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4

Click 

Preset position >Tour

.

5

Set the 

Tour option

 to 

On

.

6

Select the preset tour you want to configure (A, B, C, D, or E), and set the 

Tour

 to 

On

.

7

Under 

Sequence

 in the drop-down list, select a previously defined preset you created in 

Config Tool, and click 

Add

.

8

Repeat 

Step 7

 for each preset you want to add to the sequence.

9

To change the order of the presets, select a preset under 

Sequence

, and click the 

Up

 or 

Down

 button.

10

Set the 

Resume time on inactivity option

 to 

On

, and type a value (in seconds).

NOTE  

The 

Resume time on inactivity 

option is how much time it takes to resume a PTZ 

pattern after an operator has moved the PTZ camera. If the option is set to 

Off

, the PTZ 

pattern must be restarted manually.

Best practice:

 Set the value to 120 seconds.

11

Click 

OK

.

You now can use the preset tour (sequence) as a PTZ pattern in Omnicast.

Summary of Contents for omnicast 4.8 SR3

Page 1: ...Omnicast Video Unit Configuration Guide 4 8 SR3 Click here for the most recent version of this document...

Page 2: ...on and may not reflect the product at all times in the future In no event shall Genetec Inc be liable to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage that is incidental to or consequential...

Page 3: ...d of view 5 Configuring Arecont camera image settings 5 Configure picture settings 6 Configure illumination settings 6 Configure exposure settings 7 Configure day night settings 8 Configure flicker co...

Page 4: ...recording 33 Configure the Bosch Intuikey CCTV keyboard 34 Configuring Bosch units to receive hardware motion detection events 37 Configuring the VJT XTCXF transcoder 38 Basler 39 Change the default...

Page 5: ...chiver 56 Change the default port for input pin events 57 Mavix 58 Configuring MediaRacer units 58 Add Mavix MediaRacer units 58 Configure PTZ controls 59 Change the IP address 60 Configure MediaRacer...

Page 6: ...76 Configure Samsung ONVIF units 77 Sanyo 78 Configure VCC HD5X00 units 78 Add Sanyo ONVIF units 78 Sony 79 Configure Sony 5th generation cameras 79 Creating Sony PTZ patterns 79 Define presets 79 Co...

Page 7: ...lected video units and any additional configuration steps required for some video unit features to work in Omnicast 4 8 SR3 It supplements the Omnicast Administrator Guide NOTE For details such as fir...

Page 8: ...ed by manufacturer and or model This section includes the following topics All manufacturers on page 2 ACTi on page 4 Arecont on page 5 ATEME on page 11 Axis on page 14 Basler on page 39 Bosch on page...

Page 9: ...hooting H 264 video streaming If you are having problems viewing H 264 streams you can disable the AVCodec_ErrorRecognition Registry key 1 Open the Registry Editor in Windows 2 Navigate to one of the...

Page 10: ...To enable this feature you must activate the AudioOutDelay Registry key 1 Open the Registry Editor in Windows 2 Navigate to one of the following folders If you are using a 32 bit system HKEY_LOCAL_MAC...

Page 11: ...ing a WAN port not a LAN port Select ACTi video streams Multi streaming cannot be used with the ACTi extension in Omnicast You must select which video stream to use for ACTi cameras in the Config Tool...

Page 12: ...l select the camera to configure 2 Click the Video Quality tab and from Video Data Format drop down list select MJPEG custom or H 264 custom 3 From the Quality drop down list select Custom 4 Set the c...

Page 13: ...s automatic white balance Valid value are from 64 to 64 for panoramic models and 10 to 10 for others camera models NOTE It takes a few seconds for the camera to adjust to the new setting Configure ill...

Page 14: ...d click Apply Select the window size using the Zone selection window i Next to the Auto Exposure setting click Select ii Click the image snapshot and drag the green zone to the size you want NOTE If y...

Page 15: ...s longer exposures ranging from 40 to 200ms Motion blur may increase but video contains less noise under low light conditions Moon Light Enables exposures of up to 500 ms if necessary This mode result...

Page 16: ...m toggling modes during transi tional lighting periods TIP Setting this option to 0 corresponds to the camera switching at 100 For AV3130 and AV3135 units you can set the toggle guard value from 0 to...

Page 17: ...ust ensure that the unit is not streaming video If the unit is streaming video remove the schedule from the camera Configuring Arecont H 264 units To use key frame related functions such as still alar...

Page 18: ...is section includes the following topics Configure VSIP 2 units on page 11 Configure VSS 441 R4TE units on page 12 Configure VSIP 2 units Complete the following configuration steps before adding ATEME...

Page 19: ...unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Video Settings Physical Input 3 On the Physical Video Input Settings page click the Video 1 input tab 4 From the Color System drop down list select...

Page 20: ...Enable stream option 11 Repeat Step 9 and Step 10 for every video input and every video input stream 12 Click Save 13 Click Serial Interface Tunneling 14 On the Serial Interface Tunneling page configu...

Page 21: ...treams the recording stream can be configured to use the Main profile in Config Tool NOTE The Main profile is only supported on some Axis H 264 models If the Profile option is not available in Config...

Page 22: ...about which SD cards are recommended for use with your unit see your Axis doc umentation 1 From the Physical view in Config Tool select the Archiver to configure 2 Click the Trickling tab and click Pr...

Page 23: ...Apply 10 Open the unit s Web page 11 Click Setup Events Event Types 12 In the Event Types page select an event type and click Modify 13 In the Respond to Trigger section of the Trigger Event Type Setu...

Page 24: ...6 Click Recordings Continuous 17 In the Recording Settings section of the Continuous Recording page select the Enable option 18 In the Disk field select SD Card or Network share 19 From the Stream pro...

Page 25: ...r SD Card 23 In the Storage Management page select Enable automatic disk cleanup 24 Set the Remove recordings older than field to 3 days TIP Depending on your SD card you can use a higher value 25 If...

Page 26: ...s separate peripherals in the Live Viewer or Archive Player AXIS T8311 A joystick that allows you to accurately control the pan tilt zoom functions of cameras on the network It has three customizable...

Page 27: ...ing the speed of the playback The outer wheel of the jog dial controls the playback speed of the selected video in the Archive Player and the playback speed of the selected video in Instant replay mod...

Page 28: ...ck System Deactivate CCTV keyboard To configure the Axis CCTV keyboard 1 In the Live Viewer or Archive Player click the Home button and click Tools Options Peripherals Keyboard 2 From the Keyboard pro...

Page 29: ...wer or Archive Player The default key map for the external keyboard in the Archive Player is the following Button in Archive Player Button on Axis units Down command 0 on Axis keyboard Cycle pattern n...

Page 30: ...ext used tile 1 ALT on Axis keyboard Expand Collapse selected tile 2 on Axis keyboard Select tile monitor 3 on Axis keyboard Select camera layout 4 on Axis keyboard Switch to digital zoom 5 on Axis ke...

Page 31: ...view area You can modify the view area size by dragging the lower right corner of the selected area 5 Set the Aspect ratio to 4 3 16 9 or 11 9 6 Select the appropriate Video stream resolution for the...

Page 32: ...tead perform all of these actions in Omnicast Before you begin The following is required to configure PTZ patterns in Omnicast The Axis camera you are using must have the guard tour feature and be run...

Page 33: ...attern IMPORTANT Make all of your changes in Omnicast not in the camera s Web page WARNING Do not click Clear in the Config Tool when editing a preset Clearing presets that are included in PTZ pattern...

Page 34: ...in Omnicast you will require the following A valid video analytics license from the manufacturer must be installed on the unit Your Omnicast license must support edge analytics cameras NOTE The video...

Page 35: ...has two H 264 video streams the settings for stream2 are limited to the settings specified for stream1 1 In the Physical view of the Config Tool select the camera to configure 2 Click the Specific set...

Page 36: ...Omnicast you can only associate one microphone with a camera Therefore you must select which microphone to use select the data format and associate the microphone to the camera 1 In the Physical view...

Page 37: ...4 In the General tab select the Enable video input option 5 To enable PTZ on the camera click the Control tab and select the Enable PTZ option 6 Select a Protocol from the drop down list 7 Select a D...

Page 38: ...ras IMPORTANT If the Recording on the edge only option is selected in the Recording tab of the cameras in Omnicast the Archiver will not record locally In order to transfer video recordings from the D...

Page 39: ...te for the recording stream 6 Repeat Step 3 to Step 5 for each recording profile you want to create and for each unit using that profile 7 To set when each recording profile is active click Configurat...

Page 40: ...source is connected to the LineIn connector on the video unit 1 Open the Bosch VRM Configurator 2 Click System Devices 3 From the Devices list select the unit to configure 4 Click the Recording Record...

Page 41: ...he default button association is the following You must configure the Bosch Intuikey CCTV keyboard before using it in the Live Viewer Before you begin Make sure that the RS 232 port of the Bosch Intui...

Page 42: ...lick OK 9 In the Live Viewer click System Activate CCTV keyboard The keyboard is ready to use For more information about camera sequences see Viewing a camera sequence in the Omnicast Live Viewer User...

Page 43: ...list select the Live Viewer application where you want the Bosch Intui key CCTV keyboard to control the unit 15 Click Apply 16 In the entity tree under the unit that is connected to the keyboard selec...

Page 44: ...ch PTZ dome units such as the Autodome 800 HD must have a VCA profile configured on the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Settings at the top of the window 3 Click Advanced Mode Alarm...

Page 45: ...this must be done using the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 At the top of the page click Settings 3 From the menu on the left side select Transcoder Transcoder Setup Wait for the trans co...

Page 46: ...The default port is 8081 If this port is already in use on the Archiver machine you can change the default port To change the default port 1 On the Archiver machine navigate to the installation direct...

Page 47: ...t select the encoder type you want to use to com press the stream 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Configuration Camera Configuration Streaming 3 Click one of the video stream tabs 4 From the Encode...

Page 48: ...rop down list select Prioritize Framerate 4 To apply your settings close the Image Controls section of the unit s Web page If you want the video streams to use a frame rate other than the values avail...

Page 49: ...the unit s Web page After you are done If the unit was already part of your Omnicast system restart the unit to apply your changes Configure Basler BIP2 640c dn units For Basler BIP2 640c dn units to...

Page 50: ...ntrol Canon VB C60 and VB C500D units in Omnicast you must grant the Omnicast user access to the unit using the unit s Web page 1 Open the Unit s Web page 2 Click Access Control Maintenance 3 In the U...

Page 51: ...ts IMPORTANT To use PTZ presets with Canon VB C60 units in Omnicast you must create PTZ presets for the unit using the Preset Setting Tool one of the Canon VB Administration tools before adding the un...

Page 52: ...em the stream type and video set tings must be configured in the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Enter the unit username and password 3 Click Setup Audio Video Video 4 From the Streaming...

Page 53: ...its Complete the following configuration steps before adding the unit to the Archiver 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Video Settings 3 Under Streaming 1 Settings Set the Video Format to H 264 Set t...

Page 54: ...V4 8 C3 1 Dynacolor For Dynacolor NH061 and NH221 units to be able to stream MPEG 4 you must configure the video streaming format in the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Streaming V...

Page 55: ...oadcaster Lite units The following stream configuration steps are required for Epiphan VGA Broadcaster Lite units to work in Omnicast 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Configuration Stream Setup 3 Fr...

Page 56: ...t Configuration Guide 4 8 SR3 49 EN 100 007 V4 8 C3 1 6 Configure any other video settings as necessary 7 For motion detection to work properly set a high Bitrate value according to the resolution and...

Page 57: ...figure Discovery 105 E UVE 101 units on page 50 Configuring VisioWave units on page 51 Configure Discovery 105 E UVE 101 units The following configuration must be performed before adding Discovery 105...

Page 58: ...ee Advanced H 264 Motion Detection the Omnicast Administrator Guide Configuring VisioWave units The Interlogix VisioWave driver can control multiple Interlogix units and PTZ motors You must add and co...

Page 59: ...in the Network section clear the ALLOW IP FRAGMENTATION option 7 Select the Input format you want to use and click OK 8 Click Apply in the upper right corner of the Central Configuration Server window...

Page 60: ...type a name for the PTZ camera In the ADDRESS NUMBER field type the number on the PTZ camera From the PTZ PROTOCOL drop down list select the PTZ protocol In the TCP PORT field type the port number of...

Page 61: ...54 Using H 264 multicast streaming on page 54 Configuring virtual zones Virtual zones for IQinVision cameras must be created using the unit s Web page When you create or edit a zone the video stream...

Page 62: ...ction describes the additional configuration steps required for some Mango DSP unit features to work in Omnicast This section includes the following topics Configure input pin wiring on page 56 Config...

Page 63: ...nput pin events on the standby Archiver In order for input pin events to be received properly only two Archivers can be associated with Mango units and the second Archiver requires a specific configur...

Page 64: ...installation directory located in C Program Files Common Files DVR Software 4 8 Extensions Drivers on 32 bit machines and C Pro gram Files x86 Common Files DVR Software 4 8 Extensions Drivers on 64 b...

Page 65: ...strator as the default username and Admin as the password 2 Click the Units icon 3 In the Units dialog box click Add 4 In the Add Unit dialog box type a name for the unit 5 In the IP field type the un...

Page 66: ...port used with the PTZ cam era 6 Under Settings configure any other serial port settings required for the camera 7 Click Apply 8 Do one of the following If the unit is already part of your Omnicast sy...

Page 67: ...Click the Update Firmware icon 3 In the Unit Auto Update tab type the current IP address of the unit 4 Type the username and password for the unit 5 Under MediaRacer select 250 6 In the Change IP sett...

Page 68: ...Open the Mavix Configurator and enter Administrator as the default username and Admin as the password 2 Click the Update Firmware icon and click Manual Update 3 Enter the IP address username and pass...

Page 69: ...r Select H 264 or MPEG 4 streaming on page 62 Configure the stream settings on page 63 Select H 264 or MPEG 4 streaming 1 Open the Mavix Configurator and enter Administrator as the default username an...

Page 70: ...Update tab Configure the stream settings 1 Open the Mavix Configurator and enter Administrator as the default username and Admin as the password 2 Click the Configure icon 3 In List A select the Medi...

Page 71: ...erent IP address than the control channel video streams are filtered out of potential multicast sources by the IGMPv3 protocol For proper reception of MVIDIPv4 video streams you must disable the IGMPv...

Page 72: ...for proper archiving and video decoding 1 Open the Registry Editor in Windows 2 Navigate to one of the following folders If you are using a 32 bit system HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE Gene tec Genetec...

Page 73: ...on page 68 Configure WJ GXE500 DG GXE500 units on page 69 Use auto pan with Panasonic units on page 69 Configuring H 264 software motion detection Software motion detection is based on metadata sent...

Page 74: ...ed pin configuration The input and output pins cannot be configured for these units through their Web page because Omnicast will enforce the following configuration NOTE Panasonic pin types other than...

Page 75: ...page 2 Click Setup Image 3 From the Image capture mode drop down list select the desired resolution NOTE On some models you may have to select an Aspect ratio instead of an Image capture mode 4 Click...

Page 76: ...ab 3 From the Quality drop down list select Custom 4 Set the Bit rate slider value in between 64 2048 5 Click Apply Use auto pan with Panasonic units The auto pan feature is supported with some Panaso...

Page 77: ...dome commands dialog box click Set auto pan stop point and click Execute command NOTE The auto pan feature does not support tilt commands 8 Click Start autopan and click Execute command The camera pan...

Page 78: ...with Pelco units it is recommended that you disable all automatic image adjustments on the unit s Web page Adding NET54xx encoder series The NET54xx encoder series can have a range of one to four chan...

Page 79: ...ion may not display the values configured on the unit The maximum frame rate available changes depending on the bit rate and the resolution set in the Video Quality tab Naming Sarix Spectra HD PTZ pre...

Page 80: ...tab and create eight keyboard operators per serial link The pin num bers must be unique and should be sequential in order For example if the first keyboard operator is 3331 then the second would be 3...

Page 81: ...s Select 23 DMR KBD Use the highest Baud rate possible from the serial port of the encoder used for the con nection Select Even for Parity Select Sercom for the Comm card 5 Use the Keyboard Expander s...

Page 82: ...en adding the Hardware matrix user in Omnicast only the first operator pin number is required For example in the screensot above the Pin Number for the first DMR operator DMR1 1 is 3331 Therefore 3331...

Page 83: ...f using MJPEG streaming you must also modify the video resolution on the machine that is running the Config Tool 4 On the Config Tool machine navigate to the SNP 3750 cam file located in C Program Fil...

Page 84: ...sabled in the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 In the Setup menu navigate to the Video Profile page 3 In the Video Profile page create a new video profile For example if you are streaming...

Page 85: ...t to the Archiver 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click on VIDEO AUDIO 3 Under STREAM set STREAM 1 to H 264 and STREAM 2 to JPEG Add Sanyo ONVIF units For Sanyo ONVIF compliant units to work in Omnicast...

Page 86: ...to set the Transaction timeout to 60 seconds To do this 1 Open the Server Admin 2 In the entity tree click Sony Extension and then click the General tab 3 In the Transaction timeout field type 60 sec...

Page 87: ...b Click the Test tab c From the Preset drop down list select a preset number d To view the current position of the camera click the Live Video button e Using the PTZ controls move the camera to a new...

Page 88: ...7 for each preset you want to add to the sequence 9 To change the order of the presets select a preset under Sequence and click the Up or Down button 10 Set the Resume time on inactivity option to On...

Page 89: ...lick Play 2 Test the PTZ pattern in the Config Tool a In the Config Tool select the Sony PTZ motor to configure b Click the Test tab c To view the current position of the camera click the Live Video b...

Page 90: ...ed of Sony SNC RZ30N cameras you must turn the Pan Tilt Speed command off in Config Tool 1 From the Physical view in Config Tool select the PTZ motor to configure 2 Click the Test tab 3 Click Specific...

Page 91: ...ome additional settings on the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page 2 Click Setup Edge Storage 3 In the Edge Storage option click On and then click OK NOTE If you set the Effective period option...

Page 92: ...ab and then click the Alarm sending tab 17 In the Alarm sending option click On 18 In the File attachment option click Off and then click OK 19 Click the Periodical sending tab 20 In the Periodical se...

Page 93: ...on set the slider to 2ooo kbps or lower ii In the Frame rate option set the slider to 15 fps or lower If you are using MJPEG configure the following i In the Frame rate option set the slider to 10 fps...

Page 94: ...ons with a 4 3 aspect ratio the image will be stretched when viewing the stream For example if you choose to view a 620x480 stream it will actually display a stretched 620x368 stream As a workaround e...

Page 95: ...hysical view select the Sony unit to configure 3 Click the Specific settings tab 4 From Wide dynamic range drop down menu select Enabled 5 From the Mode drop down menu under Other Settings select High...

Page 96: ...bled from the Wide dynamic range drop down menu NOTE If you set the Mode to High frame rate the Wide dynamic range level will be decreased as streaming at a high framerate 60 fps requires that the Wid...

Page 97: ...ick the Video Audio tab and select Codec 5 Under Video Stream Codec Settings click the First Stream tab and select H 264 from the Video Codec list then click Apply 6 Click the Second Stream tab and se...

Page 98: ...but S1808e A and S1816e A units support up to eight Line In For these units to use the Line In audio type you must change the input type in Omnicast 1 In the Physical View in the Config Tool select th...

Page 99: ...in Omnicast Configure IP8161 units To stream video at 30 frames per second with Vivotek IP8161 units you must perform addi tional configuration steps in the unit s Web page 1 Open the unit s Web page...

Page 100: ...date time camera event type motion complex metadata tags bookmarks and past alarms Omnicast Video Unit Configuration Guide Provides the pre configuration instructions for integrat ing video units int...

Page 101: ...button in your cli ent application and your SMA contract number if applicable ready Licensing For license activations or resets please contact GTAC at https gtap genetec com For issues with license co...

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