Symphony Server
Service
Function
AI Tracker
• Analyzes video
• Saves video to storage
• Log file prefix:
•
cs
The Symphony Server creates an instance of the AI Tracker service for
each camera. The names of the AI Tracker service instances include the ID
of the camera.
AI Watchdog
• Monitors and starts Symphony services
• Log file prefixes:
•
hm
(health monitoring)
•
nu
(health monitor)
Devices
Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
You can configure devices on the Devices tab in the server configuration interface. The Devices tab
includes the Cameras, Templates, Hardware, Access Devices, Device Tree, and Carousels tabs.
Cameras
Symphony is compatible with analog and IP cameras from a wide variety of manufacturers.
Symphony supports the following standards:
• ONVIF Profile S
• ONVIF Profile G
• Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP)
Symphony supports the most recent official firmware for cameras, as provided by camera
manufacturers.
Multicasting
Multicasting allows numerous Symphony Client instances to connect directly to cameras without
requiring dedicated video streams for each Symphony Client.
Multicasting can reduce the load on both the Symphony Server and camera when a large number of
Symphony Client instances need to display video from a camera. To use multicasting with Symphony,
both the cameras and the network switches must support multicasting. To check if a camera
supports multicasting, check the
.
To configure multicasting, complete the following workflow:
1.
Configure multicasting on the network switch.
2.
Configure multicasting on the camera.
3.
In the Symphony server configuration interface, add the camera and select Multicast as the
transport for the camera.
4.
In the Symphony Client, set the camera connection mode to Connect directly, if the camera
supports it.
Related tasks
on page 12
on page 12
Senstar Symphony User Guide
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