion ES Add Server Wo Update Serve fo Delete Hs Fuse New Event Properties de De ete Composite Source Figure 3 Ocularis Administrator Interface Each tab serves to provide the administrator with the ability to configure the various aspects of the video management system Ocularis Administrator Tabs e Server Events Tab e Views Tab e Distribution Groups Tab e Maps Tab e Video Walls e Table Management Tab e Assets Tab On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 10 Ocularis Administrator Process Flow A typical process flow for administrators to use when first configuring the system with Ocularis Administrator is as follows Import system NVRs using the Server Events Tab Create users and groups and assign their privileges in the Users Privileges Tab Create views for the user groups in the Views Tab Import maps and icons in the Assets Tab Configure maps with cameras and views for use in video walls in the Maps Tab Identify which events and cameras you would like to monitor in the Server Events Tab E E CON d xen Configure tags classific
24. below e Ocularis Base e Ocularis Administrator e Ocularis Client e NetDVMS Ocularis Base PC Running the Ocularis Base Server Software CPU Intel Xeon minimum 2 0 GHz Dual Core or better recommended RAM Minimum 2 GB Network Ethernet 1 Gbit recommended Operating System Windows Server 2003 32 bit or Windows Server 2008 32 bit Software paa NET 3 5 SP1 Framework and Internet Information Services IIS 6 0 64 bit OS is not supported Ocularis Administrator PC Running the Ocularis Administrator Software CPU CPU Intel amp Core2 Duo CPU 2 8 GHz RAM Minimum 2 GB Network Ethernet 100 Mb or higher recommended Graphics Adapter PCI Express 128 MB RAM Direct 3D Supported Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 or Vista 32bit 64 bit Vista is NOT supported Ocularis Client PC Running the Ocularis Client Software CPU Intel Core 2 Quad minimum 2 8 GHz RAM Minimum 2 GB Network Ethernet 100 megabit or higher recommended Graphics Adapter PCI Express 128 MB RAM Direct 3D Supported Hard Disk Space Minimum 100 MB free Operating System iib Windows XP Professional 32 bit or Windows Vista Business 32 it or Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit Software Microsoft NET 3 0 Framework and DirectX 9 0 or newer 64 bit Vista is NOT supported On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com
25. connectivity to the machine where the Ocularis Base server software is installed e Anti Virus software must be disabled during the installation of the Ocularis Base component e Prior to using Ocularis Administrator you must license your copy of Ocularis DS or Ocularis ES See the document Ocularis Licensing User Manual for more information On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 7 Ocularis Administrator The Ocularis Administrator is the software application used for configuring Ocularis Base This includes the management of NVRs configuration of maps events users groups and cameras that are available by using the Ocularis Client Ocularis Administrator Launch 1 Launch Ocularis Administrator P gt from the desktop icon Ocularis Admin or from the Windows menu Start gt All Programs gt OnSSI gt Ocularis Administrator Lm Ocularis Administrator Host 192 168 11 111 User name Admin Password eeeeas Login type Basic Iw Remember Cancel Figure 2 Ocularis Server Login Screen 2 Fill out the form based on the following Host Enter the IP address where the Ocularis Base Server software is installed User name Enter the user name for an account created with Ocularis Administrator For first time access enter the name Admin Password Enter the corr
26. for this user A password is required and must contain at least 4 characters It may contain letters numbers special characters and spaces Passwords are not case sensitive and do not have a minimum character limit Passwords do not expire Enter the email address for this user This field is optional Select the User type On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 25 Basic 1 Select Basic if not using Windows Active Directory Select Windows User if using Windows Active Windows User i Directory Select Windows Group if user is to log in via poo WS Group Windows AD Group 7 Check the Group Administrator checkbox if this user is to have Group Administrator access 8 Click Add 9 Repeat for all users The user account will inherit all privileges of the group in which it is placed To MopiFy A USER ACCOUNT Administrators may reset the password or change the email address for a user account If other changes are required the account should be deleted and recreated Group Administrators may perform these actions only for those users in his her own group 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the user account you wish to modify Click the Edit User button 2 3 In the Edit User pop up window modify the Password and or email address 4 Click Save To DELETE A USER ACCOU
27. highlight the Holiday Schedule parameter for the group whose Holiday Schedule you wish to modify The details pane displays the group s Holiday Schedule 2 To modify a Time Range click on the range and change the Start Time and or End Time directly and then click Ok On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 75 To Add an additional holiday click the Add New Holiday icon Navigate to the month and day for the holiday and click the date to select it Click the Add button to add the date to the Holiday Schedule Once the date is added the Time Range for the Holiday should be specified Click and drag along the timescale to select the Start and End times p gu og o ca we Som Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Distribution 067109 on Distribution Groups 4 Weekend Security Guards Users Holiday Schedule Filter Weekly Schedule 11 26 2009 Holiday Schedule Figure 68 Setting a Time Range during a Holiday 7 Repeat steps 1 6 for each Holiday for this Distribution Group TO DELETE A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Holiday Schedule parameter for the group whose Holiday Schedule you wish
28. operator s Alert List Panels and place them in a closed status TO BATCH HANDLE EVENTS 1 In the Table Management tab click the Batch Handle Events button Gi Batch Handle Events 2 An Are you sure you wish to batch handle all unhandled events warning message appears Click Yes to handle these events You ll be able to see these in the Handled Alerts list in the Ocularis Client Note The Batch Handle function currently supports handling only ALL unhandled events On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 65 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Distribution Groups Tab The Distribution Groups Tab allows system administrators the ability to configure how and when alerts are viewed and processed by users in the Ocularis Client A user must be assigned to a distribution group in order for that user to receive alerts Distribution Groups are also designed to filter the myriad of alerts and distribute them to only those users who really need to see them As an example you may want to alert the weekend lobby security guard of only the alerts generated in or near the lobby during weekend hours The Distribution Group tab is divided into two panes on the left is the list of existing Distribution Groups and on the right is the detail for a selected group Before
29. physical security and transaction systems Ocularis Base offers a selection of optional add on components via a wide range of on the fly integration tools including Generic ASCII Generated Events API commands Contact Closure and more An optional Software Development Kit SDK enables 3 party components to be seamlessly connected to Ocularis Ocularis DS consists of the following software components e Ocularis Base This component provides for o system wide management o user access o shared event management o alarm and event correlation o video access and distribution rights Ocularis Base regulates and manages the flow of data between video client users connecting recording servers and integrated alerting application using an SQL database This allows creating composite events from multiple detection systems sharing resources between video client users shared bookmarking and event handling among multiple users at multiple sites and management of all user authorization data The front end application used to manage Ocularis Base is the Ocularis Administrator e Video Recorder Software This component provides for video recording camera management and archiving configuration Ocularis DS includes the NetDVMS network video recorder software e Ocularis Client This award winning component is the user interface for accessing video managing alerts and shared event handling and observing Video Wall environments e Add Ons and
30. set here when the pane is maximized to full screen A Click Ok when done 5 Click the Save icon to save the view E On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 46 Assets Tab The Assets Tab allows administrators to customize the application interface by adding maps and icons unique to the organization These elements are imported through the Assets Tab and configured in the Maps Tab i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Maps Add Map ts Delete zug rr Icon 3 Icon 5 Icon 6 Icon 10 Icon 11 Icon 12 Figure 39 Assets Tab The Assets Tab is divided into two sections the upper section displaying install maps and the lower section displays installed icons Maps This area houses the navigation maps available for use on the system Navigation maps can be any descriptive image of the surveillance installation geographical maps CAD drawings aerial photos architectural plans etc Image file types supported are jpg png gif and bmp The system supports an unlimited number of maps Icons Icons identify items placed on maps Icons can be any imported png image file Typically images are of IP cameras The first icon is reserved
31. the camera icon on the map you wish to change 2 Hold the CTRL key and position the mouse over the camera icon until you see a curved arrow 3 Click and drag the mouse to rotate the icon 4 Release the mouse when done TO ZOOM A MAP 1 Display the map in the working area of the Maps tab 2 Zoom in and out using either the e Scroll wheel of the mouse e Zoom In or Zoom Out a icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 53 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator dy Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Blue Hill Courtyard office floor plan KO gt 7 9 DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 A oa 9 Contents PA 5 4 Cameras DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 b Views eea gt GRR Camera 1 2 e DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 T e L D t Z Y s Figure 45 Sample Map with custom icons On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 54 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual
32. tilt amp zoom functions on applicable cameras The users of this group will be able to direct camera to configured preset positions Browse The users of this group will be able to perform functions related to recorded video including browsing recorded video exporting video and making bookmarks This feature is for future use Note Privileges set in this screen will override any user privileges set in the NVR TO REMOVE A DEVICE FROM A GROUP 1 In the Users Privileges Tab select the group containing the device you wish to remove 2 Click the Remove button e Video Wall Privileges Similar to devices user need privileges in order to view a video wall These privileges are set in the Users Privileges tab TO ASSIGN A VIDEO WALL TO A GROUP 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the group you wish to assign the video wall s 2 Click and drag the existing video wall from the Video Walls pane to the Privileges pane TO REMOVE A VIDEO WALL FROM A GROUP 1 In the Users Privileges Tab select the group containing the video wall you wish to remove 2 Click the Remove button next to the video wall to remove e On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 24 Working with Users Once privileges have been established for devices and video walls for groups Ocularis users need to be create
33. to remove The details pane displays the group s Holiday Schedule 2 To delete a Time Range for a particular holiday click on the range itself and click the Remove button in the resulting Time Range pop up 3 To delete an entire holiday day click the Delete Holiday icon 1200 ami 16 00 am 12 00 pm 15 00 pm 11 59 pmi 12 00 am 6 00 am 12 00 pm 16 00 pm 11 59 pm b Figure 69 Delete a Holiday icon The Holiday is removed from the schedule On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 76 Video Walls Tab The Video Walls tab of Ocularis Administrator is used to define a video wall used in Ocularis Multiple video walls may be used and defined here ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Video Walls Q Add Site Qc Station Delete Default A Figure 70 Video Walls Tab When configuring a video wall you set up Sites and Stations A Site is a descriptive name to describe all video walls or stations within it A Site is the Ocularis Administrator s way to organize video walls A Station is the actual video wall It is configured by assign it an IP address and coordinates for the wall position Creating a Video Wall Defining a video wall involves two elements
34. week whose schedule you wish to reset On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 73 Weekly Schedule 12 00 am 16 00 am 11200 pm 11 59 pm h EEG E en z I 11200 am 16 00 am 1200 pm D 11 59 prn Figure 64 Reset Schedule Holiday Schedule Weekly schedules are for general use throughout the year However during days when an organization works a limited number of hours or with a limited number of employees a Holiday Schedule can be followed Holiday Schedules are set on a group basis and override any time range set in a Weekly Schedule By default no Holiday Schedule is set and therefore this task must be done for each Distribution Group To SET A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Holiday Schedule parameter for the group whose Holiday Schedule you wish to set The details pane displays a Holiday Schedule with a pull down menu for the year and an Add New Holiday icon ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges i Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Distribution Groups Distribution Groups 4 Weekend Security Guards Users Holiday Schedule Filter Weekly Schedule Holiday Schedule Add New Holiday New Distribution Group Figure 65 Holiday Sch
35. Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 84 Configuring the NetDVMS Event Proxy NetDVMS events set up in NetDVMS Administrator are sent to Ocularis Base via the NetCentral port Configuring the NetDVMS Event Proxy includes configuring NetCentral settings in the NetDVMS Administrator and configuring settings within the NetDVMS Event Proxy screen e Configure Events in NetDVMS Administrator e Configure Parameters in the NetDVMS Event Proxy Configure Events in NetDVMS Administrator 1 On the NVR Server open NetDVMS Administrator 2 Click General Settings 3 Inthe NetCentral settings section check the Enable NetCentral connections checkbox 4 Click the Settings button underneath this checkbox E NetDVMS Administrator Not for Resale Device Manager j MFD 192 168 10 1 Service Manager R a Add Device A Axis 215 PTZ 192 168 10 2 A AXIS 216 MFD d 192 168 10 29 H A Axis PTZ 214 lab 192 168 10 36 F R Canon 192 168 10 201 P B Sony SNC CS50N h264 192 168 10 79 General Settings LES Administrator settings Logfile settings Enable protection Change Password Logfile path C Program Files Onssi NetDVMS LogFiles_Canon E Manual start recording settings 13 Days to log 1 v Enable manual start recording Event i tti Default duration of manual recording Becs 300 ee Maximum duration of manual recording secs 1800 NetCentral Set
36. Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 14 Event Fusion The Event Fusion pane of the Servers Events tab is used to create associations between events and cameras The items in this pane identify which camera video will be used in alerts and BlankScreens Note In order to use events with Ocularis Base an NVR event proxy must first be installed See Configuring the NetDVMS Event Proxy in the Appendix on page 85 for instructions on installation and configuration The imported NVR s should be listed in the Event Fusion pane underneath Composite Source See Figure 7 If this is not the case please check that the NVR event proxy has been installed and has been restarted EIEI a s Table Management Assets Event Fusion te Fuse New Event sE Properties He Delete Composite Source NetDVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 Figure 7 NVR listed in Event Fusion Expand the NVR Event Fusion list by clicking on the triangle next to the NVR name Event Fusion e Fuse New Event SE Properties fa Delete Composite Source 4 NetDVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 b LDVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 tL DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 4 DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 Motion Enabled Disabled Not Responding Other Rising signal on input 1 VMD Event DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 b DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 4 DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Motion Enabled
37. Integrated Applications includes remote Video Wall operation and management forensics applications video analytics and incident indexing and integrated physical security solutions access control radiation detection contact closure etc On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 2 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual System Diagram System Diagram Site 43 Site 42 Video Layer Data Layer Optional NetEVS Failover Recorders IP cameras and or analog cameras connected via video encoder BES SLE Ocularis Client Users Central Command amp Control Central Managment Site 1 NetEVS Video Recorder s Ocularis Ocularis Client Users Ocularis Video Wall ManagementClient Figure 1 Sample Topology Figure 1 shows one example of how the Ocularis environment can be implemented Each site can have independent and differing NVRs but Ocularis Base manages the data across sites End users or operators can benefit from exposure to video from a site other than their own On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 3 Minimum System Requirements Requirements for individual components are indicated
38. NT 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the user account you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete Selection button WE Delete Selection An Are you sure you want to delete this user warning message appears 3 Click Yes to delete the user account Migration Considerations If your organization already has an established installation of NetDVMS existing users may still use the Ocularis Client to directly access the NVR as before However in order to gain all benefits from Ocularis DS or Ocularis ES users need to log into Ocularis Base to access the NVR video This will unlock all the new features of Ocularis bookmarking video walls event alerting etc On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 26 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Views Tab A View is the fundamental component when observing video from a client application such as Ocularis Client Within Ocularis Administrator views are configured in the Views Tab y Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View Select a View 4 Root C5 Default J Managers 3 Security Guards j o 6 c DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Came
39. Ocularis DS The Platform for IP Video Management Installation amp Administration User Manual On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7 Floor PO Box 1555 Pearl River NY 10965 Phone 845 369 6400 Fax 845 369 8711 Web www onssi com Email sales onssi com This page intentionally left blank Contents INTRODUCTION urna ia ad 1 OV BEY MWY APP RO A e O E PO RO 2 SYSTEM DL GRAM AA o cau secsesvetstovaoeccctasvatszevacececsuaeuaetencoeneeaesietsteuccsticersussscecss 3 MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS pevisicsisscasevnesssscscncctsscossvaavenacatevesssseesepecivevaassensecsevosscederevessnsnnscasananavossostsvaens 4 DNE II c 4 8 801871319 A A er E 4 OCUBARIS IMPIDE 4 NETON M P 5 GETTING STARTED WITH OCULARES wsccsdacesecenssestssssicsccyesessnnssenannnesesesiesssceuevvonsenavesexesecesesesassesednenensasncddecesesesseus 6 OCULARIS BASE INSTALLA TION rota iia IIA RR 7 OCULARIS ADMINIS ERA TO Ronan etarras 8 OCULARIS ADMINISTRATOR LAUNO c 8 TAE OCUDARIS ADMINISTRATOR INTERFACE eeqprolceciiocseioro celiacos tet a a atas bastue inb as ke caede 10 ODMS ARNES CIO MET CEPR 10 Ocularis Administrator Process Fl Wi eete sedet Tas bec ctoudut Dasidi usas ted lu dut ta bon dama dire dut acids 11 a o y E 12 IR PP o o seamanneee
40. Schedule be Default Holiday Schedule ff ce sy Fred ge ee Managers 4 A Security Guards Kirby Figure 55 Drag amp Drop to Assign Users to Distribution Groups Group Administrators Group Administrator users may create Distribution Groups that include only those users within their User Group Group Administrators may have users in their Distribution Group that are not part of their User Group because they were added by the admin user In this case Group Administrators do not have permission to edit or remove these users as their names will be grayed out TO UNASSIGN A USER FROM A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the group and highlight the Users parameter for the user you wish to remove 2 Drag amp drop the user name from the Users in Distribution Group list on the left to the All Users pane on the right Report Permissions Each user may be assigned varying access to available reports This assignment is done in the Distribution Groups Tab within the Users parameter Reports are assigned at the user level TO ASSIGN REPORT PERMISSIONS TO A USER 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Users parameter for the user you wish to configure 2 Select the user in the Users in Distribution Group pane Click the Report Permissions button 4 Inthe Report Permissions pop up check the report s for which the selected user should have access o9
41. Server Ko Delete 4 192 168 7 236 NetDVMSV1 4 Cameras DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 Triggers Alerts Figure 6 An Added NVR The resulting Servers list is collapsible and expandable by clicking the triangle in front of the list item Cameras Triggers and Alerts are categories from the NVR which appear as shown in Figure 6 for this NetDVMS NVR Updating Server Properties In the course of normal use NVR properties change over time New cameras are added outdated cameras are removed camera settings are changed events are implemented etc In order for Ocularis be aware of any new parameters the NVR information should be updated periodically TO UPDATE AN NVR 1 In the Servers Events Tab select the NVR you wish to update from the Servers pane 2 Click the Update Server button E Update Server An Updating message appears as the configuration is refreshed To REMOVE AN NVR Use the procedure below to remove an NVR from the Ocularis system This will not delete the NVR or its software it will simply remove Ocularis access to the NVR and its cameras 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab select the NVR you wish to remove from the Servers pane 2 Click the Delete button A message appears as the NVR is removed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue
42. To Display a Map on page 51 2 Expand the Views list in the Contents area by clicking the arrow next to Views Contents P Cameras Root Default Managers 4 Security Guards 4 Weekday 4 Friday Lab View test 2 Figure 50 Expanded Views List 3 Click drag and drop the view from the Views list to the location on the map The view will use Icon 2 located in the Assets Tab You may want to develop your own icon for use specifically for views Note Views that contain a Web Page pane may not be added to a map On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 58 Event Management Ocularis facilitates displaying investigating and shared handling of events received from e An NVR s native video motion detection VMD component e Integrated Video Content Analytics e Third party access control and security systems Alerts maintain the following features gt All incoming alerts populate an Alerts list in the Ocularis Client gt Video walls or Views containing a BlankScreen will display video from the Alerts gt Alerts may be designated with low medium or high priority Alerts with high priority will display on the Ocularis Client until a user handles the event Medium or low priority alerts displays for a designated time period Alerts appear in the order of occurrence Each alert is accompanied b
43. Window option will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may appear slightly distorted Quality Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 2096 Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen 4 Click Ok when done 5 Click the Save icon to save the view E Carousel Configuration Once a Carousel is dragged onto a view pane it must be configured You need to identify which camera output is to be used in the carousel as well as the video parameters and dwell time To CONFIGURE A CAROUSEL 1 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the pane with the carousel you wish to configure For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the pane with the carousel A pane configuration Carousel Editor pop up appears 3 Click and drag the camera thumbnails you wish displaye
44. alled on the same server as the NVR by default and includes a 1 camera license It may be installed on a separate server In fact when using more than a 1 camera license installation on a separate server is required Configuration Ocularis Video Synopsis configuration is done in two places e BriefCam Server Admin e Ocularis Administrator Servers Events tab BriefCam Server Admin Launch the BriefCam Server Admin from the BCAdmin icon located on the desktop of the server where Ocularis Video Synopsis is installed BriefCam Server Admin e ml VR Cameras BriefCam Users Plugin Selection Plugin OnSSI v VR Connection VR Address 192 168 11 232 VR Pot 8081 User Name demo Password demo Connect Stop BriefCam Server Start BriefCam Server Sa Figure 72 BriefCam Server Admin VR Tab The Server Admin screen displays three tabs e VR On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 80 e Cameras e BriefCam Users VR Tab The VR Tab is used to identify the NVR containing the cameras to be synopsis enabled Fields on this tab are identified as follows Plugin Selection The OnSSI Plugin is the only selection available VR Address Enter the address of the NetDVMS NVR VR Port Enter the port used by the NVR User Name Enter a username for an account on the NVR Pass
45. ar as user privileges and views are concerned On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 83 Appendix Installing the NetDVMS Event Proxy Appendix The following topics are covered in this appendix e Installing the NetDVMS Event Proxy e Configuring the NetDVMS Event Proxy e Restarting the NetDVMS Event Proxy Installing the NetDVMS Event Proxy The NetDVMS Event Proxy is used for routing events generated by the NetDVMS NVR to the Ocularis Base Event Coordinator The NetDVMS Event Proxy is included in the Ocularis DS or NetDVMS Installation CD 1 Launch the NetDVMS Event Proxy installation 2 Use the Proxy Setup Wizard to walk through the installation Note The NetDVMS Event Proxy should be installed on the same machine as the NetDVMS NVR software Welcome to the OnSSI NetDVMS Event Proxy Setup Wizard The wizard will install OnSS NetDVMS Event Proxy on your computer o op aa A before running this Setup program Click Cancel to quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Next to continue with the Setup program WARNING This is protected by copyright law and intemational treatie 3 Use the Proxy Setup Wizard to walk through the installation On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900
46. arousel 3 Locate the camera whose dwell time you wish to modify 4 Click the Set Dwell Time button A pop up appears with a dwell time slider bar The camera will inherit the default dwell time Carousel Editor TA 1 j lata te Peto eS Urag Cameras nere DVMS Panasonic Fixed Figure 31 Setting the Dwell Time for an Individual Camera Uncheck the Default checkbox This enables the slider You may click amp drag the slider to set the dwell time in seconds or you may type the number of seconds 7 Click off of the Dwell Time pop up preferable somewhere else on the Carousel Editor 8 Use the scroll bar to switch to and configure other cameras in this carousel 9 Click Ok when done 10 Click the Save icon to save the view a Hot Spot Configuration Hot Spots are used in Ocularis Client but the quality of the video is configured in Ocularis Administrator To CONFIGURE A Hor SPOT 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Hot Spot For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the pane with the corresponding video A pane configuration pop up appears corresponding to the type of pane content selected in this case a hot spot On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 39 1 su I em ri re A 3 Y
47. art BriefCam Server Save Ed Figure 74 BriefCam Server Admin Cameras Tab Enter the desired User Name and Password for each of the three users slots provided Click Save when done Starting and Stopping the BriefCam Server When configuration is complete you must click Start BriefCam Server to start the server You may also use the BriefCam Server Admin tool to stop a BriefCam Server Now be sure add the BriefCam server to Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Administrator Servers Event Tab Once configuration is complete in the BC Admin you must also add the synopis server to Ocularis using the Ocularis Administrator 1 In the Servers Events tab click Add Server On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 82 ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Gr Servers Events Servers Fo Add Server Ni Update Server Ke Delete 2 Enter the host name and user account information for the BriefCam Server Note Synopsis servers default to using port 82 so be sure to include this with the hostname If you need to use a port other than port 82 please contact OnSSI Technical Support for instructions 3 Click Add User permissions for the synopsis enabled cameras should be set as any other camera as f
48. ations and cases in the Table Management Tab This tab is also used to batch handle or purge closed events m Identify the events for which a group will be able to be alerted in the Distribution Groups Tab Configure video wall settings in the Video Walls Tab On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 11 A a s Administrator Server Events Tab This tab is used to manage NVRs and events within the Ocularis environment i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Servers Events Servers Event Fusion KG Add Server 5 Update Server Wm Delete Eon Fuse New Event Se Properties PAL gt Composite Source Figure 4 Servers Events Tab The tab contains two panes Servers and Event Fusion Administrators identify Network Video Recorders NVRs used in the system in the left pane and configure events in the right pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 12 Servers Configuration and information from existing NVRs need to be imported into the Ocularis Administrator This is done within the Servers pane of the Servers Eve
49. b select the view which you would like to modify 2 To change the configuration of an existing pane click the pane to view the pane configuration settings Make changes as required 3 Toreplace a pane with a different component camera carousel hot spot etc remove the pane content by clicking the Clear View icon in the pane Lab View DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 UN lear View r amn M LU E Figure 26 Click Clear View to remove pane contents 4 Replace the pane contents by dragging and dropping a camera thumbnail or content type onto the pane 5 Click the Save icon to save the view c On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 34 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Configuring View Content Types Once view panes are populated with content specific parameters may be set for each content type This section will discuss e Camera Configuration e Carousel Configuration e Hot Spot Configuration e Push Video Configuration e Web Page Configuration e image Configuration e BlankScreen Configuration Camera Configuration Actual video configuration for camera resolution and recording is done on the NVR or the camera manufacturer s set up page Configuration for camera output here refers to how it appears in the O
50. com Page 59 To instruct Ocularis which events you wish you monitor and create event associations see Event Fusion on page 15 Quick Reference EVENTS The following steps are necessary in order for events to work properly with Ocularis EVENT CONFIGURATION WITH OCULARIS BASE Follow these basic instructions to insure event configuration is done properly 1 Inthe Ocularis Administrator Server Events tab add the NVR which contain the events you wish to monitor see To Add an NVR to Ocularis Base on page 13 2 Restart the NVR event proxy in order for Ocularis Base to recognize the NVR events see Restarting the NetDVMS Event Proxy on page 87 3 In the Ocularis Administrator Server Events tab drag cameras listed beneath the NVR to the events you want to enable see To Associate Camera Video with Events To Create an Event Rule on page 16 4 f desired change the priority of the alert by highlighting the event and clicking the Properties button see To Modify the Priority of an Event on page 18 5 Inthe Ocularis Administrator Users Privileges tab make sure the appropriate user has privileges to the camera see To Assign Devices To A Group on page 23 6 In the Ocularis Administrator Distribution Groups tab be sure that the user is assigned to a distribution group which has corresponding events assigned in the group s filter and that the weekly and holiday schedules are set appropriately see Distribution Groups on
51. con to save the view a TO REORDER CAMERAS IN A CAROUSEL 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view with the carousel you wish to configure 2 Click on the pane with the carousel 3 Locate the camera whose order you wish to switch 4 Use the up or down arrow icon to move the selected camera up or down in the display order Carousel Editor Drag cameras here DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Ni DVMS Panasonic Fixed P Figure 29 Reorder a Camera in a Carousel by clicking the arrowhead 5 Repeat for all cameras you wish to reorder 6 Click Ok when done 7 Click the Save icon to save the view E To REMOVE CAMERAS FROM A CAROUSEL 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view with the carousel you wish to configure Click on the pane with the carousel 2 3 Locate the camera you wish to remove 4 Click the Remove Camera icon X Carousel Editor Drag cameras here DVMS Axis 214 PTZ n DWMIS Panasonic Fixed Figure 30 Remove a Camera from a Carousel On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 38 5 Repeat for all cameras you wish to remove 6 Click Ok when done 7 Click the Save icon to save the view a TO CHANGE OR VIEW THE DWELL TIME FOR AN INDIVIDUAL CAMERA 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view with the carousel you wish to configure 2 Click on the pane with the c
52. cularis Client To CONFIGURE CAMERA OUTPUT 1 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the pane with the camera video you wish to configure For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the pane with the video you wish to configure A pane configuration pop up appears corresponding to the type of pane content selected in this case a camera i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View Lab View Root y Default Managers Security Guards 4 Weekday 4 Friday Ed Lab View dl test 2 DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 Aspect Fit to Window z ll Keep when maximized Figure 27 Configuring Camera Output 3 You have the option to modify the following On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 35 Framerate This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Useful for wide screen video output the default option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client The Fit to
53. d and assigned to the groups There are three user roles in Ocularis Base Administrator Group Administrator and Standard User Role Description Standard This user can access video on the NVR using the Ocularis Client by logging into Ocularis Base This user has no access to Ocularis Administrator Group Administrator This user has limited access to Ocularis Administrator He or she can log into Ocularis Administrator but may only manage their own user group This user can add modify or delete users in their own user group as well as modify other aspects of Ocularis Administrator as it applies to this user group There are some restrictions placed on Distribution Groups which will be discussed in Distribution Groups Tab on page 66 Administrator This is the super user for Ocularis Base It is the user admin This user may view change or edit any part of the system We recommend changing the password for this account TO CREATE A USER ACCOUNT 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the group to wish you would like to add users 2 Click the New User button 3 In the Add New User pop up window enter the User name to be created Usernames are not case sensitive and may included letters numbers special characters and spaces User name bob User type Basic Password Confirm password Email optional bob companyname com E Group Administrator Cancel Figure 18 Add New User 4 Enter a Password
54. d in carousel from the camera area to the space in the Carousel Editor On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 36 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View Lab View Root Default 4 Managers a Security Guards 4 Weekday Carousel Editor 4 5 Friday Drag cameras here E Lab View D DVMS Panasonic Fixed El test 2 P DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 cu MAA L 4 Aspect Keep Original X ind ess x Keep when maximized Dwell Time m 0 5 Pal DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Content Types Camera Y gt Carousel Hot Spot Push Video Web Page BlackScreen Figure 28 Click amp Drag Camera Output to a Carousel 4 Once the cameras are listed in the Carousel Editor they can be reordered or their dwell time may be modified 5 The following camera output parameters may be configured for a Carousel display Framerate This setting is the framerate for the camera while viewing Live video in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium
55. e in the Event Fusion pane whose priority you wish to change Select highlight the Event for the event rule not the camera name Click the Properties button In the resulting Event Rule pop up select the desired priority and click Ok i Event Rule Event rules control alert generation Normal Priority 5 Normal Figure 10 Event Rule Priority Event priorities are identified in Ocularis Administrator and in Ocularis Client by color In Ocularis Administrator priorities 1 3 are shaded in green 4 6 are shaded in yellow and 7 10 are shaded in pink 4 NetDVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 al page Axis 209 Camera 1 Motion b Enabled gt Disabled Not Responding gt Other VMD Event DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 zi 1 DVM Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 Motion Enabled Disabled L Not Responding b Other aVMD Event OVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera Figure 11 Priorities Color Coding On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 18 Composite Events A Composite Event is combination of Event Rules defined with a specific relationship and timeframe The following are examples of a composite event If there is motion on Camera 1 and within the next 5 seconds there is motion on Camera 2 trigger an alert Or If there is a card swipe detected from an access control panel AND there is an analytic e
56. e user role and job function when creating views in the Ocularis Administrator As discussed previously views are assigned to groups but are organized by folders Therefore you must first create a folder and then you may create a view Group Administrators may only create edit or delete views within their own user group TO CREATE A FOLDER FOR A GROUP 1 In the Views Tab select the group for which you would like to create a folder You may also select an existing folder and create a nested folder beneath it Click the Create a new view group icon Co 3 A folder is created labeled New Group You may edit the label directly Press ENTER to accept editing changes Ocularis Administrator Servers Fi Events Users Privileges Views Distribut Views View Default Managers al Security Guards New Group Figure 22 Create a View Group On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 30 TO MODIFY THE NAME OF A FOLDER 1 Inthe Views Tab double click the group folder you wish to rename The folder name becomes highlighted as shown in Figure 22 2 Type the new name for the folder Press ENTER to accept changes i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribut View 4 Root Default Managers
57. eb Page Pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 44 a A I P 1 4 0 8d e wvg m N 0 vives TARTA y Val l rio IN LN YY31Y n IC Yor Icularis Aaministratol Y YUI a tied Y WAI i l2 U CALLS 3 In the URL text box enter the full path and filename of the image For instance c Nphoto gif 4 Click Ok BlankScreen Configuration BlankScreens are used in the Ocularis Client As the name indicates the pane configured with a BlankScreen remains Blank until populated by video triggered by an event The event trigger mechanism is configured in Ocularis Administrator and is discuss in Event Fusion on page 15 To CONFIGURE A BLANKSCREEN 1 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the BlankScreen For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the pane with the BlankScreen A BlankScreen configuration pop up appears ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups l Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View Root Default Managers Security Guards Md test 2 Lab View coe A Aspect o EE Dwell Time Keep quality when maximized Black Screen Video Port Figure 38 Configuring a BlankScreen Pane 3 You
58. edules On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 74 2 Select the year for the holiday from the year drop down menu 3 Click the Add New Holiday icon An Add Holiday pop up appears displaying a calendar Broups Holiday Schedule ig Add Holiday Add Holiday 4 November 2009 b Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa E uo ww woe OF B 9 20 11 12 33 YA 15 36 37 238 19 20 2 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 r MF 307 Y 5 Add Cancel Figure 66 Select a date from the calendar 4 Navigate to the month and day for the holiday and click the date to select it Click the Add button to add the date to the Holiday Schedule 6 Once the date is added the Time Range for the Holiday should be specified Click and drag along the timescale to select the Start and End times c 5 ee Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Distribution Gropes Distribution Groups 4 Weekend Security Guards Users Holiday Schedule Filter Weekly Schedule 11 26 2009 Holiday Schedule Figure 67 Setting a Time Range during a Holiday 7 Repeat steps 1 6 for each Holiday for this Distribution Group To MobiFY A HOLIDAY SCHEDULE 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and
59. erver IP v Camera Disabled 192 168 11 244 i Not Responding Iw Generic Events MetCentral Port Other Events 1237 NetDVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 NetCentral Username ladmin MetCentral Password E Figure 75 NetDVMS Event Proxy 2 The System GUID and Name fields are automatically generated 3 Enter the following as configured by the administrator NetSwitcher Server IP This is the IP Address of the server that Ocularis Base is installed NetCentral Port This port much match the same port as defined in the NetCentral settings of NetDVMS Administrator In most cases you will use the default of 1237 NetCentral Username This is the same username defined in the NetCentral settings of NetDVMS Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 86 NetCentral Password This is the password for the NetCentral Username and should match the one defined in the NetCentral settings of NetDVMS Administrator Table 2 NetDVMS Event Proxy Settings 4 Click the event type you would like to configure under Enabled Event Types At least one event type must be checked 5 When done click OK Once the NetDVMS Event Proxy is set up the selected events will appear in the Ocularis Administrator Event Fusion mapping pane in the Servers Events tab This enables the mapping o
60. es to delete the classification Note Classifications which have been used in a bookmark or handled event may not be deleted On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 62 Note Classifications may also be created on the fly from the Ocularis Client as an operator is handling the event or creating a bookmark Classifications however may only be modified or deleted through the Ocularis Administrator Configure Tags When operators handle events or create bookmarks in the Ocularis Client the event or bookmark may be assigned a predefined tag s as defined by the system administrator The use of tags is optional To CREATE A NEW TAG 1 Inthe Table Management tab click the Add button in the Tags pane Add A editable field is inserted into the Tags list 2 Type in a descriptive name for the tag 3 Press ENTER To MobiFY A TAG 1 Inthe Table Management tab double click the tag you wish to modify The field should become editable 2 Typein text changes as desired Press ENTER Note Modifying the name of a tag is global Therefore If you modify the name of a tag that has already been used in a bookmark or handled event it will also change in that bookmark or handled event To DELETE A TAG 1 Inthe Table Management tab select the tag you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete b
61. esponding password for the user name entered For first time access enter the word admin Login type Of the choices Current User Windows or Basic select Basic for first time use Including the port number is not required under most circumstances The port number is required only when e The port for Ocularis Base is changed from something other than the default port of 80 e here is an NVR also physically located on the machine with Ocularis Base If you need to specify the port number use a colon and port number following the IP Address For example 192 168 11 111 8080 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 8 Remember Click this checkbox to have the application remember your login credentials for subsequent logins 3 When complete click the Login button Note The software version for Ocularis Administrator appears in the lower right corner of the login screen Note If you experience problems logging in to the Ocularis Administrator or the Ocularis Server stops inexplicably restart the HASP service On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 9 The Ocularis Administrator Interface When you launch Ocularis Administrator the resulting screen is
62. et 1281 Y Offset 0 If the monitor layout is Station 1 X Offset 0 Y Offset 0 Station 2 X Offset 1281 Y Offset 21025 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 78 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator 5 Ocularis Administratoi Video Walls Add Site Add Station Delete Default b One Blue Hill Plaza Atlanta 4 Mew Site Mew Station IPAddress 127 0 0 1 2 Port 9010 X Offset 0 Y Offset 0 Figure 71 Configuring Video Wall Stations On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 79 Ocularis Video Synopsis Ocularis Video Synopsis is an Add On available with Ocularis DS and Ocularis ES Ocularis Video Synopsis is a component which generates a short clip of filtered events from large volumes of video All events are indexed and provide easy playback and instant access to actual footage Using Ocularis Video Synopsis is done through the Ocularis Client Configuration for Ocularis Video Synopsis is done both through the BriefCam Administrator as well as from the Ocularis Administrator application Installation When Ocularis DS is installed the video synopsis component is inst
63. f cameras to events simply by dragging a camera onto an event This will enable alerts to display in the Ocularis Client Restarting the NetDVMS Event Proxy When an NVR is first added to Ocularis Base it is necessary to restart the NetDVMS Event Proxy You may also need to do this when troubleshooting events 1 Open the NetDVMS Event Proxy from Windows Start gt All Programs gt OnSSI gt NetDVMS Event Proxy E NetDVMS Event Proxy La LE Ja System GUID Enabled Event Types 91904d5 D4cf 4450 9407b2A4ctc fal I Viden Motion Belen Mame Camera Enabled NetSwitcher Server IP iv Camera Disabled 1192 168 11 244 Iw Mot Responding l Generic Events NetCentral Port 7 Other Events 1237 NetCentral Username MetCentral Password m NetDVMS an ONSSI TECHO2 Figure 76 NetDVMS Event Proxy 2 Verify the Settings in this screen 3 Click OK The proxy is restarted and events should now be recognized in Ocularis On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 87 Contact Information On Net Surveillance Systems OnSSI One Blue Plaza fth Floor P O Box 1555 Pearl River NY 10965 Website www onssi com General info onssi com 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 Sales Support sales onssi com 845 732 7900 x7011 Technical Support support onssi com 845 732 8900 x 012 Traini
64. fo onssi com Page 71 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator ws Distribution Groups Video Walls Table Management Time Range A 6 00 00 AM A 6 00 00 PM Figure 59 Time Range Pop Up 3 You can manually enter the Start Time and End Time if it is different from the default Or you can click the Remove button to remove the schedule from the selected day 4 Toreset the time period with the mouse click and drag along the timescale for that day Figure 60 Setting a Time Range 5 When you release the mouse the Time Range pop up appears with the Start Time and End Time displayed 6 Click Ok to save the Time Range settings 7 Repeat for each day of the week You may set multiple time ranges within a given day To MODIFY A WEEKLY SCHEDULE 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Weekly Schedule parameter for the group whose weekly schedule you wish to modify The Weekly Schedule appears in the details pane 2 Click on a Time Range you wish to modify The Time Range pop up appears as shown in Figure 59 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 72 A al Quer PAS ECRIRE RQ Stld LOI l jj TNA gd rave 706730 Jl lic an b b A 8 3 Modify the Start Time and or End Time as needed
65. for the default display when a camera is placed on a map There is also a default icon for when a view is placed on a map Administrators import maps and icons here in the Assets tab first and then continue with map configuration in the Maps tab On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 47 To ADD A MAP TO THE ASSETS TAB l 1 In the Assets Tab click the Add Map button Add Map 2 Browse for the image file and select it 3 Click Open A thumbnail image of the map appears in the Maps area of the Assets Tab To DELETE A MAP FROM THE ASSETS TAB Use the following procedure to remove a map image from Ocularis Administrator This will not delete the image file from the source location 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the map to be removed 2 Click the Delete button Delete An Are you sure you want to delete pop up window appears 3 Click Yes to remove the map TO IMPORT OR MODIFY AN ICON Use the following procedure to set or replace an icon Icon 1 is the default icon used when creating new items on a map so you may want to leave this Icon as the default 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the icon to be set 2 Click the Set Icon button Set Icon 3 Browse to the image file and select it 4 Click Open TO REMOVE AN ICON Use the following procedure to remove an imported icon
66. ge configuration pop up appears On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 43 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator World Wide Web Port g OnSS i X9 lk About On 551 Figure 36 Edit a web page URL Modify the URL as needed Click Ok when done Image Configuration In addition to camera video panes may be populated by static image Typical examples of these include company logos suspect photos maps or other images in jpg gif or png format Images are placed in the Web Page configuration pane Note Panes with images may not be maximized in Ocularis Client so consider the size of the pane when you assign the image TO CONFIGURE AN IMAGE IN A WEB PAGE 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains a Web Page For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the pane with the Web Page A Web Page configuration pop up appears i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Grou Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets eg ps Views View Lab View 4 Root Default Managers 4 Security Guards 4 Weekday 4 Friday Ll Lab View hd test 2 World Wide Web Port Figure 37 Configuring a W
67. have the option to modify the following Framerate Quality This setting is the framerate for the pushed video while viewing in Ocularis Client Available options are Full default Medium or Low Save bandwidth by selecting Medium or Low Useful for wide screen video output the default option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client The Fit to Window option will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may appear slightly distorted Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 45 the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 20 Dwell Time This time in seconds is the amount of time that video will be displayed in a BlankScreen pane and applies to low priority events only Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters
68. icated to displaying the image from another view pane when manually selected by the user A Push Video view pane allows video to be received as pushed or directed by another user or triggered by an event A Video Wall is a collection of panes views and monitors used to display camera video A Web Page view pane displays html pages A Weekly Schedule identifies to the system when a specific group of users should receive event and alert information in the Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 89
69. image and reset it to the default 1 Inthe Assets Tab select the icon to be changed 2 Click the Reset icon to default button Reset icon to default The icon should be reset On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 48 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator y Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Assets Blue Hill Courtyard Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 office floor plan Add Map Q Delete oa Ec Icon 12 ts Set Icon m Reset icon to default Figure 40 Asset Tab showing imported maps and icons On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 49 Maps Tab Once maps and icons have been imported in the Assets Tab they can be configured in the Maps Tab i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Group Maps Contents Cameras Views Figure 41 Maps Tab The left side of the Maps Tab contains an area for configuring the map and is
70. ish to include in automated events 2 Expand the NVR node in the Event Fusion pane and drill down expand the camera s you wish to include as part of your alert notification 3 Forthe event corresponding to the camera listed on the right in the Event Fusion pane drag amp drop the camera name from the Servers pane to the event See Figure 9 When the camera video is successfully associated it appears highlighted in yellow This is also known as an Event Rule On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 16 i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Servers Events Servers fo Add Server I Update Server lo Delete 4 192168 7 236 NetDVMSV1 4 Cameras i Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Event Fusion He Fuse New Event Est Properties e Delete Composite Source 4 NetDVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 4 DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera m A Motion Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 DVMS Axis 208 Camera 1 Enabled b Triggers Disabled BL b Alerts 4 Not Responding A Other b Rising signal on input 1 E VMD Event DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1
71. istrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View New View 2 x 2 4 Root Default DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 q o e o 6 B m a d al DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 9M Sony SNC CSSON h2 DVMS Axis 214 P 1 1 1 DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 t rR ur gt i Camera 1 Content Types Figure 25 Sample 2x2 View with only 1 pane configured ViEW MODIFICATION View modification is limited to renaming the view or changing the contents of the pane within the view Reconfiguring the view layout is not available Therefore if for instance you need to change the view layout from a 2 x 2 to a 3x3 you should delete the 2 x 2 view and create the 3 x 3 view from scratch TO RENAME A VIEW 1 In the Views Tab double click the view you would like to rename 2 Type the new name for the view 3 Press ENTER TO DELETE A VIEW 1 In the Views Tab select the view which you would like to delete 2 Click the Delete icon The view is deleted On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 33 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator To MODIFY CONTENTS OF A VIEW PANE 1 In the Views Ta
72. ity of the north building By restricting the set of events that a particular user sees limits the amount of unnecessary events that potentially can be handled by that user Filters are assigned at the Distribution Group level TO ASSIGN EVENTS TO A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Filter parameter for the group you wish to configure The tab updates and displays two panes Enabled Events in this Distribution Group on the left and All Events on the right Drag amp drop an event from the All Events list on the right to the Users in Distribution Group pane on the left e You may move one event at a time or the entire hierarchical group of events e You may move composite events e To assign all events simply drag amp drop the NVR node form the All Events list to the Enabled Events list On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 69 i Ocularis Administrator Distribution Groups Distribution Groups 4 Weekend Security Guards Enabled Events in this Distribution Group All Events Users Drag or Drop here Drag or Drop here Filter Weekly Schedule Holiday Schedule 4 NetDVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 4 Composite Source 4 DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 4 Composite Sensor 1 Disabled DEL amp Enabled Hallway Motion Motion b Testi No
73. l for additional instructions on installation Test connectivity of cameras by logging into the NVR using the Ocularis Client Install the Ocularis Base Server software on a dedicated server Refer to the Minimum System Requirements on page 4 or as defined on our website e Anti Virus software must be disabled during the installation of the Ocularis Base component 7 Install the Ocularis Administrator application on a workstation with network connectivity to the Ocularis Base Server Refer to the Minimum System Requirements on page 4 or as defined on our website e Prior to using Ocularis Administrator you must license your copy of Ocularis DS See the Ocularis DS Licensing User Manual for more details on how to activate the software 8 Configure Ocularis Base using Ocularis Administrator 9 Test connectivity of cameras by logging into Ocularis Base with Ocularis Client 10 Install the remaining workstations with Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 6 Ocularis Base Installation Insert the software CD and follow the on screen instructions e Ocularis Base and Ocularis Administrator should be installed on separate machines Refer to the Minimum System Requirements on page 4 or as defined on our website for hardware details e he Ocularis Administrator needs to have network
74. leges 19 Create Group New User Edit Use Delete Selection Groups Devices Privileges Default DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 Security Guards DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 Sony SNC CS5ON h264 Camera 1 G DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 b DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Figure 16 Devices Assigned to the Security Guards Group By default each device is assigned with all privileges allowed TO SET PARAMETERS FOR DEVICES IN A GROUP Once devices are assigned individual functions on that device may be granted or restricted 1 Inthe Users Privileges Tab select the group whose devices you wish to set privileges 2 To modify privileges for a single device in the Privileges pane click the corresponding checkbox next to the device name 3 To modify privileges for the entire list of devices Click the checkbox at the top heading of the Privileges pane Privileges L3 DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 LA DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Figure 17 Privileges Assigned To Devices For A Group Settings are automatically saved On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 23 Privileges Defined Privileges set in this tab apply to the user s capabilities within the Ocularis Client PTZ The users of this group will have the ability to operate pan
75. ll Ocularis Base views for that group Axis 209 MFD Camera 1 AXI S 216 MFD d Camera 1 V 7 X Za A 4 AXIS 216 MED d Camera 1 New Layout AXIS 216 MFD d Camera 1 Live 2 of 4 AXIS 216 MFD d Camera 1 2x4 View oo Many Figure 20 Views as seen via Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com Page 28 View Configurations The following view configurations are available in Ocularis Figure 21 Available View Configurations A View consists of a varying number of panes A pane will most often contain video output from a camera The graphic in Figure 21 not only identifies the number of panes within that view but also the position and layout of the panes Content Types In addition to streaming camera video a pane may contain a e Carousel e Hot Spot e Push Video window e Web Page e BlankScreen Carousel A Carousel within a View pane will alternate output from camera to camera The cameras included in the alternating output as well as the transition time between images are configured in the Ocularis Administrator Hot Spot A Hot Spot is a view pane dedicated to displaying the image from another view pane when manually selected by the user in Ocularis Client For practical purposes hot spots are typically placed in one of the larger view positions Push Video A
76. n a bookmark or handled event it will also change in that bookmark or handled event To DELETE A CASE 1 Inthe Table Management tab select the case you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button in the Cases pane 3 An Are you sure that you want to delete this case pop up appears Click Yes to delete the case Note Cases which have been used in a bookmark or handled event may not be deleted Note Cases may also be created on the fly from the Ocularis Client as an operator is handling an event or creating a bookmark Cases however may only be modified or deleted through the Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 64 Purge Closed Events Purging closed events is available in the Table Management Tab as a button on the tool bar When an event is handled it becomes a closed event When administrators purge closed events they are deleted for good To PURGE CLOSED EVENTS 1 Inthe Table Management tab click the Purge Closed Events button 2 An Are you sure you wish to delete all handled events warning message appears Click Yes to purge these events Batch Handle Events Events eventually build up in the system There may be an instance where you wish to handle all events that haven t already been addressed This will remove the events from all
77. nc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 41 Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen Window Index If there are multiple panes configured for Push Video this index determines the order in which pushed video will appear in the view This is the NetMatrix port configured for the NetMatrix user Password This is the NetMatrix password configured for the NetMatrix user A Click Ok when done 5 Click the Save icon to save the view c Web Page Configuration In addition to camera video panes may be populated by an HTML page accessible via URL or IP Address Typical examples of these include e Company websites e Online maps e Link collections e P Camera configuration page Note Panes with web pages or images may not be maximized in Ocularis Client For web pages we recommend using a large size pane or even a 1 x 1 pane To CONFIGURE A WEB PAGE 1 Inthe Views Tab select the view which contains the Web Page For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the pane with the Web Page A Web Page configuration pop up appears On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Bl
78. ng training onssi com 845 732 7900 x7969 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 88 Glossary BlankScreen Bookmark Carousel Composite Event Dwell Time Event Rule Handled Event Holiday Schedule Hot Spot Push Video Video Wall Web Page Weekly Schedule A BlankScreen is a view pane that is left blank or Blank and is used to house video that is triggered by an event A Bookmark is a video clip that is saved on the Ocularis Server for later retrieval A Carousel is a view pane that will display alternating video from multiple cameras A Composite Event is an event compile by using other events It contains at least two events and include an order of events and time period in which the events occur Dwell time is the time duration camera video will be displayed before it is replaced by video from another camera in a carousel An Event Rule is a single event associated with a single camera An alert that has been processed or handled by an operator through the Ocularis Client This event may be assigned a classification tag or case file A Holiday Schedule identifies to the system when a specific group of users should receive event and alert information in the Ocularis Client A Holiday Schedule overrides a Weekly Schedule A Hot Spot is a view pane ded
79. nstallation process creates one user group titled Default This user group has two accounts Admin and Guest each has a matching password The Admin user account is an administrative super user account The Admin user can view and change anything in Ocularis Administrator We recommend changing the password of this account immediately The Guest account is a Standard client only account This means that this user can access video through the Ocularis Client but will not be able to log in to the Ocularis Administrator To CREATE A USER GROUP 1 2 3 4 In the Users Privileges Tab click the Create Group button An entry in the list called New Group appears Edit the text to the group label you wish to create Press ENTER The new group appears in the list Repeat this process for each group you wish to add To MoDiFY A USER GROUP p 29 xc In the Users Privileges Tab double click group name in the Groups list Edit the text to the group label as needed Press ENTER The updated group name appears in the list iy Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups L E Users Privileges e Create Group 6 New User Edit User WE Delete Selecti Groups Devices DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 Default Security Guards DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Carr DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Sony
80. nts Tab To ADD AN NVR TO OCULARIS BASE 1 Inthe Servers Events Tab click the Add Server button o Add Server Host User name Password Login type None Cancel Figure 5 Add New NVR 2 Inthe Host field enter the IP Address and port number of the NVR to be added to the Ocularis Base system e If the port number for the NVR is 80 there is no need to enter it e If the port number for the NVR is a value other than 80 use the following format IP Address Port Number For example IP Address of NVR 192 168 10 111 Port for NVR 8080 Enter 192 167 10 111 8080 3 Select the Login type from the drop down Choose from Basic or Windows based on an administrative account located on the NVR 4 Enter a User name for an administrative user account on the NVR Note It is important to use an account on the NVR with full administrative access Only one account on the NVR is required when using Ocularis Base Enter the Password for the username entered Click Add The NVR should now appear in the list Repeat this process for each NVR to be added to the system On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 13 i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Vid Servers Events Servers fo Add Server K Jpdate
81. oane E 13 Updating Servet Properes EO Ed iaid 14 AS e e E PEE EP E A E E E E a 15 Ii A o PP Pe o Tem 16 Eyent Priority A a e A E ro O A 18 Composite DEIS NE E 19 NO asa cea II e 5 E A 21 Mia sn eo E NE A oe ene renee ee E Soe ene nen E 22 Derice LEVES SS ia 23 Video Wall Pileta 24 O A ssesses seeecean esc 25 VV OO sass 27 VIA STO 28 VOW COMO ON MNT 29 COn E DES tii 29 CAOS M eae 29 SP re ee ee ee ee A eee ee eee eee 29 LOSA o E A ear E ad 29 o a E E E E A E E 29 Sn E US eee eee 30 View ais MMMM A 30 A o 30 Contonnine View SOME 1 DES A loo 35 Camera C OBTIB ULOLHIOR E E T E AT A A S AT ANA N E ATT T 33 Carousel Gros 016 124 01 210 Oosie en ee mE a reer ee te Cn i 36 Hot Spot Configuration cccccccssssssssssssssesessessssesssesesseeeeeeeeseeeseesseseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 39 Push video Gini ION T HOC 41 aa o In 42 ie COU A e A E o PU O A E AA 44 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page i BlankSercen Con aara AO SOR oo 45 EU HH HUHEm 47 INTIS TOO
82. on other components please refer to the following documents which can be obtained from OnSSI Support NVR NetDVMS User Manual Ocularis Client Ocularis Client User Manual Add On Applications Video Content Analytics User Manual OnSSI Licensing Ocularis DS Licensing User Manual Quick Start Ocularis DS Quick Start Guide On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 1 Overview Ocularis DS is a distributed video centric PSIM Physical Security Information Management software platform which offers central event user rights video distribution and system management The Ocularis DS suite includes OnSSI s NVR application NetDVMS OnSST s award winning Ocularis Client and our newest server based management application Ocularis Base Ocularis DS enables the user to e View manage and record video from an unlimited number of IP and non IP video surveillance cameras at multiple sites e Manage short and long term video storage e Combine video with non video alerts resulting in automatic video delivery to subscribers of interest Based on non proprietary open architecture technology Ocularis DS allows for the utilization of off the shelf hardware and facilitates the integration of new technologies thus combining the detection and distribution of video events with data and alerts received from a host of
83. or Low Useful for wide screen video output the default option Keep Original may result in black vertical or horizontal bars surrounding the video when viewed in Ocularis Client The Fit to Window option will cause the video to be stretched to fit the window pane and may appear slightly distorted Quality Options are Original Super High High Medium and Low This setting applies to Live as well as Recorded video To save on bandwidth lower the image quality The video from the camera is re encoded to a JPEG format on the server before being sent to Ocularis Client The default quality setting Original provides full quality of the original video Low quality re encodes the image to an output width of 160 pixels and a JPEG quality level of 2096 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 37 Keep when maximized When an individual pane is maximized in Ocularis Client the default is to display the video in its Original quality Check this box to maintain the quality parameters set here when the pane is maximized to full screen Dwell Time Dwell Time is the amount of time in seconds camera video is displayed before switching to the next camera in the list The default Dwell Time is 10 seconds and is located underneath the Keep when minimized checkbox 6 Click Ok when done T Click the Save i
84. page 67 Event Handling As events are triggered and alerts are displayed in the Ocularis Client the user has the opportunity to handle the alert in a number of ways When a user handles an event or creates a Bookmark through the Ocularis Client it can be assigned a Classification a Tag or Case File These items are configured in the Table Management tab of the Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 60 iministrator Oc 2 ri e A Av uld DY MU Table Management Tab The following tasks are available on the Table Management Tab e Configure Classifications e Configure Tags e Configure Cases e Batch Handle Events e Purge Closed Events ig Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Distribution Groups Table Management Table Management Purge Clased Events Batch Handle Events Classifications Tags Cases Add Delete Add Delete Add Delete False Nuisance Comment Figure 51 Table Management Tab The Table Management tab is divided into 3 vertical panes Classifications Tags and Cases There is also an event handling toolbar above the three panes Configure Classifications When operators handle events or create a bookmark in the Ocularis Client the events or bookmark may be categorized into predefined classes as defined by the sy
85. ra ll Sony SNC CSSON h2 1 1 Content Types DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 Carousel P Hot Spot 2 Push Video C99 Web Page i BlackScreen Figure 19 Views Tab The Views Tab is divided into four 4 areas 1 The View list in the upper left portion of the tab contains a list of configured views organized by user group 2 The Content Types listed in the lower left contain the available options that may be contained within a view pane 3 The View working area can be found in the upper right area of the tab and is labeled with the view name or with Select a View if no view is currently selected 4 The Camera Area in the lower right area of the tab contains thumbnails images of the available cameras On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 27 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator View Basics A View is a collection of panes or windows that display video output There are many layout options for Views Views may be configured from the Ocularis Administrator or from the Ocularis Client Views created in the Ocularis Client will be recognized in the Ocularis Administrator and also visible by other members of the user s group If a new employee joins the organization for instance once they are made a member of a group they inherit a
86. rivileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Asset Assets Maps Blue Hill Courtyard Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 office floor plan Figure 42 Used Maps in Assets Tab shown with Green Checkmark In the example shown in Figure 42 the Blue Hill Courtyard and Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 maps have been assigned to a group The office floor plan map has not been assigned to any group TO REMOVE A MAP 1 In the Maps Tab select the map you wish to remove 2 Click the Delete Selected Map icon cz An Are you sure you want to delete this map dialog box appears 3 Click Yes to remove the map The map is removed from the group but it is still available to other groups from within Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 51 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator Working with Maps Once maps are added you can e Add Cameras to A Map e Add Views to A Map e Link one map to another Map TO ADD A CAMERA TO A MAP 1 In the Maps tab display the map to add a camera s see To Display a Map on page 51 2 Expand the Camera list in the Contents area by clicking the arrow next to Cameras Contents Cam era 2 DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 y DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 DV MS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Cam DV MS Son
87. roSight NetGuard NetGuard EVS NetSwitcher NetMatrix NetCentral NetTransact NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective owners On Net Surveillance Systems Inc reserves the right to change product specifications without prior notice 112409 001649 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page iii Introduction The Ocularis DS Platform consists of the following components e Ocularis Base server software application which regulates and manages the flow of data between video client users recording servers video wall management and an integrated alerting application e Ocularis Administrator The front end software application used to manage Ocularis Base e NVR An NVR application is required to supply camera management and recording OnSSI s NetDVMS is provided with Ocularis DS e Ocularis Client OnSSI s award winning video client application e Optional Add On Applications these currently include Remote VideoWall Video Content Analytics and Video Synopsis Additional add ons will be made available as they are introduced See our website www onssi com or call OnSSI Sales for information on Ocularis Add Ons This manual covers the component s Ocularis Base Ocularis Administrator For information
88. s Users Privileges 19 Create Group O New User Edit User v Delete Selection oo x i ix LESS Groups Devices Privileges 4 Default DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 Admin DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 Guest DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera 1 DVMS Sony RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 2 3 Video Walls H Default Figure 14 Users Privileges Tab The Users Privileges Tab is divided into several sections 1 Near the top there is a toolbar containing several function buttons that apply to items on the page 2 On the left there is a Groups pane that displays existing groups 3 In the center is a Devices pane which displays a list of available devices installed on the system These devices were imported with the NVR s imported from the Servers Events tab 4 On the right the Privileges pane displays those devices assigned to a particular group This area is initially blank 5 Above the Privileges pane is a set of checkboxes used to control global settings on all listed devices On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 21 6 Near the bottom of the tab the Video Walls pane will list existing video walls and those which the selected group may have access These items will be further defined in upcoming sections Working with Groups The i
89. segmented into a section for Group selection Maps Contents Cameras and Views and Pins The right side of the Maps Tab is the working area used to display and configure a map Maps are configured by user group Administrators should select the group for which the map should be configured If the Default group is selected the map s defined for this group will be available to all users TO ADD A MAP This procedure assumes that navigation maps have already been imported into the Assets Tab See To Add A Map to the Assets Tab on page 48 1 Inthe Maps Tab select the group for which the map should be available 2 Click the Add new mapicon Ja The Select Map dialog box appears populated by maps that were imported into the Assets Tab Select the map you wish to add Click Select On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 50 TO DISPLAY A MAP This procedure assumes that navigation maps have already been added to the Maps list of the Maps Tab See To Add A Map on page 50 1 In the Maps tab double click the map name in the Maps list 2 Reposition the image in the working area by clicking and dragging the map to the desired location Once a map is added to a group a green checkmark icon appears next to the map image in the Assets Tab i Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users P
90. stem administrator The default classifications are e False e Nuisance On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 61 To CREATE A NEW CLASSIFICATION 1 In the Table Management tab click the Add button in the Classifications pane A editable field is inserted into the Classifications list 2 Type in a descriptive name for the classification 3 Press ENTER fy Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribu Table Manage Purge Closed Events Batch Handle Events Classifications Add Delete i Stopped Vehicle Nuisance Figure 52 Add a new Classification TO MODIFY A CLASSIFICATION 1 Inthe Table Management tab double click the classification you wish to modify The field should become editable 2 Type in text changes as desired Press ENTER Note Modifying the name of a classification is global Therefore If you modify the name of a classification that has already been used in a bookmark or handled event it will also change in that bookmark or handled event TO DELETE A CLASSIFICATION 1 Inthe Table Management tab select the classification you wish to delete 2 Click the Delete button in the Classifications pane 3 An Are you sure that you want to delete this classification pop up appears Click Y
91. t Responding Test2 Other di NetDWVMS on ONSSI TECHO2 4 DVMS Axis 214 PTZ Camera 1 Disabled Enabled Motion Not Responding Other 4 DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 Disabled Enabled Motion Not Responding Other Rising signal on input 1 VMD Event DVMS Axis P3301 Came 4 DVMS Panasonic Fixed NP1004 Camera Disabled Enabled New Distribution Group Motion Figure 57 Assigning Events to a Distribution Group To MoDiFY EVENT ASSIGNMENTS WITHIN A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 Inthe Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Filter parameter for the group you wish to modify 2 Modify filter assignments by dragging amp dropping an event from the Enabled Events list on the left to the All Events pane on the right to remove an event assignment 3 Drag anew event from the right All Events pane to the left Enabled Events list You may move one event at a time or the entire hierarchical group of events You may move composite events as well To DELETE EVENTS FROM A DISTRIBUTION GROUP 1 In the Distribution Groups Tab expand the Distribution Group and highlight the Filter parameter for the group you wish to modify 2 Remove filter assignments by dragging amp dropping an event from the Enabled Events list on the left to the All Events pane on the right to remove an event assignment On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River
92. tings ax NetCentral settings Login Configuration Ti NetCentral c A ed the login settings that the NetCentral Server must use Login Name Patrolling settings Password Pass Resume patrol after manual or event PTZ secs 30 Port 1237 E mail Settings SMS Settings Cancel Cancel 5 Inthe NetCentral Settings pop up enter the following Enter a valid login name found in the NetDVMS Image Server You may use the admin account if you want Password Enter the password for the login account entered above On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 85 This is the port that will be used to communicate events between NetDVMS and the NetDVMS Event Proxy You may keep the default of 1237 in most cases IP This field should be left blank Table 1 NetCentral Settings 6 When done click OK to close the NetCentral Settings pop up 7 Click OK to close the General Settings pop up 8 Click Exit to save and close NetDVMS Administrator Configure Parameters in the NetDVMS Event Proxy 1 Open the NetDVMS Event Proxy from Windows Start gt All Programs gt OnSSI gt NetDVMS Event Proxy lax NetDVMS Event Proxy balak System GUID Enabled Event Types 9r1904d5 HM cf 450 940 7 2 F4cte all A Videa Motion Detection Mame W Camera Enabled NetSwitcher S
93. ue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 42 Ocularis Installation and Administrator User Manual Ocularis Administrator dy Ocularis Administrator Servers Events Users Privileges Views Distribution Groups Maps Video Walls Table Management Assets Views View Lab View 4 5 Root Default Managers Security Guards 4 Weekday 4 j Friday E Lab View El test 2 World Wide Web Port Figure 34 Configuring a Web Page Pane 3 Type in the URL or IP Address for the content to be displayed You will see a preview of the page 4 Click Ok The web page will now appear in the Ocularis Client and the user will be able to navigate the page using embedded links To MODIFY WEB PAGE CONFIGURATION 1 In the Views Tab select the view which contains the Web Page For information on creating a view see To Create A View within a Folder on page 31 2 Click on the title bar of the pane with the Web Page This is the black bar with the text World Wide Web Port n i Af E v Ry a k a b b paf t World Wide Web Port On SSI tel gent I IP To The Core lt gt 3 About On S SI Click here PROTECTED INVESTMENT SEAMLESS MIGRATION News amp Events 4 Figure 35 Click the title bar to configure a pane with a Web Page The Web Pa
94. utton in the Tags pane 3 An Are you sure that you want to delete this tag pop up appears Click Yes to delete the tag Note Tags which have been used in a bookmark or handled event may not be deleted Note Tags may also be created on the fly from the Ocularis Client as an operator is handling an event or creating a bookmark Tags however may only be modified or deleted through the Ocularis Administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 63 Configure Cases When operators handle events or create bookmarks in the Ocularis Client the events or bookmarks may be assigned to an incident case The use of incidence cases is optional Case names can be created in Ocularis Administrator by the system administrator or on the fly as an operator is handling a case or creating a bookmark TO CREATE A NEW CASE 1 In the Table Management tab click the Add button in the Cases pane Add A editable field is inserted into the Cases list 2 Typein a descriptive name for the Case 3 Press ENTER To MODIFY A CASE 1 Inthe Table Management tab double click the case you wish to modify The field should become editable 2 Typein text changes as desired Press ENTER Note Modifying the name of a case is global Therefore If you modify the name of a case that has already been used i
95. vent that determines two people entered or tail gating trigger an alert To CONFIGURE A COMPOSITE EVENT 1 In the Servers Events tab click the Fuse New Event button 2 Filloutthe Composite Event pop up ig Composite Event i2 Specify two events a relationship between them and a time frame in order to create a composite event Composite event name i E Priority 5 Normal t2 Even 22 oe e 00 00 05 y Event 1 occurs then Event 2 occurs within 00 00 05 Cancel Figure 12 Configure a Composite Event Fields are defined as follows em Description Composite event name Enter a descriptive name for the composite event Select a Priority for the Composite Event Event 1 Select an event to begin to define the condition for which the rule alert should be met This event may be an Event Rule or another Composite Event Relationship Icons These directional arrows define the relationship between two Event Rules and are defined below Event 2 Select a second event to finalize the condition for the composite formula This event may be an Event Rule or another Composite Event Time Period Specify a time period in the format HH MM SS Valid times are HH 0 through 23 MM 0 through 59 SS 0 through 59 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com
96. word Enter a password for the username on the NVR When the fields of the tab are entered click the Connect button to establish a connection to the NVR Cameras Tab BriefCam Server Admin VR Cameras BriefCam Users Number of Cameras 1 o 2 8 Camera Selection Camera is 233 Camera 1 4 Camera 2 Sony rz30n Camera 1 M Stop BriefCam Server Start BriefCam Server Save Ek Figure 73 BriefCam Server Admin Cameras Tab The Cameras Tab is used to identify the synopsis enabled cameras to be used by Ocularis Video Synopsis Ocularis DS and Ocularis ES are released with a 1 camera license Additional licenses are available in a 2 4 or 8 pack 1 Click the number of cameras you will be configuring 2 From the enabled drop down menus select the camera you wish to make synopsis enabled 3 Click the Save button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 81 BriefCam Users Tab The BriefCam Users Tab allows you to specify up to three users with access to the BriefCam Server Administration application BriefCam Server Admin VR Cameras BriefCam Users User 1 User Name demo Passowrd demo User 2 User Name Briefcam2 Password Briefcam2 User 3 User Name Briefcam23 Password Briefcam3 Stop BriefCam Server St
97. y RX530 PTZ Camera 1 Sony SNC CS50N h264 Camera 1 DVMS Axis P3301 Camera 1 b Views Figure 43 Expanded Camera List 3 Click drag and drop the camera from the Cameras list to the location on the map TO RELOCATE A CAMERA ON A MAP 1 Locate the camera on the map and simply drag and drop the camera to the desired location TO REMOVE A CAMERA FROM A MAP 1 Locate the camera on the map 2 Click the delete icon next to the camera to delete 214 PTZ Camera move a Camera Figure 44 Re To CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF A CAMERA ICON The icon image shown in Icon 1 on the Assets tab is the default icon used when adding cameras to maps You may customize the icons for each camera to signify a camera model or type or any designation you so choose See To Import or Modify an Icon on page 48 1 Locate the camera icon on the map you wish to change 2 Right click the icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi com Page 52 3 The icons from the Assets tab appear Click the desired icon TO RESIZE A CAMERA ICON 1 Locate the camera icon on the map you wish to change 2 Hold the SHIFT key and position the mouse over the camera icon until you see a set of 4 arrows Click and drag the mouse to make the icon larger or smaller Release the mouse when done TO ROTATE A CAMERA ICON 1 Locate
98. y relevant metadata Typically this includes the camera name that captured the event time date and type of event The type of event is specified in generic terms e g VMD Event or in the case of video content analytics or access control generated events by the analytics rule that triggered the event e g Stalled Vehicle on Shoulder Multiple authorized operators can share the investigation and handling of events through the dynamically updated Alerts list Once an event is handled it is removed from the Alerts list In this instance subsequent handling is possible only through Handled Alerts in the Ocularis Client Note In order to use events with Ocularis Base an NVR event proxy must first be installed See Configuring the NetDVMS Event Proxy in the Appendix on page 85 for instructions on installation and configuration of this event proxy Event Configuration Configuring events begins with identifying which cameras you would like to monitor Typical camera related events which may be monitored include but are not limited to e Motion e Enabled e Disabled e Not Responding Camera specific events configured within the NVR may also be monitored such as e VMD Event e Motion Started or Stopped e Signal Rise or Fall e Audio Rise or Fall e Tampering On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7th Floor Pearl River POB 1555 NY 10965 Tel 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 www onssi com info onssi

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