Chapter. Configuring DVTEL. DVTel Latitude version 3.5. DVTel ISOC version Configuring Third-Party Programs

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1 Configuring DVTEL DVTel Latitude version 3.5 DVTel ISOC version Chapter Configuring Third-Party Programs SightLogix devices are used with two types of third-party programs: VMS programs, which display video, GPS coordinates, and alarm and other information from SightLogix devices, and command and control systems (C2), which are integrated systems for monitoring multiple types of sensors. Currently, SightLogix supports a range of VMS programs and control systems. Additional programs and systems will be supported in the future. In order for a VMS program to display the video and alarms received from SightLogix devices, the program must be configured properly, both to open communication with devices and to respond appropriately to alarm information. The actual configuration steps differ, depending on the program. However, most programs require the following: > Setting web authentication between the SightLogix device and the VMS. This includes entering the username and password (the default username is sightlogix or root, and the default password is push2edg). It is recommended that you change both defaults. It also includes changing to digest web authentication if this more secure web authentication is supported by the individual VMS program. (By default, SightSensors are set up for basic authentication, which is supported by all VMS programs.) You set both the web username/password and the authentication type from the Web Server dialog (right-click a device icon in the SightMonitor camera tree Configure Web Server):

2 > Adding SightSensors as AXIS-211 devices (except when indicated); adding SightTrackers as AXIS 213. > Specifying the actions (or events) that occur when an alarm is received. This can include, depending on the program: audio alerts, automatic recording during an alarm, bookmarks inserted into recorded video to signal the start or end of an alarm, etc. > Testing that alarm information is relayed from a SightLogix device to the VMS program. The Alarm Test option on the Camera (right-click device icon Configure) simulates an alarm. The following sections provide general guidance on how to configure the VMS programs that have been tested with SightLogix devices. However, for detailed, specific information, see the documentation that came with the particular VMS program. DVTel This section describes how to set up the following DVTel versions. Refer to the preferred section. DVTel Latitude version 3.5 DVTel ISOC version DVTel Latitude version 3.5 DVTel can display one or both channels; however, a license is required for each channel (not each camera). Since DVTel supports digest authentication, change the authentication type of the SightLogix device to digest from the Web Server dialog box (right-click the device icon in the SightMonitor camera tree Configure Web Server). Before adding the camera to the DVTel system, disable the HTTP pipelined request option on the camera s Web Server dialog. Click OK.

3 Unselect Adding SightLogix devices If you will be installing many devices, you may want to use the Resource Administration Tool in DVTel to define the username and password for connecting to all cameras. This makes it unnecessary to define the username and password individually for each camera. Open the tool from the desktop Start menu; choose All Programs DVTel Latitude Center Resource Administration Tool. In the left column, open the Archiver icon and select AXIS Extension. Go to the Security tab and enter the default username and password. The information you enter here will be used as the default when opening the connection between a camera and the ControlCenter. The username for opening connections to SightLogix devices is sightlogix (all lowercase). The password is push2edg. To add devices individually:

4 Open the ControlCenter by double-clicking the desktop icon. Then click in the ControlCenter toolbar to open the Latitude AdminCenter. 1. Above the camera tree, click the Logical tab ( ) or the Systems settings tab. 2. Go to the Discovery tab page. 3. Check that the IP range and port number are correct; check also that AXIS is selected as the unit type. 4. Click the Users button ( ), enter the username and password, and click OK. 5. Click to discover the cameras. Note: Discovery works only with intelligent cameras. If you re adding a non-intelligent camera or if not all cameras were returned through the discovery process, right-click on the camera within the camera tree and select Add Video Unit, which will prompt you for an IP address. Repeat for each camera. In the ControlCenter camera list, you should now see two icons for the new camera, one for each channel. Drag an icon to a tile to view video. To later remove a camera, right-click the camera icon and select Remove. Once the cameras are added to the ControlCenter, you can view video by dragging the camera icon to a tile. Creating alarms and assigning actions to alarms. 1. From the Systems Settings list ( ), right-click on Alarms ( ) and choose Create Alarm. This opens the following dialog. 2. Select users who should receive alarms (select top-level for all users) and click OK. This creates a new alarm with a default name.

5 3. Re-name the alarm to be more descriptive. 4. In the encoder list, click (at the bottom of the list of encoders) and select a channel (encoder) from the dropdown list. Select the channel that you want to see in the armed tile when replaying video. The difference is that overlays are normally assigned to channel 1, but not channel Select Playback as the Display option and enter the number of seconds that you want the armed tile to display. 6. Click OK. Next, click Apply Changes at the upper right of the dialog. You can now apply actions to alarms. For instance, you can: > Create an alarm and specify the actions (events) to occur during an alarm (sounding an audible alert, inserting a bookmark in the video file to mark the start of an alarm). > Set playback options for unacknowledged alarms to play continuously in the armed tile. > (Optional.) To continuously record video, create a continuous recording schedule for one or both channels (the default is to record video only during an alarm). Check the DVTel documentation specific information and for additional settings you might want to change (setting the alarm priority, automatically acknowledging alarms, etc.).

6 Turning off the sensitivity setting By default, the ControlCenter performs a type of motion detection to generate alarms. To suppress these alarms and receive only alarms from SightLogix devices, which filter out environmental noise to reduce nuisance alarms, turn off the ControlCenter s sensitivity setting as described here. This step must be performed for each camera. 1. Select one camera channel in the Physical list and go to the Motion Detection ( ) tab page. 2. Change the sensitivity setting (which is usually 95) to Click Apply Changes. 4. Repeat for the camera s second channel. Testing alarms Test that alarms are received at the ControlCenter. From the SightMonitor, open the device s Camera tab (in the SightMonitor, right-click the device icon Configure Camera). Click the Alarm Test button; verify that the alarm is reported.

7 DVTel ISOC version Before adding a SightLogix device in DVTel, do the following three steps in the SightMonitor: 1. Disable the HTTP pipelined request option on the camera s Web Server dialog. Click OK. Unselect 2. On the MPEG tab, change the RTSP broadcast mode to Multicast. Click OK. Note: Both steps 1 and 2 can be set in the Site Template and applied to all devices. 3. Add the DVTel URL to the Camera dialog in the Coordination System for both motion and motion off. Use the syntax: dvtel://server-ip-address. Click OK. Adding SightLogix devices The simplest way to add a device is to use the Discovery feature. To do so: 1. Open the AdminCenter and in the tree select the appropriate archiver. 2. Select Discovery.

8 3. Select the AXIS type camera and enter an IP range. You ll need to enter the username (root or sightlogix) and password (push2edg). 4. Click Start to begin discovery. 5. In the list of found cameras, check that all devices were located. (In case of any cameras that were not discovered, you will need to manually enter the camera information.) 6. Save by clicking the save icon. Save 7. Attach each device to the appropriate archiver: right-clicking the appropriate IP address, select Attach, and then the name of the archiver/directory. 8. Repeat the previous step for each SightLogix device.

9 Adding a device adds two channels for each camera in the sensor tree: the first is for MPEG and the second for motion JPEG. Viewing video Open the ControlCenter and drag the camera to an available tile. Configure and test motion detection alarms 1. From the sensor tree in the AdminCenter, select the camera (not the video settings for the SightLogix device). 2. Select the Motion Detection tab. 3. In the Zones text box, type Fullscreen (type as shown, with an uppercase F and as one word).

10 4. Under Recording Upon Motion, select the checkboxes for Record upon motion and for Bookmark motion on events. You may also want to adjust how many seconds before and after the alarm should be recorded. 5. Making these settings would allow you to confirm that motion events are recorded. Test that alarms are received at DVTel. Send a test alarm from the SightLogix device (rightclick the device icon, select Configure Camera and click Test Alarm). DVTel should show an alarm and begin recording until the end of the alarm.

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