Dividia Network Video Server, User Manual

Page 1: ...Network Video Server User Guide Version 3 4 by Dividia Technologies 09 01 2014 ...

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Page 3: ...this documentation is subject to change without notice In no event will Dividia Technologies be liable for direct indirect special incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use this product or documentation even if advised of the possibility of such damages COPYRIGHT 2002 2014 by Dividia Technologies L L C All rights reserved No part of this publication may be repr...

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Page 5: ...a Split Display 14 3 3 8 Camera Split Display 15 3 4 9 Camera Split Display 15 3 5 16 Camera Split Display 15 3 6 Full Screen Display 15 3 7 Auto Scan 16 4 Playback of Recorded Video 17 4 1 Overview 17 4 2 Video Preview 18 4 3 Video Player 18 4 4 Video Download 18 4 5 Filters 19 5 Setting up your NVS System 21 5 1 System Setup 22 5 1 1 NVS Name 22 5 1 2 Recording Frame Rate 22 5 1 3 Auto Scan Inte...

Page 6: ... 35 5 7 2 Camera Activity 36 5 7 3 Alarm Optional 37 5 7 4 POS Reports Optional 38 5 8 POS optional 40 5 8 1 JWS Apex 41 5 8 2 Valve Sensing 42 5 8 3 Scale Sensing 43 5 8 4 PTZ Control Configuration 44 5 8 5 Digital Output Configuration 45 6 Utilities 47 6 1 Export 47 6 2 Reports 48 6 3 JWS Ticket Search Optional 49 6 4 Support 50 7 Remote Access 51 7 1 General 51 7 2 Mobile Devices 53 7 2 1 Navig...

Page 7: ...ideo recording is controlled by Dividia Motion Detection Technology When motion is Detected it automatically catalogs the information for easy access at a later time You are no longer required to wade through hours of video to find the information you need 1 1 Package Contents Dividia Technologies NVS package includes NVS Network Video Server Power Cable Keyboard and Mouse User Manual 7 ...

Page 8: ... Upgradable Yes Operating System Linux Dimensions Varies Weight Varies AC Power Input 115 230V 1 3 Limited Warranty Dividia Technologies L L C warrants that this product is free of defects resulting from faulty manufacturing or components under the following terms 1 3 1 Warranty Length Labor is warranted for 12 months from the date of purchase Replacement products will be warranted for 12 months f...

Page 9: ...ication of service by someone other than the manufacturer s representation Any shipment damages Claims must be filed through carriers Any other cause that does not relate to a product defect 3 Cartons cases batteries cabinets or other accessories used with the product 4 Dividia Technologies L L C does not warrant that this product will meet your requirements it is your responsibility to determine ...

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Page 11: ...VS system When the system completes the self test and normal boot up procedure you are presented with a login screen This login screen keeps unauthorized persons from accessing your video information There are varying levels of access to your NVS system By default the admin account has access to all features of the system 11 ...

Page 12: ...To begin using your system please login with the default information Username Password admin admin 12 ...

Page 13: ...Chapter 3 Live Video Monitoring After logging into the system you are presented with the Live Monitoring screen This screen allows you to view all your cameras in various configurations 13 ...

Page 14: ...ng the bottom of the viewing area By clicking one of these buttons that camera will be displayed 3 2 4 Camera Split Display In this display you are able to view 4 cameras at a time The groups of cameras displayed will be 1 4 5 8 9 12 and 13 16 depending on the number of cameras supported by your NVS If all the cameras for a particular group have been disabled then that button will be inactive You ...

Page 15: ...e 1 9 and 8 16 depending on the number of cameras supported by your NVS If all the cameras for a particular group have been disabled then that button will be inactive You will not be able to click on an inactive button If you would like to view one of the cameras in full view double click on that camera To return to the split display double click on the video again 3 5 16 Camera Split Display In t...

Page 16: ...you to scan through each of the camera groups continuously For example if you are in 1 Camera Display Auto Scan will move from Camera 1 to Camera 2 to Camera 3 etc The Auto Scan interval default is 10 seconds this can be configured through the system setup Click on any camera group to exit Auto Scan 16 ...

Page 17: ... allows you to access all recorded video You are able to retrieve recorded video by Date and Time Additionally you can apply various filters to the search see 4 5 Filters Each filter limits the amount of view you have to review to find exactly what you are looking for 17 ...

Page 18: ... the time a car had left your parking lot You could easily scan through hours of video to determine when the car left all without the need to watch the entire video 4 3 Video Player From the player section on the right you are able to control the video with DVD like controls You can Play Pause Stop Rewind and Fast Forward the video If you would like to see more detail you can click the Full Screen...

Page 19: ...he user If video has been flagged for archive you may also search for only archived video using the check box beneath the camera search field Export Video By selecting this filter using the checkbox above the video player the currently playing video will be flagged for export Multiple clips can be flagged for export and using the Utilities Export screen can be specified for export to CD DVD Extern...

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Page 21: ...ers from the system You can also change access rights 4 Cameras This section allows you to adjust setting specific to the camera 5 Date Time This section allows you to adjust the Date and Time settings of your NVS 6 Network This section allows you to adjust your network settings 7 Report This section allows you to create various reports related to the operation of your NVS 8 POS This section allow...

Page 22: ...racters in length 5 1 2 Recording Frame Rate You are able to adjust the recording frame rate for each of the cameras independently If you would like to set all the cameras to the same recording frame rate select the All checkbox With this box checked you can adjust any camera and the others will follow The recommended setting is from 2 5 FPS The higher this setting the less days the NVS will recor...

Page 23: ...er 10 second period the cameras would switch to 9 12 This will continue indefinitely or until you select another Display or Camera group 5 1 4 Email Setup There are certain times when you may want the system to send an email notification Various reports that you will learn about in a later section will utilize this setting In order for the emails to be sent properly you must first tell it how to s...

Page 24: ...st have at least one input device configured on your NVS An input device would be a Network Device or Network Camera In order to add a new input Device you must specify a unique name Then complete the fields at the bottom of the screen Type IP Username and Password 24 ...

Page 25: ...to see cameras network devices NVRs etc as well as the network you would like to search Devices can then be selected by checking the box to the left of the device name IP addresses changed and the Dividia Camera defaults applied using the proper checkboxes at the top of the window Note The Dividia default option will format the camera to optimally function with the NVS hardware software Using this...

Page 26: ...er information will disappear allowing you to input the new user s information Enter a Username into the appropriate field Keep in mind that your username and password settings are case sensitive Make a note if you are entering them with the CAPS lock enabled or mixed case lettering After entering your username type the password you wish to setup Type it a second time into the Verify Password box ...

Page 27: ...s special Administrator features on the system A user that has the Admin right is able to control all aspects of the Setup Screen including System Users Camera Date Time and Network They are also able to access the Utilities and Playback sections Export The export right allows the user to use the Utilities Export screen From this screen they will be able to export video off the system If you do no...

Page 28: ...ick the Delete button You will be prompted to make sure you would like to delete the user If you do click the OK button If this was a mistake and you do not want to delete the user click the Cancel button You can also suspend a user from system access by selecting their login in the Access list clicking the left arrow and moving them to the No Access list on the right If you ever need to reinstate...

Page 29: ...tion it is best to disable the camera You can disable the camera by un checking the Enable check box This will completely turn off the camera preventing it from using any system resources If you would like to give each camera a unique name you can enter it into the Camera name field Be sure to only use alphanumeric characters A maximum of 32 characters are allowed for each camera name Next select ...

Page 30: ...a is capable of recording an audio stream The camera can also be opened directly in a web browser for further configuration by clicking Open Camera Browser This option is only available on remote connections and can not be used directly on the NVS 5 4 2 Video Preview If you would like to see a live preview of your camera as you are making changes click the Preview check box Any changes you make th...

Page 31: ...s allows you to view incidents of importance and more efficiently use your time Alarm This setting allows you to hook a physical relay into your video system For instance if you would like to record only when a door is opened you would use this feature Never This will disable any motion detection and never record The camera will still be available for viewing in Live mode The motion sensitivity se...

Page 32: ...e box We currently support Pelco Zavio ACTi Axis and Panasonic PTZ cameras directly but can configure a system to meet a majority of custom applications if needed Select the protocol that corresponds to your camera brand model If you have questions regarding the compatibility and setup of your PTZ camera please call Customer Support 32 ...

Page 33: ...our system If the Sync time automatically with a time server check box is selected your system will contact the time server listed in the text box once every hour to obtain the current time The second way date time may be set is to un check the Sync Time box and manually select the date and time This is most useful if your system is not connected to the Internet or you would like to sync the time ...

Page 34: ... need to know the address before you will be able to connect remotely The second way is to Statically set the IP address This allows you to manually specify the IP Address Subnet Mask Default Gateway Address and the Primary DNS Server Once completed do not forget to click the Save button This will apply any changes that have been made Under the Advanced Network Settings the public port should matc...

Page 35: ... report on activity if it is within the defined schedule You can specify up to 3 different email addresses that will be notified for each report type 5 7 1 Summary This is an email only report It will not store any photos or video locally on the system The schedule you specify is not a range It is the exact time you would like the report to run and be emailed You can report totals or detailed stat...

Page 36: ...tailed list of which Scale Reports were generated and what information was contained in them tare weight etc 3 Ticket Total Detail This will show you the number of tickets captured from your Apex system if you purchased the POS Module and are using the JWS Apex type 5 7 2 Camera Activity This is an email only report It will not store any photos or video locally on the system This report will notif...

Page 37: ...nput Output Model then you will have access to alarm reports You can setup these reports to trigger based on a change in one of the digital input lines This is very useful for wiring your NVS system to an Alarm and force a snapshot when a zone trips 37 ...

Page 38: ...p multiple reports detailing the same information but having different schedules or notify different email recipients during different time periods Below is a description of each report Valve Timeout With the Valve Sensing Configuration enabled when the valve is opened and closed and we do not receive a ticket a Valve Timeout report will be generated It will contain the photo s of the truck as it ...

Page 39: ... weight reading was No Ticket If a truck was on the scale and drives off but your NVS never receives a ticket from the Apex system then a No Ticket report is generated If we generated a Tare Weight Contamination report then we will skip this report so you don t get a false alarm if you told the truck to go unload the old product Gross Ticket Weight Mismatch Once a ticket is generated we will compa...

Page 40: ...orts Network communication then you will need to configure the Network Settings section For network configuration of the system select which port you would like the NVS to listen on Then on your POS system set up a generic text only driver to print to the NVS IP and port combination you have established Your NVS will overlay any information sent to this port over the network You can choose to asso...

Page 41: ...icket format is supported By using an XML format we can provide you with far more flexibility and allow for finer grained searching XML Format ticketentry ticket 10 ticket uniqueid 757 uniqueid ticketentry A new condition flag can be set if you want to selectively skip certain ticket types In this example if you had a status field you could skip generating a ticket on our side when the status fiel...

Page 42: ...hen we will generate a Valve Alert and save the previously generated pictures associated with this Report The file format is similar to that of the Apex configuration on the previous page You can configure the timer to behave in one of two ways 1 Initiate the timer when the valve closes for the first time This is useful in Cement installations where loading happens in one place In other words the ...

Page 43: ...e will use for a tare weight This should be set high enough so anything smaller than a truck is not detected on the scale Tare Maximum This is the maximum weight that the scale will read and still pass information to the NVS Anything over this threshold will generate a possible Tare Contamination Report We want to be certain that the trucks are empty before we add our product in as to not mix any ...

Page 44: ...Pan Tilt Zoom camera you can control it based on certain input from your Apex system There are two different ways you can set this up depending on if you purchased the Digital Input Output Module 1 Template Field You can enter a field that is contained on your Apex XML template When Apex prints a ticket and sends it to your NVS we will parse the value for that field and tell the PTZ to go to that ...

Page 45: ...y to control other equipment based on your NVS receiving tickets from Apex An example of such a scenario would be if you wanted to control a traffic light automatically with your NVS This setup requires the use of a Moxa VPort to wire everything into In the screenshot above you can see where you select which digital outputs you would like to tie to this scale Next you specify in which conditions y...

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Page 47: ...pter 6 Utilities This section contains various utilities you might find useful for your system With these utilities you will be able to export video and perform several other important tasks 6 1 Export 47 ...

Page 48: ...vice to export to from the drop down menu and click the Export button Follow the onscreen prompts to complete the export When finished you should have a new CD DVD External Hard Drive file or Zipped file containing the desired video s To playback the video s select a playlist for a camera 6 2 Report If your NVS system generates Reports that may save files POS Style Reports then you can search them...

Page 49: ...et will load in the right part of the screen You can associate several different cameras with a JWS ticket If more than one camera is associated with the ticket they will be numbered sequentially above the image on the right Just click on the radio button for that camera to display various shots of the ticket You are also able to zoom in on certain areas of the image Just click and drag a box arou...

Page 50: ...6 4 Support This section contains a number of technical support utilities These are often used in diagnosing problems remotely when speaking with Customer Support 50 ...

Page 51: ...motely you must first have the Remote Viewing right enabled under the Setup Users ﾠscreen Once that is set you can access your DVS by simply opening a web browser Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari etc and going to http IP OF DVS SYSTEM and clicking Go 51 ...

Page 52: ...lity to playback footage as well You can access this by clicking on the Lite text next to your company residence link at http video dividia net If you would like to export recorded footage or access any of the configuration sections of your NVS you must run the Standard Viewer You can access this by clicking on the full name text next to your company residence link at http video dividia net 52 ...

Page 53: ... you would on any computer by simply opening a web browser Internet Explorer Firefox Chrome Safari etc and going to http IP OF DVS SYSTEM and clicking Go You will automatically be forwarded to the mobile version of the Lite Viewer after clicking on n the full name text next to your company residence link and entering the proper login information Multi camera view will display the first set of 4 ca...

Page 54: ...left and right to view the next set of 4 cameras dependent upon the number of cameras supported by your NVS 2 Tap on a camera to enlarge the view to full screen Tap again to go back to multi camera view 54 To log out of your mobile session turn the device into portrait view and select the logout button located toward the bottom of the screen ...

Page 55: ...r Optional 8 1 General The Enterprise Viewer allows you to view and manage your multiple NVRs using a single interface It also allows you to configure multiple views containing only the cameras you would like to see together 55 ...

Page 56: ...Menu The Jump System drop down menu is located below the split display button on the right of the screen Using this menu you can jump from you current system to any other connected and configured NVR 8 4 Functions and Features The basic functionality and feature set of the Enterprise Viewer is similar to the Standard viewer in most ways The main difference is the ability to link multiple NVRs and ...