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  • Page 1 Bosch Video Management System MBV-BPRO-40 Operator's Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    System overview Hardware requirements Software requirements License requirements Getting started Installing Bosch VMS Archive Player Starting Bosch VMS Archive Player Displaying camera images Displaying a camera in an Image pane Finding an item in the Logical Tree Arranging Image panes...

  • Page 4: Window

    | Table of Contents Bosch Video Management System Playing recorded videos Authenticating video data (for NVR recordings only) Changing the playback speed Protecting video Deleting video data Exporting video data Importing video data 8.10 Performing a Forensic Search (only VRM recordings) 8.11...

  • Page 5: Window

    13.2.1 Scenarios 13.2.2 Permissions 13.2.3 Types of user groups 13.2.4 Licensing 13.3 Allegiant CCL commands supported in Bosch VMS Troubleshooting 14.1 Updating an old Bosch VMS Archive Player version Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH Operator's Manual 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client...

  • Page 6: Using The Help

    | Using the Help Bosch Video Management System Using the Help To find out more about how to do something in Bosch Video Management System, access the online Help using any of the following methods. To use the Contents, Index, or Search: On the Help menu, click Help.
  • Page 7 Bosch Video Management System Using the Help | en To print a Help topic: Right-click in the right pane and select Print. The Print dialog box opens. Click Print. The topic is printed to the specified printer. Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH Operator's Manual 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    | Introduction Bosch Video Management System Introduction Bosch VMS Archive Player displays exported recordings. 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client Operator's Manual Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH...

  • Page 9: System Overview

    System overview | en System overview If you plan to install and configure Bosch Video Management System, participate in a system training on Bosch Video Management System. Refer to the Release Notes of the current Bosch Video Management System version for supported versions of firmware and hardware and other important information.

  • Page 10: Getting Started

    You can include the setup for Bosch VMS Archive Player in an export you create with Bosch VMS Operator Client. If there is no setup available with the export, you can find it on a computer where Bosch VMS is installed: C:\<Installation directory>\Bosch\VMS\Update\NvrArchivePlayer \NvrArchivePlayerSetup.exe...

  • Page 11: Displaying Camera Images

    Bosch Video Management System Displaying camera images | en Displaying camera images This chapter provides information on how to display camera images. Some of the features described in this chapter can be deactivated for your user group. Displaying a camera in an Image pane...

  • Page 12: Starting Manual Recording

    | Displaying camera images Bosch Video Management System You can switch from the Image window to the Alarm Image window if at least one alarm is in the Alarm List. Notice! A map displayed in an Alarm Image pane is optimized for display and contains only the initial view of the basic .dwf file.

  • Page 13: Starting An Automatic Camera Sequence

    Bosch Video Management System Displaying camera images | en – Connection to the camera lost – No permission to display the camera – Camera not configured In addition, for sequences displayed on an analog monitor via a decoder, DiBos cameras cannot be displayed.

  • Page 14: Using One Channel Audio Mode

    | Displaying camera images Bosch Video Management System Right-click a folder in the Logical Tree or Favorites Tree window and click Show as sequence in selected Image pane. The cameras of the selected folder are displayed one after the other in the selected Image pane.

  • Page 15: Saving A Single Image

    Bosch Video Management System Displaying camera images | en Note: You can also use the controls for digital zoom in the PTZ Control window. 5.11 Saving a single image Main window To save a single image: Select an Image pane.

  • Page 16: Starting Instant Playback

    You can assign IP devices to a decoder. This displays the video signal on the analog monitor and plays the audio signal on the speakers if connected to the decoder. DiBos and Bosch Allegiant cameras cannot be assigned this way.

  • Page 17: Using The Intercom Functionality

    Bosch Video Management System Displaying camera images | en To display metadata in a separate window: Select an Image pane. In the Camera menu, click Show Metadata..A window is displayed with the available metadata. When you close the selected Image pane, the Metadata window is closed too.

  • Page 18: Locking The Control Of A Ptz Camera

    | Displaying camera images Bosch Video Management System To use Intercom functionality on your workstation your user group must be granted to use it. You perform this task in Configuration Client. In the Options dialog box, you can configure half duplex or full duplex mode.

  • Page 19: Using Maps And The Ptz Cameras

    Bosch Video Management System Using maps and the PTZ cameras | en Using maps and the PTZ cameras This chapter provides information on how to use the Map window and the PTZ Control window. You can view a map in the required ratio and zooming factor. Hence, you see all your devices and their places at a glance.
  • Page 20 | Using maps and the PTZ cameras Bosch Video Management System Move the cursor to another direction and perform a corresponding tilt or swiveling task. Move the cursor to the center of the Image pane. The cursor changes to a magnifying class.

  • Page 21: Using Favorites And Bookmarks

    Bosch Video Management System Using favorites and bookmarks | en Using favorites and bookmarks This chapter provides information on how to use the Favorites Tree and the Bookmark Tree. Favorites Tree You can add every item of the Logical Tree to the Favorites Tree to create your own subset of the Logical Tree.

  • Page 22: Adding A Bookmark

    | Using favorites and bookmarks Bosch Video Management System To create a new View: Arrange the cameras in the Image window in Live Mode and in Playback Mode. If desired, use the digital zoom and select an image section.

  • Page 23: Displaying A Bookmark

    Bosch Video Management System Using favorites and bookmarks | en To edit a bookmark: Right-click a bookmark and click Edit Bookmark. The Edit Bookmark dialog box is displayed. Make changes if required. Click OK. The bookmark is saved in the Bookmark Tree.

  • Page 24: Managing Recorded Videos

    Playing recorded videos Main window > Note: Bosch Allegiant cameras are not recorded within Bosch Video Management System. To play recorded videos: Assign a camera to an Image pane. 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client...

  • Page 25: Authenticating Video Data (For Nvr Recordings Only)

    Main window > The authenticity of all the cameras displayed in the Image window is checked to see whether they have been changed. You can only check the authenticity of DiBos and Bosch VMS NVR cameras. Other cameras are ignored.

  • Page 26: Deleting Video Data

    The data is exported in native (Bosch VMS Archive Player) or ASF format. When you export a video in native format, you can add Bosch VMS Archive Player as a viewer. And you can protect the exported data with a password.

  • Page 27: Importing Video Data

    Bosch Video Management System Managing recorded videos | en Click the tab or the tab. Click an entry in the search result list. Click The Export Video dialog box is displayed. Make the appropriate settings. Click OK. The entry is exported to the selected data medium.

  • Page 28: Finding Motion (Only Nvr Recordings)

    | Managing recorded videos Bosch Video Management System Click Search to start the Forensic Search. window with the matching entries is displayed. For playing the corresponding video, double-click the entry. The corresponding video is displayed. 8.11 Finding motion (only NVR recordings) Main window >...

  • Page 29: Finding Recorded Video Data

    Bosch Video Management System Managing recorded videos | en In the Date and Time field, enter start date and time and end date and time for the search process. In the Result Count list, limit the number of matching entries that result from the search.

  • Page 30: Handling Alarms

    | Handling alarms Bosch Video Management System Handling alarms This chapter provides information on how to handle alarms. Some of the features described in this chapter can be deactivated for your user group. Notice! A map displayed in an Alarm Image pane is optimized for display and contains only the initial view of the basic .dwf file.

  • Page 31: Clearing An Alarm

    Bosch Video Management System Handling alarms | en To add a comment to an alarm: Click The Workflow dialog box is displayed for entering a comment and displaying the action plan for this alarm. If no action plan is assigned to the alarm, the dialog box only displays the Comment: field.

  • Page 32: Displaying The Live Image Window

    | Handling alarms Bosch Video Management System To change the column width: Point to the right border of the column heading. The pointer becomes a double-headed arrow . Drag the column border to the left or the right. To quickly make the column wide enough to show all of its contents, double-click the right border of the column heading.
  • Page 33 Bosch Video Management System Handling alarms | en To "un-accept" an alarm: Select the accepted alarm entry and click The alarm is displayed as active again. Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH Operator's Manual 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client...

  • Page 34: Using A Cctv Keyboard

    | Using a CCTV keyboard Bosch Video Management System Using a CCTV keyboard This chapter describes how to use Bosch Video Management System with a CCTV keyboard. The language of display texts in the keyboard is English. 10.1 CCTV keyboard user interface Notice! Every input on the keyboard is cleared after some seconds if no further input is made.

  • Page 35: Status Display

    Prod: Starts a scan process to find the connected workstation. If scanning is successful: In the softkey display, Terminal and Keyboard Control menus are displayed. For selecting Bosch Video Management System, press the Terminal softkey. Mon: Allows you to enter a monitor number (digital or analog monitor).

  • Page 36: Using A Keyboard Connected To A Workstation

    10.2 Using a keyboard connected to a workstation A keyboard connected to a Bosch Video Management System workstation offers a wide variety of features. Both the analog and the digital mode are available. If the keyboard is connected to a decoder, the feature set is reduced. Only the analog mode is available.

  • Page 37: Displaying Cameras

    Bosch Video Management System Using a CCTV keyboard | en 10.2.3 Displaying cameras Enter a numeric command to display the camera with this logical number in the active Image pane or analog monitor. To display cameras of an Enterprise System, select the Management Server where these cameras are configured.

  • Page 38: Using Softkeys

    | Using a CCTV keyboard Bosch Video Management System – Tilt up / down when video is stopped: Play forward / backward. – Tilt up / down when video is playing: Set the playback speed. – Tilt right / left: Pause and step forward / backward.

  • Page 39: Using A Keyboard Connected To A Decoder

    Bosch Video Management System Using a CCTV keyboard | en Level Up Camera2 Camera1 Map1 Folder1 Map2 Map3 DOWN DOWN To use the Command Mode: Switch to the Command Mode. Press a softkey to execute the desired command. The following commands are available: –...

  • Page 40: Starting The Keyboard

    After starting the keyboard you must log on to the Management Server. Notice! Only Bosch Video Management System users with number-only user names and number-only passwords can use the analog mode of a CCTV keyboard. The user must have access rights for the decoder connected to the CCTV keyboard.

  • Page 41: Using Softkeys

    Bosch Video Management System Using a CCTV keyboard | en 10.3.4 Using softkeys The following operation mode is available: – Command Mode To use the Command Mode: Press a softkey to execute the desired command. The following commands are available: –...

  • Page 42: User Interface

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System User interface This chapter contains information on all windows available in Operator Client of Bosch Video Management System. This chapter contains information on all windows available in Bosch VMS Archive Player of Bosch Video Management System.

  • Page 43: Window

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Menu bar Allows you to select a menu command. Toolbar Displays the available buttons. Point to an icon to display a tooltip. Playback controls Allows you to control instant playback or a camera sequence or alarm sequence.

  • Page 44: Playback Mode Window

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System – PTZ Control window, 58 – Monitors window, 59 – Image window, 59 – Image pane, 60 – Alarm List window, 66 11.2 Playback Mode window Main window > Main window You can right-click to display the context menu.

  • Page 45: Window

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Menu bar Allows you to select a menu command. Toolbar Displays the available buttons. Point to an icon to display a tooltip. Performance meter Displays the CPU usage and the memory usage.

  • Page 46: Alarm Mode (Alarm Display)

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Allows to manage bookmarks. Bookmarks window Displays a site map. Allows you to drag the map to display a particular section of the map. If activated, a map is displayed automatically for each camera Map window displayed in an Image pane.

  • Page 47: Window

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Menu bar Allows you to select a menu command. Toolbar Displays the available buttons. Point to an icon to display a tooltip. Playback controls Allows you to control instant playback or a camera sequence or alarm sequence.

  • Page 48: Menu Commands

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Displays all alarms the system generates. Allows you to accept or clear an alarm or to start a workflow, for example, by sending an E-mail to a maintenance person. Alarm List window The Alarm List is not being displayed, when the connection to the Management Server is lost.

  • Page 49: Window

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Change Password... Displays a dialog box for entering a new password. Logoff Exits the program and displays the dialog box for logging on. Exit Exits the program. Camera menu commands Save Image...

  • Page 50: Window

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Last Recording Moves the hairline to the latest recording. Play Plays forward starting from the current position of the hairline. Pause Stops playback at the current position. Click Play to resume. Reverse Play Plays backward from the current position of the hairline.

  • Page 51: Window

    Restores the settings for monitor layout, user interface and options to the last loaded settings. Help menu commands Display Help Displays the Bosch Video Management System Online Help. About... Displays a dialog box containing information on the installed system, for example the version number.

  • Page 52: Reference Image Dialog Box

    Turns off audio of the available Image panes and the alarm sound. Help menu commands Display Help Displays the Bosch Video Management System Online Help. About... Displays a dialog box containing information on the installed system, for example the version number.
  • Page 53 Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Delete Click to remove the entry selected in the Filter list. Load Click to load the search criteria of the selected filter name. Save Click to save the search criteria with the selected filter name.

  • Page 54: Atm/Pos Options Dialog Box

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Search Click to start the search. The Logbook Results: dialog box is displayed. Close Click to close the dialog box. No search is executed. If you did not save your search criteria with a filter name, they get lost.

  • Page 55: Options Dialog Box

    Failover VRM Select to enable retrieving recordings from the Failover VRM. Main window > Extras menu > Options... command Allows you to configure parameters for using Bosch Video Management System. Control tab Dwell time for automatic sequences [s]: Enter the required number of seconds a camera is to be displayed in an Image pane. This time is also valid for alarm sequences.

  • Page 56: Search Dialog Box

    > Timeline menu > Export Video... command Main window > Timeline menu > Export Video... command Allows you to export video data in Bosch VMS Archive Player or ASF format. You can change the time period for the export. 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client...

  • Page 57: Exports Window

    The data is exported in native (Bosch VMS Archive Player) or ASF format. When you export a video in native format, you can add Bosch VMS Archive Player as a viewer. And you can protect the exported data with a password.

  • Page 58: Ptz Control Window

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Main window > > Drag a map from the to the Displays a site map, it cannot display video content and is not limited to a 4:3 ratio. If a map cannot be displayed completely in the Map window, you can drag the map. A special cursor is displayed.

  • Page 59: Monitors Window

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en AUX Commands: Select an entry to execute this command. 11.18 Monitors window Main window > > Monitors tab Notice! The Monitors tab is not visible if your Operator Client is connected to more than one Manage- ment Server.

  • Page 60: Image Pane

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Allows you to perform the following tasks (not all tasks are available in Bosch VMS Archive Player): – Setting the number of displayed Image panes. – Arranging the Image panes with high flexibility, changing the pattern of the Image panes, and saving this arrangement as a View in the Favorites Tree.

  • Page 61: Timeline Window

    Allows you to navigate through recorded videos. The playback of all displayed Image panes is synchronized. Many features enable the precise finding of scenes you are searching for. The Timeline for NVR recordings in Operator Client and Bosch VMS Archive Player displays the following information indicated by a color or hatching: NVR recording...
  • Page 62 | User interface Bosch Video Management System The Timeline for VRM recordings in Operator Client and Bosch VMS Archive Player displays the following information indicated by a color or hatching: VRM recording Color Continuous recording Dark gray-blue Alarm recording...

  • Page 63: Motion Search Dialog Box

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Click to display the Motion Search dialog box. Finding motion (only NVR recordings), 28 Click to display the Export Video dialog box. Exporting video data, 26 Displays all cameras displayed in the Image window.

  • Page 64: Delete Video Dialog Box

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System End: Enter date and time for finishing the search for motion. Clear the check box if you want the search stop at the present point in time. Select All Click to select the whole image.

  • Page 65: Protect Video Dialog Box

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Enter the point in time when the search starts. If you uncheck, all recordings until the specified end date are searched. End: The current position of the Hairline is displayed. Enter the point in time when the search ends.

  • Page 66: Alarm List Window

    | User interface Bosch Video Management System Displays entries for video data containing motion for the camera displayed in the selected Image pane. You can select an entry for playback, protection, authenticity checking, archiving, or export. Displays the recordings that match the search criteria.
  • Page 67 Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Unavailable. For a Management Server: No configuration available Disconnected Not authorized Live Mode Playback Mode Slider to adjust audio volume of all Image panes. Audio on / off Click to display / hide the toolbar of each Image pane.
  • Page 68 | User interface Bosch Video Management System Camera Connection lost Recording camera Video loss Matrix camera Live only camera with local storage DiBos camera Recording DiBos camera State unknown Too bright Too dark Too noisy Reference check failed (for example because the camera was moved)

  • Page 69: Window

    Bosch Video Management System User interface | en Camera sequence is playing. Digital zoom Root node of the Favorites tree Click to display the Alarm Image window (only available if alarms are pending). Click to display Live or Playback Mode again when the Alarm Image window is displayed.

  • Page 70: Keyboard Shortcuts

    | Keyboard shortcuts Bosch Video Management System Keyboard shortcuts This section lists the available keyboard shortcuts for a US keyboard layout. + indicates that each key must be pressed simultaneously (for example, Control+z means to press the Control key and the z key simultaneously).

  • Page 71: Concepts

    Bosch Video Management System Concepts | en Concepts This chapter provides background information on selected issues. 13.1 Alarm handling Alarms can be individually configured to be handled by one or more user groups. When an alarm occurs, it appears in the Alarm List of all users in the user groups configured to receive that alarm.

  • Page 72: Enterprise System

    13.2 Enterprise System The target of a Bosch VMS Enterprise System is to enable a user of Operator Client to simultaneously access multiple Management Server computers. The Management Server where you configure a list of further Management Server computers is called Enterprise Management Server.
  • Page 73 Bosch Video Management System Concepts | en Figure 13.1: Enterprise Scenario 1 – Scenario 2: A Management Server computer has the additional task of an Enterprise Management Server to manage the access to all Management Server computers including itself. Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH Operator's Manual 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client...
  • Page 74 | Concepts Bosch Video Management System Figure 13.2: Enterprise Scenario 2 – Scenario 3: The classic client-server architecture remains supported. Figure 13.3: Classic Scenario 3 2012.07 | V1 | Operation Client Operator's Manual Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH...

  • Page 75: Permissions

    Table 13.1: Types of user groups 13.2.4 Licensing Bosch VMS Enterprise (MBV-BENT) version license is required at each Enterprise Management Server to enable the feature. Per connecting Management Server planned to be a member of an Enterprise System, 1 license is required (MBV-XSUB).

  • Page 76: Allegiant Ccl Commands Supported In Bosch Vms

    | Concepts Bosch Video Management System To update an existing Bosch VMS license to an Enterprise System, you need an Enterprise Upgrade license (MBV-FEUP). Per workstation the existing workstation license (MBV-XWST) is required. 13.3 Allegiant CCL commands supported in Bosch VMS To use the CCL commands you need the CCL User Guide.
  • Page 77 Bosch Video Management System Concepts | en Supported command Description Remarks Switching/Sequence +ALARM Activate an alarm Opens a virtual input in Bosch VMS. -ALARM Deactivate an alarm Closes a virtual input in Bosch VMS. System TC8x00>HEX Set Hexadecimal Mode TC8x00>DECIMAL...

  • Page 78: Troubleshooting

    Management System Operator Client Bosch VMS Archive Player. Problems with playing recorded videos Caution! Do not attempt to play recorded videos exported with Bosch Video Management System V.1.1 with Archive Player from Bosch Video Management System V.1.0. This can result in data loss. Issue Cause Solution...

  • Page 79: Window

    (dwell time). There are two types of sequences: Enterprise Management Server predefined and automatic. Predefined sequences Bosch VMS Management Server containing a list are defined by the administrator. Icons for these of further Management Server computers that a sequences are located in the Logical Tree.

  • Page 80: Window

    Used for displaying live and recorded video of a plants. single camera, a map, or an HTML file. Logbook Image pane pattern Container for logging all events in Bosch Video Arrangement of Image panes. Management System. Image window Logical number...
  • Page 81 Failover NVR, or as Timeline Redundant NVR. This NVR is different from the Part of the Bosch Video Management System user VIDOS NVR which can be integrated in Bosch interface. Displays lines as graphical Video Management System.

  • Page 82: Window

    HD camera, 55 Bosch Video Management System help, 6 Online Help, 6 help , 6 Bosch VMS Archive Player, 26, 56, 57, 78 HTML files , 59 cameo, 11, 15, 60 cameo space , 59 camera round, 12, 13 camera sequence, 12, 13...

  • Page 83: Printing The Help

    Bosch Video Management System Index | en icons, 66 playback, 44 CCTV keyboard, 39 playback , 44 I-Frame search, 61 playback control Image pane, 11, 15, 60 jump to latest recording, 62 in-window PTZ, 19 jump to oldest recording, 62...
  • Page 84 | Index Bosch Video Management System Timeline, 44, 61 video Timeline , 44 export, 26, 57, 61 toggle, 11 video data toolbar, 15 import, 27 View , 21 view camera, 11 update reference image, 18 viewing used icons, 66...
  • Page 86 Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH Robert-Bosch-Ring 5 85630 Grasbrunn Germany www.boschsecurity.com © Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH, 2012...

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