Raytec Milestone Plug-in User Manual

Raytec Milestone Plug-in

User Guide

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1 Contents

2 Introduction

3 System Requirements

4 Raytec Milestone Plug-in Installation Instructions

5 Using the Raytec Discovery Tool

6 Configuring Illuminators in the XProtect Management Application

7 Lighting Operation in the Smart Client

8 Example Configurations

9 Troubleshooting Guide

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2 Introduction

This guide will help you install, configure and operate your VARIO IP illuminators within
your Milestone Video Management System. Once configured you will be able to control and
activate your illuminators in response to pre-configured system events, and in accordance
with specific illumination settings. These events can be triggered via milestone alarms (e.g.
camera, detector, illuminator photocell etc), which in turn can activate/deactivate your
illuminator. System events, and alarms from the illuminator (e.g. photocell), are also able to
control other network devices available in the Milestone system.
The Raytec Milestone Plug-in provides many features that can provide you with multiple
possibilities for controlling your illuminators, these range from simple illuminator on/off
commands to timed commands that allow you to increase the power of the illuminator for a
period of time before reverting to the previous power level.

2.1 On/Off Triggers

You can set a trigger to simply switch an illuminator off or on at a certain power level when
an event occurs in the Milestone system. When this is done the illuminator will remain in
that state until another event changes the state of your illuminator.

2.2 Deterrent Triggers

The VARIO IP lamp comes with built in deterrent patterns that can be triggered when an
event occurs in your Milestone system. You can choose from three patterns

Wave – Cycles from minimum power increasing to maximum power and back again
Hi-Lo – Switches from minimum power to maximum power and back again
SOS – The illuminator flashes to the SOS pattern

2.3 Timed Triggers

With a timed trigger you can switch your illuminator on, alter the power level or activate the
deterrent mode for a fixed period of time, when this time elapses you can also choose
whether to switch the illuminator off or to revert to the power level the illuminator was at
before the trigger occurred. This is especially useful for a short term higher power level or
for a burst of deterrent mode to notify people that a camera is monitoring them.

2.4 Boost Trigger

The Boost function provides the ability to overdrive the illuminator and boost to 120% power
for a short period of time. The boost trigger can be used to provide additional illumination on
scene e.g. to help focus a camera or to view a subject/detail on scene more clearly. This a
default period of ten seconds that is not configurable and has a two minute cool down
period before it can be activated again.

2.5 Alarms

Alarms (e.g. camera, detector, illuminator photocell etc), can trigger pre-configured system
events, which in turn can activate/deactivate your illuminator in accordance with your
specific illuminator settings.

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Alarms from the illuminator (e.g. photocell), are also able to control other network devices
available in the Milestone system. Each VARIO IP illuminator can report the status of its
photocell and external input to the Milestone system. These can be accessed in the alarm
section of the management application where you can trigger events that can be used with
other devices on your system.

2.6 Manual Control

When running the XProtect Smart Client application the users have access to individual
illuminators and groups of illuminators that you have configured in the management
application. This allows them to override the illuminators’ status on the system temporarily.
For instance they can choose to put a group of illuminators to full power in a selected area
or activate deterrent mode on an individual illuminator. These actions are timed by the
system and will revert back to the illuminators previous state once this time elapses.

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3 System Requirements

3.1 Pre- Requisites

Milestone XProtect Client or Server installed
.net framework 4 and 4.5
Version 1.1.0 Vario IP firmware or above

The Raytec Milestone plug-in has been tested with and is compatible with the latest
supported versions of the Milestone XProtect VMS product range which support the
Milestone Integration Platform (MIP) architecture. At the time of testing this was:

XProtect Corporate 5.0
XProtect Enterprise 8.1
XProtect Professional 8.1
XProtect Express 1.1

Raytec can test our Raytec Milestone Plug-in against prior versions of products in the
XProtect range on request, providing that they are in the Milestone general availability
phase and that the particular product/version supports the MIP architecture. If it is in the
Milestone limited availability phase, Raytec may still be able to test against this version,
providing it supports the MIP architecture. After discontinuation you may need to upgrade to
the latest version supported by Milestone to be able to use the Raytec Milestone Plug-in.

3.2 Hardware Requirements

Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008/R2
10 Mb free HDD space
512Mb RAM

Note: The requirements for the Milestone XProtect software should have also been met
before this installation is performed.

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4 Raytec Milestone Plug-in Installation Instructions

Note: You must be logged on as an administrator to install this program.

Close any open Milestone applications such as the XProtect Management Application or
the Smart Client and run the Raytec Milestone Plug-in Installer by double clicking on it.

Click the next button.

Click “I agree to the terms and conditions” and click next.

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The installation should detect your Milestone installation folder, if it does not ensure that
Milestone XProtect is installed on the machine.

Click finish and the installation of the Raytec Milestone Plug-in will proceed, once the
installation is complete you will be ready to configure your Milestone XProtect system.

Please note that it will be necessary to restart the XProtect
server once installation is complete, the event server must
be restarted in order for it to recognise that the Raytec
Milestone Plug-in is available.

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5 Using the Raytec Discovery Tool

When purchasing the VARIO IP illuminators you will have been supplied with a software
package called the Discovery Tool. This application allows you to configure and check the
illuminators on your network. A full instruction manual comes with the Discovery Tool and
you should refer to this for detailed information on configuring illuminators with it. This
section will detail the steps that allow you to add lamps to the Milestone XProtect system.

Open the Raytec Discovery Tool and you will be presented with the following window.
Click the discover button and any VARIO IP illuminators that are on the network should

appear in the list.

By default new illuminators always have a name of VARIOIP, an IP Address of

192.168.2.80 and no group name. Before being able to use them in your Milestone system
they should be updated to have a valid IP address and meaningful names.

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Select an illuminator you wish to configure from the list; this will highlight it. Click the
Network button and the following windows will be displayed.

You can choose to enable DCHP here should you wish. This will make the illuminator
request an IP address from the DHCP server on your network, however this method does
not guarantee that the IP address of the device will remain the same throughout its lifetime
on the network.

The recommended approach is to enter your IP address and subnet mask manually. This
information will vary from network to network so you will need to consult the network
administrator for the range of IP addresses that are available to you and the subnet mask
that is appropriate for them. The example below shows such settings; these are indicative
only and may not be appropriate for your network.

After inputting your changes click save and you will be notified that this action will cause the
illuminator to temporarily loose communications while it reconfigures itself. You will then be
back at the main window of the Discovery Tool. After around 30 seconds you should be
able to click the discover button again and the illuminator will reappear in the list with the
settings that you changed.

Once you have configured the IP address of the illuminators you can also change the
names of them. Select the illuminator from the list and click the status button.

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The following window will appear. Click the edit icon ( ) and you will now be able to
change the name of your illuminator. Once you have changed it click the save icon ( ) to
save your changes and click OK to return to the Discovery Tool window.

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Click the discover button and the changes to the illuminator name should appear.

Note that any illuminators you wish to control through your VMS system should be
configured for VMS control. This can be done through the VARIO IP web interface in the
settings/groups page by deselecting the “Local (No VMS server)” option. Double click on
the individual illuminators within the discovery application to access the VARIO IP web
interface.

Once you have configured your illuminators you are ready to add them to the Milestone
system and configure them.

Note: You cannot run both the discovery tool and the
milestone integration at the same time as the
communications will conflict with each other.

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