American Dynamics Intellex Intellex Ultra manual

Intellex® Ultra V ersion 4.0 Part Number 8200-0562-00 A0 User ’ s Guide[...]

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vii Content s The Intellex System Managing Digital Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Basic features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Optional Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

Contents viii Intellex® Digital Video Management System After Stopping Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Restoring Images from Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playing Restored Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

1 The Intellex System Managing Digital V ideo The Intellex is an intelligent DVMS (Digital Vi deo Management System) that combines video multiplexing, recording, and vie wing of up t o 16 cameras, lo ca l and remote camera control, alarm/event detection and notificat ion, video and t ext analysis (I ntelleCord and Smart Search ) and much more. Depe[...]

The Intellex System 2 Intellex® Ultra Optional Features • Archive Manager module allows for dat a archiving (video, text and audio) to network attached storage devices and retrieva l using Network Client. • Policy Manager module integrates with Microsof t W indows security to provide Intellex with Advanced Security for managing and restricting[...]

3 Basic Features Getting S tarted T o configure security , see the Intellex Installation and Configur ation Guide. The system administrator must gran t privileges to access, set, or change features. Logging In 1 Using the mouse, enter the 1- to 8-character PIN (Per sonal Identification Number) code the system administrator assigned. Click to erase [...]

Basic Features 4 Intellex® Ultra Controls Displays cameras sequentially Selects the number of cameras to display: • 1x1 (1) • 2x2 (4) • 3x3 (9) • 4x4 (16) Displays the list of alarms Click to display a spec ific camera. In multi- camera display , drag and drop a camera button to any image pane. Searches the image database for specific vide[...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 5 Changing the Look of the Live Display Right-click an image. This me nu appears. Zooming in At any time, zoom in on an area of the live image to more closely observe activity from a camera. 1 Move the cursor over the image to display it in a sing le pane. 2 Click to fill the entire image area with this camera imag e.[...]

Basic Features 6 Intellex® Ultra Utility Options From the main screen, click Utility . Restarts the recording af t er the image database is filled (linear mode). Displays a user ’s activities. See page 34. Generates an alarm event manually for one or more cameras. Clear s alarm mess ages manually from the live display if Latch Messages is enable[...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 7 Checking Camera S tatus From the main scre en, click S tatus. Finding V ideo Segments Find video segments based on Date and T ime, Camera, Alarm, or T ext criteria. See page 21 . Cameras by name in numerical order * = the camera is in covert mode Circular or linear Workst ation’s network identifier Super , Normal,[...]

Basic Features 8 Intellex® Ultra From the main screen, click Search. The Sear ch Mode screen appears. V iewing Live Video S tart Camera Sequencing 1 From the ma in screen, s elect a mode for the video display . Clears current criteria and begins new search. definition Searches using the date and time, camera, or alarm criteria Searches using text [...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 9 2 On the control tool bar , click Seq . Note The example above illu strates basic mapping from cameras to panes. Y ou can map cameras to diff erent p anes (example: camera 1 to p ane 16), and map the same camera to multiple p anes (example: camera 1 to all 16 p anes). The sequencing pane sequences throug h all camer[...]

Basic Features 10 Intellex® Ultra . These camera handlers enab le access to these dome configuration menus: •A D 1 6 8 / M P 4 8 • AD1024 Matrix •V M 9 6 R T T •R S 4 2 2 D o m e • VM16/ADTT16 • VM16E/ADTT16E • Pelco Matrix Switch • USB CCTV Iris Open Auto Iris and Focus Close Zoom In (Future V ersion) Out Focus Near (Future V ersi[...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 1 1 Quick Camera Controls S tart a camera contro l session to open the quick camera contr ols. Controlling the Pan-Ti lt Control via Mouse 1 Float the cursor over the center of t he vide o pane. The Cursor Origin Mark appears. 2 Click and drag the cursor to set the direction and speed, then releas e. • The camera’[...]

Basic Features 12 Intellex® Ultra Selecting a Pattern 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control menu. 2 Click Pattern for the patte rn menu: 3 Select a pattern nu mber . 4 Click to run the pattern. 5 Click Exit to close the Pa ttern menu. 6 Click to close the Primar y Camera Control menu. Defining a Pattern 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Cont[...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 13 Defining a Preset 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control menu. 2 Position the camera for your preset. 3 Click to display th e preset m enu. 4 Select a preset number . 5 Click Define Preset to define a preset at this index. 6 When the Replace Preset? message appear s, click Y e s to program the preset. The numbe[...]

Basic Features 14 Intellex® Ultra 9 Click Edit to name the clip. 10 Enter a name. Click Update. 11 (Optional) click Play (default) or Pause to play or p ause the video clip. 12 Check the Select box of any additional clips to include in the export. 13 Click Export to export to CD or DVD. 14 The Export Directory dialog appears. Click Include player [...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 15 Reviewing Alarms 1 From the control bar , click Alarms. The alarm review screen ap pears. 2 Click Clear to clear all check ed alarms, or Clear All to clear ent ire list of alarms. 3 Click Play to play back a video se gment containing a recorded alarm. 4 Click Play pre-alarm video if available to play alarm segments[...]

Basic Features 16 Intellex® Ultra Slider Control VCR Control Jog Shuttle Control 1 Click once to play back video. 2 Click again to pause video. 3 When playing, click and drag the arrow cl ockwise to increase playback speed or counterclockwise to reduce or reverse play back speed. Click and drag the arrow horizontally to the left or right to achiev[...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 17 Archiving V ideo Archive video to tape, to a network, or a combin ation.The new Network Archive functionality allows automatic archiving that yo u can store off-site. Note The Archive button is enabled only when a t ape drive is connected to the Intellex unit. For the option of network archiving only , the Archive [...]

Basic Features 18 Intellex® Ultra Restoring Images from T ape 1 Click Restore images from tape to copy images from a backup tape to the system. 2 Select a video segment to restore. 3 Press to select the num ber of segments to restore . 4 Click OK. Follow the prompts. Playing Restored Images 1 Click Play restored images to review images that were c[...]

Basic Features User ’s Guide 19 Updating License Information T o upgrade your license information: 1 From the Utility Options, click About Intellex, then System. 2 Click Upgrade, and the License Information s creen appears. 3 From the Features box, you can select the produ ct type: • Ultra • Intellex •R M S •L T •I P Depending on the pr[...]

Basic Features 20 Intellex® Ultra[...]

21 Advanced Features T o configure security , see the Intellex Installation and Configur ation Guide. The system administrator must gran t privileges to access, set, or change features. Searching for V ideo Segments Use criteria including Date/T ime, Filters, and T ext to search the image database and text streams. From the main screen, click Searc[...]

Advanced F eatures 22 Intellex® Ultra Searching by Camera Click Cameras to search for segments by camera. Searching by Alarms Click Alarms to search for segmen ts based on alarm information. Searching Using Filters 1 From the Search Mode page, click With Image Filters . 2 Click the Filters tab . 3 Select a camera. 4 Set the length of time that sea[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 23 7 T o define the filter ’s target area: a When the Activate button is illuminated (def ault), move the cursor over the image area. b Draw the filter boun daries by clicking and moving the mouse to each corner of the target area and clicking again. c After enclosing the target area, click again to fill shape. d[...]

Advanced F eatures 24 Intellex® Ultra 4 Select T ext Criteria (optional). Th is screen displays text exceptions. T ext Options Configure the Intellex unit to reco rd text streams associated with cameras. Adding, Editing, or Deleting a T ext S tream 1 From the main scr een, click Setup. The Se tup Options screen appears. 2 Click T ext. The T ext se[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 25 b Click Setup next to the Connectio n T ype box. The Setup Serial T ext S tream Options screen appears. Select an option from each lis t. Defaults ar e shown. Then click OK. OR 7 T o define an IP text stream: a From the Connection T ype dropdown b ox, select IP Port. b Click Setup next to the Connec tion T y pe [...]

Advanced F eatures 26 Intellex® Ultra 8 Highlight a text formatter . 9 Click Setup next to the handler type to acce ss a printer interface. 10 For the General T ext handler , enter an end-of-line deli miter to display text lines from a receipt. • Click Default to reset the box defi nition to default 0D 0A. Click OK . • For the American Dynamic[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 27 • Export expo rts checked receipt definitio n entries to a specified file. Generating T ext Alarms 1 From the T ext setup screen, select the Alarms tab. 2 Click Apply selected ex ceptions as a group to generate an alarm for a receipt. This operation applies to text as Intellex re ceives it from some text devic[...]

Advanced F eatures 28 Intellex® Ultra 6 From the And V alue is box, select an option to retu rn these results: 7 Click Delete to remove the highlighted text exception. 8 Click Import to import a specific f ile cont aining text exceptions. 9 Click Export to export highlighted exceptions to a spec ified file. Advanced Searching with Motion Exception[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 29 Import ant differences in sensit ivity: Neither is effective in low light. For successful mot ion exception: • A faster recording rate is better than a slower one. • Draw one or more t arget areas to exclude extr aneous activity . • A target area n ear the center is better th an one near the side. • Do n[...]

Advanced F eatures 30 Intellex® Ultra Setting Up the T arget Area 1 Select the targe t area’s shape from the draw zone list. 2 Click and drag to form the target area. Custom s hapes must form an enclosed bo undary . 3 Configure additional t arget areas (optional). T o use the default settings for size, speed and direction: 1 Draw target area(s).[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 31 Determining Minimum Object Size Click Size to change the default size of an object. An object larger than the selected or default size triggers the alarm. Specifying an Object’ s Direction Direction arrows are 45° apart. Wh en you enable multiple directions, you exp and the directions in which you track the o[...]

Advanced F eatures 32 Intellex® Ultra Specifying an Object’ s Minimum Speed Click S peed to change an object’ s default speed. Obje cts moving faster than the selected speed trigger the alarm. The defau lt direction is every direction. Environmental Factors When using motion exception, consider: An object moves through the draw zone and ta rge[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 33 Occlusions and obstructions Set up the camera such that no objects totally block (occlude) objects of interest in the camera’ s view . When someone walks behi nd something t hat totally blocks that person in the camera’s view , Intellex predi cts where the person will be n ext based on his speed when last se[...]

Advanced F eatures 34 Intellex® Ultra V iewing an Activity Log 1 From the main screen, click Utility . The Utility Options sc reen appears. 2 Click Activity Log to view ac tivity a user performs on the Intellex after logging in. 3 From the Range b ox, select a ti me frame. If you select S pecify , select st art and end dates and times for the filt[...]

Advanced Features User ’s Guide 35 Monitoring Hard Drive Health Intellex now offers a feature to moni tor and anticipate whether a hard drive's heal th is failing, and if so, notify th e user . The d rive attribute s that Intelle x monitors are manufactur er-specific, s o these vary for each user ’s system. Prob lems include reliability , [...]

Advanced F eatures 36 Intellex® Ultra[...]

37 Index A Adjusting Target Area Settings 30 Advanced Search 23 Alarm Stage Generating Alarms 14 Alarms Clearing 15 managing 14 American Dynamics Handler 26 Apply selected exceptions as a group 27 Archiving to Tape 17 Archiving Video 17 Archive button disa bled 17 Archive button enabled 17 Area Image 5 Associating Text Streams with Cameras 26 B Bac[...]

Index 38 Intellex® Digital Video Management System O Overview, Intellex SDK 21 P Pattern definition 1 1 Pattern and Preset Camera Controls 1 1 Personal Identificat ion Number 3 Playing Back Video Clips 15 Playing Restored Image s 18 Preset definition 1 1 Preset Overlay View 12 R Resetting Archive Flags 18 Restoring Images from Tape 18 Reviewing Al[...]