Bosch LTC-1411-20, LTC-1413-20, LTC-1313-20, LTC-1412-20, LTC-0485-55 Operator's Manual

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Bosch Video Management System
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Table of Contents
1 Using the Help 6
1.1 Finding information 6
1.2 Printing the Help 6
2 Introduction 8
3System overview 9
3.1 Hardware requirements 9
3.2 Software requirements 9
3.3 License requirements 9
4.2 Installing Bosch VMS Archive Player 10
5.1 Displaying a camera in an Image pane 12
5.2 Finding an item in the Logical Tree 12
5.4 Displaying the Alarm Image window 13
5.6 Starting a pre-configured camera sequence 13
5.7 Starting an automatic camera sequence 14
5.14 Displaying or hiding the Image pane bars 16
5.15 Displaying information on a camera 16
5.19 Displaying metadata (for NVR recordings only) 17
5.21 Locking the control of a PTZ camera 18
6 Using maps and the PTZ cameras 20
6.3 Using in-window control of a camera 20
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7.1 Adding items to the Favorites Tree 22
8.4 Authenticating video data (for NVR recordings only) 25
8.10 Performing a Forensic Search (only VRM recordings) 27
8.11 Finding motion (only NVR recordings) 28
9.4 Customizing the Alarm List window 31
10.2 Using a keyboard connected to a workstation 34
10.3 Using a keyboard connected to a decoder 39
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11.6 Select Search Parameters dialog box 49
11.8 Select Virtual Inputs Filter Settings dialog box 51
11.26 Forensic Search dialog box (only VRM recordings) 60
14.1 Updating an old Bosch VMS Archive Player version 68
14.2 Fixing the recording setting for Intercom functionality 69
Glossary 70
Index 83
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1 Using the Help
To find out more about how to do something in Bosch Video Management System, access the online Help using any of the following methods. To use the Contents, Index, or Search: On the Help menu, click Help. Use the buttons and links to navigate. To get Help on a window or dialog:
On the toolbar, click . OR Press F1 for help on any program window or dialog.
1.1 Finding information
You can find information in the Help in several ways. To find information in the Online Help:
1. On the Help menu, click Help.
2. If the left-hand pane is not visible, click the Show button.
3. In the Help window, do the following:
Texts of the user interface are marked bold.
The arrow invites you to click on the underlined text or to click an item in the application.
Click to get step-by-step instructions
Related Topics
Click to display a topic with information on the application window you currently use.
This topic provides information on the application window controls.
Section 13 Concepts provides background information on selected issues.
1.2 Printing the Help
While using the Online Help, you can print topics and information right from the browser window.
Click: To:
Contents Display the table of contents for the Online Help. Click each book to
display pages that link to topics, and click each page to display the corresponding topic in the right-hand pane.
Index Search for specific words or phrases or select from a list of index
keywords. Double-click the keyword to display the corresponding topic in the right-hand pane.
Search Locate words or phrases within the content of your topics. Type the word
or phrase in the text field, press ENTER, and select the topic you want from the list of topics.
CAUTION!
Medium risk (without safety alert symbol): Indicates a potentially hazardous situation. If not avoided, this may result in property damage or risk of damage to the unit. Cautionary messages should be heeded to help you avoid data loss or damaging the system.
NOTICE!
This symbol indicates information or a company policy that relates directly or indirectly to the safety of personnel or protection of property.
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To print a Help topic:
1. Right-click in the right pane and select Print. The Print dialog box opens.
2. Click Print. The topic is printed to the specified printer.
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2 Introduction
Bosch Video Management System integrates digital video, audio and data across any IP
network. The system consists of the following software modules: – Central Server – NVR (Network Video Recorder) – Operator Client (Bosch VMS NVRs / DiBos 8 DVRs / VRM recording / iSCSI recording /
VIDOS NVRs / local recording)
Configuration Client
To achieve a running system, you must perform the following tasks: – Install services (Central Server and NVR / VRM) Install Operator Client and Configuration Client – Connect to network – Connect devices to network – Basic configuration:
Add devices (e.g. by device scan) – Build logical structure – Configure schedules, cameras, events, and alarms
–Configure user groups Basic operation Bosch VMS Archive Player displays exported recordings.
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3 System overview
See data sheets on Bosch workstations and servers for information on computers where Bosch Video management System can be installed. All these software modules can optionally be installed on one PC.
Tasks of the software modules – Central Server: Stream management, alarm management, priority management, central
logbook, user management
NVR: Collecting the stream data from IP cameras, administering data on the connected
hard disk drives, distributing events from connected cameras. Manages MPEG-4 SH++ streams.
VRM: Distributing storage capacities on iSCSI devices to the encoders, while handling
load balancing between multiple iSCSI devices. Streaming playback video and audio data from iSCSI to Operator Clients.
Manages MPEG-4 SH++ and H.264 streams.
Configuration Client: System configuration and administration for Operator Client. Operator Client: Live monitoring, storage retrieval and playback, alarm.
3.1 Hardware requirements
See the data sheet for Bosch Video Management System. Data sheets for platform PCs are also available.
3.2 Software requirements
See the data sheet for Bosch Video Management System. Bosch Video Management System must not be installed on a computer where you want to install Bosch VMS Archive Player.
3.3 License requirements
See the data sheet for Bosch Video Management System for the available licenses.
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4 Getting started
This chapter provides information on how to get started with Bosch Video Management System and with Bosch VMS Archive Player.
4.1 Installing the software modules
Install every software module on the computer that is supposed to be used for this module.
To install:
1. Insert the product CD-ROM.
2. Start setup.exe or start the Bosch Video Management System Setup on the Welcome
screen.
3. In the next dialog box, select the modules to be installed on this computer.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4.2 Installing Bosch VMS Archive Player
You can include the setup for Bosch VMS Archive Player in an export you create with Bosch VMS Operator Client. If there is no setup available with the export, you can find it on a computer where Bosch VMS is installed: C:\<Installation
directory>\Bosch\VMS\Update\NvrArchivePlayer\NvrArchivePlayerSetup.exe
To install:
1. Copy the Setup program file on a computer where Bosch VMS is not installed.
2. Start NVRArchivePlayerSetup.exe.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen.
4.3 Starting Operator Client
Note:
Before using the system, activate the licenses that you have ordered. The Configuration
Manual or the Configuration Client Online Help describe how to activate the licenses. – To be sure that your Bosch Video Management System uses the language that you need,
please configure this language in your Configuration Client. See the Online Help for
details. If a newer version of the application is stored on the Central Server, this version is installed automatically by no-touch deployment when you log on.
To start Operator Client:
1. From the Start menu, select Programs > Bosch VMS > Operator Client.
The dialog box for logging on is displayed.
2. In the User Name: field, type your user name.
When you start the application for the first time, type Admin as user name, no password
required.
CAUTION!
Do not install DiBos Web client on any Bosch VMS computer. Otherwise Operator Client on each computer with the web client crashes after the Web client is started.
CAUTION!
Install Bosch VMS Archive Player only on a computer where Bosch Video Management is not installed.
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3. In the Password: field, type your password.
4. In the Connection list, select the IP address or the DNS name of the Central Server.
5. Click OK. If dual authorization has been configured for your user group, the next logon dialog is displayed.
A user of the configured second user group enters the required information.
The application starts.
If dual authorization is optional, just click OK again on the second logon dialog box. But you then only have the user rights of your user group and not the potentially extended user rights of your dual authorization group.
To quit Operator Client:
1. On the System menu, click Exit. The application quits.
If you logged on to Operator Client as a user who is not authorized to quit the application, the Enter Logoff Password dialog box is displayed.
2. Ask a user with corresponding user rights to enter his user name and password to confirm the process.
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5 Displaying camera images
This chapter provides information on how to display camera images. Some of the features described in this chapter can be deactivated for your user group.
5.1 Displaying a camera in an Image pane
Main window
To assign a camera image to an Image pane:
Drag a camera from the Logical Tree window to an Image pane.
The selected camera image is displayed in the Image pane.
Or:
1. Select an Image pane.
2. In the Logical Tree window, double-click a camera. The selected camera image is displayed in the Image pane.
3. Repeat the above steps for every camera you want to display. You can also drag maps and documents to Image panes.
Or: In the Logical Tree, right-click a camera and click Show in next free Image pane.
The camera is displayed.
To move a camera within the Image window:
Drag the camera into another Image pane.
To zoom digitally: Right-click anywhere on an Image pane and click Zoom in.
5.2 Finding an item in the Logical Tree
Main window To find an item in the Logical Tree:
1. Right-click the root node or a child node of the Logical Tree and click Tree Search. The Search dialog box is displayed. This dialog box appears on the monitor where it was closed earlier. It is always on top.
2. In the Search for: field, type a search string representing the display name of an item.
3. Click Find. The first item that matches the search string is marked. If you want to display it in an Image pane, double-click it.
4. Click Next to mark the next matching item.
5. Click Close.
5.3 Arranging Image panes
Main window
To arrange Image panes:
1. Move the slider for the Image pane pattern.
2. Drag an item from the Logical Tree window to an Image pane. Repeat this until all required cameras are displayed. If an object is already displayed in a target Image pane, this object is replaced.
3. Drag a camera from one Image pane to another, if required.
To resize an Image pane:
1. Point to an Image pane corner. The pointer appears as a double-headed arrow.
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2. Drag the corner to resize the Image pane.
5.4 Displaying the Alarm Image window
Main window You can switch from the Image window to the Alarm Image window if at least one alarm is in the Alarm List.
To display the Alarm Image window:
In an Image window, click .
The Alarm Image window is displayed.
To display the Image window again:
In an Image window, click .
Live Mode or Playback Mode is displayed depending on the Mode that was displayed before.
5.5 Starting manual recording
Main window You can start recording for each camera manually. The quality level of alarm recording mode is used. The duration of alarm recording is configured in the Configuration Client. If the selected camera is already recording, the quality level is changed to alarm recording mode. The alarm recording can be protected when NVR recording is used. With VRM recording, the alarm recording is not protected.
Note: You cannot start manual recording for a DiBos camera. To start recording:
1. Select an Image pane displaying a camera.
2. Click . Recording is started.
Notes:
NVR recordings only: The icon in the Image pane bar changes to . Click to stop recording.
If you do not click to stop recording, manual recording stops after the configured manual recording time. In the Timeline of the camera, the manual recording is displayed as alarm recording. VRM recordings only: You cannot manually stop recording. The recording stops after the configured alarm recording time. In the Timeline of the camera, the pre-alarm recording is displayed as alarm recording, if pre-alarm recording is configured in Configuration Client.
5.6 Starting a pre-configured camera sequence
Main window With a camera sequence, a group of cameras are displayed one after the other. The pre­configured camera sequences are configured in the Configuration Client and appear in the Logical Tree.
NOTICE!
A map displayed in an Alarm Image pane is optimized for display and contains only the initial view of the basic .dwf file.
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A sequence can be configured to use more than one Image pane. If there are not enough Image panes to display the whole sequence, only those Image panes are displayed which fit into the Image window. The remaining Image panes are not displayed and an appropriate message is displayed. Under the following conditions, a sequence is not being displayed: –Video loss – Connection to the camera lost – No permission to display the camera – Camera not configured In addition, for sequences displayed on an analog monitor via a decoder, DiBos cameras cannot be displayed.
To start and control a camera sequence:
1. Drag the required sequence from the Logical Tree window to an Image pane.
The sequence is displayed indicated by the symbol.
2. Click a playback control icon of the Image window toolbar to control the sequence.
5.7 Starting an automatic camera sequence
Main window With a camera sequence, a group of cameras are displayed one after the other. You configure the dwell time for these sequences in the Options dialog box (Extras menu, Options... command). Under the following conditions, a sequence is not being displayed: –Video loss – Connection to the camera lost – No permission to display the camera – Camera not configured In addition, for sequences displayed on an analog monitor via a decoder, DiBos cameras cannot be displayed.
NOTICE!
When the configuration is changed and activated, a camera sequence (pre-configured or automatic) usually is continued after restart of the Operator Client. But in the following cases the sequence is not continued: – A monitor where the sequence is configured to be displayed has been removed. – The mode of a monitor (single/quad view) where the sequence is configured to be
displayed has been changed.
The logical number of a monitor where the sequence is configured to be displayed is
changed.
NOTICE!
When the configuration is changed and activated, a camera sequence (pre-configured or automatic) usually is continued after restart of the Operator Client. But in the following cases the sequence is not continued: – A monitor where the sequence is configured to be displayed has been removed. – The mode of a monitor (single/quad view) where the sequence is configured to be
displayed has been changed.
The logical number of a monitor where the sequence is configured to be displayed is
changed.
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To start a camera sequence:
1. Select an Image pane where you want the sequence to be played.
2. Right-click a folder in the Logical Tree or Favorites Tree window and click Show as sequence in selected Image pane. The cameras of the selected folder are displayed one after the other in the selected
Image pane. indicates that the sequence is running.
To pause a camera sequence:
In the Image window toolbar, click .
The sequence stops playing, as indicated by .
To jump to the previous / next step of a camera sequence:
In the Image window toolbar, click or .
The sequence jumps to the previous or next step.
5.8 Using one channel audio mode
Main window You use one channel audio mode when you want to hear only one audio source assigned to a camera. You cannot activate audio for another camera.
To activate / de-activate multichannel audio mode:
1. On the Extras menu, click Options....
2. Select the Playback audio of the selected Image pane check box.
5.9 Using multichannel audio mode
Main window You use multichannel audio mode when you want to hear different audio sources at the same time. You can activate different audio sources assigned to a camera in the Image pane of each camera.
To activate / de-activate multichannel audio mode:
1. On the Extras menu, click Options....
2. Select the Multichannel audio playback check box.
5.10 Using digital zoom
Main window Every Image pane provides a digital zoom function.
To use digital zoom:
1. Right-click anywhere on an Image pane and click Zoom in.
indicates that the digital zoom was used.
2. Repeat the previous step several times to zoom in.
3. Right-click the Image pane and click Zoom 1:1 to return to the original size.
disappears.
Note: You can also use the controls for digital zoom in the PTZ Control window.
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5.11 Saving a single image
Main window
To save a single image:
1. Select an Image pane.
2. Click . A dialog box for saving the image file is displayed.
3. Select the desired directory, enter a file name, and select the desired file type. JPG and BMP are available.
4. Click OK. The image is saved. The file contains additional information about the camera.
5.12 Printing a single image
Main window
To print a single image:
1. Select an Image pane.
2. Click . A dialog box for selecting the printer is displayed.
3. Click OK. The image is printed. The printout contains additional information about the camera.
5.13 Switching to full-screen mode
Main window Full-screen mode hides many control elements, for example the menu commands or the Alarm List if no alarm monitor was switched to full-screen mode. For accessing these control elements, leave the full-screen-mode.
To display the entire Image window in full-screen mode:
On the Image window toolbar, click .
The Image window is displayed in full-screen mode.
To leave the full-screen mode:
Click .
To maximize a selected Image pane:
Right-click an Image pane and click Maximize.
The selected Image pane is displayed using the entire Image window.
5.14 Displaying or hiding the Image pane bars
Main window
To display / hide the toolbars:
Click to display the toolbars.
Click to hide the toolbars.
5.15 Displaying information on a camera
Main window
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To display information:
Right-click an Image pane with a camera assigned and click Properties.
A dialog box with the camera properties is displayed.
5.16 Starting instant playback
Main window > You can view the recordings of a camera in an Image pane in the Live Mode. The start time (number of seconds in the past or rewind time) for instant playback is configured in the Options dialog box (Extras menu, Options... command).
To start instant playback:
1. Select the required Image pane.
2. Click . The recording is played.
To return to live image, click .
More than one Image pane with instant playback is possible, even multiple instant playbacks of the same camera.
5.17 Assigning a camera to a monitor
Main window > > tab You can assign IP devices to a decoder. This displays the video signal on the analog monitor and plays the audio signal on the speakers if connected to the decoder. DiBos and Bosch Allegiant cameras cannot be assigned this way.
To assign a camera image to a monitor:
1. Click the tab and the tab.
2. Drag a camera from the Logical Tree window to the desired monitor.
5.18 Using audio mode
Main window If available you can activate audio for a selected camera. To hear the audio signal of multiple cameras simultaneously, activate multichannel audio mode. You switch the audio mode in the Options dialog box (Extras menu, Options... command).
To activate / de-activate audio:
1. Select an Image pane.
2. Click to de-activate or to activate audio.
5.19 Displaying metadata (for NVR recordings only)
Main window > You can display metadata of the selected camera such as ATM / POS / Barcode if available.
To display metadata in a separate window:
1. Select an Image pane.
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2. In the Camera menu, click Show Metadata....
A window is displayed with the available metadata.
When you close the selected Image pane, the Metadata window is closed too.
5.20 Using the Intercom functionality
Main window > You can use the Intercom functionality only when Live Mode is active. Ensure that the microphone is active on your sound card and its volume is not 0. You perform this task in the Control Panel of your workstation computer. Additionally ensure that in the recording control of your sound card only the microphone is selected, not the stereo mix. If you change the setting from stereo mix to microphone after the first start of Operator Client, the setting is overridden after the next start of Operator Client. Follow the steps in Section 14.2 Fixing the recording setting for Intercom functionality, page 69 to fix this behavior. We recommend to use a headset instead of a microphone-loudspeaker combination to avoid acoustic feedback. The Intercom functionality only works with an encoder that has both audio-in and audio-out. Ensure that the volume settings for the encoder microphone and loudspeakers are not 0. You perform this task in Configuration Client. To use Intercom functionality on your workstation your user group must be granted to use it. You perform this task in Configuration Client. In the Options dialog box, you can configure half duplex or full duplex mode.
To use Intercom functionality:
1. Select an Image pane with an audio encoder.
2. Click and hold the mouse button. If audio was off for this Image pane, it is switched on automatically.
The icon changes to .
Now you can talk. If configured, the other side can talk also, regardless whether the icon is clicked or not.
3. Release the mouse button. The transfer is interrupted. Audio remains on for this Image pane.
5.21 Locking the control of a PTZ camera
Main window > You can lock the control of a PTZ camera for other users. A user with a higher priority can take over the control and lock the camera control. A timeout can be configured for this explicit PTZ locking. If you only take over the control without manually locking it before, the control is locked for the user with lower priority for 5 seconds.
NOTICE!
An incoming auto pop-up alarm can interrupt the transfer.
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To lock a PTZ control:
1. Select one of the following items: – Image pane with PTZ camera – PTZ camera in the Logical Tree – PTZ camera in the Favorites Tree – PTZ camera in the Map window
2. Right-click the Image pane or the PTZ camera and click Lock. The users with lower priorities cannot use the PTZ control any longer. On their displays a corresponding message box is displayed.
To stop the locking of the PTZ control, right-click the Image pane or the PTZ camera and click Unlock.
The locking ends automatically after a configured time period or when you log off.
5.22 Updating the reference image
Main window > You can update the reference image.
To update the reference image:
1. Right-click an Image pane and click Reference Image. The Reference Image dialog box is displayed.
2. Click Update. The image of the time when you click Update is displayed.
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6 Using maps and the PTZ cameras
This chapter provides information on how to use the Map window and the PTZ Control window. You can view a map in the required ratio and zooming factor. Hence, you see all your devices and their places at a glance. Some of the features described in this chapter can be deactivated for your user group.
6.1 Displaying a map
Main window You can display a map in the Map window or in an Image pane. In the Image pane, the 4:3 ratio applies.
To view a map in the map window:
Drag a map from the Logical Tree to the tab, wait until the Map window is
displayed, and drop the map on the Map window. The map is displayed.
To view a map in an Image pane:
Drag a map from the Logical Tree window to an Image pane.
The map is displayed in the Image pane.
6.2 Controlling PTZ cameras
Main window > tab You can zoom and control the cameras in the PTZ Control window or in the Image pane. The digital zoom function is not available for dome and pan/tilt cameras.
Controlling/zooming cameras in the PTZ Control window:
1. Select the required Image pane.
2. Click the various control elements in the PTZ Control window to control the camera.
6.3 Using in-window control of a camera
Main window After you have assigned a PTZ camera to an Image pane, you can use the camera control functions directly in this Image pane.
To use control functions:
1. Move the cursor on the Image pane which displays a PTZ camera. The cursor changes depending on the location in the Image pane.
2. Move the cursor to the left side of the Image pane. The cursor changes to an arrow.
Click to swivel to the left direction in a small step. Keep the mouse button pressed to swivel continuously. Drag to the outside direction to accelerate.
3. Move the cursor to another direction and perform a corresponding tilt or swiveling task.
NOTICE!
A map displayed in an Alarm Image pane is optimized for display and contains only the initial view of the basic .dwf file.
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4. Move the cursor to the center of the Image pane. The cursor changes to a magnifying class.
In the upper area, use the zooming in function.
In the lower area, use the zooming out function.
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7 Using favorites
This chapter provides information on how to use the Favorites Tree. You can add every item of the Logical Tree to the Favorites Tree to create your own subset of the Logical Tree. At any time you can add or delete devices in the Favorites Tree. Additionally, you can save the assignment of cameras or other objects to Image panes and the Image pane pattern. At any time you can restore this View.
7.1 Adding items to the Favorites Tree
Main window > > tab or
Main window > > tab You can add each item of the Logical Tree to the Favorites Tree. This allows you to define your own subset of the Logical Tree.
To add an item: Right-click an item and click Add To Favorites.
7.2 Creating/editing views
Main window > > tab or
Main window > > tab After having assigned cameras, maps, and HTML files to Image panes, you can save this assignment and the Image pane pattern in a View.
To create a new View:
1. Arrange the cameras in the Image window. When displaying a View, the live image of the camera is displayed in Live Mode and the recorded video of the camera is displayed in Playback Mode.
2. In the Image window toolbar, click .
A new View is added. Enter a name for the new View.
To display a View:
Double-click the View. The assignment saved in this View is displayed in the Image
window.
Note: You can also right-click the View and click Load Cameo View to display. To edit a View:
1. Double-click the View which you want to edit.
2. Make the required changes, e.g., assign cameras to Image panes.
3. Right-click the required View and click Update Cameo View.
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To rename a View:
1. Right-click the required View and click Rename.
2. Enter the name of the View and click press ENTER.
To delete a View:
Right-click the View and click Remove.
The View is removed from the Favorites Tree.
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8 Managing recorded videos
This chapter provides information on how to manage recordings. Some of the features described in this chapter can be deactivated for your user group.
8.1 Using the Timeline
Main window > > tab You can access a specific time in the Timeline via the Hairline.
To navigate in the Timeline:
Click somewhere in the Timeline.
The images of the selected point in time are displayed in the Image window.
Or:
1. In the date and time field, enter the required values.
2. Click . The Hairline jumps to this time. The images of the entered point in time are displayed in the Image window. Use a Timeline control for the required playing option.
You can select a time period in the Timeline using the Hairline. You can use this selection for further tasks such as for exporting video data. Drag the bottom handles of the Hairline to select a time period or to change this
selection. Drag the upper handles to move the hairline or selection.
8.2 Playing a specific recording mode
Main window > > tab You can play specific recordings like alarm or video loss recording.
To play a specific recording mode:
In the list of recording modes, select the required one.
The Hairline jumps to this time. The images of the entered point in time are displayed in the Image window.
Click to jump to the previous change of the recording mode, or click to jump to the next change of the recording mode.
8.3 Playing recorded videos
Main window > > tab
Note:
Bosch Allegiant cameras are not recorded within Bosch Video Management System.
To play recorded videos:
1. Assign a camera to an Image pane.
2. Use a Timeline control for the required playing option.
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8.4 Authenticating video data (for NVR recordings only)
Main window > > tab The authenticity of all the cameras displayed in the Image window is checked to see whether they have been changed. You can only check the authenticity of DiBos and Bosch VMS NVR cameras. Other cameras are ignored. If non-authentic data is found, the process stops and the date and time of theses data is displayed.
To authenticate several images:
1. Using the Hairline, select the time period on the Timeline.
2. Right-click this time period and click Verify Authenticity....
The Verify Authenticity dialog box is displayed.
The current Hairline value in the Timeline is copied to the Start: and End: lists. If required, change the values.
3. Click Verify to start authentication. A message shows you whether the video data is authentic.
8.5 Changing the playback speed
Main window > > tab >
To change the playback speed for playing a video forward or reverse:
Move the slider to the left to decrease the playback speed, and to the right to increase
the playback speed. A system alarm is triggered if the video cannot be played at the set speed. The playback speed is then automatically reduced.
8.6 Protecting video
Main window > > tab You can protect the images of the displayed cameras against being overwritten.
1. Using the Hairline, select the time period on the Timeline.
2. Right-click this time period and click Protect Video. The Protect Video dialog box is displayed.
The selected time period is copied to the Start: and End: fields.
If required, change the values.
3. Click Protect. The video data is protected.
Note:
To remove the protection, select the protected period in the Timeline, right-click and click
Unprotect Video.
8.7 Deleting video data
Main window > > tab Note: You cannot restore deleted video data.
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You can delete video data from the beginning of the recording to the position of the hairline. The video data of all cameras available in the Timeline are deleted.
VRM recordings: Protected recordings are not deleted. NVR recordings: When protected recordings are available, the deleting is not started. To delete video:
1. Move the Hairline to the desired position on the Timeline.
On the Timeline menu, click Delete Video....
The Delete Video dialog box is displayed.
2. Make the appropriate settings.
For detailed information on the various fields, see the Online Help for the appropriate application window.
3. Click Delete. Confirm the warning message.
When deleting is finished, click Done.
8.8 Exporting video data
Main window > You can export video and audio data to a local drive, a CD/DVD drive, a network drive, or a USB drive. Note: Use a performant USB device to avoid failures. The data is exported in native (Bosch VMS Archive Player) or ASF format. When you export a video in native format, you can add Bosch VMS Archive Player as a viewer. Data in ASF format can be played with standard software such as Windows Media Player. You export the video and audio data of the displayed cameras.
Note: You need a permission for each camera that you want to export. Note: If burning on a CD/DVD drive was not successful, the exported video data is stored in a
temporary directory on the computer with the CD/DVD drive. If burning was successful, the video data is deleted. If exporting video data on a hard drive was not successful, the already exported video data is deleted.
To export a time period:
1. Click the tab.
2. Using the Hairline, select the time period on the Timeline.
3. Click . The Export Video dialog box is displayed.
The selected time period is copied to the Start: and End: fields.
4. Make the appropriate settings.
For detailed information on the various fields, see the Online Help for the appropriate application window.
5. Click OK. The files are exported to the selected data medium.
You can export single search entries. If you want to export several entries, you must export them one by one.
To export a single search entry:
1. Perform a search for video data.
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2. Click the tab or the tab.
3. Click an entry in the search result list.
4. Click . The Export Video dialog box is displayed.
5. Make the appropriate settings.
For detailed information on the various fields, see the Online Help for the appropriate application window.
6. Click OK. The entry is exported to the selected data medium.
8.9 Importing video data
Main window > Exported audio and video files can be imported to display their saved images.
1. On the Timeline menu, click the Load Exported Video... command. The dialog box for opening export files is displayed.
2. Select the required file and click Open. The imported video is displayed in the Export Tree window.
For playing the imported video, expand the entry and drag to an Image pane.
The Export Tree entries are removed when you exit the Operator Client.
For removing the exported video, right-click and click Unload Export.
8.10 Performing a Forensic Search (only VRM recordings)
Main window > > tab > Select an Image pane You can check the video in the selected Image pane for motion.
1. Select the Image pane where you want to find motion.
2. Using the Hairline, select the time period on the Timeline and select the corresponding Image pane.
3. Click . The Forensic Search dialog box is displayed.
The selected time period is copied to the Start: and End: fields.
If required, change the values. Click .
4. In the Algorithm: list, select an IVA entry.
5. In the Surveillance Tasks field, configure your Forensic Search. See the Online Help of the IVA version that you use.
NOTICE!
Forensic Search must be licensed and it must be enabled on your workstation.
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