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2. Open Image From File Figure 234 Assigning Multiple Cameras to a Monitor Viewing a Single Frame in a Camera Monitor Single frame images may be viewed in a camera monitor window 1 Select a Layout 2 Select a Camera Monitor window by clicking on it with the left mouse button 3 Right mouse click to open the pop up menu and select Open Image From File 4 Click on the browse button and select or enter the name of an image file using the file browser You can open JPEG Bitmaps BMP or wavelet EYE files 5 Select Open Adding a Foreground Image to the Layout A graphic image may be added for aesthetic purposes or to be made into an active window object see Figure 235 To add a layout or image Select a Layout ensure that you are in Edit Mode on the Layout Editor toolbar and then perform the following 1 Click on the Insert Image icon on the Layout Editor toolbar 2 Enter the name of the file or browse to the image file required and select Open 3 Select the type of positioning you want for the image e Anchor the position of the image is fixed to one or more of the screen edges Use the combo box to select which edge the image is to be anchored to If the anchor point is underneath a monitor window you may have to move the monitor window to be able to see the graphic e Stretch the image position changes relative to the RealShot Manager application win
3. 25 User Guide Navigating the User Interface Docking Toolbars can be dragged and positioned anywhere within the main application window The View menu option Show Toolbar Title when Docked controls whether the blue title bar is visible when the toolbar is docked In the example shown in Figure 41 this option is set to off not marked with a v E Sony RealShot Manager So This is the Comment toolbar docked to the left hand side of the main window To move the toolbar drag it away from the Drag amp drop edge of the window using the left mouse to new position button over the drag bar Hold down the mouse button and drag the window to its new position E To dock the toolbar drag it against the left hand or right hand edge of the main application window in the position that you oN would like it docked Drag amp drop to new position If you drag the toolbar away from the edge rar a ikal of the main window it will become a Ea No Camera separate window in its own right and can be placed anywhere Figure 41 The Comment Toolbar The Main Toolbar The Main toolbar provides access to the major functions of the RealShot Manager application See Figure 42 gisem J Als a E T CAORA OOO Ot a ac Figure 42 The Main Toolbar 1 Login See Logging in to RealShot Manager on page 24 2 Select Layout Allows the selection and subsequent display of previously crea
4. 8 a CF Figure 136 Browse Directory Dialog 93 General Settings Logging and Alarm Notification The Logging tab allows you to modify the settings associated with error and alarm notification See Figure 137 General Settings ae xi Computer Sharing Joystick CustomToolbar Modules General Layout Directories Logging Alam User File Logging File Name File Size fi024 KB MaxFies f3 Error Chod E Waming Chod ey Information Netty Minimal Intervat 7000 ms Figure 137 Logging Settings 1 File Logging 94 File Name Provide a file name for logging of error and system status information File Size Set the maximum size in KB of the log file before it is closed and a new one opened Maximum Files Enter the maximum number of log files to be retained on the system When this maximum is reached the oldest is deleted Sound Enter or browse for the path of sound files wav files that will be used to notify the user when messages are generated The Sounds for the following categories of message can be set separately o Error o Warning Increasing amp ino Importance o Debug The Minimum Interval is the time delay in milliseconds between message sounds being played in the event that multiple events are logged at the same time Select OK to save your changes or Cancel to exit without saving them Alarm Settin
5. Figure 13 Select Installation Type Getting Started Software Installation 10 attr kh amp amp Error copying English User and Administrator Guide Note In compact or upgrade installation Files no User and Administrator Guide is included Please download it separately Figure 16 Guide Copy Error Step 7 The English version of the RealShot Manager user interface is installed by default Select any additional language s you require Select Next gt Step 8 Select the language you require for the PDF of the User and Administration guide Select Next gt Note If you are upgrading from a recent version of RealShot Manager or using the compact install file then you will see this warning message The PDF file for the User and Administrator guide will not be updated on this occasion You will need to obtain the user guide separately from Sony Select OK to close the dialog and continue with the setup procedure Getting Started Software Installation Step 9 Select Finish to complete the installation of RealShot Manager Note You will need to obtain a software license file before using RealShot Manager Figure 17 End RealShot Manager Installation Sony RealShot Manager Server Installation of the Windows or Linux server only RealShot Manager application is covered in Installing RealShot Manager Server on page 84 Starting RealShot Manager When the application is ru
6. For Windows 2000 XP IIS Internet Information Service provides the FTP service Please install IIS before preceding any further IIS is installed from Add Remove Programs in Control Panel 89 Installing RealShot Manager Server The setup steps are basically the same as for Linux see Linux on page 90 The main difference is that the Path Separator changes from to e Setup the ftp root to point to the Default storage location C Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager Recordings e lf you have more than one storage location please add the remaining recording directories to a virtual directory under ftp root in the IIS configuration see Figure 133 E Internet Information Services p Internet Information Services E E moonlight S RAAE Explore Open Browse Start Stop Pause All Tasks b Virtual Directory Wie Refresh Export List Properties Help create new virtual directory Figure 133 Creating a Virtual Directory e For example if you have 2 storage locations C RSMSL1 and D SL2RSM With recordings stored under C RSMSL1 Door 1 C RSMSL1 Window 5 and D SL2RSM 2ndFloor 6 e After creating the virtual directory in IIS PetaServe will be able to retrieve recordings from the following locations ftp lt ip address gt Door 1 O ftp lt ip_address gt Window 5 O ftp lt ip__address gt 2ndFloor 6
7. 39 User Guide Monitoring Cam Ceiling Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras Remove Camerals Return To Gamera Freeze m Update Speed k YJE F w Scale To Window Smart Scale w Keep 4spect ool eae Smooth Scaling Save Frame 4s Open Image From File Figure 67 Select Single Camera Select the camera you wish to monitor and tt Barcelona Zoo 2 Barcelona Zoo 3 select OK to update the contents of the st Barcelona Zoo 4 em Warwick monitor window E Marater Note If the message NO CONNECTION 5 Sony Internal Cameras mE Atsugiza0e 1 appears in the monitor window then the He Atsugi VL1O up Communication with the selected camera Check the status of the camera with your zl System Administrator Cancel l RealShot Manager application is unable to set Administrators see also Assigning a Single Camera to a Camera Monitor on page 176 Figure 68 Selecting Camera to Monitor Selecting Multiple Cameras You can use a single monitor to cycle through the outputs from several cameras Right click on a monitor and select the option Select Multiple Cameras see Figure 69 Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras Remove Camerats Return To Gamerat s Freeze Update Speed gt View gt v Scale To Window Smart Scale Keep Aspect Smooth Scaling Save Frame s Open I
8. 4 Aart SESH orate pe ee captured from cameras are stored in this folder 2 Data C Program Files Sory Sory RealShot Manage D 2 Data image files used in the background of a monitor window layout are stored in this folder C Program Files Sony Sory RealShot ManagerL a 3 Loogng 4 Audo C Program Fies Sory Sory ReatShot Managera Note that if you change the Directory in the Data path then any images stored in the old Data directory that are used in your layouts will no longer be shown in the layout Please reselect any affected images in the Layout Editor see Adding a Foreground Image to the Layout on page 177 3 Logging the directory in which error log files are stored 4 Audio audio files that are to be streamed out a ox Cancel _ to an external audio device such as the SNC P1 camera are stored here 5 Select OK to save your changes to these settings or Cancel to exit without saving Figure 135 Directory Settings aiz When you select to browse for a directory the dialog Pease select the snapshots drectory shown in Figure 136 is displayed You can navigate to the directory required by using the explorer style tree or EEr a you can create a new folder at any level by using the AR ai Make New Folder button 3 gt Sony Notebook Setup d Sony RealShot Manager Cj Osta O Garahase l O Loyang 3 Re gt Snapshots
9. Logging Alam User Computer Sharing Joystick Custom Toolbar Modules External Control Sn xd Leak Fi E Sory Real hot Manager e Dg En Au o T FaelameraDeluce exe Nama EMad Notification 27 Target Program Fien SONN Sory RealShot Managen SM Emal Paaretar 6 Pichune CAPrognan Files SONS S ony Reais hot Manage emaingiiy Figure 150 Building a Custom Toolbar 1 Use the icon to add an application to the list 2 Specify the display name to be used for the application 3 Browse to the target executable using the browse button or enter the executable path directly into the Target field If browsing select the executable and Select Open to confirm the selection of the executable Add any command line parameters to be supplied to the application on startup Supply the path and file name of an image or browse to an image file to be used as the application icon If browsing select the image file and 9 Click on Open to confirm the selection of the icon 0 Select OK to confirm addition of this application to the list or Cancel to exit without saving 1 Check that your newly added application appears in the list 2 Select OK to confirm all changes to the application list or Cancel to exit without saving To edit the details for an existing target application select the application name from the list and then open the details with the 7 icon To remove a layou
10. Reason column gives a description of the problem see Figure 244 To locate log files look in the Directories section of the General Settings Select the General Settings button from the Main toolbar see The Main Toolbar on page 26 The path specified in the Directories section Logging field is where the log files are to be found 186 SNC A230 Camera TCP SNC A230 Camera Pan amp SNC A230 Camera TCP SNC A230 Camera TCP YI SNC A230 Camera Pan amp SNC A230 Camera TCP SNC A230 Camera Pan amp port 80 Cannot assign requested address port 60 Cannot assign requested address port 60 Cannot assign requested address port 60 Cannot assign requested address port 60 Cannot assign requested address port 80 Cannot assign requested address port 60 Cannot assign requested address Troubleshooting On the Logging tab of the General Settings you can also specify the file name maximum file size and the number of files to be kept For details of all the fields in this tab See Logging and Alarm Notification on page 94 Figure 245 Locating Logs aL Ses oe i The log file can be opened with a standard O ee Steg ela ya g windows application such as Notepad Right click on the log file in explorer and select the application from the Open With list The format of the messages is very similar to that of those in the Logging W
11. Remote Cameras on page 118 Remote PC Setup The Remote PCs list appears in the Setup Manager under the Remote Servers group See Remote Cameras on page 118 for details how to add a new Remote Server Click on the Remote Server entry in the list to open the details shown in Figure 143 Port Properties T General TCPAP 132 16810 10 Bdiet Fecerve T meou 15000 mi 4 Genaral Remote PC H Picoy Sewa Name 1 fee Usea peony server for thir port en T a e a Type iy Remote PC interrogates e ky Figure 143 Initial Remote PC Settings on Host PC 1 Enter a name in the Name field of the General tab this may be changed after the first successful connection with the Remote PC After a connection is established the share name entered at the Remote PC into the General Settings Remote amp Sharing tab will be read and used to update this field 2 Select the EA icon to open the Port Properties window 3 Enter an IP Address and TCP IP port number for connection via the network 4 Enter a Receive timeout in ms to wait for a response from the Remote PC 5 Enter the details of a Proxy server is one is to be used for the network communication Consult your Network Manager for details 6 Select OK to save your settings or Cancel to exit without saving 7 Select Apply to complete registration of the new Remote PC 98 General Settings Ae Remote Serv
12. Stream mode provides several advantages e The maximum frames per second transfer speed can be achieved e The camera controls the output of frames so a continuous stream is produced with no missed frames and no duplicate frames e Transfer of images is possible through a proxy server The main disadvantage of stream mode is that it does stream the number of images requested continuously A busy server must retrieve all the streamed images from an incoming buffer leaving it reduced CPU capacity for other processing Stream mode is the preferred transfer mode for normal recording and viewing of images and is set as the default when cameras are added to the Setup Manager 133 Setup Manager If non stream mode is selected then RealShot Manager will request images from the camera one frame at a time This setting should be used where Timelapse recording or a precise frame rate is required The SNT V304 auto switches stream mode based on the current interval fps value Stream mode for the SNT V304 is shown as enabled but greyed out i e read only Stream mode will be automatically activated when the frame rate is set to a value that is compatible with stream mode This enables dynamic turning on off of stream mode based on recording schedules for instance in combination with the retail module Old Firmware The SNC VL10 and the SNT V304 are the only cameras that support this mode as they are the only cameras for which RealShot Manager su
13. Allows you to add an edit point to the mask splitting the selected side at the specified point 127 Setup Manager 4 Remove Point Ctrl left click on point Allows you to delete an edit point from the mask reducing its number of sides by one Bring to Front Brings the selected mask to the front of a stack of masks Send to Back Sends the selected mask to the back of a stack of masks Bring Forward Brings the selected mask forward one in a stack of masks Delete Mask Deletes the selected Mask 8 Send Backward Sends the selected mask back one in a stack of masks 0 Refresh Mask Refreshes the still image as it appears without the masks applied 1 Preview Previews the live camera image as it appears with the Dynamic Masks applied Mask Types A solid colour or a range of patterns as shown in Figure 175 can be used to fill the mask Sinale Color Border Gaussian Blur Luminance Gamma Mosaic Average Mosaic Duplicate Random Noise Figure 175 Mask Fill Patterns Select the required fill and then for Single Colour masks select the required colour from the colour picker below For the some mask types e g Random Noise and Luminance Gamma you will also be able to select the level of the masking Note For Gaussian Blur and Mosaic masks the blur size in pixels is not changed with the zoom factor This means that if a mask is set when not at maximum zoom then masked tex
14. Ifthe Recorder toolbar is not visible then o gt e i ane click on the Toggle Recorder Toolbar icon on the main toolbar to display it 2 Select the number of frames per second to record from the drop down list 3 Click on the Record button to start recording 4 Click on the Stop button to stop recording If you have not selected a monitor window then a dialog will open with all the current C5 recordings listed Select the recording s you wish to stop Figure 78 Manual Recording 5 Click on the snapshot button to take a snapshot Taking a Snapshot Save Image As File Ei ES Save in Snapshots e A EB Atsugi 304 2 1256 010303 jpg Atsugi 304 2 1257 010303 jpg Atsugi 304 2 1258 010303 jpg Browse to the directory where you wish to save the snapshot enter a file name in the File name box and then select Save to create the image file File name tsugi a04 1 Save as type AVS Sem a EA Cancel Figure 79 Saving a Snapshot 48 User Guide Controlling Cameras Entering Comments During Recording To enter comments during a manual recording use the comment toolbar this can be opened or closed by selecting the button from the main toolbar See Figure 80 Select this button again to remove the comment toolbar Comment Night time in the U S Figure 80 Entering Comments 1 Comment area Enter your comments here as text 2 The Apply Comm
15. Linux In order to allow the Sony PetaServe HNF application to migrate files to a tape library or restore files from the tape library it s necessary to set up a FTP service on the server hosting the RSMServer ArchivingORB There are many FTP Daemons available for Linux So the configuration may vary for different FTP software The following common points are important e lf you have only one storage location on one machine the simplest way to complete the setup is make a new user account in the system and set it s home directory to the root of storage location e If you have more than one storage location you could set the ftp user s home directory to the main storage location and map those directories on other storage locations to the ftp user s home directory In the following example 90 General Settings A user has 2 storage locations mnt rsm_sl1 and mnt2 rsm_sl2 with some recordings stored in each of the directories o mnt rsm_sl1 Door 1 o mnt rsm_sl1 Window 5 o mnt2 rsm_sl2 2ndFloor 6 e Set the ftp user s home directory to mnt rsm_sl1 by using the command chfn h mnt rsm_sl1 lt user gt and the map the directories using commands of the following format o 2ndFloor 6 In s mnt2 rsm_sl2 2ndFloor 6 mnt rsm_sl1 2ndFloor 6 In this way PetaServe can retrieve recordings from O ftp lt ip__address gt Door 1 O ftp lt ip__address gt Window 5 O ftp lt ip__address
16. Pan amp Tilt Presets combo box Alternatively select Preset Toolbar from the View menu You can control the camera to move to any previously defined preset i es ied aed ond ad ad ad a A Cid ised oa aud wT T1111 a an b Tit Presets 2 Entrance 3 Window Figure 75 Selecting a Preset Using Camera Presets 1 If you know the number of the preset you want to use you can move the camera directly to the saved position by clicking on the preset number see Figure 75 2 Only presets against which a camera position has been saved will be active i e not greyed out If you need help identifying the preset you require hover over the button and a tool tip will appear with the name of the preset 3 You can open the presets list select the Customise Presets icon ry 4 Alternatively pull down the name list to display the available presets by name Select an entry from the list to move the camera to that position Select a camera from the drop down list To check a preset use the arrow key to move the camera to the selected preset 9 45 User Guide Controlling Cameras Creating a Preset To create a new preset 1 Select the Customise Presets icon to open the Pan amp Tilt Presets window as shown in Figure 75 2 Move the camera to focus on the required view using the Pan amp Tilt controls 10 3 Select a preset position from the numbered list If th
17. To start the RealShot Manager application you can either 1 Use the windows Start menu or 2 Double click on the desktop shortcut From the windows Start menu select E Sat Fe a Tera Term Pro 1 Programs 2 Sony RealShot Manager 3 RealShot Manager m z ar u E A 0 EL p a F T mm AGP inem miero E Microsoft Exe AF Fake Camera Ca Hm Figure 28 Use of the Start Menu If a shortcut like the one shown in Figure 29 exists on your desktop you can double click on it to launch the RealShot Manager application Bi RealShot Manager v3 0 Figure 29 Desktop Shortcut 19 User Guide Launching the Application Creating a Desktop Shortcut If you do not have a desktop shortcut for RealShot Manager follow the procedure below to create one Step 1 Open the Start menu for RealShot Manager as if to launch the application but right click on the RealShot Manager menu entry to open the pop up menu Step 2 Select Create Shortcut to add a shortcut to the Start menu By default this shortcut is named RealShot Manager 2 Figure 30 RealShot Manager Menu Items Step 3 Select the shortcut RealShot Manager 2 with the left mouse button and drag to the desktop Step 4 You can add the version number to the end of the name as shown in the example in Figure 31 Right click on the new desktop icon and select Rename D
18. User Guide Navigating the User Interface Note You can also use the Full Screen i button on the main toolbar to toggle between the normal view and full screen However with default permissions you can only go from window to full screen not back again To return from full screen requires additional privileges see your System Administrator to ask for help or login as a different user with the appropriate privileges Ctrl L To be able to use many of the features of RealShot Manager you will have to ask your System Administrator to create one or more user accounts Logging in to RealShot Manager The first time the RealShot Manager application is launched no user accounts exist and by default all functions are available However as soon as the first user account has been created you will need to log in before you can use all your assigned functions If you do not log in you will still have access to the default functions of the software See Setting Permissions on page 105 1 Click on the Login icon E on the main toolbar or select Ctrl L Enter your user name and password and select OK to log in If you do not have these details then see your system administrator to obtain a new account 2 To change your password select Change Password this will open the change password dialog Enter your user name and old password then your new password and confirm the new password l You may be prompted to enter a pa
19. You can refine the shade of the selected colour by dragging the arrow up and or down to make the shade lighter or darker 4 An alternative is to type in the RGB values for the colour directly into the boxes provided 5 Select Add to Custom Colours to register the new colour 22 User Guide Navigating the User Interface 6 Select OK to exit the Colour dialog and save your changes Select Cancel to exit without saving The Main Application Window When the RealShot Manager application is first launched the default layout is displayed as shown by Figure 38 Figure 38 The Default Main Application Window 1 The Main Toolbar Some of the functions of this toolbar are protected by access rights and may therefore not be available The View and Help menus These are clearly visible and ready for use If this is not the case then press Shift F11 Note Shiftt F11 only works when NOT in Full Screen Mode If in Full Screen Mode first leave this mode Shift Enter and then press Shift F11 If you do not have rights to leave Full Screen mode then Shift Enter will have no effect In this case login as a different user Ctri L 2 The Toolbars for individual areas of functionality 3 The Layout Editor Toolbar This provides tools for creating monitor layouts 4 The Status Bar This gives a summary of the current activities of the application and recent errors 5 The Central area of the window This is empty 23
20. check with your Network Administrator for details If a proxy server is in use enable the Use Proxy Server check box and enter the IP address and port of the proxy server Select OK to register the camera settings with the Setup Manager The camera is now visible in camera list The new camera is added to the Cameras partition You can add the camera into an organisational Group if you wish See Managing Groups on page 138 With the Cameras partition selected the new camera is also displayed in the right hand list pane To display the camera s detailed properties select it in this right hand list For details of how to set the properties for the new camera see Managing Cameras on page 115 I Adie Pat Fiam Gare O Wes a pay perve few hia deica TE Pm C w oa Figure 162 Adding a Local Camera Adding Sources for Network Stations Network stations like the SNT V304 act like a hub The SNT V304 and SNT 504 can have a maximum of four analogue cameras connected Once the cameras are connected the network station takes their video outputs and makes the video available on the network The SNT 501 allows connection of a single analogue camera to the network 116 Setup Manager Figure 163 The SNT V304 When adding an SNT V304 SNT 504 to the system there can be up to four camera entries in the Setup Manager one for each camera attached to it Each entry should have a different name related to the
21. e The modes that are available depend on the model of camera and each has certain advantages and disadvantages The availability of the different transfer modes depends on the camera model See the table below SNC VL10 SNC RZ30 SNT V304 SNC DF40 SNC P1 SNC Z20 SNT V501 SNC CS3 ISNT 504 Binary Y N N N Streaming Y if Binary mode Y Auto Y Y mone JPEG JPEG ate Old Firmware Y if Binary mode N N N N ne Y for SNT Speed Pan amp Tilt N bg N N Speed Table 8 Transfer Mode by Camera Model Binary Mode When setting the image transfer mode for the SNC VL10 see 9 in Figure 169 consider the following e The SNC VL10 is the only camera that supports the selection of binary mode transfers e f binary mode is selected a dedicated protocol is used to connect to the camera using TCP IP on port 8080 fixed This mode has the advantage that it allows an exact interval to be set for capturing images from a camera this is useful for time lapse recording The disadvantage of this mode is that because the I P details are fixed it doesn t allow connection to the camera through a proxy server e lf binary mode is not selected then HTTP protocol is used and you are then able to select Stream and or Old Firmware modes Stream and Non Stream Modes If stream mode is selected then RealShot Manager will request a continuous stream of images from the camera Note that stream mode is not supported by the SNT V304
22. event list The resultant entry in the list will have a duration calculated from the Start and End and will be marked with the calendar icon E to show that it is a date time event Mame Actions start End Duration weekdays FE Late Morning DoI e i4 Mar 2003 9 00 00 14Mar 2003 12 00 00 3 hours Figure 95 Timed Activity Details For further details see Using the Week and List Views on page 51 Adding a Motion Detection Event To add a recurring Motion Detection MD Event select the Insert Recurrent Motion Detection Item icon from the Schedule Editor toolbar see Figure 96 To add a date time Motion Detection Event select the Insert Date Time Motion Detection Item icon from the Schedule Editor toolbar see Figure 97 Motion Detection Event parameters are explained in Motion Detection Event Parameters on page 63 Removing Activities The procedure for deleting a scheduled event is the same from either of the two views 59 User Guide Controlling Cameras Select the event you wish to remove and then select X or press the lt DEL gt key Clearing the Schedule To completely clear the schedule associated with the selected camera or camera group click on the New Schedule button on the Recording Schedule toolbar ha You will be asked to confirm this action with the message Are you sure you want to start with an empty schedule for the selected camera s Answer Yes to clear th
23. on page 61 and The Output Control Toolbar on page 33 Activity Detection When you have added an SNC RZ30 IO box to the IO Manager an Activity Detection AD pin appears in the list of inputs This pin can be used as a normal input pin NO activity 0 activity 1 with the differences that its state depends on the activity detection information received from the camera 144 Setup Manager Figure 190 Activity Detection Pin When double clicking on the Activity Detection pin see Figure 190 its properties are displayed An extra activity detection tab is available where you can set up the threshold sensitivity and the area of the image where activity must be measured 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 Select an Activity Detection pin in the Setup Manager Give it a name based on the activity it will detect Set the characteristics of the signal that will trigger this input If a pulse is expected then enable the Pulse check box and set the duration ms Refer to the camera and sensor manuals for signal requirements Enable the Invert check box to invert the sense of the expected pulse e g from low to high instead of from high to low Set the Enable check box to enable monitoring of signals on this activity pin Select the Activity Detection tab to enter details of the sensitivity and target area Threshold For the RZ30 the default typical value is 104 The value must lie between
24. open the logging control window by using the Logging Control icon on the Main toolbar C See The Main Toolbar on page 26 Selecting the Message Destination Logging Control l xj Select Listener File Logger Loe txt Sound amp Vision Log Wingo Mame Caller Unknown Ring Buffer Notifications Tmare Glahal Figure 242 Selecting Message Destinations Use the Select Listener drop down list to choose the destination for the log messages to be selected using the table e Select the Log Window for high priority messages that will require immediate attention e Select the File Logger for any message that may occur whilst the system is unattended These messages are sent to the file Log txt e Select the Debug Logger if there have been any non operational problems with the system that require investigation e Select Sound amp Vision for high priority messages than may require an immediate alert such as an audible alarm Selecting the Message Sources and Types The Name Caller column is a list of cameras and applications that generate error messages 185 Troubleshooting Underarm Hrg Eulia EAn EA t Imag kial Aadi Glahal Crphoarsahy Prik Minagi Erleri Corte biari Sear een Mier i ISM Deisis Pile FL Server Gonmei Hender Manager 0 lege thalli Harel ler j Derce Pla ber Cetera Hirek Figure 243 Filtering Messages message Check
25. sjej 1 To display the full information that can be accessed about the device select Show All from the Info tab 2 Note that since this information is read only the Apply button is unavailable C Figure 178 Device Information 130 Camera Settings dependent on Camera Model The following table describes the communication and image settings supported by each model of Sony camera with RealShot Manager connectivity Any settings not in this table are independent of the camera model Camera SNC VL10 SNC RZ30 or SNC Z20 SNC CS3 SNC P1 SNC DF40 Model SNC RZ30 2 Internal Video Source Resolution External 1 6 inclusive 92 x 72 180 x 144 360 x 288 720 x 288 720 x 576 160 x 120 320 x 240 640 x 480 640 x 480 640 x 480 736 x 544 736 x 544 736 x 544 Auto Frame Field Auto Frame Field As SNC As SNC RZ30 RZ30 Setup Manager 160x120 192x144 224x168 256x192 320x240 352x264 384x288 416x312 448x336 480x360 912x384 944x408 576x432 640x480 Interval Always Always available Always Always Always available available available available aisle aisle 160x120 192x144 224x168 256x192 320x240 352x264 384x288 416x312 448x336 480x360 912x384 944x408 576x432 640x480 Always available Image Always Always available Always Always Always Quality available available available available Video N A N A N A Codec Table 6 Camera Settings by Model J
26. toolbar see Figure 72 to control the camera image or you can use the mouse to go to a point in the image or zoom to a defined area Control with the Pan amp Tilt Toolbar To open close the Pan amp Tilt toolbar click 2 on the main toolbar or select Pan amp Tilt Toolbar from the View menu Summary of Controls e The controls labelled 5 and 9 are for zooming the camera image in and out See Figure 72 e Button 13 provides digital zoom and partial pan amp tilt functionality for cameras that do not have pan amp tilt units and during playback of pre recorded files Controls 2 4 10 amp 12 allow a combination of the pan amp tilt movements so allowing you to move the camera s field of view diagonally The remaining buttons allow you to pan the camera i e move it in the horizontal plane and tilt the camera i e move it in the vertical plane 1 The camera to be controlled is identified by name in this box You can also click in this box to select a different camera from the resulting Select Camera window Pan amp Tilt 2 Pan left and tilt up 3 Tilt up 4 Pan right amp tilt up Zoom in Pan left Pan amp tilt centre z Security Gate 1 N 3909o aa Pan right co Zoom out 10 Pan left amp tilt down 45 11 Tilt down 12 Pan right amp tilt down Figure 72 The Pan amp Tilt Toolbar 13 Toggle digital zoom 14 Wide Angle zoom 15 Telephoto zoom 43 User Guide Cont
27. 154 Adding and Modifying User Accounts Modifying User Details Select a user in the User Manager See Figure 154 To modify other user details select the user from the users list and make the required changes 108 Managing User Groups User Accounts User groups enable you to assign access rights to groups and then to assign users to those groups This simplifies the task of setting permissions as they only need to be set once for a group and then users can be added to the group to obtain the permissions of the group Ry Marne Plas ahem ee ees da aj ou m E cael Uren n ga hekime T Fia i Figure 155 Adding a User Group 1 Select a on the main toolbar to open the User Manager dialog 2 Select the Groups tab of the dialog 3 Select Add to create a new group see below Select Remove to remove a selected group 4 If adding a new group enter a unique name for the group 5 Select Add to open the Select User dialog 6 Select one or more users from the dialog You can select multiple users by holding shift or control and clicking the left mouse button 7 Confirm with OK 8 The users that have been assigned to this user group are displayed in the Users in group list 9 Enable the Group Permissions check boxes to set the permissions for the group refer to Setting Permissions on page 105 for more details To modify group settings at any time double click
28. 157 1 2 3 4 5 TE Go i 0 r ch 1 D amp D n o m gt mr G x G G F G F Oo i a t Figure 157 The Setup Manager Home Window To view the Overview Window select the Home icon from the Setup Manager toolbar The Devices are listed in a tree with top level partitions Cameras IO Boxes and Audio All devices are shown in their partition e g all Cameras appear in the Cameras partition even if they are members of a Group Devices can be grouped using a hierarchy of Groups that is built as described in Managing Groups on page 138 For users with the correct privileges access to Remote Servers can be added as described in Remote Cameras on page 118 Cameras attached to the remote servers also appear in the Cameras list but with the name of the server as part of the path e g Manhattan1 RSMServer as shown in Figure 157 The Overview Window displays statistics about activities within the RealShot Manager system The details shown are as follows e Local System Displays a summary of the configuration status and recent activities of all devices configured on this host 111 Setup Manager Cameras Describes the configuration and recent activities of configured cameras IO Boxes Describes the configuration and recent activities of configured I O boxes Audio Describes the configuration and recent activities of configured audio boxes L
29. 2 Cameras H Gt 10 Bowes at Audio 4 Remote Servers Figure 165 Adding a Remote Server With the Remote Server partition selected the new server is also displayed in the right hand list pane To display the camera s detailed properties select it in this right hand list For details of how to set the properties for the new server i e just the TCP IP properties see TCP IP Settings on page 114 119 Setup Manager ss 3 i 5 Figure 166 Remote Server Login Details If you open the Device Properties of a camera associated with a remote server a remote server icon is displayed in the affected tabs of the properties see Figure 167 120 To set the account that will be used to log into the remote server 1 Select the Remote Server from the list in the Setup Manager 2 Select the Remote PC tab from the device details 3 Enter the user name required for the login 4 Enter the password required for the login 5 Select Apply to save the login details These login details must match the ones entered on the Remote Server PC in the Remote and Sharing tab of the General Settings see Remote Access and Sharing on page 97 fey Moros Cec ten Sera Femme Storage Locatia irral CA Feira wg Derim Harih rg Hirss POOF 0 i eer wes a Figure 167 Remote Properties Setting Camera Properties General Setup Man
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31. Associated Cameras list use the up tt and down 4 arrows 151 Setup Manager Setting Storage Locations for an audio device The audio files created by the Audio Devices during recording are stored on preferred storage locations as set through the Setup Manager To modify the allocation of the audio files amongst the available storage locations proceed as follows 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 152 Double click on an audio device in the Setup Manager device tree to open the device details Move to the Storage Locations tab of the Device Properties as shown in Figure 199 To add a new storage location select aP Select a new storage location to add to the list Select the type of recordings to be stored at this location Select OK Select Apply To remove a storage location select it from the list and select To edit the details of a storage location select ba i To promote or demote a storage location in the list of associated units select if to promote the unit or to demote the unit by one position in the list Bema iie corre Cage a anbaan 1 i En aera an ieee le i Ceo O ie D ar ee 4 ae Figure 199 Setting Audio Storage Locations The Action Editor Importing and Exporting Device Configurations The device settings that are created and modified using the Setup Manager dialog are stored in a Microsoft Access database If you h
32. Figure 147 a m evien iL i hems Larm wo j sai j Figure 148 External Control for Single Device 101 General Settings Layout Settings You can cycle through a list of layouts in the monitor window To create the list select the Layout tab from the General Settings see Figure 149 Use the E icon to add layouts to the list specifying the duration for which each one is displayed in milliseconds To edit the duration for a listed layout select the layout in the list and then open the details with the J icon To remove a layout from the list use the icon To change the display order use the up _ and down arrows To activate the auto change select the Toggle Auto Layout Change icon ee from the main toolbar see The Main Toolbar on page 26 General Settings Computer Sharing Joystick Custom Toolbar Modules External Conta General Layout Directories Loggng Alem User Delat Layout Layout Figure 149 Building an Auto Change List of Layouts External Application Integration You can add a customised toolbar to the main window to include icons that start other applications external to RealShot Manager in fact this is the mechanism used to interface with EZPlugger and the EMail notification module Select the Custom Toolbar tab from the General Settings see Figure 150 102 General Settings General Settings General Layout Ditectoties
33. Layout Editor 3 Select the type of action required For certain types of object only a subset of actions are allowed Any actions not applicable to this object will be disabled e None No action is executed e Select Camera in Monitor A specified camera will be displayed in a specified monitor window e Switch to other Layout The monitoring window layout will be changed to another specified layout e Send command using external The selected command is sent to the specified external control control device Using Select Camera in Monitor This action allows you to change the camera s assigned to a camera monitor window when the object is selected in the monitor window 1 Select H this will open the Select Camera dialog 2 Select a camera from the list and click on OK 3 Select J this will open the Select Monitor dialog 4 Choose a monitor that will display the camera selected above e Default Hotspot Monitor The main hotspot monitor is used e Specific Monitor Select a monitor from the list and click on OK Using the Switch to Other Layout This action allows you to modify the monitor layout when the object is selected in the monitor window 1 Click on the layout browse button this will open the Select Layout dialog 2 Choose a monitoring window layout from the list and click on OK To check that the action has been correctly assigned exit the Layout Editor and in the normal Monitor win
34. Mode on the Layout Editor toolbar Click on the Toggle Scaling Mode button H on the layout editor toolbar to enable or disable scaling of objects in the monitor layout 178 Layout Editor Each type of object has it s own scaling options e Camera Monitor Windows The image within a camera monitor window can be scaled with the monitor window in several different ways See Scaling Camera Monitor Windows on page179 e Background Images The size of these is either fixed or varies with the monitor window See Setting the Background Colour and or Image on page 173 e Foreground Images Scaling can be set from several modes See Scaling Foreground Images on page 179 Scaling Camera Monitor Windows Either right mouse click on the monitor window and select the scaling modes from the context menu or double click on the monitor window in the layout editor in Edit Mode See Figure 236 Mil or Praperlirs Image Bode Showlnlo Font Firctionay ContrelWindow Source image image Sire A Poston Tes F Leit fa Tog a with fa H fo Seaing E Sose To imsy Conio Windi FE Une Smit Saing E Keep Aspect I Smooth Sealing Figure 236 Scaling Options for Camera Monitor Windows The camera images within the monitor window will be scaled if Scale To Window is enabled Each of the scaling options is described in Camera Image Size and Position Tab on page 16
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36. Offices E e Hasmgsioke Jays Close i siisi mt ar Park aes eC Building Site fasene E Basingtoke Priestley Road a Weybridge HQ Figure 83 Selecting a single Camera Using the Week and List Views The Week and List views show the same event information in different formats 7 as The Week view shows a weekly calendar of colour coded bookings for the selected camera Switch to the List view using the View As List button on the Schedule Editor toolbar g The List view is a summary of all the actions associated with the selected camera Return to the Week view using the View as Week button on the Recording Schedule toolbar zx Display or hide the event details form by selecting the SS a a ee Toggle Form button al on the Schedule Editor Figure 84 Schedule Views toolbar 51 User Guide Controlling Cameras Each scheduled event is shown as a single entry in the List View Name Actions Start End Duration Weekdays T M 9 Shop Closed PM A 17 30 00 0 00 00 6 30 00 G G9 Shop OPEN 6 So 8 00 00 17 30 00 9 30 00 M G9 Shop Closed AM oo 4 0 00 00 8 00 00 8 hours M ma Shop Closed for Re Be 17 Jul 2003 9 00 00 17 Jul 2003 17 00 00 amp hours JIJ l l Figure 85 Example Schedule Event Entries From left to right the columns are as follows a 1 Type of event Recurring 3 or Date Time _ 2 Event Name 3 Type of Event Activ
37. Select the Storage Locations tab 3 Select t or on to move the storage location to a new position in the list 4 Select Apply to save your changes 137 Setup Manager Filtering Files for a Storage Location 1 Open the details for a device by double clicking on its entry in the Setup Manager device tree see y Figure 181 or by highlighting it with a single left mouse click and then selecting Edit from the Setup Manager toolbar 2 Select the Storage Locations tab 3 Select the Storage Location to be modified 4 Select Edit 5 Use the filters in the Select Type s area see Figure 183 to choose which types from the following list are recorded to the selected storage location e Manual Recording e Normal Recording e Alarm Recording 6 Select OK to save your changes and exit the window Select Storage Location Select Storage Location m b Manual Recording M DII Normal Recording a Default C Program Files Sonys Sony RealShot Manager gt a Default C Program Files sSonysSony RealShot Manager W i Alarm Recording s Default C 4Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager e Default C Program FilesSonpsSony RealShot Manager Default C Program Files Son Sony RealShot Manager Default C Program Files SonpS ony RealShot Manager w Default C Program Filez SonySony RealShot Manager Default C Program Files Sony Sony RealSho
38. Settings GBPAGANP Desktop ping 192 168 6 1148 192 168 6 1186 with 32 bytes of data timed out timed out timed out timed out Ping statistics For 192 168 860 118 Packets Sent 4 Received B Lost 4 10H loss gt D Documents and Settings GBPAGAHP Desktop gt Figure 249 Ping Responses The network connection between the RealShot Manager PC and the camera may pass through other devices such as network routers and patch panels You will need to verify that all other devices along the network are also working correctly Camera Monitor Window Displays NO PERMISSION When RealShot manager is started no user is logged in In this initial state or if logged in as a user with insufficient privileges you may see a message in one or more monitor windows NO PERMISSION see Figure 250 To view the images from the assigned cameras you must log in as a user with the correct permissions For advice for administrators on creating accounts see User Accounts on page 105 ae a ee i NO PERMISSION Ps PERH 155m orm i Ne i A Figure 250 Insufficent Permissions Cannot Display or Record the Maximum Frame Rate This message can be the result of network related issues settings at the camera or values applied to setup parameters within RealShot Manager The camera resolution or picture quality is set too high for the network connection or PC that is running RealShot Manager see 189 Error Messag
39. Setup Manager IO Boxes Audio Storage Locations Groups Remote Servers Using Setup Manger Groups The Setup Manager can be used to organise devices into groups Groups are simply a way of organising devices The three main advantages to organising devices into groups are as follows 1 If you have a system with many servers and cameras organising them into logical groups makes administration of scheduled events easier 2 You can set permissions for users or user groups to access groups of devices to ensure that access is controlled 3 Proxy Server settings which are often the same for groups of devices can be set once for a group of cameras this saves time over having to set them individually for each one in turn You may group your devices by location e g country office street etc or you may choose to group them into in other ways RealShot Manager allows you to choose any method of grouping devices that makes sense to you Adding a Device To add a new device select the appropriate top level partition from the device tree in the left hand pane of the Setup Manager Overview xj Select the Add Device icon aP from the Setup PMc PR ere E Use the Select a device type drop down box to select Device Popin the type of device you are adding Enter a name and network details for the device E IP ihis Pat ons jao For details of the additional information required by _ each specific device typ
40. Toolbar The Comment toolbar see Figure 52 allows you to enter comments for a particular camera whilst monitoring the camera output These comments can be later read using the Search facility See Searching for Recordings on page 64 i 4 a al minl Ba ma id jd za No Camera Figure 52 The Comment Toolbar short and long versions The Output Control Toolbar The Output Control toolbar allows you change the states of configured outputs for a camera selected in the monitor view For further details see Output control on page 47 Figure 53 The Output Control Toolbar The Layout Editor Toolbar The Layout Editor toolbar allows a RealShot Manager administrator to design monitor layouts and assign cameras and actions to each monitor window See Housekeeping on page 160 Understanding the Status Bar The Status bar is found at the bottom of the RealShot Manager main application window and gives information about the current status of the application 8 12 30 44 Database Read IO Manager Error while adding the device No User 08 08 2003 12 34 22 4 4 Figure 54 The Status Bar 33 User Guide Monitoring 2 3 4 General application status defaults to Ready when the application is not busy If there is a problem with the application then a warning message will appear in this area Errors will be accompanied by an icon See the example s
41. a description of the values allowed in each Famen a Out field See the Administrator s guide section Henao osu Let fa x Figure 101 Monitoring Parameters Setting Camera Properties on page 121 Normal Recording Parameters Recording image quality The parameters for a normal recording activity all relate to the quality of the image to be recorded Ensure the Normal Recording check box is 100 Normal Recording selected Frames second M i Quality 50 Resolution CIF 360x288 Auto ColorLevet 100 E For a description of the values allowed in each field See the Administrator s guide section Figure 102 Recording Parameters Setting Camera Properties on page 121 Alarm Recording Parameters Alarms can be triggered based on changes in the state of camera input pins Note that the tabs for entering Alarm and Pin details only appear when the Alarm Recording check box has been enabled Alarm Image Quality The parameters for an alarm recording activity all relate to the quality of the image to be recorded Alarms are triggered when a camera sensor is activated See the Administrator s guide section Adding Pin Details on page 143 BE Monitoring Alarm Recording Pre amp Post Alarm 8D Inputs Ensure the Alarm Recording check box is selected Frames second E Quality 50 ae CIF 360 288 Auto gt ColorLevet 100 For a description of the val
42. allows the scheduling of a MD event that is modified to request a lower frame rate by also selecting the monitoring tab and specifying a lower frame rate fps this saves processing power and is useful as MD is very CPU intensive The same logic is true for normal recording but the lower frame rate specified in this tab is also recorded with the resulting MD metadata and stored in the CAM file and thus the motion detection areas can be shown on playback the green boxes that indicate movement Motion detection events specify the period over which RealShot Manager will detect moving objects Use the dedicated menu icons to add a recurring or date time Motion Detection event see Adding a Motion Detection Event on page 59 This event will appear in the schedule for the selected camera The duration start stop times and frequency can be modified in the same way as for an Alarm Recording event see Modifying Activities on page 60 Details of how to configure the areas for motion detection are given in the section Motion Detection on page 123 and the Motion Detection Event parameters are explained in Motion Detection Event Parameters on page 63 Building a Schedule Explaining the Schedule The Weekly Schedule is a view of the events scheduled to occur every week see Figure 92 Only events that happen on specific dates are shown in the List view SSS SS Se a Figure 92 The Weekly Schedule View The simplified
43. calendar Select the date and or time you require and select OK To select the next time interval select L gt To select the previous time interval select EE The interval forward or backward is the same as that displayed i e by one month if a month is displayed The range of recordings selected will be displayed in the list or on the timeline User Guide Playback To select the next time interval select The Week 12 2004 k 12 20nd 4 interval advanced is the same as that displayed G e g by one week if a week is displayed Figure 112 Moving in Tim SHE e To select the previous time interval selec E The interval retarded is the same as the level displayed e g by one hour if a time is displayed to the nearest hour Using the Timeline View You can toggle between the list and timeline views in the Search Recording window by selecting the and icons on the Search Recording toolbar see Figure 113 Recorded events on the timeline are colour coded in the same way as scheduled recordings in the Recording Schedule See Colour Coding and Priorities on page 53 You can double click on any recorded event to open the video file in the currently selected monitor window Recordings are automatically purged according to the criteria entered in the Cleanup tab of the General Settings See Alarm Settings on page 95 In either view the Comment window will show all comments associated with
44. computer check tol General Settings box allows other RealShot Manager PCs to use this host as a link in a camera management chain Clear this check box to prevent sharing of any connected camera to either the host PC or any of the PCs registered on the host PC Genera Laoi Directos Logging ALi rr Usai Computes Sharing Joystick Custom Toobar Modules Extemal Contre Shanng F Enable channg tha computer 4 2 2 Enter the host name into the Name box this name will be displayed when the client has successfully connected to the remote camera and the camera list as shown in the Setup Manager is retrieved for the first time by the client RealShot Manager computer Enter the TCP IP port for communication into the Port box The default value for this port number is 80 3 To enable this security feature Select the Enable Digest authentication check box and enter the username and password EEN required for secure access at the HAPI level to the resources managed by this PC Sessions from Client PCs must supply these Figure 142 Remote Access Settings login details to access the resources 4 Select OK to save your changes or Cancel to exit without saving them 97 General Settings The Remote PCs list appears in the Setup Manager under the Remote Servers group For details of how to manage remote server access through the Setup Manager see
45. e If NO CAMERA is displayed in the Monitor Window use either the Select Camera or Select Multiple Cameras option to allocate one or more cameras for monitoring Select Camera sgh tes Cameras Remcve Caner af Hitin Ti Camera Freeze Eee UE 2 NO CONNECTION T w Scale To Window pa iis w Smooth Scaling s Save Frame As Open Image From Fie 7 3 Di December 2004 142 11 i IO Figure 58 Selecting Display Items Note The frames per second fps value shown labelled as 4 in Figure 58 is not a fixed continuous value but an average value taken over a time interval Scaling the Monitored Image To change the scaling of the image in a monitor window right click on a monitor and select one of the scaling options from the pop up menu Skene The scaling options are as follows Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras e Scale To Window Remove Camerats Return To Gamerats sates e Smart Scale Freeze e Keep Aspect Update Speed view i e Smooth Scaling Scale To Window g The effect of each of these options is described Smart Scale in section Monitor Window Object Scaling on page 178 of the Administrator Guide keep 4spect Smooth Scaling Save Frame s Open Image From File Figure 59 Scaling Camera Images 36 User Guide Monitoring Freezing the Monitored Image You can freeze the image in a monitor window to take a longer look at one frame To freeze t
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47. in the Select a device category drop down box Select Remote Server from this list if necessary Figure 165 Select Remote PC Interrogator from the Select a device type drop down list Enter a name for the Server in the Name field Enter the IP address and Ethernet port for the Server In some network configurations you will be accessing that area of the Network via a proxy server check with your Network Administrator for details If a proxy server is in use enable the Use Proxy Server check box and enter the IP address and port of the proxy server Select OK to register the Remote Server settings with the Setup Manager The camera is now visible in camera list The new PC is added to the Remote Servers partition Any devices managed by that server can be expanded as a sub tree Each device also appears within its own device partition e g a Camera will appear in the Cameras list with path lt camera name gt lt server name gt Setup Manager _ 8 Cameras Be ci er chico ie Ci ro 2 Bl Manhattan i ig Prima Caa a tact ay ait v3 4 1est S Testor Bi 10 Bones HA ga I Motion Detection 10 Bax BD System 10 Box gy Audio lt gt Saricnet Instreamer if Ca Prima camera test H Storage Locations EH crows al Jays Close D dT ijs pimp amam ia Por ream as P kgia GE ct 20 ak er ci cs Remote Servers QA Remote servers Basingstoke Server
48. may wish to monitor a camera at 20fps but only record 5fps If you set the Normal Record activity to a resolution of 320x288 and the Monitor activity resolution to 720x576 the image retrieved from the camera will be 720x576 So the maximum values for the frame rate and resolution from all current activities are always used 53 User Guide Controlling Cameras Retail Events RealShot Manager can be integrated with an external retail module for gathering data on customer movements If the retail module has been enabled it will be possible to add retail events to the timed schedule to gather retail data These events are colour coded according to the scheme shown in Figure 86 For details of how to configure the retail module see the section External Module Integration on page 99 Retail events are a special case and must be added using the dedicated toolbar buttons see Figure 88 Figure 88 Retail Event Buttons Cleanup Events 1 Add timed Retail event 2 Add recurring Retail event Cleanup events purge stored recordings associated with the selected camera s Ban 54 18 Slo Be ES Figure 89 Cleanup Event Buttons Cleanup events are added using the toolbar buttons 1 Add timed Cleanup event 2 Add recurring Cleanup event The recordings held by the selected cameras are purged according to the cleanup job parameters Highlight the Cleanup job in the list or we
49. per second and thus 150x the capture speed For other speeds the shuttle slider can again be used Timelapse mode with its fixed 10 images per second will give the smoothest and easiest playback to follow Exporting to an AVI File To export a recorded file to the AVI format use the following procedure X 1 Select the Export to AVI File me icon from the Search Recordings toolbar 2 Set the image parameters for the AVI file to be created 3 Click on Settings to modify the codec setup 4 Select OK to save the codec settings The actual settings displayed will depend on the codec used and may appear rather different to those shown in Figure 127 5 Use Browse to select the output file 6 Select Save to confirm the output file 7 Select the Show all available codecs check box to provide your widest choice of codecs 8 Select Yes in the warning dialog to confirm the codec request 9 Select Export to start the conversion 10 Watch the progress bar to monitor the conversion 11 Select Close when the conversion has completed Tf User Guide Playback diene aie wien ond Figure 127 Exporting to an AVI File Deleting Comments You can remove comments using the Search Recording window toolbar Select a comment from the se i list available and then 78 User Guide Playback Monitoring Audio The audio toolbar allows you
50. save your settings without exiting the dialog 122 Setup Manager Picture The Picture tab allows you to set the default settings for the camera The current settings are shown for reference Device Properties x Mation Detection Shaving Storage Locations General Camera Picture Dynamic Masking Detsul Actual Interval io ms 0 ma Max Speed 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rierolutiorr 192x144 2 Ee Image Quality 50 x 50 Colour Level 50 r 50 Video Codec 5 JPEG M Stream Mode OL cm Figure 170 Picture Settings Interval Enter the minimum interval between requesting new pictures from the camera For example 40ms 25 fos 100ms 10 fps Oms Maximum speed Resolution Select the resolution of the image to be returned by the camera The values available here are those supported by the model of camera selected Image Quality Enter the quality between 0 and 100 of the image to be returned by the camera Colour Level Enter the amount of colour 0 black and white to 100 full colour of the image to be returned by the camera Video Codec only applicable to the SNC P1 and SNC DF40 Select from JPEG or MPEG 4 Image Transfer Mode Select the mode by which images are transferred between the camera and RealShot Manager e g Stream Mode The options available here depend on the camera type selected in the General tab see Transfer Mode on page 132 f
51. script so that the five variable settings reflect your RSMServer installation 2 Make sure the script refers to RSMServer or RSMServer static as appropriate for your installation 3 Copy the script to etc init d 4 Make appropriate symbolic links for starting and stopping RSMServer for the system runlevels that you are using For example etc rc2 d S99rsmserver init gt init d rsmserver init The details may vary for different linux systems 86 Installing RealShot Manager Server Logging RSMServer Messages RSMServer generates output messages on its standard output and standard error output These are normally displayed on the console from which RSMServer was started lf RSMServer is started automatically then it may be useful to redirect these messages to a file Many linux systems include a utility called logger that allows application output to be sent to the linux logging system syslog If required RSMServer output can be directed into a separate log file by configuring etc syslog conf Usually this will also mean that the log file is automatically monitored by the system to make sure it does not get too large This behaviour can be modified by configuring logrotate Configuring the Server Remotely from a Client You can configure the devices and device storage mappings for the server remotely using the RSM windows client interface see Remote PC Setup on page 98 Interfacing to an Archive Wi
52. shown in Figure 193 1 Select the Motion Detection IO Box from the device tree in the Setup Manager 2 Select the required motion detection pin xX 3 Click on the Assign Camera button to open the Select Camera dialog 4 Select a Camera and click on OK to assign the camera to the pin 146 Setup Manager Li ort 1 BE ere end Oa bea i Cena Pe O T EE amp js i gP ai a i i ci ma 4 rn Be mhair ae Fa mea Dhi ile E e a ict fires c Menietti am J aa E p s ai a Cl EX ah Hri ar igi rte oe gr rich e A na E j Sage Locations i Greup af Serv Curepe k r Of aanpak El Isya hoster E i emer berrar 1S pat erie Figure 193 The Motion Detection IO Box Managing Audio Devices The Setup Manager allows you to configure audio recording devices on the network and associate each of them with one or more cameras for recording When recordings are triggered for cameras with an associated audio device audio data is recorded as well as video and the audio files are stored see Assigning Cameras to an Audio Device on page 149 The playback and monitoring of the audio is controlled through the Audio Toolbar see Monitoring Audio on page 79 To monitor audio with MP3 an MP3 decoder is required such as the one installed with Windows Media Player If one is not already installed then the decoder supplied on the installation disk should be used Adding an Audio D
53. system if available for archiving and retrieval of video audio files The User Manager allows permissions to be applied at three levels 1 Default Permissions applied when no users are logged in 2 User Permissions applied to individual users 3 Group Permissions applied to groups of users New users added to a group acquire by default the permissions of the user group s However permissions assigned to an individual user take precedence over the group permissions so users can have their permissions set differently to those of the user group s they belong to If any specific user permissions are set then these override the group permissions completely rather than adding to them For example a 106 User Accounts security Supervisor may inherit the guards group permissions but if he requires additional the permission to use the I O Manager to be added to his her personal account then the guards group permissions must be manually added to his personal account in addition to the I O Manager permission The users permissions list indicates which permissions apply to a user as follows I Has no permission M Has permission Group permissions apply In the case where Group permissions apply users who are members of multiple groups will inherit the combined permissions of all the groups Adding Removing Users To add or delete a user account See Figure 154 and follow the steps be
54. the Name Caller require attention e Information Blue No action required but may be useful to know the investigation Log entries can be filtered based on the severity of the colour coded boxes to register the severity of messages you require to be logged from each e Error Red High priority messages resulting from a problem that requires immediate attention e Warning Yellow Lower priority problems that but not immediately e Debug Green For use only by trained personnel in of a problem The volume of messages logged for debug purposes is too high to sustain during normal operation The Logging Window and Log Files To view recent log messages click on the Logging Window icon on the Main toolbar Log Window d 11 23 38 898 11 23 35 894 11 23 35 894 11 23 32 009 11 23 32 009 11 23 29 565 11 23 29 065 10 56 58 146 10 56 55 106 69 1270372004 Each message in the list is date and time stamped and identified by the source camera or application The Database Database Connect Error connecting to server 0 0 0 0 Connect Error connecting to server 0 0 0 0 Connect Error conmecting to server 0 0 0 0 Connect Error connecting to server 0 0 0 0 Connect Eror connecting to server 0 0 0 0 Connect Error connecting to server 0 0 0 0 Connect Error connecting to server 0 0 0 0 WiiteRiule Error while write tigger Write T rigger Unhandeld Exception Figure 244 The Log Window
55. the table below Step 1 Step by step procedures You must follow these instructions to complete a specific task 1 Numbered List A list of points referenced by numbers often referring to a figure e Bulleted List level 1 A list of points or values where the order is unimportant Bulleted List level 2 Items you must select such as menu options command buttons or items in a list Special Bold Used to emphasise the importance of a point or for variable expressions such as parameters CAPITALS Names of keys on the keyboard e g SHIFT CTRL ALT Emphasis Text in angle brackets is a generic description of the item to be lt Generic Description gt substituted lt colour gt could be replaced by any actual colour e g black green blue KEY KEY Key combinations for which the user must press and hold down one key and then press another e g CTRL P ALT F4 Future Developments Features that are not yet implemented but are planned for a future release Getting Started Introduction Getting Started Introduction The Sony RealShot Manager management software for video monitoring over a TCP IP local area Ethernet network referred to hereafter as IP for Internet Protocol allows you to manage multiple Sony cameras across an Ethernet network Examples of devices that can be managed by RealShot Manager are shown in Figure 1 to Figure 6 however this is not an exhaustive list These devices include cameras audi
56. to remove a storage location from the list e oe to show and edit the properties of a storage location see Filtering Files for a Storage Location on page 138 e Up anddown buttons to rearrange locations by moving them up one position or down one position in the list Open the details for a device by double clicking on its entry in the Setup Manager device tree see Y Figure 181 or by highlighting it with a single left mouse click and then selecting Edit from the Setup Manager toolbar i Select Remove Assigned Device s from the Setup Manager toolbar Select a camera or audio device which is assigned to the storage location The camera is removed from the right hand pane The device is removed from the storage location tree Check that the storage location has been removed from the Storage Locations tab of the camera s entry in the Setup Manager device tree see Figure 181 Reordering Assigned Storage Locations Files for a particular device are stored on one of the assigned storage locations Each location is checked for spare capacity etc in the order they appear in the device s storage locations list To modify the order of the storage locations 1 Open the details for a device by double clicking on its entry in the Setup Manager device tree see kog Figure 181 or by highlighting it with a single left mouse click and then selecting Edit from the Setup Manager toolbar 2
57. visible recordings 67 User Guide Playback jel RE F SS ew Figure 113 Search Recording Views If a large number of cameras are selected the timeline view may become crowded Focus your search on a small number of cameras to improve readability For instructions on how to select and deselect cameras see Selecting the Camera s on page 65 The red line walker represents the current time see Figure 114 When you zoom in its position will be used as the current time around which to center the zoom If you are viewing a week and you drag the walker to Monday you will zoom in to this day when pressing Left double clicking on the header bar performs a zoom in and right Right double clicking performs a zoom out The walker gives you an indication of where you are in the timeline e g when you are in a week view and the current time is 10 00 on Monday the walker will be positioned toward the left If you zoom in the Monday will be shown in detail and the walker will stay at 10 00 which results in it jumping to the far right 68 User Guide Playback Figure 114 Zooming in on the Timeline Modifying the Search Window Picture Stamps For each file recorded the RealShot Manager application generates one or more picture stamps to represent the file in a storyboard view OnO EE SOOO nel Sr Ue Be ag ao E 00 OO LS Cameras a a O a a ao i G m
58. will not be deleted Manual alarm and normal recordings are all affected by the backup cleanup strategy Select OK to save your changes and Cancel to exit without saving them 135 Setup Manager Removing Storage Locations Select to remove a storage location from the list shown in Figure 182 When removing a location with recordings still associated with it the warning shown by Figure 180 is displayed General Settings x AN Are you sure You want to remove the selected recording location StorSkation E1 There are still 1 recordings associated with this location Do you want these recordings to be deleted before the location is removed Press Yes to delete these recordings Press No bo keep these recordings you ll not be able to play them back Press Cancel to keep these recordings and the storage location Figure 180 Removing a Storage Location Note Deleting a Storage Location that has data stored on it is slightly different to deleting one that does not If no data stored the options are Yes Delete and No Don t Delete If data is stored on the Storage Location to be deleted then the options are as follows Yes Delete storage location and recordings No Delete storage location but not recordings and Cancel Don t Delete Assigning a Storage Location for a Device Select a storage location by double clicking on its entry in the Setup Manager device tree Figure 179
59. window Fomine _ i select a style from the combo box Wer Po Flat Specify a colour Cekas Cor peat ER the Color 1 Windows 3D Specify a colour in the Color 1 box Gradient 3D Specify the start and end colours for the shading using the Color 1 and Color 2 boxes 3 Width sets the width of the border in pixels 4 Click on the Colour 1 and or 2 boxes to open the colour picker dialog and select a colour for the border Note that the Colour 2 box is only available if required for the Border type selected Figure 220 Image Border Tab 5 The Colour 2 box is only available when Gradient 3D is selected as the border type 167 Layout Editor Display Information The Show Info tab of the Monitor Properties dialog allows you to select which text information will be displayed within the camera monitor window Click on the check boxes to enable or disable the display of text information See Figure 221 These can also be enabled disabled by right clicking on a camera monitor in the main monitor window selecting the View option and then selecting the text information to be displayed The position of each item of textual information within the camera monitor window is set using the combo box to the right of it You can use the View sub menu from the right click pop up menu of a monitor window to show or hide each of the items of text If shown they will
60. with the newer version However please check the README and INSTALL files for specific notes on any extra steps that may be required for that particular version of ArchivingORB Installation The following steps should be performed to install ArchivingORB 1 Make a working directory for ArchivingORB ArchivingORB will look in this directory for its configuration file Typical locations might be usr local ArchivingORB or opt ArchivingORB 2 Unzip the linuxArchivingORB zip file to a temporary directory 3 Copy the ArchivingORB or ArchivingORB static executable file to a suitable directory This can be either the ArchivingORB working directory or it a system binary directory such as usr local bin or opt bin 4 Copy the ORB_Config xml example template configuration file to the working directory Modify the file to reflect your configuration and rename it to ORB_Config xml 5 Setup the FTP service see FTP Setup on page 89 for details Running ArchivingORB Manual Start ArchivingORB can be run from any user account You should however consider the following e The user account must have write access to the ArchivingORB working directory and the archiving sub directory within the RSMServer working directory e Itis usually best not to run programs as the root user unless absolutely necessary e f required ArchivingORB can be run as a specific user by explicitly changing its file ownership and setting the s
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62. 26 a J Figure 173 Dynamic Masking Overview 5 The Dynamic Masking Toolbar Setup Manager Open the Camera Properties window by either Double clicking on a monitor window that is showing an image where a mask is required Selecting a Camera in the Cameras list or Group in the Setup Manager And select the Dynamic Masking tab Select the Freeze image during PTZ movement to avoid picture breakup during pan tilt or Zoom If you select an existing masking entry you can modify its parameters otherwise you are creating a new mask Select Configure to open the Dynamic Masking window Create or modify the mask using the dynamic masking toolbar facilities Select Preview to see how the mask will appear Use the pan tilt and zoom controls to check that the mask tracks your masked object correctly NB Only applicable for cameras with PTZ functionality The toolbar for dynamic masking see Figure 174 allows you to build multi sided shapes for use as masks It allows you to control the ordering of overlapping masks and gives you the facility to preview dynamic masks in action Figure 174 The Dynamic Masking Toolbar 1 Move Dynamic Mask Allows you to drag a rectangular area to create a mask and move the mask around 2 Edit Points Enables the add and remove points tools for creating a more complex mask shape 3 Add Point Ctrl left click on line
63. 6 Scaling Foreground Images Scaling can be set independently for each foreground image object However scaling overall is controlled by the Toggle Scaling Mode button H which overrides the settings for all images that are set to Stretch mode Double click on the image you wish to modify and change the parameters in the Edit Image dialog See Figure 237 179 Layout Editor Edit Image Image Action Fle Name Camera Analog Sma bmp ll Figure 237 Editing a Foreground Image 1 Select the Anchor check box and use the drop down list to define the anchor point of the image when moving it This will disable the Stretch check box 2 Select the Stretch check box to enable resizing of the image When this is enabled you can resize the image in the layout editor by dragging handles that appear when the cursor is placed over one of the edges of the image This will disable the Anchor check box Enabling the Keep Aspect check box will limit the resizing to one dimension the other dimension will automatically follow to keep the aspect ration of the image constant 3 Enable the Colour check box and use the colour selector to specify a transparency colour This colour will be keyed out in the image and become transparent Rotating Images Foreground images can be rotated using the image editing facilities of the Layout Editor toolbar Se
64. Allows you to modify where the audio files are stored Audio To set the audio characteristics of the device double click on the audio device entry in the device tree of the Setup Manager and perform the following 1 Select the Audio tab of the Device Properties as shown in Figure 196 2 Select an Audio Quality setting from 0 to 8 3 Select the Sampling Frequency from the drop down list of MPEG 1 and MPEG 2 options at various frequencies A sampling frequency of 44 1 or 48kHz gives very high quality audio at CD quality Lower values give reduced audio quality but gain the advantage that the audio files take up correspondingly less storage space 4 Select Apply to save the changes OK to exit saving the changes or Cancel to exit without saving the changes Device Properties E Ei General Audo Associated Cameras Storage Locations Audo Qusliy E Samping Frequency MPEG f 22 05 kHz aja Figure 196 Audio Settings The SNC P1 supports slightly different options to the other audio devices see Figure 197 e Audio Quality The SNC P1 supports the G711 audio standard 64kbps and the G726 standard 16 24 32 40 kbps Select a suitable audio quality level between the highest option G711 and the lowest option G726 at 16kbps If you require normal speech to be audible then a value of 40kbps or 64kbps is recommended e Sampling Frequency This is fixed for the SNC P1
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67. Figure 130 This configuration is useful if the video recorded by the cameras needs to be accessible from more than one place For example different security offices are responsible for surveillance at different times during the week TIe J gt 4 Client be Only Monitoring Only Recording No Monitoring Figure 130 Server Client Multi PC Configuration Remote Monitoring An operator can monitor cameras and view previous recordings at either the Remote Monitoring PC or the Local Recording and Monitoring PC See Figure 131 This configuration is useful if multiple sites are monitored from a central location during off peak hours For example if a local council security department is responsible for security at all leisure facilities in a town during the night 81 Scaling Tuning a System Complex Multiple PC Configurations Combinations of Server Client relationships and Remote Monitoring configurations can be used to design a complex and flexible security solution The administrative tools described in this guide support the setup and modification of your RealShot Manager solution so that it continues to support your needs even if they change throughout the life of your organisation Local Recording amp Monitoring Remote Monitoring Figure 131 Remote Monitoring Multi PC Configuration Scaling Tuning a System When designing or modifying a RealShot Manager monitoring system there are many possible configu
68. IF is usually used as a baseline 180 144 CIF 2 360 288 750 576 CIF 2 Size of JPEG compressed 3KB 10 KB 40KB image at 50 quality Table 4 Resolutions 4 Quality The parameters used during encoding for JPEG and MPEG compression have a large impact on the subjective quality of the images produced The size of compressed images can be reduced at the cost of clarity Quality is expressed as a percentage and the highest achievable quality for any image using optimised encoding parameters is designated as 100 As an example for JPEG compressed files at CIF resolution the size of an image file varies according to the following table Quality 100 File Size KB Table 5 Quality of Picture 5 Frequency The higher the frequency of images in a sequence of video the smoother the movement Bandwidth can be saved if the frequency in frames per second fps is reduced Installing RealShot Manager Server Linux Server The INSTALL procedure for RSMServer for linux version 3 0 broadly follows the steps described in Installation on page 85 This procedure is only an example as RSMServer for linux can be used with many types of linux installation These notes provide general guidance on how RSMServer can be installed The details may vary slightly from system to system but most linux servers will be capable of running RSMServer Platform The RSMServer zip file contains two executable
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70. NSE AGREEMENT FOR SOFTWARE PROGRAM AND DOCUMENTATION YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE FOLLOWING AGREEMENT BEFORE USING THE PROGRAM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION USING THE PROGRAM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS AGREEMENT YOU SHOULD NOT USE THE PROGRAM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION GENERAL SONY Corporation and its licensors furnish this program and the accompanying documentation and licenses their use to you all as provided in this Agreement LICENSE Under this Agreement Sony and its licensors grant you a limited license to use the program and the accompanying documentation for the purposes outlined in that documentation and not for resale or any other purpose YOU AGREE NOT TO MODIFY OR DISASSEMBLE THE PROGRAM OR THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION IN WHOLE OR IN PART EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR IN THIS AGREEMENT OR UPON SONY S PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL IN ADDITION YOU AGREE NOT TO TRANSFER LICENSE OR DISCLOSE THE PROGRAM OR THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION IN WHOLE OR IN PART TO ANY THIRD PARTY WITHOUT SONY S PRIOR WRITTEN APPROVAL This license is effective until terminated You may terminate it at any time by giving Sony written notice to that effect Sony and its licensors may terminate it if you fail to comply with this Agreement by giving you like notice Upon termination you must destroy the program and the accompanying documentation and all
71. O and 255 Sensitivity The sensitivity level lies between 0 and 8 a typical value is 4 Activity Area the area where activity must be measured Select Set Activity Detection Area to open the Activity Detection Area window 10 The activity detection area can be set by either e Dragging the red box to separate a new section of the image The area can also be resized by dragging the sides The bar on the right will indicate the level of activity the larger the green segment the higher the level of activity e By entering the value manually in the edit box as a pixel range 145 Setup Manager e With the preset combo box you can select a predefined camera preset to set the area If there are no presets currently defined for the camera then this box will be empty 11 Select Close to remove the Activity Detection Area window 12 Select Apply to save your changes 13 Alternatively select Apply from the IO Pin tab to exit after step 5 Audio Pins When configuring a Sony SNC P1 camera it is possible to set up an audio pin see Figure 191 and Figure 192 The audio pin is treated as an extra output pin for the camera but is associated with an audio file The audio pin can then be configured as the output pin for an action For example a recorded message can be played if an alarmed door is opened See the section The Action Editor on page 153 for details of how to configure an action to allow the trigge
72. PEG MPEG4 JPEG MPEG4 131 Setup Manager Network Station Limitations Network SNT V304 SNC V501 SNC V504 Station Model Video Input 1 Input 4 inclusive Input Source Input 2 Input 3 Input 4 Quad Large 1 Small 2 3 4 Large 2 Small 1 3 4 Large 3 Small 1 2 4 Large 4 Small 1 2 3 Interval Only available in non Always available Always available stream mode Resolution Half Size 176 x 144 160 x 120 160 x 120 Full Size 352 x 288 320 x 240 320 x 240 2 Huge Size 704 x 576 EAC 640 x 480 736 x 544 736 x 544 Image Always available Always available Always available Quality Table 7 Camera Settings by Network Station Model The rage of resolutions available may depend on whether the camera is local remote or a locally mapped remote camera The 640 x 480 and 736 x 544 settings are set with auto frame or field SNT V304 Frame Rate Limitations When setting the Interval field for the SNT V304 consider the following e The maximum frame rate that can be obtained from this unit depends on how many input sources are in use e The maximum frame rate is 25 fps for 1 input 12 fos for 2 inputs 8 fps for 3 inputs and 6 fps for the maximum 4 inputs 132 Setup Manager Transfer Mode When setting the image transfer mode for the SNT V304 consider the following e There are a number of different transfer modes available to transfer pictures from the camera to the RealShot Manager PC
73. SON Y Intelligent Monitoring Software User Guide Software Version 3 0 and above RealShot Manager 2005 Sony Corporation Copyright Notice Copyright Notice 2005 Sony Corporation All rights reserved This manual may not be reproduced translated or reduced to any machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval from Sony Corporation SONY CORPORATION PROVIDES NO WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL OR INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL OR SUCH INFORMATION IN NO EVENT SHALL SONY CORPORATION BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL OR SPECIAL DAMAGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL OR INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF sony Corporation reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice Trademarks Microsoft Windows and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Ethernet is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners Table of Contents Introduction Table of Contents Manual OVENI EW eraron EE E S 5 Typographical CONVENUO
74. See Figure 206 Select Add and select the type of Action you require from the drop down list The tabs available in the Action Properties window will differ depending on the Action that you have selected Use the available tabs to specify the properties of the Action Figure 206 Action Types ET 1 Select Add to add further Actions to the rule as se required See the following sections on each individual action type for the setup required for each action 2 The action types available are Output Pin change the state of one or more output pins Select Camera select camera s in a monitor only hotspot at the moment Select Preset set the preset of camera s Adjust Camera change the default camera settings interval resolution quality colour level Switch Layout switch to a specific layout 3 Select OK to save your changes Adjust Camera When the action type is specified as Adjust Camera two additional tabs are displayed 1 Cameras tab Allows you to build a list of cameras 2 Adjust Camera tab Allows you to specify the adjustment to be made to the cameras listed in the Cameras tab 156 The Action Editor Cameras Tab j g The Cameras tab is used to build a list of cameras that will F le Spock Cac be affected by the action 1 Enable the Use Specific Cameras check box 2 Select Add 3 Select a camera and OK to confirm or Ca
75. Select A Assign Device s from the Setup Manager toolbar 3 Select the camera to be assigned to the storage location 4 Check that the storage location now appears in the list displayed in the Storage Location tab of the camera See the example for the camera Tokyo_1 in Figure 181 Danse vw PH h Cammin m_a i lisen tiwek o A to ra gt ii A Geos i Aaii PA Dia aE ee F Dris eet a Peters Mote Cetactonn Beemer Maske Sharir 9 Stocere Loceters Sse Loe Bere Leer ee Dar Tora i Tii eaj 4 Ha aie lerer fi wig Hem te Hi Wiprrer Damm gu Hama Sy E a O eeen J ee a Tha Lec are k aF Darl elt E T raah pa ba Ej Figure 181 Example of Assigned Storage Locations You can also manage the storage locations for a particular camera or audio device by selecting the camera in the Setup Manager and using the Storage Locations tab directly 136 Device Properties General Camera Picture Dynamic Masking Motion Detection T ours Sharing Storage Locations Info Default ch Mia C Program Files S ony Sony RealSh Se Default mi C Program Files Sony Sony RealSh Figure 182 Managing Storage Locations Removing a Storage Location for a Device 1 2 3 4 5 Setup Manager Use the following buttons to manage the storage locations list e T to add a new storage location see Filtering Files for a Storage Location on page 138 e
76. Sin B iro Marhahan trad 1 oe E igul Ha PETE A TL Figure 129 The Alarm Monitoring Window 1 Open the alarm window by selecting the Alarm Window icon from the main toolbar 2 To undock the alarm window as part of the main window drag it by the title bar away from the edge of the main window and it will become detached to form a separate window To dock it again reverse the procedure Alarms are configured through the Setup Manager see Managing I O Boxes on page 141 and the General Settings window see Alarm Settings on page 95 80 Configuring RealShot Manager Administrator Guide Configuring RealShot Manager Types of Configuration Cameras can be shared between different RealShot Manager PC s that are connected to each other via an Ethernet network This sharing functionality is known as Multi PC and can be used to establish complex configurations for example e Server Client e Remote Monitoring e Combinations of Server Client and Remote Monitoring Server Client The user monitors cameras and sets up schedules from the RealShot Manager the client PC Any video recorded manually or as a result of a scheduled recording is typically stored on the server PC although it may be stored in the Client PC if a valid storage location has been defined and mapped on the Client Client and Server can coexist on the same PC or a separate server PC can be installed with no GUI client application see
77. The border width is in pixels Select Monitor Properties to open a dialog that allows you to specify the specific properties for the monitor windows See Detailed Monitor Window Settings on page 164 From the Monitor Window you can also modify these properties for individual monitor windows later by double clicking on them with the left mouse button See Monitoring on page 34 Background Double click on the Colour box to select a colour for the background of the monitoring window select OK to accept the new colour Preview The preview window provides an overview of the monitor window layout that will be created including the Hot Spot monitor if one has been set 163 Layout Editor Naming the Layout When you have created your new layout you can give it a name as follows al Save Layout 1 Select Save Layout ih Name 2 Inthe Save Layout dialog enter a Name for the Layout 2 layout required and a Description optional that Description describes the layout or its usage 3 x 3 Layout with hotspot monitoq 3 Click OK Cancel Figure 216 Naming a Layout Detailed Monitor Window Settings The display settings of each camera monitor window can be defined using the Camera Monitor Properties dialog The settings made in this dialog affect the appearance of the camera monitor window s not the entire layout see Figure 217 To open the Camera Monitor Properties d
78. Type Description Flat Specify a border colour using the Color 1 box Windows 3D Specify a border colour in the Color 1 box Specify the start and end colours for shading the border using the Color 1 and Color 2 boxes See Selecting a Colour on page 22 Note The Color 2 box is only available when Gradient 3D is selected as the border style Width The value in the Width box specifies the width of the border in pixels Gradient 3D 3 Background Set the background colour for the camera monitor by clicking on the Colour box See Selecting a Colour on page 22 Source Image Tab The source image tab is used to crop and pan an image within a monitor window See Figure 218 This can be used to trim black borders from camera images or to separate split camera images into individual monitoring windows 165 Layout Editor Monitor Properties rE xj Image Border Showlnfo Fon Functionality Control Window Source Image Image Size amp Position Crop 1 C Rectange Percentage 1 Select the cropping mode Rectangle Mode The cropping is performed with absolute units pixels Percent Mode The cropping is performed with values relative to the image size as a percentage Lett fio Top fio 2 Flight fo Bothan fo 2 Enter values for a cropped view of the image the cropping parameters change depending on which cropping
79. Window Update Speed on page 184 of the Administrator Guide as this affects the perceived frame rate for the user Figure 62 Changing the Frame Rate 37 User Guide Monitoring Saving the Monitored Image You can save the current image from the monitor window to a file as a single frame snapshot Right click in the monitor window and select Save Frame As from the pop up menu see Figure 63 The captured image may appear upside down or rotated to the left or right even if you have set the camera mounting angle correctly in the camera properties This is due to the fact that the camera rotation is not taking into account when snapshots are captured Cam Ceiling Px REE a ys a ny Fi we r ara INS eat rhe F Tiy 2 Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras Remove Cameras Return To Gamerats Freeze Update Speed gt fe ee ee ka AN ert Soe ye View gt Scale To Window Smart Scale Keep Aspect Smooth Scaling Save Frame As Open Image From File Figure 63 Saving a Single Frame Save Image As File KE Use the browse window to navigate to the Save in Cj Snapshots e ck directory where you wish to save the image Atsugi 304 2 1256 010303 jpg and enter a file name in the File name box Atsugi 304 2 1257 010303 jpg Atsugi 304 2 1258 010303 jpg Select the format in which to save the image from the Save as type drop down menu The list of
80. a SNT 304 Black Border bmp WW camera SNT 304 brn i Camera SNT 304 Drawing Large bmp Floorplan Building jpg Camera SNT 304 Drawing Small bmp E Floorplan Shopping Cent F Camera SNT 304 Drawing bmp AY Map Asia 1024x768 jpg a File name Floorplan Building jpg Files of type All Image Files jpo jpeg eye bmp Cancel E Browse to find the file you wish to load select it from the list and select Open The image is loaded into the target monitor window in place of any existing image Figure 66 Loading a Saved Image All camera snapshots can be saved in their Original native format as long as RealShot Manager does not have to perform any further actions on the file There is one exeception to this rule For a MPEG4 capable camer images can only be saved in MPEG4 format if the user wants to accurately save the frame in an image stream The MPEG4 format is only readable by RSM like the eye VL 10 format All camera snapshots can be saved in BMP or re encoded as JPG format where RSM has to perform some further action on the original image Actions can be 1 Rotation 2 Dynamic Masking 3 Composing an image from a group of one and several P frames for a MPEG4 camera Changing Cameras in the Monitoring Layout Selecting a Single Camera To select a camera for viewing in a monitor window right click on a monitor and select the option Select Camera see Figure 67
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82. a monitor window and play it back to review the images captured Searching for Recordings To search for a previously recorded file to view select the Search Recording button from the main toolbar or the Search button from the Playback toolbar Both of these are represented by the image of a pair of binoculars Eh 64 User Guide Playback Selecting the Camera s 1 2 3 4 5 Figure 109 Search Recording List View To perform a search based on the camera that sourced the recording select the camera from the camera list You can add cameras individually to the search by holding down the Shift or Ctrl key whilst selecting the additional cameras with the left mouse button To refine the search based on a date time period use the calendar facilities provided on the Search Toolbar See Searching Based on Date Time on page 65 The recordings selected are displayed in one of two views the Recording List and the Recording Timeline Figure 109 shows the results as a Recording List See Using the Timeline View on page 67 You can double click on an entry in either view to open the associated video file in the current playback monitor Any Comments associated with the recordings are listed separately below the files See The Comment Toolbar on page 33 The file can also be represented by picture stamps See Picture Stamps on page 69 The search results do not
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84. aaa MEDA i AA E AE C HA aw iie f i J Be om i a Fa i a CA a k Test crag Or F Figure 115 Storyboard 69 User Guide Playback An area of the Search Recording window displays the storyboard of picture stamps associated with the selected file See Figure 115 Use the three picture stamp control buttons on the toolbar to select the number of picture stamps displayed in this area 1 2 3 Do not show Picture Stamps No picture stamps are displayed Filtering Maximum Picture Stamps Displays as many picture stamps from the selected file as will fit in the window If a large number of picture stamps are associated with this file then the storyboard area will provide scroll bars so that you can move backward and forward in the list One Picture Stamp Displays the first picture stamp associated with the selected file Following a search the number of results returned may be high The filter buttons allow you to refine your search The list can be filtered on priority or recording type 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 70 DA ama A Figure 116 The Filter Buttons Display Hide video recordings Display Hide audio recordings Display Hide alarm recordings Display Hide scheduled recordings Display Hide manual recordings Display Hide High priority comments Display Hide Normal priority comments Display Hide Low priority comments By default no filters are appl
85. ager The General settings for a camera detail the type of model and its network connectivity See Figure 168 Device Properties X Sharing Camera Ficture Name al Motion Detection Tours Storage Locations General Dynamic Masking Category Camera X _ Type Sl SNC AZ30 Eee A tcear J 7 Figure 168 Camera General Settings Camera 1 Camera Name editable make this as descriptive of the camera location and purpose as possible If the camera is managed by a remote server then the name will be shown as lt camera name gt lt server name gt Category These are displayed for information only they are not editable To modify the Port details click on the 7 button this will open the TCP IP Properties dialog see TCP IP Settings on page 114 Select a camera and then Camera tab of the properties in the Setup Manager The fields in this dialog describe the settings for communication with the camera and retrieval of images See Figure 169 Many of these settings depend on the model of camera or on other settings within the tab Refer to 121 Setup Manager Camera Settings dependent on Camera Model on page 131 for more details about the settings available for each model of camera 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Password Device Properties x Motion Detection Sharing Storage Locations General Camera Picture DynamicMaskin
86. ailable bandwidth of the network In general networks only achieve 50 of Figure 132 Scaling Tuning Considerations 2 Coding Algorithm The coding algorithm selected for video describes how the video data is compressed Compressing the video allows transfer of images at a lower bit rate than baseband or uncompressed video The compression format makes a lot of difference to the perceived quality of the video when decoded The table below gives a summary of the commonly used compression formats and their advantages and disadvantages Motion Pictures Experts Group Accurate code and Codec circuitry usually produced a range of video standards decode with few expensive in than can combine single frame artefacts picture hardware encoding with motion prediction errors Joint Pictures Experts Group Achieves good Compression rate not produced a range of standards initially compression for as efficient as MPEG for single frame still images but images without fast for images containing enhanced for motion video movement fast moving objects Wavelet A proprietary standard for compressing Gives better results Not an open standard video signals Similar to some parts of than JPEG the MPEG standard compression for typical CCTV images Table 3 Formats 83 Installing RealShot Manager Server 3 Resolution This is defined by the number of pixels in a single image Common Intermediate Format or C
87. al Control The camera list displayed is the list of cameras configured to send control data to the selected device Edit the ire Door oa y i an lly camera list to contain the required cameras See Details None Selected vizbe Manhattan 1 wll2seb x03 Editing a Device for External Control on page 101 Select Control Device Specify the Control Data to be sent when the image from the selected camera is selected in the monitor window e Select delete a Camera from the list e Select to open an existing device to edit the ca Control D ata w02 eb w03 control details Figure 146 External Control Adding a Device for External Control For each external device to be controlled specify the camera and the control string to be sent as follows Add External Control q x Select external control type Select the external control type from the drop down Sana canon nae a box Currently only Generic External Control is supported Select OK 100 General Settings 1 Enter the name of the device in the Name field 2 Select l lto open the Port Properties dialog 3 Select the COM port to be used for RS 232 communication with the device and the use the Baudrate Data bits Parity and Stop bits drop down lists to specify the RS 232 settings required to control the device See the setup or installation manual for the device to be controlled for details of the values r
88. al toolbars and the Status Bar is controlled via a toggle action Select the toolbar name to mark it with a V and make it visible select the same toolbar again to remove it from the main window The visibility of each of the toolbars can also be controlled from the Main toolbar of the RealShot Manager application See The Main Toolbar on page 26 The Playback and Comment toolbars each have two display options Small and Long These options allow you to choose between two layouts for the toolbar Select Show Playback Toolbar S mall to display the Playback toolbar in the small format Select Show Playback Toolbar Long to display the Playback toolbar in the long format The Long option makes the toolbar full width within the window and so minimises its vertical height The Small option arranges the controls within the minimum square area this can be useful if many toolbars are required to be visible at the same time The Comment toolbar format can be selected in the same way The Help menu provides version information for the RealShot Manager application Select Help About RealShot Manager to display version and configuration information as shown in Figure 27 on page 15 Select OK to close the About Sony RealShot Manager dialog Using the Toolbars Much of the functionality available through RealShot Manager is available through specific toolbars that can be arranged on the screen as you wish
89. alarm is highlighted and represented by an icon in the Status Bar Show Red Border In Camera Monitor With this enabled the monitor window of the camera with which the alarm is associated is edged with a red border Select Associated Camera in Hotspot Monitor With this enabled the hot spot monitor is automatically switched to show the camera with which the alarm is associated If this check box is enabled then the Display Duration can be set 4 Display Duration The minimum display duration for an alarm is specified here in milliseconds If multiple alarms follow in quick succession the changes to the display resulting from the check box selections could be missed This setting ensures that each one is held for sufficient time to be noticed 5 Select OK to save your changes and Cancel to exit without saving them 95 General Settings User Log Settings User events such as logging in and out are recorded in a dedicated log file The User tab of the General Settings allows you to set the parameters for logging user events see Figure 139 1 File Name Provide a file name for the General Seitings 5c logging of error and system status information on users General Laut Onectnes Loggng Alum Use 2 File Size Set the maximum size in KB of the File Logging log file before it is closed and a new one 1 Fie Nome er Log be opened 2 Fie Sce oa KBO Mafe f 3 3 Ma
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92. any device using the Setup Manager it is assigned to its generic device group e g cameras are added to the Cameras group by default Devices may also be made members of other groups by dragging and dropping them from their generic device group to the new Group Devices can be added to multiple Groups All devices still remain members of their generic device group Removing a Group The procedure for removing a group from the device tree is shown in Figure 185 b ais ee 1 Select the Group in the tree pane of ees Setup psa 2 Select the Delete Group s icon i from the Setup Manger toolbar AENA aa E 3 Select Yes to confirm you wish to delete i 4u e orm gae me eph o eea ee ee ge l a E eg the Group i 4 Check that the Group and all subgroups are removed from the left had tree a Ei SE a Note Any devices allocated to the deleted E eve issa group that are not members of any other group are also deleted To keep the devices remove them from the group before deleting it Figure 185 Removing a Device Group 140 Setup Manager Managing I O Boxes The Setup Manager is used to configure the input Sensor and output alarm connections that are available on the Sony IP cameras The inputs are typically used to trigger automatic alarm recordings on the RealShot Manager PC The outputs may be triggered manually from the RealShot Manager GUI or automatically in response to an input alarm As an example the
93. appear in the positions specified in the settings as shown in Figure 221 Camera Name the name of the camera that was assigned in the Setup Manager dialog Terimi Souceimage image Sieb Peston image Ancien Shewinks Fori Euns onaliy Pata FF Coma Name a ir Slate Tog Lent M Drei Time ie a gt Fiama Pe Secon Fearg M Bonda Fena e D Dapa meya Pe Second Status error messages and recording playback events etc will be displayed e g No Connection Date amp Time the current date and time is displayed Frames per Second fps shows the speed at which images are being captured by the camera Bandwidth shows the amount of bandwidth kbps being used by the camera to transfer Figure 221 Show Info Tab images across the network connection Display Images per Second dips shows the speed at which the computer display of the camera is being updated Fonts for Text The font type and sizes can be set for the text information that appears in each monitor window See Figure 222 Two font settings are possible one for Normal Fonts and one for Large Fonts The large font is used for the status information that appears in the centre of the monitor window and the normal font is used for all other information 168 Layout Editor Monitor Properties x Corto window Souceimage Size amp Ponton image Boda Show into Font Fu
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95. as for motion detection are given in the section Motion Detection on page 123 Normally you will select the pin associated with the camera in whose schedule this alarm recording event appears However if the Motion Detection O Box has been configured to allow selection of another camera s pin it may be possible to start a recording from a different camera You may wish to do this if the first camera is monitoring an entrance but a second camera is monitoring something valuable such as a painting in the room 63 User Guide Playback Weekdays Name Detect Door Open at Might in Lab Start Time 00 00 00 End Time 0 04 00 00 l Duration fo 04 0000 Monitoring Nomal Recording I Alarm Recording Pre Alarm W Monday IW Tuesday Iv Wednesday 3E Alam Recording ab Fret Post Alam H Inputs M a Motion Detection IO Box eb c2 IY Thursday W Friday W Saturday Iw Sunday Figure 108 Selecting a Motion Detection Input Copying and Pasting Schedules To use a schedule set up for one camera group for a second camera group use Copy and Paste on the Recording Schedule toolbar to duplicate the schedule See Selecting Cameras or Groups of Cameras on page 50 1 With the first camera group selected click on the Copy Schedule icon 2 With the second camera group selected click on the Paste Schedule icon 1E Playback You can load any previous recording into
96. asy to follow This allows you to check a file for a particular event more easily 76 User Guide Playback Timelapse mode imposes a fixed frame rate on the replayed images If the images were recorded at a low frame rate e g 1 frame every three seconds then the Timelapse mode replay frame rate will be higher and so easier to see Tip To see Timelapse mode obviously in action make a recording with a very low frame rate e g Interval 5000 ms or 0 2 fps i e ensure that the recording lasts at least 15 30 minutes Play the file back with Normal play and you will see very little activity Next play the file back in Timelapse mode The images should play back very smoothly and it will be easy to check the content Select View gt Date Time in the monitor from the right click pop up menu to see the actual time of recording for a playback In Normal mode the fixed frame rate is set to 10 images per second This number is chosen so that the human eye can easily track each image If a higher frame rate were chosen e g 25 images per second then the eye cannot easily distinguish each individual frame Worked Example As an example if you have recorded a file at 1 image every 3 seconds and then you play the file back using Normal Play you will see the image at 30x the normal speed If you replay with Slow Forward you will see 2 images per second i e 6x normal speed Fast Forward is 5x Normal play speed so in this case 50 images
97. at 8kHz e User Name and Password These values will be used to authenticate your right to change the audio settings at the camera Please check with your local camera administrator if you do not know the values to use 150 Device Priguerioed Setup Manager Figure 197 Configuring the SNC P1 as an Audio Device Associated Cameras A camera requires an association with an audio device so the audio files recorded can be synchronised with the related video There are two ways to modify the audio settings associated with an Audio Device the use of the Setup Manager toolbar to do this is shown in Assigning Cameras to an Audio Device on page 149 The following procedure uses the camera list editor available through the Audio device properties Gansa Aull 11 Arsocssted Cameras Storage Location i q usw 4 a core Figure 198 Audio Device and Camera Associations 3 To add a camera select 1 Open the Device Properties window for the audio device by double clicking on the audio device in the Setup Manager 2 Select the Associated Cameras tab aP Select one or more cameras from the pop up camera list and then OK 4 To remove a camera or cameras select them from the listed cameras and then select ome 5 Select Apply to save the changes OK to exit saving the changes or Cancel to exit without saving the changes To modify the order in which the cameras appear in the
98. automatically refresh if new recordings are being created select the Refresh Recordings icon z from the Search Recording toolbar to update the file list Searching Based on Date Time Using the calendar controls on the Search Recording toolbar you can zoom in and out to focus on a particular period in time and you can scan forward or backward in time for related recordings 65 User Guide Playback Zooming the Timeframe In and Out Figure 110 Zooming Specifying the Date Time Range 66 11 amp 3 10 11 Wt T3 TA 15 16 17 gi a A B 2 2 uw SB BW y 14123 D N 3 Today 18 03 7004 Time DE caca Figure 111 Using the Calendar F i Use ___to focus in on a smaller timeframe For example Year 2003 to Month February 2003 to Week Week 6 February 2003 from 1 Jan to Day Wednesday 12 Feb 2003 to Time 12 Feb 2003 13 31 Fine Time 12 Feb 2003 13 31 19 including seconds The above example is based on a European date format of dd mm yy i e dd date mm month yy year The date format may vary from those described above if the local date time format is different e g the American date format is mm dd yy and the Japanese date format is yy mm dd Use to widen the focus again to increase the range of recordings displayed If the date you require is not recent then you can use the full calendar to find it Click anywhere in the date box to open the
99. ave a system with several PCs running the RealShot Manager application it is useful to be able to transfer the settings between them The device details in the local database can be saved exported as a file and then loaded imported into the database on another PC Export Camera Configuration x Save in Data ex e Exporting 1 Select the File Export icon Lv on the Setup Manager toolbar and browse for a folder in which to store the file 2 Enter a name for the file and select Save Details of the devices configured through Filename Jays Ciose nwc the Setup Manager are saved as a file in Save as type RealShot Manager Camera Files rwc Cancel the selected folder E Figure 200 Exporting Camera Note You can export any kind of device Configuration details Cameras IO Boxes and Audio Boxes You can also export Remote Server configurations Importing ook ir Bba t CsSCsY d fo Re i 2 1 Click on the File Import icon LF on the Setup Manager toolbar 2 Browse for a device settings file to import select it and then select Open Details of cameras from the file are added to the selected group File name Sudio Boses nwa Files of type Reals hot Manager Audio Files nvwal Cancel E Note You can import any kind of device Figure 201 Importing Audio Box details Cameras IO Boxes and Audio Boxes Configuration You can also import Remote Server and G
100. ble or hidden See Figure 230 Grid Settings xj Show Grid when checked displays grid lines in the W Snap to Grid Set hed monitor window to assist in modifying a layout Spacing Horizontal f 0 Vertical f 0 Cancel _ Snap to Grid when checked objects can only be positioned and re sized to the nearest grid point Horizontal Vertical Spacing enter numbers here to set the spacing of the grid lines Figure 230 Layout Grid Manipulating Monitor Window Objects All objects that are created when using the Layout Editor can be cut copied and pasted as new objects in the same layout using the icons on the Edit toolbar if you are in Edit Mode The Copy Paste operation will duplicate all object properties except position when paste is executed the new object is always pasted at the top left of the monitor window e d amp Cut Ctri X i Copy Ctrl C Paste Ctrl V To Copy and Paste an Object 1 Select the object with the mouse the selected item will be highlighted with yellow border 2 Click on the Copy icon or select Ctrl C on the keyboard 3 BE Y the Paste icon or press Ctrl V on the keyboard The copied object may be repeatedly pasted To Cut and Paste an Object 1 Select the object with the mouse the selected item will be highlighted with yellow border 2 Click on the Cut icon db or select Ctrl X the object is removed from the layout and stored in the paste buf
101. but it A 10 07 2003 12 11 05 472 J may be hard to spot a particular event as the scroll movement is not as smooth as using other controls such as Slow Forward Notice how the time in this display changes as you move the red Figure 122 Timeline line The last number in this time field will occasionally jump due to missing frames if the capture frame rate was lower than 25 fps Cue Play Pause amp Reverse re uaa a ue 00O Figure 123 Cue and Play Controls Ensure that you have selected the video file you want to view using the search facilities see Searching for Recordings on page 64 Cue the file to the beginning Pause playback Reverse play at x1 Forward play at x1 You can also select the cue point within the video file by clicking on any picture stamp in the storyboard see 0 on page 69 Use the cue and play controls to control playback of the file from this point Shuttle 100x Ix 0 efx 100x a jas _ _ _ gt REW FF Figure 124 Shuttle Control To navigate quickly through the video file you have opened left click and hold on the shuttle control and drag it Moving the shuttle control to the left or right accelerates the REW FF further up to a maximum of 1000 19 User Guide Playback Fast Forward Reverse Buttons 1 6 allow you to control playback of the video file at speeds other than the play speed 1 Rewind x 5 pla
102. camera attached and a different input should be selected for each Add See Device zi a Cores gt olen 4 devace hoe a PUTA A Hr Escut Dos F pa a e j IP diihi Pat BE ee jo Fram 5 even T Use apay carver for Bis device iF bie Bat Figure 164 Adding a Network Station The network station has a single network connection so all four entries should have the same IP address port and proxy settings For the host PC to act as a RealShot Manager Server i e directly connected to cameras for monitoring and recording the Enable sharing this computer check box should be enabled and a share name and port number should be entered see Figure 142 117 Setup Manager Remote Cameras A Remote Camera is one that is managed by another PC on the network In order to add a remote camera you must first add its host PC to the Remote Servers list in the Setup Manager To add a remote camera follow the procedure below 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 118 Ensure that the Remote Servers partition is visible by ensuring the appropriate filter is selected from the Setup Manager toolbar Select the Remote Servers partition from the list in the left hand pane of the Setup Manager this will activate the Add Remove and Edit buttons on the Setup Manager toolbar see Figure 158 Select the Add icon T If you have selected the wrong partition Remote PC will not be selected
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104. cording sound as well as video Enables the user to add remote servers in the setup i Remote Setup manager and monitor manage cameras connected to the 105 User Accounts 2 Action Editor s User Manager D General Settings ea Camera Properties a Manual Recording 4 Search and Playback Camera Pan amp Tilt Control r Camera Pan amp Tilt Presets k Output Control Add Comments Layout Editor E Logging Control Exit Application Monitor Functions wy Select Camera in Monitor External Control E Custom Toolbar Archiving remote servers Rule Manager for setting up actions to be performed at changes to the inputs specified through the I O Manager User manager to set up and modify user accounts General Settings dialog Camera properties dialog Recorder toolbar Player toolbar and the Search Recording toolbar Pan and Tilt toolbar Preset toolbar Output Control toolbar to trigger camera outputs Add Comments toolbar Layout editor to create and edit monitor window layouts Logging dialog Determines whether or not the user can exit from the application Modification of settings associated with camera monitors in the main monitoring window Use of the menu to change the camera being viewed in a camera monitor window Enables the user to configure and activate outputs to control external devices Enables the user to access the custom toolbar Enables the user to use the attached archiving
105. dente tdgastantes 173 TFOUDICSMOOUIMG enese E tani cnedte tee E E T 185 FOGOM O ass O ewes s saceiencenieae haeece ead pauat Seceetsee setae eee 185 Yser Log WNGOW es ecesahse dda ahi ernie ose a a a a nahieny wade ede eee 187 ald 0 i MCI SCYS 0 en ee eee ee ee ee ee rere 188 FA RAE EAEE AAE TUA TUA een ease ane ee 193 GIOSS AV oranan EENE EEEE 194 Nde aina a tens tangheuatquatdns aug ttuctdustagssauatenssaugtaeenamnaumiaeaaaateass 197 Manual Overview Introduction Manual Overview This manual contains three individual guides e The Getting Started guide will help you to install the Sony RealShot Manager software package e The User Guide describes how to use RealShot Manager it assumes that the software has been installed and configured for the IP cameras in your system e The Administrator Guide describes how to configure the cameras in your system and manage the users Many of the features described within this guide are only available to users with Administrator rights if you cannot use a feature you require See your System Administrator e The maximum number of frames per second for the image stream from a camera is written as 25 fps based on PAL In the case of NTSC it is 30fps Typographical Conventions Before you start using this manual it is important to understand the terms and typographical conventions used in the documentation The details of the various text formats that are used within this document are shown in
106. dow 177 Layout Editor e Keep Aspect maintains the original aspect ratio of the image when Stretch is selected this is only available if Stretch is selected 4 Itis possible to specify one of the colours in the image to be transparent Click on the Colour check box to select transparency mode then click on the coloured box to open the colour selection dialog Select a colour Image Action File name a Display C Sheth D ken i Transparency Color REES x J ca w 6 H E a Bt a SS re m Figure 235 Adding a Foreground Image to the Monitor Window Editing a Foreground Image To edit a foreground image within the monitor layout select a Layout ensure that you are in Edit Mode on the Layout Editor toolbar and then perform the following 1 Select the image with the mouse a yellow border marks the selected image 2 Select from the toolbar or double click on the image 3 Modify the image parameters as required and select OK to save your changes Note Although you can use browse to select image files from anywhere on your computer the image will only be displayed if it is located in the lt install path gt data folder of the Sony RealShot Manager application The default location for this folder is c Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager Data Monitor Window Object Scaling Select a Layout ensure that you are in Edit
107. dow hover over the object to which you have attached the action The cursor should change according to the action assigned Left mouse click on the object and check that the action is completed as follows rl Switches the camera that is displayed in the monitor to the camera specified by the action pO Switches the monitor window to a different layout as specified by the action Using Send command using external control Select a device and a command string from the two drop down boxes to send that command to the device when the monitor layout object is selected 183 Layout Editor Monitor Window Update Speed The speed at which the camera monitor windows are updated with new images can be configured See Figure 241 This can allow you to monitor many cameras without loading the RealShot Manager client PC heavily The full frame rate is being recorded and can be viewed later The speed at which the camera monitor window is updated is referred to as Display Images Per Second dips The setting for dips bears no relation to Frames Per Second fps which is set for the capture of images from the camera For example RealShot Manager may be set up to record images from a camera at 25 fps and display live images from the camera at 2 dips Cam Ceiling ERE Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras Remove Camerats Return To Gamerats Freeze Update Speed Maximum F v 40 ms 25 fps 80 ms 12 fps v Sca
108. e Associated Cameras on page 151 Note If you are adding a SNC P1 or SNC DF40 model camera as an audio device then a link still needs to be made with the same camera s entry from the Cameras list Drag the camera down and drop it on the audio device entry to form the link The two device entries must share the same IP address Removing an Audio Device Removing an audio device follows the procedure described in Deleting Devices on page 114 Select an audio device in the device tree pane and then select the icon from the Setup Manager toolbar Confirm the deletion The device is removed from the list of available audio devices T Are you sure You want to delete the selected devicetsy udio Wear Door 3 Figure 195 Removing an Audio Device 149 Setup Manager Configuring and Modifying Audio Devices To modify the details of an audio device open the Setup Manager and select the device from the tree list in the left hand pane see Understanding the Device Group List on page 112 The Device Properties window has the following tabs that allow you to modify different aspects of the audio device configuration e General Allows you to modify the name and network connection details e Audio Allows you to modify the compression system and sampling rate of audio digitisation e Associated Cameras Allows you to modify the list of cameras that have this audio device associated e Storage Locations
109. e Figure 238 Figure 238 Rotating Images 1 Select an image to rotate the selected image is marked with a yellow border 2 Click on the Rotate Left button ES to rotate the image 90 degrees anticlockwise 3 Click on the Rotate Right button i to rotate the image 90 degrees clockwise 180 Layout Editor 4 Click on the Flip Image icon Et to mirror the image vertically 5 Click on the Mirror Image icon EA to mirror the image horizontally Adjusting the Z Order of Images When multiple foreground images are placed on screen overlapping each other you can change the order of the images as shown in Figure 239 Figure 239 Image Layering 1 Select an image that you want to move up or down in the display The selected image is outlined with a yellow border Click on the Bring To Front icon Th to move the selected image on top of all other images Click on the Send To Back icon a to move the selected image behind all other images on the display Click on the Bring Forward icon Ld to move the selected image forward one level in the display order Click on the Send Backward icon W to move the selected image backward one level in the display order Note Camera Monitor windows always appear in front of graphic images Adding Object Actions Objects such as foreground images on the monitor window can be configured to respond to mouse Clicks i e to have an associated action There are two
110. e alarm frames per second Frames second allows you to capture the images recorded during the moments immediately before an alarm See Figure 105 e The Pre Duration is the period of time prior to an alarm for which images should always be cached These cached images will have the quality and fps setting of the associated alarm recording e When an alarm occurs these images are saved to a file with the fps specified in this tab e When an alarm has occurred the time for which recording is maintained after the alarm is set in Duration field e lf Post Alarm is selected then the recording stops n seconds Duration after the alarm condition is cleared this means that the total duration recorded is duration of alarm Duration e f Fixed Duration is selected then recording continues for the period specified by the Duration field regardless of whether the alarm is cleared during this time The diagram shown in Figure 106 illustrates the relationships between the different time parameters 62 User Guide Controlling Cameras 1 Pre Duration Images are cached for this duration regardless of whether an alarm is activated They are saved when an alarm is activated 3 2 Alarm Duration The alarm signal is active for this period 3 Post Alarm Duration If the Duration field is set with Post Alarm selected then E recording continues for this number of seconds after the alarm
111. e name field is empty enter the name required for the new preset 6 4 To save the current camera position to the preset select Modifying an existing Preset Move the camera to the selected preset position and select the arrow key 9 see Figure 75 oO N To modify the view move the camera or zoom in out using the Pan amp Tilt controls To update the name associated with the preset edit the Name field 4 To delete the position settings associated with the preset select When you have finished creating or modifying the preset select Close to remove this window and save your changes Note that you can select the camera image to save as a preset using the mouse control facilities described in the section PTZ Using the Mouse on page 44 If you are controlling the SNC Z20 it is only possible to modify existing presets you cannot add new presets or delete presets See the SNC Z20 User Guide for details of how to access the camera presets for addition and or deletion through the Camera Administrator application Building a Tour You can use the presets previously specified as in PTZ Using the Mouse on page 44 to build a Tour The camera will move in turn to each of the preset PTZ positions in the tour and will hold that position for the duration given 1 Open the Tours window by ensuring that the Tours toolbar is visible and selecting the Customise Tours ic
112. e proxy server hides the IP details of the group that use it and acts as a cache for frequently accesses information PTZ Pan Tilt and Zoom refers to the capability of the camera head to move in 3 dimensions e Horizontally Pan e Vertically Tilt e Inand Out Zoom TCP IP This is an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol the BASIC telecommunications language of the Internet lt TCP IP gt controls how data is sent from computer to computer The TCP layer splits the file into smaller parts or packets which are then forwarded to their destination using the IP layer See also IP 195 Glossary Tilt See PTZ USB Universal Serial Bus refers to a serial communication used within and between PCs WAV An audio file format with the file extension wav Known as wave files developed by Microsoft for use in multimedia on Windows and lt OS 2 gt systems The wave short for waveform file format is the most popular uncompressed audio format across all computer platforms 196 Index About RealShot Manager ccecceeeseeeeeeeees 25 Action Editor 27 107 143 148 155 156 Activities ANd TYPO S cccecccseeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeenees 53 Activity Detection 48 105 145 146 147 148 Adding a Device for External Control 101 Alarm Recording Parameters cccccseeeeeees 61 PVA E SORE E ETENEE endure an tema nae 95 189 S
113. e registration of the first user account unregistered RealShot Manager users are restricted to a minimum set of functions The access rights of registered users can be tailored to allow them access to functions required for their job roles In order to gain their full access rights each user is required to log in using their assigned user name and password If the Enable permissions check box is marked each user will have only the permissions set up through the user accounts and group accounts defined in the User Manager If the Users must enter a password is checked then any user without a password will be prompted to enter one on first login For example an administrator would be granted access to all of the available functions of the application whereas a security guard would be restricted to those functions applicable to his her job role Setting Permissions Each user of RealShot Manager can be assigned permissions or access rights to use various components of the application Individual access rights can be assigned to enabled User and or Groups to use the following functionality Schedule Editor schedule editor to set up scheduled recordings w Camera Manager Camera manager dialog to add and remove cameras m I O Manager to set up camera inputs for triggering 1 0 Manager scheduled recordings and camera outputs to trigger external sensors T l The Audio Manager allows set up of audio devices for Audio Manager re
114. e schedule and NO to leave the schedule intact Modifying Activities To modify an activity select the entry in either the Week View or List View and make the changes required in the activity form To save the changes select the icon on the Recording Schedule toolbar If you make changes to the schedule and try to select another camera or leave the Recording Schedule window you will be prompted with the following message Schedule Ea AN There are changes made to the schedule Would you like to apply these changes to the selected camera s Yes No Cancel Figure 98 Schedule Change Confirmation Dialog Select Yes to save your modifications No to abandon them and Cancel to continue editing this camera s schedule LES Weekday Evenings at Barcelona zoo l Figure 99 Moving an Event You can relocate activities within the same day of the weekly calendar view by dragging the whole activity to the new required time Aill To trim an event in the weekly calendar view you can drag the start or end of the activity to a new time Figure 100 Trimming an Event 60 User Guide Controlling Cameras Monitoring Activity Parameters Monitor Image Quality The parameters for a monitoring activity all relate to the quality of the image to be displayed Ensure that the Monitoring check box is fF Montoing O Moral Recording filer Recceding fet Pre Alen enabled E Horis oth incest For
115. e see the appropriate sections sree oe for Cameras IO Boxes and Audio Boxes P hibsi Pest rs Le ce Figure 159 Adding a New Device 113 Setup Manager Setting and Modifying Device Details Overview You can modify the properties for any registered device 1 Select the device group from the Setup Manager e g Cameras Expand the group and select an individual device from the right hand list The device properties are displayed below the right hand list 2 Edit the properties as required select Apply to save your changes For a description of the specific details to be entered for each device type see the appropriate sections on Cameras IO Boxes and Audio Boxes individually When a device has been added to RealShot Manager it will be necessary to edit the device properties as described below to define the exact behaviour of the camera Common Device Properties TCP IP Settings The TCP IP and Proxy Server settings are the same for all device types Darana Camna Fine Share Sinaga Lacie 1 From the General tab of the device properties in the ime kera Setup Manager open the Port settings Cor e ttC i CSY 2 Enter the IP Address for and port number for the device 3 Enter the modified time to wait for a response to a TCP IP connection request before reporting an error 4 With the Use a proxy server for this port check box enabled you can enter new proxy server details into the Add
116. e sure the script refers to ArchivingORB or ArchivingORB static as appropriate for your installation e Copy the script to etc init d e Make appropriate symbolic links for starting and stopping ArchivingOR for the system runlevels that you are using For example letc rc2 d S99rsmorb init gt init d rsmorb init These details may vary for different Linux systems Stopping ArchivingORB If ArchivingORB is run interactively then press control C to interrupt it and exit cleanly If ArchivingORB is running in the background send it a TERM signal by using the kill command for example kill pid where pid is the id of the ArchivingORB process or killall ArchivingORB Logging ArchivingORB Messages ArchivingORB generates output messages on its standard output and standard error output These are normally displayed on the console from which ArchivingORB was started If ArchivingORB is started automatically then it may be useful to redirect these messages to a file Many Linux systems include a utility called logger that allows application output to be sent to the Linux logging system syslog If required the output from ArchivingORB can be directed into a separate log file by configuring etc syslog conf Usually this will also mean that the log file is automatically monitored by the system to make sure it does not get too large The monitoring and log management can be modified by configuring logrotate FTP Setup Windows
117. e the RealShot Manager application and reopen it your changes are reloaded from the database i e they are saved To Cleanup the Database Use the Cleanup Job functionality of the schedule editor to ensure that old recordings are deleted regularly See Cleanup Events on page 54 of the User Guide Layout Editor The layout editor is used to create or modify camera monitoring layouts It is possible to create many different layouts for use in RealShot Manager For all layout editing operations it is important to ensure that the layout edit mode is enabled to do this select the 3 Edit Mode icon from the Layout Editor toolbar This will enable the other tools in the toolbar Layout Editor Tools The Layout Editor toolbar provides the tools necessary for creating and modifying monitor layouts 160 1 Edit Mode ES Enables and disables layout editing See Figure 213 2 Layout database operations Creates a new layout Saves the current layout Saves a copy of the current layout with a new Layout filename Deletes the current layout 3 Layout import and export operations Be Import layout data from a file mh Export layout data to a file 4 Object editing tools ds Cut an object Copy an object EA Paste an object 5 Layout Scaling Mode H enables and disables scaling of objects in the monitor window 6 Create Layout Bi opens a dialog to create a camera monitor layout 7 Image editi
118. e user name and password to be able to adjust focus settings See the user manual for the camera for details The RealShot Manager camera settings will also impact on the picture quality received from the camera If a low resolution is set for the camera but the camera is viewed on a larger monitor window then the image will appear very blocky For example if the camera resolution is set to 160 x 120 pixels and the monitor window is set to 800 x 600 this will result in a very poor image quality because the original image has insufficient detail to supply the full 800 x 600 resolution See the user manual for the camera for details of how to change the camera resolution Figure 251 Setting Image Parameters 1 Right mouse clicking on a monitor window enables you to make image scaling adjustments see Camera Image Size and Position Tab on page 166 Camera resolution and image quality settings are made in the Camera Properties dialog see 191 Error Messages 2 Setting Camera Properties on page 121 3 To improve the image quality you can try the following e If Scale To Window is turned on enable the Smart Scale or Smooth Scaling functions e Increase the Resolution or Image Quality in the Camera Properties dialog take care if doing this as it may impact on the performance of the system in particular the maximum frame rate for recording or display may be reduced The reducti
119. ecting either Evaluate or 30 Days Mode either option subject to restrictions as shown in Figure 24 e Select Exit to leave the application If the license file installed on this machine has expired then you will see a message like this Select OK to continue and obtain a new license file To run the RealShot Manager application in evaluation mode delete the old license file from the machine If the license file on this machine is not valid for the current version of software then you will see a message like this Select OK to continue and obtain a new license file To run the RealShot Manager application in evaluation mode delete the invalid license file from the machine Getting Started Troubleshooting the Client Installation About RealShot Manager sony Realshot Manager a Version 0012 Copyright 2002 2005 Sony Corp To check that the license has been properly installed select About from the Help menu check that the Serial Number field contains a number similar to the one shown in Figure 27 License File supports G2 cameras License File never expires Serial Sumber 83291 0 1 6294865 2333608 Running since 20 January 2005 16 3417 Figure 27 Checking the License 15 Getting Started End User License Agreement End User License Agreement SONY Corporation End User License Agreement Sony RealShot Manager Application THIS PRODUCT IS FOR PROFESSIONAL USE IMPORTANT READ BEFORE USING END USER LICE
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122. el Cancel Browse Figure8 Manual Execution of Setup Program Follow the instructions below please note that you will require local administrator rights Step 1 Shut down any other windows programs that may be running Select OK in the Welcome window Select Setup to begin the installation process Select Next gt Figure9 Setup Confirmation Step 2 Read the End User License agreement and select Yes if you agree to be bound by the terms Figure 10 License Agreement Getting Started Software Installation Step 3 Select Browse and navigate to a folder in which to install the software the default location is typically C Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager Note that the drive letter will depend on the installation of the Operating System and that the default path can be modified during installation an example of a modified path is shown in Figure 11 If the directory does not exist select OK to confirm creation of the directory Step 4 Select OK to save the path Figure 11 Installation Path Select Next gt to move to the next Setup screen Step 5 Enter the name of the Program Folder where the shortcut icon to RealShot Manager should be installed The default is Sony RealShot Manager Select Next gt Step 6 Select the type of RealShot Manager you wish to install from the following e Standard the default e Controller e Viewer Select Next gt
123. elect another audio device Reselect Links audio to Cameras ON the left hand button in the Audio Toolbar 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Figure 194 Adding an Audio Device ep To add a new audio device ensure that the View Audio Section icon E4 on the Setup Manager toolbar is activated so that the Audio device partition is visible in the device tree Select T from the Setup Manager toolbar Currently only the following models of network audio devices are supported The MPEG 4 cameras SNC P1 and SNC DF40 the Barix Instreamer and the Barix Annuncicom Select one of these types from the Select a device type drop down box Give the audio device a name based on the audio that it records Set the I P details as described in TCP IP Settings on page 114 Set the proxy server details if required Select OK to register the new audio device To configure the device associate it with one or more cameras and setup the storage locations and audio characteristics see the following sections e Assigning Cameras to an Audio Device e Configuring and Modifying Audio Devices Note The following procedure is an example of preparation of an Annuncicom Audio Box 1 148 Set up the Annuncicom box on the network using the arp command to set the IP address Setup Manager 2 Upgrade the Annuncicom firmware this is available from the Sony Product Server site version 1 3 worked Subsequent versions from Ba
124. elete the 2 and add the version number to the end of the name Select Return to save your changes to the name Figure 31 Renaming the Shortcut Dealing with Licensing Issues As the RealShot Manager application starts it will look for the presence of a license file If the RealShot Manager application does not detect a license file required to run the software the message shown in Figure 24 will appear 20 User Guide Navigating the User Interface Contacting Sony If you have any questions regarding licensing of RealShot Manager please contact your local Sony dealer Navigating the User Interface The RealShot Manager user interface is an example of a Graphical User Interface GUI where practicable the individual windows support standard Microsoft Windows behaviour Resizing and Minimizing Maximizing Windows The windows opened during use of RealShot Manager can be arranged as follows To resize a window 1 Place the cursor over an edge or corner of the window until the drag arrow appears 2 Drag the window to the new required size You can also vary the width of columns within a window 1 Place the cursor over the join between two columns until the drag arrow appears 2 Drag the column boundary until the column is the required new width Figure 33 Resizing a Column To auto size a column to its contents left double click on the join to the right of the column heading Within a
125. eneral Settings Allows a user with administrator rights to modify application wide settings such as directories for recorded files log file settings and the default monitoring setup See General Settings on page 91 Camera Properties This icon is disabled until a camera is selected in the monitoring window See 2 User Guide Navigating the User Interface 10 Setting Camera Properties on page 121 11 Toggle lt Toolbar gt Controls These enable the display or hiding of function specific toolbars You can also show hide the toolbars using the View menu options 1 Toggle Recorder Toolbar 2 Toggle Playback Toolbar 3 Toggle Audio Toolbar 7 l y m a 2 la 4 Toggle Pan amp Tilt Toolbar FORNE Toggle Tours Toolbar 8 Figure 43 The Toolbar Controls 8 amp Toggle Output Control Toolbar Toggle Comment Toolbar 2 5 Toggle Preset Toolbar Toggle Layout Editor Toolbar 0 10 Toggle Custom Toolbar Depress the button to display the related toolbar 12 Logging Controls To view and setup logs use the Logging Window Logging Control Alarm Window and User Log Window icons See Logging on page 185 Modifying some of the logging eon requires administrator rights These windows present information to the user on the status and progress of events in RealShot Manager see Troubleshooting on page 185 1 Logging Wind
126. ent button l allows you to register the comment and save it with a link to the camera The Cancel Comment button clears the comment field in its entirety if you wish to delete just a few letters or words then the Delete key on your keyboard 3 Shows the camera name to help identify the video file 4 Marks the comment as High Importance Normal Importance it Low Importance Scheduling Recordings The Schedule Editor fa To open the Schedule Editor click on the main toolbar which will display the current schedule as illustrated by the example shown in Figure 81 The Schedule Editor window is split into three panes 1 A list of cameras sorted into groups 2 A Calendar of activities for the selected camera This view can be changed to a simple activities list See Using the Week and List Views on page 51 3 Event Details For each event added to the schedule list selecting the event opens a form for filling in details of the required activity For details of the Recording Schedule toolbar see The Schedule Editor Toolbar on page 29 49 User Guide Controlling Cameras Note By default every camera has an empty schedule An existing schedule can be cleared to create a new one See Clearing the Schedule on page 60 amp Tep mg Figi apl PF E miaa a ihm a iaai Fe e ia i l ot i T mi me F i kre me mm Teir Figure 81 The Schedule Edit
127. equired 4 Select Apply then OK to save the port details or Cancel to exit without saving them 5 Select Apply then OK to save the device details or Cancel to exit without saving them Figure 147 Adding an External Control Device Editing a Device for External Control Select an External Control device from the Control Device drop down list as shown in Figure 146 and then select _ to open the details of the control device for editing the dialog displayed will be as shown in Figure 148 1 Select the External Control tab General External Control ContlSting pom 2 Select a Camera from the Camera list or use the Add button to select one or more new r Control Details cameras from the Select Camera list Select OK eat x2 b K04 to close the Select Camera list Main Staircase 3 Enter the control data to be sent to the device in the Control String field See the setup or installation manual associated with the device for A a details of the control data required eS UO Beau 4 Select OK to add the camera to the list or t repisa Cancel to exit without saving the details Ff ah tisi y POURI Note The External Control Properties dialog has two nter uais tabs General and External Control The General j tab allows you to set the name and COM port details Jia Sssimgioks Prai Maai for control by the external device See
128. er of 4 cameras 3 Masimum of 3 layouts 4 Maximum of 2 users which are not saved B Maximum of 2 simultaneous recordings 6 Maximum recording length of 2 minutes T Maximum of 2 simultaneous playbacks 30 Days Mode You can run this application with following limitations but only once for a 30 day period 1 Available for a one time 30 day period only 2 Maximum number of 32 cameras 3 Title bar showing this i an unregistered version After this 30 day period has elapsed this mode will not be available any more but you will still be able to use the normal Evaluation mode Obtain and save a valid license file or Insert 4 valid dongle and retry detection Exit the application Figure 24 License Error Sony RealShot Manager X Your license expired on 30 April 2004 Please obtain an updated license E The application will now exit Thank you For using Sony RealShot Manager Figure 25 Out of date License Sony RealShot Manager X Please obtain an updated license The application will now exit Thank you For using Sony RealShot Manager T Your license is not valid For this version 3 0 0 0 Figure 26 Invalid License 14 e To resolve this obtain a license file from Sony and place it in the same directory as the RealShot Manager executable Select Retry to continue when you have installed the license file e lf you do not have a license then you can run an evaluation version of the program by sel
129. ers a Basingstoke Server 2 When the communication with the Remote Server has been established you can make changes to the Fe Cameras server configuration depending on network a permissions H 10 Boxes Add cameras and other devices to the Remote server E ay Audio sub tree in the same way as for adding local devices H E Storage Locations to the main tree a cn ie Remote Servers Figure 144 Remote Server Entries Adding an Individual Mapped Camera A mapped camera is served by another PC on the network and is referenced using its server s IP address To map view or use remote cameras from the remote client PC Add the host PCs for the shared cameras to the Remote PCs list of the Setup Manager see Remote Cameras on page 118 External Module Integration There are currently two options for external module integration e A Retail module for customer tracking e An External Camera Control module for sending data to network devices In a retail environment the RealShot Manager application can be used with an external retail module to analyse customer behaviour The External Control module allows configurations where cameras managed by one PC can be remotely controlled from another PC on the same network General Settings I x General Layout Directories Logging Alam User Computer Sharing Joystick Custom Toolbar Modules Extemal Control 1 Enable Retail Module Select the check box to enab
130. es e Setting Camera Properties on page 121 e The local camera settings are limiting the maximum frame rate see the relevant camera user guide e The camera is set to non streaming mode for image transfer see Stream and Non Stream Modes on page 132 e There is more than one user transferring images from the camera at the same time As more users request images the maximum frame rate at which images are transferred will fall e Inthe case of the SNT V304 the maximum frame rate is limited by the number of cameras connected See 190 Error Messages Network Station Limitations on page 132 e The display update speed is not set to maximum see Monitor Window Update Speed on page 184 Note that the rate at which images are displayed and the rate at which they are recorded are two different things It is possible for images to be recorded at 25 fps but only displayed at 2 fos for example The Camera Image on Screen is Very Poor Quality If the image from a camera is poor then the causes could be as follows e The camera is not in focus e The lens is dirty e A low resolution image capture has been selected for the camera e Low picture quality has been selected for the camera Camera focus cannot be adjusted using RealShot Manager you must use a web browser to connect to the camera The camera settings and controls that are accessible through a web browser are password protected you will need to know th
131. etuid bit or by using another package such as super to execute it with the privileges from another user account e ArchivingORB should be run from the working directory and has the following command line arguments o ArchivingORB v v v c lt ConfigFile gt O f lt ActionFolder gt lt ProcessingFolder gt lt ProcessedFolder gt lt HistoryFolder gt O ph lt PetaServe_Hostname gt pf lt PetaServe_Folder gt O hn lt Local_Ftp_Hostname gt hu lt Local_Ftp_Username gt O hp lt Local_ Ftp Password gt hf lt Local_Ftp_Folder gt O o Default configuration file ORB_Config xml e Atypical interactive usage would be as follows o cd usr local ArchivingORB O ArchivingORB c ORB_Config xml 88 Installing RealShot Manager Server Note For further command line examples please see the README file that accompanies your RSMServer application software Starting ArchivingORB automatically when Linux starts Many Linux installations use a system of scripts often in etc init d and symbolic links often in etc rc d where is a number or letter to set which applications to start or stop when the system boots up shuts down or changes state runlevel The example script rsmorb init shows how ArchivingORB can be integrated into the boot up system To use the script you should perform the following steps e Edit the script so that the five variable settings reflect your ArchivingORB installation e Mak
132. evice The procedure for adding an audio device is a variation on the generic procedure for adding any device see Adding a Device on page 113 It can be summarised as 1 Create a new Audio Device in the Setup Manager device tree 2 Associate one or more cameras to the new audio device 3 To monitor audio live select a monitor window with at least one assigned camera Select pressed in Toggle Audio ON the right hand button in the Audio toolbar the speaker icon is not muted and Links Audio to Cameras ON the left hand button in the Audio Toolbar If multiple cameras are assigned to the monitor window you will only hear the audio associated with cameras that have been configured to have an association with an audio device If multiple audio sources have been assigned to one camera you will hear the first one in the list if you need to listen to a different audio source then you need to switch off Links Audio to Cameras and select the preferred audio source 147 Setup Manager 4 Recordings will automatically create associated audio files aud When playing back recordings ensure that the audio filter button is disabled and select Toggle Audio ON the right hand button in the Audio toolbar the speaker icon is not muted 5 To change the audio device for playback select Links Audio to Cameras OFF the left hand button in the Audio Toolbar is popped out and use the drop down list in the Audio toolbar to s
133. ew activity will start out as a copy of the previously edited one Select the days of the week on which the activity is to take place using the weekday check boxes See Figure 93 1 Enter an event name Enter a Daily Start Time and End Time or Duration Select the required combination of activity types using the check boxes in this case Monitoring only is selected See Figure 93 2 Select the required quality parameters for the monitor image See Figure 93 3 For further details of the parameters see Recording image quality on page 61 irim Sii Toe fox0000 Eng Tma 0 ooo Dusen 0 fee e 6 TAN E Mewong a rpi EE Fida Fameshecond a T Qy j y RE Saturday Pha bok teow CIF jt 36039 Auto Coker Levet j x B Sunday Figure 93 Details of a Monitoring Event Adding Timed Activity Select a camera or group of cameras and click on the E button on the Schedule Editor toolbar to open the related schedule in the list view 58 User Guide Controlling Cameras i a 1 Enter the details of the required event e a a a a into the form as for a recurrent item but EIO F baay FF aming E ig T Paia instead of setting the days of the week ERRO See ee 2 Enter a name for the event Somes lm e Cito E ooa 3 Set the Start Date and Time and the End Date and Time Select the button from the Schedule Editor Figure 94 A Timed Activity toolbar to insert these details as an item in the
134. example schedule shown above is made up of four individual activities 1 ANormal Recording activity between midnight and 9 00 Monday through Saturday 2 An Alarm Recording Activity between 12 00 and 14 00 Monday through Saturday Note that you do not know without looking at the associated form whether the camera is being monitored during this period background monitoring does not affect the colour of the activity 3 Monitoring only between18 00 and 20 45 Monday through Saturday 4 Simultaneous recording and Alarm Recording between midnight on Saturday and 20 45 on Sunday 57 User Guide Controlling Cameras The schedule grid is graduated in periods of 15 minutes Activities can be manipulated by dragging the start or end of the event to a new time You can also adjust the start and end time by modifying the form on the bottom right of the screen if you want to start recording at any time interval that does not fall on a 15 minute boundary The event type is illustrated within each activity by the same icons as shown in Table 1 Adding Recurring Activities The following steps describe the example of adding a scheduled Monitoring activity see Figure 93 1 2 3 Select a camera or group of cameras for which you wish to create a new scheduled event Click on the Insert Recurrent Item icon a on the Recording Schedule toolbar to insert the new activity into the Week View This will not reset the values in the form so the n
135. fer 3 Click on the Paste icon EE or press Ctrl V on the keyboard The cut object may be repeatedly pasted To Delete an Object 1 Select the object with the mouse the selected item will be highlighted with yellow border 2 Press Delete DEL on the keyboard to remove the object permanently 174 Layout Editor Adding Camera Monitors The Monitor Window can contain camera monitor windows to display the images from many cameras The Layout Editor allows you to design the layout of these camera images See Figure 231 NO CAMERA 1 Click and drag the left mouse button anywhere in the monitor window outside the camera image and a new camera monitor window is created 2 Click and drag inside a camera monitor window to move it to a different position 3 Click and drag at the edges of a camera monitor 2 3 window to change its size Figure 231 Adding a Monitor Note You can also use the create layout tool BE to quickly create basic layouts with multiple monitors these layouts can then be modified to achieve the desired result Assigning a Hotspot Monitor In a RealShot Manager configuration with many cameras the camera monitor windows may have to be very small to fit them all on the screen One monitor can be used as a hotspot monitor See Figure 232 The hotspot monitor will display the same picture as the currently selected camera monitor window The hotspot monitor will usually be larger than the other
136. g Video Source intemal ss s 1 Mount Angie MEE 2 User Name admin e l Binary Mode Old Firmware OL 2 _ ce o Figure 169 Camera Properties Camera Tab Varies with model Video Source Select Internal to accept the image generated directly from a camera connected to the network select one of the External inputs for video sources connected to a video network station with multiple inputs This field will be greyed out if the camera model only supports one internal video source Note The Video Source field is only available in Setup Manager it cannot be set by opening the camera properties by double clicking on a monitor window or having selected a monitor window using the Camera Properties icon from the main toolbar Mount Angle Select the angle 0 90 180 270 at which the camera has been mounted to enable adjustment of the returned image so that it is the correct way up User Name Each camera in the system will have login details i e a user name and password assigned Enter the same user name and password here to enable RealShot Manager to control and administer the camera Binary Mode an example of a model specific setting via check boxes see Setting Camera Properties on page 121 for a description Old Firmware an example of a model specific setting via check boxes see 11 Setting Camera Properties on page 121 for a description 12 Select Apply to
137. gateway allows use of existing analogue cameras in an IP network environment EZPlugger provides a step by step approach to building device configurations downloading firmware updates and setting device parameters Note EZPlugger is a separate application to RealShot Manager and requires a separate installation and registration procedure Email Notification Enables the sending of e mails to notify specified users when an alarm is triggered For details of how to configure alarms for e mail notification see Alarm Notification Integration on page 104 The Schedule Editor Toolbar Selecting the Schedule Editor button from the main toolbar opens the schedule editor The toolbar for the schedule editor provides you with the following functions GS Schedule Editor Figure 45 The Schedule Editor Toolbar 29 User Guide Navigating the User Interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 View as List switches the window from the weekly calendar to the activities list View as Week switches the window from the activities list to the weekly calendar Toggle Form Displays Hides the activities form New Schedule Clears the schedule of recordings for the currently selected camera or group Apply Schedule Saves changes to the recording schedule for the current camera or group Copy Schedule Copies an entire schedule for a camera or camera group into a schedule paste buffer In the case of copying fr
138. gger User Guide DC963501374 for further details Alarm Notification Integration RealShot Manager can notify selected users of alarms generated When RealShot Manager detects that an alarm has been triggered this module sends out an e mail with the following information e Type of alarm detected e Camera IOBox e Input pin number Activity Detection pin e The camera image at the instant of the alarm 1A current limitation of this module is that for about 10 seconds after it is started no image is attached to generated e mails For instructions on how to set up the routing of the e mails to the correct user s please see the EMail Notification Module User Guide 104 User Accounts User Accounts To open the User Manager dialog click on the User Manager icon s on the main toolbar see Figure 153 If you do not create any user accounts then anybody can use RealShot Manager with full access to all functions of the application x General Users Groupe Curent User Default Permissions Penelope Paganuzz 2 Schedule Editor D a Camera Manager Change User oe IO Manager C Ka Audio Manager W Enable permissions D a Remote Setup I Users must enter a password E O Action Editor D 82 User Manager 23 Storage Locations E Er General Settings i A Camera Properties DO 47 Manual Recording Ag Search and Playback OF Cancel Figure 153 The User Manager From th
139. gs General Settings The Alarm tab allows you to modify how alarms are reported See Figure 138 Computer Sharing Joystick CustomToolbar Modules General Layout Directories Logging Alam User File Logging File Name File Size 1024 KB Max Files 3 cH rs Alam Soung Chord Minimal nterval 1000 me 3 Popup Alarm History Window e Highlight Alarm In Status Bar V Show Red Border In Camera Monitor M Select Associated Cameras In Hotspot Monitor 4 Display Duration 500 ms Figure 138 Alarm Settings File Logging File Name Provide a file name for the logging of alarm messages File Size This is the maximum size in KB of the alarm message log file before it is closed and a new one is opened Max Files Enter the maximum number of alarm message log files to be retained on the system When this maximum is reached the oldest is deleted Sound Alarm Sound Browse to or enter the name of a wav file for the sound you wish to accompany an alarm Minimal Interval This is the delay between alarm sounds being played in the event that multiple alarms are generated at the same time These check boxes control the actions that result from an alarm Popup Alarm History Window With this enabled a pop up window containing a history of recent alarms is displayed whenever an alarm is generated Highlight Alarm In Status Bar With this enabled the
140. gt 2ndFloor 6 General Settings Gl The tab labelled External Control is only visible if enabled in the Modules tab See External Module Integration on page 99 Each of the tabs is described in more detail in the following sections Select the general settings icon on the Main toolbar to open the General Settings tabulated window User Interface Settings General Tab The General tab allows you to modify the setup for the User Interface Note that the tabs can vary from those shown in Figure 134 depending on settings in the Modules tab 91 General Settings General Settir gs Joystick Custom Toolbar Modules Gener Layout Directories Logging Alam Use M User interface Language 4 Language Jefault System Language Monitor Update Speed Process Control Interval fao E j ms Idle Display Interval 1000 m Recordings 3 Recording File Format Tagged MetaData x Use the second monitor as full screen HotSpot monitor Figure 134 General Settings Open the General Settings dialog by selecting the toolbar icon shown in Figure 134 1 User Interface Language Select the language to use for RealShot Manager dialogs tool tips message boxes and drop down menus in the field 2 Monitor Update Speed Set the image update characteristics in the area e The Process Control Interval determines how frequently the camera monitor
141. h monitor is to be used for monitoring the camera s specified in the Cameras tab For details of how to build a list of cameras using the Cameras tab see Cameras Tab on page 157 158 The Action Editor General Cameras Monitor 1 Hotspot Monitor Select this option to use the hotspot 1 f Hotspot Monitor f monitor to view the cameras 2 EG amia Mom 2 Specific Monitor Select this option to select a specific _ monitor from the drop down box below This option not 3 Display Duration 2000 us available in version 2 0 1 1 3 Camera Display Duration This is the duration in milliseconds for which the image from each multiple cameras is displayed before moving onto the next one in a cycle 4 Select OK to save your Monitor settings or Cancel to exit without saving them Figure 210 Monitor Action Move Camera s to Preset PTZ When the action type is specified as Preset two additional tabs are displayed 1 Cameras tab Allows you to build a list of cameras see Figure 207 This is covered by the section Cameras Tab on page 157 2 Preset tab Allows you to specify a pan and tilt preset position for the selected camera s to move to See below Preset Tab This tab allows you to enter a named preset position for camera pan tilt and zoom to be adopted when the action is triggered 1 In the Preset field enter the name of the preset that
142. he image in a monitor window as a still right click on a monitor and select Freeze from the pop up menu A v will appear against the Freeze menu item This menu item has a toggle action to return to normal monitoring select Freeze again to clear the v Figure 60 Freezing a Camera Image Cam Lab 2 J j 2003 7i 0 Thu i1 aa i Whilst the freeze is active the image in the monitor is frozen still and Freeze is displayed in the monitor Note This does not save the still image to disk If you wish to take a snapshot of a camera image See Saving the Monitored Image on page 38 Figure 61 Camera image with Freeze Updating the Frame Rate To vary the displayed frame rate of the image in a monitor window right click on a monitor and select Update Speed from the pop up menu Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras Remove Cameras Return To Camerats Select the new speed required from the list Freeze The actual display frame rate from a camera Update Speed Maximum will depend on 40 ms 25 Fos 80 ms 12 fps e The processing speed of the RealShot Scale To Window w 160 ms 6 fps Manager PC 320 ms 3 Fos A A E e How many other cameras are being y Keep spect 500 ms 2 Fos ee ene Smooth Scaling 1 sec 1 fps 2 sec 0 5 Fos 5 sec 0 2 Fos 10 sec 0 1 Fos SHU CATE e The frame rate set at the camera Open Image From File See also Monitor
143. he network routing being via a proxy server and the details have not been entered in the camera properties Verifying a Network Connection Using Ping Open the command prompt in windows and use the ping command 1 Use the Windows Start menu to select Run or press the Windows Key R 2 Type cmd Note Windows 98 does not recognise cmd so type command instead 3 Select OK 4 Type ping lt ip address of camera gt to test if the camera is connected to the network and visible from this computer If the camera is connected then you will see a message of the form Reply from 192 168 0 110 bytes 32 time lt 10ms TTL 128 as shown in Figure 248 c CF WINDOWS System32 cmd exe D Documents and Settings GBPAGANPSDesktop gt ping 43 194 174 85 Pinging 43 194 174 85 with 32 bytes of data 43 194 174 85 hytes 32 timetims TTL 124 43 194 174 85 bytes 32 time lt ims TTL 128 43 194 174 85 bytes 32 time lt ims TTL 128 Reply From 43 194 174 85 hytes 32 timetims TTL 124 Ping statistics for 43 194 174 85 Packets Sent 4 Received 4 Lost B CH loss Approximate round trip times in milli seconds Minimum ms Maximum Ams Average Ams D Documents and Settings GBRPAGANP Desktop gt Figure 248 Testing a Network Connection with Ping 188 Error Messages If the camera is not connected Request timed out is displayed as shown below es CAWINDOWS System32 cmd exe Do Documents and
144. hown in Figure 54 User currently logged in defaults to No User if not logged in Current Date Current Time Monitoring Monitor Window Objects When creating a Monitor Window layout a number of different objects can be added to layout 1 2 3 Figure 55 Monitor Window Objects Camera Monitor Windows Used to display images from cameras playback previously recorded video clips and capture snapshots Hotspot Camera Monitor Window Used to display a duplicate image from one of the other camera monitor windows The hotspot monitor window would generally be larger than the other camera monitor windows and is used to see any image in more detail Click on any camera monitor window 1 and the picture is also displayed in the hotspot monitor In a dual screen configuration the hot spot monitor can be configured to be a full screen image on the second monitor see General Settings on page 91 in the Administrator s guide for details Image Object JPEG BMP and EYE wavelet image files may be displayed on the layout These objects are created using a graphic editing application and then loaded into the layout Image objects may be made active by assigning an action to them The following actions can be configured for an image object Switch the camera displayed in a monitor Switch to a different layout Send a command using external control When an action is assigned to an image object clicking on tha
145. ialog 3 Enter the name of an existing image file or click on the browse button to search for and select an image on your computer s hard disk 4 Select the background display mode e Stretch the image is stretched to fill the whole of the monitoring window a an ie vias Center the image is displayed centred a within the monitoring window Figure 229 Background Image Colour e Tile the image is repeated tiled across the whole of the monitoring window 5 Select OK to save your changes and Cancel to leave the dialogs without saving Note If a full screen background image or an image is tiled stretched is inserted then the background colour will not be visible View Options There are three tools provided to assist with the modification of layouts when using the Layout Editor these are Opens the grid settings dialog that is used to set up grid to which all object placement and movement operations are snapped See Grid Settings on page 174 H Grid Settings E5 Show Hide Monit Used to hide the monitors to allow images behind the monitors to be seen and i SIUS MONES aed Toggles on off with each click Used to hide images to reduce the amount of clutter on screen when editing l Show Hide Images the layout Toggles on off with each click 173 Layout Editor Grid Settings The objects placed in the Monitor Window can be aligned to a grid This grid can be visi
146. ialog to change the default settings for all camera monitors select Monitor Properties from the Create Layout Tool You can then either select a monitor display window and use the Create Layout icon to select Monitor Properties or double click with the left mouse button directly on the monitor display window To change the settings for a single camera monitor window double click on it in the Monitor Window when the layout editor is active The resulting dialog has the following tabs e Control Window e Source Image e Image Size amp Position e mage Border e Show Info e Font Monitor Window Control This window allows you to modify the size and appearance of the monitor window itself These settings are separate from those that affect the size and appearance of the monitored camera image See Figure 217 164 Layout Editor Monitor Properties J x Image Border Showlnio Fort Functionally Control Window Soucelmage ImageSize amp Postion Size 4 Left 0 Top fo Widhe fo Haight fo Border i Borda Show Border EE 7 ShowBorde Graden 3D 22 7 Width a Width TEONE o COO e Background cie OF Cancel Figure 217 Control Window Tab 1 Size Displays the location and size of the window these fields are read only 2 Border Click on the Show Border check box to enable or disable borders around the camera monitors Select a style from the combo box
147. ied so all of the buttons are pressed in To activate a filter and remove the affected entries from the list or timeline click on the appropriate button to deselect it User Guide Playback Browsing for Files You can select recordings to play back by accessing the video files using the Browser 1 Select the Open Recording icon from the toolbar This will open a browse window from which you can locate the video file you wish to play back 2 Select the video file to be opened 3 Select Open The video file is opened in the currently selected playback window for viewing Fle peme Manhatan 1 011204 193908 M DOON com Fea of tye Camara Fiss cam Figure 117 The Browse Window Cleaning Up Recordings Recordings can be deleted manually from the Search Recording window Select one or more oe recordings from a search results list and then from the toolbar As a further insurance against disks becoming full individual purge events can be scheduled for files recorded from particular cameras You can create regular schedule jobs to perform automatic file purging and set ageing criteria for files Recordings are then automatically purged according to the cleanup schedule See Cleanup Events on page 54 11 User Guide Playback F 1 Select the Cleanup icon This will open a window in which you can set the parameters for cleaning up old recordings 2 To restrict
148. igure 141 The Z Axis eed Je ih H n Poe s a controls of the joystick control the zoom in out speed TT U niet Cornac and the buttons are mapped to set the zoom speed Hare Fureton Rmi vae Range to one of 3 presets Slow Fast or Variable With the im i ae E T D I5 Variable speed zoom the speed of the zoom Dini Zomminvaibie 6 depends on the position of the joystick handle Push ban Zomi forwards to increase the zoom speed and pull Bans Zemin Fat backwards to decrease the zoom speed pane Mera Figure 141 Joystick Example Remote Access and Sharing Each RealShot Manager PC can manage any camera that is connected to an accessible part of the network However to avoid duplication of recordings and reduce network traffic it is possible to nominate individual RealShot Manager PCs as responsible for a specific group of cameras Other PCs can then remotely access the live images from these cameras and prior recordings This is particularly useful if a local operation is unmanned at night monitoring and access to recordings can be performed off site at a central location The settings illustrated in Figure 142 enable sharing of resources managed by the host PC and access to resources already shared on other PCs 1 Sharing The Enable sharing on this computer check box controls the visibility of this host PC and its managed devices to o RealShot Manager clients on the network Fe The Enable sharing this
149. ill scan through the listed cameras displaying the output of each one for the specified duration 6 To exit without saving your changes select Cancel Administrators see also Assigning Multiple Cameras to a Camera Monitor on page 176 41 User Guide Monitoring Assigning a Tour You can use a single monitor to cycle through a tour of preset positions for a single camera i Building 5 r Lz Ls Figure 71 Selecting a Tour Select the monitor window and use the Toggle Tours Toolbar icon to open the Tours toolbar see The Tours Toolbar on page 32 If any tours are specified for the camera assigned to the selected monitor window then one or more of the numeric buttons will be highlighted Select one of the highlighted buttons or a named tour from the drop down list to view the images defined by the tour in the selected monitor window You can also open the Tours toolbar and then select the camera directly from the combo box This enables you to build tours for cameras not currently selected in a monitor For details of how to set up a tour see Building a Tour on page 46 42 User Guide Controlling Cameras Controlling Cameras Select the camera to be controlled in the monitoring window Using Pan Tilt and Zoom PTZ For a camera that is capable of PTZ functionality e g the SNC RZ30 you can use the Pan amp Tilt
150. indow A date time stamp severity level and description of the problem Figure 246 The Log File User Log Window The User Log window is tracks the log in activity of the users Each item in the log is a user either logging in or logging out The date and time of the log in activity is recorded This window is dockable if you drag it to an edge of the main RSM application window it will become attached The docking function acts in the same way as for the Alarm Monitoring window see Monitoring Alarms on page 80 res Ts l Penny Fenny Faga 06 08 2004 14 50 31 Shazza Sharen Whe 06 08 2004 14 50 14 Shazza Sharen Whe 06 08 2004 74 50 10 Kit Kit E arritt 06 02004 14 50 04 Kit Kt Barritt OBO 2004 14 49 45 Figure 247 User Log Window The most recent user is at the top of the window The icon is coloured when the user logs in and is grey when the user logs out 187 Error Messages Error Messages Camera Monitor Window Displays NO CONNECTION RealShot Manager displays this message when it is unable to communicate with a camera across the network This problem can be caused by e The camera being switched off e The network connection between the camera and the RealShot Manager PC being broken e g a network router has been switched off e The camera configuration in RealShot Manager and or the camera being incorrect refer to Camera on page 121 and the relevant camera user guide e T
151. ing up a shared Storage Location In order for a RSM client on a MS windows machine to browse and playback the recordings made by RSMServer the directory used by the storage location must be shared on the network The name of the share should be the same as the name of the storage location The RSMServer storage location is named Default On linux this can be achieved by using the samba package to make the directory available to MS windows machines on the network The samba configuration file smb conf should be edited as follows 1 Inthe global section add the line security share 2 Add a share definition as follows using the same directory that the storage location uses for the path setting Default comment RSMServer storage location path recordings writable yes browseable yes guest ok yes guest only yes It may be necessary to restart samba after making these changes This is achieved by running a command such as etc init d samba restart Starting RSMServer automatically when Linux starts Linux installations typically use a system of scripts often in etc init d and symbolic links often in etc rc d where is a number or letter to decide which applications to start or stop when the system boots up shuts down or changes state runlevel The example script rsmserver init shows how RSMServer can be integrated into the boot up system To use the script you should perform the following steps 1 Edit the
152. interest Alternatively select an existing area and then Edit to open the details for modifying Use the Motion Detection toolbar to create you areas of interest see Figure 172 Area Mode Set to Include to detect motion within the marked areas or to Exclude to detection motion outside of all of the marked areas Configuration Name Type a name for the configuration this will be used to schedule alarm events based on motion detected in these areas the name must be unique for each camera Display Color Using the Colour selector see Selecting a Colour on page 22 choose the Colour to fill the Motion Detection mask in the case of detected motion Preset Name Select the preset that belongs to configuration the camera will be moved to this preset when configuration becomes active i e motion is detected in the specified region s Threshold The sensitivity level 1 100 is used to determine if there is motion between frames used by the motion detection processor Select Expert Mode to allow you to modify further parameters describing the Motion Detetion behaviour Modify the advanced parameters as required see Figure 172 10 Select OK to exit the Motion Detection window saving your changes or Cancel to exit without saving 11 Your new configuration will appear in the list if saved 12 Select Apply to confirm the listed configurations 13 Select Edit to open the configuration again if y
153. is cleared 4 Alarm recording starts at the point the alarm is raised 5 If Fixed Duration is selected then Figure 106 Alarm Timings recording continues for the number of seconds in the Duration field regardless of whether the alarm is cleared during this time To trigger an output select the output from those available highlighted in the range A H For instructions on how to set up the camera outputs see Assigning an I O Box Pin to a Camera on page 144 Motion Detection Event Parameters Configuration The configuration drop down list on the Motion Detection tab see Figure 107 allows you to specify the area of interest for motion detection over the specified period Details of how to configure the areas for motion detection are given in the section Motion Detection on page 123 Weekdays Mame Empty Lab Start Time oo 00 00 Erd Time 0 07 30 00 Al Duration o for 30 00 2 Monitoring Nomal Recording Alarm Recording Pre Alarm IY Monday IY Tuesday IY Wednesday E amp Motion Detection 3 E Alarm Recording Pre amp Post Alarm 4 Inputs IY Thursday Iv Friday Coniguration Main Foyer IY Saturday IY Sunday Figure 107 Motion Detection Event Parameters Inputs From the Inputs tab you can select the motion detection pin to trigger the alarm recording associated with the detection of motion in the configured area Details of how to configure the are
154. ity Normal Recording Alarm Recording Note Motion Detection can raise an alarm to trigger recording Pre Post Alarm Recording Retail Mode Recording Cleanup Job Table 1 Event Activity Icons 4 Start Start time for recurring events is hh mm ss and for date time events dd mmm yyyy hh mm ss 5 End End time for recurring events is hh mm ss and for date time events dd mmm yyyy hh mm ss 6 Duration The duration of the activity in hours minutes seconds or hh mm ss 7 Weekdays A mask of seven codes to specify on which days of the week the activity takes place is equivalent to not active on that day of the week M Monday T Tuesday W Wednesday T Thursday F Friday S Saturday S Sunday 52 User Guide Controlling Cameras Events and Types Colour Coding and Priorities Activities within the weekly view of the schedule are colour coded according to the chart below The range of event types available depends on the RealShot Manager configuration For example the Retail event type is only available if RealShot Manager is configured to work with a Retail module Hormal Recording Alarm Recording i Alarm amp Normal Recording Monitoring Motion Detection m Cleanup Job Retail Figure 86 Event Colour Coding The type of event or activity is chosen using the check boxes within the camera activity form You can select multiple activities to happen simultaneously by chec
155. iver dbf 4 Microsoft dBase YFP Driver dbf B 4 4 4 A Drive YIUICTOSO Microsol Microsoft dBase Treiber dbf Microsoft Excel Driver xIs Microsoft Excel Treiber xls i hdiornsantt FavPra Nriar ARF if b ome Figure 20 Access Drivers 12 Getting Started Troubleshooting the Client Installation Step 4 The Data Source configuration dialog will open 1 Enter the Data Source Name this must be Sony ris RealShot Manager er 2 Click on Select to locate the database file If the RealShot Manager software is installed in the default location this will be C Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager Database 3 Select the RealShot Manager mdb file and click on OK Click on OK again to save changes to the new Figure 21 Link to the DB DSN you have created M0080 Data Source Adminivtrabor ixl Step 5 User OSN SyatomDEN Fia DH Daves Tracia Conmction Pestra abea fo newly created DSN is listed in the System Data Gypibain Data Sources Sources List Box If you need to make any changes to this data source select it and click on Configure to make changes Refer to the Microsoft Access manual for details Feme Contig J Microso Smenn Ume my APVODBC paipa deta source shores information abod hos bp connect in EJ the indicated datareader A Diem data panegi venble in all unag can Uae paira middag HT diiva Fig
156. king multiple boxes 4 Manual F NomalRecoding D Alam Recording D Pe External sensors such as motion sensors contact closures for doors and windows and the I O pins of a BarioNet audio device may be connected to the Sony range of surveillance cameras to trigger recording M Manual W Moma Recording M AlamRecording v Pre Alam based on an alarm being raised Figure 87 Event Types If you select Alarm recording the Pre Alarm check box is also enabled If activities overlap then the highest priority activity takes precedence Alarm recording can be used to increase the quality of the image when an alarm occurs during normal recording Assuming that the parameters for the alarm recording are for a higher quality picture than the normal recording the effective priorities are as follows 1 Alarm Recording 2 Normal Recording 3 Monitoring As an example if you want to record at 10 frames per second fps as Normal Recording for the whole day and increase the frame rate to 25 fps only when there is an active alarm as Alarm Recording Set the monitoring frame rate for display purposes to 10 fps Monitoring This will result in retrieving monitor images from the camera at 10 fps when there is no alarm When there is an alarm the frames will be retrieved at the highest of the overlapping frame rates i e 25fps Note You can also set the frame rate independently for recordings to be different to the monitored frame rate For example you
157. layback of a recording are shown in Figure 121 For a full description of how to use these controls see the following sections The Timeline on page 75 Cue Play Pause amp ReverseShuttle on page 75 Fast Forward Reverse on page 6 Previous Next Recording on page 76 Timelapse Mode Versus Normal Mode on page 6 Exporting to an AVI File on page 77 RealShot Manager can play back the audio associated with a recording if it is available see Searching for Recordings on page 64 The creation of audio files requires correct associations to be set up between and audio device and a camera at the time of recording To hear the audio from an audio device associated with a camera when monitoring live see Monitoring Audio on page 79 Playback Recording Ce dl a Rance vere isi kea oad inal Figure 121 Playback Recording Controls Toolbar Use the playback controls to view the file If you wish to highlight part of the file use the Mark In and Mark Out Ba buttons to set a start and end point of interest 74 The Timeline User Guide Playback The timeline area displays the date and time at which the image was captured It also displays a single letter code to indicate if the file was the result of an alarm a scheduled event or a manual recording The A in Figure 122 indicates that this file was recorded as the result of an alarm You can drag the red line to move through the video quickly
158. lbar see Figure 119 as follows 1 Select Restore Recording to mark this item for retrieval from the archive A local copy will be created that can be used for previewing 2 Select Unrestore Recording to delete the local copy of an archived recording previously created by a restore 3 Select Archive Job List to view a list of the currently active archive activities 4 Select Refresh to update the archive job list 5 Select Close to remove the archive job list window 72 User Guide Playback 4 ae ro a HEEE ek a H Le Pr A a r CI VO a i ar P Em wai a i 4 Figure 119 Restoring from Archive Previewing a Recording Perform a search to locate the recording you wish to preview see Searching for Recordings on page 64 select a recording from the search results list and then select the Preview Selected Recording icon from the toolbar E The Playback Recording toolbar is displayed and the first frame of the file is cued in the preview window that is opened in the bottom right pane of the Search Recording window 13 User Guide Playback hai st airaa D Dar 2 ARRO u m s lere ee l E D cera Jp e ea a To Tis o bimi C iai kii iis nae Mewin AL Lt Soe F i Ve 2a AM ee Pea Ried os PUTO a D2 pr EER re Figure 120 Controls for playing back a Recording The Playback Controls The controls available for controlling p
159. lbar from the View menu 2 Select 32 to enable the layout editor tools Creating a New Layout The create layout tool can be used to create a basic monitor window layout It is used to add multiple camera monitors to the layout and specify information about the monitor windows Select EJ on the Layout Editor Toolbar to open the Create Layout dialog see Figure 215 162 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Layout Editor P Use a hotpol monta 2 Come 2 Flower Po Stat Coke 2 StA f2 kapei Saami O e O iri E Cisis cassis ibm tor Eoo F Figure 215 The Create Layout Dialog Monitor Layout Select the number of monitors you want displayed on screen by entering a number of columns and rows Hot Spot Enable the Use a hotspot monitor check box to assign one monitor as a hotspot monitor Enter the number of columns and rows you want the hotspot monitor to occupy the size of the hot spot monitor Enter the start column and row to specify where the hotspot monitor should be positioned on screen 1 1 is the top left corner The hot spot area is shown as yellow in the Preview region 7 Monitor Spacing Enter the number of pixels of spacing between monitors both horizontally and vertically in the monitor window Layout Spacing Creates a margin round the layout with a border width as specified in the individual boxes for the left right top and bottom margins
160. le You can drag a camera over an existing pin in the device tree to form an association but to make an association between a camera and all the pins in an I O box you must use the Assign Camera button on the Setup Manager toolbar For both internal and external I O boxes the process would be as shown in Figure 189 1 Select an I O pin in the I O box list pane x 2 Select the Assign Camera s icon from the Setup Manager toolbar If no cameras are associated with a pin then enabling the input pin does not result in any action 3 If any cameras are selected then enabling of the input pin triggers any related action for all the selected cameras use shift click to select multiple cameras 4 Select OK to save your changes Gis aa O ee ws ke ape i Lae ms J si ce Bute a 5 mes Ciel i eee Es eee Fs r 1 emer ae Fe ah berma i hha mt Liya E iu ts ur Is a is els all erena su i NBB ua D a a D bese tees J nem terre Figure 189 Linking I O Pins with a Camera For an output this link enables you to trigger the output manually using the Output Control toolbar For an input it allows you to schedule alarm recordings and other events based on the triggering of the input by the attached sensor Details of how to trigger events based on a camera input and how to trigger camera outputs manually are given in the following sections in the User Guide Alarm Recording Parameters
161. le To Window 160 ms 6 fps Smart Scale 320 ms 3 fps v Keep Aspect 500 ms 2 fps Smooth Scaling 1000 ms 1 fps m View Save Frame s Open Image From File Figure 241 Changing the Monitor Update Speed To change the update speed for the selected camera monitor window 1 Right mouse click on a camera monitor window See Figure 241 2 Select Update Speed gt from the pop up menu and navigate to the sub menu 3 Select the update speed from 40ms 25 fps to 1000ms 1 fps or Maximum If maximum is selected the camera monitor window will be updated as fast as possible given the limitations of the processor speed of the PC Positioning Display Information A number of information text boxes can be displayed within the camera monitor window These text boxes are useful when initially setting up the system or when diagnosing system problems The positioning of each piece of information can be set from the right click menu of the camera monitor window See Selecting Display Items on page 35 The monitor window display information can also be configured in the Edit Monitor dialog see Figure 221 184 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Logging The most important troubleshooting aids that RealShot Manager offers you are the log files this section describes in detail how to configure the reporting of errors warnings and other messages Logging Control To modify the events logged by the logger
162. le communication with the retail module on this PC This check 1 F Enable Retail Module box is only available if a suitable retail 2 7 Enable External Control software module has been installed on the PC 2 Enable External Control Select the check box to activate the external control facilities of RealShot Manager A new tab External Control is added to the General Settings dialog when this check box is selected 3 Select OK to save your changes or Cancel to exit without saving them Note that the cameras and related control strings must be set up in the External Control tab See External Control on page 100 Figure 145 Modules 99 General Settings External Control If External Control has been enabled See Figure 145 Then you can send RS 232 control data to external devices by selecting any camera with a configured device for monitoring in the Monitor Window Before adding control devices ensure that the associated cameras have already been configured See Adding a Device on page 113 As an example External Control might be used for switching an audio mixer to hear audio from a particular camera Configure the cameras and devices as follows TT i x a z Select oF to add a new Control Device see Adding a General Layout Directories Logging Alarm User Device for External Control on page 100 Computer Sharing Joystick Custom Toolbar Modules Extern
163. low 1 Click on the User Manager icon cel on the main toolbar to open the User Manager window 2 Select the Users tab 3 Select Add to create a new user or Remove to remove a selected user account 4 lf adding a user enter the details of the new user e Full Name gE The full name of the user used for information only e User Name This is the name that the user must use to logon to RealShot Manager it is not case sensitive e Password The password the user must use to logon it is case sensitive The password must be confirmed by entering twice e Enabled This check box enables or disables the user account If the user account is disabled the user cannot log in 107 User Accounts Add group memberships as part of the process of adding a new user The groups must already have been created See Managing User Groups on page 109 1 To add the selected user to a user group select Add this will open the Select User Group dialog 2 Select one or more user groups and confirm using OK You can select multiple groups by holding shift or control and clicking the left mouse button 3 The user groups that the selected user is assigned to are listed 4 The permissions for the user are updated to include the permissions inherited from the group Set the individual permissions for the user refer to Setting Permissions on page 105 for more details Figure
164. ly one additional tab is displayed This is the Output Pin tab This tab allows you to build a list of camera output pins to be enabled when the trigger is set See Figure 209 157 The Action Editor Sase Tamary HalSpet Henis Camar Han Shee he Dupa Pin Pre Dupa 100 Figure 209 Build an Output Pin List 1 Select the Actions tab in the Rule Properties window 2 Select Add and use the Type drop down list in the General tab of the Action Properties window to select type Output Pin 3 Select the Output Pin tab and Add 4 Select an Output pin from the list 5 Select OK to confirm or Cancel to exit without saving 6 If you selected OK in step 5 then the Output Pin will appear in the list 7 Set the State to be triggered for each pin 1 or 0 8 Select OK to confirm the list and Cancel to exit without saving Note Repeat 3 5 to add further pins until the list contains all of the output pins that are to be set when the trigger is enabled Select Camera s When the action type is specified as Select Camera two additional tabs are displayed these are 1 Cameras tab Allows you to build a list of cameras see Figure 207 This is covered by the section Cameras Tab on page 157 2 Monitor tab Allows you to specify the monitor to be used for the cameras selected in the Cameras tab Monitor Tab This tab allows you to specify whic
165. mage From File Figure 69 Selecting Multiple Cameras to Monitor 40 User Guide Monitoring xij Build a list of cameras to share the monitor Fi cana onl Pion See Figure 70 z gt ENTE A hetee iar riie 6 e E ee 1 Select a camera or cameras You can i Se a irda select a block of cameras by using joaren 9 a SHIFT LEFT MOUSE CLICK and a Ganczncemeen 4 E discontinuous group of cameras by vise using CTRL LEFT MOUSE CLICK 2 Add the selected camera s to the monitor list by clicking on the button marked Repeat steps 1 and 2 to build a list of the Figure 70 Multiple Camera Selector cameras to be monitored You can now sort the active list so that the monitor cycles through the cameras in a specified order 1 Select a camera and use the aa button to move it to its desired position in the list 2 Select a camera and use the 4 button to move it to its desired position in the list Repeat steps 3 and 4 as necessary for all other listed cameras 3 The image from each of the cameras selected will be displayed in turn in the monitor To allocate a duration to the display of each camera select each camera from the right hand list in turn and enter the required duration in milliseconds in the box marked Display Duration 4 To remove a camera from the list select the unwanted camera from the active list and click on the 7 button 5 To save your changes select OK The monitor window w
166. may wish to set up a RealShot manager monitor layout that is the same as one viewed from a different client To Import a Layout perform the following iz Cy Ge Q Ah A e To Import a Layout perform the following 1 Click on the Import Layout button ae on the layout editor toolbar Select a file to import Fiepame Flociplan Shopping Center ned Open fet 2 Select Open Files of jype het Watch Layout Fiss navi Cancel 3 Modify the name of the file to create the name for the layout This is only HH aime mwa Cr compulsory if a layout already exists with ae the same name A warning message is dey monitor kanal displayed to warn you of the fact that a unique name must be specified 4 Enter OK to complete the import and Cancel to leave the dialog without importing the layout Figure 228 Importing a Layout 172 Layout Editor Planning a Monitor Layout Setting the Background Colour and or Image To modify the background in your monitor layout ensure that you are in Edit Mode and perform the following See Figure 229 1 Select an existing layout or create a new one click on the Background Colour icon BA This will open the standard windows colour palette dialog See Selecting a Colour on page 22 select a new colour from here and click on OK 2 To add or modify a background image click on the Insert Background Image icon Bed This will open the background image d
167. me that describes the common property of cameras in the group e g U K Offices SNC RZ30 Cameras etc 3 Filter the list of icons for the group by using the Image Category drop down list 4 Select an icon for the group this icon is for display purposes only 139 Setup Manager 5 Select the Permissions tab to set up the permissions required by users to access and modify member devices of this group 6 Select Add from the Users area to select a single User 7 Select a user from the list of Available Users 8 Select OK to continue 9 Select Add from the User Groups area to select a group of users 10 Select a group from the list of Available User Groups 11 Select OK to continue 12 When you have added all the users and groups requiring access to this device Group Select OK to register the new group 13 Alternatively after step 4 above select OK immediately to create a Group with default permissions To edit an existing group either double click on the group name or select it and select La To remove a group from the tree select the group and Moving Groups in the Tree Structure Groups can be moved within the tree structure by selecting the group icon and dragging and dropping one group into another group thus making it a sub group Sub groups can also be pulled out of a group and promoted in the hierarchy Adding Devices to a Group When you add
168. mode is selected e Rectangle Left Top Width and Height Crop from the Left and or from the Top by the selected number of pixels Crop the width and or height by the specified number of pixels A rectangle crop is useful for selecting a specific area of an image for examination Carcel Figure 218 Source Image Tab e Percent Left Right Top and Bottom Crop from the selected side s the portion of the image specified by the selected percentage Camera Image Size and Position Tab The positioning and scaling of the image within the monitor window can be set using this tab The scaling settings can also be set by right clicking on the monitor window and selecting the desired options from the context menu See Figure 219 Monitor Properties i x image Border Showlnfo Font Functionality Control Window Source image Image Size amp Postion Sie Lett fo T fo Width p o Heg fo o p Sealing E Scale To Image Conta Window 2 M Use Smat Scaling hf Keep Acnect Smooth Scaling Alpreni Honzontat Canter gt C Vertical C Coo Figure 219 Image Size amp Position Tab 166 Layout Editor 1 Size sets the offset of the image from the left and top edges of the monitor window Also sets the maximum height and width of the image These settings are only effective when the Scale to Image Control Window check box is enabled 2 Scaling these opti
169. monitors and so can provide a better view of the selected camera monitor You must be in Edit Mode to assign a Hot Spot monitor but it will not become active until you exit Edit Mode euscinFeone soe a 1 Select a camera monitor window with the mouse L 2 Click on the Set As Hotspot icon ET to assign Leo ones the selected monitor window as the hotspot monitor Figure 232 The Hot Spot Monitor 175 Layout Editor Assigning a Single Camera to a Camera Monitor To view the images from a single camera in a camera monitor window perform the following 1 Right click on a camera monitor window See Figure 233 and select Select Camera from the pop up menu e 2 Inthe camera selection dialog select the camera you want to view on the monitor and then click on OK Select Cancel to exit without assigning a camera 3 If you selected OK in 2 then the selected camera is assigned to the camera monitor window Figure 233 Select Camera to Monitor Assigning Multiple Cameras to a Camera Monitor It is possible to assign multiple cameras to a single monitor window See Figure 234 When multiple cameras are assigned the monitor window will display pictures from each camera for a specified duration For example you might assign four cameras to a monitor window and the display would show the images listed below This pattern would then repeat e Camera A f
170. mp Tilt toolbar allows you to control the camera angle and zoom level of a camera you are currently monitoring See Figure 49 For details of how to setup camera control see Controlling Cameras on page 43 You must have been assigned the appropriate rights to manipulate the chosen camera If you do not then these controls will remain disabled If the camera does not support pan tilt and zoom functions then these buttons will also remain disabled Pan amp Tilt Security Gate 1 Figure 49 The Pan amp Tilt Toolbar The Pan amp Tilt Presets Toolbar The Preset toolbar see Figure 50 allows you to use and set camera presets Each preset is a predefined position view that can be given a name See Controlling Cameras on page 43 al la Figure 50 The Presets Toolbar The Tours Toolbar A Tour is made up of a list of presets with a duration to hold the image for each preset in the list and a duration to move from one position to the next after holding See Building a Tour on page 46 Tours are only available for cameras with Pan Tilt and or Zoom functions see Camera Settings dependent on Camera Model in the Administrator Guide for details of the capabilities of each supported model of camera You can build a tour from existing presets or specify new ones from the Tours builder mE Lab E E Figure 51 The Tours Toolbar 32 User Guide Navigating the User Interface The Comment
171. must be selected when the trigger General Cameras Preset is set l 1 Preset This must match the name of a preset that exists for the each of the listed cameras in the Cameras tab Any cameras for which the preset does not exist will not be affected by the trigger You must manually type in the name of the Preset and it is case sensitive e g if you have a preset Door 1 you would have to type in Door 1 if you type in door 1 then nothing will happen 2 Select OK to save the preset selection and Cancel to exit without saving it Figure 211 Preset Action For details of how to check or create camera presets See Using Camera Presets on page 45 Switch Layout When the action type is specified as Change Layout an additional tab is displayed i e the Layout tab This tab allows you to select the monitor window layout to switch to when the trigger is set See Figure 212 159 Housekeeping Action Properties Basingstoke Office Building B 1 The drop down box to specify the layout is the same as the one that appears on the main toolbar See Selecting a Monitoring Layout on page 35 2 Select OK to save your selection Figure 212 Change Layout Action Housekeeping Database Operations All of the camera settings are stored in a database when you close the Setup Manager dialog any changes that you have made are applied to the entries in the database If you clos
172. n for the first time see User Guide section Launching the Application there will be no initial configuration the following steps are needed to get a basic working configuration 1 Register Cameras This is achieved using the Setup Manager see the section entitled Setup Manager in the RealShot Manager Administrator Guide The following compatible Sony video network cameras both PAL and NTSC models are supported e SNC RZ30 Video Network Pan Tilt Zoom Camera See Figure 1 e SNC VL10 Video Network Camera See Figure 2 e SNT V304 Video Network station See Figure 4 e SNT V501 Video Network station See Figure 4 e SNT V504 Video Network station e SNC Z20 Video Network Zoom Camera e SNC CS3 Video Network Camera e SNC P1 Video Network Camera for Motion JPEG or MPEG 4 See Figure 5 e SNC DF40 Video Network Camera for Motion JPEG or MPEG 4 See Figure 6 Administrators refer to the individual camera user guides for details on how to assign IP addresses 1 Create a Screen Layout see the section entitled Layout Editor in the RealShot Manager Administrator Guide 2 Assign Cameras to Monitor Windows See section Changing Cameras in the Monitoring Layout in the RealShot Manager User Guide 3 Create user accounts See Manage User Accounts in the RealShot Manager Administrator Guide for details of how to create and manage user login details 11 Getting Started Troubleshoo
173. n of an operational interface for a software application that uses multiple windows with toolbars of icons and menus This kind of interface is predominantly designed for navigation using a mouse rather than a keyboard I O Input Output IP This is an abbreviation of Internet protocol the language that computers on the Internet use to communicate with each other See Also TCP IP 194 Glossary JPEG jpg JPEG format video files have the extension jpg JPEG is an acronym of Joint Photographic Expert Group the organization that developed the JPEG file format JPEG is a type of graphics file that uses compression to reduce file size and therefore transmission times JPEG files will not give a perfect reproduction of the source file since the compression mechanism causes loss of resolution in some areas of the image therefore it isn t common in medical applications However JPEG files are a good choice for web based photographic graphics that need to be small MPEG mpg MPEG format video files have the extension mpg MPEG is an acronym of the Motion Pictures Experts Group the organization that developed the MPEG file format MPEG is a set of standards for video and audio files that use often complex compression to reduce the encoded file size and therefore transmission time The particular part of the MPEG standard implemented by the SNC P1 Sony camera is MPEG 4 with both I frame intra frame or single frame com
174. ncel to exit without saving If you select OK in step 3 then check that the camera is added to the list 4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to build the list of cameras 5 Use the following edit buttons to modify the list e Remove Deletes a selected camera from the list e Down Moves a camera one place down in the list e Up Moves a camera one place up in the list 6 Select OK to save the new list and Cancel to exit without saving the list Figure 207 Building a Camera List Note The Cameras tab is displayed during the se tup of several types of action that use cameras i e Adjust Camera Select Camera and Select Preset Adjust Camera Tab Action Properties re Genel Camera Adut Camera These settings will be used to set the default values of the camera when the trigger is activated the Pe i f m actual values still depend on other activities in the FF Faaki schedules running for this camera a E inane Quay 50 This tab gives you access to the same parameters FF Takekawa i x as the camera properties tab for a camera in the Setup Manager list The difference is that here you can filter which camera setting you want to adjust Enable the check boxes for all of the settings you Lm ma want to modify and set the values For descriptions of the parameters See Camera on page 121 Figure 208 Adjust Camera Action Set Output Pin When the action type is specified as Output Pin on
175. nctionally Heemal Foo te fiom Fae 2 Fed Size Prscentage OF Cortial Window Height 3 Sizer fe 4 Wimm oOo Mam eooo Coa oOo O Background z Lange Fees Name Tahoma Chooaa l Foad Sire Tempus Sanz ITC Terminal Percentage of Contal Window Hegh Times New Roman Times New Roman MT a 3 Trebuchet MS O Verdana hal Miramar E lrn M Effects Strikeout M Undeine Color B E E Figure 222 The Font Tab 1 Click on Choose to select the font name and style from the Font selection dialog 2 Select the font resizing mode e Fixed Size the font size does not change when the monitor window is resized e Percentage of Control Window Height the font size will change when the monitor window is resized Enter the following 3 Size sets the font size to use when Fixed Size is selected 2 4 Minimum Size sets the minimum font size to use when the window is made smaller Maximum Size sets the maximum font size to use when the window is made larger 5 Click on the colour selectors to set the background and foreground colours for the font 6 Repeat for the large font Functionality Use the Functionality tab to control the range of functions the user can execute on camera monitor windows when they are displayed in the normal monitoring window See Figure 223 Selecting the check boxes removes the functionality associated with the check box fr
176. ndows In a Windows Win32 environment the archive interface module is automatically loaded during the installation of RSM Standard or RSM Server However you will still need to configure the ftp service see FTP Setup on page 89 Linux The Archive interface module ArchivingORB for Linux can be installed on most Linux platforms It is not designed for a particular version or distribution of Linux These installation instructions provide general guidance on how to install the RSM ArchivingORB module The details may vary from system to system but most Linux systems should be capable of running ArchivingORB Dependencies The linuxArchivingORB zip file contains two executables called ArchivingORB and ArchivingORB static ArchivingORB is a dynamically linked executable that depends on the following libraries libpthread so 0 libstdc so 3 libm so 6 libgcc_s so 1 libc so 6 lib d linux so 2 These are standard system libraries that are available on most Linux installations If these libraries are not present and you cannot install or obtain them libraries for your Linux installation then you can use ArchivingORB static This is a statically linked executable that includes all the libraries requied within the executable file 8 Installing RealShot Manager Server Upgrading To upgrade an existing installation of RSM Archiving ORB to a newer version simply replace the executable file ArchivingORB or ArchivingORB static
177. ng tools 8 H Insert an image 4 Edit an image ED _ Rotate an image anti clockwise i Rotate an image clockwise fl Mirror an image vertically eee Mirror an image horizontally Enabling the Layout Editor Toolbar Layout Editor 9 Image Z order editing tools Th Move an image in front of all other images Move an image behind all other images Li Move an image up one level in Z order L Move an image down one level in z order 10 Action editing tools Fl Insert an action Edit an action 11 Background editing tools EE Insert or edit a background image ial Edit the background colour 12 Set As Hotspot Sl 1 sets a camera monitor as a hotspot monitor 13 Layout editor view tools Grid settings 23 Show or hide camera monitors H Show or hide images The Layout Editor allows you to design monitor placement schemes and specify backgrounds for the monitor window to carry out the following 161 Layout Editor E Soop Brahe Haager Say rai Ful Siren Shalt Ee Berni Ber Shalt Fil ot Shee Toolbar Te an each w Hen Toone Heie Tiir Pan amp Tit Teita Pen 6 Te ees Tone Tour Tosha uel Coira Tonia Cmt Joabe i i pi Toi sonatama Sy hre Cam aea l v See Lie Geeeoesgw yoga 2 Ce teh Re Ge B BE x Be me a Figure 214 Opening the Layout Editor Toolbar 1 Display the Layout Editor toolbar by selecting amp or selecting Layout Editor Too
178. nly at 00 00 it has the same effect as scheduling from 00 00 till 00 01 You cannot schedule a cleanup job that will allow cleanup jobs to run all the time by scheduling one event every day lasting from 00 00 00 till 23 59 59 i e no gap in the schedule The result of this attempt to set 24 hour scheduling of cleanup jobs will be that a cleanup job will be run once only each day at the start time of the event Motion Detection Events Motion Detection MD is a different kind of activity detection and is implemented in a similar way using I O pins However Activity Detection AD is performed by the camera and Motion Detection is processed in software by RealShot Manager This results in a difference between MD and AD pins MD pins can be switched on and off with a certain configuration following a certain schedule The scheduling facility makes it possible to change the area where motion detection is performed at different times The schedule is created by selecting different motion detection configurations each configuration has an associated camera preset and one or more motion detection areas 56 User Guide Controlling Cameras MD events can trigger alarm recordings if the MD pin is selected as input pin for the alarm recording MD schedule items can be recognised by their orange colour with an icon like a little running human being inside Monitoring and normal recording is also available when scheduling an MD event this
179. o monitoring equipment and other boxes such as the SNT V304 that converts signals from analogue cameras for network use A Figure1 SNC RZ30 Figure 2 SNC VL10 Figure 3 SNT V304 Figure 4 SNT V501 OUES aN Figure6 SNC DF40 RealShot Manager allows you to e Setup new cameras and manage existing cameras e Record the output of any individual camera manually e Create and modify schedules for monitoring recording monitoring the signals from multiple cameras e Search for and review any previous recording e Setup sensor inputs and reactions Getting Started RealShot Manager Basics RealShot Manager Basics Cameras e g SNC RZ30 camera control units e g SNT V304 audio boxes and input output devices are connected to a Local or Wide Area Network LAN WAN often via a network switch One or more Network File System NFS compatible server s can also be connected to the network to act as storage for the video files recorded from the cameras and audio files from the audio boxes The system is configured and controlled from one or more PCs that run the RealShot Manager client application software See Figure 7 h yi k oe ee ce i snill i piil P m Pa ee al a SNC VL10 a LE Fo l is NFS Server R RealShot Manager ee a LAN WAN i moas e SSC Camera SE _ m SNT V304 ates F F J Network Storage SSC Ca mera SC Camera Fig
180. ogging Displays recent logging messages describing activity or connection problems Alarm Displays recent triggering of configured alarm inputs Managing Devices lee om eles Be ow IL Figure 158 The Setup Manager Toolbar Select the icons listed to perform the described actions 1 Display the Overview window with statistics 4 File Operation tools of activity within the system see Figure Li 157 Import load camera settings into the 2 Filter the Device Group Server List if any camera database from a tile section of the list is not shown check that Lo Export save camera settings from the camera database to a file the filter button is selected Le Display Camera Section R Display 10 Section cng Ge bidet aalinaeaaata P toolbar if a storage location or IO pin is 2 Display Audio Section selected in the device tree ies Display Storage Locations Section is Assign Camera s to a Device a Display Groups Section ox Remove Camera assignment s e Display Remote Servers Section 3 Device Management tools aP Add a device Remove a Device i Edit details of a Device Understanding the Device Group List The device list initially has 5 categories but no entries when the application is first started after installation If devices and groups are registered in an organised way the effort required to populate and maintain the list is minimised The categories are e Cameras 112
181. om a group the resultant schedule is the combination of all events for all cameras in the group Paste Schedule Pastes the contents of the schedule paste buffer The pasted schedule can be applied to a single camera or a camera group Select the destination camera or group prior to pasting the schedule Insert Date Time Item Allows you to schedule a single activity i e is only enabled in the List View Insert Recurrent Item Allows you to schedule a recurrent activity This button is active in both the Week View and the List View 10 Insert Date Time Motion Detection Job Item Allows you to schedule an event to monitor for movement as configured for the selected camera in the Setup Manager 11 Insert Recurrent Motion Detection Job Item Allows you to schedule a recurrent event to monitor for movement as configured for the selected camera in the Setup Manager 12 Insert Date Time Cleanup Job Item Allows you to purge recordings from a particular camera or group at a particular time and date 13 Insert Recurrent Cleanup Job Item Allows you to schedule a job to purge recordings from a particular camera or group regularly The following items are only visible and therefore available if a license for the separate retail module has been loaded 14 New Retail Item Adds a date time event to activate the retail module if configured Configuration of the retail module requires a license file with the re
182. om the right click pop up menu of the camera monitor windows For example selecting Image Scaling Disabled removes scaling options from the menu 169 Layout Editor Monitor Properties x Control window Source Image Image Size amp Position Image Border Show Info Font Functionality r Disable Functionality V Single Camera Only Playback Disabled Open Image File Disabled Image Scaling Disabled Figure 223 Functionality Tab Selecting Layouts for Monitoring Fixed Camera s Only inhibits selecting a different camera for this camera monitor window Single Camera Only prevents the user from selecting multiple cameras for display in this camera monitor window Playback Disabled inhibits this camera monitor window being used to playback material i e it will only display live camera images or snapshots Open Image File Disabled Prevents the user from opening a snapshot image in this camera monitor window Image Scaling Disabled Prevents the user from changing the scaling mode of this camera monitor window Several Layouts can be created and stored using the Layout Editor you can switch between them as follows Figure 224 Selecting a Layout 1 Click on the Open Layout icon on the main toolbar This will display the Select Layout dialog Or select a layout directly from the drop down list 2 Select a layou
183. on 2 Select a camera from the drop down list 3 If starting a new tour select and enter a tour name To remove a tour select the tour from the list and select 4 Move the camera to the required position either by using the controls the mouse or the drop down list of presets 5 Preview the selected tour by selecting the right arrow 6 Select in the Positions area and enter a name for the position Set the duration to stay on this image and the duration to take in moving to the next image 7 To move the camera to the next or last position use the right and left arrows 8 To change the order of the presets in the list select one and then use the up and down arrows 9 To remove a position select To remove a tour select from the Tour Settings area 10 Select OK to save your changes to the tours 11 Select Cancel to exit without saving your changes 46 User Guide Controlling Cameras Figure 76 Building a Preset Tour Output control Camera control outputs can be used to control devices such as electronic door locks or lights To trigger these outputs manually use the Output Control toolbar having selected the associated camera in the monitor window For details of the connection and the signal levels see the manual that accompanies the camera To show or hide the output control tools click on the Toggle Output Control Toolbar icon on the main
184. on in performance caused by increasing resolution and image quality on one camera may also affect other cameras that you are recording or monitoring e Turn Scale To Window off this will reduce the size of the image on screen you will see the image at the resolution size it is actually captured at 192 FAQ FAQ The application menu bar isn t visible how do I display it Press SHIFT F11 on the keyboard to toggle the menu bar on and off 193 Glossary Glossary ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line This is an always on digital connection service that is implemented over voice and sometimes ISDN telephone lines Its primary use is in connecting computer networks or Internet connectivity It can also be used for interactive TV or Video On Demand services It operates by encoding the digital signals into an unused area of the signal An ADSL Line transmits data asymmetrically meaning the bandwidth usage is much higher in one direction than the other Typical ADSL applications transmit 8 Mbps downstream and 1544Kbps upstream depending on the length of the local loop This is particularly beneficial for Internet access remote access and video on demand because downstream usage far exceeds upstream usage Aliasing Defects in the image or picture caused by too low a sampling rate during digitisation or poor filtering Usually seen as jaggies or stair steps in diagonal lines API This acronym stands for A
185. ons affect how the image is resized when the monitor window is resized e Scale To Image Control Window enables or disables scaling of the image when the monitor window is resized If smart scaling is not enabled then the image will be scaled to exactly fill the monitor window e Use Smart Scaling the image will be rescaled in steps to fit inside the monitor window The aspect ratio of the image is maintained in this mode The size settings 1 must all be set to O for this option to work correctly e Keep Aspect the aspect ratio i e the ratio between the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the image is maintained as the image is resized e Smooth Scaling the image is smoothed anti aliased as it is resized This helps to improve the picture quality when the image is resized 3 Alignment the alignment of the image within the monitor window can be set horizontally none left centre right and vertically none top middle bottom by making a selection from the drop down menus Image Border Settings When the image from the camera does not fill the monitor window completely it is separated from the background by a border with these characteristics See Figure 220 1 Show Border click on the Show Border check box to enable or disable borders around the image within a camera x monitor aaa SSP aa mana Taek 2 Border Style specify the style of the Donda border around each monitor
186. or 4 seconds e Camera B for 6 seconds e Camera C for 4 seconds e Camera D for 8 seconds Select a Layout and enter Edit Mode before performing the following 1 Right click on a camera monitor window and select Select Multiple Cameras 2 Select one or more cameras in the left panel You can hold down the Ctrl or the Shift key and left mouse click to select multiple cameras 3 Select L to add the selected camera s to the in the right panel Select one or more cameras from the right hand list and click on the button to remove those cameras from the list of cameras to be monitored 4 The camera images are displayed in the order of the list To change the order select a camera in the right hand panel and use _t and to move the camera up or down one position in the list 176 Layout Editor 5 The duration for which the image from each camera is displayed is editable select a camera and enter a custom value in milliseconds in the Display Duration box The default value is 4 seconds 4000 ms 6 Select OK to save your changes and Cancel to exit without saving them Select Multiple Cameras UK Offices lp Weybridge i Pencoed J Basingstoke aa a CamLab3 Remove Camera s Return To Gamerats Freeze a CamLab 2 1 Update Speed amp CamLab1 t CamDesk ga aa Cam Ceiling p view y Scale To Window Smart Scale Keep Aspect Smooth Scaling Save Frame As
187. or Window Selecting Cameras or Groups of Cameras Grouping Cameras Eh a Cameras g eg Building Site ari i Car Park kasasi D Door 3 i a a Manhattan 1 Eure Groups B Global Operations E2 European Offices a French Sites estan E German Sites i iy HI 4 U K Offices Basingstoke Jays Close jm vss lend Car Fark QP Building Site S a Basingtoke Priestley Road il Weybridge HO Figure 82 Selecting a Group 50 To create a common schedule for a group of cameras select the group from the list in the Schedule Editor All the cameras in the group are highlighted Any scheduled events you create in the schedule or list view while the group is selected will now be applied to all the cameras in the group Administrators see Managing Groups on page 134 for details of how to create a group of cameras and other devices Note that groups can be nested i e there can be sub groups within a group You can select a group at any level User Guide Controlling Cameras See Cameras GP Building Site To create a schedule of monitoring and recording activities for a single camera expand the Cameras group by selecting the sign next i Car Park Dora oor to it and then select the required camera You EY Manhattan 1 can also select a single camera from the lowest ipi Groups level of the Groups tree Global Operations European Offices G Fi U K
188. or a description Apply Select this button to save your changes Note The SNC P1 and the SNC DF40 support JPEG or MPEG4 image streams The RealShot Manager administrator can decide which to use but the whole RSM system should always use the same video codec either JPEG or MPEG4 In line with the RSM system design philosophy each camera should be accessed by a single RSM PC only so this setting is only made once for the whole system The decision between JPEG and MPEG 4 is based on the trade off between bandwidth and picture quality per SNC P1 camera It is possible to have some SNC P 1 s set for JPEG streaming and some others for MPEG4 Each individual camera can only support one VideoCodec format at the same time Motion Detection Setting an area for detecting motion For each camera one or more Motion Detection Masks can be configured that specify an area to be monitored for motion Open the Camera Properties window by either 123 Setup Manager e Double clicking on a monitor window that is showing an image where a mask is required e Selecting a Camera in the Cameras list or Group in the Setup Manager Select the Motion Detection tab Select the No Motion Detect during PTZ movement check box to avoid false detection during pan tilt or ZOOM Masks are set up and modified as follows 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Select Add to set up one or more new areas of
189. or it could be a system binary directory such as usr local bin or opt bin 4 After obtaining a RSMServer license copy the license file License lic to the RSMServer working directory 5 Prepare and share directory for the storage location This is where recordings will be stored Running RSMServer RSMServer can be run as any user Some considerations are e The user account from which you are running RSMServer must have write permission to the RSMServer working directory and the storage location directory e Itis usually best not to run programs as the root user unless absolutely necessary If required RSMServer can be run as a specific user by explicitly changing its file ownership and setting the setuid bit or by using another package such as super to execute it with the privileges of another user RSMServer should be run from the working directory A typical interactive usage might be as follows cd usr local RSMServer RSMServer n server p 8080 sl recordings There are more command line examples in the README file that accompanies the installation software 85 Installing RealShot Manager Server Stopping RSMServer lf RSMServer is run interactively then press control C to interrupt it and exit cleanly If RSMServer is running in the background send ita TERM signal by using the kill command for example e kill pid where pid is the id of the RSMServer process or killall RSMServer Sett
190. ote Streaming means a file will be transmitted as if from a camera even from RSM server to a client Direct means that the client must have access to the storage location via the Operating System OS on the server that holds the recordings The client will then read the file itself from that location This option requires OS security tuning as the client application must be able to access the server via the network 5 6 9 Enabled Check this box to enable use of the storage location Cleanup section here you can specify what to do when the available storage space is reduced below a certain percentage or number of Mbytes The options set here are active 24 hours a day 7 days a week and the cleanup an therefore happen at any time Cleanup jobs in the schedule should be set up in preference to falling back on the default values here For details of how to schedule Cleanup jobs See Cleanup Events on page 54 Cleanup Option Select Delete to remove all items from this storage permanently or Archive to move them to an external archive system from which they can be retrieved Capacity section displays information about the available storage space Remaining capacity is lower than Fill in either a percentage or the number of Mbytes remaining to trigger the backup cleanup strategy Cleanup the oldest recordings until Enter minimum age in days of files to be removed Files that were recorded on the system after this
191. ou wish to modify it 14 Select Delete to remove the selected configuration 15 Select OK to leave the Device Details saving your changes and Cancel to exit without saving 124 As a result of adding a Motion Detection configuration a motion detection pin will be added automatically to the Motion Detection O Box It is not possible to add pins to this special I O box manually See section Activity Detection on page 144 for further details Setup Manager EiL Cpr iing Cae Yau ae T sepia 1e Figure 171 Motion Detection Overview The Motion Detection Toolbar The Motion Detection toolbar allows you to create and manipulate motion detection masks Details of the toolbar are shown in Figure 172 Figure 172 The Motion Detection Masking Toolbar 125 Setup Manager O CO N OQ Oo N gt O S SS S NS N 1 1 1 Move Motion Detection Mask Allows you to drag a rectangular area to create a mask and move the mask around Edit Points Enables the add and remove points tools for creating a more complex mask shape Add Point Ctrl left click on line Allows you to add an edit point to the mask splitting the selected side at the specified point Remove Point Ctrl left click on point Allows you to delete an edit point from the mask reducing its number of sides by one Bring to Front Brings the selected mask to the front of a stack of masks send to Back Sends the selec
192. outputs could be used to trigger alarm sirens or to open doors For details of how to use trigger camera outputs manually see The Output Control Toolbar on page 33 For details on how to trigger events based on a change of state at a camera input see Alarm Recording Parameters on page 61 When a new I O box is created from a camera it is based on a template corresponding to a type of camera Each type of camera I O box has different numbers of inputs and outputs Camera Type Inputs outputs s pR won i e SNT V304 4 SNC Z20 1 K Table 9 Camera Inputs and Outputs by Model An input of the SNC RZ30 can be enabled as the result of activity detection Refer to the relevant camera installation manual for details about connections to the sensor inputs and alarm outputs A BarioNet I O box can also be added which is a pure I O box with 8 inputs and 6 outputs Rules can be set in the Action Editor that trigger actions when a change of state is detected of a combination of camera inputs for details of how to set up these rules see The Action Editor on page 153 Note A special I O box is added to the device list when Motion Detection configurations are added to a camera this box is called the Motion Detection I O box It is different to all the other types of I O box in that pins are automatically added to it or removed from it as the Motion Detection configurations for cameras are edited Adding a New I O B
193. ow 2 Logging Control 3 Alarm Window Figure 44 Logging Controls 4 User Window 13 Full Screen This icon toggles between normal mode and full screen mode In full screen mode the main application window is expanded to fill the screen the Title Bar Menu Bar and Status bar are removed to make as much space as possible for the monitor windows and the toolbars Note The icons labelled 14 and 15 in Figure 42 are not part of the Main toolbar but part of the Custom Toolbar see below The two toolbars may be docked so that they appear as one The Custom Toolbar A Custom Toolbar may be placed adjacent to the Main Toolbar see Figure 42 containing icons to activate further applications This Custom toolbar may also be separate from the Main toolbar and appear anywhere within the Main Window The links shown as 15 and 16 are included as part of the RealShot Manager application but others may be added see External Application Integration on page 102 of the Admistrator s Guide 28 1 2 User Guide Navigating the User Interface EZPlugger Exports the RealShot Manager device configuration to EZPlugger a separate software application built around a group of Wizards designed to assist you in the configuration firmware update and validation of Sony Digital Surveillance products prior to and during the installation process Sony s IP Monitoring Cameras connect directly to the network while the Video Network Station or
194. ox An I O box represents the status inputs that can be monitored by the RealShot Manager application and the outputs that can be triggered These inputs and outputs could be part of a camera or fed into a camera from an external source A new I O box can be added in one of two ways e Selecting the Add Device icon aP from the Setup Manager toolbar e Dragging a camera with an internal I O box from the Cameras partition to the IO Boxes For details of how to configure a new I O box that is part of a camera see Figure 186 141 Setup Manager 1 Select the View IO Box icon Ee LN from the Setup Manager toolbar a 2 Select a camera that has an internal oa 3 Drag the camera into the IO Boxes partition ta ae 4 Double click on the new entry and E n 5 5 enter a different name for the I O box aiiin p if you wish Select Apply to save Note To complete the setup of the I O Box complete the details of the pins See Adding Pin Details on page 143 Figure 186 I O Box Setup by Drag amp Drop Deleting an I O Box See Deleting Devices on page 114 Editing an I O Box The details associated with an entry for an I O box must be modified if any of the connections with the required triggers change See Figure 187 Derice Properties Device Properties General 10 Box Shang F Flead and wate input 2 repel 2 Pas
195. ox provides 4 analogue inputs and supports Communications via the network for each of the four cameras 115 Setup Manager 4 5 6 SNT V501 video network processor that supports connection of one analogue camera SNT V504 video network processor that supports connection of up to four analogue cameras Local cameras can be connected to any one of the four inputs The unit only supports output of a video stream from one of the 4 cameras at a time or a quad output showing reduced size images from all four cameras Enter a name for the camera this name should be descriptive of the cameras location as it is displayed on screen in the camera monitor window e g Car Park Level 4 Ensure that you choose the correct type by checking on the case of the camera If you select an analogue camera converter box e g SNT V304 then you should also select the camera source from the extra drop down list that is displayed See Adding Sources for Network Stations on page 116 If you select the SNC VL10 you will also need to select the Source from a drop down list in this case select one from Internal or External1 External6 Repeat the Add Camera procedure to add additional sources connected via the SNT V304 OR SNC VL10 Enter the IP address and Ethernet port for the camera These settings are configured on the camera when it is installed In some network configurations you will be accessing the camera via a proxy server
196. pplication Programming Interface and it usually describes the application calls available using a software or protocol library Aspect Ratio This is the relationship between the width and height of an object Usually expressed as width height for example television pictures are usually referred to as having a 4 3 or 16 9 aspect ratio bmp This is the file extension for Windows bitmap files of single frame images Debug This is the process of removing errors from software or a particular mode of running the software that reports the internal state DIPS The Display Images Per Second specifies how frequently the camera monitor window should be updated with new pictures received from a camera DSN The Data Source Name is the published name of a database that allows other applications to connect to it Eye Wavelet format video files have the extension eye The term Wavelet refers to a mathematical function frequently used in compression especially image compression Wavelets can achieve high compression ratios wavelet image formats can compress images to 1 4 the size of a comparable JPEG file See JPEG FPS Frames Per Second This specifies how frequently images should be acquired from the camera In a Phase Alternate Line PAL system frames are composed of two interlaced fields of video and the playspeed frame rate is 25fps GUI This is an acronym for Graphical User Interface a descriptio
197. pports multiple versions of firmware Auto Pan amp Tilt Speed When this is enabled the pan and tilt soeeds are matched to the level of zoom The speed is reduced ath high levels of Zoom and the speed is increased as you zoom out Audio Codecs in the SNC P1 The audio bit rates supported for file download to the camera are as follows Audio Codec Transmission Rate G 711 u LAW 64 kbps G 726 40 kbps G 7267 32 kbps G 726 24 kbps G 726 16 kbps The audio sampling rate is is fixed at 8kHz ITU G 711 the international telephony standard for encoding telephone audio on an 64 kbps channel It is a pulse code modulation PCM scheme operating at a 8 KHz sample rate with 8 bits per sample ITU G 726 is the most used speech compression algorithm in telecommunications due to its high perceived speech quality and low resource requirements It compresses 64 kbps speech to 40 kbps 32 kbps 24 kbps or 16 kbps using adaptive differential pulse code modulation ADPCM Deleting Cameras See Deleting Devices on page 114 Managing Storage Locations You can specify multiple locations for files of images recorded from cameras One or more of these locations can be assigned to each cameraThe Storage Locations group in the Setup Manager lists all the mapped storage locations available for storage of video and audio files The files generated by a particular camera or Audio device can be routed to a storage location by dragging the camera a
198. pression and P frames difference information based on motion prediction between frames these are much smaller than frames This leads to much smaller file sizes than l frame only compression but means that decoding is a longer and more complex process For example to be able to display P frame number 20 if there is only one frame every 25 frames one must decode all previous frames starting from the last I frame NFS A Networked File System is a structure of folders and files organised in a particular format that can be made visible across an ethernet network NIC A Network Interface Card is another name for a network adapter It enables a PC or other computer to communicate over a local or wide area network The most commonly used network protocol is TCP IP over Ethernet See IP and TCP IP ODBC Open Database Connectivity is a protocol used to make databases based on Structured Query Language SQL access available to software applications without a detailed knowledge of the structure of the database An ODBC data source is a database protected by an extra layer of software that handles all communications with the database according to the ODBC standard OS The Operating System is the core software on a PC or other computer that allows applications to run and be accessed Pan See PTZ Proxy In networking a proxy server is a dedicated PC or other computer that communicates with a wider network on behalf of a group of user PCs Th
199. rations The process of scaling tuning the system is that of deciding how to distribute the required cameras set up the network infrastructure and how to connect the servers and the client PCs to achieve optimal monitoring recording and playback See Figure 132 The video from the cameras is stored either on PC disks or more commonly on specialised Network Attached Storage devices These are not PCs but are units with large hard disks that can be used for storing data The network bandwidth at the Network Attached Storage must be sufficient for streaming all the video from the attached cameras The network can be sub divided to distribute cameras and storage so that video can be streamed without reducing the resolution quality frequency of the images beyond acceptable levels Use of the alarm recording and monitoring facilities of RealShot Manager can also help to optimise the use of network bandwidth giving additional clarity and smoothness of movement to images when it is really needed Each of the main factors affecting network performance is described below 1 Network Bandwidth See the table below Circuit Type Bandwidth Analogue telephone circuit via modem 28 8Kbps ISDN 64 128Kbps ADSL 128Kbps 15Mbs 2Mb practically in the U K Table 2 Circuit Details 82 Scaling Tuning a System CCTV applications typically share network applications with other office applications and must therefore not be configured to use all the av
200. recovered at a later date Check remaining disk capacity enables or disables checking the disk capacity of the storage If capacity is less than when the capacity is lower than a certain percentage or specified number of MBytes you can modify the minimum file age Use the drop down list to choose between a percentage or MByte threshold Use the Then clean up files older than box to enter the modified minimum file age 99 User Guide Controlling Cameras eea 3 E Week dari Nome Ffy a Sei Tm 000 24 Ende nao Don 0 ooo ee E hrus E Homa Reconing F Aym Fecoeding F Fndaye FF Cieanup al kes FA heci marong hik cinky FE Sanday E L See RE a N F F Sunday G Beid C Arche Then cleanup Idea older ihare 37 dayi Figure 91 Inserting a Recurring Cleanup Job In a recurrent cleanup job see Figure 91 the Weekdays check boxes are used to specify on which days of the week the cleanup job is to run The remaining event parameters are the same as for a Date Time cleanup job see Figure 90 The Cleanup job starts at the allocated start time and completes automatically It is not repeated The notional duration is only to warn other users that this period is reserved for housekeeping activities One example of the consequences of the fact that cleanup events are edge triggered is as follows If you schedule a cleanup job to last from 00 00 00 until 23 59 59 it will only trigger once and once o
201. ress and Port boxes if connecting to the camera through a proxy server 5 Enter Apply to save your changes enter OK to save your changes and exit the dialog select Cancel to exit the dialog without saving any changes ihe Pop meee ben F pe biii il fi H Ia Figure 160 TCP IP Settings Note If the same proxy server is used for many devices then it is quicker to enter proxy server details for a whole group of devices rather than repeating the setting for each camera Deleting Devices If Cameras IO Boxes or Audio Devices are removed from the network you can remove their details from RealShot Manager See Figure 161 114 Setup Manager 1 Select one or more cameras to delete in either of the list panes in the Setup Manager Holding down the Shift key and left mouse click to select a block of Devices or hold down the Ctrl key and a left mouse click to select multiple AN AE kU AEE paj ea Ce eed eee Devices individually os Dimri Ferme Caer fe Se Cej _ e 2 Click onthe Delete icon Aa 3 Aconfirmation box is displayed asking on on you to confirm the deletion select Yes to nent complete the delete operation The atone et oe dialog is closed and the selected Ll Devices are removed from the list icici Select NO to cancel the operation and close the dialog without altering the list Figure 161 Delete Device of Device
202. ring of an input pin to result in the activation of an output pin Playing of the audio file can also be triggered manually using the output toolbar see Output control on page 47 The camera must be associated with the correct audio pin see Assigning an I O Box Pin to a Camera on page 144 in Fin a Kiama et tee bast Then fT kore Fean Maree Dressing x Cu Covet a a E Figure 191 Audio Pin Figure 192 Audio File Selection The Motion Detecion I O Box The motion detection I O Box allows virtual motion detection pins to be associated with each Motion detection camera configuration For details of how to set up Motion Detection camera configurations see Motion Detection on page 123 e The motion detection pin will be automatically be added or removed from the Motion Detection O Box when configurations are added or removed from the camera It is not possible to add pins manually rather like the system io box e The Motion Detection O Box will only be visible when at least one configuration is added to a camera e The motion detection pin can be set up and used like all other pins for example it can be used as an input trigger for actions see The Action Editor on page 153 e The default camera i e the one that the configuration belongs to is assigned to the motion delection pin automatically To assign other camera s to the pin that should be triggered in case of alarm recording follow the steps
203. rix may work but have not been tested 3 Inthe Annuncicom web interface e Set the streaming mode to stream always e Set the stream to configured destination e Set the first configured destination as Raw TCP and give the IP address of the RealShot Manager Server specify port 80 4 In RealShot Manger e Add the Annuncicom device in the Setup Manager Specify the IP address of the Annuncicom and port 80 e Associate the Annuncicom with a camera double click the Annuncicom entry in the Setup Manager and select at least one camera in the Associated Cameras tab e View the output form this camera in monitor window and start a manual record Check that a aud file is produced in the Annuncicom folder and that it can be played out using the cam file player Assigning Cameras to an Audio Device In order to assign the audio device for use with one or more cameras cs 1 Select from the Setup Manager toolbar Select one or more cameras from the cameras list To select multiple cameras at the same time hold down the shift key and click on additional cameras 2 Select OK to complete the association 3 To remove the associate between an audio device and one or more cameras select the camera s to be x removed from the list in the very right hand pane and then select from the Audio Manager toolbar You can also use the editable list available from the Associated Cameras tab of the audio device properties se
204. rolling Cameras PTZ Using the Mouse You can perform PTZ operations using the mouse on the image in a monitor window This operation matches the facilities provided by the Web browser utility available with the SNC RZ30 camera 1 PTZ to centre point Select Ctrl left mouse click on a single point The camera will reposition itself to centre the image on the point that you have selected see Figure 73 E Em F Figure 73 PTZ to Centre Point 2 PTZ to a defined area Select Ctrl left click with the mouse and drag the red box out to the area you wish to view see Figure 74 When you release the mouse the camera will reposition itself to show the image within the red box at the full size of the window Figure 74 PTZ to Area 3 Zooming in and Out You can use CTRL Mouse Wheel to zoom in and out if you have a mouse with a scroll wheel 44 User Guide Controlling Cameras Using a Joystick If a Joystick such as the Microsoft Sidewinder has been configured as a control device you can also use this to control the camera PTZ settings The exact configuration will depend on the model of joystick used See General Settings on page 91 of the Administrator s guide Using Camera Presets Open close the Pan amp Tilt Presets toolbar click be on the main toolbar If a monitor window is selected with an assigned camera then this camera is selected from the drop down box You can also select the camera directly from the
205. roup configurations The Action Editor The Action Editor see Figure 202 allows you to specify rules for the behaviour of RealShot Manager on detection of a change in equipment status each rule has the following characteristics e A trigger a change in state at one or more input pins of an IO Box e AnAND function is used to determine if the trigger has been activated e g when you select 3 input pins as the trigger for the action the state of all 3 these 3 pins must be 0 simultaneously to activate the action To create an OR function you have to specify a separate rule for each input pin e An associated list of one or more actions to be performed when the trigger becomes active See Defining the Actions for a Rule on page 156 153 The Action Editor Editing Rules The Action Editor see Figure 202 allows you to create and modify rules e Add Allows you to create a new rule and specify the triggers See Adding a New Rule on page 154 Select an existing rule to activate the remaining edit functions e Copy Creates a copy of the selected rule called Copy of lt Rule Name gt e Remove Deletes the selected rule you will be asked to confirm this action e Properties Displays the properties of the selected rule and allows you to modify them Adding a New Rule To add a new Rule to the Action Editor perform the following steps a 1 Open the Action Editor by selecting the uech Lapa we
206. s Managing Cameras To add cameras to RealShot Manager for monitoring and or recording use the Setup Manager as described below Local Cameras Recordings from a local camera are stored on this host PC There is typically a limit of 32 local cameras for each RealShot Manager client PC however the actual limit depends on the license limitations To add a local camera follow the procedure below 1 Select the Cameras partition in the Setup Manager device list this will activate the Add Remove and Edit buttons on the Setup Manager toolbar see Figure 158 2 Select the Add icon aP If you have selected the wrong partition Camera will not be selected in the Select a device category drop down box Select Camera from this list if necessary see Figure 162 3 Select a type of camera or network device from the combo box there are a limited number of types of camera to choose from currently the RealShot Manager software supports direct connection to the following Device Description SNC RZ30 SNC RZ30 2 camera with remote control of pan tilt and zoom PTZ SNC VL10 camera with fixed pan and tilt and remote control of digital Zoom SNC Z20 camera with zoom facility SNC CS3 similar to the SNC VL10 SNC P1 camera with audio monitoring facility MPEG4 SNC DF40 Mini dome camera MPEG4 SNT V304 video processor that allows connection of up to 4 analogue cameras any make model The b
207. s called RSMServer and RSMServer static RSMServer is a dynamically linked executable that depends on the following libraries libpthread so 0 lipstdc so 3 libm so 6 libgcc_s so 1 libc so 6 lib d linux so 2 If you cannot install or obtain these libraries for your linux installation then you can use RSMServer static This is a statically linked executable that includes all the libraries it needs within the executable file Upgrading To upgrade an existing installation of RSMServer replace the executable file RSMServer or RSMServer static with the newer version 84 Installing RealShot Manager Server Please check the README and INSTALL files for notes for any extra steps that may be required for particular versions of RSMServer When upgrading to release 2 0 1 1 from an earlier release please delete the file storagelocation db from the RSMServer working directory It will be created again the next time RSMServer is run Installation The following steps should be performed to install RSMServer 1 Make a working directory for RSMServer RSMServer will look here for its license file and save databases of devices and storage locations here Typical locations might be usr local RSMServer or opt RSMServer 2 Unzip the RSMServer zip file to a temporary directory 3 Copy the RSMServer or RSMServer static executable file to a suitable directory This could be the RSMServer working directory
208. sable the rule Figure 203 Rule Trigger Input Pin Trigger Properties This procedure allows you to select the camera inputs that will trigger this rule See Figure 204 srki Inge Pii a T anrai L fare Deer l a Fai Aray Deerin Fyi Fpi J rier J y Sia D a ep rie i rm J Fini amp gr fem Jut Yed bea hri eed F oo i Groupe i Figure 204 Selecting Input Pins for Trigger 1 Select Trigger type Input Pin from the drop down list 2 Select Properties 3 Select Add 4 Select an Input Pin from the displayed list of available input pins These must have previously been configured using the I O Manager 5 Select OK to confirm addition of the pin or Cancel to leave the dialog without saving 155 The Action Editor 6 If you selected OK the pin will now appear in the list See Figure 205 Repeat the Add until you have added all of the pins that you want to trigger this rule 7 Select OK to save the allocated pins 8 Ensure that the rule is activated by selecting the Enabled check box 9 Select OK to save the Trigger Properties or Cancel to exit without saving them Defining the Actions for a Rule Teegger Properties mm AT a 1D eee F AT Ae IE a CHT 10 Bon emen Figure 205 Input Pins Selected for a Trigger To define the actions for a rule open the Actions tab of the Rule Properties window
209. ser mo o o input 3 liga J Asiri Delscion Acie Detechon 4 4 Full Content 9 vanme Parrot j Fol praat Fie i Figure 187 I O Box Properties Select the I O box you want to edit from the IO Boxes partition in the device tree of the Setup Manager see Figure 157 You can edit the details in the right hand pane or double click on the I O Box name in the device tree to open the Device Properties dialog for the I O Box Modify the properties of the I O box using the three tabs as required e General e O Box e Sharing See the following sections for details 142 Setup Manager Adding Pin Details Each input and output can be enabled separately and the signal properties defined Open the I O box details for editing as described in the previous section and then make the changes you require see Figure 188 Eh irie aes i oe Se ow ve ae E ars Figure 188 Setting Pin Details 1 The Pin List see Figure 188 displays the input and output pins available on the selected I O box If an entry is greyed out this indicates that the pin is not active Select an Input or an Output pin to open the properties window for that connector You can also double click on an entry in the Pin List to open the Pin Properties dialog 2 Set the properties for the connector 3 You can modify the name of this output by editing the Name field Choose a name that describes the function of the o
210. ssword biem Pamm when you first log in if the System Croton Pacsecmt Administrator has made passwords e mandatory See the section User A __ Accounts on page 105 of the 3 Administrator s Guide z SJ 3 When you are logged in the Login icon will be displayed as an open lock Figure 39 Logging In Note If you select the open padlock or Ctrl L whilist logged in you will be logged out Using the Menus The View Menu The View menu controls the display of the windows and toolbars associated with the functions of the RealShot Manager application See Figure 40 To toggle between normal and full screen mode select Shift Enter To show hide the menu bar select Shift F11 24 User Guide Navigating the User Interface The Show Toolbar Title when Docked option has a toggle action and determines whether toolbars are displayed with or without their title bars when docked See Docking on page 26 E Sony RealShot Manager Top Right Hot Spot view Help Full Screen Shift Enter wv Menu Bar SHIFE F 1 1 s Show Toolbar Title when Docked Main Toolbar w Recorder Toolbar w Playback Toolbar w Pan amp Tilt Toolbar w Pan amp Tilt Presets Toolbar Tour Toolbar w Output Control Toolbar Comment Toolbar Layout Editor Toolbar Custom Toolbar Show Playback Toolbar j Show Comment Toolbar w Status Bar Figure 40 The View Menu The Help Menu The display of the individu
211. st Leary Swich Lapal Sala Coats icon from the Main Toolbar Deth Leai Soe DARS SRC Legace Deed Lea 2 Select Add see Figure 202 The New Rule dialog is displayed See 3 Defining the Trigger for a Rule on page 154 Enter a name for your new rule 4 Enable the trigger using the Enable check box 5 Select Properties to specify the input pins to trigger the rule See 6 Defining the Trigger for a Rule on page 154 7 Select the Action tab add one or more actions and set the properties for each one See Defining the Actions for a Rule on page 156 Figure 202 The Action Editor Defining the Trigger for a Rule During the adding of a new rule or editing of an existing rule you can set one or more triggers that initiate the actions associated with the rule 154 The Action Editor SE hl Gereral Actions In the Rule Properties General Tab see Figure 203 modify the following to set up your rule and its Henne filings Active trigger Trigger 4 rpd Pn e Name The name description of the rule e Trigger A list of available trigger types peas currently restricted to Input Pin Select Properties to view the properties of the selected trigger see Input Pin Trigger Properties on page 155 a short summary of the trigger settings is shown below the Trigger box e Enabled Check this box to enable the rule ok c clear this box to di
212. t Manager ss Default C Program Files SonpS ony RealShot Manager gt a Default C Program Files Sonys ony RealShot Manager lt s Default C Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager cancel _ Figure 183 Filtering Storage Location File Types Managing Groups Select the Groups branch of the hierarchy in the main Setup Manager window see 3 in Figure 157 Additional icons are added to the Setup Manager toolbar to enable you to manage groups DE Add a new group Remove a group _ Edita group 138 Setup Manager Setting Group Permissions Once you have created user accounts for RealShot Manager and have enabled permissions it is possible to specify which users or groups of users have the right to monitor and control the devices in a Group Permissions are set per Group Adding and Editing Groups Cameras and other devices are organised into groups for ease of management see Figure 184 All cameras are always members of the default Cameras group in addition to other group memberships he afi Pj APR t E D Cameras Ry 10 mers eS Hunan Cei hee ci oe ee rh oft oo LLP eh Mepa xd prm lier J E Aini P E S br maje Uaim ad oem Figure 184 Adding Groups 1 Select E on the Setup Manager toolbar This will only be available if the Groups partition is visible and selected in the left hand pane 2 Enter a name for the group this should be a na
213. t from the list and click on OK The selected layout is opened and ready for use 3 To switch between layouts more quickly use the Layout Navigation icons _ Loads the default layout GC Loads the previous layout from the list of opened layouts ca Loads the next layout from the list of opened layouts These icons will be disabled at the extent of the range e g from the first layout in the list previous layout will not be available One layout in the list can be assigned as the default layout See General Settings on page 91 for details This layout can be quickly recalled by clicking on the Default Layout icon bs l The Previous and Next Layout icons step through a list of the layouts that have been opened since the RealShot Manager application was last started 170 Sharing Layouts Saving Layouts Layout Editor Once a layout has been created you can modify its name and description See Figure 225 A There are changes made to the layout 1 Ensure that you are in Edit Layout mode select a layout and then select the Save Layout button from the Layout Editor toolbar Do you want bo gave these changes OR 2 Click on the Save As New Layout button to save a copy of the current rhc fe layout with a new name Name 4 Layout 1 3 If the current layout has changed then Dieron you will be asked if you want to save the 3x 3 La
214. t from the list use the icon To change the display order use the up _ and down arrows To enable the custom toolbar select the r Toggle Custom Toolbar icon from the main toolbar see The Main Toolbar on page 26 103 General Settings An example of a customised toolbar containing only icons for EZPlugger and EMail notification is shown in Figure 151 The appearance of the icons in the toolbar may be different to this example Figure 151 Example Customised Toolbar EZPlugger When the EZPlugger icon is selected from the custom toolbar as shown in Figure 151 the current device configuration is exported as a xml file so that it can be imported into EZPlugger x If EZPlugger is not installed correctly on the same PC you x The system cannot Find the path specified may see the error Message shown in Figure 152 ete Files Sony EZPlugger RSM Serverlist xml Note When installed correctly the EZPlugger executable should be resident at the same level in the directory structure as the Figure 152 EZPlugger not configured RealShot Manager executable e g if RealShot Manager exe is to be found in the directory C Program Files SONY Sony RealShot Manager then the EZPlugger executable should be installed in C Program Files SONY EZPlugger Please see the sections entitled Configuration Device List and Real Shot Manager Integration in the IP Monitoring Configuration Tool EZPlu
215. t may still be legible if the operator zooms in To ensure security set the blur or mosaic size at maximum zoom Previewing the Mask s Having selected Preview from the Dynamic Masking window use the PTZ controls or preset drop down list to control the image Ensure that your masks continue to cover their targets 128 Setup Manager Figure 176 Testing a Dynamic Mask Tours Tours are configured lists of presets that the camera can trace See Building a Tour on page 46 Sharing This tab of the device properties allows you to specify the access to the device from the network Select the type of access allowed for this device G I 10 E sharing sears 1B across the network I Read and write User Name Jest bg Read and Write or e Full Control Password sis For either option enter the user name and TE password that will be required to gain that level of Pol Coring ACCESS User Name admin Password a Select Apply to save these changes Apply Figure 177 Sharing Parameters 129 Setup Manager Storage Locations Assigning a Storage Location For each camera the destination of recorded images can be configured This is described in the section on housekeeping of storage locations see Managing Storage Locations on page134 Info The Info tab of the device properties will show you details about the device such as e Model Name e Software Version e Serial Number etc D ee ee a
216. t object will execute the action 34 User Guide Monitoring 4 Background Image JPEG BMP and EYE image files may be displayed on the background of the Monitor Window These images can be tiled centred or stretched to fill the whole window 5 Background Colour the colour of the background can be configured the default colour is grey Creating a Monitoring Layout When RealShot Manager is first started after installation no monitor layouts are defined A RealShot Manager administrator can create a monitor layout for your installation using the Layout Editor See Creating a New Layout on page 162 Layouts show camera images and graphics arranged in a defined way For example if you are monitoring offices across Europe you may find it convenient to arrange small monitors or graphics of each camera over a map of Europe and have one large hot spot monitor for viewing the image from a selected camera Selecting a Monitoring Layout To select between previously designed monitor layouts you can use any of the following methods aR gt 1 Use the drop down list from the main E Sony RealShot Manager Sony Training Top Right Hot Spot aE toolbar and select the layout from the al pe list Figure 56 Select Layout 5 with hotspot to ka Single Moritor Layout Large single monitor no need for hot spot 20 02 2003 Le 2 Select from the main toolbar and choose the layout from the list Select OK to go
217. tail module enabled and the retail module checkbox in the General Settings to be checked 15 Add Recurrent Retail Item Adds a regular event to activate the retail module if configured 16 Remove Item Removes the activity currently selected from the schedule The use of these functions is described in Scheduling Recordings on page 49 30 User Guide Navigating the User Interface The Recorder Toolbar The Recorder Toolbar see Figure 46 allows you to start and stop manual recordings and to take snapshots For further details see Recording on page 48 Recorder 3 All bal Figure 46 The Recorder Toolbar The Playback Toolbar The Playback Toolbar provides functions to control the playback of previously recorded files See Searching for Recordings on page 64 Once the toolbar is open see Figure 47 you can use the Toggle Toolbar Size button E2 to move between the short and long versions of the controls Choose the format that fits your current screen layout om ca D mes ed aa ose oe sel i toa E iaa Figure 47 The Playback Toolbar Versions The Audio Toolbar The audio toolbar allows you to select the source of audio that is monitored and turn the audio monitoring on and off audio muting See Monitoring Audio on page 79 Figure 48 The Audio Toolbar 31 User Guide Navigating the User Interface The Pan amp Tilt Toolbar The Pan a
218. ted mask to the back of a stack of masks Bring Forward Brings the selected mask forward one in a stack of masks Send Backward Sends the selected mask back one in a stack of masks Delete Mask Deletes the selected Mask Refresh Image Refreshes the still image as it appears with all masks applied Preview Shows the live camera image with the Motion Detection Masks applied Expert Mode Allows you to modify a number of advanced parameters for this confinguration Previous Frame The number of previous frames 1 60 to look back used by the motion detection processor Candidate Frame The number of candidate frames 1 60 to look back used by the motion detection processor Block Size The size of the blocks 1 16 used to determine motion used by the motion detection processor Max Object Size The maximum size of an object that will count as an alarm the object size is expressed as a percentage of the image size 1 100 Min Object Size The minimum size of an object that will count as an alarm the object size is expressed as a percentage of the image size 1 100 Min Object For Alarm The minimum number of objects 0 100 that must be detected before raising alarm Dynamic Masking Setting a Dynamic Mask For each camera one or more Dynamic Masks can be configured that will cover a static object in shot regardless of the PTZ actions of the camera Masks are set and modified as follows 1
219. ted monitor layouts The selected layout controls the appearance of the monitor window See Creating a New Layout on page 162 The drop down list will be empty if no monitor layouts have previously been created 3 Layout tools These allow you to control the arrangement of monitors for viewing camera images See Selecting a Monitoring Layout on page 35 The five icons are 26 4 5 6 7 8 9 User Guide Navigating the User Interface Open Layout Toggle Auto Layout Change Load Default Layout Load Previous Layout Load Next Layout Schedule Editor Allows you to setup and modify daily and weekly schedules of events for each camera These events can include monitoring recording and purging of previously recorded files See The Schedule Editor on page 49 Search Recordings Provides a browse facility to locate recordings for viewing See Searching for Recordings on page 64 Setup Manager Allows a user with administrator rights to add and modify cameras I O Boxes Audio Devices Device Groups and Remote Servers See Setup Manager on page 111 Action Editor Allows you to configure the actions to be triggered if a sensor input is activated e g if a door sensor detects that a door has been opened See The Action Editor on page 153 User Manager Allows a user with administrator rights to add and modify user accounts and permissions See on page 102 for further details G
220. the cleanup to only those cameras and or audio devices selected in the Search Recording window select the Cleanup selected device s only check box 3 To purge all disks based on remaining a capacity enable the Cleanup when disk Cleanup Recordings capacity is less than check box r Da 4 Select either a percentage or MegaBytes MB from the right hand drop down list and m Clean up when enter a number in the left hand box Cleanup when disk capacity is less than 5 In addition you can purge old files i ey a automatically Enter a number of days in the Cleanup all recordings older than box This will delete recordings even when the Cleanup recording files older than checkbox in 3 above is not set 5 30 ia 6 To Delete all recordings matching the criteria permanently select the Delete option If your RSM system is interfaced to gt Clean up opbons an archive you can select the Archive Delete NS option instead Files meeting the cleanup criteria will be sent to the archive system and can later be restored 7 Cancel 7 Select OK to save your settings Select Cancel to exit without saving them Figure 118 Cleanup Settings Managing Archived Recordings Recordings that have been sent to an archive system can be recovered at any time Select a recording from the search results and use one of the icons on the archive section of the too
221. ting the Client Installation Troubleshooting the Client Installation ODBC not set up during Initial Software Configuration Before using the Sony RealShot Manager software a Microsoft Access Data Source Name DSN must be created To do so perform the Step 1 Open the ODBC Data Sources control panel applet Witredovwnn Dietehy The X Open the Control Panel and select Administrative Tools Data Sources ag ODBC ee mg Data Sources OL following F Figure 18 ODBC Data Source ODBC Data Source Administrator EEI UserDSN System DSN Fie DSN Drivers Tracing Connection Pooling About Eee SOL Server trialdb Oracle ODBC Driver Remove trialdb55 Oracle ODBC Driver Configure System Data Sources Step 2 In the ODBC DSN Dialog Box select the System DSN tab and click on Add n ODBC System data source stores information about how to connect to the indicated data provider A System data source is visible to all users on this machine including NT services OK Cancel Apply Help Figure 19 Data Source Name Step 3 Select a driver for which you want to set up a data source Select Microsoft Access Driver mdb from the list of data source drivers and click on Finish Driver do Microsoft Paradox db Driver para o Microsoft Visual FoxPro Microsoft ess Driver mdb 4 6 soft ccess D mdb 4 ft Access Treiber mdb Microsoft dBase Dr
222. to control the monitoring of the audio The audio toolbar controls are as follows 1 The Link Audio to Camera button allows you to make a link between an audio device and the camera selected in a monitor window When this button is disabled the drop down list allows you to select the source of the audio you wish to monitor from the list of available audio sources 2 The Toggle Audio mutes the audio when enabled regardless of whether there is an active audio link Audio Linked amp Active Audio Linked amp Not Active 1 Audio Not Linked amp Active Audio Not Linked amp Not Active Figure 128 Audio Toolbar Controls When the camera audio linking button is depressed only audio sources that have been associated with a camera can be monitored This association is created in the Setup manager see Managing Audio Devices on page 147 To monitor the audio an audio decoder must be installed An audio decoder is available to be installed from the installation disc if required but not installed by default If you are unsure about this consult your administrator 19 User Guide Playback Monitoring Alarms The Alarm Monitoring icon on the main toolbar allows you to monitor alarm inputs either within the main application window or from a separate alarm window m ee ee ee ee i E paan mn E o iiiz 2 m karm Binih i B Actrty Descr Hahn iL im amp iha Marten tLe A H
223. to the selected layout Note A RealShot Manager administrator can create a default layout see Enabling the Layout Editor Toolbar on page H 162 To return to the default layout select E from the main toolbar Figure 57 Layout List 3 Select the Toggle Auto Layout Change icon B to enable or disable automatic cycling through a predefined list of prepared layouts Note A RealShot Manager administrator can create a list of layouts to be displayed in order see Layout Settings on page 102 of the Administrator s Guide Selecting Display Items To modify the information about the connection that is visible in a monitor window select a camera monitor window 35 User Guide Monitoring e Select the View from the right click pop up menu e From the sub menu enable the information that you would like to be visible in the monitor window Each of these menu items has a toggle action items marked with a v are visible The mapping between the menu items and the displayed information is shown in Figure 58 However you would not normally see all of the example information at the same time For example the status NO CONNECTION and the bandwidth 64kbps are mutually exclusive because the bandwidth will only be displayed for a valid connection e The motion detection are markings are only visible when one of the motion detection configurations has been activated during a scheduled motion detection event
224. toolbar Output Control xj Figure 77 Output Control Toolbar For details of how to configure the camera outputs so that they can be triggered administrators should see the section Assigning an I O Box Pin to a Camera on page 144 47 User Guide Controlling Cameras Recording The RealShot Manager application allows you set up recording schedules of individual cameras and groups of cameras See Scheduling Recordings on page 49 Scheduled recordings can be triggered by activation of external sensors attached to cameras This alarm recording facility gives the ability to start recording on Activity Detection RealShot Manager also supports manually triggered one off recordings from the monitoring window You can take a snapshot from a monitored camera and store the resultant video frame as a still You can load previously saved snapshots in to a monitor window for viewing Manual Versus Scheduled Recording Manual recording is started and stopped from the recording toolbar during monitoring Scheduled recording is set up from the Recording Schedule See Scheduling Recordings on page 49 and allows you to create regular timed slots for monitoring recording or alarm recording Alarm recording is where you set up a recording to be triggered by an external sensor connected to a camera Recording During Monitoring With the recorder toolbar open select a camera from the monitoring window F 1
225. tware clause at DOD FAR 252 227 7013 and any comparable federal state or local law or regulation and for this purpose the manufacturer is SONY Corporation located at the address referred to below You may not export the program and the accompanying documentation in violation of the export control laws of relevant countries This Agreement will be governed by the laws of the United States of America and the State of New Jersey If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable the other parts will remain valid Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement please see the User Guide for contact details YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT UNDERSTAND IT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY IT YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND SONY AND ITS LICENSORS CONCERNING THE PROGRAM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION AND THAT IT SUPERSEDES ANY 17 Getting Started End User License Agreement DEMONSTRATION ADVERTISEMENT PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT ORAL OR WRITTEN AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN YOU AND SONY OR BETWEEN YOU AND ANY OTHER PARTY RELATING TO THE PROGRAM AND THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION Save this Agreement for future reference 2002 2005 Sony Corporation Sony All rights reserved Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited 18 User Guide Launching the Application User Guide Launching the Application
226. types available depends on the type of the camera File name JAtsugi 304 1 Save as type AlSem a EAA Cancel 4 Select Save to create and save the image file Figure 64 Creating a Snapshot File Note All camera snapshots can be saved in their original native format as long as RSM does not have to perform any action on the file There is one exeception to this rule For a camera capable of generating MPEG4 video only the images passed as frames within the MPEG4 stream can be saved frame accurately The MPEG4 format like the eye VL 10 format can be read by RSM but not interpolated All camera snapshots can be saved in BMP or re encoded as JPG format if RSM has to perform an action on the original image Actions can be Rotation Dynamic Masking or Composing an image from an and one or more P frames for a MPEG4 camera Loading a saved image To load a saved image from a file to one of the monitor windows right click in the monitor window and select Open Image From File see Figure 65 38 User Guide Monitoring Select Camera Select Multiple Cameras Remove Cameras Return To Ganerats a Freeze J Update Speed View d Scale To window Smart Scale 7 keep 4spect 7 Smooth Scaling Save Frame 45 Open Image From File Open Image File Camera SNT 304 Black Border Large bmp S Camera SNT 304 Large r Camera SNT 304 Black Border Small brp Wf Camera SNT 304 Small F Camer
227. types of action that can be assigned 1 To select a camera in a monitor 2 To switch to a different monitor window layout Actions are invisible on screen there is no indication that any actions exist until the mouse is moved over an action area When the mouse cursor is placed over an object or area of the screen with an action assigned to it the cursor shape will change Indicates an action that will change the camera that is displayed in a monitor pO Indicates an action that will switch from the current layout to a different layout 181 Layout Editor The following monitor window objects may have actions assigned to them The set up of an action is the same for all these types of object See Figure 240 e Foreground Images e Camera Monitor Windows e Stand alone action hotspots may be created anywhere in the Monitor Window By ow i ts Acestc Group encoun py i ae Tenai ge amp RCV Cimera Ail Sor dip Choe ge AL ee Bh Pere Peter T pi i Tanp apka LAS Came Select Morutor T Specie Horio Monig d F Hordes 3 Moniz 4 T 5 Monto 5 honto amp Figure 240 Setting Actions To assign an action to a monitor layout object in the Layout Editor ensure that you are in Edit Mode and then perform the following 1 Double click the object an image in the example shown in Figure 240 2 Select the Action tab of the dialog 182
228. udio device onto the storage location entry see the example of the C1 Z20 in Figure 179 Adding Modifying Storage Locations Select to add a new associated storage location or select an existing location from the list and select to open its details as shown in Figure 179 134 Setup Manager PP urtin tanamga g fn e E FEN ea ew E pe Sytem oe Pa E g Aull a Sborege luat r Delat ge TES i ey ane T paa ll ete FEST TEST Drag 7 Ciel aaah a Corl ail biaa fi 5o Fiera iine lctsamro ra a pea a rah Fe Phun clitaroc oh e Ei 8 1 Fanan capaci haa thar l i aa E Fue Soa A ete Derg fe oben aeia wil ee as zj Tulai Space noe iE CE a peim a Ciel niall lt a Chel sali _ Cup Open Dela Wry fhm rA i danin O Com ce OCE F Drim Orel aul Cid a alt Figure 179 Add Modify Storage Locations Name Enter the name of the storage location Path This is the name of a local or shared directory on the network Each directory to be used as a storage location must be manually shared The share name of the directory must be entered here exactly as it was set up For remote storage locations enter the full network path correctly Maximum File Size This is the maximum size of a recording file Remote Access This is the mode used to access files on the storage over the network values are None Streaming and Direct N
229. ues allowed in each field See Figure 103 Alarm Parameters Setting Camera Properties on page 121 61 User Guide Controlling Cameras In typical use the quality of the image required from an alarm recording should be better than that required during a normal recording This is to ensure that the images collected following an alarm are clear enough to identify the cause of the alarm Selecting Camera Pins Each input pin from a camera can be selected to trigger an alarm recording or monitoring Selecting multiple pins results in OR functionality The alarm recording is triggered if any of the selected pins changes state H Monitoring 3 Alarm Recording a Pre amp Post Alarm Inputs Enable the check box beside the input Jv a Cam Desk 2 Input 1 i F a Cam Desk 2 Input 2 pins that should trigger the alarm O a Cam Desk 2 Input 3 recording or monitoring activity a Cam Desk 2 Input 4 Figure 104 Input Selection Pre and Post Alarm Parameters The pre alarm and post alarm parameters for an alarm recording activity relate to the duration of the recording to be triggered by an alarm Ensure the Alarm Recording and Pre Alarm check boxes are both selected ga Monitoring aE Alarm Recording Pre amp Post Alarm s5 Inputs Frames second All ki Post Alam C Fised Duration Pre Duration E seconds Duration 120 seconds Figure 105 Pre and Post Alarm Parameters e The pr
230. ure 22 ODBC Configured Error opening ODBC Database xX This program uses ODBC to access a database To install the database please Follow these steps 1 Be sure the latest Microsoft Access ODBC drivers are installed The latest version of these drivers can be downloaded From http l imicrosoft comidownloads Search on Category Data Access Components The File is mdac_typ exe about 5 Mb in size 2 In the Control panel ODBC Data Sources section add a user or System DSN named Sony RealShot Manager The Database For this DSN should point to the supplied RealShot Manager mdb Access database file in the Database sub directory 3 Run this program again and this dialog should not appear any more Figure 23 ODBC Error Click on OK to complete the set up of the ODBC DSN lf the ODBC DSN is not created or is given the wrong name then when the RealShot Manager application is started an error message is displayed Select OK and perform the procedure described in this section again 13 Getting Started Troubleshooting the Client Installation License Error If RealShot Manager is started without a valid software license the message shown in Figure 24 will be displayed Application License Error E License file eror encountered What would you like ta do 7 You can evaluate the application as often as you like but with the following limitations 1 Time limit of 4 hours 2 Maximum numb
231. ure 7 System Example RealShot Manager Prerequisites A software license is required to run RealShot Manager If the application is started without a valid license file in place then only reduced evaluation functionality will be available If you are using a previous version of RealShot Manager with a dongle please contact your Sony dealer to apply for a free software license file To ensure access to the network database you will need up to date ODBC drivers These will be installed by the setup program alternatively run MDAC_TYP exe Both of these installations can be carried out after installation of the RealShot Manager application but are required before the RealShot Manager application can be used PC Requirements The following table details the requirements for a PC to run as a RealShot Manager client Operating System Windows 2000 2003 Server or XP Pentium 4 Processor 2 4 GHz or higher is recommended Memory 512 MB RAM minimum Video card Supporting 1024 x 768 at 16 24bit colour depth Network Interface card 100 Mbit s Getting Started Software Installation Software Installation Sony RealShot Manager Client Double click on the setup program setup exe or open the start menu and click on Run Enter lt CDROM Drive Letter gt setup exe as shown in Figure 8 and select OK Run Ei 3 Type the name of a program Folder document or Internet resource and Windows will open it For you Open d setup ex
232. utput e g LockDoors If the output pin on the camera is capable of producing a pulse then the Pulse check box will be available Enable the check box and enter a duration for the pulse to be produced when the output is triggered Refer to the camera and sensor manuals for signal requirements Enable the Invert check box to invert the sense of the pulse e g from low to high instead of from high to low Enable this output for triggering by marking the Enable check box For details of Activity Detection pins see Assigning an I O Box Pin to a Camera on page 144 7 Select Apply to save your changes 3 You can modify the name of this input by editing the Name field Choose a name that describes the sensor that triggers the input e g LabMovement Set the characteristics of the signal that will trigger this input If a pulse is expected then enable the Pulse check box and set the duration ms Refer to the camera and sensor manuals for signal requirements Enable the Invert check box to invert the sense of the expected pulse e g from low to high instead of from high to low Set the Enable check box to enable monitoring of signals on this input pin 143 Setup Manager Assigning an I O Box Pin to a Camera To be able to use the pins in an I O box you must they must be associated with a camera You must allocate a camera to each individual pin or to the I O box as a who
233. window made up of multiple panes you can adjust the area occupied by each pane 1 Place the cursor over the edge of the pane you wish to resize 2 Drag out to the required width Figure 34 Resizing a Pane 21 User Guide Navigating the User Interface Figure 35 Window Management 1 Figure 36 Window Management 2 Selecting a Colour Each of the application windows has the standard windows controls for manipulation of windows 1 Minimize 2 Restore Down 3 Close However in the secondary windows the minimize function is disabled Only the whole application can be put into the background to be accessed via a button on the Windows Start Bar If you restore down a window you can return it to its original size by selecting maximize 1 Minimize 2 Maximize 3 Close The colour palette allows you to select a colour from the basic range or to define your own custom colours See Figure 37 Color Basic colors ea a a EESTE mE Imi C tat tt ist fF ERE EEE ES EEE Eee ee EEE E Custom colors BEEBE sa Lee 8 ee WE Hue 27 Red 112 _ a uo ColorlS glid Lum 100 Blue 100 Add to Custom Colors Figure 37 The Colour Palette 1 You can select any colour from the Basic Colours by clicking on the colour required and then OK 2 If you wish to define a custom colour drag the colour selector until the colour you require is visible in the Colour Solid box 3
234. windows should be updated with new images e The Idle Display Interval determines how often the camera monitor windows should be updated when the main monitor window is not selected as the active window 3 Recordings Select a recording format for files from the options Tagged MetaData and Compatibility Mode The use of Dynamic Masks limits the functionality available through RealShot Manager if Compatibility Mode is selected No recordings can be made whilst using the dynamic masks To record whilst using dynamic masks use the Tagged MetaData option 4 Use the second monitor as full screen Hot Spot monitor If you are running in dual screen mode set up through your windows display settings then you can send the hot spot monitor image to full screen on the second monitor Enable the check box to do this 5 Select OK to save your changes 92 General Settings Modifying and Sharing Directories The RealShot Manager application uses four default folders for storing certain types of data created or used by the application An example of the default path to these folders is c Program Files Sony Sony RealShot Manager E Enter or browse for the path where the following Ge neral Settings i xj information will be stored Computer Sharing Joystick CustomToolbar Modules General Layout Directories Logging Alarm User 1 Snapshot single frame images snapshots
235. with the left mouse button on the group in the list or select the group and click on Details then make the required changes as outlined in steps 4 and 8 above Users can be deleted from the group with Remove if necessary 109 User Accounts Logging Off or Changing Accounts The User Manager dialog contains a General Settings tab the functions on this tab are described in Figure 156 User Manager l x Cunert User Default Permani Pensiope Pagara F oP Srhedie Edi E z g rg Damaia Marca BR 10 Manager m E udo Manages 1 fe E reste penrian Sy emcee Sethu fe Liisi musl enter a poorer Li O ction Edta Ez M RE lre Manage 2E ma Lei User Hey Penny F r G re ane rg C greet Pinpaiei Paed 5 I FJ Marus Recodng E STERIA 1 OT AE Seach and Playback a a Nore coe Change Password a ji 10 DE Corcel Liars H arr Dii Pasina Figure 156 Changing Login Sessions 1 Click on the Enable Permissions check box to enable or disable all permissions for the whole application This overrides the individual permissions set for the user in the Users tab Select the Users must enter a password check box to force users to apply password protection to the application 2 Select your preferred default permissions that should apply when no users are logged in by marking the Permissions check boxes of the facilities to be available to all These permissions would apply to an
236. ximum Files Enter the maximum number of log files to be retained on the system When this maximum is reached the oldest is deleted O cn Figure 139 User Logging Settings Joystick Settings The Joystick tab of the General Settings allows you to configure a Joystick device to control the PTZ functions of a camera 1x Senial S A 7 user 1 Select a Joystick type from the drop Computer Sharing Joystick Custom Toolbar Modules down list Select Joystick EEE 2 Enable the connection to the Joystick by checking the box and select Connect to establish communications Axis K Pan Relative 127 0 00 0 250 127 ris Y Te Relative 127 0 00 O 255 C 127 j j wee H me ee 3 The current setup for the joystick should Buton Zoomin Variable 0 0 appear in the function list Wion ZoomOut Variable O Button Zoom in Slow 0 0 Batard ZecrCueSiow 0 4 Select Properties to open a model Button Zoomln Fast 0 0 ifi i i i i oe Soe 5 specific dialog with details of the Joystick Button None 0 0 featu res Button 8 None 0 5 Select Calibrate to run a sequence of calibration tests to ensure that the range 4 _Propeties _ _ Cas C8 of movement of the joystick covers the whole range of camera control 6 Select OK to save the joystick settings or Cancel to exit without saving the setup Figure 140 Joystick Settings 96 General Settings In the example shown in F
237. y speed 2 Slow Reverse x 0 2 play speed 3 Slow Forward x0 2 play speed 4 Fast Forward x5 play speed 5 Frame Reverse moves one frame back 6 Frame Advance moves one frame a m forward i Buttons 7 and 8 allow you to navigate between files recorded by the same camera 7 Previ R ding Figure 125 Non Playspeed Control A TEONE RERO 8 Next Recording See Previous Next Recording on page 76 for an example Previous Next Recording Following a search that returns more than one recording it is possible to use the playback toolbar to move forwards and backwards opening files from the list of recordings using the Previous Recording and Next Recording toolbar buttons Duration Filename Files Start Available Cam Ceiling Manual 10 07 2003 13 40 56 10 07 2003 13 41 50 54 seconds Cam Ceiling 100703 134056 M 10 07 2003 13 40 56 gt 3 Cam Ceiling MM Schedule 10 07 2003 10 11 56 10 07 2003 10 30 00 0 18 04 Cam Ceiling 100703 101156 5 26 10 07 2003 10 11 56 oe He Meee A se 5 me a a 100x Ix 0 ekx 100x Peps ss tes T se 0 6 es 68 ed Lt itn um eel E a fa Figure 126 Navigating Recordings Timelapse Mode Versus Normal Mode Timelapse mode is toggled on off by using Eal on the Playback Recording Toolbar The purpose of the Timelapse mode is to make the playback of the images in a file smooth and e
238. ybody who uses RealShot Manager without logging in 3 The full user name of the user who is currently logged in is displayed you can also log off by selecting Log Off This button is only active when a registered user is logged in 4 To log in as another user select Change User to open the normal logon dialog Enter the user name and password of the account you wish to switch to This feature is useful for administrators who are also users of the system in another role Switching to an administrator account only when the additional functionality is actually required protects you from making mistakes 5 Enter the details of the alternative account you wish to use 6 You can modify the password for the account by selecting Change Password from here 7 Enter the old password once and the new password twice 8 Select OK to save the new password 9 Select OK to log in The new user s full name is shown in the Current User box 10 Select OK again to exit the User Manager 110 Setup Manager Setup Manager The Setup Manager allows you to register the details of the cameras and other devices that are to be used by the Sony RealShot Manager application When the application is first launched after installation you must use the Setup Manager to register cameras I O boxes audio boxes device groups and remote servers as required To open the Setup Manager select the Setup Manager icon from the main toolbar see Figure
239. yout with hotspot monitod changes in the new layout select Yes to save the original first NO to discard any changes or Cancel to abort the operation THEN IN BOTH CASES Cancel _ 4 Enter a modified name and description for the original or copied layout and Figure 225 Saving a Layout select OK to save Deleting Layouts If a layout is no longer required it can be deleted as follows 1 Select a layout and click on the Delete Layout button T on the layout editor toolbar 2 Click on Yes to confirm the delete operation or No to cancel it Figure 226 Deleting a Layout Exporting a Layout Layouts can only be exported one at a time it is not possible to import or export multiple layouts You must first select Edit Mode from the Layout Editor toolbar To Export a Layout perform the following 171 Layout Editor ae Ce eh Sh amp a e To Export a Layout perform the following 1 Select a layout and click on the Export Layout button 88 on the layout editor toolbar 2 Enter a filename for the layout file and select a repository 3 Click on Save and 4 The file is created in the selected Figure 227 Exporting a Layout directory If you enter the file name of an existing file you will be asked to confirm that you wish to replace the file before it can be saved Answer Yes to overwrite the existing file and NO to enter a different filename Importing a Layout You

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