User guide

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Introduction
The NetVu Connected range of products consists of image servers, display servers and software applications.
There are a number of Dedicated Micros user interfaces available, which have been specifi cally designed to
ensure the NetVu Connected products can fi t any network video application.
The following describes the functionality of NetVu Observer software which is available with any of the video
products in the NetVu Connected DV-IP range; DV-IP, DV-IP Server, DV-IP ATM, TransVu, Eco, DS2A, DS2P,
BX2.
Please
contact Technical Support in your region for advice on DS software versions compatible with NetVu
Observer.
Whilst every attempt is made to ensure these manuals are accurate and current, Dedicated Micros reserve the
right to alter or modify the specifi cation described herein without prejudice.
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Features and Functions
NetVu Observer software is a dedicated application that offers single-site and multi-site control allowing an
Operator to simultaneously monitor and control video from one image server or from several distributed sites.
The single-site functionality allows multiple cameras from the same image server to be viewed, in a multiscreen
format, in Live or playback mode. This ensures the Operator is aware of all potential events that may occur
within the ‘site’ they are responsible for monitoring. This functionality can be compared to an installation using
analogue monitors and a keyboard but with the advantage of locating the monitoring station anywhere on the
network, therefore removing the limitations of a wired system, i.e. maximum distances.
The software includes the necessary control functions for monitoring a video surveillance system for controlling
of PTZ cameras, establishing audio connections, camera switching, etc.
To enhance NetVu Observer software, additional functionality includes multi-site monitoring capabilities. This
is an ideal feature for central monitoring stations where video from multiple sites is routed across a network
connection to a centralised location, providing Live and Recorded images from numerous sites (up to thirty-six)
that can be viewed and controlled at a single location.
The software provides all the necessary controls required for a Central Monitoring application and with the
introduction of ‘drag and drop’, the application now becomes even more intuitive for the Operator and allows
access to cameras with a single key command.
Each event that comes in from a site opens an alarm session, if subsequent events come in from that site
before it is closed they join that session. Sessions are automatically served to operators logged into the Event
Distribution Point. Operators can view replay and live images from the site quickly to be able to respond to
activities on the site. All the events are logged in an SQL database, and video from each session is linked to the
alarm log, providing a clear audit trail.
Users are then required to close and characterise the events prior to closing the session, thereby enabling a
compliant BS8418 audit trail.
Reports from the database can be created using standard database tools to enable bespoke solutions for
customer management.
NetVu Observer enables access to the event lists that are stored on the image server. These fi les are where all
logged alarms, VMD incidents and system changes are stored allowing the Operator quick and easy access to
any event video recordings that are saved on the image server.
The following diagram shows how NetVu Observer software can be integrated in a Central Monitoring system,
with access and control to any of the image servers that are part of the NetVu Connected product range.
Dedicated Micros has also taken the complete system integration one step further to allow new and existing
systems to be monitored from a central monitoring station. NetVu Observer supports the ability to view and
control following Dedicated Micros products: