Recorder Configuration Manual

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Ocularis Recorder 5.0

Configuration Manual

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Contents Ocularis Recorder Configuration Manual

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The English version of the document is the original version. All translations are based on the English original.

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Support Ocularis Recorder Configuration Manual

Support

Reporting a software problem

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Introduction

Ocularis is OnSSI’s innovative and cost effective open platform Video Management Software (VMS) designed to enhance your security while simplifying your daily workload. From convenience stores to city-wide deployments and everything in between, Ocularis can scale up to accommodate an infinite number of cameras to match your growing system needs.

Ocularis lets you record both analog video and video from newly integrated IP network cameras, and can become your Physical Security Information Management (PSIM) platform, putting you in control of

advanced tools and enhanced integrations like smart motion detection, access control, biometrics, and beha-vior analytics.

The Ocularis platform is offered in three feature sets – Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate – to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes and types.

For more information, go towww.onssi.com.

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Functional overview

Ocularis Recorders consists of various services that communicate with each other within a closed network and over the Internet. Installations are possible on multiple computers, and an unlimited number of servers, clients and devices can be added to the system. In addition, the database can be installed at multiple dis-tributed sites (multicore) to ensure network independence. The system essentially consists of server applic-ations and client applicapplic-ations.

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Sample System Layout

Server

One or more server applications manage the connected devices and databases, providing the clients with the required data.

Redundant system management

The video management system has the option of redundancy of the core service master (central core vice) in the form of a core service slave (redundant core service). The redundancy concept sets the core ser-vice slave as the primary active contact and makes it available for the serser-vices.

If the core service slave fails, the core service master automatically takes over its tasks. This allows the act-ive clients to continue operating virtually without interruption and without requiring restart. Restart is also available without restrictions.

The failure of the connection to the core service slave is shown immediately on occurrence in the GUI of the Ocularis Recorder Manager (that is currently running on the server). The system switches back to the core service slave as soon as the connection is re-established. During the failure of the core service slave or the core service master, the essential functions of the Ocularis Recorder Manager remain available.

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If the connection to the core service master fails, the configuration, report mode, backup and vertical mod-ules of the system are not available, but the system can continue to be operated.

This feature is supported in Ocularis Enterprise and Ocularis Ultimate.

Redundant recording

If a device manager (multimedia database) fails, the concept of redundant recording offers the option of assigning the cameras assigned to the device manager to be assigned to a predefined different device man-ager. The second device manager can be a standard device manager or a device manager specifically defined for redundancy purposes.

This feature is supported in Ocularis Ultimate.

Client Manager

A 'client' application has a user interface that makes one or more modes available to the user (see below). Multiple client applications can access a single server application. With Ocularis Recorders, the client application used to configure the recorder is called the 'Ocularis Recorder Manager'.

Report mode

In report mode the events that occur (e.g. alarms and user logins and logouts) are displayed and can be ana-lyzed.

Configuration mode

All settings and adjustments made to the system are made in configuration mode. These include the mul-tiple configuration of video sources (e.g. cameras), user authorization management and user interface set-tings.

LPR mode

License plate recognition (OCR) of the live images of the applicable cameras is performed on the server. In LPR mode, the recognized license plates are compared with the stored master data and can be linked to actions. This mode is available with Ocularis Enterprise and Ocularis Ultimate.

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Installation

Information on installation

n Multiple scripts are used for installation, so you should disable any active virus scanners for the dur-ation of installdur-ation.

n The Ocularis Recorder must not be installed on a compressed drive, since this can result in problems

with the database. A drive on which Ocularis Recorder is already installed must not be compressed subsequently.

n DirectX is installed during installation, and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 as well, which may require a restart in the case of a first-time installation. If you receive an error message telling you that DirectX could not be installed, you must install it subsequently. You will find the setup file (DXSETUPexe) in the installation folder. Use only this version that is shipped with the software.

n Before installation, the ZIP packed files must be unpacked. After unpacking, the files are

loc-ated in the folder \DirectX9c.

n When firewalls or virus scanners are used, you should disable the web guard/browser protection

func-tion or a similar funcfunc-tion, since these programs prevent communicafunc-tion between the server services. The use of web guards, behavioral monitoring etc. (e.g. of virus scanners) is not supported.

Setup types

n Manager & Server. This installation type installs the manager and server modules on the computer. n Manager. This installation type installs only the Ocularis Recorder Manager software modules. n Device Manager. This installation type installs only the Ocularis Recorder Manager and the server

services for the cameras (DM/MDS) on the selected computer.

n User-defined. In a user-defined installation, it is possible to install only specific components on a

computer.

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Firewalls

n Multiple ports on the server computer must be available by default to allow the Ocularis Recorder soft-ware to function correctly in a network environment with a firewall. These are in the range from 60000 to 60008 (TCP communication), 63000 (TCP, AutoUpdate) and 60007 (UDP, image transmission).

n The client must also be accessible at ports 60000-60008, 63000 (TCP) and 60007 (UDP).

n The TCP alarm ports of the camera must also be accessible on the server computer that administers

a camera to guarantee alarm processing.

n Some cameras use the RTSP over RTP over UDP standard for MPEG4 image transmission. In this case, the server sends the requirements (e.g. frame rate and resolution) to the camera via TCP port 554. The camera sends the image data to the server via a UDP port.

The corresponding ports must therefore not be blocked between the camera and the server.

System requirements

General requirements for the Ocularis Recorder Components

The performance requirements of the Ocularis Recorder server services depend, above all, on the video volume transferred and the storage hardware.

The server software (CoreService) can only be installed on computers with the NTFS file system. For the server, an additional 25 MB of RAM should be available for each camera.

Please note that the hardware requirements depend very greatly on the configuration. OnSSI recommends a 64-bit operating system for data-intensive clients in order to enable the use of the 64-bit Ocularis Recorder Manager application. If in doubt contact OnSSI Tech Support.

For each server, a maximum of 250 devices can be integrated with 64-bit operating systems. Depending on the configuration (high resolution/frame rate), this number may also be reduced. There can be no more than 250 servers in a distributed installation.

Requirements for the Help system

n Current browser (e.g. Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome) with JavaScript activated

Modules

Modules Supported operating systems Notes

Core ServiceDevice Management Multimedia Data-baseVersatile Applic-ations (i.e. LPR)

n Microsoft Windows® 7 (Home

Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit

n Microsoft Windows® 8 (Stand-ard, Professional, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit

n Only listed OS are

sup-ported

n Windows embedded not

supported

n Windows 8.1 is not yet sup-ported

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Modules Supported operating systems Notes

n Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 (Standard, Enterprise) 32 and 64 BitMicrosoft Windows Server® 2008 R2 (Standard, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit

n Microsoft Windows Server®

2012 (Standard) 32 and 64 Bit

n Windows 2012 R2 is not yet supported

n Windows 2008 R2 (64 Bit)

is recommended

n Contact OnSSI Tech

Sup-port for use of Virtual Machines

SDK Ocularis Recorder Manager

n Microsoft Windows® 7 (Home

Premium, Professional, Ultimate, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit

n Microsoft Windows® 8

(Stand-ard, Professional, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit

2008 R2 (Standard, Enterprise) 32 and 64 Bit

2012 (Standard) 32 and 64 Bit

n Only listed OS are

sup-ported

n Windows embedded not supported

n Windows 8.1 is not yet

sup-ported n Windows 2012 R2 is not yet supported n Windows 7 (64 Bit) is recommended

Type of installation

Type of install-ation

Hardware requirements Notes

Core Service n CPU: Intel® Core 2 Duo, Core i or

Xeon with at least 2 GHz (Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1270 recom-mended)

n RAM: Minimum 4 GB (8 GB or more recommended)

n HDD: Minimum 50 GB free hard disk

space available (7200 RPM or faster recommended) Network : Ethernet with 1000 MBit/s or faster

n 8 GB RAM recommended, if

Standard installation

The standard installation installs the system with the managers (configuration application also called the 'Ocularis Recorder Manager' and device manager) and Server ('Core') on a single system ('Manager & Server').

1. Click the download button for the Ocularis Recorder to download the installation files from the Ocularis

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2. Choose to Run the application to launch the installer.

3. Select the installation language. You can configure the language of the user interface after installation (see also Configuration mode).

4. Click OK to start installation. 5. At the Welcome screen, click Next.

6. Read the software license agreement, accept the terms and then click Next. The program can only be installed if the End User License Agreement is accepted.

7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. 8. Select 'Manager & Server' as the Setup Type.

Click Next.

The port number of the Management service is set at '60000'. If the port number must be changed, con-tact Tech Support.

9. In the Host field, enter the IP Address for the Master Core Server. You can do this typing it in or select-ing it from the drop-down list labeled IP addresses/host names found. This should be the IP Address of the computer you are running the installation on.

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Neither the IP 127.0.0.1 nor the host name "localhost" may be used for communication with the server.

Click Next.

10. If you want, alter the existing path for image storage, or delete or add additional folder paths. Additional locations for video storage may be added now or after the software has been installed. If the folder is cre-ated on a network drive, enter the complete UNC path.

Example:1

If the network drive is protected with a user name and password, select Using network authorization and click Authorization.

Enter the user name and password for accessing the network drive, and then click OK. Ensure that the specified user is available locally and that the domain is included in the user name field (e.g.

"Domain\\User name").

Click Next. 11. Click Install.

12. When asked, accept the EULA (End User License Agreement) for installing the DirectX 9 component. This window may appear behind the primary installation window.

The Ocularis Recorder components: Core Server, Device Manager and Recorder Manager are now installed on your computer. To find out how to start the program and modules, see Login.

Manager installation

In the 'Manager' installation, only the application to configure (Ocularis Recorder Manager) is installed on the computer.

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Component Downloads web page.

7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. 8. Select 'Manager' as the Setup Type and click Next. 9. Click Install to begin the installation.

10. When asked, accept the EULA (End User License Agreement for installing the DirectX 9 component. This window may appear behind the primary installation window

The Ocularis Recorder Manager is then installed on your computer. To find out how to start the program and modules, seeLogin.

Installation of Device Manager

In the Device Manager installation, only the database modules for the image database are installed together with the Ocularis Recorder Manager on a different computer from the already installed Ocularis Recorder Manager and Core server. The Device Manager reduces the utilization of the core server because the image database is located partially or entirely on the another server.

In order to configure the Device Manager server, you need an installed and configured Ocularis Recorder Manager and Core server (see Standard installation).

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8. Select 'Device Manager' as the setup type and click Next. (see also Installation)

9. In the Management service area, specify the IP address of the Master Core in the Host field. Leave the port number unchanged at '60000'.

In the IP address/host name for server communication area, the IP address of the Device Manager should be placed in the Host field. This can be done either by typing it in or by selecting it from the IP

address/host names found drop-down list. The list shows you all of the existing network addresses and

host names of the PC or server. If there is more than one network adapter on this computer, be sure to select the correct one.

Neither the IP 127.0.0.1 nor the host name "localhost" may be used for communication with the server.

Click Next.

10. If you want, alter the existing path for image storage, or delete or add additional folder paths. Addi-tional locations for video storage may be added now or after the software has been installed. If the folder

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is created on a network drive, enter the complete UNC path.

Example

"\\Server name\Release name\Path..." or "\\IP address\Release name\Path..."

If the network drive is protected with a user name and password, select Using network authorization and click Authorization.

Enter the user name and password for accessing the network drive, and then click OK. Ensure that the specified user is available locally and that the domain is included in the user name field (e.g.

"Domain\\User name"). 11. Click Next.

12. Click Install. The Device Manager server is then installed on your computer.

13. Launch the 'Ocularis Recorder ServiceManager' from the Windows Start menu in the Ocularis Recorder folder.

14. Use the Service Manager to start the services. The Device Manager server connects to the main server automatically.

The required ports 60000 - 60008 for communication between the device manager and the main server must be open.

15. Configure the system with the Ocularis Recorder Manager (see Configuration mode).

Carrying out a Custom installation

In a user-defined installation you can install selected modules. It is also possible to install an additional core server in slave mode that serves as a redundant server and thus increases the reliability of the core server.

7. Change the destination folder if desired. Click Next. 8. Select 'Custom' as the setup type and click Next.

9. Select the desired services and features. Core Service Slave and Core Service Master cannot both

be installed simultaneously on the same machine. Manager Components:

n Manager (32-bit): this is the Ocularis Recorder Manager client application used to configure the

recorder. Use this for 32-bit operating systems

n Manager (64-bit): this is the Ocularis Recorder Manager client application used to configure the

recorder. Use this for 64-bit operating systems

n Mobile client: not used in this version

n WebClient: not used in this version Server Components:

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n CoreService Master: The master core services and management database

n CoreService Slave: The slave core services and management database.

n DeviceManager & MediaDatabaseService: The services for the Device Manager and Media

Data-base. These services are responsible for image handling processes.

n OPC Service: The 'Open Platform Communications' interface provides a standardized data exchange between applications and devices in real time.

n Gateway Service: not used in this version n Transcoding Service: not used in this version

n Analytics: The server side components for video analytics features such as license plate recognition

You can deselect services and features that are not required.

IMPORTANT: if a previously installed service is deselected, it will be removed.

10. Click Next.

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n If you are installing only a Master Core Server:

n Management service/Host and Port: these fields are disabled but should contain 'localhost'

and '60000'

n IP address/host name for server communication-Host: this field should contain the

IP Address of the Master Core Server

n

n If you are installing only a Master Save Server:

n Management service/Host and Port: Enter the IP Address of the Master Core in the Host

field and '60000' in the Port field.

n IP address/host name for server communication-Host: these fields are disabled. n

n If you are installing only a Device Manager:

IP address of the Device Manager

n

n If you are installing a Master Core Server and a Device Manager:

n Management service/Host and Port: these fields are disabled but should be 'localhost' and

'60000'

IP Address of the Master Core Server

n

n If you are installing a Slave Core Server and a Device Manager:

IP address of the Device Manager

The Host field in the IP address/host name for server communication area should be populated by selecting it from the drop-down menu or you may enter it manually. The drop-down list shows you all of the existing network addresses of the PC or server. If there is more than one network adapter on this computer, be sure to select the correct one

12. When ready, click Install.

13. If asked, accept the EULA (end user license agreement) for installing the DirectX 9 component. This window may be behind the primary installation window.

The modules and services are now installed on your computer.

Updating, customizing, repair and uninstallation

Updating

If a previous version of the Ocularis Recorder is already installed, uninstalling the previous version is not required before updating to a newer version.

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Customization and repair

1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Programs and Features. 2. Select Ocularis Recorder, and then click Change or Repair.

3. Select the desired option.

4. To update the program, select "Modify" and then Next. This allows you to carry out a user-defined install-ation, in which you can install and uninstall the modules and services you choose (see Carrying out a

Custom installation).

5. To repair the program, select "Repair" and then Next. Ocularis Recorder tries to repair and reinstall any damaged program components itself.

6. To remove the program from the hard disk, select "Remove" and then Next. All components of the pro-gram except for the configuration settings are deleted from the hard disk and removed from the directory services.

7. To completely remove all traces of the program after uninstallation, delete the remaining folder in C:\Pro-gram Files manually.

Uninstallation

1. Open the Windows Control Panel and select Programs and Features.

2. Select Ocularis Recorder, and then click Uninstall. All components of the program except for the con-figuration settings are deleted from the hard disk and removed from the directory services.

3. To completely remove all traces of the program after uninstallation, delete the remaining folder in C:\Pro-gram Files manually.

This step is necessary when performing a "clean installation", as the MaxDB data base will be migrated when not removed manually.

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Login

Once the system is installed, you have to log in with the Ocularis Recorder Manager in order to use the installed services.

To automate the startup of the Manager, multiple Command line parameters can be passed at startup in order, for example, to start the application with a different language or with predefined passwords.

1. Start the Ocularis Recorder Manager in the Ocularis Recorder folder on the Windows Start menu.

2. Enter the name of the user and the password.

Make sure the user name and password are entered correctly, because the system dis-tinguishes between upper and lower case (case-sensitive).

3. Apply your entry by clicking the blue check mark.

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Logging in for the first time 18

Advanced options 18

Extending the network timeout 19

Logging in for the first time

1. If you are logging in for the first time (i.e. without installing Ocularis Recorder beforehand), you have to modify the default user password.

2. Enter the user name ("admin") and default password ("admin"). 3. Enter your new password.

4. Disable Enforce secure password if you do not require increased password security. 5. We recommend to NOT enter a second password.

Advanced options

In the advanced options you can configure additional user management functions. 1. Click Advanced options in the login window.

2. From the drop-down list, you can select a different server in the network.

3. Enter a second password if you wish. We do NOT recommend this when using Ocularis. 4. In the drop-down menu, select a comment or enter a new comment. Commenting can be used to

store additional information for the selected login.

5. In order to access an Active Directory service for the purpose of user management, select Use

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6. Select Remember user name and Remember password in order to avoid having to specify the user data. The system enters the specified user name and password in the login window.

7. Select Log user in automatically to go straight to the user interface when the program starts up. 8. Select Use NAT to use the manager to access a different server over the Internet. Deselect this

option if no internet connection is required.

If you forget the administrator's password and haven't added any users to the administrator group, it is no longer possible to access the system configuration settings.

Extending the network timeout

If the Manager application cannot connect to the server because the time to connect is exceeded, a failure message is displayed.

Extend the timeout interval and click OK. The login window is displayed. 1. Apply your entry by clicking the blue check mark.

The manager is started in report mode. The manager will try to reconnect to the server within the new extended interval.

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The user interface

The Ocularis Recorder user interface is subdivided into four different sections:

n The mode bar (1), which allows you to select the modes (see The mode bar)

n The menu bar (2), which allows you to choose functions regardless of the mode selected (see The menu bar)

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n The "The user interface" (3), which is the main window for displaying the selected mode functions and – depending on which mode is selected – the Information control (4), which is displayed in the lower part of the work area. Similar to a browser window, the work area can be displayed on multiple tabs.The information control is used for the alarm list and system messages in surveillance mode, and for displaying search results in configuration mode

n The control bar (5), which contains the tabs for controlling the contents of the work area (see The control bar)

The menu bar

The menu bar contains the menus you can use regardless of the mode you have selected:

n File (1). Changes the settings of the manager, the language, password, profile, installation,

install-ation manager, and switches the user (see File).

n View (2). Manages the settings of the connected monitors as well as the LPR master data (see View).

n Tools (3). Allows you to configure the manual reference image (see Tools). n Info (4). Displays information on the system and license (see Info). n Help (5). Calls the Help system and provides options for solving problems.

n Screen background of the main window (bright) (6). This function makes the screen background of

the main window brighter.

n Screen background of the main window (dark) (7). This function makes the screen background of

the main window darker (except when the configuration mode is active)

File

This menu displays the following options:

Client configuration 22

Changing the font color 26

Changing the language 26

Changing the password 26

Changing the profile 27

Changing the user 27

Switch installation 27

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Client configuration

The settings of the client are stored locally in the Windows user profile. They can only be changed by a user with administrator rights.

Client

1. The following items on the Client tab are not supported in this version:

n Disable alarm toast messages

n Disable system notification toast messages n All items under Thumbnails

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2. Select Show filtered search results only to display only the search results relevant for the selected branch.

3. Select Show camera media time with milliseconds to display more granularity in the camera time. 4. Select a web browser to be used for displaying the online help. If no browser is specified, the standard

browser defined in the operating system settings will be used.

5. Make entries for Maximum number of events in report mode to specify the maximum number of events displayed in report mode.

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Warnings

1. Select the Warnings tab.

2. Select Suppress warning about time difference to server to suppress a warning if there are more than ten seconds of time difference between client and server.

3. Select Suppress warning about low screen resolution to suppress a warning if the screen used does not have a high enough resolution (see System requirements).

4. Select Suppress warning about MDS zone full to prevent a warning when the storage depth limit of the multimedia database is reached.

5. Select Suppress warning about different streaming settings in configuration mode to suppress the warning that recording losses can occur if there are discrepancies between the settings for standard and alarm recording in MPEG-4/H.264 recording.

6. Select Delete entities without confirmation in configuration mode to delete the entity (camera, time template, alarm, button, etc.) without receiving a request for confirmation when you click the Delete button in configuration mode.

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VoIP and SIP

1. Select the VoIP and SIP tab.

2. Specify the port number of the SIP base port (the default is "5060"). 3. Specify the port number of the audio RTP port (the default is "7000"). 4. Select the client's audio input device and audio output device.

Regardless of this, incoming calls go via the operating system's default audio output device. 5. Select Use echo and noise suppression to improve the sound quality.

6. Select Use microphone amplifier to increase the volume of the input device.

7. All of the existing installations are displayed in the column on the left of the Specific settings for

installation group.

8. Select the desired installation, and then select the settings.

9. Select Use keep-alive packages, and then, if necessary, adjust the intervals at which the client is to log in to the SIP or VoIP server.

The default value for Keep-alive interval is 10 (s), and for Registration interval it is 3600 (s). 10. Enter the data stored on the SIP server in the SIP user data for SIP user name and SIP password.

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11. Enter any name for Participant name. The participant name is displayed as the called participant in archive mode.

12. Enter the IP address of the PBX server for Registration server and Outgoing proxy.

Input devices

1. Select the Input devices tab.

2. All input devices, such as joysticks, that are connected to the system and available before startup of the client are displayed. Any combination of devices is supported. Every device can be configured inde-pendently of the others.

3. Select from the list the device you want to configure.

The device's functions are listed on the right-hand side of the dialog box. 4. Activate the device.

5. If necessary, activate the z-axis (depending on the hardware).

6. Press the joystick button to which you want to assign an action, and then select the desired action. 7. To use the keyboard for selecting and displaying cameras, activate Enable virtual sequence. Contact OnSSI Tech Support for more details.

Changing the font color

The font colors for the user interface can be configured. 1. Choose Font colors from the File menu.

2. Set the color for the font

n on a dark background (Color 1), n on a light background (Color 2),

n on a mixed background like the main menu (Color 3), n on a mixed background like table heading (Color 4). 3. To revert to the default settings, activate Use default colors. 4. Restart the client for the changes to take effect.

Changing the language

1. The Ocularis Recorder Manager user interface is shipped in multiple languages: 2. Choose Change language from the File menu, and then select the desired language.

If you select the Windows default, the operating system's language environment is used auto-matically.

3. Click OK to apply your selection, and then restart the application.

Changing the password

You can change the user's password at any time.

To allow the user to change the password, the respective setting has to be activated in the con-figuration menu in the user's account concon-figuration.

1. Choose Change password from the File menu, and then enter the new password for the current user. 2. Enter the new password.

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3. Click OK to apply the password.

Changing the profile

This feature is not supported in this version.

Changing the user

If multiple users are created, you can change to a different user.

1. Choose Change user from the File menu, and then select the user. 2. Click OK to confirm your selection.

The current user is logged out, and the new user has to log in with a user name and password (see

Login).

Switch installation

If you have installed multiple independent servers, you can connect to a different server. 1. Choose Switch installation from the File menu.

2. Enter the server name or IP address and the user name and password. The current installation is terminated, and the selected installation is started.

Installation Manager

Adds additional servers to the existing client-server installation in order to provide access to the devices con-nected to them and displays the current connection status.

Connect (1): Connects an available installation Delete (2): Removes the installation from the list

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Edit (3): Allows editing the installation's connection settings Activate (4): Activates or deactivates the selected installation

Requirements

n The same server version has to be installed on all servers to which a connection is to be established. n All of the servers must support multi-installation login. A license must be available for

multi-install-ation login.

Select and add an installation

1. Choose Installation manager from the File menu, and then select the desired servers.

2. If the server is not displayed, add the installation by entering the installation name, the IP address or host name, and the port number of the server.

3. Click Add to confirm your selection.

Reorder installations

1. Reorder the list of installations by selecting one object and dragging it to the designated place in the list.

Disconnect and reconnect a installation

Disconnects connected installations from the current system. The color marker in the symbol indicates the connection state.

1. Click the Disconnect icon (4) of the installation that you want to disconnect.

2. For automatic connecting and disconnecting, click the Enable auto-connect icon or Disable

auto-con-nect icon of the installation.

Edit installations

1. Changes the IP address, host name and the port number of the selected server. 2. Click the Edit icon (3) of the installation that you want to change.

The selected server is displayed at the bottom of the window.

3. Edit the installation name, the IP address or host name, and the port number of the server. 4. Click Apply to apply the changes.

Delete saved installations

Cleans up the list of installations most recently called by the Recorder Manager (see also Login).

1. Click the Delete icon (2) of the installation that you no longer want to be available for selection the next time you log in on the Recorder Manager.

2. To delete multiple installations at once, select the installations you want to delete and click Delete

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View

The settings are stored locally and have to be made on each client and for each Windows® login profile.

Adding a window 29

Keeping the aspect ratio 29

Borderless display 29

Display agent 29

LPR master data editor 29

Count analysis 33

Adding a window

This item is not supported in this version.

Keeping the aspect ratio

Borderless display

Display agent

LPR master data editor

In the LPR master data editor you can add, modify or delete license plates.

The LPR master data editor must be configured in the Ocularis Recorder VA Administration Tool prior to usage.

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License plates in the list (12) can be sorted and displayed by license plate groups. 1. Click the arrow beside the name of the license plate group to close it.

2. Click the arrow again to open the license plate group again.

Creating a new license plate (1)

The window for entering new data is opened automatically as soon as a license plate is recognized by the camera.

1. If the window for entering a new license plate is not opened automatically, click New (1).

Automatic opening of the master data editor in the event of unknown license plates can be activated in configuration mode (see Server).

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2. Enter the new license plate in the text box in the upper left corner if it is not yet displayed. 3. Assign the license plate to a license plate group.

License plate groups are created in configuration mode in the License plate groups area.

4. You have the option of entering additional descriptions for the license plate in the LPR master data tab. The name and number of text fields are defined in the Server > Server area in configuration mode. 5. Switch to the Ticket tab and select the validity period for the license plate.

The activated time period is displayed in the left column.

6. If you wish to enter a different time period, click Activate and enter the desired time period.

This gives every license plate a validity ticket. The status of the ticket is indicated by the different font color and an icon.

7. To see an overview of the changes to the license plate, switch to the History tab.

The history shows the initial configuration of the license plate and all subsequent changes. The width of the columns can be adjusted to improve readability.

8. Switch to the E-mail notification tab and optionally enter the recipient to whom an email is to be sent as soon as the vehicle with the specific license number is recognized.

9. Enter the macro that is to be replaced with the applicable information by the server. The following macros are available:

n [0] Camera image

n [1] License plate n [2] Group

n [3] Unknown status [4] date n [5] Time

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n [6] Lane

n [7] Module name n [10] Master data field 1 n ...

n [19] Master data field

Example: The text in the message "License plate [1] was recognized [4] at [5]." becomes "License plate KA YX 0815 was recognized on 15.04.2010 at

4:25 pm." in the email.

10. Click OK to confirm your entries.

Editing a license plate (2)

1. Select a license plate in the list of the master data editor and click Edit (2) to change the details for the license plate.

See Creating a new license plate (1).

Deleting a license plate (3)

License plates can be removed from the list of valid license plates.

When removed from the list, the license plates lose their validity but are not removed from the database.

1. Select a license plate from the list of the master data editor, and then click Delete (3) to remove the selected license plate from the list.

The license plate is hidden.

Displaying (4) and restoring (5) deleted license plates

1. Click Display deleted entries (4) to display the list including the deleted (hidden) license plates. 2. Select the deleted license plate (recognizable by the grayed-out text), and then click Restore (5).

The license plate is restored in the license plate list.

Deleting a history (6)

If necessary, you can restore a deleted (hidden) license plate to delete its history.

1. Select the license plate whose history you wish to delete, and then click Delete history (6).

Deleting a license plate permanently (7)

To remove license plate from the database permanently, they first have to be deleted (i.e. removed from the list).

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1. Select the license plate that is to be permanently deleted.

To delete multiple license plates, select the license plates while pressing and holding the CTRL key. 2. Click Delete permanently (7), and then click OK in response to the query.

The license plate is permanently deleted.

Switching the view (8)

1. Click Change view (8) to cancel or activate sorting by license plate group in the list (12).

Refresh the view (9)

1. Click Refresh view (9) to display any hidden license plates in the list (12).

Search for a license plate (10)

1. To search for a license plate in the list (12), enter part of the master data set of the license plate into the search box.

The search is started automatically, and the result is displayed in the list (12). 2. Click the X in the search box to save the search.

Exporting and importing license plates (11)

You can export and import the master data of the license plate as a CSV file (a text file with values sep-arated by semicolons) in order to analyze or prepare it for further import into databases.

1. Select the license plate whose master data you wish to export.

To export multiple license plates, select the license plates while pressing and holding the CTRL key. 2. Click Export (11) to export the master data as a CSV file.

3. Click Import (11) to import a CSV file with master data sets.

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Tools

This menu allows you to configure a reference image manually.

Info

Request product ID 34

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Activate license 34

Show license 34

Show program information 35

Show system information 35

Request product ID

The Ocularis Recorder installation must be activated within 30 days to purchase a new license. This requires sending an automatically generated activation key, the product ID, to OnSSI.

1. Choose Request product ID from the Info menu. The software creates a unique product ID.

2. Click Copy to copy the displayed product ID to the clipboard. 3. Open the link:http://www.onssi.com/support/recorderlicensing

4. Enter your product ID, SLC and the other requested information. 5. Click Submit.

You will receive the license key by email.

Import license file

1. Choose Import license file from the Info menu.

2. Click Select and navigate through the file system to the storage location of the license file that was sent to you by .

3. Select the license.key license file or the packaged ("zipped") file containing the license file. Upon import, the zipped file will be decompressed automatically.

4. Click Import to use the license key.

Activate license

You cannot activate or download the licenses unless you have a connection to the Internet.

1. Choose Activate license from the Info menu. There are two options.

2. Select Personalize license (to register it with your user data) if the license has not yet been registered. 3. Enter your software license code (SLC) and user details.

4. Or select Download license if an update has been carried out and the license is therefore required again.

If the product ID has changed (e.g. due to changes to the server hardware), contact OnSSI Tech Sup-port.

5. Enter your software license code (SLC). 6. Click OK to confirm your entries.

The application connects to the registration server and transfers the license key to the computer.

Show license

1. Choose Show license from the Info menu.

Information on the license is displayed, such as the maximum number of cameras/devices that can be used, the concurrent connections or the validity period of the license (if it is a demo license).

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A test license will be installed during installation and is valid for 30 days. A demo license is valid until the displayed date. If no valid license is available, login is not possible. For further questions, contact OnSSI Tech Support.

Show program information

1. Choose Show program information from the Info menu.

The information on items such as the program version, current user and also validity of password is shown.

2. Click OK to close the window.

Show system information

1. Choose Show system information from the Info menu.

The information on items such as the operating system, number of clients and server is shown. 2. Click Copy to copy the system information to the clipboard.

You can paste the data from the clipboard to your email program to send it to OnSSI Tech Support. 3. Click Cancel to close the window.

Help

User's Guide 35

Start problem recording 35

Display Help icons 36

User's Guide

Starts the Help system on the starting page. In addition, there are also links for accessing specific topics dir-ectly from the various controls and dialog boxes. The system automatically checks for current versions of the online help system. The user is notified if the installed version is not up-to-date. For newer editions of the help system and the manual, visit theOnSSI website.

When starting the help system for the first time, you may be prompted by the browser to activate ActiveX or allow JavaScript. The help system will not function properly, if those services are blocked.

Start problem recording

If problems occur during operation, you can use the "Start problem recording" function to record, comment on and save them. The "Problem Steps Recorder" is part of the operating system.

1. Choose Start problem recording from the File menu.

2. Select Start recording and carry out the steps that led to the problem. 3. As soon as you have carried out these steps, stop recording.

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4. If you want to add a comment to the recording, click Add comment (e.g the time, behavior of the client and devices, etc.).

5. Specify where the file is stored.

Display Help icons

1. The help icons are small gray circles with question marks in the program components that lead directly to the applicable section of the Help system.

2. Choose Display Help icons from the Help menu.

The function is activated (check mark) or disabled (no check mark).

The mode bar

The mode bar allows you to switch between display modes.

n Report mode (1). The report mode facility gives you a list of the

events that have occurred (see Report mode).

n Configuration mode(2). Configuration mode is for managing and

configuring the video sources, users and locations (see

Con-figuration mode).

n LPR mode (3). LPR mode is used for license plate recognition in

the image data of the corresponding cameras (see LPR mode).

The control bar

The control bar contains the tabs required, depending on the mode, for controlling the display or for con-figuration. You will find descriptions of the tabs in the sections describing each mode. Tabs cannot be moved. They remain anchored in position on the control bar.

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Showing/hiding a tab

1. Click the gray triangle in the upper-right corner of a tab to hide the tab on the right-hand edge of the screen.

Once the last control on the control bar has been minimized, the available size of the main window increases.

2. Click the gray triangle on the tab on the right-hand side of the screen to show the control. The control bar then also appears again.

Search

Searching in configuration mode

The Search control at the bottom of the The user interface helps you find the contents of the server data-base more quickly.

1. Enter the search term.

The search starts as soon as the second character is entered and shows a list of all results. Information on the type is also displayed.

2. Click the term found.

The right column shows context belonging to the found term. 3. If it is a setting, click Open setting.

The menu belonging to the hit is opened. 4. Click the magnifying glass icon.

The next term found is highlighted.

5. Double-click the item found to open the corresponding settings window in the configuration mode. To edit items in the configuration mode, administration rights may be required.

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Report mode

Report mode gives you an overview of the events that have occurred in the form of a list. Distinctions are drawn between:

n user events (display of events that concern specific users)

n alarm events (events that have occurred)

n camera usage (display of events that a specific camera)

n system messages (display of events that concern specific services)

In addition, the camera usage of users can be tracked.

The maximum number of events to be displayed can be specified in the configuration (see Client configuration).

1. To switch to report mode, click the Report mode icon on the The mode bar.

2. Click a column header in the main window to sort the events in ascending or ascending order on the basis of the column's category (data/time, alarm, description).

Filtering the analysis 38

Exporting the analysis 39

Saving a query 39

Filtering the analysis

1. To filter the events on the basis of specified criteria, select the type of event you are searching for on the

Query for control bar.

2. Select the user or users related to the events to be searched for. 3. Select the desired events.

The items are displayed in the list below.

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Report mode Ocularis Recorder Configuration Manual

4. Select specific items by clicking the check box in front of the item's name or click select all. 5. To deselect, click Delete selection.

6. To further narrow the selection, specify dates and times to define the time period. 7. Start the query.

Only the events that meet the selected criteria are displayed in the main window.

Exporting the analysis

You can also export the result as a comma-separated file (*.csv). 1. Export the result in order to analyze it in a spreadsheet program

Saving a query

Additionally, the search criteria can be saved for future queries. 1. Click Save.

2. Enter the Report template name.

3. Optionally, select Save timestamp relative to current time. This option will use the time interval of the current query for the next query.

Example: The current query searches for events within the last 24 hours. When the query is saved with a relative time stamp, the next query will also search within the last 24 hours - rel-ative to the next query.

1. Click OK to save the query.

2. To use a previously saved query, select the name of the query in the drop-down menu and click Start

query.