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- Page 1 AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide PLEASE READ THIS MANUAL BEFORE USING YOUR SYSTEM, and always follow the instructions for safety and proper use. Save this manual for future reference. AVSI-12_SM 200302...
- Page 2 Operate this system only in environments where the temperature and humidity is within the recommended range. Operation in temperatures or at humidity levels outside the recommended range may cause electric shock and shorten the life of the product. CAUTION Refer to the specifications for each system component for more information. LEGAL NOTICE Observint products are designed to meet safety and performance standards with the use of specific Observint authorized accessories.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
A.1 Playback screen basic controls ............54 AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... - Page 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS A.2 Normal Playback ..............55 Advanced Recorder Features .
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Page 5: Systems Overview
Systems Overview The AVSI-12 Interview Room system is a premium quality scalable video and audio digital recording system ideally suited for indoor installation in rooms where interviews or interrogations occur. The digital recording system allows you to search and playback live video and audio, and export recordings locally or download them remotely. -
Page 6: System Components
SECTION 1: SYSTEM OVERVIEW 1.1 System components* The interview room system components include: Quantity Description 24LGLED LG™ 24” 1080p Full-HD Widescreen Commercial Grade LED Monitor ALI-QVR4108H1TB AKI-QVR4100 series 8-channel HD-TVI Hybrid+ security DVR ALI-TS1012R HD-TVI 2MP indoor dome camera AUDIOADAPTER Mono audio 3.5mm female to RCA male adapter AVSI-SPEAKER Powered stereo speaker set... - Page 7 Converts 3.5 mm plug go RCA male. AVSI-SPEAKER Speakers The AVSI-SPEAKER is a high quality computer compatible powered stereo speaker set. It connects to the audio out jack on the back of the ALI-QVR4108H recorder. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 8 SECTION 1: SYSTEM OVERVIEW AVSI-STEREO adapter cable RCA audio left and right to 3.5 mm stereo connector adapter cable. AVSI-SWITCH system control switch The AVSI-SWITCH is a simple interview room switch assembly that can be used to start and stop recording equipment with the key provided.
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Page 9: Optional Equipment
Integrated batteries provide power when the incoming voltage drops below 90 Vac or increases above 140 Vac. The UPS is used to distribute power to the recorder, monitor, AVSI switch, camera and audio base station. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... -
Page 10: Getting Started
SECTION 2: GETTING STARTED SECTION 2 Getting Started 2.1 Unpacking the equipment Remove the equipment from its packaging and place it on a flat, clean surface. Inspect each item. If any visible damage is present, contact your supplier for a replacement. Verify that your order is complete. Within your order you should find one of each of the following: 24LGLED: LG™... -
Page 11: System Setup
AUDIO IN CH 1 input Power Ground for camera to speakers from microphone switch terminal HDMI/VGA 12 VDC Plug for Alarm Terminations to monitor power adapter (See image below) ALARM IN 1 GROUND (G) AVSI-12 Interview Room Systems Setup Guide... -
Page 12: Mount And Wire The Avsi Switch
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP Connect a ground cable to the ground terminal on the back of the recorder. Follow local electrical codes to ensure the recorder is properly grounded. Plug the mouse provided into the USB port on either the front or back of the recorder. Position the monitor in an appropriate viewing location and connect it to the recorder using either the VGA or HDMI interface. -
Page 13: Connect The Cab-Ask Cable To The Recorder Alarm In Terminals
At the alarm terminations, push and hold in the orange button associated with the ALARM IN 1 terminal, insert the CAB- ASK cable red wire all the way in, and then release the orange button. Tug on the wire to ensure that is securely attached. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... -
Page 14: Connect The Speakers To The Recorder
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP Ground (G) ALARM IN (1) Back of recorder CAB-ASK cable To AVSI switch Push and hold in the orange button associated with one if the G (ground) terminals, insert the CAB-ASK cable black wire all the way in, and then release the orange button. Tug on the wire to ensure that is securely attached. 3.4 Connect the speakers to the recorder The speakers provided with the system connect to the recorder AUDIO OUT connector through the AUDIOADAPTER. -
Page 15: Install The Ali-Ts1012R Camera And Pa6Il Microphone
(see photo below). Ensure that the power connector on the recorder end will mate with the connector on the DC12-2000R (2 amp) power adapter, and the power connector at the camera and microphone end will connect to the YPOWER adapter. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... - Page 16 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP Power connector for recorder end Power connector for camera end Connect the EXT100 extension cables to the recorder as follows: Connect the EXT100 cable video (yellow) connector to an RCA to BNC adapter, and then connect the adapter to the VIDEO IN 1 BNC connector.
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Page 17: Powering On The System For The First Time
After setting the administrator password of the system, an option is available to save a GUID file. This file can be used to reset NOTE the Admin password of the system if you forget your password. Save the GUID file on a USB flash media drive and stored in a secure location. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... -
Page 18: System Activation
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP When the recorder is first powered on, it is in an “Inactive” state, which means that it does not have an admin user password for the recorder, and it is not configured to record video or log system status messages. The initial configuration screen enables you to activate the recorder. - Page 19 IP network cameras. Follow the guidelines in the Note below this field. Click the OK button to continue. If passwords were setup properly in the Activation menu, an Note window will appear showing the recorder is now “activated.” Leave the Note window open. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 20 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP If you selected options for Reserve E-mail Setting, enter a valid email address in the pop-up window. Click OK. Your email address will be verified. In the Note window, click OK to continue. If you selected the option in the Activation screen to Export GUID, use the instructions in this step to use this feature. Plug a flash drive into an unused USB port on the recorder, and then click the Refresh icon (see below).
- Page 21 Drag the mouse over four of the dots in the matrix shown below to construct an “Unlock” pattern (see right window below). Repeat the same pattern again to verify your choice. Use this pattern to unlock your recorder when requested. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 22: Using The Setup Wizard
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP 3.8 Using the setup Wizard During startup of a new recorder, the setup Wizard opens by default. Use the Wizard to select the essential configuration settings of your recorder. You can disable the automatic startup of this feature in the Configuration menu. See the Menu | Configuration | General menu for more information. - Page 23 Space, etc. Usually HDDs will show a Normal status. If any HDD shows an Uninitialized status, it must be initialized (Init) before it can be used. The screen below shows a single HDD system with Normal Status and maximum Free Space AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 24 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP If any HDD listed shows a status other than Normal (such as, Uninitialized), it must be initialized (Init), which formats it to a usable condition. To Initialize an HDD: HDD initialization erases all data on the disk. CAUTION Check the select box for the HDD(s) you want to initialize.
- Page 25 Alibi Connect stream will be forcedly encrypted. Make sure your Alibi Connect service supports stream encryption. In the Wizard 6 Change Password and Ports menu, you can modify your admin password and change the Server, HTTP and RSTP port numbers. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 26 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP Changing the port numbers on the screen above can provide better security for you system, but can complicate the ability to access NOTE the recorder and download data from it. Consult with your Alibi Support organization for more information. To change the password, check the New Admin Password box, and then follow the on screen instructions.
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Page 27: Opening The Menu System
Alibi IP cameras you manage with the recorder may be setup internally to show on-screen information, such as name and • timestamp. In the Camera Management menu, click the Display link on the left. By default, image settings for Camera (A1) Camera 01 (interview room camera) is selected. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... - Page 28 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP In the Display menu, click the expand-more icon on the OSD Settings line to open the OSD menu. expand-more icon Open the Camera drop-down list and select the camera you want to configure. In the screen below, camera [A1] Camera 01 is selected.
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Page 29: Camera Image Settings
If you are configuring an IP camera, open the drop down lists for Enable Rotation, Mirror Mode and Scene Mode, then select best option for each for this camera installation. Click Apply to save your settings for this camera. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... -
Page 30: Camera Video Parameters
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP 3 .9 .3 Camera Video Parameters Use the Video Parameters Main Stream and Sub-Stream menus to verify that both video and audio from the interview room camera will be recorded. These menus can also be used for adjusting video and audio parameters. Parameter options depend on the capability of the camera. - Page 31 Sub-Streams In the Sub-Stream menu, ensure that the Stream Type option is configured to stream Video and Audio. The sub-stream is normally used for cloud storage and remote access to the recorder. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 32: Setup Alarm Triggered Recording
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP In the Camera menu, click on Video Parameters, and then click on Sub-Stream. In the Camera field drop down list, select the Interview Room camera. In the example here, [A1] Interview Room 1 is selected. Open the Steam Type drop down list, and then select Video & Audio. Adjust other parameters as needed for the camera performance you require. - Page 33 Open the Camera No, drop-down list to select the camera you want to configure. In this example, the camera installed in the interview room, attached to [A1] Interview Room 1, is selected. Check the Enable Schedule box. Click the Advanced button. In the Advanced Parameters menu: AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 34 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP Check the Record Audio select box. Set the Pre-Record and Post-Record times using the drop down lists. These parameters set the number of seconds of video before and after an event occurs what will be saved in storage. Open the Steam Type drop down list to select the video stream you want to record.
- Page 35 In this example, the entire week was selected. When you release the mouse button, the recording mode in that area will change to the mode you selected. See below. Click Apply to save your settings. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 36: Configure Alarm In 1 And Recording Trigger
SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP 3 .10 .2 Configure Alarm IN 1 and recording trigger Use this procedure to setup the Alarm 1 IN circuitry to trigger video and audio recording on [A1]Channel 01 when the AVSI switch is Open the Alarm IN menu. Go to Menu | Camera | Event | Normal Event . For Alarm Input No. - Page 37 Click the Input radial button. An Arming Schedule will appear. By default this schedule enables the Local<- 1 alarm continuously. You can modify this schedule as done with the Record schedule (see above), if needed. Input radial button Click Apply to save your settings. Click the Linkage Action tab. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 38 SECTION 3: SYSTEM SETUP Full Screen Monitoring selected A1 Trigger Channel selected In the Linkage Action tab (see above): In the Trigger Channel column, click the A1 select box (to record video and audio from [A1] Channel 01) to check it. Optional: In this screen, I also checked the select box in the Normal Linkage column for Full Screen Monitoring.
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Page 39: Test/Use The Interview Room System
In the Live View display, right click on any video frame to show the Live View header and footer icons (see below). Menu icon Split screen configuration Click the Split screen configuration icon to display anything other than a single channel view (for example, 3 x 3 (see above), 2 x 2, etc.). AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... -
Page 40: Playback Recorded Video
SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM Ensure that the speakers are powered on. Set the AVSI switch to ON. The camera image of Camera 01 should expand to full screen and a red status icon (recording in progress) should appear in the upper right corner of the screen. Record the time when the AVSI switch was turned on. - Page 41 For more information about use of the Playback screen, see “APPENDIX A Playback Screen Controls” on page 54 In the camera list on the right, check the select box for the interview room camera, Camera 01. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 42 SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM Interview room camera Day recording was made Marks on timeline indicate recordings In the calendar below the camera list, click on the date of the recording you want to playback. In the example above, February 20, 2020 was selected.
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Page 43: Export Recorded Video
In this example, the video recorded from testing the system will be exported to a USB flash drive. Insert a USB flash drive into an USB port on the recorder. In the playback window: AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... - Page 44 SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM Check the select box for the camera you that the recording was made from. Click the Custom Search button at the bottom of the left frame. The Search Condition screen will open. Open the Event Type drop down list, and then select Alarm Input to search for an alarm generated on Camera 01 triggered by the AVSI switch.
- Page 45 Alarm Input. Click the Search button at the bottom of the screen. The results of the search will be listed in the window. In the window below, only one recording was found. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
- Page 46 SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM You can click the icon in the View column to play the video. In the Playback screen, click Custom Search again to return to the Search results screen. www.Observint.com...
- Page 47 Click OK. Refresh button In the Path Settings window, click the Refresh button (see above), and then double click on the directory in the USB drive where you want to save the recording. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 48: Tagging And Locking Recorded Video Clips
SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM Select the Backup type format you want to save. In this example, MP4 was selected. Click OK to export the file. Click the Export Status icon in the screen header. Note that it shows the file is 100% exported. Unplug the USB flash drive from the recorder. - Page 49 While the video is being played back, hover the mouse pointer over the video frame. A group of pop-up icons will appear at the bottom of the window. Add Tag icon. Click the Add Tag icon. See above. In the window that opens, enter a Tag Name using the virtual keyboard. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 50: Locking A Video File
SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM Click OK to close the window. The tag is time stamped at the time the window opens. 4 .4 .2 Locking a video file While the video you want to lock is being played back, hover the mouse pointer over the video frame. A group of pop-up icons will appear at the bottom of the video frame. - Page 51 Click the Calendar icons for the Start of search and End of search to set the time range to search. Click the Search button at the bottom of the screen. In this example, one result was found for the camera selected. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 52: Search For And Play Locked Files
SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM To play the video, click the Play icon in the View column. White mark on timeline indicates video segment is tagged. 4 .4 .4 Search for and play locked files Open the playback menu, and check the select boxes for cameras used to record the locked video files you want to find. In the example below, Camera 01 (A1) was selected. - Page 53 Click the Search button at the bottom of the screen. A list of video files that match your search criteria will be displayed. The icon in the Lock column below shows the file is locked. Click the Play icon in the View column to watch the video. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 54: Manual Recording
SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM 4.5 Manual recording You can manually record Live View video and audio from your interview room without using the AVSI switch. To start recording, left click inside the Live View window you want to record, then click the Start/Stop Manual Recording icon in the quick setting toolbar. - Page 55 Double click on the directory in the flash drive where you want to save the configuration file (see below). Import button Export button Click the Export button (see callout above). In the popup Export Encryption window, enter your administrator password, and then click OK to perform the export. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 56: Import System Configuration
SECTION 4: TEST/USE THE INTERVIEW ROOM SYSTEM A Note popup window will show the export status. You can hover the mouse over the filename to see the full filename. 4.7 Import system configuration You can import a system configuration file you saved earlier to restore your recorder to that configuration. See “4.6 Export system configuration”... - Page 57 Click the Import button (see above). In the popup Import Encryption window, enter your administrator password, and then click OK to perform the export. After the configuration file is imported, a system reboot is required. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the procedure. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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Page 58: Playback Screen Controls
APPENDIX A Playback Screen Controls For more information about the Playback features of your AVSI-12 system, refer to the ALIBI™ Embedded Video Recorder Firmware V4 .20 .00 User Manual downloadable from AlibiSecurity.com or your ALIBI security products vendor. A.1 Playback screen basic controls... -
Page 59: Normal Playback
Search Parameters A.2 Normal Playback Normal playback shows and plays back all video clips recorded from the selected camera on the selected day. Open the Playback screen. Go to Menu | Playback. AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... - Page 60 APPENDIX A: PLAYBACK SCREEN CONTROLS In the Playback screen, check the box for the camera channel(s) you want to playback. In the Time frame, the current day is identified. The recorder will search for available video in the selected month and mark each day that has recorded video available.
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Page 61: Advanced Recorder Features
Each account has a User Name, Password, and a selection of permissions granted to the user. The recorder supports up to 32 user accounts. To add, edit, and delete user accounts, you must log into the recorder with admin user credentials. . User Management - user configuration User Camera Configuration settings AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide... -
Page 62: Remote Access
APPENDIX B: ADVANCED RECORDER FEATURES B.2 Remote Access If you recorder is connected to a local network (LAN), you can access it from another computer on the LAN through Microsoft® Internet Explorer®. With remote access, you can view live video from the cameras in use by the system, and search, playback and download recordings. - Page 63 APPENDIX B: ADVANCED RECORDER FEATURES System Maintenance menu AVSI-12 Interview Room System Setup and User Guide...
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