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1. ee ed os Pe na OA a 4 haie ds Th hii N e e ham n p a h _ Smarter Surveillance O SSI for a Safer World n D OnsSSI On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7 Floor PO Box 1555 Pearl River NY 10965 Phone 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 Web www onssi com Ocularis 5 0 5 0 SP1 000007302015 0811 5 0 1 101 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 2015 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 ProSight NetGuard NetGuard EVS NetSwitcher NetMatrix NetCentral NetTransact NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective owners On Net Surveillance Systems Inc reserves the right to change product specifications without prior notice US patent 8 390 684 B2 for Ocularis Client Patents Applied For in the U S and Abroad Ocularis Client User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents ME IN Etienne o
2. Accessing Handled Alerts Note The ability to view handled alerts is controlled through the user account If you have trouble viewing handled alerts see your system administrator for assistance The upper portion of the screen shows the recorded video clip that was captured during the event Click the thumbnail of the event to populate this area Use the Kinetic Timeline or timeline tools to navigate the video clip e Inthe event that there are multiple cameras associated with an event the thumbnail will display a filmstrip icon The video shown will be that of the primary first camera in the group e Inthe event that the event was handled via the Batch Handle function by the system administrator this is performed in the Ocularis Administrator application the thumbnail shown will be that of a plain camera Click this icon to see the video from the primary camera associated with the event In the lower half of the screen a table is displayed with each row representing a handled alert The following columns are provided in the table Reload Click the icon to refresh the list and view alerts handled by others in your user group pending privileges while viewing this screen il Expand Collapse Click to expand row detai Click to collapse row detail Priority The priority number assigned to the event Event The name of the event that triggered the alert Created The date and timestamp when the event occurred
3. On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Show Client Setup Displays the Client Setup configuration screen Show Shortcut Keys Displays a list of existing keyboard shortcuts Copy to Clipboard Takes a snapshot of the current image and sends it to the Windows clipboard Takes a snapshot of the current image and saves it in JPEG format to a Take Snapshot predefined location Path for file storage is configured in the Video tab see Video Tab on page 54 Show Camera List Selector Display the list of available cameras in the selected pane Play Reverse Yx In Browse mode play video Y times fast in reverse Pause the video Play Forward Yx In Browse mode play video Y times fast in forward Step Backward time In Browse mode play video in reverse mode but restrict to the time interval shown Step Forward time elias mode play video in forward mode but restrict to the time interval Set Start Marker Set the starting point of the video to be exported Set Stop Marker Set the ending point of the video to be exported To Configure Custom Keyboard Shortcuts 1 To configure settings for custom keyboard shortcuts click the Views menu and select Client Setup 2 Select the Shortcuts tab Client Setup Display Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Video Wall Command Shortcut Ctri R PTZ Down Left Alt L PTZ Down Right Shift R Alt Z NumPad1 NumPad2 Nu
4. Creating a Bookmark 1 From Browse mode designate a segment of video for export See Designating a range for exporting video page 65 2 Click Export on the menu bar 3 Select Create Bookmark If this button is disabled e Check that you are logged in to the Ocularis Base Server using Ocularis Client rather than directly to the recording component e You may not have bookmarking privileges Check with your system administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Tt Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Create Bookmark Classification Case File Tags red corvette Comment this car has been seen loitering in the area for several nights Included Feeds MM Select All Parking Lot A North Audio Parking Lot A South Parking Lot B North 3 14 Parking Lot C West Audio Submit Cancel If there are expected cameras missing from the resulting list you may have limited privileges for bookmarking Check with your system administrator 4 Select a Classification to file the bookmark under based on the nature of the clip 5 Select a Case File for the clip to be assigned A Case File is an incident case which may contain multiple bookmarks or alerts related to the same event Classifications and Case File designations are created and configured in the Ocularis Administrator 6 Enter any Tags for the clip Tags are keywords related to the clip content Tags
5. You may view the exported jog images with any application that supports this file type 9 If you wish to cancel the export while it is still in progress you may do so by clicking the Cancel icon in the Jobs menu See Cancelling an Export on page 69 for more details On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 75 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Printing a Still Image Report Still Image Reports are one page reports which include a still image as well as the associated time date camera information operator and workstation identifiers and operator comments To Generate a Print Report 1 From Browse mode select a camera and set the Timeline to the desired point in time 2 Click Export on the menu bar and select Print 3 Enter a report Header report Footer and Comments 4 Click Preview to view the final report prior to printing Illegal Parking Incident IQEye 755 Camera 1 iw ae gt Ll lt a gt IAS ALA GE A AE HA Hees tao ee Ses NA AS E E BAL WR Operator Station ONSSIWRK2520 Capture Time 11 11 2008 3 40 PM Note White Ford Explorer observed parking illegally See also incident report from 110208 Still Image Report 5 Click Print to print the report using any local or networked printer Note If you select an area on the video and zoom in the enlarged image will appear on the print report 76 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc O
6. Joystick Controls tab A list of buttons appears Client Setup Display Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Video Wall fo Preset 6 Preset 7 Preset 8 Preset 9 Start Recording Show Live h Show Browse Next Image Previous Image Playback Minimize Maximize View Minimize Application imize App on Cancel 3 Click inside the cell in the Command column to the right of the button you wish to configure A drop down list appears with the list of Ocularis functions that are configurable Select the Ocularis function you wish to assign to the corresponding button Repeat for each button you wish to configure When finished configuring joystick buttons click the Save button The changes made on this screen will be available when the user clicks the Save button These settings will be saved only on the PC on which it was configured 60 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Video Wall Tab Video walls are simply a collection of monitors typically posted in a public or other group observation area with no visible keyboard attached They are used to display video from preset cameras as well as receive video on demand pushed there by operators Video Walls in Ocularis are defined in the Base using the Ocularis Administrator Ocularis Client is used to display the video wall Remote Video Wall is an optional add on component to Ocularis and available with Ocularis ES Ocularis LS O
7. User The name of the user Ocularis Client account name who handled 92 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts the alert Classification The classification category assigned to the alert Handled at The date and time when the alert was handled A thumbnail of the video for the alert Hover the mouse cursor over Thumbnail the thumbnail to view a larger thumbnail image of the alert video Click the image to see alert video 25 events are shown on a page If you have more than 25 handled Event page count _ events you can page through the list using the column heading navigation Number of Events The total number of handled events is displayed Event Detail Click the expand icon El to view additional details regarding the handled alert Click to expand RC C 192 168 10 18 Camera 3 Motion 11 2013 3 45 17 PM Daniel 11 2013 3 45 27 PM RC C 192 168 10 3 Camera 1 Motion 4 11 707 PM Samuel 1 11 2013 3 44 11 PM RC C 192 168 10 54 Camera 2 Motion RC C 192 168 10 54 Camera 2 Motion Click to Comments this is a comment on a handled event collapse Tags tag 1 tag 2 RC C 192 168 10 54 Ca Case 12345 Cameras Handled Alert Details When you expand a row to display the details for the handled alert the following appears If the handler of the alert entered comments during handling the FORMENS comments are listed first Optional Tags Any tags key words assigned
8. by positioning the mouse cursor in the streaming info area click the aux overlay button On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 31 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual poe Axis 2114 11 79 Camera MPEG4 320 x 240 fps 10 18 avg streaming info Van ie streams MPEG 4 streamed JPEG streamed 2 Inthe resulting pop up select the stream you wish to switch to You may need to click the Streams tab in the pop up if the camera also contains PTZ presets REE Axis 2114 11 79 Camera 3 The alternate stream is now shown Verify this by using placing the mouse cursor in the streaming info area For cameras with embedded NVRs different camera manufacturers may display a different list of available streams 32 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Two way audio Ocularis Client enables both listening to audio from camera connected microphones and sending audio to camera connected speakers All camera connected audio devices are configured on the recording component Cameras with connected audio capabilities display overlay audio icons in the top right corner of the video pane These icons may be used for listening to a camera connected microphone as well as sending audio to a camera s speaker using a microphone connected to the operator station SPEAK Click to speak LIS TEN through speaker
9. click Export on the menu bar Export Options Individual Database r Frames AVI File Format Select AVI File Export to AVI File Folder C Users lt username gt Desktop Filename DVMS AXIS M3011 Camera 1 avi Preamble OnSS I Ocularis Video Export Comment Blue minivan circling parking lot A save vehicle on 10 05 10 Audio E Export Recorded Audio Setup Export Cancel l aes Enter the full path of the destination folder for the exported clip or click Browse Folders Le to select a folder or to create a new folder Enter a file name for the exported clip Enter Preamble text to display in the beginning of the video as an introduction By default exported AVI clips are preceded by a Preamble which displays the time and date operator by username camera name and the operator s comments You may choose whether or not to append a preamble to the exported clip and which items to include On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence 6 Enter additional information in the Comment text box 7 Ifthe camera supports audio the Export Recorded Audio checkbox is selected by default If audio is present on the clip it will be included in the export 8 Click Setup to change the video export Codec and the encoding quality A Note About Video Codecs A video codec compression decompression is required to cre
10. menu and select Client Setup 2 Select the Video Wall tab Client Setup Display Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Video Wall Video Wall Use Enabled P Show Advanced Options Site Association 3 Check the Enabled checkbox 4 Select the video wall name from the Site Association drop down menu The video walls listed here are displayed based on the privileges set up by the system administrator in Ocularis Administrator In the example above Station A would select Lobby from the Site Association list Station B would also select Lobby adding its monitors to the bank for the video wall 5 Click the Save button In most cases this is all that is required To use a video wall see Using a Video Wall on page 100 62 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Changing the Position of the Video Wall Representation If you wish to specify an exact position for the local monitor representation of the remote video wall the axes or station offsets need to be defined Click the Show Advanced Options checkbox to enter the station offsets for the X and Y axis of the monitor positions Station Offset K Y Video Wall Ta Configuring the X and Y Station Offsets When configuring the X and Y Station Offsets you need to know the screen resolutions of all the monitors in the video wall Refer to the diagram Sample Video Wall on page 61 as an ex
11. Automatic Alert Handling Rather than handle each alert one by one two mechanisms have been implemented to handle events in bulk e The system administrator can batch handle events from the Ocularis Administrator application He or she can automatically handle a set of alerts based on event source event or age See the Ocularis Administrator User Manual for more details e Qualified operators can schedule events to be automatically handled from the Ocularis Client Alert Manager To Schedule Alerts for Automatic Handling Privileges to access this feature must be specifically granted by the system administrator Use this feature to create schedules where events are automatically handled or discarded For instance if you know that building maintenance will be doing some construction in an area where you have cameras and events configured you may want to automatically handle these alerts during the time of construction to save the operators time and effort on dealing with nuisance alerts 94 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts 1 From the Ocularis Client Alert Manager click the Filter tool on the Alert Manager toolbar Create Event Filter Schedule Existing Filters Filter Name Events Composite Source Event Source Test Generic Events Event Proxy for RC C Recorder 1 Filtered Events Start Time 04 11 2013 04 37 PM End Time 04 11 2013 05 37 PM Mode Discard Autohandle Create Eve
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13. Click to listen on camera to microphone on camera LISTEN and SPEAK icons Clicking on either icon will enable or disable the feature The icon will appear bright when on and dim when off In standard mode if you click the icon the function is enabled turned on until you click the icon again to disable it turned off Note that audio icons appear only upon mouse move together with all other playback and PTZ controls The Audio menu may also be used to select an audio stream to hear what is going on near the selected camera attached microphone Keep in mind that you can select to hear audio from one camera that is not in view while sending audio e g talking to a speaker on a different camera Push to Talk Push to Talk is a feature that is configurable in the Client Setup screen It changes the behavior of how the Speak icon functions within a view pane If Push To Talk is enabled click and hold the Speak icon to enable it and speak into the microphone to send audio to the vicinity of the camera Release and the microphone is disabled This feature works similar to a walkie talkie Using Audio Audio while typically received in conjunction with camera video is treated as a separate entity in Ocularis You can listen to the audio from one camera while viewing video from another camera or cameras Only one audio stream may play at a time On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 33 Live Monitor
14. Client Interface Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Client Interface When you successfully log in you will see the screen from the prior log in session The following is a typical view obs Live Rear Hallway Camera 1 Alert Application Counter Controls Image Sony 11 166 HJ4 CourtYard Bar ese Sample 2 x 2 view in Ocularis Client The items shown on the screen above apply to most installations Differences and descriptions are noted throughout this document Moving clockwise from the upper left is the Alert Counter This feature displays the number of configured events that have occurred since the last login At the top of the screen is the Menu Bar containing the primary menu functions of Ocularis Client This bar will dynamically change based upon the mode of the application If Auto Hide is enabled and the mouse is positioned over content in the section below it the Menu Bar will disappear providing more screen real estate for camera views When the mouse pointer is moved to the top of the screen the Menu Bar reappears The right most portion of the Menu Bar is devoted to the Application Controls These functions control various aspects of Ocularis Client More information on Application Controls can be found below In the case of a view the top portion of the view pane is called the Image Bar This bar displays information specific to the video stream shown with
15. Drag amp 1 Motion 4 15 2013 13 42 56 drop Open Rear Door A 4 15 2013 13 42 36 Motion 4 15 2013 13 42 34 Open Front Door 4 15 2013 13 42 29 4 15 2013 13 42 19 4 15 2013 13 42 14 Motion 4 15 2013 13 41 49 Er Post to video wall 4 You can send live and recorded video to the video wall from this screen Sending Live Video To send live video use one of these two methods a Ifthe map displays the camera related to the alert simply drag and drop the camera icon from the map to the corresponding pane of the video wall b Click a pane of the video wall to select it The selected pane should turn the color green Then click the Send Live tool found at the bottom of the screen on the Alert Manager toolbar 106 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls Sending Recorded Video To send recorded video a Click a pane of the video wall to select it The selected pane should turn the color green Then click the Remote Loop tool found at the bottom of the screen on the Alert Manager toolbar On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 107 Contact Information Ocularis Client User Manual Contact Information On Net Surveillance Systems OnSSI One Blue Plaza 7th 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 x 1 PreSales Support se onssi com 845 732 7900
16. Lots Camera Panes with Quick Review as well as optical and digital PTZ Push Video Pane for receiving manual peer to peer push Latest Non Po KA live video qe v a gt gt Static Image On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 15 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Displaying Views To display a view in Ocularis Client 1 Click Views on the menu bar 2 Select the desired View Group Folder to expand the list of views continue to expand folders and subfolders until you reach the desired view 3 Click the desired view Depending on your system s settings it may take a few seconds until all panes are populated The Live Monitoring window Note If you are using Ocularis v5 x with a Master Slave Core the following applies e If the Master Core is down but Slave Core s are running you can still log into Ocularis Base using Ocularis Client but you will not see any video The message failed to log into IP Address Failed to establish connection appears When the Master Core comes back online you will be reconnected and see video e If you are already logged in to Ocularis Base and then the Master Core goes down you will see video properly for any view 16 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Quick Review and Camera Control During Live Monitoring
17. Systems Inc 43 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual The Time Slicer Ocularis Client s Time Slicer functionality enables users to easily and quickly access video of an incident by auto generating equal interval thumbnails of a specific camera view Once the incident is evident in one of the thumbnails the user can create sets of thumbnails of increasingly smaller time intervals towards accessing the exact moment the incident began or ended Parking Lot North Time Slicer QE ye ES c ar era 1 Playback us RS at lt Current View a cae i Y oad S e j TAS n i e A A pans aa a ja z 24 Timeslice cong 7 4 thumbnails ER 34 A 1 KE 0 a E j as j sas y BAS j SaN Mode Selector 3 l ij fae Be on 1 3 ai Y AL kir Sre Iw 1 Timeslice direction meni shan PP EA i ka 55 la back forward in ea g time pause slicing l A 1186705 Cien 134005 ice aya a Time Slicing Interval Kinetic Motion Interchangeable Timeline with video Motion Detection time stamp and Playback Controls lap pm MA 008711 6 timeline scale 14 16 35 937 4 b gt tb gt 10 Accessing video of an incident using the Time Slicer 1 In Browse Mode click on the Timeslice menu item 2 The Time Slicer will generate thumbnails of the currently selected camera view spaced 10 minutes apart starting from the currently displayed time stamp and back in time The Timeslice Current View pane displays the camera view at
18. To remove the text press the Backspace key on the keyboard If you would like the text box to be cleared each time it is displayed check the Clear Filter Text After Selection checkbox in the Client Setup screen Note that on the fly changes are only temporary and will not affect the saved view Copy to Clipboard Right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display the Circular Control Menu Click the Clipboard icon in Fe the bottom right quadrant of the circular control menu This will save the displayed camera image to the clipboard which can be pasted into different applications for later use A Frame in Clipboard confirmation message will appear Clear a camera from a pane Right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display the Circular Control Menu Click the Remove Camera icon xj in the bottom left quadrant of the circular control menu to remove the camera from the pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 21 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Note Removing a camera from a view pane as described above will only delete it temporarily permanent removal of a camera from a view can only be done modifying the view Push Video Live video can be pushed manually as described herein to other users designated Push Video panes The recipient must have a visible view pane c
19. a z s Flo i color coded for alert priority High Priority Alert The color code for alerts is defined as follows e Blue zero 0 priority alerts e Green low priority alerts e Yellow medium priority alerts e Red high priority alerts Zero low and medium level alerts remain visible in a Blank Screen pane for about 10 seconds default dwell time and then they are cleared from the screen Low and medium priority alerts can be retrieved from the Alert Manager Zero priority alerts once cleared from the screen are not saved or retrievable High priority alerts remain visible on the Blank Screen pane until they are acknowledged by an operator or another alert of equal or higher priority occurs An audible sound may be heard when an alert is triggered The sound may be different for each alert regardless of priority Audible alerts are configured in the Ocularis Administrator application Low medium and high priority alerts go either to the Alert Manager or the Handled Alerts list and may be investigated and reviewed at a later time Clearing an Alert from a Blank Screen High Priority Alerts A High priority alert remains visible until an operator handles it from the Blank Screen pane or until another alert with the same or higher priority occurs Click the acknowledge button checkmark icon above the navigation controls to acknowledge the alert and clear the pane All high priority alerts must be handled in order t
20. camera click the pane with the camera video to select it 2 Be sure to be in the appropriate mode Live or Browse based on the function to be issued 3 Execute the shortcut Hold the modifier key SHIFT CTRL or ALT and press the secondary key or simply press the single shortcut key The shortcut function should be invoked 58 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Joystick Controls Tab If you have a USB joystick connected to the Ocularis Client PC you will be able to map Ocularis Client functions to the buttons of the joystick The commands available to program are listed here Takes a snapshot of the current image and saves it in JPEG format to a Take Snapshot predefined location Path for file storage is configured in the Video tab see Video Tab on page 54 Show Camera List Selector Display the list of available cameras in the selected pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 59 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual In Browse mode play video in reverse mode but restrict to the time interval shown In Browse mode play video in forward mode but restrict to the time interval shown Set the starting point of the video to be exported Set the ending point of the video to be exported To Configure Joystick Controls 1 To configure joystick buttons to correspond to Ocularis Client functions click the Views menu and select Client Setup 2 Select the
21. install and log in to Ocularis Client Select a desired video wall as defined in To Configure A Video Wall on page 62 Using a Video Wall As you are viewing an Ocularis map you may encounter video from a camera or a view you would like to display on a video wall 1 Display the video wall template by selecting Video Walls from the menu bar The Video Walls menu lists all video walls for which you have been granted access Note Access to video walls is restricted based on privileges assigned to the user group in the Ocularis Administrator 2 Select the desired video wall The panes of the selected video wall are graphically displayed Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 16 08 16 One Blue Hill Plaza DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 E Alerts View AXIS 207MW Camera 1 ja a y A NS e my Pig Po x ri q a 3 7 e 223M Camera 100 D D e AXIS 207 MA Came AXIS 207 MNI Caf live Axis 2004 F a e live e A at _ ye Virtual Video wall layout panels 100 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls 3 Drag amp Drop a camera from the map to a pane on the virtual video wall Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 16 20 51 One Blue Hill Plaza AXIS 20 MW Camera L DVMS Axis 209 Camera 1 AXIS 207MW Camera 107 Drag amp Drop a camera onto a Virtual Video Wall pane The virtual video wall will display the camera name and the actual video wall
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23. on the display can be controlled with the Pause Play backward rewind and Play Forward buttons However in cases where the video wall is not visible from the controlling station because it is too far away or in another physical location use the View button to open a local preview of what is displayed on the video wall lt gt Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Video Wall in Lobby a l U J f Y fe bed med y ae Ee ld AT NINE By Nee a Dey Viewing a video wall pane remotely 104 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls Use the navigation controls at the bottom of the preview pane so that you can see what is displaying on the remote video wall Camera Location While working with an Ocularis map and video wall you can auto locate the camera icon on the map which is displaying in the video wall 1 Click the pane in the virtual video wall with the camera video you would like to locate 2 Click the Locate Camera Video icon a The Ocularis map repositions with the camera icon centered on the screen Clear a Pane in a Video Wall 1 Click the pane in the virtual video wall with the camera video you would like to clear 2 Click the Clear Video icon Ge Blank Screens in a Video Wall When blank screens are posted to a video wall their behavior is slightly different than if they are on an operator station
24. picture in picture of the entire camera view indicating the selected digital PTZ area will appear in the top right corner of the camera pane for orientation and navigation The selected area can be dragged within the PIP maintaining the same magnification level This zoomed image may be copied to the clipboard using the Circular Control Menu Click or touch the camera view outside of the PIP window to remove the digital PTZ and return to normal camera view Applying Optical PTZ Ocularis Client offers a number of methods for controlling PTZ enabled cameras 1 Click to Center click on any point within the camera view to center the camera on it 2 Virtual Joystick hover over or touch the center of the camera view to display the virtual PTZ joystick handle and drag it in any direction for continuous panning and tilting The Virtual PTZ Joystick 3 Physical joystick standard USB joysticks can be used to pan tilt and zoom the camera view This may require configuring the joystick buttons 4 Click drag touch drag region draw a region within the camera view to center the camera and set the zoom level Zoomed images may be copied to the clipboard using the Circular Control Menu On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 25 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual 5 Mouse Scroll Wheel optical zoom in out can be applied in any mode including digitally zoomed camera views using a scroll wheel mouse 6 Zoo
25. the current time stamp indicated on the Kinetic Timeline 3 For convenient detection limited to a certain part of the camera view you may apply digital zoom by drawing a rectangular region in the Timeslice Current View This will change the zoom level in all Timeslice thumbnails 4 Depending on the nature of the incident searched you may adjust the initial time interval and the direction of detection backward or forward in time 44 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode Use a larger interval to detect significant or semi permanent changes to the current camera view that occurred days before or after the current time stamp e g set the interval to One Day to detect damage to a building that occurred within the past week Use a smaller interval to detect short term transient incidents that occurred within hours or minutes of the current time stamp e g use the default 10 minute interval or even a 1 minute interval to detect a car that had parked within half an hour of the currently displayed video 5 Click the Search Back Forward buttons er depending on the desired direction of detection to generate the next set of thumbnails starting at the time stamp of the bottom right thumbnail 6 Once a change has been detected between two consecutive thumbnails indicating that the incident has occurred in the time between the two frames click on the first of the two if
26. will display the video from that camera 4 Drag Drop a view from the map to a pane in the virtual video wall to display an entire view on the video wall Tip If you drop a view that contains a blank screen onto a video wall the blank screen alerts will also display on the video wall Show Hide Video Wall On the operator s screen the video wall template may be so large that trying to navigate the map on the same screen becomes tedious You can roll the video wall up or down in order to view the map underneath In this example the video wall overlay is covering a good portion of the map The operator may have difficulty posting video from this map to the video wall due to the coverage of the overlay In the upper left corner there is a collapse expand icon next to the video wall name Click to collapse the video wall On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 101 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis Client User Manual Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Y Video Wall in Lobby Click to Z collapse Video Wall in rolled down position Move the mouse cursor down the screen and you will see the video wall roll up It is still there except it is just hidden from view The video wall toolbar is still visible Views Triggers E rt Video Walls Click to expand _ EE Video Wall in Lobby Video Wall Toolbar LA y eg yrs Video Wall in rolled up position Changing Video Wall Panes From the controller PC you
27. yield unique file names Changes made to this setting will be immediate upon clicking Save Language If you wish to change the display language for Ocularis Client you may do so by selecting it from the Language drop down menu This setting applies to the current PC only Keep in mind that if someone else uses the PC this setting will apply to them too Therefore if the person using the PC after you does not understand the language you ve selected it is courteous to change the language back to the original before you log out Changes to the language take effect only after you Shut Down and restart Ocularis Client Audio Push To Talk The Push To Talk checkbox allows you to control the functionality of the Speak overlay icon in a view when you want to transmit audio If this checkbox is checked the Speak icon will behave like a walktie talkie where you will have to click and hold it to communicate Changes made to this setting will be immediate upon clicking Save Screens The number of screens detected by the PC s video card is represented by the checkboxes in the Screens section Check a minimum of one screen or as many as shown on which to display Ocularis Client Ocularis Client supports the ability to view up to eight 8 monitors on the same client machine Changes to this feature take effect only after you Log Off and restart Ocularis Client Auto Hide The Auto Hide checkbox contr
28. 0 avg streaming info Privacy Mask Additionally if you position the mouse cursor over the block to the left of the camera name you ll see a pop up showing an optional description of the camera as well as other streaming information including the compression method image size and frame rate of the camera shown On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 19 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Circular Control Menu Right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display the Circular Control Menu The Circular Control menu Note When interacting with PTZ cameras a Virtual Joystick control will appear in the center of the camera pane upon mouse over or clicking To display the Circular Control menu using left click or touch you must click or touch the pane off center i e any point except the center of the pane The Circular Control Menu provides a quadrant with several functions 1 Select Camera Copy to Clipboard Clear a camera from a pane Push Video Start Recording Toggle Patrolling 7 Take Snapshot Select Camera Ol Ui aS da 10 Click the camera icon gt at the top right quadrant of the circular control to display a camera list Cameras listed here are displayed based upon user privileges and access rights Click a camera to display it in the desired pane Wseiect Camera ACTi Camera H263 192 168 10 144 ACTi Camera H2
29. 11 13 AXIS M1054 10 221 HJ AXIS P3301 11 12 HJ AXIS Q1755 10 48 HJ Arecont AV3105 10 245 HJ Arecont AV8360 10 186 1 Arecont AV8360 10 186 2 Arecont AV8360 10 186 3 Arecont AV8360 10 186 4 Axis 233D 10 26 34 PTZ AXIS 212 PTZ Camera 1 D Link DCS 5610 11 40 34 IQEye 511 10 136 J IQEye 755 10 134 J West Parking IQEye 755 10 137 J Click the next to the camera to add When the resulting camera list appears click the symbol next to the desired camera The camera is added to the pane rather than replacing the existing camera 3 of 4 162 West Parking Lot 11 228 Camera z ww gt vg gt o A AA AI Carousel indicator dl of number of cameras gt gt Carousel playback controls i Adding a Carousel as needed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 29 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Hotspot control Hotspots are typically used when many panes are displayed and the operator needs to enlarge the view of one camera while still viewing others Multiple hotspot panes may be configured as well To use a hotspot 1 Open a view which contains a hotspot pane 2 Click once on the hotspot pane to select it 3 Click on another pane with camera video carousels and other hotspots included This video should now appear in the hotspot pane Hallway on Floor 2 Click z here Reception RC C Camera second 4 Hallway on F
30. 3543355 8 54 a 3 333 A EN i A NE se 4 gi i Sue Events Priority 7 All Lots 4 11 2013 12 04 58 Show all cameras live video from when the alert triggered On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 89 Alerts Ocularis Client User Manual Show Selected Camera Event Triggered and Live Video Select an alert and click the icon Live and recorded video from the selected camera associated with the event will be displayed in the video display area In row layout the recorded video is on the left and the live stream is on the right Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Parking Lot North 2 Paused Parking Lot North 2 4 11 2015 1204571223 NAAA jy uve Events Priority 7 All Lots 4 11 2013 12 04 58 Parking Lot North 2 Show the selected camera s recorded video from when the alert triggered and live video 90 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Storing and Handling Events As alerts are received and reviewed operators can choose to file or store the events for later retrieval Alerts in the Alerts List are only sustained for the current Ocularis Client session Therefore important alerts should be saved and categorized Handled so that they may be viewed at a later time Handling Alerts Alerts may be handled from the Alert Manager or from video displayed in a blank screen pane 1 From the Alert Manager select the alert and click the Acknowledge tool in the Alert Manager tool
31. 36 47 4 10 2013 11 40 10 4 10 2013 11 36 58 4 10 2013 11 39 59 Alert Manager Row Layout The Alert Manager screen may be customized between two layouts Row layout and Column Layout In Row Layout see example above the upper section of the screen displays video related to the configured event that triggered the alert The lower left section displays a list of alerts with associated information event name camera name priority timestamp etc The lower right section displays the map associated with the selected alert In Column Layout not shown the video display area is shown in the upper right section of the screen the list of unhandled alerts on the left and optional Ocularis Map in the lower right Use the Layout Options tool on the Alert Manager Toolbar to change between the two layouts 86 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Alert Manager Toolbar Handle Alert Locate alert from alert Send recorded Switch to Schedule 4 oo and store in camera on camera to alert videoto Handled Alerts auto handling Video display Layout database map video wall video wall list of alerts mode options v Acknowledge Locate E qRemote Loop Recent Y Filter 0T 19 19 l EE The tools on the Alert Manager Toolbar can be defined as follows The Acknowledge tool will store the selected alert into the database of Handled Acknowledge Events You ll be p
32. 6 To Use a Video Wall in Alert Manager cc ccccccccssseececeeeeeeeccsaeeeeeceaeeeceeseeaeeeeeseauecesseeaeeesseeaeeeesssseeeesenas 106 CONTACT INFORMATION asa 108 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Table of Contents Disclaimer Product features and functions described in this Ocularis Client User Manual may not apply to all versions of Ocularis Every attempt has been made to detail product model differences as per the publication date of this manual Contact OnSSI Technical Support with any questions regarding supported functions of your installed software version Who Should Read This Document This document is intended for users and operators of Ocularis Client It identifies how the software is used and its features and functionality Administrators who configure the system should refer to the document Ocularis Administrator User Manual and other configuration documents located on the OnSSI website On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 5 Introduction Ocularis Client User Manual Introduction Ocularis Client is a feature rich IP video client controller that allows users to Monitor live video from an unlimited number of cameras at multiple sites with instant investigation capabilities Easily access and investigate alerts generated by both motion detection and external systems Send and receive automated push live video of alerts Export video clips and still images for further event handl
33. 63 192 168 110 147 Axis 207MW Camera MPEG4 192 168 10 8 Axis Q1755 Camera H264 192 168 10 48 Bosch Dinion Camera H263 192 168 10 193 Bosch Dome G4 H263 192 168 10 187 The Select Camera list click on a camera to display it in 20 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Navigating the List e Click drag on the list to scroll up and down similar to smart phone navigation e Click on a Quick Link highlighted capital letter to display the camera names that begin with that letter e Type all or a portion of the name or keyword of a camera The text will appear in the text box at the top of the list For instance ik Select Camera ISON Panasonic BB HCM701A H264 Camera 1 Sony 10 85 HJM PTZ Sony 10 95 34 WestParkingLot Sony 11 166 HJ4 CourtYard Sony 11 220 HJM PTZ Sony RH240 Sony RX530 10 99 HJM PTZ Tech Support Sony SNC CH240 10 78 HJ4 FrontDesk Sony SNC RZ50 PTZ Camera 1 Example type portion of name This example results in displaying cameras containing with Son Select Camera AXIS Q1755 10 48 HJ Axis Q1755_0Q Camera 1 IQEye 755 10 134 J West Parking IQEye 755 10 137 3 IQEYE 755 JPEG Camera 1 Example type portion of model number This example results in displaying any camera containing the text 755 Each time you display the camera selection list the text that was typed in last will be displayed
34. Exported Jobs e Clips are listed in the order in which they were exported Those jobs which are completed are labeled with Donel e Clips that are still being exported are shaded with a progress bar and the percentage complete is shown e Clips listed are those which have been exported in the current session The list is cleared when the user logs out and is empty upon re log in e f you wish to cancel the export you may do so by clicking the Cancel icon in the Jobs menu See Cancelling an Export on page 69 for more details 80 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Alerts The Alerts feature is available with all feature sets of Ocularis It encompasses the following e Blank screen monitoring e Storing and handling alerts e Access of stored alerts e Visible alert location on a map e Posting alert video to a video wall For Ocularis PS local video wall only e Scheduling automatic handling of alerts Alerts are generated when a configured event occurs The event can be as simple as motion detected on a camera to complex composite events that combine multiple events into one e g when there is motion on camera A and a card Swipe is detected from an access control system generate an alert Alerts may be configured on the NVR itself or from the Ocularis Administrator The Ocularis Administrator however controls the distribution of an alert regardless of where it was configured W
35. GB switch ESPA IRN E E IIB IL where RAW specifies the operating system options for the boot entry The previous OS options will be modified 3GB specifies the 3 GB switch A specifies that the operating system options entered with the RAW switch will be appended to the existing operating system options D specifies the boot entry ID in the OS Load Options section of the boot ini file to add the operating system options to The boot entry ID number can be obtained from performing the command BOOTCFG QUERY this displays the contents of the boot ini file at the command prompt A reboot is required after editing the boot ini file for the changes to take effect Removing the 3GB Switch 1 Right click Command Prompt from Start gt All Programs gt Accessories and select Run as administrator 2 Enter the following command to remove the 3 GB switch from the current operating system boot entry bcecdedit deletevalue IncreaseUserVA A reboot is required after editing the boot configuration data store for the changes to take effect On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 13 Views Ocularis Client User Manual Views Views and View Groups In Ocularis Client cameras are displayed within Views A view can contain up to 64 cameras Multiple views can be configured and displayed simultaneously across multiple monitors Operators have access to views created by an administrator These views are organized by user group and are con
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37. Namely e Video triggered by alerts of any priority even high will eventually be replaced by newer alerts Any high priority alert that is overridden can be accessed via the Alert Manager by privileged operators e Configured properly if there are multiple blank screen panes visible in a video wall the alerts should populate the panes in the sequence from upper left to lower right per monitor On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 105 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis Client User Manual Using a Video Wall in the Alert Manager There are times when you are reviewing unhandled alerts and come across video that you wish to post to a video wall Rather than switch over to Ocularis Maps and populate the video wall from there you may do so directly from the Ocularis Client Alert Manager Alternately some operators may want to use the Alert Manager as their sole dashboard interface with their security environment In these instances as well using video walls in the Alert Manager may come in handy To Use a Video Wall in Alert Manager 1 Open the Alert Manager Views Tools Alert Manager 2 Locate an alert in the unhandled alert list 3 Show the video wall template by selecting from the menu bar Video Walls lt name of video wall gt Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Reception 7th Floor Paused Reception 7th Floor 4 15 2013 A BSAA CA VGH A cgi video wall roll up or down Events v ideo Wall in Lobby 10 Motion 4 15 2013 13 43 05
38. Ocularis Client provides multiple tools for adjusting the contents of view panes sending video alerts and on the fly investigation of the video displayed WARNING If you have trouble seeing the display of video make sure that the camera name does not have any special characters in it including lt gt amp See your system administrator to remedy this View Pane Controls Pane vs full screen maximized display modes Click on the camera pane Image Bar which displays the camera name to toggle between multiple camera view and full screen display modes Image Bar Reception 7th Floor Video indicators Ocularis Client Image Bar Image Bar When viewing video the top of each pane contains the Image Bar e The camera name appears on the left portion of the Image Bar This may be the name from the recorder or the alternate name assigned to the camera in the Ocularis Base e To the left of the camera name is a heart beat indicator to provide an easy way to determine if the camera is operational o lfthe indicator is pulsing green the camera stream is functioning normally On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Reception 7th Floor normal A o Ifthe indicator is pulsing red the camera is offline You will also likely see a Camera connection lost message and a large red X Parking Lot W lost co
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40. Windows operating system so that it restricts the kernel to 1 GB of memory leaving 3 GB of address space for processes used by Ocularis Configuring 32 bit Windows varies depending on the type of Windows operating system The following outlines Microsoft s recommended procedure for increasing the per process memory limit to 3 GB Modifying the Operating System to support 3 GB If Running Windows 2008 Server Windows Vista or Windows 7 IMPORTANT Improper modification of the operating system boot entry can render the operating system inoperable Use caution before making changes to the boot ini file 1 Right click Command Prompt from Start gt All Programs gt Accessories and select Run as administrator 2 Enter the following command to add the 3 GB switch to the current operating system boot entry bcdedit set IncreaseUserVA 3072 where IncreaseUserVA specifies an alternate amount of user mode virtual address space for operating systems 3072 Specifies 3 GB 3072 MB A reboot is required after editing the boot configuration data store for the changes to take effect If Running Windows XP Professional or Windows Server 2003 IMPORTANT Improper modification of boot ini can render the operating system inoperable Use caution before making changes to the boot ini file From a command prompt enter the following to the end of the first line of the operating system section in the boot ini file requires administrative privileges to add the 3
41. alue is 30 seconds Access to this icon is controlled through either the Ocularis Administrator or the recording component s management application If you do not have access to this icon and you think you should see your system administrator The Toggle Patrolling icon will only appear in Ocularis v4 x in a pane displaying video from a PTZ camera Note The Toggle Patrol icon is supported with Ocularis v4 x For Ocularis 5 cameras the icon will not be displayed To pause a patrol for a camera on a v5 recorder click the mouse anywhere on the camera image The patrol will be paused for about 60 seconds and then it will resume unless the operator clicks on the image again Take Snapshot When viewing video you may see activity occurring that you wish to capture immediately You may take a quick snapshot of the image displayed in the pane The image is saved to a predetermined location in jpg format The ability to be able to perform this function is controlled via the Export Frames privilege in Ocularis Administrator This privilege is assigned at the user group level user level as well as on the camera privilege group Taking a snapshot is available with Live or Recorded video If you do not see this icon on a camera pane s Circular Control Menu ask your system administrator to enable the privilege on your user account and or check the camera privilege group s settings This feature is supported on all feature sets of Ocul
42. ame by frame for vehicles on a roadway as they may enter and exit the detection region within a fraction of a second On the other hand large values should be set for slow moving persons or objects Available values are frame by frame FBF 1 5 10 and 30 seconds e Percentage of changed pixels Set this parameter based on the size or area of the movement relative to the detection region For example set a high value or detecting a vehicle entering a detection region the size of a single parking space this will prevent false detections of persons walking in the parking lot Values range from 1 to 99 e Sensitivity This parameter defines the amount for pixel color and brightness change Set this parameter according to the amount of noise caused by ambient lighting shadows reflections from windows etc On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode 4 Set the start time for motion detection Use the Go To Time Date utility skip to the beginning or end of the recorded video database or drag the timeline to the desired time and date 5 Click the Skip to Next Previous Motion Event to begin searching going either back or ahead in time 6 Adjust the time interval pixel change and detection sensitivity parameters if too many or too few motion events are detected 7 Click Return to Browse Mode to return to the primary Browse Mode view On Net Surveillance
43. amera o Moving the virtual joystick down will in ceiling mounted cameras cause the camera view to face upward moving the joystick left and right will move the camera view in the opposite direction at a speed relative to the length of the horizontal gesture o Position the mouse in the center of the camera view in single mode and in the intersection of the four quadrants in quad mode will display the Virtual Joystick control o Loom In Out use the Zoom Ribbon on the right side of the screen or the mouse wheel if available At a certain zoom level the camera view will revert to the original pre parsed 360 view Virtual Joystick Panomorph View 28 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Carousel sequence control Live Monitoring with Quick Review Carousel panes can be controlled just like any other camera pane for playback digital PTZ and optical PTZ Carousel navigation icons Standard navigation icons You can skip to the next and previous camera in the carousel sequence as well as pausing the sequence Once paused the carousel will show the current camera indefinitely To resume the carousel click the checkmark icon Creating a Carousel Dynamically You may create a carousel on the fly in any pane displaying camera video In the desired pane simply use the Circular Control Menu and click the Select Camera icon Sony 10 95 34 WestParkingLot ri pa f AXIS 216MFD
44. ameras require failover and assign cameras as back up in the Ocularis Administrator application As an operator of Ocularis Client when a camera fails the transition to the failover camera is nearly seamless You will see a message Failover Camera appear in the video pane and a pulsing orange icon to the left of the camera name Camera 15 Critical Camera Failover The streaming information for that camera pane will also identify the name of the primary camera for which the current camera is configured as failover Camera 15 MPEG 4 640 x 480 fps 5 31 avg Failover For Camera 7 Mouse over to view primary camera name The system administrator can define failover cameras using a e Duplicate camera stream from a redundant recorder e Different camera from the same recorder e Different camera from a different recorder e Orany combination of above Multiple cameras can be set as failover cameras for a primary camera The level of tolerance to wait prior to switching to a failover camera is defined by the system administrator when configuring the failover camera The time in which the Failover Camera message is displayed in Ocularis Client is configurable by the user in the On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 35 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup section of Ocularis Client See Critical Camera Failover on page 55 The message will appear for the duration con
45. ample In the example Client A has four monitors attached and Client B has two monitors Each monitor has a screen resolution of 1024 x 768 Example 1 If default station offsets are used X 0 Y 0 the resulting video wall when selected will take the following shape assuming that in the Video Wall tab of Client Setup client A selected the video wall Lobby before Client B selected it or Client A logged in first Client A o el Client B gt Four screens from Client A and two screens from Client B The native functionality within Microsoft Windows allows a consecutive organization of the screens from each station However there may be a case where you wish to alter the default position for the video wall screens Example 2 Assume that you wish a different layout for the video wall for these stations To obtain the layout the following station offsets should be used Client A Client B X 0 X 0 Y 0 Y 769 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 63 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual The calculation for the Y offset in station B is based on the assumption that each of Client A s screen is 768 pixels tall The vertical position Y needs to start at least one pixel greater than Client A otherwise there would be overlap The X offset is 0 to allow the screen to be placed in the left most position Four Screens from Client A on top of Two Screens from Client B left justified Example 3 T
46. are created here and may be deleted in the Ocularis Administrator 7 Enter any comments related to the clip or its contents 8 Choose the camera feed s to be included in the bookmark export in addition to the selected camera from those displayed in the current view To include a camera feed not shown in the original view cancel the Create Bookmark dialog and modify one of the view panes to display the desired camera using the Circular Control Then click Export and repeat steps above To include all cameras displayed click the Select All checkbox 9 For each camera that has associated audio an Audio checkbox appears beneath the camera name If you wish to also include recorded audio in the bookmark check the Audio checkbox beneath the corresponding camera 10 Click Submit to create the bookmark You may verify the successful creation of the bookmark by looking at the Status column of the bookmark table See Viewing a Bookmark on page 79 for more details 78 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence Viewing a Bookmark Viewing a bookmark is supported when using Ocularis Client with Ocularis Base 1 Click Views on the menu bar 2 Select Tools and then Bookmarks Bookmarks R 30 Paused RC C Camera 10 27 2011 15 03 28 910 w AZ e Jl Bookmarks The resulting screen displays a list of existing bookmarks in
47. aris On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 23 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual When you click the Take Snapshot icon a confirmation message appears Snapshot Taken and a jpg file is stored in the location defined in the Video tab of the Client Setup screen See Video Tab on page 54 Taking a snapshot may also be done via the view pane live or browse See One Click Snapshot on page 41 using a keyboard shortcut See Shortcuts Tab on page 56 or joystick shortcut See Joystick Controls Tab on page 59 Quick Review Tools As Ocularis Client is designed to display only the tools you need when you need them moving the cursor around the screen will result in the display or hiding of tools applicable to the area of the application Visible tools are context sensitive and may be controlled via User Privilege in the Ocularis Administrator application Playing back video Upon mouse over whether in full screen or pane mode playback controls also called Interactive Overlay Controls appear in the pane optical aux Overlay Controls Click and hold the Forward right arrow or Reverse left arrow buttons to review video Releasing the buttons will pause the video stream Note that clicking on the Forward button while viewing live video will pause the video stream Pause a live video stream by using the Pause button When the video is paused the pause ico
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49. ase Format Export to Database Format Export Path C WideoExports nii Filename Expor_of_Incident_2345 Included Feeds Camera 39 Audio Camera 34 Audio Y Camera 35 Camera 38 Audio Export Ocularis Viewer to same directory Password Protection Also Encrypt Video Data Encryption Strength Export Cancel 3 Inthe Export Path field enter the full path of the destination folder for the exported clip or click Browse Folders es to select a folder or create a new folder 4 Inthe Filename field enter a file name for the exported clip 5 Choose the camera feeds to be included in the database export in addition to the selected camera from among current view s cameras To export a camera feed not included in the original view cancel this dialog change the camera using the Circular Control Menu in either Live or Browse modes and repeat steps above 6 Cameras that support audio display an Audio checkbox available for selection Check the Audio box if you wish to include recorded audio from the corresponding camera in the export 70 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence 7 Ifthe recipient of this video clip does not have Ocularis Client you should include the Ocularis Viewer as part of the export To include the Ocularis Viewer in the destination folder check the Export Ocularis Viewer to same directory che
50. ate avi files AVI is not in itself a codec it is a common container format that many different codecs can use There are literally hundreds of supported codecs Windows ships with the Cinepak codec The encoding quality of this codec may cause the encoding process to take longer and make the AVI file size larger than other codecs Therefore we recommend other popular codecs such as DivX XviD or MPEG4 These or any codecs must be installed locally in order to create the AVI file and also must be installed on the PC which is to play the exported AVI file AVI Export Setup Video Codec Cinepak Codec by Radius v Include Time Stamp Camera Name Always Prepend Preamble 9 Click the Video Codec drop down menu to see the list of available codecs These are the codecs installed locally and detected by Windows Select the desired codec 10 Determine if you wish to include On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 67 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual a A Time Stamp to appear on the recorded video b The Camera Name to appear on the recorded video c Always add the preamble to the beginning of the clip by clicking the corresponding checkbox 11 Click OK to exit the Setup dialog box 12 Click Export to begin the export process 13 If you wish to cancel the export while it is still in progress you may do so by clicking the Cancel icon in the Jobs menu See Cancelling an Exp
51. ation that supports playing avi files such as Windows Media Player or QuickTime Additionally if the export was done in the current session an avi export may be played back directly from the Jobs menu Click the completed job in the Jobs menu to launch the associated avi player and view the video clip Note For Windows 8 this feature will only work if a media player is associated with the avi filename extension via the Control Panel Set Associations screen in the operating system On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 69 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting a Video Database Multiple camera video exports in database format allow future reviewing of an event as it unfolds through an entire set of cameras While exported database files may be very large and therefore are not usually suitable for electronic distribution their encryption and password protection features provide the security level required in dealing with sensitive content and or court evidence Exporting to database format is available in all Ocularis feature sets This feature may also be controlled enabled or disabled on a user group level by the system administrator Viewing the exported video database requires Ocularis Client or the Ocularis Viewer to be installed on the recipient s computer 1 Once a segment of video has been designated for export click Export on the menu bar 2 From the Export Options screen select Datab
52. bar From a blank screen pane click the checkmark icon in the Overlay Controls 2 Fill out the fields in the resulting Handle Event pop up window Handle Event Classification Case Tags Comment Handle Event 3 Select the category for the alert from the Classification drop down list These Classifications are defined in the Ocularis Administrator by the system administrator 4 Select an existing incident case file from the Case drop down list Click the New Case button to add a new Case File a Inthe event you wish to add a new case file on the fly enter the case name in the Name field and any comments specific to this file b Click Submit c Be sure to select the new case from the Case drop down list 5 Enter keywords to be used as tags for the incident in the Tags field 6 Enter specific comments regarding the alert incident in the Comments field 7 Click Submit The alert is removed from the unhandled alert list and can be accessed at a later time under Handled Alerts Accessing Stored Handled Alerts Once alerts have been handled they can be accessed at any time On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 91 Alerts Ocularis Client User Manual From the menu bar select Views gt Tools gt Handled Alerts The result is a list of all handled alerts Handled Alerts J hove M chron 15 20 4 11 2013 4D 4 kom 15 19 38 198 A MO
53. bit operating systems the default is 3 GB 3 072 MB GPU Graphical Processing Units or Texture Memory that is left GPUs are a measure of the graphics accelerator found on the video card A warning message will appear when 80 GPU is reached Should a memory warning message appear click OK The warning message should remain dormant for at least 5 minutes to allow you to modify the view If desired click the Do not show this message again checkbox to prevent further message notices for the current session Modifying the Default Memory Limit To modify the upper limits of the working set and GPUs create an ASCII file on the c drive called c onssimem txt Add one line which includes the working set limit following by a comma and then the GPU limit The units are in MB megabytes For example 1536 100 where the 1536 represents 1 5 GB or 1 536 MB limit for the working set memory and 100 represents 100 MB of Texture Memory You can disable the warning completely by entering a number above 3000 like 4000 12 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Client Interface Recommended for 32 bit Operating Systems Microsoft Windows 32 bit operating systems can address 3 GB of virtual memory The operating system kernel reserves 2 GB for itself and each individual running process is allowed to address another 2 GB You can optimize the computer s memory usage by configuring a 32 bit
54. choosing to encrypt all files may increase the time needed to complete the export as well as impact the size of the exported video database Exported Results Once the export process is finished the following will be found in the destination folder e a filename oml file e a folder named Data e afolder named Ocularis Viewer if the option to Export Ocularis Viewer to same directory checkbox was selected The first two items are required to view the exported video in any format The Ocularis Viewer folder is only necessary if the recipient does not have Ocularis Client To transfer the video export to another user simply copy the exported items onto a portable hard drive or burn them on a CD or DVD using any off the shelf burning software On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 71 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Viewing an Exported Video Database Viewing an exported video database can be done by using the Ocularis Client or the Ocularis Viewer Viewing Exported Video with Ocularis Client To view exported video using the Ocularis Client 1 Select the Load Database from File option under the Views menu 2 Select the oml file in the Open dialog and click Open The video database will open in Browse mode allowing for all Browse operations including motion detection Timeslice Motion Slice etc Note lt may take a short period for the video database to parse and recorded vi
55. ckbox More information on the Ocularis Viewer is discussed later in this section 8 If you want to encrypt the exported clip assign a password to the database and check the Also Encrypt Video Data checkbox Encryption requires password protection and the password is required to view the encrypted export Select the encryption level 128 or 256 For more information see Encryption below 9 Click Export to begin the export process 10 If you wish to cancel the export while it is still in progress you may do so by clicking the Cancel icon in the Jobs menu See Cancelling an Export on page 69 for more details Depending on the length of the designated segment of video the framerate and resolution of the video and whether audio was included the encoding process may take a number of minutes You can follow the encoding progress by clicking on Jobs on the menu bar Note You may continue to work with Ocularis Client as usual during the export process including running multiple video exports simultaneously Encryption Video databases may be encrypted using the AES Advanced Encryption Standard algorithm Available key sizes for export are 128 or 256 bits Marking the checkbox Also Encrypt Video Data will ensure that all files contained within the export are encrypted If you leave this checkbox empty only the index file to the video will be encrypted Note that choosing the higher level encryption key or
56. creens Go to Previous Next View once at least 2 views are open you can navigate between views that have been accessed in the current session similar to a back or forward button on a browser On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client Interface Graphic Icon Log Off Credentials Password Authentication Basic Windows Memory Working Set 329 MB 21 97 used Virtual 701 MB 46 74 used GPU 1858 MB left EC Status Disconnected A 11 36 21 Go To Previous View Go To Next View Ocularis Client Interface Ocularis Client User Manual Memory Indicator You can determine the amount of memory that Ocularis Client is using by positioning the mouse pointer over the Memory Indicator icon For instance an 8 x 8 view streaming high resolution video will use significantly more memory than a 2 x 2 view Items shown are defined as Working Set The amount of RAM memory that is being used by Ocularis Client A warning message will appear when a Set limit of memory used is reached The default for 32 bit operating systems is 1 9GB 1 945 MB For 64 bit operating systems the default is 3 GB 3 072 MB Virtual Memory The total amount of memory that Ocularis is accessing at the current moment includes memory that is shared with other parts of the system A warning message will appear when a set limit of memory used is reached The default for 32 bit operating systems is 1 9GB 1 945 MB For 64
57. cularis CS and Ocularis IS Ocularis PS supports local video wall only Local vs Remote Local video walls are those on the same station PC as the operator For instance an operator s pc may have 4 monitors attached to it with an appropriate video card The operator can use one of the monitors to observe views and maps and the other three monitors as the video wall on which he can post video Local video walls are available in all Ocularis feature sets Rule of thumb is that a local video wall has the same IP address as the operator station Remote video walls are those where the video wall display monitors are not attached to the same pc as the operator These monitors may be located in the same room or in another remote location from the operator Remote video walls are available in the Ocularis IS Ocularis CS Ocularis LS and Ocularis ES feature sets Remote video walls use a different IP address as the operators PCs who post video to them The Video Wall tab in the Client Setup screen is visible only in the full Ocularis Client This tab is only used on the pc whose monitors are used for a remote video wall Operators and typical users do not need to configure settings in this tab Configure these parameters only when the PC monitor s attached to the local Ocularis Client are to become all or a part of a video wall The system administrator determines which video wall a user may push video to as well as which video wall sit
58. cularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence Bookmarks A Bookmark is simply an exported video clip that is stored centrally Bookmarks are a copy of the video data exported These clips are maintained in their location indefinitely or until they are manually deleted Therefore bookmarks exist long after the original video footage has reached its retention time limit IT administrators can use any off the shelf back up tool to back up bookmarks in their saved location Bookmarks may be shared among multiple operators directly from within Ocularis Client saving time needed to create multiple copies of exported evidence Bookmarks may be assigned to an incident case and be categorized by classification or tag to facilitate organization Like the Database Format export bookmarks may include multiple cameras audio and video The location of bookmark storage is configurable by the system administrator The default location is on the same machine as Ocularis Base but the system administrator may change this location during installation The default path for bookmarks is c inetpub wwwroot OcularisService Bookmarks Data The ability to create a bookmark is controlled in the Ocularis Administrator application on a camera by camera basis for each user group You may have the privileges to bookmark video from Camera A but not Camera B Contact your system administrator for assistance This feature is available in all Ocularis feature sets
59. deo to be available for browsing Views Audio Live Timesltice Expor About OUcularis Client Load Database from File Client Setup b Viewing Exported Video with Ocularis Viewer For occasions when a user does not have the Ocularis Client installed a stand alone video viewing application called the Ocularis Viewer is available to view recorded database video Note Be sure to copy the Ocularis Viewer to the PC that will be playing the exported video The Ocularis Viewer is installed during the installation of Ocularis Client lt is also exported to a folder when you export video and select the Export Ocularis Viewer to same directory option Note Video exported from a camera with a panomorph lens will appear in its original warped state when viewing using Ocularis Viewer Use Ocularis Client to view this video as dewarped See Viewing Exported Video From a Camera with a Panomorph Lens below See the Ocularis Viewer User Manual for instructions on how to use the Ocularis Viewer 72 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence Viewing Exported Video From a Camera with a Panomorph Lens If you exported video from a camera with a 360 lens using Database Format the inherent format for the video is in its original warped state Only the Ocularis Client not the Viewer can dewarp the image into one of the camera s supported views Single Quad Pano etc If
60. e Ocularis Map if a triggered alert is from a camera which is displayed on a map you can display the corresponding map by selecting Map Toggle the event and clicking the Map Toggle icon This works in conjunction with the Locate tool Click Locate to center the map on the camera whose event triggered the alert The tools on the toolbar become emphasized or dimmed based on their applicability Alert List Alerts triggered from configured events appear in the Alert Manager The list of alerts shows those which have occurred but have not been handled Handling an alert is defined as acknowledging it applying optional keyword tags or classifications and storing it in the Handled Alerts database for later retrieval or review On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 87 Alerts Click heading to sort list Event which triggered alert Priority and color code Ocularis Client User Manual Camera icons pulsate with corresponding alert priority color 4 11 2013 10 43 55 4 11 2013 10 43 49 Alert EZ a r Timestamp _ 4 11 2013 10 42 26 courtyard LE lt PAS 4 11 2013 10 41 11 Reception 7th Floor n RS aj 4 11 2013 10 41 04 y 7 All tots Camera s associated 4 11 2013 10 39 51 with event m Parking Lot G Unhandled Events are displayed in Alert List e Click acolumn heading to sort the list by that item Priority Time Rule or Camera in ascending order Click the column heading again to r
61. e an Ocularis Client account may be associated with The video wall in the example shown in the graphic below has six monitors and two stations Each station is a separate PC with a unique IP address Both stations combined make up the video wall site named Lobby Video wall site names are created by the administrator on the Ocularis Base Video wall names can be any short label or description about the video wall In most cases where there are dedicated video walls this is set up only once by the system administrator on the video wall system station 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 1024 x 768 Station Station Site is named Lobby Sample Video Wall On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 61 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual There is no technical limit to the number of screens monitors which can encompass a video wall There is however a limit to the number of screens that each Ocularis Client installation can support Currently each instance of Ocularis Client can support up to eight 8 monitors on a single station or IP address Therefore if you wanted a video wall comprised of sixteen 16 monitors for instance you would need at least two PCs each with its own instance of Ocularis Client installed To Configure A Video Wall These steps are necessary only when using remote video walls On the Ocularis PC that is connected to the video wall monitors 1 Click the Views
62. e viewing blank screen video at the same time and someone handles the alert all others who happen to be viewing the same alert will see an overlay notification that the alert is being handled and by whom Once handled the video will be cleared from the blank screen for all parties alert handling Reception notification gt Open Front Door Being handled by TonySmith Alert Manager The Alert Manager displays a list of alerts that have been triggered but have not yet been handled You can view sort store and review alerts You can also locate alert locations on a map Launch the Alert Manager by one of the following methods From the menu bar select Views gt Tools gt Alert Manager On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 85 Alerts Ocularis Client User Manual IDO Views Triggers Alert Manager k Or click the Alert Counter found in the upper left corner of the screen List of unhandled alerts Alert Manager toolbar FO Parkinga Lot 5 Events vPriority 10 Motion 10 Motion 10 Motion 10 Motion 2 Lot P priority 2 Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 11 50 15 Paused paria Lot Ss Live a ayer if me hires anal E poz a a Ez ener x east P i De a N WA a Pacey O E da hd display fia A O So F AE a 4 ENN LS PE nal E gt A A EA 2 fle A A pay l i Ma PR Mr a 4 10 2013 11 46 23 Ocularis Map 4 10 2013 11 37 52 4 10 2013 11 37 10 des 4 10 2013 11
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64. eo Pani nen615 Camara displayed Current time may differ from displayed video time Kinetic Motion Timeline with video Browse Mode d controls DA DAA MM slo time stamp an 15 53 42 964 timeline scale A O The Browse Window Ocularis Client s Browse window offers a number of tools and methods for accessing and enhancing video of incidents On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 37 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual The Scalable Kinetic Timeline The Kinetic Timeline provides a clear overview of recorded motion events over extended periods of time It can be used for reviewing video from multiple cameras simultaneously at variable speeds for quick access to video of incidents Boce Color coded zones Timeline Mode of recording and Date of video Timestamp of Time interval Scaling Controls detected motion displayed video displayed markers Controls P 4a D dd D gt M4 DP 4 gt a l 14 54 33 602 Time indicator __ of video displayed The Kinetic Timeline Timeline Color Coding Color coded segments in the timeline are used to indicate whether video has been recorded at a certain time and whether motion was detected during those periods e Black no video was recorded e Green video was recorded but no motion has been detected e Red video was recorded containing motion events e Blue Purple indicates the future starting from the current time Note When viewing
65. eo with full frame rate during playback of recorded video Synchronous Playback The Synchronous Playback checkbox controls the behavior of recorded video played back in Browse Mode see Synchronous Playback on page 41 for more information The default value is unchecked 94 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Critical Camera Failover If the Critical Camera Failover feature is enabled and a situation occurs where one camera takes over for another camera a message is displayed in the pane with the failover camera indicating as such The Show Message for __ seconds field allows you to control the length of time in which the Failover Camera message appears on the screen A value of 0 would display the message constantly until the connection to the primary camera is re established Video Quality H 264 MPEG Frame Skip When using H 264 or MPEG compression you may experience ghosting if packets are lost The default setting for the H 264 frame skip checkbox is checked on in order to alleviate this Maintain Quality in Browse Mode If the Maintain Quality in Browse Mode box is checked and you select Browse mode the quality of the video panes will be the same in Browse mode as it was in Live mode Left unchecked the quality in Browse mode for all panes will be displayed at the highest setting Joystick Sensitivity Use the Joystick Sensi
66. everse the sort by descending order e Select an alert in the list to display video from that alert in the video display area Video Display Modes The Alert Manager view allows the operator to change the modes of the video triggered by the alert There are three options Show All Camera s Event Triggered Recorded Video Show All Camera s Live Video Show Selected Camera Event Triggered and Live Video Show All Camera s Event Triggered Recorded Video Select an alert and click the icon Recorded video from all cameras associated with the event will be displayed in the video display area The thumbnails will resize to fit all cameras 88 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts 21 Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Parking Lot North 2 Paused Parking Lot P Paused Parking Lot S Paused Parking Lot Z 4 11 2013 12 04 57 323 4 11 2013 12 04 57 118 4 11 2013 12 04 57 952 4 11 2013 12 04 57 406 a S ii den 6 sor A ia sit Re MA AT j2s336 ay 9 10293889 as Seca Events Priority 7 All Lots 4 11 2013 12 04 58 j Show all cameras recorded video from when the alert triggered Show All Camera s Live Video Select an alert and click the icon Live video from all cameras associated with the event will be displayed in the video display area The thumbnails will resize to fit all cameras Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 flive Parking Lot P Live Parking Lot S Live Parking Lot Z e ata Ao HA 192
67. f they log in from a different workstation Client Setup Display Video Joystick Controls Screen Configuration Audio Mode M Push To Talk O Full Screen Windowed Screens Screen 1 Camera Selection Filter Settings z Screen 2 I Clear Filter Text After Selection Snapshots Show Snapshot Overlay Path C Users jcampbelliDoc az Language Display Tab The items on this tab are defined as follows Screen Configuration Mode Video Wall Auto Hide The default Mode is to display Ocularis Client in Full Screen mode on all connected monitors If you prefer you may display the Ocularis Client in a resizable window by selecting Windowed mode Changes made to this setting will be immediate upon clicking Save On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 91 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual Camera Selection Filter Settings Clear Filter Text After Selection When you display a camera list in a video pane from the Circular Control Menu you have the ability to filter the list by typing all or a portion of the name or keyword of a camera If the Clear Filter Text After Selection checkbox is checked the textbox will be cleared of text each time the Select Camera list is invoked If the box is unchecked default the last text typed will appear in the list Changes made to this setting will be immediate upon clicking Save Snapshots Show Snapshot Overlay The checkbox Sh
68. figuration and then disappear To keep the message on screen use a value of 0 in the Critical Camera Failover message setting Once the connection to the primary camera stream resumes the view pane will revert to that camera stream 36 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client s Browse mode includes a variety of tools for quick easy access to video of incidents reviewing the events before during and after the incident and for exporting segments of video for evidence Shifting between Live and Browse modes In the top menu bar click Browse to shift to Browse mode Once in Browse mode the menu item will change to Live for returning to Live monitoring Upon switching between Live and Browse modes the currently displayed camera view will carry between the modes This includes current cameras displayed in full screen carousel panes hotspots and push video panes As opposed to the Live Monitoring view which displays multiple cameras asynchronously i e different panes can show playback paused and or live cameras simultaneously the Browse mode displays all cameras synchronously This provides insight as to the events taking place at different locations at the time an incident occurred and allows easily tracking an incident as it moves from camera to camera The Browse Investigation Window Camera name and time date of vid
69. figured in the Ocularis Administrator application Views may be shared among multiple operator groups 14 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Views View Elements Different panes within a view can be set to display video in one of the following modes Carousel with Quick Review optical and digital PTZ and carousel controls Live web page Camera panes Any camera from a connected image server can be displayed within a camera pane Upon interaction Interactive Overlay Controls will appear including controls for playback and optical and digital PTZ when applicable Carousel panes Cameras can be displayed in sequence configured by order and dwell time Carousel views also display all playback and PTZ controls as well as controls for previous next camera and pause resume carousel Web pages and images Web pages and images can be included in views as auxiliary resources Push Video panes One or more Push Video panes can be configured to allow for peer to peer push video Blank Screen panes not shown Supported when using Ocularis Base one or more panes can be configured to receive event driven alert video Hotspot pane not shown Usually configured in a large pane the hotspot will display video by clicking on a camera alert or carousel pane Once sent to the hotspot the original and the hotspot displays can be controlled independently Additional Options North East Parking
70. for the duration of the event and level of motion Accessing video of an incident using the Motion Slicer 1 Within the Time Slicer click Motion 2 Setthe Motion Slice detection parameters based on the nature of the motion detected The sampling frequency denoted in intervals ranging from frame by frame to 1 minute complies to the speed of the object or duration of the event The percentage of change determines the minimal number of changed pixels from within the digitally zoomed image for an event to be detected Note For more information about setting motion detection parameters see Motion Detection page 42 3 Draw a Motion Detection zone using the motion detection tool Po in the Browse Mode toolbox 4 Click the Back Forward buttons er depending on the desired direction of detection to generate thumbnails of detected motion events At any point during the detection process you may click the pause button MN to abort the operation 5 If needed adjust the detection parameters and repeat the search Unless a different thumbnail from the first is selected or the timeline is moved the search will resume from the same point 6 Once the maximum number of twenty thumbnails per page is reached the Motion Slice process will halt To continue click on either the Back or Forward buttons to resume detection 7 Once the desired motion event is accessed you can Apply motion detection to the Motion Slice Curre
71. gation Mode Sequences Sequences are messages generated by the recording components indicating a sequence of events Each sequence may include one or more instances of motion or alerts received from external sources making this method more Suitable for accessing complex incidents The recorder s motion detection utility may be configured to include a few seconds of pre and post event video Note See the recorder s user manual for more information about motion detection settings es 1147 l 046 1S E RE RA A E ES mM E ee F E gt a i aa ae Be F SS II ER 14 26 3511 peg Generating Sequences Accessing video of an incident using Sequences 1 Within the Time Slicer click Sequences 2 Starting at any point in the timeline click the Back Forward buttons er depending on the desired direction of viewing alerts This will populate the screen with thumbnails of the starting point or end point of each sequence for generating sequences forward and back in time respectively At any point during the detection process you may click the pause button EH to abort the operation 3 Hover over a thumbnail to enlarge it or click to set the Timeline and the Currently Displayed Camera pane to the time stamp of the sequence 4 Once the maximum number of twenty thumbnails per page is reached the sequence generating process will halt To continue click on either the Back or Forward buttons
72. hen an operator is logged in through Ocularis Base for instance alert video is forwarded to the Ocularis Client Note Alert notification is controlled on a distribution group and schedule basis It may also be automatically handled based upon an alert schedule If you do not see an expected alert it may be because either your user account was not given adequate permission the time period for which you should receive the alert has passed or the alert itself was scheduled for automatic handling and was stored directly to the database See your system administrator for assistance Note Ocularis PS supports Generic and Composite Events only Camera events are supported with Ocularis IS Ocularis CS Ocularis LS and Ocularis ES On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 81 Alerts Ocularis Client User Manual Blank Screen Monitoring Blank Screen monitoring is an effective way to notify an operator when an event occurs The view pane is blank until an event occurs and video from the alert is pushed to the blank screen pane Video from one or more cameras may be displayed triggered by a single alert This eye catching method of video display draws the attention of the operator to video where some action is taking place Configuring a view pane with a Blank Screen is done in the Ocularis Administrator and therefore this function is supported only when using Ocularis Client with Ocularis Base For instructions on Blank Screen configuration
73. his last example displays an alternate layout for the monitors from Client A and Client B To obtain the layout the following station offsets should be used Client A Client B X 0 X 2049 Y 0 Y 769 The calculation for the Y offset in Client B is based on the assumption that each of Client A s screen is 768 pixels tall and 1024 pixels wide The vertical position Y needs to start at least one pixel greater than Client A otherwise there would be overlap The X offset is 2049 1024 x 2 1 to display Client B s screens below and to the right of Client A s screens Four Screens from Client A on top of Two Screens from Client B right justified 64 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence Exporting Evidence Video and Still Images Ocularis Client enables exporting video in audio included AVI format as a multi camera video database or as a single still image or series of images in JPEG format The following export topics will be discussed here Designating a range for exporting video Exporting an AVI video clip Exporting a Video Database Exporting Still Images individual frames Printing a Still Image Report Bookmarks available only in Ocularis Client Export Progress Designating a range for exporting video This step must be performed when exporting any video clip It is not necessary for exporting a single still image or print reports Note Video export
74. in Ocularis Administrator see the Ocularis Administrator User Manual Using Blank Screen Monitorin Start by displaying a view that was configured with a Blank Screen pane Select the Views menu and choose the view containing the Blank Screen Blank Screen pane A View with a Blank Screen pane When an alert occurs video will be populated in the Blank Screen pane Alert triggered video 82 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts A motion alert triggered video on the Blank Screen If you position the mouse over the Blank Screen pane navigation controls appear allowing you to play or pause the alert video Navigation Controls Alert Counter An Alert Counter appears in the upper left corner of the screen to indicate the number of alerts received in the current session When you log in you will be presented with the last 20 alerts directed to your user account as configured by the system administrator Alert Counter appears in the upper left corner of Ocularis Client Alert Priorities Administrators assign priorities to each alert using the Ocularis Administrator See the Ocularis Administrator User Manual Priorities are identified in Ocularis Client by a colored bar at the top of the Blank Screen pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 83 Alerts Ocularis Client User Manual Lab Camera 2 a gt w PRC C 192 168 10 54 Camera 2Motion Detected od OS 5 E wa E
75. in it More information on the Image Bar can be found on page 17 Application Controls The upper right portion of the Menu Bar contains functions known as Application Controls These functions are defined as follows 10 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Log off click this icon to log off switch users or to Shut Down Exit Ocularis Client software The ability to log off or shut down is controlled by the system administrator If you Click the Log off icon and this function is disabled for your user account you will be prompted for Log Off Credentials Enter user account credentials for a user with the log off privileges and click Submit Online Help click this icon to launch the Ocularis Client online help file You need Adobe Reader to view the file Minimize click this icon to minimize Ocularis Client on the current monitor The ability to minimize the application is controlled by the system administrator If your account does not have the privilege to minimize you will see this icon pr Memory Indicator hover the mouse cursor over this icon to receive information on the current memory allocation More details on page 12 Clock Current time of the Ocularis Client shown in 24 hour format EC Status if the OnSSI Event Coordinator Service on the Ocularis Base machine stops an additional icon will appear in the Application Control section on all logged in Ocularis Client s
76. include more information in the server field Use the format IP ADDRESS PORT Where IP ADDRESS is the address of the Base computer Port is the port number assigned by the system administrator Authentication Choose Basic or Windows as instructed by your system administrator Store Last Login All fields on the login page User Name Password Server IP address and Authentication method will be saved to facilitate easy entry upon subsequent logins On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Installation and Login Auto Login When the application is launched this checkbox allows the system to automatically launch the Ocularis Client and logs in to the preconfigured server To disable Auto Login once you successfully launch the Ocularis Client select Log off from the menu bar and choose Log off The login screen will appear uncheck the Auto Login box and log in again You will be prompted to log in the next time the application is started Version of software The lower right portion of the login dialog displays the version and build of the Ocularis Client application Ocularis Client Version In addition to the login screen you may also obtain the build and version number from inside the application To view the version number of the installed Ocularis Client software from the menu bar select Views About Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 9 Ocularis
77. ing or as court evidence To handle alerts received and organize into incident cases using a graphical Alert Manager interface Be alerted to events with Blank Screen Monitoring Bookmark exported video clips for sharing and easy retrieval Use Map displays to visibly manage campus and security environments Monitor the surveillance system in command centers with Video Wall support Never lose sight of a scene with Critical Camera Failover Ocularis Client supports the following languages English Arabic Modern Standard Simplified Chinese Dutch Finnish French German Hebrew Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish 6 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Installation and Login Installation and Login Minimum System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional Microsoft Windows Vista Microsoft Windows 7 Microsoft Windows 8 all 32 bit or 64 bit CPU Intel Core 5 or better Intel Core i7 for 20 Megapixel Streams RAM 4 GB minimum 8 GB for 64 bit OS Graphics Adapter PCI Express minimum 256 RAM Direct 3D supported Guidelines for Video RAM Requirements gt 20 simultaneous Video Channels 256 MB gt 50 simultaneous Video Channels 512 MB or better Note Be sure to take into consideration the stream type resolution and number of streams when designing a client workstation Ocularis Client cannot run on a vir
78. ing with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual 34 If you use the Audio menu you can select the audio stream to listen to by its camera attached microphone name as defined in the recording component Select the same menu item again to turn off audio from that microphone If you use the Listen overlay icon to listen to the remote microphone keep in mind that since only one audio stream can play at a time clicking the icon in one pane will automatically turn off the audio in another pane Also if you enable audio from a camera in one pane and then maximize the video for a different camera you will still hear the audio stream enabled from the first camera even though a different camera is in full view On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Critical Camera Failover Critical Camera Failover is used for mission critical applications where live video cannot be interrupted Camera streams may become unavailable for multiple reasons such as network failure device failure or even recorder failure Critical Camera Failover automatically switches the camera pane to an alternate stream in as little as 2 3 seconds without operator intervention and works in all Camera Views Map Views and Alerts Critical Camera Failover will continue to function even if Ocularis Base is unavailable Use this feature when you never want to lose sight of a scene Administrators configure which c
79. ion of the preview window e Click the Preview Close button to close the preview window 98 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Maps e Click the Preview Lock button to lock the preview window Once the window is locked you may click on other camera icons or views and their image s will populate inside this window Click the Return icon to unlock the preview so that multiple windows may now be displayed e Image Arrange To automatically arrange open preview images click the Image Arrange Icon Ea Preview images are arranged at the bottom of the map Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Coe Give Hil Pars he ue a Parkinc Live Parkinc ive Parking Lot S EF a Live Parane iye Map showing arranged preview images On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 99 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls A video wall is a monitor or set of monitors used solely for the purpose of displaying video and can dynamically accept video pushed to it by system triggered events or by an operator An Ocularis video wall is simply a collection of monitors on a dedicated computer or computers running an instance of Ocularis Client No special monitoring software is needed for a video wall Ocularis Video Wall Configuration Video walls are defined in the Ocularis Administrator They are controlled by an operator in the Ocularis Client when viewing a map On the PC s used as a video wall
80. is possible only in Browse mode including Timeslice Motion Slice Alerts and Sequences modes iF 5 Make sure the interchangeable motion detection playback control set is set to playback Click on the Playback Mode button i to toggle between the two sets of controls For AVI exports set the zoom level for the camera stream you wish to export The resulting clip will display at the desired zoom level Drag the Timeline to the desired starting point for the exported segment and click the Segment Start button i Drag the Timeline to the end point of the exported segment The selected segment is displayed with a yellow bar Click the Segment End button 11 Segment for export Peewee 2 33 7 Yellow bar designates video clip for export You may extend or reduce the segment after it has been designating by setting different start and end points On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 65 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting an AVI video clip Audio included single camera AVI clips have relatively small file sizes allowing for electronic distribution of evidence across multiple platforms Each frame in the clip is time stamped and an optional preamble including the time date camera ID operator and operator s comments will precede the clip Exporting video to avi format is available in all features sets of Ocularis 66 1 2 Once a segment of video has been designated for export
81. loor liway RC C Cam 13 192 168 11 92 30 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review 5 When done viewing the video in the hotspot use the Circular Control Menu to clear the hotspot pane 6 Repeat steps 2 and 3 above to select a different camera stream for the hotspot To lock a hotspot Once you populate a hotspot pane with camera video you may want to lock it in place for a time so that you can investigate this or other panes You may lock the video in the hotspot pane by clicking the hotspot lock icon located in the upper right corner of the hotpot Hotspot Lock The hotspot remains locked for the current session even if you switch to Browse mode If you log out however the view will be returned to its original format and the hotspot will be empty Click the hotspot lock again to unlock the hotspot Selecting Alternate Streams If the camera supports it certain recorders namely RC E support viewing multiple streams from the Ocularis Client The streams must be configured in the Ocularis ES recorder by the system administrator Stream selection is a privileged controlled at the group user level by the Ocularis system administrator Differing streams may also be selected for supported cameras with embedded NVRs To Select an Alternate Stream 1 On a pane which contains a camera with two or more streams Notice the stream that is currently shown
82. m control ribbon click on any point on the zoom ribbon or use the and buttons to set the zoom level Conference Room A Zoom control ribbon 7 Optical PTZ presets Click the aux button alongside the playback controls to display the PTZ presets as configured on the recording component see the individual recording component s user manual for more information This will display the presets list Click on an item on the list to display the PTZ preset or click drag up and down to scroll the available presets Home idWall Door be optical aux The Optical PTZ Presets list 8 Toggle between optical and digital PTZ Click the Optical PTZ button to toggle between digital and optical PTZ ETA Note Not all controls are available in conjunction with every PTZ camera model 26 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Note While users may have the ability to view video from a PTZ camera they may not have the privilege to control its functions These privileges may be set for the user within the user settings of the recording component or Ocularis Administrator Control for Panomorph Lenses and Cameras ImmerVision s IMV1 1 3 Panomorph 360 degree lens when attached to static IP cameras provides a constant 360x180 degrees half sphere field of view Some cameras are also manufactured with 360 capabilities These cameras a
83. mPad3 NumPad4 NumPad5 NumPad6 Cancel A list of configurable functions appears 3 To configure a function select the cell adjacent to the function using the mouse or finger with touch screen On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 57 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual 4 Enter the desired shortcut A shortcut is defined by either e the combination of two keys a modifier key SHIFT CTRL or ALT and a second key which can be a letter number arrow or number from the numeric keypad e asingle key found on the keyboard letter number directional arrow etc e Some keys require a dual key combination e g Home and the letter P may not be used alone but may be combined with CTRL SHIFT or ALT Hold the desired modifier key and depress the second key to assign this combination to the function Or simply depress the single key you wish to assign Repeat this process for each function for which you wish to assign a shortcut e Some special characters are not allowed e Duplicate entries are not allowed 5 When finished click the Save button The changes made on this screen will be available when the user clicks the Save button To Use a Keyboard Shortcut Keyboard shortcuts will only work when the function is applicable For instance PTZ shortcuts only work with PTZ cameras browse shortcuts only work when in Browse mode etc 1 Ifthe shortcut applies to a particular
84. may change the pane arrangement on the video wall remotely Using the video wall icons on the side bar you can set the virtual video wall to a 1 4 or 9 pane view 102 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls 1 While viewing an Ocularis Map select the desired video wall from the Video Walls menu 2 Select the pane which you want to change The selected pane is displayed in green 3 Click corresponding video wall icon Click To display a o 1 pane view E3 4 pane view E 9 pane view 4 Now you may populate these panes by dragging dropping icons from a map to the pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 103 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis Client User Manual Managing Video in a Video Wall Operators may control the video displayed in a video wall including pausing rewinding and forwarding displayed video 1 With the desired Ocularis Map and virtual video wall displayed drag amp drop camera video or a view to the video wall A set of virtual video wall controls appears Closes virtual controls amp clears q b 5 Pause f Locate camera remote video wall Returns video on Grene lacs video on map pane Play video wall to live mode Play preview window Backward rewind Forward 2 Select the pane which you want to control and use the icons on the virtual video wall controls Remote Control If a video wall is visible from the controlling station the video
85. n will change to a heart symbol to resume live video click the heart shaped Live Le button One Click Snapshot You may see an additional icon in the overlay controls for live or recorded video E This is the Take Snapshot overlay Click this icon to take a snapshot of the image in the pane The image is saved in JPEG format in a location defined in the Video Tab of the Client Setup screen See Video Tab on page 54 You ll receive a confirmation message in the pane with the text Snapshot taken upon clicking the icon Taking a snapshot may also be done via the Circular Control menu See Take Snapshot on page 23 using a keyboard shortcut See Shortcuts Tab on page 56 or using a joystick shortcut See Joystick Controls Tab on page 59 One Click Snapshot is supported in live or recorded modes on any pane with camera video displayed i e hotspots carousels etc Applying Digital PTZ Digital PTZ can be applied to video in any mode or pane live or recorded 24 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review To apply digital PTZ click drag or touch drag a rectangular region within the camera view The selected region will expand to the entire size of the camera display Note that the default for optical PTZ cameras is optical zoom therefore the Digital PTZ option must be selected prior to drawing a Digital PTZ region Once a Digital Zoom region is created a PIP
86. nitoring with Quick Review 2 Click the Start Recording icon ha in the upper left outer quadrant of the Circular Control Menu to begin recording video from the selected pane Video will be recorded for a predetermined time The default time is 5 minutes The system administrator configures this time setting on the recording component Recording is indicated by the red center square in the pane s image bar Access to this icon is controlled through either the Ocularis Administrator or the recording component s management application If you do not have access to this icon and you think you should see your system administrator Toggle Patrolling PTZ cameras may be configured to patrol from a preset position to another preset position While viewing video you may wish to pause the camera at a given preset in order to view video activity taking place Click the Toggle Patrolling icon in the upper left outer quadrant of the Circular Control Menu to pause the patrol The PTZ camera will remain at this position until the user clicks the Toggle Patrolling icon again Q Keep in mind that the PTZ camera may still be controlled by other operators The camera will be paused in the current position for all users until an operator manually moves the PTZ or until the resume patrol button is clicked Then the patrol will resume after the pre defined resume PTZ value is reached as configured on the recorder The default v
87. nnection Click the Image Barto maximize or restore the size of the pane Ocularis Client video indicators are defined as follows 1 Event Indicator The first square alternates between yellow and black Yellow indicates that a recorder event has occurred on that camera 2 Recording Indicator The second center square alternates between red and black Red indicates recording is taking place and will remain on as long as the system is recording the camera s feed 3 Motion Indicator The third square alternates between blue and black Blue indicates that motion is occurring on the camera feed 4 Recording Status To the right of the Indicators the recording status of the camera is displayed as follows Live Video Displays the text Live Stopped Video Displays a character im In addition to these indicators there may be additional content visible in a camera stream in Live or Browse mode If a Privacy Mask was configured a portion or portions of the image may be blocked from view Privacy Masks may be set at the camera recorder or Ocularis level The image below depicts a rectangular Privacy Mask positioned over the desk affording the receptionist some level of privacy 18 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Displays Reception 7th Floor camera name and in is the primary reception area alternate label oe 1920 x 1080 fps 24 0
88. nt Schedule 2 Enter a name to assign to the filter in Filter Name 3 Select the Event category s or event source that you wish to be affected 4 All events from the sourced checked in Events are listed in Filtered Events You may deselect those events you do not want included as part of the schedule by click the event and then clicking the Remove button You may select multiple events 5 Enter the start time for the schedule You can type in the date or select it from the drop down menu The default Start time is the current time If you need to modify this simply type in the new start time 6 Enter the end time for the schedule You can type in the date or select it from the drop down menu The default end time is one hour from the current time If you need to modify this simply type in the new start time 7 Select either Discard or Autohandle We recommend Autohandle as alerts which occur meeting the criteria set in the schedule will automatically be stored in the Handled Alerts database and can be reviewed at a later time The Discard option will eliminate alerts from being accounted for in the database or on the screen 8 Click Submit Alerts handled using this method will be shown in the Handled Alerts list with the plain camera thumbnail image On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 95 Triggers Ocularis Client User Manual Triggers Ocularis Client enables triggering of outputs relays for acti
89. nt View pane motion detection can be applied to the Motion Slice Current View pane in the same manner as any Browse Mode pane See Motion Detection on page 41 for more information Review the selected camera or the entire camera view at the time of the detected event click on the camera s title bar to expand it to full view or click Overview in the menu bar to resume multi camera browsing Export video and or still images for evidence see Exporting Evidence Video and Still Images on page 65 46 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode Alerts Alerts generated by the recording component in response to events such as motion detection or generic events received from external systems e g access control emergency phones etc may also be used in Time Slicing Note See the recorder s user manual for more information about configuring alerts wServer v QEye 755 Camera 1 Axis 209FD Camera 1 gt ACT ACM 4200 Camera 1 gt Sony SNC P1 Camera 1 Sony CS11 Camera 1 Gate 1 Accessing video of an incident using Alerts 1 Within the Time Slicer click Alerts 2 Browse by Server Camera and Alert and select the desired alert 3 Starting at any point in the timeline click on the Back Forward buttons er depending on the desired direction of viewing alerts This will populate the screen with thumbnails of the camera at the time of each aler
90. o clear the pane of video You can view the handled alert at any time See Handling Alerts on page 91 for more information Acknowledge a high priority alert 84 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Note If a blank screen is used on an unmanned video wall high priority alert video may be replaced with another alert of the same or lower priority once the dwell time has been reached The high priority alert can be retrieved from the alert manager at a later time Medium Low and Zero Priority Alerts Since Medium Low and Zero priority alerts display on the blank screen temporarily there is an option to pin the video to the pane until such time as it is cleared manually or until another alert with higher priority occurs This gives you the opportunity to investigate the alert video before it is cleared from the pane non high priority alerts e Click the checkmark acknowledge to handle the alert now It will then be moved to the Handled Alerts list e Click the Pin icon when viewing to keep the video displayed and investigate further e Clear the pane of video by using the Circular Control Menu right click or left click and hold and select the Remove Camera icon This unhandled alert will be listed in the Alert Manager and can be viewed and handled at a later time See Handling Alerts on page 91 for more information Alert Handling Notification If multiple operators ar
91. ols whether the Ocularis Client main menu bar is visible at all times If this checkbox is checked the menu bar will disappear after a few seconds while viewing live or recorded video To view the menu bar after it is hidden slide the mouse to the top of the screen and it will appear Changes made to this setting will be immediate upon clicking Save Auto hide is not available when the screen configuration is in windowed mode On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 53 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual Video Tab The Video tab allows the user to configure certain video related parameters used with Ocularis Client for their own user account Changes made to any item on this tab will take effect after you Log Off and restart Ocularis Client Client Setup Display Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Video Wall Browsing Video Quality Reduced Frame Rate H 264 frame skip Full Frame Rate E Maintain Quality in Browse Mode E Synchronous Playback Joystick Sensitivity Critical Camera Failover High Show Message for 40 seconds 0 always Cancel The items on this tab are defined as follows Browsing Reduced Frame Rate vs Full Frame Rate When browsing recorded video the default is to display the selected pane in Full Frame Rate and all others in Reduced Frame Rate This saves on bandwidth and is selected by default Click Full Frame Rate if you require all view panes to display vid
92. on page 59 Tool Tips If you are not sure of a tool s meaning and the mouse is positioned over the tool a description of that tool s function Move Forward One Frame appears Move Forward One Frame P 4a Dl 4 M4 ODD 4 SS MO Tool Tip On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 41 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual Motion Detection Motion detection enables expediting the event detection process by eliminating the need to manually review volumes of video data Motion can be detected within a defined zone and the detection process can be configured to the exact parameters of the targeted behavior or movement Applying motion detection to recorded video 42 1 Click the Motion Detection button Ea in the Browse Mode toolbox This will replace the Browse Mode controls with the Motion Detection Controls Return to Skip to Set time Go to Browse next previous interval for start end of Mode motion event detection database E oU a oe The Motion Detection Toolbox 450 gt med Set percentage of Set detection Go to changed pixels sensitivity time date 2 Draw arectangular region in the camera pane A motion level gauge will appear on the bottom of the region 3 Set the motion detection parameters to match the nature of the targeted movement e Time Interval sampling rate Set this parameter based on the duration of the motion event Set a high sampling rate e g fr
93. onfigured with Push Video in order to receive the video To manually send video right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display the Circular Control Menu Click the Push Video icon ay in the top left quadrant of the circular control menu This will display the recipients list The list will display all users currently logged in to the Ocularis Base Server Or if logged in directly to an NVR the list of configured NetMatrix recipients appears Click a recipient name to send live video click drag to scroll up and down the list The recipient must have a view with a Push Video pane visible in order to see the video Push Live Video recipients list Note Please refer to the recorder user manual for NetMatrix Push Video Configuration when logging directly into the recorder Start Recording When viewing live video you may see activity occurring that you wish to capture You may manually start recording the video displayed in the pane This feature is supported on Ocularis PS Ocularis IS and Ocularis CS With Ocularis 5 an administrator can create a camera level trigger to be activated from the aux button to perform this function To manually initiate recording 1 Right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display the Circular Control Menu 22 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Mo
94. ort on page 69 for more details Depending on the length of the designated segment of video and on the framerate and resolution of the video the encoding process may take a number of minutes You can follow the encoding progress by clicking on Jobs on the menu bar Note You may continue to work with Ocularis Client as usual during the export process including running multiple video exports simultaneously Note In the event that system memory is low the resolution of the exported image may be scaled down The message Resolution of exported images will be scaled down due to memory constraints will appear If you do not want to export using this resolution cancel the export 68 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence Cancelling an Export If after executing an export of any type AVI video Database Format video or still images you decide you want to abort the export for any reason e g incorrect data selected wrong codec selected taking too long etc you may cancel the export while it is still visible in the Jobs menu 1 Click Jobs on the menu bar 2 Click the Cancel icon next to the job you wish to cancel E Cancelling an Export Job 3 A Do you want to cancel message box appears 4 Click Yes to cancel the export Viewing an Exported AVI Video Clip Once a video clip is exported to an avi file it can be viewed with any applic
95. ow Snapshot Overlay controls whether the One Click Snapshot icon appears in panes with camera video live or browse If this checkbox is not visible the logged in user does not have the privilege to take snapshots which is controlled in Ocularis Administrator This feature is off by default in new installations If this checkbox is unchecked the icon overlay is not displayed However the user may still pending privileges take snapshots from the Circular Control Menu See Take Snapshot on page 19 via keyboard shortcut See Shortcuts Tab on page 51 or using a joystick shortcut See Joystick Controls Tab on page 54 Changes to this feature take effect only after you Log Off and restart Ocularis Client Path The Path is the location where you want the snapshots to be stored The default location is c Users username Documents Ocularis Snapshots Snapshot Filename Format The filename for the snapshot image includes the date time and camera name at the time of caption and is in the format YYYY MM DDTHH_MM SS SSS_Camera name jpg 92 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Where YYYY Four digit year MM Two digit month DD Two digit date T a separator character for the time HH Two digit hour in military time MM Two digit minutes of the hour SS SSS Seconds down to the millisecond Snapshots may be taken in quick succession since the filename is created using milliseconds and will
96. played As the Timeline is scaled marker line spacing will contract or expand Playing video using the timeline The Kinetic Timeline allows for quickly scanning extended portions of recorded video from one or multiple cameras Swiping the timeline rapidly dragging and releasing while still in motion in either direction will play the video at a speed proportional to the speed of the swiping motion The Kinetic Timeline can also be used for shuttle style playback by click dragging the timeline in a slow controlled manner Using the timeline in multiple camera views In multiple camera views the Kinetic Timeline at the bottom of the Browse window refers to the selected camera indicated by a blue frame around the camera view pane while all other cameras maintain an individual timeline at the bottom of each camera pane Click on another camera pane to select it this will automatically associate the main Timeline with the newly selected camera On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 39 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual Browse Mode Controls Ocularis Client s Browse Mode Controls allow for precise playback control and access to events by motion sequence frame by frame playback normal speed playback and time date This group of controls also provides access to the motion detection toolbar and is used to search recorded video for motion in a defined area of the view Apply video Frame by Skip to Go
97. re increasingly replacing multiple static cameras since they can cover more area in the field of view 91 a 91 go ImmerVision s Panomorph Lens Ocularis Client enables parsing the spherical video stream received from cameras equipped with a panomorph lens so that it appears un skewed resembling the image received from a camera equipped with a standard lens Panomorph equipped cameras are displayed in Ocularis Client in either Single Quad or Pano view depending on the manufacturer plug in software In Quad view four instances of the camera will populate a single camera pane with individual digital PTZ control By pointing each quadrant at a different direction and setting different zoom settings a single panomorph camera pane can provide 360 degree coverage for large halls and open areas On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 27 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Controls for Panomorph lens views include e Playback controls standard forward back and pause e Toggle modes click the 360 icon to display the available functions Single displays one view image while Quad displays a four quadrant view of the camera Pano shows a 180 panoramic view MN single JE quad pa paro E 3607 Gi Panomorph View Controls e Virtual Joystick clicking anywhere within the camera view and moving the cursor in any direction will create a pan tilt effect resembling that of an optical PTZ c
98. rompted for detailed information about the alert See Handling Alerts on page 91 Locale The Locate tool will center the map on the primary camera for the selected event This will only work if the map is displayed The Send Live tool works in conjunction with Ocularis Video Walls If a video wall is Send Live displayed on a map in the Alert Manager operators can push live video from the primary camera associated with the selected event to the video wall See Sending Live Video on page 106 The Remote Loop tool also works in conjunction with Ocularis Video Walls If a Remote Loop video wall is displayed on a map in the Alert Manager operators can push recorded video from the primary camera associated with the selected event to the video wall See Sending Recorded Video on page 107 Click this tool to switch to the Handled Alerts list This tool allows privileged operators to create schedules where alerts can be Filter automatically handled or discarded based on a timetable See To Schedule Alerts for Automatic Handling on page 94 The three video display mode icons switch the video display area as follows Show All Camera s Event Triggered Recorded Video Video Display Mode l l Show All Camera s Live Video Show Selected Camera Event Triggered and Live Video Click this icon to display the Alert Manager in Row layout Layout Options l B l l Click this icon to display the Alert Manager in Column Layout Show or Hid
99. searching back in time click in the second frame if searching forward in time The selected thumbnail will populate the Timeslice Current View pane and the Timeline will move to the selected thumbnail s time stamp 7 Select a smaller interval and click the Search Back Forward buttons to generate thumbnails of smaller intervals and repeat the process until the exact start or end time of the incident is accessed 8 At this point you can Apply motion detection to the Timeslice Current View pane motion detection can be applied to the Timeslice Current View pane in the same manner as any Browse Mode pane See Motion Detection on page 41 for more information Review the selected camera or the entire camera view at the time of the detected event click on the camera s title bar to expand it to full view or click Overview in the menu bar to resume multi camera browsing Export video and or still images for evidence see Exporting Evidence Video and Still Images on page 65 Note If no video is recorded at a Timeslice point the Time Slicer will search for and display the next frame of recorded video both backward and forward in time Time Slicing will resume from that point on at the set interval On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 45 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual The Motion Slicer Similar to the Time Slicer the Motion Slicer enables instant detection of motion events adjusted
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101. t At any point during the detection process you may click the pause button MN to abort the operation 4 Hover over a thumbnail to enlarge it or click to set the Timeline and the Currently Displayed Camera pane to the time stamp of the alert 5 Once the maximum number of twenty thumbnails per page is reached the Alerts process will halt To continue click on either the Back or Forward buttons to present the next set of alerts Note The camera associated with the alert can be different from the one currently displayed in such a case the alert thumbnails will show the displayed camera at the time stamps of the selected alert 6 Once the desired event is accessed you can Apply digital Zoom to the Currently Displayed Camera pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 47 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual 48 Apply motion detection to the Currently Displayed Camera pane motion detection can be applied in the same manner as any Browse Mode pane See Motion Detection on page 41 for more information Review the selected camera or the entire camera view at the time of the detected event click on the camera s title bar to expand it to full view or click Overview in the menu bar to resume multi camera browsing Export video and or still images for evidence see Exporting Evidence Video and Still Images page 65 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investi
102. the camera level manual event 2 Inthe View pane click the aux overlay button 3 The resulting pop up may display two tabs if the camera is a PTZ camera Presets and Triggers If the camera is a fixed camera only Triggers should appear If necessary click the Triggers tab to display the camera trigger s Select a camera level trigger 4 Select the desired trigger from the displayed list 96 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Maps Ocularis Maps Maps are supported when using Ocularis Client with any feature set of Ocularis A map is a graphical representation of the Ocularis environment and is configured in the Ocularis Administrator application Using Ocularis Administrator system administrators import images to be used as maps and icons to represent cameras and views on those maps The administrator positions icons on maps links individual maps to each other and assigns access to maps on a user group basis Viewing maps is done through the Ocularis Client from the Ocularis Maps or Alert Manager functions Viewing Ocularis Maps 1 From the menu bar select Views gt Ocularis Maps The names of the installed maps are listed 2 Select the desired map from the map list Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 e o Map _ Map navigation Shortcut icons Map link area la Ocularis Maps View The map is displayed with icons for cameras and views as configured b
103. the lower half and a 2 x 1 view with hotspots in the upper half 3 Sort the list of bookmarks by clicking on the column heading 4 Click the comment balloon to view bookmark comments had 5 Position the mouse over a Thumbnail to see an enlarged view of the thumbnail image 6 Click a hotspot pane and then a thumbnail to view video from that Thumbnail The hotspot will show a still image of the start of the bookmark video clip 7 Position the mouse over the pane to see the navigation controls for that pane Use these controls to view the video The Status column of the Bookmarks table indicates whether the video of the bookmark was successfully created In the case where audio is included during bookmark creation there may be an instance where the video is successfully bookmarked but the audio export is not successful In this case a message appears in the hotspot view pane indicating an error with the audio export On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 79 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Export Progress When you export video clips images or bookmarks the export process will take place in the background This frees up the interface and allows you to continue to monitor and view video A list of exported jobs and their progress is available in the Jobs menu Viewing Exported Jobs 1 Click the Jobs menu le T i c testdata false_alarm_101 avi 50 59 c Di
104. the video is to be played on a computer without connectivity to Ocularis Base do the following 1 On the computer where the video is to be viewed download and install the Ocularis Client software obtain from http www onssi com support downloads Launch Ocularis Client Login with any username Leave the Password field blank In the Server field enter the text local Click Log in Ocularis Client should launch with a blank screen Select Views Load Database from File Select the exported database to view Now you may playback the clip and use the camera s corresponding dewarping tools to change its view On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 73 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Still Images individual frames Rather than full motion video you may want to export a still image or series of still images from Ocularis Client Single camera still images can be extracted either as single frames or multiple frames covering the entire export range Export Still Frames Folder Amount O Single Frame Export Cancel To export a Single Frame 1 From Browse mode select a camera and set the Timeline to the desired point in time with the desired image displayed 2 Click Export on the menu bar and select Individual Frames 3 Check the Single Frame radio button 4 Click Setup to set the Still Image export parameters Image Export Setup Image Qualit
105. tivity slider to adjust real as opposed to virtual joystick movement The left of the slider bar indicates maximum sensitivity the right side of the slider bar is the least sensitive So for instance to instruct the smallest of joystick inputs to be passed along as PTZ commands to the recorder move the slider to the left on the slider bar On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 55 Client Setup Shortcuts Tab Ocularis Client User Manual The Shortcuts tab allows the user to define custom keyboard shortcuts for common functions used with Ocularis Client for their own user account Changes made to any item on this tab will take effect immediately upon clicking Save Note Configured keyboard shortcuts may be mapped to work with a USB jog shuttle device such as the Contour Design Shuttle Pro 2 Use the manufacturer s mapping tool to associate the Ocularis keyboard shortcut configured here Available functions for keyboard shortcuts include Shortcut PTZ Up PTZ Down PTZ Left PTZ Right PTZ Up Left PTZ Up Right PTZ Down Left PTZ Down Right PTZ Zoom In PTZ Zoom Out Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 5 Preset 6 Preset 7 Preset 8 Preset 9 Start Recording Show Live Show Browse Next Image Previous Image Playback Minimize Maximize View Minimize Application Log Out Close Application 96 Closes the Ocularis Client Application equivalent to a Shut Down
106. to motion frame forward next previous start end of detection rewind sequence database O dl DY 4 4 PD The Browse Mode Toolbox d b ZED O Go to time date Normal speed play reverse play Set start end of segment for video export Apply Video Motion Detection Transition to Motion Detection mode described in the next section Frame by frame forward rewind Review video frame by frame in both directions Next previous motion sequence Motion sequences display the actual starting point of detected motion occurrences Goto start end of database Access directly the beginning of the video database and the current time Normal speed playback Review recorded video at normal speed both forward and backward Click on the timeline to pause Note You may increase the speed of the playback up to 1024 times if after you click the normal speed icon once you hold the SHIFT key and click the icon again Repeat this to increase the speed of the playback Set start end of bookmark Graphically set the start and end points of video segments This is used when exporting video as evidence described in the Video Export chapter Goto Time Date Access video from a specific time and date scroll up and down the time unit rollers to set the exact time and date 2010 12 23 14 14 2011 01 24 13 13 2012 02 25 16 16 MA 40 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Man
107. to present the next set of sequences 5 Upon accessing the desired sequence you may Apply digital Zoom to the Currently Displayed Camera pane Apply motion detection to the Currently Displayed Camera pane motion detection can be applied in the Same manner as any Browse Mode pane See Motion Detection on page 41 for more information On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 49 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual Review the selected camera or the entire camera view at the time of the detected event click on the camera s title bar to expand it to full view or click Overview in the menu bar to resume multi camera browsing Export video and or still images for evidence see Exporting Evidence Video and Still Images page 65 50 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Client Setup The Client Setup screen located by selecting Views Client Setup allows users to customize their Ocularis Client experience Access to this screen is controlled in the Ocularis Base Configuration is broken into five tabs e Display Tab e Video Tab e Shortcuts Tab e Joystick Controls Tab e Video Wall Tab Display Tab The Display tab allows the user to configure certain display related parameters used with Ocularis Client for their own user account for the current workstation These settings are workstation specific so the settings will not follow the user i
108. to the alert are listed next Optional Case The case designation is listed next Optional The camera s associated with the event are listed Note that the Cameras camera s listed here may be different from the camera which may have actually triggered the event Sorting Handled Alerts To locate alerts more easily click the column heading to sort the list by that column On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 93 Alerts Ocularis Client User Manual Viewing Alerts To view video from a handled alert 1 From the Handled Alerts screen click the thumbnail image of the alert you wish to view Browse mode is invoked and the upper left pane is populated with the recorded alert video 2 Use the Kinetic Timeline and its navigation controls to rewind or forward the video recorded at the time of the alert Exporting Alert Video While viewing handled alerts you may have a need to export the alert video Just as you can export video to AVI format database format or bookmarks while browsing you can export video clips from a handled alert To export a video clip from alert video 1 From the Handled Alerts screen click the thumbnail image of the alert you wish to view You should already be in Browse mode 2 Use the Kinetic Timeline to set the start and end times for the video clip to be exported 3 Click Export on the menu bar 4 Choose your method of export from the resulting Export Options box
109. tual machine It can however connect to other virtualized components Installation Typically you install the Ocularis Client software on each operator computer by accessing an installation web page on the Ocularis Base server The Ocularis Client may be installed on any number of computers as it is free of charge Refer to the Ocularis Installation and Licensing Guide for detailed instructions on installing Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 7 Installation and Login Ocularis Client User Manual Logging in with the Ocularis Client The login procedure to gain access to Ocularis is very simple 1 2 Ocularis Launch the Ocularis Client application from the desktop icon Client Alternatively you may choose Start gt All Programs gt OnSSI 3 Ocularis Client A login window will appear Enter your login information as follows Ocularis Client Operator Password Server 192 168 10 10 Authentication 0 Basic Windows 0nSS Y Store Last Login v x x x xx Patent Pending User Name and Password Obtain a user name and password from your system administrator A user account and password is required to gain access to system video Server Enter the Server IP address or hostname for the Ocularis Base server as provided to you by your system administrator Note If your system administrator changed the default port to use for the Base default is 80 you may have to
110. ual Browsing Investigation Mode Synchronous Playback In Browse Mode when displaying a view with multiple panes at least one pane must be selected in order to work with the Kinetic Timeline The behavior of the playback of views with multiple panes can be associated with the selected pane or not With Synchronous Playback playback of panes is not associated with the selected pane All recorded video from all displayed cameras in a view will display their own recorded video based on the timeline regardless of which video pane is selected If Synchronous Playback is not enabled the selected pane controls when the recorded video for all panes is displayed Only the selected pane will play all of its recorded video If there is a gap of recorded video on the selected pane other panes will not play their video when video from the selected pane is not present Synchronous Playback must be enabled manually by the user in the Video Tab of Client Setup One Click Snapshot If this feature is enabled you ll see the Snapshot icon on the video pane itself E Click this overlay to take a snapshot of the recorded video A JPEG image is saved in the location defined in the Video Tab of the Client Setup screen See Video Tab on page 54 Taking a snapshot may also be done via the view pane live or browse See One Click Snapshot on page 24 using a keyboard shortcut See Shortcuts Tab on page 56 or using a joystick shortcut See Joystick Controls Tab
111. vating external devices such as electronic locks gates camera presets switching lights on and off alarm systems etc These manual events can be global or associated with a particular camera and are configured on the recorder A single trigger may include one or more actions e g a button trigger can sound an alarm and send a PTZ camera to a specific preset All triggers are configured on the recorder please refer to the recording component user manual for more information Trigger activation is done in two places depending on the type of trigger Global Triggers Global triggers are system wide and set up on the recorder In RC C these are configured as Global Manual Events under the Events and Output node In RC L and RC E these are User Defined events From the Ocularis Client menu bar select Triggers gt Global Triggers The result is a list of all configured manual events Select the trigger to manually activate it Views Triggers Audio RC C Global Event A Manually Execute a Global Trigger Camera Level Triggers Certain recorders such as RC C support manual events or triggers on the camera level These are configured in the Management Application under the Events and Output Presets node These triggers however are launched directly from the ise Sa ERS Turn on Lights Cam 1 view pane of the corresponding camera Tulle off Ligte Fame Conferenc 1 1 Display the camera with
112. video from a camera with embedded NVR the color coding on the timeline shows recorded video in Green regardless of whether it was recorded due to motion or not The Kinetic timeline ribbon displays color coding accurate to the minute Sometimes due the granularity of the timeline shown the ribbon will show red indicating that video was recorded when in fact it was not In this instance the date timestamp of the frame will be displayed in red Conference Room A Playback red indicates no recording a 4 Y 2 56 12 56 30 pied ad 4 8 2013 1 2 56 121 943 Red timestamp indicates no recording 38 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode Video Buffer Indicator The Kinetic Timeline will show a bar Video Buffer Indicator which indicates how much video has been buffered for that camera at that point in time 8 08 02 983 Video Buffer Indicat scaled Video Buffer Indicator Video Retrieval If there is a delay when loading video in Browse Mode you may see the border of the pane pulsing in the color purple and an information message Processing reading at lt date and time gt This video retrieval text will appear only for camera with embedded NVRs AXIS 01604 00408CC5BECF Processing Video Scaling the timeline Use the and buttons on the right to scale the timeline thus extending or contracting the time period dis
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114. y Include Time Stamp Camera Name Cancel Image Export Setup 5 Set the image quality to Original Medium or Low Exporting images in Original quality will result in larger file size while reducing the image quality may cause image degradation 6 Check the Time Stamp and Camera Name checkboxes to include camera and timestamp information in the export 7 Click OK to return to the Export Still Frame dialog box and click Export You may view the exported jog image with any application that supports this file type 74 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence To export all frames from the selected range 1 From Browse mode select a camera On the Timeline set the start and end points for the exported segment see Designating a range for exporting video page 65 Click Export on the menu bar and select Individual Frames Check the Full Timespan radio button Click Setup to set the Still Image export parameters Set the image quality to Original Medium or Low Exporting images in Original quality will result in larger file size while reducing the image quality may cause image degradation Check the Time Stamp and Camera Name checkboxes to include camera and timestamp information in the export Click OK to return to the Export Still Frame dialog box and click Export
115. y the system administrator Map Navigation Zoom in on a map in by using the scroll wheel of the mouse or clicking the Zoom in icon Zoom out of a map in by using the scroll wheel of the mouse or clicking the zoom out icon Click a map link area or floating map pin to navigate from one map to another Click the back map navigation icon to go back to the previous map KJ On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 97 Ocularis Maps Ocularis Client User Manual Image Preview For any camera icon displayed on a map you can open the corresponding video image by clicking and holding the primary left mouse button on the icon The preview image that appears may be resized or moved on the screen If you hover the mouse over the preview image navigational controls appear which allow you to review recorded video A view on a map will also generate a preview image Preview windows controls Blue Hill Plaza Mapi O I o oy amp ED Door 2 r Navigation l controls Preview of view a 4 SL gt EA Parking Live Parking Live x2 a Bldg 1 Lots 2 Map Preview Image You can use the navigation icons within each view pane to navigate recorded video from the view Preview Window Controls Once a preview window is displayed controls are identified as Preview Lock Image bar Exit Door 2 Preview Close Preview Expand e Use the Preview Expand tool to resize the preview window e Click and drag the Image bar to move the posit

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