CORTROL Global is one of the market’s most comprehensive enterprise-level VMS solutions, featuring interactive maps linked to alarms, an exceptional event and action manager, analytics tools, video wall support, and proactive components. In addition, the edge recording ensures your data safety by synchronizing with IP storage devices, archive replication, advanced system health monitoring, and failover, which reduces the disruption of your video surveillance recordings to zero. All this, plus various customization possibilities and Ganz’s excellent technical support.

With CORTROL Global, you can optimize the command center’s video wall. Create custom configurations or force users to specific video walls. For example, create “Area Focused” video walls to review footage quickly.

• Highly secure encrypted camera and client communication
• Powerful event and action manager
• Real-time geolocation / map / mobile tracking
• Multiple access control integrations, including Feenics Keep , Keri^® Systems Doors.net , Gallagher Command Center , NAPCO Continental , and more
• Cloud, VM Environments supported
• Powerful FR, LPR, AI, and UICC modules
• Intuitive configuration and deployment features will have your network up and running quickly and simply.
• Advanced features: event & action manager, powerful analytics: FR, LPR, VCA, 64-bit core, integrations/API maps & mobile streaming
• Supports  15, 000+ models of network cameras and network video servers from over 190+ manufacturers

Full HD and UHD Resolution
Stream up to 4k and 8k resolution.

Advanced Event and Action Manager
Specify the desired outcome of your video surveillance system’s operation. Determine how the software reacts to any event caught on camera and how it turns events into an automated process. For example, send emails, activate DI/DO, interact with any other software, or bring the operator’s attention to a camera that requires immediate action. This functionality can be used for a single event or a set of sequenced circumstances to eliminate false alarms and improve the efficiency of your surveillance system.

Multiple Integrations
CORTROL is engineered to unify Video Surveillance, Access Control, Video Analytics, IoT Sensors (vaping sensors, bullying, and gunshot detectors ), license plate recognition , deep cloud learning , intercom communications, biometrics, and other IP Systems to provide real-time situational awareness. Go to the integration section>>

CORTROL Video Analytics (CVA)
Advanced computational neural network engine provides AI analytics to any camera in your system. For example, create Zones/Lines to alert on perimeter intrusion, loitering, and AI Classification of persons, vehicles, and animals. Become efficient with the information you see. Take advantage of the full potential of your video surveillance system with video content analysis. Improve the functionality of your surveillance while analyzing large amounts of data to determine a specific pattern in a particular task. 

Smarter Business Security
CORTROL connects video, locks, card readers, or door contacts via Cloud, delivering versatility to smart business security –  all at a very economical cost.  CORTROL Global is engineered for medium and large enterprise business space.

Maps
Maps provide a complete examination of the entire installation of cameras, delivering immediate visual verification. All the alerts are integrated with the maps and can be set up to be viewed on the overview as well — you can specify the location of the alarm event immediately.

Web Access
Get permanent access to live streaming and archive video through your web browser.

Information Channels
Streaming branding, informational or urgent announcements

Alarm Acknowledgement
Make sure that no event skips the attention of the operator. An operator must confirm all alarms, automatically generating a bookmark towards the event in the archive. By requiring the operator to record actions in a journal, there is a tracking of performed actions towards each event.

Integrations and API
CORTROL offers customizable integration with other software systems in the form of a software development kit (SDK), CORTROL RESTful API.

Mobile Applications
You can use your mobile device to access live and archived streams. Use PTZ presets, control 2-way audio, or the mobile phone camera to stream video and audio directly to the server.

Live Streaming
The streaming server can make a live cast of videos on a website or YouTube.

Edge Recording
You can synchronize all your data with IP device storage. With this feature, if the network connection with any camera is lost, the camera still records your data. It is fully transferred to your server as soon as the network connection is re-established.

GANZ CORTROL VMS Setup Guide

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• GANZ DMS Lite User Manual
• TP-Link Pharos Series Installation Guide
• Turing SMART Station Installation Guide

Ganz CORTROL is also available in the following editions:

• CORTROL Premier – Standalone System 24Ch / 48Ch / 72ch / 96ch

Learn More About Ganz CORTROL VMS Editions and Features.

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1. CORTROL Prerequisites

There are a few requirements for the system the GANZ CORTROL Client will run on.

The ports for remote connections should be enabled through the firewalls (default ports are 60554 for the GANZ CORTROL Client)

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For Windows 7: To confirm your Windows bit version, go to Control Panel > System and confirm System type as 32-Bit or 64-Bit.

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1. CORTROL Client Installer

The CORTROL Client Installer can be found at Ganz Security/Software includes both the CORTROL Management Console, and the CORTROL Client installer.

From the link please select and download either CORTROL Console 32bit or 64bit, depending on the Windows OS bit version of the host server.

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1. Client Installation

• Navigate to the Microsoft Windows download folder.
• Double click on the CORTROL Client installer, to begin the installation process.
• Select the installation language and click Next.
• Accept the terms of agreement and click Next.
• Accept default installation location and click Next. (Change location destination if required.)
• Select the needed application language and click Next.
• Once installation is complete, click Finish.

1. Client Configuration

To launch the CORTROL Client interface, double click on its desktop icon. H

The Client will require configuration, to connect to the CORTROL Global Demo Server.

• Select “Disconnect”, as no server is currently configured.
• Select “Connection” located in the top right corner.

• Select the “Local Server” listed under “Connections, and then select “Edit”
• Leave the default “Server title”
• For the “IP address and port” enter: 173.42.78.61 – Leave the default port at 60554.
• Enter “demo” all lower case for the “Username”
• Enter “2468” for the password.
• Select “Remember Password” and then click on “Save”.
• Select the “Local Server” listed under “Connections” and then click on “Connect”.
• Click on the “X” to close / exit, “Connections”

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The “Demo” user have been giving no restriction on functionality within the GANZ CORTROL Client.

Please reference the CORTROL Client Manual for navigation, and usage.

CORTROL Client Quick Guide

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Main window

The main window displays content provided by the server, which depend upon the selected tab. Please see the corresponding sections of this document for detailed information about each mode.

The Ganz CORTROL Client application window title displays window name, display number, and computer station name.

Upper right corner – window controls

From this panel, the Ganz CORTROL Client application window can be:

• Opened in full screen mode
• Minimized to taskbar
• Maximized/restored to default size
• Closed

To enter full screen, F11 can also be used; to exit full screen mode, press Escape or F11 on the keyboard.

Upper panel – tabs

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The upper panel contains tabs that allow you to quickly switch between main software functionality. The following tabs may be available, depending on the software version:

• Live: real-time video
• Playback: recorded video
• Sequence Explorer: recorded video analysis
• Smart Search: recording motion video analysis
• Alerts: generated alerts
• Library: exported video and snapshots

Upper panel – server connections

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The Connection button opens server connection setup window and displays the number of currently configured servers.

Upper right: main menu

File Edit View Help

This section contains the main application menu items.

• File; Exit: close the Ganz CORTROL Client Application
• Edit; Settings: application settings
• View: operation modes

o Always on top

o Exclusivity Mode

o Locked application

Help; About: about Ganz CORTROL Client

Server Connections

If you wish to connect to a remote server, follow the steps below.

Select the Connection section in the upper panel to bring up the dialog box.

Select a server by clicking it in the item list and click Connect to connect with the selected server. Server resources will automatically appear in the left-hand panel.

Click Disconnect in this same dialog box to log out from the selected server.

Video Channels

Each video displayed in live view is placed into a ‘slot’, a part of the layout, called viewport.

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Enabled items are highlighted yellow:

Upper-left: general viewport controls

o X: close the stream and free the viewport

o Lock: unlocked/locked (Unlocked video in can be replaced by other cameras)

o Camera name: Name given the camera

Upper-right: Current time on the server from which the device originates

o Recording status: X = not recording, yellow arrow = recording

o Motion detector status: running = motion present, standing still = no motion

o Video codec of the stream: H.264, MJPEG

o Picture resolution: XVGA, 2.8MP

o Stream frame rate: xFPS

o Stream bitrate: xKb/s, xMb/s

Lower-right: Controls

o Instant playback: Playback of currently select time, (Default, last five minutes)

o PTZ toggle: PTZ HUD and bottom panel ON/OFF

o DPTZ toggle: Toggle digital PTZ control

o Motion grid: ON/OFF

o Substream: Auto/main/substream

o Incoming audio: ON/OFF

o Audio OUT: Press and hold the microphone to speak

o Aspect ratio: Auto/stretch to fill viewport/original

o Notification panel toggle: Toggle display of device centric notification panel

o Bookmark: Bookmark current selection of time for later retrieval, review

o Snapshot: Export snapshot of current image to library

Bottom: PTZ controls

• Presets Tours: Listing presets, with option to initiate tour
• HUD (Heads Up Display): ON/OFF (Centre: PTZ HUD controls) o Pan and tilt arrows

o Zoom slider

o Iris slide (If camera supported)

o Focus slider (If camera supported)

Instant Playback

The following overlay controls are available in the instant playback mode:

Camera Center: Play/Pause

o Drag to the center of the line to pause drag right to go fast forward o Drag left to rewind fast

o Release from dragging to continue normal playback

Bottom right: Controls

o Place: Click to play

o Clock icon: Specify time, date/hours/minutes

o Bookmark: Bookmark current selection of time for later retrieval, review

o Snapshot: Snapshot of current image, saved automatically

o Archive: Export loaded footage displayed in timeline

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Playback (Archive) Mode

For security reasons, it has been made impossible to erase recordings from individual channels and/or time periods. Recordings

Select Playback tab to switch to archive playback mode. Your current layout will be used, and recorded video streams will be displayed for channels with enabled recording.

• Layouts: Double-click your desired layout to load it
• Layout templates: Double-click your desired layout template to load it
• Channels:

o Double-click or drag and drop the channels of your choice to fill the viewports

o First empty viewports are filled; then non-locked channels are replaced one by one)

o Each channel can be expanded to access recordings of its main or secondary stream.

o All footage having no associated active channels will be available under Orphan archive tracks.

The following viewport overlay controls are available in the playback mode, upon selection of a viewport:

• Upper left:

o X: close the stream and free the viewport

o Lock: unlocked/locked (Unlocked video in this viewport can be replaced by other cameras)

o Camera name: Name given the camera

• Lower-right: Controls

o DPTZ toggle: Toggle digital PTZ control

o Aspect ratio: Auto/stretch to fill viewport/original

o Motion grid: ON/OFF

Playback timeline

Right below the video stream, the Timeline is displayed:

• Time intervals: Show the timeline scale;

o Click and drag left/right to move the timeline

• The video footage outline is shown twice:

o Upper timeline: Contents of currently selected stream, with corresponding channel name

o Lower timeline: Content summary for all channels currently present in the viewport layout

• White line: Indicates recorded video data
• Cyan line: (A little bit wider than the white line) indicates recorded motion data
• Blue line: (A little bit wider than the cyan line) indicates recorded incoming audio data
• Yellow vertical line: Denotes current playback position

Playback Navigation controls

The playback navigation controls are located at the bottom of the window:

• Timestamps: Timeline start and stop
• Left/Right <> arrows: Adjust the loaded footage time boundaries (Default, last five minutes) o Drag right to go forward in time drag left to go backwards in time

Motion Search:

Left/Right <> arrows move forward or back to next recorded motion

Playback Navigation:

o Use the Play/Pause button to start playback

o Use the <> arrows near the Play button to go one frame back/forward

o -/+ steps: click to go back/forward with a step of 5 seconds, 1 minute, 1 hour or 24 hours o |< >| arrows: go to the very beginning/very end of the footage

• Playback speed:

o Drag the blob to adjust playback speed from +/-0.5x to +/-32x

o The Pause button duplicates the main pause control

• Clock icon: Specify time, date/hours/minutes
• Bookmark: Create bookmark for later retrieval, review
• Snapshot: Snapshot of current image, saved automatically
• Multi-Snapshot: Snapshot of all channels currently present in the viewport layout
• Archive: Export loaded footage displayed in timeline

o Option of multi-channel, or single channel archive export

Minimum requirements and computer capabilities for using the SAFIRE Control Center

• Intel i5 6th Generation and above (i7 6th Generation recommended).
• 16 GB of RAM.
• Video Accelerator Card 2 GB or more.
• DirectX 11.0 or higher.
• 500 MB of free hard disk space.

Software features:

• Can manage up to 256 CCTV devices / cameras
• Can manage up to 256 DVRs / NVRs
• Supports up to 4 monitors (with 64 simultaneous camera videos).
• Supports local and remote (P2P or DDNS) equipment.
• Supports two-way audio
• Supports local and remote configuration on devices

Safire Control Center

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Safire DDNS services for Safire camera or recorder

To connect any Safire device that has “Safire DDNS services”

Previously, you have to be registered and your account activated before logging in at www.safiredns.com.

1. Create a domain

1. Open and log in to www.safiredns.com

2. Select SafireDNS

3. Add a domain

4. Select the zone

5. In the domain name enter any name as client name or project name

6. Group

7. Group

8. Password

9. IPv4 or IPv6 address (check the myipaddress.com site for your IP address)

10. Save

2. Add a device in ProCloud

1. Go to Procloud

2. And click on + Add device

3. Enter the name of the DDNS address you created in the previous step

4. Save

3. Port Forwarding

1. For Safire’s decisions we need to forward ports 80 and 8000

2. Port 80 is for the web interface of the camera or recorder

3. Port 8000 is for the native communication protocol

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3. Enter DDNS type in the camera or recorder

1. Check the ports that are used on the camera/recorder and open the(1) camera/recorder settings page

2. Select Network

3. Then the basic settings

4. Port tab

5. If it does not work, you can check the NAT configuration

6. You can also switch to manual port assignment

7. Enable DDNS on and enter credentials

8. Go to the DDNS tab

9. Enable DDNS

10. Select SafireDNS when using “Safire DDNS Servies”

11. Use the domain you created (in 2. Add a device in ProCloud)

12. DDNS username and password and not those of the device.

When all the configuration has been done correctly it should look like the image below in the Safire ProCloud.

Check that the status icon, the device is linked and the configuration options appear.

How to configure the POS function from Safire Control Center

NOTE:

POS function is present on the entire 8000 series NVR range and the entry-level 4KE range has POS function.

Also in some of the 6000 series (still to be verified)

The POS function on NVRs can only be configured from the local interface of the recorder itself or from Safire Control Center.

In NVRs, the POS is considered metadata (the same as a line crossing or area intrusion, like a VCA).

In XVRs it will not allow the POS configuration from the web interface, since the POS would be “printed” on the video stream itself.

CONFIGURATION POS NVR SAFIRE CONTROL CENTER

In the device management part, click on advanced settings:

We click on POS, and the first thing that appears is the POS rule configuration.

From here we can configure the operating hours, notification link methods, or relay activations, as well as configure the desired camera function by selecting the POS area, how we want it to be displayed on the screen, etc.

Display modes

• Scroll: The screen is filled with information, and the first information is scrolled.
• Page: The information appears all at once as it is scanned on the screen. If the second piece of information is scanned, the first information is removed.

In the next part, we configure the font. Here we make special mention of the font because not all fonts are supported by the web interface and the Safire Control Center. Only the LATIN-1 font can be displayed in real-time and in the Safire Control Center and web interface recordings.

In the local interface of the recorder, any font that the recorder allows us to use can be displayed.

Finally, the connection mode is to set the IP and port of the printer that will send us the information. We can connect several printers and assign them with the Filter Rule ID so that as you can see in the first screenshot, a different Filter Rule ID should be applied to each channel since a printer is usually used per camera (imagine a supermarket checkout, with several scanners).

When viewing and recording, as I said before that the POS is treated as a VCA, to be able to search by POS later in Safire Control Center, we should set the recording by POS in the recording schedule, like this:

This would suffice.

VISUALIZATIONS

Now, in SCC, if we go to Real-Time we can see the result of the POS as long as we have configured the font as LATIN-1:

In recordings we can search directly by POS events from here:

Search by specific KEYWORDs if we need it:

And finally, we would only get POS events as a result, which if we play it back shows the whole text string printed in the recording:

If, on the other hand, we want to visualize the POS information, from the web interface of the recorder, we don’t have to forget to enable this in the CONFIGURATION -> LOCAL part

How to recover password by email or recovery questions

To recover the password:

1. Open SADP Tool2

. Click on “Forgot Password”

3. Use the questions or the email option

4. If the email option is chosen

Save the QR and send the QR to the email address pw_recovery@device-service.com as an attachment. (Or use the XML code)

In general, when using automated email services, you will get a retrieval file within 5 minutes.

Note:

This email address only works when you have registered the email address you registered on the device. See the article: Safire – Prepare for lost passwords

When you have received the email

Use the verification code from the email and create a new password

Note:

When deactivating the Safire network cameras that are connected to the NVR for which you have requested password recovery, also select (A) “Reset Network Camera’s Passwords”.

When not using email or questions on the device

Select the secret key export/import mode and send the XML file to your supplier or distributor.

They will process the recovery and get back to you with the key in your mail.

Please note that this is not an automated process and may take time.

Note:

The file you receive is valid for a period of 48 hours. You cannot shut down or restart your computer until after you have completed all the steps.

3. When you receive the recovery file

3.1 In step 2

A. Select import file

B. Import the XML file from the received e-mail

C. Create a new password

D. Confirm password

How to prevent password loss

You can avoid long waiting times by saving security answers and/or registering a password recovery email.

Tip:

“To view the best and largest GIF or image, right-click and open the image or GIF in a new tab.”

On an already configured camera or recorder

1. Open the web browser or the SCC (Safire Control Center)

2. Open the configuration page.

3. Go to System > Account Management and click Account Security Settings

4. Ask the security questions and most importantly associate an email.

5. And OK to save.

For when you need the password recovery service:

How to recover password by email or questions

Create a device group in Safire Control Center

In this tutorial, we use SCC (Safire Control Center) Version V3.20.57 build20210726 and a floor plan of an existing shopping mall for this demo

Tip:

“Right click and open the image or gif in a new tab if it is a large image or gif.”

Create a device group in SCC:

1. Open SCC (Safire Control Center)
2. Manage Open Devices
3. In the Device Management section, click Group
4. Then create a new group and click + Add Group
5. Give the Group a name
6. Click op import
7. Select an option
8. In the new window select the devices

E-Map in Safire Control Center

In this tutorial, we use SCC (Safire Control Center) Version V3.20.57 build20210726 and a floor plan of an existing shopping mall for this demonstration

Depending on the situation, creating a group via device management can be useful when there is more than one device for the plant. By making use of P2P devices it is also possible to deploy in the group

Tip:

“Right-click and open the image or gif in a new tab if it is a large image or gif.”

Import the blueprint image into SCC:

1. Open SCC (Safire Control Center)
2. Through the main page in the section
3. General Application open E-map
4. In the newly opened E-map tab
5. Click on Add map
6. Select the map directory
7. And OK to import the image

Move the devices on the map:

1. On the left side, you find the devices of the group
2. Select keep and move the device on the map
3. You can adjust the size and length through the circles
4. Click in the grey zone to edit the name and color
5. Ok to save
6. When finished

Live camera or open a door in E-map:

1. Open the E-map in SCC
2. Click on the camera you want to view
3. Click on the grey play icon and a new window will pop up to view the camera
4. To open or one of the other actions
5. Click on the chosen door
6. In the new window, select the action

How to manually activate relay outputs on Safire recorders and cameras

To activate the relay output from a Safire video recorder or from an IP camera, we can proceed in two different ways:

• Via web component

• Via Safire Control Center (SCC), the brand’s main PC software

• Via the Safire Connect mobile application – works both via IP (local management) and via P2P (remote management)

How to add a map with the location of the elements in Safire Central

In this article we explain several ways to configure different maps.

Mode 1: create a map from a GIS

First we open the web server to configure it. From the settings part we can generate a map from a GIS file, as shown in the following screenshot:

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Then, we go to the Logical Visualization part to define which groups of cameras we create and where we will place them.

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To add a camera to the map, select the camera and the following configuration menu will open:

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We select the icon we want (we can also import one), and we will click save. Then the camera will appear on the map.

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In this way we could create a general map with the devices we want. We click on ​ so that the changes are applied in the Safire Central Control Client and we go right to the Control Client that we just mentioned.

We click on the map that appears in the Safire Central drop-down part to the left of the screenshot, and the map with all the devices that we have configured before will appear in the main part from the web server interface:

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Here we can receive the alarms in real time and view the cameras at the time we want.

Mode 2: create individual map

First, we select the group on which we will configure the map:

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We enable the map option, we load an image and we give it to save:

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Next, we select each device and enable the map option as we have done previously and click save:

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And the devices will appear on the map:

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Now we go to the Safire Central Control Client, and update the changes as we have done before:

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IMPORTANT: a camera cannot be associated with two different maps (it cannot be associated with a GIS map and an individual map at the same time). If it is selected in the general map, it cannot be associated with another. Similarly, if it is associated with an individual map, it cannot be associated with a general map.

Sending reports by email in Safire Control Center

To receive e-mails with the reports of the users, we will have to carry out the following steps:

• Go to the Regular Report section and add as many users as you want to receive the reports:

• Then select the user and indicate the email that will receive the report

The configuration of the email to be sent from the software is done from the following section:

It will be necessary to first verify that the sender mailbox that has just been selected is properly configured, that is to say, with all the necessary permits to be used by third-party programs.

Change language in Safire Control Center software 3.2.0.54

Starting from version 3.2.0.54 of Safire Control Center, the language (whose installation pack contained can be downloaded from our web page – https://athena-visiotech.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/2Oqj_HMB2AJnMa3v3oAI/Safire_Control_Center_V3.2.0.54_MULTI.zip) can be changed from the following section right after starting the software:

If we have activated the auto login without changing the language, we will have to select the following option so that the software does not start directly:

Change language in Safire Control Center

The language can be changed in the pop-up window, where the Login is made, when accessing the software.

How to activate the VCA search filter in Safire Control Center

In the following image you can find the path to access this type of search filter in the Remote Playback menu:

How to install Safire Control Center on Windows Server 2012

Generally if you are installing the software on a Windows Server 2012 account with administrator permissions using the latest version that is digitally signed, you will have no problem.

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Windows Server 2012 R2 is supported by the manufacturer and we know that it has been installed correctly on other occasions.

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Additionally, we recommend checking if any anti-malware or firewall software may be filtering and preventing the normal installation.

Buttons are failing in Safire Control Center!

What to do when some applications of Safire Control Center 3.1.1 just won’t work or even open?

For example: we press the people button and we visualize the loading roulette, but then it just keeps rolling without actually initiating any process.

We would only have to delete, in the task manager section of our PC, the software watchdog process (32 bits) as shown in the following image. Then, we would just have to run Safire Control Center again.

Blue and Red Flags on the Safire Control Center Calendar

Red: indicates event recording

Blue: indicates continuous recording

Login error whilst opening Safire Control Center

It is possible that this error appears when you start Safire Control Center:

What you need to do to avoid this situation to repeat itself is to change the application port, as the 8080 is usually occupied by other applications (especially the other Safire applications, such as the Safire Control Center AC).

Our recommendation is to change it to anything that is not being used. For example 8081 or 7999.

P2P cloud ports targeted by a SAFIRE device

For both cameras and video recorders that connect to the cloud via P2P service, the ports they use for connection are:

They can be addressed to different domains:

• litedev.eu.guardingvision.com
• litedev.guardingvision.com
• dev.eu.guardingvision.com
• litedev.guardingvision.com

On the other hand, the cloud ports are:

Playback speed on Safire recorders from Safire Connect

Here is the table of Safire video recorder models that supports playback speed increase from the app:

SF-HTVR6116-HEVC

SF-HTVR6104-HEVC

SF-HTVR6108-HEVC

SF-HTVR8216A-HEVC

SF-HTVR8104A-HEVC

SF-HTVR8104H

SF-HTVR8108H

SF-HTVR6116A-HEVC

SF-HTVR6108A-HEVC

SF-HTVR6104A-HEVC

The models that do NOT belong to this list are:

– AI recorders

– recorders with audio over coax

– PoC recorders

– models with a higher number of channels, such as 24, 32, etc..

We do not exclude that this functionality will appear in future updates or new versions included in these last 4 groups.

Zoom problems Safire Connect APP

This happens in version V3.10.1.1015 and is resolved with the following update.

The problem is usually the horizontal left-right movement after having entered the digital zoom, since the channel change is prioritized over the displacement within the same zoom.

Possible solutions:

– select only the camera of interest before opening its image, rather than selecting it from a group of preloaded video streams

– perform a vertical physical movement (up-down) and, without lifting the finger, perform the horizontal movement, which will already be done correctly.

A video clip follows to better understand the second option.

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1| LOGIN & LOGOUT

ACTi CMS 2.0

Quick User Guide

BEFORE YOU START

Thank you for using ACTi CMS 2.0 server system. This guide will demonstrate the fundamentals of how to:

• Monitor live view and operate relevant live view functions
• Search recordings
• Export video

You may download ACTi CMS 2.0 User’s Manual for detailed operation instructions from product page: http://www.acti.com/CMS2

For technical support, please contact your system supplier or contact our technical support team via http://www.acti.com/chd.

ACTi CMS 2.0 Installation Guide

Read More :

1. Ganz CORTROL VMS Client Setup Guide
2. How to Configure Gmail for Device Notifications
3. XMEYE VMS PC CLIENT Setup Guide

Log in via CMS2 Workstation

(The Password field is case-sensitive)

İ2İ OVERVIEW

Click the buttons on the right to switch between two main screens:

Live View

• See live view
• Control a PTZ camera
• Receive event alerts
• Record manually or take a snapshot

Playback

• Search / Play back recordings
• Export snapshots or video

Log out from CMS On top of the screen,

click Options ^

Logout

3İ LIVE VIEW

You will enter the default live view layout after logging

in.

•Apply a preset view:

Left-click on a view

□2

‘Channel

Event

•Watch all cameras ■ of an NVR site :

Click on the NVR

•Watch a camera: Drag it into layout

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• Watch an instant event playback: Select the desired NVR source, and double-click on the event.

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4 SINGLE CHANNEL OPTIONS

5 PTZ OPERATION

Operate digital PTZ function

Use the mouse to do digital PTZ operation on a selected

On Live View screen, select a single channel on layout.

Take a snapshot to client PC Start/Stop manual recording

Show live view windows on a map

• Show single camera live view: Double-click on the camera icon

• Link to another map: Click

□2

• Show all camera live view:

Right-click to open channel menu^ “Show All Live View’

O Draw a zoom area:

Hold left button and draw.

& Navigate:

Hold left-button and move the red frame.

0 Cancel digital PTZ:

Right-click in PiP window.

Operate optical PTZ function

Operate a PTZ camera with on-screen controls/joystick.

Preset/Tour /Command menu

7İ EXPORT VIDEO

Msearch PLAYBACK

1. Enter Playback screen, select a View or drag a camera to Display area.
2. İDrag the Time Bar to find specific scene, and use the controls on Control panel to play and search.

•Apply a preset view

View

Device

a

camera: Drag it into layout

•Watch all I cameras of an

NVR site :Click on

the NVR

Time Bai

1. Enter Playback screen, drag the Time Bar to video start point, right-click and select “Mark Export Start” on quick menu.
2. Drag to video end point, right-click and select “Mark Export End” on quick menu.
3. Right-click and select “Export Video”.

Control

Rewind /Pause /Play Go to specific time

Previous •­Display*, event

Go to current time

Next Search Export video

• *

Play speed Time bar scale

4. Set the export settings, and then click “Apply”.

NOTE: The exported video and snapshots are saved to your designated file location, the default location is Windows desktop.

INSTALL THE SERVER

Step 1

ACCESS VIA BROWSER

Step 2

ACTi CMS 2.0

Quick Installation Guide

BEFORE YOU START

Thank you for using ACTi CMS 2.0 product. This guide will demonstrate the fundamentals of how to setup ACTi CMS 2.0 system. For detailed instructions, please refer to ACTi CMS 2.0 System Administrator’s Manual from http://www.acti.com/downloadcenter

Pre-requisites before installation:

• Ensure that your CMS server computer meets the minimum system requirements.
• Uninstall other ACTi NVR or previous CMS server product on the CMS server computer, and manually delete ACTi Corporation program folder.
• Disable UAC function in Windows.
• Make sure your NVR servers have been upgraded to the latest version.

Customer Help Desk: http://www.acti.com/CHD US/Canada Toll-free Helpline: 1-866-410-2284 (ACTi)

Wait for a few seconds until the server is ready.

Connect to http://localhost/ via

Internet Explorer.

Install two ACTi ActiveX control components.

Step 3

LOGIN

CMS v2.0

Account admin

Password ••••••

On Login page, enter: •Account: admin • Password: 123456

Click “Login”.

Live View

Playback

Setup

Language English

Remember login info

Don’t Remember

Note

If you meet any of the following problems, please try the methods below to fix it or contact our technical support team:

1. Cannot access Login page
2. Server is not ready, please wait for a while and connect again.
3. Your CMS server port is being used by another application, please close that application. For instance, if you use default port 80, Skype might have taken it.
4. Cannot install the ActiveX controls
5. Use Internet Explorer browser 32-bit version.
6. The UAC function in Windows Vista or Windows 7 restricts the installation of add-ons. Please turn off the UAC function.
7. Internet Explorer security settings restrict the installation of add-on components. Please turn off the browser’s ActiveX Filtering function, add this CMS server site to Trusted sites list, and set the security level to Medium-high or lower.

REGISTER THE LICENSE

Step 4

1′ Make sure you have the information on hand:

License key and ACTi member account/password

(ACTi Member Center – http://member.acti.com/)

■Go to Setup page ^ System tab ^ License

3′ On Online Registration tab, fill in the required fields, and then click “Apply”. Make sure the total of licensed channels is enough for the number of devices you are going to add to CMS server.

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CREATE USERS

Step 5

ADD NVR SERVERS

Step 6

(fl Enter Setup page ^ Users tab ^ ,■

Add a user group:

expand its properties.

■Select the newly-created group on the group list and modify its CMS Permissions and NVR Permissions.

■On Users tab, select | Users

Create a new user account:

(fl Enter Setup page ^ Source tab, and click “Add Source”.

(fl Input the NVR server information and the NVR Administrator’s password, and then click “Apply”.

On All Sources tree, click □ by the NVR sever name to

(A) To synchronize with the devices, click i (B) To modify NVR server or device settings, click the item in the NVR category to enter setup page.

SET EVENT RULES

Step 7

CUSTOMIZE LIVE VIEWS

Step 8

O Select an event type from the event list.

(■Configure the response settings on Event Edit window, and then click “Apply”.

VALIDATION

Step 9

fl Enter Setup page ^ Event tab

fl From All Sources t ree, select your event source: an NVR server or a device – .

1. Go to Live View page. On View Tool bar, click O to create a new view, then clickQ to enter edit mode.
2. Select a layout style.
3. »To add a camera view: Pull a device from Device list to a channel.

•To add a map view: Select a channel and click I , upload the map, drag the lower right corners to adjust map size, and add devices from Device list.

1. On View Tool bar, click ! to save the view.
2. ClickO to set this view as default live view.
3. On Live View page, check live streaming by selecting a view on View list or an NVR in Device list.
4. On Live View page, check the Event list for instant event notifications from devices.
5. On Playback page, check the recordings by selecting a view on View list or an NVR in Device list, drag the time bar and use the Control buttons to play.

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Overview

Designed for large-scale multi-site video surveillance solution, Central Management System 2.0 (hereafter referred to as CMS) software allows its user the full capabilities to monitor and manage multiple Network Video Recorders (NVR) via network. It also possesses full functionalities to manage not only NVRs but devices (network cameras, video encoders, etc.), users and events.

CMS Server / Client Architecture

CMS is a typical web-based server/client system. In a multi-site surveillance solution, CMS Server serves as a management command center; a Client makes requests of monitoring video streams or playing recordings sent to CMS Server, and CMS Server will pass this request to the involved NVR Server to send data/video stream to the Client. CMS Server starts automatically as soon as the Server computer (where it is installed) boots up, and operates in the background without requiring the login of administrator. It would provide services over the TCP/IP network to multiple Clients upon requests coming through HTTP protocol.

There are two types of Clients in CMS system: Web Client and Workstation Client. A user, connecting from whether web browser or workstation, will be provided with the same user interface and be CMS functions.

• Web Client: the web version of interface to access CMS Server without the need of installing any client program. Logging in to the CMS Server is as simple as visiting a website through the browser.
• Workstation Client: the client application making accessing CMS Server free from the use of browser .The workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the CMS Server.

Prerequisites

Please preview these prerequisites below and make sure they are met before installation:

1. Upgrade All the NVR servers

Please upgrade all the NVR servers to the latest version.

1. Suitable System Specifications

Ensure that the server computer meets the minimum system requirements.

1. Uninstall Previous ACTi NVR or CMS Products

As the previous ACTi NVR server software ( NVR 2.X) or previous CMS server software (CMS1.X) cannot co-exist with CMS 2.0 server on the same computer, please uninstall their main program and patches from Windows ^ Control Panel before installing CMS 2.0 server. Please also manually delete the program folder. By default, this folder ACTi Corporation is under C:\Program Files.

1. Turn off UAC in Windows

UAC (User Access Control) is a security setting that restricts access in Microsoft Windows.

You must disable UAC before installing CMS 2.0 in Windows 7, for the installation of application components and certain program features would be interrupted by this security rule. If you are using Windows 8, please enable the built-in Administrator account and log in with this identity, or add this CMS site to IE browser’s trusted sites (please follow the solution provided for Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in? on page 29 to do so).

Disable UAC in Windows 7

1. Go to Windows Control Panel, type “UAC” in search box.
2. Click “Change User Account Control settings”

1. Move the slider to “Never notify position”, and then click “OK”. You will have to restart

the computer for this change to take place.

1.

Disable UAC in Windows Vista

Go to Windows Control Panel, click “User Account and Family safety”.

System and Maintenance Get started with Windows

Back up your computer

Security

«jPw Check for updates

Check this computer’s security status

»

Allow a programı through Windows Firewall

Network and Internet View network status and tasks Set up file sharing

^■7 Hardware and Sound

Play CDs or other media automatically

Mouse

Programs

■-tt|| Uninstall a program

Change startup programs

User Accounts and Family Safety

SŞ Set up parental controls for any user ®Add or remove user accounts

m . Appearance and Personalization Change desktop background Change the color scheme Adjust screen resolution

jLjh Clock, Language, and Region j” Change keyboards or other input

methods

Ease of Access Let Windows suggest settings Optimize visual display

I y I Additional Options

Select the account, then “Turn User Account Control on or off”.

2.

1. On the “Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more

secure” window, uncheck the “Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect

your computer“. Click on the “OK” to apply, you will have to restart the computer for this change to take place.

Server Installation

The server program installation is as easy as 1-2-3 by following the installation wizard’s instructions. The server would start its service right after installation completes, without the need to restart the server computer.

Install the Software

1. Execute the install shield application .
2. Follow the onscreen instructions of InstallShield Wizard, accept the license agreement and proceed.

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License Agreement

Please read the following license agreement carefully.

Important Notice ^A

Please read the terms and conditions of this license agreement carefully before installing the software. This end user license agreement (EULA) is between you (either an individual, or a single legal entity) and ACTi. By installing the software and clicking on the “agree” button, you agree to the term and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to this _v

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When selecting Setup Type, the default “Complete” will have the program installed on default C drive, you may select “Custom” to choose another program location.

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Setup Type

Select the setup type to install.

Please select a setup type.

All program features will be installed. (Requires the most disk space.)

Select which program features you want installed. Recommended for advanced users.

I nstallShield

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The IP Port Checker will pop up to confirm the CMS port number. The installation program will use 80 as default. You may enter another available port number in “Listen Port” field and click “Apply”.

3.

You may just click “Apply” if you are not sure whether this port has been taken or not. If the port is being used by another service, you will be asked to input another available port number.

4. As the server port is confirmed, the installation process is done, click “Finish”.

5. After the installation completes, connect to http://localhost:port number with Internet

Explorer browser, you will see CMS Login page.

Note

If IIS Web Server has been installed on the computer and you are asked to restart the computer during installation process, please

1. Choose Yes. I want to restart mjj computer now. to restart right away.
2. After the computer reboots, this install shield will automatically continue the installation.

Workstation Installation

CMS2 Workstation provides interface between users and the CMS server. It may be installed on the server computer or on a separate computer with internet access to CMS server.

Install the Software

1. Execute install the shield application LE .
2. Follow the onscreen instructions of InstallShield Wizard, accept the license agreement and proceed.

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License Agreement

Please read the following license agreement carefully.

Important Notice *

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Please read the terms and conditions of this license agreement carefully before installing the software. This end user license agreement (EULA) is between you (either an individual, or a single legal entity) and ACTi. By installing the software and clicking on the “agree” button, you agree to the term and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to this ▼

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Setup Type

Select the setup type to install.

Please select a setup type.

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Select which program features you want installed. Recommended for advanced users.

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License and Activation

In CMS system, the maximum number of channels is unlimited; your required number of channels should be licensed and activated before adding the devices to the system. To get the license, you may contact ACTi sales representatives to purchase the licenses and obtain the License Key. Upon the activation of license with the License Key, the channels will automatically become available.

Please note:

•The license is cumulative and perpetual.

•The license is not version-specific, software version upgrading will not influence the existing license you have activated on CMS server.

How Does License Activation Work

License activation is the process of unlocking the channels on CMS server with the received License Key. License Key is a serial number delivered as a printed card or by email after the purchase is carried out. During license activation, your License Key is matched against the MAC address of the Network Interface Card (NIC) on CMS server computer. Once this license key is used by the computer with given MAC, it cannot be activated with another MAC. This matching record will be stored on the activation database. If your computer has more than one network cards, CMS server will detect them and provide you a dropdown list to select from.

How to Activate the Licenses

There are two ways to activate the licenses depending on your CMS server network condition:

Online Activation

If your CMS server computer has available Internet access, you should take online activation.

| On CMS2 server, input the

Purchase licenses 1 from ACTi, get the Lucense key

J

2 LICENSE KEY to activate the license directly.

CMS server

(Internet access)

Step 1: Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for free at http://member.acti.com/

Step 2: Log in CMS server, go to Setup page^System tab^License^“Online Registration”. Select the MAC Address, enter your License Key, member Account and Password, and then click “Apply”. CMS server will connect to the activation database via Internet to register the license key, and unlock the channels.

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3 ACTIVATION FILE

into CMS server

Computer

(Internet access)

CMS server

1. Membership ID in ACTi Member Center is required for activation. Register one for free at http://member.acti.com/

1. Access http://www.acti.com/support/LicenseMgt/CMS registration.asp, enter the License

Key and the MAC address of CMS server computer, click “Submit”. An email with

Offline Activation

Offline activation does not require Internet access for CMS server. It is used when CMS is located in a network not connected to public Internet (e.g. in a restricted military base). You will need to get an activation file (AUL.lic file) from another computer and transfer it to CMS server computer.

On another computer, access ACTi website to activate the licenses using the

activation code file (AUL.lic) will be sent to your registered e-mail account.

1. Log in CMS server from local or via web client. Go to Setup ^ System tab ^ License ^ “Offline Registration”^ click “Import” and upload the license file (AUL.lic). Click “Apply” to activate this license.

Verify Your License

Once your license is successfully activated, the license information will be shown on License

page.

Important

The license data will be erased once CMS server is uninstalled. Be sure to retain your license key information in a safe place because you may need to reinstall the software. After the software is uninstalled, you should contact ACTi Customer Help Desk http://www.acti.com/CHD to clear the ^original registration data in our database, and then you may activate the license again.

Tip

How to find MAC Address

1. Click Windows Start, in the run box on Start menu, input “cmd”.
2. Execute the cmd program, and input the command “ipconfig /all” or “getmac”
3. The MAC address will be referred to as the Physical Address, made up of 12 characters

e.g. 00-1E-65-FE-8E-98

Log in to the System

Access CMS via Internet Explorer

httpy/localhosv

Network

220.228.146.21

(Example)

http://172.16.26.82/

(Example)

From Server Computer Using Local Client

Open Internet Expolrer. If your computer is where CMS server is installed, type http://localhost/ or the computer’s IP address in URL box.

From Remote Client Computer

A remote client refers to any client using a computer over WAN or LAN other than server computer. If you are connecting to a CMS server as a remote client, please type server computer’s IP (e.g. local network ip: http://172.16.26.217 within LAN; public IP http://220.228.146.21 or domain name http://cms.acti.com over WAN ) in URL box. If the port number is 80, you can omit it when typing the address.

Accept ActiveX Controls Installation Requests

CMS interface requires the add-on ActiveX Control components, please make sure browser’s security settings allow ActiveX controls to be downloaded and installed. When your browser asks if you allow ACTi Corporation’s add-on components to run, please allow them.

ActiveX Installer Service – Security Warning

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Do you want to install

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ActiveX Installer Service – Security Warning

Login Failure Troubleshooting

Once you confront with problems accessing CMS server, refer to the possible conditions below and follow the instruction to solve your issues.

Condition 1: Why can’t I access CMS server via my browser?

After typing in the correct CMS server IP, if you cannot access CMS Login page, you may get the below browser screens:

Cause: Server is not ready

Solution: It will take a little while for the server to get ready to run after the installation is completed, please wait a few seconds and connect again.

Condition 2: Why can’t I install Active X controls after logging in?

ActiveX Control components are essential for CMS server to present user interface. The message below will show if these controls were not installed.

Cause 1: Your Internet Explorer browser version does not support CMS.

Solution: Make sure you are using the 32-bit version of Internet Explorer.

Cause 2: Your browser restricts the installation of add-on components.

Solution: Internet Explorer security settings may restrict the installation of add-on components. To ensure CMS server is always accessible from your web client regardless of any change in browser’s overall Internet security settings, you may add CMS server site to Internet Explorer’s Trusted sites. These sites are which you consider safe and wish to visit with low security restrictions while maintaining higher security for the rest of the Internet.

1. On IE browser, click Tools ^ Safety and make sure ActiveX Filtering is unchecked.
2. On IE browser, go to Tools ^Internet Options^Security tab, select “Trusted sites”, set the security level to “Medium High”, and then click “Sites”.
3. Add http://localhost or server IP to the zone, and clear the box “Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone”.
4. Back on Security tab, click “Apply” to apply the changes. This will allow ActiveX and

scripting to be available for the chosen sites but not for the Internet as a whole.

sites

You can add and remove websites from this zone. All websites in

this

zone

will

use

the

zone’:

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website

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zone:

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for

all

sites

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CMSv2.0

Login

1. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive):

Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive): 123456 (default)

1. Change UI language

To change UI language, select the desired language from “Language” dropdown list.

1. Remember Account/Password

To have the server remember your Login Account and Password for future, check “Remember Account/Password”. Clicking “Don’t Remember” will clear your input text and reset to default.

To directly enter the main page every time you log in from this PC in the future Check “Remember Account/Password” then “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If your computer may be accessed by someone without proper authority, please DO NOT use either of these functions.

To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click G ^ “Logout” to return to login page, and this function is cancelled.

1. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

CMS Server can send the password of the User’s account to the saved email address. To have Users be able to use this service, please make sure (1) the SMTP settings have been configured (refer to How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules on page 53) and (2) a valid email address has previously been saved in Setup page ^ Users tab ^ User list.

The email address input in Forgot Password window should match the one under your User account saved in CMS server.

application.

CMS Workstation

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Server Name

Server IP

172.16.26.91

A

Server Port

Account

admin

Password

C

Initial Page

Live

D

Language

English

Remember Account/Password

E

Don’t Remember

F

got Password?

Access CMS Server via Workstation

CMS Workstation includes a set of programs that provide interface between users and the CMS server. It may be installed on the same PC as the CMS server, or on a separate client computer.

Double-click the shortcut icon on your desktop to execute this workstation

Login

Fill in the following fields then click “Login” to log in to the system. The login process of

Workstation is very much the same as that of Web browser:

1. Server IP & Server Port

In Server IP field, key in localhost or 127.0.0.1 if CMS Workstation is on the same computer with CMS server. If you are connecting from a non-server computer, please input the IP address of server computer, for example: 220.228.146.22.

In Server Port field, key in the port number (default is 80).

1. Enter Account & Password

Account (non case-sensitive) Admin (default)

Password (case-sensitive) 123456 (default)

1. Choose the Initial Screen

CMS user interface consists of three main module screens: Live

View, Playback and Setup, you may choose one where you would like to enter after logging in. Default is Live View screen.

1. Language

Choose a UI language from drop-down list.

remembered.

1. Remember Login Information

To have CMS2 Workstation remember the Account, Password, your choices of Initial Page and UI Language, simply check “Remember login info”. Click “Don’t Remember” will clear your input text and reset to default.

To directly enter the desired page every time you log in from this PC , check “Remember login info” then “Auto Login” to skip the Login page. If your computer may be accessed by someone else, you might consider not to use either of these functions.

To cancel auto-login, on title bar, click EZ ^ “Logout” to return to login page, and this function is cancelled.

1. Retrieve the Forgotten Password

Please refer to D. Retrieve the Forgotten Password on page 28.

1. Server Name/Server Sites List

CMS2 Workstation can remember multiple server sites and their login settings and show the

1. Click in the Server Name box and input the server site name.

site lists on Login window. To add a new site:

2. Fill in the other fields. If you disable the “Remember Account/Password”, then only the Server Name, Server IP and Server Port of this server site will be

1. Click “Save”
2. After a server site is saved, it will be shown on Server Name dropdown list.

You may click on its name to enter its

Login window or 0 to delete it from the

list.

1. You can export the saved server sites, or import it to another Workstation client computer.

Access CMS server via CMS2 Workstation, go to Setup page ^ System tab ^ Workstation.

1. Export current server sites list

Click “Browse” to select a folder to save the list, and then click “Export”. This file will be saved as an *.xml file.

1. Import a server site list

Click “Browse” to select the *.xml file, and then click “Import”. The server sites will appear in Server Name dropdown list on Login window of your next login.

Live View

Playback

This module includes user setup, NVR source/device setup, TV Wall setup, event setup and CMS system-wide settings.

Set up the System

This chapter will guide you through everything you need to know in System Setup procedure from first time connection with CMS server to general system configuration.

CMS Main Screen

On the right are link buttons to three CMS major functions: (1) Live View, (2) Playback and (3)

Setup. You can click the orange button to enter the function page.

In this module, you can see live view from NVRs, perform PTZ operations with a mouse or a joystick, view system log, receive alerts on the event panel, set view layouts, perform manual recording or take a snapshot.

You may search and play existing recordings in multiple channels synchronously. Snapshots or video segments can be taken from playback files. Recorded files can also be exported to AVI format here.

Setup

Manage Users

The User Groups/Users page allows you to (1) manage the access permissions of different user groups, (2) add users to or delete them from user groups, (3) assign users to specific user group. This chapter will take you through these settings.

Access Permissions

In CMS, the access permissions are managed by User Groups. User Groups defines which CMS operations and NVRs are allowed for the group users. Different User Groups will have different access rights. For example, an Administrator User is allowed for the complete operations in CMS system, while a standard User may only be permitted to see Live View and do Playback with limited NVRs. The chart below displays an example consisting of different employees as CMS Users and their access rights in this system:

Limited Group

Monitor

Security Group

Monitor

Playback

Setup

Overview

Go to Setup page ^ Users tab. There are two sections to manage User Groups and Users individually.

User Groups: To setup user groups and its permissions for device and functionalities.

Users: To manage user accounts and configure user information.

CMS has integrated Microsoft Active Directory® service to provide network administrators a more convenient choice for user management. Active Directory is a directory service built in Microsoft Server products to manage user identities and privileges within the domain network. As CMS runs on a server computer logged on to the same domain with an Active Directory

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server, you can import a user account or a group from those concurrently existing in Active Directory into CMS server. In this way, the user identification is processed by Active Directory centrally, and there is no need for CMS administrator to maintain these user accounts.

User Groups

You can specify access permissions to each NVR for an entire user group. This user grouping can save you significant amount of works if you have multiple users performing similar tasks and acting as similar roles.

There are already two default User groups

• Administrator: With full permissions in CMS interface.
• User: With the permissions to watch all camera live view and playback(Default).

The Administrator User is predefined with full permissions in the CMS server, and cannot be deleted. You can choose to create a new user group on CMS server or import an existing group from the Active Directory database within your domain.

1. Select ^{User Gr0Lips} , click “Add” and then choose the group type:

•Add a new user group:

Insert ID, group Name and group Description, your input in the Name field will be the name of this User group. Click “Apply” to finish.

• Import a domain group as a User group:

Choose an existing user group from your domain, and click “Apply” to finish.

Add New Group

C Add a new user group.

Name

Description

Domain: ACTi.c

® Import a domai

Domain Group ‘ Select Group

Blank is not allowed or format error for required fields.

The domain users within that group will all be added to CMS server at the same time. To view the whole users within this group, please select Users 2 and enable the “Show

users in domain groups.” The account information of these domain users, unlike those user

accounts you add one by one to CMS server, are not editable on Users page.

Domain users added as a whole group

1. Assign CMS Permissions for created group. This will define what functions this User

group is allowed to access. By default, a User group will initially be allowed to access only

Live View page and Playback page on CMS, but without any permission to CMS or NVR

settings, so you may have to assign the Source Permissions later.

3. Assign Source Permissions for created groups. This will define which NVRs this User

group is allowed to access. If this User group is allowed to access later-added NVRs, check

“New Source Default” and edit the permissions.

You may individually check the NVRs this user group is allowed to access, and set the permissions to configure NVR settings.

You may also enable the permissions related to a specific camera under the NVR.

Instead of tailoring the settings for each device, you may click “Device Unified Settings” and

set universal settings, which will be applied to any device you check under this NVR.

You may copy the Source Permissions Settings to other sources. Click “Copy” under Source Permissions tab to bring up the target NVR menu, check the target sources, and click “Apply”.

Click “Apply” on the top to save the settings.

Add Users

To create a user account with on CMS server.

1. Select ^Users , and click Add button.
2. Select User Type as Customized User or Domain User.

•Customized User: an account created and managed on CMS server only. You will input an account name, its password and e-mail address for this User.

•Domain User: an account that already exists in Active Directory database within the domain. Since this is an existing account in your domain, you will have to select this account from Account dropdown list.

1. Insert user account, name, password, and the account e-mail (For Customized User).
2. Assign this created user account to a specific user group.
3. After you click “Apply”, this new user will be added to the list on the top.

Note

CMS server provides a procedure to help Users who have forgotten the password retrieve the original information, which relies solely on the “e-mail address” authentication. It is strongly recommended that you input an e-mail address that this User has access to when you establish the User account. To update the e-mail address of an account, go to Setup page^ Users tab ^ edit “Email” of an selected User account; the Users can also update the e-mail addresses themselves after logging in to CMS on Live View page ^ ^

Update Profile

Note

Account /Password Rules

1. Account and Password fields allow alphabets, numbers, and symbols except the following: / \ [ ] : ; | = , + * ? < > “
2. In Account field, for alphabets, the input will be recognized as lowercase letters. Space is only allowed between characters; the space in the beginning or at the end will be deleted when it is saved.
3. The Password field is case-sensitive, and the space is allowed.

Note

Admin is the default user account and belongs to “Administrator” user group. Hence, the user Admin and its group Administrator cannot be deleted; it possesses full permissions to all NVRs, devices, and CMS settings.

Domain Users Management

As CMS server computer is logged on to a domain Active Directory, it can import a user account from Active Directory.

This type of User account is “Domain User”. Upon being added to CMS server, the User properties stored on Active Directory database including account name and e-mail address will

be imported to CMS server.

Whenever the Domain User client tries to log in to CMS server, CMS server will first verify if

this account exists in CMS server database, if not, it will then have Active Directory verify the user account and password.

As Active Directory owns the privilege to create, edit and delete domain users, the Domain User’s account and password are not editable through CMS user interface but via Active Directory Administrative tool.

Manage NVRs

A CMS server manages multiple NVR severs, whose fundamental building blocks are the cameras or video encoders. The first thing you should do after you have registered the license is to setup your NVR connections in CMS Setup page. In this section, we will guide you through how to manage the NVRs and their devices.

Add an NVR

To start adding a new NVR, please follow steps as below:

1. On Setup page^ click “Source”. There is no source in All Sources list. Now click “Add

Source”.

2. On the Add Source window, fill in the following fields and click “Apply”: •Name – title of this NVR

•Host – the NVR’s IP address

•Port – the NVR’s port number

•Password – the Administrator’s password of this NVR. By default, all the devices in the NVR will be automatically added to CMS server after you click “Apply”. If you want to select only the desired devices rather than import all the devices at this stage, de-select “Auto Import All Devices in

Source” before clicking “Apply”.

Import Devices from NVRs

In most cases, with limited licenses, you do not import all devices of all NVRs to your CMS server. After an NVR is added, you may start selecting your desired devices to be imported to CMS server. Once a device is imported, on CMS interface you can (1) modify this device directly, (2) see its live stream ,(3) receive the instant event notifications from this device and (4) watch the recorded video of this device.

1. On All Sources list, select this NVR, the Using Devices list on the right will display the imported devices. By default, all the devices of an NVR were already imported as you added it to CMS server.

2. If you have unchecked the box “Auto Import All Devices in Source” when adding this

NVR source, you have to select the devices to be added by yourself.Click “Import Devices”

to enter NVR device list.

1. On the Import Devices list will show all devices of this NVR. Select the desired devices you

want to import and click “Apply”.

1. The Using Devices list will be updated in accordance with your selection on Import

Devices list.

Synchronize Device Settings

The configurations done on NVR site will not be synchronized with CMS server actively. For example, an NVR administrator may replace several cameras (which have also been imported to CMS server) with new ones, and therefore the CMS site would lose the connections between those replaced cameras. On CMS site, you can synchronize with an NVR server via one click:

1. Go to Setup page ^ Sources tab, on All Sources list, select this NVR.
2. On the right, click “Sync Devices” button.
3. Click “Apply”.

Tip

Whenever your CMS server loses connections with certain devices, it is always suggested that you click this button , sync Devices _t first, since the loss of connection probably resulted from some changes done on the NVR site.

Manage Multiple NVRs

You may centrally manage multiple NVRs on the All Sources Setup List easily.

Go to Setup page ^ Sources tab. Under

j M All Sources

lists all the NVRs you added.

Search an NVR

To locate a specific NVR in the All Sources tree, you may input the keyword in its name in the search bar, click to start searching, and click I to show all sources.

Delete NVRs

All Sources

Highilight

, a list of connected NVRs will appear on the right. Select the NVRs

you want to delete, and click “Delete” then “Apply”.

Synchroinze with All Devices

Highilight

and click “Sync All Devices”, CMS server will synchronize with all

M All Sources

the NVRs and imported devices.

Configure NVR / Devices Settings

As CMS administrator owns unrestricted rights to control all the NVRs and their devices, it is sometimes more convenient to modify the NVR settings directly from CMS interface. On CMS

Source management page, you may change any property of an NVR or its devices.

NVR Settings

To enter an individual NVR’s settings, Go to Setup page ^ Sources tab, on All Sources list,

to expand its sub category. By selecting a title, the setup page will appear on the right. Any change applied to the NVR will be saved to both

select an NVR, and click on the arrow

Add Devices to this NVR by auto-search or manually

NVR itself and CMS server.

Device Settings

NVR User Group/Permissions management

NVR User Account management

NVR Storage setup

NVR System setup (Email/SMTP/FTP/Export folder/UI style)

NVR License management

NVR Backup/Restore/Language file management

NVR Device list

To configure the settings of a device, select the device from Source Setup List, and modify

the available settings on the right.

Note

Please note the following before applying any change to an NVR server:

1. It is strongly recommended that you make a backup of the original NVR settings.
2. Only the devices in the same network segment with the selected NVR can be found or manually added by clicking “Add Device”.
3. To modify a device’s schedule or event rules, please select the device and enter the Schedule or Event tab on the right.
4. The customized views saved on an NVR server cannot be configured via CMS interface.
5. ENR system settings and storage settings are accessible only via ENR interface.

Status Icon Description

On Live View screen or Setup page ^Source tab, the icons shown under All Sources category will display the status of each NVR server as well as the devices.

Example Icon

Status Description

Video loss:

CMS cannot retrieve the video stream.

Modification has not been saved:

This device’s settings have been modified but not saved yet. If you leave these modifications unsaved, they will not take effect.

Connection loss:

CMS cannot build up connection with this NVR or device. Please check the connection settings (including IP Address, Port number, Account Name and Password); or increase the “Connection Timeout” to allow more time for the device or NVR to respond.

Disk Full:

The storage space of this NVR server is full, and no recording is taking place. You will need to go to Setup ^ Source tab and configure the Storage settings in Source Setup List.

Recording:

This device is currently connected, and video is being recorded either manually or according to the schedule. The orange “SD” sign indicates that this device supports local storage.

Connected:

This device is currently connected, and the video stream is viewable on Live screen.

You have blocked the system event messages sent from this server, which means the current status of this server is invisible now.

Event Management

Under CMS’s management, an event detected by a single device can be notified not only to the NVR clients but to CMS clients at the same time. For example, once a camera detects a motion, both an NVR client and a CMS client can receive the alerts via emails. To do so, you have to set even rules in CMS Setup page ^ Event tab. The event rules set here will be independent from those set on NVR.

Camera

Server disk is full!

How to Edit an Event Rule

Go to Setup page ^ Event tab. All the editable event rules are listed on the right.

NVR Status Event Rule

An event rule set for an NVR will trigger actions to notify CMS client.

1. Select an NVR source to edit an NVR event rule. There are seven types of NVR status that

can be set as event triggers – Source Loss, Source Recovery, Schedule Service Start, Schedule Service Stop, Disk Full, Disk is Available and Disk Not Found.

1. Highlight the rule you wish to edit. Double-click the “Response” field to edit the response action.
2. On Event Edit window, you can enable multiple response actions by first checking the box(es) to enable the items:

Action Items Function Description

Set to play beep sound for a number of repetitions.

On CMS2 Workstation client computer, you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file as the alert sound, and set how many times this audio file is play when event occurs.

Beep and Audio file responses cannot be executed at the same time.

Enables CMS server to execute a specific command upon this event. You can use it to integrate CMS event with other programs. Enter the path of the command to be executed upon event.

Enables CMS server to send an email notification via SMTP server. The default SMTP and sender’s e-mail settings can be set in advance in

Setup page ^System tab^Settings ^ Email& SMTP Settings.

1. Type one or more recipients’ email addresses in “To” column (if more than one, please separate them by “;” symbol) or click the O icon to select recipients from existing NVR User list. The User’s Email address should be set in advance (in Setup page^ Users tab^ Users) so that it can be selected in this list.
2. Edit the e-mail subject and content.

Device Status Event Rule

An event rule set for a specific device will trigger actions to notify CMS client.

1.

Select an NVR, click the arrow

re

to expand its sub-categories, and select the device.

There are five types of device status that can be set as event triggers – Motion, DI Trigger,

Video Loss, Video Recovery, Network Loss and Network Recovery.

1. Highlight the rule you wish to edit. Double-click the “Response” field to edit the response action.

3. On Event Edit window, you can enable multiple response actions by first checking the

box(es) to enable the items:

Action Items Function Description

This kind of action will focus your attention on the channel on client’s Live

View page when triggered.

Pop-up:

Brings up event pop-up playback window of selected channel upon trigger. You may also define the display duration of video on the window.

Hot-spot:

Displays video in Hot-spot window (red flashing frame) upon event. You may also define display duration of video on the

Hot-spot window

You may also define duration of the temporary View. Only Public Views are selectable for Switch View event rule.

Hot-spot and Switch View responses cannot be executed at the same time.

Switch View:

The current Live View will be switched to another one for a while. To enable this option, you will need to customize and save Views on Live View screen first.

Makes CMS client computer play beep sound for a number of repetitions.

On CMS Workstation client computer, you can upload a WAV file or an MP3 file as the alert sound, and set how many times this audio file is played when the event occurs. (This CMS server has to be already on Server Site list, see G. Server Name/Server Sites List on page 30)

Beep and Audio file responses cannot be executed at the same time.

Pushes any of the following to a designated TV Wall monitor: a specific live view of a device, a customized CMS View, all devices of an NVR, or a TV Wall View Set to. Please check the box “Enable” first to enable this configuration:

Send live view of a device

Select Type as “Device”, the NVR Source and the Device name, define how long this live view will stay on the screen, and click the monitor from the Target TV Wall station you select on the right.

Send live view of all devices

Select Type as “Source” and the NVR Source, define how long this live view will stay on the screen, and click the monitor from the Target TV Wall station you select

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To validate if this rule is successfully set, please make sure you have properly configured the involved settings like Motion Detection Regions or hardware devices like an audio speaker.

Manage the Event Rules

Event List panel gives an overview on event rules set on the CMS server. Go to Setup page ^ Event tab ^ select All Sources on the left. As the entire available rules of all NVRs are listed here, you may want to sort out some of them from the long list.

View the Event Rules

To sort by NVR Source name or Event Name, click the titles to list the entries in ascending or descending alphabetic order; another way is to click an NVR source of a single device in

Source Setup List to view their own event rules.

Delete the Event Rules

On Event List, select the rules you wish to delete, and then click “Delete” to clear this rule.

How to Setup SMTP Settings for Event Rules

CMS supports email notification sent through an SMTP server. You can specify the email and

server settings here.

1. Go to Setup page^System tab^Settings ^ Email& SMTP Settings.

Fill in each of the following fields.

1. As all necessary information is filled in, click “Send Test Mail” to try sending an email according to your settings, and then log in to your SMTP server to check incoming emails. If the test mail is sent successfully, CMS server is ready to send out emails.
2. As the settings are confirmed, click “Apply” to save.

System Log

The activities performed by logged-in Users are recorded on server as System Log. With the access permission, a user may view, search and export this record for analysis or investigation. This section will provide the instructions on how to read and search data in the system log.

“System Log” Q is one of the resident buttons on top of CMS server user interface, click it to enter either “CMS System Log” or “NVR Source System Log”.

CMS System Log

Upon entering the log page, you will be provided with a blank result list. After you define the searching criteria and click “Search”, the CMS System Log will search the activities performed on CMS.

CMS System Log ^x

Search Time 2013/04/29 H 16 ! 49 Type Select All

User Account Select All B Source | Select All fl Device Select All »WWW

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Date Time Type User Account Source Device Description

To start, please define the search criteria.

Search Time

The default is your current client time.

Log Type

You may filter the logs by activity Type. By default, all types are selected.

User Account

You may filter the activities performed by a specific user.

NVR Source / Device

You may filter the activities related to a specific NVR or a device.

CMS System Log

Search Time

2013/04/29

49

Type

Select All

User Account

Select All

B Source

Date Time

Type

| Select All Select All 11 ADR Branch 2 MobileGO

13 WEN Office

Device

Select All

Source

Select All

1 ADR Branch: 2 ACTi 1

1 ADR Branch: 7 ACTi 2

1 ADR Branch: 9 ACTi

ADR Branch: 11 ACTi

MobileGO: 1 11F_Entrance

2 MobileGO: 2 11F_Lab

2 MobileGO: 3 7F_Office Area A

2 MobileGO: 4 7F_Office PTZ

2 MobileGO: 5 7F_Offke Area B

MobileGO: 6 7F_Office Area All

WEN Office: 1 New Device

Description

Read the Log

The search result will show 1000 records before and after your query time. You may click the pagination buttons I 1 I to navigate earlier or later records. If there is an icon ⁺ on the top right corner of an entry, click it to view the full description content.

A log entry contains several kinds of information including Date Time, Type, User Account, Source, Device and Description. Check Type and Description fields to know what the user has done or what happened to the whole system. In Type field shows what major functions this behavior was involved in, in Description field narrates how the change was done (in green font color, uppercase) and the result (in white font color).

Take the case below for example, you can tell that the admin user set up an event rule on 2013/4/25 for #1 device(11F_Entrance) on #2 NVR(MobileGo) to trigger a response upon the motion detected by #1 device(11F_Entrance)’s motion region 1.

Note

If the pagination button appears to be disabled, that means no more records are found on CMS server. By default, the server will keep the logs for 30 days. If you wish to adjust the

period, please go to Setup page ^ System tab ^ Settings, in System Log Settin gs

section, key in the value in this field:

Keep System Log for (1-999 days) 30

Export the Log

Click “Export” button to export the log as .csv file. You can specify the Time Duration, NVR

Source, User Account and the involved Device of the logs, and click “Apply”.

Source System Log

Search Time

2013/04/22

Type

User Operation;Setup Dev…¹“¹ user Account

NVR Source System Log

As the CMS administrator owns the same privileges of an NVR administrator, it is able to acquire the NVR system log from CMS interface. Unlike CMS System Log, NVR Source System Log records an NVR user’s activities on NVR. Click , enter Source System Log, specify the NVR Source name and other criteria, CMS will start searching.

Source System Log

Search Time 2013/05/03 H 13 t 36 Source 1 ADR Branch

Type Select All ⁿ User Account I Select All ⁿ Device

Select All

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Date Time

Type

User Account

Device

Description

Customize Views

After all NVRs and devices are added, you may start customizing the views for different users and purposes. This chapter will teach you how to add video source, arrange the channels and manage live view layouts.

In CMS system, a View refers to the layout where the live images of Cameras or Maps are placed in proper positions to suit the monitoring purpose. This is very similar to a camera group, which often consists of cameras in the same physical location. For example, a View named 11F Emap & Camera may contain the 11F floor plan and the cameras actually placed on 11F.

On CMS Live View, a saved View not only remembers (1) layout style, (2) which channel to display which camera, (3) but the fisheye view mode (for fisheye cameras only.

Live View Interface Overview

O View Toolbar

1. View Toolbar: Provides 24 options for layout styles and the functions keys for editing a view.
2. Channel: Each channel window may display a camera view or a map. In edit mode, you can adjust the channel size at will.
3. View List: All the saved Views are shown here. On Live View, you can go to ^

View Manager to group and manage these views (refer to Manage the Views on page 66).

1. Device List: In edit mode, drag a camera from here to your desired channel.

Step 1: Create a New View

On View Tool Bar, click the Create View button | | input the View Name, add a New

Group for this View and decide whether this group is to be Public or Private, and then click

“Apply”.

•The views under Private View Group La) are only available to the User who created them.

•The views under Public View Group □ are open to every User.

Step 2: Enter Edit Mode

this view will turn into edit mode. In edit

layout that is perfect for your required channel number and ideal arrangement.

On View Toolbar, click the Edit View button mode, you may add a video source to a channel, and adjust the channel size.

Step 3: Select a Layout

On View Toolbar, click the Expand button to find all provided layout styles. Select a

Step 4: Add Video Source

In edit mode, move the mouse over the channel

and click

to select a camera from the source

list. You may also directly pull a camera from the

Device panel to your desired channel.

•Remove the camera view: right-click on the channel and select “Remove”.

Step 5: Add a Map

By adding a map, you put a picture on the channel, where you may place camera icons later to

make it an “e-Map.

In edit mode, move the mouse over the channel and click to upload a map. Please input the

Map Name, select the image location (file format must be JPG) and click “Apply”.

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40%

50% 60% 70% 80% 90%

•Map size:

•Map brightness:

To change the map brightness, right-click on the map, select “Map Mask” and the brightness percentage level.

By default, the map will be displayed in its original size. Use the button s on upper right to adjust the map size.

TO Enlarge to fill channel height

_i ] Original image size

a Zoom in

la Zoom out

• Edit map title:

The map title will be shown on channel title bar. In edit mode, right-click on a map channel and

select “Edit Map Information”

•Remove the whole map:

Right-click on the map and select “Remove”.

•Manage maps:

All the uploaded images are managed under Map Image Manager. On Live View screen, you may go to ^ Map Image Manager to view, upload or delete the maps.

Step 6: Add Devices to the Map

Pull a device from Device List to the map.

•To remove this device from map:

Click E3

•To move this device:

Left-click on the device icon and drag.

•To change the pointed direction:

Mouse over the viewing angle area, left-click on the clockwise arrow to turn the direction.

•To adjust precise pointed direction: Right-click on the device icon, select “Pointed Direction”.

•To adjust device’s viewing angle:

Right-click on the device icon, select

“Vision Angle”.

If this is a device of an NVR3 server (including GNR-3000 server, INR-410 server or INR-420

server) and its stream mode is set to DUAL or multi-streaming, you can choose a desired

stream from View Toolbar. This choice of stream will be remembered by this View.

Click S

on right lower corner of the channel window, drag and then release.

•Switch channel windows:

Step 7: Adjust the Channel Size & Layout

•Adjust the channel size:

Click on a channel title until the cross arrow appears, hold it to drag this device or map to your desired channel.

Step 8: Save the View

Click | J on View Toolbar to save it.

Step 9: Set Default View

To set a View as default, select it in the View List panel and then ch on View Tool

Bar. By next time you log in, you will directly enter this View.

Step 10: Set Default Hotspot Channel (Optional)

By system default, the global hotspot channel will always be the top left one. You can set any

other channel on your live view screen to be the default hotspot channel. Right-click on the channel and select “Default Hotspot Bar to save it.

!■ I Default Hotspot

, then click

on View Tool

Step 11: Set Fisheye Camera Mode

Define a view for a fisheye camera channel by selecting its mode and using ePTZ control.

Please note that the maximum number of fisheye channels on the same View is 16.

1. On this channel, right-click to bring up channel menu, click “Fisheye Mode” and select

one mode.

2. After the fisheye mode is selected, click a region of interest.

•Use PTZ Panel controls to operate PTZ movements:

ePTZ Controls on PTZ Panel

8 directional buttons

Zoom in / Zoom out

•Click the mouse anywhere on the view to pan/tilt, scroll the mouse wheel to zoom

in/out.

•To reset the ePTZ navigation area back to default viewing angle, right-click to bring up

channel menu, and then click “Reset”.

3. click on View Tool Bar to save the configuration.

Note

Once a channel is changed to any of the following fisheye modes: Dewarping, Panorama, Double Panorama, Panorama/Focus or Quad, the resolution of this live stream will become 1920×1080, while NVR still records the live stream at the resolution you set on Setup page.

Manage the Views

Each View belongs to a specific View Group. With the group management, CMS makes it easy to deal with Views you created for multiple Users.

After you created and saved the Views on Live View screen, click ^ View Manager.

Click on the arrow icon in front of a group folder to reveal its Views.

(21 By selecting a View, you may directly modify its name in Name field.

(31 You may change a group’s Group Type. Upon the change, for example, by changing a

group from “Private” to ’’Public”, all the views belonging to it will be open to every User.

[4] Click this icon to add a new group. |__O_

1 New Group Public

(5j Click this icon to delete a selected group.

[61 Click this icon to copy a selected group to another group.

(7J Click this icon to move a selected group to another group.

Set View Link

By creating a link button on a map view, you can directly be linked to another view. On the picture below shows how to create a link button to 7F View on 11F map.

1. Select a map View, on which you will place a link button to another view.
2. Click on View Tool Bar to enter edit mode.
3. From View List, drag the target View to current View, a link button will appear.
4. Click on View Tool Bar to save it.

Set View Patrol

You may have the saved Views patrol in turns. In this way, the views in different area in your

site may cycle through themselves for you automatically.

On View Tool Bar, click then Create Patrol.

1. Input the Patrol Name.
2. Select the Patrol Type to be open to all Users or to the creator only.
3. Define the Global Dwell Time between the views. If you want to set different dwell time length for individual Views, do not check this option, and configure them separately in below table.
4. Choose the Views to display in patrol. If you select the All Sources group, you will also need to select “Source Layout Style” for it.
5. Click “Apply” to save the settings.

The saved patrols will be shown on the patrol list after you click on View Tool Bar, you may

6.

delete and edit a saved patrol or select it to start patrolling.

Tips to Enhance Live View Performance

Live view for multiple channels requires sufficient computing power to run the performance.

In certain extreme cases, like when viewing several megapixel H.264 video streams at the same time, client computer will be overloaded and hence affect browser’s performance. This is a common limitation imposed upon all Windows based video management programs and web browser.

To enhance live view performance, below are several tips you may try:

1. Use another browser client to share these high-resolution channels. Given that there are 32 megapixel channels to be monitored, you may have Layout 1 to display channel 1~16, set Layout 2 to display channel 17~32, then open one browser client to show Layout 1 and the second browser on an extended monitor to show Layout 2.
2. Have CMS automatically lower the frame rate of live streams when system loading is high. Go to Setup page ^ System tab^ Settings ^ Display Performance Setting and enable this function. Basically, this setting will lower frame rate when the CPU usage is above certain percentage. You may also enable “Lower the frame rate when current layout is above_”, in this way, when the layout is displaying over certain number of channels, the frame rate of all live streams will be declined. By default, this setting will be applied to the live display of all connected web clients and Workstation clients.

A Workstation client computer can have its own specific display configuration without being affected by CMS universal setting. Log in as CMS2 Workstation client, go to Setup page ^ System tab^ Workstation and configure the Display Performance Setting.

Let Windows Automatically Start up CMS Live View

You may have the CMS client application automatically run and open the live view after Windows starts. In this way, you may save steps and time before you eventually see the desired live view screen. Additionally, whenever a power breakdown takes place, the live view may recover as soon as your computer resumes.

If more than one users would log in to this computer, this tip might not be suitable due to account security issues.

1. On CMS server, set a Default View for your account. For detailed procedures, please refer to this section in this manual: Customize Views on page 59.
2. Set Auto-login for your Workstation client or web browser client. For detailed procedures, please refer to this section in this manual: C. Remember Account/Password on page 28.
3. If you are using a browser client, open the browser, and set the CMS server IP as default homepage.
4. Set your browser or Workstation application to start right after Windows has started. Click Windows Start ^ Programs ^ Startup to open the Startup folder, and drag the application shortcut into it. In your case, you will have to drag the Internet Explorer shortcut or CMS2Workstation shortcut into the Startup folder.
5. The next time you start Windows, CMS live view will be running automatically, and you may start monitoring the system in no time.

Customize System Language

CMS server supports multiple languages for user interface display. There are already several translated language files in the server system. Each language is open to customization based on your own needs. This section will describe how to choose or customize language strings for your site.

Change System Language

You may decide which languages to be selectable on Login screen. The chosen languages will appear on the “Language” dropdown list.

Live

Language

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Go to Setup page ^Language tab, click “Active Languages”. On popup window, check the languages you need, and click “Apply”. By default, all languages are selected. As English and

Traditional Chinese are the default system language, they are not removable from this list.

Edit User Interface Wordings

Each language file contains four editable string tables. Each table displays the default wordings in English and the translation in target language.

To view the string table:

1. Select the language from “Select Language” dropdown list, then select a table from the

“Language Group” list on the left column.

1. Your target language will be displayed on the right column, while the default system

language “English” appears on the left for reference. Click in any field on right column to

customize your desired wordings, and click “Apply” to overwrite the current.

The new string will be applied by next time you log in. If you log in as a CMS2 Workstation client, please pres button on Login page to synchronize with the latest modified

language file, then log in to the system.

CMS Workstation

Language

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Export / Import Language String File

You may also click “Export” to export the language file as .xml format to edit in Notepad, or

“Import” to import a language file to use in the system.

In general, it is suggested that you always save a modified language table with a different file name in a location other than default system language folder on server computer C:\Program Files\ACTi Corporation\CMS2\Language, then import it to use. In this way, you can avoid overwriting the original language file.

Display Configurations

You can change the user interface style by arranging the main screen and Panel/Device List on the right or left. Go to Setup page^System tab^Settings, scroll down to the User Interface Style section, select the setting style then click “Apply”. The change will be applied upon your next login.

Video & Snapshot Export Configurations

By default, the snapshots taken by Users on Live View and all exported video files are saved to the current client’s Desktop. You may configure the destination by selecting another available file location on your client’s computer. Go to Setup page^System tab^Settings, in Export Video Settings section, click “Browse” to choose the file path.

You may also define what information is printed on each snapshot by checking the items: Date and time, Source ID, Device ID, Source Name and Device Name.

These configurations will take place after you click “Apply”.

Joystick

In CMS, other than user interface PTZ panel and mouse operation, you may also control the PTZ movements by physical controllers. CMS supports two types of controllers, which both feature in a joystick with twelve buttons for users to assign specific actions.

Model: IP Desktop

Manufacturer: CH Products

Model: Extreme™ 3D Pro

Manufacturer: Logitech

How to Install the Joystick

1. Log out from CMS client interface.
2. Connect the controller device to your computer. To make sure the device is installed properly, open Windows Start menu and enter Devices and Printers to check the status.
3. Log in to CMS server, go to Setup page ^System tab, enter “Controller” section and select your product.
4. You may assign specific commands from dropdown list to buttons 1~12 of the controller. When setting is done, click

“Apply”. The modification you did on one controller model will be applied to the other

joystick model as well.

5. To validate its function, go to Live View page and focus on a PTZ device channel to

operate the supported PTZ operations.

Un-install Server Software

In certain cases, un-installation of CMS system is necessary, for example, (1) you want to terminate CMS server and clear all the evidence due to privacy and security reasons, (2) you need to reinstall the system due to an unsuccessful installation.

Before starting un-installation, please back up important data (please refer to Back up System Data on page 79) first and prepare the CMS server install shield application. This chapter will describe un-installation process.

Step 1: Remove CMS Server Program

1. Go to Windows Control Paneli Programs and Features (in Windows Vista /Windows

7/Windows 2008) to remove it. When you un-install CMS server program, the web client

2. After you choose to uninstall “ACTi CMS Server” program, the uninstallshield will execute and notify you when it is completed.

Step 2: Remove CMS Server Program Folder (Optional)

If you are performing a complete un-installation without leaving any CMS server related data on the current computer, you may consider deleting this folder.

After un-installation, the CMS system folder will remain under ACTi product folder ACTi Corporation on your hard drive, the system configuration data here will not be removed until

you delete them manually. By default, the path of CMS system folder is C:\Program Files\ACTi Corporation.

However, keeping this folder is convenient for a un-installation followed by an instant re-installation, for the previous system settings can directly be applied to the new server.

Back up System Data

Making regular system backups is always recommended in case of unexpected disasters or accidents that may damage CMS server. Other than this, you may need to perform an on-demand backing up to (1) migrate the whole CMS server data to another computer, or (2) re-install the CMS server on current computer. There are several types of data on CMS server essential to your surveillance system please consider your purpose and follow the below instructions to create their backups.

CMS Settings Backup

CMS server can create a backup file of the whole system settings within one click. The settings being backed up include the following properties you set for system: (1) Users (2) Imported NVR Source & Device properties (3) Event Rules (4) System ^Settings / User Interface Style / Joystick, and (7) the saved Views in Live View page, and (8) TV Wall Server information and TV Wall Views.

Step 1: Back up CMS System Settings

1. Go to Setup page ^System tab^ Backup / Restore

1. In Backup section, click “Browse” to select the destination for backup file, the file will be

saved as Backup_YYYYMMDD.xml file. Then click “Backup” to export the file.

Important Notice

The license data is not included in the system backup file. You have to preserve the license key information provided in email or printed card to you after the purchase takes place.

Step 2: Back up CMS System Log (Optional)

The system log records the operations Users perform during logging in to CMS server. You may export the system log of latest three days as *.csv file as backup. Please refer to the section in this manual: Export the Log on page 58 for instructions.

Step 3: Back up NVR Source Backup (Optional)

You may also back up individual NVR’s system on Setup page ^ System tab^Source tab. This backup file is the same with that made on the NVR interface, which contains the entire system settings of an NVR server and its customized Views.

On Source tab, select your desired NVR and enter its sub category Maintenance. Click

“Backup”, select a file destination path and click “Apply”.

Restore System Data

Before starting restoring the system, make sure you have done the following:

1. Re-activate the license

If you have activated the CMS licenses then done un-installation previously, please contact ACTi Customer Help Desk http://www.acti.com/CHD to clear the original registration data in ACTi license database, prepare the license key information for online activation or the activation file(.lic) for offline activation, and follow the instructions How to Activate the Licenses on page 21 to activate your license. The license should be activated before settings are restored so that the licensed channels are ready for recovery.

1. The backup file(.xml).

To start,

1. Go to Setup page ^System tab^ Backup / Restore
2. In Restore section, Click “Browse” to select the backup file, and then click “Restore” to start restoring the settings.

1. The restoring process requires logging out of CMS server. After restoring is done, you may log in using your previous user account properties.

Advanced Administrative Tasks

To assist the CMS administrator in monitoring the server status and basic trouble-shooting, the CMS2 Administrator Tool is installed along with CMS server program on the server computer. This tool will start running as the server computer starts up, and resides in the system tray. You may double-click the icon to open this tool.

CMS Server Status

You may observe the CMS services status on Service tab.

Change Server Port

On Settings tab, input a new port and then click “Apply”

Change Authentication Method

You may enable the Digest authentication other than the basic way. With this method, when logging in to CMS server, User’s credentials are encrypted using MD5 algorithm. In this way, there is more secure protection to prevent from unauthorized access.

Please also note that, with Digest authentication method enabled, a mobile client user or a

domain user will be blocked from CMS system.

iVMS-4200 is a camera management software that is made and maintained by Hikvision. It can be used to monitor, playback, adjust settings, and manage the cameras from a computer or a laptop. So, instead of doing all the surveillance via the DVR or NVR, you can perform everything from a computer.

It’s very convenient if the unit is installed somewhere else, and you can manage everything from the comfort of your chair.

This easy-to-follow guide shows how to configure the iVMS-4200 software, how to add your camera system, how to modify settings, etc. The instructions serve as a good start for someone who just installed the software on the computer and is looking forward to managing their cameras.

How to initialize iVMS-4200 software

The first thing that you have to do is download and install the iVMS-4200 on your Windows PC or Mac.

Once the software has been installed, you can open iVMS-4200 and use the Device Management screen found in the Device Management tab and to add, configure new and existing devices, as well as remove devices.

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How to add a new device on iVMS-4200

To add a new device (which can be a standalone IP camera, DVR, NVR) click on the Add button located under the Device for Management header.

If you are adding a device that is on your local network, you should see it listed at the bottom under Online Device. If you do see it, just click on it then click Add + under Online Device.

If you are adding a device remotely (that is on the internet), you should click Add + under Device for Management near the top middle area of your screen.

Add window

Then you should see the Add Window with default settings on Adding Mode of IP/Domain. The most commonly used modes encountered here are IP/Domain and Cloud P2P.
Nickname: Enter a name for the location such as “my home”, “my store”, etc. This nickname is used to identify your system/location in the iVMS-4200 client in case you have a lot of systems added for display.

Address: Enter the IP address or Dynamic DNS name for the device. It can be just an external IP address of the DDNS hostname. If you’re not sure, check with the installer or inspect the phone app and mirror the settings.

Port: 8000 (this is the default one unless you have modified it).

User Name: This is the username of your security camera system. This name may be admin or a different name if you’ve created another account.

Password: This is the password used on or set up on the Hikvision system. In other words, it’s the password of your NVR, DVR, or standalone IP camera.

Synchronize Device Time: Leave this box un-ticked.

Export to Group: Leave this box checked.

Once all fields have been entered and confirmed correct, click the Add button. Once it is added, click the Next button. Click Finish when complete. That’s all, your system has now been added.

Cloud P2P Domain (via Hik-Connect)

New Hikvision devices can now use a Hikvision cloud-based P2P method for connecting and viewing cameras remotely over the internet without the need to open any ports or make special rules on the firewall.
To add a Hik-Connect or Cloud P2P device, you should:

• Click on Add New Device Type button listed under the Device Type in the Device Management screen.
• Place a checkmark next to Cloud P2P Device and click OK.
• Click on Cloud P2P Device now listed under Device Type in the Device Management screen.
• Click the Login button shown and enter your Hik-Connect user information and click Login or if you do not have an account, click on Register and fill out the information requested.

Once added, come back to this screen and add the devices to iVMS-4200 by placing a checkmark next to the device(s) and clicking the Add button.
If you do not go through these steps you’ll see a message that says: “Please log in to the Cloud 2P2 account first before using this function.”

Note: You can create a Hik-Connect account, log in, change sharing settings, and more by using the Hik-Connect app

Modifying a Device

To modify an existing device, click on the device listed and choose the Modify option under the Device for Management heading.
Nickname: Enter a Nickname for this location’s system. This nickname is used to identify your system/location in the iVMS-4200 client. For example, you can use “home”, “store”, “building 1”, etc.

Address: Enter the IP address or Dynamic DNS name for the device. You should get this information from the installer or on the device’s settings.

Port: 8000 (this is the default port)
User Name: This is the username of the DVR or the NVR. This name may be admin or a different name if you have created other accounts

Password: This is the password used to access the DVR or the NVR

Synchronize Device Time – Leave this box unchecked

Once all fields have been entered and confirmed correct, click the Modify button. If all is done correctly, your system has now been modified!

Add Devices via the Video Wizard

This is another method to add your system to the iVMS-4200. Access the video wizard by clicking on Help > Open Video Wizard at the top of the iVMS-4200 application. Click on the Device and Storage Schedule Configuration button and follow the prompts in the wizard.

Adding the Stream Key

If you get this error message: The video is encrypted Input the stream key to view the video error.
To increase security, Hik-Connect camera connections require a stream encryption key to be inputted before the live video will play. This is done to encrypt the whole streams and to avoid a hacker from being a middleman between you and your security system.

Enter the encryption key in the box and click the OK button for each camera connected. You can also add and copy the key to all cameras on the Device Management screen.

Add, Modify and Copy the Encrypted Video Stream Key via the Device Management screen

To add, modify or copy the stream key, click on Device Management > Group > find your camera number or name then highlight it by clicking on it then click Modify.

You can also copy the stream key to your other cameras by clicking on the Copy to… button. We always recommend encrypting your videos in order to increase the overall security of your system.

Install and Setup IVMS-4200 Client software (Windows PC)

INSTALLING IVMS-4200

If you haven’t already downloaded the IVMS-4200 Client Software you can do so via the link below. When you visit the link below you will see a few IVMS-4200 versions, make sure you download the latest version (which ever the highest numbers showing after the “v” example: v2.x.x.x) and hence this tutorial is for windows, ensure you download the windows version and not the MAC.

Hikvision IVMS-4200 (Windows) download: https://www.hikvision.com/en/Support/Downloads/Client-Software

SETUP IVMS-4200

IVMS-4200 Software user login

The software should now be installed, open it. If you’re using the software for the first time it will prompt you with a box requesting the following: Super User, Password, Confirm Password – This is the login details for the software ONLY, NOT for your recorder. Enter any username and password, enter the password again. If you don’t want the software to keep asking you for the password every time the software is opened then check the Enable Auto-login box.

Adding recorder to IVMS-4200 software

On the top right corner of the IVMS-4200 software, click Control Panel, then on the Control Panel click Device Management. If the computer is connected to the same network and your recorder, on the bottom under Online Devices you will see your recorder listed, simply select the recorder and click Add to Client.

You will now be prompted with a dialogue box, use the following settings:

Nickname: (Any nickname, i.e John’s CCTV)
Address: This is the recorder’s IP address, the IP address will already be there, do not change it.
Port: This is the recorder’s port, by default it should be 8000, do not change it.
User Name: This is the user name that you use to login to your recorder, unless another user has been added, by default you will have admin.
Password: This is the password associated to the user on the recorder, if you are using the admin account, this will be the password that it’s been entered when the recorder was powered up for the first time.

Click Add to add the recorder to IVMS-4200.

Hikvision iVMS-4200 – Adding New NVR for Remote Access

In order to remotely access a Hikvision NVR from a computer, you will require several things:

1. Your NVR is configured for remote access (set up by the installer)
2. Your local network is configured to allow remote access to the NVR which usually entails port forwarding (usually setup by the installer though may require assistance from your IT department)
3. Hikvision’s iVMS-4200 has been downloaded and installed on your computer (linked at Hikvision – Software)

Once you have installed iVMS and booted it up for the first time, it will ask you to setup a super user for the application. This is unrelated to any camera system you may want to setup on it. Once the super user is setup, you can proceed  with adding the camera system to the software. You can add multiple camera systems to iVMS (e.g., you have multiple sites with their own camera systems).

You can click on any image below to enlargen it for a better view.

From the Main Menu tab, go the Maintenance and Management menu on the far right and select Device Management

On the Maintenance and Management tab, near the top and on the left, select Device if not already selected in both locations (usually is selected by default)

To start adding a new Hikvision video recorder, click + Add (to the left of Online Device)

The Add dialogue window will appear on the right side

For  Adding Mode , make sure the radio button for IP/Domain is selected (filled in)

For Add Offline Device , make sure the check box is Disabled (left empty)

For Name , enter what you would like to call the recorder (for our example below, we are using Reed Test)

For Address ,  enter the NVR address provided by Reed Security (for our example below, we are using  reedtest.reedhd.com )

For Transmission Encryption , make sure the check box is  Disabled  (left empty)

For  Port , leave at 8000  (unless otherwise advised by Reed Security)

For User Name , use the one provided/setup by Reed Security for you (for our example, we are using reed test)

For Password , use the  one provided/setup by Reed Security for you (regardless of your password, it will show as a number of dots (  ● )

For Synchronize Time,  make sure the check box is  Disabled  (left empty)

For Import  to Group , make sure the check box is En abled  (checked marked)

If the connection information and login credentials are correctly entered, after a short interval, the NVR will appear in white, it will populate the Serial No., and will show the Resource Usage Status as  Online (see green box in example below)

If there is a configuration or login error, the NVR will appear in grey, will not populate the Serial No. and will show the Resource Usage Status as  Offline (see red box in example below). An error message will also appear in the lower right for a short period indicating if there is a connectivity issue or login issue.

If you need to edit any configuration information, click the Edit icon (  ) in the Operation section to the right end of the NVR’s information in the Device screen of the Maintenance and Management tab. This is useful if you made an error when setting up the NVR.

View cameras live on IVMS-4200 software

To view live cameras on IVMS-4200 go to Control Panel and click on Main View.

At this point your cameras may not be showing, this is because you haven’t selected the cameras that you want to view live.

Now depending how many cameras you have, the live view screen need to be split. Example, let’s say you have 4 cameras on your recorder and you would like to view all 4 cameras simultaneously, simply click the   under Default View. The live view window will now split into 4 live view screens. Under Camera click and drag the camera to one of the four live view screens, select another camera and do the same thing (but drag it to the next screen) and so on. You should now have a camera on each live view screen.

View cameras live on IVMS-4200 software

To view live cameras on IVMS-4200 go to Control Panel and click on Main View.

At this point your cameras may not be showing, this is because you haven’t selected the cameras that you want to view live.

Now depending how many cameras you have, the live view screen need to be split. Example, let’s say you have 4 cameras on your recorder and you would like to view all 4 cameras simultaneously, simply click the   under Default View. The live view window will now split into 4 live view screens. Under Camera click and drag the camera to one of the four live view screens, select another camera and do the same thing (but drag it to the next screen) and so on. You should now have a camera on each live view screen.

Configure Hikvision iVMS-4200 Client

iVMS-4200 Client Software is a management software for Hikvision Devices. You can manage devices on the client, including adding, modifying and deleting devices. You can also perform operations such as checking online users and QR code for devices.

Install Hikvision iVMS-4200

Download and install iVMS-4200 Client Software on your local PC.

Register and Log in Hikvision iVMS-4200

You should register a super user and then you can log in the client with the super user account as administrator.

• Register a User

For the first time using the client software, you should register a super user for login.

Perform the following steps to register a super user for login.

• 1. After installing the client, double click   to run the software.

• 1. Create a user name and password for the super user.
  2. Confirm the password.
  3. Optional: Check the Enable Auto-login checkbox to log in to the software automatically.
  4. Click Register to register the super user.
• Login

Perform this task if you want to log in to the client software.

• 1. Run the client software to open login dialog.

• 1. Input the user name and password you registered.
  2. Check the Enable Auto-login checkbox to log in to the software automatically for next running.
  3. Click Login to log in to the client software.

Activate Intercom Video Devices

For some devices, you are required to create the password to activate them before they can be added to the software and work properly.

Perform this task to activate device:

1. Go to Device Management > Online Device.
2. Check the device status (shown on Security column) and select an inactive device.

1. Click Activate to open the Activation dialog.
2. Create a password in the Password field and confirm the password.

Add Devices to iVMS-4200 Client

All active online devices in the same local subnet with the client software will be displayed on the Online Device area. Add video intercom devices to iVMS-4200 Client so that you can configure and manage them on the client.

Choose one of the following methods:

• + Add to Client

You can add devices manually and specify nickname for identification on iVMS-4200 client.

• 1. Choose device and click + Add to Client.
  2. Specify Nickname for the device and click Add.

• 1. Nickname: Enter a name for the device to identify. In this example, enter DS-KD8003-IME1.
  2. Address: Enter IP address of the device. The IP address of the device is obtained automatically in this adding mode. In this example, IP address is 192.168.9.209.
  3. Port: Enter the device port number. The default value is 8000.
  4. User Name: Enter the user name to log in to the client. The default user name is admin.
  5. Password: Enter the password to log in to the client. The default password is 12345.
• + Add All

You can add all online devices to the client software with just one-click.

• 1. Click Add All > OK.
  2. Enter User Name and Password, and click Add. Then all available devices will be added to the iVMS-4200 Client with default setting.

User Name: Enter the user name to log in to the client. The default user name is admin.

Password: Enter the password to log in to the client. The default password is 12345.

For more information about iVMS-4200 Client, refer to iVMS-4200 User Manual.

Video Guide

Main window

The main window displays content provided by the server, which depend upon the selected tab. Please see the corresponding sections of this document for detailed information about each mode.

The Ganz CORTROL Client application window title displays window name, display number, and computer station name.

Upper right corner – window controls

From this panel, the Ganz CORTROL Client application window can be:

• Opened in full screen mode
• Minimized to taskbar
• Maximized/restored to default size
• Closed

To enter full screen, F11 can also be used; to exit full screen mode, press Escape or F11 on the keyboard.

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Upper panel – tabs

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The upper panel contains tabs that allow you to quickly switch between main software functionality. The following tabs may be available, depending on the software version:

• Live: real-time video
• Playback: recorded video
• Sequence Explorer: recorded video analysis
• Smart Search: recording motion video analysis
• Alerts: generated alerts
• Library: exported video and snapshots

Upper panel – server connections

* Connection (1 servers)

The Connection button opens server connection setup window and displays the number of currently configured servers.

Upper right: main menu

File Edit View Help

This section contains the main application menu items.

• File; Exit: close the Ganz CORTROL Client Application
• Edit; Settings: application settings
• View: operation modes

o Always on top

o Exclusivity Mode

o Locked application

• Help; About: about Ganz CORTROL Client

Server Connections

If you wish to connect to a remote server, follow the steps below.

Select the Connection section in the upper panel to bring up the dialog box.

Select a server by clicking it in the item list and click Connect to connect with the selected server. Server resources will automatically appear in the left-hand panel.

Click Disconnect in this same dialog box to log out from the selected server.

Video Channels

Each video displayed in live view is placed into a ‘slot’, a part of the layout, called viewport.

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Lower-left: Stream details

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Enabled items are highlighted yellow:

Upper-left: general viewport controls

o X: close the stream and free the viewport

o Lock: unlocked/locked (Unlocked video in can be replaced by other cameras)

o Camera name: Name given the camera

Upper-right: Current time on the server from which the device originates

o Recording status: X = not recording, yellow arrow = recording

o Motion detector status: running = motion present, standing still = no motion

o Video codec of the stream: H.264, MJPEG

o Picture resolution: XVGA, 2.8MP

o Stream frame rate: xFPS

o Stream bitrate: xKb/s, xMb/s

Lower-right: Controls

o Instant playback: Playback of currently select time, (Default, last five minutes)

o PTZ toggle: PTZ HUD and bottom panel ON/OFF

o DPTZ toggle: Toggle digital PTZ control

o Motion grid: ON/OFF

o Substream: Auto/main/substream

o Incoming audio: ON/OFF

o Audio OUT: Press and hold the microphone to speak

o Aspect ratio: Auto/stretch to fill viewport/original

o Notification panel toggle: Toggle display of device centric notification panel

o Bookmark: Bookmark current selection of time for later retrieval, review

o Snapshot: Export snapshot of current image to library

Bottom: PTZ controls

PRESETS * TOURS *

HUD

• Presets Tours: Listing presets, with option to initiate tour
• HUD (Heads Up Display): ON/OFF (Centre: PTZ HUD controls) o Pan and tilt arrows

o Zoom slider

o Iris slide (If camera supported)

o Focus slider (If camera supported)

Instant Playback

The following overlay controls are available in the instant playback mode:

Camera Center: Play/Pause

o Drag to the center of the line to pause drag right to go fast forward o Drag left to rewind fast

o Release from dragging to continue normal playback

• Bottom right: Controls C

o Place: Click to play

o Clock icon: Specify time, date/hours/minutes

o Bookmark: Bookmark current selection of time for later retrieval, review

o Snapshot: Snapshot of current image, saved automatically

o Archive: Export loaded footage displayed in timeline

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o Left/Right <> arrows: Adjust loaded video time boundaries (Default, last five minutes) ■ Drag right to go forward in time drag left to go backwards in time

o Vertical yellow line: Indicates current playback moment, ■ Drag it anywhere or click to move along the timeline

Playback (Archive) Mode

For security reasons, it has been made impossible to erase recordings from individual channels and/or time periods. Recordings

Select Playback tab to switch to archive playback mode. Your current layout will be used, and recorded video streams will be displayed for channels with enabled recording.

• Layouts: Double-click your desired layout to load it
• Layout templates: Double-click your desired layout template to load it
• Channels:

o Double-click or drag and drop the channels of your choice to fill the viewports

o First empty viewports are filled; then non-locked channels are replaced one by one)

o Each channel can be expanded to access recordings of its main or secondary stream.

o All footage having no associated active channels will be available under Orphan archive tracks.

The following viewport overlay controls are available in the playback mode, upon selection of a viewport:

• Upper left:

o X: close the stream and free the viewport

o Lock: unlocked/locked (Unlocked video in this viewport can be replaced by other cameras)

o Camera name: Name given the camera

• Lower-right: Controls

o DPTZ toggle: Toggle digital PTZ control

o Aspect ratio: Auto/stretch to fill viewport/original

o Motion grid: ON/OFF

Playback timeline

Right below the video stream, the Timeline is displayed:

• Time intervals: Show the timeline scale;

o Click and drag left/right to move the timeline

The video footage outline is shown twice:

o Upper timeline: Contents of currently selected stream, with corresponding channel name

o Lower timeline: Content summary for all channels currently present in the viewport layout

• White line: Indicates recorded video data
• Cyan line: (A little bit wider than the white line) indicates recorded motion data
• Blue line: (A little bit wider than the cyan line) indicates recorded incoming audio data
• Yellow vertical line: Denotes current playback position

Playback Navigation controls

The playback navigation controls are located at the bottom of the window:

• Timestamps: Timeline start and stop
• Left/Right <> arrows: Adjust the loaded footage time boundaries (Default, last five minutes) o Drag right to go forward in time drag left to go backwards in time

Motion Search:

Left/Right <> arrows move forward or back to next recorded motion

Playback Navigation:

o Use the Play/Pause button to start playback

o Use the <> arrows near the Play button to go one frame back/forward

o -/+ steps: click to go back/forward with a step of 5 seconds, 1 minute, 1 hour or 24 hours o |< >| arrows: go to the very beginning/very end of the footage

• Playback speed:

o Drag the blob to adjust playback speed from +/-0.5x to +/-32x

o The Pause button duplicates the main pause control

• Clock icon: Specify time, date/hours/minutes
• Bookmark: Create bookmark for later retrieval, review
• Snapshot: Snapshot of current image, saved automatically
• Multi-Snapshot: Snapshot of all channels currently present in the viewport layout
• Archive: Export loaded footage displayed in timeline

o Option of multi-channel, or single channel archive export

Related settings

Additional administrative tools

Bitlocker settings

Device Manager

System into

1. CORTROL Prerequisites

There are a few requirements for the system the GANZ CORTROL Client will run on.

The ports for remote connections should be enabled through the firewalls (default ports are 60554 for the GANZ CORTROL Client)

The Bit version of Windows, 32-Bit vs. 64-Bit on the PC/Server should be confirmed.

For Windows 7: To confirm your Windows bit version, go to Control Panel > System and confirm System type as 32-Bit or 64-Bit.

For Windows 10: To confirm your Windows bit version, go to “Settings > System and confirm System type as 32-Bit or 64-Bit.

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1. CORTROL Client Installer

The CORTROL Client Installer can be found at Ganz Security/Software includes both the CORTROL Management Console, and the CORTROL Client installer.

From the link please select and download either CORTROL Console 32bit or 64bit, depending on the Windows OS bit version of the host server.

For convenience, links to the 32Bit, and 64Bit versions of the CORTROL Console are provided below.

Note: For most browsers, any downloaded files can be found in the Windows Download folder.

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1. Client Installation

• Navigate to the Microsoft Windows download folder.
• Double click on the CORTROL Client installer, to begin the installation process.
• Select the installation language and click Next.
• Accept the terms of agreement and click Next.
• Accept default installation location and click Next. (Change location destination if required.)
• Select the needed application language and click Next.
• Once installation is complete, click Finish.

1. Client Configuration

To launch the CORTROL Client interface, double click on its desktop icon. H

The Client will require configuration, to connect to the CORTROL Global Demo Server.

• Select “Disconnect”, as no server is currently configured.
• Select “Connection” located in the top right corner.

• Select the “Local Server” listed under “Connections, and then select “Edit”
• Leave the default “Server title”
• For the “IP address and port” enter: 173.42.78.61 – Leave the default port at 60554.
• Enter “demo” all lower case for the “Username”
• Enter “2468” for the password.
• Select “Remember Password” and then click on “Save”.
• Select the “Local Server” listed under “Connections” and then click on “Connect”.
• Click on the “X” to close / exit, “Connections”

The “Demo” user have been giving no restriction on functionality within the GANZ CORTROL Client.

Please reference the CORTROL Client Manual for navigation, and usage.