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CONTENTS..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2
PREFACE........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
1 INTRODUCTION.............................................................................................................................................................................. 10
2 REMOTE POS MONITOR.............................................................................................................................................................. 11
2.1 I
NSTALLATION
2.2 C
ONFIGURATION
3 ALARM COMPONENT................................................................................................................................................................... 16
3.1 I
NSTALLATION
3.2 C
ONFIGURATION
3.2.1 Add POS Device......................................................................................................................................................................... 18
3.2.1.1 Name.................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
3.2.1.2 Protocol.............................................................................................................................................................................. 19
3.2.1.3 Connection ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.2 Configure POS Device............................................................................................................................................................... 19
3.2.2.1 Name.................................................................................................................................................................................. 19
3.2.2.2 Recordings.......................................................................................................................................................................... 20
4 POS TRANSACTIONS..................................................................................................................................................................... 22
4.1 S
EARCH
4.2 H
ANDLING
4.2.1 View Live Camera and Ticket..................................................................................................................................................... 26
4.2.2 Low/High Bandwidth Mode........................................................................................................................................................ 26
4.2.3 Snapshots ................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
4.2.4 Digital Zoom.............................................................................................................................................................................. 27
4.2.5 Full Screen Mode....................................................................................................................................................................... 27
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POS T
RANSACTIONS
POS T
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Preface
This document
This manual is intended for administrators and operators of a WebCCTV Video Recorder
who want to use the POS (Point Of Sale) component and is applicable for WebCCTV
software version 4.4.0.0 or higher.
This manual is applicable for both WebCCTV, GuardNVR and IQR Video Servers.
Therefore WebCCTV can be replaced at all times by GuardNVR and IQR.
Safety Notices
Please observe all safety notes and instructions carefully when using this product.
Liability
The information in this publication is believed to be accurate in all respects. Quadrox assumes
no responsibility for incidental or consequential damages incurred directly or indirectly from
errors, omissions or discrepancies in connection with the furnishing, performance or use of
this manual. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Revisions
or new editions to this publication may be issued to incorporate such changes. All rights
reserved. Under the copyright laws, no part of this manual can be reproduced in any form
without written permission of Quadrox.
Legal considerations
Please check your local regional laws and regulations before using WebCCTV for
surveillance purposes. Camera surveillance maybe prohibited by laws, which may vary from
country to country.
Trademark Acknowledgments
Quadrox, WebCCTV, GuardNVR, IQR, Internet Explorer, Windows are registered
trademarks of the respective holders.
Support Services
Should you require any technical assistance, please contact your installer. If your questions
cannot be answered immediately, your installer will forward your queries through the
appropriate channels to ensure a fast response.
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1 Introduction
WebCCTV is a unique digital video surveillance solution, which combines three major
functions in one Network Video Recorder (NVR) or Digital Video Recorder (DVR): local
digital recording, multiplexing and simultaneous transmission of the video via existing
networks (TCP/IP). To a standard WebCCTV, up to 20 cameras can be permanently recorded
while multiple operators at different locations on the network are accessing the WebCCTV
device.
Being a networked device, WebCCTV utilizes two basic principles of the
Internet/Intranet technology:
WebCCTV works over the TCP/IP network protocol, which provides maximum
connectivity. This means that the existing computer network infrastructure can be
used eliminating extra installation expenses.
WebCCTV uses a web-based user interface to view live images, recordings, etc.
More specific it uses Microsoft Internet Explorer.
Remote and Local Monitoring
To remotely monitor the connected cameras, the
WebCCTV uses Web Browser technology. To
locally monitor video, the WebCCTV also
provides a local interface via a PC monitor
directly connected to the WebCCTV. This local
interface allows an operator to see live video
from the connected cameras without the need for
additional client computers on a network.
Serial Port POS is the WebCCTV alarm component which allows transformation of the POS
printer transactions into WebCCTV alarms. In other words when the ticket is printed by the
POS terminal the alarm is triggered within the WebCCTV system, so you are able to observe
all transactions and recordings which are recorded based on the incoming transaction data into
the WebCCTV system. To configure this system you need to perform the following steps:
Connect the POS printer you want to control by means of WebCCTV to the serial port
(COM port) of any computer in your network.
Install and configure the Remote POS Monitor application on this computer.
Install and configure Alarm Component on the WebCCTV server.
After all configurations Remote POS Monitor will capture the transactions which come from
the POS printer connected to the COM port and send it to the WebCCTV server. The Alarm
Component, which is installed on the WebCCTV server, will generate the alarm.
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2 Remote POS Monitor
2.1 Installation
Remote POS Monitor has to be installed on the computer to which the POS printer is
connected.
If you are going to instal Remote POS Monitor on a different unit then the WebCCTV
server, please open port 135 on the WebCCTV server in the firewall exception list first
before proceeding!
To install follow the steps below:
1. Run the Remote POS Monitor Installation setup. This setup can be found in the
support section on www.webcctv.com under the subsection Tools. If you are installing
Remote POS Monitor on the WebCCTV unit, you can simply install it by clicking the
shortcut link in the Optional Components folder on the desktop.
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Remote POS Monitor Welcome Screen
.NET Framework 2.1 has to be installed in order to successfully install Remote POS
Monitor.
2. Click Yes to accept the License Agreement. The Setup type selection screen appears.
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Setup Type Selection Screen
3. Select Typical and click Next button.
4. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer and click Finish.
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2.2 Configuration
We will configure the POS printer(s) (sources) to be monitored in this tool. Open the Remote
POS Monitor Configuration application. You can find it at:
Start All Programs Remote POS Monitor Configuration Application.
Application Path Screen POS Monitor Configuration Screen
Please execute the steps below for the different sections:
General Settings
Name – By default this hasn’t to be changed.
WebCCTV IP – Specify the IP address of the Video Server in this field to connect the
POS Monitor to the server.
If the Video Server is installed on the same machine the POS printer is connected to, do
not use 127.0.0.1 IP address, specify real IP-address to fill in WebCCTV IP field. You
can check real IP address in the TCP/IP properties of your machine.
Sources (printers) settings
Select source – This text box contains all available printers and also allows to add
printers. After configuring all necessary parameters, click Add button in order to add
new printer. The following parameters have to be configured for a new printer:
o Name – Specify a name for the POS printer you want to add.
o Use log file/Log File – If you want to check if tickets are captured when
coming from the printer to the COM Port, select the Use log file checkbox
and select a path and name for the log file to save this information.
It is recommended to switch off this logging when the configuration is completed in order
not to overload the hard disk with extra information. To do that just delete the path and
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the name to the log file you specified in the Log File field.
o Port – Select the COM port to which the printer is connected.
o Incoming direction mode & Open serial port after monitoring started –
This only has to be configured when you got a Hardware POS that is
directly connected with a cable to the Video Server.
o Start Mask – The Start Mask is the expression or the number of symbols
from which the POS printer ticket is started. This information is needed for
POS Monitor to recognize the ticket and send it to the Video server for
further processing.
o Stop Mask – The Stop Mask is the expression or the number of symbols by
which the POS printer ticket is finished. This information is needed for
POS Monitor to recognize the ticket and send it to the Video server for
further processing.
If the Start mask or Stop mask of the ticket has nonprinting symbols (symbols which
are not represented on a keyboard but can be present in the POS ticket), please type the
corresponding Decimal codes instead, which are depicted in the Dec column of the
ASCII table that is below. ASCII Table is available when ASCII Table button is
clicked.
Use the following rule when specify the nonprinting symbols:
Use the following rule when specify the nonprinting symbols:
Enclose an ASCII decimal code of the corresponding nonprinting symbol into
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the pair of symbols { }. For example: Hello{168}World means Hello¿ World
If you want to specify a single symbol { or }, specify these symbols two
times. For example: {{Hello World}} means {Hello World}
Save & Apply Changes
Apply – When a new POS printer (source) is added, restart the POS Monitor service
by clicking Apply. This makes it possible for Remote POS Monitor to monitor the
newly added POS Printer.
Export – To export the settings use Export button.
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3 Alarm Component
3.1 Installation
To install the Alarm Component please follow the steps described in the Alarm Component
Installation Manual. This chapter retakes the default installation procedure.
Before you can install the Alarm Component, the following components have to be installed:
WebCCTV Server 4.4.0.0 (or higher)
Microsoft Framework .NET 2.1 (or higher)
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition (or better)
The Microsoft Framework .NET 2.1 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition
may be installed already on your system. The setup will inform you if a component is
not yet installed. If the setup finds the missing component, it will try to install it
automatically; otherwise this component has to be installed manually.
Installing the Alarm Component is done in several steps:
Open the Optional Components folder on the desktop and click the Alarm
Component Setup link.
If you have a GuardNVR system, you can download the alarm component from the
following page: http://www.quadrox.com/software-download.aspx
The welcome screen appears. Click Next.
Welcome Screen
Accept the License Agreement. Click Yes.
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Please read the License Agreement carefully. If you don’t agree with the terms, you
can’t install the Alarm Component.
Select Typical and click Next.
Typical is the default setup type. This is advised for normal installations.
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The Alarm Component installation will start automatically. Select “Yes, I want to
restart my computer now” and click Finish.
Finish Installation Screen
If Microsoft SQL Server Express Edition or higher is not yet installed, the setup will
inform you about this and check for automatic installation. If not, it will ask you to
install it first manually.
The alarm component is now installed.
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3.2 Configuration
When Alarm Component Installation is completed, open the Video Manager Application on
your desktop and go to POS section of the Settings menu. You can Add POS Devices,
Configure POS Devices and configure Saved Searches.
POS Configuration Screen
3.2.1 Add POS Device
In order to add and configure your POS device, click the Edit device or Add POS Device
link/button in the POS screen. The POS Device Configuration Wizard consists of three tabs
with easy to follow instructions.
3.2.1.1 Name
In this tab, you can adjust the POS Device name. It’s a part of the POS Device
Configuration Wizard.
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Click Next to enter the next POS Device Configuration Wizard Screen.
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3.2.1.2 Protocol
In this tab, the protocol has to be selected. It’s a part of the POS Device Configuration
Wizard.
Select Serial Port POS in the drop-down list.
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Protocol (Serial Port POS) Screen
Click Finish.
Depending on the drivers you installed together with the Alarm Component, it’s
possible some values are not present in the drop-down list.
If you entered the POS Device Configuration Wizard by clicking the Edit Device link
in the POS Screen, you can’t change the protocol anymore, but can only see which
protocol has been selected.
3.2.1.3 Connection
This tab is not available for Serial Port POS Devices. You don’t have to configure it.
3.2.2 Configure POS Device
In order to configure the sources, click the Edit link of the source in the POS screen which
will lead you to the POS configuration Wizard. The POS Configuration Wizard consists of
two tabs with easy to follow instructions.
The POS functionality is a part of the WebCCTV Alarm Component. You need the
Alarm Component installed before you can use the POS functionality.
3.2.2.1 Name
This tab is a part of the POS Configuration Wizard. The following parameters have to be
configured:
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Name – specify the name of the POS source.
Port – select the COM port to which the POS source is connected.
IP address – specify the IP address of the computer on which the POS source is
connected.
If the WebCCTV server is installed on the same machine the POS printer is
connected to, do not use the 127.0.0.1 IP address, but fill in the real IP-address. You
can check the real IP address in the TCP/IP properties of your machine.
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Name (Serial Port POS) Screen
Click Next to enter the next POS Configuration Wizard Screen.
3.2.2.2 Recordings
This tab is a part of the POS Configuration Wizard. In this tab you are able to do the
following:
Add or delete cameras to record when a ticket is generated.
Multiple recordings can be assigned to one source. This way, a ticket can be
monitored from different cameras and angles.
Set the recording time before and after a ticket is generated. This is also called the pre and
post ticket recording interval.
A ticket movie is labelled recorded footage from a camera you attached to the ticket,
i.e. when a ticket comes in, the specific period of time recorded from a specified
camera is labelled and saved. Once the recording is complete, it appears as an alarm
movie. If there aren’t any recordings (i.e. when there is no activity) for the period
when the alarm occurs, recordings still will be present as the recordings will be forced
because an alarm was triggered and considered being high priority.
To add the camera to be recorded when a ticket is generated, follow the steps below:
1. Select the camera from the drop-down list.
2. Select the pre and post ticket label interval for each camera.
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3. Click the Add camera button.
4. Decide which camera will be the primary camera which will be shown when
selecting a ticket.
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To delete a camera, click Delete.
Click Finish button.
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4.1 Search POS Transactions
The Recordings menu of the Video Browser application allows you to search and view
recorded footage and export clips of this video footage.
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Recordings Screen
Please execute following steps:
Selecting the time period is needed for all possible recording requests as you need to
search amongst all footage which has been recorded. To select a time period, you
have to specify time and date. There are two ways of specifying a certain time period:
1. Using a From date and a Time span interval: all recorded video footage
between the From date plus the Time period, will be shown.
2. Using Precise Search with From and To date: all recorded video footage
between these two points in time will be shown.
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Click on the calendar icon to be able to choose the From or To date.
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Click the Interval search button in order to return to Time span search.
Note that in the From/To and the Time span modes, time and dates in the future
cannot be specified. If a date in the future is selected, your time and date will be
adjusted to the current date and time.
3. Select POS tab.
POS Search Tab Screen
4. Enter or select the search criteria by:
If you want to save your search criteria to the saved search strings, click . Enter a
saved search name and search criteria and click Save.
The search string is now added to the saved search strings. To manage all saved
searches, go to 5.3 Saved Searches in the WebCCTV User Manual.
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a. Enter search criteria manually in the text field
b. Selecting a previously saved search string by clicking
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Creating a search string or search criteria is Google alike. Please read below which
options are available:
A search string is by default considered to be a set of separate words that are
search in an AND way. Search results will include the tickets that contain all
words, but not necessarily in that order. Typing the word “AND” is not
needed.
Search is not case sensitive.
Phrase search – a set of words that should be searched exactly in that order
can be put inside quotation marks: “”. E.g: “Bicky Burger”
Word exclusions – a word that should not appear in the ticket should be
preceded by a minus sign: -
OR searches – to display results that contain either of two search terms, the
user can put the word OR (capitalized) in-between the terms. Only the words
or phrases directly left and right of OR will be considered. Other words will
be searched in AND connection.
The requirements for space (or the absence thereof) are supported.
5. Select/Deselect the POS sources on which you want to search (Optional).
To show all POS Sources, click the Show POS sources button.
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6. Click Search button.
7. For new POS transaction recordings search, click New Search button.
Recordings POS Screen
Click on the camera buttons to see the recordings associated with the ticket that is highlighted
in the right pane. All cameras that are configured to record for this ticket have a light blue
button. The active shown camera button is bright blue.
To navigate through all found tickets, use the arrows in the right pane.
When no tickets are found for the requested period, the screen will automatically
revert to the main recordings page.
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4.2 Handling POS Transactions
The POS Menu of the Video Browser application allows you to view real time video of a
camera together with its tickets. When a ticket is generated where the selected camera is
configured to record, the ticket will be shown in real time till a new ticket enters which is
associated to the selected camera.
The Alarm Component has to be installed to see the menu.
The following sections are described:
View live camera and ticket
Low/High Bandwidth mode
Snapshots
Digital Zoom
Full Screen Mode
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4.2.1 View Live Camera and Ticket
In the POS Screen, you get a list of all the transactions with their associated recordings and
tickets. Furthermore you also get the date and time of each POS transaction.
To view a POS transaction movie, click on the transaction event link and the movie of the
primary camera will be displayed in the video window screen. You can switch between all
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cameras that are associated with a transaction by clicking the corresponding camera icon
If you want to see the live view of the cameras, click on the following
icons
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The list is limited to the 5 most recent deactivated alarm events if all are in deactivated state.
Activated alarms stay visible until deactivated, up to a maximum of 50.
When clicking on the transaction name, the recording of the primary camera
connected to that transaction is shown. If there aren’t any recordings (i.e. when there
is no activity) for the period when the alarm occurs, recordings still will be present as
the recordings will be forced because an alarm was triggered and considered being
high priority.
To extend the POS pane, click on its upper board and move it to the top of the screen
holding the left mouse button.
If you don’t see your transaction event in the list, you can search it by clicking the
New Search button which will redirect you to the recordings menu (see 4.1 Search
POS Transactions).
4.2.2 Low/High Bandwidth Mode
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Low/High bandwidth mode allows you to decide if you want to have streaming video that
consumes. You can choose out of:
High Bandwidth Mode (Default) – High Bandwidth mode is used preferably on local
computers (when the WebCCTV client is located on the same machine as the
WebCCTV server), in local area networks or with high-speed Internet connections.
Use the High ( ) button to enable high bandwidth mode.
Low Bandwidth Mode – Low bandwidth mode is mostly used in medium- or slow-
speed LAN or Internet connections. When Low Bandwidth mode is enabled, the frame
rate and the resolution of the images are reduced. This produces a reduced bandwidth
usage for streaming video. Use the Low ( ) button to enable low bandwidth mode.
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4.2.3 Snapshots
This WebCCTV feature gives you the opportunity to take snapshots. To create a snapshot,
follow the steps below:
1. Choose the frame you want to save and click the button with the camera symbol
( ).
2. Choose the desired location for storing images and click the Save button.
Snapshots are saved in .JPEG format.
4.2.4 Digital Zoom
The Digital Zoom functionality is very useful when there are small details in the scene, but
the camera doesn’t support optical zoom and there’s no way to visually enlarge those objects.
In order to use the Digital Zoom functionality, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the video window in order to set a focus point.
2. Use the scroll wheel to zoom the image in and out (a magnifying glass is shown).
3. When partially or totally zoomed in, click on any point of the video screen in order to
centralize the video window on this point. This also resets the focus point of further
zooming in and out.
You cannot use the Digital Zoom functionality if your mouse doesn’t have a scroll
wheel.
4.2.5 Full Screen Mode
Full screen mode allows you to visualize video by using the full screen. When going to full
screen the activity line and camera buttons are hidden by default. You can unhide them by
clicking the icon.
Full Screen mode is not the same as pressing F11 in Internet Explorer.
To enter the full screen mode, click the icon.
To leave the full screen mode, click the icon at the right top corner or press any key on
the keyboard.
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