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 Version 2.04

 

Instructions for C-MOR Video Surveillance 

 

Summary of Contents for IP Video Surveillance

Page 1: ...User Manual Version 2 04 Instructions for C MOR Video Surveillance ...

Page 2: ...ll over the world In case of technical problems or questions on installation and setup of C MOR please contact our hotline Please find more information on www c mor us or please see contact data in the appendix of this manual Before putting into operation The use of surveillance systems may be prohibited or regulated by law in certain countries C MOR has not only been developed for high performanc...

Page 3: ...mail Alarm Page 26 3 1 3 Time Adjustment Page 26 3 1 3 1 Configuration Time Zone Page 27 3 1 4 Configuration Time Server Page 27 3 1 5 Activation Deactivation of Recordings Page 28 3 1 6 Adjust Storage Time Page 28 3 1 7 Automated Deletion of Oldest Recordings Page 29 3 1 8 Adjust Camera Configuration Page 29 3 1 9 User Administration Page 30 3 1 9 1 Setup User Stream and Permissions Page 30 3 1 1...

Page 4: ...figuration Integration of Existing Camera Page 45 3 2 4 The C MOR PTZ Control Page 52 3 2 5 Usage of the PTZ Control Page 55 4 Legal Information Page 57 4 1 Disclaimer Page 57 4 1 2 Warranty Page 57 5 GNU Public License GPL Page 58 5 1 Preamble Page 58 5 2 Terms and Conditions for Copying Distribution and Modification Page 58 6 Appendix Contact Information Page 60 ...

Page 5: ...G 4 codecs are required Most software DVD players like WinDVD or PowerDVD support these codecs but it may be necessary to install these codecs separately Windows is already equipped with these codecs by the means of the Media Player or VideoLAN VLC player Current versions of Linux derivatives also offer suitable movie players with correspondent codecs We recommend the VLC Player for all operating ...

Page 6: ...ns C MOR should be set up where only authorized personnel has access Your recordings are only safe if C MOR is protected from demolition and theft Connect C MOR to the power supply using the power cable and to the network using the network cable 2 m 1 4 Setup of Existing Network Connect the LAN of C MOR with your network C MOR will be ready for operation as soon as you have specified an IP address...

Page 7: ... you can download the Free IP setup tool from the C MOR homepage http www c mor com and set the IP parameters with this tool Enter the MAC address of your C MOR in the IP Setup Toolbox The MAC address can be found on the C MOR Data Sheet and on the C MOR self The IP Setup Toolbox assigns the IP address which must be in the range of your local network e g 192 168 1 2 For security reasons the C MOR ...

Page 8: ...password is admin Simply enter your network information and click on Set C MOR IP Configuration The IP Setup Toolbox requires the installation of the Java Runtime Environment on your Computer Therefor it can be used on all common operating systems like Windows Mac OS Linux or Solaris ...

Page 9: ...ormation You can now start with the definition of the IP address Please follow the instructions below to define the required IP address Press to enter the main menu Then use the arrow keys up down to navigate to the menu item Network and select by pressing the key By using the arrow keys or select the menu item IP and again select by pressing the key By using the arrow key you can now choose the n...

Page 10: ...in case available IP address of C MOR Capacity of hard disk in In case the status exceeds 90 old recordings should be archived or deleted Average system load The three figures displayed show the average system load during the last minute the past 5 minutes and the past 15 minutes Current CPU and system load System uptime The time of C MOR since the last restart 1 6 Support In case of unexpected pr...

Page 11: ...frames Archiving of recordings FTP transfer of recordings to a server Deletion of recordings for the release of free disk space Integration of own cameras when supported by the system And many more More information can be found in chapter Administration Besides HTTP connections that are transferred over the Internet without encryption C MOR also offers encrypted access over HTTPS In order to use t...

Page 12: ... the page 6 camera live views and the reference to the camera functions On the start page you will find an overview of all functions for the operation and administration of C MOR As soon as a camera within the net is activated and starts recording an up to date snapshot by the camera will be displayed ...

Page 13: ...ver the following link you can access the camera s configuration interface The settings there will be directly saved in the camera which might lead to problems accessing the camera especially in case of changes of the network configuration In order to make the camera accessible for C MOR again you have to immediately enter all changes of the IP address the port or the user settings into the C MOR ...

Page 14: ...to choose the size of the stream by clicking on the play button of the camera in question The live stream will then open and start playing in the requested size in a separate window Either in the JAVA Player or with the C MOR pull stream as configured and shown in the right top corner ...

Page 15: ... 15 2 3 Recordings Under the menu item Overview Recordings your recordings can be administrated Settings like start stop type deletion save via FTP and select individual recordings for delete can be carried out on this page ...

Page 16: ...der System Administration you can define all important configuration settings in order to adjust C MOR to your requirements and ensure a smooth operation in your network The following sub chapters go into the details of the different configuration options ...

Page 17: ... status information of C MOR Besides detailed information on system utilization used disk space and camera availability a large text window displays system status messages that can sent to the support by email in case of questions Using this help problems can be solved quickly and efficiently ...

Page 18: ...C MOR User Manual Page 18 2 6 Display Recordings By clicking on the button you can display complete or selected recordings of a certain time period for the cameras selected ...

Page 19: ...hoose the number of scenes recorded so far that you want to play or save After clicking the browser will ask whether you would like to save or play all selected scenes By clicking save as the browser will either offer to save the selected recording to a requested storage location on your computer or to play the recording Firefox Microsoft Internet Explorer ...

Page 20: ...recorded due to motion detection also offers single frames of the event Please click on in order to get to the page where you can view the complete series of single frames and download them as a ZIP archive 2 8 Play Recordings Playback of recordings is basically carried out as saving recordings But instead of selecting save as as browser function select open file After clicking the option the appl...

Page 21: ...any many more The Web Interface of the iPad On the Start Page you find the overview of all functions for the operation and administration of C MOR If a camera is in recording mode the Live View of the camera will appear here The web interface is same as the web interface of a normal web browser on your PC Also all features are available and the C MOR web page is almost the same as you are used to ...

Page 22: ... bookmark this page as your C MOR start page It starts up faster then the other pages If you want to watch the live view of a camera click on the button with the display size to open the live stream window Here you can select between the different resolution in which the live view is displayed If you click on the static picture in the Quickstart view you will be forwarded to the Live View site of ...

Page 23: ...e video will start promptly This differs from the web interface you use with a PC or Macintosh since the iPad does not cover a Mouse over Function Therefor you finde the little camera symbol left of the Play button The video preview starts if you touch this icon Preview a a selected video scene Video download an playback of the selected scene ...

Page 24: ...ailable for the iPad too Even if the connected IP camera does not support the iPad it can be controlled through C MOR since C MOR acts as interface between the iPad and the IP camera Further information about the PTZ Control you can find under Point 3 2 4 and 3 2 5 ...

Page 25: ...or global system alerts Set time Configure time server Start stop recordings activate deactivate camera Define storage time for recordings per camera Auto delete in case of low storage space Setup the camera configuration of each camera User administration Configure Camera Rights and Stream Method for users FTP backup of recordings Image width of mobile devices Setup Stream Method for mobile devic...

Page 26: ...continues working at that point By clicking Change IP Settings the following entry mask appears for adjustment of IP settings After executing Save IP Settings C MOR cannot be reached any more By entering the new IP address in the address field of your browser C MOR can immediately be reached again If you want to reset your IP Settings to default configuration you can choose the Button Reset IP set...

Page 27: ...r Manual Page 27 Please take your time when changing the IP address C MOR will immediately continue working under the new IP address Uncontrolled activation deactivation can lead to data loss and other failures ...

Page 28: ...g mail server user name and password that allow the sending of emails over the mail server of your provider Many email providers use this technology in order to ensure that the sender of an email is authentic Another setting which maybe required by your provider is SSL encryption Simply enable this feature by clicking on the checkbox Make sure the select TCP Port is set correctly The standard port...

Page 29: ...nfiguration of the time for C MOR can be carried out The supported time protocol is Network Time Protocol NTP Please note When setting this option please make sure that the internet connection to the time server is always active In case the time server cannot be reached or delivers wrong data the time on C MOR will not be correct Examples for timeservers ntp 1 vt edu ntp 2 vt edu ...

Page 30: ... the same function as on the respective camera configuration page 3 1 6 Storage Time of Recordings By setting the storage time it is defined after how many days C MOR recordings will be automatically deleted Deletions by C MOR are carried out at night time The deletion includes all types of recordings motion detection recordings single frames and fast motion recordings ...

Page 31: ...g deleted too early and important video material getting lost 3 1 8 Change Camera Configuration For each individual camera an own configuration page is available where parameters can be set In order to access that page please click on the button the requested camera and then the link Camera Configuration Please find more information on camera configuration in chapter 3 2 In order to access the cam...

Page 32: ...nd Permissions Please Note For every created user you can setup different configurations As desired by the administrator users can change the configuration of the System Administration or not The following paramaenters can be chaned by the user if a user is selected to configure the own profile The user is able to change the own password The user is able to view the Quickstart page The user is abl...

Page 33: ...nd or camera recordings The live stream type Java stream MJPEG stream or script stream can be set by the user self if permitted by the administrator In the System Administration menu under User Camera Rights Administration and Live Stream Mode Settings the administratior can setup the camera and stream permissions Select the user to modify and click User Configuration ...

Page 34: ...C MOR User Manual Page 34 The menu which opens allows making the settings for the selected user The lower part of the User Configuration page ...

Page 35: ... be automatically copied to a FTP server A FTP server can be a desktop PC with Windows operating system and FTP server software By the help of FTP long term storage or tape backup can be carried out Besides easy FTP server storage C MOR can also delete recordings after the copy process 3 1 11 Image Size for Mobile Page C MOR offers the possibility to access video recordings and live images via mob...

Page 36: ...e visit the following page http your IP address mobile By clicking on the link Settings the page for adjusting your personal settings will open up enabling you to define the necessary values for your mobile device Please adjust the settings for your mobile device here By clicking on Overview you will get back to the start page ...

Page 37: ...the cameras under mobile can be either displayed as freeze image with manual reload or as motion JPEG stream Here you are able to select the option requested This setting can also be adjusted under Settings on the start page of your mobile page please see graphics under Access with Mobile Devices ...

Page 38: ...are Version 3 60 there is a separate interface available for the iPhone to display live streams and videos on mobile Devices If you are owner of an iPhone please use following link to show the Live Images http your IP address iphone By clicking on a window will pop up offering either to save or to open files In case the data has already been connected to a specific player the application will then...

Page 39: ...clicking on the country flags top right in the menu If you want to temporarily change the language you can go to the upper right side of the Start Page Here you will find the flags of the supported languages Choose one of the flags to choose the language you prefer 3 1 13 System Restart In case of unexpected problems using this menu item can restart C MOR 3 1 14 System Shutdown In case you have to...

Page 40: ... self if the user selecs the System Administration page The administrator can change this settings for each user as described earlier in this manual If you want to use the Java Player just select Live View with Java Player and confirm the settings with the Button Save Live View Mode Now the Java Mode is activated If the process was successful the following Information should appear With the Button...

Page 41: ...u can choose the Settings for each user Choose the users you want to have the Java Mode predefined and confirm your Settings with the Button Save Java mode for users 3 1 15 2 Java Mode in Live View If you have JAVA Mode enabled you can choose a list of different symbols to call more Features To view this list simply move the mouse e g on the Start Page over the Live image from the camera Now you h...

Page 42: ...e 42 Restore the default Live View Zoom out the current Live Image Zoom in the current Live Image Direction control for zoomed Live Image Displays information about the current Live Image Weblink to the C MOR Video Homepage ...

Page 43: ...se recordings This parameter defines the time and days after a new recording will be started for timelapse recordings Creation of JPEG images with motion detection Apart from MPEG files with motion detection there are also single JPEG images recorded These images can be easily saved with a ZIP archive Record single JPEG pictures beside timelapse permanent recordings Enable permanent single picture...

Page 44: ... the motion detection for the cam image is defined Display Text with time and date in cam image Feature for the activation and deactivation of the display of time and date in the cam image Automatic E Mail alarm during Motion Detection Feature for the activation and deactivation of the E Mail alarm in case motion has been detected by the cam A plain text E Mail will be sent excluding image or movi...

Page 45: ... are saved on C MOR The default value is 100 Time between two events Time in seconds without motion after a new motion movie will be recorded Bitrate of picture transfer from camera The bitrate factor defines the variable bandwidth for the picture transfer from the camera to C MOR The value 2 is the fastest with the best quality For pictures with high amount of data this value has to be rised to a...

Page 46: ...ding messages to C MOR via the so called syslog service This will then start a recording for the camera in question Image mask for the definition of the area of motion detection In case motion should not be detected within the complete camera image the area where motion should be detected white area can be defined by a black white mask The defined black area will not trigger motion detection The s...

Page 47: ...recording of a camera is deactivated there will not be any saved video recordings of this camera Depending on the camera configuration in case of an activated camera permanent recordings and or motion detection is saved in individual files 3 2 3 Camera Configuration Integration of Existing Camera Under Adjust Camera Configuration you can define further settings for the individual cameras ...

Page 48: ...ering the IP address the port the user name and the password of your camera The same settings have to be done for the camera itself Under Configuration Camera Type you can select the camera type that is most suitable for your camera C MOR currently supports all cameras with the standard JPG and MJPG Currently supported models Airlink 101 Wireless IP Security Camera AIC250 Airlink 101 Wireless IP S...

Page 49: ... WLAN Camera D Link DCS 1000W Digi Lan TV7203 LevelOne FCS 0010 LevelOne FCS 0020 with PT control LevelOne FCS 1010 with PT control LevelOne FCS 1040 with PTZ contol LevelOne FCS 1070 LevelOne FCS 1081 LevelOne FCS 3000 dome camera LevelOne FCS 3021 dome camera LevelOne FCS 5011 night vision LevelOne FCS 5030 night vision LevelOne FCS 7011 analog digital video converter LevelOne WCS 0010 LevelOne ...

Page 50: ... PTZ Trendnet TV IP100 Trendnet TV IP110 Trendnet TV IP100W Trendnet TV IP200 Trendnet TV IP201W Trendnet TV IP300 Trendnet TV IP301W Trendnet TV IP312W Trendnet TV IP400W Trendnet TV IP422W Trendnet Veo IP1100 Vivotek IP7133 Vivotek IP7138 Vivotek IP7139 Vivotek PT3112 incl PT control Vivotek PZ6114 incl PTZ control Vivotek PZ6124 Vivotek SD7151 Dome PTZ Camera Vivotek WDR FD 7141 Fixed Dome Came...

Page 51: ...nalog digital converter Following cameras should work with C MOR due to manufacturer information All Axis models All Arecont vision models Mobotix D12D Sec Mobotix M12D Sec Mobotix M12D Sec Night Vivotek PT3122 4XEM W45 4XEM W80 4XEM WPTZ 4XEM WLPTZ ...

Page 52: ...ter that single camera options such as image rotation or maximum recording time can be defined The description of each setting can be found next to the respective option in the table On the same configuration page you are able to plan time controlled recordings Please click time and day when you would like to start the video surveillance Please carry out the settings in the table below for Time Co...

Page 53: ...ite areas The black white mask can be created as follows please start with creating a white image of the size of your camera resolution Those areas where no motion detection should be effected please add black layers Then please save the graphic as a JPG file and upload it to C MOR All black areas will then be ignored in terms of motion detection Please also see the information on the following pa...

Page 54: ...e PTZ Control is the consistent interface for all camera types Also no software has to be installed on the PC to manage the cameras Furthermore the PTZ control works with the iPhone iPod or iPad and other mobile devices with internet function For the configuration of the PTZ Cameras there is a configuration page in the C MOR web interface that can be reached from the camera configuration page ...

Page 55: ...ual Page 55 In the PTZ configuration page all known PTZ cameras are available In the section Load pre defined camera data the settings for the PTZ camera can be loaded Simply select the right camera in drop down menu ...

Page 56: ...ng for the camera rotation If the camera was fixed on a ceiling which has the effect that the camera is upside down the PTZ control has to be configured with the rotation of 180 degrees Otherwise the PTZ commands will navigate to the wrong direction Of course the loaded PTZ commands can be adjusted If a camera has a configurable pan or tilt setting so the command can be adjusted with your own requ...

Page 57: ...ed in the PTZ menu too The pre defined positions commands you will find in the C MOR web forum or by asking the C MOR support team If the PTZ commands are configured at least you have to activate the PTZ control over the camera Menu 3 2 5 Usage of the PTZ control If the PTZ function is activated for a camera the control icons will be shown on the camera web pages automatically ...

Page 58: ... buttons are self explanatory These functions are pan from left to right tilt from up and down and zoom in and zoom out In the drop down menu underneath the pan tilt an zoom buttons you will find the menu for the pre defined positions ...

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