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SecurityProbe 5E
Camera & Alerting Setup
Manual

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Table of Contents

Camera setup guide............................................................................................. 3

Connecting the cameras to the SecurityProbe .......................................... 4
Camera placement best practices & example setup ............................................ 7
Camera setup with the SecurityProbe.................................................................. 8
Basic setup................................................................................................ 8
Pan / tilt functions of the camera ............................................................. 15
Automating camera movements.............................................................. 17
Setting up notifications ....................................................................................... 20
E-mail notification .................................................................................... 22
Example 1: Temperature sensor as a source.......................................... 29
Example 2: Motion detector as a source ................................................. 31
Picture Log setup ............................................................................................... 34
Picture Log Action Wizard .................................................................................. 36
FTP Photo and Information Upload Action Wizard ............................................ 39
Frequently Asked Questions .............................................................................. 43

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Camera setup guide

What you’ll need:

PTDC camera with PT controller cable

SecurityProbe Back view

Using the supplied PT controller cables, connect each camera to the PTx ports and the
BNC ports (Vx):
This is where you would connect each of the PTDC pan tilt controller cable inputs.

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Connecting the cameras to the SecurityProbe

Step 1: Connect each camera as shown on the screen shot below (both the V1 BNC and PT1
video ports are required to be connected):

The PTDC video cable (RG6, with BNC connector) can be extended up to 100 meters. This is a
standard RG6 cable. If it is extended longer than 100 meters, you may experience some signal
loss and would need a signal booster.

The PTDC controller cable can be extended up to 300 meters using a standard two pair wire, like
a speaker wire.

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Step 2: Connect the camera to a power source using the 2.5mm jack cables, as shown on the
picture:

Please note: This power cable from the power adaptor for the PTDC is designed to only be
connected to the power input cable for the camera and cannot be connected to the securityProbe
base unit power socket.

Model # of the 9V power adapter for the PTDC camera: AKCP Model SA115B-09V

Step 3: Mounting the cameras.

You can simply remove the mounting bracket from the bottom of the camera by pushing and
turning it. This will release the bracket from the bottom of the camera, where you will see the 3
holes for the mounting screws.

When you mount the camera on the ceiling, you will then have to change a setting in the SP: go
to the “Settings” page >> Advanced Camera >> and uncheck the option “Rotate 180”.

See the section “Camera setup with the SecurityProbe” in this manual for more information about
the configuration with the SecurityProbe.

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Step 4: Review the connections. Sample configuration with 1 camera attached:

Repeat steps 1-4 for connecting further cameras to the SecurityProbe (up to 4 cameras can be
connected to a single unit).

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Camera placement best practices & example setup

The cameras have a viewing angle of 92 degrees and focal length of 3.6mm (for full technical
specifications, see the camera’s data sheet).

This determines their monitoring area. You should plan to place the cameras in such a way to be
able to cover the largest area with a given number of cameras. The layout of the building also
determines the camera placement.

Tip 1: check the image the SP receives from a camera, before deciding to mount it in the final
position on the wall.

Tip 2: avoid back light sources for best picture; also keep this in mind when the sunlight is
changing during a day.

Tip 3: check multiple camera angles when setting up the cameras, to minimize dead zones
(where a camera can’t see).

Tip 4: with cameras having IR LEDs, when the ambient light is dark, the LED light can reflect in
glasses or mirrors, and overlight the camera. (only fixed cameras have LEDs, PTDC cameras
don’t have it)

Example setup:

2 cameras: 1 monitors the full room (wide angle), and 1 the entrance (small angle, good for identification)

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Camera setup with the SecurityProbe

Basic setup
The unit will allow for connection of up to 4 cameras through the video inputs (V1 – V4). In this
tutorial we are going to assume you are connecting an AKCP pan/tilt PTDC camera, and we are
connecting it to port number V4.

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup the camera functions.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Connect camera to a video (“V”) port

 Log into web based interface as administrator

a) Once you are logged in you will be taken to the default “summary page”. First you’ll have to
activate the cameras.

To check the cameras settings in the web interface you first need to go to the Settings page, then
the Enable Cameras page.

You can then press the Check Video Signal button to scan the camera ports on the unit for
connected cameras.

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After the camera or cameras are detected you will then see this pop-up message shown in the
screen shot above. You can then click on the OK button.

The cameras connected to the securityProbe 5E base unit will now show the check in the
Enabled box as shown in the screen shot above.

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You can then check to make sure the video stream is working by clicking on the “Preview” button.
If the image appears upside down, you can enable the “Rotate 180” setting to correct the image
depending on how the camera is mounted.

After your cameras are enabled you can then name them as you require by first selecting the
“Camera Names” link from the Setup column, then renaming the text in each of the V1-V4
description fields as shown in the screen shot above.

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By clicking on the “Image Size” link in the Setup column you can then change the Image Size of
the streaming video from your cameras to either 320 x 240 or 640 x 480. The streaming video
Image Size will be displayed on the Summary page as shown above.

If you are using pan tilt cameras or other third party Pelco-D cameras then you will need to
enable the PTZ Controller from the PTZ Controller page as shown above. You will always
normally choose the “Internal PTZ Controller”

Note: The External PTZ Controller refers to an obsolete option where an external controller could
be connected to the unit.

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Now that the Internal PTZ controller is set, you need to select the correct camera type from the
drop down list as shown in the screen shot above. If the cameras is an AKCP branded camera
you will choose the AKCP PT Camera, if it is another third party Pelco-D type camera you will
select the “General PTZ Camera”.

b) After the cameras are configured, the “summary page” will look like this:

Click on “Camera setting” for further configuration.

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PLEASE NOTE: The ActiveX has been recently removed from the Camera Settings options
in the Summary page, so your screen may appear differently.

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Helpful hint
At this stage you will begin opening up multiple windows which may obscure valuable information
displayed on the summary page. To prevent this from happening, each window can be dragged
to a new position to accommodate your preferred layout. To achieve this, follow the directions
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Pan / tilt functions of the camera

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup the PT functions.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Log in as administrator

 From summary page select options

a) First, click on the “PTZ Control” button.

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b) Now we can pan and tilt the camera by way of the pan / tilt arrows.

1) 2)

3) 4)

Helpful Hint

You can also pan and tilt the camera by placing your mouse on the video image and clicking the
position in which you would like the camera to face. This is useful when you want to enter the
values for automated camera movements.

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Automating camera movements

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup automated camera movements.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Log in as administrator

 Select options from the summary page

 Click Pan Tilt and Zoom control

We will now look at creating an automated camera movement. This will make the camera
automatically pan or tilt at preset intervals.

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b) After clicking on the add button you will be met with the following pages

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Repeat this process as many times as you wish to automate the cameras movement so that it
covers the area you require too monitor. In this example we have added three different positions.

After clicking “Save Action”, click on “Run Continuous”. This will start the script running. You
should then see instant feedback from the live stream in the camera window as the camera pans
through these positions.

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Setting up notifications

If you setup a notification you can define the action to take when the sensor gives a reading
beyond your previously set thresholds. This allows you to determine how you will be notified that
a sensors reading has reached the specified parameters (high warning, critical etc).

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup a notification.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Login as administrator

 Click the “Notifications” tab

Adding a notification
a) First click on the “notification wizard”

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b) You will now have the notification wizard page displayed, shown on the next page.

Please Note: We will now go through setting up a few different ways of notification step by step.
To learn what the other types of notifications do refer to the separate notification manuals that
can be found on your product CD.

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E-mail notification

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup an E-Mail Notification (with pictures from
Motion Sensor).

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 Log in as administrator

 Select the “Notifications” tab

 Click “Notification Wizard”

1. Adding a notification
a) First click on the “notification wizard”

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b) You will now have the notification wizard page displayed, like below.

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c) Select Email from the notification type options.

Please choose a name for your E-mail Action. Descriptive Action names increase the simplicity
of the system.

Complete the Mail To, From and CC fields with correctly formatted e-mail addresses.
The Mail To and From fields are mandatory .Multiple recipients may be entered by separating
addresses by a comma (,) or semicolon (;).

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This is a preview of the email message that will be sent to the recipient.

Click Customized button to edit the macro, and be able to specify Attach Picture From: Latest
Log and click Picture Log as a source.

Attach Picture button lets you to attach a Picture with your message. Select to attach either the
Current Picture from the Camera or the most recent Picture Stored on the Picture Log. Select
which Cameras you would like to use as the source of your picture.

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Customize the message: A macro is the piece of text that will return data from the securityProbe.
For example $[TIME] will take the time from the securityProbe and append it to the email.

The Macro Description button gives you details of the data the macro displays. At any point
during editing of the macro you can click the preview button to see the changes you have made
to the message.

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Click Next to continue

Enter your SMTP server and Authentication information. If this information has been entered
before, it will be already completed.

Click Next to continue

Define the Maximum number of Times and interval between attempts that an e-mail notification is
sent to your recipient(s).
It’s recommended to enable the “resend on server timeout” option.

Click Next when you have filled in your parameters.

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After the E-mail action is created, you can view it in the Notification Action menu:

d) Now link the e-mail notification we just created to a sensor.

Click on “Link Sensor To Action” on the left menu in Notification page:

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Example 1: Temperature sensor on port 1 as a source

Click on Create button

Click on “Finish”. You will now be taken back to the main Notification tab.

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Create the notification link, then click finish

You will now be back at the main notification page. You should now see listed our two
notifications, the SNMP trap and the e-mail.

As you can see from this page, we have an SNMP trap set up to give us notification of a “High
Critical”, and an E-mail notification that will activate on a “High Warning”.

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Example 2: Motion detector as a source

Without the e-mail action added, the Link Sensor To Action table looks like this:

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Click on the Create button, and then select Main Module, and Motion Detector as a source:

Then click the newly created E-mail action in the Actions field:

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This is how the Link Sensor To Action table looks after the e-mail notification is set up:

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Picture Log setup

The camera can be used to automatically log a photo and send it as part of a notification. As an
example, we are going to use the camera to capture an image from 2 seconds and 1 second
before and 2 seconds after the event. The event will be when the temperature sensor reading is
at “High Critical”.

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup the Picture Log.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Log in as administrator

 Select the notifications tab

 Select notification wizard

 Choose picture log as the notification type (follow previous notifications wizard
instructions)

a) Once this is done you can add it to the active notifications so your page should now look like
this:-

As you can see from the screen shot above, we have set the picture log to be created when the
temperate sensor is at a “High Critical” state.

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b) Adjust the notification thresholds in order to trigger a response. This has triggered the picture
log notification.

c) Viewing the logged pictures.

Form here you can see there is a series of images. These have been taken at the preset time
intervals, before and after the event. These parameters were set up in the notification wizard
previously.

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Picture Log Action Wizard

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup a picture log action via the notification
wizards.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Log in as administrator

 Click the “Notifications” tab

1. Adding a notification
a) First click on the “notification wizard”

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b) You will now have the notification wizard page displayed, like below.

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c) Select picture log from the notification type options.

Please choose a name for your Picture Log Action. Descriptive action names increase the
simplicity of the system.

Select which camera(s) you would like to use as the source of your picture.

Click Next to continue

Select if you would like to log a picture from 2 and/or 1 second before the event.

Define the number of pictures and interval between pictures that you would like to log after the
event.

Click Finish to Save your Action

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FTP Photo and Information Upload Action Wizard

This tutorial provides you the information needed to setup an FTP upload and action via the
notification wizards.

To get to the starting point of this tutorial:

 Log in as administrator

 Click the “Notifications” tab

1. Adding a notification
a) First click on the “notification wizard”

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b) You will now have the notification wizard page displayed, like below.

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c) Select FTP photo and information upload from the notification type options.

Please choose a name for your FTP Photo and Information Upload Action. Descriptive Action
names increase the simplicity of the system.

Select to attach either the Current Picture from the Camera or the most recent Picture Stored on
the Picture Log. Select which Cameras you would like to use as the source of your picture.

Click Next to continue

Enter your FTP server, Destination Path and Authentication information. If this information has
been entered before it will be already completed.

Click Next to continue

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Define the maximum number of attempts and interval between attempts that a photo is uploaded
to your FTP server.

Click Finish to Save your Action

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Frequently Asked Questions

What function do the different types of notifications provide?

The notifications are used to notify you when a sensor reading has hit a certain preset “critical”
threshold. There are many ways you can be notified. They are as follows :-
SNMP Trap: This form of notification sends out a signal to your SNMP server.
E-Mail: This sends a notification via e-mail.
SMS: This sends an SMS message to your mobile phone.
MMS: This will send you a multimedia message to your mobile phone. This can include an
image captured from one of the sensor probes cameras.
Relay: The relay is used as a switch, for example it could switch on an air con unit if the
temperature reading of a temperature sensor reaches a certain threshold.
Alarm sound: This notification will sound an alarm.
Speech: Creates a text to speech notification.
Picture log: Creates an action where the camera logs a series of images when a certain event
happens.
Telephone call: Will call you and play a pre recorded message or a text to speech message.
Custom script: Allows you to load a custom script that runs on a sensor reading a pre set
parameter.
Fax: Will send a Fax to you with a notification message.
Sound log: creates a log of sound captured with the internal / external microphone.
Siren and strobe: will activate a siren and strobe light.
Mobile access: Gives you the function of viewing the camera attached to your security probe
via your mobile phone.
Wake up / Shutdown: This will send a signal to wake or shut down a server.
If you require any assistance in setting up of these please contact us on [email protected]

This concludes the securityProbe 5E Camera Setup & Alerting Manual.

Please contact [email protected] if you have any further technical questions or

problems setting up your modem or your alerts.

Thanks for Choosing AKCess Pro!

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