Samsung iPOLiS, User Manual

Page 1: ...POLiS Network Design Tool User Guide Explains how to use iPOLiS Network Design Tool that helps designing network surveillance system with multiple Samsung Techwin network products FOURTH EDITION 12 2013 ...

Page 2: ...IPOLIS NW DESIGN TOOL 3 1 PC REQUIREMENT 3 2 INSTALLATION 4 FUNCTIONS 6 1 SCREEN COMPOSITION 6 2 NEW SAVE OPEN PROJECT 6 3 SELECT ADD A DEVICE 7 4 DRAW A DIAGRAM 9 5 CONFIGURE AN OBJECT PROPERTIES 16 6 MAKE A REPORT 23 7 EXPORT AND PRINT YOUR DIAGRAM 27 8 CHANGE THE APPLICATION SETTING 28 APPENDIX REVISION HISTORY 31 ...

Page 3: ...pes To edit properties description IP configuration video setup etc and verify products information To simulate network bandwidth of transmitting receiving per a product To print or export to image of network system diagram Installing iPOLiS NW Design Tool 1 PC requirement OS Windows XP SP3 Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Prerequisite installation Microsoft NET Framework 4 Client Profile CPU Pen...

Page 4: ...l 4 2 Installation Step 1 Double click installation file to start Step 2 Select the language you want to install and click OK Step 3 Click Next when the installation wizard starts Step 4 Read the license agreement carefully and click I Agree to proceed with the next step ...

Page 5: ...e Installing iPOLiS NW Design Tool 5 Step 5 Choose the destination folder and click Install Step 6 The Wizard starts installing the iPOLiS NW Design Tool Step 7 When the installation is completed click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 6: ...es pane 1 Menu bar Loaded with executable menu buttons 2 Filter toolbox Provides product filtering and selection 3 Diagram Draws system diagram by using product objects and connectors 4 Properties Provides product information and its properties 2 New Save Open project New To clear the current diagram and make it initialized click FILE New Project ...

Page 7: ...ok in list or navigation pane click the folder that contains the project file that you want to open Recent Documents To display a list of files that you most recently used click FILE Recent In the project list click the file that you want to open Sample Documents To display 5templates of system diagram click FILE Samples In the template list click the file that you want to open 3 Select Add a devi...

Page 8: ...st of the relevant category Select one device from the list You can verify its technical specification from Product Information tab on Properties pane 3 Select one of desired product from search result and drag it onto a diagram pane Search To search devices with model name or some parts of model name 1 Select Search from filter toolbox 2 Input model name or some parts of model name Select one dev...

Page 9: ...group device with switch you can set the quantity of camera up to the number of usable ports 4 Draw a diagram To select object on a diagram click HOME Tool Pointer and with the selection arrow click any objects that you want to select Select one object Click one object The selected object displays selection handles Select multiple objects Click on the diagram and drag a selection area appears Surr...

Page 10: ... HOME Tool Pointer click and move the objects where you want it release the mouse button Connect between objects You can connect between two devices Connector is drawing element that indicates which device is physically linked to which device Objects and connectors together give the complete diagram The connection type can be selected from HOME Connection Type it indicates transmittable data rate ...

Page 11: ...ector automatically A Choose style for connection Select connection style for using your diagram Straight Using straight line for connecting between 2 devices Polyline Using polygonal line for connecting between 2 devices You can change shape of your polyline by adjusting one or two intermediate points Bezier Using Bezier line for connecting between 2 devices You can change angle of your Bezier li...

Page 12: ...justing two intermediate points B Connect with mouse Pointer Select HOME Tool Pointer When an object selected it provides visual cues that show you where connections can be made Each point at which a connection can be made is marked with a connection point as below figure shows in blue Click one of connection points on an object drag it to another object ...

Page 13: ...pears D Change your connection style You can change your connection style choosing other connection style after selecting particular connection You can change style of multiple lines at once Arrange objects iPOLiS NW Design Tool has manual guides to help ensure the objects in your diagram are arranged well That helps make your drawing as clear as possible and give it a professional look Select the...

Page 14: ...it box and start typing When you finish typing click on a blank area of the drawing diagram or press ESC Select a text box and click Bold from HOME Textbox to make the text becomes bold You can also change the font color and size of text with Font Color and Font Size Add a images Such as background images you can add external image files in a diagram You cannot make any connection with image files...

Page 15: ...you want A Pan a diagram Select HOME Tool Pan A mouse pointer changes into finger shape You can pan to view other sections of the diagram by dragging the mouse over the section you want to view B Zoom a diagram Click zoom icon on the bottom of diagram pane It includes a slider that sets the zoom level Auto Fit button fits the diagram to the size of the current diagram ...

Page 16: ...ory of the selected object Or select the device which you want to set properties and click the Advanced Setup icon for set up properties of single or multiple devices Setting properties depend on each product s type Network Camera A Device Information Basic information of a camera object Name Specify the name of camera The default name is camera model number Location 1 4 Specify the location where...

Page 17: ... video includes simple background and rare movement select LOW Use Select or clear whether the camera uses multiple profiles or not Profile options Codec Resolution Framerate Compression Bitrate Type Bitrate Specify video settings for each profile Encoder A Device Information Basic information of an encoder object Name Specify the name of encoder The default name is model number Location 1 4 Speci...

Page 18: ...installed According to a whole system diagram up to 4 depth location can be specified Description Input the relevant information on the switch B Port Information Ports Verify the number of ports of the switch Port Speed Mbps Verify the transmission performance per port C Giga Port Information Giga Ports Verify the number of Giga ports of the switch Giga Port Speed Mbps Verify the transmission perf...

Page 19: ...ay Enter network gateway address DNS Server Enter DNS server address C Device Capabilities Performance of the NVR Channel Verify the maximum number of channels to be connected to the NVR HDD Size GB Specify the recording capacity of the NVR Recording Bit Rate Specify the recording throughput of the NVR D Channel Configuration Specify camera encoder to be connected each channel of NVR Add Device Re...

Page 20: ...r network gateway address DNS Server Enter DNS server address C Device Capabilities Display maximum number of connectable devices for live monitoring D Advanced Setup CMS Device Configuration Open the advanced setting window for CMS Device Add Device Resister selected devices for monitoring Connectable Network Cameras Encoders displays only the list of camera and encoder which are physically conne...

Page 21: ...onnecting with camera NVR and encoder iii SSM Console It provides monitoring environment It links to SSM System Manager and views video through Media Gateway registering on the System Manager iv SSM Standalone Installing and using all the System Manager Media Gateway and Console in a single PC Console Setup Configurable when SSM Console or SSM Standalone selected Specify one of SSM System Manager ...

Page 22: ...am Maximum 4EA SSM Media Gateway are able to connect single SSM System Manager ii Delete all SSM Media Gateways are connected in SSM System Manager iii Delete selected SSM Media Gateways iv Resister Network Camera NVR Encoder in selected SSM Media Gateway Connectable Network Cameras Encoders displays only the list of camera and encoder which are physically connected to the SSM Media Gateway in you...

Page 23: ...on the object 6 Make a report You can issue a report in order to make it easy to understand system configuration of your diagram There are 4 different types of report in REVIEW Reports Diagram Report You can see an entire system layout of your diagram The diagram can be exported as PNG and BMP format It is also printable Device Report You can see entire object list included in system diagram The l...

Page 24: ... objects as drag a column header onto the top of the report dialog Then the list automatically reorders by the selected columns Multiple columns can be selected You can specify the column list to be shown Click Choose Columns on the top right side of the report dialog ...

Page 25: ...displays its quantity It would be useful when you verify how many products of the same model name there are This report has price column unit cost total cost sum column so you can get the cost of total system You can sort the objects as drag a column header onto the top of the report dialog Then the list automatically reorders by the selected columns Multiple columns can be selected You can specif...

Page 26: ...cates the inbound and outbound bandwidth of the current system diagram The bandwidth report can be exported as Word and PDF format It is also printable The current release only supports the inbound and outbound bandwidth of Samsung Techwin products The bandwidth for switch will be supported later Storage Report Calculate HDD quantities for current system from recording duration and HDD size ...

Page 27: ...etting value of HDD size and quantities is suitable for recording Red Cell Setting value of HDD size and quantities is NOT suitable for recording When appear red cell system displays a required minimum quantities of HDD If the required minimum quantities over than maximum quantities of HDD which are able to connect to single system displays Max HDD Quantity for notice NVR s limitation 7 Export and...

Page 28: ... will look when printed In the Print select the printer that you want if it is not already selected Under Settings specify the diagram orientation one of landscape and portrait and its paper size Click Print when you are ready to print 8 Change the application setting Program language setting Click FILE Options You can change the language of application Task pane setting You can customize the task...

Page 29: ... to indicate where to move When you drop the pane on an arrow it becomes docked B Show Hide each pane Click VIEW Window You can show each pane by click the control as selected button You can close the pane by click again as unselected button Layout resetting Click VIEW Window and select Reset layout button This reset the changed task pane to default setting ...

Page 30: ...ct F Show Name Show name of all Show name or property of all devices and connections on a diagram Show name of all devices Show name of all devices on a diagram Show name of all connections Show property of all connections on a diagram Show name of the selected item Show name or property of selected devices and connections on a diagram G Hide Name Hide name of all Hide name or property of all devi...

Page 31: ... ToolBox Window Change status of PoE properties of Switch ediatable 1 2 0 2013 11 15 New features Output the separated result report on BW calculating for each device Add the storage report Add automatic set up function for IP address Add new function and apply new UI on Advanced Setup page NVR Add channel configuration page Add function for apply the channel setting across the board CMS Add devic...

Page 32: ... issue Keep setting information of system when copy paste some objects Improve scenario of NVR calculation Fix non activation issue for saving button when create new project after loading sample file Fix automatic connection error between SSM and Switch by coaxial cable Improve UI of report Device and product information Change the scenario of camera profile It is impossible to disable and change ...

Page 33: ...BR in video setup of network camera encoder Changed Improved features Change UI theme of application Change UI of some menus Change image of some objects Change video setting to get H 264 profile automatically when connect network camera to NVR CMS and SSM Change object image to be able to resize Change copy paste object to include properties 1 0 0 2013 07 15 The first official release ...