NETAVIS Observer 4.6, User Manual

Page 1: ...NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual English...

Page 2: ...AVIS end user license agreement and may only be used in accordance with these terms Copyright Copyright 2003 2015 NETAVIS Software GmbH All rights reserved NETAVIS and Observer are trademarks of NETAV...

Page 3: ...g up users 30 3 3 Guidelines for setting up views 30 4 Setting up cameras 31 4 1 Preparations 31 4 2 Adding a new camera and setting basic properties 31 4 3 Setting up the camera recording archive 38...

Page 4: ...ls 93 9 2 Searching in the event database 95 9 3 Generating an event statistics report 98 9 4 Receiving notification on events 99 10 Working with PTZ cameras 101 10 1 Setting up a PTZ camera 101 10 2...

Page 5: ...Rule Administration 170 17 1 Configuring rules 170 18 NPR List Management 175 18 1 Configuring number plate lists 175 19 Video walls with Observer 177 19 1 Setting up a video wall with Observer 177 19...

Page 6: ...and administrate an Observer system NETAVIS Observer Server Client and Storage Compatibility and Requirements It explains the hardware and software requirements for Observer systems NETAVIS Observer S...

Page 7: ...server before storing Likewise displaying an encrypted video stream at the client means more CPU overhead at the client because it has to be decrypted On the other hand simply storing an already encry...

Page 8: ...ture and compress for example 30 such individual images per second 30 fps and then make them available as a continuous flow of images over a network to an Observer server which then distributes it to...

Page 9: ...complexity of the image scenes It still offers the flexibility to select either high image quality low compression or lower image quality high compression with the benefit of lower image file sizes t...

Page 10: ...orts all image sizes that a camera offers The following are some values for typical JPEG images JPEG Image size Image quality Storage per image approximately Small 176x144 QCIF PAL 176x120 QCIF NTSC 1...

Page 11: ...talled desktop client MS Windows XP Vista 7 8 10 All Linux Unix also client on server CoS No audio Layout Navigation and PTZ Joysticks Desktop web browser MS Windows XP Vista 7 8 10 No support for joy...

Page 12: ...are automatically upgraded too This is happening transparently to the user The same client will still be able to work with older server versions see next point Since release 1 9 the client applicatio...

Page 13: ...to the start page of Observer 3 Click on Start Observer client from the browser using Web Start Depending on the browser you are using you might be asked whether you want to execute the Java JNLP link...

Page 14: ...ery slow network connection between the client and the server you might want to choose installation from Local media When you choose this option you will be asked to locate the directory ClientInstall...

Page 15: ...our browser When you click on a Java Web Start link JNLP like the Start Observer client from the browser using Web Start some browsers ask whether you want to download and save the file Web Start JNLP...

Page 16: ...se steps 1 At the Observer Start page click on the link Install the Observer client on your PC using Web Start 2 Save and run the Web Start installer 3 Follow the steps of the setup program Alternativ...

Page 17: ...ween the client and the server TLS HTTPS Please be aware that an encrypted connection needs more CPU resources on the server and on the client See also 1 3 Observer data security on page 7 Username En...

Page 18: ...ill be asked to locate the directory ClientInstaller of the Observer installation CD Once you choose the correct location and push OK the components will be installed Note If you enable the Download c...

Page 19: ...In the System window click on Advanced system settings in the left pane 3 In the System Properties window select Advanced tab and click on the button Environment Variables at the bottom of the dialog...

Page 20: ...ible Defines whether the event bar at the bottom of the window is visible Online monitor control bar visible Defines whether the menu and the history buttons for Online monitor control are visible Ove...

Page 21: ...ve defined in the Client preferences dialog what components are to be shown in a window you can customize the layout Select the menu Windows Enable layout customization For the Event list and the Came...

Page 22: ...op is not possible there is a Send to screen option in the context menu accessible via a right mouse button click Note See 2 5 Client preferences on page 22 for information on how to enable full scree...

Page 23: ...title in the left hand menu is the ID of the window That is important as only the main application window designated by 1 can contain the Archive player Similarly the Display menu bar Display status b...

Page 24: ...tate of the camera tree which groups are and are not expanded is stored per user 2 5 3 General preferences The configuration options set here apply to all Observer client windows General You can enabl...

Page 25: ...ients 2 6 1 Client for iPad To get the NETAVIS Client for iPad follow these steps 1 Follow this link or go to the iTunes Store and search for NETAVIS 2 Install the Observer app on your iPad To use the...

Page 26: ...ablet The Client for Smartphone Tablet can be run directly in a smartphone or tablet web browser and does not require an installation 1 Start a web browser on your smartphone or tablet 2 Enter the add...

Page 27: ...rver Transcoding technology also called ABS for adaptive balanced streaming reduces the necessary bandwidth for video streams to a fraction of the usual values Especially high resolution cameras can t...

Page 28: ...ike Internet connections with heavily varying bandwidth it is much better to use a lower limit than a higher limit With low limits of 256 kbit s or 128 kbit s very good results are possible Some custo...

Page 29: ...d that a good grouping criterion is the location of the camera Another grouping criterion could be access rights for various users groups See 4 7 Working with camera groups on page 41 for details 2 Fo...

Page 30: ...the users you need Please note that by default the users will inherit the privileges from the group they belong to 3 Set the camera access rights per user 3 3 Guidelines for setting up views Observer...

Page 31: ...ver client application see 2 Observer clients on multiple platforms on page 11 You can either add a new camera from scratch or duplicate an existing camera and just modify some parameters see 4 2 2 Du...

Page 32: ...supply a network name you must have access to a domain name server DNS that resolves the name to an IP address Even dynamic DNS names like dyndns can be used This field is not needed for analog camera...

Page 33: ...ds above The stream configuration stream resolution fps etc has to be done in the camera itself Note Ensure that on the Basic video and audio settings page see the next section for details you only en...

Page 34: ...rking on MPEG streams e g for motion detection and Multi stream allowed is selected This special additional MJPEG stream in QVGA is used only for iCAT and helps to minimize server CPU load for iCAT pr...

Page 35: ...orm restrictions may apply for this streaming mode please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 Audio from and to share single button If this checkbox is marked then there is only o...

Page 36: ...Defines the image size of the stream Possible values depend on the camera model The bigger the image size the more bandwidth will be used for transmission and the more space for recording will be need...

Page 37: ...e disabled Receive event images via HTTP The same as above just that the images are received via HTTP protocol some cameras support only HTTP Post recording length sec When Observer receives an in cam...

Page 38: ...ings like recording or video analytics settings With duplicating camera you can dramatically reduce the set up time for systems with many cameras with similar settings Here is how you can do that 1 Ch...

Page 39: ...the camera tree within the Camera admin For cameras the status icon indicates one of three states If the icon is green everything is running normally If the icon is grey then the status is unknown or...

Page 40: ...the brightness contrast or saturation of camera video images then you can modify them For IP cameras and analog cameras there are two different ways of modifying those video parameters IP cameras Eac...

Page 41: ...n menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 In the camera tree select the group in which you want to create the new camera group 3 In the menu select Add new camera group which will open new dialog th...

Page 42: ...d to at the video capture card or the video server Sometimes the port mapping of analog cameras needs to be changed but it is difficult to do that physically by changing the cabling To help the situat...

Page 43: ...administration menu This opens the User admin dialog 2 Select a user group to which you want to add the user Please refer to 5 4 Working with user groups on page 50 if you want to create a new user g...

Page 44: ...s option can be enabled for only one user at a time PTZ priority 1 lowest 10 highest Defines the relative PTZ priority between users A user with higher priority can take away PTZ control from a user w...

Page 45: ...normal font while values that you define at the current user or group level are displayed in bold Use the scroll bar to access the lower part of the list 4 Choose Modify selected user or group from th...

Page 46: ...ser interface about system information messages Defines if the user group receives notifications about system information messages within the client Events Sending email about system information messa...

Page 47: ...s to camera admin Defines if the user group has access to the Camera admin configuration Camera admin Manipulate camera configuration data Defines if the user group can change the Camera admin configu...

Page 48: ...er admin dialog 2 Select the user or group you want to modify Please note The camera access rights can be set for regular individual users and Active Directory groups but not for regular user groups o...

Page 49: ...to manually control PTZ cameras and set I O ports Camera admin Manipulate camera or group configuration data Defines if the user group is able to modify the configuration of cameras and camera groups...

Page 50: ...ser Inherited privileges are displayed in normal font while privileges defined at this group level are displayed in bold font 5 Press Save to create the new group 5 5 Defining Online Monitor views for...

Page 51: ...nge password 2 In the newly opened dialog enter the old current password and the new password twice 3 Push OK to change the password When you login the next time you will have to enter the new passwor...

Page 52: ...w view either from the empty Online monitor or from the Control menu to open the Create new view dialog 2 You can now choose the layout for your view from predefined templates and you also can define...

Page 53: ...lained in 9 Handling events on page 93 4 Choose Save all view settings from the menu in order to save all settings for your current user The next time you log on to Observer all views will then be ava...

Page 54: ...per left corner of the view port 5 In the camera selection menu of a view port you can also select the option Shuffle Then Observer cyclically switches through all the cameras assigned to the view por...

Page 55: ...parameters are inherited from the view port it is derived from Video stream type MJPEG MPEG 4 H 264 or MxPEG Aspect ratio incl different custom aspect ratios Crop or stretch parameters Current crop p...

Page 56: ...e image quality is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams Set image size Sets the image size resolution of the streamed images The available size...

Page 57: ...red options With the Set image size option there are 5 categories of image sizes for modifying all view ports and the closest possible match supported by each camera will be used Very small QCIF QQVGA...

Page 58: ...port and turn the mouse wheel The view port will zoom accordingly 2 You can move the zoomed area in a view port by dragging it with the mouse 3 Use the mouse wheel again to zoom out 6 5 2 Zooming by d...

Page 59: ...cording control To enable recording control you must do 2 things Enable the manual recording camera access right for the user Set up a continuous recording schedule for the camera The continuous recor...

Page 60: ...ing continuous recording 7 Now you can define the days and times for the recordings You can activate individual days or with the All button the whole week at once Select hours and minutes from the pop...

Page 61: ...an set the same duration for all view in the round tour 6 Push Save to save your changes and OK to leave the dialog Later on you can modify an existing round tour by opening the Round tours dialog and...

Page 62: ...d settings are copied 3 Open the view you want to copy open the view s Control menu and choose Copy current view to other users 4 Now a user selection dialog opens 5 Select the user you want to copy t...

Page 63: ...and bidirectional audio is only supported by clients running on MS Windows For further details please refer to 2 1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 Observer also supports MPEG cameras MPEG...

Page 64: ...CAT definition is activated the associated dynamic view is shown Here are the steps to control dynamic views via an iCAT definition 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu Thi...

Page 65: ...ture to clients connected from a certain IP address Show live streams in view offers three different modes o Replace oldest view port first in first out The newest iCAT events are always displayed in...

Page 66: ...which can be enabled Show event in view port s event line This option enables a list which keeps track of the events which occurred in the view port To navigate between the events turn the mouse wheel...

Page 67: ...Show archive event replay in view port This option enables Archive Access from within the Online Monitor view port which contains the camera which triggered the iCAT definition It can only be used if...

Page 68: ...ack window configuration in the corresponding view port stay the same as configured in the definition of the iCAT or motion detection event which first triggered a video stream to be shown in it 5 Alt...

Page 69: ...ers are logged in 6 similar to mode 1 it shows the camera in a large view The optional additional camera IDs are paired one by one with the in the IP addresses This causes that these additional camera...

Page 70: ...with IDs 3 and 4 in the view named my_fifo where the IP address of the client workstation is 192 168 7 12 and user christoph is logged in pop 4 my_dynamic 3 4 shows live view of camera which triggere...

Page 71: ...m recordings you need corresponding user privilege 7 1 1 Programming continuous timed recordings 1 Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu This opens the Camera admin dialog 2 In the c...

Page 72: ...button and choose Continuous recording Now the Scheduling dialog shows the settings for configuring continuous recording 7 Now you can define the days and times for archive recordings You can activat...

Page 73: ...ements Note Some cameras are only capable of a single picture stream which will constrain the possibility of recording in multiple formats and having different video stream settings in the Online Moni...

Page 74: ...him that there is not enough space for all recordings It automatically truncates the recordings of cameras to allow a proportionally even distribution of the available space among all cameras For some...

Page 75: ...gs Observer features a multitude of powerful functions for working with archives 7 2 1 Selecting the camera and the playback period 1 Go to the main window and choose the Archive player if the Archive...

Page 76: ...mouse select the time span of the archive that you want to play back To do this press the left mouse button at the start of the time range then move the mouse pointer to the end of the time range and...

Page 77: ...torage mechanism backwards playback might be a little jumpy with MPEG 4 and H 264 streams With the Playback Speed slider at the left of the window you can vary the playback speed Press the Stop button...

Page 78: ...les per view port Showing a zoomed view in another view port Online monitor only 1 Draw a zoom rectangle with the mouse 2 Click into another view port Now the zoomed area is shown in the other view po...

Page 79: ...ed above Then change to the Player view 2 Click the Synchronous Playback button which opens the Camera tree where you can select the second camera for synchronous playback 3 Repeat camera selection un...

Page 80: ...chive option the protected recording periods will never be deleted automatically by Observer This means that the space will be locked as long as you keep them protected 7 3 Exporting recordings images...

Page 81: ...ith Microsoft Media Player you need the DivX codec You can download this for free from www divx com divx 7 3 3 Exporting a recording in SAFE format 1 In the Archive select a camera for the export 2 In...

Page 82: ...e are several ways to control the playback of the recording Besides the Play backward and Play forward buttons it is possible to go the Previous Frame Next Frame and Jump to start Jump to end when the...

Page 83: ...w select Archive motion detection from the Control menu Now the motion detection pane is opened on the left side in the Player view 5 From the Detection field pop up menu choose the motion detection f...

Page 84: ...th the mouse The playback time before and after the event can be defined by the Pre Post event sec fields You can change the values according to your needs Please note that there must be archived pre...

Page 85: ...ileges on page 45 on how to modify user privileges Replay NEA external archives in the Archive player The user privilege Recordings View external archive recordings NEA is needed For an explanation an...

Page 86: ...sh OK the archive of the device will be shown again in the camera tree of Archive player of users who have the appropriate privileges see above In such a case you have to execute the command Stop ejec...

Page 87: ...ethod is that the network and the server are not burdened The disadvantage is that it works only with special cameras that offer this feature and that the motion detection settings have to be programm...

Page 88: ...an active motion detection schedule see below 8 Assign a name for the field in the Identifier text box e g Movement 9 Optionally you can enter a Comment which is shown in the event details Hint You ca...

Page 89: ...on the Yes button if you want to configure the scheduling now Please refer to section 8 1 3 Scheduling motion detection on page 89 Click No if you want to do that later Please note If you add a new i...

Page 90: ...ement system like Observer Observer implements a general mechanism to handle this feature This section describes how Observer supports in camera motion detection and also how to configure it in Observ...

Page 91: ...that tells you that having both server and in camera motion detection at the same time is not possible To continue you have to first disable the server based motion detection schedules in the Scheduli...

Page 92: ...the Observer server Since the steps for doing that are very camera specific you must consult the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources To program the camera s detection algorithm please c...

Page 93: ...analytics triggers you can specify individual event priorities Event lists can also be sorted according to priority User privileges for accessing and handling events In the User admin under the System...

Page 94: ...columns can be rearranged by clicking on a column title and dragging it with the mouse to the new location Unseen events have a light red background color As soon as an event has been opened in the Ev...

Page 95: ...ant Valid true and Invalid false Acknowledge comment This field can be used to add an optional comment related to the acknowledgement of the event Acknowledge Acknowledges the event and close the dial...

Page 96: ...these event types with left mouse clicks You can also search for events which have been acknowledged or not acknowledged by selecting the appropriate check box 4 With the Number of records options yo...

Page 97: ...export event related video recordings from the Event search dialog For each event that has recording associated a separate video file is created The file name is composed of the event ID date time an...

Page 98: ...ort from the Events menu This brings up the Event statistics export dialog 2 Select for which Start time Time period and time Resolution you want to create the report Also you can filter according to...

Page 99: ...vents e g camera is not accessible o Camera in picture events e g motion detection video analytics object triggers The notification channels are Event list of the client Email SMS For each of the abov...

Page 100: ...or group for which you want to define the notification settings and enable the right Events Sending email about in picture events e g motion detection video analysis If the user should also be informe...

Page 101: ...se the PTZ control elements to move to the desired position detailed explanation of control elements in Section 10 4 Controlling PTZ cameras on page 102 5 Click on Save to save your configuration Then...

Page 102: ...te that this time includes the positioning time of the camera 10 Repeat Steps 8 and 9 for each entry in the position list 11 You can change the sequence within the position list by selecting a positio...

Page 103: ...d in a window Then you need to wait until this user surrenders control or reaches his timeout A user with a higher PTZ priority can take away PTZ control from a user with lower PTZ priority Direct PTZ...

Page 104: ...oom out backward scroll The amount of the zoom will be indicated by 3 red dots after the mouse is released Please note When PTZ control is enabled any mouse actions are taken for PTZ control In order...

Page 105: ...nd zoom out operations which button is used for which operation is assigned during calibration The joystick must be calibrated before use found in the System Information menu beside the language chang...

Page 106: ...t assume control When you end the Observer client all PTZ control is automatically released For further details on user specific PTZ priorities and timeouts please refer to 5 1 Creating a new user acc...

Page 107: ...ton to add a programming slot to the Time Intervals field 6 Click the Change button now enabled for a popup menu select PTZ route This will show the PTZ scheduling settings see above 7 Set the time se...

Page 108: ...conds IDB xx xx KB s Load of Image database IDB engine This parameter shows how busy the server is with saving video data on storage The actual video data storage rate is displayed below the percent v...

Page 109: ...g license from a remote licensing server If the number of cameras exceeds the license limit then in parentheses first the number of disabled cameras is shown and then after a slash the number of allow...

Page 110: ...starting Observer and rebooting the server 1 Choose System information from the System administration menu This opens the System information dialog 2 Select a server in the table In the System menu yo...

Page 111: ...Server Parameters dialog The following settings are available Field label Description Event storage period days Defines how many days events are stored Any events that are older than these days will b...

Page 112: ...ress for camera access This setting is only important for IP cameras that must actively access the server e g for FTP upload with in camera motion detection and only when the server is not accessible...

Page 113: ...lease read 2 7 Observer Transcoding for low bandwidth client server connections ABS on page 27 for choosing the best limit values Note See the note for Transcoding bandwidth limit for live view video...

Page 114: ...er and a backup copy of the directory nek can be created Note that the stick must be inserted again before any archive query is started Warning Loss of the encryption key stored on the USB device will...

Page 115: ...set on all servers NCS and NUS individually to achieve a consistent result Max value for normalizing count The maximum value up to 8 digits for normalizing count heat maps for all cameras on this host...

Page 116: ...server does multiple things store camera recordings run video analytics on camera streams store events in the event database handle user clients In a bigger system with many cameras and users because...

Page 117: ...ease be careful when you work with synchronization groups Also When users connect to slave servers they cannot modify their user settings this can only be done when they are connected to the master us...

Page 118: ...ation and Administration Accept software upgrades from remote server upgrade master Check this option if you want to accept automatic distributed software upgrades of the current server slave initiate...

Page 119: ...server on page 117for more details on how to configure these prerequisites 12 3 1 Mounting cameras of another server 1 Open the Camera admin dialog from the System administration menu 2 In the menu se...

Page 120: ...ed to this server You can access live streaming via the Online Monitor or you can access the archive If you have the appropriate administrator rights you can also modify camera settings like PTZ sched...

Page 121: ...g a remote Observer server on page 117 12 5 Monitoring remote servers You can monitor the status of remote servers in the System information dialog see 11 1 Server system information and restarting on...

Page 122: ...r Every 2 minutes the list of users is reloaded from the Active Directory LDAP server Each time when a user that is defined in Active Directory LDAP logs into Observer the password is checked authenti...

Page 123: ...ty ii Create a new group a Choose Add new group from the User group menu or the right mouse click menu b Enter a Group name e g AD Users check the Users of this group are imported from Active Director...

Page 124: ...se e g OU Users DC netavis DC net b Enter the name of the previously configured Active Directory group name as the AD group name and don t forget to include the corresponding organizational unit the A...

Page 125: ...has to match the option set earlier in the Attribute mapping schema 9 Press Save 10 After Observer has finished synchronization with the Active Directory server which may take up to two minutes the u...

Page 126: ...icons on layouts are interactive i e trigger certain actions when you move the mouse over them or click on them Such actions can be to show camera live image streams or its recording archive in the c...

Page 127: ...ign On simultaneously with the Observer client with the Start the NETAVIS client and the Layout Navigation Tool from the browser using Web Start option on the start page of Observer When using this op...

Page 128: ...a project 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing button at the right side of the tool bar In editing mode the LNT window now has added a new con...

Page 129: ...g cameras 1 From the list of controls at the right side drag a camera control icon with the mouse onto the layout and drop it there A camera selection dialog opens automatically Choose the I O device...

Page 130: ...the controls list at the right side and drop it onto your layout Where you drop the zone field control with the mouse will be the first corner of the polygon shape and you can now define the zone sha...

Page 131: ...archy You can switch back to Navigation mode by clicking the navigation mode icon at the right side of the tool bar Defining a default project To define a default project to be loaded when LNT is star...

Page 132: ...a camera icon with the right mouse button and choose Modify from the pop up menu This opens the Modify control dialog In this dialog you can define the control name and image and which actions are to...

Page 133: ...the camera for this to work refer to 8 1 2 Basic configuration of server based motion detection on page 87 for details Start Stop analog video decode allows the control of special devices that decode...

Page 134: ...events Actions The possible Actions are basically the same as for the camera control see 14 5 1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 132 with one addition Show zone live in Observ...

Page 135: ...control appearance and behavior on page 133 3 Click OK to create the new zone control 14 5 5 Modifying I O contact control appearance and behavior 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project Switch...

Page 136: ...of a gate barrier you can use images that reflect the open and closed state of the barrier 3 Click OK to create the new camera control icon 14 6 Layout navigation and operation Navigation mode Switch...

Page 137: ...to a layout by clicking its name in the layout hierarchy You can also jump to a connected layout by clicking a link field 14 6 5 Working with events in the layout navigation tool The layout navigation...

Page 138: ...and has motion detection enabled To modify the status display settings follow these steps 1 Switch to editing mode by choosing Project Switch to editing mode or by pushing the customize button at the...

Page 139: ...visited Set event state to seen visited by When a new event comes in or an existing event is selected the related control blinks or is highlighted This setting defines with what mouse operation the st...

Page 140: ...e camera perspectives It offers flexible scheduling of iCAT definitions depending on date and time Thus you can have different setups for weekdays and weekend as well as day and night All iCAT video a...

Page 141: ...you to view various object statistics in an intuitive way Event statistics can be manually exported to Excel or automatically into csv files for further processing All iCAT detection annotations are a...

Page 142: ...by the detected objects Event triggers only work inside of the object tracking region Examples of event triggers are people or object counters and detectors of stopped or started objects The CPU load...

Page 143: ...tely 10 iCAT enabled cameras with standard settings Additional CPU power like quad core enhanced RAM speed and bigger L2 caches help to boost the iCAT performance Multi streaming operation with iCAT A...

Page 144: ...objects like cars on a highway 15 3 Setting up a camera for video analytics with iCAT 15 3 1 Working with iCAT definitions Several options for working with iCAT definitions are available in the right...

Page 145: ...a name for this region 5 Choose whether you want a Polygon or Rectangle shape by checking the respective check box 6 Now you can draw the region with the mouse in the preview pane For a polygon you j...

Page 146: ...ct lifetime sec Defines how long a detected object is tracked before it is dismissed by iCAT i e no longer treated as object but essentially becoming background After an object is being dismissed by i...

Page 147: ...p data iCAT should collect Later on the resulting heat maps can be shown in the Online monitor and Archive player see 15 4 2 Displaying heat maps on page 165 Currently the following data can be collec...

Page 148: ...le or object counting This tripwire is directional so if you want to count objects in two directions you would create two tripwires A polygon or rectangle that creates an event when an object either c...

Page 149: ...etected before they cross the tripwire and therefore would not be counted The ideal settings depend on viewed relative object speed and iCAT video processing frame rate Do not place the tripwire too c...

Page 150: ...Paper available in the documentation section of our website 15 3 5 Defining an event trigger for object starting and stopping In addition to object counting iCAT also offers to detect stopping and st...

Page 151: ...peed of the object in pixels These are exactly the same measures that you can use for the trigger Here is an example of an object marker Object ID is 10 object size is 9110 pixels speed is 208 pixels...

Page 152: ...tector acts like the auto focus algorithms in digital cameras It estimates the average sharpness of the picture and produces an event if this sharpness changes abruptly A focus lost event is produced...

Page 153: ...efining simple motion detection Prior to release R1 12 Observer offered simple motion detection based on a detection of changed pixels between video frames Since then this detector has been made more...

Page 154: ...is iCAT dialog 2 Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition 3 In the Type pop up menu choose Face detection which will expose the configuration settings 4 In the Iden...

Page 155: ...ant that you have to remove the assignment manually see 15 3 15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160 If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no a...

Page 156: ...different traffic states should not overlap 15 3 12 Defining Stopped Vehicle Detection NETAVIS Observer 4 5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Stopped Vehicle Detection It detects vehicles which sto...

Page 157: ...n 1 Choose Video analysis iCAT from the System administration menu This opens the Video analysis iCAT dialog 2 Select a camera in the camera tree and in the menu select Add new definition 3 In the Typ...

Page 158: ...ow scenarios Note iCAT Number Plate Recognition is a separate module which needs to be enabled with an appropriate license key and depending on the specific configuration a USB hardware dongle The bas...

Page 159: ...gured in accordance with the license running on your system 8 Select the Minimum plate length whereby you can choose values between 1 and 5 Recognized number plates with fewer than this minimum length...

Page 160: ...ect the camera that you want to schedule Go to the Scheduling dialog by clicking on Next at the bottom 3 In the menu select Modify selected camera or group 4 Press the Add button below the Time interv...

Page 161: ...ant to save video streams for events generated by the video analytics toolkit iCAT please keep in mind that Observer needs to analyze the video stream that it later stores Some cameras have limitation...

Page 162: ...a QVGA MJPEG stream from the camera and runs iCAT analyses on it In the case of an event the streaming format is switched to MPEG and recording is started Advantage minimal overhead on server CPU Dis...

Page 163: ...additional iCAT information displayed To choose what iCAT information to display you have these options In the Online Monitor in the view port of a camera that has iCAT processing enabled the view por...

Page 164: ...e object is moving with a speed of 208 pixels sec Event count fields Defines whether the event count fields are to be displayed in the lower left corner of the view port When enabled the count informa...

Page 165: ...object tracking region Below you can find an example of an object count heat map In the Online monitor you can display these heat maps by choosing the desired heat map type from the view port s right...

Page 166: ...3199 objects If you are normalizing the type of heat map see 11 2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 110 for further information then the max value set there is displayed in brackets 3500 in...

Page 167: ...Working with iCAT events is the same as working with other events of the Observer event management system EMS as described in 9 Handling events on page 93 Currently iCAT generates events of the follo...

Page 168: ...l need to remove the previous XML configuration and re add the I O device in the I O Device Administration 16 1 Configuring I O devices 1 Choose I O device admin from the System administration menu Th...

Page 169: ...ost to I O device event is generated 12 For any changes of input ports and relays of I O devices a corresponding event will be generated 13 Finally you can also Modify and Delete selected I O devices...

Page 170: ...n the future Note Actions triggered by I O devices configured in versions prior to NETAVIS Observer 4 6 via the XML configuration file will continue to work in NETAVIS Observer 4 6 However if you want...

Page 171: ...Motion Detection definitions occurs option Any selected definition When selecting more than one camera then only the subset of identically named iCAT Motion Detection definitions available on all cam...

Page 172: ...h Object stopped in field In its basic configuration the trigger is any object stops in field iCAT detection option Any definition on one or multiple cameras and or camera groups which can be selecte...

Page 173: ...f Set I O device port value You can select any I O device which was previously added via the I O Device Administration see UNRESOLVED CROSS REFERENCEI O Device Administration on page 168 Then you can...

Page 174: ...it for e mail attachments So if the Include trigger image option is checked and the associated image is larger than 10MB then the e mail notification will not be sent 7 You can also delete actions by...

Page 175: ...ecognition on page 158 for more details 2 Optional Configure the desired NPR lists which is covered in this section 3 Optional Configure desired actions for number plates included or excluded in NPR l...

Page 176: ...plates with non standard characters e g German umlauts ensure that the files to be imported are encoded with UTF 8 Please also note that for example Microsoft Excel does not provide support for saving...

Page 177: ...lly designed for control center personnel to operate video walls Any configuration of the servers video wall clients cameras recordings or other administration has to be done in the main Observer clie...

Page 178: ...issues It is impossible to display a camera on a video wall monitor which is not available on the server where the video wall client connects to Depending on your setup it is therefore possible that y...

Page 179: ...plication runs on an Observer server You can use any workstation PC in the network also your standard Observer client workstation to run the VWCA client Parallel working of multiple VWCAs It is possib...

Page 180: ...ine the number of rows and columns of your video wall this must obviously match your physical setup 3 Select the appropriate aspect ratio of the monitors 4 The zoom factor defines how many monitor col...

Page 181: ...Repeat the above steps for all monitors of the video wall 19 2 3 Operating the video wall with the video wall control application VWCA You have several possibilities for controlling the contents vide...

Page 182: ...he program from a command line to see all options You can also refer to annotate readme txt The Java source code of the program is also part of the zip file 5 If you select to generate an event with t...

Page 183: ...on is selected which fulfills both conditions Further action parameters are action action the action to be executed possible values show_live_stream show_calendar play_archive draw_bounding_box action...

Page 184: ...trol examples Create an action that brings up images of camera ID 12 in a large view on a client machine where the admin user is logged in we assume that the address of the server to which we are send...

Page 185: ...ML config file You can access the XML file in a web browser from the server s web page 1 At the server s web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area the admin password is needed...

Page 186: ...changes become active within 10 seconds after upload 20 5 Holiday calendar A holiday calendar allows you to define a list of special days holidays and to modify the standard recording schedules of ca...

Page 187: ...d by an XML file sitting on the server You must download edit and then upload the file in order to configure and activate the function 20 6 1 Download the XML config file You can access the XML file i...

Page 188: ...I O contacts of cameras and special I O devices The I O device configuration is done by XML files sitting on the server You must download edit and then upload the files in order to configure and acti...

Page 189: ...rver 4 Please restart Observer to activate the configuration Hint For more details on configuring I O devices please refer to the I O Contacts White Paper available in the documentation section of our...

Page 190: ...NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual October 2015 Page 190 of 204 AXIS T8313 jog dial...

Page 191: ...s in the Online Monitor and Archive Online Monitor AXIS T8312 keypad 1 Tab Move focus forward or combined with Alt 13 backward 2 Camera After entering numbers and pressing this button the camera whose...

Page 192: ...ew 3 button within 3 seconds Archive player AXIS T8313 keypad Not used AXIS T8313 jog dial 1 Not used 2 Marker button Valid only when followed by pressing the Left 1 or Right 6 buttons When you press...

Page 193: ...ation Base 4 Edit the sample file according to the desired configuration Element Description Version Options SNMPMappings Root element Enabled true to enable false to disable the SNMP configuration SN...

Page 194: ...IB NETAVIS MIB Name Description Host Table Entry o2HostID Unique identifier of the server o2HostName Human readable name of the server o2HostOSNameAndVersion Name and version of the Operating System r...

Page 195: ...Version number of the client software o2UserSessionType The type of the connection via the user is connected to a server Camera Table Entry o2CameraID Unique identifier of the camera o2CameraHostID I...

Page 196: ...ctionLostToHost Event generated when the connection to the host is lost ConnectionRestoredToHost Event generated when the connection to the host is restored ConnectionToCameraLost Event generated when...

Page 197: ...an event UserLoggedIn Event generated when a user logs in UserLoggedOut Event generated when a user logs out VideoContentAlert Event generated when an iCAT Object Tracking detection occurs VideoSigna...

Page 198: ...ort for low bandwidth via Transcoding 27 Brightness 40 C Calendar in archive 75 Camera access rights for users 48 default settings 33 duplicate existing camera with similar settings 38 groups 41 movin...

Page 199: ...3 acknowledging 94 automatic export of statistics data 187 details 94 Event list 93 create a separate Event list window 21 maximizing 21 modifying layouts 21 positioning in the window 21 priorities 93...

Page 200: ...ct markers 164 object tracking region 142 145 people counting 148 privacy mask 154 recording based on 160 sabotage detection 151 SAFE export 82 scheduling activities 160 sensitivity setting 146 Smart...

Page 201: ...hives at another server 86 Displaying status 85 recording on removable storage devices 84 starting and stopping double recording 85 NETAVIS_DIRECTORY environment variable for installed client componen...

Page 202: ...nual recording control in the Online monitor 59 motion detection in 82 on removable storage devices see NEA 84 Playback 75 programming 71 protection against deletion 80 114 SAFE format export 81 stora...

Page 203: ...116 Users Active Directory LDAP 51 122 adding 43 camera access rights 48 copying view between 61 Four eyes principle 45 groups 50 info about logged in 50 managing 43 privileges 45 V VGA 10 Video analy...

Page 204: ...NETAVIS Observer 4 6 User Manual October 2015 Page 204 of 204 Z Zones in layout navigation LNT 130 Zooming in an Online monitor view port 58 77 in SAFE exports 82 of PTZ cameras 104...