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1. DVX 00 Figure 56 Q A AN TIO 7 z 8 X s The watchdog alarm IRI O 3 output is located on Niel we 3 2 the trigger block on d 3 o the DVX 500 rear ia A 7 i i2 i sji panel P IN m e D oT R LG li a O qpel ssj e welon L AN SHA He LST ST Do 113 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 57 The DVXMonitor plug in allows you to configure DVX 500 to trigger the alarm output when certain conditions or actions occur 114 The DVXMonitor tab contains the following options see Figure 57 Disable DVXMonitor disables DVXMonitor s ability to watch for fail ure conditions Time Before Reboot Minutes the amount of time between the occur rence of a restart situation such as MasterControl failure and the sys tem restarting Minimum Latch Time Seconds the minimum amount of time that the alarm output is triggered when a selected event occurs The alarm is trig gered for a longer amount of time only if the alarm event duration ex ceeds the minimum latch time Reset Alarm Output forces the trigger to its normal state closed This overrides the Minimum Latch Time Latch Until Forced causes the alarm output to remain activated when a selected ev
2. Schedule IT Automatically run this schedule on startup ee ee enter ee ee 2 eee E DVX5 7 PART Ill Setting holiday schedules 1 2 4 5 Click on a weekend Then right click on the calendar and select Copy Click on a holiday that should follow the weekend schedule Right click on the calendar and select Paste In the Schedule Mode section choose Custom from the drop down list Click Apply Repeat part III for all holidays Although it follows the weekend default the holiday is now a custom schedule If you later change the default weekend schedule the holiday 5 schedule will not change In that case you must again copy and paste the new weekend default to the holiday After you have set up the weekday weekend and holiday schedules click Record Technologies INTEGRAL gg H Monitor fis Schedule ki Search E Setup D Help a Exit Figure 320 au Stop Everyday Schedule 2 3 2004 1 15 34 PM Hn a ois rec El ml Mar 2004 Com So SchedileMode This figure illus Mon Tue M voon fom al trates copying one E Aom Apoy days schedule to E another part II Curent Day Only 7 step 3 Set All Cameras Clear 29 30 31 y Cop Use As Everyday IT Automatically run this schedule on startup Pe ee eee a Te ee ee ee 69 _II INTEGRAL Technol
3. 1 2 Verify that an auto archiving session is not currently underway If the drive has never been used for MasterControl archiving you must format it by selecting its row not its checkbox and clicking Format A drive is already formatted ifa name is listed in the Archive Name column Select the storage drives to be used for manual archiving by clicking its row not its checkbox Select the date range of the video to archive All records found will be archived to the selected drive Even records previously archived to a different drive will be archived to the currently selected drive however records already archived to the currently selected drive will not be re archived during this procedure Click Begin Archive Depending on the size of the date range archiving may take from several minutes to several hours You can cancel a manual archive by clicking Cancel The Status box contains current archiving procedure information It is recommended that you do not perform both auto and manual archiving on the same DVX 500 system If you archive files manually they will not be included in the next auto archiving session DVX 00 45 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 Figure 19 The Add Drive Mapping window allows you to map a drive for archiving This window is accessible by right clicking the Utilities icon in the icon tray selecting Setup and clicking Add 46 CONFIGURING LOGICAL DRIVE
4. Duon Tosi aff 03 dsw hows minutes Sales Dewo 42 17 PM Auther cate Oa Lotty Hgh Oa C EH O Ear Door High SR backdoor Medium O Fiori PTZ High Oam Rex PIZ Hgh OE Noth Door Low COG Comes Search Type Alans Tireout Scale Level lem X Chance 22222222132223 DOWNLOADING AND VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO To download and view recorded video using RemoteView you must first com plete a search as described in the previous section To view the video files com plete the following steps Click on the information for the search record that you want to view single clicking displays the first frame whereas double clicking plays the video Below the view screen is information about the image currently displayed including the name of the camera that captured it its size in bytes its number in the sequence of images and the date and time the image was captured You can move the video forward and backward more quickly by drag ging the box on the slider bar right or left You can also click the arrows on the slider bar to view the video image by image or click and hold to watch continuous video Use the VCR buttons to further control the video playback continued DVX 00 4 Figure 49 The Search page allows you to locate and view recorded video from DVX 500 servers 101 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Ge 3 To verify that the video has not been changed in any way click Auth
5. section of this chapter There is an easy way to see whether the currently visible schedule is a weekday weekend or everyday default or a custom schedule At the left side of the screen above the timeline is written either Week day Schedule Weekend Schedule Everyday Schedule or Custom Schedule 64 COPYING ONE DAY S SCHEDULE TO ANOTHER If you want to copy acertain day s schedule to another day perform the following steps 1 Click on the day that is set to the desired schedule 2 Place the cursor anywhere on the calendar and right click 3 From the menu that appears choose Copy 4 Click on the day that you want to have the same schedule 5 Place the cursor anywhere on the calendar and right click 6 From the menu that appears choose Paste 7 Click Apply This feature is useful if you want to copy a weekend or holiday schedule to an other holiday However if you copy a default schedule to a day it is still consid ered a custom schedule meaning that its schedule will not be changed if the default is changed CHANGING ALL CUSTOM SCHEDULES TO DEFAULT SCHEDULES If you want to change all custom schedules to follow a default schedule perform the following steps 1 Inthe Clear Schedule area select All Custom Schedules from the drop down list 2 Click Clear Now all weekdays follow the weekday default and all weekend days follow the weekend default Also changing the default schedule will o
6. 23 Ea INTEGRAL Technologies Ge To create a user enter the user s ID in the User Name field Then enter a password in the Password field and confirm it in the Confirm Password field Choose any of the four levels of permissions and click the Add button To delete a user select the user s ID from the User Name drop down list and click the Delete button To update a user s permissions or change a password select the user s ID from the User Name drop down list make the change and click the Update button MasterControl allows you to log in as a different user without having to exit To do this click the Integral Technologies button in the up per left corner of the screen and click Logon This is useful if you are operating with User permission recommended and you need to exit MasterControl or change information on the Setup page The list of users configured in MasterControl RemoteView and Remote View Server are identical if you add a user in one application it is automatically added in the others 24 SELECTIVE CAMERA AVAILABILITY The following tabs on the Users tab restrict which cameras can be viewed by a user e All selects cameras that the user can view live and recorded video from and control its PTZ functions e Live selects cameras that the user can view live video from e Search selects cameras that the user can search for and view recorded video from e PTZ selects cameras f
7. To automatically archive captured video at a preset time every day complete the following steps 1 Ifthe drive has never been used for MasterControl archiving you must format it by selecting its row not just its checkbox and clicking Format A drive is already formatted if a name is listed in the Archive Name col umn 2 Select the drive to be used for auto archiving by clicking its checkbox This allows the auto archive process to remember which drive to use even if it is temporarily disconnected 3 Enter the time of day you want the auto archive process to run in the time field next to the Clear Log button 4 Select Enable Auto Archive Every Day All video captured after the time you enable auto archiving is automatically trans mitted to the selected drive at the time you entered view the Status box for cur rent archiving procedure information Video captured before you enable auto archving can never be auto archived it can be archived only manually After a drive is filled you are asked whether to re use the existing drive or use a new drive If the selected drive is not available at the time an auto archive session is launched a warning message appears and the session is canceled until the next day All video marked for auto archiving that is not archived during the canceled session is archived during the next successful session 44 MANUAL ARCHIVING To manually archive captured video complete the following steps
8. 1f2 3f4 5 s Pattern Start Pattern any time by selecting a PTZ control or a preset button Auxiliary This is unused with DVX 500 systems Start Pattern This starts a pattern of preset camera positions config ured for the PTZ camera in the top left video window Patterns are con figured on the PTZ tab on the MasterControl Setup page You can also click and drag the PTZ bar to another location on the Monitor page DVX5 00 Figure 48 The PTZ bar allows you to control PTZ cameras from RemoteView 99 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Ge 100 THE SEARCH PAGE The Search page allows you to search for recorded video from selected cameras and servers To access the Search page click the Search button on the toolbar see Figure 49 SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEO To search for recorded video complete the following steps on the Remote Search tab 1 In the first field in the From area enter the starting date month day year of your search period by clicking the numbers and typing your date You can also use the down arrow to open a calendar of the current month select the date from the current month or use the arrows at the top of the calendar to choose a date from a different month 2 In the other field in the From area select a starting time hour minute second am pm You can click the numbers and type in your entries or you can use the arrows to change the numbers incrementally 3
9. If you drag video from one window into a second window that video is displayed in both windows e Move Ifyou drag video from one window into a second window the first window becomes blank DVX5 7 97 _II INTEGRAL Se Technologies Figure 47 The playback bar allows you to view recorded video from multiple cameras 98 PLAYBACK BAR The playback bar allows you to view recorded video from multiple cameras and servers To use the playback bar perform a search as explained in the next sec tion select Playback Bar from the View menu on the Monitor page select a search result and then use the VCR buttons to view the video see Figure 47 Any re corded video from all selected connected cameras is then played back in the se lected window configuration Only those cameras already selected for that win dow configuration and included in the search are displayed When the playback bar is open you can also print the current image in the video windows by clicking the down arrow and selecting Print slal lajxi a roer PTZ h a Rer PTZ Hh DE Herth Door Low OBE 5 W Door Ex High BBS nw Door medum Da nE Door h a Storage Medium M Training Door High Tune Stated Te Freshed Date 2 00PM 2 00PM 9 3 2003 3 00PM 400PM 9 3 2003 Ki 2L Frame 230 ot 447 PTZ BAR The PTZ bar allows you to control a pan tilt zoom camera the camera must be displayed in the top left video window To use the
10. The following topics are discussed Viewing live video Understanding recording modes Scheduling recording times Searching for and viewing recorded video Exporting images and video The primary focus of the chapter is the Schedule page MasterControl offers several easy scheduling methods to fit your needs A one time configura tion using color coded recording modes can realistically set your recording schedule well into the future INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple _II INTEGRAL amp Technologies Figure 22 The 3x3 mode displays video from up to nine cameras arranged in any combination you want 52 2 3 2004 1 19 30 PM OE Bit o he G VIEWING LIVE VIDEO ON THE MONITOR PAGE MasterControl automatically opens to the Monitor page your window to the live video displayed by each camera see Figure 22 The Monitor page contains one or more video windows with buttons for individual camera inputs listed along the right side Buttons for inputs with active camera connections contain a black num ber buttons for unused or inactive inputs are grayed out To display the name of the cameras in the video windows click OSD on the Main tab You can view live video in a single window in four windows configured 2x2 in nine windows configured 3x3 or in 16 windows configured 4x4 To switch to one of these modes click the appropriate button on the Main tab in the lower rig
11. create them by clicking and dragging their walls you can also change the record ing mode for each box by right clicking and selecting a new mode from the pop up menu When you are finished creating the schedule simply click Apply and then the Record button to activate it This is a quick and easy way to set a simple schedule Complex schedules are easier to create by drawing individual boxes as described in the previous section DVX 00 61 Saa Oo INTEGRAL 6 Technologies 62 SETTING WEEKDAY WEEKEND AND EVERYDAY DEFAULTS MasterControl allows you to easily create one schedule for all weekdays all week ends or all days of the week as illustrated in the following step by step instruc tions If you will create or have already created schedules for special days be sure to read the following section Setting Custom Schedules To create a weekday default schedule perform the following steps 1 On the Schedule page tab click the calendar on any weekday 2 At the bottom of the page create schedule boxes as described in the previous sections to illustrate your default weekday schedule 3 In the Schedule Mode section choose Weekday Default from the drop down list see Figure 28 4 Click Apply All weekdays that haven t yet been scheduled or have been scheduled as an ev eryday default should now have the schedule you just created Try clicking on another weekday Unless it s already been
12. desk is ignored 32 CREATING MOTION MASKS A motion mask can help you reduce unwanted recording by causing MasterControl to ignore motion events that occur in certain portions of an image For example if you have a camera at a front entrance that happens to capture the receptionist s desk you might not want to record all of the receptionist s movements if they don t present a security risk because the images would consume valuable disk space for storage You can easily create a motion mask as large or as small as you want and in a virtually unlimited pattern To create a motion mask complete the following steps 1 On the Setup page select the Motion tab see Figure 13 Information on this tab is inaccessible while MasterControl is in recording mode 2 At the bottom of the page click the button for the camera you want to create the mask for Live video from the camera appears in the view screen 3 On the view screen use your mouse to paint the areas of the picture where motion should not be detected a blue box appears wherever you click Outputs Multidut osb Archive PTZ Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alarms To create a motion mask complete the following steps 1 Click the button for the camera you want to create the mask Live video from the camera appears in the view screen 2 On the view screen use your mouse to paint the areas of the picture where motion should be ignored a blue
13. to Med Alarm and Motion dwell time p 4 Output Assignment 1 Not Connected z oj DVX5 00 Figure 15 The Outputs tab allows you to determine which video is displayed on external moni tors 37 Ea INTEGRAL 6 Technologies Ge e Not Connected indicates that no monitor is connected to this output and disables touring It is important that you select this option if there is no monitor connected to the output See Viewing Live Video on the Monitor Page in the MasterControl Operation chapter for more information about manually controlling the video displayed on external monitors The Alarm and Motion Dwell Time setting on the Outputs tab is the minimum amount of time that alarm or motion video will be displayed on the external monitor You cannot manually display a different cam era until this time has expired or the alarm or motion event ends which ever occurs first CONFIGURING TOURS ON EXTERNAL MONITORS If you select any option other than Not Connected for the output on the Outputs tab you can configure the external monitor to tour or cycle through cameras in a preset order Tours can be overridden manually on the Monitor page Tours can also be stopped automatically if you have selected Alarm Motion or Motion or Alarm for the output on the Outputs tab in which case the tour is replaced by alarm or motion video until the trigger or activity ceases To configure
14. 7 Click Add to create a new user Enter the following user information and then click OK User Name Remote View Full Name RemoteView Password letmein Confirm Password letmein In the users list select the checkbox for the Remote View user and deselect all other users and click Next Select Internet Protocol TDP IP and click Properties In the Incoming TCP IP Properties window deselect Allow Callers Access to My Local Area Network Then select Specify TCP IP Addresses and enter the following information when finished click OK and then Next From 192 168 0 1 To 192 168 0 10 Click Finish Restart the DVX 500 system The DVX 500 system is now ready to accept incoming calls 87 INTEGRAL Technologies Ge CONFIGURING THE CLIENT COMPUTER TO CONNECT TO THE SERVER The procedure for configuring a client computer to connect to a DVX 500 system over a modem varies depending on the operating system installed on the client This section covers the procedure used for a client computer running Windows 2000 Professional To configure the client computer to connect to the DVX 500 system complete the following steps on the client computer 1 From the Desktop open My Computer and then open Dial Up Net working 2 Follow the onscreen instructions Enter the phone number for the phone line connected to the DVX 500 system 3 After you create the connection right click the icon for that connec tio
15. Hard Disk Failure A DVX 500 hard disk has created an error in the Windows event log with Disk or NTFS as the source e MasterControl is Dead The MasterControl application locked up This also causes a system restart e RV Server is Dead The RemoteView Server application locked up This also causes a system restart e Disable Logging disables logging to the DVXMonitor log file e Maximum Number of Entries limits the number of entries logged to the DVXMonitor file e Select Log File allows you to select the name and location of the DVXMonitor file When DVX Monitor is configured as desired click Done to close the Plugin Prop erties window Do not disable MasterControl autorunning and autorecording fea tures if DVXMonitor is installed and cameras are connected If you disable these features the system will not start recording until a login and password are entered in the event of an automatic restart DVX 00 115 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 58 The output trigger is located on the 18 pin trigger block on the rear panel 116 MOTIONALARM PLUG IN The MotionAlarm plug in activates the DVX 500 output trigger from its normally open state when a motion event occurs within user defined parameters Each cam era input is set individually to be monitored by the plug in MotionAlarm is in stalled on all DVX 500 systems The output trigger is located on the trigger block on
16. High Yes 0 0 Camera 11 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 x Select None Select All Default Values Camera Detection Video Standard NTSC 352x240 b I Maximize Framerate on Alarm J Max Framerate on Motion Frame Quality Medium High Extra High Framerate 3 frames per second x m Alarm Seconds Pre fo Post fo Memory Used OW ix The Max Framerate on Alarm and Max Framerate on Motion options cause MasterControl to automatically record at the fastest possible frame rate during alarm and motion events These options must be selected or deselected on a per camera basis The Maximum frame rate setting is a calculation of the maximum im age capture rate of the hardware divided by the number of connected cameras Information on the Hardware tab is inaccessible while recording DVX5 7 Figure 7 The Hardware tab allows you to configure DVX 500 to capture video at various frame rates and image sizes You can also configure prealarm and postalarm recording 19 _II INTEGRAL Technologies 9 RESCANNING FOR CAMERAS Any time you connect cameras to DVX 500 you must inform MasterControl by clicking the Camera Detection button on the Hardware tab When the Camera De tection window appears see Figure 8 select the input number for the new camera and click Accept The camera input is then represented by an active button at the bottom of the scree
17. In the Duration area enter the length of the search period in the Days Hours and Minutes boxes 4 Inthe camera tree select all the cameras whose video you want to search If all cameras are left blank Remote View will search all of them 5 Select the Search Type Normal lists video captured in all recording modes during each hour Alarm Video lists all alarm events that occurred during each hour Alarm Events lists each alarm events separately Motion Events lists each motion event separately Alarm Timeout indicates the number of milliseconds of separation required between alarm motion images for two separate alarm motion events to be recognized 6 Click Search When the search is complete information for each search record is displayed at the bottom of the screen Now the video files are available to the remote client for viewing and exporting They are sorted by camera name and listed along with the recording date whether any alarm events occurred available only during alarm search the number of images captured in the video segment and the starting and stopping times of the segment To sort the records by size starting time and so on click the appropri ate column title You can also rearrange the column order by dragging a column title right or left Integral Remot eview Remote Search PIE E Fie view window Heip l8j xi 2 nga2e Setup Alarms Remote Seach SmantSesrch Image Enhancement r From
18. Mode selected you have access to the following option e On Exit lets you choose to have your system continue in Win dows shut down or restart when you exit MasterControl If you choose Continue in Windows users can access other parts of the system after MasterControl is shut down e Restrict User Functionality disables several Windows and MasterControl functions while MasterControl is running Selecting this checkbox and clicking Restrictions opens a window with the following restrictions groups e Application Security contains the following restrictions applicable only while MasterControl is running e Disable Help Button disables the Help button at the top of the MasterControl screen e Disable Export disables the Export button on the Search page along with the Copy To Clipboard and Print functions on the Export pop up menu e Explorer Security contains the following restrictions e Hide Desktop Icons removes icons from the Windows Desk top requires restart e Hide Network disables Network Neighborhood in Windows requires restart 26 Click the plus signs to see specific restrictions in each group You can enable all specific restrictions in a group by selecting the checkbox beside the group name or you can individually enable certain restrictions in the group If some of the restrictions in a group are selected the group checkbox contains a gray checkmark Restrictions or groups m
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20. PTZ controls select PTZ Bar from the View menu Click the arrows or the joystick in the center of the arrows and then drag the mouse to control the direction the camera is pointed see Figure 48 The farther you drag the faster the camera moves in the selected direction You can also control zoom focus and iris functions by clicking the appropriate buttons on the PTZ bar The following features are also on the PTZ bar Speed This drop down box at the top of the PTZ bar controls the speed at which functions oc cur when selected For example if you select Fast the camera will pan quickly when you click and drag an arrow or the joystick Five speeds are available Preposition You can create presets for RemoteView to pan to automatically To create a preset use the PTZ controls to set up the de sired view type a preset number and click the Set button The number of presets available depends on the camera used Consult your camera s documentation for details To see the preset camera view at any time do one of the following e Click the numbered buttons to see pre sets through 6 e Type a preset number and click Shot Otherwise the camera automatically pans to all presets from to 6 and then repeats You can temporarily override the automatic panning at Medium ef KPa ejk gt a A Zoom Focus Iris elel uriliary aa r Preposition Set jo Shot
21. Scene Loss Results 11 ki Eea Authenticate Add Bookmark irea Fe Ki E i nO T Aux Output er e al Day Camera Events Alarms Bookmarks Archive at ted a een aes sla Fees Scone Loss Toe anes Stas 0 On Disk On Disk On Disk om A m 5 17 2005 1257 31 PM T o es O S D gt 15 _II INTEGRAL Technologies 0 When playing back alarm events the actual time during which the alarm occurred is indicated on the counter by the color blue Other video that may have been captured during each one minute segment of video is indicated on the counter by the color white You can digitally zoom into recorded video by placing the cursor over a video playback window and moving the mouse wheel forward and backward To return to the default unzoomed view double click the mouse When playing back video from multiple cameras you might want to use the Full Screen view See the next section for details 76 EXPORTING CAPTURED IMAGES AND VIDEO MasterControl allows you to export still images and video to CDs or network drives To do this double click the search result that contains the image or video you want to export and then click the Export button the blue circle to the right of the VCR controls This displays an Export As window that allows you to save a single image as a bitmap or JPEG You can also export a video segment in one of three formats Windo
22. USAGE There are two ways to view the amount of available disk space that has been used to store captured video e Look at the Disk bar on the right side of the status bar The amount of the available disks that is full is indicated by the length of the blue bar see Figure 38 The Disk bar does not reflect the threshold you set on the Disk tab it reflects the total size of each disk For example if you set the threshold to 50 you will know you have reached that when the Disk bar is half full a Figure 38 This portion of the e Go to the Setup page and click the Disk tab A bar graph refer to Figure status bar indicates 10 indicates how much of each disk is full the approximate amount of the disk You can also use the Disk tab to purge captured video At the bottom of the Disk shat is full tab are two drop down calendars Enter starting and stopping dates all video captured on or between these dates will be deleted select Purge By Date Range and then click the Purge button You can also purge video from all days by select ing Full Purge before you click the Purge button The bar graph then changes to indicate that a portion of each disk was emptied To automatically delete video after a certain number of days select the Delete Video Older Than check box and use the up and down arrows to select the number of days See the Archiving section of the MasterControl Configuration chapter for a description o
23. a tour click on the tour button next to the drop down list for the output In the Multi View Tour window select the camera or multi camera view that you want to include in the tour and click Add and then select a Tour Interval Each camera or multi camera view is then displayed on the output for the amount of time entered for the Tour Interval Click OK when finished configuring the tour Multi camera views are configured on the MultiOut tab on the Setup page SETTING OUTPUT PRIORITIES If motion or alarm events occur on more cameras than there are external monitors to display them on MasterControl displays video from those cameras with the highest priority For example if three cameras exhibit motion and the output is assigned as Motion the camera with the highest priority is displayed on the moni tor The Outputs tab on the Setup page allows you to set high medium and low pri orities for every camera input To set priorities select one or more camera inputs and click the Low Med or Hi button You can quickly select all inputs by clicking Select All or you can deselect all inputs by clicking Select None 38 CONFIGURING MULTI CAMERA OUTPUT The MultiOut tab see Figure 16 allows you to configure the multi camera video output available on all DVX 500 systems Six multi camera configurations can be displayed on external monitors 2x2 3x3 4x4 7 camera 10 camera and 13 camera along with a single camera option Multiple views ca
24. are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Re orient the television or radio receiving antenna and or relocate the compression board and the radio or TV with respect to each other If necessary users should consult the manufac turer or an experienced radio television technician for additional suggestions Users may find helpful the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commission How to Identify and Resolve Radio TV Interference Problems which is available from the Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 stock 004 000 00345 4 UL NOTICE Marking by the symbol indicates compliance of this device with Under writers Laboratories Inc testing standards Such marking is indicative that this device meets or exceeds the following technical standard DVX 99 e UL60950 1 Information Technology Equipment Including Electrical Business Equipment CE NOTICE Marking by the symbol CE indicates compliance of this device to the EMC di rective of the European Community Such marking is indicative that this device meets or exceeds the following technical standards EN55022 Conducted Emissions Class B EN55022 Radiated Emissions Class B IEC801 2 Electrostatic Discharge ESD 8kV Air 4kV Contact IEC801 3 Radiated Immunity 3 V m 27 1000MHZ 80 modulated IEC801 4 Electrical Fast Transients EFT 1kV supply 131
25. box appears wherever you click 3 To erase portions of the mask click on an area with a blue box in it and drag the cursor to wherever the mask should be eliminated 4 If there is only one small area where motion events need to be detected you can instead mask that area and the click the Invert Mask button 5 Changes are immediate m Advanced Percentage Area 2 _ hSh pS TT 250 7 Lobby Apply Name Sensitivity So 750 Number Of Frames Between Reference r Remote View Server Setting i 120 T Enable Data Rate Throttling Default Max Data Rate fiso bytes sec Apply 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Invert Mask Clear Mask 2 3 2004 1 1842PM COT EA ive El 4 5 To erase portions of the mask click on an area with a blue box in it and drag the cursor to wherever the mask should be eliminated To eliminate a motion mask click the Clear Mask button The changes are applied automatically For the mask to apply to recording you must record in Motion mode the mask does not affect recording in Free mode If there is only one small area where motion events need to be de tected you can instead mask that area and then click the Invert Mask button This makes defining a large mask much quicker ADJUSTING MOTION SENSITIVITY The Motion tab on the Setup page allows you to configure MasterControl s mo tion sensitivity There you can adjust the following th
26. can record to go to the Setup page and click the Disk tab see Figure 10 By default MasterControl records to all hard drives in the DVX 500 system except for the system drive On the Disk tab each disk drive is represented by a blue bar that indicates how much of the disk is full MasterControl saves a one minute segment of data to the first available drive then the next then the next and then back to the first drive after all disks have received a segment of data You can choose which disk drives MasterControl saves data to by selecting or deselecting it from the Enable Drive box Only selected drives are indicated in the bar graph Below the chart is a table that indicates how much free space is on the enabled drives and the average amount of space filled on all disks See the Viewing Disk Usage section of the MasterControl Operation chapter for more information about purging video and other functions performed on the Disk tab MultiQut Archive PTZ Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alarms Outputs Enabled Drives FA 100 100 80 80 60 60 40 40 20 20 0 o Fv Free Space On Enabled Drives MB 220802 Average Disk Used 0 From 5717 2005 To 5717 2005 3 Purge Purge By Date Range Full Purge I Delete Data older than fo days V Automatically Purge Restored Data Daily at 1 00 00AM DEFINING MASTERCONTROL USERS User IDs and passwords are
27. e 1 Email Minute an email sent at the completion of every minute e 1 Email Hour an email sent at the completion of every hour e 1 Email 3 Hours an email sent every three hours midnight 3 a m 6 a m and so on e 1 Email 6 Hours an email sent every six hours midnight 6 a m noon and 6 p m e 1 Email Day Noon an email sent every day at noon DVX5 7 121 _II INTEGRAL Technologies If you select a Frequency other than Real Time Email events are queued for inclusion in the next scheduled email message However the message queue can hold no more than 50 events additional events are discarded and never reported in an email message When the next email is sent and the queue is emptied up to 50 ensuing events are then queued for the next email 2 Select the Interval which is the days of the week that email messages can be sent to the address Options are Daily Monday Friday Mon day Saturday Weekends Sat and Sun and Never Disabled 3 Select the time of day that email can be sent to the address The default time range is the full 24 hours Messages for events that occur outside the selected range are never sent to the address However an email is automatically sent at the end of the scheduled time regardless of the se lected Frequency For example if you select 1 Email 6 Hours with a sched ule of 6 a m to 5 p m an email is sent at 6 a m noon and 5 p m Repeat the
28. input on top To view the schedule bars for additional cameras if available use the vertical scroll bar The timelines indicate the recording modes scheduled for each camera on the day indicated in the calen dar Please note that the schedule bars are measured in 24 hour format as follows Midnight Hour 0 6 a m Hour 6 Noon Hour 12 6 p m Hour 18 Midnight of the next day Hour 24 Manually drawing boxes on the timelines is one way to set a MasterControl sched ule This procedure is described in the next section followed by instructions for quickly setting simple default and custom schedules IUTECRAL 9 H Monitor Schedule ki Search a Setup D Help Exit r Schedule Mode Apply r Clear Schedule Set All Cameras Clear 4 5 amp lt Today Custom Schedule Mon 2 a a a 7 a 8 a ee 14 a 1G e 18 18 cae 2 ee za e E gt Record JT Automatically run this schedule on startup Camere Camer Camere S a 2 3 2004 1 15 34 PM rec Sl Iii DVX5 7 Figure 27 The Schedule page allows you to create recording schedules for all the cameras in your DVX 500 system 59 INTEGRAL Technologies DRAWING SCHEDULE BOXES To draw a schedule box complete the following steps on the Schedule page 1 Find your starting time on the timeline and move straight down to the schedule bar of the ap
29. input 1 on the left and the highest numbered input on the right If a motion or alarm event is detected on a camera input while scheduled for motion or alarm recording the camera input boxes become a certain color that corresponds with the active recording mode calling attention to the event See the Selecting Recording Modes section of the MasterControl Operation chapter for an explanation of recording modes and their associated colors The amount of disk space that is full see the Viewing Disk Usage sec tion of the MasterControl Operation chapter for more information The status of MasterControl operation either Live not recording or REC recording An icon tray that allows easy access to the MCNotify log Remote View Server utilities and any installed plug ins see Appendix A Only users with Administrator rights can access Remote View Server whereas users with Administrator and Supervisor permissions can access MCNotify log The MCNotify log icon changes to a camera icon with a red background when PTZ errors occur This log contains a wide variety of information in addition to PTZ error messages 4726700 11 19 42 am i m live ims Current date and time Camera inputs Disk space full Record Icon tray status DVX5 9 MasterControl Configuration This chapter provides information about the maintenance and administration of MasterControl as you prepare it for its daily operation In this ch
30. is sent an email during those time periods To configure groups of email addresses to send messages to complete the fol lowing steps you must be logged on to MasterControl with Administrator or Su Click Edit Group This opens the Edit Group window see Figure 61 Click SMTP Server Settings to open the SMTP Group Properties win dow Enter a name this will identify the email to recipients and the email address of the server Then enter a mail server that the DVX 500 system can connect to and the server s port number Click OK to close the win pervisor permissions 1 Onthe DVXNotify tab deselect Disable Email Notification 2 Click Add Group Type the name of the group and click OK 3 4 dow 5 Click Add Account and enter an email address to include in the group Repeat for each additional address in the group Edit Group test Group Settings Events This Group Watches Alarm Input Activation H O Alarm Input Deactivation O Video Signal Loss H O Video Signal Restored O Scene Loss O Scene Restored H O Motion Events O Other Events SMTP Server Settings Motion Event Settings Frames Per Event 25 Event Timeout 5 m Email Settings Add Account Delete Account Frequency 1 Email Minute x Email Schedule Interval Every Day X From 42 00 1200 00AM 5 To 59 11 59 00 PM 5 Default Schedule Select events that cause emai
31. menu e Hide Common Groups Folders removes items in the All Users profile from the Programs menu on the Start menu e Hide Search Menu removes the Search option from the Start menu e Disable Changes to Start Menu and Taskbar removes the Taskbar amp Start Menu option from the Settings menu on the Start menu and disables the ability to open the Taskbar Proper ties window e Hide Documents Menu removes the list of recently opened documents from the Start menu e Hide Help Menu removes the Help option from the Start menu e Hide Network Items disables the ability to run Network and Dial Up Connections from any location including the Start menu e Hide Logoff Menu removes the Logoff option from the Start menu e Control Panel Security contains a restriction for each Windows feature on the Control Panel e CTRL ALT DEL Security contains a restriction for each of the buttons that appear when you press Ctrl Alt Delete on the DVX 500 keyboard 28 e Miscellaneous Security contains the following restrictions e Disallow Windows Key disables the Windows key on the DVX 500 keyboard requires restart e Disallow DOS Prompt disables Command Prompt e Disallow Registry Tools disables Registry Editor and any other Registry tools Each security option has individual benefits However you can best ensure that users don t access other parts of the DVX 500 system by choosing the highest level of secu
32. normally open The plug in runs via MCPlugin exe a program that starts automatically when MasterControl is started When started an MCPlugin icon is located in the sys tem tray refer to Figure 55 Double click on the icon to reveal the Plugin Proper ties window and then select the DV XNotify tab see Figure 60 Plugin Properties x DVXNotity m Email Notification IT Disable Email Notification Email Notification Groups Email Accounts Add Group Edit Group Delete Group m Alarm Output Notification J7 Disable Alarm Output Notification Reset Alarm Output J7 Manual Reset Required Minimum Latch Time seconds 10 re Delay between alarms seconds E 3 Alarm Input Activation Video Signal Loss Other Events H HAE DVX5 7 Figure 60 The DVXNotify tab allows you to configure DVXi to send an email and or trigger the alarm output when certain conditions or actions occur 119 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 61 The Edit Group window allows you to configure groups of email addresses to send messages to when certain conditions or actions occur 120 EMAIL NOTIFICATION DVXNotify can send email messages when certain conditions or actions occur You can create email groups that receive messages whenever selected conditions or actions occur during scheduled time periods You can also configure how often each address in the group
33. port F as described in the PTZ installation manual Optional Wire the alarms to the green trigger block H From top to bottom are inputs 1 16 two outputs and two grounds On the MasterControl Alarms tab the inputs are named Board Alarm 1 Board Alarm 2 and so on Connect only to voltages below 42V DC external devices connected to the DVX 500 system should be in a SELV non energy hazardous circuit Connect your cameras to the rows of BNC connectors J Optional Connect the video output K to an TV or VCR For international use set the input voltage switch L to 230V Plug the power cord into an electrical outlet To provide power to the DVX 500 box use the power switch on the rear panel M To turn on the DVX 500 system use the power switches on the front panel of the box and on the monitor Only a 16 and 4 input system are shown on the facing page A 9 input system appears identical to a 16 input system except that it contains fewer camera input connectors DVX5 00 REAR PANEL OF DVX 500 16 INPUT SYSTEM J K CFO OTC TOTS LES E E
34. required whenever you run MasterControl unless autorunning mode is enabled see the Setting a Recording Schedule section of the MasterControl Operation chapter for more information To add users or change their permissions go to the Setup page and click the Users tab see Figure 11 Following are the four types of user permissions available e Administrator has full access to DVX 500 features e Supervisor has full access to DVX 500 features except for user admin istration remote administration and RemoteView Server e User can access only the Monitor Search and Help pages A User also cannot exit MasterControl e Disabled has no access to MasterControl Outputs MutiOut os PIz Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alarms User Name fu ser X Activity Log Password Status seee ie Confirm Password C Supervisor Administrator S upane sad X deete f Disabled Securty al Live Search PTZ WV Restrict User Functionality Restrictions T Enable Kiosk Mode Wm Ert Continue In Windows se It is recommended that you log in with Administrator or Supervisor permissions only when accessing the Users tab or if administrators will be in constant supervision of the DVX 500 system Otherwise log in as a User DVX5 7 Figure 11 The Users tab allows you to add or delete users and change their permissions
35. sets of numbers of an IP address and click Search All DVX 500 systems detected in that IP range are then listed by address Select any system to view configuration and identification information about the system The Timeout setting indicates how long in milliseconds that RemoteView will search for DVX 500 systems On slower networks you might want to set the Timeout to a higher value x IP Address Range 192 168 0 XXX Timeout ms 500 Scanning IP Address 192 168 0 254 Available Servers Server Information 192 168 0 1 Server IP 192 168 0 33 Server Type Integral RemoteView Server Computer name TECHSUPPORTDYX Workgroup WORKGROUP Version 4 0 0 Serial Number 518978 MAC Address 00 10 de c2 e7 5t Server Features Plus License Remote Configuration oe Add Server DVX5 7 Figure 44 The Find Servers window allows you to locate all DVX 500 servers in a specific IP address range 93 _II INTEGRAL 6 Technologies we THE MONITOR PAGE The Monitor page allows you to view live video from any of the servers you are currently connected to To access the Monitor page click the Monitor button on the toolbar The Monitor page contains the following sections see Figure 45 e A toolbar with a choice of 10 video window configurations e Atree that lists all cameras on all servers you are currently connected to e Video windows organized in the configuration selected from the
36. toolbar la lajxi Figure 45 This is one of several Sws video window configurations you can display on the Monitor page in RemoteView EG DERE Le 94 To determine which cameras are displayed in each window configuration com plete the following steps 1 Select a video window configuration from the toolbar 2 Expand the camera tree by clicking the plus next to each server name This lists all cameras available on each server 3 Click on a camera name and drag it into one of the video windows Re peat until the desired cameras are properly placed in each video window One camera can appear in multiple windows if desired 4 To savea camera view configuration select Save View from the File menu To load a previously saved camera view combination select Load View from the File menu You can use saved camera views to create camera display tours See the following section for details SCALE LEVELS The Scale Level setting increases the image display rate of live video by decreas ing the size of the images as they are downloaded from the server to the client computer Increasing the Scale Level value degrades the quality of the video but reduces the image size thus increasing the rate at which the images can be down loaded To change the Scale Level of live video on the Monitor page right click a video window and select Video Scale to change a single camera or Window Scale to change all ca
37. triggers the alarm output until recording is restarted Select Done when the output alarm settings are configured as desired INTRODUCTION TO DVX 500 UTILITIES All utilities are accessible by right clicking the Utilities icon in the MasterControl icon tray see Figure 62 El Da The following utilities are available E On Screen Keyboard File Keyboard Settings Help esc amp amp JY _ bksp ins hm puf nikl ee Ee Ea tab Q W E R T Y UT O P I del enc pdr 7 8 9 MMH sobor GH3 KL ent aleto shft Ed Gee OCs OVS CRS ENG DHE Eco O PE a Eed pa ane Setup Used to map drives rename the system change the IP address and more See the following section for details Set Date Time This opens the Windows date time configuration win dow Easy Evidence Config This opens the Easy Evidence Configuration win dow The Easy Evidence feature allows you to quickly export a predefined amount of the most recent video to a CD RW DVD RW or network drive by pressing the blue square button on the front of the DVX 500 system or double clicking the blue square icon in the MasterControl icon tray See the Using Easy Evidence section of the MasterControl Opera tion chapter for details View Events This opens the Windows Event Viewer which contains in formation warning and critical messages Health Report This allows you to perform a diagnostic of the system that can be emailed to a t
38. A Plug ins and Utilities cc eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 111 Introduction to DVX 500 Plug ins 0 00 eeeeeeeeeeceee tenet ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeaeeeeeeaeees 112 DVXMonitor Plugi vei 3 cece ce cect a A E ES 113 MotionAlarm PIUQ iNisi 2005 0 eines eel ei del aaa aaa aa ea oad le aes 116 DVXNotify Plug ins auria dees dndeeet aad det eane EAA ce onde 119 Introduction to DVX 500 Utilities 2 eee ee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeseeaeeeeeeaeees 125 The Setup Utility cchec cc cceccieaeceesececaeveseccee clade eesti coc eade cet vasideensndeeveescndeesaudeeh ees 126 Appendix B Synchronizing DVX 500 CIOCKS cccccceeeeeeeeeeees 127 Appendix C Technical Support and Certifications 129 DVX500 Introduction Thank you for purchasing a DVX 500 digital event recorder a high tech monitoring and recording solution to cover all your security needs This chapter introduces you to your DVX 500 system and the structure of this manual Included in this chapter are the following e A description of the main parts of your DVX 500 system e An outline of the chapters of this manual Again thank you for choosing a DVX 500 digital event recorder for your high tech security needs INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 ABOUT THE DVX 500 SERIES The DVX 500 digital event recorder is a high tech monitoring and r
39. D 8 si Sake as ko Ny St ae fay Co A IE g YQQYOE L H D Ei l o O l j TN 6 00000 p Q p eee Ky el siete ML A B C D E F G H Figure 1 The rear panel of a DVX 500 16 input system and a 4 input system A 9 input system appears identical to a 16 input system except that it contains fewer camera input connectors J REAR PANEL OF DVX 500 4 INPUT SYSTEM J D I S 2 INPUT 1 8 iQ Ik 2 3 INPUT 4 L S 00000 LeeLee D E F K G H Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ge RUNNING THE MASTERCONTROL APPLICATION When you turn on the DVX 500 system for the first time MasterControl automati cally runs you can also manually run the application from Start Programs and MasterControl When you see the Enter Password window enter administra tor for User and letmein for Password MasterControl then scans for connected cameras see Figure 2 and opens up to the Monitor page Now you are ready to configure MasterControl for daily use Be sure to change your DVX 500 user ID and password immediately See the Defining MasterControl Users section of the MasterControl Configuration chapter for information on how to do this The default administrator password is letmein for both Win dows and MasterControl Figure2 Scanning for connected cameras After you enter a valid ID and password MasterControl scans for con nected cameras Your
40. DVX 500 system has some of the same capabilities as a regular personal computer However it is recommended that you do not use your DVX 500 system for anything other than operating the MasterControl software Wandering to other parts of the system could damage DVX 500 s intended functionality so do this only at your own risk See the Security Features section of the MasterControl Configuration chapter for more information ACCESSING THE MASTERCONTROL DATABASE Only Windows users with Administrator permissions can operate MasterControl initially all other users see an error when they try to start the application How ever Windows users without Administrator permissions can be added manually to the list of valid MasterControl users To grant a non Administrator Windows user access to the MasterControl database complete the following steps while logged on to Windows with Administrator permissions 1 From the C Program Files Integral MasterControl directory run ManageMCDB EXE 2 Click Next twice to view the Administrator tab see Figure 3 3 Under Authorized Accounts double click the Windows users that should have permission to run MasterControl Users listed with green checks are authorized to run MasterContol whereas users listed with a red X are not authorized Close Manage MCDB when finished If you demote the default Windows account to a non administrator status in Win dows be sure to auth
41. DVX5 1 User Manual MasterControl version 4 3 J une 2005 Information in this document is subject to change without notice Copyright 2005 Integral Technologies All rights reserved INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 Security Intelligence Made Simple MasterControl and Integral Technologies are trademarks of Integral Technologies Other trade marks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities claiming the marks or names or their products Integral Technologies disclaims any proprietary interest in trademarks and trade names other than its own Integral Technologies makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Integral Technologies shall not be liable for errors contained herein or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this manual Integral Technologies 9855 Crosspoint Blvd Suite 126 LN10011 0605 Indianapolis Indiana 46256 U S A 3000 40087 Rev 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS MMT CUO os 5 os 2 saa a cet 1 About the DVX 500 Series ecccccceeccceeeeececeeeeeeaeeeeesnaeeesnseeeeensaaeeeensaaeeeeneaaeeeenenaes 2 What This Manual Cover ccccceeceeeeeeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeeaeeeeeenaeeeseenaeeeeeeaes 3 PreCaUtlON cernent ar EAE ARE 4 MS EAN ARI ON sssssascsaiecatscecticctintaadsemcnncicoadecasta
42. ROLLING CoVi PTZ CoVi PTZ cameras display a main camera view along with three ZUPs zoom under picture in a single video window A second video input displays one of the se lected ZUPs in a full window along with standard PTZ control The CoVi tab see Figure 26 on the Monitor page allows you to select the left center or right ZUP in the window To enable a CoVi camera select it from the drop down list on the PTZ tab on the Setup page ZUPs are configured directly through the camera see the manufacturer s documentation for details Covi Figure 26 ZUP The CoVi tab allows c you to select one of Left the preset ZUPs for Center display in a video Right window 57 _II INTEGRAL 6 Technologies 58 SELECTING RECORDING MODES There are three types of recording modes On the Schedule page each mode is associated with a color to help you set up and visualize the schedule Following are the three types of recording modes and their associated colors Alarm red tecords video only if an alarm is triggered during the time period you specify on the Schedule page The maximum duration of the camera s activation can be set on the Alarms tab on the Setup page see Assigning Cameras to Alarms in the MasterControl Configuration chapter Motion blue records video only if motion is detected during the time period you specify on the Schedule page You can configure MasterControl to detect o
43. S FOR ARCHIVING To configure a logical drive for archiving you must first map the drive To do this right click the Utilties icon in the MasterControl icon tray and select Setup On the Drives tab click Add select an unused drive letter enter the network path to the drive and enter any username or password required to access the drive see Figure 19 The logical drive is then available to the DVX system as an archive medium x Drive JH NetworkPath computername sharename JV Specify User and Password User J oe Password OK Cancel SPECIAL ARCHIVING NOTES Please be aware of the following important information about MasterControl s archiving utility MasterControl provides a log of all archiving procedures During the archiving process a log of current archiving events appears in the Sta tus area All past archiving history is also available by clicking View Log To reset the log click Clear Log To reset the Status area click Clear Sta tus All other MasterControl processes including recording can continue as normal during archiving When archiving to a drive an archive directory named after the DVX 500 system is created on that drive When you format the drive only the data in the archive directory is erased Checkboxes next to a drive are used only for auto archiving not for manual archiving or formatting You can perform manual archiving at any time except during an auto archiving sessio
44. Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat W Motion trates setting the z 2 3 4 z E Alarm Evoyday Dela weekday default 7 8 3 10 14 12 13 iN cokend Dafa schedule part I E Fee Clear Schedule 14 is 16 a7 18 E 20 step 5 CurentDayOny 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 at 1 2 3 Set All Cameras Clear g 10 4 5 6 7 St Today gt op Everyday Schedule I Automatically run this schedule on startup a re Fe oe We ee WL Boe TE 2 3 2004 1 15 34 PM Hn a os 1 rec El iim 67 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 31 This figure illus trates setting the weekend default schedule part IT step 3 68 PART Il Setting the weekend default Click on any weekend day in the calendar Click the Alarm button in the Select Mode area and then click Set All Cameras This quickly sets all cameras to the Alarm mode for the entire day In the Schedule Mode section choose Weekend Default from the drop down list Click Apply RS H Monitor Schedule ki Search E Setup Help a Exit 2004 Select Mode r Schedule Mode Mar 2004 Mar W votion Weekday Default z Custom Everyday Default Weekday Default r Clear Schedule Current Day Only Set All Cameras Crear a a gt Stop Custom amera 1 amera 2 amera 3 amera 4 amera 5 amera 6 amera 7 Camera 8 2 3 2004 1 15 34 PM Hn A iss rec El ih
45. TTERY DANGER The battery should be replaced only by a service technician The battery is a non operator replaceable cell There is danger of explo sion if the battery is incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer s instructions DVX5 11 Installation The installation of your DVX 500 system consists of connecting the box to its peripheral equipment monitor mouse and so on This chapter contains specific instructions for the following e Installing DVX 500 e Running the MasterControl application for the first time e Accessing the MasterControl database and changing the SQL password Please pay special attention to the cautions and tips throughout the chapter INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ge INSTALLING DVX 500 Use Figure to complete the following installation instructions 1 2 10 11 12 13 Plug the power cord into the power connector A Plug the mouse into the mouse connector B Plug the keyboard into the keyboard connector C Plug the monitor into the monitor connector D and electrical outlet To provide a network or dial up connection connect a network cable to the network connector E or a phone line to the modem G Optional Connect your PTZ cameras to the RS 422
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47. apter the following topics are discussed Configuring hardware and disk usage Defining users Security features Configuring motion detection Assigning cameras to alarms Also included is information about adjusting the video display setting OSDs assigning video outputs archiving PTZ and more This chapter is fully illustrated to assist you in your configuration INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple _II INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ge 16 ABOUT THE SETUP PAGE This chapter covers all functions controled on the Setup page Only users with Administrator and Supervisor permissions can access the Setup page The Setup page is also unavailable if a Remote View user is connected to the DVX 500 system with Administrator permission The Setup page is unavailable if an Administrator is logged on to the DVX 500 system remotely However a local DVX 500 user can dis connect a remote Administrator using Remote View Server See the Remote View chapter for more information about logging on to a DVX 500 system remotely ADJUSTING THE VIDEO DISPLAY To adjust the brightness contrast and saturation of the displayed video go to the Setup page and choose the Display tab see Figure 6 First select a camera input button from the bottom of the screen and then adjust the slider bar for each setting You can return to the default for each setting by clicking the Default but ton b
48. arked in the Restrictions window with a pound sign apply only while MasterControl is active Restrictions marked with a caret require a restart of the DVX 500 system before they are applied e Hide Disk Drives removes the listing of Disk Drives from Windows Explorer e Hide Control Panel removes Control Panel from Windows Explorer and the Start menu requires restart e Hide View Options Menu removes the Folder Options item from the Windows Explorer View menu and Control Panel e Hide File Menu removes the File menu from Windows Explorer e Hide Search Menu removes the Search button from Windows Explorer e Hide Manage Menu removes the Manage option from the pop up menu that appears when you right click My Computers or Windows Explorer e Disable Right Click on Icons and Desktop disables the abil ity to open pop up menus on icons or the Windows Desktop e Hide Taskbar hides the Windows Taskbar applicable only while MasterControl is running e Disable Right Click on Taskbar disables the ability to open pop up menus on taskbar buttons or icons continued DVX5 7 27 ne INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 e Start Menu Security contains the following restrictions e Hide Run Menu removes the Run option from the Start menu e Hide Windows Update Menu removes the Windows Update option from the Start menu e Hide User Folders removes folders added by a user to the Start
49. bout these areas can be found in the MasterControl Configuration and MasterControl Operation chapters of this manual INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 Figure 4 The MasterControl screen consists of three primary sections 12 OVERVIEW OF THE MASTERCONTROL SCREEN The MasterControl screen is divided into three sections see Figure 4 m m mo Eo Hm o Pu Be At the top of the MasterControl screen is a row of function buttons that allow you to switch to each function so that you can easily set up or change configurations and schedules perform video searches or moni tor camera inputs The middle section of the MasterControl screen is reserved for the op eration of the function selected from the top row of buttons This section can include view screens camera buttons list boxes and more depend ing on the function selected At the bottom of the MasterControl screen is a status bar that displays information about the current date and time the current status of each camera disk usage and whether MasterControl is currently recording il 2 3 4 5 6 Ti 8 9 10 11 12 l 14 15 16 PTZ PTZ Settings Covi Main Outputs Ole se Sl OSD _PageDefauts sattu Of Bo Seconds 2 3 2004 1 17 24 PM E E o rc El Wi THE FUNCTION BUTTONS The six buttons fou
50. d the location of the video on disk or removable media Click on a column title to sort search results based on that column s information You can also divide a long list of search results into separate pages for easier navigation Select the number of results displayed per page and then use the left and right arrows to view the different pages or select the double left or double right arrows to view the first or last page respectively You can choose from 5 to 500 results per page The Authenticate button on the Search page allows you to verify that a video file has not been changed or tampered with in any way To authenticate a video segment perform a search select the appro priate search result and then click the Authenticate button A progress bar is then displayed until the whole segment has been ex amined A message box then appears indicating whether the authen tication succeeded or failed SMARTSEARCH SmartSearch finds only those portions of a video segment that meet certain user defined motion criteria For example you can highlight specific areas of a camera view and then quickly jump to all motion events that occur in those areas during a video segment This is helpful if you want to filter video differently than you do using the masking utility on the Setup page s Motion tab for example To perform a SmartSearch complete the following steps 1 After performing a search on the Search tab select the Smar
51. ding whenever MasterControl is started Also you should keep MasterControl in the Windows Startup folder where it is placed during installation so that it starts when ever the DVX 500 system is started With both features activated recording restarts in User mode when power returns with no password required Then if a user needs to log in with Supervisor or Administrator permissions click the Inte gral Technologies logo and then the Logon button 66 DVX5 7 EXAMPLE SETTINGA TYPICAL SCHEDULE Suppose that your office follows a schedule of 6 a m to 6 p m Monday through Friday and you want to capture motion events during office hours and alarm events during off hours On weekends and certain holidays the office is closed and you want to capture alarm events those entire days To create this schedule you would perform the following steps PART I Setting the weekday default 1 Go to the Schedule page 2 Ifyou have created any custom schedules that you no longer need go to the Clear Schedule area select All Custom Schedules and click Clear 3 Click on any weekday in the calendar 4 Draw schedule boxes to reflect the weekday schedule 5 Inthe Schedule Mode section choose Weekday Default from the drop down list Then click Apply INTEGRAL g Monitor E Schedule ki Search E Setup D Help M Ext Figure 30 a This figure illus Mar 2004 mar j zooa z SelectMode r Schedule Mode
52. dministrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 3 9727 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 4 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 5 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 7 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 8 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 9 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 10 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 11 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 12 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 15 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 16 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 18 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 20 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 24 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 28 9 27 2002 07 56 44 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Disabled camera 32 9 27 2002 07 56 51 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Changed the frame rate on camera 1 to Max 9 27 2002 07 56 51 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Changed the frame rate on camera 2 to Max 9 27 2002 07 56 51 Admin
53. dule it should reflect the new default schedule Another way to create an everyday default is by creating the default schedule right clicking on the calendar and selecting Use As Everyday Default from the pop up menu If you do not click Apply whenever you create or change a schedule you are asked to confirm the schedule change before you proceed 63 _II INTEGRAL Technologies SETTING CUSTOM SCHEDULES It is simple to set schedules for special days such as holidays even if you will or have set a default for weekdays and weekends To set a custom schedule perform the following steps 1 On the Schedule page click on the day you want to set the schedule for If the day falls on a month other than the one shown in the calendar use the drop down lists to select a new month and or year or use the Today button and the arrows to navigate the calendar 2 Create schedule boxes to illustrate the custom schedule 3 Inthe Schedule Mode section choose Custom from the drop down list and click Apply Now setting a default elsewhere will not affect this sched ule If you want holidays to follow a default schedule you can copy and paste as described in the next section MasterControl protects custom schedules so that setting a default schedule does not override them If you do want to override a sched ule previously set for a specific day see the Changing All Custom Schedules to Default Schedules
54. e Selecting Recording Modes section of this chapter for an explanation of re cording modes and their associated colors VIDEO SIGNAL LOSS AND SCENE LOSS MasterControl detects video signal loss on any camera during recording by dis playing a flashing X on the status bar in the indicator for that camera On the Monitor page the window displaying the camera flashes black and white and dis plays the text Loss of Video MasterControl also detects scene loss which means that a video signal is still present but the camera sees only one consistent color This can occur if a camera is covered or the lens is painted black for example When scene loss occurs the camera indicator for that camera on the status bar displays a flashing question mark VIEWING VIDEO ON EXTERNAL MONITORS MasterControl allows you to view live video on an external monitor as configured on the Outputs and MultiOut tabs on the Setup page see the MasterControl Configuration chapter for more information However you can override the out put configuration entered on the Setup page by using the Outputs tab on the Monitor page see Figure 23 If you select the output button on the Monitor page and then click a video win dow live video from the camera that is displayed in that window is also displayed on the external monitor If you then deselect the output button the button returns to its original Setup page configuration Motion Alarms To
55. e DVX 500 out put trigger when certain user defined events occur on the DVX 500 sys tem These plug ins are described in the following sections If a plug in is installed the MasterControl Plug In Loader icon appears in the MasterControl icon tray see Figure 55 When you double click this icon the Plugin Properties window appears containing a tab for each installed plug in El a gt DVXMONITOR PLUG IN DVXMonitor is a plug in that controls the DVX 500 watchdog which protects your DVX 500 system in the event of several types of failures or unauthorized actions If a selected condition or an unauthorized action occurs the system is restarted and or the normally closed alarm output is triggered You must be logged on to MasterControl with Administrator or Supervisor permissions to run DVXMonitor The following events automatically cause the system to be restarted if DVX Monitor is enabled e MasterControl fails e RemoteView Server fails There are several events that can cause the system to trigger the alarm output but do not cause a system restart These events must be selected on the DVX Monitor tab Two of the events that can cause a restart MasterControl and RemoteView failing are also included among the events that can trigger the alarm output Im ages not being sent from XMUX automatically triggers the alarm output and is not user selectable The location of the normally closed alarm output is shown in Figure 56
56. echnical support center Defragment Disk This opens the Windows Disk Defragmentation tool Volume This opens the Windows volume control OnScreen Keyboard This opens an onscreen keyboard that you can use in place of a standard keyboard see Figure 63 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 ES F20 F11 Fi2 psc Bd pat Lott Jot gt DVX5 7 Figure 62 In this case the Utilities icon is second from the left in the MasterControl icon tray Figure 63 The onscreen keyboard can be used in place of a standard keyboard To close the key board select Exit from the File menu 125 INTEGRAL Technologies THE SETUP UTILITY The following tabs are available in the Setup utility accessible from the MasterControl icon tray e Drives All available drives are listed on this tab To add a network drive click Add select an unused drive letter enter the network path to the drive and any username or password required to access the drive e Network This tab allows you to rename the DVX 500 system and assign it to a workgroup You can also select the network adapter change the IP address and keep certain TCP and UDP ports open see Figure 64 i x Figure 64 SS The Network tab Computer Name INTEGRALSMGXSI allows you to Workgroup WORKGROUP sss rename a DVX 500 IP Configuration system and change Adapter 00000000 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethemet NIC z its network configu IV E
57. ecording solu tion that covers all your security needs The following products are the heart of the DVX 500 package e The DVX 500 box captures and compresses video for digital display from up to 16 cameras for safe storage and easy access e MasterControl is the user friendly software that allows you to easily monitor and record video from multiple cameras The simple configura tion instructions in this manual can help you set up MasterControl for unattended recording for extended periods e RemoteView is an application that allows you to download and view live and recorded video from DVX 500 over a network or dial up connec tion You can also connect to and even configure multiple DVX 500 sys tems remotely e The DVXMonitor MotionAlarm and DVXNotify plug ins are standalone applications that expand the reach of DVX 500 by recovering from a sys tem failure or communicating messages externally from the system e Integral Media Player allows you to play back XPV and EXE files ex ported from the DVX 500 system on a separate PC WHAT THIS MANUAL COVERS This manual takes you through the following topics complete with illustrations step by step instructions and detailed descriptions Installation includes instructions for installing the DVX 500 system and running MasterControl for the first time Getting Familiar with MasterControl describes the basic setup of the MasterControl screen It also offers brief descriptions
58. ect Add from the Servers menu 2 Inthe Server Configuration window enter a name and IP address for the server and the username and password that was configured on the server Leaving the password blank here causes RemoteView to ask for a pass word every time you try to connect to this server 3 Select a Default Scale level video quality 4 Click OK to add the server to the Servers column Refer to the Running the Remote View Software section of this chapter for more detail about the Server Configuration window To establish a network connection with a server select the checkbox next to its name in the Servers column If a connection is successfully established the sta tus of the server is listed as Connected If a connection cannot be made the reason is listed in the Status column To disconnect from the server select its checkbox again You can connect to multiple servers simultaneously To log on to a server as a different user double click the server name and enter a new username and password A Integral Remote iew Server Configuration loj x mi File Servers View Window Help l x GAs 3 Servers Monitor Search Setup Alarms Schedule Server E O Demo 2 Offline Opa Offline Sales Demo Connected FINDING SERVERS To search for DVX 500 systems on a network right click on the Servers page and select Find Servers This opens the Find Servers window see Figure 44 Enter the first three
59. ect Always On 7 Click Activate to initiate monitoring of the camera input Now when a motion event occurs on the selected camera for the specified number of consecutive images the alarm output is triggered for the specified Minimum Latch Time or for the duration of the motion event whichever is longer DVX5 00 Figure 59 The MotionAlarm tab allows you to configure the DVX 500 output trigger to activate when a motion event occurs 117 INTEGRAL Technologies The MotionAlarm plug in also offers the following features e Reset Alarm Output deactivates the alarm output by returning it to its normally open state Use this if the latch time is disabled or if you want to acknowledge an alarm before the latch time expires e Disable Latch Time causes the normally open alarm output to latch indefinitely when triggered To deactivate the alarm output click Reset Alarm Output All changes entered on the MotionAlarm tab are applied immediately To close the Plugin Properties window click Done 118 DVXNOTIFY PLUG IN The DVXNotify plug in monitors a DVX 500 system for certain conditions or ac tions If such a condition or action occurs DV XNotify can send an email and or trigger the normally open alarm output DVXNotify is installed on all DVX 500 systems The output trigger is located on the trigger block on the rear panel refer to Figure 58 The output provides a dry contact closure and the circuit is
60. ected in the Easy Evidence Con figuration window Click OK when the configuration is complete To perform an Easy Evidence export simply press the blue square button on the front of the DVX system or double click the blue square icon on the MasterControl icon tray A successful Easy Evidence export automatically creates a bookmark for the exported video see the next section for details DVX 00 79 _II INTEGRAL 6 Technologies 80 BOOKMARKING VIDEO Bookmarking allows you to save a set of search parameters for quick access To bookmark video perform a search and click Add Bookmark Enter a name for the bookmark and click OK The search parameters are then saved on the Bookmark tab information listed includes the bookmark name the start time of the search the end time of the search and the amount of disk space used by the video that meets the search parameters To access the bookmarked search double click the bookmark on the Bookmark tab The search results are then displayed on the rest of the tabs on the Search page If you purge video for a specific date range using the Disk tab bookmarked video in that date range is not deleted However if you perform a full purge all bookmarked video is deleted You can bookmark video on up to 25 percent of existing video stor age space If this portion is full the oldest bookmarks are deleted to make room for any new bookmarks DVX5 7 VIEWING DISK
61. en ticate Any images that have been tampered with are located and dis played The Scale Level setting on the Search page is applicable only when connected to wavelet compression digital video recorders such as DVX version 3 1 and earlier DVA and DigitalSENTRY When playing back video from a DVX wavelet based digital video recorder version 3 1 or earlier the video may not completely fill the video window in RemoteView DVX and DVX 500 use different as pect ratios OTHER SEARCH PAGE FEATURES SmartSearch in RemoteView see Figure 50 is similar to SmartSearch in MasterControl For information on using SmartSearch see the Searching for Re corded Video section of the MasterControl Operation chapter The Search page also contains an Image Enhancement tab which allows you to control the brightness and contrast during playback of recorded video You can also print the current image in the video window by clicking the down arrow next to the VCR buttons and selecting Print Figure 50 Remote Search SmartSearch Image Enhancement SmartSearch gives Sensitivity 0 greater control over a gt 100 Clear Mask the playback of a Number of Blocks Invert Mask video segment K gt Cancel 102 EXPORTING INDIVIDUAL IMAGES RemoteView allows you to export individual recorded images with timestamps in bitmap or JPEG format To do this complete the following steps 1 Click on the search result
62. ent occurs until Reset Alarm Output is selected Alarm Scheduling a schedule of when the DVX 500 system is moni tored for failure by DV XMonitor Plugin Properties x DVXMonitor I Disable DVXMonitor Reset Alarm Output T Latch Until Forced Time Before Reboot Minutes fi Minimum Latch Time Seconds 10 DVXMonitor Scheduling Active From I 0 M AlwaysOn Weekdays T20000AM gt gt 15953 PM Weekends 1200 00 AM gt gt i15959PM r Event Log Options T Disable Logging Maximum Number of Entries aco Select Log File Event Selection Application Exit Hard Stop Recording System Reboot Stop Record Button Hard Disk Failure Ml MasterControl is Nead in 9 K K K K e Always On indicates that the system should always be monitored for failure This overrides Alarm Scheduling entries e Event Selection a list of events or conditions that DVX Monitor watches for Events selected from the list trigger the alarm output and create a DVXMonitor log entry each time they occur The following events can be monitored e Application Exit The MasterControl application was exited e Hard Stop Recording The MasterControl application stopped re cording because of an error condition e System Reboot A system restart was requested by MasterControl e Stop Record Button Stop was selected on the MasterControl Sched ule page e
63. er permis sions The Setup page is unavailable in MasterControl if an Administrator is logged on remotely 90 OVERVIEW OF THE REMOTEVIEW SCREEN RemoteView contains the following main pages see Figure 42 Servers Monitor Search Setup Alarms Schedule Help e Servers a list of DVX 500 systems RemoteView is configured to con nect to e Monitor video windows for the viewing of live video e Search a video search and playback utility e Setup a set of tabs used to configure the DVX 500 system e Alarms video windows for the viewing of recent alarm events e Schedule a remote scheduling utility These pages are described in the following sections RemoteView contains an additional page if you installed the transac tional data interface and you are connected to a DVX 500 server with the transactional data server software installed See the separate trans actional data documentation for details on how to use the interface DVX5 7 Figure 42 These buttons bring you to the various RemoteView pages 91 Saa INTEGRAL amp Technologies amp Figure 43 The Servers page manages your connections to DVX 500 systems 92 THE SERVERS PAGE The Servers page is a list of all servers RemoteView is configured to connect to To access the Servers page see Figure 43 click the Servers button on the toolbar To add a server to the Servers list complete the following steps 1 Sel
64. erControl will never record over them To automate this process enable the Automatically Purge Restored Data Daily option on the Disk tab DVX5 7 VIEWING RECORDED VIDEO After you have found the video you want to view you can play it back on the Search page with full VCR control To do this complete the following steps 1 Double click the name or other information of the video segment you want to view You can also select multiple segments by holding the Ctrl key and clicking or a range of segments by holding the Shift key see Figure 35 A frame of each selected video segment appears in the view screen and the VCR controls rewind play pause frame by frame ad vance and so on are activated below the view screen 2 Use the VCR controls to view the segment of the video that you want to see Below the view screen is a clock that indicates the time that the video was captured When viewing entire segments of Free mode video this clock runs uninterrupted until the video segment is completed When viewing motion or alarm events only the clock skips ahead in step with the video Figure 35 TT go monio Schedule Ent Search SmartSearch From 5 17 2005 xf 11 56 46 AM To 5 17 2005 x 4 12 56 46 PM Include cameras _ Clear Camera 1 C Camera 2 Camera 3 C Camera 4 Camera 5 xl You can play back video from up to 16 cameras simulta neously Include in search I Alarms I Motion I
65. eside each slider bar or you can return to the default for all settings by click ing the All Default Values for the Currently Selected Camera button DVX5 7 Figure 6 The Display tab allows you to change the appear ance of video in the view screens 17 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 CONFIGURING HARDWARE The Hardware tab on the Setup page see Figure 7 allows you to select several DVX 500 recording settings To change hardware parameters select one or more camera inputs from the list or click Select All to choose all inputs and then adjust the following settings e Frame Quality Select from Low Medium High and Extra High quality options Higher frame qualities create greater video storage requirements e Frame Rate DVX 500 can record at its maximum potential rate see Note or a wide range of rates depending on your hardware e Prealarm and postalarm Select the amount of prealarm and postalarm recording time in seconds This allows you to record events that occur immediately before and after an alarm event Prealarm recording tempo rarily stores a certain amount of video at all times in case an alarm occurs which requires a reserved amount of storage space The amount of prealarm recording time you can program is limited by the recording rate and image size specified for all cameras set for prealarm recording For example ifall cameras configured for prealarm recording are set fora 15KB image si
66. example if you select Fast the camera will pan quickly when you click and drag an arrow or the joystick Five speeds are available Camera Presets allows you to configure up to 256 camera views To configure a preset se lect the camera s video window and use the PTZ tab controls to point the camera to the desired preset position On the PTZ Settings tab select a preset number and click Set the actual number of presets available depends on the camera model To view the preset at any time select the camera preset number and click Call The Alarms tab on the Setup page allows you to configure a camera to call a preset automatically when an alarm occurs e The Start Pattern button starts the PTZ preset pattern configured on the PTZ tab on the Setup page DVX 00 Ifyou install a mouse with a wheel control you can wheel foward to zoom in and wheel backward to zoom out You can also make any type of mouse function like a joystick by hold ing the Ctrl key and clicking once on the center joystick You can then move the mouse without clicking to point the camera To cancel this function click the left mouse button When a PTZ error occurs the MCNotify log icon in the MasterControl icon tray changes to a camera icon with a red background A user with the appropriate permission level can double click the icon to view the log which contains specific information about the PTZ error along with other logged information CONT
67. f other Disk tab options 81 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 39 The Activity Log lists all actions performed on the Setup page 82 VIEWING THE ACTIVITY LOG All actions performed on the Setup page are listed in the MasterControl Activity Log To access this log click Activity Log on the Users tab of the Setup page This opens the Activity Log window see Figure 39 The Activity Log lists all of the most recent Setup page actions You can narrow the list by selecting a search range from the Search Criteria drop down lists The actions are listed by the date they occurred the user that performed the action and a description of the action To view all actions performed by a specific user select the user from the User Name drop down list only those users with appli cable log entries are listed You can also limit the number of actions listed on each page changing the Records Per Page value the minimum is 10 To view additional pages of actions click the right or left arrows To skip to the last or first page of actions click the double right or double left arrows respectively To export the log to a text file click Export Page or click Export All Records to export the entire log name the log file and choose a location to save it to Search Criteria From User Name _ Expat Page J fa Users 7 Export All Records Records per P aa 1 200f172 DI gt fe El 9 27 2002 07 56 44 A
68. for re creating the error e Peripheral equipment you use with the DVX 500 system including cam eras cables and so on Send the report to Integral Technologies 9855 Crosspoint Blvd Suite 126 Indianapolis IN 46256 3336 Phone 317 845 9242 Fax 317 845 9275 Internet support integraltech com World Wide Web http www integraltech com support html DVX 500 Technical Support Hours Monday Friday 8 00 a m 8 00 p m Saturday Sunday Closed Holidays Closed Eastern Standard Time GMT 05 00 all year FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION FCC RADIO FREQUENCY INTERFERENCE STATEMENT The DVX 500 system s compression board contains incidental radio frequency generating circuitry and if not installed and used properly may cause interfer ence to radio and television reception This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A computing device pursuant to Subpart J of Part 15 of the Federal Communications Commission FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against such interference when oper ated in a commercial environment Operation of this equipment in a residential area may cause interference to radio and television reception in which case users will be required to correct the interference at their own expense If this equipment does cause interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on users
69. g you can also schedule alarm recording on the Schedule page Each method has its own benefits Schedule page When you use the Schedule page to schedule alarm recording on a camera input for a certain time period that is the only type of recording that can occur during that time period for that camera This is an appropriate method for those who do not need to record continuous video or motion events during such time periods Alarms tab When you use the Alarms tab to schedule alarm re cording for a certain time period you can still schedule continu ous or motion recording during that same time period This is appropriate if for example you want to record motion all day but also want to record alarm events that do not include motion The Alarms tab scheduler is also useful if you want to record both continuous video and alarm events First if you select Maxi mize Framerate on Alarm on the Hardware tab MasterControl records continuous video at the standard frame rate but increases the frame rate when alarm events occur during the time specified on the Alarms tab Also if you want to be able to search your continuously recorded video for alarm events the Search page will locate those alarm events that occurred during the time speci fied on the Alarms tab See the Searching for Recorded Video section of the MasterControl Operation chapter for more information 36 VIDEO OUTPUT AND TOURING The Outputs tab see F
70. given a nondefault schedule it should reflect the new weekday schedule To create a weekend default schedule perform the following steps 1 On the Schedule page click the calendar on any weekend day 2 At the bottom of the page create schedule boxes to illustrate your de fault weekend schedule 3 Inthe Schedule Mode section choose Weekend Default from the drop down list see Figure 28 4 Click Apply All weekend days that haven t yet been scheduled or have been scheduled as an everyday default should now have the schedule you just created Try clicking on another weekend day Unless it s already been given a nondefault schedule it should reflect the new weekend schedule DVX 00 Schedule Mode Figure 28 The four options in Weekend Default the Schedule Mode Custom list box allow you to Everyday Default set default or custom Weekday Default schedules Weekend Default To create an everyday default schedule perform the following steps 1 On the Schedule page click the calendar on any day 2 At the bottom of the page create schedule boxes to illustrate your de fault schedule 3 Inthe Schedule Mode section choose Everyday Default from the drop down list see Figure 28 4 Click Apply All days that havent yet been scheduled or have been scheduled as another default should now have the schedule you just created Try clicking on another day Unless it s already been given a nondefault sche
71. have MasterControl or any special hardware installed all it needs is a connection to the DVX 500 system which acts as a server and the RemoteView software Remote View downloads live and recorded video segments from the server so that you can view and even save them on the remote client The DVX 500 system comes completely configured for connections from Remote View with the Remote View Server software already installed However to use the remote access you must complete the following steps e Connect the client You must obtain IP addresses for the client and DVX 500 system and set up the client for networking If the server is on a local network the system administrator or Internet service provider ISP can assign IP addresses e Install the software RemoteView Server is already installed on the DVX 500 system but you must install Remote View on the remote client To do this insert the RemoteView CD and choose the RemoteView option If the CD does not auto run manually run SETUP EXE from the CD The most difficult part is connecting the remote client to the server It is recom mended that you let a trained information systems IS manager execute these networking tasks CONNECTING THE CLIENT AND SERVER The procedure for configuring a remote client depends on the type of connection you want You can either dial directly into the server through a modem or connect over a network You must first install a modem or 10 Base T ether
72. he Search capabilities are hidden If you ex Copy To Clipboard port or copy a still image in Full Screen Pik mode the image is saved in the full screen size To return to the normal display click Mark Selection Full Screen Off Full Screen Only video clips under a certain size can be exported Ifan attempt to export a large video clip fails mark a smaller portion of the clip and try again DVX5 7 Figure 36 The Export pop up menu offers several additional options for saving images and video Ti _II INTEGRAL Technologies USING EASY EVIDENCE The Easy Evidence feature allows you to quickly export a predefined amount of the most recent video to a CD RW DVD RW or network drive by pressing the blue square button on the front of the DVX system or double clicking the blue square icon on the MasterControl icon tray Make sure a blank CD or DVD is inserted in the CD RW or DVD RW drive before you activate the Easy Evidence feature To configure Easy Evidence right click the Utilities icon in the MasterControl icon tray and select Easy Evidence Config Enter the following information in the Easy Evidence Configuration window see Figure 37 e Copy Destination This is the drive letter and name of the CD RW DVD RW or non local network drive where the video is exported Figure 37 The Easy Evidence oe Pee Configuration fa CD Recorder z window allows you to se
73. he cameras whose video you want to search for If you leave all inputs blank or click the Clear button to make all of them blank again MasterControl will search for video from all cameras Click the Search button You can search for previously recorded video while MasterControl is recording unless the video was captured during the current one minute recording segment If you cannot locate video recorded in the last couple minutes wait a short time and try again INTEGRAL g zs Monitor Schedule Search SmartSearch From Enter starting fiov 1 2002 Bisse and stopping To dates and times 107 8 2002 ssam E Includ 3 Ciear_ Choose the Include in search A A camera inputs Von aro Masi I Alams of the video to O Side Door I Motion be searched C Supply Room M Lobby Select motion alarm or scene 10 7 2002 3 30 54 PM 000000000 bss Lola E B blank to find K 1 all video Eala 1to50f12 SES e T Aux Output Day Camera Events Alarms Bookmarks Archive VCR controls Status m E 10 7 2002 3 30 54PM 10 7 2002 4 39 11 PM On Disk Search Lobby 10 7 2002 3 30 54 PM 10 7 2002 4 27 40 PM ia 0 1 0 5 On Disk results Lobby 54 PM PM 13 0 0 0 13 0 Lobby 10 7 2002 3 30 54PM 10 7 2002 4 27 40PM__ 7 0 a 0 7 On Disk Lobby 10 7 2002 3 30 54 PM 10 7 2002 4 39 10PM__ 70 0 0 0 70 On Disk mi 10 8 2002 4 46 52 PM OEE tix Shines The search res
74. her cameras 5 Click Apply when you are finished setting the OSDs Note that the OSD set up here is unrelated to the OSD button on the Main tab on the Monitor page OSD is available on all outputs except when you select the single camera output DVX 00 41 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 ARCHIVING The MasterControl archiving utility allows you to store video to storage devices accessible over a network connection Archiving extends MasterControl s video storage space almost infinitely and can provide a permanent record of captured video The archiving utility is accessible via a tab on the Setup page which includes options such as automatic and manual archiving The following sections describe the Archive tab and archiving options followed by important archiving notes ARCHIVE TAB The Archive tab see Figure 18 is where you choose a drive and the time each day when video should be archived You can also format drives on the Archive tab The top half of the Archive tab contains the following configuration fields and buttons e Drive Archive Name lists each drive its name and how full each drive is After formatting a storage drive is automatically assigned a number for its Archive Name this number cannot be changed e Load Unload Media currently unused e Format erases data from the archive directory of a storage drive e Clear Status View Log and Clear Log see Special Archiv
75. ht corner of the screen INTEORAL W e 1 2 i 4 5 6 T 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 al 16 PIZ PTZ Settings Covi Main Outputs ofa a oso Page Defaults Start Tour ol aS Seconds Paget of gt If there are more camera inputs than available video windows on the Monitor page camera inputs are organized on multiple pages For example in 2x2 mode four windows are displayed at a time To see the remaining camera inputs click the left and right arrows on the Main tab The total number of pages and the current page are displayed between the arrows You can also cycle through the available pages by selecting a time interval and clicking Start Tour If you select five seconds MasterControl displays Page 1 for five seconds Page 2 for five seconds and so on until all pages are displayed Then Page appears again restarting the cycle To stop the cycle click Stop MasterControl allows you to determine which camera inputs are displayed in the various window configurations To configure the video windows complete the following steps 1 Click on the window in which you want to view video from a specific camera input The window now has a white border 2 Click on the appropriate camera input button Video from that input ap pears in the selected window 3 Repeat these steps for each camera input choosing a different window each time 4 To change
76. igure 15 allows you to designate which cameras are dis played on the output to an external monitor and to configure tours In the Output Assignment area of the Outputs tab select one of the following choices for the output from its drop down list e Alarm displays cameras capturing alarm events on the output If mul tiple cameras capture alarm events simultaneously the camera with the highest priority is displayed until the alarm is cleared Then the camera with the next highest priority that is capturing an alarm event is displayed on the output e Motion displays cameras exhibiting motion on the output If multiple cameras exhibit motion simultaneously the camera with the highest pri ority is displayed until motion stops Then the camera with the next high est priority that exhibits motion is displayed on the output e Motion or Alarm displays cameras exhibiting motion or capturing alarm events on the output The priority rules are the same as for the Alarm and Motion settings e Manual does not create any automatic display of cameras on the exter nal monitors Control of a Manual output is performed on the Monitor page Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alarms Outputs Mutou oso Pz Camera Name o Pio O A Camera 1 Low Camera 2 Low Camera 3 Low Camera 4 Low Camera 5 Low Camera amp Low Camera 7 Low Camera 8 Low Camera 9 Low Camera 10 Low Camara 11 Low in Solet Nono _ Select Al Piy
77. ing Notes for more information about these buttons 42 The rest of the Archive tab controls the actual archiving process There are two types of archiving procedures e Auto Archive automatically archives captured video at a preset time every day e Manual Archive archives on demand all video captured during any specified period The following sections contain step by step instructions for performing archiving Also see the Searching for Recorded Video section of the MasterControl Op eration chapter for information on searching for archived video Disk Users Motion Alarms Outputs Multidut OSD Archive Drive ArchiveName Fl D 3 IF 1202 60241 31 Unload Media Format Clear Status View Log M Enable auto archive every day at 12 00 00 AM H Clear Log Status 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Loading archive media 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Loading archive media 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Archive media loaded 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Enabled auto archiving 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Loading archive media 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Loading archive media 4 17 2003 2 29 41 PM Archive media loaded Se Manual Archive From 4 17 2003 1200 00 AM Begin Archive To 4 17 2003 x 11 59 59 PM panee DVX5 00 Figure 18 The Archive tab controls archiving to network storage devices 43 INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ge AUTO ARCHIVING
78. ing these steps 20 Camera Detection Manual Override CameraName Camera Type Lobby Hall Parking Lot Front Camera 5 Camera 6 Camera 7 Camera 8 O Camera 10 O Camera 11 Color Color Color Color Color Color Color Color Color Color Camera Type tor NAMING CAMERAS To name a camera go to the Setup page it doesn t matter which tab is selected Under the view screen is the name of the currently selected camera To change the name highlight it type the new name and click Apply Name see Figure 9 By default cameras are named Cameral Camera2 Camera3 and so on with the number referring to the input that the camera is hooked up to The camera s name is limited to 32 characters if you decide to change it However a relatively long camera name may automatically be abbreviated to fit into certain areas of the Monitor and Schedule pages Break Room Apply Name T Use as the default configuration DVX 00 Figure 8 The Camera Detection button calls up the Camera Detection window Use this window to inform MasterControl of newly connected cameras Figure 9 You can name your camera inputs from any tab on the Setup page 21 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 Figure 10 The Disk tab allows you to configure which disks MasterControl saves video to 22 CONFIGURING DISK USAGE To decide which disk drives MasterControl
79. ions from the Monitor page Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alaims Outputs MutiOut osD PTZ Camera Name Pot Add Camera Type O Camera 1 Camera 2 COM1 8 Kalatel CyberDome O Camera 3 A Camera d COMI 7 Panasonic wi O Camera 5 O Camera 6 O Camera O Camera 8 O Camera 9 O Camera 10 O Camera 11 O Camera 12 xl m Camera Settings Type Panasonic WYCS854 Port COM1 Address 7 7 m Pattern Setup Delay E Remove Preset 3 Preset 4 Mave ls Preset 5 Preset 6 Move Down CONFIGURING PTZ PRESET PATTERNS The PTZ tab allows you to configure a PTZ camera to cycle through a series of preset camera views Up to six presets can be included in the pattern the presets are configured on the PTZ Settings tab on the Monitor page To configure a PTZ pattern complete the following steps on the PTZ tab 1 Select a camera from the camera list 2 In the Pattern Setup area create the pattern in the list on the right side using presets from the left side To add a preset to the pattern select the preset in the left list and click Add To remove a preset from the pattern select the preset in the right list and click Remove To reorder a preset in the pattern select it and click Move Up or Move Down A preset can be included in the pattern multiple times 3 Select a delay from 3 to 60 seconds This is the amount of time that the camera pauses at each prese
80. istrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Changed the frame rate on camera 3 to Max 9 27 2002 07 56 51 Administrator SetupPage Hardware Tab Changed the frame rate on camera 4 to Max DVX5 RemoteView This chapter provides information about RemoteView an application that allows you to view live and recorded video from a DVX 500 system on any remote client computer via a network or regular phone line The following topics are included in this chapter An overview of RemoteView Installing Remote View and connecting clients and servers Downloading and viewing live video Searching for and viewing recorded video Setting passwords increasing download speed exporting video and more Remote View is a useful application that is easy to install and operate How ever configuring the remote client and server can be difficult if you do not understand IP addresses network connections and other related topics You may need help from your information systems manager or another per son familiar with those topics to help you connect your remote clients INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple _II INTEGRAL Technologies Ge 84 INTRODUCTION TO REMOTEVIEW RemoteView is an application that allows you to connect to a DVX 500 system view live and recorded video and configure the system remotely from any remote client computer via a network or regular phone line The remote client does not need to
81. it from the Alarm drop down list By default alarm input names are based on the alarm input number After you select the alarm input click on its name in the Alarm field and enter a new name No matter what you name the alarm input its location appears in the box below the Alarm field when you select the input Figure 14 The Alarms tab allows you to determine which ai trigger Pen x fens OI WMG Has cameras To assign cameras to alarms complete the following steps using Figure 14 as a Choose an alarm from the Alarm drop down list Choose up to four cameras that should begin recording when the cho sen alarm is activated You can choose each camera from the drop down lists in the Assigned Cameras area If you want to choose fewer than four cameras leave the remaining boxes on Ignore If you choose a camera configured for PTZ on the PTZ tab you can select a preset for the camera to pan to if an alarm occurs on the selected input To do this select Activate PTZ Preset and then select a preset number If the alarm is normally in a closed state that is if the alarm is triggered when the circuit is broken choose Normally Closed Otherwise leave this option unchecked Set the maximum duration that the selected cameras should record video after an alarm trigger To do this use the up and down arrows in the Duration field the duration is measured in seconds In Alarm mode MasterControl records video until the alar
82. l Cameras en 29 2 5 5 Servers Record al Today gt Everyday Schedule AO 12 43 1A 15 18 17 1a 1 A A 2 A Aa PA EEA E Nea EA Lorre EEEN AE eae r lara A E a El DVX5 7 Figure 54 The Schedule page allows you to remotely set record ing schedules on the DVX 500 system 109 Bei INTEGRAL Technologies 110 Pd REMOTEVIEW SERVER SETTINGS The Setup page in MasterControl on the DVX 500 system allows you to control several RemoteView connection options See the RemoteView Server Settings section of the MasterControl Configuration chapter for more information DVX5 11 Appendix A Plug ins and Utilities INTEGRAL amp Technologies e Security Intelligence Made Simple _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 55 In this case Plugin Loader is on the far right in the MasterControl icon tray 112 INTRODUCTION TO DVX 500 PLUG INS DVX 500 plug ins are standalone applications that provide increased functional ity to a DVX 500 system The following plug ins are available for DVX 500 sys tems e DVXMonitor This plug in controls the watchdog which protects your DVX system in the event of several types of failures or unauthorized actions e MotionAlarm This plug in activates the DVX 500 output trigger when a motion event occurs within user defined parameters e DVXNotify This plug in sends an email and activates th
83. l messages to be sent to all addresses in the group The following events can be monitored for this purpose e Alarm Input Activation and Alarm Input Deactivation This refers to the triggering and resetting of the DVX 500 alarm inputs as config ured in MasterControl Select which alarm inputs are monitored by DVXNotify e Video Signal Lost and Video Signal Restored Select which camera inputs are monitored for video signal loss by DVXNotify e Scene Lost and Scene Restored Select which camera inputs are monitored for scene loss by DVXNotify e Motion Events Select which camera inputs are monitored for motion events by DVXNotify Also select Frames Per Event the number of motion images required to trigger the alarm output and Event Timeout the number of motionless seconds required to restart the count of motion images e Other Events Select from several other events or actions for DVXNotify to monitor including MasterControl startup or exit sys tem restart recording start or stop and successful or failed login Now you can configure how often and which days email can be sent to each ad dress in the group To do this select the email address in the Email Settings list and configure the following settings 1 Select the Frequency to determine how often email messages can be sent to the address Following are the Frequency options e Real time Email an email sent for each occurrence of a selected condition or action
84. m is returned to its normal state or until the maximum duration is reached whichever occurs first A du ration of 0 causes recording to proceed until the alarm is returned to its normal state For example suppose you set the Duration field to 120 If the alarm is triggered for one minute MasterControl will record video for only that minute However if the alarm is triggered for an hour perhaps if a door or window is left open MasterControl will record for only the two min utes 120 seconds and then stop This feature prevents MasterControl from filling the disk with video long after the actual security breach oc curs When the alarm is configured properly click the Activate button DVX 00 35 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies ALARM SCHEDULING The Alarms tab allows special scheduling of alarm recording If you leave the Al ways On checkbox selected an alarm on the input will always trigger recording on the specified cameras regardless of the schedule you create on the Schedule page see Setting a Recording Schedule in the MasterControl Operation chapter for more information If you deselect Always On you can specify a schedule for when all alarms on the input should trigger recording on the specified cameras You can set an alarm recording schedule for both weekdays and weekends BENEFITS OF EACH ALARM SCHEDULING METHOD The Alarms tab is not the only location where you can schedule alarm recordin
85. meras and select a scale Scale Level 0 is equal to the image size and quality of video captured on the server Scale Level 5 creates images sizes much smaller the original image size but with very little detail Even though video be comes more fuzzy or blurry as you increase the Scale Level you can still detect important events occurring onscreen DVX 00 95 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Ge Figure 46 The Tour bar appears at the bottom of the screen when you start a tour 96 CAMERA DISPLAY TOURS Saved camera view configurations can be used to create tours To create a tour complete the following steps 1 Select Tours from the Config menu and click New 2 Select the first view in the tour on the left and click the right arrows to move it to the right Repeat for the second view in the tour and then each additional view that you want to include in the tour 3 You can move a view in the order by selecting it on the right and clicking Move Up or Move Down You can remove a view by selecting it on the right and clicking Remove 4 Enter a tour name 5 Select a time interval 6 ClickOK To start a tour select Tours from the Config menu select a tour and click Begin To pause a tour click the Pause button on the Tour bar at the bottom of the screen see Figure 46 this does not freeze video To resume the tour click the Play but ton on the Tour bar or change the view by selecting the left or right arr
86. n When video is archived it still remains on the DVX 500 disk until re corded over when MasterControl reaches its disk threshold You can prevent MasterControl from recording over data that has not yet been archived by selecting the Don t Delete Unarchived Data option on the Disk tab Ifa drive is full you are asked if you want to archive over old data before any archiving proceeds using that device DVX 00 47 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 Figure 20 The PTZ tab allows you to configure the camera type and preset tours for connected PTZ cameras 48 CONFIGURING PTZ CAMERAS The PTZ tab see Figure 20 allows you to select PTZ camera types and presets To configure a PTZ camera complete the following steps 1 2 On the Setup page select the PTZ tab Click the checkbox of the PTZ camera in the Camera Name column Select the Camera Type from the drop down list in the Camera Settings area Only supported PTZ camera types are listed Select the COM port that the PTZ camera is connected to from the drop down list in the Camera Settings area See the PTZ installation guide to determine which COM port the PTZ camera is connected to Select the camera address from the Address drop down list The address is set directly on the camera see your PTZ installation manual or the camera s documentation for details After you configure the PTZ camera you can control its pan tilt and zoom func t
87. n even if no camera is actually hooked up to the input You can also have MasterControl search for the new camera by clicking Rescan When you disconnect a camera you can either click Rescan or manually deselect the camera input from the Camera Detection window To have MasterControl recognize a specific camera input combination every time you start the application select the appropriate camera inputs and then choose Use as the Default Configuration Then MasterControl will skip its scan during startup and activate all camera inputs you selected To return to having MasterControl scan for cameras during startup deselect Use as the Default Con figuration and then click Accept IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT DAY NIGHT AUTOSWITCHING CAMERAS If you connect a day night camera that automatically switches to black and white during hours of low light you must manually configure the camera on the Camera Detection page Failure to do so could interfere with the proper capture of video from that camera To configure a day night camera complete the following steps Select the camera in the Camera Detection window Select Day Night from the Camera Type drop down list Repeat for each day night camera Select the Use As the Default Configuration option Click Accept As long as Use As the Default Configuration is selected MasterControl will not try to scan the cameras during startup If you click Rescan you must configure the day night cameras again us
88. n and select Properties 4 Select the Server Types tab and select PPP 5 Select the checkbox only for TCP IP Deselect all other checkboxes 6 Click OK USING THE DIAL UP CONNECTION To connect to the DVX 500 system complete the following steps on the client computer 1 Double click the icon for the dial up connection you created in the previ ous procedure 2 Enter the user name and password configured on the server 3 Click Connect Wait for the client computer to connect to the DVX 500 system See the following sections for information on running and configuring RemoteView 88 RUNNING THE REMOTEVIEW SOFTWARE Torun RemoteView ona remote client select Start Programs Integral RemoteView and Remote View Client or wherever you chose to install the shortcut The Moni tor page see Figure 40 is the default screen displayed when you run RemoteView 3 7 E RE REF E zie a EDS 5w Door Bottigh gt ga muoma afd HBS traning Door High E mm se H When you first run RemoteView you are asked if you would like to add a server If you click Yes you are asked to enter the following information see Figure 41 e Server Name a name for the DVX 500 system This name is used only by the client computer on which the name is entered The name can be any combination of numbers letters and symbols e IPAddress the TCP IP address of the DVX 500 system or its computer name on the
89. n exist for each of the con figurations Default configurations initially display cameras in order of their input number but you can change this You can also create new views using any of the multi camera configurations To create a multi camera view complete the following steps 1 Select one of the six multi camera configuration buttons This displays a model of the configuration that shows its arrangement of video windows 2 Select a camera from the Camera Name list and drag it to a video window in the configuration model Repeat for each camera that you want dis played in this multi camera view 3 Click Save View and name the view To change an existing view including a default view select it from the View List and perform step 2 from the preceding instructions To delete a view select it from the View List and click Delete View Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alarms Outputs Multiut osD Pz m Views HHE E EE Output 1 Camera Name P Camera 1 P Camera 2 P4 Camera 3 P4 Camera 4 P Camera 5 P Camera 6 Camera 7 FH Default 3x3 FH Default 4x4 A Default 7 Camera FA Default 10 Camera DVX5 7 Figure 16 The MultiOut tab allows you to configure the DVX 500 system s multi camera output 39 Sa INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ne Figure 17 The OSD Setup tab allows you to configure the text that appears on the external monitor
90. nable DHCP IV Enable IP Filtering ration IPAddess ig2icsos2 TCP Potts Allowed UDP Ports Allowed Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Sm BH Gateway 192168 0 254 Lee xl DNS i92168 0 10 Add Add Remove Remove e Printers This tab allows you to configure Printers using the Windows Add Printer Wizard e DUA This tab allows you to select a local update server to update Win dows on a regular interval 126 DVX5 7 Appendix B Synchronizing DVX 500 Clocks INTEGRAL amp Technologies AA Security Intelligence Made Simple _II INTEGRAL Technologies 128 The Windows Time Service is used to synchronize clocks on DVX 500 systems A source computer is required and a master source is optional A source can be any NTP server accessible over a network that reliably maintains the current date and time The Time Service is installed and configured on all DVX 500 systems by default You must reconfigure the Time Service if you want to do one of the following To configure a DVX 500 component to point to a source or master source com puter complete the following steps on the component you must have access to the Windows Desktop From the Start menu open Programs Accessories and Command Prompt Type the following in Command Prompt pressing Enter at the end net time setsntp sourcecomputer where sourcecomputer is the IP address or computer name of the source or master s
91. nd at the top of the MasterControl screen are your links to the following pages Monitor E Schedule Search Setup Help a 2 ve The Monitor page is the primary way to monitor connected cameras You can view live video from user selectable groups of cameras The Schedule page allows you to control how and when video is recorded from each camera input Cameras can eas ily be set individually or in groups The Search page allows you to search for and view recorded video Just enter a time period and whether you want to search for all video or for events only The Setup page is the master page for configuring disk us age procedures hardware system users motion masks archiving PTZ and more The Help button allows you to search for help or choose from a menu of help topics The Exit button closes the MasterControl program DVX 00 13 Ea INTEGRAL 6 Technologies 9 THE STATUS BAR The narrow status bar at the bottom of the MasterControl screen see Figure 5 contains the following information The current date and time See Appendix B Synchronizing DVX 500 Clocks for important in formation about maintaining the current date and time on your DVX 500 system Figure 5 The status bar contains useful information about the time of day recording mode and disk usage 14 The recording status of up to 32 camera inputs The inputs are repre sented by boxes with
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93. net card into the remote client by following the manufacturer s instructions After that you must physically connect the DVX 500 system to the network or phone lines Then you can proceed with the following configuration steps on the remote client 1 Install Dial Up Networking for direct dial only 2 Install TCP IP 3 Obtain IP addresses and connect to the server Consult with your IS manager for exact instructions based on the operating sys tem used on the client computer INSTALLING THE REMOTEVIEW SOFTWARE Remote View Server is automatically included in the MasterControl installation simply leave RemoteView Server running on the DVX 500 system at all times To install Remote View on the remote client insert the Remote View CD and choose the components you want to install If the disk doesn t auto run manually run SETUP EXE from the CD The following components are available RemoteView Client is required to connect to any DVX 500 system using RemoteView RemoteView Admin Configuration Page is used for remote configura tion of aDVX 500 system RemoteView Alarm Management Page is used to view alarm video in RemoteView instantaneously RemoteView Schedule Configuration Page is used to set up recording schedules on the DVX 500 system Integral Media Player is used to play back individual XPV files the video files recorded by DVX 500 that you can export to any accessible storage location You can also save bitmaps or
94. network e Username a user ID configured on the DVX 500 system e Password the password associated with the user ID as configured on the DVX 500 system Leaving the password blank here causes RemoteView to ask for a password every time you try to connect to this server continued DVX 00 Figure 40 RemoteView allows you to view live video from multiple cameras on your remote client computer 89 _II INTEGRAL amp Technologies K Figure 41 xi m Server The Server Configu ration window is g Server Name over used to identify IP Address 192 168 0 1 DVX 500 systems to connect to using aie RemoteView re Username brodriguez Password r Defaults gh Default Scale fi x Find __ Cancel e Default Scale the default quality of video displayed for this server e Find opens the Find Servers window See The Servers Page for a complete description of this feature After you enter this information click OK to add the server and run RemoteView IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PASSWORDS RemoteView does not accept blank passwords If you have a blank pass word in MasterControl you must create a separate account in MasterControl or the RemoteView Admin page that includes a password to be able to log on from a remote client Also if you want to remain logged on remotely and still access the Setup page in MasterControl you must log on to RemoteView with Us
95. nly the most noticeable activity or any slight movements This sensitivity can be adjusted on the Setup page see the Configuring Motion Detection section of the MasterControl Configu ration chapter Free green records video for the entire length of time you specify on the Schedule page For more information about the Alarms tab and special alarm schedules see As signing Cameras to Alarms in the MasterControl Configuration chapter When you set Alarm mode for a camera on the Schedule page only alarm events are recorded for that camera If you want recording to continue in Free or Motion mode for that camera while alarms are not occurring you can create a special alarm recording schedule on the Alarms tab on the Setup page The benefits of using the scheduler on the Alarms tab are explained in the Assigning Cameras to Alarms section of the MasterControl Configuration chapter SETTING A RECORDING SCHEDULE To schedule MasterControl to automatically begin recording at regular or custom times go to the Schedule page see Figure 27 There you can set up a recording schedule for weekdays weekends or any unusual days such as holidays that may not fall under either of those schedules All the cameras can record on the same schedule or each camera can be scheduled separately First you need to understand the timelines At the bottom of the Schedule page are stacked timelines with camera
96. o configure the amount of pre and post alarm recording that should occur se lect Pre Post Alarm Time from the Configuration menu Enter the times in seconds and click OK Integral Remote iew Remote Alarm Management A File Configuration View Window Help 0 Aaga Servers Monitor Search Setup Alarms Schedule Help F e D 1710 2002 5 04 48 256 Serer Alam Camera Date Time Started Time Finished State Alarm 2 Front Lawn 1 10 2002 5 08 18 PM 08 Alam 2 Front Lawn 1 10 2002 5 08 14 PM Alarm 3 Lobby 1 10 2002 5 07 58 PM Alam 2 Front Lawn 1 10 2002 5 05 49 PM Alam 1 Break Room 1710 2002 5 05 33 PM Alarm 3 Lobby 1 10 2002 5 05 29 PM Alam 2 Front Lawn 1 10 2002 5 05 25 PM Alarm 3 Lobby 1 10 2002 5 04 54 PM Alam 1 Break Room 1 10 2002 5 04 47 PM Alam 2 Front Lawn 1 10 2002 5 04 36 PM Alarm 3 Lobby 1410 2002 5 04 30 PM THE SCHEDULE PAGE The Schedule page in RemoteView see Figure 54 is nearly identical to the Sched ule page in MasterControl The only difference in RemoteView is the lack of the Auto Run Schedule option For a complete description of this page see the MasterControl Operation chapter in this manual Integral Remote iew Remote Schedule 5 lol xj lal xj QGB A320 Servers Monitor Search Setup Alarms Schedule September 2003 September z 2003 v Schedule Mode Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 7 Everyday Default z Apply Schedule r Clear Schedule Curent Day Only z Set Al
97. o deactivate the alarm output Under Delay Between Alarms select the minimum amount of time in sec onds between output trigger activations If a second alarm occurs be fore this amount of time has elapsed after the end of the first trigger the second alarm is ignored continued DVX 00 123 INTEGRAL Technologies 124 In the tree on the right side of the tab select from the following condi tions and actions that can trigger the alarm output e Alarm Activation Select the alarm inputs for DV XNotify to monitor for activation If the Minimum Latch Time equals zero the alarm out put is triggered until the alarm input is deactivated e Video Signal Loss Select the camera inputs for DV XNotify to moni tor for video signal loss If the Minimum Latch Time equals zero the alarm output is triggered until the video is restored to the camera input e Video Scene Loss Select the camera inputs for DVXNotify to moni tor for scene loss which means that the video signal is still present but the camera sees only one consistent color if it is covered or the lens is painted black for example Ifthe Minimum Latch Time equals zero the alarm output is triggered until the camera is returned to normal operation e Other Events Select whether you want DVXNotify to monitor the termination of recording either Recording Stop or Recording Hard Stop Ifthe Minimum Latch Time equals zero the termination of re cording
98. ocal time for the DVX 500 system When you change the DVX 500 date and time click Update to apply them You must select a connected server from the Servers list to view information or apply settings on the Server Setup tab DVX5 97 Figure 52 The Server Setup tab allows you to limit bandwidth usage download log files and more 107 _II INTEGRAL amp Technologies amp Figure 53 The Alarms page allows you to simultaneously view alarms and live video from the same camera 108 THE ALARMS PAGE To install or upgrade Remote View to include the Alarms page select RemoteView Alarm Management Page when asked which components you would like to install The Alarms page contains a list of all alarm events that have occurred on a server since you last connected to it see Figure 53 The list sorts alarm events by the server camera and alarm input they occurred on the date and time they occurred and the current state ALM currently in alarm or RTN returned to normal If you double click on an alarm event or highlight it and click Play the left video window displays the event video while the right video window displays live video from the same camera If there are no alarms currently displayed in the video win dows the next alarm that occurs is automatically displayed along with live video To delete events from the list highlight one or more events and press Delete on the computer keyboard T
99. of a block would have to change for it to be considered part of a motion event Thus if you adjusted the Number of Blocks slider to 10 of 20 at least 30 percent of at least 10 of the 20 blocks would have to change for a frame to be displayed during playback 6 Click Search The first frame in which the defined number of blocks change the minimum amount is displayed If you begin a SmartSearch in the middle of the video segment the SmartSearch finds the next valid motion event it doesn t begin the search at the beginning of the segment After you find a valid motion event continue playing the video from that point or click Search again to jump to the next frame that meets the defined parameters external monitor or other analog by selecting the Aux Output check box The recorded video is displayed on Output 1 SEARCHING FOR ARCHIVED VIDEO USING THE SEARCH PAGE When you run a search any results that include video clips that have been saved to an archive device are listed on the Archive tab on the Search page with one result listed per one minute segment If you click on one of these search results the video is restored to the MasterControl database and listed on the Day and Camera tabs and the Events and Alarms tabs if applicable You can then click on the restored clip on one of these tabs for playback export and so on When you are done viewing restored video you are responsible for deleting the video files because Mast
100. of each of the MasterControl functions MasterControl Configuration helps you set up MasterControl for ev eryday use For example it includes information on setting up user per missions naming cameras and configuring hardware to your desired performance level MasterControl Operation explains the primary functions of MasterControl From viewing and capturing video to learning the impor tant scheduling feature this chapter shows you how to actually operate MasterControl for your daily security needs RemoteView describes the RemoteView software including details about downloading live and recorded video from a remote client PC Appendix A Plug ins and Utilities describes the standalone applica tions available on a DVX 500 system Appendix B Synchronizing DVX 500 Clocks describes a procedure that allows you to synchronize the Windows time of multiple DVX 500 systems to a master source on a network Appendix C Technical Support and Warranty Information If you require further assistance with your DVX 500 system than this manual of fers please refer to the technical support information available in Appendix C DVX5 1 INTEGRAL amp Technologies PRECAUTIONS RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN To reduce risk of electric shock do not remove the cover or back of the DVX 500 system There are no user serviceable parts inside Re fer servicing to qualified personnel only LITHIUM BA
101. ogies SEARCHING FOR RECORDED VIDEO MasterControl provides a search function to allow you to find recorded video To search for video you must enter a time period starting time and stopping time and the type of video you are looking for motion events alarm events or all video To perform a search complete the following steps 1 70 Click the Search function button to go to the Search page see Figure 33 and then select the Search tab In the From area enter the starting date month day year of your search period in the first field by clicking the numbers and typing your date You can also use the down arrow to call up a calendar of the current month and then click a date or use the side arrows to choose a different month In the other field in the From area select a starting time hour minute second am pm You can click the numbers and type in your entries or you can use the arrows provided to change the numbers in crementally Repeat steps 2 and 3 in the To area to enter the stopping date and time for your search period Click the Motion or Alarm boxes if you want to search only for video captured in Motion mode Alarm mode or both You can also select Scene Loss to search specifically for video segments that contain the loss of video despite the presence of a video signal If you leave these boxes blank MasterControl will search for all types of video In the Include Cameras list click all t
102. or which the user can control PTZ functions Select a user from the User Name drop down list and then one of the tabs see Figure 12 Then select which cameras the user can view or control depending on the right designated by the selected tab To completely restrict the viewing of video from a camera for the selected user deselect the camera from the All tab Security All Live Search PTZ Mid vg M 17 M 25 M2 M 10 M 18 M 26 M3 M 11 M 19 M 27 M4 M 12 M 20 M 28 M5 M 13 M 21 M 29 M 6 M 14 M 22 M 30 M7 M 15 M 23 M 3 M8 M 16 M 24 M 32 DVX5 7 Figure 12 The All Live Search and PTZ tabs on the Users tab allow you to hide certain cameras from specific users 25 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 SECURITY FEATURES It is recommended that you do not use your DVX 500 system for anything other than operating the MasterControl software Wandering to other parts of the sys tem could damage its intended functionality so do this at your own risk With this is mind MasterControl offers several methods to prevent users from exploring other areas of the DVX 500 system For example the Users tab contains the following options on the Security tab e Enable Kiosk Mode covers the Windows Desktop and task bar during MasterControl operation When used with Restrict Explorer Functional ity access to the Desktop and task bar is completely eliminated while MasterControl is running If you choose to keep Enable Kiosk
103. orize it using Manage MCDB Manage MCDB x Install Rebuild Administrator m Authorized Accounts X TESTING26 Guest X TESTING26 DVx1 X TESTING26 Administrator Change sa password New sa password Confirm sa password Change Password Double click on the Account to enable or disable it lt Previous Finish DVX5 00 Figure 3 Manage MCDB allows you to access the MasterControl database INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 CHANGING THE SQL SERVER PASSWORD The default password for the sa account which is used to access SQL Server is letmein If you need to change the sa account password for any reason com plete the following steps while logged on to Windows with Administrator permis sions 1 From the C Program Files Integral MasterControl directory run ManageMCDB EXE 2 Click Next twice to view the Administrator tab refer to Figure 3 3 Enter the new password and confirm it Close Manage MCDB when fin ished 10 DVX500 Getting Familiar with MasterControl The MasterControl screen provides an easy way to navigate the program s many features Included in this chapter is basic information about the fol lowing aspects of the user interface e The function buttons e The operation area e The status bar Also in this chapter are brief descriptions of the areas of MasterControl that the function buttons link to Detailed information a
104. ource computer From the Start menu open Settings Control Panel Administrative Tools and Services Scroll down to Windows Time If the service is already started you MUST RESTART it To do this right click the service and select Stop When it is stopped right click the service again and select Start If the service isn t started when you open Services right click it and se lect Start In Services verify that the Startup Type for the Time Service is set to Automatic If it is not right click the service select Properties and se lect Automatic for the Startup Type DVX500 Appendix C Technical Support and Certifications INTEGRAL ree oR Security Intelligence Made Simple INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ge 130 TECHNICAL SUPPORT Integral Technologies is committed to providing you with superior technical and engineering support Many questions and other issues can be resolved with a visit to the following web site http www integraltech com support html This web site contains Frequently Asked Questions and other useful information about your DVX 500 product If you need additional help with your DVX 500 hardware or MasterControl soft ware please have the following information available e The version number of MasterControl click the Integral Technologies logo in the application to see this number e Acomplete description of the problem including error messages and in structions
105. ow To end the tour click Stop on the Tour bar Tour One ofa 1 4 KJLI OTHER MONITOR PAGE FEATURES The Monitor page also includes the following features To display the camera name and time on a video window right click the window and select Overlay or select Overlay and On from the View menu to turn on overlay for all windows with video The colored boxes that occasionally surround the video windows indi cate that a motion blue or alarm red event is currently being recorded Right clicking a window also displays the Dbl Click Target option If you choose this option the window you right clicked will display video from any window you double click This is convenient in window configura tions that contain both small and large camera display windows For ex ample you can select Dbl Click Target on a large window and then double click a small window to show its camera on the larger window You can repeat this action on the large window until you deselect Dbl Click Tar get or select that option for a different window The Stop button on the window configuration toolbar freezes live video in all windows To unfreeze the video click the Stop button again There are three Drag Modes or ways to move video on the Monitor page The following drag modes are available on the Config menu e Swap If you drag video from one window into a second window the video from the second window is then displayed in the first window e Copy
106. print still images using Integral Media Player Transactional Data Interface is used with the transactional data server software purchased as an separate option For instructions on using the transactional data interface see the separate documentation shipped with your DVX 500 system You can install as many components as you want but you must include RemoteView Client if you want to install the configuration alarm management or schedule configuration pages or the transactional data interface DVX 00 85 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Ge 86 CONFIGURING A DIAL UP CONNECTION If your DVX 500 has a modem installed you must configure it to accept dial up connections and then configure the connection from the client computer The following sections describe these procedures CONFIGURING THE DVX 500 SERVER FOR INCOMING CONNECTIONS To configure the DVX 500 server to accept incoming connections complete the following steps on the DVX 500 system 1 2 Exit MasterControl From the Start menu select Settings Network and Dial Up Connec tions and then Make New Connection If prompted enter your location information and confirm it When the Network Connection Wizard starts click Next Select Accept Incoming Connections and click Next In the Connection Devices list select the checkbox for the modem and click Next Select Do Not Allow Virtual Private Connections and click Next 10 11 12 DVX5
107. propriate camera Click and drag until the box that appears extends to the desired stopping time By default the box turns green indicating the Free recording mode To adjust the starting and stopping times hover the cursor over the left or right wall of the schedule box you created When the cursor becomes a left right arrow click and drag to the left or right until the box is lined up with the desired time To move the entire box left or right hover over the middle of the schedule box and drag to the left or right To change the recording mode right click on the schedule box you cre ated This displays a menu containing four choices Motion Alarm Free Run and Delete completely deletes the schedule box The following sections describe how to quickly set up simple and default sched ules 60 The schedule bars default to 15 minute intervals If you begin draw ing a schedule box between 15 minute tick marks on the timeline the box defaults to the previous tick mark QUICK SETUP FOR SIMPLE SCHEDULES The three color coded buttons Motion Alarm and Free in the Select Mode area allow you to quickly set up all cameras to record in the same mode To do this click on the appropriate button and then click Set All Cameras If you select the Motion button all the schedule bars turn blue if you select Alarm all the bars turn red and so on Even when using the quick setup you can individually adjust the boxes after you
108. ra output Figure 24 The PTZ tab on the Monitor page allows you to control PTZ cameras 55 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Figure 25 The PTZ Settings tab on the Monitor page allows you to configure presets on your PTZ cameras 56 Buttons A F allow you to configure six presets for each camera The preset can force the camera to point in the configured direction or perform a manufacturer s preset function To configure a preset complete one of the following procedures e To configure a preset button to point a camera ina specific direction use the joystick to point the camera right click the preset button and select Set Preset e To configure a preset button to activate a camera function right click the preset button and select Assign Preset Button In the Assign PTZ Preset Button window enter the camera manufacturer s preset number for the desired function and click OK To activate the preset camera movement or function simply click on the preset button or right click the button and select Call Preset The PTZ Settings tab see Figure 25 allows you to control the following features of a PTZ camera selected on the Monitor page Main Outputs PTZ PTZ Settings m Camera Speed N ormal r Camera Presets M cat sej Camera Pattern Start Pattern The Camera Speed drop down box controls the speed at which functions occur when selected For
109. ree settings Percentage Area the percentage of an image that must differ from the previous image for MasterControl to recognize motion For example if you set this to 2000 approximately 20 percent of a captured image must differ from the previous captured image for MasterControl to begin re cording Sensitivity the pixel value change required for MasterControl to rec ognize motion For example suppose you set a high Sensitivity level If each pixel of video changes only a little bit perhaps if it falls into a dim shadow recording is not triggered Number of Frames Between Reference allows MasterControl to con tinuously create a new reference image to compare future images to For example if a location being captured is becoming darker perhaps if the sun is setting MasterControl can reset its reference image every 50 im ages so that light level changes that occur during that time aren t com pared to drastically different light levels that were present more than 50 images earlier See the previous section Understanding Motion Detection for a more techni cal explanation of how motion detection works DVX 00 33 _II A INTEGRAL amp Technologies ASSIGNING CAMERAS TO ALARMS Sixteen alarm inputs are available on DVX 500 systems The Alarms tab on the Setup page allows you to associate cameras with alarms and set up what should happen when trigger events occur To name an alarm input select
110. rence The 99th frame would be compared to the first frame whereas the 101st frame would be compared to the 100th frame BLOCK DIFFERENCE Each smaller image captured along with the compressed frame is made up of 330 blocks arranged 22x15 Each time a new image is captured its smaller image is compared block by block with the reference frame for that camera If the brightness of a block differs from the reference frame by more than the Sensitivity value the block is considered changed The Sensitivity setting is a percentage times 100 For example a value of 100 indicates 1 percent 5000 indicates 50 percent and so on A brightness change 30 from black to white would be a change of 10000 or 100 This comparison is performed for all 330 blocks in the frames The total num ber of blocks that have changed is counted and used with the Percentage Area setting as described in the following section PERCENTAGE AREA The final step in motion detection is to compare the number of blocks that have changed as determined in the previous step to the threshold com puted from the Percentage Area setting If this threshold is reached motion is detected Percentage Area is the percentage of the 330 blocks in the image that need to change for motion to be detected multiplied by 100 For example a Per centage Area setting of 250 2 5 percent means that more than eight of the blocks 025x330 would have to change for motion to be detec
111. rity The highest level of security requires the following configura tion Kiosk Mode enabled Shutdown or restart enabled in the On Exit drop down list Restrict User Functionality enabled with all restrictions activated MasterControl placed in the Startup folder it is already there by default Automatically Run This Schedule On Startup selected on the Schedule page see the MasterControl Operation chapter With this level of security only a user logged in with Administrator permissions can access other areas of the DVX 500 system If you implement all Windows restrictions using Restrict User Functionality you can access Windows by click ing the Integral Technologies logo logging in as Administrator and deselecting the options on the Users tab and logging off or restarting the system if neces sary When finished working in Windows remember to reset the restrictions on the Users tab if you want to maintain restricted access to Windows CONFIGURING MOTION DETECTION There are two important steps in configuring motion detection First you can set up a motion mask to cause MasterControl to ignore areas of an image where mo tion events do not need to be recorded Then you can adjust how much motion must occur for MasterControl to begin recording a motion event DVX 00 29 Sa INTEGRAL amp Technologies UNDERSTANDING MOTION DETECTION You can configure MasterControl to recognize various levels and types of mo
112. s onscreen display 40 All of the multi camera views configured on the MultiOut tab are avail able on the Output 1 drop down list on the Monitor page s Outputs tab See the MasterControl Operation chapter for more informa tion CONFIGURING ONSCREEN DISPLAY ON VIDEO OUTPUTS The OSD tab see Figure 17 allows you to control the text on an external monitor s onscreen display not available when displaying video from a single camera The tab contains a grid that lets you select where a camera s name the date and the time are located on the onscreen display Each box on the grid represents the size of one character Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alams asp pz Outputs Multilut Camera Select OSD Enable Camera 1 x IV Camera Name Biv Date Apply to all cameras By Time J European Date Format Apply To change a text location perform the following steps on the OSD tab not avail able while recording 1 Choose a camera from the Camera Select drop down list 2 Inthe OSD Enable area click the information that you want displayed Each item is represented by a color as follows Camera Name green Date blue and Time red 3 Click on the appropriate colored bar and drag it to the desired location on the screen Do not let any of the colored bars overlap 4 Ifyou want all cameras to use this OSD setup click on Apply to All Cam eras Otherwise repeat steps 1 3 for the ot
113. s not allow you to manage the Security features found in MasterControl such as Kiosk mode and the shutdown options You also cannot disable a user s account using RemoteView Admin ALARMS TAB The RemoteView Alarms tab is identical to the MasterControl Alarms tab except that it does not allow you to select a PTZ preset for a camera to pan to upon the occurrence of an alarm SERVER SETUP TAB The Server Setup tab contains four sections pertaining to system maintenance and monitoring see Figure 52 e Info a list of DVX 500 version numbers This includes an overall prod uct version number along with system software and server software ver sion numbers e Throttle an option that allows you to limit the bandwidth used to communicate to the DVX 500 system from all client computers To limit bandwidth usage select Enable Data Rate Throttling and enter the maxi mum data transfer rate in bytes per second Click Apply when finished Video from the DVX 500 system is transmitted at the fastest possible rate allowed for the connection Crea a E e e Log File a button that allows you to download the log file from the DVX 500 system This file is a list of users who have connected to the DVX 500 system along with the time and date of the connection Click ing Download Log File allows you to save the file locally or elsewhere on the network e Server Time a date and time configurator The date you set here be comes the l
114. se steps for each group you want to create To delete a group select it and click Delete Group on the DVXNotify tab To delete an email address from a group select it and click Delete Account in the Edit Group window If you are monitoring for motion events you might want to choose a Frequency other than Real Time Email or 1Email Minute If a large number of noncritical motion events occur the mail server and email recipients could be overwhelmed with messages if email is sent too frequently 122 ALARM OUTPUT NOTIFICATION To configure which events cause DVXNotify to trigger the normally open alarm output complete the following steps you must be logged on to MasterControl with Administrator or Supervisor permissions 1 Open the Plugin Properties window by clicking the MCPlugin icon in the system tray and then select the DV XNotify tab refer to Figure 60 Make sure Disable Alarm Output Notification is not selected Select the Minimum Latch Time the minimum number of seconds that the alarm output will be triggered when the selected events occur If the event is shorter than the Minimum Latch Time the alarm output is trig gered for the duration of this setting or until you click Reset Alarm Out put if the event is longer than the Minimum Latch Time the alarm out put is triggered for the duration of the event Alternatively you can se lect Manual Reset Required which requires you to click Reset Alarm Output t
115. t Video window appears 4 Select an Export Size 5 Select a video type XPress Video xpv AVI File avi or Self Ex tracting Executable exe in the Save As Type field Choose a loca tion type a filename and click Save 6 Ifyou chose AVI enter a Frames Sec rate The video segment is now saved in the location you specified If a video segment is very large you might want to edit it before you export it The image displayed on the Search page when you click Export becomes the first image in the exported clip Thus you can play back the video segment on the Search page and then start the export when the video of interest begins Another way to shorten a video segment for export is to perform a new search with a shorter Duration 104 THE SETUP PAGE To install or upgrade RemoteView to include the Setup page select RemoteView Admin Configuration Page when asked which compo nents you would like to install RemoteView allows you to remotely configure DVX 500 systems The Setup page contains several tabs that control different aspects of the DVX 500 configuration The Display Hardware Disk Motion and Outputs tabs are identical to the tabs on the MasterControl Setup page The OSD Archive and PTZ tabs available in MasterControl are not available in RemoteView For a complete description of each tab see the MasterControl Configuration chapter in this manual The following sections describe
116. t before proceeding to the next preset in the pattern To activate the pattern select the camera s video window on the Monitor page and click Start Pattern on the PTZ Settings tab DVX 00 49 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies 9 Figure 21 The Remote View Server Setting section allows you to control the amount of data that can be transmitted from the DVX 500 system to a remote client computer 50 REMOTEVIEW SERVER SETTINGS RemoteView Server allows client computers to connect to the DVX 500 system using Remote View Remote View Server settings are configured on the Setup page in the area below the video window see Figure 21 The following RemoteView Server settings are available e Enable Data Rate Throttling Selecting this activates the following two data rate throttling settings e Max Data Rate Video from the DVX 500 system is transmitted to remote client computers at this rate The RemoteView Server icon in the MasterControl icon tray allows you to discon nect users that are logged on to the DVX 500 system using RemoteView To do this right click on this icon and select either Drop Remote Administrator or Drop All Connected Users from the pop up menu RemoteView Server Setting lV Enable Data Rate Throttling Max Data Rate i500 bytes sec Apply DVX5 11 MasterControl Operation This chapter contains detailed information about the daily operation of the MasterControl software
117. t up the Easy m Maximum Copy Duration Evidence quick J Fill destination media export feature Bes hs z Amount of video history to se gE EE ETE Minutes 59 v m Cameras To Include M Camera 1 Select All W Camera 2 V Camera 3 Select None Camera 4 W Camera 5 WW Camera 6 z J Bookmark the copied video OK Cancel 78 e Maximum Copy Duration This is the amount of video that the DVX sys tem attempts to export If you select Fill Destination Media the disc or drive is completely filled by the most recent recorded video or until all video is exported Otherwise video from the most recent days hours and minutes selected from the drop down list is exported if video from the selected time period is too large only the most recent video from that time period is exported e Cameras To Include Video is exported for all cameras selected here All camera inputs are listed even if they are not enabled However video from the selected inputs is exported only if the camera is enabled and recorded video from that input is stored on the system e Bookmark the Copied Video This automatically bookmarks the entire range of exported video on the Bookmark tab on the Search page You can then quickly view the video on the Search page by double clicking the bookmark on that tab e Begin a Video Copy Immediately when OK is Pressed This begins an export based on the configuration sel
118. tSearch tab see Figure 34 Click ona search record so that its first frame appears in the view screen In the view screen use the cursor to paint blocks over the areas in which motion events should be played back All other areas will be ig nored in the SmartSearch To remove a block click it once more and then drag the cursor over any other blocks you want to remove To remove all the blocks click Clear Mask Note the Number of Blocks slider bar Its indicator changes to show the number of blocks you painted in the view screen Now you can adjust the slider to determine how many of the painted blocks must change from one frame to the next for that frame to be displayed during playback For example if you painted 20 blocks and adjusted the slider to 10 of 20 half continued Search Smart Search Sensitivity oo 10 0 Number of Blocks Sa Clear Mask Invert Mask Cancel DVX5 7 Figure 34 SmartSearch allows you to search for motion in specific areas of a cameras view 73 _II INTEGRAL 6 Technologies 74 Tip Tip When you perform a SmartSearch you can display the video on an of the painted region would have to change for a frame to be played back 5 Adjust the Sensitivity slider to indicate how much of a block must change from one frame to the next for it to be considered in the Number of Blocks equation For example if you chose a sensitivity of 30 only 30 percent
119. tabs that are exclusive to RemoteView or that provide different functionality Only users with Administrator permissions can access the Setup page Also you cannot log on to RemoteView as an Administrator if an other RemoteView user or a local user of the DVX 500 system is al ready viewing the Setup page in RemoteView or MasterControl Similarly if an Administrator is logged into Remote View the Setup page is unavailable in MasterControl on the server HOW REMOTEVIEW ADMIN CHANGES ARE APPLIED Changes made on the Setup page in RemoteView are applied to a record ing DVX 500 server within one minute of implementation except for changes on the Display tab which are applied immediately The changes are applied when a one minute file of recorded video is completed on the server which could occur anywhere from 1 to 60 seconds after the changes are implemented in RemoteView In MasterControl the RemoteView Server icon in the icon tray flashes to indicate that changes have been made in RemoteView but have not yet been applied to the DVX 500 server All changes made to a DVX 500 server that is not recording are applied immediately DVX5 17 105 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Ge 106 USERS TAB The list of users configured in MasterControl RemoteView and Remote View Server are identical if you add a user in one application it is automatically added in the others However RemoteView s Users tab doe
120. ted The low est setting you can use is about 30 or 0 3 percent which requires a single block in the image to change from the reference frame for motion to be de tected Setting the Percentage Area smaller than 30 would require zero blocks to change for motion to be detected which means motion would be de tected all the time MASKING BLOCKS Any of the 330 blocks in a frame can be masked Whenever a block is masked it is completely ignored during the block by block comparison A masked block is never counted as one of the blocks that have changed even if it changes completely from black to white If you mask everything in the pic ture motion will never be detected no matter what happens Even if you mask one or more blocks the Percentage Area setting uses all 330 blocks for its computations For example suppose you mask 230 blocks and set Percentage Area to 2000 In this case 20 percent of all 330 blocks or 66 blocks must change for motion to be detected However this requires 66 of the 100 unmasked blocks to change for motion to be detected PAL DIFFERENCES The motion detection process is exactly the same for PAL except that the sizes are slightly different In PAL the original image is 768x576 and the smaller black and white image is 22x18 compared to 22x15 for NTSC DVX 00 31 Ea INTEGRAL amp Technologies Ge Figure 13 Use your mouse to draw a motion mask In this example movement at the
121. that contains the image you want to export so that it is displayed in the view screen 2 Play back the video segment until you locate the image you want to ex port 3 Click Export The Export Video window appears see Figure 51 4 Select an Export Size 5 Select either Bitmap bmp or JPEG jpg in the Save As Type field Choose a location and type a File Name Click Save when you are fin ished The image is now saved in the location you specified Save in 4 My Documents x t c EJ m Export Size 160x120 320x240 C 400x300 C 640x480 760x560 My Pictures AVI Frames Sec 1 File name Save as type Bitmap x Cancel Bitmap xPress Video AMI File JPEG File DVX5 00 Figure 51 The Export Video window contains several options for saving video or individual images 103 _II INTEGRAL 6 Technologies Ge EXPORTING VIDEO RemoteView allows you to export recorded video clips as XPress Video AVI or self extracting executable files To do this complete the following steps 1 Click on the search result you want to export so that it is displayed in the view screen 2 By default Remote View exports the entire search result To select only a portion of the search result for export click on the empty bar below the playback scroll bar and then drag forward or backward to mark the por tion of the video clip that you want to export 3 Click Export The Expor
122. the location of a camera input that is already displayed select the window you want the camera to be displayed in and then select the camera input number The camera input is removed from the previously selected window and displayed in the new window 5 To change the camera displayed in a window select the window and click a new camera input button The previously selected camera input is re placed by the newly selected camera input You can also arrange camera inputs in sequential order by clicking Page Defaults In 2x2 mode this displays cameras 1 4 on the first page cameras 5 8 on the sec ond page and so on until all available camera inputs are displayed In 3x3 and 4x4 modes you may have extra windows on the last page in this case camera is displayed in the first extra window camera 2 in the next extra window and so on until all the windows are filled DVX 00 53 _II INTEGRAL Technologies Cameras can be arranged in any combination The camera arrangement selected in one window configuration 2x2 3x3 and such has no effect on the camera ar rangement selected in the other modes During recording each view screen is surrounded by a border that lights up in the appropriate color when the camera is recording a mo tion or alarm event or when recording in Free mode Also note that the corresponding camera input box on the status bar and number on the camera input button become the same color See th
123. the rear panel see Figure 58 The output provides a dry contact closure and the circuit is normally open DI1 DI2 DI3 9 D4 DI5 DI6 DI7 D8 DIS DI10 DI11 D112 D113 DI14 DI15 DI16 OUTA OUTB Unused GND The plug in runs via MCPlugin exe a program that starts automatically when MasterControl is started When started an MCPlugin icon is located in the sys tem tray refer to Figure 55 Double click on the icon to reveal the Plugin Proper ties window For each camera that you want the plug in to monitor for motion events complete the following steps you must be logged on to MasterControl with Administrator or Supervisor permissions 1 Open the Plugin Properties window by clicking the MCPlugin icon in the system tray and then select the MotionAlarm tab see Figure 59 2 Make sure Disable MotionAlarm is not selected 3 Select a camera from the Camera drop down list 4 Select the number of Consecutive Motion Frames that must occur on that camera input to activate the output trigger Plugin Properties Break Room Adivalo ea 6 00 00 PM 6 00 00 AM 12 00 00 AM 11 59 00 PM 5 Select the Minimum Latch Time the minimum amount of time in sec onds for the alarm output to be activated when the consecutive motion frames threshold is reached 6 Set a schedule for the camera input to be monitored by the plug in or sel
124. tion by going to the Setup page and clicking the Motion tab For example you can adjust the camera s sensitivity to motion configure MasterControl to ignore subtle changes in light level or create a motion mask to identify areas of the video display in which motion should not trigger recording The following sections explain how motion detection works in NTSC the PAL video standard uses slightly different numbers as described later in this section See the Configuring Motion Detection section of this chapter for information on how to set up MasterControl for motion detection THE MOTION DETECTION IMAGE Each time MasterControl captures and compresses an image a smaller black and white version of the image is created This smaller image is used only for motion detection then discarded it is not stored separately from the compressed data All motion detection is done using this smaller image REFERENCE FRAME When recording begins from a camera with motion detection active the first image of video captured becomes the camera s reference frame which fol lowing images are compared to The reference frame is replaced periodically to prevent gradual and inevitable changes such as light levels during sun rise or sunset from being detected as motion The Number of Frames Between Reference setting determines how often the reference frame is updated A setting of 100 for example means that every 100th frame becomes the new refe
125. ults are then listed at the bottom of the screen organized on the following tabs e Day displays a single result for each camera for each day of the search period If the search period was two days long for 16 cameras 32 results are listed assuming all cameras recorded video both days e Camera displays a single result for each camera Each result represents a video segment containing all video captured by an individual camera input during the search period e Events displays a single result for each one minute period that con tained a motion or alarm event e Alarms displays a result for each camera that recorded each alarm event Results contain the alarm name the camera name the type of alarm hard ware or software and the times the alarm was activated and deactivated e Bookmarks displays all bookmarked searches See Bookmarking Video in this chapter for details e Archive displays results for each video segment saved on an archive device available only if an archive device was detected when MasterControl was started DVX 00 Figure 33 The Search page allows you to locate and view captured video 71 _II INTEGRAL 6 Technologies 72 On the first three tabs the information displayed on all tabs includes the camera name the date and time of the start and finish of the video segment the number of motion alarm and scene loss images the total number of images captured an
126. ur and so on The output button can be toggled between a single camera and a multi camera output by simply clicking it When the button displays a camera name the output displays that single camera on the external monitor if the button displays a drop down list the output displays the selected multi camera view on the external moni tor The drop down list contains all multi camera views configured on the MultiOut tab on the Setup page Main Outputs W Camera 1 Tour Running To run a tour on the output click the tour button below the output s button To stop the tour click the button again Tours are enabled and configured on the Outputs tab on the Setup page CONTROLLING PTZ MasterControl allows you to control PTZ cameras configured on the PTZ tab of the Setup page To control a PTZ camera select its video window and then the PTZ tab see Figure 24 The tab allows you to control the pan tilt zoom functions of the camera by clicking and dragging arrows or the center joystick You can also control focus iris and zoom settings PTZ e al 4 z gt tj o Focus Iris Zoom Main Outputs Wles gt amp Default 2x2 Default 3x3 Default 4x4 Default 7 Camera Default 10 Camera Default 13 Cam Kal DVX5 00 Figure 23 The Outputs tab allows you to manually select a camera for display on an external monitor The example on the right shows the output used as a multi came
127. verride the schedule for these changed days DVX5 7 65 _II INTEGRAL Technologies CLEARING SCHEDULES In addition to changing schedules you can also clear certain schedules using the Clear Schedule area ofthe Schedule page see Figure 29 The Clear Schedule area contains three choices e Current Day Only completely clears the displayed schedule The dis played schedule remains or becomes a custom schedule e All Custom Schedules causes all custom schedules to become the ap propriate default schedule for that type of day weekday weekend or everyday e Entire Schedule completely clears all default and custom schedules To activate one of these options select it from the drop down list and click Clear Ina special situation in which you need to make only one custom schedule follow a default schedule display that day choose Current Day Only copy the appropri ate default schedule from another day and paste it to the newly cleared schedule Figure 29 r Clear Schedule The three options in Entire Schedule 7 the Clear Schedule list box allow you to CURENT RETN ied All Custom Schedules clear certain types Entire Schedule of schedules or all schedules There are two important features you should activate so that MasterControl will restart in the case it is improperly shut down such as in the event of a power failure The Automatically Run This Sched ule On Startup option restarts recor
128. ws AVI file 320x240 or 640x480 resolution XPV file which you can play back using Integral Media Player which is installed on DVX 500 or EXE file a completely self contained file that you can play on any computer It is recommended that you always export to the EXPORT D drive a 1GB drive partition reserved specifically for exported images and video Then if you want to copy an exported file to CD insert the disc and follow the onscreen instructions for creating a data CD To view additional export options click on the down arrow next to the Export button This opens a pop up menu with the following options see Figure 36 e Copy To Clipboard saves the displayed still image to the Windows clip board You can then paste the image in another imaging application e Print prints the displayed still image e Mark Selection marks only a portion of the displayed video file for export Place the playback indicator at the portion of the video segment that you want to export and then choose Mark Selection from the pop up menu When the indicator turns red drag it forward to the end of the segment Then click the Export button to save the marked portion of the video file You can also mark a selection by right clicking the slider once and then left clicking and dragging the slider over the selection e Full Screen displays the current video at its largest size You still have access to e a VCR controls and Export button but t
129. ze and one frame per second you can divide up to 447 total prealarm seconds among all those cameras The Memory Used field indi cates the percentage of the prealarm memory that is already assigned To reset any camera input to the default values select the camera and click De fault Values To deselect camera inputs click Select None The Hardware tab is also where you tell MasterControl whether you are using the DVX 500 system in a country that has adopted the NTSC or PAL video standard and resolution Generally countries in the Western Hemisphere including those in North America and South America and United States territories use the NTSC standard countries in the Eastern Hemisphere including those in Europe Africa Australia and much of Asia generally use the PAL standard Notable exceptions are Japan South Korea The Philippines and Taiwan all of which use the NTSC standard 18 MultiQut Archive PTZ Display Hardware Disk Users Motion Alarms Outputs Camera Name Frame Rate Quality Max Pre Post Camera 1 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 2 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 3 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 4 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 5 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 6 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 7 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 8 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 9 3 frames per second High Yes 0 0 Camera 10 3 frames per second

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