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Introduction
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Building Technologies
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Fire Safety & Security Products 06.2012
1 Introduction
This is a technical guide to the integration of a DVR unit in MM8000. It provides the
technical information that enables you to instruct MM8000 to handle a 3
rd
party
video device for both video image display and status reporting.
1.1 What has been changed in MP4.50 generic DVR integration
Here is the list of modifications included in MP4.50 for new functions and software
improvements.
Section, Page Modifications
2.2 Predefined ONVIF camera models are available.
2 Integrating a DVR
This chapter describes the MM8000 features that allows for integrating a 3
rd
party
Digital Video Recorder (DVR).
Integrating a Digital Video Recorder in MM8000
The MM8000 systems MM8000 can support the connection to 3
rd
party DVRs in
two different ways:

Light video integration: uncontrolled video viewer
This type of integration allows for starting a video viewer (a Windows application
or a local HTML page) and then manually selecting the video sources that can-
not be selected automatically depending on the MM8000 conditions. No status
diagnostic can be provided.

This solution does not require any special development and is fully de-
scribed in the DMS8000 Connectivity Guides Video (doc.no. A6V10062457).
Please refer to the
Light-integration device section.

Generic DVR integration: controlled video viewer and OPC DA connection
This second type of integration, requiring the technical development described
in this guide, permits to configure a customized DVR, including video and alarm
I/O, and start the associated
video viewer (a Windows application or a web
page) with appropriate parameters when invoked. Depending on the viewer
characteristics, the parameters can be used e.g. to select a video source or ac-
tivate other options. The list of parameters includes MM8000 conditions as well
as user-defined options that can be configured on site, thus supporting a large
number of integration scenarios.

This solution requires the development of an XML file that contains the cus-
tomized model of the DVR (video and alarm inputs /outputs) and the viewer
invocation parameters. Once the file is prepared and installed, the DVR units
can be easily configured as described in the DMS8000 Connectivity Guides
Video (doc.no. A6V10062457).
The DVR can also provide status reporting and receive control commands over
an
OPC DA connection . MM8000 can act as OPC DA client to acquire diagnos-
tic information and transmit control commands.

The OPC connectivity is described in the DMS8000 Connectivity Guides
OPC (doc.no. A6V10065253).