Visiontech 2000 Version 9.0 Operating Instructions

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HME# 400487 Rev B 10/29/02 VisionTech 2000 ™ Version 9.0 Remote Video Transmission and Digital Recording System Operating Instructions VisionTech 2000 TM Version 9.0 HM Electronics, Inc. 14110 Stowe Drive Poway, CA 92064 Sales: (858) 535-6060 Service: (858) 535-6030 Fax: (858) 552-0172 Copyright © October 2002, HM Electronics, Inc. All Rights Reserved TRADEMARK INFORMATION HME, VisionTech and MegaMotion are registered trademarks of HM Electronics, Inc. MS-DOS, Windows and Windows98 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Download.com is a trademark of CNET Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. PRECAUTION ON COPYRIGHT HME’s MegaMotion® board is not made or sold for unauthorized copying or recording of copyrighted video works, including, without limitation, unauthorized video recording from prerecorded copyrighted video products. Television programs, films, videotapes and other materials might be copyrighted. Therefore, unauthorized recording of such materials might be a violation of copyright law. FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in residential installations. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, might cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does not cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Move the equipment away from the receiver. • Plug the equipment into an outlet and circuit different from what powers the receiver. • If necessary, the user should consult the dealer or an e2000d radio/television technician for additional suggestions. Finally, any changes or modifications to the equipment by the user not expressly approved by the grantee or manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate such equipment. Minimum System Requirements For Upgrade Kits • • • • PENTIUM \ CELERON CPU 500MHZ OR FASTER 128 MB RAM 1024 X 768 16-BIT VGA SCREEN DISPLAY WINDOWS 98 SE ONLY MODULAR DESIGN VisionTech 2000 Transmitter is available with many different features and capabilities. The differences are intended to suit particular applications and customer needs. Most of the differences depend on the software modules that have been installed on the transmitter. This manual covers a VisionTech 2000 Transmitter system with all of its modules enabled. If there is feature in this document that you are interested in, the features are listed in the VisionTech program group, you can access the relevant part number in the Start Menu under VisionTech\HME Modules Registration. If a module has been enabled on your system, it will be listed as “Active”. If not, it will have a part number. Contact your dealer or vendor for pricing and availability. Not all of the features listed will be available at the time of this publication. With a full-featured version you can: • • • • • • • • • Automatically accept a call from a PC running VisionTech 2000 Receiver Software and transmit digital video over a Modem-to-Modem, LAN, WAN or Direct Cable Connection. Control the camera views. View Touring allows you to automatically switch through groups of cameras for hands free monitoring. Control Pan Tilt Zoom cameras. Respond to alarm triggers and trigger outputs to open doors or gates, turn on and off lights and more. Automatically call a PC when an alarm trips and display a picture on its desktop of what happened. Accept connections from as many as 255 receivers simultaneously. Record only when the video image has changed with HME’s hardware-based Video Motion Detection. Record cameras regardless of what is on the screen. Previous VisionTech titles could only record what was on the screen. Record video to a remote location or locally with Record On Demand. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. ACCESS RIGHTS ........................................................................................1 2. GENERAL ....................................................................................................4 3. COMMUNICATION....................................................................................5 4. LOCAL SITE.............................................................................................. 15 5. REMOTE SITES ........................................................................................ 17 6. CAMERA .................................................................................................... 19 7. AUDIO RECORD....................................................................................... 23 8. PTZ.............................................................................................................. 28 9. EVENTS ...................................................................................................... 30 10. CASH REGISTER...................................................................................... 35 11. VIDEO MOTION DETECTION ............................................................... 42 12. VIDEO MULTI-VIEW............................................................................... 45 13. ALARM I/O ................................................................................................ 47 14. NOTIFY ...................................................................................................... 51 15. RECORD ON DEMAND............................................................................ 57 16. CONTINUOUS RECORDING .................................................................. 60 17. LOGICAL DIAGRAM ............................................................................... 70 18. UTILITIES.................................................................................................. 77 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 1. Access Rights ACCESS RIGHTS The Access Rights module protects the system setup configuration. Users will not be able to enter areas of setup that may cause configuration errors and bring the system down. Since exiting the program stops recording, operators can be denied exit rights. Groups and Users Entries made to Access Rights are sorted by Groups and Users. There can be up to 256 group entries and 256 users within each group. Access rights are granted or denied to each group. Each user then shares the same rights within the group they belong to. 1 General VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Adding Groups The system has one default group entry and one default user entry. The Supervisor group has access to all levels. The default group should not be removed since doing so would lockout all users from the system. The default user can be edited to fit the profile of the environment it is placed in. To add a group, click the Group of Access Rights tab on the Access Rights dialog. Click on the Add Group button. Once the entry is in place, the name field is selected to accept the name of the newly added group. All of the Assigned Rights are locked as indicated by the padlock icon next to the feature name. Click the padlock icon next to the features you want to enable for this group. The icon will change to a check mark. All of the entries under List of Features pertain to entering VisionTech 2000 Setup except for Exit Right. 2 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Access Rights Adding Users To add a user, click the Add button on the Users tab. The user information fields are then enabled for input. The Group Name drop down list will reflect entries made to the List of Groups. Select the group this user will belong to. Note that a user can only belong to one group. Managing Users There are several buttons that provide additional tools to manage user accounts. Add Edit and Delete are used to manage specific user information. Search and Refresh assist in selecting the user record. Once Search is clicked the user data fields become blank so you can enter search criteria. Any part of the user’s record can be used to search. The inner arrows are used to move to the next record (right arrow) or the previous record (left arrow). The outer arrows will go to the last record (right arrow) or the first record (left arrow). Click Refresh if any changes you have made are not updated on the screen 3 General 2. VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide GENERAL The General dialog shows the path of the VisionTech 2000 database. This database contains all of the transmitter’s configuration information. It is not absolutely necessary for changes to be made here although; the path may need to be changed to conform to other languages. The Language Path contains a file that is specific to each language that is supported by VisionTech and Windows. If the Wizard has taken you to General, simply click Next unless you are using a version of Windows other than English. 4 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 3. Communication COMMUNICATION Communication setup is the hub for all devices that will transfer data between the VisionTech 2000 system and other devices. These other devices can range from modems to RS232 controlled Pan Tilt Zoom cameras. What you see in the main Communication window will depend greatly on which modules were purchased for the system. The picture below shows all of the supported communication devices. Let’s take a look at each one of them. NOTE: The PTZ and Cash Register modules are not covered here. Those sections will walk through the necessary portions of Communication setup. Network NOTE: VisionTech 2000 does not have to log in to a network server to connect over a network! It simply ‘plugs in’. However, if you must log in to back up files to a network drive, login can be automated with ‘TweakUI’. TweakUI is a freeware utility from Microsoft. Though it could be difficult to locate from the Microsoft web site, you can find it at www.download.com. For most installations of turnkey systems configured by HME, no Network setup is required here. This is not to be confused with setting up the network connection in Windows. While HME will install and configure the required network hardware and software components, adjustments MUST be made to the Windows Network setup to integrate the system into an existing network environment. For a Value Added Reseller building systems from and upgrade kit, the Windows Network setup will have to be configured from scratch. For the uninitiated this can be a daunting task. It is highly recommended that the services of a network consultant be used whenever a new network is being set up. 5 Communication VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide How does VisionTech communicate over a network? Let’s start with the bare essentials. • A Network Adapter Card. Also referred to as a NIC. There are many different kinds of NICs. But the most prevalent kind is Ethernet. If you need to have the system connect through a LAN, DSL or a Cable Modem, an Ethernet card is what is used. • The Network Protocol. A protocol is what computers use to talk to each other. Think of it as a kind of language. VisionTech speaks TCP/IP. That stands for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. The name is very descriptive of what it does. It controls how data is transmitted between computers and is the de facto standard for communicating across the Internet. A computer does not have to be connected to the Internet to use TCP/IP. TCP/IP can be used to connect two computers to each other directly. • A Static IP Address is an address that never changes. Most computers that connect to the Internet have Dynamic IP Addresses. That means that the Internet Service Provider assigns the address and it changes about every 3 to 6 months. Dial up connections may have a different IP address every time they connect to the ISP. You can assign any IP address you like to a closed network as long as each machine has a different one. If you will be connecting across the Internet, you will have to get a static IP Address from your ISP or the organization’s network administrator. • The Port Address is part of the TCP/IP stack. Each computer program that uses TCP/IP must have its own port address in order to gain access outside of the local network. If this port is blocked by a network firewall, the application will be unable to make a connection. This is by far the main reason why a connection might fail between a VisionTech Transmitter and Receiver! The default port for VisionTech is 7128. Fortunately, HME has made it very easy to change this port address. If 7128 is blocked, you can change it to a known open one. If the network’s security is especially tight, you may have to ask the network administrator to open a port for VisionTech to use. It can be the default port or one that the administrator assigns. That is essentially all that VisionTech needs to communicate over a network. The details of fulfilling these requirements are often best left to network professionals. But with the advent of high speed internet access and home networks, it is possible for you to gather just enough networking information from other sources to implement a small network or plug the system into an existing one. 6 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Communication This portion will go over what you will need to do with VisionTech and Windows 98 to make a network connection. Turnkey systems require a different plan of attack than an upgraded PC. We will take the path of an upgrade. To make it easier for turnkey installers, the steps will be laid out in numbers and bullets. If you are doing an upgrade, follow the numbers and bullets. If you are installing a turnkey system, just follow the numbers. Set up a network connection: 1. First, set up windows networking. Go to Start, Settings, and Control Panel and double-click on the Network Icon. Ø When the network adapter is installed, Windows will automatically add Client for Microsoft Networks, the adapter and TCP/IP to the list of Network Components. Those are the required network components for VisionTech. See the documentation for your network adapter about installing network components. More than the aforementioned components may be in the list. It is not necessary to remove any of the components that have been installed. 2. Double-Click on TCP/IP in the list of Network Components that has an arrow <-pointing to the network adapter. On the Specify Address tab, enter (or change) the IP address. Enter (or change) the Subnet Mask. The WINS, Gateway and DNS Configuration tabs may or may not need to have information added to them. Find out from the network administrator or ISP if any of these settings need to be changed. Click on OK. 3. Under Primary Network Logon, click the arrow on the drop down list and select Windows Logon. OK again on the Network Properties window. You will be prompted to restart the system. Do so and when the system starts, go into VisionTech TX Setup. 7 Communication VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Adding a Network entry to Communication: WARNING! Having more than one network entry in Communication will result in failure to establish a connection. Do not add a Network entry if one is present. 1. Double-click on Communication in VisionTech TX Setup. 2. Click the Add button. 3. Click on Network in the Connection Device list. 4. In the Connection name field, type Network. 5. Click OK. Changing the Port Address: 1. Double-click on Network in the Communication window. 2. Click in the Port Address box. 3. Directly type in the new Port Address. Click on OK. You could also select one of the alternate addresses from the drop down list. This port address has been changed from the default 7128 to a port that is known to be open on this network. 8 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Communication Changing the Shared Bandwidth value: Shared Bandwidth, also known as a Sliding TCP/IP Window, means that VisionTech will open a TCP/IP window that will slide open up to the value that is selected in the Shared Bandwidth list. If Maximum is selected, the window will open wide enough for 1.5Mb of data. As the demand for bandwidth decreases due to fewer connections or lower Size and Quality settings, the window will slide narrower. This leaves more bandwidth for other applications to use on the network. 1. Double-click on Network in the Communication window. 2. Click the drop down arrow under the Shared Bandwidth label. 3. Select a Data Rate value from the list and click OK. Changing the Dedicated Bandwidth value: Dedicated bandwidth is reserved. VisionTech will open a TCP/IP window that will remain the size of the value you select. 1. Double-click on Network in the Communication window. 2. Click the Dedicated Bandwidth radio button 3. Click the drop down arrow under the Dedicated Bandwidth label. 4. Select a Data Rate value from the list and click OK. 9 Communication VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Modem NOTE: On turnkey systems, the modem has been configured at the factory and no setup is required for a receiver to make a dialup connection to the VisionTech 2000 transmitter. Modem communication allows remote users to connect to the VisionTech transmitter over standard phone lines. Up to four modems can be installed on a receiver station to connect to four different transmitters at the same time. In order to connect to multiple transmitters over phone lines, the receiver station must have a separate phone line for each modem. To install a modem in VisionTech: 1. First, install the modem in Windows. Refer to the modem manufacturer’s manual for more information about installing modems in Windows. Once that is done, go to VisionTech TX Setup and double click on Communication. Click the Add button. If Modem is not highlighted in the Connection Device list, click on it once to select it. 2. Name the connection Modem. If you are going to add multiple modems, name them Modem 1, Modem 2, etc. 3. Under Device Type, select your modem from the list. (TIP: Any device that can be classified as a modem in windows will appear in the list, including Direct Connect and Serial Cables.) 10 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Communication 4. Select the Com Port that the modem is using. If you don’t know which one it is, go to Modems in Control Panel and click the Properties button. You will see the port listed on the General tab. 5. Select the init string for the modem from the list if it did not appear when you selected the modem. 6. The default baud rate of 56700 will work for 56k modems. Use 115200 or higher for ISDN modems. 7. Click the drop down arrow next to Volume and select none if you do not want anyone to hear the modem handshake at the location. 8. Select ATDT for regular modems. Use ATD for ISDN modems. 9. Change the number of Answer Rings if you do not want VisionTech to answer on the first ring. 10. Click OK when you are finished, and then click Close. 11 Communication VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Hardware Watchdog The hardware WatchDog is a serial device that connects to a COM port and listens for a signal from the system. VisionTech will tell it that it is active. If the WatchDog does not get a response from VisionTech, it will force a hard reset to bring VisionTech back up and recording. If the WatchDog senses mouse movement, it will disable itself so that it will not reset the system if VisionTech is not running. NOTE: The default setting for the hardware WatchDog is OFF. This will prevent the WatchDog from resetting the system during initial setup. It is safe to enable it now. To add the hardware WatchDog or edit its properties, do the following: 1. Click on Watchdog, and then edit to make settings for the Hardware as well as software watchdog. 2. Click the left mouse button once on the checkbox to remove the check and enable this feature. 3. Change the COM PORT setting to reflect the COM PORT the watchdog is actually plugged in. An HME turnkey system will have the Hardware Watchdog on COM 1. As shown in the table below, you can tell of the Watchdog is disabled by the led on the front of the system that is labeled WD. If it is steady on, then the Watchdog is disabled. FLASH RATE STATE Off Steady On 1 second 2 seconds on /2 seconds off 2 seconds 4 seconds 15 seconds No power or not working Disabled Shutdown timer Normal operation Reset wait timer Initialization timer Hardware reset 12 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Communication Open RS-232 Open RS-232 allows you to control serial devices from a remote location. For example, if you have an RS-232 PTZ camera, you can attach the camera to a serial port on the transmitter. Then, attach the joystick to a serial port on a PC running VisionTech 2000 Receiver Software. Over an Ethernet or Dial-Up connection, you can control the camera from the receiver station. This is especially useful if you have a camera that is not compatible with an HME PTZ Interface Module. The diagram on the following page illustrates the Open RS-232 concept. To setup an Open RS-232 device in VisionTech, do the following: 1. Attach the device to an available Com port. 2. In VisionTech TX Setup, double-click the RS232 icon. 3. Name the device RS1 or some other descriptive name for the device if you will be attaching more than one. Otherwise the default name will do. Each device must have a unique name and it must be the same on both the transmitter and receiver. 4. Select the Com port that the device is attached to. In some cases the use of a serial port expander must be used. The FIRST port on the expander will be COM 5. 5. Refer to the device specifications to set the Baud Rate, Parity, Data Bits and Stop Bits. Do the same procedure on the receiver. 13 Communication VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 14 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 4. Communication LOCAL SITE The Local Site module is a database that stores information about the transmitter. It can also restrict remote connections by requiring a password to connect. It is important to know that the transmitter software will not run if there is no Site ID and Site Name entered here. That is the minimum required information in the Local Site database. When you get to Local Site, first enter the Site ID and Site Name. Turnkey systems will have a record entered. HME assigns Site ID number incrementally since the transmitter’s Site ID must be different from the receiver’s Site ID. New Install Required Information. Turnkey Optional Information. Upgraded systems will display No Record in the fields and will have the Add button enabled. You must make an entry for the transmitter software to run. NOTE: If you have a turnkey system and are satisfied with the default Site ID and Site Name AND you do not want to enable a password for remote connections, you can skip this section entirely. 15 Communication VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Enter Site ID and Site name. (Required.) 1. Click either Add or Edit depending on whether there is an entry or not. Enter a numeric value in the Site ID field. (Do not use only zero.) 2. Enter an alphanumeric value in the Site Name field. While the Site Information page is enabled, you can enter site information in the fields if you like. Restrict Remote Access. (Optional.) 1. Click either Add or Edit depending on whether there is an entry or not. 2. Enter a password in the password field. Write down the password and keep it in a safe place. Enter Contact Information (Optional.) Contacts stores additional contact numbers such as telephone number, fax number, etc. Once you open Contacts, enter the information in the appropriate fields. 16 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 5. Remote Sites REMOTE SITES The Remote Sites Database is a list of computers running VisionTech 2000 Receiver Software that can be accessed. The SITE I.D., SITE NAME and Phone Number or IP address are the three pieces of information that must be entered in the system if you want to use the Notify Module. Remote Sites, like Local Site, has virtually the same general setup, which again, is divided, into 3 sections: Site Information, Contact and Connections. A default entry is always present and can be removed if you do not want to use it. To customize this information for your use simply click the Edit button. 17 Remote Sites VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide In order to have a valid entry, at least the Site ID and Site Name of a receiver system must be entered. You could, to save time, simply enter these two pieces of information, click the Save button and then enter a phone number or IP address on the connections tab. 1. Click the Connections tab. 2. Click the Add button 3. If you will connect to the receiver by modem, click on Modem under Connection Name. Enter the phone number just as you would dial a phone. Precede the number with a nine and a comma (9,) if you dial nine (or any other number) to access an outside line. Enter a 1 for long distance. 4. If you will be connecting over a LAN or the Internet, click on Network under Connection Name and enter the IP Address of the receiver. 5. Click OK then Close to save the settings. 18 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 6. Camera CAMERA This portion of setup allows you to name, select size & quality, disable or enable and select color and brightness settings. This is also the first place you will check to see if your cameras are providing video to the system. Select from Composite or SVideo Select from NTSC, PAL or SECAM Video Window 352x240 (Size 2) or 176x120 (Size1) Quality levels range from 1 (Lowest) to 10 (Highest) Up to 720 Minutes (12 hrs.) can be selected. With default setting, if a user changes the quality level while remotely connected, After 5 Minutes, the quality will return to 5 Video Sequencers will appear in the Camera List labeled Box1, Box2, etc. Disable any inputs that do not have cameras attached to avoid live video disruption The Cameral display shows the arrangement of the cameras and related information. Click on the button next to the camera to display a specific camera. Naming Cameras The Camera panel also allows you to specify how many cameras are connected to the Transmitter and to assign a name to each. Please note that names cannot be duplicated. Use only letters and numbers for camera names. Characters such as #, % can cause erratic behavior. Maximum name lengths are limited to 14 characters. Most installations have cameras positioned in strategic locations. Part of the strategy is assigning a descriptive camera name in VisionTech Setup. Using the default camera names of Camera1, Camera2, etc, can leave you or your customer with a mystifying configuration when it comes to locating video files. Few people would know which number camera is pointing at the back door, but anyone would expect to look for an incident that happened at the back door by looking for video that the camera named ‘BackDoor’ recorded. At first entry, the camera buttons are automatically defaulted to enable. When enabled, the camera button is yellow; when disabled, it’s blue. Inputs that do not have cameras attached should be disabled here. 19 Camera VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation Controls for Brightness, Contrast, Hue and Saturation are below the video window. These controls allow users to adjust these features to compensate for varying light conditions and slight differences in the quality of the video signal. These settings are similar to the controls on a color TV. The Brightness and Contrast adjust image clarity. Saturation and Hue adjust color depth and tint. Although each is defaulted at 50, the rate of each can be adjusted to suit the user’s needs. It is best to first have each level equal at first. Make adjustments to brightness and contrast on the camera itself, if possible. Then, fine-tune the adjustments using the controls in Camera setup. If the brightness and contrast levels on the cameras are extreme, the live video picture will appear to flicker between bright and dark. The undesirable flickering will be even more noticeable when viewing live video in a multi-view while the system is recording. Cameras that can automatically adjust to different brightness levels depending on daylight or extreme indoor lighting conditions will give you the best live video in the main program. Size and Quality (Picture Size and Frame Size) The Size and the Quality of the picture can be adjusted accordingly. The size and quality settings allow you to select the size of the video window and preset the video quality for all of the cameras. The selections made will apply to all cameras, thus you cannot specify a different size and quality for different cameras. The size and quality selections together make up the frame size in kilobytes. The video Size setting determines the resolution of the image. The resolution is measured in pixels by columns and rows. Size 2 has 352 pixels drawn across 240 distinct columns on the screen. Since each pixel requires a certain amount of memory, the size of the picture in bytes increases or decreases depending on which size is selected. This has the most significant effect of increasing or decreasing the amount of disk storage space required. The video Quality determines the clarity of the image that is captured by adjusting the brightness and intensity of each pixel used to draw the picture. This is not to be confused with the overall picture brightness. The higher the brightness and intensity of each pixel is, the more memory is required to generate and store the picture. Quality selections range from 1 to 10 with ten being highest. Video Standard There is also an option to select the video standard between NTSC, PAL, or SECAM, and a video format of Composite or S-Video. The video standard used in the US is NTSC; in Europe the dominant video standards are PAL and SECAM. The differences between these standards affect how the video signal is interpreted by the system. Once a standard is selected, the MegaMotion hardware uses a different algorithm to convert the signal. As long as the camera complies with the standard selected, the signal will be processed correctly. Also note that the standard selected has little to do with how the video images are multiplexed, processed, recorded and displayed on the screen. 20 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Camera Preview There is also a Preview button that will show you the video as compressed frames. You may see the frame size on the Preview window title bar fluctuate as the system processes the video. This fluctuation is present because what you are viewing in setup are the frames as they are compressed for storage. Compression will vary depending on the amount of motion that changes from frame to frame. Preview can also aid you in making adjustments to brightness and contrast levels on cameras that support such adjustments. Reset Quality Delay The Reset Quality Delay function determines the amount of time the program will remain on the quality changes made by a remote connection before switching back to the settings defined during initial setup. When a user changes the quality of the image remotely, the changes are reflected in the live view of the transmitter. When the remote user disconnects, the live view at the transmitter will remain the way the remote user set it until this setting’s time has elapsed. The Camera List The Camera List will display the number of BNC inputs that are attached to the system. If more than eight inputs are present, it means an HME Video Sequencer is attached to the system. Up to four video sequencers can be attached to the system and should go on inputs one through four, respectively. Also note that if four sequencers are attached, the maximum number of cameras the system will support has been reached so the remaining four inputs will be disabled. Each sequencer attached to the system will show up in the camera list labeled as Box #. If one sequencer is attached, you will see Box 1 at the top of the list and the remaining inputs will be labeled as Camera 2, Camera 3, etc. This will affect the addressing of PTZ cameras. For example, if you have a Video Sequencer on the first input and a PTZ camera on the second, the PTZ must be addressed as camera 9. Attaching Cameras with Video Sequencers When attaching HME Video Sequencers to the transmitter, the first sequencer’s Video Out must go to the DVR’s Input #1. The second sequencer will attach to Input #2 and so on. Cameras can be attached to the remaining inputs if less than four sequencers are being used. Refer to the following diagrams for system configuration details. 21 Camera VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide This example will set up a nine-camera system. Doing so will require the use of one video sequencer and one video input. 1. With the system powered off, attach the video sequencer to the system in the following order: • Check the address of the sequencer and make sure it is at the factory default of one. (If using more than one sequencer they must have their own address, one through four.) The termination switches should be ON unless you will be feeding the coaxial cable to the sequencer that has been ‘Teed’ from a multiplexer. If the signal is being looped to a multiplexer that has its own terminator then turn the sequencer’s termination off, otherwise leave it on. • Attach the coaxial cable from the cameras to the video sequencer’s inputs labeled 1 through 8. • Attach a coaxial cable from the video sequencer’s BNC out to the number one input on the back of the 2000 system. • Attach the control cable to the RJ11 jack labeled “To vid seq.” It looks like a phone jack, so be careful that it doesn’t go to the modem, if one is installed. Then attach the cable to the Control In on the video sequencer. • Attach the 12 V AC 40VA power supply to the power jack just below the control cable on the back of the system. Then plug it into the wall outlet. 2. Attach the camera to the second (First if not using a video sequencer.) BNC input on the back of the system and power it on. When the system comes up, the transmitter software may launch automatically. Just exit and double-click on the VisionTech Setup Tx icon on the desktop. Double-click on Camera in the setup window, or proceed through the wizard to camera setup. 3. Each camera will be enabled and show up in the Camera List. There will be Box 1 and under that, Camera1, Camera2, etc. Further down, will be the rest of the inputs labeled Camera 2, Camera 3, etc. Click once on the camera icon to select it. With the color and brightness controls at default, adjust the brightness on the camera first. Then click Change Name. Enter the camera name and click outside of the name label to set it. Do the same for the remaining cameras. 4. If you are in the US, you won’t have to make any changes to the Video Standard and Video Format boxes. Outside the US, make the necessary changes to them. Make your selections for size and quality. Most people prefer using size 2. Go ahead and select different quality levels and click on Preview for each setting, if you like. Then you can select the one that will provide the best picture. Note that since higher quality levels increase the amount of disk space to record, quality 10 is not always the best choice. 22 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 7. Audio Record AUDIO RECORD VisionTech 2000 can record high quality audio utilizing only 355 Kilobytes per minute. The quality level is easily adjustable to maximize recording space or audio quality. Audio Record is limited to one type of recording per channel. That is, if the system has one audio card installed, as HME turnkey systems do, then only Event Record or, Continuous Record, etc... can use it. Modules that can use the Audio Record feature are: • • • • Event Record Continuous Record Cash Register Record Record On Demand (Local) Audio Record can only be used with ONE recording type per channel. 23 Audio Record VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Audio Test Click the Test button to initiate a ten second audio record test HME Turnkey systems use the Yamaha dx-xg onboard audio chipset. If you do not hear audio after the test, check the volume properties and make sure it is turned up for both playback and recording. Do not adjust the volume to the highest level, as that will result in poor sound during playback. VisionTech 2000 systems with audio are shipped with the Xwave 16-bit sound card. *This card uses the Yamaha DS-XG YMF744 Chip. HME tests this card with a line input device. It is shipped out with Line Input as the recording device. If you will be using a PC-Microphone, adjustments to the Windows Audio Properties must be made. You must change the recording device from Line In to Microphone. First, exit from VisionTech. Hover the mouse pointer above the lower right corner of the screen. Double-click on the speaker icon. Click the Advanced button on the Microphone section. * Subject to change without notice. 24 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Audio Record Click the Mic Boost box to place a check in it, if it does not have one already. Click Options then Properties. 25 Audio Record VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Select Recording. Click on the box next to Microphone to place a check mark in it, if one is not already present. Select Microphone as the Recording Device. Then click Options, Exit 26 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Audio Record Open VisionTech Setup TX then open Audio Record. Click the Edit button and Enable the Audio Channel. Select a Recording Type. Click the Test button. VisionTech will record for ten seconds, and then automatically play back. If the sound has excessive noise, go back to the Audio Properties and lower the Recording Microphone volume. Additional information for the DS-XG configuration is available on the system in: C:\Drivers\Sound\Xwave_6000\YMF744\Manual. HME has tested the microphone recording with the default settings for the DS-XG Audio Config Control Panel Applet. 27 PTZ 8. VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide PTZ The PTZ module in VisionTech 2000 is a software component. Attaching a PTZ camera involves 3 basic stages: • • • Attaching the hardware Assigning the camera Testing control Begin by attaching the PTZ camera(s) to the system per the camera manufacturer’s instruction. Keep the following points in mind when hooking up the cameras: • • • Address the dome(s) as described by the dome manufacturer. Plug the BNC connectors into the input that matches the dome address Make sure you are using the correct protocol for your camera The dome address is how VisionTech knows which dome to send the instruction to. VisionTech cannot get the address from the dome. For that reason, if the dome has address number one, then the coaxial cable should go into BNC input number one. If you are using a video sequencer, attach the dome to the sequencer’s number one input. It is recommended that the PTZ camera(s) take the first position(s) in the camera configuration. The protocol that the dome uses is configured at the dome. Our PTZ interface modules are programmed for the dome you are using. If your dome supports multiple protocols, you must configure it so that the FPD8000 series interface module can communicate with it. Most domes support RS-422/485. If that selection is available, use it. After you have made the physical connections with your PTZ cameras, do the following in VisionTech TX Setup: 1. Double-click on the Communication icon in setup. Click the Add button. (If the system already has a PTZ entry, select the PTZ entry and click the Edit button.) Select PTZ from the Connection device list. Enter a name in the Connection Name field. Select the Com port that the FPD8000 interface module is connected to from the COM Port list. Click Ok and close the Communication window. 2. Double-click on the Camera icon in setup and name the camera as described in Camera setup if you have not already. 3. Double-click on the PTZ icon in the setup window. Select the PTZ camera from the Available Cameras list and click the white box next to PTZ Enabled. You should now have control of the PTZ camera. 28 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide PTZ PTZ setup in Communication. To add a PTZ preset, position the camera. Click Add. Name the preset then press Enter on the keyboard. Click OK. Maximum numbers of Presets are 32 per camera. Not all cameras will support 32 presets. To set up Auto Pan, position the dome to the left and click Set Left. Position the dome to the right and click Set Right. Click Auto to start. (Not all PTZs support Auto Pan.) PTZ window (PTZ Icon in Setup.) 29 Events 9. VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide EVENTS Input devices trigger events. Most commonly a physical input, although it is also possible to use a Virtual Timer to schedule a repeating event. If you will be using a Virtual Timer to schedule a repeating event, you can begin here on the Events tab. Otherwise, setup your physical input devices first. The General tab has a box marked Auto Adding All Hard Drives. When the Auto Adding All Hard Drives box is checked, the system will add your existing and any future drives, i.e. if you add another hard drive in the future this will automatically use it to record video. It is most useful if you are using removable drives for archiving. This will leave no space for any other recorded files so select this option only if there will be no other type of recording than Event Recording. ADD ALL DRIVES refers to adding all currently installed and mapped network drives. This is independent of the Auto Adding All Hard Drives option. Adding an Event Recording Directory When adding an event directory, you can choose to select an existing directory or specify a new one. When specifying a new directory, you can enter a name directly into the PATH field. 30 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Events Select a drive by clicking the arrow in the drive list box. Select a directory by double clicking the folder icons in the directory list box. The PATH field will update to the current selection as you go along. If the desired folder does not exist yet, you can navigate to a folder by clicking and pointing, then append a folder name to the path in the PATH field. When you click OK, a new folder will be created in the location specified by the PATH field. This example will set up an event that will be triggered by Input # 1, recording Camera #1 for 5 minutes with 30 seconds of pre-event and 30 seconds of post-event. Setting up an Event 1. Go to I/O and setup your Input device. This assumes that your hardware has been attached. 2. Since Pre and Post event features will be utilized, go to Continuous Record and create a 24-hour recording set. 31 Events VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Maximum Event Duration is 10 minutes. 3. Next, go to Events and click on the Events tab. Click the Add button. Set the Event duration and Frame Rate. Frame rate must be below 12 frames per second because the system cannot record more than 12 frames at any given second. This is especially important if there will be many frequent events. Be as conservative as possible with frame rates. 4. Select the camera that will be used with the event and click on the Active boxes for Pre-Event and Post-Event. Select the cameras that will be used for pre and post events. It is not absolutely necessary to activate Pre-Event and Post-Event recording in order to make use of the Events module. Click OK. Click Save then Close on the Events window. 5. Go to Logical Diagram. Drag the Relationship icon to the middle of the screen and right-click on it with the mouse. Give it a name. 32 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Events 6. Click and drag a Physical Input onto the grid and drop it on the left side of the relationship. Select the input to be used in this relationship. Use Edge Trigger if the input has a fixed voltage signal. Use Level Trigger if the input uses a variable voltage signal. 7. Click on the Device Output icon. Click on Event Recording, drag then drop it to the right of the relationship. Click the Select Events button and select the event to be used from the datasheet. 33 Events VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 8. Click the Links button and connect the Input to the Relationship, then the Relationship to the Event. Drag the link to the Input and drop it, the cursor will change. Click again and drag the link to the relationship and drop it. The link is established. Do the same from the Relationship to the Event. To use the 2-point links, go from left to right and click, drag, drop, click, drag drop. Click the Save button in the lower right corner of the Logical Diagram window then exit setup. Launch the Transmitter window and trip the input. Watch the Record Panel for Event to turn yellow and the Input Output panel will indicate that the input has tripped. 34 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Cash Register 10. CASH REGISTER The Cash Register recording module interfaces with cash registers and point of sale terminals through asynchronous serial communication. When VisionTech receives a text string from its Com port, it will begin recording and display the transaction data in the Transmitter window when the transaction is complete. Adding a Cash Register First, go to Communication and add a cash register as described below: 1. Click the Add button in the Communication window. 2. Select Cash Register from the Connection Device list on the left and enter a name for the register in the Connection Name field. 3. Select the Com Port that the register is connected to from the Com Port list. (The remaining settings should work with most registers. See the documentation.) Click OK. Close the Communication window when you have finished entering all registers. Double-click on Cash Register in the setup window. 35 Cash Register VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide From the main Cash Register window, click the Add button This button will first be labeled Receive. Click on it, and then generate a transaction on the register. Click Stop then OK when the transaction is complete. Click items in the Data Flow list to add them to the exception list. VisionTech will begin recording when one of these exceptions is received. It is recommended that the default settings be used so that recording will occur with any transaction. Specific exceptions and operators are optional and not required for Cash Register recording. 36 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Cash Register If specific exceptions are to be used, simply generate a transaction with the item you want to add to the exception list. Click on the entry and it will appear in the Item Name drop-down list. Do this for each item you want as an exception. Item exceptions are generally used for managerial product tracking. The installer should use [ANY ITEM] and [ANY PRICE] exclusively. Cash Register recording can also take place when a specific operator generates a transaction. 37 Cash Register VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Click the Add button under the Suspected Operator field. Enter the Name, ID and Description, and then click OK. Once the Exceptions are set up, click the Advance Setup button. Select the Cash Register from this drop-down list. This is the name you assigned in Communication setup. It is separate from the Cash Register type. If you want to have video that is recorded before and after the transaction, select Active for Pre-Event and Post-Event. The system must be using Continuous Recording for this option. The Cash-Register Type list contains all natively supported registers. If the register is not in the list, select General Cash Register. The remaining settings are specific to OEMs and can left at default. 38 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Cash Register Click on the arrows in the center column to add or remove cameras that will record during transactions. 1. Click the Cameras tab. Click on the right arrow button to include the cameras that you want to record during a transaction. The default number of frames will capture 3 video frames at 1 frame per second. The maximum Number of Frames is 1000. Maximum Frame rate is 30 frames per second. It is recommended that these settings should start with 700 frames at 10 frames per second. Use this as a starting point to determine how the video appears. Data transfer rates vary greatly among Cash Registers. 2. Click the Recording Directories tab. Select the directory you want this register to record to. You should not use the C: drive and each register should be on a separate partition. Do not use the same partition that Event, Record On Demand or Continuous Record use. Auto Adding All Hard Drives should only be checked if removable drives are being used. It is not required that Keywords be added during initial setup. They are there to customize and override the settings on the General tab. 39 Cash Register VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Hardware Connections The serial interface to the VisionTech system will depend on the type of output connector your register uses. An asynchronous signal from the register is required. If your register uses synchronous data signals, a converter may be needed to complete the connection. In some instances, only two wires will have to come from the register going into the VisionTech system. If VisionTech will be 50 feet or less from the register, a null modem cable can be used to connect them. If the distance is greater than 50 feet, two 22 AWG wires can be used to make the connection up to 1,000 feet away. As long as there is no electrical interference, this distance can be achieved. Lesser distances can be still be achieved if there is equipment or devices that cause interference present. Some cash registers will require a signal be sent to it from the 2000 system. If so, you will NOT be able to use just two wires to make the interface connection. A basic cash register to 2000 system pin out would be as follows: DB9 Cash Register Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 5 ------------------------- 2000 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 5 This assumes that the Cash Register is a Data Communication Equipment (DCE) terminal. The serial port would look like a reversed PC serial Port Or DB9 Cash Register Pin 3 Pin 2 Pin 5 ---------------------------- 2000 Pin 2 Pin 3 Pin 5 This assumes that the Cash Register is a Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) terminal. The serial port would look like a standard PC serial Port. If your Cash Register must use Full Duplex serial communications then the pinouts for a DTE to DTE would be: 40 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Cash Register Cash Register DB9 2000 1, 6 ----------- 4 2 ----------- 3 3 ----------- 2 4 ----------- 1, 6 5 ----------- 5 7 ----------- 8 8 ----------- 7 For a DB9 to DB25 connection. DB9 DB25 1 -------- 20 2 -------- 2 3 -------- 3 4 -------- 6 5 -------- 7 6 -------- 20 7 -------- 5 8 -------- 4 There are many cable manufacturers and resellers that make cables with the 3 main types of connectors that are found on serial communication devices. The connector on the register could be a DB-9, DB-25 or RJ-45 connector. NOTE: If you are using a port expander on the system, the first port on the expander will be COM 5. You must first determine the serial communication settings that the cash register you are connecting uses. This includes BAUD RATE, DATA BITS, PARITY AND STOP BITS. 41 Video Motion Detection VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 11. VIDEO MOTION DETECTION Click on a camera in the Available Cameras box, and then click on the arrow pointing to the right to add it to the Selected Cameras list. Click the Save button before moving to the next tab in the Video Motion Detection window. If you want to change the camera name(s), select a camera in this list. Click the Change Name button then type in the new name. Click anywhere outside the name to set it. Click on the Video Window and drag the mouse pointer to mask an area of the video that will be monitored for changes. Click the OK button to accept the masked area. If you make a mistake or the area seems insufficient, click the Erase button and drag the mouse pointer on the screen to remove the mask. Use the sliders to set the sensitivity of detection. The Video Lost Status indicator will turn yellow when the threshold is in an acceptable range. It is best to experiment with them and click the Test button. When testing is in progress, the mask will turn a pinkish color when activity is detected. Click Beep when trigger for an audible cue of activity. The window below the camera list gives a visual cue as to the bright and dark areas of the video window that will affect sensitivity. 42 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Video Motion Detection Video Motion Detection Threshold When adjusting the Video Motion Detection thresholds start by setting the Upper Threshold slider to the extreme right and the Lower Threshold slider to the extreme left. Bring each toward the center until the smaller window has near equal amounts of blue white and black. The coloring will vary depending on lighting conditions and is not absolute. Recording Directories Select Auto Adding All Hard Drives if using removable drives for motion detection files. Click Add All Drives if the system will solely be used for Video Motion Detection recording. Recording Sets 1. Click the add button and name the set. 2. Select the duration of recording after motion is first detected. The system treats motion as an alarm input so set the duration as though it were an event. Use longer duration if there will be frequent activity.. 3. Click the right arrow button to select the cameras that will record when motion is detected. 4. Select the frame rate for each camera then click the Save button. 43 Video Motion Detection VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Create multiple sets if cameras will be scheduled to record at different times of the day or week. Video that has been recorded prior to and after motion detection can be associated with it by selecting the Active check box in the Pre-Event and or the Post-Event sections. Note that to use Pre-Post Event video, the selected camera(s) must be part of a Continuous Recording set. See the Continuous Record section for more detailed information on creating recording sets. Recording Schedules 1. Click the Add button. Select a set from the dropdown list and use the scroll buttons to select or type in start and end times. Click OK. If you want to record daily for 24 hours, just click the OK button and close the window. 2. If scheduling for recording during nighttime hours only, then reduce the end time to an earlier hour. Click OK. 3. Click Add again and set the start time to a later hour. Click Ok. See the Continuous Record section for more details about scheduling record sets daily and weekly. 44 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Video Multi-View 12. VIDEO MULTI-VIEW This portion of setup provides options for displaying video frames on the main screen when VisionTech 2000 is launched. These options consist of Blank Screen: This option is activated when the radio button labeled Do not show video on the left lower corner of the window is checked. Normally, this option is preferred because it improves the main application launch time. In addition, when live video is not displayed, the system is capable of recording a single camera at 30 frames per second. With live video displayed, this is slowed to approximately 24 frames per second. To enable Live Video at start time, click the top radio button labeled Show Video and choose one of the following: Single-View: Click the first button on the bottom left of the window. Use the drop-down list on the top of the panel to select a device from the list of available cameras or PTZs. The related video will show up, occupying the whole display area. Quad-View: Click on the second icon from the left. Use the drop-down list to select the desired device for display. This option will pull up 4 videos on the screen as shown on the next page. 3x3-View: Click on the third icon from the left and select the device for output. This option will show 9 videos on the screen. 4x4-View: Click on the fourth icon from the left and select the device for output. Customize Display Configuration: Click on the rightmost icon, which will pull up another interface for customizing video display configuration. This option provides means to obtain a video layout different from the default configurations as listed above. 45 Video Multi-View VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Use these buttons to select the viewing mode. Click here to show a list of cameras to select for placement in the selected video window. 46 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Alarm I/O 13. ALARM I/O Yellow Inputs are enabled. Blue Inputs are disabled. Gray Outputs are armed. Green Outputs are locked. In Testing Mode, an active Input is red and an active Output is yellow. The I/O SETUP display panel screen is divided into 2 sections: INPUTS and OUTPUTS. Across the Alarm I/O box are 9 tabs detailing the number of input/output setups. The 1st tab is numbered 1-4, the last tab, 61-68. Directly below the numbered tabs are 2 columns. The 1st column (on the left) represents input devices. The 2nd column represents output devices. You can name the I/O’s simply by clicking on each one and then typing in a new name. Inputs The button indicators are defaulted to yellow, meaning the inputs are enabled. You can left click on each button indicator to disable the input. When the yellow indicator button turns blue, the input is disabled. Or click the Enabled button. It will toggle to Disable the selected input(s). You can click on the blue indicator button to change it back to yellow. If you wish to change all the inputs with one stroke, use a right click. Outputs Locked status is a toggle that will arm or disarm the selected output. If the Output is locked, it cannot be manually activated in the Transmitter Window. It can, however, be tripped by an input that has been assigned to it in the Logical Diagram. In that case, the output will remain active until the timer on the output has elapsed. This prevents anyone from turning off the output in the Transmitter Window. 47 Alarm I/O VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide NOTE: Do not lock the output if you are going to use it with the Notify feature. If you do, the output will remain active until you exit the transmitter and turn it off in setup. Leave the output gray here and use ‘Latch’ on the Physical Output properties in the Logical Diagram instead. Testing Clicking the Testing toggle button will put the I/O interface in testing mode. When an input is tripped successfully, the button indicator will turn red. When an Output is successfully triggered, the button indicator will turn yellow. Setting The default mode for enabling inputs, locking outputs and naming both. This scenario illustrates how to set up an Alarm I/O relationship for a fire door exit. This location has four fire exits. They all have strobe lights above them and cameras facing the inside. Other cameras are in the parking lot. Our client wants both cameras to record when the doors open. Naturally, we don’t want anyone to be able to trip the strobe light outputs in the VisionTech Transmitter Window. 1. First, we’ve given descriptive names to our camera in Camera Setup. Next we’ve named our Inputs and Outputs as shown below. In Setting mode, we’ve named Inputs and Outputs 1 thru 4 simply by clicking once on the default name and typing in the new one. A right-click on the first input enabled all of them. A right click on the first Output locked all of those. When Outputs are Locked, they cannot be tripped through the Tx user interface. 2. Next, we’ve created Events for the Doors and the Lots. To create Events, we’ll click the Add… button on the Events tab and give the Event a name. The Event Duration is how long we want the camera to record. The maximum Event Duration is 10 Minutes. The maximum frame rate is 12 Frames Per Second. We must create an Event for each camera that you want to record when the Input trips. 48 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Alarm I/O 3. Now we go to Logical Diagram. We will have to create a relationship that will cause our Inputs to trigger two cameras and one light. We will have to create one Relationship for each Input. By clicking on the Input Devices button and dragging a Physical Input icon from the list on the left and dropping it to the left of the Relationship Hub, we’ve opened a box that popped up where we’ve selected the input device for this Relationship. 49 Alarm I/O VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Now we’ve clicked on the Device Output button and dragged a Physical Output icon from the list on the left to the right of the Relationship Hub. We’ve selected our SFE Light Output from the list. We then drag two Event Recording icons onto the grid and selected our cameras for each of them. We don’t want the two Events to trip at exactly the same time because they may collide with each other, so we’ve dragged a Delay icon onto the grid, named it South Lot then set it for two seconds. Now all we have to do is link them together. Place Input Devices to the left of the Relationship icon and Output Devices to the right. Since the Outputs are locked, the Latch box is cleared the on the strobe light Output. The timer is set to 5 minutes, the same as the duration of the Event. Otherwise, the light would not turn off! If the Outputs were not locked, then the Latch box should be checked. Linking the icons together will establish the Relationship. Always link from left to right. Input to Relationship Hub, Relationship Hub to Output. You can have multiple Outputs directly from the Relationship Hub, but if you want to have multiple Inputs in a Relationship, you must use Logical Operators between the Inputs and Relationship Hub. See the Notify section for an example of using Logical Operators. See the Logical Diagram section for more information. Click Save after establishing each Relationship and back it up when you are finished. See the Utilities section for more information about backing up the setup database. 50 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Notify 14. NOTIFY When the VisionTech system is unattended, it can be configured to dial as many as 256 central monitoring stations and alert you or security staff that there has been alarm activity. It can be set up to automatically send pictures to a remote location and to log event activity by acting as an output device in the Diagram Module. It can also automatically disconnect from a receiver after a specific amount of time unless the operator takes control. Notify can be triggered either by any Physical Input such as a motion detector or magnetic contact that has been enabled in the Input Output Module. Or it can be scheduled by a Virtual Timer to trip at a specific time such as the hours a manager is off site so the manager can see who and when someone walks into a supply closet. It will then begin Event Recording and send a picture to the person notified. Adding Notify Entries Clicking the Add button on the main dialog will bring up the Source of IP/Phone dialog where you can specify remote sites and select options. The site names and numbers that you select are part of your Remote Database. The information stored in the Remote Database is entered at a previous point in setup. If there are no entries to choose from, the Notify dialog will display a message in the lower left corner stating “No telephone or IP address available”. If you see this message, exit from Notify setup and make entries to your Remote Database. This field will display a summary status list of entries This field shows details of the entry selected above it Notify will display a message here and disable the Add button if there are no IP addresses or phone numbers in the Remote Database 51 Notify VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Notify Name and Priority The Source dialog will list all numbers that have been entered in the Remote Database Connections tab. Give the Notify entry a descriptive name that you easily reference when adding Notify to the Diagram module grid. The Notified Priorities drop down list allows you to set a High Priority for this Notify entry or a Low Priority. If multiple events trigger notification simultaneously, the higher priority events will dial first. The following two pages will provide an overview of the options and controls in the Source of IP/Phone dialog. Broadcast This option will dial all connections listed in the Notify List virtually simultaneously. This is used primarily in networked environments where monitoring is the prime function. This option can still be used in a surveillance situation, if desired. Connect Only One Number When selected, Notify will cease dialing once it has made a successful connection. This option is most useful when there are multiple central monitors that may be busy or you anticipate they could be unavailable for any reason. Sequence When selected will call each number in the Notify List one after the other. Select this option if you plan to notify more than one person. 52 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Notify Disabled This box will allow you to temporarily disable Notify without having to remove it from the list or modify other modules. Use this when you want to pre-configure a system or if maintenance is will be performed on alarm inputs/outputs that could trigger Notify. # Of Pictures At this time is limited to one. This is the number of pictures that will be sent to the receiver when a connection is made. Add-One/Add-All Buttons Use these buttons to add and remove entries to your Notify List. When the Move All button is used, entries in the Notify List will share the same properties. Notify will make connections in the order they appear within the Notify List box. Use the large up/down buttons to sort entries in the order you want connections to be made. Add selected entry to Notify List Remove selected entry from Notify List 'Add All' connections to Notify List 'Remove All' entries from Notify List After you have selected the connections and clicked on the Add button, the Notify Property box will open. 53 Notify VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Each entry in the Notify List can have its own properties or they can share properties. Redial Under Time Between Redial, select or enter the number of retries. Kiss Off When enabled, the Kiss Off Hour, Min and Sec fields will work as a timer. Once the Kiss Off time has elapsed, Notify will disconnect. This is most useful when the receiver is unattended. The receiver will log the call and display pictures sent by the transmitter. If an operator is at the receiver and takes control, Kiss Off will stop its timer and the connection will be maintained until the operator disconnects. If Kiss Off is disabled, Notify will make a persistent connection. Editing Notify Properties To bring up the Notify properties box for an entry after it has been added to the Notify List, click the Edit button on the Notify window. Move the entry from the Notify List on the right to the Phone/IP list on the left. When you move it back to the Notify List, the properties box. 54 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Notify Notify Diagram Setup NOTE: It is important to create Relationships in a certain order. Always create the Relationship Hub, and then add the Input device, and finally the Output Device. Link them from Input to Relationship Hub, from Relationship Hub to Output. Example of a basic Notify relationship: This example will call the store manager when a door's contact trips. 1. Go to Diagram and create a new Relationship. 2. Select a Physical Input or Virtual Timer from the list of Inputs and drag it into the Diagram grid. 3. Select Notify from the list of Outputs and Drag that into the Diagram grid. 4. Connect the Input Device to the Relationship and the Relationship to Notify with 2 Point Links. Example of an advanced Notify relationship: This example will turn on a light and notify the store manager when the door contact is tripped during the manager’s off hours from 6:00PM to 8:00 AM. 1. Drag a Physical Input from the list of inputs and select the input labeled Door from its property sheet. Then drag a Virtual Timer into the grid and set its properties to schedule a start time of 18:00:00 and a Length of 14:00:00. Drag an AND operator into the grid and place it between the inputs. 2. Drag a Notify from the list of outputs. Select Manager and the Door Event from its properties. Drag a Physical Output into the grid and select the Light from its properties. 3. Using 2-point links, A: Connect from the Door input to the AND operator. B: Connect from the Virtual Timer to the AND operator. C: Connect from the AND operator to the Door Relationship Hub. D: Connect from the Door Relationship Hub to the Light Output. E: Connect from the Door Relationship Hub to the Manager Notify Output. 55 Notify VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide When the Notify layout is complete, click the Save button on the lower right corner of the Diagram window and exit Setup. When the input is tripped, a light will turn on and Event Recording will begin at the site. A flashing popup window will then appear on the receiver’s screen. From there, the receiver’s input output panel can acknowledge the alarm and a note can be added to the picture Notify sends. Otherwise, after the Notify dialog on the receiver is closed, the call is logged and it can be reviewed through HME's View Log Files at any time without acknowledging the alarm. If the manager sees someone that should not be in the supply closet, the video can be reviewed either immediately or at any time via receiver software to see what the person did. 56 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Record On Demand 15. RECORD ON DEMAND Record On Demand can be initiated by remote users or by operators on the local site. To set the Record On Demand parameters, enter setup and double click the Record On Demand icon. The Record On Demand dialog will be displayed. Frame Rate: Select the number of frames per second. Higher frame rates produce smoother motion but increase disk usage. Setting the frame rate too high can reduce the number of files that can be stored on the hard disk and interfere with other types of recording (i.e. Events, Continuous Record, etc.) 57 Record On Demand VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Max File Length: This is the maximum length of the recorded file before it closes and begins a new one regardless of how long you are actually running Record On Demand. If you have a one-hour file length and you record for 5 minutes, you will not be able to retrieve the video until one hour of Record In Demand recording is complete. Generally speaking, a short file length is best for Record On Demand unless it will be your primary type of recording. Max Files Storage: This is the number of files that will be stored on the hard disk before they will be overwritten. When this number is reached, VisionTech will go back to the first recorded file and overwrite it. Record Directory Auto Adding All Hard Drives: This option, when checked, will allocate all hard drives on the system for Record On Demand. If at a later date, additional hard disk space is added, that disk space will be detected and allocated for Record On Demand. It is important to select this option only if no other type of recording will take place. For example, if a system is doing Event Recording, this option will leave no recording space for Events. Add All Drives: Will allocate all currently attached disk space. New hard drives added later will not be allocated automatically. 58 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Record On Demand Add: This will open the Pick Directory dialog. A default path will be presented. To add another directory, click the drop down list on the Pick Directory dialog. Select a drive letter and browse to the directory you want to use. If the directory doesn’t exist you can type the path directly into the path field and it will be created. The sequence is entered automatically and can be changed if desired. Edit: This option will open the Change Sequence or Path dialog. You can select a drive from the drop down list and browse to the directory you want to use or enter the path in the Path field. The sequence can also be changed here. Delete: This will delete the directory from the hard disk. 59 Continuous Recording VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 16. CONTINUOUS RECORDING Quick Setup for Continuous Recording To quickly add a simple 24 hour continuous record schedule for any and all cameras: 1. Click the Recording Sets tab then click Add. (You can ignore the Recording Directories tab if it con-tains one or more entries, otherwise skip to the Recording Directories section for more information.) 2. Enter a name for the recording set. You must click 'Save' before you can add another set or move on to the Recording Schedules! 3. Click the right arrow between the camera lists to add the cameras that you want to continuously record. 4. Set the frame rate for the cameras. Default is 5 frames per second. Each set should not exceed 12 frames per second total. See the table below if you have more than 12 cameras at 1 frame per second to find the maximum Frames Per Minute. Set each camera to the selected frame rate. 5. Click Save then Close. #Cameras FPM #Cameras 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 720 360 240 180 144 120 103 90 80 72 65 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 FPM #Cameras 60 55 51 48 45 42 40 38 36 34 33 60 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 FPM 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 23 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Continuous Recording 6. Click the Recording Schedules tab. 7. Click Add. The default time is 24 hours. 8. Click OK then Close. You are finished! Continue only if you want to have the cameras use different frame rates or omit cameras at different times of the day or week. Recording Directories Each type of recording has a directory tab where you specify the location that the video will be stored in. Most of the time, little or no changes are required here if you are only using the Continuous Record module. However, you may want to organize the record directories to make it easier to search for and retrieve files. Some may prefer to have all of their event files on 2 drives and all of their continuous files on another pair of drives on a four hard disk system. Or, the default record directory may be better suited to one’s needs. Either method is a matter of preference. If you will be using removable drives for archiving, you can swap them with a blank drive by using the Auto Adding All Hard Drives feature. If you are using other recording types, you must have a valid path on your removable drive before running the VisionTech Transmitter software. File Length Determines the length of Continuous Record files and is independent of the Recording Set schedule. To reduce the amount of time it takes to search for Continuous Recorded video in playback, set the file length to 24 hours or greater. Continuous Record video can be played back as quickly as 1 minute after VisionTech begins recording. 61 Continuous Recording VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Total Storage Time Is the amount of time the files will be stored before they are overwritten. 30 to 90 days is preferable, as most of the time the size, quality and frame rate settings will not exceed such period of time. This will also assure that the system does not begin to overwrite before full disk capacity is reached. Add All Drives This option will create recording paths with a single click. However, it should not be used if you are doing Cash Register Recording or if VisionTech is logged into a server. Auto Adding All Drives Enable this option after clicking Add All Drives if you will be dedicating this system for Continuous Recording. Whenever a removable drive is inserted or a new hard disk is installed, VisionTech will dynamically include it in the list of recording directories. In addition, it will remove a path from the list if a removable hard disk is pulled out of the system. Recording Sets Continuous Recording is organized in sets. The sets are sort of like containers for the cameras. By assigning cameras to different sets, you can have the same cameras run with multiple frame rates at different times of the day or week. Each set is limited to a total of 12 frames per second. If a system has 8 or more cameras added to a set, they should not use more than 1 frame per second. If you simply want to have the system record all of the cameras 24 hours a day, you could have one set with a 24-hour schedule. You could still have different frame rates for each camera, but that frame rate would be ‘fixed’ for each camera. If you want the frame rates to change at different times of the day or week, then you would use multiple sets with Daily or Weekly recording schedules. Recording Schedules More advanced scheduling options are available as well. Schedules can be created to record on a daily or weekly basis. Schedules provide greater flexibility and control over the amount of hard disk space that is used for saving video files. Overlapping Recording Times A very common, though perfectly reasonable, deviation is attempting to have cameras overlap schedules. Schedules cannot be overlapped which causes some confusion when it comes to having cameras record at the same time. Consider the following situation. 62 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Continuous Recording Suppose you want to record cameras 5 and 6 from 6:00PM to 8:00PM. Cameras 7 and 8 will record from 6:00PM to 10:00PM. Cameras 1 thru 4 will record 24hrs. This could lead to creating three sets and scheduling them as follows: In this table, all of the sets will Set Name Cameras Schedule Time overlap during the hours of 6:00PM to Set 1 5 and 6 6:00PM to 8:00PM 8:00PM. When attempting to schedule these Set 2 7 and 8 6:00PM to 10:00PM sets, a ‘Schedules overlap’ error will be Set 3 1 thru 4 24 hrs generated and scheduling cannot continue. Why is this? There is nothing wrong with this setup as shown. Many situations will demand that this schedule be made possible. The ‘problem’ here is that an attempt is made to add cameras to a schedule instead of sets. The trick is to add cameras to sets and then add sets to the schedule. It is important to realize that the same cameras can be added to more than one set. Instead of naming sets by camera, name them according the time of day you want to record. Three sets would be needed, and one of them will be scheduled twice. The sets were made according to the time of day when recording will change. Cameras were then added to the sets according to which cameras are to be recording at that particular part of the day. Note that the table shows the 24hr set twice, not 2 sets named 24hr. This is because, when adding it to the schedule, the time slice was automatically selected on the Schedule Indicator. The schedule sheet has the 24hr set at the top and bottom. Set Name Cameras Schedule Time 24hr 6 to 8 8 to 10 24hr 1 thru 4 1 thru 8 1 thru 4, 7, 8 1 thru 4 12:00AM to 6:00PM 6:00PM to 8:00PM 8:00PM to 10:00PM 10:00PM to 12:00AM 63 Continuous Recording VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Tips For Setting Up Recording Schedules • When you are adding your sets, try not to exceed 12 frames per second in each set. • Watch the Schedule Indicator bar as you adjust the time when adding schedules. Start with the longest time period as the Schedule will fill in remaining time as it is used. • If you have one or more cameras that will be continuously recording, and others that will only record at certain intervals, create a set with the camera(s) that will always be recording, excluding the ones that will start and stop recording. Create another set with cameras that will be recording at specific times and include the camera(s) that will always be recording in the set. Start scheduling with the scheduled set and fill in the remaining time with the continuous set. • Watch the Status Bar on the schedules tab for the following error messages: Ø Start time can't be bigger than or equal to end time Ø End time can't be smaller than or equal to start time Ø Schedules overlap Ø No time available Daily Recording Schedule Suppose we want to have a four-camera system and want cameras one and two record during the day from 8:00 AM to 5:00PM, and then have cameras three and four record at night: 1. Go to the Recording Sets tab and click the Add button. Name the first set Day. Click the right arrow button to add cameras one and two. Set the frame rate for each camera to a maximum of 7 per second. Click Save. 64 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Continuous Recording 2. Click the Add button and name the second set Night. Click the right arrow button to add cameras three and four. Set the frame rate for both at 5 or less per second. Click Save. 3. Click on the Recording Schedules tab. Click the Add button. Click the up arrow button on the Start Time field until it reaches 08:00:00. (8:00AM.) Click the down arrow button on the End Time field until it reaches 17:59:59. Double-click on the 59 minutes field and click the up arrow once. Do the same for the 'seconds' field. It should now be set to 17:00:00 (5:00 PM). Click the OK button. 4. Click Add. Select Night. Click OK. 5. Click Add. Click OK. The Recording Schedules datasheet will show three sets. The day set will occupy the daytime hours while two entries of the Night set will occupy the nighttime hours. When you are finished reviewing the datasheet, click the Close button to exit Continuous Recording setup. Schedule Indicator End Time Start Time Status Bar 65 List of Record Sets Continuous Recording VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide The Continuous Recording module will automatically fill in the remaining time on the Schedule Indicator as you add more sets. Once all of the time has been used, no more sets can be added. If you want to have the same cameras record on different days, then use a Weekly Recording Schedule. Weekly Recording Sets and Schedule Using a weekly recording schedule will give you greater flexibility and control over how the cameras will record. In some instances it is desirable for the same cameras to record at different frame rates at different times of the day or week. A convenience store, for example, has more business in the early morning and evening than during regular daytime hours and the graveyard shift. Friday and Saturday evenings are notoriously peak times for shoplifting and ‘beer runs’. A high frame rate can be assigned to sets and then scheduled here. Following the C-Store analogy, let’s run through setting up an 8camera system and use weekly scheduling. 66 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Continuous Recording Weekly Recording Sets In this example, four sets were created to cover a typical week at a convenience store. Since we want all of the cameras recording at all times, we’ve assigned frame rates to the cameras that would correspond to the hours we will assign them to on the Recording Schedules tab. Our first set covers the Weekday hours. Normally at this time, deliveries are made at the back door and the cooler is stocked. We’ve elected to have the cameras named Back Door and Cooler to have higher frame rates than the other cameras. Our next set, will be scheduled during the early morning and evening hours. Cameras that are located at the areas with the most activity during those hours have been assigned higher frame rates than the others. In order to prevent exceeding 12 frames per second for the set, and to reduce disk space usage, cameras with the least activity have been assign to one frame every other second. To accomplish this, three of the cameras have been set to 30 frames per minute. In the example below, the frame rates have all been set to a total of 10 frames per second. Having two cameras set at 30 frames per minute is equivalent to having one camera at 1 frame per second. Our next set, (named Friday and Saturday Nights) gives preference to the Front Counter and Beer case. The frame rates in this set equal 11 frames per second. 67 Continuous Recording VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Finally, we have created a set with all of the cameras at one frame per second to cover the slowest hours of the store and save disk space. We are now ready to schedule our sets on a weekly basis. First, we have clicked on Weekly to enable Weekly Scheduling. Note that you cannot combine Weekly and Daily scheduling. That is, if a Daily schedule were to be set up and then a Weekly one, then recording would take place weekly only. Or Daily, if that were the last schedule type selected when this window is closed. Since Sunday has less business all day and night, we’ve opted to have the Slower Hours schedule run from 3 AM (03:00:00) to Midnight (23:59:59). Selecting Friday and Saturday Nights can fill in the time that has been omitted between 0 and 3 on the Schedule Indicator by clicking on the drop-down list then clicking the OK button. 68 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Continuous Recording The Slow Hour Schedule has been extended into the next day, Monday, by selecting it from the drop down list and using the End Time scroll buttons to roll back the Schedule Indicator to 6 AM (06:00:00). The Weekdays Schedule was selected next, and then the Schedule Indicator was rolled back to 10:00:00 PM, (21 on the bar and 21:00:00 on the Schedule Sheet.) The remaining time was filled in already, so all we had to do was select Slow Hours from the dropdown list and click the OK button. The process was repeated to fill in the remaining days of the week. Finally, both Friday and Saturday Nights are scheduled as shown above by rolling the Schedule Indicator End Time to 5 (05:00:00) with Slow Hours Selected. After Clicking the OK button, the Weekdays Schedule is selected and the scroll bar was rolled back to 17 (17:00:00 or 5:00PM), then we Clicked OK again. Clicking ADD, selecting Friday and Saturday Nights, filled in the remaining time, and then we clicked OK. Our Weekly Schedule is Complete. 69 Logical Diagram VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide 17. LOGICAL DIAGRAM The Logical Diagram enables input and output devices. § The Logical Diagram works by cause and effect to provide automation for I/O s, Notify, and Events. § Input Devices are bound to a relationship that relays the signal to one or more Output Devices. § Inputs can be physical dry contact triggers, Video Motion Detection, Video Loss Detection or a Virtual Timer. § Outputs can be Physical Outputs; lights, sirens, etc. Also Event Recording, Notify or a Camera. § To use multiple Inputs, you must first connect to a Logical Operator, then the Logical Operator to the Relationship. § Multiple Outputs connect directly from the Relationship. 70 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Logical Diagram HME Turnkey systems will have examples of a Diagram entry. If you are installing an upgrade or starting from a blank grid, it would look something like this: The first thing to do with a blank grid would be to position the default relationship icon near the middle of grid. Always create relationships in the following order: 1. Relationship 2. Input 3. Output The Logical Diagram Toolbar 4. Logical Operators 5. Links Create New Relationship Input Devices Edit Relationship Name Delete Relationship 71 2-Point Links Output Devices Logical Operators Logical Diagram VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide By default, the design grid is occupied by a single relationship labeled Name 1. To change the label, right click on the relationship icon. A box will open allowing you to enter a new name. If you make a mistake with a Relationship, you must delete it and the devices that attached to it on the grid. Otherwise the devices that were attached to it will not be available to other devices. Physical Inputs and Virtual Timers, Video Lost, and Video Motion Detection qualify as Input Devices. You can place up to 68 Physical Inputs on the Design Grid. Virtual Timers are limited to 32. Physical Input Properties The Physical Input property page includes an Active checkbox to enable the device. This allows you to deactivate the device through software rather than disconnecting it. You can set an Edge Trigger for devices that will complete or open a circuit. These are devices such as buttons or door/window contacts that do not send voltage across the wires. An edge trigger can also be a device that uses a voltage level that does not fluctuate which would indicate different states of activity or status. A Level Trigger is for devices that use a variable voltage level to trip an alarm. Select the device from the Name drop down list. The list contains entries for all of the physical inputs previously named during I/O Setup. Virtual Timer Properties The Active box is to enable or disable the timer. Click on Schedule to expand the sheet and set time of day the timer will be armed. 72 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Logical Diagram Virtual Timer Schedule The Virtual Timer can also be scheduled to run during specific times. The Start Time is in 24-hour format as is the Time Length. The Days of the Week appear depressed when selected. A Virtual Timer is not limited to controlling Event Recording. It can be associated with an output that controls devices such as a light or a gate. For example, a light can be turned on at 1800 hours. With a 12 hour Time Length, the light will turn off at 6:00 AM. The same can work to control when a gate will be open and when it will close. Output Devices 73 Logical Diagram VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Event Recording Properties Click the Select Events button. It will open a datasheet view of all events that were entered in Event Recording setup. Removing the check mark from the Active box will disable the event without having to remove it from your list of events or removing it from your diagram. Select the event you want to use and click OK. The fields on this sheet are informational only. If you want to change any of the data or options associated with the event, it must be done in Event Recording setup Delay Properties When you have more than one camera or event in a relationship, they may trigger simultaneously and compete for execution. Such a competition can result in collisions that keep your outputs from operating correctly. A Delay output is useful to avoid such competition between outputs. The delay will stay on one output for the period defined by the Time Delay fields before switching to the other. The Name field helps to clarify your design grid. 74 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Logical Diagram Physical Output Properties Removing the check from Latch can be used to set how long the output will stay on before automatically turning off. If your Output has been set to Locked in I/O setup, an Output with Latch enabled in Logical Diagram will stay on as long as the system is powered up. The Physical Outputs are Latched and Set On by default. Set On can be used to disable the output without disconnecting it or removing it from your diagram. With Latch checked, the output will remain active until it is physically turned off in the Transmitter window. Check on Latch to set the duration the output will be active. The NAME list box contains entries for all outputs previously defined in INPUT/OUTPUT set up. If you will be using Notify with an Output, do not Lock it in I/O set up. That way, a remote user can turn it off from the receiver Notify Properties The Notify Sites drop down list will show the Notify entries made in the Notify Module. The Events radio button tells Notify to use the event listed in the Events Name box. Clicking the Select Events button will allow you to select an event from your existing list of events. 75 Logical Diagram VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Logical Operators and Scheduling Inputs Logical operators can be used to schedule when inputs will be armed. This automates the system so that the alarm system can be scheduled to turn itself off during business hours. To schedule when Inputs will trigger, add a Virtual Timer to the relationship. (See Virtual Timer Schedule on page 75.) Click the Schedule box and enter a start time, and then the length of time the input will be armed. Place an AND gate between the Virtual Timer and Input and the Relationship. Use 2-point links to attach the inputs to the AND gate, then to the Relationship. Attach the Relationship to an Output such as Event Recording. Multiple Outputs can be used with 2-point links coming from the relationship to directly to each output device. 76 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Utilities 18. UTILITIES VisionTech 2000 includes utilities to keep the system fresh and save the setup configuration. Software WatchDog See Communications for information about the hardware WatchDog. The software WatchDog will reset the system daily to refresh the system memory and run a Scandisk weekly to verify that the hard disks are in good condition. The default setting for reboot is daily. Scandisk is weekly at 6AM. The buttons indicating the day of the week will appear yellow when enabled. They are gray when disabled. When the box labeled Scandisk is checked, a Scandisk will be performed on that day to verify file and directory structure integrity, in addition to other disk conditions, which would affect recording stability. It is strongly recommended that Scandisk be allowed to run at least once a week to assure that disk errors will not prevent the system from recording. 77 Utilities VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Backup and Restore Database Double-Click on Backup and Restore Database to bring up the Backup and Restore dialog. Restore from last run will be disabled the first time you run setup. The default File To Backup directory will be the My Documents folder. It is recommended that be used here unless you are backing up to a floppy. 1. Click the Backup button to open the Save As window. Click the drop down arrow in the Save in field and select another drive or folder if you want to save the file in a different location. 2. Enter a name for the file in the File name field. Click the Save button. 78 VisionTech 2000 9.0 Setup Guide Utilities If you will be copying the 2000 Setup configuration to another system, backup to a floppy diskette. You can simply enter setup on the new machine and go to Utilities, Backup and Restore. Click the drop down arrow and double-click on the A: drive. Select the backup file and click OK. Once the restoration process is complete, open any module to see the results, if desired. 79 1. GLOSSARY An input device that has completed or broken an electrical circuit. The ability of a VisionTech Transmitter to cycle continuously through its cameras, staying at each camera and its preset position for a specified amount of time. It can be setup and enabled from a receiver. Recorded video that has been initiated by an input device. The input device could be a Physical Input or a Virtual Timer. A software or hardware component that blocks TCP/IP ports from unwanted traffic. Most companies use hardware firewalls while most Small Office Home Office networks use software firewalls. Both can be configured to open specific ports for applications to use. Remote Watch’s default port is 7128, which is regarded as an unused port. Unfortunately, since it is listed as unused, hackers will try to use it, which is why it is often blocked by firewalls. Any device connected to VisionTech that is capable of completing or breaking an electrical circuit (pressure sensors, motion detectors, panic buttons, door and window contacts, etc.) An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network. Networks using the TCP/IP protocol route messages based on the IP address of the destination. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be zero to 255. For example, 1.160.10.240 could be an IP address. ALARM CAMERA TOURING EVENT RECORDING FIREWALL INPUT IP ADDRESS Internet Service Provider ISP Local Area Network. A network where computers are connected to each other in the same building. LAN A modem converts one form of communication signal into another and transmits it to a similar device at the other end of a telephone line. Conversion from the digital signals of computers to the analog signals of telephones is called modulation, while the reverse process is called demodulation. MODEM Any device connected to VisionTech that can be activated by completing or breaking an electrical circuit (bells, lights, sirens, loudspeakers, etc.) OUTPUT 80 2. GLOSSARY PORT ADDRESS A ``virtual slot'' in your TCP and UDP stack that is used to map a connection between two hosts (computers), and also between the TCP/UDP layer and the actual applications (programs) running on the hosts. PRE-EVENT AND POST-EVENT This is video that was recording on a continuous basis before (PreEvent) an input triggered Event Recording. Since it is continuous, there is video available after the Event (Post-Event) has concluded. RECEIVER A PC without any special hardware running the VisionTech Receiver Software. The receiver can connect to a transmitter via whatever connection hardware is installed, be it Network Interface Card or Modem. The receiver uses software video decompression thus the more powerful the computer is, the better the video quality will be. SITE ID The specific site-identity information entered in the General Setup panel to distinguish the video files recorded at one VisionTech site from those recorded at another. TCP/IP Abbreviation for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol, the suite of communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet. TRANSMITTER A PC with an HME MegaMotion Video Capture Card installed. The cameras are attached to it and will transmit the images when a receiver connects. TRIPPED/TRIGGERED When an input device (such as a motion sensor or door switch) is activated, it is tripped or triggered. In VisionTech, tripping or triggering an input device will usually result in another activity, such as switching to a particular camera, sounding an alarm or placing a call to the Receiver unit. WAN Wide Area Network. A network where the computers are connected to each other but are not in the same location. The Internet is the largest WAN in the world. 81