New DS2 Operation Training. Reference Notes

New DS2 Operation Training

Reference Notes

Contents

Contents ... 3

Introduction ... 4

Improvements to the User Interface ... 4

Keyboard Layout ... 4

On-Screen Display ... 4

Menus ... 4

New DS2 Features ... 5

Operating the DS2 ... 7

Introduction

The New DS2 is designed to be a replacement for the existing highly successful DS2. It performs the three primary functions that the existing unit does, those

being:-High-quality video recording,

Local display on Main and Spot Monitors Telemetry control of Functional (PTZ) cameras.

All of these functions have been substantially enhanced and improved.

In addition to this and the most significant enhancement on the New DS2 is the incorporation of NetVu Connected Technology. This provides a wealth of new features including Advanced Video Motion Detection, Alarm Zones and Video Transmission, provided to meet the growing demand for remote monitoring applications.

Even if Remote Monitoring is not currently a user-requirement, installing a New DS2 now enables it to be provided for the end-user with minimal disruption and cost when it does become one.

Improvements to the User Interface

Changes to the operation of the DVR have been carefully kept to a minimum to maximize the feeling of continuity for existing DS2 users and installers. This is despite the huge amount of extra features now provided.

Keyboard Layout

The keyboard layout has been re-arranged to place the buttons into logical groups but the button functions and icons are identical to those on the existing product

The central area is for camera selection, the left area is playback and event viewing, and the right is display control (and menus access).

On-Screen Display

A number of visible improvements have been included to keep the operator better informed of system

status:-A red dot next to the camera number indicates that the camera is currently being recorded. Schedule e.g. Day, Night or Weekend is shown at bottom centre of Main screen.

Captions and/or Time & Date can be removed from Main and Spot monitors making more room for the picture. Also the text background can be turned off.

Menus

These have been carefully designed to be as similar as possible to the existing product to make the transition as comfortable as possible for majority of operators.

When in the User Menus, changes to Time and Date must now be confirmed before being accepted. This will prevent a common problem with existing DS2 where time settings were inadvertently changed by inexperienced users.

New DS2 Features

NetVu Connected Technology

The New DS2 is a founder member of the NetVu Connected family of products. Video information, either live or recorded, from a multitude of autonomous and widely separated, sub-systems can be brought together for central monitoring and control.

NetVu Connected guarantees interoperability, multi-site viewing and event management using NetVu ObserVer software which is provided free of charge with every DS2.

The new DS2 provides these two major CCTV control functions, recording and transmission, in one box.

Improved Schedule

The new DS2 retains the Day, Night and Weekend schedule but now has a 7-day timer function included.

DVD Writer as Standard

A DVD writer is fitted as standard on all the models. Most existing DS2s are sold with CD option. It is possible to select which cameras are to be archived during a selected time period. The DVD drive is compatible with CD-R and DVD-R media.

DuoVu

DuoVu – Simultaneous Live images and playback in the same multiscreen view.

Timed Expiry

This allows images to be held for a selected number of days before becoming automatically inaccessible. This simplifies the recording management function for the end-user as images should not be held for longer than necessary as specified by the Data Protection Act.

Digital Fingerprinting

To guarantee the integrity of copies of recordings for evidential purposes, the system generates a 16 byte digital fingerprint of the data contained within the video partition file. A certificate can be printed showing this fingerprint. Archive copies taken to CD/DVD or ftp can be fingerprinted to verify them as identical copies of the original data.

Improved Screen Control

Alarms can be displayed on Main and Spot Monitors, in Full, Sequence or Multiscreen,

When reviewing an incident in playback, an alarm or VMD events will not cause the Monitor to switch.

The PIP can be repositioned into any quadrant.

Archiving Facilities

Events such as alarms or VMD can be automatically added to an archive list. The listed events can be sent to CD/DVD at a scheduled time every day, on connection, at regular intervals in minutes, when the CD/DVD would be filled or under manual control. Events can also be sent to off-box storage using FTP.

Alternatively it is possible to program the DVR so that all recordings will be archived automatically to a remote computer.

Protection of Event Recordings

Alarm and VMD events can be automatically protected from being overwritten for a

programmable number of days. This facility can be integrated with the archiving facility so that protection is automatically removed when a copy has been archived either to DVD or ftp and so making the hard disk space available for normal recording.

Keyswitch Set and Unset

A keyswitch input can be used to set the system into day and night modes. This allows a system to be set or unset locally by overriding the schedule.

The keyswitch is a latching type and can be connected to the direct, aux or alarm module inputs.

Quieter Operation

The new DS2 has a larger diameter fan, which runs more slowly to give the required airflow and hence is much quieter in operation.

Audio Challenge Capability

Bidirectional audio recording and network transmission for audio challenge is incorporated as standard. The audio channels are not associated with any particular video inputs. Audio input is line level 1V pk-pk with input impedance of 47kohms and so a microphone pre-amplifier is required.

Both local and remote audio can be recorded and this is synchronized (lip-synced) with the video recording.

New Telemetry Keyboard

A new, more rugged, yet aesthetic keyboard (The KBS3A) is now available.

The joystick is contactless, using moving magnets which never wear out rather than wiping contacts which do under heavy use. The keys have transparent caps over the buttons so that high wear does not cause the button legend to be rubbed off.

Location of DS2

Openings in the unit’s case are provided for ventilation. To prevent overheating, these openings should not be blocked or covered.

When stacking units, ensure there is at least a 1/2" (1.5 cm) gap between each unit.

Ensure there is a 1" (3cm) gap on either side of the unit.

Ensure the unit is not located in an area where it is likely to be subjected to mechanical shocks.

The unit should be located in an area with low humidity and a minimum of dust. Avoid places like damp basements or dusty hallways.

Always shutdown the unit correctly. NEVER just pull the mains plug out or switch it off at the wall.

Operating the DS2

Important

Screen Control

Selecting a Monitor

The DS2 has two monitors, Main and Spot.

Multiscreen, Quad, Picture-In-Picture etc can be viewed on the Main; the Spot monitor can only show cameras full-screen.

Playback can only be done on the Main Monitor.

To select the Spot monitor press MODE on the front panel and any camera selections will affect the Spot Monitor picture.

Selecting a Camera

Press a camera button and the picture will appear full-screen

Zoom

Press the camera button again and the picture will zoom – press it again to go back to full-screen

Freeze

Double-click the camera button to freeze the picture – double-click to unfreeze.

Screen Setup

Setting up the Multiscreen displays is very easy to do.

To set up a multiscreen split, first press or to bring up the required display format.

Press and hold the same display button to bring up Screen Setup. Note that one picture segment will have its Camera Number highlighted. Pressing a camera key will put that camera in the selected picture segment.

Use the cursor buttons or joystick to move to a different picture segment and press a camera key to select a camera.

Note:that is not possible to select a camera that has been marked as Not Connected Continue selecting picture segments and cameras until the multiscreen is as required. Press MENU to return to Live viewing.

Sequence

To start the picture sequencing on the currently selected monitor, press To stop the sequence press again or press any camera button.

When viewing a multiscreen on the main monitor, pressing will either sequence the largest picture element or the bottom-right most if there is a choice.

A Quad display can sequence either by Page etc

Or by segment

This is set up in the Installer Menus

Playback

When in Live, press to start playback.

will play fast forward ( 6 steps approximately doubling each time press) will play fast reverse ( 6 steps approximately doubling each time press) PAUSE will freeze the play back

When Paused & will step-advance forwards and backwards. To exit playback press MODE ( or LIVE on the KBS3 keyboard)

5 6

8 7

1 2

4 3

1 2

seq

DuoVu

DuoVu is new user feature which allows simultaneous viewing of live and playback images in the same multiscreen.

To start DuoVu, hold , ,or to brings up the screen edit mode, this is indicated by the Screen setup message at the bottom of the screen.

Select the picture segment to playback in using the cursor buttons.

Press to start playing in the selected segment. The green time & date shown at the bottom left is that currently being played back.

PAUSE, & work as normal.

Press GOTO and enter the required time and date to playback from. To exit DuoVu, press MENU.

More than one picture segment can be used to display playback images and they can show different cameras but they can only show pictures from the same time and date.

One application for DuoVu would be in a retail environment for example where one segment of a multiscreen could be showing playback from a shop camera running say 15 seconds behind live. This enables an operator who thought something suspicious had occurred to have another look at what a suspect actually did.

Goto

Playing back a recording of any time on the disk is very easy to do using the GOTO function. When in Live, press to start playback.

Playback will start from the time that playback was last used. Press and hold to bring up GOTO function.

Note that the Earliest and Earliest Protected Recording Times are shown to assist the operator.

Use the cursor buttons or joystick to alter the time and date.

Note thatplayback instantly starts from the time and date as soon as it is altered. Press to start playback from the selected time and date (GOTO dialog disappears) Press MENU, MODE or ENTER to return to Live.

Copying Events to CD/DVD

Making an archive copy of an event onto a CD or DVD is an easy operation to perform on the new DS2.

Select the required events on the Event Search page,

Press the Copy button and the details of the selected event will be put in an archive list, ready for copying to CD or DVD.

The operator will get the message ‘Copied event to archive list’ displayed on the screen. As many events as required can be selected by highlighting the event and then pressing the COPY button. A 700MB CD will normally hold 10 separate events.

When all of the required events have been selected for archiving, press the MENU key to return to Live viewing.

To copy the events to CD/DVD, press and hold the COPY button. The ‘Copy Images’ screen will appear.

On this page it is possible to enter a start and end time and date for copying to CD. Press or COPY and the Disk Archive List will appear. All of the events and other recordings previously selected should appear in the list.

Ensure that a blank CD-R or DVD-R is in the drive. Note that the DS2 will automatically detect the type of media that is present, its capacity and how much will be used in copying the current list of events.

Move the cursor to highlight Archive & Verify. Disk burning will commence. (Note % Complete figure indicates progress.

Manually copying to CD/DVD

Video recording can be selected for copying directly when in playback.

Start playback and at the start of the section to be copied press the COPY button

The message Copy key pressed, Goto end time & press COPY again will appear on the screen.

At the end of the section to be copied, press COPY again.

The message Copy range added to Archive list will appear on the screen.

This section has now been put in the Disk Archive List, ready to be copied to a CD or DVD. Note that the pictures from all the recorded cameras will be copied to the CD/DVD.

Copying Recording from Selected Cameras only to CD/DVD

If it is required to copy only selected cameras to CD/DVD this can be done as follows:-From Live mode, press and hold COPY. The Copy Images screen will appear. Enter the time and date for which copies are required. Move the cursor to Cameras to archive and change this from All cameras to Selected cameras.

Press or COPY and the Disk Archive List will appear.

Make sure Add Next is selected and press MENU to add these cameras to the archive list

Search

Playing back video from alarm or VMD events has been made very straightforward for operators.

From Live press the EVENT button.

A list of events, the ‘Event Log’, will be displayed.

On the right is a list of events of all types- System, Alarm, VMD, Panic etc. together with times and dates.

To filter the Event Log to only show events of a certain type, press EVENT again and select the type of event and a start and end time.

The bottom right is an ‘Event Preview’ window.

Use the cursor buttons or joystick to move up and down the event list and notice how the preview window plays back video from that event so that it is easy for operators to quickly review events and select the ones they are interested in.

With the required event selected in the list, press and the event will be played back full-screen.

Press Live to return to normal operation.

Filtering the Event List

When showing the Event Log, press the EVENT button again.

Select the type of event and a start and end time and press the MENU button.

Only the events of the type selected, that have occurred within the time range specified will be displayed.

Activity Search

This searches the disk for motion in a particular area of a picture, even if VMD was not being used when the pictures were recorded.

From Live viewing

mode:-Press EVENT Event Log is displayed

Press EVENT Event Search Filter is displayed

Select Search Type -Activity Data Event Type changes to Activity grid

Select Activity Grid - Setup Instructions for setting up Activity areas are displayed

Press MODE The current activity mask is displayed

Blue = cursor position, Yellow boxes are currently active. Pressing button 1 changes the state of the currently selected box.

Pressing button 2 latches the Selection Cursor, so that an area can be selected by dragging using the joystick or cursor buttons.

Once an area has been selected, button 1 changes the state of the area. Blue = inactive ; Red= active.

The pressing button 2 actions the change so it will go clear if inactive or yellow if active.

When all the areas have been set up as required, press MENU to return to Event Search Filter Screen

Enter Time and Date range as required

To start the search press MENU or MODE Note that this process could take a considerable time, particularly with large hard disks

Select the required recording and press Press MODE to return to live viewing.

Text and Keyword Search

The DS2PD is capable of recording transaction data from say a cash register or ATM. If this facility is being used it is possible to search for specific text of words which have been set as keywords, e.g. ‘Void’.

To perform these searches proceed as

follows:-Press and hold the EVENT SEARCH button on the KBS3A keyboard and select Text as the

Search type.

Go to Keyword then  to Setup

At Keyword go  to Define

Press  or  to choose one of the previously entered words and then MENU to select. (Pressing  at Define allows the user to enter a new word to search for)

Enter the required start and end time for the search. (Make the search period about 2 hours)

Select Camera 1 as the camera to search. Press MENU to start the search.

The search results will be shown, indicated by K+ for Keyword. Press  to play back the event

Panic Alarm

Using the KBS3 keyboard the user has access to a Panic function.

When pressed this will normally initiate the recording of all cameras their Alarm Recording Rate.

Note that this will continue until turned off by pressing the Panic button again. A light on the button indicates whenever the panic function is active.

Unit Selection

The KBS3 can be used to control a number of units DS2 units.

To do this simply press the UNIT SELECT button followed by the number of the unit. The display will show which unit has been selected.

Passwords

Accessing the User Menus

To access the User Menus, press the MENU button. Enter the password if requested . User menus allow the changing of Time & Date and Schedule only.

Accessing the Playback Function

Access to the playback function may be protected by a password. This is normally the same as the User Menu Password.

If prompted for a password when pressing a playback button, including Goto and Event then enter the correct password.

Shutting Down the DS2

If the Digital Sprite 2 needs to be switched off for any reason, the shutdown procedure needs to be

followed:-Enter the User or Installer Menu

Select ‘Enabled’ in the System Shutdown option.

When the pop-up menu appears, press and hold camera 1 for five seconds to shutdown. The message ‘It is now safe to switch off your unit’ is displayed, switch the Digital Sprite 2 off

DS2 User Menus

Time, Date & Language

Date format Day, Month

Language English

System reset Disabled

Timezone Greenwich Mean Time GMT +0

DM Dedicated Micros

Version 0.4.0 (067) M2IP - 03.1 (08.8) Unit ID Number: 00D0D9040F69 Use joystick left/right to select

up/down to edit

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Schedule

Schedule Type Timed

Night 7 day timer Edit

Weekend Off

Keyswitch None