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1. Background information During a longer period of constant motion a high number of alarms will be generated it may not be desirable that an alert E mail is sent for every alarm Test button Press this button to send a test mail to the specified recipient s 2 Howdo configure my backup program If you want an external backup program to make a tape backup of the daily archived image database for a camera then you should configure it to make a backup of the backup directory It is recommended that you do not schedule it to make a backup of the image database directory itself since this may cause sharing violations and other malfunctions Note also that you should not schedule the backup job to overlap the time of the daily archiving Page 17 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Scheduling Camera Activity and Alert Periods In this section you can read Camera Alert Scheduler E 2x about how to control POR Camera Sony RZ30 Camera1 Copy Schedule Paste Schedule Copy and Paste to All important functions of the E Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday system automatically through the built in wom M A Scheduler The Scheduler uses a one week calendar E mail J and allows you to control e Starting and stopping cameras on time Sound 7 ins o Starting and stopping Statt event Stop event cameras on events BE B Exit external sensors Figure 4 Scheduler2. ONSSI ProSight SOHO consists of five software applications Administrator Monitor Browser Web Server and Realtimefeed Server Each of these applications is described briefly below The Administrator application The administrator of the surveillance installation uses this tool when setting up the system for the first time use when adding new cameras and whenever the system configuration needs to be changed This tool is also used to configure the screen layout of the Monitor recording conditions etc The Monitor application This application is the core of the surveillance system as well as the main user interface The Monitor records and displays live images from the connected cameras The Viewer application This application is used to play back recordings up to 4 cameras simultaneously create AVI files export and print images The Web Server and Realtimefeed Server applications These two applications make up a powerful Web server that will enable users to access the surveillance system from a remote site using a Web Browser Using a Microsoft Internet Explorer Web Browser on a remote computer you can view live images from the cameras control PTZ cameras and review recordings An alarm overview is available to locate the desired event quickly Please note e Certain features in the Administrator are disabled from editing if the Monitor is running at the same time e In order to achieve the best performance and most reliable oper
3. OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Sight SOHO IP Surveillance Platform for mall Office to Home Office Businesses Installation and User Manual 222 Route 59 suite 303 e Suffern NY 10901 e U S A Phone 845 369 6400 Fax 845 369 8711 www onssi com OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc On Net Surveillance Systems ProSight SOHO Rev 4 0 Installation Guide amp Manual Dear Customer With the purchase of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc ONSSI ProSight SOHO you have chosen an extremely powerful and flexible surveillance solution ONSSI ProSight SOHO will turn your TCP IP based video cameras and video servers into a sophisticated digital video surveillance system fully controlled from your PC ONSSI ProSight SOHO version 4 0 provides you with these main features e Record and view cameras with up to 30 frames per second 25 for PAL e Control up to 16 cameras per server e Secure image database with recovery options e Advanced low disk space database handling e Scheduled recording based on time e Flexible screen setup with the Recordings Browser located in a floating window e Advanced motion detection with Exclude Filter for image areas of no interest e Find specific recordings by date time or event e Control of PTZ cameras e Time stamped event documentation on print as AVI or single J PEGs e Receive motion alerts via E mail e All system messages on screen in log file and optionally via E mail e
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5. Browser and review your recordings Please see section Using the Recordings Browser for details Start Stop Press this button to start or stop the camera in the selected monitor The button is only enabled when manual mode is activated Start All Press this button to start all cameras The button is only enabled when manual mode is activated Stop All Press this button to stop all cameras The button is only enabled when manual mode is activated Manual Switch between scheduler controlled mode and manual mode In scheduler controlled mode the Schedule scheduler is responsible for starting and stopping the cameras In manual mode the cameras can be Override started and stopped manually using the start and stop buttons The system is in manual mode when the button is pushed in Note that when in manual mode all scheduled camera start stop PTZ patrolling and Page 20 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Admin Login Quick Browse QB QB Arrows Mute Exit automatic camera reconnection is disabled Press this button to gain administrator rights and thereby removing the restricted rights a normal user may have Applicable only if the standard user s rights have been configured to be restricted Switch between on line mode and quick browsing mode in the HotSpot window The HotSpot window is in quick browsing mode when the button is pushed in Use these two buttons to Quick Browse backward or forward in reco
6. Remote access to the system through the included Web Server with live images in single view pan tilt zoom database playback and database browsing Page 2 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Contents INSTALLA TON GUIDE v eorerinener ene nens iEn r OAE AEETIS EN ENSIN OTTENERE OSEE EA EES S 4 AKOLE E ON AE E A A A E TE A A E A E E E E T 4 meo ee E a Eie T N E E E E A E A A A A 5 Step ben OBtarn Device License Key Scione o o 5 ere Gonet Ne DEVICES aegra E A O 5 ero nae ON n a nee ene E E EE 6 Sleep 4 Contigure Tor First TMe USE asuncion a a a e a aa Ea 6 TR OOGRAM HECE renn a EE A E O N N EA 6 DE S UO DOM En A E AE E A E AAE A E E E E EE 6 ADMINISTRATOR MANUA Droen irora N E E EE E E d Configuring Video Cameras and Video Server De VICES ccccccsseeeecceeeeeceaeeeeeeceeeeeeeesseeceeeeeessaaaneeeeeeess 8 Changing Device Settings cccccccceeseeecccceeeceeeeseeeeeeeeseeessueeeeeeeeeaeesseeeceeeeesseesseeeeeeesseaseeeeeeeessssaaaaeeeeeees 9 Contig ring VIDEO Server Sassersson aiie aa EEEE EA EEEa EEEE 10 Configuring Monitors and User interface Layout cccccccccccccessseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeaeeseeeeesessaaeseeeeeeess 10 Setting Image Quality and Recording Conditions ccccccccccccecessseeeceeeeeeeaeeseeceeeeeessaeeeeeeeeesessaaeseeeeeeees 11 Calibration Of Motion DeteCtion cccccccccccssssseeeeeeeeeeesseeceeeeeesueeseeeeceeeeesseeseeeeeeeeseueaaaeeeeeessssaaageeeeeeess 13 Defini
7. The DLK will appear automatically if the SLC dlk file received by E mail was imported See the E mail for details Fourth Wizard dialog box Show this name for the video device Please enter a name that will help you identify the device later e g Entrance Door Sales office etc Note that the system does not allow two devices with the same name Press the Camera Setup button to Press the Camera Setup button if changes should be made to the default set up camera names and PTZ camera name Camera 1 For multi channel video servers the camera devices for this device names are Camera 1 Camera 2 etc PTZ devices PTZ cameras or fixed cameras on PTZ foots should be enabled and the COM port and driver selected For more detailed information see the sub section Configuring Video servers found in the next section Changing Device Settings After a device has been successfully added a new device icon will appear in the Device Manager window Press the Add Device button again in order to set up remaining devices Page 8 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Changing Device Settings Changes to HTTP FTP ports IP addresses and device camera names can be done by selecting the device in the Device Manager window and subsequently pressing the Edit Device button In the Identity Video Device area the following information is found Device Type The type of device you are using The device type can b
8. dialog box e Alerting through E mail and or sound on motion detection e Motion alerts to certain periods of the day week The Scheduler is activated in the Administrator application by pressing the Scheduler button The following dialog box will appear The following options and buttons are available Mode The mode selection controls if time periods are added or removed when clicking and dragging the mouse in the graphical window Set Add replace period for functionality Online E mail and Sound currently selected Clear Remove period for functionality Online E mail and Sound currently selected Online This option should be checked if clicking and dragging in the graphical window should affect Mode Add Clear the Online periods for the selected camera This option should be checked if clicking and dragging in the graphical window should affect Mode Add Clear the E mail alert periods for the selected camera This option should be checked if clicking and dragging in the graphical window should affect Mode Add Clear the Sound alert periods for the selected camera Note Used for audible alarm via PC soundcard NOT for scheduling audio recording Camera Select in the list among the installed cameras The Scheduler only operates on the currently selected camera Copy Schedule Make a copy of the current schedule in order to transfer the same schedule to another camera Paste Schedule Paste the copied Copy Schedule sch
9. live updating camera image you will see the pixels in which motion has been detected marked with the selected motion color which is green by default In order to understand how it works try to drag the slider to position high and watch how the whole camera image will turn green Drag the slide bar back to the optimal position where only the pixels affected by significant light changes are marked with the motion color Motion Sensitivity Slider to adjust the motion sensitivity The motion sensitivity controls the alarm threshold and thereby determines the minimum size of an object that will generate an alarm Drag the slider until the alarm threshold indicator is at the optimal position Y Trees and bushes outdoors and plants indoors may generate undesired noise you may find that you can define motion detection exclude areas to eliminate this noise 2 Some video cameras generate undesired noise at poor light conditions In order not to generate undesired alarms you may find that you need to reduce the noise sensitivity or to improve the light condition Page 14 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Defining Motion Detection Exclude Areas You can define motion detection exclude areas if you wish to exclude i e mask out certain areas of the image from the motion detection Left mouse button Right mouse button Define Exclusion Regions k Please use the left right mouse button to select deselect are
10. of images has been recorded the oldest image in the camera database will be overwritten automatically each time a new image Is received The maximum size that can be specified is 600 000 images Delete images Select this option if you want the recordings in your image database for the camera to be older than limited by age If this option is selected the images will automatically be deleted when they are older than the specified number of minutes hours or days Please note that you will not be able to store more than 600 000 images regardless what maximum age has been specified Database Path Specify the main directory on your disk to keep the image database A sub directory for this camera will be created by the system but the main directory you specify must exist it will not be created automatically To achieve the best performance it is strongly recommended that you specify a location on a local hard disk not on a network drive Browse path Press this button if you wish to browse for the database path directory Clear Database Press this button if you wish to delete all images recorded for this camera Caution All your recordings for this camera will be permanently lost This does not include archived databases Delete Audio Select for how long audio recordings should be kept in number of minutes hours or days older than When older than specified sound recordings will be deleted unless they have been archived Audio arch
11. time at the time of recording This time is also referred Page 22 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc display Recordings Timeline Configuration Window Playback Controls to as a timestamp The Recordings Timeline shows the database information for each camera monitor position The information is distinguished by colors Grey No images are stored for this date time Green Images with no motion are stored for this data time Red Images with motion are stored for this date time The time span and direction of the timeline is configured from the File Settings menu Here the currently selected configuration action window is displayed The Playback Control Panel is used when playing back recordings The Navigation Keys are used to jump to the previous next image motion sequence and database end for the currently selected camera Use the Play Reverse Stop and Play Forward buttons to control playback start stop and directions The Cue Bar can be used to speed up and slow down the playback speed Configuration Options The following functions are available from the Configuration Menus File Menu View Menu Tools Menu Tools Menu Continued Settings Activates the Monitor Timeline Settings window Monitor View Set up the monitor layout 1 or 4monitors and whether the monitors should be displayed in their original height width ratio or stretched to fit the monitor windows Timelin
12. Enable Speedup As with the desired framerate setting this will give you a recording range from 24 images per day up to 30 images per second 25 images per second for PAL In the Image Storage Settings area you specify the conditions for the recording When to store Specify when to store the received images for this camera in the database images in Always Unconditionally store all received images in the database database Never Never store any images in the database Images are still displayed in the Monitor window but can not be viewed via the web interface Conditionally Store the images to the database when the specified conditions are met only On motion Store all images with motion default setting Page 11 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc On Event Store all images regardless of motion when the defined Start event occurs until the defined stop event occurs Both conditions can be used alone or combined When both options are ticked images are stored in the database if just one of the conditions is met Pre Post buffer The number of seconds to store before and after the conditions for storage is met In the Database Settings area you specify how many images you want to store in your image database and the location of the image database files on your disk Max images in Select this option to limit the image database for the camera to a maximum size When the database maximum number
13. PHRES Tigi g A MARTDA Tigi f Ah Video Feed ey R30 Total Humba of bnsa 552 ropes In Latest Dabit SSE Kant In Latest Data EOI Irrig Configuration window Figure 6 Recordings Browser dialog box The Browser window consists of eight elements Configuration Menus for Browser configuration and functionality activation Menus Configuration Shortcuts to selected Configuration Menu functions When holding the mouse pointer over an icon Shortcuts the shortcut name is shown User Each monitor can be configured to display any video and audio source via the Tools Database configurable Information menu The layout of the monitor display is configured in the File Settings menu monitor display In the status bar for each camera the name of the camera and the motion detection red and image in database without motion green indicators are shown Direct Jump directly to a specific date and or time 15 minutes intervals Date Time i If the content is stored in an archived database located in the default path relative to the current Selection database the archives can be accessed transparently If the archives are located in a different path than default relative to the current database the archives must be opened manually by using the browse button in the Database Information menu Current Here the date and time currently viewed on the monitors is displayed playback date time The displayed date time is the system PC
14. aced in the Windows Startup group The two servers need to be started before they are active This can be done manually by clicking the Server Start for both servers If AutoStart have been selected chosen for both they will automatically start when opened default The options in the web server are HTTP Port Here the port used by the HTTP server can be changed Auto Start Start up the service automatically when the application launched ll 2x HTTP Server setup Log Activity to File Maintain a log file in the ProSight SOHO Surveillance ce installation directory sia Days to log Number of days to keep the log before it is deleted Log Activity to File V gt Timeout for connection If a client has been inactive not requested any T E T gt Masi new information for the specified duration he is required to log in again to retrieve data Realtime feed quality C Low oMa Realtimefeed quality The default quality used by the Realtimefeed server High F can be overridden by user m User administration Define username and password e User administration Three options exist for user administration Allow anonymous access e Allow anonymous access No passwords are required for accessing the i a Access for predefined users only server _ Access for predefined users only Username password is required to access the server All users have access to all options and all cameras caret __oK e
15. and Alert Periods section General Set up user rights and other system settings See section General Settings Settings Import DLKs Import the DLK file provided by the ONSSI licensing form Please refer to the Quick Start Guide for details Importing the DLK file eliminates the need to enter the DLKs manually Page 7 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Configuring Video Cameras and Video Server Devices When pressing the Add Device button In the Administrator the wizard will appear First Wizard dialog box The video device has this IP address Enter the IP address of the device on your network on the network Click the Port Setup button if other The HTTP and FTP ports used can be changed by clicking the Port than HTTP port 80 and FTP port 21 is Setup button This is used if more devices share the same IP address used e g behind a router with NAT functionality In the vast majority of cases it will not be necessary to change the default ports Second Wizard dialog box The password for the video device Please enter the password for the video device s administrator account administrator account is sometimes called root or admin Autodetect Device For fast detection you can select the video device type You can also keep the Auto Detect Type selection and let the system find the device type Third Wizard dialog box Please enter the Device License Key DLK for the MAC address
16. as in the image that should be excluded from motion detection Motion will not be detected in the areas marked with blue Set All Clear All Auto V Show grid Squares excluded from motion Figure 3 Define Exclude Regions dialog box Exclude square from motion detection Include square in motion detection Set All Press this button to exclude all squares whole image from motion detection Clear All Press this button to include all squares whole image in motion detection Press this button to make the software detect noisy areas automatically and exclude them from motion detection Note that the motion detection must be reasonably well calibrated before this auto detection feature will work Show grid Select this option if you wish the grid lines to appear in the image Page 15 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc General Settings The General Settings dialog box allows you to define which rights the user operator has when using the Monitor application and to set other administrative settings m Logfile Settings Logfile Path C Program Files OMSSI ProSight SOHO Dave to log E Aye a Disable Screen Update Keep Aspect Ratio Don t send e mail on camera failures I Add Monitor to Startup group Email Settings Cancel Logfile Settings Logfile Path Specify in which directory on your disk to keep system log files The directory you specify must exi
17. at www onssi com Page 6 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Administrator Manual The Administrator application is used when setting up HOE 2j x the system for first time use when new cameras are Device Manager added to the system and whenever the system configuration needs to be changed This tool is also Add Device aA ae Monitor Manager used to configure the screen layout of the Monitor Scheduler Edit Device application which recording conditions to use etc Start the Administrator from the Program Menu General Settings Remove Device Import DLKs HHI In the main dialog box you have the following buttons Add Device Add new video camera or video server devices to the system Please refer to the Quick Start Guide and the more detailed Configuring Video Cameras and Video Server Devices section in this manual for details Edit Device Edit update the configuration of an existing device Remove Device Remove an existing device from the system Settings Set up image quality and recording conditions etc for the camera See section Setting Image Quality and Recording Conditions Monitor Set up screen layout and screen positions of the cameras etc Manager See section Configuring Monitors and User Interface Layout Scheduler Control when cameras are online and when alerts are given See the Scheduling Camera Activity
18. ation it is recommended that you do not use the surveillance PC for other purposes e The Monitor application and cameras must run to record images The video surveillance is therefore not working if the Monitor application is closed Page 4 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Before You Install Please be aware of the minimum system requirements Minimum Hardware Requirements Up to 50 images second total Up to 400 images second total CPU Pentium III 2 8GHz Dual Pentium Xeon 3 6GHz HDD SATA disk s SATA disk s Size depends on storage needs Size depends on storage needs True color 24 bit 128MB PCle x16 such as ATI FireGL V3100 min 1024 x 768 pixels DualVGA or AGP video card DVI VGA Ethernet 100 Mbit Ethernet 100 Mbit Based on 320x240 JPEG images medium compression Software Requirements Recommended for dual and single processor systems Microsoft Windows 2000 PRO 2000 Server XP PRO Note It is highly recommended that all available Service Packs are installed for the Operating System being used Protocols APIs TCP IP support is required and Software Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 5 or newer is required DirectX 8 1 or higher required for audio recording In compatible FTP Server Included in the software default port 21 Software HTTP Server Included in the software default port 80 Realtimefeed Server Included in the software default port 9513 To run other serv
19. e Set up the time span of the Recordings Timeline window and whether the timeline has the oldest default or the newest recordings at the top of the Timeline Single View View only a single camera in the Browser Alternatively double click on an image to switch mode Multi View View multiple cameras in the Browser simultaneously Alternatively double click on an image to switch mode Exit Close the Browser window Add to Views Store the current monitor view as a bookmark The bookmarks are listed in the bottom of the menu Organize Views Rename and delete predefined views Database Information Set up the video audio for each monitor Click on a monitor position then select the desired video and audio source for this monitor position If the source is located in an archive stored on a non default position or is an exported database the content needs to be located manually using the browser buttons Motion View View the horizontal recordings timeline for the selected camera monitor position Alarm Overview View the alarm list for the selected monitor position Jump to an alarm date time by selecting it in the list Image Controls Post recording image presentation PTZ digitally in the image shown at the selected monitor position by using the and arrow buttons Select the smooth image option to digitally enhance the image Select the 1 1 option to force the Browser to view the selected
20. e Administrator application If a demo version of ProSight SOHO was already installed it is necessary to remove the image databases This can be done either by uninstalling the demo version including the databases or by clearing each camera database from within the new version of the ProSight SOHO software Please refer to the section Setting Image Quality and Recording Conditions for more details on this Step 4 Configure for First Time Use Upon successfully installing the ONSSI ProSight SOHO software you will need to add your video camera and video server devices The ONSSI ProSight SOHO Quick Start Guide can guide you through these initial steps including a basic configuration of the Monitor screen layout and scheduler setup For more advanced customization options please refer to the Administrator Manual section in this manual Program Help The Administrator Monitor and Browser applications have context help for all available functionality You obtain help by pressing the question mark icon in the program s active window or in some windows the Help button The cursor will turn into a What s this cursor and you can now click on the item that you need help with Afterwards click anywhere with the mouse in order to remove the help pop up window Obtaining Support If you have questions or problems not answered in this manual please contact your ONSSI Software dealer or visit the ONSSI Surveillance Support site
21. e found automatically if you press the Detect Device button and the correct IP address and Device Password have been specified Device Name The name that helps you identifying the device in the software e g Entrance Door Meeting Room 1 etc Note that the same name can not be used for more than one device Device Serial The serial number usually the MAC address of the device e g 00408c291ba2 The serial Number number is usually found on a label on the device can also be found automatically with the Detect Device button if the correct IP address and Device Password have been specified Device License 16 characters license key associated with the device e g cha8ff0c89679490 See Step 1 Key Obtain Device License Keys In the Network Settings area the following information is found IP address The IP address of the device on your network Default HTTP port Select this option if HTTP traffic to the device should go through port 80 at the specified IP address Deselect this option if a non standard HTTP port should be used and specify the port in the field to the left of this checkbox Default FTP port Select this option if FTP traffic to the device should go through port 21 at the specified IP address Deselect this option if a non standard FTP port should be used and specify the port in the field to the left of this checkbox Root Password The password required when logging on to the device using the root someti
22. e shown Co J crea Figure 1 Monitor Manager dialog box Page 10 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc In the Monitor Manager dialog box you have the following options Layout Size Select how many monitors i e camera windows you wish to appear on your screen Select between 1x1 to 8x8 monitor views HotSpot Window he Hotspot Window is a secondary camera window that can show an enlarged view of a selected camera It can also be used for interactive PTZ control and to browse through previously recorded images Quick Browse e Select None if you don t want the HotSpot window to appear e Select HotSpot and the desired size of the window if you do want the HotSpot window to appear in the Monitor window Select Camera Select which camera to show in the selected monitor You assign the cameras to the monitors by a clicking with the mouse on the monitor you want to assign a camera to and b selecting the desired camera in the Select Camera drop down box Settings This button will take you directly to the Camera Settings dialog box for the currently selected camera See the Setting Image Quality and Recording Conditions section for more information Setting Image Quality and Recording Conditions For each of your cameras you can set the desired image quality recording speed and other conditions for the recording of images In the Administrator main dialog s tree view select the camera in question a
23. edule setup to the currently selected camera The same schedule can be pasted to more cameras by selecting each camera from the Camera listbox Important Be careful when pasting because schedules are overwritten without any warning Copy and Paste Paste the copied Copy Schedule schedule setup to all cameras Schedule to all Important Be careful when pasting because schedules are overwritten without any warning Page 18 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc The graphical window contains a lot of information and functionality Online Bar Shows in which periods during the week the camera is active i e transferring images to the ProSight SOHO software for processing Camera activity can be controlled through time and or events Please refer to Appendix A Advanced Camera Control with Sensors for more information on working with sensors and events The Yellow bar indicates that the camera is active transmitting images when an event occurs only On Event A Purple bar indicates that the camera is active transmitting images continuously Always E mail Bar Shows in which periods during the week E mails should be sent when motion is detected Sound Bar Shows in which periods during the week sound alerts should be given when motion is detected The sound file used must be placed in the ProSight SOHO Surveillance directory and must be named alarm wav If you prefer a different sound than the default simply replace the
24. ek Page 19 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Monitor Manual The Monitor application forms the core of the surveillance system it is responsible for all the practical work during the normal operation of the system Besides forming the main user interface the Monitor application starts and stops the cameras acquires the images displays the images on screen detects if motion has occurred saves the images in the image databases sends alarms etc Figure 5 Main window of the ProSight SOHO Monitor application Here shown with four monitor windows each showing the image stream of the associated camera Y The surveillance system is only active when the Monitor application is running If you close the application you will not be recording images and alert messages will not be sent Start the Monitor from the Program Menu or from the shortcut on the desktop if you chose to make a link during the installation In the main window you have the following buttons from the top Minimize Press the leftmost button of the three small buttons in order to minimize the Monitor window Help Press the middle button of the three small buttons to get on line help for the next item you click on Pressing the rightmost button of the three small buttons will close the Monitor application You will be asked to confirm this Note that this will stop all recordings Recordings Press this button to start the
25. ers on these port numbers it is required to change the port number used by the ProSight SOHO server Step 1 Obtain Device License Keys Please refer to the ONSSI ProSight SOHO Quick Start Guide for details on how to obtain and import Device License Keys DLKs Device License Keys are not required to run the Demo version Step 2 Connect the Devices Connect all the devices to your LAN Ethernet as described in the manuals for the camera devices Consult these manuals for more information 2 For devices having an integrated Web interface you can verify that the device is successfully installed on your network by connecting to it using a standard Web Browser If you cannot connect using a Web Browser then you will not be able connect in ONSSI ProSight SOHO either Page 5 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Step 3 Install the Software To make sure you install the most recent version of our software please check our website www onssi com for updates Here you can also download the ONSSI ProSight SOHO Quick Start Guide and the latest version of this User Manual Please refer to the ONSSI ProSight SOHO Quick Start Guide for details on how to uninstall any previous version of the software and how to install the most current version of the ONSSI ProSight SOHO The ONSSI ProSight SOHO by default starts up automatically when the PC is started This functionality can be disabled in the General Setings window in th
26. f you only want the camera to be updated on your screen when motion has only been detected Enabling this option greatly reduces the workload of the PC It is therefore recommended that you select this option if the PC runs primarily as a server serving clients through the built in Web Interface Note It is possible to disable screen updating completely in the General Settings menu In the Motion Detection Settings area you have access to setting up motion detection for the camera Motion Press this button in order to calibrate the motion detection Please refer to the Calibration of Detection Motion Detection section for details Motion Color Press this button to select a new motion color Please refer to the Show Motion option in the Camera Monitor Setup section In the Exclude Regions Settings area you have access to setting up regions for the camera that should be excluded from motion detection Exclude Press this button in order to specify if certain areas of the images should be excluded from the Regions motion detection Please refer to the Defining Motion Detection Exclude Areas section for details Region Color Press this button to select a new region color Please refer to the Show Regions option in the Camera Monitor Setup section In the bottom of the Camera Settings dialog box two buttons are found Image Quality Activates the Configure Device dialog box Here the camera image quality includ
27. file Before using the E mail Alerting System you need to configure them by pressing the associated button in the General Settings dialog box and filling out the required information The General Settings dialog box is activated in the Administrator application by pressing the General Settings button See the earlier sub sections Configuring E mail Alerting for information on this Click amp drag the When you have selected the Mode Set Clear and selected which functions Online E mail mouse Sound you wish to operate by checking their check boxes you do the following a Move the mouse cursor to the desired start time in the scheduler window pencil cursor indicates Set eraser cursor indicates Clear b click the left mouse button and keep the button pressed c drag the cursor to the desired end time and d release the mouse button Note When including the Online function and the Mode Set a small dialog box will appear Select On Event if the camera should only start transmitting images when the event occurs during the specified time period or Select Always if the camera should transmit images during the time period specified In both cases the software will store the images in the database only if the conditions set up in the Camera Settings are met Weekdays Click on the name of a weekday in the week overview to zoom into that day Click on the name of the day in the day overview to zoom out to the we
28. in original size and height width ratio If the monitor position window is smaller than the image the zoom in out and navigation buttons can be used to navigate in the image Export Export database content Selecting the desired audio video feed s as well as the desired date and time start stop Page 23 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc intervals to export To export all video audio feeds currently viewed choose the Current Video Feed s and Current Audio Feed s options Next choose which format to export to AVI File export to motion picture AVI format with audio JPG WAV Files export as single JPG images with audio in separate WAV format files Click NEXT then choose where to place the exported file s and select the export options if any desired Timestamp Include system timestamp on JPG AVI exports Half Full Framerate Select whether to include all full or every other half image when creating AVI files Half Framerate may be desirable to avoid very large files when using high recording speeds Codec Selected the codec coder decoder to use when creating AVI files If in doubt Indeo Video 5 10 or Microsoft Video 1 are good choices as they will work on most computers Print Print out the selected camera image with comments Help Content specific help tool This function can also be accessed directly by clicking on the appropriate Configuration and Action sho
29. ing image size and compression can be set up A preview image can be shown with the current selected settings Calibration of Motion Detection The motion detection system may control a when images are saved to disk and b when alarms are generated and it is therefore a vital element of the system Motion detection needs to be calibrated carefully otherwise it will not function properly Do this as described below It is recommended that you set up the meen Adjust Motion Detection motion 1S image quality to be used and that any regions excluded from motion detection if selected motion shown with the color Motion Level OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc any are defined before you calibrate the motion detection Motion Level Indicates the current level of detected motion in the image The indicator is green when the Indicator level is below the threshold and will turn red when the threshold is exceeded Alarm Threshold Indicates the selected motion alarm threshold A motion alarm will be generated when the Indicator motion level goes beyond the threshold Noise Sensitivity Slider to adjust the noise sensitivity level of individual picture elements pixels The noise sensitivity level controls when the change in light intensity and color light change of individual pixel should be considered noise i e an insignificant change and when it should be considered motion i e a significant change In the
30. iving is done automatically if the image database archiving functionality is activated In Case Of In case of a database failure the following image database recovery options are available Database Repair Scan delete if fails Repair means the system makes an attempt to fix the corrupt failure database by examining the main database file repairs are done in seconds Scan is a more in depth repair of the database a large database can take hours to complete Please note that no images can be recorded while the database repair function is running Repair delete if fails Fast repair will be attempted if fast repair fails very rare the database will be deleted Repair archive if fails Same as above except the database will be archived if the repair fails Delete no repair No repairs are attempted the database is deleted Archive no repair Database is archived no repair is performed The first time the archived database is opened in the Browser the database repair function will start repair of this specific database Please note that this option is available only if archiving has been set up for this camera Please refer to the chapter Daily Database Archiving in this manual for details Y Inthe case recordings get bigger than expected or the available disk space is suddenly reduced in another way an advanced database re sizing procedure will automatically take place If archived databases are
31. mes called Admin account In the Audio area the following information is found Audio Enabled Available if audio is supported for the device Select the option to enable audio through the device Audio requires DirectX 8 1 or higher Page 9 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Configuring Video Servers For Video Servers you need to specify if the connected cameras are Pan Tilt Zoom cameras and you can also give the individual camera a name In order to do this press the Camera Settings button and the Camera Settings for Device dialog box will appear In the PTZ Camera Selection area the following information is found Some of the Select this option if any of the connected cameras are Pan Tilt Zoom cameras connected cameras PTZ type If you are controlling the PTZ functionality of one or several cameras through the COM1 control controlled port of the device then you must select the correct PTZ camera type in the list box If you are through COM1 not controlling any devices through this port select None PTZ type If you are controlling the PTZ functionality of one or several cameras through the COM2 control controlled port of the device then you must select the correct PTZ camera type in the list box If you are through COM2 not controlling any devices through this port select None In the camera list box you will see a line for each camera channel on the Video Server First line Camera 1 cor
32. nd press the Settings button The Camera Settings configuration dialog box will be shown You can also invoke this dialog box by pressing the Settings button in the Monitor Manager dialog box In the Framerate Settings area you specify the recording speed of the camera Desired Specify the desired recording speed by entering the number of frames you wish to retrieve from Framerate the device each second minute or hour This will give you a recording range from 24 images per day up to 30 images per second 25 images per second for PAL Enable Speedup Select this option if you want to increase the framerate on motion detection and or an external event On motion Increase the framerate when motion is detected The framerate will revert to its Original lower speed two seconds after the last motion is detected On event increase the framerate when the specified external Start event is detected The framerate will revert to its original soeed when the specified external Stop event is detected Please refer to Appendix A Advanced Camera Control with Sensors section of this manual for details of how to set up external events Desired speedup When the Enable Speedup option is selected the desired higher recording speed is specified framerate here by entering the number of frames you wish to retrieve from the device This higher recording speed will be used whenever the speedup conditions are met as specified under
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34. present on the disk containing the current database the oldest archive for all cameras on that disk will be deleted If no archives are present the database size of the current databases will be reduced so that a percentage of the oldest recordings will be deleted and each database size will temporarily be limited to its new size Page 12 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc You will be informed on the screen in the log files and optionally through E mail if setup When the Monitor application is restarted the old database sizes will be used It is therefore up to the user to adopt the new sizes or solve the disk size problem in another way In the Camera Monitor Setup area you specify how your camera is displayed in the Monitor Show Motion Select this option if you want the detected motion to appear highlighted in the image If selected the areas of the image with motion will be colored with the selected motion color Clicking the Motion Color button in the Motion Detection Settings area will allow you to change the motion color used Show Regions Select this option if you want the areas in which motion detection has been excluded disabled to appear highlighted in the image If selected the areas will be colored with the selected region color Clicking the Region Color button in the Exclude Regions Settings area will allow you to change the region color used Update on motion Select this option i
35. rdings for the camera shown in the HotSpot window Select this option to mute audio in the monitor application Press this button to stop the Monitor application and thereby stop all camera recording You will be asked to confirm this F When you start the Monitor application it will start the cameras automatically if you have specified them as Online in the Scheduler You can disable and overrule the Scheduler by pressing the Manual button When in Manual mode the cameras can be started manually one by one by pressing the Start button or all cameras can be started simultaneously by pressing the Start All button Note For normal operation cameras should be scheduled and not left in manual mode The HotSpot window shows an enlarged view of the selected monitor window In order to show another monitor window in the HotSpot window you must select the new monitor window by clicking on it with the mouse Page 21 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Using the Browser In the Browser you can review and playback your recordings of images and sound printout or export the individual images create AVI video files export sound as wave files etc Configuration menus User configurable monitor display Direct Date Time selections Configuration and with activity indicators a Current playback action shortcuts Recordings Timeline date time display 1E ProSipht Viewer lamp 1 00 00 Pea 7 44 2003 1 09 13 PM
36. re net eee The user administration dialog is accessed via the User Setup button The three quality levels of the Realtimefeed server live and play back can be changed in the Windows registry HKEY CURRENT USER Software ONSSl Surveillance General RT High Quality RT Medium Quality and RT Low Quality can be set to a value between 0 100 with 100 being the best quality Page 25 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Connecting to the ProSight SOHO Web server interface When a user has been added the user should be able to connect to the ProSight SOHO Surveillance system from a remote computer 1 2 Start the Internet browser on the remote computer Enter the IP address of the ProSight SOHO Surveillance computer in the browser address box Add the http port number after the IP address if another port than port 80 default is used A colon should separate the IP address and port number Now connect to the computer A log in web page will be shown if the connection has been established successfully Enter the username and password and select ActiveX support if you are interested in playback or live images Press the Login button You are now connected to the ProSight SOHO Web Server and the last retrieved image from monitor 1 will be shown You can now Change between the different cameras by selecting the camera in the graphic object Single View Select Camera Move the cursor over the object Monitor layou
37. red before it can be used you do this in the E mail Setup dialog box in the following way Enable Select this option in order to enable E mail alerting E mail Note Camera failures and system failures will automatically be sent through E mail if this has not been disabled under Advanced in the General settings dialog box Advanced If Simple MAPI mail client is not available it is possible to configure SMTP E mailing instead SMTP can also be used if the mail client requires confirmation before sending E mails Recipient s Specify the E mail address of one or more recipients Use a semicolon to separate the addresses if more than one recipient is specified E g mysel mycompany com myself home com Subject Text Specify the text string to be used as the subject for the E mails sent Message Text Specify the text string to be used as the message body for the E mails sent The name of the device and camera that generated the alarm will automatically be appended to the text Include Image Select this option if you want the image that generated the alert to be attached to the mail Time btw Mails Specify the minimum number of minutes between the alert E mails for the individual camera or O zero if each motion detection should result in an alert E mail A motion alert from a camera will not generate an alert E mail if the minimum number of minutes specified has not elapsed since the last alert E mail for the camera was sent
38. responds to camera channel 1 and so on In order to specify the settings for e g Camera 1 click once the first line it will then become selected In the configuration area below you have the following options Camera Name Enter a name of the camera for you to remember it by E g aname related to its location such as Main Entrance Camera Type If the camera is a PTZ camera select Movable otherwise select Fixed Device Port Enabled if Movable is selected as Camera Type Select which control port on the Video Server should be used to control the PTZ functionality of the camera Port Address Enabled if Movable is selected as Camera Type Specify the port address of the camera which would normally be 1 or 0 If using daisy chained PTZ cameras the port address identifies each of them Please refer to the camera manual for more information Pressing the Apply Changes button will show the updated information in the camera list box Press the OK button when you are done Configuring Monitors and User interface Layout When you have configured the software for your camera and sessie To video server devices then you need to select which screen i Configuration Seto Cari layout the Monitor application should use and you must CEC specify where the individual cameras should be displayed on the screen Het Spol window In the Administrator press the Monitor Manager button and fess LE the Monitor Manager dialog box will b
39. rtcut Page 24 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Appendix B Using the ProSight SOHO Web Server ProSight SOHO Surveillance includes a powerful web server that enables access to the image database from a remote computer Through the web server you can get access to live images as well as playback recordings and browse the image databases including archived databases in the Archives folder Before the web server can be used the following requirements must be fulfilled Requirements e Internet Explorer 5 0 or above is installed on the remote computer e The ProSight SOHO Surveillance computer should be reachable from the remote computer through a TCP IP connection LAN modem or Internet e The ProSight SOHO Surveillance computer has a unique IP address on the LAN and or Internet e No other web server using the same hitp port default port 80 must be running on the ProSight SOHO computer The http port can be changed from within the ProSight SOHO Web server e The Live Feed Server uses port 9513 If changed the html pages needs to be edited to reflect this change Look for the RT Feed port 9513 line in each html file and change the port number to the new value Open the ProSight SOHO Web Server and Live Feed Server on the ProSight SOHO Surveillance computer You can open them from the ProSight SOHO Surveillance group Start menu if these were not opened automatically at computer startup i e with a shortcut pl
40. st it is not created automatically Number of days Specify how many days you want to store the log files A new log file will be created each day to log Log files older than the specified number of days will be deleted automatically Advanced settings Disable Screen Select this option if the Monitor screen is not used on a daily basis by an operator but only used Update server when setting up the software All Monitor screen updating will be disabled This can free up mde resources that may result in better system performance Don t send E mail Select this option to disable sending of an E mail whenever a camera failure occurs This will on camera failure only happen if E mail is enabled When not selected camera failure E mails will be sent if E mail has been enabled Note that this will be carried out at any time regardless of scheduled E mail alert periods set in the Scheduler Add Monitor to Makes sure the Monitor is always started up when the PC is booted Startup group Uncheck this box if you do not want the Monitor to start automatically it is not sufficient to simply remove the Monitor icon from the Windows Startup folder Other administrative settings E mail Settings Press this button to change the settings for E mail alerting See Configuring E mail Alerting below Page 16 of 26 OnSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Configuring E mail Alerting The E mail alerting system needs to be configu
41. t and click when the desired camera is found The camera name appears below Search for images by using the Image Motion Sequence End Overview and Alarms forward backward functions Search for images by date time by using the Goto function Press the Playback button and press the Play button below the image to start playback from the current position in the database Select between the Low Medium and High user defined image qualities from the drop down box Press the Live button and press the Play button below the image to start the live image stream Cameras defined as PTZ cameras can be PTZ controlled PTZ buttons will appear automatically Select between the Low Medium and High user defined image qualities from the drop down box Note that the camera must be online in the Monitor application in order to establish a live connection to the camera Print current image Still by pressing the Print button Click Quad View and select a Quad View to view four cameras live on the same page Start by selecting the four cameras from the list boxes below the four monitors and Press the OK button to start the live stream A total of ten quad views can be saved Save a Quad View by pressing the Save Setup button in the top of the Quad View You can change the name of the Quad View to the left of the Save Setup button Press the Help button of the web page in order to get a full functionality description of the different possibilities that you have
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