Quadrox VCA User Manual

VCA

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Contents

CONTENTS .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3

2 ACTIVATING VCA LICENSE ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6

3 CONFIGURATION .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 10

3.1 VCA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10

3.1.1 Camera Parameters .............................................................................................................................................................................. 11

3.1.2 VCA Parameters .................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.1.3 Streaming ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 12

3.2 VCA CONFIG .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 12

3.2.1 Zones ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

3.2.1.1 Select zone.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

3.2.2 Rules ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

3.2.2.1 Presence ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

3.2.2.2 Stopped ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 14

3.2.2.3 Speed .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 14

3.2.2.4 Enter and Exit .................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

3.2.2.5 (Dis)Appear ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

3.2.2.6 Dwell .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15

3.2.2.7 Direction ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 15

3.2.2.8 Tailgaiting .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

3.2.3 Filters ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15

3.2.4 Streaming ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 16

3.3 GENERAL RULES ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16

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1 Introduction

This manual is intended for administrators of WebCCTV and is applicable for version 4.8.0.0
or higher. You need to have the WebCCTV Alarm Component installed.

WebCCTV can be replaced by GuardNVR in this manual at all times.

The WebCCTV server has to be installed in order to use the VCA (Video Content
Analysis).

WebCCTV Alarm Component of the same version of WebCCTV has to be installed if
you wish to use VCA for triggering actions such as setting off the alarm, recording a
video, sound notification, changing PTZ camera position, etc.

VCA, or Video Content Analysis, is an intelligent way to generate alarms based on behaviour
of objects – people, vehicles, animals, etc. – detected by a camera.

VCA has been integrated in Quadrox WebCCTVNVR/GuardNVR software to be used with
any of the connected cameras. It can be used with analogue and network cameras of any model
and resolution, from VGA to 1-, 3- or 5-Megapixel.

VCA software was implemented into WebCCTV but can only be used when a VCA license is
bought and activated. This license can be retrieved separately, to use on any analog or IP
camera.

When configuring VCA, you need to set up rules for every parameter to analyse. These rules
trigger an alarm. These alarms can be set up with the WebCCTV Alarm Component; see
Alarm Component Installation Manual and Alarms section of WebCCTV User Manual.

When your VCA license was activated, the user interface will show the VCA button in the
upper right corner when you open the camera with enabled VCA in Video Browser’s Live
View window. The selected zones for the VCA will also be shown.

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VCA enabled Camera

The configuration of the VCA settings is done through the camera wizard of WebCCV which
can be found in WebCCTV Manager under Settings → Cameras → Click ‘Edit’ on the camera
you want to configure the VCA settings for.

Now you enter the camera wizard, where you will see extra tabs: VCA and VCA Config.

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Camera Wizard with VCA tabs

You can check if VCA license is activated on your WebCCTV. To do so, open Video Manager
and navigate to Info. Check the field Allowed VCA Cameras. This number indicates how
many cameras can use VCA on your PC. If you see “None”, then your WebCCTV does not
have a VCA license. To obtain a license, you will need to request a VCA token via email:

[e-mail] or phone: [phone].

After obtaining a token you can proceed with activating VCA on your system (see Chapter 2:
Activating VCA License of this manual).

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