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DSAdmin Overview

DSAdmin is the administration program that configures a DS NVR/NVs for
daily use. DSAdmin is used to configure DS NVR/NVs servers, video acquisi-
tion units (VAUs), and cameras, along with recording rates, video settings,
recording schedules, and much more. DSAdmin also allows you to set up
zones, serial input devices, and other important elements of the DS NVR/NVs
system.

To run the DSAdmin program, select it from the Start menu and enter your
login information (see Note). When DSAdmin first runs, the name of the client
computer is displayed in the gray title bar and the Folder Items area. The
Server List field contains a path to a local .INI file containing a list of servers
that the client is allowed to connect to.

If the login information entered during DSAdmin startup does not
match the login information for the available systems, you are also
asked to enter login information for those systems. See the
“Adding Systems” section of this chapter for a discussion on
system login information.

Note

Summary of Contents for DS NVR

Page 1: ...nologies makes no warranty of any kind with regard to this material including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Integral Technologies sh...

Page 2: ...rk Storage 16 Storage Options 18 Manage Storage 19 Adding and Configuring Cameras 20 General 21 Motion 23 On Screen Display 28 Time lapse Storage 29 Motion Storage 31 PTZ 32 User Administration 34 Cre...

Page 3: ...Exporting a Video Clip 64 Image Details Tab 66 Event History Page 67 Searching for Logged Events 69 Playing Back a Logged Event 70 Recorded Video Page 71 Searching for Recorded Video 72 Playing Back R...

Page 4: ...Intr Intr Intr Intr Introduction oduction oduction oduction oduction DS NVR DS NV DS NVR DS NV DS NVR DS NV DS NVR DS NV DS NVR DS NVs s s s s...

Page 5: ...video monitoring and management software DS NVR is an all inclusive standalone video recorder DS NVs is a software only solution that can be installed on an existing server as described in the follow...

Page 6: ...tems 20GB available storage for operating system and applications Distributed systems 160GB available storage for operating system applications and video storage If all video will be stored on the DS...

Page 7: ...Admin software must recognize the address of the NIC used to communicate with other computers When you first run DSAdmin which is described in greater detail in the following chapter check the TCP IP...

Page 8: ...chapter the following topics are discussed Overview of DSAdmin and its directory tree Adding and configuring servers VAUs and cameras User administration Creating camera groups Enabling email notific...

Page 9: ...ogram select it from the Start menu and enter your login information see Note When DSAdmin first runs the name of the client computer is displayed in the gray title bar and the Folder Items area The S...

Page 10: ...e tree in Figure 1 At the top of the tree is a directory named after the client system in this case 17PC Under 17PC is the Available Systems directory which contains a list of all servers available fo...

Page 11: ...DS server you want to make available 4 Enter the static IP address of the DS server If the server will not be connected to a network during operation enter 127 0 0 1 for the IP address 5 Enter a reco...

Page 12: ...click on the server in the directory tree This displays the server configuration information which allows you to view or change the name IP address and reconnect interval for the server If you do not...

Page 13: ...ress VideoServer port Enter this information for each VAU connected to the DS server and click Save On a server VAU combination system this information is the same as the system configuration informat...

Page 14: ...f the PTZ camera connected to the selected port if PTZ is selected for the Interface Type Select the type from the drop down list only one PTZ type can be selected per COM port To update the drop down...

Page 15: ...ll text string segments that the device sends to indicate that an alarm is occurring The instance of one of these segments in a string is recognized as an alarm These segments are used to trigger reco...

Page 16: ...s detected and available select it and look for the word Online or Offline below the list DSAdmin searches for the drives each time a connection is created or refreshed Activated network storage locat...

Page 17: ...displays the location of the camera input automatically selected for the IP camera The Camera Name field allows you to enter the desired name of the IP camera that will appear in video windows search...

Page 18: ...ult browser for this to work When configuring IPIX CommandView Dome cameras the window contains an IPIX Settings button which allows you to configure the geometry settings of the camera consult the ca...

Page 19: ...ment The Network Storage page see Figure 9 allows you to configure network storage locations To add a network storage location complete the following steps 1 Click Add Storage Location Not In List Thi...

Page 20: ...d in the list of loca tions assigned to the selected computer To begin saving video to the location select Activate Storage Location After a network storage location is activated it appears on the Sto...

Page 21: ...g alarm video is saved before it is automatically deleted If you select 0 days the alarm video will be saved for the same amount of time you select for motion video on the Motion Storage tab Otherwise...

Page 22: ...eo recorded at the maximum possible frame rate is always stored for that approxi mate period of time However after that time period expires the video segment is saved at the appropriate frame rate for...

Page 23: ...iguration consists of six tabs as described in the following sections Tip If you click on a Cameras directory any configuration changes you implement are applied to all cameras in that directory After...

Page 24: ...recorded per second and per minute by the selected camera This field on the General tab does not actually set the frame rate it only establishes the Fast Medium and Slow settings used on the scheduli...

Page 25: ...on the IP camera Camera Port Name the default name of the camera input You cannot change this name Camera Name the name of the camera as it appears in the client application You can change this name a...

Page 26: ...e motion in certain areas of a camera s view and to test your motion setup Live video from the selected camera is displayed on this tab Figure 12 The Motion tab configures motion settings and masks If...

Page 27: ...0 or 100 percent This comparison is performed for all pixels in each image Unmasked Area for Motion the percentage of an image that must change as compared to the reference image for motion recording...

Page 28: ...as you want and in a virtually unlimited number of patterns To create a motion mask complete the following steps 1 On the live video window click and drag to draw a rectangle that covers all or part o...

Page 29: ...d motion during the test whether consecutive or non consecutive Total Non Motion Frames the number of images during the test that did not exhibit motion Total Frames the total number of images display...

Page 30: ...re Motion Recording the minimum number of consecutive motion images that must occur on the selected camera input for the pre motion video to be appended to the recorded motion event Pre Recording Seco...

Page 31: ...dow select the appropriate boxes in the Display column Then adjust the X and Y values to change the location of the first character of text for each displayed item onscreen Each video window is divide...

Page 32: ...eduled for the camera To create a schedule for a day of the week complete the following steps 1 Select the rate Slow Medium or Fast as defined on the General tab at which you want video to be recorded...

Page 33: ...es that you want to erase To completely clear the schedule to start over click Clear Schedule 5 Repeat this procedure for each day Changes saved on the Time lapse Storage tab are implemented at the ne...

Page 34: ...2 to 4 a m video is recorded at the Fast rate When motion is occurring the motion schedule overrides the time lapse storage schedule The exception is at times when motion recording is not scheduled a...

Page 35: ...up display HUD The HUD is a set of boxes that you click to control the various PTZ functions The largest box controls the pan and tilt functions simply click and drag in the direction you want the ca...

Page 36: ...ime the amount of time the camera will go to each preset in the tour and then click Save To select the presets in the tour click Add a Tour Stop and select a preset from the drop down list repeat unti...

Page 37: ...unctions Creating Users To add users from the list of those who can access a system complete the following steps 1 Click Add User This displays the Add User window 2 Enter a login name and password an...

Page 38: ...list and click the right arrow button to place the permissions in the right list To assign all permis sions click the double right arrow button 4 To retract a permission highlight it in the right lis...

Page 39: ...ser can change the default color coding Recorded Video and Event History pages Change Password The user can change his or her password in Client Manager Configuration Manager The user can access DSAdm...

Page 40: ...talSENTRY Informational Messages The user can view messages labeled as Informational Live Video The user can view live video Manual Record The user can activate manual recording Print User The user ca...

Page 41: ...er name in the Users list 3 Choose the permission from the Groups area The following permis sions are available All Cameras grants access to all cameras available on the selected system as listed in t...

Page 42: ...t this option proceed to step 4 4 If you select By Assignment select the cameras in the Available Cameras list that the user has permission to monitor and then click the right arrow button to move the...

Page 43: ...user name camera access and user rights as desired 2 If you selected either button Enter the user s password if you want this password to replace the password for this user on systems where the user...

Page 44: ...ssages To change the password for a user on multiple systems click the Change a Password for a User On One Or More Systems button enter the user name enter the new password select the systems and clic...

Page 45: ...eat until all desired cameras up to 16 are placed in the Assigned Cameras list 3 To remove a camera from the Assigned Cameras list click the left arrow button To remove all cameras from the Assigned C...

Page 46: ...hen Door 3 was open by choosing the Door 3 zone as part of your search parameters A zone can contain any number of cameras To create a zone right click on the Zones directory in the directory tree and...

Page 47: ...o captured after the alarm occurs is appended to end of a video segment of an alarm event within this zone Realarm indicates how long after an alarm occurs that ensuing alarms are ignored For example...

Page 48: ...on you assigned to the zone Cameras assigns cameras to the zone see Figure 23 To assign a camera select it in the Cameras Available List and click the Add button This displays the camera in the Camera...

Page 49: ...ereas the Unique Zone Text indicates the location or some other distinguishing feature of the alarm and causes the designated camera inputs to record video For example if an alarm panel sends the text...

Page 50: ...ras in the zone when motion is detected The Video Loss tab looks identical to the Video Motion tab Video Motion selects cameras which when they detect motion cause the rest of the zone s cameras to be...

Page 51: ...during the Computer Configuration see Figure 26 Select a COM port on the server enter text that the alarm panel will send during a particular alarm and click Add Whenever the alarm panel sends this te...

Page 52: ...rver see the Email Notification section of this chapter To select email addresses click Add Email Account to open the window shown in Figure 27 Add email addresses as desired and then select cameras f...

Page 53: ...he Configuration Parameters directory contains several miscellaneous parameters that you can set for a DS system Clicking this directory opens the Configuration Parameters box see Figure 28 To change...

Page 54: ...ts a delay in milliseconds between packets sent Services PacketSize limits the size in bytes of packets sent to the client Services PTZUserTimeout the number of seconds before a PTZ camera resumes a t...

Page 55: ...uments the number of days video is stored before it is overwritten VideoServer FastSwitch records even and odd fields from an XMUX2 unit Change this only under the advice of Integral s Techni cal Supp...

Page 56: ...ses page see Figure 29 allows you to exempt client computers from the packet restrictions selected on the Configuration Parameters page Each computer exempted can download video at the fastest availab...

Page 57: ...notification of these types of messages complete the following steps 1 In the SMTP Server field enter the email server used to send the email messages This must be a valid SMTP server accessible from...

Page 58: ...of this chapter for more information Note 6 To change the messages types sent to an email address select the address and click Edit Email Address Select the appropriate message types and click Save 7...

Page 59: ...lication In this chapter the following topics are discussed Overview of DigitalSENTRY Video window configurations The Event History and Recorded Video pages Client Manager DigitalSENTRY messages Alarm...

Page 60: ...DigitalSENTRY starts a toolbar is displayed see Figure 31 This toolbar contains buttons for video window configurations event history recorded video administration and exiting DigitalSENTRY The follo...

Page 61: ...up or click the View Group button All cameras in the group are then displayed in a multiple window format For information on creating camera groups see the DSAdmin chapter of this manual To change whi...

Page 62: ...ou click Go video from the selected time frame is displayed for each currently selected camera You can scrub through the video using the slider on the timeline at the top of the screen To view video f...

Page 63: ...e group is viewable by all users of the client computer or only by the current user and click Save Group You can also quickly create a local group by arranging cameras on the live video page and then...

Page 64: ...g its name to the list on the right side of the tab or select the group and click the right arrow To remove a group from the sequence drag its name back to the tree or select the group and click the l...

Page 65: ...d on OSD and the playback counter Audio On This is unused with DS NVR NVs The Delay Live slider bar Setting this to the left displays video at its fastest rate Moving this to the right decreases the d...

Page 66: ...rmission The video settings adjusted on the Video Controls panel are different from the video settings adjusted in the DSAdmin applica tion These video settings merely change the video as it appears i...

Page 67: ...view video from a listed camera drag it to a video window You can view video simultaneously from multiple connected servers When viewing recorded video from the Event History or Recorded Video page t...

Page 68: ...structions on saving a video clip and descriptions of the file formats see Exporting a Video Clip in this section Exporting and printing rights are granted based on user permis sions and available onl...

Page 69: ...slider bar to the start of the desired clip click Mark Start and drag the slider bar to the end of the clip see Figure 35 You can also select which cameras should be included in the exported file 5 C...

Page 70: ...era is connected to the IP address of the VAU the size of the image the video standard NTSC or PAL and current recording rate if applicable The Image Details tab also displays the Connection Status wh...

Page 71: ...presentation of events The log is organized by days and hours Each row represents a complete calendar day the columns represent the 24 hours in each day Figure 36 The Event History page displays a tim...

Page 72: ...ers for information received from an access control panel For example if you configure an access control panel to transmit to DigitalSENTRY the identifica tion of an employee who swipes his ID badge y...

Page 73: ...ey occurred The timeline always shows seven days regardless of the length of the selected period Events are organized in quarter hour segments thus all events that occur between 4 00 and 4 15 are disp...

Page 74: ...s Play Pause Video Play Fast Reverse Step Back Step Forward and Play Fast Forward at the top of the screen to view the desired portions of video To see the function of each button hover over the butto...

Page 75: ...group This page see Figure 37 contains a timeline similar to the Event History timeline indicating when video was captured and where it is stored The timeline is organized by days and hours Each row r...

Page 76: ...nter a search period on the right side by selecting a starting day and a duration in days Also select either Local time or GMT 3 Click the Query Recorded Video button When you first view the Recorded...

Page 77: ...15 minute segment along with continuous video The storage location of an event s segment is indicated by a shorter colored box below the video type indicator box The recorded video can be stored on a...

Page 78: ...rmation The date and time of the start and end of the period in which all the video you selected was recorded The number of images recorded during all alarm events during the period The number of moti...

Page 79: ...meline click the Clear Selected Video button or simply click on the timeline 3 Click Play Selected Video Recorded video is then played back simultaneously from all cameras whose video you searched 4 U...

Page 80: ...were recorded during an alarm event Motion and Alarm Frames plays back only those images that exhibit motion and were recorded during an alarm event Manually Recorded Frames plays back only those ima...

Page 81: ...ation System Name the name of each configured server in the DSS file Connected As the user name you are connected to the system as Connected whether you are currently connected to the system Notify On...

Page 82: ...issions If you change the information in any column you can immediately activate the changes by clicking Apply New Settings or you can click Undo Changes in Grid to return to the settings activated wh...

Page 83: ...cords All messages that fit the search parameters are then listed by the date they occurred the originating computer the originating user service the date they were acknowledged their type error code...

Page 84: ...to control the resolution of the DigitalSENTRY client application You can display the application at the standard 1024 768 resolution or at the resolution of the Windows Desktop 1024 768 minimum You c...

Page 85: ...an indicate a critical warning or informational message Last Occurred The time and date of the most recent occurrence of the message System The DS system on which the message occurred From The VAU on...

Page 86: ...e drop down list You can also view the occurrence times in either local or GMT time Local occurrence times are local to the DS system To close the message window click Clear Messages This acknowledges...

Page 87: ...Current Alarms window in the upper right corner of the DigitalSENTRY screen automatically displays the time and zone in which the alarm event occurred Alarms are sorted by the time they occurred with...

Page 88: ...alarm event Camera y alarm event Camera z alarm event Figure 42 When an alarm triggers up to three cameras the recorded event is played simulta neously with live video The counter at the top of the s...

Page 89: ...cameras is played in the bottom row of windows Acknowledging Alarms Whenever one or more alarm notifications appear in the Current Alarms window the following two buttons appear in the DigitalSENTRY...

Page 90: ...The largest box controls the pan and tilt functions simply click and drag in the direction you want the camera lens to point The small box in the center controls the zoom function left clicking the bo...

Page 91: ...other PTZ cameras except that the iris and focus boxes are unused When you view video recorded from an IPIX camera the HUD and IPIX PTZ functions are the same as when viewing live video If you export...

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