Vicon Industries Ltd Leading the Security Industry since 1967

Introduction to Vicon industries Ltd

By

Technical Support Department

Vicon Overview• Established 1967– European Headquarters in Fareham, Hampshire– Territory coverage “EMEA”– Sales/Technical Support– System design– Warranties and Repair facility

Agenda• Brief overview of Vicon• Programming and ViconNet set-up• ViconNet

– Basic Controls– Playback– Reports– Archiving

Agenda

• VMDC ( Virtual Matrix Display Controller)– Basic Control– Playback– Reports

Ethernet Cabling

UTP/Coaxial Cabling

• CE-4US1TPC– 4-Port Ethernet switch with UTP/Twisted Copper and Coaxial Cable Extender– Extends Ethernet distance:

• Up to 5,000 ft (1524 metres) over Coax• Up to 3,000 ft (914 metres) over standard UTP• Can be powered using 12 VDC 24 VAC or PoE AF/AT Power sources.• Supports bandwidth requirements of mega-pixel and HD cameras• Uses selectable data rate for maximum bandwidth and transmission distance

High-Power PoEMid-Span Power Injectors

• CE-(X) IPS– 8 or 16 Ports of IEEE 802.3 and IEEE 802.3 PoE for 10/100/1000 Base-T networks.– Delivers up to 37 Watts per port simultaneously on all ports, No Power management

required.• Automatically senses the powered device (PD) power class.• LED’s Indicate power on each port.• Provides high data and high power for long distance, Ideal for mega-pixel cameras.• Easy set up with Windows GUI with default plug and play option.• No IP address programming or other network setup required.

Ethernet-over coax Extender with Pass-Through PoE Media Converters

• CE-(X) Coax– Transmits individual Ethernet data channels with Pass-Through PoE over standard coax

cable:• Extends Ethernet up to 5,000 ft (1524 metres) over coax.• High data rate, ideal for high bandwidth requirements of mega-pixel cameras, multiple IP camera systems, and

cameras requiring jumbo frame transmission.• Symmetric Bandwidth provides upload and download with virtually zero packet loss over useable distance• User-selectable data rate for maximum bandwidth and transmission distance utilisation

Operation via GUI

Site List, Site Maps and GroupsSite List

The site list give the operation an indication what is available for selection onto his operator page. The icon denotes if it is a fixed camera or a PTZ camera. If a red symbol appears next to the icon it denotes that the camera is not available

Site MapsViconNet allows for the addition of site maps that will give the operator a visual indication of camera location. Maps can be multilayer, so that the operator can drill down to obtain greater detail of the site. Cameras that are available for selection appear blue , with cameras that have been selected would change to green. The cameras will display on the GUI in the segment that has been selected.

GroupViconNet allows for logical groups to be set-up, therefore giving the operator improved indication of the site. Eg Warehouse Cameras, Car Park Cameras, Building 1.

Site ListWill show all

cameras available on the

systems

Site Maps

Will allow you to call up the

maps

Site Groups

Will allow you to call up the groups that

have been set up on the system

Display Controls

Display Controls. The GUI offers the operator to select the amount of images that are required for view. These are single view, quad, 6 images, 9 images, 16 images and full screen of selected display.

PTZ (Pan Tilt and Zoom) ControlsCameras that have been set-up as PTZ will appear in the list/group or map with a PTZ icon. On selection an indicator will be overlaid on the video image allowing all the cameras functionality. A keypad emulator will also appear on the GUI to offer further functions such as pre-set call up, auto-pan and auxiliary functions.

Display ControlsWill allow you

to view up to 16 cameras

Single

Quad

6 images

9 images

16 images

PTZ (Pan Tilt & Zoom)

This if available will allow full manual control of the cameras and setting and

recall of pre-sets

PTZ Control Keypad

Emulator allow you to set and recall pre-sets

Controls Icons

Will allow you via the mouse to control the movement of the camera

Controls Icons

Will allow you via the mouse to control the movement of the camera

Quick PlaybackQuick Playback

This option is carried out on the main GUI screen when you are viewing a live image. With the mouse and hovering the curser over the image, if you use the right click button. You will be given the option of start quick playback from.

You will be given seven options:- 10 seconds, 30 seconds, 1 minute, 2 minutes, 5 minutes, 10 minutes and 30 minutes. On the selection the recorded image will appear to the right or left of the live image. The playback function keys will now be made available to you. These will be at the bottom of the screen. This will give total control of the playback in both direction and at multiple speeds.

Quick Playback

After selecting a camera that is on

screen

Right Click

And select playback by time

Quick Playback

After selecting a camera that is on

screen.

Right Click.

And select playback by time

The playback will be shown next to

the live image

PlaybackPlayback Select (explanation of pink page) & Playback Selection

area (explanation on blue bars)By using the method in the previous sections. You can choose the cameras that you need to playback. These now will appear as blue lines, indicating the recorded images. The more that you view in the more detail is given. You will note that the blue line start to show highs and lows. This is a visual indication of activity in front of the camera. Highs represent high activity and lows indicated reduced activity.

After Playback has been selected.

Select the camera/s required

A blue bar will appear indicating

recordings

(Last day) last 24 hours

Last 3 days, Last week & All

After Playback has been selected.

Select the camera/s required

A blue bar will appear indicating

recordings

(Left)start of search

(Right) end of search

Start on playback indicator

Frame video codec – H.264

GOV- Length

Museum SearchMuseum Search (single camera search)

This search method is limited to one camera at a time.

Once you have selected the camera and the time period that you need to search within. Using the mouse and the left mouse key. Left click and drag the mouse to select the period. Then press the Museum Search button at the bottom of the GUI. The screen will change giving you a snap shot of the camera of interest. Using the tool box palette you can highlight the area of interest. The press the List + Picture button in the All Detections area, and the search will start. If movement is detected you will see the files being created in the central boxed area. This will list time of movement, which you can now use to do a more in depth search.

NoteMuseum search is not available at this time on all IP cameras

Museum Search

Select the camera and time period

Highlight the time

Between start and end of search

(Light Blue Area)

Press Museum search button

Use the toolbox to draw the

area of interest

Use the toolbox to draw the

area of interest.

Select the number of

boxes to base the movement

Use the toolbox to draw the

area of interest.

Select the number of

boxes to base the movement

Use the toolbox to draw the

area of interest

Activity Files

Indicating time of event

Search indicator by time

Reports

• ViconNet ReportsThe system will allow the administrator to

interrogate the system, to view current status and past history.

Reports• Device Status

– Show the status of all devices connected to a DVR and their status• Alarm History

– Show all alarm history on the device, which can be filtered to search between dates• Event History

– Will show all Event History of the device• Recording Status

– Show all recording status for the DVR or NVR• Audit Log

– Will give all device operational history of the device• RVS Logs

– Will show all recording verification of the device and all failures• CFN Logs

– Will show all Central Failure Notifications, which can be filtered to search between dates

Reports

Report selection

Device selection

Report selection

Device selection

Reports

Type of report required

Device that has been selected

Ability to save to external USB/CD

Print/Export Image

Print/Export ImagePrint is available from the main GUI screen. This will allow you to make a hard copy print of what you have selected to a printer. A printer must be connected for this function to be made possible.

Export Image is also available from the main GUI. This function will allow you to export a still recorded image to your computer files within your system.

When using the option for Print

Whatever you have on screen you will print

Press the Print button

Then selecting the printer

Archiving

The system will allow you to archive to CD/DVD/External Hard Drive.– By selecting the cameras of interest and the time and date– Selecting the duration of the archive to suit the media used

• CD = 650 MB• DVD = 4.7 GB• Pen Drive = ( dependent on drive ) !!

Once this is done. Give the archive an extension name so that you can identify it at a later stage.

Once you have found the camera/s plus

date and time.

Left click and drag to the side to highlight

the area to be archived. Press the

Create Archive button

The area selected will change Green.

Once you have found the camera/s plus

date and time.

Left click and drag to the side to highlight

the area to be archived. Press the

Create Archive button

The area selected will change Green.

Select the drive

And give the archive

An archive name ext.

Then press the start button.

VMDC

• VMDC ( Virtual Matrix Display Controller)– Basic Control– Playback– Reports

VMDC

Log In

Username admin

No password

VMDC

You will see that the site list,

Groups and Maps are the same a

what you have on ViconNet.

The new button give you access

to storeage

Monitor Adjustment

You are able to select the amount of video segments for each monitor, up to

a 64 way split

Monitor Adjustment

Selection can be changed at any

time to suit your requirements

The options available are single, quad, 9 way, 16 way, 25 way, 36 way and 64 way displays, when you have chosen the display layout you can then add you devices to monitors.

Macros

Using the Macro editor

Your able to set up a

scenario that you require

Macros• When saved this will be display in the centre box if you require more devices on the monitor

e.g. in a quad layout select the macro created (in the box) and add device then select the second device and in monitor layout select the next quadrant continue this until all quadrants are filled as above once this has been completed save the macro setup. Otherwise by pressing the Display button each time this will add another step and will sequence through the devices at the duration selected in the macro setup

Turning a Macros to run

• Once the macro has been created and saved close macro editor and select schedule for macros.

• Now add a schedule and adjust as required to run and save, as soon as this is saved the macro will start to run.

Running Macros

• Now add a schedule and adjust as required to run and save, as soon as this is saved the macro will start to run.

When running a Macro an M icon will appear in the monitors that are running a Macro

Playback• Selecting the required camera that you wish to playback you will then need to select then playback date

and time.• When the date and time have been selected press play and this will then start the playback on the monitor• You are then able to control the playback from

the bottom of the GUI play (fwd/reverse)fast forward, rewind ect.

Playback• Selecting the required camera that you wish to playback you will then need to select then playback date

and time.• When the date and time have been selected press play and this will then start the playback on the monitor• You are then able to control the playback from

the bottom of the GUI play (fwd/reverse)fast forward, rewind ect.

A green triangle

Indicated playback

Questions and Anwsers

• This is your opportunity to ask questions that relate to the training.