Vision XDVR2POSM, XDVR2POSM2 User Manual

CCTV

XDVR2POSM/M2
User Guide

How to

Set up a POS Surveillance
System using XDVR2POSM/M2

Contents

Introduction 2
Benefits 2
Features 3
Devices Required for POS Surveillance System 3
Supported Models

. 3
Integrated System Configuration 4
System Connectivity (with RS232 DB9 Y Cable) 5
Set-up of Connected Devices 7

Text Module Installation 7

OSD Set-up (Local/Remote) 9
Data Converter Setting 12
Example of Data Converter Setting 14

POS/Cash Register Setting 15
Text Operation (Local/Remote) 15
Appendix A: Pin Definition of RS232 DB9 Male 19
Appendix B: POS Menu Tree 20
Appendix C: List of Supported Models. 21
Appendix D: ASCII Table 22

Integrated POS surveillance system comprises several components mainly including point-of-sales, cameras and
digital video recorders which are capable of recording transaction data. It provides retail managers and shop or
company owner with a complete picture of trade activity and also enables emphasizing of suspected or
questionable event such as “Sweet hearting discounts” and flagged transactions including “Voids”, “No
Sales”and reducing the time spent on reviewing recorded video. With security being the top of mind for
retailers, text overlay of transaction data onto POS surveillance video is quickly becoming the application of
choice for fraud-conscious merchants.

TRADITIONAL SECURITY MONITORING VS. POS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

WHO CAN BE BENEFIT FROM POS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM?

Small family-owned stores to retail chain-stores rely on POS Surveillance System as added security to help
reduce the potential for damage, theft and fraud. The use of POS Surveillance can also aid in tracking cash
transaction to capture fraudulent activities, not only video image but also transaction data, that occur
frequently in the retail environment.

• Reduction of losses at shopping centers:incontrovertible proofs of trade violation (false discount cards,
misappropriation of profit, fictitious return of products, imposition of clients, etc.)

• Enhanced quality of services: managers possess full information on personnel’s actions, which greatly
improves labor discipline. Network features of the system allow to receive information in minutes, even not
leaving office

• Registration of all purchases with indication of date, attachment of video record of both salesman and client

• Centralized control of POS network over a trade outlet operations from any point of the world via Central
Management System

• Operative real-time management

• Powerful analysis toolset: basic and extended requests, search of specified events.

Introduction

Traditional (CCTV) Security Monitoring POS Surveillance System

On Point-of-sale side:

- Find out the suspicious transactions

- Get the time of targeted transaction

On surveillance system side:

- Search the video by the time

- Check the recorded video with transaction data

On surveillance system side:

- Find out the suspicious transactions with the time

- Check the recorded video with transaction data

- Remote accessibility via Internet

Benefits

• Data synchronization: every sales check’s text information applies to video image

• Video Text Overlay: Transaction text message can be displayed on screen and on the video files. You may also
choose to hide the data from the screen view.

• Exception text:you can predefined 16 set exception event text. For example, all the transactions containing
the keyword “VOID” will be marked.

• Quick search: you can search the data by product name, price and by channel. Besides, you can also use the
combination of words on the search function.

• Remote control: Remote playback and text overlay allow you to know about your business even you are
thousands of miles far from your store.

A POS surveillance system is mainly composed of the devices listed as follows:

- Dome/Fixed Camera

- DVR

- POS/Cash Register

- Receipt Printer/Pole Display (optional)

- Data Converter (optional)

An illustration of POS surveillance system wiring will be shown in the later section: System Connectivity (with
RS232 DB9 Y-cable).

Pole displays/printers that follow the protocols such as EPSON (ESC/POS), PaernerTech, UTC,AEDEX etc. should
work fine. For details of various models support, refer to Appendix C: List of Supported Models.

***Data Converter
The Data Converter is for text data collecting and transmitting to a single DVR in a POS surveillance system
with more than one cash register, especially in the system of large scale such as hypermarkets.

Features

Supported Models

Devices required for POS Surveillance System

SINGLE POS—DIRECT CONNECTION

SINGLE POS—LONG DISTANCE (UP TO 1 KM)

Integrated System Configuration

MULTI-POS SURVEILLANCE

The RS232 DB9 Y Cable (see the figure below)is available in both Text Module and Data Converter packages
for easy wiring. Please refer to the Y Cable’s figure below for each connector’s use. Also refer to the following
diagrams for single / multi- POS connection with the Y Cable.

Use of RS232 DB9 Y Cable Connectors:

System Connectivity (with RS232 DB9 Y Cable)

SINGLE POS CONNECTION VIA THE DB9 Y CABLE

MULTI-POS CONNECTION VIA DB9 Y CABLES

Before attaching the Text Module to the DVR, please check if the Text Module package contains the items
listed below.

Main Board Text Module:

1. Text Module x1

2. USB Cable x1

3. Screws x4

4. Y-cable x1

FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW TO INSTALL THE TEXT MODULE.

STEP 1

Unscrew the DVR’s cover plate removing screws from the
top and side of the lid and remove it from the unit, as
shown in the images.

Refer to the figures below for the designation of each
connector on the Main Board and Text Module.

Text Module Installation

SET UP OF CONNECTED DEVICES

STEP 2

Fasten the Text Module on the location, which is marked as a frame in the right figure.Then connect USB from
Socket A (on the Main Board as shown on left) and connect it to Socket B (on the Text Module), as shown on
right.

Figure: USB Connector A in Socket B in text module

STEP 3

Once connected secure down as shown below.

Reverse the steps 1 and 2 to assemble the DVR’s partition and the cover.

After completing Text Module installation, please carry on the DVR’s OSD setup for activating the text function.
To setup the Text Overlay function, enter the OSD setup menu with the correct administrator password, and
then select “Text Setup”.

Four items: Text Function, Text Overlay, Exception Text Setup and Input Setup, are found in the sub-menu of
“Text Setup.” Details of each item are described in the following sections.

The column below shows the Text Setup menu.

TEXT FUNCTION

When selecting “ON”, transaction data will be saved in text database.

NOTE: Once the Text Function is set

“ON,” remember to assign a port for the POS/cash register or modem

under the item 4.Input Setup > Port Selection. Further details will be described later.

OSD Setup (Local/Remote)

Main Menu

1. System Setup

2. Monitor Setup

3. Camera Setup

4. Record Setup

5. Sequence Setup

6. Event Setup

7. Database Setup

8. Configuration

9. Video Export

10. Text Setup

11. Shutdown

Text Setup

1. Text Function ON

2.

Text Overlay LIVE & PB

3. Exception Text Setup

4. Input Setup

Except Text Setup

Exception No. 1
Trigger OFF Exception
String NO SALE
By Numerals OFF

Value
Value (Upper Limit)

TEXT OVERLAY

You can decide to see text overlay in LIVE mode, PB
mode or both.

• Available options - OFF, Only Live, Only PB, Live/PB

• Max lines displayed on OSD : 15 lines

• 42 bytes per line

• Text will be blanked out if no more data input in 8
seconds.

• Line compress feature - When data length in one line
exceeds the limit, the DVR will try to eliminate some
continuous space to fit the line length limitation.
Thus the text format on screen might differ slightly
from print-out.

• Supports only English & West European characters
so far.

• Text Overlay only displays in full screen mode.

• PB overlay is only available when PB speed is 1x
forward.

NO

TE:
Remote Live— Text Overlay must be active for LIVE;
Remote PB— Text Overlay must be active for PB.

Furthermore, when seeing in Remote LIVE and Remote
PB, it is possible to lose text data in low bandwidth
network. We recommend using Remote Archive
function to archive complete video and use “Local
Playback of DVR Remote”, “DVR Player” & CMS to
playback DRV file.

LIVE

PLAYBACK

EXCEPTION TEXT SETUP

The submenu of the item: Exception Text Setup is shown below.

EXCEPTION NUMBER
16 sets available

INPUT SETUP

Input Source Select whether the input source is direct connected or connected with the Data Converter. If the
input source is direct connected, users may need to go to the next item: Camera Selection to select a
corresponding camera number

Input Setup submenu is shown below:

CAMERA SELECTION
16 camera numbers can be selected

Input Setup

1. Port Selection Serial Port

2. Input Source Direct Connected

3. Camera Selection 1

4. Text Filter ASCII

5. Manual Filter Setup

6. Text Baud Rate 9600

7. Text Bits 8

8. Text Stop 1

9. Text Parity NONE

TRIGGER
When turned “ON”, those transactions containing “Exception Strings” and meeting “Numerals”
conditions will be marked as exceptions in text database and then trigger preset actions such as alarm
output, alarm message via e-mail, SMS, etc. Exceptions can also be quickly searched via Text Query in Search
menu.

EXCEPTION STRING
Define Exception String. Max length: 24 bytes. The “Exception String” is case-sensitive. Only exactly matched
ones will be marked as exceptions.

BY NUMERALS AVAILABLE OPTIONS

• OFF

• Specific

• Greater Equal Than

• Less Equal Than

• Inside The Range

• Outside The Range

“Exception String” must be defined first before “By Numerals” takes effect. If “By Numerals” is enabled, only
transactions that meet both “Exception String” and “By Numerals” conditions will be marked as exceptions
and trigger an action.

NOTE: Only when Trigger is ON that the transactions will be marked as exceptions in text database. Otherwise,
the stored data won't be marked as exceptions.

MANUAL FILTER SETUP
Once enter the Manual Filter Setup menu, users should key in hexadecimal digits.

The menu of the item is shown as follows.

TEXT BAUD RATE, TEXT BITS, TEXT STOP & TEXT PARITY
The default settings for these items are listed below:

• Text Baud Rate: 9600

• Text Bits: 8

• Text Stop: 1

• Text Parity: None

Data Converters are mainly used when users need to connect more than one cash register to a single DVR; see
the multi-POS system diagrams in the previous sections. Also refer to the section: Supported Models for the
description of the Data Converter.

In addition to setting up POS/cash registers, receipt printers and DVR OSD, users also need to set up Data
Converters. The dip switch of the Data Converter (see the diagram below) provides various settings for POS ID,
Mode and Baud Rate.

Manual Filter Setup

1. Header 1 30

2. Header 2

30

Data Converter Setting

PORT SELECTION
It is essential to select a port for either the POS/cash register
or modem when the text function is set on. Meanwhile, also
check whether the device is connected to the port selected.

TEXT FILTER
Text Filter is for filtering control codes out, so that the transactions data read easily. Available options under
the item include ASCII, Manual, EPSON (ESC/POS), PartnerTech, etc. For details of supported models of
printers/pole displays, please refer to Appendix C: List of Supported Models. The ASCII table is also provided in
Appendix D for reference.

If cannot find support protocol among the options, please select “Manual” and go to next item to carry on
hexadecimal digits input.

Port Selection

1. Serial Port Text

2. USB Port-Front NONE

3. USB Port-Rear Top NONE

4. USB Port-Rear Bottom NONE

POS ID SETTING
The Data Converter’s POS ID should correspond with the cash register’s number, i.e. POS ID 1? Register No.1,
POS ID 2? Register No.2, etc. Please refer to the table below for POS ID setting.

MODE SETTING

Set the mode according to whether the connected device is
a transmitter or receiver. Refer to the illustration below for
mode setting.

BAUD RATE SETTING
Refer to the illustration below for baud rate designation. The
baud rate is subject to the connected device, i.e. POS/cash
register or DVR.

Suppose that there are two POS/ cash registers connecting to a DVR in a POS surveillance system, like the
illustration below.

Each Data Converter’s POS ID and Mode should be set as follows.

DC 1: POS ID 1 (0000);

Mode Transmitter (001)

DC 2: POS ID 2 (0001); Mode Transmitter (001)

DC 3: POS ID No Function; Mode Receiver (101)

Example of Data Converter Setting

Please refer to the user manual of the POS/cash register in use for printer-related setting.

Users can easily investigate specific transactions data via Text Module’s text search function, which can be
found on the DVR’s Search menu. Press the button SEARCH to enter the Search menu, as shown below. Then
move the cursor to the Text Query Page under the item: Search By Text.

Users can search transactions data by four conditions: Text, Numerals, Date/Time and Channel on the Text
Query Page, as shown below. “AND” operation will apply if multiple conditions are set simultaneously.

POS Cash Register Setting

Text Operation (Local/Remote)

SEARCHING CONDITION

BY TEXT AVAILABLE OPTIONS

• OFF

• Specific - Transactions with the specific keyword will be found.

• AND - Transactions with the exact two keywords will be found.

• OR - Any transaction containing one of the two keywords will be found.

• Exception - All triggered exceptions will be listed.

NOTE: The search strings mentioned above are case-insensitive - this differs from “Exception String ” setup (see
OSD Set-up Exception Text Setup - Exception String).

SEARCHING RESULT

After determining the research condition(s), move the cursor down to “Text Query List” and press ENTER for
searching result. In the Text Query List, Date/Time, Channel and Type will be shown (like event list); see the
example below.

• By Value

• OFF

• Specific

•

Greater Equal Than

• Less Equal Than

• Inside The Range

• Outside The Range

• By Date

• By Channel---All or a specific channel

To search for the apple string “By Text,” users should select “Specific” and input “APPLE” in the Item editing
page. Refer to the following figures.

Then, move the cursor down to “Text Query List” and press ENTER for searching result; see the figure below.

• EXC. is the abbreviation of Exception.

• The EXC. column will show Exception
Strings if searching by “Exception.”

• Strings of more than 7 bytes will be

abbreviated. excluding:
VOID “VOID” NO SALE

“NO SALE” BASKETBALL
“BASK...”

• EXC. will show “-------” when searching by
other criteria.

In the Text Query List, if move the cursor to a
specific item (see the above figure) and press
“Any Key” other than “Enter,” the DVR will
enter the “preview playback” mode. The
mode enables quick return to the Text Query
List without escaping the list page, so that
saves time for calling the list. There is no text
overlay in “preview playback”. Press ESC to
go back to the Text Query List.

If press ENTER to confirm an item, the DVR
will enter into the PB mode.

EXPORT

• AVI No text overlay support when exporting AVI format

• DRV Text overlay is only present in DRV format. Users can use “Local Playback of DVR Remote”, “DVR
Player” and CMS to playback DRV file.

Text overlay will show when playback DRV file is in full screen mode.

NOTE: We recommend using the “ezBurn” function to export DRV file when users have located the wanted
video.

Appendix A: Pin Definition of RS232 DB9 Male

RS232-A for POS/Cash Register (Half-duplex)

Pin Definition
1­2RX
3­4­5 GND
6 ­7­8­9 -

RS232-B for DVR (Full-duplex)

Pin Definition
1 ­2RX
3 TX
4 ­5 GND
6 ­7 RTS
8 CTS
9 -

Appendix B: POS Menu Tree

The table below is the POS menu tree.

Item Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Text Setup 1.Text function <ON><OFF>

2.Text overlay <ON><OFF>

3.Exception Setup 1.Exception No. <1>~<16>

2.Trigger <ON><OFF>

3.Exception String Ex: <NO SALE>,<VOID>,<CANCEL>,

<RETURN>,<COUPOUND>,<DISCOUNT>

4.By Numerals <OFF>,<Specific>,<Greater Equal Than>,

<Less Equal Than>,<Inside The Range>,

<Outside The Range>

4.Input Setup 1.Port Selection <Text>, <NONE>,<Dial-In/Out>

2.Input Source <Dyna-D70DC>,<Direct Connected>

3.Camera Select <1> ~ <16>

4.Text Filter <ASCII>,<Manual>,<EPSON (ESC/POS)>,

< EPSON (ESC/POS)-PD>,<PartnerTech>,

<UTC>,<AEDEX>,<ADM787/788>, <DSP800>

5.Manual Filter Setup

6.Text Baud Rate <9600>,<19200>,<38400>,<57600>,<150>,

<300>,<600>,<1200>,<2400>,<4800>

7.Text Bits <6>,<7>,<8>

8.Text Stop <1>,<2>

9.Text Parity <None>,<Odd>,<Even>

Appendix C: List of Supported Models

The supported models for pole display and printer are listed below.

Pole Display Printer

Cache Technology VFD-202T Citizen CBM-1000 II
Citizen C2202 Citizen CT-S300
Digipos CD5220 Dell T200
Emax Pole Display Epson TM-T88II/ TM-T88III/ TM-T88IV
Epson DM-D Series Epson TM-T90
Logic Controls LD9000 Epson TM-930 II
Logic Controls PD3000 Epson RP-U420
Logic Controls PD6000 IBM SureMark TF6
Logic Controls TD3000 IBM SureMark TM6
Magellan Ithaca iTherm 280
Partnertech CD5220 Ithaca POSJet 1000
Posiflex ICD-2002 POS-X Xr500
Posiflex PD 302 Samsung SRP350
Posiflex PD 303 Sensor TP-288
Posiflex PD-2100 Star TSP100 futurePRNT
Posiflex PD-2200 Star TSP600
POS-X Xp8000 Star TSP700
Scales Star TSP800
Sibnet TPG (Axiohm) A794
STAR SCD400-PD WP-520(ESC/POS)
Soteke VFD2025
Soteke VFD2029
TEC
Toledo 8217
TYSSO VFD Series
Ultimate Technology PD1100XL
Wedderburn DS-770

Appendix D: ASCII Table