ACTi MNR-110P, MNR-110 User Manual

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Table of Contents

Legal Notice 2

Disclaimer ..........................................................................................2

Trademarks ........................................................................................2

Introduction 5

Product Overview ..............................................................................5

System Architecture ..........................................................................5

PC Hardware Requirements .............................................................6

Getting Started 7

Pre-requisites ....................................................................................7

Installing the Server Program ..........................................................7

Install Workstation .......................................................................... 11

License and Activation ................................................................... 14

Via Internet Explorer ....................................................................... 18

Via SMS Workstation ....................................................................... 20

Set up the System 23

Storage Management ................................ ................................ ...... 23

Manage User Groups/Users ........................................................... 25

Manage Stations .............................................................................. 32

Event Management .......................................................................... 35

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Monitor the Synchronization Process 41

Overview .......................................................................................... 41

Watch Playback 44

Overview .......................................................................................... 44

Search by Time ................................................................................ 46

Search by Event Type ..................................................................... 47

Search by Video Analytics .............................................................. 48

View Search Results ....................................................................... 51

Take a Snapshot of the Playback View .......................................... 53

Export the Recordings .................................................................... 54

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Wi-Fi Coverage

Transportation

Standalone NVR

SMS Server+

Workstation Client

Introduction

Product Overview

ACTi’s Station Management System (hereafter referred to as SMS) is specially designed for mobile vehicle surveillance. It helps centralize the storage of recorded videos from all the vehicles. When the vehicle approaches the depot, the recorded videos stored in the transportation standalone NVR will be automatically offloaded to the SMS server in the control center as soon as the transportation standalone NVR connects to Wi-Fi, saving human efforts on transferring the recordings to the data center.

System Architecture

The service architecture is described in the following figure:

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PC Spec

Minimum

Recommended

CPU

Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 GHz

Intel Core i5 2.4 GHz

RAM

4GB 1

Operation System

Windows 7, Windows 8 2

Network

Ethernet 1000 Base-T

PC Hardware Requirements

The table below provides basic guidelines for selecting proper hardware for the computer that installs SMS Server. As SMS mainly serves as a recording server, it is suggested that there be sufficient hard disk space on this computer. You can refer to

http://www.acti.com/storagecalculator to figure out how much storage space is needed

for your system.

Please use 64-bit system if your computer has more than 4GB RAM. Windows operating

system has limits on memory and address space regardless of the real or virtual memory available on a particular computer. Take Windows 7 Professional for example, the maximum physical memory for a 32-bit(X86) system can address is 3.5 GB even though 16 GB of RAM has been installed on this computer. Therefore, if you consider increasing the computer’s multi-tasking capability by adding more RAM, you will need a 64-bit version of Windows to take advantage of it all.

Please visit the link below for more memory limitations on various Windows platforms.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778%28VS.85%29.aspx#physical_memory _limits_windows_7

Besides the limitation mentioned above, you may find the usable memory of your computer displayed here:  Computer  Properties is still less than actual installed

memory. As this is a common symptoms of all Windows platforms, you can find explanations and solutions in this Windows official support document

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/978610/en-us and http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/taking-the-mystery-out-of-64-bit-windows

Please make sure your operation system is fully patched with the latest service packs.

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Getting Started

Pre-requisites

Before installing SMS Server, please make sure the pre-requisites below are fulfilled:

1. Ensure that your computer meets the minimum system requirements.

2. Ensure that your computer has a C Drive.

3. Ensure that you have enough storage space on your computer to save video

recordings of captured events.

Installing the Server Program

The program installation can be simple and intuitive by following the installation wizard’s instructions. The program can be used right after installation is completed, without the need to restart the computer.

To install the software, follow the steps below:

1. Find the SMS Server compressed file that you downloaded and extract it.

2. Execute the install shield application .

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3. Proceed by following the on-screen instructions of the InstallShield Wizard.

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When selecting Setup Type, the default “Complete” option will have the program installed in the default C drive (C:\Program Files). You can select “Custom” to choose another program location.

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4. The IP Port Checker will pop up to confirm the SMS server port number with you. The installation program will use 80 as default. You may enter another available port

number in “Listen Port” field and click “Apply”.

5. The installation process is done. Click “Finish”.

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Install Workstation

SMS Workstation provides an interface between users and SMS server. The Server and Workstation can be installed on the same PC separately.

1. Execute the install shield application .

2. Follow the onscreen instructions of Install Shield Wizard, accept the license

agreement and proceed.

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As the installation is complete, you can directly initiate Workstation application by clicking on “OK”. A shortcut

will also appear on the Desktop.

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Purchase licenses from ACTi, get the

On SMS Server, input the

to activate the

license directly.

SMS Server

(Internet access)

License and Activation

In SMS Server system, your required number of managed NVR servers (transportation standalone NVRs) should be licensed and activated before connecting. License activation

is the process of unlocking the channels on SMS Server with the received License Key.

License Key is a serial number delivered as a printed card or an E-mail after the purchase is carried out. After the license activation, the channels on SMS Server will automatically become available.

During license activation, your License Key is matched against the MAC address of the Network Interface Card (NIC) on SMS server computer. Once this license key is used by the computer with given MAC, it cannot be activated with another MAC. This matching record will be stored on the ACTi license data server. If your computer has more than one network cards, NVR server will detect them and provide you a dropdown list to select from.

Please note:

 The license is cumulative and perpetual.  The license is not version-specific, upgrading software version will not influence

the existing license(s) you have.

 The maximum number of NVRs that can be managed by SMS Server is 100.

There are two ways to activate the licenses depending on your SMS server network condition: Online Activation and Offline Activation.

Online Activation

If your SMS Server computer has available Internet access, choose online activation.

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Purchase licenses from ACTi, get the

On another computer, access ACTi website to activate the licenses using the

Load the

into SMS server

SMS server

Computer

(Internet access)

Offline Activation

Offline activation does not require Internet access for SMS Server. It is used when SMS is located in a network not connected to public Internet (e.g. in a military base). You will need to get an activation file from another computer and transfer it to the SMS Server computer.

Step-by-step Activation Process

Based on the network conditions of your site, follow Online Activation SOP or Offline

Activation SOP to activate your license.

Online Activation SOP

Step 1

: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for

free at http://member.acti.com/

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Step 2

: Log in to SMS Server, go to System tab License Online Registration tab. Select the MAC Address, enter your License Key, ACTi member Account and the Password, and then click “Apply”. SMS Server will connect to the license data server via Internet to register the license key, and unlock the channels.

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Offline Activation SOP

Step 1

: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for free at http://member.acti.com/

Step 2

: Access http://www2.acti.com/support/LicenseMgt/IVS.asp, enter the License Key and the MAC address of the SMS Server computer, and click “Submit”. An E-mail

with activation code file (AUL.lic) will be sent to your registered E-mail account.

Step 3

: Log in SMS Server from local or via web client. Go to System tab License  Offline Registration tab  click “Import” and upload the license file (AUL.lic). Click “Apply” to activate this license.

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Via Internet Explorer

You can access SMS interface via Internet Explorer on your computer.

From Server Computer (as Local Client)

Open Internet Expolrer. If your computer is where SMS server is installed, type

http://localhost/ in URL box.

From Remote Computer (as Remote Client)

A remote client refers to any client using a computer over WAN or LAN other than the server computer to access SMS. If you are connecting to a SMS server as a remote client, please type server computer’s ip (e.g. local network ip: http://172.16.26.217 within LAN; public IP http://220.228.146.21 or domain name http://sms.acti.com over WAN ) in URL box. Remember to append a colon and the port number after the hostname or IP address.

Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests

SMS interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please make sure the browser’s security settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed. When your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporation’s add-on components to run, please accept it .

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E A B C D

You will have to enter the e-mail address input in Forgot Password window should match the one under your User account saved in NVR server.

D. Remember Login Information and Auto Login

A. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive)

Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive)

123456 (default)

B. Choose the Initial Page

The user interface consists of three main module screens, Monitor View, Playback and Setup. You may choose one where you would like to enter after login. Default is Monitor screen.

C. Language

Choose a UI language from the dropdown list.

To have SMS Workstation remember the Account, Password, Initial Page and UI Language settings, simply check “Remember login info”. Enabling “Don’t Remember” will clear your input text and reset to default.

To automatically log in to SMS system, please check both

“Remember login info” and “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If someone without the system authority also has access to this computer, you might consider not enabling this function. To

cancel auto-login, on title bar, click  “Logout” to return to login page, and this function will be cancelled.

E. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

SMS can send the password of the User’s account to the User’s e-mail address. To ensure that Users are able to make use of this function, please make sure (1) the SMTP settings have been configured, and (2) a valid e-mail address has previously been saved in Setup page  Users tab  User list under this account.

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Via SMS Workstation

SMS Workstation includes a set of programs that provide the interface between users and SMS server. You can install this software on the remote client computer in order to access SMS server via network. You can download

this software on ACTi website at http://www.acti.com/DownloadCenter, and it is wrapped together with the SMS system software. For the instructions on the installation of this software on the client computer, please refer to Install Workstation on page 11.

A. Server IP & Server Port

In Server IP field, please input the LAN or WAN IP address of NVR server. In Server Port field, key in the port number. The default value is 80.

B. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive)

Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive)

123456 (default)

C. Choose the Initial Page

The user interface consists of three major screens, Monitor, Playback and Setup. You may choose one that you would like to enter after logging in.

D. Language

Choose a UI language from the dropdown list.

E. Remember Login Information and Auto Login

To have SMS Workstation remember the Account, Password, Initial Page and UI Language settings, simply check “Remember login info”. Enabling “Don’t Remember”

will clear your input text and reset to default.

To automatically log in to SMS system, please check both

“Remember login info” and “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If someone without the system authority also has access to this computer, you might consider not enabling this function. To

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You will have to enter the e-mail address input in Forgot Password window should match the one under your User account saved in NVR server.

cancel auto-login, on title bar, click  “Logout” to return to login page, and this function will be cancelled.

F. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

G. Server Name/Server Sites List

SMS Workstation can remember multiple server sites and their login credentials and show the site lists on Login window. To add a new site:

1. Click in the Server Name box and input

the server site name.

2. Fill in the other fields. If you disable the

“Remember login info”, then only the Server Name, Server IP and Server Port of this server site will be

remembered.

3. Click “Save”.

4. After a server site

is saved, it will be shown on Server Name dropdown list. You may click on its name to enter its Login window or to delete it from

5. You can export the saved server sites, or import it to another Workstation client

computer. Access SMS server via SMS Workstation, go to Setup page  System tab  Workstation.

the list.

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A. Export current server sites list

Click “Browse” to select a folder to save the list, and then click “Export”. This file will be

saved as an *.xml file.

B. Import a server site list

Click “Browse” to select the *.xml file, and then click “Import”. The server sites will appear in Server Name dropdown list on Login window of your next login.

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Set up the System

This chapter will guide you through everything you need to know in System Setup starting from the first time you access SMS server to general system configurations.

Storage Management

This section describes how to manage storage space in SMS server. Please note that this section only deals with the overall storage rules, and not storage of individual channels.

As SMS server continuously writes and deletes file from the disk drive, using a removable disk may risk losing recording when device is removed while being accessed. Go to Setup pageStorage tab.

To set up the location and allocation of space for your recordings, follow the steps below:

Change Recordings Folder Name

In “Recording Settings” section, you may change the name of video recordings folder. The video files are saved in a folder named “Recordings” under hard drive root directory.

You may change the name here.

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Item

Description

Free Space (GB)

Currently available space of the chosen disk drive.

Total Space (GB)

The total capacity of the chosen disk drive.

Reserved Space (GB)

This is the amount of space to be kept for other applications and files. If the free space is used up and hence the remaining space reaches the threshold of reserved space, SMS server system will start deleting the earliest recordings. It is strongly suggested that 10 % of the disk capacity be set as Reserved Space.

Set System Log Lifecycle

System Log is the record of User activities and events that took place on the server. In

“Recording Settings” section, you may set how long this record is kept on the server.

Default is 30 days.

Set Hard Drives for the Recorded Files Deletion Rule

1. On Disk Drive List displays the detected storage devices in your server computer.

You may select the storage location of the recording files and set the deletion threshold. By default, SMS server will select C drive as storage location; however, it is recommended that you prepare one or more disks to store the recording files instead

of using C drive as the sole storage place.

2. After selecting the disk drive, please set the deletion rule. There are two mechanisms

of the automatic file deletion; if both are active, SMS server will start to delete old files when either criteria below is met: (1) For a specific channel, you can choose to keep its recordings for a number of days, and delete files older than this period by 1 GB at a time. Please go to Setup page Schedule tab to set it. (2) Keep the overall recordings until the disk is almost full, and then delete the earliest recording files by 1 GB at a time. SMS server will delete old files when free space is lower than Reserved Space you set in Disk Drive List.

3. When you finish the settings, click “Apply”.

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Setup

Jeremy, Gate Guard

Guard Group

Sam, Security Head

Security Center Group

Monitor

Sean, Manager

Administrator Group

Playback

Monitor

Manage User Groups/Users

The User Groups/Users page allows you to (1) manage the access permissions of different user groups, (2) add users to or delete them from user groups, (3) and assign users to specific user group. This chapter will take you through these settings.

Access Permissions

In SMS, the access permissions are managed by User Groups. User Groups defines what functions and devices are allowed for each user. Different User Groups will have different access rights in terms of permitted operations watch the recorded footage of certain devices in Playback, and server management operations like Station Setup, Storage Setup, Event Setup and System Setup. For example, an Administrator User is allowed for all the operations in SMS, while a standard User may only be permitted to access the Monitor screen.

The chart below displays different employees as SMS Users and their access rights in this system:

Overview

Go to Setup page Users tab. There are two sections to manage User Groups and Users individually.

User Groups: To setup user groups and its permissions. Users: To manage user accounts and configure user information.

SMS server has integrated Microsoft Active Directory® service to provide network administrators a more convenient choice for user management. Active Directory is a

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directory service built in Microsoft Server products to manage user identities and privileges within the domain network. As SMS runs on a server computer logged on to the same domain with Active Directory server, you can import a user account or a group from those concurrently existing in Active Directory into SMS server. In this way, the user identification is processed by Active Directory centrally; there is no need for SMS administrator to maintain user accounts as long as they are under management of Active Directory service.

User Groups

You can specify access permissions to each device for a whole user group. This user grouping can save you significant amount of works if you have multiple users performing similar tasks and acting as similar roles.

There are already two default User groups

 Administrator: With full permissions in SMS server.  User: With the permissions to watch all camera live view and playback.

You can create a new user group on SMS server or import an existing group from the Active Directory database within your domain.

1. Click on

2. Click on “Add”.

3. On Add New Group window, choose the group type:

Add a new local user group: Insert ID, and group Name, your input in the Name field will be the name of this User group. Click “Apply” to finish.

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Monitor screen

Playback screen

Setup screen

 Import a new domain user group: Choose an existing user group from your domain, and click “Apply” to finish.

1. Click “Apply” to save this group.

2. The domain users within that group will all be added to SMS server. To view all the

users within this group, please select Users on the left. The account information of these domain users, unlike those user accounts you add one by one to SMS server, are not editable on Users page.

3. Assign Permissions for created group. This will define what functions this User group is allowed to access. On Basic tab, by default, a new User group will initially be allowed to access only Monitor and Playback screen, but without any permission to change a certain camera’s setting, so you will have to assign the camera permissions later.

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You can assign more administrative permissions to change system settings to a group in Setup section and Global section.

4. Configure Station permissions on Permissions tab for the created User group. This will define which stations this User group is allowed to access. You can define the common permissions for the existing stations with “Device Unified Settings” and then select the stations. If you want to apply another set of settings to the stations added in the future, check “New Station Default” (if this User group is allowed to access all newly-added stations, check “New Station Default” and edit the permissions.

If this User group is given more advanced permissions to certain stations, instead of

enabling “Device Unified Settings”, you should check “New Station Default” and the

specific stations to define the permissions individually.

You may copy certain camera’s permissions settings to other devices or stations. Select a camera/station and click “Copy” to bring up the target selection menu, check the target cameras/stations, and click “Apply”.

Add Users

To create a user account with on SMS server.

1. Click on

2. Select User Type as Customized User or Domain User.

Local User: an account created and managed on SMS server only. You will input an account name, its password and e-mail address for this User. Domain User: an account that already exists in Active Directory database within the

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domain. Since this is an existing account in your domain, you will have to select this account from Account dropdown list.

3. Insert user account, name, password, and the account mail (For Local User). Assign this created user account to a specific user group.

4. After you click “Apply”, this new user will be added to the list on the left. You can

modify the account settings in Settings section, or click on “Delete” to remove this account.

5. As an administrator, you can set the validity period of thus user account by enabling

“Password Validity Period” and set the duration time, thus enabling you to give a user temporary access and effectively control the account’s validity.

6. If this user’s group is permitted to access Playback screen, you can even add a password protection to protect your video data by enabling “Playback Password Protection”. The password can be a specific one or the same as the account’s.

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Note

Account /Password Rules

1. Account and Password fields allow alphabets, numbers, and symbols except the

following: / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > "

2. In Account field, for alphabets, the input will be recognized as lowercase letters. Space is only allowed between characters; the space in the beginning or at the end will be deleted as it is saved.

3. The Password field is case-sensitive, and the space is allowed.

Note

Admin is the default user account and belongs to “Administrator” user group. Hence, the user Admin and the group Administrator cannot be deleted; it possesses full permissions to all devices and SMS settings.

Note

SMS server provides a procedure to help Users who have forgotten the password retrieving the original information, which relies solely on the “e-mail address” authentication. It is strongly recommended that you input an e-mail address that this User has access to when you establish the User account. To update the e-mail address of an account, go to Setup page Users tab  edit “E-mail” of an selected User account; the Users can also update the e-mail addresses themselves after logging in to SMS on Monitor page   Update Profile

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Domain:

ACTi.com

Active

Directory

Domain

Controller

SMS

Server

Domain Users Management

As SMS server computer is logged on to a domain Active Directory, it can import a user account from Active Directory.

This type of User account is “Domain User”. Upon being added to SMS server, the User properties stored on Active Directory database including (1) account name (2) e-mail address will be imported to SMS server.

Whenever a domain User client tries to log in to SMS server, SMS server will first verify if this account exists in SMS server database, and then have Active Directory verify the user account and password.

As Active Directory owns the privilege to create, edit and delete domain users, the

Domain User’s account and password are not editable through SMS user interface but via Active Directory Administrative Tool.

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Station (MNR)

Link up with SMS server

SMS Server

Add a linked station to the system

Manage Stations

To manage multiple transportation standalone NVRs and monitor the recording synchronization status, you have to add the stations to SMS server. Please make sure you have purchased sufficient license for your required number of stations.

Add Station

1. Log in to standalone NVR interface, go to Setup  System tabSMS. Click on “Link” and input the IP address of the SMS server, and then click on “Apply”.

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2. On SMS server, go to Setup  Station tab Click on “Add Station” SMS Click on “Link” and input the IP address of the SMS server, and then click on “Apply”.

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Configure Station Settings

You can configure foundemental NVR server settings via SMS interface.On Station tab, the added stations are listed below All Stations, click on sign next to the station to reveal the fundemental settings of this NVR server.

Click on the settings to modify the configutaitons. For examply, you can select a camera and configure the camera’s video or PTZ properties. By clicking on “Apply” this new modification will be appplied this device.

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Event Source

Event Type

Response Type

(on client computer)

SMS Local Server Status

Storage disk is full Storage disk is available for

recording SMS server can’t detect the

storage disk

Produces audio alert (beep sound or pre-loaded audio file)

Executes a command Sends email notification

Camera

Restoration fails

Produces audio alert (beep sound

or pre-loaded audio file)

Executes a command Sends email notification

Event Management

When certain unexpected incidents occur during the video synchronization process, for example, SMS server’s storage space is full or the restoration process of a certain camera just fails, they are considered crucial Events that require not only you immediate awareness but timely action. SMS server can program these events using Event Rules. A specific type of event is set as a Trigger that causes SMS server to react in a designated Response. An example rule would be for SMS server to send an e-mail to alert the supervisor and to enable a beep sound when the storage disk is full.

The chart below shows SMS server-supported Trigger types and Response types:

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Response Types

Function Description

Makes SMS play beep sound or an audio file for a number of repetitions.

On SMS Corporate Workstation client computer, you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file as the alert sound, and set how many times this audio file is repeated when the event occurs. (This SMS server has to be already on Server Site list, refer to

G. Server Name/Server Sites List on page

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Create an Event Rule Based on SMS Server Events

In SMS system, the abnormal status of SMS server is also considered a trigger that is worth your attention.

1. Go to Setup page  Event tab. In Local Server panel, there are already three types of server event: Disk Full, Disk Is Available and Disk Not Found. Highlight the rule you want to edit. Double-click on the “Response” column to edit the response action.

2. On Edit Event window, you can rename this event in Event Name field.

3. You can enable multiple responses by first checking the box (ers) to enable the items:

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Enable SMS to execute a certain command upon this event. You can use it to integrate SMS’ event handling with other programs. Enter the path of the command to be executed upon event.

Enable SMS to send e-mail notification via SMTP server. The default SMTP and sender’s e-mail settings can be set in advance in Setup page System tabSettings  E-mail& SMTP

Settings.

1. Type one or more recipients’ e-mail

addresses in “To” column (if more than one, please separate them by “;”

symbol) or click the icon to select recipients from existing SMS User list. The E-mail address should be set in advance (in Setup pageUsers tabUsers) for an SMS User so that it can be selected in this list.

2. Edit the e-mail subject and content.

4. Click “Apply” to save this rule.

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Action Items

Function Description

Makes SMS play beep sound or an audio file for a number of repetitions.

G. Server Name/Server Sites List on page

Create a Camera Event Rule

1. Go to Setup page  Event tab. Click on the title bar of Camera list, all the editable

event rules are listed in the device ID order.

2. Select a camera from the Camera list on the left. Based on the trigger types this device supports, the corresponding events rules are listed accordingly on the right. In this example, this selected camera model supports three motion detection regions, and hence three MD trigger event rules are available.

3. You can enable multiple responses by first checking the box (es) to enable the items:

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Enable SMS to execute a certain command upon this event. You can use it to integrate SMS’ event handling with other programs. Enter the path of the command to be executed upon event.

Enable SMS to send e-mail notification via SMTP server. The default SMTP and sender’s e-mail settings can be set in advance in Setup page System tabSettings  E-mail& SMTP

Settings.

3. Type one or more recipients’ e-mail

addresses in “To” column (if more than one, please separate them by “;”

4. Edit the e-mail subject and content.

4. Click “Apply” to save this rule.

Manage the Event Rules

Event List panel gives an overview on event rules set on SMS server. Go to Setup page

 Event tab  click on Camera or Local Server on the left. To delete a certain rule, you can select it and then click “Delete” to remove it.

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Field Name

Description

Server

Input the sender’s SMTP server address. Only alphabets, numbers, and the symbols (.), (_), (-) are valid.

SMTP Port

Set the SMTP port, allowed value is from 1~65535, default is 25.

Account

Input the name of the SMTP server account. Only alphabets, numbers, and the symbols (@), (.), (_), (-) are valid.

Password

Input the password of the SMTP server account. Only alphabets and numbers are valid.

Security

Certain webmail providers provide the SSL/TLS-encrypted SMTP connections to secure your data when sending/receiving e-mails. Please check if the SMTP connection settings you use (especially the SMTP Port) now require enabling either SSL or TLS.

Sender Name

Input the name or title of the sender. You may input a name different from the account name.

Sender Mail

Input the sender’s e-mail address, which should the same account you set for SMTP server.

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How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules

SMS supports e-mail notification for Event Handling sent through an SMTP server. You can specify the e-mail and server settings here.

1. Go to Setup pageSystem tabSettings  E-mail& SMTP Settings.

2. Fill in each of the following fields.

3. As all necessary information is filled, click “Send Test Mail” to try sending an e-mail

according to your settings, and then log in to your SMTP server to check incoming e-mails. If the test mail is sent successfully, SMS server is ready to send out e-mails.

4. As the settings are confirmed, click “Apply” to save.

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Vehicle Status

Status Icon

Before setting off

As the vehicle is parked in the depopt, the station on it hence is within the control center’s local network; a green bulb will appear in the Station List to show that it is connected.

If the video recording of this station has been completely uploaded to SMS server, the restoration progress percentage will become “--%” to show that there is currently no running restoration process.

In service

As the vehicle is in service, the station on it hence is

outside of the control center’s local network; a gray

bulb will appear in the Station List to show that it is disconnected.

If the station is currently not connected, the progress card will appear red with the latest completed percentage of video restoration. This progress will resume after the station is connected again.

Station Name

Station status

Progress status

Station status

Progress status

Monitor the Synchronization Process

Overview

Once a station is added to SMS system, its detailed restoration progress will be individually displayed in the Restoration Progress view. From the Station List, you can have a glance at the status of the entire stations. By clicking on the title bar of Station Restore Log panel and Event panel, you can open these panels to get more details.

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Having retured to the depot

As the vehicle has returned to the deport, the station

on it hence is within the control center’s local network;

the green bulb will appear in the Station List to show that it is connected, with a blue downloading sign representing its running restoration process.

A white downloading sign will show along with the percentage of completion.

Icons

Status

Description

Restoring

Connected

Disconnected

Station List

Log

Restoration Progress

Event

Station Name

Station status

Progress status

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Station List

Lists the added stations and their current restoration status:

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Status

Description

Log

Informs you of the newest results of each station’s restoration progress such as “Restore Done” or “Restore Failure”. You can click on in the top right corner of this screen to

export the entire system log.

Event Panel

Displays the important server or station/camera status

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Reverse Play Pause Play

Previous Recording

Play Speed

Time bar scale

Define Specific time

Go to current time

Next Recording

Show/Hide Time bar

Daylight Saving Time Status

Watch Playback

Overview

Once the video footage has been successfully uploaded to SMS server, on Playback screen, you can drag a camera into a channel window to watch the playback.

1. On top of the screen select a desired layout.

2. From Camera list, drag a device into a channel window.

3. On Timetrack, drag the bar to your desired time spot

4. Use the Play Control buttons to fast-foward, rewind, play or pause.

Playback Controls

The playback related controls reside in Playback Control Bar. You may adjust the video play speed, do a reverse / forward play, or pause the video to spot your desired detail. For non-continuous recording types such as DI, or Event recording, you may use the “Previous Recording” or “Next Recording” buttons to jump to the part directly.

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Daylight Saving Time Switch

SMS Server will detect and display your client computer local time on Monitor and Playback screen. Once you apply Daylight Saving Time rule on your computer, SMS

server will automatically enable this function on Control Bar. By default, this function will be enabled automatically as daylight saving time begins. You may disable this function to view playback according to Coordinated Universal Time.

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Search by Time

If you simply want to skim through the footage record around a certain time, you can start by locating the specific time on the time bar.

1. Double-click on your desired channel or drag it to the display window. The channel

view will appear in the window.

2. On Playback Control Bar, click , and specify the target date and time on

the calendar window, and then click “Apply”.

3. The time bar will immediately locate the target time.

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Search by Event Type

If you are clear about (1) When (2) as which event type (3) Where the incident happened, you will not need to drag on time bar all the way to the spot. The event search tool can sort out the video clips that match your criteria.

1. Double-click on your desired channel or drag it to the display window. The channel

view will appear in the window.

2. Drag time bar to the target time.

3. On Search Tool panel, two search tools will appear, click

4. Select an event type from dropdown list, and click “+” to create this filter. You can

select an unwanted filter and delete it by clicking on the “x” on the right.

5. Select the desired filter and click “Apply” to start searching.

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Search by Video Analytics

SMS server is equipped with two useful video analytics that can perform advanced search – Motion and Tamper.

Motion

- Unlike the typical motion detection method, this motion video analytics algorithm can

detect a maximum of six regions in a view, including rectangle regions and polygon regions.

Tamper

- A camera that has been tampered with is not able to serve its purpose. To avoid this,

SMS offers an algorithm to detect whether any form of tampering has been done to a camera, whether it be in the form of redirecting the angle of the camera, de-focusing the camera, covering, or spray-painting the camera.

To start,

1. Double-click on your desired channel or drag it to the display window. The channel

view will appear in the window.

2. Drag time bar to the target time.

3. On Search Tool panel, two search tools will appear, click

4. Define the time range.

5. Select the video analytics type

6. Click “+” to create this filter. You can select an unwanted filter and delete it by

clicking on the “x” on the right.

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Multiple results that occurred within a single second will be count as one result.

By enabling this, this search will analyze the view using higher number of pixels (default is 320x240).

It is suggested that you only enable this when you consider obtaining more results.

7. After this filter is created, draw the regions on the channel view. ( You can define a

total of six regions for a motion filter, while tamper filter will us the whole camera view for analyzing)

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If the area you want to mark does not fit to the form of a rectangle, you may also choose to draw a polygon by selecting the icon. To draw the lines for the sides of your polygon, click your cursor to mark the endpoints of each line. Double-click on the final endpoint of the final line to confirm and highlight the polygon in light blue, as shown in the illustration below. Make sure your lines connect (a minimum of three lines) to form a closed shape.

8. Click “Apply” to start searching.

To create a new search, simply double-click on a camera ion Camera list, and follow the steps narrated above again.

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Search Result Viewer

Search Result Tool Bar

View Search Results

The search results will then start being generated in thumbnails in Search Result Viewer window. However, it might take a few seconds if a large number of results are found. The thumbnails are listed in sequential order, left-to-right and top-to-bottom. You can drag on the Search Result Viewer to your desired time to find the snapshots of the incidents.

For easy exploring the search results, on Search Result Tool Bar, you can

● Adjust the size of the snapshots, the smaller the thumbnail’s size is,

the more results you can see in the view.

● Select a thumbnail and click to download its snapshop.

● Select a thumbnail and click to directly start playing this event.

● Select a thumbnail and click to view the event card list instead of thumbnail view.

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The event card list will be displayed in the Search Tool panel. You can click to browse throuth the event list, or duoblie-click on an event card to start playing this event.

To return to thumbnail view, click .

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Take a Snapshot of the Playback View

You may take a snapshot of a channel live image on Playback screen.

The snapshot will be saved to default folder on your client computer as .jpg format (The system default location is Windows Desktop). You may find the location path on the bottom of SMS window after taking a snapshot.

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Note

Other than defining the time duration, on time bar, you can rest the time cursor on a desire time and then click to enter Export Video window. The default time duration will be one minute before this time spot plus one minute after it, at a total length of two minutes.

Export the Recordings

SMS playback offers two choices of video format for the exported video. The *.raw file, as the original video file format captured from video source, is able to be played on ACTi Archive Player. You may download the this utility from

http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter

The*.AVI file, as The most widely adopted video format on Windows system, can be instantly transferred by SMS server and played directly in Windows Media Player.

Before starting to export the video, please make sure there is enough memory space on the hard drive of your destination computer.

Define the Section of Exported Video on Time Bar

You may define the video duration on time bar during the playback. In this way, you don’t

spend extra time and effort on finding the specific date and time information.

1. On time bar, drag to the start point of the video, right-click to bring up quick menu, then

select “Mark Export Start”.

2. If you have successfully set the start point, the time duration will turn yellow as you

drag to another point. Drag to the end, right-click to bring up quick menu, and then

select “Mark Export End”.

3. As both start point and end are set, you may right-click again the quick menu and find

these two options are already gray out. Select “Export Video”

Depending on your scenario, you may first set the ending point, then the start point.

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Set the Export Video Settings

You may export video with or without defining the time duration beforehand since you can configure all the settings on Export Video window. On Search Result Tool bar, click to enter the window.

1. Select the cameras. If more than one camera are selected, you will get multiple recordings.

2. Set the time duration. The minimum duration is 10 seconds, maximum is 1 hour. (For individual recording, if the total size is over 2 GB, or the video encoder type, frame

rate, resolution of this channel’s stream once altered during the selected Time Duration, this file will be divided).

3. For Video Settings, you can (1) choose the video format,(2) enable the “Filter no video” function to skip the video gaps, (3) enable “Add Watermark” to embed a

unique code in every frame of this exported video footage, (4) if this channel is a fisheye camera, make sure you select the desired fisheye view from right-click menu  “Fisheye Mode”, and check “Export current fisheye view” here. The exported video will be displayed in the view mode you are seeing now; otherwise, the default fisheye view for exported video is Original View.

4. Set the overlay text if needed. The maximum number of characters for Text is 40.

5. This exported video can be saved to your current client computer. Please choose the

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Note

Certain fisheye camera view modes (e.g. Quad mode) display multiple regions in a single channel. When being exported, these regions will still be put together as a single video file.

Note

By changing a the fisheye modes to the following five modes : Dewarping, Panorama, Double Panorama, Panorama/Focus and Quad, the live stream of this channel will

Note

Once a channel is changed to any of the following fisheye modes: Dewarping, Panorama, Double Panorama, Panorama/Focus or Quad, the resolution of this live stream will become

1920x1080, so will the resolution of exported video clip.

location. By default, the files will be saved to Desktop.

6. Click “Apply” to start file converting and exporting. The export process window will appear. In the Camera column displays the processed/ total number of video clips of

that camera. You may also observe the remaining processing time of each camera’s

video files.

There are five types of process status: success, converting, waiting, no data and fail It might happen that there is certain section in a recording that exists no video data; if the

status shows “Fail”, it may be that your disk drive does not have enough space for video

files, please make some space and click again to re-execute this export task.

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