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1. lt gt Onss Ocularis Client User Manual 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 00004292013 1604 3 6 0 280 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 2013 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 Additional Patents Applied For in the U S and Abroad Ocularis Client User Manual Contents Table of Contents INTRODUCTION nn sd sudnee delen es nee ent OCULARIS CLIENT MODES 2 a a aa aa a sed tuent INSTALLATION AND LOGIN ne nue e ttne ss etes date tient MINIMUM SY STEM REGUIREMENTSE 2 nn i
2. PTZ Down Right Shift Q PTZ Zoom In PTZ Zoom Out Preset 1 Preset 2 Preset 3 Preset 4 Preset 5 Preset 6 Dracat 7 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 43 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual the combination of two keys a modifier key SHIFT CTRL or ALT and a second key which Some keys require a dual key combination e g Home and the letter P may not be used Video Wi 4 Enter the desired shortcut A shortcut is defined by either J can be a letter number arrow or number from the numeric keypad e a single key found on the keyboard letter number directional arrow etc J 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 and identified in the sample below Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Command Shortcut show Shortcut Keys Ses Copy to Clipboard Ctri C Show Cameralist Selector Ctri M Play Reverse 8x Ctri 6 Play Reverse 4x Ctri 4 PlayReverse 2x ctn 2 Play Rev
3. Ocularis Client Lite Creating Views and View Groups When operating Ocularis Client directly with the NVR not logged in to Ocularis Base limited mode features are available The Setup Utility is one such feature and is used to create views 1 Click the Setup Utility icon located on the right hand side of the menu bar The icon will appear when hovering over it 17 00 12 Live Note Access to the Setup utility can be limited to authorized users by changing their privileges in the NVR s user management utility The View Setup Editing utility is displayed On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 93 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis Client User Manual Shared and private Views General View controls View Panes Cameras and inputs gt Properties for each type of input element gt C 3 0 8 9 8 8 8 2 6 8 F C F 8 888s 8 2 Be s 6 8 8 8 9 The Setup Utility 1 5 view Views are organized within folders or View Groups Folders labeled Shared are views that can be accessed by all users Those labeled Private are views that are accessible only by the user who created them Edit Views Shared Axis 209FD Ca i L ASH RRRRRAES mM The View Tree structure The Edit Views search box enables easy access to views Any character number or letter not case sensitive or combination of characters will filter the views list to only
4. 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 24 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review 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 To Select a Stream ie 2 3 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Open a view which contains a camera with two or more streams Notice the stream that is currently shown by positioning the mouse cursor in the streaming info area wie Axis 2114 11 79 Camera MPEG4 320 x 240 mh ll streaming info Streams MPEG 4 streamed JPEG streamed Click the aux overlay icon In the resulting pop up select the stream you wish to swit
5. 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 55 for more details On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 65 Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts The Alerts feature is available with Ocularis ES CS and IS It encompasses the following features 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 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 When 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 ad
6. 36 Accessing video Of an incident using Alerts 11ccccccsseeeeccccsneseccesaneeseceeseneeeessssaseeesssaaneseesens 36 DE OUENC ES de O AN 38 Accessing video of an incident USING Sequences 38 CLIENT SETUP SN 40 VIDEOTA D ee a EA 40 SCIECN CONNU AON soniai r i AE die E E E T in 6 41 WIS Oy aa A E A a 41 SOV SUCK SCNSIUVIY 2h coat ain E E E E AROA 41 10 KO T LORIE E E E E E EE E E 41 SHORTCUT S TAB reoi E 42 To Configure Custom Keyboard Shortcuts ccccccccccccceeceeeseeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeeesseeaeeeeeeessasaneess 43 To Use a Keyboard SMOMCUEE sptar TR E E T 44 JOYSTIGK GONTROLS TAB oniru n eae ee ee ee end 45 TO GONTQUTE SOVSTICK CONOIS SE LE RE NE NN ire tien nee 46 VIDEO WAUW TAB RSR A CU rte de dar Dieu dde casse ta te an des 47 10 Conioure A Vid o WARS RD A 48 Changing the Position of the Video Wall Representation 49 EXPORTING EVIDENCE VIDEO AND STILL IMAGES nn nnnnennnnnnnnennnnnes 51 Designating a range for exporting video 51 EXDOMING an AVI VIGGO CID ann ananas ont re 52 GANIC MING ARE OOM seers ASS E hens aia arate Mere des ee A A E n 55 Viewing an Exported AVI Video Clip iii 55 EXponing Vid o Databas areec aiaee dant i ie rte aus Mende it esth eee ae an nd 56 124 010 141216 Al RESUS ssena e ra a a a r tscbeaxaxnaccasecavereeG 57 Viewing an Exported Video Database 58 Viewing Exported Video with Ocularis Client 58 Viewing Export
7. Client User Manual Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 TEEN Gna Bus Hill Piara Virtual Video wall layout panels 3 Drag amp Drop a camera from the map to a pane on the virtual video wall Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 16 2051 One Blue Hill Plaga OV BS Axia DO Comers 15a ay C Anis 223M Camera 19 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 will display the video from that camera 4 Drag amp 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 86 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls 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 en Wideo Wall in Lobby Click to 7 collapse Blue Hill Flaza
8. If you position the mouse over the Blank Screen pane navigation controls appear allowing you to play or pause the alert video Navigation Controls On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 67 Ocularis Client User Manual 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 This feature is available in Ocularis ES CS and IS 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 EE Lab Camera 2 ay p p PRC C 192 168 10 54 Camera 2aMotion Detected M ne t k ri i y T je ALY j lt color coded for alert priority v g UN 4 gt 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 68 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Zero low and medium level alerts remain visible in a Blank Screen pane for about 10 seconds default dwell time
9. Ocularis Software License Code SLC These features are documented in this manual 2 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Installation and Login Installation and Login Minimum System Requirements Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3 Microsoft Windows Vista Business Ultimate or Enterprise 32 amp 64 bit Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Ultimate or Enterprise 32 amp 64 bit Microsoft Windows 8 Professional or Enterprise 64 bit CPU Intel Core i5 or better RAM 4 GB minimum 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 500 MB or better 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 3 Installation and Login Ocularis Client User Manual Logging in to the Ocularis Client The login procedure to gain access to Ocularis Client is very simple OJ 1 Launch the Ocularis Client application from the desktop icon oll 2 Alternatively you may choose Start gt All Progra
10. On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 45 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual 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 Joystick Controls tab A list of buttons appears Client Setup Video Wall PTZ Up Right PTZ Down Left PTZ Down Right PTZ Zoom In 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 4 Select the Ocularis function you wish to assign to the corresponding button 5 Repeat for each button you wish to configure 6 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 46 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 Vi
11. Pause _ Locate camera remote video wall video on Map pane Returns video on Opens local video wall to live mode Play preview window Backward rewind Play 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 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 a gt Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Video Wall in Lobiry Viewing a video wall pane remotely On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 89 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 FA 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 Cli
12. 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 73 Ocularis Client User Manual 21 Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 12 06 54 Parking Lot North 2 Paused Parking Lot P Paused Parking Lot 5 Paused Parking Lot 2 Paused 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 tiie Kuy bii G d Be a e Ss __ x er EPS 188 3 gz Ahi T a _ 335 lil Li i LT a cet Events Priority 7 All Lots 4 11 2013 12 04 58 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 21 Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Parking Lot North 2 ELive Parking Lot P iLive Parking Lot S Live Parking Lot Z TEE jo 5 SSERcS_ CE Ae Ee ett 22840 s a Z 777 se Ld ae 4 et Events Priority 7 All Lots 4 11 2013 12 04 58 Show all cameras live video from when the alert triggered 74 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Show Selected Camera Event Triggered and Live Video Select an alert and click the icon Live
13. 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 76 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Accessing Stored Handled Alerts Once alerts have been handled they can be accessed at any time From the menu bar select Views gt Tools gt Handled Alerts The result is a list of all handled alerts Hondled Alerts DETTE 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 cam
14. and displayed simultaneously across multiple monitors When Using Ocularis Client with Ocularis Base Operators have access to views created by an administrator These views are organized by user group and are configured in the Ocularis Administrator application Views may be shared among multiple operator groups When Using Ocularis Client directly with an NVR without Ocularis Base This method of access will result in Ocularis Client in Limited Mode To access specific views and to allow users to personalize their monitoring preferences operators can access both Shared Views and Private Views stored in groups and subgroups Shared Views usually created by the surveillance system administrator and stored on the NVR the user is logged in to can be accessed by all users or by a group of users based on authorization Private Views can be accessed only by the user that created them For more information on operating Ocularis Client in Limited Mode see Appendix A on page 93 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 9 Views Ocularis Client User Manual View Elements Different panes within a view can be set to display video in one of the following modes 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
15. 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 2018 N2 04S72825 Mier WH y rs Events vPriority 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual 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 toolbar 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 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
16. 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 un ur el t am Es hPa 5 ae oo ees a l LES ELETT LES ht la Le Generating Sequences Accessing video of an incident using Sequences 38 Within the Time Slicer click on Sequences Starting at any point in the timeline click on the Back Forward buttons cry 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 Li to abort the operation 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 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 to present the next set of sequences Upon accessing the desired sequence you may Apply digital Zoom to the Currently Displayed Camera pane On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode Apply motion detection to the Currently Displayed Camera pane motion detection can be applied in the same
17. 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 to view additional details regarding the handled alert Click to expand 192 168 10 15 Camera 3 Hotioa C 1927 168 105 Camera 1 Motion 192 168 10 54 Camera 2 Motion 192 168 10 54 Camera 2 Motion Click to this is comment on a handied event collapse z tag 1 tag 2 Ce 192 168 10 54 Ca 12345 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 comments comments are listed first Optional Tags Any tags key words assigned 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 78 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Viewing Alerts To view video from a handled alert 1 From the Handled Alerts screen click the thumbnail image of the alert you wish
18. from the primary camera associated with the selected event to the video wall See Sending Live Video on page 91 Acknowledge Remote Loop Video Display Mode Layout Options Map Toggle The Remote Loop tool also works in conjunction with Ocularis Video Walls If a 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 92 Click this tool to switch to the Handled Alerts list This tool allows privileged operators to create schedules where alerts can be automatically handled or discarded based on a timetable See To Schedule Alerts for Automatic Handling on page 79 The three video display mode icons switch the video display area as follows Show All Camera s Event Triggered Recorded Video 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 Click this icon to display the Alert Manager in Column Layout Show or Hide Ocularis Map if a triggered alert is from a camera which is displayed on a map you can display the corresponding map by selecting 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 the
19. in NetMatrix for more information please refer to the NetMatrix user manual All Push Video panes share the same NetMatrix TCP IP port number 5 Click the Save icon to complete the push video setup Saving Changes and Testing the View 1 Once you ve completed populating all of the view panes it is important to save the changes made by clicking on the Save E icon 2 To test the view exit close the View Setup utility The newly created view will be displayed on the main Ocularis Client panel On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 99 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 Fax Sales Support sales onssi com PreSales Support se onssi com Technical Support support onssi com Training training onssi com Marketing marketing onssi com 100 845 732 7900 845 732 7999 845 732 7900 x 1 845 732 7900 x 2 845 732 7900 x3 845 732 7900 x 4 845 732 7900 x5 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc
20. job you wish to cancel Cancelling an Export Job 3 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 application 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 55 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 Ocularis ES CS and IS This feature may also be controlled enabled or disabled on a user group level by the system administrator Vi
21. manner as any Browse Mode pane See Motion Detection page 30 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 on page 51 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 39 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual 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 There are four tabs which may be visible to the user e Video Tab e Shortcuts Tab e Joystick Controls Tab e Video Wall Tab Video Tab The Video tab is visible to all users The user can control how the software is displayed the language used and features related to browsing 1 To configure settings for Ocularis Client click the Views menu and select Client Setup Client Setup Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Video Wall Screen Configuration Mode Video Quality Full Screen M 4 264 frame skip Windowed ad BH Maintain Quality in Browse Mode Screens Screen 1 Joystick Sensitivity Browsing Reduced Frame Rate default Full Frame Rate Language The Video tab is displayed 40 On Net Su
22. monitors 1 Click the Views menu and select Client Setup 2 Select the Video Wall tab Client Setup Video Shortcuts Joystick Controls Video Wall Video Wall Use Enabled M Show Advanced Options Site Association Default 3 Check the Enabled checkbox 48 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup 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 85 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 Le Video Wall Tab 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
23. 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 64 for more details On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 63 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Viewing a Bookmark Viewing a bookmark is supported when using Ocularis Client with Ocularis Base Click Views on the menu bar Select Tools and then Bookmarks TZ Bookmarks Receplien Est Camera 10 Pauded 10 27 2011 15 07 28 910 tole F ue le a Tae lt i nn le A fel Bookmarks The resulting screen displays a list of existing bookmarks in the lower half and a 2 x 1 view with hotspots in the upper half 3 4 3 6 Sort the list of bookmarks by clicking on the column heading Click the comment balloon to view bookmark comments Position the mouse over a Thumbnail to see an enlarged view of the thumbnail image Click a hotspot pane and then a thumbnail to vi
24. 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 31 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual 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 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 32 On Net Surveillance Systems I
25. 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 Lots Carousel with Quick Review optical and digital PTZ and carousel controls Camera Panes with Quick Review as well as optical and digital PTZ Live web page ENN com i o I eres es otc ee eer cee NS Push Video Pane ane w G for receiving manual peer to peer push live video L Static Image 10 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review 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
26. the views containing the character or string of characters entered highlighting those characters within the views names Note The ability to edit either views can be limited based on the user s privileges on the NVR Management Application utility 94 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Appendix A 2 To create subfolders highlight a folder and click the New Folder icon CA located on the bottom left of the Folders Views pane 3 To create a view within a folder click on the Create View icon ES This will open a submenu of view layout templates for both regular 3 4 and widescreen display aspect ratios 4 At any point during the View creation process you can Rename EE and Delete ES Views Save changes without closing the editor Eh Populating View Panes View panes may be populated with cameras hotspots carousels web pages images and push video components To populate a pane simply drag and drop the desired element from the Cameras panel into the pane If the pane is already populated the dragged view element will replace the previous element mera 1 IC m Sony SNC P1 Camera 1 Hotspot Carousel fe Web Page Properties Populating a view pane with a Camera In the Cameras panel in the setup utility click on the sign beside Cameras to expand the list of cameras available through the NVR server The Cameras search box enables
27. 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 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
28. IS The Alert Manager is 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 Views Triggers Alert Manager Or click the Alert Counter found in the upper left corner of the screen 70 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts ee Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 Parking Lot amp A i j Si TTL Parking Let amp s ML sa To eee de Aer ae a 5 mem CU sec T 1 muus Ce we ce pH nt ME a C eg a d e w l video E Jan ec EN K H E IS Hau ats display T i FER Z ru area et En mi EC aah fot ia ata fe fey ey Se fl Ve JE gi j N s i pe di a S ETa Nl T a Ey Toll el hil heel Ta ain List of 4 ro unhandled alerts Priority Camera 4 10 Motion LD Z0LI 11 46 23 a Ocularis Map MiGs FhiS 11 37 10 amp 10 Motion SLOSFOLI 11 3647 dr iis FhiS 11 36 58 Lot P priority 2 4 10 2012 11 24 59 Alert Manager toolbar 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
29. Inc 33 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual 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 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 on the Search Back Forward buttons ad ca 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 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
30. Map 1 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 87 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis Client User Manual Click to expand a video Wall in Lobby Video Wall Toolbar Changing Video Wall Panes From the controller PC you 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 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 E3 9 pane view 4 Now you may populate these panes by dragging amp dropping icons from a map to the pane 88 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls 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
31. Sample Video Wall on page 48 as an example 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 A ee Client gt Bl 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 49 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual 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 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 O to allow the screen to be placed in the left most position Glient A Client B Four Screens from Clien
32. 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 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 69 Ocularis Client User Manual 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 76 for more information Alert Handling Notification If multiple operators are 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 Reception alert handling notification O pen Front Door Being handled by TonySmith Alert Manager The Alert Manager is a component supported by Ocularis Client when used in conjunction with the Ocularis Base on Ocularis ES CS and
33. This icon is only available when logged in directly to the recording component NVR Click this icon to enter Setup in Ocularis Client Limited Mode 16 37 31 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 to minimize you will see this icon Memory Indicator hover the mouse cursor over this icon to receive a snapshot RER kii of the current memory allocation More details on page 8 Memory Working Sek 329 MB 71 97 used Virtual 101 MB 46 74 used GPU 1856 MB left Clock Current time of the Ocularis Client shown in 24 hour format EC Status if the OnSSI Event EC Status Disconnected Coordinator Service on the Ocularis Base T machine stops an additional icon will i appear in the Application Control section h on all logged in Ocularis Client screens 11 36 21 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 7 Installation and Login 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 defin
34. a 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 on page 51 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 3D Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual 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 Server y QEye 755 Camera 1 gt Axis 209FD Camera 1 ACTI 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 i depending on the desired direction of viewing alerts This will populate the screen with thumbnails of the camera at the time of each alert At any point during the detection process you may click the pause button L i 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
35. alled during the installation of Ocularis Client It is also exported to a folder when you export video and select the Export Ocularis Viewer to same directory option See the Ocularis Viewer User Manual for instructions on how to use the Ocularis Viewer 58 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence 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 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 on Export on the menu bar and select Individual Frames 3 Check the Single Frame radio button 4 Click on Setup to set the Still Image export parameters Image Export Setup Image Quality Original 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 time
36. 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 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 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 to clear the pane of video You can view the handled alert at any time See Handling Alerts on page 76 for more information Acknowledge a high priority alert 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
37. aner D Er Rear Hallway Camera 1 Click the next to the camera to add 22 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review 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 lt 2 of 2 gt Parking Lot A Camera 1 l Carousel indicator of number ol cameras ee tr LE Carousel playback controls Qos Adding a Carousel as needed 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 23 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Populating a hotspot pane 4 Video in the hotspot may be paused and navigated like any other pane Hallway on Floor 2 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
38. 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 57 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 It may take a short period for the video database to parse and recorded video to be available for browsing Audio Live Timeslice Cupor About Ocularis Client Load Database from File C Ient s t CI h 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 inst
39. aris 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 a le i P Map _ Map navigation Shortcut icons Map link area D mms Ocularis Maps View The mapis displayed with icons for cameras and views as configured by 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 ca 82 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Maps 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 t
40. ch to You may need to click the Streams tab in the pop up if the camera also contains PTZ presets GE Axis 2114 11 79 Camera MIPEG 320 x 240 a 25 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual 4 The alternate stream is now shown Verify this by using placing the mouse cursor in the streaming info area 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 in the management application of the recording component Cameras with connected audio equipment display audio icons in the top right corner of the screen for listening to camera connected microphone below left and sending audio to cameras using a microphone connected to the operator station Toggle Toggle remote local microphone microphone Clicking on either icon will enable or disable the feature The icon will appear bright when on and dim when off Note that audio icons appear only upon mouse move together with all other playback and PTZ controls Audio controls are also visible from Audio on the menu 26 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 af
41. ck controls will appear in the pane 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 icon will change to a heart symbol to resume live video click the heart shaped Live wy button Applying Digital PTZ Digital PTZ can be applied to video in any mode or pane live or recorded 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 Digital PTZ in live monitoring mode Note the PIP window upper right Once a Digital Zoom region is created a PIP 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 re
42. ck the Clear Video icon E 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 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 90 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls 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 Hil
43. deo Wall is an optional add on component to Ocularis and available with Ocularis ES Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS 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 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
44. e Each camera in the carousel can be configured for placement in the carousel sequence using the up and down arrow buttons To remove a camera from the carousel click the delete LE Icon You may also change the default dwell time on a camera by camera basis Click on Save and Close Carousel Editor in the Properties panel to save the carousel contents and display parameters This will display the View with the carousel cameras stacked one above the other You can browse through the carousel cameras by clicking on a camera in the stack On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 97 Populating a view pane with a Web Page or Image Any view pane can display a web page or a static bitmap image JPEG BMP PNG or GIF Panes with images or web pages may not be maximized so be sure to use a pane large enough to be worthwhile for the display of the web page or image 1 From the Cameras panel in the setup utility drag and drop the Web label onto the desired View pane This will automatically change the contents of the Properties panel 2 Inthe Url Properties text box enter the local or remote address of the web page or the image to be displayed e g http www onssi com or D building_14 floor _plan png Properties Web URL G ibuilding_14_floor_plan pna 3 Click on Set to display the web page or image Note Ocularis Client s web page utility may not support all navigation and display capabilitie
45. e corresponding checkbox Click OK to exit the Setup dialog box Click Export to begin the export process 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 55 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 54 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
46. e 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 handling 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 Ocularis Client supports the following languages English Arabic Modern Standard Simplified Chinese Dutch Finnish French German Hebrew Italian Korean Portuguese Russian Spanish Swedish On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 1 Introduction Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Client Modes The Ocularis Client software application will dynamically change based upon the log in method used If used to log into a recording component directly i e use the recorder s server IP address and port number in the login screen the application will behave in a limited mode If Ocularis Client is used to log into the recording component via Ocularis and therefore uses the IP address of the Ocularis Base server in the login screen the application will maintain full features as defined by the
47. easy access to cameras by name Any character number or letter not case sensitive or combination of characters will filter the cameras list to only the cameras containing the character or string of characters entered highlighting those characters within the cameras names On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 95 Cameras 1 Drag the desired camera into one of the view panes An image from the camera view as well as the camera name will appear in the pane 2 To display a different camera or view element simply drag another camera or view element into the pane Populating a view pane with a Hotspot Hotspots are usually used in a layout made of one or more large view panes surrounded by smaller panes In a view containing hotspots selecting a hotspot and clicking on any other pane will send the camera displayed in the pane to the hotspot This applies only to camera push video and carousel panes 1 From the Cameras panel in the setup utility drag and drop the Hotspot label into the desired View pane 2 Set the hotspot display parameters for the quality framerate and aspect ratio of the video displayed in the hotspot in the Properties panel Propertes Framerate Unlimited w Aspect Keep Aspect M Keep When Maximized Populating a view pane with a Carousel The Carousel mode of viewing enables sequential monitoring of multiple cameras Ocularis Client provides full interaction with the ca
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49. ed as Working Set The amount of RAM memory that is being used by Ocularis Client A warning message will appear when 1 5 GB of memory used is reached 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 1 5 GB of memory used is reached G D C 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 appears 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 To modify the upper limits of the working set and GPUs create an ASCII file on the c drive called c onssimem txt which includes a line with the working set limit following by a comma and then followed by the GPU limit For example 1500 100 where the 1500 represents 1 5 GB limit for the working set memory and 100 represents 100 MB of Texture Memory 8 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Views 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
50. end of detection rewind sequence database Pad D 4 D KM 4 ee The Browse Mode Toolbox 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 29 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual Go to 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 Go to 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 12 235 2011 01 24 2012 02 25 ei Tta The time date utility Tool T
51. equate 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 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 This feature is available in Ocularis ES CS and IS For instructions on Blank Screen configuration in Ocularis Administrator see the Ocularis Administrator User Manual 66 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Using Blank Screen Monitoring 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 OC Demo a ee Comes L Blank Screen pane A View with a Blank Screen pane When an alert occurs video will be populated in the Blank Screen pane OC Demo Alert triggered video a ti
52. eras 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 Click the icon to refresh the list and view alerts handled by others Reload ie aimee in your user group pending privileges while viewing this screen lick il Expand Collapse E Click to expand row detai Click to collapse row detail On Net Surveillance Systems Inc FT Ocularis Client User Manual 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 U The name of the user Ocularis Client account name who handled ser 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
53. erse 1x Ga 1 Play Reverse 0 5x Ctri 0 Pause Duplicate Entry Play Forward Shift 8 Play Forward 4x Shifts Play Forward Shift 2 Play Forward Shift 4 Play Forward 0 5x Shift 0 Step Backward 1 Hour Ait Left Step Backward 1 Minute Ait NumPad1 lcson Rentresarst 4 Caner 5 When finished click the Save button The changes made on this screen will be available when the user clicks the Save button These settings will follow the user account regardless of the PC used 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 l 2 44 If the shortcut applies to a particular camera click the pane with the camera video to select it Be sure to be in the appropriate mode Live or Browse based on the function to be issued On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup 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 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 Presas lay Fomara
54. etup to change the video export Codec and the encoding quality A Note About Video Codecs A video codec compression decompression is required to create 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 Video Codec DivX 6 8 Codec Encoding Quality Low include Time Stamp Camera Hame Always Prepend Preamble On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 53 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual 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 Click the Encoding Quality drop down menu to select the quality of the exported video low medium or high Determine if you wish to include 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 th
55. 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 Browse Color coded zones of Timestamp Time Timeline Mode recording and detected of video interval Scaling controls motion displayed markers controls D AH b A hH KM El 2009 23 25 4 bltri D 14 47 45 413 T Tha Kinatir Timalin 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 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 12 56 00 12 56 30 4 8 2013 12 56 21 943 Red timestamp indicates no recording 28 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode Scaling the timeline Use the and buttons on the right to scale the timeline
56. ew 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 64 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence 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 T c testdata false_alarm_101 avi 50 59 Exported Jobs e Clips are listed in the order in which they were exported Those jobs which are completed are labeled with Done 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
57. ewing 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 Database Format Export to Database Format Export Path C VideoExports Incident_7654 ni Filename Included Feeds Hallway RC C Camera 13 V Audio Lab RC C Camera 34 RCE on Axis 216FD Camera 192 168 10 27 V Reception RC C Camera 30 Audio M Export Ocularis Viewer to same directory Password Protection M Also Encrypt Video Data Export Cancel 3 Enter the full path of the destination folder for the exported clip or click on Browse Folders ES to select a folder or create a new folder 4 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 change the camera using the Circular Control in either Live or Browse modes 6 Cameras that support audio display an Audio checkbox available for selection Check the Audio box if you wish to also export recorded audio from the corresponding camera 56 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence 7 lf the recipient of this video clip does not have Oc
58. 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 11 Image Bar Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Quick Review and Camera Control During Live Monitoring 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 7 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 operat
59. ggers 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 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 4 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 Open Daar nest bo Cam 1 and Output node These triggers however are launched Clute Dany wale es cues Turn on Lights Cam 1 directly from the view pane of the corresponding camera Turn aff Lights Cam 1 Conferenci 1 Display the camera with 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 4 Select the desired trigger from the displayed list On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 81 Ocularis Maps Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Maps Maps are supported when using Ocularis Client with any feature set of Ocularis A map is a graphical representation of the Ocul
60. hE ak ial seed eee ei de Otis sees 18 AD DIVING QODIIC AIP TA acer ces ace cance en a n thecetetetta ss 18 PTZ Control for ImmerVision s IMV1 1 3 Panomorph lens 20 Carousel s quence COMORES RE Ne UNE nr niet as tal ee O etes nues 22 HOISDOECONHORSS SSSR shite ins eles sci a eet wt ic O cn ses diese ee dns 23 Selecting AllerMale SIGAMS ss 2o 45 UE Sn Un eee des 25 NO WAY AMQIO SR md ds A E E D Cd Nu ne 26 BROWSING INVESTIGATION MODE cssscccssseccsssescnsecenssencnsnencnsnennesesenesesensesenenenenenensnsnens 27 SHIFTING BETWEEN LIVE AND BROWSE MODES cccssececeseeeceseeeceseeteeecetseeenseeeceneeeseseetseeeetsesenens 27 THE BROWSE INVESTIGATION WINDOW cc 0ssececcsseceecceeeeeccesecescceeeecceaeeescseeecsoeseeesoseeeesceeeteees 27 TAG Scalable Kinetic TINE NING ss dese dansehncwsessnocaecnaneizsnsagauadencavieasceasn Ea aa OEA 28 Browse Mode COMMONS ni areas a tartines ienon ati os eee tele 29 WOON MDS PE RP ee aces 30 MOTION DETECTION SSSR sde 2 daaunas connue done cadet be toc 31 Applying motion detection to recorded video 31 TAE TIME SHICER 2 a Sd ie ER 33 Accessing video of an incident using the Time Slicer 33 THE MOTION SLICERS ES RE D Sd dire die case et ne scsi anne 35 Accessing video of an incident using the Motion Slicer 35 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Contents Ocularis Client User Manual ALERTO Ge a oe des
61. hat 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 Map eet rate sai Navigation controls Preview of view 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 Image bar Preview Lock 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 position of the preview window On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 83 Ocularis Maps Ocularis Client User Manual e Click the Preview Close button to close the preview window 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 pu Image Arrange To automatically arrange open preview images click the Image Arrange Icon ES Preview images are arranged at the bottom of the map Blue Hill Plaza Map 1 mt iei Nil nn Tira i Keceypelionms TER Fhoer Tarren ON Er py ptet tt mi Map show
62. he 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 MiMselect Camera ACTi Camera H263 192 168 10 144 ACTi Camera H263 192 168 10 147 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 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 For instance Ek Select Camera SON Panasonic BB HCM701A H264 Camera 1 Sony 10 85 HJM PTZ Sony 10 95 J4 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 Ek Select Camera A AXIS Q1755 10 48 HJ Axis 01755 Q Camera 1 IQEye 755 10 134 J West Parking IQEye 755 10 137 J IQEYE 755 JPEG Camera 1 Example type portion of model number This example results in displaying any camera containing the text 755 No
63. ideo 73 SHOW All Camera S LIVE VIGO xa sn et ne ti a EA a AERA 74 Show Selected Camera Event Triggered and Live Video cceeeecccceceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaaaaeeeeeeess 75 ji On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Contents STORING AND FIANDEING EVENTS Es Rene a 76 Handig AlS orca acs te So ai ee ea et aud ele AN eens ine ee aa sn 76 ACCESSING STORED MANDUED ALERTS arnik A A A 77 Ev n Delal eee Om ee POR eT PI gee OP see 78 SOMINO Handled Alero ws se ec ee Baa Foe a a eh eee ie De a bl 78 VICWING ACH S nee annee rad ennemie doi nn 79 EXDOMING AICH VIOCO oii derniere nude nine diner ie de 79 To export a video clip from alert video is 79 AULOMAIC AICHE FAN GUNG serer aa suewoiaedenieses Mercia E TTA E TI 79 To Schedule Alerts for Automatic Handling RL 79 DRIGGERS na den et nt diet ace ne teen tnt 81 GOD Al I nidder SR SR SR a E ren ed ini eenn 81 Camera Level TOURS SE NN en en ne nn ten 81 OCULARIS MAPS di names aa dense nine de une teint reed e des etes ns 82 VIEWING OCULARIS MAPS ccccccccccccccccccceeeessseseeeeeeeeecceeseeeeaeaassseseeeeceeeeeeeeeeesseeaueaaasseseeeeseseeeess 82 PNAS NAVI AON esc indienne cto ab ade nino nement ani datpuaten Meeaneeeds 82 Image ni EI El RS OR a a a a A E 83 Preview Window ContolS rnst sneh a E E A E 83 Mage ALANS nn a an OR de nes 84 OCULARIS VIDEO WALES te nimes a nee asset t en tete 85 OCULARIS VIDEO WALL CONFIGURATIONS r
64. ideo to avi format is available in all features sets of Ocularis 52 1 2 Once a segment of video has been designated for export click Export on the menu bar Export Options Individual Database Create Frames Format Bookmark Cancel Select AVI File Export to AVI File Folder C Users lt username gt Desktop ji Filename DVMS AXIS M3011 Camera 1 avi Preamble OnSsSl Ocularis Video Export Comment Blue minivan circling parking lot A save vehicle on 10 05 10 Audio M Export Recorded Audio Setup Export Cancel Enter the full path of the destination folder for the exported clip or click on Browse Folders Ib 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence By default exported AVI clips are preceded by a Preamble which displays the time and date operator by username camera name and the operators comments You may choose whether or not to append a preamble to the exported clip and which items to include Bree 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 on S
65. ing arranged preview images 84 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Ocularis Video Walls 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 install and log in to Ocularis Client Select a desired video wall as defined in To Configure A Video Wall on page 48 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 85 Ocularis Video Walls Ocularis
66. ing component e You may not have bookmarking privileges Check with your system administrator 62 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Exporting Evidence Create Bookmark Classification Case File Tags red corvette Comment this car has been seen loitering in the area for several nights included Feeds M Select All V Parking Lot A North Audio Parking Lot A South Parking Lot B North V Parking Lot C West Audio 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 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
67. instances of the camera will populate a single camera pane with individual digital PTZ control see herein 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 Controls for Panomorph lens views include e Playback controls standard forward back and pause e Quad to Single toggle click on the 360 button to display the Single and Quad buttons which toggle between a single and a four quadrant view of the camera This option is available whether the Panomorph camera is in a view of its own or is part of a multi camera view alongside other cameras Panomorph View Controls On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 21 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual 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 camera o Moving the cursor down will in ceiling mounted cameras cause the camera view to face upward moving the cursor left and right will move the camera view in the opposite direction at a speed relative to the length of the horizontal gesture o Clicking on 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 cursor which provides a visual indicator to
68. ional o If the indicator is pulsing green the camera stream is functioning normally 12 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Reception fth Floor normal 2 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 connection Click the Image Bar to 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 Live Video Displays the text Live follows Stopped Video Displays a character D s 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 se
69. ips If you are not sure of a tool s meaning and the mouse is positioned over the tool a description of that tools function appears Move Forward One Frame Move Forward One Frame DO al D4 D gt DD LD Et b 1 0 Tool Tip 30 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode 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 1 Click on the Motion Detection button 10 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 w d a KA DH The Motion Detection Toolbox 450 o 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 frame by frame for vehicles
70. ir 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 De On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Alerts Events Click A ET a Rules Comers Camera icons pulsate heading Open Rear Door A ji1 2013 16 43 56 with corresponding alert to sort list priority color k ISA 10 43 41 which 5 Timestamp yr fh Open From E tuner BPO FO IB courtyard triggered st D alert 10 Lab Cam 2 aizo oanl Receplion fhh Floor W ULN EUR LEAL Fo Priority and Camera s associated 4 11 2013 10 99 57 color code with event 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 reverse 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
71. 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 36 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode 6 Once the desired event is accessed you can 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 page 30 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 page 51 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 3 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual 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
72. is 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 e 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 Keep in mind that the user who pauses the patrol has control over the PTZ camera The camera will be paused in the current position for all users until the initiating user either resumes patrol or logs off Ocularis Client Access to this icon is controlled through either the Ocularis Administrator or the recording components management application If you do not have access to this icon and you think you should see your system administrator On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 17 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Quick Review Tools Playing back video Upon mouse over whether in full screen or pane mode playba
73. l Plara Map 1 Receplion Tih Fl cr w plian Tih Flair DRE EPL pr D ora Err video wall roll up or down Vides Wall in Lobby 5 2013 13 43 05 Drag drop 5 Open Rear Door 5 2003 14 42 34 2 Open Front Deor Lab Cam 1 LAN CTP ER Loaded EMET E Lola E 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 91 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 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 92 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Appendix A Appendix A Ocularis Client in Limited Mode This appendix covers the setup and configuration for Ocularis Client when used to log directly into an NVR This feature is commonly used on legacy systems as well as for troubleshooting purposes The features described here were in what was formerly called
74. me 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 30 3 Draw a Motion Detection zone using the motion detection tool 12 in the Browse Mode toolbox 4 Click on the Back Forward buttons rr 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 L i 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 Current 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 page 30 for more information Review the selected camera or the entire camera view at the time of the detected event click on the camer
75. mit 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 Ocularis ES or Ocularis CS Creating a Bookmark 1 From Browse mode designate a segment of video for export See Designating a range for exporting video page 51 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 record
76. ms gt OnSSI gt Ocularis Client A login window will appear 3 Enter your login information as follows Ocularis Client User Name admin Password Server 192 168 7 214 Authentication Basic Windows lt Onss um ores Pen 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 For troubleshooting purposes you may bypass Ocularis Base and log into the recorder directly to see camera video To do this enter the IP address and port number of the computer with the NVR Use the format IP ADDRESS PORT Where IP ADDRESS is the address of the computer with the NVR installed Port is the port number used by the recorder s image service 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 4 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
77. n an item on the list to display the PTZ preset or click drag up and down to scroll the available presets On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 19 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Home idWall Door Pr esepsidast aux bs 8 Toggle between optical and digital PTZ Click the Optical PTZ button to toggle between digital and optical PTZ 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 PTZ Control for ImmerVision s IMV1 1 3 Panomorph lens 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 thus replacing multiple static cameras each of which pointing to a segment of the Panomorph lens s view 91 91 pe ImmerVision s Panomorph Lens Ocularis Client enables parsing the spherical video stream received from cameras equipped with the Panomorph lens so that it appears un skewed resembling the image received from a camera equipped with a standard lens 20 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Panomorph equipped cameras are displayed in Ocularis Client in either Single or Quad view In Quad view four
78. n below the Menu Bar will disappear and the bar will display the name of the view map or corresponding content that is displayed on the screen When the mouse pointer is moved to the top of the screen the Menu Bar changes to display Ocularis menus 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 within it More information on the Image Bar can be found on page Error Bookmark not defined 6 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Installation and Login Application Controls The upper right portion of the Menu Bar contains functions known as Application Controls These functions are defined as follows 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 Log Off Credentials controlled by the system administrator If you Click the Log off icon and this UserName ME function is disabled for your user account RE a you will be prompted for Log Off Credentials Enter user account credentials for a user with the log off Su GE privileges and click Submit Authentication Basic Windows Setup
79. nc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode 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 Current View pane Timeslice thumbnails Mode Selector Timeslice direction back forward in time pause slicing Time Slicing Interval Kinetic Motion Timeline with video time stamp and timeline scale Interchangeable Motion Detection Playback Controls D di En 6 yw MoM 4 410 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 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 On Net Surveillance Systems
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81. 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 A 8 Click Submit The Discard option will eliminate alerts from being accounted for in the database or on the screen Alerts handled using this method will be shown in the Handled Alerts list with the plain camera thumbnail image 80 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Triggers Triggers Ocularis Client enables triggering of outputs relays for activating 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 tri
82. ny video clip It is not necessary for exporting a single still image or print reports Note Video export is possible only in Browse mode including Timeslice Motion Slice Alerts and Sequences modes 1 Make sure the interchangeable motion detection playback control set is set to playback Click on the Playback Mode button EI to toggle between the two sets of controls 2 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 3 Drag the Timeline to the desired starting point for the exported segment and click on the Segment Start button i 4 Drag the Timeline to the end point of the exported segment The selected segment is displayed with a yellow bar Click on the Segment End button G3 24 D LE A 4 8 012 4 1 iy Fy Bc Fc BP i 7 Yellow bar designates video clip for export 5 You may extend or reduce the segment after it has been designating by setting different start and end points On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 51 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 operators comments will precede the clip Exporting v
83. o the left on the slider bar Browsing 7 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 video with full frame rate during playback of recorded video 8 If you wish to change the display language for Ocularis Client you may do so by selecting it from the Language drop down menu 9 Click Save to save changes The changes made on this screen will not be visible until the user logs off and back in to Ocularis Client The language change will not take effect until the user shuts down and restarts the Ocularis Client The language setting affects all users of the local PC All other settings will follow the user account regardless of the PC used On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 41 Client Setup Shortcuts Tab Ocularis Client User Manual The Shortcuts tab is visible to users with Enter Client Setup privileges as specified on the Ocularis Base This tab allows each qualified user to define custom keyboard shortcuts for common functions used with Ocularis Client for their own user account 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 he
84. of alerts with associated information event name camera name priority timestamp etc The lower right section displays the map if applicable 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 Alert Manager Toolbar Handle Alert Locate alert from alert Send recorded Switch to Schedule PRE 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 Send Live Remote Loop Recent Y Filter opnlooiog m m za Alert Manager Toolbar On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 71 Ocularis Client User Manual 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 Events You ll be prompted for detailed information about the alert See Handling Alerts on page 76 Locate 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 displayed on a map in the Alert Manager operators can push live video
85. re Available functions for keyboard shortcuts include 42 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Closes the Ocularis Client Application equivalent to a Shut Down Show Client Setup Displays the Client Setup configuration screen Show Shortcut Keys Displays a list of existing keyboard shortcuts Copy to Clipboard ieee al of the current image and sends to the Windows Play Reverse Yx Step Backward time In Browse mode play video in reverse mode but restrict to the time interval shown Step Forward time In Browse mode play video in forward mode but restrict to the time interval shown 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 Close Application 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 Video Wall PTZ Up Left PTZ Up Right Ctri R PTZ Down Left Alt D
86. rousel pane including playback PTZ optical and digital and carousel sequence controls 1 From the Cameras panel in the setup utility drag and drop the Carousel label into the desired View pane This will automatically change the contents of the Properties panel 96 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Appendix A Propertes Framerate Original Aspect Keep Aspect Quality Original WM Keep When Maximized Dwell Time Open Carousel Editor Set the global Carousel display properties for framerate aspect ratio quality dwell time and whether to maintain these settings when the pane is maximized Adjust these properties based on the type of camera amount of bandwidth consumed by the camera and type of movement displayed Click on Open Carousel Editor to add cameras to the carousel Expand the cameras list drag and drop the desired cameras into the carousel list the area on the right which initially is blank Cameras Ba A et AXIS 207 Rear Forking Lot B Comers amp WA er Dral Tire Dietak ui 0 Acme 204 Loabkry Carmen A yii 4 Les MI Camera 1 paS AO Care i Boar a Cirad Tire illite AMIS 212 PTZ Camera i F IFE Lin ta i um FR AMIS 207 Rear Parking Lot B Gomera amp a TF m bn i r 3 are Dre Tire Delak T M 1 j LAXIS M11 Camere 1 FI Dr j j Copal Tarte MEET Diag and Diep Cosreran lo Vol
87. rveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Client Setup Screen Configuration 2 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 3 The number of screens detected by the PC s video card is represented by checkboxes in the Screens section Check at least 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 Video Quality 4 When using H 264 or MPEG compression you may experience ghosting if packets are lost The H 264 frame skip checkbox under Video Quality should be checked in order to alleviate this 5 Ifthe 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 6 Use the Joystick Sensitivity 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 t
88. s of full fledged web browsers and thus should not be used as a replacement for a web browser for mission critical tasks Populating a view pane with Push Video Push Video panes may be configured to display video on event live video stream alerts as well as peer to peer push video The NetMatrix push video utility is required in order for this to work 1 Inthe Cameras panel click and drag the Push Video icon to the desired View pane This will automatically change the contents of the Properties panel Properties Framerate Unlimited Aspect Keep Aspect Quality Original M Keep When Maximized Window Index Pott Password 98 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Appendix A 2 Set the display properties for video framerate aspect ratio and quality Adjust these properties based on the type of cameras in the system available bandwidth and type of movement to be displayed If you want to maintain these video settings when the pane is maximized click the Keep When Maximized checkbox 3 The Window Index field is used when there are more than one Push Video panes in the same view In this case select the display order for the pane For instance if there are four Push Video panes in a single view you can specify which pane should receive the first push video alert which should receive the second and so on 4 Enter the TCP IP port and password as defined
89. ser Manual Exporting Evidence 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 r ara PL CP CAS i ee ree gt lt lt Jwa s A Re Fes 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 61 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual Bookmarks 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 li
90. ss tante siemens desna descente taie ie rnnr Eee 85 LISING A VIDEO WAL giles ent toe ty demon e a e dent n seen cote ei sec N 85 SNOW FIDE Video Wall seiors eaaa e Ae Ae aT TEA Ea 87 Changing Video Wall Pannes tunes a A E E e E 88 Managing Video in a Video Wall 89 REMO COQ ra a ue ae ace aies eue On 89 Came LOCAU ra e Rd ne 90 Clear ia Pane ina Vid o Male tn nn de esse tenes 90 Blank Screens Ina Video Wasser a a Ne Madness degen 90 USING A VIDEO WALL IN THE ALERT MANAGER ccccccccesssseeceeecceecaseeeceeecceeasseeeeeecsessaasseeeeseeseaeas 91 To Use a Video Wall in Alert Manager sise 91 APPENDIX A OCULARIS CLIENT IN LIMITED MODE sccceeeeeeseeceessneeeeeeeeeeenneeeeees 93 CREATING VIEWS AND VIEW GROUPS seus diet ee ate Ae et ee ie ks 93 POPULATING VIEW PANE Sree RS nat D aaee aeron eaan n 95 Populating a view pane with a Camera 95 Populating a view pane with a Hotspot 96 Populating a view pane with a Carousel 96 Populating a view pane with a Web Page or Image 98 Populating a view pane with Push Video 98 Saving Changes and Testing the View 99 CONTACT INFORMATION Sn ne Gina aaa mena alaa aa aaa aaa ann tte 100 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc lil Ocularis Client User Manual Introduction 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 multipl
91. stamp information in the export 7 Click OK to return to the Export Still Frame dialog box and click on Export You may view the exported jog image with any application that supports this file type On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 59 Exporting Evidence Ocularis Client User Manual To export all frames from the selected range 60 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 51 Click Export on the menu bar and select Individual Frames Check the Full Timespan radio button Click on 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 on Export You may view the exported jpg 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 55 for more details On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client U
92. 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 79 Ocularis Client User Manual 1 From the Ocularis Client Alert Manager click the Filter tool on the Alert Manager toolbar Create Event Filter Schedule Existing Filters Create New Schedule zi Events Composite Source Event Source Test Generic Events Event Proxy for RC C Recorder 1 En a Start Time 04 11 2013 04 37 PM gr End Time 04 11 2013 05 37 PM g Mode Discard Autohandle Create Event 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
93. t A on top of Two Screens from Client B left justified Example 3 This 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 Client B Four Screens from Client A on top of Two Screens from Client B right justified 50 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 e Designating a range for exporting video e Exporting an AVI video clip e Exporting a Video Database e Exporting Still Images individual frames e Printing a Still Image Report e Bookmarks available only in Ocularis Client e Export Progress Designating a range for exporting video This step must be performed when exporting a
94. t 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 13 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Displays camera name or alternate label 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 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 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 D NPN 14 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review Select Camera Click the camera icon Lil at the top right quadrant of t
95. te 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 15 Live Monitoring with Quick Review Ocularis Client User Manual Click on the Clipboard icon iy in 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 on the Remove Camera icon L in the bottom left quadrant of the circular control menu to remove the camera from the pane 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 see Populating a View Pane with Push Video in the Configuring Views section page 98 This feature is available in Ocularis ES CS and IS To manually send video right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display
96. ter 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 Current time time date of video sa may differ from displayed displayed video time Kinetic Motion Timeline with video time stamp and timeline scale Ocularis Client s Browse window offers a number of tools and methods for accessing and enhancing Browse Mode controls pa The Browse Window video of incidents On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 27 Browsing Investigation Mode Ocularis Client User Manual The Scalable Kinetic Timeline The Kinetic Timeline provides a clear overview of recorded motion
97. the Circular Control Menu Click the Push Video icon Cay 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 on 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 16 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review 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 To manually initiate recording Right click on a camera view or left click or touch and hold for one second to display the Circular Control Menu Click the Start Recording icon 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 th
98. the PTZ control o Zoom In Out to zoom in and 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 o Presets currently disabled will be available in subsequent release Carousel sequence control Carousel panes can be controlled just like any other camera pane for playback digital PTZ and optical PTZ Il we il 4 gt Carousel navigation icons Standard navigation icons In addition Ocularis Client enables skipping 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 on the pause button again 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 J4 WestParkingLot A AXIS 216MFD 11 1 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 J4 IQEye 511 10 136 J P IQEye 755 10 134 J West Parking IQEye 755 10 137 J R 2 isi RRRORRDSRAT C
99. 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 Ocularis Client Version To view the version number of the installed Ocularis Client software from the menu bar select Views gt About Ocularis Client On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 5 Installation and Login 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 Menu Bar riggers Audio Browse AXIS 01755 0 48 2 J Rear Hallway Camera 1 Alert pe Application Counter Controls Image Sony 11 166 HJJ CourtYard Bar 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 is available when using Ocularis ES CS or IS and displays the number of configured events that have occurred since the last login More on the Alert Counter on page 68 At the top of the screen is the Menu Bar This bar will dynamically change based upon the mode of the application If the mouse is positioned over content in the sectio
100. 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 page 30 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 on page 51 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 34 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Browsing Investigation Mode The Motion Slicer Similar to the Time Slicer the Motion Slicer enables instant detection of motion events adjusted 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 on Motion 2 Set the Motion Slice detection parameters based on the nature of the motion detected The sampling frequency denoted in intervals ranging from fra
101. thus extending or contracting the time period displayed 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 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 to motion frame forward next previous start
102. to as well as which video wall site 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 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 47 Client Setup Ocularis Client User Manual 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 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
103. turn to normal camera view Applying Optical PTZ Ocularis Client offers a number of methods for controlling PTZ enabled cameras 18 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Client User Manual Live Monitoring with Quick Review 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 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 Zoom 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 on 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 o
104. ularis 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 checkbox More information on the Ocularis Viewer is discussed later in this section 8 If you want to encrypt the clip enter a password for opening the database and check the Also Encrypt Video Data checkbox Encryption requires password protection 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 55 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 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

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