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1. c scccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeenneeeeeeeeeeees VIEW VIDEO FROM CAMERAS IN MANAGEMENT APPLICATION On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Introduction RC P 2 5 User Manual Copyright trademarks and disclaimer Copyright 2013 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All rights reserved Trademarks Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc Android is a trademark of Google Inc All other trademarks mentioned in this document are trademarks of their respective owners Disclaimer This text is intended for general information purposes only and due care has been taken in its preparation Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient and nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty OnSSI reserves the right to make adjustments without prior notification All names of people and organizations used in the examples in this text are fictitious Any resemblance to any actual organization or person living or dead is purely coincidental and unintended This product may make use of third party software for which specific terms and conditions may apply When that is the case you can find more information in the file 3rd_party_software_terms_and_conditions txt located in your OnSSI surveillance system installation folder OnSSI and the Eye logo are registered trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocula
2. o Example If you use MJPEG audio is stored in one record for every JPEG for as long as the audio block size does not exceed the time between the JPEGs In extreme cases this reduces the database s video storage capacity to half its capacity because half of the database s records is used for storing audio If you use very high frame rates which means less time between each JPEG a smaller portion of the database is used for storing audio records and consequently a larger portion is available for storing video The result is that the database runs full sooner and automatic archiving takes place more often than if you were only recording video The above examples are simplified The exact available video storage capacity also depends on GOP JPEG and audio kilobyte size Replace Hardware Device wizard The Replace Hardware Device wizard helps you replace a hardware device that you have previously added to and configured on your surveillance system To open the Replace Hardware Device wizard right click the device that you want to replace and select Replace Hardware Device The wizard is divided into these pages e New hardware device information on page 38 e Database action see Camera and database action on page 39 New hardware device information Specify details about the new hardware device 38 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Name Description IP Address IP address or host
3. Description Select to enable the use of email notifications allowing you to specify further properties Specify the email addresses to which the system should send email notifications To specify more than one e mail address separate the e mail addresses with semicolons example aa aa aa bb bb bb cc cc cc Enter a subject text for email notifications Enter a message text for email notifications Note that camera information as well as date and time information is automatically included in email notifications Click a link to include a variable to the notification The options are e Name of triggering event e Camera name e Trigger time the time when the notification was registered e Error text for example camera failure Specify the number of seconds to ignore sending similar notifications This function is to ensure that you do not receive too many notifications before you have solved the relevant problem Select the schedule profile you want to use By default you can choose between Always On Always Off or choose Add new to set up a custom schedule see Notification Scheduling properties on page 88 Specify the following server settings for email Component Sender e mail address Outgoing mail server address SMTP Requirement Enter the email address you wish to use as the sender of the email notification Type the name of the SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol server which you want to use t
4. Show or hide microphones or speakers Available functionality depends on your product version If you have added more microphones or speakers to your system than you need you can hide the ones you do not need by right clicking the relevant microphone or speaker and select Hide If you need the hidden microphone speaker again you can right click the overall microphone or speaker icon and select Show Hidden Items Hardware properties Hardware name and video channels When you configure hardware devices on page 40 specify the following properties On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 41 Advanced configuration Name Hardware name Video channel enabled RC P 2 5 User Manual Description The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Enable disable each of the selected hardware device s video channels Many hardware devices only have a single video channel in which case only one channel will be listed Other hardware devices typically video encoder devices have several video channels If some of the channels are unavailable this is because you are not licensed to use all of a vi
5. Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Stop Event Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under Live Frame Rate normal mode If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or Recording Frame Rate hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Tip Speedup does not necessarily have to be based on motion or events you can also use scheduling see Speedup on page 82 to configure speedup based on particular periods of time If you prefer such time based speedup you should still enable the use of speedup by selecting the Enable speedup check box Dual stream This feature is only available on cameras supporting dual stream Name Description This additional stream feature lets you use the alternative stream of the camera It enables two independent streams to the recording server a stream for live viewing and another stream for recording purposes with different resolution encoding and frame rate Enable dedicated live stream On Net Surveillance Sys
6. Advanced configuration Description Total amount of time for which you want to keep recordings from the camera that is recordings in the camera s database as well as any archived recordings Default is 7 days Retention time covers the total amount of time you want to keep recordings for In earlier RC P versions time limits were specified separately for the database and archives Click the Open button to configure detailed and or camera specific settings for the selected camera Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras Tip To select more than one value press CTRL while selecting Apply all values from the template to selected cameras When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step In the case of Dynamic Path Selection this is because the properties are shared by all cameras With dynamic archiving see About archiving on page 75 paths you specify a number of different archiving paths usually across several drives If the path containing the RC P database is on one of the drives you have selected for archiving RC P always tries to archive to that drive first If not RC P automatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available space at any t
7. Clear All Set selected template value on selected cameras New schedule profile RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Select the required profile for example A ways on for the online schedule see Configure camera specific schedules on page 45 for the relevant camera s You specify a camera s online periods by creating schedule profiles based on e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in pink e Events within periods of time example from Event A occurs until Event B occurs Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in yellow The two options can be combined but they cannot overlap in time Select the required profile for the e mail notification schedule see E mail notification on page 83 for the camera s in question You specify a camera s e mail notification periods by creating schedule profiles based on periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in blue Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras Tip To select more than one value press CTRL while selecting Create a new schedule profile of any type by clicking the Create button Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only SMS PTZ Patrolling 80 Select the required profile for the SMS notification schedule for the camera s
8. If you need to you can start and stop services separately from the Management Application see Start and stop services Service Description A vital part of the surveillance system Video streams are only transferred to E RC P while the Recording Server service is running Provides access to the surveillance system for users who log in with Ocularis Client Note If the Image Server service is configured in Windows Services to log in OnSSI Image Server service with another account than the Local System account for example as a domain user installed instances of Ocularis Client on other computers than the surveillance server itself are not able to log in to the server using the server s host name Instead those users must enter the server s IP address Used for fetching pre and post alarm images and storing the fetched images in camera databases Pre and post alarm images is a feature available for selected cameras only that enables sending of images from OnSSI Image Import service immediately before and after an event took place from the camera to the surveillance system via e mail Pre and post alarm images should not be confused with the RC P pre and post recording feature see Recording on page 65 Performs integrity checks on RC P log files For more information see OnSSI Log Check service Overview of Logs 94 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Backup and restore configuration Backup and re
9. Note that you can specify exceptions if motion is detected or events occur Allows you to make exceptions if you have selected to record keyframes only Select this check box to record all frames when motion is detected Two seconds after the last motion is detected the camera will return to recording keyframes only Allows you to make exceptions if you have selected to record keyframes only Select this check box to record all frames when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of this feature requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the neighboring lists Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields Use when recording on Event or Motion Detection amp Event Select required start event The camera will begin recording all frames when the start event occurs Select required stop event The camera will again only recording keyframes when the stop event occurs On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Dual stream This feature is only available on cameras supporting dual stream Name Description This additional stream feature lets you use the alternative stream of the camera It enables two independent streams to the recording server a stream for live viewing and another stream for recording purposes with different resolution encoding a
10. Send SMS on archiving failure Properties available in Ocularis CS only If selected RC P starts archiving when a certain event occurs Select the PGR CMD event from the list Camera specific scheduling properties Online period When you configure scheduling see Configure camera specific schedules on page 45 for specific cameras your Online Period settings are probably the most important since they determine when each camera should transfer video to RC P By default cameras added to RC P are automatically online and you only need to modify the online period settings if you require cameras to be online only at specific times or events Note however that this default may be changed as part of the general scheduling options see Scheduling options on page 81 in which case cameras added at a later time are not automatically online The fact that a camera transfers video to RC P does not necessarily mean that video from the camera is recorded Recording is configured separately see Configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 Name Description Select the required profile for example A ways on for the online schedule see Configure camera specific schedules on page 45 for the relevant camera s You specify a camera s online periods by creating schedule profiles based on Online e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in pink e Events wi
11. The template can help you configure similar properties quickly Say you have 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path archiving path and Template retention time for all of them Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times you can simply enter them once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two Apply Template Set buttons to actually apply the template The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Camera Name 50 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Record on Start Event Stop Event Pre recording Seconds of pre recording Post recording Seconds of post recording On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Advanced configuration Description Select under which conditions video from the camera should be recorded e Always Record whenever the camera is enabled see General on page 61 and scheduled to be online see Online period on page 82 the latter allows for time based recording e
12. and archives to drive D while Camera 2 records to drive D and archives to drive C Avoid this One camera s archiving may take up space required for another camera s recordings In the above example Camera 1 s archiving to D may result in no recording space for camera 2 on D The rule is Do not cross recording and archiving drives About archiving audio If you have enabled an audio source for example a microphone on a hardware device audio recordings are archived together with video recordings from the camera attached to the hardware device If the hardware device is a video encoder with several channels audio is archived with the camera on channel 1 When you have enabled an audio source the system records audio to the associated camera s database This affects 76 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration the database s capacity for storing video You may therefore want to use scheduled archiving more frequently if you record audio and video than if you only record video Storage capacity required for archiving The storage capacity required for archiving depends entirely on the amount of recordings you plan to keep and on how long you want to keep them retention time Some organizations want to keep archived recordings from a large number of cameras for several months or years Other organizations may only want to archive recordings from one or two cameras and they may want to kee
13. e Always Record whenever the camera is enabled see General on page 61 and scheduled to be online see Online period on page 82 the latter allows for time based recording e Never Never record Live video will be displayed but since no video is kept in the database users will not be able to play back video from the camera e Motion Detection Select this to record video in which motion see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page 69 is detected Unless post recording see the following is used recording will stop immediately after the last motion is detected e Event Select this to record video when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of recording on event requires that events have been defined in the Management Application and that you select start and stop events Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields e Motion Detection and Event Select this to record video in which motion is detected or when an event occurs and until another event occurs Remember to select start and stop events in the neighboring columns You can store recordings from periods preceding detected motion and or start events Select check box to enable this feature Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from before recording start cond
14. in question You specify a camera s SMS notification periods by creating schedule profiles based on periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in green Only available for PTZ pan tilt zoom cameras with patrolling the continuous movement of a PTZ camera between a number of preset positions Lets you select the required profile for the PTZ patrolling schedule for the camera s in question You specify a camera s patrolling schedule based on patrolling profiles within particular periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in red On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Scheduling options When you configure general scheduling and archiving you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one go In the case of Scheduling Options it is because the properties are shared by all cameras Name Description Cameras may be offline for example because they have reached the end of an online recording schedule see Online period on page 82 in which case client users will not be able to view live video from the cameras However if you select Start cameras on client requests client users will be able to view live video from the camera outside online schedule but without recording technically force the camera to be online outside its online schedule Start cameras on client requests You must select Enable recording when started on clie
15. lt gt Onss Recording Component RC P User Manual On Net Surveillance Systems Inc One Blue Hill Plaza 7 Floor PO Box 1555 Pearl River NY 10965 Phone 845 732 7900 Fax 845 732 7999 Web www onssi com RC P 2 5 User Manual 00011142013 1655 RC P_2 5 03 7 1 21 3 8 Legal Notice This product manual is intended for general information purposes only and due care has been taken in its preparation Any risk arising from the use of this information rests with the recipient and nothing herein should be construed as constituting any kind of warranty 2002 2013 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All rights reserved OnSSI and the Eye logo are registered trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Ocularis Ocularis Client Ocularis Client Lite Ocularis Video Synopsis NetEVS NetDVMS NetDVR ProSight NetGuard NetGuard EVS NetSwitcher NetMatrix NetCentral NetTransact NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective owners On Net Surveillance Systems Inc reserves the right to change product specifications without prior notice RC P 2 5 User Manual Table of Contents Table of Contents BI ebe EE 2 INTRODUCTION HE 7 RG P OVERVIEW tien eebe Ee eege GES eege eege Es 7 WHAT S NEW ccccccccessssccccceccceessecceccceseeesseceeceecaeeeseceeeeeeauaesseceeecansuaesseceeeceneuaessecesecetsuaasseseneteneuages
16. on page 43 for specific cameras recording properties include Name Description Record whenever the camera is enabled see General on page 61 and Always scheduled to be online see Online period on page 82 the latter allows for time based recording On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 65 Advanced configuration Name Never Conditionally Built in motion detection On event Start Event Stop Event Enable pre recording Enable post recording RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Never record Live video will be displayed but since no video is kept in the database users will not be able to play back video from the camera Record when certain conditions are met When you select this option specify required conditions see the following which enables you to store recordings from periods preceding and following detected motion and or specified events Example If you have defined that video should be stored when a door is opened being able to see what happened immediately prior to the door being opened may also be important Say you have specified that video should be stored conditionally on event with a start event called Door Opened and a stop event called Door Closed With three seconds of pre recording video is recorded from three seconds before Door Opened occurs and until Door Closed occurs Select this check box to record video in which motion see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page
17. relevant folder RC P When you run the installer select Custom installation and when you are prompted for an installation folder select the relevant folder created for restoring Remove the current version You do not need to manually remove the old version of your system before you install the new version The old version is removed when you install the new version Video device drivers Video device drivers are installed automatically during the initial installation of the recording component New versions of video device drivers known as driver packs are released from time to time and made available for free on the OnSSI website We recommend that you always use the latest version of video device drivers When you update video device drivers you can install the latest version on top of any version you may have installed IMPORTANT When you install new video device drivers your system cannot communicate with camera devices from the moment you begin the installation until the moment installation is complete and you have restarted the Recording Server service Usually the process takes no longer than a few minutes but it is highly recommended that you perform the update at a time when you do not expect important incidents to take place 1 Onthe RC P server on which you want to install the new video device drivers version shut down any running surveillance software including any running Recording Server service 2 Run the dri
18. the clock jumps forward from 02 00 standard time to 03 00 DST and the day has 23 hours In that case there is no data between 02 00 and 03 00 in the morning since that hour for that day did not exist Fall Switch from DST to Standard Time When you switch from DST to standard time in the fall you jump one hour back Typically the clock jumps backward from 02 00 DST to 01 00 standard time repeating that hour and the day has 25 hours In that case you will reach 01 59 59 then immediately revert back to 01 00 00 If the system did not react it would essentially re record that hour so the first instance of for example 01 30 would be overwritten by the second instance of 01 30 Because of this RC P will forcefully archive the current video in the event that the system time changes by more than five minutes The first instance of the 01 00 hour will not be viewable directly from clients However the data is recorded and safe and it can be browsed using the Ocularis Client by opening the archived database directly On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 11 Install and upgrade RC P 2 5 User Manual Install and upgrade Install your surveillance server software Do not install RC P on a mounted drive A mounted drive is a drive that is attached to an empty folder on an NTFS NT File System volume with a label or name instead of a drive letter If you use mounted drives critical system features may not work as intended You do n
19. you see a preview from the camera You define regions to exclude in the preview which is divided into small sections by a grid e To make the grid visible select the Show Grid check box e To define exclude regions drag the mouse pointer over the required areas in the preview while pressing the mouse button down Left mouse button selects a grid section right mouse button clears a grid section Selected areas are highlighted in blue Tip With the Include All button you can quickly select all grid sections in the preview This can be advantageous if you want to disable motion detection in most areas of the preview in which case you can clear the few sections in which you do not want to disable motion detection With the Exclude All button you can quickly deselect them all Motion Detection Motion detection is a key element in most surveillance systems Depending on your configuration motion detection settings may determine when video is recorded saved on the surveillance system server when notifications are sent when output a light or siren is triggered etc It is important that you find the best possible motion detection settings for each camera to avoid unnecessary recordings notifications etc Depending on the physical location of your cameras it is a good idea to test settings under different physical conditions day night windy calm weather etc Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot co
20. 1 First the program will attempt to move archives moving archives is only possible if you use dynamic archiving with which you can archive to several different drives This happens if On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 77 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual 78 o there is less than 15 disk space left and the available disk space goes below 40 GB plus 2 GB per camera S or o the available disk space goes below 225 MB plus 30 MB per camera example with ten cameras the server would be running out of disk space if the remaining available disk space went below 525 MB 225 MB plus 30 MB for each of the ten cameras The difference ensures that very large disks are not necessarily considered to be running out of disk space just because they have less than 15 disk space left If moving archives is not possible your system attempts to delete the oldest archives This happens if o there is less than 10 disk space left and the available disk space goes below 30 GB plus 1 5 GB per camera a or o the available disk space goes below 150 MB plus 20 MB per camera example with ten cameras the server would be running out of disk space if the remaining available disk space went below 350 MB 150 MB plus 20 MB for each of the ten cameras The difference ensures that very large disks not necessarily are considered to be running out of disk space just because they have less than 10 disk space left IMPORTANT You los
21. 69 is detected Unless post recording see the following is used recording will stop immediately after the last motion is detected Select this check box to record video when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of recording on event requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the neighboring lists Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields Select required start event Recording will begin when the start event occurs or earlier if using pre recording see the following Select required stop event Recording will end when the stop event occurs or later if using post recording see the following Available only when the option Conditional is selected Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from before recording start conditions that is motion or start event are met Available only when the option Conditional is selected Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video after recording stop conditions that is motion end or stop event are met Note that manual recording on page 55 may be enabled With manual recording users of Ocularis Client with the necessary rights can manually start recording if they see something of interest while viewing live video from acamera which is not already recording If enabled manual recording can take pla
22. Access and select Properties 2 Specify required properties for Server Access on page 90 Local IP Ranges on page 90 and Language Support and XML Encoding on page 91 Your system comes with two simple schedule profiles Always on and Always off which you cannot edit or delete If these do not meet your needs you can create any number of customized schedule profiles for each camera You can reuse a customized schedule profile for more than one purpose if you want to On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 89 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual 3 Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper right corner of the Management Application When you use this option you configure client users separately from clients access See Add individual users Add user groups and Configure user and group rights Server access properties Server access When you configure server access on page 89 that is clients access to the RC P server specify the following Name Description Name of the RC P server as it will appear in Ocularis Users of Ocularis Server name Client in Limited Mode with rights to configure their clients will see the name of the server when they create views in their clients Port number to use for communication between clients and the surveillance Local port server The default port number is 80 you can change the port number if port 80 is used for other purposes in yo
23. Never Never record Live video will be displayed but since no video is kept in the database users will not be able to play back video from the camera e Motion Detection Select this to record video in which motion see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page 69 is detected Unless post recording see the following is used recording will stop immediately after the last motion is detected e Event Select this to record video when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of recording on event requires that events have been defined in the Management Application and that you select start and stop events Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields e Motion Detection and Event Select this to record video in which motion is detected or when an event occurs and until another event occurs Remember to select start and stop events in the neighboring columns Select required start event Recording will begin when the start event occurs or earlier if using pre recording see the following Select required stop event Recording will end when the stop event occurs or later if using post recording see the following You can store recordings from periods preceding detected motion and or start events Select check box to enable this feature Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column Specify the nu
24. Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Frame Rate Live Frame Rate Recording Frame Rate Required average frame rate for video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C The template can help you configure similar properties quickly For example if you have 20 cameras and you want a particular frame rate on all of them you can enter it once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras Name Apply Template Select All Clear All Apply template on selected cameras On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Description Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two Set buttons to actually apply the template Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Temp
25. Users or Groups dialog You can only make selections from the local computer even if you click the Locations button 2 In Enter the object names to select enter the user name s then use the Check Names feature to verify the user name If you enter several user names separate each name with a semicolon Example Brian Hannah Karen Wayne 3 When done click OK IMPORTANT When a user who has been added from a local database logs in with a client the user should not specify any server name PC name or IP address as part of the user name Example of a correctly specified user name USERO001 not PC001 USER001 The user should of course still specify a password and any relevant server information IMPORTANT Ocularis Base needs only 1 user account with administrative privileges If you use OpenSight you should create an additional user account with only those privileges you want to provide to the remote monitor Access summary The access summary lists which cameras your users have access to When you use the wizard all users you have added have access all to cameras including any new cameras added at a later stage You can however limit individual users access to cameras by changing their individual rights On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 37 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Hardware devices About hardware devices You add cameras and other hardware devices such as vi
26. accessible until you add the affected devices to RC P again Select the option you need and click OK 96 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Backup and restore configuration 4 Inthe Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration and select Services 5 For the Recording Server and Image Server services respectively click the Restart button Restarting the two services applies the imported Management Application configuration Import changes to configuration It is possible to imported changes to a configuration This can be relevant if installing many similar RC P systems for example in a chain of shops where the same types of server hardware devices and cameras are used in each shop In such cases you can use an existing configuration typically a cloned configuration see Export and import management application configuration on page 95 as a template for the other installations However since the shops installations are not exactly the same the hardware devices and cameras are of the same type but they are not physically the same and therefore they have different MAC addresses there needs to be an easy way of importing changes to the template configuration This is why RC P lets you import changes about hardware devices and cameras as comma separated values CSV from a file see Add hardware Import from CSV file CSV file format and requirements on page 27 1 From the
27. and the system configuration backup done from the OnSSI Surveillance folder because these are two different things The backup described here is limited to a backup of the Management Application configuration The type of system configuration backup done from the OnSSI Surveillance folder is a backup of your entire surveillance system setup including among other things log files event configuration restore points view groups as well as the Management Application and Ocularis Client configuration When you install the new version of RC P it inherits the configuration from your previous version OnSSI recommends that you make regular backups of your server configuration as a disaster recovery measure You should also do this when you upgrade your server While it is rare that you lose your configuration cameras schedules views etc it can happen under unfortunate circumstances Fortunately it takes only a minute to back up your existing configuration Export Management Application configuration as clone With this option all relevant RC P Management Application configuration files are collected and GUIDs Globally Unique IDentifiers unique 128 bit numbers used for identifying individual system components such as cameras are marked for later replacement GUIDs are marked for later replacement because they refer to specific components cameras etc Even though you wish to use the cloned configuration for setting up a new similar syste
28. cameras Tip To select more than one value press CTRL while selecting Apply all values from the template to selected cameras Only available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS Default Speaker Audio recording Select a default speaker When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras you can determine whether audio should be recorded or not Your choice applies for all cameras on your RC P system Name Always Never Description Always record audio on all applicable cameras Never record audio on any cameras Note that even though audio is never recorded it is still be possible to listen to live audio in the Ocularis Client If you record audio it is important that you note the following e Audio recording affects video storage capacity Audio is recorded to the associated camera s database Therefore it is important to keep in mind that the database is likely to become full earlier if you record audio and video than if you only record video The fact that the database becomes full is not in itself a problem since RC P automatically archives see About archiving on page 75 data if the database becomes full However you may need additional archiving space if you record audio o Example If you use MPEG4 each one second video GOP Group Of Pictures are stored in one record in the database Each second of audio will also be stored in one record in the
29. database This reduces the database s video storage capacity to half its capacity because half of the database s records is used for storing audio Consequently the database runs full sooner and automatic archiving takes place more often than if you were only recording video o Example If you use MJPEG audio is stored in one record for every JPEG for as long as the audio block size does not exceed the time between the JPEGs In extreme cases this reduces the database s video storage capacity to half its capacity because half of the database s records is 60 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration used for storing audio If you use very high frame rates which means less time between each JPEG a smaller portion of the database is used for storing audio records and consequently a larger portion is available for storing video The result is that the database runs full sooner and automatic archiving takes place more often than if you were only recording video Above examples are simplified The exact available video storage capacity also depends on GOP JPEG and audio kilobyte size Storage information The storage information lets you view how much storage space you have on your RC P system and not least how much of it is free Name Description Drive Letter representing the drive in question for example C Path Path to where you save the files for example CX or OurServer OurFol
30. do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields e Motion Detection amp Event Select this to record all frames when motion is detected or when an event occurs and until another event occurs Remember to select start and stop events in the neighboring columns e Schedule only Select this to record all frames according to the camera s speedup schedule see Speedup on page 82 only Use when recording on Event or Motion Detection amp Event Select required start event The camera will begin recording all frames when the start event occurs Select required stop event The camera will again only recording keyframes when the stop event occurs When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step Do this to speed up things or because the properties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras With a default microphone and or speaker selected for a camera audio from the microphone and or speaker is automatically used when you view video from the camera Note that all of the properties can also be specified individually for each camera Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Template Apply Template On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Description The template can help you configure similar properties quickly Say you have 20 cameras and you w
31. exists If the file exists make a copy of it The file exists if you have configured video properties see General on page 61 for certain types of cameras For such cameras changes to the properties are stored in the file rather than on the camera itself 3 Store the copies away from the server so that they are not affected if the server is damaged stolen or otherwise affected Remember that a backup is a snapshot of your system configuration at the time of backing up If you later change your configuration your backup does not reflect the most recent changes Therefore back up your system configuration regularly Tip When you back up your configuration as described the backup includes restore points see Restore system configuration from a restore point on page 97 This allows you to not only restore the backed up configuration but also to revert to an earlier point in that configuration if you need to Restore system configuration 1 If RC P is used on a server running any supported operating system copy the contents of the backed up data into C Program Data OnSSI RC P 2 If you backed up the file devices ini copy the file into C Program Files OnSSIRC P devices Export and import management application configuration You can export the current configuration of your RC P Management Application either as a safety measure in order to have a backup file of your configuration or as a clone allowing you to use a similar Man
32. file is empty the existing parameter value remains unchanged on that camera Most system integrators store hardware device information in spreadsheets like Microsoft Excel from which they can save the information as comma separated values in a CSV file The following applies for the information present in CSV files On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 27 Getting started RC P 2 5 User Manual e The first line of the CSV file must contain the headers and following lines must contain information about one hardware device each e Separators can be commas semicolons or tabs but cannot be mixed e All lines must contain valid values pay special attention to the fact that camera names user names etc must be unique and must not contain any of the following special characters lt gt amp r 2 7 e There is no fixed order of values and optional parameters can be omitted entirely e Boolean fields are considered true unless set to 0 false or no e Lines containing only separators are ignored e Empty lines are ignored Even though the CSV file format is generally ASCII only Unicode identifiers are allowed Even without Unicode identifiers the entire file or even individual characters are allowed to be Unicode strings Configure storage wizard The Video storage step helps you quickly configure your cameras video and recording properties Configure storage Video settings and preview Video settings let you control bandwidth bri
33. have connected it to your network you must add it manually Add hardware wizard You add cameras and other hardware devices such as video encoders to your system through the Add Hardware wizards f the hardware device has microphones or speakers attached the tool automatically adds these as well For RC P you can use up to 26 devices per server With RC I you can use 64 devices maximum per server provided there are enough resources With RC C there is no hard limit to the number of devices per server This too is only limited to the resources of the hardware Note that you can add more cameras than you are allowed to use If you use video encoder devices on your system keep in mind that many video encoder devices have more than one camera connected to them For example a fully used four port video encoder counts as four cameras The wizard offers you four different ways of adding cameras Name Description Scans your network for relevant hardware devices based on your specifications regarding required IP ranges discovery methods drivers and device user names and passwords See Add Hardware Devices wizard Advanced Advanced Specify details about each hardware device separately A good choice if you only want to add a few hardware devices and you know their IP addresses required user names and passwords etc See Add Hardware Devices wizard Manual see Manual on page 26 Manual Import data about cameras a
34. in RC P this does not pose a threat RC P creates a new database and continues archiving in this new database You can work with and view both this new database and the old one like any other databases By default recordings are stored in your system s database for each camera The database for each camera is capable of containing a maximum of 600000 records or 40 GB However the maximum size of a database is not in itself very important If a database for a camera becomes full RC P automatically begins archiving its content freeing up space in the database Consequently having sufficient archiving space is more important see Storage Capacity Required for Archiving in the following In addition to automatic archiving when a database becomes full you can schedule archiving to take place at particular times up to 24 times per day This way you can proactively archive recordings so databases never becomes full By using archiving you can also back up archived records on backup media of your choice using your preferred backup software About archiving locations The default archiving folder see Default File Paths on page 23 C MediaDatabase is located on the RC P server You can change the default archiving folder to any other location locally or select a location on a On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 75 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual network drive to use as the default archiving folder In the archiving folder s
35. in the Management Application s navigation pane Select the relevant hardware device right click the relevant camera and select Enable or Disable About replacing cameras If you remove a camera from a recording server you also free a license You can replace a licensed camera and activate and license a new camera instead The total number of purchased device channels corresponds to the total number of cameras that can run on the surveillance system simultaneously When you replace a camera you must use the Management Application Replace Hardware Device wizard on page 38 to map all relevant databases of cameras microphones inputs outputs etc Remember to activate the license once you are finished About getting additional licenses If you want to add or have already added more device channels than you currently have licenses for you must buy additional licenses before the cameras can send data to your RC P system To get additional licenses for RC P contact your vendor or visit www onssi com to log into the software registration service center When your license file lic is updated you can activate your licenses See Manage licenses for more information on activating Overview of license information Available functionality depends on your product version You can get an overview of your licenses from the Management Application s navigation pane Expand Advanced Configuration and select Hardware Devices This presents you w
36. menu bar select File gt Import Changes to Configuration 2 Select Online verification if the new hardware devices and cameras listed in your CSV file are connected to the server and you want to verify that they can be reached 3 Point to the CSV file and click the Import Configuration from File button Restore system configuration from a restore point Restore points allow you to return to a previous configuration state Each time you apply a configuration change in the Management Application either by clicking OK in a properties dialog or by clicking the Apply button in a summary pane a new restore point is created All restore points in the current and previous five sessions are stored and can be selected again A new session begins each time you start the Management Application as well as each time you save the whole configuration for example by clicking the Save Configuration button in the Management Application s toolbar For sessions older than the last five sessions only the latest restore point of each session is stored With the Number of old sessions to keep field you can control how many old sessions are kept When you select to restore a configuration from a restore point the configuration from the selected restore point is applied and used once the services are restarted see Start and stop services If you have added new cameras or other devices to RC P after the restore point was created they are missing if you lo
37. name of the hardware device Port number on which to scan The default is port 80 If a hardware device is located behind a NAT enabled router or a firewall you may need to specify a Port different port number When this is the case also remember to configure the router firewall so it maps the port and IP address used by the hardware device User name for the hardware device s administrator account Many organizations use the hardware device manufacturer s default user names for their hardware devices If that is the case in your organization select lt default gt do not type a manufacturer s default user name as this can be a User Name source of error trust that your system knows the manufacturer s default user name You can also select other typical user names such as admin or root from the list Type a new user name if you want a user name which is not on the list Password required to access the administrator account Some hardware devices do not require user name password for access To specify which device driver to use for the new hardware device you can Password e Select the video device driver in the Hardware device type list and then click Auto detect Verify Hardware Device Type to verify that the driver matches the hardware device or e Click Auto detect Verify Hardware Device Type to automatically detect and verify the right driver When the right driver is found the Serial number MAC address field displ
38. ormat Database export Export evidence in database format Use the Sequences feature when playing back video from the selected Sequences camera Search for motion in one or more selected areas of images from the selected Smart search camera Recorded audio Listen to recorded audio from microphones related to the selected camera s You cannot select a feature if the selected camera does not support the relevant feature For example PTZ related rights are only available if the relevant camera is a PTZ camera Some features depend on the user s group s General Access on page 92 properties Square filled check boxes can appear in the lower part of the window if you have selected several cameras and a feature applies for some but not all of the cameras Example For camera A you have selected that use of the Events is allowed for camera B you have not allowed this If you select both camera A and camera B in the list the Events check box in the lower part of the window is square filled Another example Camera Cis a PTZ camera for which you have allowed the PTZ preset positions feature whereas camera D is not a PTZ camera If you select both camera C and camera D in the list the PTZ preset positions check box is square filled Services About services The following services are all automatically installed on the RC P server if you run a Typical installation By default services run transparently in the background on the RC P server
39. page 86 periods Before you can define this type of schedule you must enable see Message Settings email on page 87 email notification Name Description Select the required profile for the e mail notification schedule see E mail notification on page 83 for the camera s in question You specify a camera s e mail notification periods by creating schedule profiles based on E mail i periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in blue Logs About logs Your system can generate various logs Log types Name Description Shows Management Application activity For every day you use the Management Application a new log file is created Management Application log files You cannot disable this type of logging Management Application log files are named according to the structure AdminYYYYMMDD log for example Admin20091231 l0g Shows Recording Server service activity A new log file is created for each day this service is used Recording Server service log files Yoy cannot disable this type of logging Recording Server service log files are named according to the structure RecordingServerYYYYMMDD log for example RecordingServer20091231 l0g Shows Image Server service activity A new log file is created for each day the service is used Image Server service log files You cannot disable this type of logging Image Server service log files are named according to the structure ISLog YYYYMMDD log for examp
40. print This allows you to create targeted printouts that contain exactly the amount of information you need On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 15 First time use RC P 2 5 User Manual About restarting services Some changes in the Management Application require that your system restarts the Image Server service or Recording Server service See a list of these below Image Server Change of port number Maximum number of clients Enabling or disabling of master servers Adding or removing slave servers Change of log path Change of license Change of privacy mask Removal of hardware devices Turning evidence collection mode on or off Ocularis CS only Recording Server Change of license Change of event database path Turning on manual recording Start on remote Enabling and disabling of notifications Change of events Change of outputs Adding or removing a dynamic archiving path Adding or removing archive time Change of scheduling Replacing hardware devices Changing camera driver Changing camera IP address Deletion of all devices Turning evidence collection mode on or off Ocularis CS only 16 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Licenses Licenses About licenses When you purchase RC P you also purchase a certain number of licenses for device channels Device channels are typically cameras but could also be dedicated input output boxes One device channel license enables you to r
41. rate specified under normal mode 62 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Speedup frame rate mode Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Description The speedup feature lets you use a higher than normal frame rate if motion is Enable speedup frame rate detected and or an event occurs When you enable speedup further columns for specifying speedup details become available Speedup frame rate for viewing video from the camera Select number of Frame Rate frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Select this check box to use the speedup frame rates when motion is On motion detected The camera will return to the normal frame rates two seconds after the last motion is detected Select this check box to use the speedup frame rates when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of speedup on event requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the On event neighboring lists Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields Select required start event The camera will begin using the speedup frame EE rates when the start event occurs Select required stop event The camera will return to the normal frame rates when the stop event occurs
42. recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras properties include the possibility of selecting a default microphone and or speaker for the camera With a default microphone and or speaker selected for a camera audio from the microphone and or speaker is automatically used when you view video from the camera If a microphone and or speaker is attached to the same hardware device as the camera that particular microphone and or speaker is the camera s default microphone and or speaker if you do not select otherwise Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Description Select a default microphone Default Microphone Tip Note that you can select microphones attached to another hardware device than the selected camera Available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Default Speaker Select a default speaker The ability to select a default microphone or speaker for the camera is only available if at least one microphone and or speaker has been attached to a hardware device on the surveillance system Recording The term recording means saving video and if applicable audio from a camera in the camera s database on the surveillance system server Video audio is often saved only when there is a reason to do so for example as long as motion is detected when an event occurs and until another event occurs or within a certain period of time When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration
43. right click the relevant camera and select Properties 46 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration 2 Inthe Camera Properties window select the Recording Properties tab and select the relevant settings see About motion detection settings on page 44 3 Select the Motion Detection tab If there are any areas to exclude from motion detection for example if the camera covers an area where a tree is swaying in the wind you can exclude that area see Exclude regions on page 35 by selecting it with your mouse 4 Fillin the relevant properties see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page 69 Note that there are some differences in motion detection behavior for PTZ cameras see About motion detection and PTZ cameras on page 45 Disable or delete cameras All cameras are enabled by default This means that video from the cameras can be transferred to your system if the cameras are scheduled to be online see Online period on page 82 To disable a camera 1 Inthe Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration expand Cameras and Storage Information double click the camera you want to disable and clear the Enabled box 2 Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper right corner of the Management Application To delete a camera you have to delete the hardware device see Delete hardware devices on pag
44. start event The camera will begin using the speedup frame rates when the start event occurs Select required stop event The camera will return to the normal frame rates when the stop event occurs Click the Open button to configure detailed and or camera specific settings for the selected camera Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered 57 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or Recording Frame Rate hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Frame Rate MPEG When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step Do this to speed up things or because the properties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras Note that you can also specify all of the Frame Rate MPEG properties individually for each camera see Recording on pag
45. three ways On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 43 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Guided configuration where you can specify video recording and archiving Wizard driven f settings for all your cameras Specify video recording and shared settings such as dynamic archiving Concret paths and whether to record audio or not for all your cameras Specify video recording and camera specific settings for each individual Camera specific camera About database resizing In case recordings for a camera get bigger than expected or the available drive space is suddenly reduced in another way an advanced database resizing procedure automatically takes place e f archives see About archiving on page 75 are present on the same drive as the camera s database the oldest archive for all cameras archived on that drive is moved to another drive moving archives is only possible if you use dynamic archiving see Dynamic path selection on page 49 with which you can archive to several different drives or if moving is not possible deleted e If no archives are present on the drive containing the camera s database the size of all camera databases on the drive is reduced by deleting a percentage of their oldest recordings temporarily limiting the size of all databases When the Recording Server service see About services on page 94 is restarted upon such database resizing the original database si
46. to consider Some cameras supporting multistreaming may halve their frame rate or respond with other negative effects if you open a second stream If a camera delivers live video in a very high quality de coding of images may increase the load on the Recording Server service which may in turn affect ongoing recordings negatively Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time Therefore we recommend that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ 100 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Index 3 360 lens 71 A About activating licenses 17 18 21 About activating licenses after grace period 20 About archiving 14 23 29 30 31 33 34 38 39 44 48 49 51 60 67 74 75 81 86 About archiving audio 76 About archiving locations 75 About automatic device discovery 21 22 About backup and restore of configurations 95 About database resizing 44 About dedicated input output devices 40 About dynamic archive paths 76 About email 86 About handling daylight saving time 11 About hardware devices 38 About licenses 17 About logs 83 About microphones 73 About motion detection and PTZ cameras 45 47 About motion detection settings 44 47 69 About protecting recording databases f
47. trial mode only Classic mode is available RC I and RC P do not support Evidence Collection mode IMPORTANT If you have upgraded from a previous version of your system for example Ocularis CS 8 0 Classic mode is the default selection in your system You must manually change your selection to use Evidence mode Language The Management Application is available in several languages From the list of languages select the language you want to use Restart the Management Application to make the change of language take effect User Interface You can change the way the Management Application behaves For example by default the Management Application asks you to confirm many of your actions If you feel this is not necessary you can change the behavior of the Management Application to not ask you again Go to User Interface to make changes for each action Examples of actions you can change o When you attempt to delete a hardware device should the Management Application ask you to confirm that you want to delete the hardware device or should it delete the hardware device straight away without asking o Should your system show live video when you preview camera or would you rather see a snapshot or no preview of the camera Click Restore Default Settings below the behavior list to restore your system to its default behavior Default File Paths Your system uses a number of default file paths File paths Description All new came
48. which patrolling profile applies and when Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only SMS notification e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displays in green for supported products On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 45 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Set up a profile 1 Inthe Schedule Profiles list select Add new 2 Inthe Add Profile dialog enter a name for the profile Names must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J 3 In the top right corner of the dialog select Set camera to start stop on time to base subsequent settings on periods of time or Set camera to start stop on event to base subsequent settings on events within periods of time Tip You can combine the two so you may return to this step in order to toggle between the two options 4 Inthe calendar section place your mouse pointer at a required start point then hold down the left mouse button drag the mouse pointer and release at the required end point o You specify each day separately o You specify time in increments of five minutes RC P helps you by showing the time over which your mouse pointer is positioned 06 00 0800 penapi p035 d If you base your schedule profile or parts of it on events within periods of time remember to select Start event and Stop event from the lists below the calendar section o Tip If you have not yet defined any su
49. 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Name Description Log file name not found The log file was not present Log file name is empty The log file was present but empty Last line changed removed in log i Gees eee ee file name The last line of the log file did not match the validation criteria Encrypted data missing in log file name near line The encrypted part of the relevant log line was not present Inconsistency found in log file name near line The log line does not match the encrypted part Inconsistency found in log file The log file header is not correct This situation is most likely to occur if a name at beginning of log file user has attempted to delete the beginning of a log file Note Other messages that are not error related may also appear in the log check file Configure system event and audit logging RC P can generate various logs To configure logging do the following 1 Inthe Management Application s Navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration right click Logs and select Properties 2 Specify properties see Log properties on page 85 for your system logs including the event log and the audit log Administrators can only disable enable audit logging All other logs are compulsory 3 Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper right corner of the Management Application Log properties RC P can generate various types of logs W
50. A 79 Camera specific scheduling properties 0 eee eeeeeceeeeeeneeteeeeeeeeteaeeeeaeeseaeeseaeeseaeeseaeeseaeeeeaeeteaeeeeaeete 82 ee About logs Configure system event and audit Jogging 85 Beleeger EE 85 NOTIFICATIONS EE 86 ST UE EE E 86 GE UE Hie EE 88 SERVERSACGESS ii cade sotsccasaptssecc vas covace ee eege REES 89 ADOUUS IVEr lee 89 eege We le 89 Reuler 89 Serner ACCESS Properties en anasini aa a A RAA A aA Aa Aaa Tea EEE iea ER eE tan 90 4 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Table of Contents Overview of users and groups User properties DERVICES About services BACKUP AND RESTORE CONFIGURATION cccsscsstessesseessessoesseessnesseesaessaesnnesenesenesseesseeseeeaesenesons ABOUT BACKUP AND RESTORE OF CONFIGURATIONS 0 cccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeenaceeeeeeesececaaeeeeeeeseeecaeeeeeeeseesenneeeeeeeess BACK UP SYSTEM CONFIGURATION g iirinn eii anea a aE a e aaae aa a a E oiiae Eai RESTORE SYSTEM GONFIGURATION kalaren raa ges ae eaaa eE ER aaner Eed dE Ed PEs OiR paai EXPORT AND IMPORT MANAGEMENT APPLICATION CONFIGURATION IMPORT CHANGES TO CONEIGURATION RESTORE SYSTEM CONFIGURATION FROM A RESTORE POINT MISCELLANEOUS CONCEPTS AND TASKS ssnnnnnsnnsnnsennusnnrnnrnnrnnrnnrunnunnunnunnnnnnrnnrnnrunnuneunennnunnnnnnnnnnnnnnn nenna 99 ABOUT PROTECTING RECORDING DATABASES FROM CORRUPTION sssssssssttirstsssttttnntssttrttttnntttrttnnnntnsrrrnn nn ennt 99 MONITOR STORAGE SPACE USAGE
51. Client in Limited Mode Playback Ability to access recorded video in Ocularis Client in Limited Mode Ability to access setup mode in Ocularis Client in Limited Mode Tip By clearing the Live Playback and Setup check boxes you can Setup effectively disable the user s group s ability to use Ocularis Client in Limited Mode You can use this as a temporary alternative to deleting the user group for example while a user is on vacation Ability to create and edit views in shared groups in Ocularis Client in Limited Mode Every user can access views placed in shared groups If a user group does not have this right shared groups are protected Edit shared views Ability to create and edit views in private groups in Ocularis Client in Limited Mode Views placed in private groups can only be accessed by the user who created them If a user group does not have this right private groups will be protected Edit private views Select the checkbox to allow users to access and work with the Management Application If you have more than one Administrator member you can clear the checkbox to ensure that other administrators cannot access the Management Application Administrator Access 92 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Camera access When you add or edit basic users Windows users or groups you can specify camera access settings When using Ocularis typically only one user is necessary on
52. License and select your saved lic file to import it 2 When the permanent license file is successfully imported click OK Activate using both step 1 and 2 in this process each time you add a new device On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 19 Licenses RC P 2 5 User Manual About activating licenses after grace period If the grace period is exceeded before activation all cameras that are not activated within the given period become unavailable and cannot send data to the surveillance system If you exceed the grace period before you activate a license the license is not lost You can activate the license as usual Configuration added cameras and other settings are not removed from the Management Application if a license is activated too late Change SLC If you need to change your SLC and have received a new permanent license file lic from OnSSI via e mail and saved it to a location accessible from the Management Application you are ready to import it to your system 1 On the Management Application s toolbar click File gt Manage License Offline gt Import License and select your saved lic file to import it 2 When the new permanent license file is successfully imported click OK 20 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Settings Settings About automatic device discovery Automatic device discovery allows you to automatically add hardware devices to your system as soon as you connect the
53. a recording component This user should have full administrator rights to the system and will be used to import the recorder into Ocularis Base All cameras should be available to the account used to import the recorder into Ocularis Base In the list of cameras select the camera s you want to work with Note the last item in the list Rights for new cameras when added to the system with which you can allow the user group access to any future cameras Tip If the same features should be available for access for several cameras you can select multiple cameras by pressing SHIFT or CTRL on your keyboard while you select For the selected camera s in the Access check box specify if the user group should have access to live viewing and playback at all If so specify if they should have access to both live viewing and playback and if this is the case which sub features should be available when you work with the selected camera s The sub features are listed in two columns in the lower part of the window the left column lists features related to live viewing the right column lists features related to playback The Camera access settings check boxes work like a hierarchy of rights If the Access check box is cleared everything else is cleared and disabled If the Access check box is selected but for example the Live check box is cleared everything under the Live check box is cleared and disabled For Ocularis we recommend checking all boxe
54. ad the restore point This is because they were not in the system when the restore point was created In such cases you are notified and must decide what to do with recordings from the affected devices 1 From the Management Application s File menu select Load Configuration from Restore Point 2 Inthe left part of the Restore Points dialog select the required restore point 3 Click the Load Restore Point button 4 If you are sure that you want to overwrite the current configuration with the one from the selected restore point click OK 5 Only relevant if the current configuration contains cameras or other devices which were not present in the selected restore point you are asked whether you want to delete or keep recordings from affected devices If you keep the recordings note that they are not be accessible until you add the affected devices to RC P again Select the relevant option and click OK Click OK in the Restore Points dialog 7 Inthe Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration and select Services On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 97 Backup and restore configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual 8 Forthe Recording Server and Image Server services respectively click the Restart button When the two services are restarted the configuration from the selected restore point is applied Tip When you select a restore point you can see information about the configuration state at the selected poi
55. agement Application configuration elsewhere You can at a later time import previously exported Management Application configurations On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 95 Backup and restore configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Export Management Application configuration as backup With this option all relevant RC P Management Application configuration files are combined into one single xml file which you can specify a location for Note that if there are unsaved changes to your configuration these are automatically saved when you export the configuration 1 Inthe Management Application s File menu select Export Configuration Backup 2 Browse to the location at which you want to store the exported configuration specify a suitable file name and click Save If you intend to set up an identical version of your surveillance system elsewhere do not export your configuration as backup since this may lead to the same device information being used twice in which case clients may get the following error message Application is not able to start because two or more cameras are using the same name or ID Instead export your configuration as a clone When you export as a clone the export takes into account the fact that you are not using the exact same physical cameras etc even though your new system may otherwise be identical to your existing one Note that there is a difference between this Management Application configuration backup
56. ailable on cameras supporting dual stream Name Description This additional stream feature lets you use the alternative stream of the camera It enables two independent streams to the recording server a stream for live viewing and another stream for recording purposes with different resolution encoding and frame rate Enable dedicated live stream On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 53 Advanced configuration Name Stream Resolution FPS RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Select the type of the live stream Stream settings for viewing live video and for recording video may very well be different in order to get the best result Select the resolution of the camera Select the camera s live frame rate per second FPS IF THE CAMERA USES THE MPEG VIDEO FORMAT With MPEG you can define frame rate and other settings Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Frame rate per second Description Frame rate for viewing live and recorded video from the camera Select number of frames per second Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS Record keyframes only Record all frames on motion Record all frames on event Start Event Stop Event 54 Keyframes stored at specified intervals record the entire view of the camera whereas the following frames record only pixels that change This helps greatly reducing the size of MPEG files Select the check box if you only want to record keyframes
57. ameras in Management Application 100 Virus scanning 10 W What s now 7 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc
58. aning that they are able to transfer Enabled audio to RC P If needed you can disable an individual microphone in which case no audio is transferred from the microphone to RC P The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Name On some hardware devices audio can also be enabled disabled on the hardware device itself typically through the hardware device s own configuration web page If audio on a hardware device does not work after enabling it in the Management Application you should verify whether the problem may be due to audio being disabled on the hardware device itself Recording settings Name Description Always Always record audio on all applicable cameras Follow video Record audio only when video is recorded Never Never record audio on any cameras Note that even though audio is never recorded it is still be possible to listen to live audio in the Ocularis Client Scheduling and archiving About scheduling The scheduling feature lets you specify e When you want to archive see About archiving on page 75 e That some cameras transfer video to RC P at all times e That som
59. ant to change the recording path archiving path and retention time for all of them Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times you can simply enter them once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two Set buttons to actually apply the template 59 Advanced configuration Name Camera Name Default Microphone Camera Select All Clear All Set selected template value on selected cameras Set all template values on selected cameras RC P 2 5 User Manual Description The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Select a default microphone Tip Note that you can select microphones attached to another hardware device than the selected camera Click the Open button to configure detailed and or camera specific settings for the selected camera Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply only a selected value from the template to selected
60. any time provided a camera database is not using that drive The drive that has the most available space may change during the archiving process and archiving may happen to several archiving drives during the same process This does not have impact on how users find and view archived recordings Dynamic archiving paths are general for all your cameras You cannot configure dynamic archiving paths for individual cameras When deciding which drives to use for dynamic archiving consider the pros and cons in the following examples in which we assume that the default archiving path see Default File Paths on page 23 is on drive C drive letters are examples only different drive letters may of course be used in your organization e Camera records to drive C and archives to drive C If the path containing the camera s database is on one of the drives you have selected for dynamic archiving RC P will always try to archive to that drive first Archiving will take place quickly but may also fill up the drive with data fairly quickly e Camera records to drive C and archives to drive D Recordings and archives are on separate drives Archiving takes place less quickly RC P will first temporarily store the archive in the local default archiving directory on C then immediately move the archive to the archiving location on D Therefore sufficient space to accommodate the temporary archive is required on C e Camera 1 records to drive C
61. at your system knows the manufacturer s default user name You can also select other typical user names such as admin or root from the list Type a new user name if you want a user name which is not on the list Password for the hardware device s administrator account a k a the root password Read only field displaying the type of video device driver used for communication with the hardware device Read only field displaying the serial number of device The serial number is usually identical to the 12 character hexadecimal MAC address of the hardware device example 0123456789AF The current license status for the hardware On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Name Description Opens a wizard see Replace Hardware Device wizard on page 38 with which you can replace the selected hardware device with another one if you need to This can be relevant if you replace a physical camera on your network The wizard helps you take all relevant issues into account for example deciding what to do with recordings from cameras attached to the old hardware device etc Replace Hardware Device PTZ device The PTZ Device tab is only available if you configure see Configure hardware devices on page 40 video encoder hardware devices on which the use of PTZ pan tilt zoom cameras is possible Name Description Connected cameras have Select the checkbox if any of the cameras attached to th
62. ays the MAC address of the new hardware device When done click Next Camera and database action The last page of the Replace Hardware wizard lets you decide what to do with the camera and the database containing recordings from the camera attached to the old hardware device For multi camera devices such as video encoders you must decide what to do for each video channel on the new hardware device The table in the left side of the wizard page lists available video channels on the new hardware device For a regular single camera hardware device there are only one video channel For video encoders there are typically several video channels 1 For each video channel use the table s Inherit column to select which camera from the old hardware device should be inherited by the new hardware device 2 Then decide what to do with camera databases You have three options o Inherit existing database s The cameras you selected to be inherited by the new hardware device inherit camera names recordings databases as well as any archives from the old hardware device Databases and archives see About archiving on page 75 are renamed to reflect the new hardware device s MAC address and video channels The rights of users with access to the inherited cameras are automatically updated so they can view both old and new recordings Users do not notice the hardware device replacement since camera names remain the same o Delete the existing databas
63. c Camera access 81 93 Camera and database action 38 39 Camera properties 61 Cameras and storage information 43 Camera specific scheduling properties 82 Change default file paths 21 Change SLC 20 Configure camera specific schedules 14 45 46 80 82 83 Configure email notifications 83 86 Configure hardware devices 40 41 42 43 Configure microphones or speakers 73 Configure motion detection 46 Configure server access 36 89 90 Configure storage Online schedule 28 Video settings and preview 28 Configure storage wizard 28 Configure system event and audit logging 85 Configure when cameras should do what 46 Copyright trademarks and disclaimer 6 102 RC P 2 5 User Manual D Default File Paths 23 75 76 95 Delete hardware devices 40 47 Disable or delete cameras 47 Drive selection 29 Dynamic path selection 23 44 49 68 E Email 86 E mail notification 80 81 83 Exclude regions 35 47 Export and import management application configuration 95 97 Express 25 F First time use 14 Fisheye 40 Frame rate MJPEG 55 82 83 Frame Rate MPEG 58 G General 22 31 51 61 65 69 95 General access 92 94 General scheduling properties 79 Get your system up and running 12 14 Getting started 24 Group information 92 H Hardware detection and verification e 26 Hardware devices 38 Hardware nam
64. camera specific settings amera for the selected camera Select All Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Clear All Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Set selected template value on Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras selected cameras Tip To select more than one value press CTRL while selecting Set all template values on selected cameras Apply all values from the template to selected cameras IF THE CAMERA USES THE MJPEG VIDEO FORMAT With MJPEG you can define frame rates for regular as well as speedup modes If the camera offers dual stream you can also enable this Note that there are three places where you can set frame rate e Live Frame Rate used for the regular recording stream e Live Frame Rate used when speeding up recordings in connection with motion detection or similar functionality e FPS Frames per second used for the additional stream used for live viewing Regular frame rate mode Properties available for RC P RC I and RC C Name Description Required average frame rate for video from the camera Frame Rate Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour If the camera supp
65. cameras than you have licenses for you must buy additional licenses before you can activate them Tip To get an overview of your licenses go to the Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration select Hardware Devices and view your Hardware Device Summary table In the following examples it is assumed that RC P is installed with a temporary license lic file 18 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Licenses Activate License Online Precondition Add at least one device to your RC P recorder This will start the grace period of 30 days for the device in question You must activate a license for the device before the end of the grace period 1 Onthe Management Application s menu click File Activate License Online 2 Specify how many licenses you want for each device listed and click OK 3 Next If you are an existing user enter your user name and password to log in to the OnSSI licensing portal If you are a new user click the Create new user link to set up a new user account in the licensing portal and follow the registration procedure 4 When done click Activate 5 When your temporary license file lic is successfully updated click Close Your license file lic is now updated and permanent updates are visible in your Hardware Device Summary table Activate using this process each time you add a new device Activate License Offline Precondition Add at l
66. ce even if recording for individual cameras is set to Never or Conditionally 66 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Recording and archiving paths When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras properties include Component Requirement Path to the folder in which the camera s database should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the required cell You can only specify a path to a folder on a local drive You cannot specify a path to a network drive If you use a network drive it is not be possible to save recordings if the network drive becomes unavailable If you change the recording path and you have existing recordings at the old location you are asked whether you want to move the recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Tip If you have several cameras and several local drives are available you can improve performance by distributing individual cameras databases across several drives Recording Path Click button to delete all recordings in the database for the camera Archived recordings will not be affected Delete Database REESEN IMPORTANT Use with caution All recordings in the database for the camera will be permanently deleted As a security measure you are asked to confirm the deletio
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68. cident that triggered the notification in the middle IMPORTANT If your device does not record any images while the sending of notifications are turned on no images are included in the email notification you receive Include images The number of images you want to include in the email You can include E between 1 and 20 images Minimum time in milliseconds to be between each image You can set any EB ED IIT time range between 0 and 300 seconds 5 minutes Embed images in email Select the check box to embed images directly in the email Scheduling About scheduling of notifications Scheduling of notifications allows you to set up schedule profiles which you can use with Email see Message Settings email on page 87 and SMS notifications Notification Scheduling properties When you set up schedules to use with email or SMS notifications specify the following 88 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Component Requirement Select the relevant profile for example Always on for your notification schedule profile e at a You specify a notification schedule profile by creating schedule profiles Notification profile based on e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 shown in blue Server access About server access You can configure clients access to your system s server in two ways e Wizard driven Guided configuration which lets you specify
69. conds of pre recording Post recording Seconds of post recording Getting started Description Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from before recording start conditions that is motion or start event are met Usually only some seconds of pre recording is required but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of pre recording corresponding to 18 hours 12 minutes and 15 seconds However if specifying a very long pre recording time you can potentially run into a scenario where your pre recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving see About archiving on page 75 times That can be problematic since pre recording does not work well during archiving You can store recordings from periods following detected motion and or stop events Select check box to enable this feature Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from after recording stop conditions that is motion or stop event are met Usually only some seconds of post recording is required but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of post recording corresponding to 18 hours 12 minutes and 15 seconds However if specifying a very long post recording time you can potentially run into a scenario where your post recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving times That can be problematic since post recording does not work well during archiving
70. cted access clients type O zero in the Max number of clients field A four minute session timeout period applies for client sessions on RC P In many cases client users may not notice this at all However the session timeout period will be very evident if you set the Max number of clients value to 1 When that is the case and the single allowed client user logs out four minutes must pass before it will be possible to log in again Max number of clients Local I P ranges You can specify IP address ranges which RC P should recognize as coming from a local network This can be relevant if different subnets are used across your local network 1 Click the Add button 90 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration 2 Inthe Start Address column specify the first IP address in the range 3 Inthe End Address column specify the last IP address in the range 4 Repeat if you want to add other local IP address ranges Tip If required an IP address range can include only one IP address example 192 168 10 1 192 168 10 1 Language support and XML encoding You can select the language character set that should be used by your system s server and clients Component Requirement Select required language character set Example If the surveillance server runs a Japanese version of Windows Character encoding Language select Japanese Provided access clients also use a Japanese version of Window
71. deo encoder device s channels Example You have a video encoder device with four channels but your license for the device only allows you to use two of them In that case you can only have two channels enabled at a time while the two other channels are disabled Note that you are free to select which two channels you want to enable Contact your OnSSI vendor if you need to change your number of licenses Network device type and license When you configure hardware devices on page 40 specify the following properties Name IP Address HTTP Port FTP port User name User Name Password Hardware type Serial number MAC address License information 42 Description IP address or host name of the hardware device Port to use for HTTP communication with the hardware device Default is port 80 To use the default port select Use default HTTP port Port to use for FTP communication with the hardware device Default port is port 21 To use the default port select Use default FTP port Only relevant when you have selected Server requires login Specify the user name required for using the SMTP server User name for the hardware device s administrator account Many organizations use the hardware device manufacturer s default user names for their hardware devices If that is the case in your organization select lt default gt do not type a manufacturer s default user name as this can be a source of error trust th
72. deo encoders to your RC P system through the Add Hardware Devices wizard see Add hardware wizard on page 25 If microphones or speakers are attached to a hardware device they are automatically added as well if your software supports this About recording audio Available functionality depends on your product version If you record audio it is important that you note the following e Your system only records incoming audio from microphones The system does not record outgoing audio from speakers e Audio recording affects video storage capacity The system records audio to the associated camera s database Therefore it is important to remember that the database is likely to become full earlier if you record audio and video than if you only record video The fact that the database becomes full is not in itself a problem since RC P automatically archives see About archiving on page 75 data if the database becomes full However you may need additional archiving space if you record audio o Example If you use MPEG4 each one second video GOP Group Of Pictures are stored in one record in the database Each second of audio is stored in one record in the database This reduces the database s video storage capacity to half its capacity because half of the database s records is used for storing audio Consequently the database runs full sooner and automatic archiving takes place more often than if you were only recording video
73. der OurSubfolden Usage What the storage area is used for for example recording or archiving Drive Size Total size of the drive Video Data Amount of video data on the drive Other Data Amount of other data on the drive Free Space Amount of unused space left on the drive Tip To quickly view disk space usage in a pie chart format select the line representing the drive you are interested in Camera properties General When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras properties include Name Description Cameras are by default enabled meaning that provided they are scheduled to be online see Online period on page 82 and that they can to transfer ien video to RC P You can disable an individual camera in which case no video audio is transferred from the camera source to your system 7 Select this check box to show a preview of your camera s video If you clear Preview the check box your system does not show a preview for your camera The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Camera Name Camera shortc
74. dware devices the polling frequency should be set to the lowest possible value one tenth of a second between state checks For information about which I O hardware devices require polling see the release notes Configure hardware devices Once you have added hardware devices see Add hardware wizard on page 25 you can specify edit device specific properties such as the IP address which video channels to use which COM ports to use for controlling attached PTZ pan tilt zoom cameras whether to use 360 lens technology etc 1 Inthe Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration expand Hardware Devices right click the relevant hardware device and select Properties 2 Specify Name and video channels Network device type and license see Network device type and license on page 42 PTZ device on page 43 and 360 lens see Fisheye on page 71 properties as required 3 Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper right corner of the Management Application Delete hardware devices IMPORTANT If you delete a hardware device you will not only delete all cameras speakers and microphones attached to the hardware device You will also delete any recordings from cameras on the hardware device 40 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration 1 In the Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configura
75. e Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Network Drive Lets you add a network drive to the list of drives First specify the network drive then click Add the button becomes available when you specify a network drive Note that network drives cannot be used for recording only for archiving Live and recording settings MPEG cameras This wizard page only appears if one or more of your cameras use the MPEG video format Specify which frame rate to use for each camera and whether to record all frames or keyframes only You can also select pre and post recording allowing you to store recordings from periods preceding and following detected motion and or specified events Note that all of the properties can also be specified individually for each camera 30 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Live Frame Rate Record on Pre recording Seconds of pre recording Post recording On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Description Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered Select under which conditions video from the camera should be recorded
76. e motion detection settings and client users Watch the video tutorials for information about how to set up your system efficiently On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Introduction RC P 2 5 User Manual Improved SMS and Email notifications e For supported products use the simplified and improved SMS and email notification services to receive emails about system errors Set up notification schedule profiles to indicate the time frame when you want to receive notifications Preview your camera as a simple snapshot in the Management Application e To save bandwidth between your system and the Management Application you can now choose to simply show a snapshot from your camera rather than live video Recording Server Manager The Recording Server service is a vital part of the surveillance system Video streams are only transferred to your system while the Recording Server service is running The Recording Server Manager informs you about the state of the Recording Server service It also lets you manage the service In the notification area the system tray the Recording Server Manager s icon indicates whether the Recording Server service is running or not De A green icon in the notification area indicates that the Recording Server service is running Ha A red icon in the notification area indicates that the Recording Server service has stopped By right clicking the icon you can open the Management Application start and stop the R
77. e properties on a light blue background cannot be edited Note that all of the properties can also be specified individually for each camera Name Description The template can help you configure similar properties quickly Say you have 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path archiving path and Template retention time for all of them Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times you can simply enter them once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two ARRU NG ATE Set buttons to actually apply the template The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Camera Name Shortcut This field is not in use Path to the folder in which the camera s database should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the required cell You can only specify a path to a folder on a local drive You cannot specify a path to a network drive If you use a network drive it is not be possible to save recordi
78. e 40 If you delete the hardware device you also delete any attached microphones or speakers If you do not want this consider disabling the camera instead Move PTZ type 1 and 3 to required positions For PTZ types 1 and 3 you can move the PTZ camera to required positions in several different ways Note This camera does not support PTZ preset positions by cheking in the camera prenew 2 a Sei 2 gt 2 al al SI Al 1 Click the required position in the camera preview if supported by the camera 2 Use the sliders located near the camera preview to move the PTZ camera along each of its axes the X axis for panning left right the Y axis for tilting up down and the Z axis for zooming in and out to zoom in move the slider towards Tele to zoom out move the slider towards Wide 3 Use the navigation buttons to move the camera in the direction indicated by the arrow Control zoom level by use of the magnifier icon On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 47 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Recording and storage properties Recording and archiving paths When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step Do this to speed up things or because the properties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras All properties on a white background are editabl
79. e 65 using MPEG Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Description The template can help you configure similar properties quickly Say you have 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path archiving path and Template retention time for all of them Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times you can simply enter them once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two E Set buttons to actually apply the template The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Camera Name Allows you to check if dual streaming is enabled on the camera s Note that the information is read only For cameras that support dual streaming this Ia can be enabled disabled as part of individual cameras Video on page 62 properties Live FPS Select the camera s live frame rate per second FPS Camera Click the Open button to configure detailed and or camera specific settings for the selected camera Select All Click button to select all cameras i
80. e and video channels 41 Hardware properties 41 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual If the camera uses the MJPEG video Tomat 52 If the camera uses the MPEG video format 54 Import changes to configuration 97 Import from CSV file 13 25 27 Important port numbers 10 Information driver selection and verification 26 Install and upgrade 12 Install your surveillance server software 12 14 Introduction 7 L Language support and XML encoding 89 91 Licenses 17 Live and recording settings Motion JPEG cameras e 32 Live and recording settings MPEG cameras 30 Local IP ranges 89 90 Log properties 85 Logs 83 Manage user access wizard 14 36 89 91 Manual 25 26 Manual recording 55 66 93 Message Settings email 83 86 87 88 Microphone properties 74 Microphones 73 Minimum system requirements 10 Miscellaneous Concepts and Tasks 99 Monitor storage space usage 99 Motion Detection 35 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Index Motion detection amp exclude regions 31 47 51 57 59 66 69 86 Move PTZ type 1 and 3 to required positions 47 72 N Network device type and license 40 42 New hardware device information 38 Notification Scheduling properties 87 88 Notifications 86 0 Online period 8 31 47 51 61 65 81 82 Options 22 Output 68 Overview and names 26 Overview of lice
81. e cameras transfer video only within specific periods of time or when specific events occur You can set up general scheduling properties for all your cameras or individual properties per camera You can set up when e One or more cameras should be online that is transfer video to RC P 74 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration e One of more cameras should use speedup that is use a higher than normal frame rate e Archiving takes place About archiving Archiving is an integrated and automated feature with which recordings are moved to free up space for new recordings By default recordings are stored in the database for each camera The database for each camera is capable of containing a maximum of 600 000 records or 40 GB RC P automatically archives recordings if a camera s database becomes full Consequently having sufficient archiving space is important You do not have to do anything to enable archiving It runs in the background and is automatically enabled and carried out from the moment your system is installed The most recent recordings are saved on a local storage in order to prevent network related problems in the saving process The default settings for RC P is to perform archiving once a day or if your database becomes full You can change the settings for when and how often archiving takes place in the Management Application You can also schedule archiving up to 24 times a day wi
82. e data from the archives you delete Ultimately if there are no archives to delete your system attempts to resize camera databases by deleting their oldest recordings This happens if o there is less than 5 disk space left and the available disk space goes below 20 GB plus 1 GB per camera or wg o the available disk space goes below 75 MB plus 10 MB per camera example with ten cameras the server would be running out of disk space if the remaining available disk space went below 175 MB 75 MB plus 10 MB for each of the ten cameras The difference ensures that very large disks will not necessarily be considered to be running out of disk space just because they have less than 5 disk space left IMPORTANT You lose the data deleted as part of the database resizing process When the recording server is restarted upon such database resizing the original database sizes will be used You should therefore make sure the drive size problem is solved or adjust camera database sizes to reflect the altered drive size First your system attempts to delete archives This happens if o there is less than 10 disk space left and the available disk space goes below 30 GB plus 1 5 GB per camera or o the available disk space goes below 150 MB plus 20 MB per camera The difference ensures that very large disks will not necessarily be considered to be running out of disk space just because they have less than 10 disk s
83. e for RC P as well as for archiving Path to the folder in which the camera s database should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the required cell You can only specify a path to a folder on a local drive You cannot specify a path to a network drive If you use a network drive it is not be possible to save recordings if the network drive becomes unavailable If you change the recording path and you have existing recordings at the old location you are asked whether you want to move the recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Tip If you have several cameras and several local drives are available you can improve performance by distributing individual cameras databases across several drives Recording Path On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 29 Getting started Name Archiving Path Total Size Free Space Dynamic path selection for archives Archiving Times RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Only editable if not using dynamic paths for archiving see About archiving on page 75 Path to the folder in which the camera s archived recordings should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the relevant cell If you change the archiving path and there are existing archived recordings at the old location you are asked whether you want to move the arc
84. e log files are by default placed in the appropriate All Users folder for the operating system you are using To specify another location for your log files type the path to the required folder in the Path field or click the browse button next to the field to browse to the required folder A new log file is created for each day with audit logging enabled and client user activity A log file older than the number of days specified in the field is automatically deleted By default the log file is stored for seven days To specify another number of days max 9999 overwrite the value in the field The current day s activity is always logged provided audit logging is enabled and there is user activity Therefore if you specify 1 you keep one day plus the current day s activity Note that if you specify 0 zero audit log files are kept indefinitely disk space permitting Minimum number of seconds between logged events Specifying a high number of seconds between logged events may help reduce the size of the audit log Default is 60 seconds The number of seconds to pass for viewed images to be considered to be within the same sequence Specifying a high number of seconds may help limit the number of viewed sequences logged and reduce the size of the audit log The default is ten seconds With email notifications you can instantly get notified when your surveillance system requires attention RC P can automatically send e mail notificati
85. e s The databases of the cameras you selected to be inherited by the new hardware device are not deleted New databases are created for future recordings but it is not possible to view recordings from before the hardware replacement o Leave the existing database s The databases of the cameras you selected to be inherited by the new hardware device are not deleted New databases are created for future recordings but even though the old databases still exist on the RC P server it is not possible to view recordings On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 39 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual from before the hardware replacement Should you later want to delete the old databases you must delete this manually 3 If the new hardware device has fewer video channels than the old hardware device it is not possible for the new hardware device to inherit all cameras from the old hardware device When that is the case you are asked what to do with the databases of cameras that could not be inherited by the new hardware device You have two options o Delete the databases for the cameras that are not inherited The databases of the cameras that could not be inherited by the new hardware devices are deleted It is not possible to view recordings from before the hardware replacement New databases are of course created for future recordings by the new hardware devices o Leave the databases for the cameras that are not inherited The databas
86. e video encoder Pan tilt zoom capabilities device is a PTZ camera If a PTZ camera is controlled through a COM port select the relevant option Options are device specific depending on which PTZ protocols the device PTZ type on COM uses Select None if you have no PTZ cameras controlled through COM ports The table in the lower half of the dialog contains a row for each video channel on the hardware device First row from the top corresponds to video channel 1 second row from the top corresponds to video channel 2 etc Name Description Name Name of the camera attached to the video channel in question Select whether the camera on the selected camera channel is fixed or moveable Type e Fixed Camera is a regular camera mounted in a fixed position e Moveable Camera is a PTZ camera Available only if Moveable is selected in the Type column Select which COM Port port on the video encoder to use for controlling the PTZ camera Available only if Moveable is selected in the Type column Lets you specify port address of the camera The port address will normally be 1 If using Port Address daisy chained PTZ cameras the port address will identify each of them and you should verify your settings with those recommended in the documentation for the camera Cameras and storage information About video and recording configuration Once you have added hardware devices and attached cameras you can configure video and recording settings in
87. east one device to your RC P recorder This will start the grace period of 30 days for the device in question You must activate a license for the device before the end of the grace period Step 1 Export License for Activation Offline To export a license file with your currently added devices for activation do the following 1 Onthe Management Application s toolbar click Pie Manage License Offline Export License for Activation Specify how many licenses you want for each device shown and click OK Specify a file name and location for the license request lrq file automatically generated by RC P If the computer you are working from does not have internet access use external removable data storage 4 Email the Irq file as an attachment to support onssi com How long will this process take After sending the Jm file turnaround time may be up to one hour during regular business hours 5 Next you will receive the updated permanent license file lic via e mail Save it to a location accessible from the Management Application Step 2 Import License Offline When you have received your permanent license file lic via e mail and saved it to a location accessible from the Management Application you are ready to import it to your surveillance system Tip The following procedure is also used for changing SLC licenses 1 On the Management Application s toolbar click File Manage License Offline Import
88. ecording Server service view log files and view version information Monitor System Status Right click the notification area s Recording Server icon and select Show System Status to get access to the Status window The Status window lets you view the status of the image server s and connected cameras The status of each server camera is indicated by a color e Green indicates that the server or camera is running correctly e Gray indicates that the camera not the server is not running Typically a camera is indicated in gray in the following situations o The camera is not online as defined in the camera s online period schedule see Online period on page 82 o The Recording Server service has been stopped e Red indicates that the server or camera is not running This may because it has been unplugged or due to a network or hardware error Errors are listed in the Recording Server log file Place your mouse pointer over a camera in the status window to view details about the relevant camera The information appears as a pop up and updates approximately every 10 seconds Name Description Resolution The resolution of the camera The number of frames per second frame rate currently used by the FPS camera The number updates each time the camera has received 50 frames The number of frames received from the camera since the Recording Server Frame count amec service was last started The number of kilobytes sent
89. ed level of motion The selected motion level is indicated by the black vertical line in the Level bar above the sliders The black vertical line serves as a threshold When motion is above to the right of the selected level the bar changes color from green to red indicating a positive motion detection Motion Alternatively specify a value between 0 and 10000 in the field on the left to control the motion setting The more you drag the slider to the left the more positive motion detections you see because less change will be needed to trigger a positive motion detection The number of positive motion detections may also affect the amount of video you record the amount of notifications you receive etc Specify how often motion detection analysis is carried out on video from the camera The default is every 240 milliseconds close to once a quarter of a second The interval is applied regardless of your cameras frame rate settings Adjusting this setting can help lower the amount of system resources used on motion detection Detection interval Specify whether the full image or a selected percentage of the image should be analyzed For example by specifying 25 every fourth pixel is analyzed instead of all pixels reducing the system resources used but also offering less accurate motion detection Detection resolution Property available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only If you want motion detection to take place only on key
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91. efore it is regarded as motion Areas in which motion is detected are highlighted in green in the preview image Select a slider position in which only detections you consider motion are highlighted The more you drag the slider to the left the more of the preview image becomes highlighted This is because with a high sensitivity even the slightest change in a pixel will be regarded as motion As an alternative to using the slider you may specify a value between 0 and 256 in the field next to the slider to control the sensitivity setting Sensitivity On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 69 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Adjust the Motion slider so that motion detection is only triggered by the required level of motion The selected motion level is indicated by the black vertical line in the Level bar above the sliders The black vertical line serves as a threshold When motion is above to the right of the selected level the bar changes color from green to red indicating a positive motion detection Motion Alternatively specify a value between 0 and 10000 in the field on the left to control the motion setting The more you drag the slider to the left the more positive motion detections you see because less change will be needed to trigger a positive motion detection The number of positive motion detections may also affect the amount of video you record the amount of notifications you receive etc If y
92. eld and browse to the location For the default recording path you can only specify a path to a folder on a local drive H you are using a network drive you cannot save recordings if the network drive becomes unavailable If you change the default recording or archiving paths and there are existing recordings at the old locations you must select whether you want to move the recordings to the new locations recommended leave them at the old locations or delete them Once changes are confirmed restart all services On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 21 Settings RC P 2 5 User Manual Options General In the General settings you can change a number of settings that affect the general behavior and look of the Management Application Automatic device discovery Automatic device discovery see About automatic device discovery on page 21 is turned off by default in your system Select the check box to enable this functionality If the camera should use an additional user name and password besides the camera s default user name and password select the Use the camera s default user name and password as well as the following credentials check box and type the relevant credentials Note Not all devices support automatic device discovery If your system does not detect your camera and add it to your system you must manually add the camera System mode Important Do not change system mode unless you are absolutely sure that you wa
93. ensitivity settings for individual cameras under different physical conditions day night windy calm etc Do this once the system is running The setup of events and associated actions typically also depends on your organization s needs You can print and use this checklist as you go along Verify initial configuration of cameras and other hardware devices When your system opens for the first time the Getting Started wizard opens to assist you with quickly O adding hardware devices cameras video encoders and more to your system and configuring them with proper user names and passwords See Getting started wizard see Automatic configuration wizard on page 24 g Install RC P See Install surveillance server software see Install your surveillance server software on page 12 If you are upgrading an existing version of RC P see Upgrade from a previous version on page 12 O Open the Management Application See Access the Management Application Add hardware devices O Your system can quickly scan your network for relevant hardware devices cameras video encoders and more and add them to your system See Add hardware devices see Add hardware wizard on page 25 Configure cameras You can specify a wide variety of settings for each camera connected to your system Settings include O video format resolution motion detection sensitivity where to store and archive see About archiving on page 75 recordings any PTZ pan
94. eparate subfolders for storing archives for each camera are automatically created These subfolders are named after the MAC address of the hardware device to which the camera is connected Because you can keep archives spanning many days of recordings and archiving may take place several times per day further subfolders named with the archiving date and time are also automatically created The subfolders are named according to the following structure Archives CameraMACAddress_VideoEncoderChannel DateAndTim If the video encoder does not have several channels the video encoder channel will always be _1 example 00408c51e181_ 1 Example an archiving at 23 15 on 31st December 2012 for a camera with the MAC address 00408c51e181 attached to channel 2 would be stored C MediaDatabase Archives 00408c51e181_2 2012 12 31 23 15 ABOUT DYNAMIC ARCHIVE PATHS With dynamic archiving paths you specify a number of different archiving paths usually across several drives OnSSI recommends using dynamic paths which also is the default setting when you configure cameras through the Configure video amp recording wizard see About video and recording configuration on page 43 If the path containing the camera s database is on one of the drives you have selected for dynamic archiving your system always tries to archive to that drive first If not your system automatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available space at
95. es of the cameras that could not be inherited by the new hardware devices are not deleted Even though the old databases still exist on the RC P server it is not possible to view recordings from before the hardware replacement Should you later want to delete the old databases you must delete this manually New databases will of course be created for future recordings by the new hardware devices 4 Click Finish When you are ready restart the Recording Server service The hardware replacement are not evident in clients until you restart the Recording Server service About dedicated input output devices You can add a number of dedicated input output I O hardware devices to your system For information about which I O hardware devices your system supports see the release notes When you add I O hardware devices input on them can be used for generating events in your system and events in your system can be used for activating output on the I O hardware devices This means that you can use I O hardware devices in your events based system setup in the same way as a camera With certain I O hardware devices the surveillance system must regularly check the state of the hardware devices input ports to detect whether input has been received Such state checking at regular intervals is called polling The interval between state checks called a polling frequency is specified as part of the general ports and polling properties For such I O har
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97. find the RPL number on the lens itself or on the box it came in RPL number If you at some point want to add additional types of lenses go to File and select Import new lens types Locate the vml file that contains information about the lens type and press OK For details of ImmerVison panomorph lenses and RPLs see http www immervision com en home index php Choose whether the camera is mounted in the ceiling on a wall or on ground Camera position orientation leval If required enter your special fisheye license key and click OK after which License key you can configure fisheye settings for camera s attached to the hardware device PTZ preset positions Available functionality depends on your product version PTZ related properties are only available when you are dealing with a PTZ pan tilt zoom camera You can use PTZ preset positions for making the PTZ camera automatically go to a particular position when particular events occur and when setting up PTZ patrolling profiles Preset positions can also be used in clients to allow users that have been given rights to move the PTZ camera between preset positions Names of preset positions must contain only the characters A Z a z and the digits 0 9 If you import preset positions from cameras see the following verify that their names do not contain other characters If they do change the preset position names before you import them Cameras that do not support multiple simulta
98. for each of a PTZ camera s preset positions Configure camera specific schedules If you base your schedule profile or parts of it on events within periods of time remember to select Start event and Stop event from the lists below the calendar section Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields The fact that a camera transfers video to RC P does not necessarily mean that video from the camera is recorded Recording is configured separately see Configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 For each camera you can create schedule profiles based on Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Online periods e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displays in pink e Events within periods of time example from Event A occurs until Event B occurs Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displays in yellow The two options can be combined but they cannot overlap in time Speedup e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displays in olive green E mail notification e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displays in blue PTZ patrolling e Periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displays in red e f use of one patrolling profile is followed immediately by use of another run your mouse pointer over the red bar to see
99. frames of the video Keyframe Only stream to reduce the system resources used on motion detection select Keyframe only Manage user access wizard Use the Manage user access step to add individual users so they can access the system and its clients The access summary at the end of the wizard lists the cameras your users have access to IMPORTANT When you use the wizard all users you add get access to all cameras including any new cameras added at a later stage You can however specify access settings users and user rights separately see Configure server access on page 89 You cannot add users to groups Basic and Windows users Active Directory is available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only You can add client users in two ways You can combine these if you need to 36 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started Name Description R Create a dedicated surveillance system user account with basic user name Basic user and password authentication for each individual user Import users defined locally on the server or users from Active Directory Windows user and authenticate them based on their Windows login Note You must define users as local PC users on the server and disable simple file sharing on the server Add Basic users 1 Specify a user name and password and click the Add Basic User button Repeat as required Add Windows users 1 Click Add Windows User to open the Select
100. ghtness compression contrast resolution rotation and more Use the list on the left side of the wizard window to select a camera and adjust its video settings Then select the next camera and adjust its settings Video settings are to a large extent camera specific so you must configure these settings individually for each camera Click Open Settings Dialog to configure the camera s settings in a separate screen When you change video settings they are applied immediately This means that for most cameras you can immediately see the effect of your settings in a preview image However it also means that you cannot undo your changes by exiting the wizard For cameras set to use the video formats MPEG or H 264 you can typically select which live frame rate to use for the camera Video settings may feature an Include Date and Time setting If set to Yes date and time from the camera are included in the video Note however that cameras are separate units which may have separate timing devices power supplies etc Camera time and system time may therefore not correspond fully and this may occasionally lead to confusion As your system time stamps all frames upon reception and exact date and time information for each image is already known OnSSI recommends that you set it to No Tip For consistent time synchronization you may automatically synchronize camera and system time through a time server if your camera supports this Configure st
101. hanged the default HardwareUsername for the device HardwareDriverlD is an optional field If empty it is automatically set to autodetect HardwareAddress HardwarePort HardwareUsername HardwarePassword HardwareDriver D 192 168 200 220 80 root pass 128 192 168 200 221 80 user password 165 192 168 200 222 80 r00t pass 1 72 192 168 200 223 80 p4ss 192 168 200 224 80 usEr pASs ADD HARDWARE IMPORT FROM CSV FILE CSV FILE FORMAT AND REQUIREMENTS The CSV file must have a header line determining what each value on the following lines is about and the following lines must each contain information about one hardware device only A minimum of information is always required for each hardware device Name Description HardwareAddress IP address of the hardware device HardwareUsername User name for hardware device s administrator account HardwarePassword Password for hardware device s administrator account HarawareDeviceName Name of the hardware device Name must unique and must not contain any of the following special characters lt gt amp If cameras and server are offline specify a HardwareDriverlD for each Hard DriverlD hardware device you want to add Example ACTi ACD 2100 105 indicates Ke eu that you should use 105 as the ID if adding an ACTi ACD 2100 hardware device Existing configuration parameters that are not specified in CSV file remain unchanged If a parameter value for an individual camera in the CSV
102. has not taken place within the last hour archiving will automatically begin in an attempt to free up disk space This will happen regardless of any archiving schedules The server is considered to be running out of disk space if e there is less than 10 disk space left and the available disk space goes below 30 GB plus 1 5 GB per camera e the available disk space goes below 150 MB plus 20 MB per camera example with ten cameras the server would be running out of disk space if the remaining available disk space went below 350 MB 150 MB plus 20 MB for each of the ten cameras The difference ensures that very large disks are not necessarily considered to be running out of disk space just because they have less than 10 disk space left On the archiving drive RC P automatically checks that the space required for data from a camera to be archived plus 1 GB of free disk space per camera is available If not the archive drive s oldest data from the relevant camera is deleted until there is sufficient free space for the new data to be archived IMPORTANT You will lose the archive data that is deleted Same drive Automatic moving or deletion of archives if drive runs out of disk space Available functionality depends on your product version If your system server is running out of disk space and the archiving drive is identical to the camera database drive your system automatically does the following in an attempt to free up disk space
103. he template to the 20 cameras Name Description Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two ADE Y Template Set buttons to actually apply the template Select All Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Clear All Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply template on selected pancreas Apply the value from the template to selected cameras Drive selection Specify which drives you want to store cameras recordings on You can specify separate drives paths for recording and archiving see About archiving on page 75 Properties available for RC P RC I and RC C Name Description Drive Letter representing the drive in question for example C Select what you want to use the drive for Not in use Do not use the drive Recording Only available if the drive is a local drive on the RC P server Network drives cannot be used for recording Use the drive for storing recordings in the regular database for RC P Purpose Archiving Use the drive for archiving For archiving it is generally a good idea to use a drive which has plenty of space With dynamic path selection for archives see description in the following you do not have to worry about drive space Rec amp Archiving Only available if the drive is a local drive on the RC P server Network drives cannot be used for recording Use the drive for storing recordings in the regular databas
104. he value from the template to selected cameras On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started Adjust motion detection wizard The Adjust Motion Detection wizard helps you quickly configure your cameras motion detection properties Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time Therefore we recommend that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ Exclude regions Exclude regions lets you disable motion detection in specific areas of cameras views Disabling motion detection in certain areas may help you avoid detection of irrelevant motion for example if acamera covers an area where a tree is swaying in the wind or where cars regularly pass by in the background Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time OnSSI recommends that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ For each camera for which exclude regions are relevant use the list in the left side of the wizard window to select the camera and define its exclude regions Exclude regions are camera specific and must therefore be configured individually for each camera on which they are required When you have selected a camera
105. hen you configure logs you can define the following Logs Management Application log Recording Server service log Image Server service log and Image Import service log Name Description These log files are by default placed in the appropriate All Users folder for the operating system you are using Path To specify another location for your log files type the path to the required folder in the Path field or click the browse button next to the field to browse to the required folder A new log file is created each day the Management Application and or the services are used A log file older than the number of days specified in the field is automatically deleted By default the log file will be stored for seven days To specify another number of days max 9999 simply overwrite the value in the field The current day s activity is always logged even with a value of 0 in the field Therefore if you specify 0 you will log current day s activity if you specify 1 you will keep one day plus the current day s activity and so on Days to log On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 85 Advanced configuration Audit Log Name Enable audit logging Path Days to log Minimum logging interval In sequence timespan Notifications Email About email RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Audit logging is the only type of RC P logging which is not compulsory Select clear the check box to enable disable audit logging Thes
106. hived recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Note that if you move archived recordings RC P will also archive what is currently in the camera database In case you wonder why the camera database is empty just after you have moved archived recordings this is the reason Total size of the drive Amount of unused space left on the drive If using this option highly recommended you should select a number of different local drives for archiving If the path containing the RC P database is on one of the drives you have selected for archiving RC P will always try to archive to that drive first If not RC P automatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available space at any time provided there is not a camera database using that drive Which drive has the most available space may change during the archiving process and archiving may therefore happen to several archiving drives during the same process This fact will have no impact on how users find and view archived recordings Specify when you want RC P to automatically move recordings to your archiving path s You can specify up to 24 archiving times per day with minimum one hour between each one Select the hour minute and second values and click the up and down buttons to increase or decrease values or simply overwrite the selected value and then click Add The more you expect to record the more often you should archiv
107. hour Note that you can only select time bases that let you speed up frame rates Example If you have specified 15 frames per second in normal mode you cannot specify 16 frames per minute or hour in speedup mode Click the Open button to configure detailed and or camera specific settings for the selected camera Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Live Frame Rate 56 Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Recording Frame Rate Advanced configuration Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval Second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode SPEEDUP FRAME RATE PROPERTIES Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Enable Speedup Frame Rate Time Unit Speedup On Schedule Only Start Event Stop Event Camera Live Frame Rate On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Description The speedup feature lets you use a higher than normal frame rate if motion is detected and or an event occurs When you enable speedup further co
108. how clients access the server and which users can use clients See Configure User Access wizard see Manage user access wizard on page 36 When you use the wizard all users that you add have access to all cameras including new cameras added at a later stage If this is not what you want specify access settings users and user rights separately e Through advanced configuration In previous versions of RC P this was known as Image Server administration since technically it is the Image Server service see About services on page 94 which handles clients access to the surveillance system About registered services Registered services displays the services installed and running on your RC P system It displays the following information about the individual services Name Description Enabled Indicates if the relevant service is enabled Name The name of the service Description A description of the service Addresses The inside and outside addresses used by the service You can change the inside and outside addresses for a service To do this click the Edit button and enter the relevant inside and or outside addresses Note that you cannot edit all services You can delete a service registration from the system by clicking the Delete button You are prompted for confirmation before the service is deleted Configure server access 1 In the Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration right click Server
109. icon next to the relevant cell If you change the archiving path and there are existing archived recordings at the old location you are asked whether you want to move the archived recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Note that if you move archived recordings RC P will also archive what is currently in the camera database In case you wonder why the camera database is empty just after you have moved archived recordings this is the reason Total amount of time for which you want to keep recordings from the camera that is recordings in the camera s database as well as any archived recordings Default is 7 days Retention time covers the total amount of time you want to keep recordings for In earlier RC P versions time limits were specified separately for the database and archives The template can help you configure similar properties quickly For example if you have 20 cameras and you want a particular frame rate on all of them you can enter it once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras Name Apply Template Select All Clear All Apply template on selected cameras 34 Description Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two Set buttons to actually apply the template Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply t
110. ighboring lists Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields Select required start event The camera will begin using the speedup frame EE rates when the start event occurs Select required stop event The camera will return to the normal frame rates when the stop event occurs Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Stop Event Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under Live Frame Rate normal mode If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or Recording Frame Rate hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Tip Speedup does not necessarily have to be based on motion or events you can also use scheduling see Speedup on page 82 to configure speedup based on particular periods of time If you prefer such time based speedup you should still enable the use of speedup by selecting the Enable speedup check box Dual stream This feature is only av
111. ime provided there is not a camera database using that drive Which drive has the most available space may change during the archiving process and archiving may therefore happen to several archiving drives during the same process This fact will have no impact on how users find and view archived recordings Dynamic archiving paths are general for all your cameras You cannot configure dynamic archiving paths for individual cameras All properties on a white background are editable properties on a light blue background cannot be edited Name Enable dynamic path selection archives Use Drive Path Drive Size Free Space On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Description Enables the use of dynamic path selection allowing you to select which paths you want to use The list of selectable paths initially represents all drives on the server both local and mapped drives You can add further paths with the New path feature below the list Select particular paths for use as dynamic archiving paths You can also select a previously manually added path for removal see description of Remove button in the following Letter representing the drive in question for example C Path to where you save the files for example CX or OurServer OurFolder OurSubfolden Total size of the drive Amount of unused space left on the drive 49 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Specify a new path and add
112. irus scanning of affected areas such as camera databases and so on on the RC P server as well as on any archiving destinations if you are allowed to in your organization 10 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Before you start Time server use recommended Once your system receives images they are instantly time stamped However since cameras are separate units which may have separate timing devices power supplies and so on camera time and your system time may not correspond fully This may occasionally lead to confusion If your cameras supports timestamps OnSSI recommends that you auto synchronize camera and system time through a time server for consistent synchronization For information about how to configure a time server try searching www microsoft com for time server time service or similar About handling daylight saving time Daylight saving time DST is the practice of advancing clocks in order for evenings to have more daylight and mornings to have less Typically you move clocks forward one hour during the spring season and adjust them backward during the fall season Note that use of DST varies between countries regions When you work with a surveillance system which is inherently time sensitive itis important that you know how the system handles DST Spring Switch from Standard Time to DST The change from standard time to DST is not much of anissue since you jump one hour forward Typically
113. it to the list using the Add button Paths must be reachable by the surveillance system server and you must specify the path New path using the UNC Universal Naming Convention format example server volume directory When the new path is added you can select it for use as a dynamic archiving path Add Add the path specified in the New path field to the list Remove a selected path which has previously been manually added from Remove the list You cannot remove any of the initially listed paths not even when they are selected Video recording When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step Do this to speed up things or because the properties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras In RC P the term recording means saving video and if applicable audio from a camera in the camera s database on the surveillance system server Video audio is often saved only when there is a reason to do so for example as long as motion is detected when an event occurs and until another event occurs or within a certain period of time All properties on a white background are editable properties on a light blue background cannot be edited Note that all of the Video Recording properties can also be specified individually for each camera see Recording on page 65 Name Description
114. itable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields o To delete an unwanted part of a schedule profile right click it and select Delete o To quickly fill or clear an entire day double click the name of the day o As an alternative to dragging inside the calendar section use the Start time End time and Day fields then the Change Period or Set Period button as required When using the Start time and End time fields remember that time is specified in increments of five minutes You cannot specify a period shorter than five minutes and you can only use times like 12 00 12 05 12 10 12 15 etc If you specify a time outside of the five minute intervals such as 12 13 you will get an error message Configure when cameras should do what Available functionality depends on your product version Use the scheduling feature to configure when e Cameras should be online that is transfer video to RC P e Cameras should use speedup that is use a higher than normal frame rate e You want to receive email and for supported products SMS notifications regarding cameras e Archiving should take place See Configure general scheduling and archiving and Configure camera specific schedules on page 45 Configure motion detection To configure motion detection do the following 1 In the Management Application navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration expand Cameras and Storage Information
115. ith the Hardware Device Summary table Name Description Hardware devices typically cameras but could also be dedicated Hardware Device Name input output boxes On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 17 Licenses Name License Video Channels Licensed Channels Speaker Channels Microphone Channels Address RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Licensing status of your hardware devices Can be either Licensed number of day s grace Trial or Expired Number of available video channels on your hardware devices Number of video channels on each of your hardware devices for which you have a license Number of available speaker channels on your hardware devices Number of available microphone channels on your hardware devices http addresses of your hardware devices WWW Links to http addresses of your hardware devices Port Port used by your hardware devices Device Driver Names of device drivers associated with your hardware devices You can activate licenses online or offline On the Management Application s toolbar click File and either Activate License Online or Manage License Offline Cameras or dedicated input output boxes for which you are missing a license do not send data to the surveillance system Cameras added after all available licenses are used are unavailable About replacing cameras If you remove a camera from a recording server you also free a license You can replace a licensed camera and activate a
116. ition For this purpose you can only use an event once per PTZ camera However use different events for making the PTZ camera go to the same preset position Example o Event 1 makes the PTZ camera go to preset position A o Event 2 makes the PTZ camera go to preset position B o Event 3 makes the PTZ camera go to preset position A If later you want to end the association between a particular event and a particular preset position clear the field containing the event After you have made the PTZ setting changes restart services Cameras that do not support multiple simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time Therefore we recommend that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ Microphones About microphones In your system Microphones are typically attached to hardware devices and therefore physically located next to cameras Operators with the necessary rights can then listen to recordings through the Ocularis Client provided the computer running the Ocularis Client has speakers attached You manage microphones in RC P meaning you can always manage the microphones attached to cameras not microphones attached to Ocularis Client operators computers If you have added more microphones to your system than you need you can hide the ones you do not need by right clicking the relevant microphone or spea
117. itions that is motion or start event are met Usually only some seconds of pre recording is required but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of pre recording corresponding to 18 hours 12 minutes and 15 seconds However if specifying a very long pre recording time you can potentially run into a scenario where your pre recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving see About archiving on page 75 times That can be problematic since pre recording does not work well during archiving You can store recordings from periods following detected motion and or stop events Select check box to enable this feature Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column 31 Getting started RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from after recording stop conditions that is motion or stop event are met Usually only some seconds of post recording is required but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of post recording corresponding to 18 hours 12 minutes and 15 seconds However if specifying a very long post recording time you can potentially run into a scenario where your post recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving times That can be problematic since post recording does not work well during archiving Seconds of post recording Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only If you want motion detection to take place only
118. ker and select Hide If you need the hidden microphone again you can right click the overall microphone icon and select Show Hidden Items Configure microphones or speakers 1 In the Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration expand Hardware Devices and expand the hardware device to which the relevant microphone or speaker is attached 2 Right click the relevant microphone or speaker and select Properties 3 Specify properties as required Configuration of microphones and speakers in RC P is very basic Settings such as volume etc are controlled on the microphone or speaker units themselves On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 73 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Show or hide microphones or speakers Available functionality depends on your product version If you have added more microphones or speakers to your system than you need you can hide the ones you do not need by right clicking the relevant microphone or speaker and select Hide If you need the hidden microphone speaker again you can right click the overall microphone or speaker icon and select Show Hidden Items Microphone properties When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras you can determine when audio should be recorded or not Your choice applies for all cameras on your RC P system Microphone properties Microphones are by default enabled me
119. keyframes only Select this check box to record all frames when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of this feature requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the neighboring lists Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields Use when recording on Event or Motion Detection amp Event Select required start event The camera will begin recording all frames when the start event occurs Select required stop event The camera will again only recording keyframes when the stop event occurs On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Dual stream This feature is only available on cameras supporting dual stream Name Description This additional stream feature lets you use the alternative stream of the camera It enables two independent streams to the recording server a stream for live viewing and another stream for recording purposes with different resolution encoding and frame rate Enable dedicated live stream Select the type of the live stream Stream settings for viewing live video and ZE for recording video may very well be different in order to get the best result Resolution Select the resolution of the camera FPS Select the camera s live frame rate per second FPS Audio When you configure video and recording see About video and
120. late column Apply the value from the template to selected cameras 33 Getting started Recording and archiving settings RC P 2 5 User Manual Select recording and archiving see About archiving on page 75 paths for each individual camera All properties on a white background are editable properties on a light b uebackground cannot be edited Name Recording Path Archiving Path Retention time Description Path to the folder in which the camera s database should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the required cell You can only specify a path to a folder on a local drive You cannot specify a path to a network drive If you use a network drive it is not be possible to save recordings if the network drive becomes unavailable If you change the recording path and you have existing recordings at the old location you are asked whether you want to move the recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Tip If you have several cameras and several local drives are available you can improve performance by distributing individual cameras databases across several drives Only editable if not using dynamic paths for archiving see About archiving on page 75 Path to the folder in which the camera s archived recordings should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse
121. le ISLog_20091231 log On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 83 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Shows Image Import service activity when this service is used for fetching pre alarm images and storing the fetched images in camera databases Pre alarm images is a feature available for selected cameras only It enables sending of images from immediately before an event took place from the Image Import service log files camera to the surveillance system via e mail A new log file is created for each day the service is used You cannot disable this type of logging Image Import service log files are named according to the structure ImagelmportLog_YYYMMDD log for example ImagelmportLog20091231 log Shows Ocularis Client user activity if audit logging is enabled A new log file is created for each day with audit logging enabled and client user activity Audit log files are named according to the structure is_auditYYYMMDD log for example is_audit20091231 log The _is prefix is due to the fact that the audit log files are generated by the Image Server service Audit log files Log locations All log files are by default placed in the appropriate All Users folder for the operating system you are using By default they are stored there for seven days Note that you can change log file locations as well as the number of days to store the logs when you configure logging Log structures Most log files genera
122. ll the new version of RC P it inherits the configuration from your previous version OnSSI recommends that you make regular backups of your server configuration as a disaster recovery measure You should also do this when you upgrade your server While it is rare that you lose your configuration cameras schedules views etc it can happen under unfortunate circumstances Fortunately it takes only a minute to back up your existing configuration IMPORTANT you must back up your configuration before you upgrade The following describes backing up older versions If you need information about how to back up configuration for RC P 2 0 or newer see Back up system configuration on page 95 1 Create a folder called Backup on a network drive or on removable media 2 On the system server open My Computer and navigate to the RC P installation folder 3 Copy the following files and folders into your Backup folder o Al configuration ini files o All scheduling sch files 12 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Install and upgrade o The file users txt only present in a few installations o Folders with a name ending with ViewGroup and all their content Note that some of the files folders may not exist if upgrading from old software versions If you installed your system as a custom version to a non default file path make a backup of your existing configuration and restore it to a new installation folder called
123. lumns for specifying speedup details become available Speedup frame rate for viewing video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Select required unit for live and recording frame rates per second minute or hour Note that you can only select time bases that let you speed up frame rates Example If you have specified 15 frames per second in normal mode you cannot specify 16 frames per minute or hour in speedup mode e Motion Detection Select this to speed up when motion see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page 69 is detected Normal frame rates will be resumed immediately after the last motion is detected e Event Select this to speed up when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of speedup on event requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the neighboring columns Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly do it use the Configure events list located below the other fields e Motion Detection amp Event Select this to speed up when motion is detected or when an event occurs and until another event occurs Remember to select start and stop events in the neighboring columns Select this to speed up according to the camera s speedup schedule see Speedup on page 82 only Select required
124. m using similar types of cameras the new system does not use the exact same physical cameras as the cloned system When you use the cloned configuration later in a new system the GUIDs are replaced with GUIDs representing the specific components of the new system After you have marked GUIDs for replacement the configuration files are combined into one single xml file which you can then save at a location specified by you Note that if there are unsaved changes to your configuration they are automatically saved when you export the configuration 1 Inthe Management Application s File menu select Export Configuration Clone 2 Browse to the location at which you want to store the exported configuration specify a suitable file name and click Save Import previously exported Management Application configuration The same import method is used regardless of whether the Management Application configuration was exported as a backup or a clone 1 In the Management Application s File menu select Import Configuration 2 Browse to the location from which you want to import the configuration select the relevant configuration file and click Open 3 Only relevant if the system into which you import the configuration contains devices cameras etc which are not present in the imported configuration you are asked whether you want to delete or keep recordings from affected devices If you want to keep the recordings note that they are not
125. mber of seconds for which you want to record video from before recording start conditions that is motion or start event are met Usually only some seconds of pre recording is required but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of pre recording corresponding to 18 hours 12 minutes and 15 seconds However if specifying a very long pre recording time you can potentially run into a scenario where your pre recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving see About archiving on page 75 times That can be problematic since pre recording does not work well during archiving You can store recordings from periods following detected motion and or stop events Select check box to enable this feature Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column Specify the number of seconds for which you want to record video from after recording stop conditions that is motion or stop event are met Usually only some seconds of post recording is required but you can specify up to 65535 seconds of post recording corresponding to 18 hours 12 minutes and 15 seconds However if specifying a very long post recording time you can potentially run into a scenario where your post recording time spans scheduled or unscheduled archiving times That can be problematic since post recording does not work well during archiving 51 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description e Click the Open button to configure detailed and or
126. n Only editable if not using dynamic paths for archiving see About archiving on page 75 Path to the folder in which the camera s archived recordings should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the relevant cell If you change the archiving path and there are existing archived recordings at Archiving Path the old location you are asked whether you want to move the archived recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Note that if you move archived recordings RC P will also archive what is currently in the camera database In case you wonder why the camera database is empty just after you have moved archived recordings this is the reason Click button to delete all archived recordings for the camera Recordings in the camera s regular database will not be affected The ability to delete is available regardless of whether you use a single archiving path or dynamic Delete Archives archiving paths IMPORTANT Use with caution All archived recordings for the camera are permanently deleted As a security measure you are asked to confirm the deletion Total amount of time for which you want to keep recordings from the camera that is recordings in the camera s database as well as any archived recordings Default is 7 days Retention time covers the total amount of time you want to keep recordings for In earlier RC P versi
127. n simply import them for use with RC P Only available when you have selected PTZ type 2 or 3 Lets you import already defined preset positions from the camera s memory for use with RC P If you have already imported preset positions this way and preset positions have since then been added or changed on the camera you can use this button to refresh the imported preset positions Only available when you have selected PTZ type 1 When you have move the camera to a required position using the controls in the upper half of the window type a name for the position in the blank field then click the button to add the position to the list of defined preset positions Remember that names of preset positions must contain only the characters A Z a z and the digits 0 9 Only available when you have selected PTZ type 1 or 3 Lets you change an already defined preset position In the list select the preset position you want to change Then move the camera to the new required position using the controls in the upper half of the window Then click the button to overwrite the old position with the new one Only available when you have selected PTZ type 1 or 3 Lets you delete an already defined preset In the list select the preset position you want to delete then click the button Before you delete a preset position make sure it is not used in PTZ patrolling or PTZ on event Since the preset positions are stored on the camera you can bring a deleted
128. n the Apply Template column Clear All Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Set selected template value on Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras selected cameras Tip To select more than one value press CTRL while selecting Set all template values on e ered camaras Apply all values from the template to selected cameras Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only 58 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Record Keyframe Only Record All Frames on Start Event Stop Event Audio selection Advanced configuration Keyframes stored at specified intervals record the entire view of the camera whereas the following frames record only pixels that change this helps greatly reduce the size of MPEG files Select the check box if you only want to record keyframes Allows you to make exceptions if you have selected to record keyframes only e Motion Detection Select this to record all frames when motion is detected Two seconds after the last motion see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page 69 is detected the camera will return to recording keyframes only e Event Select this to record all frames when an event occurs and until another event occurs Requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the neighboring columns Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable events you can quickly
129. nage the service through the Management Application Will in the future be used for storing OnSSI plug in related data The SQL Microsoft SQL Server Express Server Express database is a lightweight yet powerful version of a full SQL Database database which is automatically installed on and runs in the background of your RC P surveillance system server Handles access to the surveillance system for users logging in with clients The Image Server service is automatically installed and runs in the background on the surveillance system server You can manage the service through the Management Application Image Server service What s new If you have previously used RC P you may have noticed some changes to its appearance You may also already have noticed one or more new features in your system Getting started wizard e When you open your system for the first time on a new installation the Getting started wizard allows you to easily add hardware devices to your system through an automated wizard that takes you through the entire process Automatic camera discovery e Your system can discover and add cameras to your system automatically ensuring that once you connect a new camera to your network the system adds this to your system without any need of user interaction New getting started page e To ease your initial use of your system the Getting started page shows four configuration wizards to help you set up your hardware storag
130. namic archiving paths you specify a number of different archiving paths usually across several drives If the drive containing the camera s database is among the path you have selected for dynamic archiving RC P Configure Dynamic Paths always tries to archive to that path first If not RC P automatically archives to the archiving drive with the most available space at any time provided there is not a camera database using that drive See also Dynamic path selection on page 49 Output When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras you can also associate a camera with particular hardware output for example the sounding of a siren or the switching on of lights Associated output can then be activated automatically when motion is detected in video from the camera or manually when Ocularis Client users with the necessary rights view live video from the camera 1 Inthe Available output list select the required output It is only possible to select one output at a time Tip If you have not yet defined any suitable output you can quickly do it Use the Configure Output button located below the other fields Tip Even though output is configured separately for each camera you can select between all output on your RC P system regardless whether output originates on another hardware device than the camera itself 2 Click the gt gt button to copy the selected out
131. nd frame rate Enable dedicated live stream Select the type of the live stream Stream settings for viewing live video and ZE for recording video may very well be different in order to get the best result Resolution Select the resolution of the camera FPS Select the camera s live frame rate per second FPS Manual recording When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step In the case of Manual recording it is because the properties are shared by all cameras When manual recording is enabled Ocularis Client users with the necessary rights can manually start recording if they see something of interest while viewing live video from a camera which is not already recording If enabled manual recording can take place even if recording for individual cameras see Recording on page 65 is set to Never or Conditionally When started from the Ocularis Client such user driven recording will always take place for a fixed time for example for five minutes Name Description Enable manual recording Select check box to enable manual recording and specify further details Default duration of manual Period of time in seconds during which user driven recording take place recording Default duration is 300 seconds corresponding to five minutes Maximum allowed period of time for user driven recording This maximum is not relevan
132. nd license a new camera instead The total number of purchased device channels corresponds to the total number of cameras that can run on the surveillance system simultaneously When you replace a camera you must use the Management Application Replace Hardware Device wizard on page 38 to map all relevant databases of cameras microphones inputs outputs etc Remember to activate the license once you are finished About activating licenses When you purchase RC P you receive a temporary license file lic including a Software License Code SLC You must use this temporary license file when you install your system In order to get your permanent license register your SLC before you activate licenses When you have registered your SLC you can activate your licenses in two ways online or offline You cannot activate more licenses than you have bought If you have added more cameras than you have licenses for you must buy additional licenses before you can activate them To get an overview of your licenses go to the Management Application s navigation pane gt Advanced Configuration gt Hardware Devices and view your Hardware Device Summary table When you have added and configured your cameras you can activate your licenses in two ways online or offline Tip If the computer that runs the Management Application has internet access use online activation You cannot activate more licenses than you have purchased If you have added more
133. neous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time Therefore we recommend that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 71 Advanced configuration Name PTZ type Import Refresh Add New Set New Position Delete Test PTZ control wheel 72 RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Your configuration options depend on the type of PTZ camera in question e Type 1 stored on server You define preset positions by moving the camera using the controls see Move PTZ type 1 and 3 to required positions on page 47 in the upper half of the window then storing each required position on the RC P server You can define up to 260 preset positions this way e Type 2 imported from camera You import preset positions which have previously been defined and stored on the PTZ camera itself through the camera s own configuration interface The number of allowed preset positions depends on the PTZ camera and driver used e Type 3 stored on camera You define preset positions by moving the camera with the controls see Move PTZ type 1 and 3 to required positions on page 47 in the upper half of the window then storing each required position in the camera s own memory You can define up to 260 preset positions this way If preset positions have already been defined for the camera you ca
134. ngs if the network drive becomes unavailable If you change the recording path and you have existing recordings at the old location you are asked whether you want to move the recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Tip If you have several cameras and several local drives are available you can improve performance by distributing individual cameras databases across several drives Recording Path Only editable if not using dynamic paths for archiving see About archiving on page 75 Path to the folder in which the camera s archived recordings should be stored Default is C MediaDatabase To browse for another folder click the browse icon next to the relevant cell If you change the archiving path and there are existing archived recordings at Archiving Path the old location you are asked whether you want to move the archived recordings to the new location recommended leave them at the old location or delete them Note that if you move archived recordings RC P will also archive what is currently in the camera database In case you wonder why the camera database is empty just after you have moved archived recordings this is the reason 48 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Retention time Camera Select All Clear All Set selected template value on selected cameras Set all template values on selected cameras Dynamic path selection
135. nnect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time OnSSI recommends that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ You can configure motion detection settings for each camera or for several cameras at once Use the list in the left pane of the wizard window to select cameras To select several cameras at a time press CTRL or SHIFT while you select When you select a camera you see a preview from that camera If you select several cameras you see a preview from the last camera you select A green area in the preview indicates motion Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 35 Getting started RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Adjust the Sensitivity slider so that irrelevant background noise is filtered out and only real motion is shown in green Alternatively specify a value between 0 and 256 in the field next to the slider to control the sensitivity setting Sensitivity The slider determines how much each pixel must change before it is regarded as motion With a high sensitivity very little change in a pixel is required before it is regarded as motion The more you drag the slider to the left the more of the preview becomes green This is because with high sensitivity even the slightest pixel change is regarded as motion Adjust the Motion slider so that motion detection is only triggered by the requir
136. nse information 17 Overview of users and groups 91 P Privacy masking 70 PTZ device 40 43 PTZ on event 73 PTZ preset positions 71 73 R RC P overview 7 Recording 44 50 55 58 65 94 Recording and archiving paths 23 48 67 75 Recording and archiving settings 34 Recording and storage properties 48 Recording Server Manager 8 Regular frame rate properties 56 Remove system components 13 Remove the current version 13 103 Index Replace Hardware Device wizard 17 18 38 41 43 Restore system configuration 95 Restore system configuration from a restore point e 15 95 97 S Scheduling 88 Scheduling all cameras 79 Scheduling and archiving 74 Scheduling options 28 81 82 Server access 10 89 90 Server access properties 90 Server Settings email 87 Services 94 Settings 21 Show or hide microphones or speakers 41 74 Speedup 53 57 59 63 82 Speedup frame rate properties 57 Storage capacity required for archiving 77 Storage information 61 T Template and common properties 56 Time server use recommended 11 U Updates 9 Upgrade 12 Upgrade from a previous version 12 14 95 User information 91 User Interface 23 User properties 91 Users 91 104 RC P 2 5 User Manual V Video 58 62 82 Video device drivers 13 Video recording 50 View archived recordings 79 View video from c
137. nt in time in the right part of the dialog This can help you select the best possible restore point 98 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Miscellaneous Concepts and Tasks Miscellaneous Concepts and Tasks About protecting recording databases from corruption In the Management Application you can select which action to take if a camera database becomes corrupted The actions include several database repair options While being able to select such actions is highly valuable it is of course even better to take steps to ensure that your camera databases do not become corrupted Power outages use a UPS The single most common reason for corrupt databases is the recording server being shut down abruptly without files being saved and without the operating system being closed down properly This may happen due to power outages due to somebody accidentally pulling out the server s power cable or similar The best way of protecting your recording servers from being shut down abruptly is to equip each of your recording servers with a UPS Uninterruptible Power Supply The UPS works as a battery driven secondary power source providing the necessary power for saving open files and safely powering down your system in the event of power irregularities UPSs vary in sophistication but many UPSs include software for automatically saving open files for alerting system administrators etc Selecting the right type of UPS for
138. nt request see the following if you want recording to take place Enable recording on the camera when Start cameras on dient requests see the previous is also selected Enable recording when started on If a user does not have access to manual recording see Camera access client request on page 93 selecting Enable recording when started on client request will not enable the user to do manual recording Select which online schedule profile to use as default for cameras you subsequently add to your RC P system Note that your selection only applies Schedule profile for new cameras fO the online schedule not for any other schedules Default selection is Always on meaning that new cameras will always be online that is transferring video to the RC P server for live viewing and further processing Control the aggressiveness of reconnection attempts If RC P loses the connection to a camera it will by default attempt to re establish the Maximum delay between connection after ten seconds In some environments for example if using reconnect attempts vehicle mounted cameras through wireless connections camera connections may frequently be lost and you may want to change the aggressiveness of such reconnection attempts You can view live and even record video from a camera outside its online recording schedule To do this you select the Start cameras on client requests and if needed the Enable recording when started on client reques
139. nt the new setting to be in effect immediately after saving At some point in time when you save recordings on your system the storage you save recordings on may become full Your system offers you two system modes which handle this scenario differently Classic mode and Evidence collection mode e Classic mode means that the system automatically deletes the oldest saved recordings in order to make room for new recordings This is how saved recordings have been handled so far in all previous versions of your system When you remove a hardware device in the Management Application recordings from the relevant device are deleted from your storage You can no longer play back recordings from the removed camera in Ocularis Client as these recordings will be deleted from your storage e Evidence collection mode means that the system stops recording when you reach full storage capacity All your old recordings are kept in the storage and the system does not save any new recordings This ensures that video recorded as evidence is never deleted automatically and remains on the hard disk drive until you change system settings in your system or you manually remove the recordings from your storage Similarly if you remove a hardware device from the Management Application recordings from the device are still kept on your storage You can playback recordings in Ocularis Client even if you have removed the device in the Management Application This mode is suppor
140. o and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras properties include If the camera uses MJPEG video format With MJPEG you can define frame rates for regular as well as speedup modes If the camera offers dual stream you can also enable this Note that there are three places where you can set frame rate e Live Frame Rate used for the regular recording stream e Live Frame Rate used when speeding up recordings in connection with motion detection or similar functionality e FPS Frames per second used for the additional stream used for live viewing Regular frame rate mode Properties available for RC P RC I and RC C Name Description Required average frame rate for video from the camera Frame Rate Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Required average frame rate for live video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour If the camera supports dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered Live Frame Rate Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval Second minute or Recording Frame Rate hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame
141. o change the recording path archiving path and retention time for all of them Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times you can simply enter them once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two Set buttons to actually apply the template Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply only a selected value from the template to selected cameras Tip To select more than one value press CTRL while selecting Apply all values from the template to selected cameras The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here You can overwrite the existing name with a new one Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J REGULAR FRAME RATE PROPERTIES Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Frame Rate Time Unit Camera Description Required average frame rate for video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour Select required unit for live and recording frame rates per second minute or
142. o send the email notifications Compared with other mail transfer methods SMTP has the advantage that you avoid automatically triggered warnings from your email client Such warnings may otherwise inform you that your email client is trying to automatically send email messages on your behalf TLS Transport Layer Security and its predecessor SSL Secure Socket Layer are supported Outgoing mail server port SMTP Type the port for your mail server The default port number is 25 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 87 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Component Requirement Select the check box if you must use a user name and password to use the SMTP server Choose the type of security you want to use Server requires login Security type sername Only relevant when you have selected Server requires login Specify the user name required for using the SMTP server Password Only relevant if you have selected Server requires login Specify the password required for using the SMTP server Max attachment size MB Specify a maximum size of attached images ATTACHMENT SETTINGS EMAIL Specify the following attachment settings Component Requirement Select the check box to include still images in email notifications When selected each email notification includes one or more attached still JPEG images Attached images includes images of before the incident after the incident and the actual incident with the in
143. on User properties User information Name Description Edit the user name You can only edit this if the selected user is a Basic user User name Names must be unique and must not contain any of these special characters lt gt amp J Only editable if the selected user is of the type basic user Edit the password password Remember to repeat the password to be sure you have specified it correctly On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 91 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Description Non editable field displaying whether the selected user is of the type basic AIO user or Windows user group Group information Name Description Edit the group name Names must be unique and must not contain any of Groupiname these special characters lt gt amp General access When you add or edit basic users Windows users or groups you can specify general access settings These settings need only be modified if you plan to access video using Ocularis Client in Limited Mode When using Ocularis typically only one user is necessary on a recording component This user should have full administrator rights to the system and will be used to import the recorder into Ocularis Base Additional users may be desired for use with OpenSight or to access camera video by bypassing Ocularis Base and using Ocularis Client in Limited Mode Name Description Live Ability to access Live video in Ocularis
144. on keyframes of the video Keyframe Only stream to reduce the system resources used on motion detection select Keyframe only The template can help you configure similar properties quickly For example if you have 20 cameras and you want a particular frame rate on all of them you can enter it once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras Name Description Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two E Set buttons to actually apply the template Select All Click button to select all cameras in the Apply Template column Clear All Click button to clear all selections in the Apply Template column Apply template on selected SE Apply the value from the template to selected cameras Live and recording settings Motion JPEG cameras This wizard page only appears if one or more of your cameras use the MJPEG video format Select pre and post recording which allows you to store recordings from the time before and after detected motion and or specified events Also specify which frame rates to use for each camera Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Description You can store recordings from periods preceding detected motion and or Pre recording start events Select check box to enable this feature Specify the required number of seconds in the neighboring column 32 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Name Se
145. on might not work for all cameras for example cameras using the system s Universal Driver For such cameras you must add these to the system manually Alternatively choose Import CSV file This option lets you import data about hardware devices and cameras as comma separated values CSV see Add hardware Import from CSV file CSV file format and requirements on page 27 from a file This is a highly effective method if you set up several similar systems When you use the Manual option the wizard is divided into these pages Information driver selection and verification Specify information about each hardware device you want to add Name Description IP Address IP address or host name of the hardware device Port number on which to scan The default is port 80 If a hardware device is located behind a NAT enabled router or a firewall you may need to specify a Port different port number When this is the case also remember to configure the router firewall so it maps the port and IP address used by the hardware device User name for the hardware device s administrator account Many organizations use the hardware device manufacturer s default user names for their hardware devices If that is the case in your organization select lt default gt do not type a manufacturer s default user name as this can be a User Name source of error trust that your system knows the manufacturer s default user name You can also select other ty
146. ons time limits were specified separately for the database and archives Retention time On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 67 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Component Requirement Select which action to take if the database becomes corrupted gt Repair scan delete if fails Default action If the database becomes corrupted two different repair methods will be attempted a fast repair and a thorough repair If both repair methods fail the contents of the database will be deleted gt Repair delete if fails f the database becomes corrupted a fast repair will be attempted If the fast repair fails the contents of the database will be deleted gt Repair archive if fails f the database becomes corrupted a fast repair will be attempted If the fast repair fails the contents of the Database Repair Action database will be archived gt Delete no repair If the database becomes corrupted the contents of the database will be deleted gt Archive no repair f the database becomes corrupted the contents of the database will be archived If you choose an action to repair a corrupt database this corrupt database is closed while it is repaired Instead a new database is created to allow recordings to continue Tip There are several things you can do to prevent see About protecting recording databases from corruption on page 99 that your databases become corrupt in the first place With dy
147. ons to one or more recipients when e Motion see Motion detection amp exclude regions on page 69 is detected e Events occur You can select individually for each event whether you want to receive an email notification or not e Archiving see About archiving on page 75 fails if email notification has been selected as part of the archiving properties see Archiving on page 81 Configure email notifications To set up email notifications do the following In the Management Application s Navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration expand Notifications right click Email and select Properties 1 Enable the use of email by selecting the Enable email check box 2 Specify required properties see Message Settings email on page 87 86 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration 3 Choose a schedule profile to associate with your email notifications Your system comes with two simple schedule profiles Always on and Always off which you cannot edit or delete If these do not meet your needs you can create any number of customized schedule profiles for each camera You can reuse a customized schedule profile for more than one purpose if you want to Message Settings email Specify the following message settings for email Name Enable Recipient s Subject text Message text Variables Ignore similar messages for Use schedule profile SERVER SETTINGS EMAIL
148. orage Online schedule Specify when each camera should be online An online camera is a camera that transfers video to the server for live viewing and further processing The fact that a camera is online does not in itself mean that your system records video from the camera configure recording settings on one of the following pages By default cameras you add to your system are automatically online Always on and you only need to modify their online schedules if you require cameras to be online only at specific times or events Note however that you can change this default as part of the scheduling options on page 81 For each camera you can initially select between two online schedules e Always on The camera is always online e Always off The camera is never online If these two options are too simple for your needs use the Create Edit button to specify online schedules according to your needs and then select these schedules for your cameras This way you can specify 28 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started whether cameras should be online within specific periods of time or whether they should start and stop transferring video when specific events occur within specific periods of time The template can help you configure similar properties quickly For example if you have 20 cameras and you want a particular frame rate on all of them you can enter it once in the template and then apply t
149. orts dual stream and dual stream is enabled the Live Frame Rate column will be read only with the value Dual streaming which cannot be altered Live Frame Rate Required average frame rate for recorded video from the camera Select number of frames then select the time unit interval second minute or Recording Frame Rate hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode 52 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Speedup frame rate mode Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Description The speedup feature lets you use a higher than normal frame rate if motion is Enable speedup frame rate detected and or an event occurs When you enable speedup further columns for specifying speedup details become available Speedup frame rate for viewing video from the camera Select number of Frame Rate frames then select the time unit interval second minute or hour The frame rate must be higher than the frame rate specified under normal mode Select this check box to use the speedup frame rates when motion is On motion detected The camera will return to the normal frame rates two seconds after the last motion is detected Select this check box to use the speedup frame rates when an event occurs and until another event occurs Use of speedup on event requires that events have been defined and that you select start and stop events in the On event ne
150. ot for example receive any warnings if the system runs out of disk space Before you start Shut down any existing surveillance software If you are upgrading read Upgrade from a previous version on page 12 first 1 Run the installation file This may be done directly from the executable that is extracted when you installed Ocularis Base or launched from the Ocularis Component Download page See the Ocularis Installation and Licensing Guide for full details Depending on your security settings you may receive one or more security warnings Click the Run button if you receive a warning When the installation wizard starts select language for the installer and then click Continue Select if you want to install a trial version of RC P or indicate the location of your license file Read and accept the license agreement a FON Select Typical or Custom installation If you select Custom installation you can select application language which features to install and where to install them 6 Let the installation wizard complete You can now begin to configure RC P through the Management Application For more information see Get your system up and running on page 14 Upgrade Upgrade from a previous version You can upgrade your entire RC P system configuration from one RC P version to another The following information applies if you upgrade from one RC P version to another Back up your current configuration When you insta
151. ou want motion detection to take place only on keyframes of the video Keyframe Only stream to reduce the system resources used on motion detection select Keyframe only Specify how often motion detection analysis is carried out on video from the camera The default is every 240 milliseconds close to once a quarter of a second The interval is applied regardless of your cameras frame rate settings Adjusting this setting can help lower the amount of system resources used on motion detection Detection interval Specify whether the full image or a selected percentage of the image should be analyzed For example by specifying 25 every fourth pixel is analyzed instead of all pixels reducing the system resources used but also offering less accurate motion detection Detection resolution Privacy masking If you need to mask any areas of the camera image from viewing set the following properties Name Description Enable Enable the Privacy Masking feature Toggle the grid on and off Toggling the grid off may provide a less obscured view of the preview image selection of areas which should be excluded from privacy masking takes place the same way as when the grid is visible When on the preview image will be divided into small sections by a grid To define ELEM areas which should be excluded from privacy masking drag the mouse over the areas in the preview image while pressing the mouse button down Left mouse button selects a g
152. p their archives for much shorter periods of time You should always first consider the storage capacity of the local drive containing the default archiving directory to which archived recordings are always moved even though they may immediately after be moved to an archiving location on another drive Basically the capacity of the local drive should be at least twice the size required for storing the databases of all cameras When you archive RC P automatically checks that space required for the data to be archived plus 1 GB of free disk space per camera is available at the archiving location If not the archive location s oldest data from the camera in question is deleted until there is sufficient free space for the new data to be archived When you estimate storage capacity required for archiving consider your organization s needs then plan for worst case rather than best case scenarios You cannot archive to external drives only to local drives on the system server Automatic response if running out of disk space If RC P runs of disk space while archiving you can set up an automatic response Two scenarios can occur depending on whether the camera database drive is different from or identical to the archiving drive Different drives Automatic archiving if database drive runs out of disk space In case the RC P server is running out of disk space and the archiving drive is different from the camera database drive and archiving
153. pace left IMPORTANT You will lose data from the archives being deleted Ultimately if there are no archives to delete RC P will attempt to resize camera databases This will happen if On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration o there is less than 5 disk space left and the available disk space goes below 20 GB plus 1 GB per camera or o the available disk space goes below 75 MB plus 10 MB per camera example with ten cameras the server would be running out of disk space if the remaining available disk space went below 175 MB 75 MB plus 10 MB for each of the ten cameras The difference ensures that very large disks will not necessarily be considered to be running out of disk space just because they have less than 5 disk space left IMPORTANT You lose the data deleted as part of the database resizing process When the recording server is restarted after database resizing the original database sizes are used Therefore you should make sure that the drive size problem is solved or adjust camera database sizes to reflect the altered drive size Tip Should the database resizing procedure take place you are informed on screen in Ocularis Client in log files and or in notifications if set up View archived recordings You can view archived recordings via the Ocularis Client Use for example all of the Ocularis Client s advanced features video browsing and e
154. pical user names such as admin or root from the list Type a new user name if you want a user name which is not on the list Password required to access the administrator account Some hardware Passwor f 4 eee ticle devices do not require user name password for access 26 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started Name Description The driver to scan for your hardware device By default the wizard shows the Autodetect option The Autodetect option finds the relevant driver automatically Select a manufacturer if you know the specific manufacturer to reduce scanning time Once you have added the number of devices and cameras you want to add your system sets up storage for you Storage is the location to which your system saves recordings By default your system chooses the location with most available disk space Driver Import from CSV file Import data about hardware devices and cameras as comma separated values CSV from a file This is a highly effective method if you set up several similar systems ADD HARDWARE DEVICES WIZARD IMPORT FROM CSV FILE EXAMPLE OF CSV FILE The following is an example of a CSV file for use when cameras and server are online It includes the parameters HardwareAddress HardwarePort HardwareUsername HardwarePassword and HardwareDriverlD Note that HardwareUserName andHardwareDriverlD are optional parameters You can leave out the HardwareUsername if you have not c
155. preset position back into RC P by clicking the Import refresh button If you bring back a preset position this way and the preset position is to be used in PTZ patrolling or PTZ on event you must manually configure PTZ patrolling and or PTZ on event to use the preset position again Try out a preset position In the list select the preset position you want to test then click the button to view the camera move to the selected position Lets you move a preset position selected in the list up and down respectively The selected preset position is moved one step per click By moving preset positions up or down you can control the sequence in which preset positions are presented in clients On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration PTZ on event PTZ related properties are only available when you are dealing with a PTZ pan tilt zoom camera When a PTZ camera supports preset positions see PTZ preset positions on page 71 you can make the PTZ camera automatically go to a particular preset position when a particular event occurs When associating events with preset positions on a PTZ camera you can select between all events defined on your system You are not limited to selecting events defined on a particular hardware device 1 Inthe Events list in the left side of the window select the relevant event 2 Inthe PTZ Preset Position list in the right side of the window select the relevant preset pos
156. put to the o On manual activation list in which case the output is available for manual activation in the Ocularis Client and or 68 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration o On motion detected list in which case the output is activated when motion is detected in video from the camera If required the same output can appear on both lists 3 Repeat for each required output If you later want to remove an output from the one of the lists select the output in question and click the lt lt button Motion detection amp exclude regions When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 for specific cameras adjusting motion detection is important because it may determine when video from the camera is recorded when e mail notifications are generated when hardware output such as lights or sirens is activated etc Time spent on finding the best possible motion detection settings for each camera may help you later avoid unnecessary recordings notifications etc Depending on the physical location of the camera it may be a very good idea to test motion detection under different physical conditions day night windy calm weather etc Before you configure motion detection for a camera you should configure the camera s video properties see General on page 61 such as compression resolution etc Cameras that do not support multiple
157. ras you add use this path by default for storing recordings If required you can change individual cameras recording paths as part of their Default recording path for new individual configuration see Recording and archiving paths on page 67 cameras but you can also change the default recording path so all new cameras you add use a path of your choice All new cameras you add use this path by default for archiving see About archiving on page 75 If required you can change individual cameras Default archiving path for new archiving paths as part of their individual configuration but you can also cameras change the default recording path so all new cameras you add use a path of your choice Note that camera specific archiving paths are not relevant if you use dynamic path selection on page 49 for archiving Configuration path The path by default used for storing your system configuration On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 23 Getting started RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started About the Getting started page The Getting started window is always shown when you open the Management Application The Getting started page provides you with an easy way to go through wizards and serves as a place of reference for users Automatic configuration wizard The Automatic configuration wizard is for easy configuration for first time use of the system Use the wizard to automatically add cameras to your system using this step by step p
158. rds for data outbound transfer and is often used for uploading or downloading files to and from servers Used for SMTP traffic SMTP Simple Mail Transfer Protocol is a standard for sending e mail messages between servers This port should be open since depending on configuration some cameras may send images to the surveillance system server via e mail Port 25 inbound and outbound Used for HTTP traffic between the surveillance server cameras and the Port 80 inbound and outbound Ocularis Client and the default communication port for the surveillance system s Image Server service Port 554 inbound and outbound Used for RSTP traffic in connection with H 264 video streaming Port 1024 outbound only Used for HTTP traffic between cameras and the surveillance server Port 1234 inbound and outbound Used for event handling used with RC I and RC C Port 1237 inbound and outbound Used for communication with NetCentral if your organization uses this Your organization may also have selected to use any other port numbers for example you have likely changed the server access on page 90 port from its default port number 80 to another port number Virus scanning Virus scanning uses a considerable amount of system resources on scanning all the data as it is archived or used The scanning process may temporarily lock each file it scans which can further impact system performance negatively Therefore you should disable any v
159. rid section right mouse button clears a grid section Selected areas are highlighted in red Show privacy mask Toggle the red area indicating privacy masking on and off Toggling the red area off may provide a less obscured view of the preview image Clear Clear the privacy masking Privacy Masks may be set here in the Management Application at the camera level for those cameras which support it as well as in the Ocularis Administrator application 70 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration 360 lens 360 lens technology allows you to view 360 panoramic video through an advanced lens If a camera is going to use 360 lens technology you must enable the technology and in some cases enter a special license key Name Description Select check box to enable use of the 360 lens technology and to be able to AN SOUP nE specify further properties Select to enable panomorph support Panomorph is an advanced Enable panomorph support technology can provide high resolution in zones of interest while at the same time using fewer pixels than conventional fisheye solutions When you enable the panomorph support functionality you must also select a Registered Panomorph Lens RPL number from the ImmerVision Enables panomorph RPL number list This is to ensure that the lens is correctly identified and configured with the lens used with the camera You Immervision Enables panomorph Can usually
160. ris Ocularis Client Ocularis Client Lite Ocularis Video Synopsis NetEVS NetDVMS NetDVR ProSight NetGuard NetGuard EVS NetSwitcher NetMatrix NetCentral NetTransact NetPDA and NetCell are trademarks of On Net Surveillance Systems Inc All other trademarks are property of their respective owners Patents Applied For in the U S and Abroad 6 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Introduction Introduction RC P overview RC P is affordable video management software for small businesses especially retail that want to video enable their surveillance installation with support for up to 26 cameras Due to the open platform environment businesses can seamlessly integrate solutions building management systems and third party applications directly into RC P RC P consists of a number of components each targeted at specific tasks and user types Name Description The main application used by surveillance system administrators for configuring the RC P surveillance system server upon installation or Management Application whenever configuration adjustments are required for example when you add new cameras or users to the system A vital part of the surveillance system The Recording Server service runs to ensure that devices transfer video streams to your system The Recording Recording Server service Server service installs automatically and runs in the background on the surveillance system server You ma
161. rocedure Automatic configuration wizard First page When you open the Management Application for the first time the Automatic configuration wizard opens to guide you through the process of adding hardware devices to your system If you are new to the system click Yes configure to scan your network for available cameras and configure your system To exit and use amore advanced way of adding devices to your system click Skip to leave the wizard and go to the Management Application to get more options for setting up your system s device configuration Automatic configuration wizard Scanning options Choose where you want your system to scan for cameras and devices By default the Scan local network checkbox is selected which means that you only scan your local network for devices However if you know the IP address or a range of IP addresses to which cameras and devices are attached specify these by clicking the Plus icon next to Add the IP addresses or IP ranges to be scanned You can add more than one range of IP addresses if you need to Automatic configuration wizard Select hardware manufacturers to scan for If you Know the specific manufacturer of your hardware device s select these in the drop down list on this page You can select as many manufacturers as you want Note By default all manufacturers are selected If you want to reduce the scanning time or know the specific manufacturers of your cameras only select the checkbo
162. rom corruption e 68 99 About recording audio 38 About registered services 89 About replacing cameras 18 About replacing hardware devices 41 About restarting services 16 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Index About saving changes to the configuration 14 About scheduling 74 About scheduling of notifications 88 About server access 89 About services 44 89 94 About the built in help 15 About the Getting started page 24 About video and recording configuration 14 48 45 48 49 50 55 58 59 60 61 62 65 67 68 69 74 76 82 Access summary e 37 Add hardware Import from CSV file CSV file format and requirements 26 27 97 Add Hardware Devices wizard Import from CSV File example of CSV file e 27 Add hardware wizard 14 25 38 40 Adjust motion detection wizard 35 Administrator rights 10 Advanced configuration 38 Archiving 81 86 Attachment Settings email 88 Audio 65 Audio recording 60 Audio selection 59 Automatic configuration wizard 14 24 Continue after scan 24 First page 24 Scanning for hardware devices 24 Scanning options 24 Select hardware manufacturers to scan for 24 101 Index Automatic response if running out of disk space 77 Back up system configuration 12 95 Back up your current configuration 12 Backup and restore configuration 95 Basic and Windows users 36 Before you start 10 C
163. s this will ensure that the correct language and character encoding is used in clients communication with the server Users Overview of users and groups To get an overview of your RC P system s users expand Advanced Configuration in the Management Application s navigation pane then expand Users The term users primarily refers to users who connect to the surveillance system through their clients You can configure such users in two ways e As basic users authenticated by a user name password combination e As Windows users authenticated based on their Windows login You can add both types of users through the Configure User Access wizard see Manage user access wizard on page 36 or individually see Add basic users and Add Windows users By grouping users you can specify rights for all users within a group in one go If you have many users performing similar tasks this can save you significant amounts of work User groups are logical groups created and used for practical purposes in the Management Application only They are not in any way connected with user groups from central directory services such as for example Active Directory If you want to use groups make sure you add groups before you add users You cannot add existing users to groups Finally the Administrators group is also listed under Users This is a default Windows user group for administration purpose which automatically has access to the Management Applicati
164. s comma separated values from a file An effective method if you are setting up several systems See Add Hardware Devices Wizard Import from CSV File see Import from CSV file on page 27 Import from CSV file Express Note Device discovery is a method with which hardware devices make information about themselves available on the network Based on such information your system can quickly recognize relevant hardware devices such as cameras and video encoders and include them in a scan The Scan for hardware method gives you the option to scan your network for relevant hardware devices and quickly add them to your system in just a few steps Choose between these two options for adding hardware e Scan local network Let the wizard perform an automated scan for available hardware on your local network that support device discovery on the part of your network subnet where the system server itself is located e Add IP address or IP range to be scanned Let the wizard add hardware to your system by indicating IP ranges and ports from which the system begin scanning for hardware To use the Scan local network method your system server and your cameras must be on the same layer 2 network that is a network where all servers cameras and so on can communicate without the need for a router The reason for this is that device discovery relies on direct communication between the system server and the cameras If you use routers on your net
165. s for all cameras as privileges are refined in Ocularis Base Depending on the selected column the following default features for live or playback from the selected camera s give you the ability to Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Live Features Use navigation features for PTZ Pan tilt zoom cameras PTZ A user group can only use this right if the user has access to one or more PTZ cameras Use navigation features for moving a PTZ camera to particular preset PTZ preset positions positions A user group can only use this right if the user group has access to one or more PTZ cameras with defined preset positions Manage PTZ presets This feature is currently unavailable Activate output lights sirens door openers etc related to the selected Output camera s Events This feature is unavailable Listen to incoming audio from microphones related to the selected Incoming audio Set camera s Manually start recording for a fixed time defined see Manual recording on mapa record page 55 by the surveillance system administrator Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only Outgoing audio Talk to audiences through speakers related to the selected camera s Properties available in all RC P RC I and RC C On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 93 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Playback Features AVI JPEG export SL evidence as movie clips in AVI format and as still images in JPEG
166. se to your network When you enable automatic device discovery your system configures and set ups cameras automatically without the need for any user interaction in the Management Application After the camera has been discovered make sure to refresh the recorder in the Ocularis Administrator application to make the camera available for licensing in Ocularis Once licensed the camera may be included in views on maps in events etc Note that Not all cameras support automatic device discovery Cameras respond differently to automatic device discovery The systems adds some devices Such as Axis models P3301 and P3304 to the system automatically while some devices from other vendors such as Sony models SNC EB520 EM520 and E521 you must turn off and back on again before they are automatically added to your system You must still manually activate licenses see About activating licenses on page 18 for your camera This is to ensure that you only activate cameras set up in an environment with multiple servers on one of the servers Change default file paths To change any of the default file paths 1 If you want to change the configuration path stop all services This step is not necessary if you want to change the default recording or archiving path On the Management Application menu bar select Options gt Default File Paths You can now overwrite the necessary paths Alternatively click the browse button next to the fi
167. self if you are going to handle a hard disk drive e Fire water etc avoid Monitor storage space usage To view how much storage space you have on your system and not least how much of it is free do the following 1 In the Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration and select Cameras and Storage Information On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 99 Miscellaneous Concepts and Tasks RC P 2 5 User Manual 2 View the Storage Usage Summary for information about which drives are available what drives are used for the size of each drive as well as how much video data other data and free space there is in each drive View video from cameras in Management Application You can view live video from single cameras directly in the Management Application 1 In the Management Application navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration and expand Cameras and Storage Information 2 Select the relevant camera to view live video from that camera Above the live video you find a summary of the most important properties for the selected camera Below the live video you find information about the camera s resolution and average image file size For cameras using MPEG or H 264 you also see the bit rate in Mbit second IMPORTANT Viewing of live video in the Management Application may under certain circumstances affect any simultaneous recording from the relevant camera Especially three scenarios are important
168. simultaneous video streams cannot connect to the surveillance server and the Management Application at the same time Therefore we recommend that you stop the Recording Server service when you configure such devices for motion detection and PTZ Name Description Lets you enable or disable see About motion detection settings on page E 44 the built in motion detection Lets you toggle the grid on and off Toggling the grid off may provide a less obscured view of the preview image selection of areas which should be excluded from motion detection takes place the same way as when the grid is visible When on the preview image will be divided into small sections by a grid To define areas which should be excluded from motion detection drag the mouse over the areas in the preview image while pressing the mouse button down Left mouse button selects a grid section right mouse button clears a grid section Selected areas are highlighted in blue Show grid Lets you quickly select all grid sections in the preview image This can be useful if you want to exclude motion detection in most areas of the image in which case you can simply clear the few sections in which you do not want to exclude motion detection Include All Exclude All Lets you quickly clear all grid sections in the preview image Determines how much each pixel must change before it is regarded as motion With a high sensitivity very little change in a pixel is required b
169. ssieeeeeeteeeeseeeeeeeee About activating licenses after grace period AA 20 EE Tee E Be 20 SETTINGS OTT ABOUT AUTOMATIC DEVICE DISCOVERY CHANGE DEFAULT FILE PATHS OPTIONS ene seess ees General User Interface Default File P athiSensccissdcatzescedsaesaccocdecyvocediadanddavdaucacadananaesidactacaidnauseatluatactaungaaseiseetnadaeestabaddnataatanneatnsan III ALR ABOUT THE GETTING STARTED PAGE AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION WIZARD nsssssseeseeseeeeeeee Automatic configuration wizard First page Automatic configuration wizard Scanning options Automatic configuration wizard Select hardware manufacturers to SCAN for 24 Automatic configuration wizard Scanning for hardware devices Automatic configuration wizard Continue after scan cecceeeceeeneeeeeeeeeneeeeeeteaeeeeaeeteaeeeeeeteaeeeeaeene ADDIHARDWARE WIZARD NEE EE EE On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Table of Contents RC P 2 5 User Manual EI 26 CONFIGURE STORAGE WIZARD ra aaa a p aa aa a a E a aaa aa E a ea a a a oaa o aE Arae aaa Eear 28 Configure storage Video settings and GDrevew 28 Configure storage Online schedule 28 Drive selectioner iiras gene ee raaa e y ae ta ENA a a aa ngs Saari Pa inten a Taea EEEa Ad E EE EEN kane 29 Live and recording settings MPEG Camergas 30 Live and recording settings Motion JPEG cameras seeseeesesseesiestretiretiretttetntttntttnstnntrnnrnntnneenent 32 Recording and archiving SettingS 0 0 ceeesseeeeenee
170. stem If you want to apply the changes click Save If you do not want to save your changes click Discard Once you have made changes to the configuration of your Management Application and saved these your system contacts the system services such as the Recording Server service and the Image Server service If you make changes to your configuration for example if you change the name of a camera or change motion detection settings the relevant system services load the new configuration and the changes appear in your client immediately In contrast more resource demanding configuration changes for example if you add a new event require that you restart the relevant services before they work properly If a restart of services is necessary your system carries out the restart automatically once you have saved the changes IMPORTANT While your system restarts services you cannot view or record video Restarting services typically only takes a few seconds but in order to minimize disruption you may want to restart services at a time when you do not expect that any important incidents take place Users connected to your system through clients can remain logged in during the restart of services but may experience a short video outage Note that the system stores changes in a restore point see Restore system configuration from a restore point on page 97 so that you can return to a working configuration if something goes wrong About the buil
171. store configuration About backup and restore of configurations OnSSI recommends that you make regular backups of your RC P configuration cameras schedules views and so on as a disaster recovery measure While it is rare to lose your configuration it can happen under unfortunate circumstances Luckily it takes only a minute to back up your existing configuration Back up system configuration The following describes how to back up your configuration in RC P 2 0 If you need information about how to back up a configuration from an earlier version of RC P see Upgrade from a previous version on page 12 In the following we assume that you have not changed your system s default configuration path see Default File Paths on page 23 which is C Program Data OnSSlOnSS Surveillance on servers running all supported operating systems If you have changed the default configuration path you must take your changes into consideration when using the method described in the following The backup described here is a backup of your entire surveillance system setup Alternatively you can export your configuration as a backup see Export and import management application configuration on page 95 which is limited to the Management Application configuration To back up 1 Make a copy of the folder C Program Data OnSSNOnSS RC P and all of its contents 2 Open the folder C Program Files OnSS OnSS RC P and verify if the file devices ini
172. t options in the following when setting up your scheduling properties for the camera in question Archiving RC P automatically archives see About archiving on page 75 recordings if a camera s database becomes full in earlier versions this was an option configured individually for each camera Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Description Specify when you want RC P to automatically move recordings to your archiving path s You can specify up to 24 archiving times per day with minimum one hour between each one Select the hour minute and second values and click the up and down buttons to increase or decrease values or simply overwrite the selected value and then click Add The more you expect to record the more often you should archive Archiving Times If selected RC P will automatically send an e mail to selected recipients if archiving fails This requires that the e mail notification on page 83 feature is enabled Recipients are defined as part of the e mail notification properties Send e mail on archiving failure On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 81 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS only If selected RC P will automatically send an SMS mobile phone text message to selected recipients if archiving fails This requires that the SMS notification feature is enabled Recipients are defined as part of the SMS notification properties
173. t in connection with manual recording started from the Ocularis Client since such manual recording will always take place for a fixed time In some installations it is however also possible to combine manual recording with third party applications if integrating these with RC P through an API or similar and in such cases specifying a maximum duration may be relevant If you are simply using manual recording in connection with the Ocularis Client disregard this property Frame rate Mj PEG When you configure video and recording see About video and recording configuration on page 43 you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one step Do this to speed up things or because the properties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras All properties on a white background are editable properties on a light blue background cannot be edited Note that all of the Frame rate MJPEG properties can also be specified individually for each camera see Recording on page 65 using MJPEG On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 55 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual TEMPLATE AND COMMON PROPERTIES Name Template Apply Template Select All Clear All Set selected template value on selected cameras Set all template values on selected cameras Camera Name Description The template can help you configure similar properties quickly Say you have 20 cameras and you want t
174. t in help To use your system s built in help click the Help button in the Management Application s toolbar or press the F1 key on your keyboard The help system opens in your default Internet browser and allows you to switch between the help and your system itself The help system is context sensitive This means that when you press F1 for help while you work in a particular dialog the help system displays help that matches that dialog Navigate the built in help system To navigate between the contents of the help system use the help tabs Contents Index Search or use the links inside the help topics e Contents navigate the help system based on a tree structure e Index contains an alphabetical indexation of help topics e Search search for help topics that contain particular terms of interest For example you can search for the term zoom and every help topic that contains the term zoom is listed in the search results When you double click a help topic title in the search results list the relevant topic opens Print help topics If you need to print a topic use your Internet browser s printing function When you print a help topic it is printed as you see it on your screen This means that if a topic contains links that expand when you click on them drop down links and you want the information in the drop down links shown in your print output you must click each relevant drop down link to display the text to include it when you
175. ted by your system use a shared structure complying with the W3C Extended Log File Format Each log file consists of a header and a number of log lines e The header outlines the information contained in the log lines e The log lines consist of two main parts the log information itself as well as an encrypted part The encrypted part makes it possible through decryption and comparison to assert that a log file has not been tampered with Log integrity checks All log files except Management Application log files are subjected to an integrity check once every 24 hours The integrity check is performed by your system s Log Check service The result of the integrity check is automatically written to a file named according to the structure LogCheck_YYYYMMDD log for example LogCheck_20091231 log Like the log files themselves the log check files are by default placed in the appropriate All Users folder for the operating system you are using Any inconsistencies are reported in the form of error messages written in the log check file Possible error messages Name Description Log integrity information was not found Log integrity can t be The log file could not be checked for integrity guaranteed Log information does not match integrity information Log integrity can t be guaranteed The log file exists but does not contain the expected information Log integrity cannot be guaranteed 84 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P
176. ted in RC C only Summary Classic mode Evidence collection mode When the storage on which you are recordings to make room for new recordings and keeps the oldest recording becomes full ing Ing H recordings recordings When you delete a device in the The system deletes all recordings The system keeps all recordings Management Application from the removed device from the removed device If you have removed the device from the Management Application playback is no longer possible in Ocularis Client because the system deletes recordings from the device when you remove it Even if you have removed the device from the Management Application playback is still possible in Ocularis Client as the system keeps the recordings Playback in Ocularis Client 22 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Settings Classic mode Evidence collection mode You cannot set retention time for your recordings as your system never deletes recordings You can set and customize retention Retention time time for your recordings Choose a system mode that fits your system needs Most users need the most recent recordings to be available in their storage and should select Classic mode Evidence mode provides an alternative in cases where all recorded video is considered evidence and therefore must remain on your storage IMPORTANT Evidence Collection mode is only supported in Ocularis CS 8 5 and later If you run your system in
177. tems Inc 63 Advanced configuration Name Stream Resolution FPS RC P 2 5 User Manual Description Select the type of the live stream Stream settings for viewing live video and for recording video may very well be different in order to get the best result Select the resolution of the camera Select the camera s live frame rate per second FPS If the camera uses MPEG video format With MPEG you can define frame rate and other settings Properties available in RC P RC I and RC C Name Frame rate per second Description Frame rate for viewing live and recorded video from the camera Select number of frames per second Properties available in Ocularis CS and Ocularis IS Record keyframes only Record all frames on motion Record all frames on event Start Event Stop Event 64 Keyframes stored at specified intervals record the entire view of the camera whereas the following frames record only pixels that change This helps greatly reducing the size of MPEG files Select the check box if you only want to record keyframes Note that you can specify exceptions if motion is detected or events occur Allows you to make exceptions if you have selected to record keyframes only Select this check box to record all frames when motion is detected Two seconds after the last motion is detected the camera will return to recording keyframes only Allows you to make exceptions if you have selected to record
178. th a minimum of one hour between each one This way you can proactively archive recordings so databases never become full The more you expect to record the more often you should archive You can also change the retention time which is the total amount of time you want to keep recordings from a camera recordings in the camera s database as well as any archived recordings under the properties of the individual camera RC P automatically archives recordings if a camera s database becomes full You only specify one time limit the retention time as part of the general Recording and Archiving paths on page 48 properties Note that retention time determines when archiving takes place Retention time is the total amount of time for which you want to keep recordings from a camera that is recordings in the camera s database as well as any archived recordings Backup of archives OnSSI does recommend that you create backups based on the content of camera databases as it may cause sharing violations or other malfunctions Instead create backups based on the content of archives If you have not specified separate archiving locations for separate cameras you could back up the default local archiving directory Archives IMPORTANT When you schedule a backup make sure the backup job does not overlap with any scheduled archiving times If archiving fails Under rare circumstances archiving may fail for example due to network problems However
179. the by camera since the Recording Server eee service was last started 8 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Introduction Offline Indicates the number of times the camera has been offline due to an error Updates OnSSI regularly releases service updates for its products offering improved functionality and support for new devices OnSSI recommends that you check www onssi com for updates at regular intervals in order to make sure you are using the most recent version of your surveillance software On Net Surveillance Systems Inc Before you start RC P 2 5 User Manual Before you start Minimum system requirements For up to date system requirements of all Ocularis components please visit http www onssi com hardware recommendations Administrator rights When you install the software it is important that you have administrator rights on the computer that should run the recorder If you only have standard user rights you cannot configure the surveillance system Important port numbers Available functionality depends on your product version RC P uses particular ports when communicating with other computers cameras and so on Make sure that the following ports are open for data traffic on your network when you use RC P Name Description Used for FTP traffic FTP File Transfer Protocol is a standard for Port 20 and 21 inbound and exchanging files across networks FTP uses the TCP IP standa
180. thin periods of time example from Event A occurs until Event B occurs Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in yellow The two options can be combined but they cannot overlap in time Tip If you want to view live video as well as record video from a camera outside its online recording schedule you can select the Start cameras on client requests See Scheduling options on page 81 and if needed the Enable recording when started on client request see Scheduling options on page 81 options to set up your scheduling properties for a relevant camera Speedup Speedup may also take place based on events but that is configured elsewhere See Frame rate MJPEG General recording and storage properties see Frame rate MJPEG on page 55 and Video Camera specific properties see Video on page 62 82 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Name Description For specific MJPEG cameras specify speedup periods Before you can define this type of schedule you must enable see Frame rate MJPEG on Speedup page 55 speedup You specify a camera s speedup periods by creating schedule profiles based on periods of time example Mondays from 08 30 until 17 45 displayed in olive green E mail notification When you configure scheduling see Configure camera specific schedules on page 45 for specific cameras you can specify email notification see Configure email notifications on
181. tilt zoom preset positions association with microphones speakers and more See About video and recording configuration on page 43 Configure scheduling Set up when do you want to archive and if you want cameras to transfer video to your system at all O times and other cameras to transfer video only within specific periods of time as well as when specific events occur Also specify when you want to receive notifications from the system See Configure general scheduling and archiving and Configure camera specific schedules on page 45 Configure users At least one user account should be set up to work with Ocularis Base Other user accounts may be set J up when using Ocularis Client in Limited Mode Set a password protection for the Management Application if needed See Configure User Access wizard see Manage user access wizard on page 36 Add basic users Add user groups and Configure user and group rights About saving changes to the configuration As you set up your system you must save any changes you make to the configuration in order for these to be applied to the system When you change the configuration in the Management Application for example in the 14 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual First time use Camera Summary or Users Properties a yellow notification bar informs you that you have made changes to the configuration The bar appears in order to make sure that your changes are applied to the sy
182. tion expand Hardware Devices right click the hardware device you want to delete and select Delete Hardware device 2 Confirm that you want to delete the hardware device and all its recordings 3 Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper right corner of the Management Application 4 Restart the Recording Server service Alternately you can also consider disabling the individual cameras speakers or microphones connected to the hardware device 1 In the Management Application s navigation pane expand Advanced Configuration expand Hardware Devices and expand the relevant hardware device 2 Right click the camera microphone or speaker that you want to disable and select Disable 3 Save your configuration changes by clicking Save in the yellow notification bar in the upper right corner of the Management Application 4 Restart the Recording Server service About replacing hardware devices If you need to you can replace a hardware device that you have added and configured on your system with a new one for example to replace a physical camera on your network Open the Replace Hardware Device wizard on page 38 which helps you through the entire replacement process on the surveillance system server including e Detecting the new hardware device e Specifying license for the new hardware device e Deciding what to do with existing recordings from the old hardware device
183. un one camera or one dedicated input output box You can use and define an unlimited number of microphones speakers if your system supports this inputs and outputs When you have installed the various RC P components configured the system and added recording servers and cameras through the Management Application the surveillance system s cameras initially run on temporary licenses that you must activate before a certain period of time ends This is called the grace period If grace periods expires on one or more of your devices and you have not activated any licenses recording servers and cameras do not send data to the surveillance system OnSSI recommends that you activate your licenses see About activating licenses on page 18 before you make final adjustments to your system and its devices If you want to add or have already added more device channels than you currently have licenses for you must buy additional licenses before the cameras can send data to your RC P system To get additional licenses for RC P contact your vendor or visit www onssi com to log in to the software registration service center When you have updated your license file lic you can activate your licenses See Manage licenses for more information on activating Tip If you are short of licenses until you get additional ones you can disable less important cameras to allow new cameras to run instead To disable or enable a camera expand Hardware Devices
184. ur organization Select the check box if the server should be accessible from the internet through a router or firewall If you select this option also specify the public outside IP address and port number in the following fields When using Enable internet access public access the router or firewall used must be configured so requests sent to the public IP address and port are forwarded to the local inside IP address and port of the RC P server Lets you specify a public IP address or hostname for use when the RC P meine tacaiess server should be available from the internet Specify a port number for use when the RC P should be available from the Internet port Internet The default port number is 80 You can change the port number if needed You can limit the number of clients allowed to connect at the same time Depending on your RC P configuration and the performance of the hardware and network used limiting the number of simultaneously connected clients may help reduce server load If more than the allowed number of simultaneously connected clients attempt to log in only the allowed number of clients will be allowed access Any clients in excess of the allowed number will receive an error message when attempting to log in By default a maximum of ten simultaneously connected clients are allowed To specify a different maximum number simply overwrite the value Tip To allow an unlimited number of simultaneously conne
185. ut number This field is not in use On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 61 Advanced configuration RC P 2 5 User Manual Note These properties are to a large extent camera specific Since such properties vary from camera to camera descriptions in the following are for guidance only If you can access the selected camera a live preview is displayed Click the Camera Settings button to open a separate window with properties for the selected camera The video properties typically let you control bandwidth brightness compression contrast resolution rotation and more by overwriting existing values of selecting new ones When you adjust video settings you can for most cameras preview the effect of your settings in an image below the fields Video settings may feature an Include Date and Time setting If set to Yes date and time from the camera are included in video Note however that cameras are separate units which may have separate timing devices power supplies etc Camera time and RC P system time may therefore not correspond fully and this may occasionally lead to confusion As all frames are time stamped by your system upon reception and exact date and time information for each image is already known it is recommended that the setting is set to No For consistent time synchronization you may if supported by the camera automatically synchronize camera and system time through a time server Video When you configure vide
186. ver pack installation file and follow the wizard 3 When the wizard is complete remember to start the Recording Server service again If you use the Add Hardware Devices Wizard s Import from CSV File on page 27 option you must if cameras and server are offline specify a HardwareDriverlD for each hardware device you want to add Remove system components To remove the entire RC P surveillance system from your server follow the normal Windows procedure for uninstalling programs see the Windows Help for more information If you remove your RC P surveillance system your recordings are not removed They remain on the server even after the server software has been removed Likewise RC P configuration files remain on the server This allows you to reuse your configuration if you install RC P again at a later time On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 13 First time use RC P 2 5 User Manual First time use Get your system up and running This checklist outlines the tasks typically involved when you set up a working RC P system Note that although the information is presented as a checklist a completed checklist does not in itself guarantee that the system matches the exact needs of your organization To make the system match the needs of your organization OnSSI highly recommends that you monitor and adjust the system once it is running For example it is often a good idea to spend time on testing and adjusting the motion detection s
187. work specify the IP range where you hardware is On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 25 Getting started RC P 2 5 User Manual located using the Add IP address or IP range to be scanned option or choose one of the Manually specify the hardware to add see Manual on page 26 methods Hardware detection and verification Scanning for hardware devices that match your selected manufacturers begins A status bar indicates how far in the scan process you are Once scanning for cameras and devices is complete you may need to provide user name and password for your selected devices or cameras When you have typed in the relevant credentials click the Verify button to add the device to your system Note Not all devices and cameras need a user name and password You can add such devices to your system without any need to type in credentials Once you have added the number of devices and cameras you want to add your system sets up storage for you Storage is the location to which your system saves recordings By default your system chooses the location with most available disk space Overview and names Manual The Manually specify the hardware to add method lets you specify details about each hardware device separately This options is a good choice if you only want to add a few hardware devices and you know their IP addresses user names and passwords and so on Similarly automated searches on the local network using the Scan for hardware opti
188. xes that represents these manufacturers Automatic configuration wizard Scanning for hardware devices Scanning for hardware devices that match your selected manufacturers begins A status bar indicates how far in the scan process you are Once scanning for cameras and devices is complete you may need to provide user name and password for your selected devices or cameras When you have typed in the relevant credentials click the Verify button to add the device to your system Note Not all devices and cameras need a user name and password You can add such devices to your system without any need to type in credentials Automatic configuration wizard Continue after scan Once you have added the number of devices and cameras you want to add your system sets up storage for you Storage is the location to which your system saves recordings By default your system chooses the location with most available disk space When the system has finished configuring storage you are given the option to automatically add new cameras to your system as they are detected on the network Enabling this allows you to set up your system so that any devices or cameras are automatically set up for you in the future as soon as they are connected to your 24 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Getting started network Note that not all devices and cameras support automatic discovery If your device camera does not show up automatically after you
189. xport for archived recordings Stored archives Exported archives General scheduling properties Scheduling all cameras When you configure general scheduling and archiving you can specify certain properties for many cameras in one go Do this to speed up things or because the properties in question are shared by all cameras rather than being specific to individual cameras Note that you can specify the properties for Online Period Speedup Notifications Email and SMS and PTZ Patrolling individually for each camera Properties available for RC P RC I and RC C Name Description The template can help you configure similar properties quickly Say you have 20 cameras and you want to change the recording path archiving path and Template retention time for all of them Instead of having to enter the same three pieces of information 20 times you can simply enter them once in the template and then apply the template to the 20 cameras with only two clicks Select which cameras you want to apply the template for Use one of the two Apply Template Set buttons to actually apply the template The name as it appears in the Management Application the Ocularis Camera Administrator and Ocularis Clients standard Mobile and Web You may however assign an additional camera name in Ocularis that will not affect the name stored here On Net Surveillance Systems Inc 79 Advanced configuration Name Online E mail Select All
190. your organization s environment is an individual process When you assess your needs however bear in mind the amount of runtime you require the UPS to be able to provide if the power fails Saving open files and shutting down an operating system properly may take several minutes Windows Task Manager be careful when you end processes When you work in Windows Task Manager be careful not to end any processes which affect the surveillance system If you end an application or system service by clicking End Process in the Windows Task Manager the process is not be given the chance to save its state or data before it is terminated This may lead to corrupt camera databases Windows Task Manager will typically display a warning if you attempt to end a process Unless you are absolutely sure that ending the process is not going to affect the surveillance system click No when the warning message asks you if you really want to terminate the process Hard disk failure protect your drives Hard disk drives are mechanical devices and are vulnerable to external factors The following are examples of external factors which may damage hard disk drives and lead to corrupt camera databases e Vibration make sure the surveillance system server and its surroundings are stable e Strong heat make sure the server has adequate ventilation e Strong magnetic fields avoid e Power outages make sure you use a UPS e Static electricity make sure you ground your
191. zes are used Therefore you should make sure to solve the drive size problem About motion detection settings Motion detection settings are linked to the Recording properties see Recording on page 65 settings for the camera Motion detection is enabled by default Disabling it will improve CPU and RAM performance of your RC P system In the following two tables you can see the differences between enabling table 1 and disabling table 2 built in motion detection for a camera Enabled motion detection Recording properties Motion based Non motion setting REES events based events ES Always Yes Yes Yes Yes Never No Yes Yes No Built in Motion Detection Yes Yes Yes Yes Built in Motion Detection amp Event or Event only Yes Yes Yes Ye Disabled motion detection Camera s recording Motion based Non motion settings Recordings events based events SEEEN Always Yes No Yes No Never No No Yes No 44 On Net Surveillance Systems Inc RC P 2 5 User Manual Advanced configuration Camera s recording Motion based Non motion settings Recor ings events based events a uenea Built in Motion Detection No No Yes No Built in Motion Detection Yes depending on N Yes depending on o r No amp Event or Event only settings settings About motion detection and PTZ cameras Motion detection generally works the same way for PTZ pan tilt zoom cameras as it does for regular cameras However you cannot configure motion detection separately

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