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Digital Video Network Surveillance System

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CMS Manual

Overview

CMS components include Datacenter, NVR, Digital Matrix, Streaming Proxy, DDNS, Advanced Unit and Transaction Proxy servers. All descriptions to the components refer to CMS Servers.

Datacenter

Datacenter assumes intensively the system data management and setup as an important database module in whole system. Datacenter as the most important role in system helps the customers with building up the network wished, centralized managing and global configuring the system data, which effects importantly on safety, reliability and availability of the whole system.

Run

1. Run ‘Datacenter.exe’ from the folder programs installation and Windows Start folder to startup the dialogue ‘Datacenter’ service control, and click the button ‘Start’, as shown below.

Note: When the item ‘Auto run when the

system startup’ at the bottom of the dialogue

selected, the service will automatically run

after OS startup. 2. Wait for the appearance of the service

startup processing hint.

Note: It would be spent more time on startup

at first time since creating and configuring the

database and other parameter items.

3. Datacenter successfully startup, the status as shown below.

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4. Click on the button ‘Setup’ to popup the dialogue ‘Database maintenance’, which server as data backup, restore and update to database routinely, as shown below.

5. After finishing all operations and settings, click on the button ‘OK’ to minimize the

dialogue to run in the background, as shown below.

Configuration

1. Run IE browser or other 3rd-party internet browsers, and then type the valid IP address or domain name into the address field, as shown below.

2. If no error, the home page of system will be opened, as shown below.

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Click on the link ‘Download’ to download and install the ActiveX Control. File Download Window will popup, as shown below.

Click on the button ‘Save’ to save the AX control onto the assigned path. After waiting for the end of download processing, run the executable file ‘TCVideo.exe’ to execute the installation, as shown below.

Note: At the first the AX control installation must be required while entering the management pages,

or else some important features would not normally work.

3. After finishing the AX control installation, click on the link ‘Enter’ to enter the setup pages on the home page, as shown below.



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Input valid user name and password into the relative fields, and then click ‘OK’. Note: Default user name is ‘Supervisor’, and password is null.

4. After logon succeed, enter the main page of CMS, as shown below.

Interpretation: Region1 include the navigation buttons for each management module, such as ‘Organization’, ‘Device List’, ‘Live View’, ‘Video files’, ‘Digital Matrix’, ‘Image files’ and ‘Event Info’ etc.. Region2 display current logon user name.

Region3 include 3 buttons, ‘Favorite Groups’, ‘Modify Password’ and ‘Switch User’ in order

from left to right.



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CMS Settings

Functions:

Define video device and component servers Snapshot and I/O settings Global user management Sub-Datacenter management

Components:

1. Video Proxy

Define IP address, Port (default ‘8003’), User name (default ‘Supervisor’), Password (default null) and Description (user-defined) for proxy server.

2. DDNS Define DDNS(Dynamical Domain Name Server) name, IP address, Com port(default ‘8004’) and DNS port(default ‘54’)

3. Transaction Proxy Define Name (user-defined), IP address, Port (default ‘8005’), User name (default ‘Supervisor’), Password (default null) and Description (user-defined) for transaction proxy server.

4. Define Video Devices a) Define Video Servers

Define Name (user-defined), Type, IP address, Port, Channel number, User name, Password, Location and Description etc.



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Active: Enable or disable the current defined server. Time Sync: Selected to sync the system clock of the current defined server and clock sync server (Advanced Unit). Video Proxy: Selected to use video proxy to connect the current defined server. Command Proxy: Selected to use command proxy to connect the current defined server. Switch Datacenters: Switch to other Datacenters to sync and manage. Data Retrieving: Retrieve data info from the selected Datacenter. Sync: Synchronize the parameters (Channel amount and name) from the current selected channels with the on-site. More: Define how many Alarm-Ins/Outs to be used, the index number of video channel linked to voice chat, alarm-in triggered to voice chat, voice chat enabled/disabled, stream continuity priority (default real-time priority).

Alarm Actions: Define whether to respond to the events from video channels and sensors on video server, and it is equated with local settings on client. For the details refer to ‘Responding to video server’ at the rear parts. Copy To…: Copy the related setting parameters of the selected servers to other servers. Get Online Devices: Click to get and list up all the online devices that can be discovered. Video Channels: List all video channels from highlighted server, which are set on alarm response, stream rate and alarm voice alert. Alarm Inputs: List all alarm inputs from highlighted server, the descriptions of which might be defined by user.



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Alarm Outputs: List all alarm outputs from highlighted server, the descriptions of which might be defined by user.

b) Camera Group Capable of distributing the video channels from the different video servers into each logical camera group, and even more defining numerous multi-layer groups.

Define group name, description and to enable/disable switching in groups with a user-defined interval (Sec.). Drag and drop the video channels under the server list into the camera groups from right to left.

5. Define Matrix a) Define Matrix Servers

Define Name (user-defined), IP address, Port (default ‘8002’), Output amount, User name (default ‘Supervisor’ and Password (default null) for the matrix servers.

b) Define Public View



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Interpretation: Region1 Matrix Servers List All defined Matrix Servers are listed out, and the output amount

of which will be listed out through expanding the server nodes.

Region2 Public Views List New, rename and delete the public views. Region3 Tools Select the various patterns of symbols to present the public view layout.

Projecting Public View: At first, select a favorite TV icon from Tools bar, and then expand a node of Matrix Servers tree under to outputs-level, and then drag an output icon and drop into the displaying region of public view layout.

6. Others a) Snapshot Setup

Define all titles, mnemonic codes and whether to be mandatory items for client program to snapshot and upload the shooting groups into Datacenter. Note: For the details about image-group snapshot operation, please refer to the related topical

tutorial at the rear parts of the manual.

b) I/O Control Setup



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Expand the server list to show the output interfaces at the left, and define all related descriptions and to enable/disable.

7. Global User Manager a) Add/Delete/Modify User

Define/Modify user name, password, full name, description, level, subordination and whether to permit multi-login and disable current user.

b) Authority Manager Define all global authorities to user, including Datacenter, Video Device and Client.

Datacenter authorities: For the users to distribute the authorities to operate and



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manage Datacenter.

Video device authorities: For the users to distribute the authorities to control and configure all on-site video devices.

Note: Conveniently use the button ‘Copy to…’ to copy all defined properties of the current

device to other under-defined devices.

Client authorities: For the users to distribute the authorities to operate and manage Client.



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8. Datacenters Manager

Modify name and description of local Datacenter, and retrieve the information from other remote Datacenters.

Note: Click ‘New’, and then input Datacenter name and description and all other required right

information, and then click ‘Save’ to setup a new mapping from remote. You can use ‘Sync’ to

synchronize data with remote datacenters, and also ‘Delete’ to delete the local mappings.



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Device Manager

Functions:

Make a list of all defined video devices and component servers of local and other remote Inspect the remote device info and status and check over the remote device log Modify the remote settings to all devices and component servers Remote live view and playback

Components:

1. Video Servers

make a list of all video servers from local and remote.

Note: User quick search tool to reveal the focused server.

a) Remote Setup Setting the parameters of remote video servers

b) Live View Remote monitoring the real-time video from the video servers

c) Playback Remote searching and playing back the footages from the video servers

d) User Manager Remote managing the users from the video servers

e) System Information Remote checking the hardware info about CPU, Memory, Hard drive and OS etc.

f) System Logs Remote checking and filtering the logs of application and system from the video servers, and capable of printing to PDF file and paper



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g) Device Status Remote inspecting the various instant status from the video servers, including the related status of the channels (Recording/Motion/Link amount), alarm-I/O, system environment(CPU/Memo/HD Usage, Net Flow, System Process and Services)

2. Camera Groups

Listing all camera groups, and capable of live viewing and playing back in groups 3. Component Servers

Remote setting the parameters, managing users, checking system info and logs and inspecting system instant status to all component servers, including Matrix Server, Video Proxy, DDNS, etc.

Live View

Functions:

Simultaneously live viewing the video channels max up to 64ch Support Full-Screen and Picture-In-Picture Support remote recording, snapshot and digital zoom in/out Support volume adjustment, video parameters setting and PTZ control

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Note: Use Shift or Ctrl key to multi-select or unselect channels.

Playback

Functions:

Support simultaneous playing back multiple video channels max up to 16ch Support searching the footages according to Date/Hour/Minute/Second, Channel and Type Support playback controls under streaming mode and snapshot Support remote multi-task footage downloading Support timeline searching and playing



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Device Status

Functions:

Monitoring real-time channel status Monitoring real-time alarm I/O status Inspecting system information from the video devices Global health-monitor overview Multi-filters device searching and displaying

1. Searching Filter

Capable of filtering and displaying the devices via various conditions, such as Datacenter,



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Location, Type, Channel amount and Device states. 2. Device Information Overview

Display Name, Description, IP address, Port, Channel amount, Location, Current status/links, Datacenter source and Recording days.

3. Device Status Monitor and inspect the multiple kinds of device information, such as Channel/Alarm I/O status, Memory/CPU usage, Logic disks, NIC flux, Process and Service etc..

4. Status Indicators Status indicators can intuitively present the device current status in the mode of thumbnails.

Normal Abnormal Offline Warning Note: To IP camera and Embedded device, unable to get the related information about OS and

hardware.

Public View

Functions:

Intuitively define the layout of public view Drag-and-Drop operating video output Multi-layouts management and control Auto-switch on saving layout schemes 1. Define Matrix Server

Define matrix server name, IP address, port (default 8002), output amount, user name and password to add new matrix servers.

2. Define Pubic View



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Click ‘New’ button to setup a new public view, and select a screen icon from ‘Tools’ bar, and drag and drop the outputs from matrix server list onto layout area.

3. Matrix Control

Click ‘Public View’ button located at the title bar to enter ‘Matrix Control’ panel, and then select a pubic view from the public view dropdown. Drag and drop the channels from video server list onto the cells you wish. When connecting succeeds, the cells populated will present yellow color. If you drag and drop a server node or multiple channels onto a cell, all connected channels will be populated into a continuous sequence of cells in yellow color. Note: Also use the button ‘ ’ to populate the selected channels into the cells. Group Switch: Select a cell you wish display camera group, and click the button ‘Start Group



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Switch’, and select one or multiple camera groups to populate the cells in blue color when connecting completed. Note: If you select multiple camera groups, the connected camera groups will be populated into a

continuous sequence of cells with the current selected cell as the first one. When you need pause a

group switch, please select the cell you want and click the button ‘ ’, and click the button ‘ ’ to

revert group switching.

Connection Scheme: After finishing all channel and group connections, click the button ‘Save Connection Scheme’ to type a name in the field of scheme and save the layout of current all connections as a scheme. Click the button ‘Load Connection Scheme’ to load a saved layout scheme to display.

Connection Controls: Tick the checkbox ‘Video’ to open video displaying window at the left of the bottom. Click ‘Disconnect’ to stop the video connection at the current selected cell. Click ‘Disconnect All’ to stop all video connections. Note: When you need clear a group switching in a cell, please select the cell, and then click the button

‘Stop Group Switch’ to clear.

Status Hint: When the mouse cursor is moved over a populated cell, a tooltip will popup and display the related information, such as the connected channel name, description, IP address, port and server source.

Image Files

Functions:

Uniform and centralized searching the image groups snapshot from all clients through time/date, title and keyword. Be capable of modifying, deleting and printing image groups and related information in predefined format. 1. Snapshot Setup

Please refer to the chapter Snapshot Setup. 2. Image Files



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Events

Functions:

Record the logs to the global users operating. Search and print the recording items through time/date and user name.



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Storage Center

Storage Center is an important role of Unisight enterprise surveillance solution platform, which executes centralized archiving for the recording data from various on-site IP devices. Support recording video channels max up to 256ch.

Initialization

Enter Windows programs folder to start ‘Video Device Initialization’ shortcut under the folder ‘Unisight Softwares’.

1. Select NVR Operating Mode Click the button ‘Device type define’ to select NVR operating mode from the dialogue ‘Device type selection’.

a) Only DVS and IP camera: Without any video capture board installed on server select ‘Embedded or IP Devices’.

b) Hybrid: With video capture board and IP device both installed on server select one type of all video capture boards from supported hardware manufacturers. For the selection items about all supported hardware manufacturers, please refer to the related appendix.



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2. Manually Define IP Device Properties Select an item from pre-defined IP device list located at the left of the dialogue and then complete all properties settings as follow:

a) Address: Fill out IP address of network video device. b) Port: Fill out port number of network video device. c) Device type: Select the type of network video device from the drop-down box.

For the selection items about all supported hardware manufacturers, please refer to the related appendix.

d) Description: Add the description to network video device. e) Login name: Fill out user name to login. f) Password: Fill out password for login user. g) Total channel: Fill out the channel number from video device to add to server. h) Sensor number: Fill out number of sensor from video device to add to server. i) Main-stream URL: Fill out main-stream request command, and activated Only under

RTSP or HTTP selection item. j) Sub-stream URL: Fill out sub-stream request command, and activated Only under RTSP

or HTTP selection item. For the details about stream request command description, please refer to the related appendix.

k) Proxy: Select proxy server from the drop-down box. Note: If need to use proxy server, please in advance click the button ‘Proxy setup>>’ to

enter ’Proxy server information’ dialogue to add and edit proxy servers. Tick the check box

‘Use data proxy’ or ‘Use video proxy’, or both, to enable proxy server selected. For more

details about ‘Proxy server’, refer to the related contents in manual. l) Clock sync: Tick this checkbox to synchronize video device with server system clock

automatically. m) Disable this server: Tick this checkbox to disable the current video device temporarily. n) Clear: Click to clear all settings about the current video device

3. Automatically Define IP Device Properties

If the video devices needed to add to server can support ‘Auto-discovery’, the video devices will be indexed out under video device list at the right of the dialogue. Double click the items indexed out automatically to add some related properties into ‘Define video device properties’ area and continue filling out information left to finish adding device.

a) All online devices: Tick this checkbox to reveal all network devices in LAN, which include all IP video devices, PCs and routers.

b) Discover device: Click to run searching device. c) Get CMS device info>>: Retrieve the device info from remote Datacenter. Click to popup

the dialogue ‘CMS information’, and type in Datacenter address, port, login name and password.

d) Save: Save all setups and close the dialogue.



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Run

Run ‘NVR.exe’ from the folder ‘Unisight Softwares/Securtiy/’, and enter main GUI of Storage Center.

Configuration

1. Playback Click the button ‘Playback’ to enter playback mode. For the details about playback operations, please refer to the related descriptions from the chapter ‘Server’.

2. Setup Click the button ‘Setup’ to enter system setup dialogue. For the details about Setup dialogue, please refer to the related descriptions from the chapter ‘Server’.

a) Schedule:



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b) Advanced:

c) Environment:

3. Channel Status Total 16*16 cells display channel instant status, which have different colors separately to stand for different status. As shown below.

Null (Unused)

Normal (Non-recording)

Manual Recording

Continuous Recording

Abnormal (Offline or Signal loss)

Note: Double-click the channel indicator without

recording to startup manual recording, and then

redo double-click to stop recording. When you

move mouse cursor over a channel indicator, a

tooltip including channel info will be displayed.



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Digital Matrix

Digital Matrix Server is responsible for decoding compressed video stream and outputting into public view, by which you might easily and freely realize setting and controlling.

Run

Run ‘DigitalMatrix.exe’ to enter ‘Digital Matrix’ control panel. Select one of decoding devices from ‘Device type’ dropdown, and click the button ‘Start’ to startup the service. When the service startup succeeds, click ‘OK’ to dismiss the dialogue. As shown below.

Note: When you tick the check box ‘Auto run when OS startup’, ‘Digital Matrix Service’ will

automatically run after OS startup.

Device type: The types ‘UNI-HIK’, ‘UNI-HB’ and ‘Net Device’ need the related hardware supporting. The type ‘VGA/DVI’ only needs to use VGA/DVI socket from display card as video output.

Configuration

Click the button ‘Setup>>’ in ‘Digital Matrix’ control panel to enter matrix server setup window, and input user name and password (Default ‘Supervisor’ and null) to logon. Note: When you select the different type of decoding device, setup window might include the different

settings. Select ‘UNI-HIK’ as an example below. 1. Matrix Server Setup

Select the item ‘Matrix Server Running Parameter’ to display all settings to matrix server. a) Display Size

Define display resolution in monitor, and include 2 resolution selections, CIF and 4CIF. b) Merge Decoding Channels

By default, a 4chs decoding board with 4 video outputs is capable of decoding four 4CIF images in total, which is able to decode max up to one 4CIF image on one output. If need to output two 4CIF images via No.1 video output, ‘2 Combined’ must be selected to combine the capability of two channels and guarantee two 4CIF images being



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decoded smoothly via one video output. c) Merge Display Channels

Combine video outputs to control video output resource. For example, If you select ‘2 Combined’ to a 4 video outputs decoding board, only No. 1 and 3 video output could output video onto monitor.

d) Screen Division Selection

For each monitor select screen division displaying mode, which include 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 13 and 16 etc., 7 modes in total.

e) DDNS Add the IP address, port (Default ‘53’), user name and password of Domain Name Server, which provide DDNS service for matrix server.

2. User Manager Manage the user accounts to matrix server.

3. System Information Inspect the information about hardware and environment of matrix server.

4. System Logs Search and print system log information on matrix server by time/date and type.

5. Device Status Monitor real-time system information, such as CPU, memory, hard drive and network flux usages etc., as well remotely shut down/start up the server.

6. Update/Submit Update and retrieving setting data from on-site server, and submit current defined data to on-site server.



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Operation

For the all details about how to operate matrix server, please refer to the related descriptions in the chapters ‘Server’, ‘Client’ and ‘Datacenter’.

Streaming Proxy

Video Proxy is responsible of multiple transmitting data and video stream on Unisight platform, by which the entire system can efficiently control network bandwidth usage and avoid the bottleneck appearance with on-site video device, thereby improve pressing-proof of capability.

Run

1. Run ‘Gateway.exe’ from the folder of Windows programs or Unisight Softwares installation to enter ‘Streaming proxy’ control panel. As shown below.

2. Click the button ‘Start’ to start up

‘Streaming proxy’ service. Wait a moment

for startup completed. As shown below.

Note: If you need to stop the service, please to

click the button ‘Stop’ to stop it. When the

item ‘Auto run when the system startup’ at the bottom of the dialogue selected, the

service will automatically run after OS startup.

Configuration

After the service startup is completed, click the button ‘Setup>>’ to enter streaming proxy setup window. 1. Remote Setup

a) Define Sub Streaming Proxy



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Click the button ‘New’ for sub streaming proxy server to define name, IP address, port (Default ‘8003’), user name and password (Default ‘Supervisor’ and null), and then click the button ‘Save’ to save the settings. Click ‘Submit’ to submit all settings. Support adding multiple sub streaming proxy servers, and only select one as default. Note: Once a sub streaming proxy server is selected as ‘Default Streaming Proxy’, by default

all video devices will be connected through data streaming from sub to current streaming proxy.

As a connection link shown below.

Video Devices >>> Sub Streaming Proxy Server >>> Current Streaming Proxy Server>>> Client

b) Static Routing Table

Click the button ‘New’ and input the server name, IP address, port, and select a proxy server from the dropdown ‘Streaming Proxy’, and then save all settings to add a video



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server. You can continue add more video servers, which need to be specially assigned to other streaming proxy servers except default one. When all settings are completed, click ‘Submit’ to submit all settings.

c) DDNS

Add the IP address, port (Default ‘53’), user name and password of Domain Name Server, which provide DDNS service for streaming proxy server.

2. User Manager Manage the user accounts to streaming proxy server.

3. System Information Inspect the information about hardware and environment of streaming proxy server.

4. System Logs Search and print system log information on streaming proxy server by time/date and type.


DDNS

DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name Service) is responsible of building the links among all on-site devices, servers and clients, which can help you with using a cost-efficient built-in utility without 3rd-party fee-for-service for your all applications.

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1. Run ‘DDNS.exe’ from the folder of Windows programs or Unisight Softwares installation to enter ‘Dynamic domain name server’ control panel. As shown below.

2. Click the button ‘Start’ to start up ‘DDNS’

service. Wait a moment for startup completed. As shown below.





Configuration

After the service startup is completed, click the button ‘Setup>>’ to enter ‘DDNS’ service setup window. 1. Remote Setup

Input IP address and port (Default ‘8004’) to define a father Dynamic Domain Name Server.

2. User Manager

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Manage the user accounts to Dynamic Domain Name Server. 3. System Information

Inspect the information about hardware and environment of Dynamic Domain Name Server. 4. System Logs

Search and print system log information on Dynamic Domain Name Server by time/date and type.


Transaction Proxy

Transaction Proxy is responsible of transmitting the data from POS system to DVR, which can link the events from transactions with the corresponding video footages by the means of text overlay and event searching.

Run

1. Run ‘TransactGateway.exe’ from the folder of Windows programs or Unisight Softwares installation to enter ‘Transaction data proxy’ control panel. As shown below.


‘Transaction Data Proxy’ service. Wait a

moment for startup completed. As shown below.



item ‘Auto run when OS startup’ at the

bottom of the dialogue selected, the service

will automatically run after OS startup.

Configuration

After the service startup is completed, click the button ‘Setup>>’ to enter ‘Transaction Data Proxy’ service setup window. 1. Transaction System Setup

a) POS Devices Select a type of POS device and input ID, description and overlay interval to define a



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POS data source. You can add multiple POS data sources into the list. As shown below.

b) Video Devices Click the button ‘New’ and input server name, IP address, port, channel amount, user name and password to define the video devices. Note: If you are using ‘Unisight Enterprise’, you might as well add the defined video devices

direct from Datacenter manager.

c) Relation Setup Drag and drop or click the button ‘ ’ to move POS device items from POS device list into video channel list to relate the video channels from video devices with POS devices. After finishing all settings, click the button ‘Submit’ to submit all settings.



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2. User Manager Manage the user accounts to transaction proxy server.

3. System Information Inspect the information about hardware and environment of transaction proxy server.

4. System Logs Search and print system log information on transaction proxy server by time/date and type.


Advanced Unit

Advanced Unit is a clock synchronization component at the Unisight solution platform, which is responsible of synchronizing time for all on-site devices and servers in one system.

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1. Run ‘AdvancedUnit.exe’ from the folder of Windows programs or Unisight Softwares installation to enter ‘Advanced Unit’ control panel. As shown below.


‘Advanced Unit’ service. Wait a moment

for startup completed. As shown below.





Configuration

After the service startup is completed, click the button ‘Setup>>’ to enter ‘Advanced Unit’ service setup window. 1. Remote Setup

a) Reference Server Input IP address and port (Default ‘8007’) to define a father advanced unit server.

b) Datacenter Information Input IP address, port, user name, password and synchronization interval to synchronize

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all devices subordinate to Datacenter.

c) Synchronizing Period Enable periodic time synchronizing and set the period interval.

Note: The time synchronizing process from advanced unit is to get all devices information need

to be adjusted through the predefined Datacenter and execute time synchronization to the

advanced unit Server as a reference periodically based on predefined interval.

2. User Manager Manage the user accounts to advanced unit server.

3. System Information Inspect the information about hardware and environment of advanced unit server.

4. System Logs Search and print system log information on advanced unit server by time/date and type.



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