User’s Guide Intellex® Digital Video Management System Version 3.
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Contents The Intellex System Managing Digital Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Basic features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Optional features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Basic Features Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Contents Archiving Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Archiving to Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 While Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 After Stopping Recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Restoring Images from Tape . .
The Intellex System Managing Digital Video The Intellex is an intelligent system that combines video multiplexing, recording, and viewing of up to 16 cameras, detecting alarms/events, and notification. It can also include audio and text recording and playback. The Intellex can simultaneously display live or playback video, with or without audio and text, host multiple remote users, archive data, and perform comprehensive video searching, all while recording multiple video, audio, and text streams.
The Intellex System 2 Intellex® Digital Video Management System
Basic Features Getting Started To configure security, see the Intellex Installation and Configuration Guide. The system administrator must grant privileges to access, set, or change features. Logging In 1 Using the mouse, enter the 1- to 8-character PIN (Personal Identification Number) code the system administrator assigned. Click to erase an entry. 2 Click OK. The main screen appears. Main Screen Displays video from 1–16 cameras. Here, the screen displays live images from 4×4 (16) cameras.
Basic Features Controls Play changes to Pause when you click Pause on Playback controls Controls play/pause, playback direction, and speed Searches the image database for specific video images Selects the number of cameras to display: • 1x1 (1) • 2x2 (4) • 3x3 (9) • 4x4 (16) Hides controls and displays current images full screen Opens Utility Options, Setup Options Displays the list of alarms Click to display a specific camera. In multicamera display, drag and drop a camera button to any image pane.
Basic Features Changing the Look of the Live Display Right-click an image. This menu appears. Switch to Full Screen / Switch to Menu Displays live images on the full screen and hides screen controls / Displays screen controls Display this camera in 1x1 format. Generates an alarm manually for this camera. Selects a camera to display in 1x1 mode. Changes the screen format. Select: Displays video from alarmed cameras in sequence. Displays video from a specified camera.
Basic Features Utility Options From the main screen, click Utility. Restarts the recording after the image database is filled (linear mode). Generates an alarm event manually for one or more cameras. Erases a CD-RW to re-use it for exporting files. Displays a user’s activities. See page 30. Clears alarm messages manually from the live display if Latch Messages is enabled. Shuts down the system. Exits to Windows. See page 31.
Basic Features Checking Camera Status From the main screen, click Status. Cameras by name in numerical order Super, Normal, or Extended Normal or High * = the camera is in covert mode the camera is not connected or there is no video to record the camera is currently unable to record Disabled, Active, or Alarmed Pre-alarm setting for each camera in Alarmed mode Current filter for each camera in Active or Alarmed mode Rate in images per second.
Basic Features From the main screen, click Search. The Search Mode screen appears. Defines a search for a specific video segment Selects a camera to search Searches using entered criteria Searches using the date and time, camera, or alarm criteria Interrupts the search Plays the selected video segment Searches using image filters Clears current criteria and begins new search.
Basic Features 2 On the control tool bar, click Seq. Display Mode Stationary Live Images Sequencing Images Single None. Single pane displays the sequencing cameras. 2×2 Panes 1–3 display stationary live images from cameras 1–3. Pane 4 sequences through live images from cameras 4–16. 3×3 Panes 1–8 display stationary live images from cameras 1–8. Pane 9 sequences through lives images from cameras 9–16. 4×4 Panes 1–16 display stationary live images from cameras 1–16. None.
Basic Features . Pan/Tilt control Zoom Flips the camera 180° Closes the dome control overlay (Exit) Opens the dome configuration menu Opens the pattern menu Iris Focus Opens the preset menu Center buttons allow automatic control: auto iris, auto zoom, and auto focus. The center of the Pan/Tilt Control stops camera movement.
Basic Features Quick Camera Controls Start a camera control session to open the quick camera controls. Controlling the Pan-Tilt Control via Mouse 1 Float the cursor over the center of the video pane. The Cursor Origin Mark appears. 2 Click and drag the cursor to set the direction and speed, then release. • The camera’s movement speed increases proportionally with the arrow’s distance from the cursor origin mark. • The camera’s direction is relative to cursor origin mark.
Basic Features Selecting a Pattern 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control menu. 2 Click Pattern for the pattern menu: 3 Select a pattern number. 4 Click to run the pattern. 5 Click Exit 6 Click to close the Pattern menu. to close the Primary Camera Control menu. Defining a Pattern 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control. 2 Position the camera for the pattern’s start position. 3 Click and select an index for pattern. 4 Click Define Pattern . The Pattern Definition Menu appears.
Basic Features Defining a Preset 1 Click to open the Primary Camera Control menu. 2 Position the camera for your preset. 3 Click to display the preset menu. 4 Select a preset number. 5 Click Define Preset to define a preset at this index. 6 When the Replace Preset? message appears, click Yes to program the preset. The number of available presets is device-dependent.
Basic Features 9 Click Edit to name the clip. 10 Enter a name. Click Update. 11 (Optional) click Play (default) or Pause to play or pause the video clip. 12 Check the Select box of any additional clips to include in the export. 13 Click Export to export to CD or DVD. 14 The Export Directory dialog appears. Click Include player application on export media to include the Intellex Player. 15 Click Export to CD-R(W) to write the selected video clips to the CD or DVD. 16 Click Export. The export begins.
Basic Features Reviewing Alarms 1 From the control bar, click Alarms. The alarm review screen appears. 9 = video segments are reviewed Date, time, and camera name for each video segment Alarm input or alarm type (motion, text, generated, etc.) for each video segment Length of each video segment (minutes: seconds) 2 Click Clear to clear all checked alarms, or Clear All to clear entire list of alarms. 3 Click Play to play back a video segment containing a recorded alarm.
Basic Features Slider Control Play, pause, or move through the video stream using the slider and Play/Pause button. VCR Control Step back or forward a single frame Fast Reverse • If you are fast forwarding, each click decreases the speed up to 5 times normal speed. • If you are fast reversing, each click increases the speed up to 5 times normal speed. Play back Play Fast Forward • If you are fast forwarding, each click increases the speed up to 5 times normal speed.
Basic Features Archiving Video Archive video to tape, to a network, or a combination.The new Network Archive functionality allows automatic archiving that you can store off-site. Note The Archive button is enabled only when a tape drive is connected to the Intellex unit. For the option of network archiving only, the Archive button is disabled. Note See page 13 for using CDs and DVDs. Archiving to Tape You can back up the image database while recording or after stopping the recording.
Basic Features Restoring Images from Tape 1 Click Restore images from tape to copy images from a backup tape to the system. * = the segment containing alarm images Name of Intellex unit that archived these images Double-click to display cameras included in the segment. Video segments on the archive tape Double-click again to hide the cameras 2 Select a video segment to restore. 3 Press to select the number of segments to restore. 4 Click OK. Follow the prompts.
Advanced Features To configure security, see the Intellex Installation and Configuration Guide. The system administrator must grant privileges to access, set, or change features. Searching for Video Segments Use criteria including Date/Time, Filters, and Text to search the image database and text streams. From the main screen, click Search. Creates a search using your criteria. Any matches appear in a list. Interrupts the search. The list includes segments found before the interruption.
Advanced Features Searching by Camera Click Cameras to search for segments by camera. Include segments from all cameras or a specific camera in the search. Searching by Alarms Click Alarms to search for segments based on alarm information. Includes segments regardless of filter criteria. Includes segments regardless of alarm input. Includes segments that were recorded because a filter was triggered. Includes any segments with an alarm input. Includes segments with a specific alarm input.
Advanced Features 7 To define the filter’s target area: • Move the cursor over the image area. • Draw the boundaries by clicking and moving the mouse to each corner of the target area and clicking again. • After enclosing the target area, click again to fill shape. 8 Set the sensitivity level. Note Sensitivity is based on the size of the highlighted area. At higher sensitivity settings, smaller changes trigger the filter. At lower settings, larger changes are required to trigger the filter.
Advanced Features Adding, Editing, or Deleting a Text Stream 1 From the main screen, click Setup. The Setup Options screen appears. 2 Click Text. The Text setup screen appears. 3 Click Add or Edit to define or modify a text stream. Click Delete to eliminate a text stream. The Text Source screen appears. 4 Enter a name for text stream. 5 Click the down arrow to access handler types. 6 Highlight a text formatter. 7 Click Setup to access a printer interface.
Advanced Features 2 Click one or more cameras. Generating Receipt Definitions 1 From the Text setup screen, select the Receipt Definitions tab. 2 Click Build Receipts to create and remove receipt definitions. Adding, Editing, Deleting, or Importing Receipt Definitions From the Receipt Definitions screen, click an option: • Add or Edit selects or configures a receipt definition. • Delete • Import imports a file containing text receipt definitions.
Advanced Features Generating Text Alarms 1 From the Text setup screen, select the Alarms tab. 2 Click Apply selected exceptions as a group to generate an alarm for a receipt after exporting receipt definition entries to a file. These conditions must be met: • You selected at least one receipt definition. • A receipt definition marker is found in the current receipt. • All selected text exceptions report a match for the current receipt.
Advanced Features Motion exception searches for an event or activity by position, size, direction, and speed of a moving object. Its parameters filter live video or search recorded video to find an event or activity. After applying motion exception parameters, any object meeting your criteria in the target area triggers an alarm. • Motion exception cannot operate if the scheduled record rate is less than 7 ips. • Motion exception requires a fixed camera or a dome in non-moving (fixed position) mode.
Advanced Features Standard motion detection can generate many false alarms, and important alarms listed with them. Motion exception produces fewer, more detailed alarms than motion detection. To assess motion filter effectiveness for a single camera: 1 Loop the camera’s signal to an unused input (make sure to set the termination properly). 2 Use motion detection on one input and motion exception on the other. 3 Observe the results of both methods and make changes as needed.
Advanced Features 2 Click and drag to form the target area. Custom shapes must form an enclosed boundary. Active zones have scrolling borders. Click a target area to activate it. Right-click to deactivate it. Inactive zones have static borders. Draw Zone: Defines a target area for an alarm or filter. You can draw multiple areas. Areas can overlap, but not completely. Select shape type: rectangle, ellipse, or custom. Returns to the default setting for the selected target area.
Advanced Features Determining Minimum Object Size Click Size to change the default size of an object. An object larger than the selected or default size triggers the alarm. Target area with a sizing object. Drag its handles to change the object’s size and aspect ratio. Changes the minimum size of an object that triggers an alarm. Preserves the aspect ratio. Specifying an Object’s Direction Direction arrows are 45° apart.
Advanced Features Specifying an Object’s Minimum Speed Click Speed to change an object’s default speed (0 = no movement). Objects moving faster than the selected speed trigger the alarm. The default direction is every direction. An object moves through the draw zone and target area in the specified direction at the indicated speed. When you click Speed, the object moves in the active direction and loops through the zone at the selected speed. Click the arrows to indicate another direction.
Advanced Features Factor Occlusions and obstructions Comment/Recommendation Set up the camera such that no objects totally block (occlude) objects of interest in the camera’s view. When someone walks behind something that totally blocks that person in the camera’s view, Intellex predicts where the person will be next based on his speed when last seen. The more a person is blocked in the camera’s field of view, the more prediction errors may occur.
Advanced Features Login name of the user and time the action was performed Exports the entire log to a file Whether action was local to Intellex or done through Network Client or other remote software Exports the displayed log to a file The action’s category Prints the log or print remotely through third party software (shows IP address) Action within the category Describes the activity Action from the category’s menu options Exiting Intellex Since Intellex uses the Windows operating system to con
Advanced Features 32 Intellex® Digital Video Management System
Index A Adjusting Target Area Settings 27 Advanced Search 21 Alarm Stage Generating Alarms 14 Alarms Clearing 15 managing 14 American Dynamics Handler 22 Apply selected exceptions as a group 24 Archive Manager 1 Archiving to Tape 17 Archiving Video 17 Archive button disabled 17 Archive button enabled 17 Area Image 5 Associating Text Streams with Cameras 22 Pan/Tilt Movement functions 10 Zoom functions 10 Dome Configuration Menu 13 E Exiting to Windows 31 Export to CD-R(W) 14 F Finding Video Segments 7 G
Index M Main Screen Overview 3 Mode Display 5 Motion Detection 25 Motion Exception 25 Environmental Factors 29 Show customer entries 22 Show journal entries 22 Single Pane View 5 Slider Control 16 Spot Mode 5 Start Camera Sequencing Mapping 9 Status 7 O Optional features 1 Overview, Intellex SDK 19 P Pattern definition 11 Pattern and Preset Camera Controls 11 Personal Identification Number 3 Playing Back Video Clips 15 Playing Restored Images 18 Policy Manager 1 Preset definition 11 Preset Overlay View
