Honeywell K5404V9 manuale d’uso

K5404V9 – 12/ 04 – Rev. B View Operato r Guide for Rap id Eye Mult i-Media Unit s[...]

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ISSUE DATE REVISIONS V9 Septe mber 2004 Honeywe ll templa te V9–B Decemb er 2004 Form atting: p aginati on; min or edi ts.[...]

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5 Table of Contents 1 Running V iew ................................................................................ 1–1 1.1 Starting View .................................................................................................................. .............. 1–1 1.2 View Window : the Sites Tab .........................................[...]

View: Operator Guide 6 6.10 Alarm Station .................................................................................................................. ............ 6–20 6.11 Fault Relay .................................................................................................................... ............. 6–21 7 Clips and Stills[...]

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1–1 1 Running View Preparation Your Rapi d Eye Multi sy stem ad ministr ator (Multi SA) needs to pr epar e a Multi datab ase before o perator s can run View . How to do so is explained in the Admin User Guid e , part no . K5403. 1.1 Starting View Figure 1. Shortcut for V iew, on th e Window s desktop ! ! ! ! 1 To st art and log o n to View 1. On [...]

View: Operator Guide 1–2 User acco unt an d pas sword Passwor ds can be a ssigned to a user acco unt. Use of passwor ds is optional . How t o setup pas swor ds is expl ained i n the Admin User Guide , part n o. K5403. Fig. 2. Logging-on to a Mul ti system 1.2 View Window : the Sites T ab Fig. 3. On the Sites ta b, Multi s ites are ei ther Mult i-[...]

Running View 1–3 1.2.1 Selecting a Multi Site A “site” is a M ult i-Medi a unit or M ulti un it that is c onne cted and operati onal. ! ! ! ! 2 To select a site • After st arting Vi ew, th e Site s action t ab and its t oolbar ar e displa yed by defa ult. Click a “s ite” n ame lis ted on th e tab. For lists of sites t hat are lo ng, us [...]

View: Operator Guide 1–4 1.2.3 Site Properties A site’s pr oper ties— name, locati on, and con nect ion deta ils—ar e contr olled by a Multi SA. You c an view, bu t not edit, a site's properti es. Findin g out ab out a site’s propert ies can b e useful: • to check if the t ime zon e fr om whic h images ar e be ing obta ined i s cor[...]

Running View 1–5 Info: vie wing your a dministrat ive inform ation Multi View ma kes your Mul ti acc ount’s infor mation a vailable. Info indica tes the d atabas e file in use, its locat ion, th e name of t he user ac count, the ri ghts of the operator usin g the account, the sta tus of alar m notific ation and more. ! ! ! ! 6 To display the In[...]

View: Operator Guide 1–6 1.4.1 Sites Tab: Toolbar Reference Table 1 Sites to olbar Command Functi on/Session Section To us e th e lat est Mult i da tabase : ri ghts in us er a ccount, sites add ed, mod ified or de leted, an d so on. 1.3 To display this guide in P DF format. 1.5 To display live video from the site that is selected on the Sites ta [...]

Running View 1–7 Other guides Other guid es by Ho neywell are available af ter installin g View softwar e: Honeywell, Please Read This First! , K9700 ———, Multi-Media Soft ware: Software Set up Instructions , K5401 Thes e user gu ides are availa ble in Ad obe’s p ortabl e docum ent for mat (PDF) , on t he View operator’s PC , by clickin[...]

View: Operator Guide 1–8 Please contin ue.[...]

2–1 2 Live Video Live video vers us reco rded vi deo Using a Live s ession, you can acc ess and mo nitor th e video f eed of ma ny camera s at once, and even access many Multi sites, all at once . Thi s sect ion show s how to: • obtain live v ideo • use camer as tha t can pan, tilt and z oom • end a Liv e se ssion . See also recorded video.[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–2 3. Eithe r: • a Connection dialog appears; see figure 7, below. Select a conne ction, then click OK . A tear-away player the n appears, as in figure 8. • a tear-away player app ears in th e sessio n pane a nd a list of str eams (camer as and other data devic es) is dis played; see f igure 8. Fig. 7. Choosing a con nec[...]

Live Video 2–3 Fig. 8. Live session: conne ction ic ons ( ) appear on the site list. Fig. 9. Live video feed, from a c amera name d ‘side entr ance’, at a site c alled ‘Foucault facility , 232’.[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–4 ! ! ! ! 11 To move and size a tear-aw ay player window • You can dr ag a player window fr om the V iew wi ndow. When dra gged awa y, an asterisk is added t o the t itle of th e tear-a way play er’s na me. ! ! ! ! 12 To return a tear- away play er to its se ssion p ane Click eith er: • . The Embed butto n. It appear [...]

Live Video 2–5 Fig. 10. Locating comm ands to ma nage vide o feeds. Fig. 11. The “View” me nus: a “ma in” one, in the V iew wi ndow, a nd in eac h player .[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–6 ! ! ! ! 16 To to ggle the s ize of a camera window /data window • Doub le-click the title bar of a cam era wind ow. The camera wi ndow qu adruple s in area; its video is now a “doubl e-siz ed strea m”. To r eturn th e camer a windo w to its ori ginal size, doubl e-cl ick the ti tle bar aga in. 2.1.4 Video Smoothing [...]

Live Video 2–7 Video qual ity: Live sessio ns Video qual ity wh ile monitoring live sessio ns can be lower ed on lo w-speed dial-up connec tions to i mprove t he transm ission t ime of ima ges. It ca n also be h eighten ed on one camera for more detail, as needed. The Video quality of re cording is cust omized glo bally. Once video is recorde d, [...]

View: Operator Guide 2–8 Fig. 13. Globally custo mizi ng the time ref erenc e. Custo mizin g the tim e refe rence do es not c hang e the tim e on you r Multi- Medi a unit or yo ur PC. Only t he dis play changes. Se e also 6 .9.1: Se ttin g the Date for Correct Al arm Sorting , p. 6–20. ! ! ! ! 23 To te mporarily change a t ime reference Click S[...]

Live Video 2–9 Fig. 15. Microsoft Windo ws’ sc reen area se ttin gs. Note the chan ge in siz e of the c amera window s, as the scre en are a changes —camera 2 is highligh ted for c omparison. More camera s can be see n at once, a nd at h igher reso lutions (h ere fi ve cameras at 320×240 resolu tion) wh en a reco mmen ded sett ing is us ed, [...]

View: Operator Guide 2–10 Table 2 Microsof t Window s: Displa y Proper ties, Se ttings Screen are a (pixels) Recommen ded by Honeyw ell for viewin g higher video resolut ions 1600 by 120 0 yes 1280 by 102 4 yes 1152 by 864 no 1024 by 768 no 800 by 600 no 640 by 480 no * Video ca n still be view ed and wor ked w ith by usi ng smal ler scree n area[...]

Live Video 2–11 2.2.2 Sizing Camera Windows Optimal r endering As an operator makes a camera window larger or smaller, the resolution of its video image changes. The resolution i s optimized for window size and speed of delivery. For live work, video at higher resolutions makes more use of the processing power of an op erat or’s P C. Si z ing c[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–12 Resoluti on gauge: mete ring When an op erator size s a camera window smaller or lar ger than opt imal, marks a ppear in the rec tangl es of the r esolut ion gaug e. Figur es 19 and 20 illustr ate meteri ng, when an operator sizes a ca mera w indow with the m ouse. T he ic on’s bottom ro w beh aves the same way for NTS[...]

Live Video 2–13 2.2.4 Initial Cam era Window Size You can cu stomize t he in itial size at whic h camera windo ws appear . ! ! ! ! 27 To customi ze th e size a t which ca mera win dows op en 1. On the main View menu, click Options , then New Players . The Options for New Players window appears, as in figure 21. 2. Select either Best Fit or Ima ge[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–14 Table 4 Resolution legend: NTSC camera (pixel × pixel). resolution g auge n/a resolut ion legacy 160×120 320× 240 640× 240 640×480* 704×480* * Not show n when co nnect ed to Multi-M edia LT units. PAL resolutions: Multi-Media Table 5 Dynamic r esolution s for PAL came ras unit proce ssor (CPU) resolution ( pixel ×[...]

Live Video 2–15 Table 7 Unit’s messag e message CPU version* Rapi d Eye M ulti- Media V6.2 P4 4.5 Rapi d Eye M ulti- Media V6.1 P4 4.4 Rapi d Eye M ulti- Media V5.2 P3 4.5 Rapi d Eye M ulti- Media V5.1 P3 4.4 ADEMCO Vide o Multi *Media V5 P3 4.1.0 to 4.3. 0 * The v ersion is lis ted in M ainte nance on the Syst em ta b. Older units Olde r Rapid[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–16 2.3 P an, T ilt and Zoom Flexibility Like m ost of the Mult i secur ity feat ures, use of camera s that ca n pan, tilt and zoo m (PTZ) is option al. Your Mul ti SA can inf orm y ou if PTZ cam eras ar e connec ted to M ulti-Med ia unit(s) in yo ur system. Before y ou can use a PTZ cam era ... To use the PTZ co ntrols, y o[...]

Live Video 2–17 ! ! ! ! 30 To pan/t ilt a PTZ came ra • Click th e mous e when t he point er displa ys an arro w. ! ! ! ! 31 To stop a P TZ camera that continue s to pan/t ilt 1. Move the poin ter to th e cen ter of the image until a s mall , white, oc tago n—a “st op” icon—ap pears. 2. Click the st op icon. 2.3.1 Using Preset PTZ Posit[...]

View: Operator Guide 2–18 Table 8 Positio n after close of s ession, for PTZ c ameras Session ends... Behavi or Stay put The cam era rema ins in the last p osition u sed by the oper ator. If it is pann ing, it k eeps on p annin g; if it is not mov ing, it stays put. The “s tay put” b ehavior m akes ava ilable t he Re turn to Auto- iris and Re[...]

Live Video 2–19 2.4 Ending a Live Session ! ! ! ! 34 To end a li ve video monitor ing se ssion • Close th e tear-a way pla yer “L ive fro m …” wind ow. - or - • Click Disconnect on the Vie w toolbar. This also closes other sessio ns such as retrieval or alarm at the si te. Thi s remo ves th e “L ive” i ndica tor be neat h th at si t[...]

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3–1 3 Recorded Video Recorde d video Using a Retrieval se ssion, y ou can acce ss the recor din gs from man y camer as, and ev en access many M ulti sites, all at onc e. 3.1 Viewing Re corded Video Process Start by s electing a M ulti sit e and then r unnin g a Retri eval sessi on. You ca n specif y the date and t ime of the s tart of the v ideo.[...]

View: Operator Guide 3–2 3.1.3 Specifying the Start Time When you st art a Retr ieval session, Multi au tomatica lly set s the star t date a nd tim e to the nearest minute. Yo u can ch ange the s tart of a Re trieval sess ion. You have the opti on of spe cifying t he be ginnin g date/ time of t he retr ieval sessi on bef ore or after s electing v[...]

Recorded Video 3–3 ! ! ! ! 38 To set the da te of a r etrieva l wi th the ca lenda r utili ty 1. In the Stre am List d ialog, display the c alen dar utility by clicking the arr ow next to the da te box. S ee figur e 24 , above. 2. Click a date in the calendar. To go to another month, click the arrow keys next to the m onth/y ear hea ding in the u[...]

View: Operator Guide 3–4 3.2.2 Skipping Through Video For quic kly spotti ng recor ded video, use the sk ip-to-t ime slider. ! ! ! ! 42 To spot video by skipping th rough it • Dr ag the skip- to-tim e slider to the r ight of it s center posit ion. The am ount of sk ip appear s as a tool tip on th e slid er. See fi gure 2 7. After using t he tim[...]

Recorded Video 3–5 Power outag es an d so on, can tem porari ly stop a uni t from rec ordin g. W hen recording resumes, there is a “hole” in the video a rchive. These hol es can ca use the later me dia indicator to appe ar. ! ! ! ! 44 To obtain a repo rt on later media • If after skippi ng thro ugh vid eo (see abov e) a later m edia in dica[...]

View: Operator Guide 3–6 Table 10 Jump-to-ti me result s recorded video (time) tool t ip (text) jumps t o... (ti me) 10:02:02 2 min utes later 10:04:00 10:02:57 2 min utes later 10:04:00 10:02:02 2 min utes earlie r 10:01: 00 10:02:57 2 min utes earlie r 10:01: 00 Requestin g video from m any camer as Since ima ges from m any camer as may ne ed a[...]

Recorded Video 3–7 Fig. 31. Image size: menu and report, av ailable in a c amera wind ow duri ng a Retrieval session. Resolution gaug e: the resolution at whi ch th e recordin g was made During a Retrie val sessi on, a re solutio n gauge reports if a came ra wind ow’s si ze is smalle r-than-opt imal, opt imal or gre ater-t han-optimal for the r[...]

View: Operator Guide 3–8 Table 13 Recordi ng: res olution selecti on for PAL camera (pixel × pixel) resolution 192×144 384×288 704×288 704× 576* gauge * Not available on Multi-M edia LT unit s. 3.4 Ending a Retr ieval Session ! ! ! ! 46 To end a recorded video monitoring s ession Do one of the follo wing: • Close a “R etrieval from [ sit[...]

4–1 4 Troubleshooting Video 4.1 Adjusting a Vi deo Fe ed Camera attrib utes of video feed To adjust t he video f eed of camer as, ask your Multi-M edia system a dministra tor ( Multi SA) or V iew operator that has the right to run maintena nce sessions . Video feeds are adjusted individually for each camera while ru nning a maintena nce ses sion.[...]

View: Operator Guide 4–2 The came ras conn ected to a Multi -Media uni t are det ected automati cally. You can name a camera a nd adju st a camer a’s picture settin gs durin g a mainte nance se ssion. ! ! ! ! 47 To co nfigure a Rapid Eye site’s camera(s) 1. Run a maint enance s essio n at the s ite. 2. Click th e Vide o tab an d adjust Pic tu[...]

Troubleshooting Video 4–3 Fig. 35. Hig h reco rding ra tes can slow live sessi ons. System priority If overtax ed, the pr iority of a Multi-Me dia unit i s always to c apture a nd store v ideo, audio, data and alar ms. This may result in slow er servic e to Vie w operator s. If the video y ou are observing appears sluggish, Honeywell recommends t[...]

View: Operator Guide 4–4 4.2 At the Source… Cameras in the en vironmen t Normal oper ation of Vi ew can reve al weaknes ses in th e positi on of cameras. Vide o surveillance c an be hampe red by: • blin d spots. Mobile equi pment, vehi cle docking, renovation work, and so o n. • environ mental l ightin g. a ca mera can be rend ered in effec[...]

5–1 5 Searching for Motion 5.1 Setup Before you c an use m otion sear ch, your Multi SA ne eds to r un a main tenanc e sessi on to enable Moti on detec tion f or each of t he camer as wh ose vid eo may eve ntuall y be searched for motion. ! ! ! ! 48 To e nable mot ion detection • See the Admin U ser ’s G ui de . Motio n search works only if ?[...]

View: Operator Guide 5–2 A “Search for Motion at [sitena me]” s ession a ppears in th e sess ion pane. Contextual help A remind er of the n ext step that you ne ed to tak e is di splayed near the up per-ri ght corner of the Se arch f or Motio n win dow. See f igur e 37, abov e. 5.2 Prepar ation Fig. 38. Steps to prepare a searc h for moti on.[...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–3 5.2.1 Early “From”; Future “To” First availab le video From. If the “fro m time…” f or a motio n searc h is a tim e at whic h the uni t was no t record ing vide o, the first image after the requ ested ti me is display ed. A flas hing la ter media ic on appears, i ndica ting that the imag e in a still frame [...]

View: Operator Guide 5–4 5.2.2 Motion Threshold Options can be ignored The simpl est way to obtain a report of motion i n the vid eo is to clic k Searc h after cl icking Fetch ; see proced ure 50 in 5.2 , above. Use of Motion Threshold or Masking that Detects Motion , explain ed in this s ectio n and 5. 2.3, ar e optional. If this is your first r[...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–5 ! ! ! ! 52 To focus motio n search on an area o f a video fe ed’s pict ure 1. After prepari ng a motio n sear ch, as explained in 5.2, Preparation , click , the Sh ow / Hi de mask b utton. Yo u have th e optio n of clic king , the Show / Hide masking grid button. 2. On the lar ger im age, c lick wh ere you n eed the m [...]

View: Operator Guide 5–6 Global ma sking commands Show mask. D ispla ys/hide s where t he searc h for mot ion occ urs. Wh en masks ar e hidden, th e ent ire area of the vi deo is se arched. Show grid. Toggle to di splay a gri d over lay, to help s elect the area(s) used to search for moti on. W orks l ike th e Show / Hide masking grid button. Set[...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–7 5.3 Search Report ! ! ! ! 57 To obtain a report • After prepar ing a mo tion se arch (see 5.2 , Preparation ), and usi ng the op tional motion op tions, click Sear ch . A motion searc h report is prod uced. S ee figure 43. Motion is report ed eac h time it is detec ted be tween th e From and To date and t ime. Fig. 43.[...]

View: Operator Guide 5–8 Example To ob tain a report o f on ly the hi ghest magnitud es, say from 90% t o 100%: • clic k in the From box and then type “90 ”, wit hout qu otati on mark s. The re port is updated o n-the-fly. Fig. 44. Detail of selection in fr equency ch art of a repo rt. Selecting items in the repo rt You can sel ect on e or [...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–9 Unselect To sh ow the report withou t any highlig hting , click Uns elect . Fig. 45. Effect of Zoom button o n selec tion of list items . Zooming makes a cl uster of items app ear mor e sprea d-out, a nd facilita tes a finer selectio n. Items th at are o ut-of- order in the list Settin g the cloc k on the Mu lti-Med ia u[...]

View: Operator Guide 5–10 Fig. 46. Detection op tions t oolbar: Sensitivity and In ter val . You can co ntrol the playbac k using the playback toolbar, muc h as you wo uld in a Ret riev al se ssion . See f igu re 47, in the ne xt sectio n. 5.4.1 Video Controls for Motion Replay video: se eing a vi deo ex cerpt again The Replay b utton r estarts a[...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–11 Fast-f orward to next event The fast-f orward button s pee ds up vide o, then slows down video to 1x speed (auto- 1x), four seconds befor e the vi deo show s the det ected mot ion. The slo wing of vi deo is a c u e t h a t m o t i o n is a b o u t t o b e d is pl a y e d . Aft er you hav e witne ss ed the moti on, you h[...]

View: Operator Guide 5–12 5.5 Opting for a Retrieval Session Video from many cameras To v iew vid eo f rom ma ny cam eras , at th e ti me th at the m oti on was detect ed, a Retrieval session can be start ed from a Motio n Search ses sion. ! ! ! ! 63 To view video in a Retrieval session 1. Select o ne or many item s in the M otion S earch re port[...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–13 5.6 Fa lse Po sitive R eports Motion sear ch can be trigg ered by cha nges in light ing or movement outside of an area of interest . 5.6.1 Flashing Lights A Source of fals e positives A comput er monitor c an also b e a source of fals e positiv es. To unmask it or a flashin g light from a search for motion, see figur e [...]

View: Operator Guide 5–14 5.6.2 Smaller Detection Masks The easi est solu tion for false r eports of mot ion is to u se sm aller masks to sea rch for motion. For exam ple: to search f or the op ening of a door, wh en man y peopl e walk by that do or, set th e moti on sear ch mask on th e top cor ner of th e door. See fig ure 52 . Fig. 52. A small[...]

Searchin g for Motion 5–15 5.6.3 Using Highlighting Motion Highlight ing. Enables/disabl es the highl ighting of mot ion. If yo u are gettin g more rep orts of mo vement th an you expec t (fa lse positiv es), click t he Moti on Highlighting button, while running a video f eed. This l ets you “see mot ion” as it i s detect ed by a Mul ti-Med i[...]

View: Operator Guide 5–16 5.7 Saving & Reusing Search Data You can save the: • date and t ime for a mo tion searc h and its m otion d etec tion opti ons for r euse. - and/or - • lists of move ment foun d in the v ideo or edited li sts, for fur ther use with wor d proces sing soft ware or spr eadsh eets. 5.7.1 Repeating a Motion Search ! ![...]

6–1 6 Alarms and Event s 6.1 About Alarms Flexibility A Multi syste m adminis trator (Multi SA) c an set a Mult i-Media uni t to: • log e vents an d/or hav e them trig ger an alarm. No special h ardware is need ed for such alarms: they ring on an operator’s PC. By default, some events are always lo gged, for a dministrati ve purpose s. • se[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–2 Viewing video from the time of the alarm A View oper ator has t he optio n of custo mizin g if and h ow video fr om the ti me and site of the alarm is r eceive d. Video can b e seen: • immediatel y. Live vi deo fro m the si te wher e the al arm was s ent is se en full - screen. S ee 6. 2: Live-alarm ed Session . Alarms [...]

Alarms and Events 6–3 Options Run live alarm se ssion o n alarm. Runnin g a live sess ion while a n alarm is p ending causes liv e video of all cam eras at a site t o be displaye d full screen. Rec eiving an alarm during a n alarm session does n ot open a L ive-al armed sessio n. See 6. 2: Live-a larmed Session . Beep on alarms . Makes the op era[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–4 6.1.2 Alarm Rights for Operators ! ! ! ! 72 To receive and process alarms A View oper ator ne eds the Multi SA to: 1. Add the Process alarms right to a Vi ew-oper ator ac count. - and to - 2. Grant ac cess to site s set to send alarms. Time limit for operat ing sites : suspend ed while processin g alarms Operator ac count[...]

Alarms and Events 6–5 Fig. 59. Location of toolbar in a full-scre en Liv e Alarmed sessi on. This Mult i-Media site is using only fo ur of a poss ible six teen ca meras. 6.2.1 Clip of Alarm Video A clip of all live cameras can be made manually or automatically. Preparation • Autom ati c. Select Automatic reco rd for live alarm box, as explai ne[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–6 ! ! ! ! 74 To s top making a cl ip during an alarme d-live s ession 1. To stop recordin g, do on e of th e following: • click , the recordi ng-a -clip bu tton • close the liv e alarmed session. 2. Eithe r: • save the c lip. Type a nam e for the clip in the Sav e dialog t hat appear s and click OK . • discard the c[...]

Alarms and Events 6–7 6.3.2 Acknowledging an Alarm Why ackn owledge (AC K) before REARM? When operat ors ACK alar ms, the alarms r emain liste d, for opera tor referenc e. Alarms cannot b e trigger ed again if not rear med. Th is can be simpler t han turn ing alarms off, for example: during c onstruc tion w ork or ot her tem porary ons ite si tua[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–8 ! ! ! ! 77 To acknow ledge all alarms in a live -alarmed sess ion 1. Set your c opy of Vie w to “ Automatically acknow ledge alarms ”, as explaine d in 6.1.1: Customizing Alarms . 2. In a li ve-alarmed window cl ick the small on the toolb ar. An “(A)” ap pears next to alarm s in the alar m list. If Auto matically [...]

Alarms and Events 6–9 ! ! ! ! 80 To vie w recorded vide o from the time o f an alarm 1. While runn ing an alarm sessio n, select an al arm from t he sessio n’s tear-away player, as expla ined in 6.3: Alarm Session . 2. To start a R etrieval sessio n from th e time of the alar m, click Video . When a site has many ca meras, y ou are ask ed to s [...]

View: Operator Guide 6–10 Surveillan ce common sens e View op erators ma y find t hat sec urity vid eo from outsi de world a nd cus tomer-d evic e events is usually more informat ive tha n from o ther ev ents. F or exa mple, viewin g video from the t ime of an alarm, caused b y an intru sion det ectio n sensor at yo ur site, m akes good sens e. V[...]

Alarms and Events 6–11 Terminology n ote Outp uts can also be referred to as general-purpos e outputs (GPOs), in some technical docume ntation. 6.6.1 Peephole Application One applic ation for outputs is to remo tely unlock a door after vi sual inspect ion of a doorway. Preparation s Installatio n person nel wire t wo devic es to a Multi-M edia un[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–12 How can Mult i events be processed ? Events are set dur ing site- by-si te mai ntenanc e sessio ns, to e ither: • sound an alarm. View operator s are warn ed wh en the ev ent occur s. Oper ators can use inf orma tion a bout it, to s earch for video at t he time of the ev ent. See figure 56. • be logged. The event nam[...]

Alarms and Events 6–13 Multi-Medi a unit back to the state that it w as in, before the two “ applies”. For an illustrati on of these butto ns in the Ma inte nance w indow, se e figure 6 2 on p.6 –13. 6.7.2 Events ! ! ! ! 87 To set an a larm on the even ts tab 1. Continu e or start a ma intenanc e sessio n. To start a session, s ee 6.7.1 : M[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–14 6.7.3 Customer Device Selecting a customer dev ice Your Multi SA conf igur es your Multi sy stem to deal wi th custo mer devic es. F or exa mple, a retail stor e want s to obtai n video of e mployees a t a point of sale ( POS), whe n goods are purcha sed. Fig ure 63 sho ws what th e Data Recor ding t ab might lo ok like.[...]

Alarms and Events 6–15 6.8 Multi-Media Event R eference Flexibility Your Multi S A, secur ity per sonnel or V iew op erators d ecide w hich ev ents shoul d trig ger alarms. Sources of e vents • outsid e world. Events tr igger ed by se nsors conn ecte d to a unit or by Rapid Eye’s motion det ection. • custom er-devi ce . Messa ges from a ca [...]

View: Operator Guide 6–16 Table 15 Event d efault sett ings for lo g and alar m source even t log alar m View op erat or Session : connect, reject and disconnect nil nil Mainte nance : configuration, security, system files, synchronize time, clear storage, clear stream “ “ Outpu ts : activate , deacti v ate* “ “ Multi-Me dia unit System :[...]

Alarms and Events 6–17 Table 16 Event refer ence, by sourc e and tab. Source Event in maintenance, except where n oted Cause: an alarm o r lo g entry could in dicate … outsid e worl d System : no vid eo re cord ing* a cut cab le, de ad camera, p ower outage Inpu ts : activate , input ports 1 to 16 Inpu ts : deactivate , input port s 1 to 16 sec[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–18 6.8.1 Testing Alarms It is a good idea to t est the alar ms that you s et. Find o ut if you are better served with a Live-alarm ed respons e from Vie w. To set alarm opt ions, see 6.1 .1: Customizing Alarms, on p. 6–2. 6.8.2 Logging Events Silently “Logge d” eve nts that do not pro duc e an alarm ar e stored in the[...]

Alarms and Events 6–19 ! ! ! ! 90 To display t he alarm log 1. Usin g View, click the Log action ta b. The b utton s on the Vie w toolbar may chan ge. 2. L eav e o r sel ect anot her “ ear lie st date and ti me ” in the Show Alarms fr om boxes. S ee fig ure 65. 3. L eave or se le ct anot her “ late st date a nd time ” in the Show Alarms u[...]

View: Operator Guide 6–20 6.9.1 Setting the Date for Correct Alarm Sorting Multi-Media reports use true chronological lists of alarms only if care is taken to express the date i n number s. Make the d ate display as “yyyy-MM-dd ” in Microso ft Windows . ! ! ! ! 94 To set the windo ws date 1. Using Micros oft Windows , click Start . 2. Click C[...]

Alarms and Events 6–21 Spee d of alar m noti fica ti on After you hav e set eve nts to “alar m”, and alarm hardw are conn ected to t he vid eo unit is tri ggered , noti fica tion of the e vent is ei ther: • immediate. Your Multi-Media un its are n etworked t o the alarm s tation or an alarm session is in pr ogre ss at the s ite wher e the a[...]

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7–1 7 Clips and Stills 7.1 Making and Saving a Clip Definition A clip is a co py of video, a udio or data. A c lip is ma de during a liv e sess ion or a retr ieval session. Clips are list ed on the Clips act ion tab. S ee figure 6 6. Purpose of clips After using View to make clips, you ca n: • view por tions of vide o without having to c onnec [...]

View: Operator Guide 7–2 7.1.1 Clip of Live Video Clips made fr om live vid eo hold all str eams, unlike c lips mad e from rec orded vide o. ! ! ! ! 96 To make a clip from live video 1. Fro m a site , start a live sess ion; see 2.1.1: Starting a Liv e Session , p. 2–1. 2. Sele ct the streams that yo u need to record. On ly the video t hat i s b[...]

Clips and Stills 7–3 5. When all the v ideo you need is re corded, click again. A dialo g is displayed: Retrieval at [sit e name]: Save Recorded Cl ip to File . 6. As you wo uld wit h any file, name th e clip and c hoo se a folder wher e the cli p will be stored. When you save the clip, it is stored as a *.rem file and the …Save… dialog i s c[...]

View: Operator Guide 7–4 7.1.5 Customizing Storage Clips and st ills are stor ed by defa ult in the M ulti appl icati on folder. T o store th em elsewh ere, u se the nex t pr ocedur e (98) to c reate a f older. ! ! ! ! 98 To create a fo lder to sto re stills and/ or clips 1. Usin g View, click the Clips ac tion ta b. 2. Click the Direc tory butto[...]

Clips and Stills 7–5 7.2 Viewing a Clip Play op tions Using Vi ew, you can play • one clip at different sp eeds, as d uring a retr ieval session. • many clips at o nce, each in its own session . Use this to c ompar e two sce nes or two subject s at differen t times. - or - • copies of the sam e clip . Use this to compar e a cl ip with i tse[...]

View: Operator Guide 7–6 Double-clicking seve ral *.rem file s causes multiple MultiClip Playe r sessions to be open ed. To free up Wind ows resour ces, rem ember to c lose Mu ltiCli p Player session s when fini shed. 7.3 Coarse Editing Comparing event s: makin g a clip with a ju mp While ma king a cli p from record ed vide o: afte r clicking on [...]

Clips and Stills 7–7 ! ! ! ! 106 To view copies of the same clip at on ce To highli ght a portio n of a cl ip, you may want to vi ew a copy of it sli ghtly out of s equenc e with the original . 1. Using M icros oft Windo ws’ Ex plorer, duplica te th e *.rem f ile in its fol der. To do so, use Wi ndows ex plorer t o locate th e file and to make [...]

View: Operator Guide 7–8 Fig. 69. Enabling produc tion of still sho ts from vi deo (i.e. bi tmaps). After enabling View to prod uce bitmap s, a stills butt on app ears on the s ession to olbar when y ou run live, r etriev al or clip se ssions. See fig ure 70 . Many bitm aps fro m one cl ick Stills ar e produc ed at a r hythm matc hin g the cam er[...]

Clips and Stills 7–9 ! ! ! ! 108 To produce bitmap s of a camera feed • While r unning a liv e, retri eval or c lip session, click th e stills but ton. Th e button st art s fl ashi ng. ! ! ! ! 109 To stop produci ng bitmaps of a camera feed • While th e stills but ton is flashi ng, clic k it. 7.4.2 Still: Name Reference Fig. 71. Stills li ste[...]

View: Operator Guide 7–10 7.4.3 Still: Size Reference The size of Multi-Media sti lls gets bigger with higher resolution. Fo r the meaning of reso lution gauge reading s and res olutio n sett ings , see 2.2: Resolution of Live Video, starti ng o n p. 2–8. Table 19 Size of Multi- Media st ills (bitmaps with *.bm p exten sions) as a f unction of [...]

8–1 8 Audio 8.1 Overview Flexibilit y of Multi aud io Like m ost of the Mult i featur es, use of audi o is opti onal. Audio c an moni tored an d recorde d along wit h video or indep endently of it. Your Multi sy stem adm inistrator (Multi SA) can inf orm you about w hich Multi si tes have audio in an operation al state. Hardw are ne ed View opera[...]

View: Operator Guide 8–2 Do not use audio on a dial-up conne ction w ith vid eo. Video can be corr upted d ue to ban dwidth li mitatio ns. Liv e video ca n be com bined with audio only o n a network co nnecti on. To minimize background noi se • End audi o moni tori ng o f the M ulti sit es t hat do not need it. Background no ise can build- up a[...]

Audio 8–3 In many sit uations, unw arranted re cording of audio can be unl awful. Check w ith local autho rities if yo u are unsure. 8.4 Setting Up Audio set up is per formed d uring a main tenanc e sess ion. Micr ophones, speaker s, and s o on are ne eded for audio, both at th e opera tor’s s tatio n and at th e Mult i-Med ia site . For audio [...]

View: Operator Guide 8–4 Testing reco rding If au dio re cording is used, Ho neywe ll recommend s testin g if t he recorde d audi o meets your ne eds. After reco rding a fe w typi cal audi o inte ractio ns, run a retrie val sess ion to hear wh at was re corded . You may need to furt her ad just th e gain co ntrols fo r microp hones an d the volum[...]

9–1 9 Watching Site Tours 9.1 About Site T our Flexibility Like m ost of the Mult i secur ity featur es, use of site tour s is opt ional. Your Mul ti sys tem administra tor (Mul ti SA) ca n inform yo u about wh ich sit es (if any) are part of a tou r. Multi View Op erators c an con sider these gu ideli nes as sug gestion s. They ar e in tende d t[...]

View: Operator Guide 9–2 9.2 Running a Site T our ! ! ! ! 111 To start a Site T our 1. Click the T ours actio n tab i n the Multi Vi ew wind ow. T ours that ar e listed hav e been set up usi ng the A dmin soft ware. Fig. 73. Samp les o f Site Tou rs in List Click beside th e tour nam e to displa y the s equenc e of the s ites tha t will be toured[...]

Watching Site Tours 9–3 9.3 Site T our: Properti es You can di splay prop erties of the site tour suc h as the sit es to be vi sited an d the d uration of time of each. These pr operti es refl ect the s ite tour setting s made using A dmin software. See your Multi SA to setup or modify a site tour. ! ! ! ! 112 To display site t our proper ties Do[...]

View: Operator Guide 9–4 9.4.1 Ending a Site Tour ! ! ! ! 115 To end a Site Tou r • Click the x i n the t op-righ t corner of the Si te Tour window.[...]

10–1 10 Event Search Session 10.1 Overview Preparation : only “lo gged ” events can be searched Before you ca n searc h for the rec ord(s) of a n event, y ou or your Multi SA ne eds to se t the event to “log ” prior to an event’s occurrence . Fig. 76. You can set a Rapi d Eye Mult i-Media unit t o log an eve nt. See also 6.8.2: Logging [...]

View: Operator Guide 10–2 ! ! ! ! 117 To input di fferent times and date s Click on th e part of th e tim e or date t hat you wa nt to chan ge and either : • press curs or key s on the keyb oard. The → ← keys move the cursor to th e next field, a nd the ↑ ↓ k eys inc rease/d ecreas e a value. • type a valu e, as ne eded. ! ! ! ! 118 T[...]

Event Searc h Session 10–3 10.3 R esults You can us e the s earch res ults to: • view video fro m the time of event s located by a search. • print th e log en try of an event - or - • make a copy of the log entr y in a *.txt fil e. ! ! ! ! 119 To view vid eo from the time of an even t 1. Lo cate records of even ts, as exp lained above, in 1[...]

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11–1 11 Customer Devices 11.1 Live Data Messages from hardware Hardware d evices t hat prov ide messa ges over a serial ca ble can be co nnecte d to a Multi-Media unit. The se messa ges can b e viewed in real time, i n a live session. See also video. Section 2: Live Video , on p. 2–1. audio. Sect ion 8.2: Live Audio on p. 8–1. 11.2 Re corded [...]

View: Operator Guide 11–2 Fig. 78. Se arch for D ata wind ow ! ! ! ! 121 To find and li st records of even ts 1. Click on a site in th e Site s tab. 2. Display the Events window by clickin g on th e Toolb ar. 3. Eithe r: • select events that you want to search fo r, by selecting them. - and / or - • type an ad hoc rule in the Edit Search Data[...]

Customer Devices 11–3 Calendar You can di splay a cal endar util ity by c licking t he arro w next to t he dat e box. ! ! ! ! 123 To set the date of a retrieval with the calendar u tility 1. In the Stre am List d ialog, display the c alen dar utility by clicking the arr ow next to th e date box. 2. Click a date in the calendar. To go to another m[...]

View: Operator Guide 11–4 ! ! ! ! 124 For a quick reminder of the labels as sociated with s erial device data • Run a Searc h for Events session, as explained in 10: Event Sear ch Session , p. 10– 1, and cl ick the Dat a Record ing ta b. The d ata/rul es are list ed alon g with its label s. Th ese are t he sa me labels that ar e assign ed to [...]

Customer Devices 11–5 Technic al users who kno w how to use a reg ular exp ression (RE) benefi t most from using t he special characte rs in a rule. 11.3.2 Defining a Dat a Message What you need to know You can def ine mess ages f rom a custom er device as: • custo mer-d evice event s for Multi, d uring a mai ntena nce sess ion, by usin g the D[...]

View: Operator Guide 11–6 ! ! ! ! 125 To add a data-recording ru le to a customer device 1. Select a data-r ecordi ng devi ce , clic k the Ev ents Nam e box, and the n type a name. 2. In the Rul e box, type a code obtained from the cash register manufacturer . For example, a credit sale messag e could si mply be co ded as “ CARD”, a num ber o[...]

12–1 12 Scheduling Flexibility Use of sche duling is o ptional. You also have th e optio n of schedulin g camera s and alarms before or after the y are setu p. Sched uling is pe rformed unit-by-u nit. A be nefit of scheduling is that it spares stor age on yo ur Multi-Me dia unit. In a nutshell A Multi-Me dia unit can b e set to r ecord vid eo onl[...]

View: Operator Guide 12–2 12.1 C amera Schedule Basic schedule By default, all of a M ulti-Media unit’s cam eras are ass igned t o the basic sc hedul e . Customiz ing th e basic sc hedule c oordin ates the rec or ding of all cam eras on tha t unit. ! ! ! ! 127 To customiz e the ba sic schedule on one un it 1. Continu e or start a mainten ance s[...]

Scheduling 12–3 ! ! ! ! 129 To specify holiday s and exceptions on one un it 1. Continu e or start a mainten ance sess ion for the Rapi d Eye s ite, as expl ained i n the Admin Us er Guide . 2. Click th e Rec ording S ched ule ta b. 3. Click Holi day/Exce ption da ys. See f igure 82. 4. Type the day’s name in the Name box. 5. Choos e whether to[...]

View: Operator Guide 12–4 12.1.2 Customizing Schedules Camera an d groups of camer as You can cu stomize t he sch edule of an in dividual c amer a, then ass ign other c amer as to that sche dule or to its ow n. ! ! ! ! 132 To assign a camera, or gr oups of cameras, to a schedule 1. C ontin ue o r st art a m ainte nanc e ses sion for t he Rap id E[...]

Scheduling 12–5 12.2 Alarm S chedule Global sche dule All of a Multi-Media unit’s al arms are assi gned to t he alarm schedule . Customizing the alarm schedul e disarm s all of the alarms a t these tim es, on thos e days. Fig. 84. Arming alarms for weekend s, hol idays an d except ion days. Holiday or exc eption days Holidays a nd exce ption al[...]

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13–1 13 Find-it 13.1 K nowledge Ba se ! 1 To star t and log on t o View 1–1 ! 2 To s elect a site 1–3 ! 3 To searc h throug h long lists of Mul ti sites 1–3 ! 4 To displa y a site’s pr oper ties 1–4 ! 5 To obtain the latest site list 1–4 ! 6 To displa y the Infor mation dialog 1–5 ! 7 To give the session pane mor e screen re al esta[...]

View: Operator Guide 13–2 ! 28 To i dentify a unit’s proces sor 2–14 ! 29 To s ee PTZ con trols in a live session 2–16 ! 30 To p an/ti lt a PTZ came ra 2–17 ! 31 To sto p a PTZ ca mera tha t contin ues to pan/ tilt 2–1 7 ! 32 To re turn a PTZ camera to a preset position 2–17 ! 33 To s et a PTZ p reset 2–17 ! 34 To en d a live vide o[...]

Knowledge Base: Find-it 13–3 ! 63 To vi ew video in a Retri eval se ssion 5–12 ! 64 To re turn to a Motio n Search fro m a Retr ieval sess ion 5–12 ! 65 To m ask out a flashing monito r 5–13 ! 66 To turn m otio n highlig hting on or off 5–1 5 ! 67 To ad just for fa lse posi tives o r false neg atives 5–15 ! 68 To save the date, time, ma[...]

View: Operator Guide 13–4 ! 98 To c reate a fol der to s tore still s and/ or clips 7–4 ! 99 To brow se other fold ers for c lips (*.REM files) 7–4 ! 100 To de lete a cli p 7–4 ! 101 To vi ew a clip 7–5 ! 102 To vi ew a clip in revers e 7–5 ! 103 To p lay *.rem files wit h the Multi Clip Pl ayer progra m 7–5 ! 104 To av oid wai ting f[...]

Tables: Find-it 13–5 13.2 T ables Table 1 Site s too lbar 1–6 Table 2 Microsoft W indo ws: Display Proper ties, Se ttings 2–10 Table 3 Multi-M edia un it, NTS C video fee ds: resolut ions offered f or viewing 2 –13 Table 4 Resolution le gend: NTSC camera (pixel × pixel). 2–14 Table 5 Dynam ic reso lution s for PAL cameras 2–14 Table 6 [...]

View: Operator Guide 13–6 Fig. 8. Live session: conne ction ic ons ( ) appear o n the site list. 2–3 Fig. 9. Live video feed, from a c amera name d ‘side entr ance’, at a site c alled ‘Foucault fa cility, 232’. 2–3 Fig. 10. Locating comm ands to ma nage vide o feeds. 2– 5 Fig. 11. T he “Vi ew” men us: a “ main ” on e, in the[...]

Illustrations: Find-it 13–7 Fig. 33. Re sol utio n gauge for P AL: in dica tes re solu tion se ttin g fo r video record ed by that camera. 3–7 Fig. 34. The Motion and PTZ select ions sho w differ ent c ontrols. 4–1 Fig. 35. Hig h reco rding ra tes ca n slow live sessi ons. 4–3 Fig. 36. Motion button, for startin g a Motion s ession. 5–1 F[...]

View: Operator Guide 13–8 Fig. 61. Retrieval sessio n started from a n Alarm sess ion. An alarm is sel ected, then Video i s clicked. The Retr ieval s ession h as been dragge d dow n, reveal ing the Alarm se ssion in t he ba ckgroun d. For the l ocati on of Video but ton in an Alarm se ssion , see fi gure 60. 6–9 Fig. 62. Using mainten ance to [...]

FAQs: Find-it 13–9 13.4 F AQs These an swers t o frequen tly asked ques tions (f aq) i nclu de recommenda tions a nd warnings by Ho neywell. On a dial -up conne ction: do not use a udio. Video can be co rrupted by using audio over d ial- up. Liv e vide o can b e combi ned w ith au dio onl y on a ne twork c onnec ti on. 2 – 1 “Strea m” ident[...]

View: Operator Guide 13–10 Power o utages an d so on, can temp orarily st op a unit from recor ding. When recor ding re sumes, th ere is a “hole” i n the vid eo archiv e. Thes e hol es can ca use the later media indicat or to app ear. 5–3 Video keeps playi ng unti l you s top it or unti l the Motion Search ses sion i s closed. 5– 9 Proced[...]

FAQs: Find-it 13–11 The audi o toolbar (illustr ated in f igure 2 ) does not a ppear on a PC wit hout a sound car d. 8–1 Do not us e audio on a dial-up c onnec tion with vi deo. 8 –2 Backgrou nd noise c an buil d-up as an operator monit ors more s ites all at once. 8–2 In many s ituations, unwarra nted rec ording of a udio ca n be unla wful[...]

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14–1 14 Index A account r ight: P TZ, to us e, 2 –16 action ta b, 1– 2 alarm. See also eve nt; ackn owled ge automatic ally, 6–3; handling op tions, 6–3 ; limiting callbacks, 6–3; make clip autom atically, 6–3; o ptions, 6–3 alarm bell, and au dio interfer ence, 8– 4 asteri sk: in re gular e xpression , 11–4; in t ear- away play[...]

View: Operator Guide 14–2 F fast-forwar d: button, 5 –11 FAULT R ELAY, 6–21 Fetch, button, 5 –2 first preset, PT Z, 2–18 G gain, vid eo feed, 4–1 Go To command : while making Clip, 7–6 go to time. See retrieval sessi on GPO (g eneral pur pose ou tput). See ou tput grease, on camera lens , 4–4 H help, online r emind erof nex t step, [...]

Index 14–3 O operator : tim e limit a t site, 1–4, 6–4 output, technica l term, 6 –11 P pan-tilt-z oom. See PTZ personn el: security offic er, 6–7 playback . See retriev al ses sion Plus unit . See Multi-Media unit, historic al note posi tion o f came ra, 5–15 pre-det ection: d uratio n of video pr eview, 5 –11 preset 1 , PTZ. See P T[...]

View: Operator Guide 14–4 tilt, camera. Se e PTZ time gap , in clip , 7–6 time limit, s ite op eration , 1–4, 6–4 time ref erenc e: oper ator pref erenc e, 2–7 , 2–8 ; temp orary settin g, 2–8 toolbars in sess ion pane, 1 –5 top of the m inut e, 3–7 Trim (selec tion) b utton, 5– 8 24/7, 6–20 U Ultrak, KD6i restri ction, 2–18[...]

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