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  • Page 1: User Manual

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual English...

  • Page 2: Netavis Observer 4.6 User Manual (October

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual Valid from Observer 4.6.2 Published in October 2015 The software described in this manual is licensed under the terms of the NETAVIS end user license agreement and may only be used in accordance with these terms. Copyright Copyright ©...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Contents 1 Introduction ...................... 6 1.1 The Observer documentation set ......................6 1.2 What is new with this release........................6 1.3 Observer data security ..........................7 1.4 Video streaming methods and compression ..................7 2 Observer clients on multiple platforms ...............
  • Page 4 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6.6 Manual recording control in the Online Monitor ................59 6.7 Working with round tours (the Smart guard™ function) ..............61 6.8 Copying views between users ......................61 6.9 Working with MPEG cameras and audio (MPEG-4, H.264, and MxPEG) ........63 6.10 Dynamic View Control in Online Monitor ..................

  • Page 5: Rule Administration

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 14.3 Starting Layout Navigation ....................... 127 14.4 Setting up a project and defining layouts (Editing mode) ............127 14.5 Customizing the behavior and appearance of controls ............. 131 14.6 Layout navigation and operation (Navigation mode) ..............136 15 Video analytics with iCAT ................

  • Page 6: Introduction

     NETAVIS Observer SNAP XML Interface: It describes the Simple NETAVIS Access Protocol (SNAP) that allows bidirectional communication between an Observer server and other applications.  NETAVIS Observer URL Command API: It explains the URL Command API which is a simple and effective way for Observer to interface with 3rd party applications.

  • Page 7: Observer Data Security

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1.3 Observer data security Observer has been designed to provide the highest level of robustness and data security. The following aspects of the Observer system document that:  All video and configuration data on an Observer server are stored in separate file system partitions, protected by multiple levels of security.
  • Page 8  In the current version Observer supports 1 format setting for MPEG streams (MPEG-4, H.264, and MxPEG) and multiple format settings for MJPEG streams. Please note: Please refer to camera data sheet and documentation for camera limitations. Also the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources may provide further details on camera restrictions. 1.4.2 Motion JPEG A network camera captures individual images and compresses them into a JPEG format.
  • Page 9 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) At the cost of higher complexity, the result of applying MPEG video compression is that the amount of data transmitted across the network is less than that of Motion JPEG. This is illustrated below where only information about the differences in the second and third frames is transmitted H.264 and MxPEG all work very similar to MPEG-4 whereby H.264, for example, needs only about 60%...
  • Page 10 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1.4.5 JPEG image sizes and storage requirements The image (recording) quality and image size affects the required storage per image (frame). Likewise does the frame rate impact the recording storage and also the network bandwidth.

  • Page 11: Observer Clients On Multiple Platforms

    Normally the Observer client runs on a PC separate from the server, however in a client-on-server installation the client runs directly on the server (see the document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for further information on how to create and run a client-on-server installation).

  • Page 12: Licensing Issues

    The available functionality of your Observer installation is defined by the license string. The document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration describes how licensing works and how to obtain a license string. If you have a temporary demo license, a License dialog appears at every login indicating that there is no permanent license.
  • Page 13 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Now a page that checks the availability of the Java on your computer appears. This page should disappear in a few seconds. If this page stays, it means that you do not have the Java plug-in installed on your browser. You have to first install Java by visiting www.java.com/download...
  • Page 14 5. Next you either come to the login panel or to the license dialog. If the license dialog appears you yet have to obtain a license for using Observer. Please consult the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for information on how to do that.
  • Page 15 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) If you do not yet have a permanent license string for Observer, a License dialog appears. To continue without a permanent license just push Continue. In this case the full functionality may not be available. See also 2.1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 for further details about licensing.

  • Page 16: Working With The Installed Observer Client

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) camera to remove. Thus in different contexts the same menu might look quite different at different times (menu entries and buttons in grey are disabled and in black are enabled). 2.3 Working with the installed Observer client Alternatively to starting the Observer client from a web browser you can also install the Java client application locally on your machine.

  • Page 17: Working With Sessions

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Working with sessions The Starter allows you to manage sessions. In a session you can define the server address, which Observer application to start and the user/password details. Thus you can store and run different sessions easily.
  • Page 18 Target field you can then add the names of the saved sessions which you would like to be started upon clicking on the shortcut (e.g. "C:\Program Files\NETAVIS Observer\na.bat" "4.5.2 NCS" "4.5.2 NUS" will open the two saved sessions called "4.5.2 NCS" and "4.5.2 NUS"):...
  • Page 19 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Using a different directory for the installed client application components Per default, the downloaded client application components will be installed in the directory %USERPROFILE%\netavisLibs (e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\user\netavisLibs). You can change this directory by setting the environment variable NETAVIS_DIRECTORY.

  • Page 20: Client Multi-Window And Multi-Screen Operation

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Description of elements: Element Description Window width, height Define the size of the client window in pixels. Upper left corner X, Y Define the location of the upper left corner of the client window in pixels.
  • Page 21 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) The window contents and positions are automatically stored per user and between sessions. This means when a user has multiple windows positioned on 3 screens and he exits and then logs in again, all the windows on the 3 screens will automatically be restored.

  • Page 22: Client Preferences

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) occupy the whole space of the window and will automatically resize when you resize the window. Thus you can create a window that contains only an Event list. After you are done with the modifications deselect Windows->Enable layout customization.
  • Page 23 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 2.5.1 Window preferences Here you can set some general configuration options for each individual window:  The Window title is shown in a window's title bar. Note that the number in brackets after the window title in the left-hand menu is the ID of the window.

  • Page 24: Mobile Observer Clients

    You can also access an Observer server from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. As of NETAVIS Observer version 4.4.0 two different mobile clients are available:  Client for iPad, Version 2 is an app for Apple iPads (requires iOS 6 or later)
  • Page 25 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Client for Smartphone & Tablet is a browser-based application for all platforms. Please refer to the NETAVIS Observer Server, Client and Storage Compatibility and Requirements document for details on compatibility. Please note: These mobile clients do not support the full functionality of desktop clients (see 2.1 Introduction to Observer clients on page 11 for more details).
  • Page 26 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 4. When you are finished using it, it is recommended to log out of the NETAVIS Client for iPad via the Logout button on the overview screen (although there is an automatic logout after 10 seconds).

  • Page 27: Observer Transcoding™ For Low-Bandwidth Client-Server Connections (Abs)

    Letterbox mode should be used. Please note: Changing the resolution only works for cameras where multiple MJPEG streams are supported. Please see the NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources document for further information. 5. When you are finished using it, it is recommended to log out of the Client for Smartphone & Tablet via the Logout button (although there is an automatic logout after 10 seconds).

  • Page 28: Exiting The Client

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Important: Although transcoding works with all streaming formats, the best results and least CPU overhead are possible with MJPEG streaming. Also the transcoding bandwidth limit must be chosen carefully. Therefore we suggest: • MJPEG streaming format.

  • Page 29: Guidelines For Setting Up A New System With Observer

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 3 Guidelines for setting up a new system with Observer This section guides you how to best set up a new system with Observer. It shows which steps are needed in which order and gives you some hints on how to configure cameras and users.

  • Page 30: Guidelines For Setting Up Users

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 3.2 Guidelines for setting up users Usually a bigger system will allow several users to login with different privileges and rights. Therefore it can be useful to group several users with similar tasks and rights in so called user groups in Observer.

  • Page 31: Setting Up Cameras

     Your camera type.  Is your camera type supported by Observer? Please consult the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources.  Are there available licenses for setting up additional cameras?  IP addresses of cameras (or camera servers).
  • Page 32 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description by which you will select or display this camera (e.g., camera 2). Comment Here you can add text that describes your camera. Time zone Select the time zone of your camera's location (e.g., CET for a camera installed in Vienna).
  • Page 33 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description frame rates than in single picture mode. If you activate the streaming mode you also must set the according option in the camera with the Admin tools of the camera.
  • Page 34 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description MPEG (MPEG-4, H.264, and MxPEG) cameras deliver only 1 MPEG stream (some camera types can deliver several MJPEG streams in addition to the MPEG stream). If this option is not selected, then only 1 video stream will be pulled from the camera regardless of how many different formats would be needed.
  • Page 35 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Stream MPEG-4 via This option should only be switched on in very special situations. Multicast When marked then the MPEG-4 stream from the camera is received via "multicast", when disabled via "RTSP over HTTP". Multicast is a one-to-many, while RTSP is one-to-one type connection.
  • Page 36 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Use these settings Usually this checkbox must be set. It defines whether the default camera settings are set via Observer or in the camera directly (via its own setting utilities). When it is switched on, the settings in the camera are overwritten by the values of this dialog.
  • Page 37 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Bandwidth limit (Kbps) This setting limits the maximum bandwidth in kilobits per second for the transmission of MPEG streams between the camera and the server. As a consequence, also the bandwidth between the server and the clients is thus limited and also the required storage in the archive is influenced (limited).

  • Page 38: Setting Up The Camera Recording Archive

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Set your values: Field label Description Input handling enabled Select this check box if you want to process the state of the digital input-contact port of the camera. Input poll interval (msec) The poll interval defines how often the state of the input port is checked.

  • Page 39: Checking The Camera Status

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 4.4 Checking the Camera status Observer 4.5 added a camera status overview which enables users to quickly see whether the cameras in their system or on connected remote servers are running normally. Issues such as a camera being unreachable are indicated by a red icon.

  • Page 40: Optional: Configuring Video Analytics (Icat)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Status: One of the first three error states described above or "Normal".  Last error information: Includes the exact timestamp and a short description of the last error.  Continuous recording scheduled: If a recording is scheduled to run on the camera at this point in time.

  • Page 41: Working With Camera Groups

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 4. In the menu select Modify selected camera or group and then modify the brightness, Contrast and Saturation values according to your needs. Please be aware that light conditions may change during the day.

  • Page 42: Changing The Port Mapping Of Analog Cameras

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1. Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu. This opens the Camera admin dialog. 2. With a mouse click choose the camera or group you want to move. 3. In the menu select Move camera or group.

  • Page 43: Managing Users

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 5 Managing users Observer requires users to login in order to work with the system. This chapter describes how to create and manage users in Observer. Generally, you can either  use Observer to administer users (see 5.1 Creating a new user account on page 43), or ...
  • Page 44 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Forgot question Formulate a question that (only) the user can answer if he has forgotten his password. Forgot answer Provide the answer to the above password question. SMS number If the user is to receive an SMS in the event of an alarm or failure, provide his cell phone number.

  • Page 45: Setting General User Privileges

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Hints: In order to use the four-eyes-principle you first create a user with the desired privileges and camera access rights. You then create a new user, set a secondary password for that second user, grant the same privileges and camera access rights as the first user, and then add the desired additional rights (e.g.
  • Page 46 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description recordings (NEA) Recordings: Manage external archive Defines if the user/group can manage external storage devices (NEA) devices for NEA Events: Access to Event list and Defines if the user/group can access the Event list and...
  • Page 47 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Defines if the user/group receives notifications about I/O Events: Sending email about I/O device port change events via email device port value change events Defines if the user/group receives notifications about I/O...

  • Page 48: Setting Camera Access Rights

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Client Client: Allow window management Defines if the user/group can create and delete windows Client: Manage number plate lists Defines if the user/group can manage number plate lists Client: Modify client preferences...
  • Page 49 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Recordings: Access camera recording Defines if the user/group can view the camera recording archive archive. Recordings: May export camera Defines if the user/group can export archive recordings. archive recordings Recordings: May protect archive...

  • Page 50: Working With User Groups

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description analysis) events via SMS. To set access rights for the selected user for all cameras in the system you can select and modify the root camera group. 7. Click Save to save your changes.

  • Page 51: Working With Active Directory And Ldap Users

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Each Observer administrator with the appropriate privileges can change the passwords of other users (see also 5.1 Creating a new user account on page 43). Additionally, each user can change his own password by following these steps: 1.

  • Page 52: Using The Online Monitor

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6 Using the Online Monitor In the Online Monitor you can view live streams from cameras that are set up at the Observer server. The prerequisite is that you must have authorization to access the Online Monitor (see 5.2 Setting general user privileges on page 45).

  • Page 53: Selecting Cameras

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please select an aspect ratio that fits most of your cameras you plan to show in the view. Selecting an improper aspect ratio can lead to unused space on the screen. Press OK to create a new view with these settings.

  • Page 54: Navigating In The Online Monitor

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) You can either: o select a camera and press the Select button, or o double click on a camera to add it to the view port where you press Add camera, or o drag and drop a camera to the view port of your choice 3.

  • Page 55: Modifying View Port Settings

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Double click in a view port to get a big view of the currently displayed camera in the view port. If there is a view defined containing a big view port with the camera, then this view will be shown.
  • Page 56 Show at the top, Show at the bottom and Do not show. appearance Hint: As of NETAVIS Observer 4.5 it is also possible to change the size (CTRL button + mouse wheel up or down) and contrast (CTRL + Shift buttons + mouse wheel up or down) of the camera name and hide/show the label with the stream type and fps information (Shift buttons + mouse wheel up or down).
  • Page 57 Note: Setting the image size and image quality is only possible for MJPEG streams of cameras for which Observer supports multiple MJPEG streams. Please refer to the NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources document for information about for which cameras this functionality is supported.

  • Page 58: Zooming In A View Port And In Archive Recordings

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6.4.6 Defining a crop area For views where you have the Crop image to fit view port setting selected, you can define what part of the cropped camera image you want to see by choosing Define crop area... from the menu.

  • Page 59: Manual Recording Control In The Online Monitor

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Showing a zoomed view in another view port (Online monitor only) 1. Draw a zoom rectangle with the mouse. 2. Click into another view port. Now the zoomed area is shown in the other view port.
  • Page 60 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Set up a continuous recording schedule In order to use manual recording control for a camera you have to define a continuous recording schedule (please refer to 7.1.1 Programming continuous timed recordings on page 71 for a general description of setting up schedules for continuous recordings): 1.

  • Page 61: Working With Round Tours (The Smart Guard™ Function)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6.7 Working with round tours (the Smart guard™ function) Observer allows you to make virtual round tours of views. You can define round tours that contain certain views. When a tour is started, Observer walks you through all the views by automatically showing up the views in the Online monitor.
  • Page 62 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please follow these steps: 1. Login as the user from whom you want to copy the view(s) and go to the Online monitor. 2. Create the view(s) you want to copy. Please note that only saved settings are copied.

  • Page 63: Working With Mpeg Cameras And Audio (Mpeg-4, H.264, And Mxpeg)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) press the Copy button. Now the selected user receives a copy of the current view in the designated window. Hint: Multiple users can be selected by holding down the CTRL key while clicking on user names.

  • Page 64: Dynamic View Control In Online Monitor

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6.10 Dynamic View Control in Online Monitor The use of dynamic views triggered by iCAT and motion detection events was significantly simplified by the addition of a new configuration menu in Observer 4.5. Combined with the dynamic view control feature, archive access within the Online Monitor view ports now allows operators to quickly view event-triggered recordings without having to switch to the Archive.
  • Page 65 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Additionally you can define in which Online Monitor Window the large view should be shown. For configurations which concern multiple users the largest common subset of available windows will be shown. With the Current camera mode only Window(1) is supported.
  • Page 66 Please note: The background color of the event line is the Highlight color which has been set for that iCAT or motion detection definition. As of NETAVIS Observer 4.5 and similarly to the camera name label it is also possible to change the size (CTRL key + mouse wheel up or down) and contrast (CTRL + Shift keys + mouse wheel up or down) of the event list.
  • Page 67 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Show archive event replay in view port: This option enables Archive Access from within the Online Monitor view port which contains the camera which triggered the iCAT definition. It can only be used if the Show event in view port's event line option is enabled.
  • Page 68 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) To watch the event you can either drag the timeslider to the corresponding position or click on the preview window to watch 10 second segments of the recording. The Archive Access window can be moved by pressing the CTRL key and dragging the window with the mouse and it can be resized by pressing the CTRL key and turning the mouse wheel.
  • Page 69 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  3: shows the camera and optional <additional-camera-IDs> in the view named <view- name> (must be supplied). The cameras are placed row-wise starting at the top left view port. The cameras that were in these view port before are shifted to the right. Cameras at the lower right corner of the view therefore are removed from the view.
  • Page 70 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) shows a live view of camera which triggered the event and the cameras with IDs 3 and 4 in the view named "my_fifo" where the IP address of the client workstation is 192.168.7.12 and user 'christoph' is logged in.

  • Page 71: Working With Archive Recordings

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 7 Working with archive recordings This section shows you how to work with the Observer recording archive, particularly in the following areas:  Programming archive recordings (timed or triggered by iCAT (video analytics) events) ...
  • Page 72 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) The new entry will be selected. 6. Click the Change button and choose Continuous recording. Now the Scheduling dialog shows the settings for configuring continuous recording: 7. Now you can define the days and times for archive recordings. You can activate individual days or, with the All button, the whole week at once.
  • Page 73 Note: Some cameras are only capable of a single picture stream which will constrain the possibility of recording in multiple formats and having different video stream settings in the Online Monitor and the recording. Please refer to the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources for information about supported cameras and their streaming capabilities.
  • Page 74 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 10. Click on Save to save your settings. As soon as the scheduled time is reached recording is started with these settings. 7.1.2 Scheduling video analysis (iCAT) operation and recording For information on how to schedule video analysis (iCAT) operation and recording please refer to section 15.3.15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160.

  • Page 75: Playback Of Archive Recordings

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Caution: Please be careful when you set the Priority over other cameras flag since, if storage space is short, Observer truncates the archives of all other cameras in favor of this camera. If available storage space is much too short relative to the requested storage periods of all cameras, this can lead to strongly truncated archives.
  • Page 76 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) This one-day overview shows green blocks indicating minutes for which recordings have been archived. A red corner in a block indicates that an event was triggered and an event recording was started in that minute.
  • Page 77 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) In the Playback view you have several possibilities:  Automatic or manual fast forward and rewind of recordings  Selection and playback of a time frame (time zooming)  Synchronous playback of recordings of up to 4 cameras ...
  • Page 78 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Zooming with the mouse wheel 1. Just move the mouse pointer over a view port and turn the mouse wheel. The view port will zoom accordingly. 2. You can move the zoomed area in a view port by dragging it with the mouse.
  • Page 79 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 7.2.5 Playback with audio If the recording also includes audio (i.e. the recording has been done with MPEG-4 or H.264 and with Audio recording enabled), then you can decide whether you also want to replay audio. By default Audio is switched on, when you replay.

  • Page 80: Exporting Recordings (Images And Video Sequences)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 7.2.8 Protection of recordings against automatic deletion Normally Observer automatically deletes recordings that are older than the Requested recording period in order to free space for new recordings. For cases where you want to keep certain scenes longer than the requested recording period you can protect arbitrary periods against automatic deletion.
  • Page 81 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 8. Now you can use the exported file. 7.3.2 Exporting a recording in AVI DivX format 1. In the Archive player, select a camera for the export. 2. In the Calendar select the time period for exporting.

  • Page 82: Motion Detection In Archive Recordings

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Zooming in exported SAFE video sequences You can zoom into parts of the camera view by drawing a rectangle and then clicking in the rectangle. You can drag a zoomed view with the mouse. Alternatively you can show the zoomed view in a separate window by selecting View >...
  • Page 83 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 2. In the Calendar view of the Player select the camera and the timeframe for the motion detection. 3. Push on the Playback button . This will load the images of the timeframe and replay the recorded images.

  • Page 84: External Archive Management (Nea)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) based motion detection on page 87 for details on how to setup detection fields. Continuing here, we assume you have a correctly set up detection field definition. 6. To start the server-based motion detection Push the Start button You can see the progress of the motion detection at the progress bar.
  • Page 85 Apart from the NEA management functions in the client, NEA storage devices can also be configured and managed via the admin command line interface of Observer (see NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration). Some more advanced functions like the setup of swap management for storage devices are accessible only in this interface.
  • Page 86 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please note: All data on a storage device will be deleted, when it is initialized for NEA. Stopping NEA recording and/or ejecting a device In the NEA storage management dialog accessible from the System administration menu of the main window you can stop a NEA recording on the device by pushing the Stop/eject button.

  • Page 87: Working With Simple Motion Detection

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 8 Working with simple motion detection Please note: Since release R1.12 Observer offers powerful video analysis functions with iCAT. This chapter describes the simple motion detection features that were present before R1.12 and that are now a part of the iCAT toolbox.
  • Page 88 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 2. In the camera tree at the left, select the camera for which you want to create a motion detection definition. 3. In the menu choose Add new definition. 4. From the Type menu chose Simple motion detection.
  • Page 89 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 12. In the Time between events (sec) field you can enter the minimum time that must elapse before a following event is triggered. This helps to filter out repetitive events. Minimum time (sec) = 3 means that, after one motion detection event has been triggered, at least 3 seconds must pass before another Motion Detection event can be generated.

  • Page 90: Motion Detection In Archive Recordings

    This can usually be done by connecting with a web browser to the camera (by entering its IP address). Please refer to the latest NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources and the camera’s user manual for further details.
  • Page 91 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Optionally, with receiving an in-camera detection event, start a server-based post-event recording of images and merging this recording with the in-camera event images pushed by the camera. This server-based recording can have a much higher frame rate than the pictures pushed by the camera.
  • Page 92 10. Now you have to configure your camera for pushing the in-camera events and images to the Observer server. Since the steps for doing that are very camera-specific, you must consult the document NETAVIS Observer Supported Video Sources. To program the camera's detection algorithm please consult its user manual.

  • Page 93: Handling Events

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 9 Handling events Observer can record and display events of various types. These can be camera-related events like video analytics events, archive access by a user, or camera failures, but also system-related events like user logon and logoff.
  • Page 94 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) the list or should disappear automatically and other options (see 2.5 Client preferences on page 22 for more details). The position of the event lists inside client windows and further layout options can be defined as described in 2.4 Client multi-window and multi-screen operation on page 20.

  • Page 95: Searching In The Event Database

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) When you move the mouse over the camera preview area you will also see the video analytics object markers and annotations related to the event trigger (as seen in the screenshot above). The following options are available for users: ...
  • Page 96 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) In each of the dialogs it is possible to make multiple selections. For example to search for the event types In-camera motion detection, Simple motion detection, and iCAT object tracking, hold down the CTRL key and select these event types with left mouse clicks: You can also search for events which have been acknowledged or not acknowledged by selecting the appropriate check box.
  • Page 97 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 9.2.1 Saving results in an HTML file You can export the search results to an HTML file: 1. In the Event search dialog press the HTML export... button, which opens an export dialog.

  • Page 98: Generating An Event Statistics Report

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Select the video format. 3. Press Export. Now a separate video file is created for each event that has a recording. At the end a summary dialog shows how many files have been create and what is their total size.

  • Page 99: Receiving Notification On Events

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 9.4 Receiving notification on events Observer can be configured flexibly to notify users on various event types and by various channels. The event types for defining notifications are:  System malfunction events (e.g. storage failures) ...
  • Page 100 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please note: In order to receive emails, the email address must be correctly defined in the user properties. Also the server must be correctly configured and must also have access to an email router for sending emails.

  • Page 101: Working With Ptz Cameras

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 10 Working with PTZ cameras Observer features the control of PTZ cameras (pan/tilt/zoom). Note: To configure and work with PTZ cameras, you need the corresponding user privileges and camera access rights (see 5.2 Setting general user privileges on page 45 and 5.3 Setting camera access rights on page 48).

  • Page 102: Controlling Ptz Cameras

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6. In the Name field enter a designation for the route. Optionally you can enter a description. 7. Click on Next to move to the Route details dialog: 8. Click the New button to create a new entry in the Position list of the route and select a position from the list of predefined positions via the Position popup menu.
  • Page 103 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1. Select the Online Monitor. 2. Switch to a view that contains a PTZ camera (how to create views and assign cameras is covered in section 6 Using the Online Monitor on page 52).
  • Page 104 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Center on Click: A single mouse click somewhere in the view port commands the camera to center on the mouse click location. Zooming: Zooming is available via the mouse wheel: zoom-in (forward scroll) and zoom-out (backward scroll).
  • Page 105 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Controlling PTZ cameras with a joystick: The locally installed version of Observer is able to handle USB joysticks as input device from Java VM 1.4 and newer (for information on how to install the application version locally please refer to 2.3 Working with the installed Observer client on page 16).
  • Page 106 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 2. To automatically follow a predefined PTZ route choose it from PTZ->Select PTZ route in the view port control menu of the PTZ camera. 3. In the view port control menu of the PTZ camera, click PTZ->Select PTZ route->Stop route to stop control of the PTZ camera.
  • Page 107 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1. Choose Camera admin from the System administration menu. This opens the Camera admin dialog. 2. Select a PTZ camera. 3. Press the Next button to go to the Scheduling dialog. 4. In the menu select Modify selected camera or group.

  • Page 108: Administrating Observer Servers

     set server parameters,  start/stop servers,  administrate external NEA storages Further information about administrating servers you find in the document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration. 11.1 Server system information and restarting Observer offers 2 sets of status information of the running servers in a network.
  • Page 109 Starting with Observer 4.0 you can display the current license key string by entering the following URL in a web browser http://IP-address-of-your- server/arms/servlet/BrowserServlet?cmd=showlicensekey. For further information about licensing please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration. Archive shows the sum of fps and Kbytes per second of archiving on that host.

  • Page 110: Setting Observer Server Parameters

    1. Choose Host admin from the System administration menu. This opens the Host admin dialog. 2. Select your own server indicated by bold face (default is netavis). Here you see the Hostname, Network name or IP address and Observer Host ID of your server (are read only). The Observer Host ID is needed for working with distributed Observer server (see next section).
  • Page 111 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please note: Modification of configuration data is only possible at the master of the synchronization group and not at the slaves (as they will be updated by the master automatically). As long as there is no master in the sync group (which may happen during set up of the sync group) no modification is possible at all.
  • Page 112 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Timeout for IP cameras (sec) Defines the time the server waits to receive a response from a camera and then displays the "Camera not responding" message in the Online Monitor. Note that also other error conditions can trigger the "Camera not responding"...
  • Page 113 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Note: In a single-server setup it is necessary to re-start the streams (e.g. by switching from Online Monitor to Archive Player and back) for the changes to take effect. In a...
  • Page 114 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Image database AES encryption This defines whether the image data are encrypted with (0=no encryption, 1 or AES. 2=encryption) Value 0 switches off encryption (default). Entering the value 1 or 2 will switch on AES encryption of the video recording.
  • Page 115 Heat map data reset method Per default iCAT heat map data is never reset. However since NETAVIS Observer 4.6 it is possible to automatically reset all heat map data:  daily reset: day:hour (concrete example is day:07 for daily resets at 7AM) ...

  • Page 116: Working With Interconnected Observer Servers

    User server (NUS = NETAVIS User Server): A user server handles user clients. It usually mounts cameras from multiple camera servers and also receives events from them. Thus a user connecting to a NUS can have access to the cameras of all camera servers.

  • Page 117: Adding And Defining A Remote Observer Server

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) In a synchronization group a master user server automatically propagates its configuration data (complete user configuration data and camera configuration data, customer-specific resources like icons and layout navigation data) to all the other user servers in the same group. Thus the master user server is the single point of all user administration (in fact changes at slave servers are no longer possible).
  • Page 118 In such a case your current local server is the upgrade master and the remote host the upgrade slave. For details about distributed upgrades please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration. Accept software upgrades...

  • Page 119: Working With Cameras Of Another Server

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 12.3 Working with cameras of another server In order to work with cameras from another Observer server, the following prerequisites must be fulfilled:  The servers must know of each other.  The server that exports cameras must have the option Export local cameras to remote server set.

  • Page 120: Working With Events Of Remote Servers

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Now the camera tree shows this imported camera or group in bold with the name of the remote server in brackets (e.g. 209 [grey]): If the remote server is not reachable, the mounted cameras are not shown in the tree; only the top point of the mounted camera tree appears in red color.

  • Page 121: Monitoring Remote Servers

    In order to ease this task, Observer offers an automatic distributed upgrade of all interconnected servers in a network. Please refer to the manual NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration for further details. Page 121 of 204...

  • Page 122: Active Directory Integration

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 13 Active Directory Integration You can configure your Observer server to import users from an Active Directory (AD)/LDAP server. In this case the users are maintained in AD/LDAP and users are imported (mapped) to a user group in Observer.

  • Page 123: Configuring Observer

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 13.2 Configuring Observer Now Observer must be configured to access and use the Active Directory server: 1. Choose User admin from the System administration menu. This opens the User admin dialog. 2. For importing users from Active Directory you can either: i.
  • Page 124 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6. Configure the Connection parameters: a. Enable the configuration by checking the corresponding checkbox. b. Enter the Server address (IP address) and Port (the standard port is 389) of the Active Directory server.
  • Page 125  SMS number tag (optional): Set it to telephoneNumber.  Email tag (optional): Set it to mail. e. Enter the domain of the server as its Directory address (e.g. for netavis.net it would be DC=netavis,DC=net). Note: The directory parameters (OU, DC, CN) have to be written in capital letters! 8.

  • Page 126: Working With Layout Navigation

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 14 Working with Layout Navigation Observer offers powerful layout navigation features that allow you to navigate based on layouts, floor plans, and also other images. This chapter describes how to configure and use Layout Navigation.

  • Page 127: Starting Layout Navigation

     in a desktop web browser with a One-Click Single-Sign-On simultaneously with the Observer client (with the Start the NETAVIS client and the Layout Navigation Tool (from the browser using Web Start) option on the start page of Observer). When using this option entering wrong Login credentials will result in two separate error messages.
  • Page 128 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Define the hierarchy and map your cameras In the next subsections we will cover the above topics. 14.4.1 Planning your layout hierarchy Before you create a project and start to upload graphics images for your layouts it makes sense to plan the layout hierarchy.
  • Page 129 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 3. Enter a name for the layout. 4. Select a background image from the list of available uploaded images or push Upload to upload a new background image for the layout (you can also delete uploaded images from the server by selecting an image from the list and pushing Delete).
  • Page 130 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Input contacts: Impulse button: 1. From the list of controls at the right side drag an I/O control icon with the mouse onto the layout and drop it there. An I/O contact selection dialog opens automatically. In the list you only see I/O devices that are configured with Observer.

  • Page 131: Customizing The Behavior And Appearance Of Controls

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Linking layouts with link fields LNT offers link fields to easily navigate between layouts. Link fields can be placed on layouts and are resizable grey areas. Clicking on a link field in Navigation mode will open the “linked” layout.
  • Page 132 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 14.5.1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior 1. Switch to editing mode by choosing Project > Switch to editing mode or by pushing the editing button at the right side of the tool bar.
  • Page 133 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Show archive calendar in Observer Client exposes the archive calendar view of the respective camera in the Observer client that runs on the same machine. If no client is running on the same machine, then noting is happening.
  • Page 134 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 2. In the control icon list click on a zone icon with the right mouse button and choose Modify… from the pop-up menu. This opens the Modify Zone dialog: In this dialog you can define the color of the zone and which actions are to be performed on certain mouse operations and events.
  • Page 135 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Events You can also modify the behavior of zones of this type for certain events, like Connection to camera lost or Motion detected. The event View selected in Observer Client works this way: If there is an LNT zone with the same name as the view in Observer then the corresponding action is triggered.

  • Page 136: Layout Navigation And Operation (Navigation Mode)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 2. In the control icon list click the right mouse button and choose Add I/O contact… from the pop-up menu. This opens the Modify I/O Contact Control dialog (for a screenshot see 14.5.5 Modifying I/O contact control appearance and behavior on page 135).
  • Page 137 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 14.6.2 Showing a camera in the Observer client When you single click a camera icon in LNT then the corresponding camera will be shown in full size in the Observer client. This behavior can be changed with the Modify control icon dialog (see 14.5.1 Modifying camera control appearance and behavior on page 132).
  • Page 138 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Generally, events in LNT can have the following states (indicated by different colors of the event entry):  New (unseen) events are shown as grey (if it is selected then it is shown in green).
  • Page 139 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Setting Description cursor the mouse over them. This can be useful for distinguishing when the mouse cursor is over the zone or over the camera control icon on top of the zone. Automatically jump to layout on...

  • Page 140: Video Analytics With Icat

    EMS. iCAT can also interface to 3 -party video analysis toolkits and algorithms (contact NETAVIS Software GmbH). Please note: Since iCAT and some functions are licensed separately of Observer you need a valid license in order to work with these features.

  • Page 141: Basic Icat Concepts

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  The Smart Tripwire™ function for people and object counting prevents wrong and double counting and works even with the most difficult entrance situations.  The Smart Tripwire™ also allows detecting wrong direction movements of people and objects.
  • Page 142 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1. An object detection and tracking engine analyzes the video stream and tracks detected objects. Please be aware that an object has to show consistent motion first in order to be detected and tracked.
  • Page 143 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) MPEG streams causes additional delays because it works on groups of pictures or frames (so called GOPs). As a rule of thumb, iCAT adds a delay of approximately 1 GOP duration. Depending on the actual MPEG cameras model, a GOP duration is between 0.5 and 1 sec (see also 4.2 Adding a new...

  • Page 144: Setting Up A Camera For Video Analytics With Icat

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Object detection Depending on the sensitivity and other settings iCAT currently detects objects of 8x8 pixels or bigger in size (in a QVGA image). Only moving objects are detected. New objects are detected by iCAT after a few video frames.
  • Page 145 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 3. You can also define a special event priority for events generated by the iCAT definition by setting the value Priority of generated event. Please note that the event priority is a relative priority whereby 100 is the default priority (see also 9 Handling events on page 93).
  • Page 146 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description environments. Experiment with this setting, if the detection/tracking quality is not ideal. Overhead downward This setting only takes effect if Indoor camera is enabled. Enable looking the setting if the camera is overhead mounted and downward looking.
  • Page 147  Object speed  Stopped object count  Object stopping time NETAVIS Observer 4.6 introduced two new features for heat maps: a. Normalizing the heat maps of all cameras (see 11.2 Setting Observer server parameters on page 110 b. Resetting the heat maps (applied to all cameras on this server!): ...
  • Page 148 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please note: - If you add a new iCAT definition, it will automatically be assigned to all iCAT schedules of the camera. If you do not want that, you have to remove the assignment manually (see 15.3.15 Scheduling iCAT operation and recording on page 160).
  • Page 149 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) This tripwire triggers a counting event whenever an object moves from the green area across the red tripwire. The tripwire is “smart” as it only counts objects that have first been detected in the green area and move across.
  • Page 150  If a definition is not assigned to a schedule then it will not be activated and no archive recordings will be made and no events will be generated. Hint: For more details on using NETAVIS Observer for people counting please refer to the People Counting with iCAT White Paper available in the documentation section of our website.
  • Page 151 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 8. In the text field Minimum time for staying inside field (sec) (for Object is crossing field event triggers) or Min. time for stopping/staying inside (sec) (for Object stops in field triggers) you can enter a minimum time required for an object that either stops or stays inside a field before an event is triggered.
  • Page 152 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 1. Choose Video analysis (iCAT) from the System administration menu. This opens the Video analysis (iCAT) dialog. 2. Choose a camera and in the menu select Add new definition. 3. In the Type pop-up menu choose Sabotage detection, which will expose the configuration settings.
  • Page 153 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) "Focus lost" and "focus gained" events: A dynamic scene with moving objects of various sizes always changes the average sharpness a little bit and the detector tries to filter out these small variations. This is not always possible, so one can sometimes experience false "focus lost"...
  • Page 154 7. Check or uncheck the Age and gender detection checkbox depending on the requirements Hint: For more details on using NETAVIS Observer for face detection please refer to the Face Detection with iCAT White Paper available in the documentation section of our website.
  • Page 155 15.3.11 Defining Traffic Monitoring NETAVIS Observer 4.5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Traffic Monitoring. It assesses the speed and density of road traffic and can thereby detect traffic jams, low traffic, and other traffic patterns.
  • Page 156 Please note: The Speed and Density ranges from the different traffic states should not overlap. 15.3.12 Defining Stopped Vehicle Detection NETAVIS Observer 4.5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Stopped Vehicle Detection. It detects vehicles which stop on a road or special segments such as an emergency lane or an exit lane.
  • Page 157 15.3.13 Defining Wrong Way Detection NETAVIS Observer 4.5 introduced iCAT Traffic and with it Wrong Way Detection. It detects vehicles going into the wrong direction on a normal road or special segments such as an emergency or exit lane.
  • Page 158 15.3.14 Defining Number Plate Recognition NETAVIS Observer 4.6 introduced iCAT Number Plate Recognition that can detect number plates for use in vehicle entry, parking, and free flow scenarios.
  • Page 159 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6. Check or uncheck the Lower edge parallel with plate checkbox depending on whether the lower edge of the region defined above is parallel to the number plates (only available for Region: Hungary). If it is enabled then the initial learning period of the number plate recognition module is shortened.
  • Page 160 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 12. Check or uncheck the Disable learning checkbox. If this option is checked then the initial learning period is disabled. 13. Check or uncheck the Get color information checkbox. It is only available for some regions (e.g.
  • Page 161 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Please note: If there is an active continuous recording in MPEG format, it does not make sense to have any Pre/post-event recording (sec) set for the event-based recording. This is because MPEG recording is only done in one quality. See also below for further considerations on pre- and post-event recording.
  • Page 162 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) iCAT-based event or alarm, Observer switches to the frame rate and quality defined by the main recording settings (post event). Please note: Depending on the camera there can be a small delay caused by the camera needed to switch from the pre-event streaming format to the post-event streaming format.

  • Page 163: Working With Icat

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 15.4 Working with iCAT In this section you will learn about:  Watching iCAT information live in the Online monitor and also when replaying recordings.  Displaying Visual Statistics™ in the Online monitor.
  • Page 164 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Field label Description Event trigger Defines whether the event triggers like tripwires and object starting/stopping fields lines/boxes should be shown. Object Defines whether object markers should be displayed. Object markers show the markers object ID and information about the state of the object (MOV = moving, STP = stopped, LOUNGE = move just a little bit), size and speed.
  • Page 165 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 15.4.2 Displaying heat maps For every camera you can display heat maps as overlays to the normal video stream in the Online monitor and also in the Archive player. The requirements for displaying heat maps for a camera are: ...
  • Page 166 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) In the screenshot above you see an example of the object count heat map in an office situation. Cold colors (such as blue) mean few object counts and hot colors (such as red) mean high object counts.
  • Page 167 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Resetting the heat maps of individual cameras: 1. Choose Video analysis (iCAT) from the System administration menu. This opens the Video analysis (iCAT) dialog. 2. Choose the camera and then the corresponding object tracking region.

  • Page 168: O Device Administration

    Note: I/O devices (and their corresponding actions) configured in versions prior to NETAVISObserver 4.6 via the XML configuration file will continue to work in Observer 4.6. However if you want to use I/O devices with new features introduced in Observer 4.6 (e.g. Rule Administration) then you will need to remove the previous XML configuration and re-add the I/O device in the I/O Device Administration.

  • Page 169: Generic I/O Devices

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 9. You can edit the Port name for each I/O port and relay by double-clicking on it. 10. For some devices (e.g. many AXIS cameras, AXIS P8221) you can also configure the Port type by double-clicking on it and choosing the desired type from the pop-up menu.

  • Page 170: Rule Administration

    Note: Actions triggered by I/O devices configured in versions prior to NETAVIS Observer 4.6 via the XML configuration file will continue to work in NETAVIS Observer 4.6. However if you want to use Rule...
  • Page 171 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 4. Enter a name for this rule in the Rule Name text field. 5. Next you choose and configure a Trigger type whereby NETAVIS Observer 4.6 currently supports the following triggers: a. Motion detected: In its basic configuration the trigger is any motion detection (option: Any definition) on one or multiple cameras and/or camera groups which can be selected.
  • Page 172 Object Stops in Field definitions available on all cameras is shown here. 6. By clicking on the Add action button you can then add one or multiple actions which will be executed when the trigger configured above occurs. NETAVIS Observer 4.6 currently supports the following actions: a.
  • Page 173 ... button (whereby .au and .wav files are supported). i. Send email: You can select NETAVIS Observer users as Recipient users and CC users of e- mail notifications (do note that these users need to have a filled in e-mail address in the User admin).
  • Page 174 Note: Your NETAVIS Observer server needs to have a corresponding SMTP mail server and networking setup configured in order to be able to send e-mail notifications (please see the document NETAVIS Observer Server Installation and Administration and specifically the "Edit...

  • Page 175: Npr List Management

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 18 NPR List Management NETAVIS Observer 4.6 introduced iCAT Number Plate Recognition that can detect number plates for use in vehicle entry, parking, and free flow scenarios. Note: iCAT Number Plate Recognition is a separate module which needs to be enabled with an appropriate license key and - depending on the specific configuration - a USB hardware dongle.
  • Page 176 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) To add multiple number plates you can either separate them with a comma or add them in separate lines by pressing ENTER after each number plate. b. You can import number plates stored in text-, CSV- and Excel-files by clicking on the Import button at the bottom and selecting the corresponding file from your hard drive.

  • Page 177: Video Walls With Observer

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 19 Video walls with Observer The Observer video wall solution allows you to configure and operate professional video walls using standard Observer servers and clients. Such a video wall can then be controlled by the Video wall control application, which allows you to: ...
  • Page 178 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) for that purpose. However, all cameras that you want to display on the video wall must be accessible by this server (i.e. must be configured at this server or must be mounted from other servers).

  • Page 179: Supported Browsers

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 6. In the Observer application position each of the created windows to the corresponding video wall monitors (and put it in full screen mode). You can do that by dragging the window with the mouse and then maximize the window.
  • Page 180 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015)  Left side: Camera tree – separate for each server link.  Middle: Video wall monitors – here you can control the contents of the video wall monitors  Right side: Properties of the current selection – here you can see and modify the properties.
  • Page 181 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) choose please see 19.1 Setting up a video wall with Observer on page 177). Please note that you have to select the correct user login for the monitor: You have to take the user login of the video wall client workstation/PC where the monitor is connected to.

  • Page 182: Special Functions

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 20 Special functions This chapter describes some special functions of Observer. 20.1 Video annotations Video streams for live viewing and recording can be annotated with text that then displayed in the video stream. The annotations can come from external data sources and can be stored in the event database for later retrieval and search.

  • Page 183: Controlling Observer With Http Commands From External Sources (Url Control)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) To see how to integrate Video4Web into your web pages please refer to the examples and full documentation available on the Observer server's web page (http://<your-server-IP>) under Documentation - Video4Web. Please note: Currently Video4Web only supports MJPEG streams.

  • Page 184: Matrix View Function Of The Online Monitor (Vip Control)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) be shown there, or 2) if the view can not handle any more view-ports, a new view will be created where all listed cameras are then placed.  box.x0= upper left x coordinate of box (valid between 0 and 1000). The values are in 1/10th percentages of the displayed image.
  • Page 185 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Now assume that in the Observer Online monitor you want to show adjacent cameras of this virtual matrix in a 3x3 view . Whenever you double click any of the 50 cameras in any of the views in Observer this camera is then positioned as the center of the 3x3 view and the adjacent cameras of the big matrix are automatically positioned around it.

  • Page 186: Holiday Calendar

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Trigger action XML file name LNT: single click, double click, mouse over or server.utils.CameraMatrixMapping.LNT.xml context menu on a camera icon In addition to the above you can also control on which Observer clients the Matrix view function should be triggered.

  • Page 187: Automatic Export Of Event Statistics

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 20.5.3 Upload and activate the XML config file You can upload and activate the function by following these steps: 1. At the server's web page click on Customizer login to login to the Customizer area (the admin password is needed for that).

  • Page 188: Configuring I/O Devices

    Note: I/O devices (and their corresponding actions) configured in versions prior to NETAVIS Observer 4.6 via the XML configuration file (as described below) will continue to work in Observer 4.6. However if you want to use I/O devices with new features introduced in Observer 4.6 (e.g. Rule Administration or...

  • Page 189: Axis T8310 Control Board Configuration

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) For each supported I/O device types there is a device descriptor file server.externalIO.deviceio.DeviceTypeDescriptor.<device_type>.xml. For configuring a device you must refer to one of the supported devices in server.externalIO.deviceio.DeviceMappings.xml. When you are done with editing, save the file.
  • Page 190 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) AXIS T8313 jog dial: Page 190 of 204...
  • Page 191 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) The functions assigned to the different buttons of the keyboards are dependent on whether the Online Monitor or Archive are in focus. To show the current focus press the Alt (13) + View (3) button combination.

  • Page 192: Snmp Support (Simple Network Management Protocol)

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 5 - Activate large view: The previously assigned camera is shown in a large view 6 - Show previous view 7 - Show next view 8 - Not used 9 - Activate PTZ: In case the last assigned camera has PTZ capabilities, this button activates the...
  • Page 193 2. After login click on Download configuration files. 3. Download the file server.site.snmp.SNMPMappings.sample.xml. Note: Here you can also download the file NETAVIS-MIB.txt which contains the NETAVIS MIB (Management Information Base). 4. Edit the sample file according to the desired configuration:...
  • Page 194 Once the configuration file has been adapted, rename it to server.site.snmp.SNMPMappings.default.xml and upload it via the Customizer login. Afterwards the Observer server or at least the NETAVIS services have to be restarted for the SNMP agent to be activated. To receive the SNMP data sent by Observer a so-called SNMP management station software is needed.
  • Page 195 A percentage value telling how much of the available image archive has been filled up with images. o2VPUptime The time (in UNIX seconds) since the NETAVIS video platform has been started. User Table Entry o2UserName Login name of user.
  • Page 196 Name of the camera (can be empty if event is not camera specific). o2EventUserID Netavis-internal unique identifier of the user (only if event is user related, in other cases its value is zero). o2EventUserName Name of the user if event is user specific, otherwise empty.
  • Page 197 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Observer Event Description UserEventACK Event generated when a user acknowledges an event. UserLoggedIn Event generated when a user logs in. UserLoggedOut Event generated when a user logs out. VideoContentAlert Event generated when an iCAT Object Tracking detection occurs.

  • Page 198: Index

    NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) 21 Index Calendar in archive 75 4CIF 10 Camera access rights for users 48 default settings 33 ABS transcoding for low-bandwidth duplicate existing camera with similar connections 27 settings 38 configuring ABS 112...
  • Page 199 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) display of server CPU load 108 modifying layouts 21 for video analytics (iCAT) 143 positioning in the window 21 priorities 93 Cropped view ports sorting 93 define which part to display 58 event-based recording 160...
  • Page 200 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) sensitivity setting 146 Smart Tripwire(tm) 148 H.264 7, See also MPEG starting and stopping objects 150 video processing speed 144 HDTV 16/9 video streaming formats 142 aspect ratio in Online monitor 52 working with in Online monitor 163...
  • Page 201 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) the web-based client 14 NETAVIS_DIRECTORY environment variable for installed client components 19 Low-bandwidth connections with Transcoding New system setup 29 NNS synchronization groups of servers 116 Notification on events and alarms 99 NTSC 10...
  • Page 202 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) of analog cameras on video server 42 storage management 74 synchronous playback of mutiple cameras Preferences of the client 24 Priority time zoomimg 78 of events 93 Release notes 6 sorting event list 93...
  • Page 203 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) Smart guard function 61 groups 50 info about logged in 50 Smart Tripwire (iCAT) 148 managing 43 Smartphones (mobile devices) 24 privileges 45 receiving on events and alarms 99 Snapplet, embedding live video streams in...
  • Page 204 NETAVIS Observer 4.6 User Manual (October 2015) in an Online monitor view port 58, 77 in SAFE exports 82 Zones in layout navigation (LNT) 130 of PTZ cameras 104 Zooming Page 204 of 204...

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