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3D Alpha+

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Figure 6 Store diagram with adaptor and data cable connection

Figure 7 Store diagram with POE connection

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Summary of Contents for 3D Alpha+

Page 1: ...3D Alpha User s Manual 1 V Count 3D Alpha User s Manual v2 2 April 2019 ...

Page 2: ...Step 4 22 5 2 5 Counting Region Step 5 22 5 2 6 Floor Selection Step 6 23 5 2 7 Incoming Outgoing Wires Step 7 24 5 2 8 Live Stream Step 8 24 5 2 9 Working Interval Step 9 25 5 3 System Settings 26 5 3 1 Network Settings 26 5 3 2 Time Zone 26 5 3 3 Web Server 26 5 3 4 Remote Server 27 5 3 5 Working Interval 29 5 4 Counting Settings 29 5 4 1 Incoming Outgoing Wires 29 5 4 2 Counting Region 29 5 4 3...

Page 3: ... Counting Settings 56 6 2 5 System Commands 56 6 2 6 Advanced Settings 57 7 LEDs and Reset Button 60 7 1 LED Status 60 7 2 Reset Procedure and Factory Settings 60 8 FAQ 62 Appendix 1 Accuracy Verification 64 Appendix 2 Changing PC IP address and accessing device 65 Setting IP Address of MacOS 66 Setting IP Address of Windows 10 68 Appendix 3 Network Communication Ports 70 Appendix 4 Recommended PO...

Page 4: ...b page Each device is assigned to a unique Serial ID These IDs are assigned by cloud v count com with using admin account Please contact with V Count technical support team for assignment operations The devices generate the counting results in predefined periods and report the counting result to the global server at cloud v count com V Count reporting page generates store gate and door based resul...

Page 5: ...A Power Consumption 15W Monthly Data Usage Avg 20MB Peak Usage at Calibration Process Max 2GB month Interface HTTP HTTPS Operating System Linux based V Count OS Time NTP Adjustable Time zone Automatic Daylight Saving Adjustments Ethernet Connection 10 100 MBPS Data Storage 20 Years offline storage with auto synchronization Minimum Lux 30 User Levels 3 Levels Admin Standard Guest User Cabling Cat5 ...

Page 6: ...wn webservers that is used for user interaction From this webserver user can set and change system configuration read system logs start video recording and uploading to V Count s Web Services The system has 3 LEDs that are programmed to indicate system status to users In case of camera or network errors LEDs show the status visually There is a Reset button that can reset device user interface conn...

Page 7: ... Staff Exclusion solutions They detect and track the location of the V Count BLE tags to count the entrances of staff to the store Again they are gathering the MAC Address of the V Count BLE Tags Master and Slave engine controls both the Wi Fi and BLE projects In other words there is only one master engine to be configured regardless the project is Wi Fi or BLE based projects Additionally there is...

Page 8: ...335 Table 2 People Counter Coverage The measurements shown in the table are from head to head measurements Figure 1 Head to Head Measurement it is displayed that the actual Field of View FOV is larger than the counting FOV listed in the above table The target person to be counted must be observed full body in the camera vision to be counted Figure 2 FOV Violation red filled person will not be dete...

Page 9: ...ser s Manual 9 Figure 4 Sample Installation of People Counter at the store entrance For more specific orientations please contact V Count Technical Support Figure 1 Head to Head Measurement Figure 2 FOV Violation ...

Page 10: ...3D Alpha User s Manual 10 Figure 3 FOV Multiple Devices Figure 4 Sample Installation of People Counter at the store entrance ...

Page 11: ...ble architecture exists to install V Count devices 1 Electricity adapter and data cable connection 2 POE connection please see Appendix 4 for recommended POE models Note Electricity adapter and POE switch injector is not supplied within the product package User shall supply their own adapter or POE switch injector according to V Count s qualified vendor list In all these possible connection types ...

Page 12: ...3D Alpha User s Manual 12 Figure 6 Store diagram with adaptor and data cable connection Figure 7 Store diagram with POE connection ...

Page 13: ...unting bracket according to the site If a catwalk floor is available to place the cables use V Count backside cover If cable conduit will be used apply V Count bracket Screw the mounting apparatuses into the ceiling as the cameras must face the floor Figure 8 Mounting Apparatuses 2 Plug in the cables for the installation Figure 9 Cable Connections ...

Page 14: ...Systems slave device usages are omitted from projects Although this document and system allow set to Wi Fi Slave devices they do not take place in V Count Projects In staff exclusion projects there are 2 different methods Standard installation where V Count Alpha 3D devices are not used and Crescent method where V Count Alpha 3D devices can be used as master or slave BLE devices Standard and Cresc...

Page 15: ...e door in the store should not exceed the store limits Hilal Crescent Method Hilal crescent method installation can be performed for large stores This type of installation is being performed with a maximum of 4 devices If there is an architecture suitable for standard installation with 4 devices in large stores standard installation is still preferable According to store layout and position of the...

Page 16: ...cker devices that are placed at the other entrances also be set as slave Crescent method and its master slave devices set shall be set up for each of the doors If a store has 2 doors then each set must be set up to each door In this setup again only 1 master device shall be set and all the other devices shall be set up as slave devices The device that is at the center of the crescent which is at t...

Page 17: ...odated within V Count The system interface can be viewed from https V Count_IP_Address 12102 using a web browser Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome shall be used For example https 192 168 1 28 12102 Internet Explorer is not suitable for setup process Credentials for logging in the system are username admin password qw34qw34 Figure 13 Login Page ...

Page 18: ...com over MQTT connection Device must be defined as push notification enabled device on reporting tool If the device is an element of a Wi Fi Bluetooth Analytics or Wi Fi Bluetooth Heatmap system then the questions must be answered accordingly The answers determine the type of engines that will run within the device Note Push notification and Bluetooth systems do not run and cannot be selected acti...

Page 19: ...ctions on the upper bar of the page Auto calibration process takes place only and if only the Setup Wizard which is accessible from first page of the system is used Interrupting the wizard from random setups will damage the calibration process and will cause the faulty counting Using the successive calibration steps lead by Setup Wizard is highly recommended By clicking Start button Setup Wizard s...

Page 20: ...work Settings Step 2 In this page Network connection settings are set for device to connect to LAN For Wired connection static IP or DHCP can be used MAC Address of the device is listed below the corresponding menu Figure 16 LAN Settings ...

Page 21: ...lpha User s Manual 21 5 2 3 Time Zone Step 3 In this page installation location of the device is selected for the device to gather the correct date time settings from NTP server Figure 17 Time Zone Settings ...

Page 22: ...overcome this issue 1 Lover the mounting height using a bracket 2 Change the device with another device that has the correct lens type for this installation height Figure 19 Height warning 5 2 5 Counting Region Step 5 In this page counting region of the device where the device actively tracks people shall be entered Irrelevant areas such as walls stalls etc shall be excluded Both the screen show a...

Page 23: ...ng They can be added and removed by using Add New and Clear buttons Figure 20 Counting Region Settings 5 2 6 Floor Selection Step 6 In this page the pure floor area shall be marked by drawing a polygon In the process of drawing the scene must be empty i e there must be no people presence under the camera in the camera vision Figure 21 Floor Selection Settings ...

Page 24: ...processing result depth images are shown In the live stream image there are 4 parts that are Left and right camera view Top left and right partitions Depth image calculated according to parameters set for auto calibration Bottom Left partition Foreground image calculated from depth image with Depth Threshold parameter There are additional 3 parameters shown in this page are set to fine tune the au...

Page 25: ...3 Live Stream 5 2 9 Working Interval Step 9 In this page opening and closing hours of the store shopping mall or the counting area shall be set Setting Monday will set all the week days But also other days can be set individually For siesta or pray hours or for any other purposes additional intervals in a day can be set from signs Figure 24 Working Interval Settings ...

Page 26: ...there are quick access to setup wizard menu configuration pages and some extra configuration pages are present 5 3 1 Network Settings This page is the same with the Setup Wizard Network Settings Step 2 Please refer the previous section After changing settings from this menu a reboot is required 5 3 2 Time Zone This page is the same with the Setup Wizard Time Zone Step 3 Please refer the previous s...

Page 27: ...uired 5 3 4 Remote Server In this page connection methods to a reporting server is displayed By default all V Count devices are set to connect to cloud v count com address Also the Serial IDs of the devices are set at factory installation and not allowed to be changed afterwards Figure 27 Remote Server Settings ...

Page 28: ... affect Counting Period procedure It is set in terms of seconds If it is set to 0 zero it is disabled Minimum value is 1 second and maximum value is 59 seconds At every Instant Counting Period time device sends the total count from the last Counting Period reset TCP This connection uses TCP IP sockets to connect to reporting server A specially defined message format is sent to Server IP address fr...

Page 29: ...to V Count s vcount blob core windows net servers to test the connection to the V Count blob core where video and log files are stored 5 3 5 Working Interval This page is the same with the Setup Wizard Working Interval Step 9 Please refer the previous section 5 4 Counting Settings In this menu there are quick access to setup wizard menu configuration pages and some extra configuration pages are pr...

Page 30: ...y web interface page They directly send commands to device Figure 30 System Commands System commands are Reset Application Only resets the application while the device still is powered on Reboot Soft power cycle the device Logout Logouts the current web interface session Reset Application and Reboot are required after some system settings ...

Page 31: ...ogs and auto working hour detection conditions are logged Warning Info Debug There are 2 types of log Files Output log This file is limited to 5MB The logs are belonging to Engine opening and closing states when the engine does not run Engine_DateTime log These logs are named with the creation date of the file One file size is limited to 5MB Also at every midnight file is ended regardless of the s...

Page 32: ...Start Time Start time of the video record Send to counting team Videos are directly sent to V Count Video Counting team If this is checked the counting shall be billed separately Please contact to V Count Technical Team before enabling this option Every video is recorded as 10 minutes parts Maximum Record Time is the total time composed of 10 minutes length videos Free Disk Space indicator is the ...

Page 33: ...e number of days the old results shall be kept in device If Delete Former Records is activated by selection ON then Maximum Record Validity Time is the maximum time duration results are kept internally in the device If counting results are sent to cloud v count com from the settings that are on Remote Server page server continues to keep the results regardless of this parameter Figure 33 Result Sy...

Page 34: ...the server accommodated within V Count The system interface can be viewed from https V Count_IP_Address 13102 using a web browser Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome shall be used For example https 192 168 1 31 13102 Internet Explorer is not suitable for setup process Credentials for logging in the system are username admin password qw34qw34 Figure 34 Login Page ...

Page 35: ...com over MQTT connection Device must be defined as push notification enabled device on reporting tool If the device is an element of a Wi Fi Bluetooth Analytics system then the questions must be answered accordingly The answers determine the type of engines that will run within the device Note Push notification and Bluetooth systems do not run and cannot be selected activated on the same device In...

Page 36: ...The system shall be calibrated through setup wizard for correct detection results All the configuration pages are accessible from the menu connections on the upper bar of the page By clicking Start button Setup Wizard shall continue with the next step ...

Page 37: ...o LAN For Wired connection static IP or DHCP can be used MAC Address of the device is listed below the corresponding menu Figure 37 LAN Settings 6 1 2 3 Time Zone Step 3 In this page installation location of the device is selected for the device to gather the correct date time settings from NTP server Figure 38 Time Zone Settings ...

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Page 39: ...this page parameters for Wi Fi and BLE signal detection are set These parameters are Max Signal Value Signals that are weaker than this signal value will be discarded Be careful about the minus sign Max Store Signal Value Signals that are stronger than this signal value are marked as inside the store For BLE projects Max Signal Value and Max Store Signal Value shall be set to 100 Query Period Numb...

Page 40: ... slave devices that are at the center of crescent installation shall be set If there is only 1 door and so there is only 1 crescent set installed this menu will be left empty The serial IDs of slave devices that are at the center of other doors crescent model shall be set Figure 41 BLE Devices Settings ...

Page 41: ... com supports only TCP and MQTT connections By default MQTT is set at factory settings for connection to cloud v count com Counting Period is used to adjust the interval that device stores and sends the counting results to servers It is set in terms of minutes Minimum value is 1 minute and maximum value is 60 minutes The counting is reset at every period Max Network Data is number of detected targ...

Page 42: ... project MQTT connection is used to connect to a broker Special handshaking algorithm is used between the broker and the device Master and Slave devices can connect to 2 separate brokers that has different functionalities One connection is to communicate with V Count Reporting server and other one is used to communicate Master and Slave devices MQTT Cloud Data generated to be processed at reportin...

Page 43: ...guration AWS button writes a dummy file to V Count s s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com servers to test the connection to the V Count buckets where video and log files are stored This is enabled only with MQTT option AWS button shall change to Azure when V Count s Azure server IP Address is set for MQTT connection Then Azure button writes a dummy file to V Count s vcount blob core windows net servers to t...

Page 44: ...ease refer the previous section After changing settings from this menu a reboot is required 6 1 3 2 Time Zone This page is the same with the Setup Wizard 6 1 2 3 Please refer the previous section 6 1 3 3 Web Server In this page web interface port and usernames and passwords can be changed The username and password changes are only accessible by Super Admin user only Figure 47 Web Server Settings A...

Page 45: ...is the same with the Setup Wizard 6 1 2 6 Please refer the previous section 6 1 5 System Commands In this menu system command button present These are command buttons that does not link to any web interface page They directly send commands to device Figure 48 System Commands System commands are Reset Application Only resets the application while the device still is powered on Reboot Soft power cyc...

Page 46: ... logs and auto working hour detection conditions are logged Warning Info Debug There are 2 types of log Files Output log This file is limited to 5MB The logs are belonging to Engine opening and closing states when the engine does not run Engine_DateTime log These logs are named with the creation date of the file One file size is limited to 5MB Also at every midnight file is ended regardless of the...

Page 47: ...he number of days the old results shall be kept in device If Delete Former Records is activated by selection ON then Maximum Record Validity Time is the maximum time duration results are kept internally in the device If counting results are sent to cloud v count com from the settings that are on Remote Server page server continues to keep the results regardless of this parameter Figure 50 Result S...

Page 48: ...ithin V Count The system interface can be viewed from https V Count_IP_Address 12108 using a web browser Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome shall be used For example https 192 168 1 31 12108 Internet Explorer is not suitable for setup process Credentials for logging in the system are username admin password qw34qw34 Figure 51 Login Page ...

Page 49: ...ush notification enabled device on reporting tool If the device is an element of a Wi Fi Bluetooth Analytics or Wi Fi Bluetooth Pathmap system then the questions must be answered accordingly The answers determine the type of engines that will run within the device Note Push notification and Bluetooth systems do not run and cannot be selected activated on the same device In this manual BLE Analytic...

Page 50: ...The system shall be calibrated through setup wizard for correct detection results All the configuration pages are accessible from the menu connections on the upper bar of the page By clicking Start button Setup Wizard shall continue with the next step ...

Page 51: ...Figure 54 Time Zone Settings 6 2 2 3 Working Interval Step 3 In this page opening and closing hours of the store shopping mall or the counting area shall be set Setting Monday will set all the week days But also other days can be set individually For siesta or pray hours or for any other purposes additional intervals in a day can be set from signs Figure 55 Working Interval Settings ...

Page 52: ...om MQTT connection is used only for web interface connection from cloud v count com Slave device does not send any Wi Fi or BLE data to cloud server Counting Period is used to adjust the interval that device stores and sends the counting results to Master device It is set in terms of seconds Minimum value is 1 minute and maximum value is 60 minutes The counting is reset at every period TCP This co...

Page 53: ...estart is required After adding connections a configuration line is added to the right menu including Test AWS and Cancel buttons Test button sends a dummy data packet to the server to test the configuration AWS button writes a dummy file to V Count s s3 eu west 1 amazonaws com servers to test the connection to the V Count buckets where video and log files are stored This is enabled only with MQTT...

Page 54: ...ction are set These parameters are Max Signal Value Signals that are weaker than this signal value will be discarded Be careful about the minus sign For BLE projects Max Signal Value shall be set to 100 Query Period Number of minutes to query the BLE Signals from embedded chip Figure 60 Wi Fi Processing Settings ...

Page 55: ...igure 61 Finalizing Setup Wizard After rebooting checking the device connectivity to reporting tool and counting performance is highly recommended 6 2 3 System Settings In this menu there are quick access to setup wizard menu configuration pages and some extra configuration pages are present 6 2 3 1 Time Zone This page is the same with the Setup Wizard 6 2 2 2 Please refer the previous section ...

Page 56: ...etup Wizard 6 2 2 4 Please refer the previous section After changing settings from this menu a restart is required 6 2 4 Counting Settings In this menu there are quick access to setup wizard menu configuration pages and some extra configuration pages are present 6 2 4 1 Wi Fi Settings This page is the same with the Setup Wizard 6 2 2 5 Please refer the previous section 6 2 5 System Commands In thi...

Page 57: ...are reported All the logs are written in spoken language to enable user to handle system errors or warnings easily There are 6 levels of logging and off option in the system Logging off All the log messages are disabled Error Only error conditions are logged Notice Errors and critical notifications about the system Auto Working Error logs and auto working hour detection conditions are logged Warni...

Page 58: ...file size is limited to 5MB Also at every midnight file is ended regardless of the size And a new file is started for the new day Figure 64 Logs By default Logs level is set to Notice Other levels can be chosen according to debugging purposes After each restart or reboot the log level is set back to Notice ...

Page 59: ...he number of days the old results shall be kept in device If Delete Former Records is activated by selection ON then Maximum Record Validity Time is the maximum time duration results are kept internally in the device If counting results are sent to cloud v count com from the settings that are on Remote Server page server continues to keep the results regardless of this parameter Figure 65 Result S...

Page 60: ...r booting all LEDs are turn on as Green This state continues until a person passes under the camera or any error occurs When the system cannot communicate with reporting server over any Remote Server connection method LED3 flashes RED When there is camera hardware error on the system LED1 stays Green LED2 flashes RED and LED3 is off 7 2 Reset Procedure and Factory Settings Resetting the device set...

Page 61: ...or 1 second o This loop continues for 5 times i e totally for 10 seconds o After successfully completing 10 seconds o For 5 times LED1 and LED2 flashes in Red o For 5 times LED1 and LED2 flashes in Green o LED1 and LED2 goes off Only LED1 is Green At this step reset button shall be released o System reboots If there is any error or reset button release during the reset procedure device does not re...

Page 62: ...ted there o If LED2 is green Try with a different web browser Do not use Internet Explorer or Edge at any step Use only Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox Reboot the device from web interface o If LED2 is red Reboot the device from web interface Power off on the device Check the power connections o Be sure about not extending the DC side of the adaptor o Check the Cat5 6 cable about not extending th...

Page 63: ...a while connection to the device is lost and the device does not send any data to the server Control web interface connection and system logs If the device cannot be pinged continue with the corresponding FAQ step Use Cat 5 6 cable according to the cable standard length Do not extend the cable longer than the cable provider standard ...

Page 64: ...tainty which makes the counting results comparable the collected database must include a minimum volume of 200 events of entering by visitors Tests done with samples smaller than 200 events are scientifically and statistically immature thus discarded Equation 1 Error rate formula PA Sum of people entering detected by the V Count People Counter All Entries PM Sum people entering detected by the Man...

Page 65: ...accessing device To access to the device a static IP number must be set to user s computer and that IP number must be on the same IP block with the device s IP number Factory default IP address can be found at the label on the back of the device Figure 67 Labelling ...

Page 66: ...tem Preferences from LaunchPad Figure 68 LaunchPad System Preferences Open Network in System Preferences Figure 69 System Preferences In network select Local Lan Connection and on the right menu select Manually for Configure IPv4 and enter IP address for the MacOS ...

Page 67: ...3D Alpha User s Manual 67 Figure 70 Setting IP Address Apply the settings and now you can ping and connect to device ...

Page 68: ...ing on the network icon on the bottom left side of the screen Figure 71 Network and Sharing Center On the new window click the Ethernet Figure 72 Active Networks Select Properties TCP IPv4 Properties Enter new IP address configuration IPv4 192 168 1 24 SubnetMask 255 255 255 0 Default Gateway 192 168 1 10 ...

Page 69: ...https V CountDeviceIPAddress 12102 with default settings Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox must be used to access this web interface Any other web browsers are not supported i e Internet Explorer Safari etc are not supported While accessing the device browsers may ask for adding an exception for the V Count devices Click Advanced Confirm Security Exception Figure 74 Adding Exception to browser ...

Page 70: ...3D Alpha User s Manual 70 Appendix 3 Network Communication Ports Figure 75 Network Architecture ...

Page 71: ...3D Alpha User s Manual 71 Appendix 4 Recommended POE Injector and Switch Models Please refer to V Count Hardware Specifications Sheet document ...

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