General Surveillance Management Center

User’s Manual

V 1.0.1
 Foreword
General

This user’s manual (hereinafter referred to as the Manual) introduces the functions and
operations of the DSS general surveillance management center (hereinafter referred to as DSS
platform) and client operations.

Safety Instructions

The following categorized signal words with defined meaning might appear in the Manual.
Signal Words Meaning

Indicates a high potential hazard which, if not avoided, will result in

DANGER death or serious injury.

Indicates a medium or low potential hazard which, if not avoided,

WARNING could result in slight or moderate injury.

Indicates a potential risk which, if not avoided, could result in

property damage, data loss, lower performance, or unpredictable
CAUTION result.

TIPS Provides methods to help you solve a problem or save you time.

Provides additional information as the emphasis and supplement to

NOTE
the text.

Privacy Protection Notice

As the device user or data controller, you might collect personal data of others such as face,
fingerprints, car plate number, Email address, phone number, GPS and so on. You need to be
in compliance with the local privacy protection laws and regulations to protect the legitimate
rights and interests of other people by implementing measures including but not limited to:
providing clear and visible identification to inform data subject the existence of surveillance
area and providing related contact.

Revision History

Version
No. Version Revision Content Release Time
Number

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 Version
No. Version Revision Content Release Time
Number

1 V1.0.0 - First release September 2018

 Added new functions such as

RAID group config, personnel
management, access control
management, thermal, target
detection, device config,
entrance, attendance
2 V1.0.1 V1.001.0000000 management and video April 2019
intercom.

 Modified contents such as edit

device, flow analysis, plate
recognition.

 Deleted business function.

About the Manual

The Manual is for reference only. If there is inconsistency between the Manual and the actual
product, the actual product shall prevail.
We are not liable for any loss caused by the operations that do not comply with the Manual.
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For detailed information, see the paper manual, CD-ROM, QR code or our official website. If
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 Important Safeguards and Warnings
This Chapter describes the contents covering proper handling of the Device, hazard prevention,
and prevention of property damage. Read these contents carefully before using the Device,
comply with them when using, and keep it well for future reference.

Operation Requirement

 Do not place or install the Device in a place exposed to sunlight or near the heat source.
 Keep the Device away from dampness, dust or soot.
 Keep the Device installed horizontally on the stable place to prevent it from falling.
 Do not drop or splash liquid onto the Device, and make sure there is no object filled with
liquid on the Device to prevent liquid from flowing into the Device.
 Install the Device in a well-ventilated place, and do not block the ventilation of the Device.
 Operate the device within the rated range of power input and output.
 Do not dissemble the Device.
 Transport, use and store the Device under the allowed humidity and temperature
conditions.

Electrical Safety

 Improper battery use might result in fire, explosion, or inflammation.

 When replacing battery, make sure the same model is used.
 Use the recommended power cables in the region and conform to the rated power
specification.
 Use the power adapter provided with the Device; otherwise, it might result in people injury
and device damage.
 The power source shall conform to the requirement of the Safety Extra Low Voltage (SELV)
standard, and supply power with rated voltage which conforms to Limited power Source
requirement according to IEC60950-1. Please note that the power supply requirement is
subject to the device label.
 Connect the device (I-type structure) to the power socket with protective earthing.
 The appliance coupler is a disconnection device. When using the coupler, keep the angle
for easy operation.

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 Table of Contents
Foreword ................................................................................................................................................... II
1 Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 Highlights ...................................................................................................................................... 1
2 Business Flow Chart ............................................................................................................................. 2
3 Configuring System Basic Info ............................................................................................................ 3
3.1 Login and Password Initialization ................................................................................................. 3
3.2 Quick Guide .................................................................................................................................. 4
3.3 Segment Setup ............................................................................................................................. 9
3.4 Basic.............................................................................................................................................. 9
3.4.1 Manage Account ................................................................................................................. 9
3.4.2 Maintenance ..................................................................................................................... 10
3.4.3 Time Setup .........................................................................................................................11
3.4.4 Route Setup ...................................................................................................................... 12
3.4.5 Ping Check........................................................................................................................ 13
3.4.6 URL Detect ....................................................................................................................... 14
3.4.7 Log .................................................................................................................................... 15
3.5 Security Setup ............................................................................................................................. 15
3.5.1 SSH Connection Setup ..................................................................................................... 15
3.5.2 HTTPS Setting .................................................................................................................. 16
3.6 Self-check ................................................................................................................................... 17
3.7 Advanced Setting ........................................................................................................................ 19
3.7.1 Configuring Master/Slave ................................................................................................. 19
3.7.2 Configuring Hot Spare ...................................................................................................... 19
4 Manager Operations............................................................................................................................ 22
4.1 Logging in Manager .................................................................................................................... 22
4.2 System Settings .......................................................................................................................... 23
4.2.1 Setting System Parameters .............................................................................................. 23
4.2.2 Setting Mail Server ........................................................................................................... 25
4.3 Adding Organization.................................................................................................................... 26
4.4 Adding Role and User ................................................................................................................. 27
4.4.1 Adding User Role .............................................................................................................. 27
4.4.2 Adding User ...................................................................................................................... 29
4.4.3 Setting Domain User......................................................................................................... 30
4.5 Adding Device ............................................................................................................................. 33
4.5.1 Adding Device Manually ................................................................................................... 33
4.5.2 Searching Added Device .................................................................................................. 35
4.5.3 Importing Video Intercom Device ..................................................................................... 36
4.5.4 Editing Device ................................................................................................................... 38
4.5.5 Binding Resource ............................................................................................................. 41
4.6 Configuring Record Plan ............................................................................................................. 43

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 4.6.1 Configuring Storage Disk.................................................................................................. 43
4.6.2 Setting Disk Group Quota................................................................................................. 49
4.6.3 Adding General Plan ......................................................................................................... 51
4.6.4 Adding Backup Record Plan ............................................................................................. 53
4.6.5 Adding Time Template ...................................................................................................... 54
4.7 Configuring Event ....................................................................................................................... 56
4.8 Configuring Map .......................................................................................................................... 67
4.8.1 Adding Map ....................................................................................................................... 67
4.8.2 Marking Device ................................................................................................................. 72
4.9 Adding Video Wall ....................................................................................................................... 73
4.10 Configuring Face Recognition .................................................................................................. 75
4.10.1 Creating Face Database................................................................................................. 75
4.10.2 Arm Config ...................................................................................................................... 81
4.11 Adding Vehicle Blacklist ............................................................................................................ 83
4.12 Video Intercom Management .................................................................................................... 86
4.12.1 Configuring Building/Unit ................................................................................................ 86
4.12.2 Synchronizing Contacts .................................................................................................. 87
4.12.3 Setting Private Password ............................................................................................... 88
4.12.4 APP User ........................................................................................................................ 90
4.13 System Maintenance ................................................................................................................ 91
4.13.1 Server Management ....................................................................................................... 91
4.13.2 Backup and Restore ....................................................................................................... 93
4.13.3 Log .................................................................................................................................. 99
4.13.4 Overview ....................................................................................................................... 100
4.14 Configuring Cascade .............................................................................................................. 105
5 Client Functions ................................................................................................................................ 107
5.1 Client Installation and Login ...................................................................................................... 107
5.1.1 PC Requirements ........................................................................................................... 107
5.1.2 Downloading and Installing Client .................................................................................. 107
5.1.3 Logging in Client ..............................................................................................................110
5.2 Local Configuration ....................................................................................................................112
5.3 Video Preview ............................................................................................................................118
5.3.1 Preparations ....................................................................................................................118
5.3.2 Live View..........................................................................................................................119
5.3.3 Device Config ................................................................................................................. 124
5.3.4 PTZ ................................................................................................................................. 142
5.3.5 Smart Track .................................................................................................................... 148
5.3.6 Smart Track .................................................................................................................... 151
5.3.7 View Tour ........................................................................................................................ 157
5.3.8 Region of Interest (RoI) .................................................................................................. 158
5.4 Record ....................................................................................................................................... 159
5.4.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................... 159
5.4.2 Record Playback............................................................................................................. 160
5.4.3 POS Search .................................................................................................................... 166
5.4.4 Search Thumbnail........................................................................................................... 168
5.5 Record Download ..................................................................................................................... 171
5.5.1 Preparation ..................................................................................................................... 172

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 5.5.2 Timeline........................................................................................................................... 172
5.5.3 File List............................................................................................................................ 173
5.5.4 Label ............................................................................................................................... 174
5.6 Event Center ............................................................................................................................. 175
5.6.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................... 175
5.6.2 Configuring Alarm Parameters ....................................................................................... 176
5.6.3 Searching and then Processing Real-Time Alarm ......................................................... 177
5.7 Video Wall ................................................................................................................................. 181
5.7.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................... 181
5.7.2 Output to the Wall ........................................................................................................... 181
5.7.3 Video Wall Plan............................................................................................................... 184
5.8 Emap ......................................................................................................................................... 187
5.8.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................... 187
5.8.2 Open Emap on the Real-Time Preview .......................................................................... 187
5.8.3 Viewing Map ................................................................................................................... 189
5.8.4 Alarm Flashing on the Map ............................................................................................. 191
5.9 POS ........................................................................................................................................... 193
5.9.1 Preparations before Operation ....................................................................................... 193
5.9.2 Live View......................................................................................................................... 193
5.9.3 Record Playback............................................................................................................. 196
5.10 Flow Analysis .......................................................................................................................... 197
5.10.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................. 197
5.10.2 Heatmap ....................................................................................................................... 198
5.10.3 People Counting Report ............................................................................................... 200
5.10.4 Dwell Time Report ........................................................................................................ 201
5.11 Face Recognition .................................................................................................................... 202
5.11.1 Preparations .................................................................................................................. 202
5.11.2 Real-Time Face Video .................................................................................................. 203
5.11.3 Snapshot Search .......................................................................................................... 205
5.11.4 Snapshot Database Search .......................................................................................... 206
5.11.5 Statistics Report ............................................................................................................ 208
5.12 ANPR....................................................................................................................................... 209
5.12.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................. 209
5.12.2 Number Plate Recognition............................................................................................ 210
5.12.3 Vehicle Record...............................................................................................................211
5.12.4 Vehicle Track ................................................................................................................ 214
5.12.5 Arm Record ................................................................................................................... 216
5.13 Object Detection ..................................................................................................................... 219
5.13.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................. 219
5.13.2 View Real-time Detection ............................................................................................. 220
5.13.3 Object Search ............................................................................................................... 223
5.13.4 Statistics Report............................................................................................................ 225
5.14 Thermal ................................................................................................................................... 226
5.14.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................. 226
5.14.2 Interfaces and Functions .............................................................................................. 227
5.14.3 Preview ......................................................................................................................... 228
5.14.4 Heatmap Analysis ......................................................................................................... 230

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 5.15 Personnel Management .......................................................................................................... 238
5.15.1 Add Department ............................................................................................................ 238
5.15.2 Add Personnel .............................................................................................................. 239
5.15.3 Edit Personnel .............................................................................................................. 251
5.15.4 Import/Export Personnel ............................................................................................... 256
5.15.5 Batch Issue Card .......................................................................................................... 258
5.15.6 Personnel Extraction .................................................................................................... 261
5.15.7 Generate Path .............................................................................................................. 263
5.16 Access Control ........................................................................................................................ 265
5.16.1 Preparations ................................................................................................................. 265
5.16.2 Console ......................................................................................................................... 265
5.16.3 Setting Time Template .................................................................................................. 275
5.16.4 Setting Door Group Permissions .................................................................................. 276
5.16.5 First Card Unlock .......................................................................................................... 279
5.16.6 Multi-Card Unlock ......................................................................................................... 281
5.16.7 Anti-Pass Back.............................................................................................................. 286
5.16.8 Inter-door Lock.............................................................................................................. 289
5.16.9 Remote Verification ...................................................................................................... 291
5.16.10 Searching A&C Log .................................................................................................... 293
5.17 Entrance .................................................................................................................................. 296
5.17.1 Preparation before Operation ....................................................................................... 296
5.17.2 Adding Device ............................................................................................................... 297
5.17.3 Configuring Alarm Scheme ........................................................................................... 303
5.17.4 Configuring Parking Lot ................................................................................................ 304
5.17.5 Vehicle Management .................................................................................................... 309
5.17.6 Overview ........................................................................................................................311
5.17.7 License Plate Recognition ............................................................................................ 313
5.17.8 Info Query ..................................................................................................................... 314
5.18 Video Intercom ........................................................................................................................ 320
5.18.1 Preparations before Operation ..................................................................................... 320
5.18.2 Call Management.......................................................................................................... 320
5.18.3 Video Intercom Application ........................................................................................... 326
5.19 Attendance Management ........................................................................................................ 332
5.19.1 Preparations before Operation ..................................................................................... 333
5.19.2 Setting Attendance Terminal ......................................................................................... 333
5.19.3 Setting Statistics Rule ................................................................................................... 334
5.19.4 Setting Attendance Period ............................................................................................ 335
5.19.5 Setting Holiday.............................................................................................................. 340
5.19.6 Setting Attendance Shift ............................................................................................... 341
5.19.7 Shift Management......................................................................................................... 343
5.19.8 Viewing Attendance Report .......................................................................................... 347
5.20 Time Synchronization.............................................................................................................. 350
5.20.1 Device Time Synchronization ....................................................................................... 350
5.20.2 Time Synchronization on the Client .............................................................................. 351
6 Update................................................................................................................................................. 354
Appendix 1 Service Module Introduction .......................................................................................... 357
Appendix 2 RAID Introduction ............................................................................................................ 358

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Appendix 3 Cybersecurity Recommendations ................................................................................. 360

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 1 Overview
1.1 Introduction
DSS general surveillance management center (Hereinafter referred to as “DSS Platform”) is a
type of video surveillance platform which is flexible, easily-extendable, highly-reliable and more
professional. DSS platform is able to meet the requirements of large and medium-sized
projects by distributed extension and cascade performance.
In addition to basic video surveillance business, DSS platform supports target detection and a
series of AI functions, such as face recognition, license plate recognition and people counting. It
can also expand functions like transportation, access control via value-added modules. These
rich functions enable DSS platform to be widely used in chain supermarket, safe city, road
traffic, medium and large-sized campus surveillance and some other scenarios.

1.2 Highlights
 Easily extendable
 Supports extension system performance.
 Supports cascading extension system performance.
 Supports extending more dedicated function modules.
 More professional
 Supports system operation and maintenance, easily acquire service, system, device,
time and some other system info.
 Separate Web manager; make management more convenient and professional.
 Supports target detection, face recognition, plate recognition, people counting and
other AI functions, access control, retail and transportation functions make DSS
platform more powerful.
 Highly reliable
 Supports dual hot standby, makes DSS platform system more stable.
 Supports system data auto backup and manual backup, reduce loss caused by
system crash.
 More open
 Supports access over standard Onvif protocol and active registration.
 Open SDK, the third party platform can be connected via SDK.

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 2 Business Flow Chart

In the business flow chart, shading means config item, shading means the exact

application of business in the client.

The overall flow chart is shown in Figure 2-1.
Figure 2-1 Flow chart

Business Flow Chart 2

 3 Configuring System Basic Info
The config system is used to quickly configure network parameters, basic parameters, safety
parameters and hot standby. of general monitoring management center all-in-one device, as
well as system upgrade and self-check.

Please make sure that the device installation and deployment has been completed before
logging into the config system. For detailed deployment process, please refer to DSS General
Surveillance Management Center Applications and Deployment Guide for more details.

3.1 Login and Password Initialization

Make sure that the PC and server are in the same network segment. If not, please change
the IP address of the PC. The default IP address of the server is 192.168.1.108.
Step 1 Enter DSS platform IP address/config into the browser, press Enter button.
The Config System interface is displayed. See Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1 Log in config system

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 Step 2 Enter user name and password (Default user name is admin, default password is
123456), click Login. The reset password interface is displayed. See Figure 3-2.
Figure 3-2 Reset password

Step 3 Enter old password, new password and set three security questions.
Step 4 Click OK to complete initialization.
Service is restarted and you need to log in the system again.

3.2 Quick Guide

Users can quickly configure the platform’s network, LAN/WAN network mapping and hot
standby via quick guide.
Step 1 Log in config system.
Step 2 Click Quick Guide. The Network Card Config interface is displayed. See Figure 3-3.

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 Figure 3-3 Network card config

Step 3 Configure parameters of network card; please refer to Table 3-1 for more details.

Table 3-1 Network card parameter description

Parameter Description

 Multi-address

It is multi-network card mode, which can configure different

network segments, realize multi network segment access and
apply to the scenario with high requirements for network reliability.
For example, configure double hot standby, it needs to use
network card 2 to configure standby heartbeat IP; it can also be
used in scenarios with ISCSI extended storage. The network port
is planned as follows: network port 1 is used to service
communication, network port 2 is reserved, and network port 3
and 4 are used for ISCSI storage.
Network Mode
 Fault tolerance

Multiple network cards use one IP address, normally there is only

one network card is working. When the working network card fails,
a normal network card is automatically activated to ensure
network smoothness.

 Load Balance

Several network cards use one IP address, these network cards

work together and share network load, provide network load
capacity over the bandwidth of a single network card. When a
network card becomes abnormal, the load is redistributed to other

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 available network cards to provide network reliability.

 Link aggregation

Through network card binding and external communication, all the

bound network ports participate in the work and share the network
load. It can realize a network card forwarding greater than 1K
stream; for example: 2 IP bound, another 2 multi-address, than
there are 3 IP for the server, the bandwidth of bound IP is 2K and
the other 2 is 1K; It can be applied to the scenario of pure forward
code stream (Storage is not recommended).

It needs to set network card binding when network mode is set as fault
Add Bound tolerance, load balancing or link aggregation.
Network Card Click “Add Bound Network Card”, select the network cards which need
to be bound, users can set two bound network cards.
Selects default network card, the network card will forward data
Default
package of non-adjacent network segment as default port (such as
Network Card
external network and public network)
Select Network After selecting network card or binding network card, it will display the
Card info of the network card or bound network card below.
MAC Address It displays the MAC address of platform server.
IP Address
Subnet Mask
After selecting network card, you can set IP address, subnet mask,
Default
default gateway, preferred DNS server address and alternate DNS
Gateway
server address.
Preferred DNS
Alternate DNS
Step 4 Click Save and Restart, save network card config and restart server.
Step 5 After server restarts, use DSS Platform IP Address/Config to visit config system
again. The IP address has been configured.
Step 6 Click Quick Guide and click Skip.
The system will display the interface of LAN/WAN Mapping. See Figure 3-4.
Figure 3-4 LAN/WAN mapping

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Step 7 Configure WAN address and port info; please refer to Table 3-2 for more details.

Table 3-2 Network card parameter description

Parameter Description
IP Address Sets the address of DSS platform.
Default WEB service port is 80, it needs to use IP: Port to access
Web Service
WEB if it is not 80. For example, port 81; enter
Port
http://172.7.54.35:81/config to access config system.
Router
Sets WAN access IP address of router.
Address
Center management service, which is responsible for registration
CMS
and signaling scheduling of other services, it is 9010 by default.
Storage playback service, which is in charge of video storage,
SS
query and playback, it is 9320 by default.
Active registration service, which is responsible for actively
ARS registering the device to monitor, log in and forward stream to
MTS, it is 9500 by default.
MQ service, which is responsible for information interaction, it is
MQ
61616 by default.
Device management service, which is responsible for logging into
DMS the front-end encoder, receiving alarm, forwarding alarm and
sending timing command, it is 9200 by default,
Alarm distribution service, which is responsible for sending alarm
ADS
info to different objects according to the plan, it is 9600 by default.
Media gateway, which is responsible for sending MTS address to
MGW
decoding device, it is 9090 by default.
Web application service, responsible for administrator config,
WEB providing web service interface, providing client embedded
function, it is 801 by default.
Media distribution service, which is responsible for acquiring audio
MTS and video streams from front-end devices and distributing them to
SS, client and decoder devices. It is 9100 by default.
Power environment surveillance service, which is responsible for
PES managing MCD (including POS, alarm host, radar, access control
and so on), it is 9400 by default.
Picture transmission service, which is responsible for receiving,
PTS
storing and forwarding ANPR pictures, it is 8081 by default.
Picture storage service, which is responsible for receiving, storing
OSSHTTP
and forwarding general pictures, 50000 by default.
Picture storage service which is safer than OSSHTTP, responsible
OSSHTTPS for receiving, storing and forwarding general pictures, 50001 by
default.
Step 8 Click Save and Next.
The Server Mode is displayed. See Figure 3-5 and Figure 3-6.

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 Figure 3-5 Server mode (Master)

Figure 3-6 Server mode (Slave)

Step 9 Configure server mode according to requirement, select Master or Slave.

Step 10 Click Save and Next.
The interface of Hot Spare is displayed. See Figure 3-7
Figure 3-7 Hot spare config

Step 11 It is to configure the parameters of hot spare server; please refer to Table 3-3 for more
details

Table 3-3 Hot spare parameter description

Parameter Description
After setting virtual IP, then it can have access to platform via
Virtual IP
the virtual IP.

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 Mask It is in accordance with the mask of network port 1.
Spare Business IP IP address of spare server network port 1.
Spare Beat IP IP address of spare server network port 2.
Spare Config System It is the login username and password of spare server config
Username system.

Spare Config System The master/spare device need to keep the login password of
Password config system the same, the password cannot be changed
after setting dual hot spare is set.
Click One-key Check to confirm if the username and
One-key Check
password are correct.
Clear Alarm Data After it is selected, it will clear all alarm data.
Step 12 Click Save and Next, save settings and restart the server.

3.3 Segment Setup

In this chapter, you can set network card and LAN/WAN mapping, please refer to "3.2 Quick
Guide" for more details.

3.4 Basic

3.4.1 Manage Account

You can modify the login password of admin user.

It will restart all services after modifying password. Please make sure if the services have been
restarted successfully during use.
Step 1 Select Basic > Manage Account.
The interface of Manage Account is displayed. See Figure 3-8.

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 Figure 3-8 Manage account

Step 2 Enter Old Password, New Password and Confirm Password.

Step 3 Click Apply and complete modification.

It will restart all the services after the password is modified, please confirm if all the services
restart successfully after restart.

3.4.2 Maintenance
In this chapter, you can reboot device, shut down device and restore device to default status.
You can also reset password.
Step 1 Select Basic > Maintenance.
The Maintenance interface is displayed. See Figure 3-9.

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 Figure 3-9 Maintenance

Step 2 Click relevant operation to realize corresponding functions.

 Reboot: Server reboots.
 Shutdown: Server shuts down.
 Restore Default: Restore server to default status.
 Reset Password: Restore the login password of server config system back to
default 123456.

3.4.3 Time Setup

Set time zone and time where the server is located.

If the system enables dual hot spare or sets master slave server, it has to set NTP server for
time sync.
Step 1 Select Basic > Time Setup.
The Time Setup interface is displayed. See Figure 3-10

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 Figure 3-10 Time setup

Step 2 Configure time parameter. Refer to Table 3-4 for more details.

Table 3-4
Parameter Description
DST After selecting DST, it enables DST function.
Time Zone Selects the time zone where the device is located.
Date/Time The system provides two methods to set data and time.
 Click display box to select data and time.
Sync PC  Click Sync PC and it synchronizes system time to local PC
time.
Selects NTP Setup and then it enables the function of NTP timing
NTP Setup
update time.
NTP Server Enter NTP server domain name or IP address; click Manual
Manual Update Update to synchronize the time of NTP time.
The interval between platform server and NTP server sync time.
Update Period
The maximally updates period is 65535 minutes.
Step 3 Click Apply to complete setting.

3.4.4 Route Setup

Add static route and realize the access of LAN and WAN.
Step 1 Select Basic > Route Setup.
The Route Setup interface is displayed. See Figure 3-11.

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 Figure 3-11 Route setup

Step 2 Click Manually Add.

The Add Static Router interface is displayed. See Figure 3-12
Figure 3-12 Add statistic router

Step 3 Enter router IP address, subnet mask and default gateway.

Step 4 Click OK.

3.4.5 Ping Check

Check if the platform is interconnected with IP network.
Step 1 Select Basic > Ping Check.
The Ping Check interface is displayed. See Figure 3-13.

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 Figure 3-13 PING check

Step 2 Enter IP address, click Apply.

Start to check if the platform and IP address are interconnected. See Figure 3-14.
Figure 3-14 IP

3.4.6 URL Detect

Detect if the platform is interconnected with URL address network.
Step 1 Select Basic > URL Detect.
The interface of URL Detect is displayed. See Figure 3-15
Figure 3-15 URL detection

Step 2 Enter URL address, click Apply.

Start to detect if the platform is interconnected with the URL address.

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3.4.7 Log
The system supports to download CMS, DMS, MTS, SS and other service logs.
Step 1 Click Log.
The Log interface is displayed. See Figure 3-16.
Figure 3-16 Log

Step 2 Select date, and click Download to download log file.

3.5 Security Setup

3.5.1 SSH Connection Setup

After enabling SSH connection, the debugging terminal can log in platform server to debug
device via SSH protocol.
Step 1 Select Security Setup > SSH Connection Setup.
The interface of SSH Connection Setup is displayed. See Figure 3-17.

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 Figure 3-17 SSH connection

Step 2 Select SSH Connection.

Step 3 Click Apply to complete setting.

3.5.2 HTTPS Setting

After configuring HTTPS, it can make PC log in platform normally via HTTPS; meanwhile it can
guarantee the safety of communication data.
Step 1 Select Security Setup > HTTPS.
The interface of HTTPS Setting is displayed. See Figure 3-18.
Figure 3-18 Configure HTTPS

Step 2 Enter port (default port is 443), import certificate and enter password.

If the default port number is modified, then it needs to enter the modified port when the
user visits platform and logs in the client.
Step 3 Click Apply to complete setting.

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3.6 Self-check
Check the detection results of background application, CPU module, network and disk.
 Click Self-check and the system will display the interface of self-check result. See Figure
3-19.
Figure 3-19 System self-check

 Click the + on the upper right corner of each module or click the icon

on the top left corner of the interface, and then the detection
result interface is displayed. See Figure 3-20, Figure 3-21, Figure 3-22 and Figure 3-23.
Figure 3-20 Application check result

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 Figure 3-21 CPU check result

Figure 3-22 Network detection result

Figure 3-23 Disk detection result

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3.7 Advanced Setting

3.7.1 Configuring Master/Slave

If the server is deployed by distribution, then you can set master and slave mode according to
actual situation.
Step 1 Select Advanced Setting > Server Mode.
Step 2 Select Master or Slave according to actual config.
The interface is shown in Figure 3-24 and Figure 3-25
Figure 3-24 Configure server mode (master)

Figure 3-25 Configure server mode (slave)

Step 3 Click Apply.

3.7.2 Configuring Hot Spare

Generally the application scene of dual hot spare is the central platform of surveillance, which
cannot be stored as video. When one machine breaks down, the other machine will replace it.
Preparation before Operation
 Physical Cable Connection
Step 1 Take network port 1 as business network port, configure the IP of network port 1 as the
IP of the same segment, and make it connect to the same LAN via switch, VIP and IP of
network port 1 need to be in the same segment.
Step 2 Take network port 2 as heartbeat network port, which is used to keep data sync of both
two machines. Configure that the IP of network port 1 is not in the same segment of
network port 1 IP, but the IP of network port 2 of both two machines need to be in the
same segment, you can check and configure IP address of network port 2 from network
card config.

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 Time Sync

Please make sure both master server and spare server have enabled NTP server time
correction function and sync with NTP server clock before configuring hot spare.
 Attention
 Dual hot spare needs to use one virtual IP address, which is VIP (Virtual IP) .The VIP
is chosen to, allocate an unused IP address in the business network. After the
configuration is completed, the IP addresses of two DSSs do not need to log in, it only
needs to log in VIP.
 If dual hot spare need to deploy linked SMS and linked email function, you need to log
in config system of two machines first and then complete config respectively, then
deploy the hot spare.
 Before configuring dual hot spare, it needs to set the FTP password of two servers as
the same password.
 Hot spare is a synchronization of the databases of the two machines. Any two
machines that involve non-database modifications, such as ports and configuration
files of each service, must be modified to be consistent before the hot spare
configuration.
 When removing the hot spare, you need to log in to the configuration system that is
currently activating the simulated machine, remove the hot spare option, click next,
and then click Apply. Then log in to the configuration system of another machine and
do the same.
 For the upgrade of two machines with hot spare, the heartbeat network of the two
machines will exchange data continuously, so direct upgrade will lead to database
confusion. Therefore, to upgrade the hot spare, you need to disconnect the heartbeat
network of the two hot spare machines on the site (break the network cable of the
network port 2 at the back of the machine)
Operation Steps
Step 1 Select Advanced > Hot Spare.
The Hot Spare interface is displayed. See Figure 3-26.

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 Figure 3-26 Hot spare

Step 2 Configure the parameters of hot spare server. Please refer to Table 3-5 for more
details.

Table 3-5 Hot spare parameter description

Parameter Description
After setting virtual IP, then it can have access to platform via
Virtual IP
the virtual IP.
Mask It is in accordance with the mask of network port 1.
Spare Business IP IP address of spare server network port 1.
Spare Beat IP IP address of spare server network port 2.
Spare Config System It is the login username and password of spare server config
Username system.

Spare Config System The master/spare device need to keep the login password of
Password config system the same, the password cannot be changed
after setting dual hot spare is set.
Click “One-key Check” to confirm if the username and
One-key Check
password are correct.
Clear Alarm Data After it is selected, it will clear all alarm data.
Step 3 Click Execute Dual Host Spare to enable the function of dual hot spare.
Please click Remove Hot Spare if it needs to disable hot spare.

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 4 Manager Operations
DSS7016 Manager (hereinafter referred to as Manager) supports configuring system
information, user information and record plan. It is recommended to use Google Chrome 40
and later version, Firefox 40 and later version to log in manager.

4.1 Logging in Manager

You can configure relevant functions remotely after logging in manager.
Step 1 Enter platform IP address in the browser, press Enter.
The login interface is displayed. See Figure 4-1.
Figure 4-1 Login interface

Step 2 Enter username and password, click Login.

The default username is system.

 The system will pop out the interface of modifying password if it is the first time to
log in system. It can continue to log in system after the password is modified in
time.
 Please add the platform IP address into the trusted sites of browser if it is your
first time to log in DSS management end.
The homepage is displayed after login. See Figure 4-2.

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 Figure 4-2 Home

 Place the mouse on the username of top right corner, and then you can modify password
or log out current user.

 The shortcut access of general modules is displayed on the top of interface, click on

the homepage to present all the modules and open new modules.
 Overview: It displays the online/offline status of device, user and service, and the usage
proportion of hard drive.
 Authorization: Check authorization details, purchase authorization document step by step
according to requirements.
 Help: Check User's Manual and version information.

4.2 System Settings

4.2.1 Setting System Parameters

You need to configure system parameters when you log in DSS system for the first time, which
is to make sure that the system runs normally.

Step 1 Click , select System on the New Tab interface.

The system displays the interface. See Figure 4-3.

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 Figure 4-3 System setting

Table 4-1 System setting parameter description

Parameter Description
Log Sets longest keep time of log, it is 30 days by default.
Alarm Info Sets the longest keep time of alarm info, it is 30 days by default.
GPS Info Sets the longest keep time of GPS info, it is 30 days by default.
POS Sets the longest keep time of POS info, it is 30 days by default.
Face Sets the longest keep time of face recognition info; it is 180 days
Message Recognition by default.
Storage Passed
Sets the longest keep time of passed vehicle record; it is 180
Time Vehicle
days by default.
Setup Record
Access
Snapshot Sets the longest keep time of entrance snapshot record.
Device
Customer
Sets the longest keep time of people flow statistics record.
Analysis
Enable Check it to enable the function of time sync.
Start Time Sets start time of time sync.
The time of server shall prevail; synchronize the time of device
and server.
It is 2 hours by default, the system is based on the server time
Time Sync Sync
every 2 hours, and then it is to synchronize the time of both
Interval
device and server.

The time between device and server is synchronized via SDK.

Immediately Click the button to start time sync immediately.

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 Parameter Description
Set mail server IP, port, encryption type, username/password,
sender and test recipient.
Mail Server – Select to send email to users when the administrator configures
the alarm linkage and the client handles the alarm. At this
moment, it needs to configure mail server first.
Activity
– Set domain info.
Directory
After setting POS end mark, it will display on the location of POS
POS End –
receipts end.
Step 2 Configure corresponding parameters.
Step 3 Click Save.

4.2.2 Setting Mail Server

You can select to send mail to user when the administrator is configuring alarm linkage and
client handling alarm, at this moment, you need to configure mail server first.

Step 1 Click and select System on the New Tab interface.

Step 2 Click the tab of Mail Server and the config interface is displayed.
Step 3 Select Enable and mail config is enabled. See Figure 4-4.
Figure 4-4 Mail server setting

Step 4 Select the type of mail server in the drop-down box. See Figure 4-5.

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 Figure 4-5 Select type

Step 5 Set mail server IP, port, encryption type, username/password, sender and test
recipient.
Step 6 Click Mail Test to test if the config of mail server is valid. Test prompt will be received if
the test is successful, and the test account will receive corresponding email.
Step 7 Click Save after the test is successful, and then config info is saved..

4.3 Adding Organization

Adding organizations is to deploy the hierarchy of organization or device, which is to make it
easy to manage. It doesn’t have to add organizations, the added users or devices are classified
to the default organization.
The default first level organization of the system is Root, the newly-added organization is
displayed at the next level of root.

Step 1 Click and select Organization on the New Tab interface.

The system displays the interface of organization. See Figure 4-6.
Figure 4-6 Organization

Step 2 Select root organization, click Add.

Add new organizations under the root organization. See Figure 4-7.

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 Figure 4-7 Add organization

Step 3 Enter organization name and click Enter.

Operations

 Move device: Select the device under the root organization, click , select New
Organization 1, click OK.

 Edit: Click the next to the organization and modify the organization name.

 Delete: Select organization, click to delete organization.

4.4 Adding Role and User

4.4.1 Adding User Role

You can create user role and add user. The created user can log in both admin and client.
Different user roles decide users to have different operation permissions.
The operation permission of user role includes device permission, management menu
permission and operation menu permission. First it needs to grant permissions to these
operations and then it can implement corresponding operations.

Step 1 Click and select User on the New Tab interface.

The User interface is displayed. See Figure 4-8.

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 Figure 4-8 User

Step 2 Click Add under the Role tab.

The system pops out the Add Role interface.
Step 3 Enter Role Name.

If you select Copy from next to the Role Name and select some role in the drop-down
List, then you can copy the config info into the selected roles and realize quick config.
Step 4 Select Device Permission and Control Permission.
The system displays the interface. See Figure 4-9.
Figure 4-9 Configure device permission

If it fails to select corresponding device permission or menu permission, then the users
under the role has no corresponding device or menu operation permission.
Step 5 Click OK to add the role.

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4.4.2 Adding User
Create user for platform, used for management and operation. User permission is restricted by
selected role.
Operation Steps
Step 1 Click User tab.
The User interface is displayed. See Figure 4-10.
Figure 4-10 User

Step 2 Click Add.

The system will pop out the Adding User interface.
Figure 4-11 Add user

Step 3 Configure user info, select role below, and it will display device permission and
operation permission of corresponding role on the right.

 The user has no Device Permission or Operation Permission if you do not

select Role.

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  You can select several roles at the same time.
Step 4 Click OK to add the user.
Operations
 Click to freeze user, the user which logs in the client will quit.
 Click to modify user info except username and password.

 Click to delete user.

4.4.3 Setting Domain User

The setting in this chapter is optional, please set domain user according to the actual situation.

4.4.3.1 Application Scenario

For the companies with domain information and want to use domain users as system login
users, using domain user import can improve the convenience of project deployment.

4.4.3.2 Setting Domain Info

Step 1 Click and select System on the New Tab interface.

Step 2 Click the tab of Active Directory and configure domain info. See Figure 4-12.
Figure 4-12 Domain setting

Step 3 After setting domain info, click Get DN and it will acquire basic DN info automatically.
Step 4 After getting DN info, click Test to test if domain info is available.
Step 5 Click Save to save config.
You can import domain user on the interface of User after it prompted successfully.
Please refer to the next chapter for more operation details.

4.4.3.3 Importing Domain User

Step 1 Click and select User on the New Tab interface.

Step 2 Select User tab, click Import Domain User on the right of the interface.
The system will display the interface of Import Domain User. See Figure 4-13.

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 Figure 4-13 Import domain user

Step 3 Select the users which need to be imported from the acquired domain users.
You can search users by entering key words in the box.
Step 4 Click Next.
The system displays the interface of Import Domain User. See Figure 4-14.
Figure 4-14 Import domain user

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 Step 5 Select role for domain user, it displays corresponding device info and function
permission info on the right of the interface, click OK after it is confirmed.
Make sure domain user has been successfully imported in User Info. See Figure 4-15.
Figure 4-15 Imported domain user

4.4.3.4 Logging in Domain User

Domain user logs in platform. Client login is introduced as an example in the following chapter.
Step 1 Select Domain User in the drop-down box of User Type on the client login interface.
See Figure 4-16.
Figure 4-16 Select domain user type

Step 2 Enter domain username, password, server IP, port and other info, click Login.
The interface and function are the same as login via general user after it logged in
successfully, which is not going to be repeated here.

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4.5 Adding Device
You can add different types of devices according to different business requirements. These
devices include encoder, decoder, large display, matrix, ANPR device, access control, LED,
video intercom and emergency assistance device. In this chapter, it takes adding encoder as an
example to introcude configuration. For other devices, the actual configuration interface shall
prevail.

4.5.1 Adding Device Manually

Step 1 Click and select Device on the New Tab interface.

The Device interface is displayed. See Figure 4-17.
Figure 4-17 Device

Step 2 Click Add.

The interface of Login Information is shown in Figure 4-18.

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 Figure 4-18 Login information

Step 3 Select Protocol, Manufacturer, Add Type, Device Category, Organization, Video
Server, input IP Address, Device Port and Username/Password.

Select different Protocol, it will configure different parameters, please refer to the
interface for more details.
 When Add Type selects IP Address, it enters device IP address.
 When Add Type selectsAuto Register, it enters device auto register ID. It can
only add encoder via auto register, the ID of auto register has to be in accordance
with the registered ID configured at encoder.
 When Add Type selects Domain Name, the options are from configured domain
during deployment.
Step 4 Click Add.
The interface is shown in Figure 4-19.

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 Figure 4-19 Device information

Step 5 Select Device Type and enter Device Name, Alarm input/output channel, and so on.
Step 6 Click OK.
Please click Continue to add if it continues to add device.

4.5.2 Searching Added Device

Channels on the LAN with the platform server can be added using the automatic search
function.

Step 1 Click and select Device on the New Tab interface.

Step 2 Click Search Again on the Device interface.

Click Network Segment Config to configure IP segment again, click Search Again to
search the devices whose IP addresses are within the range.
Step 3 Select the device which needs to be added, and click Connect.
The system will pop out the Batch Add interface. See Figure 4-20.

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 Figure 4-20 Batch add

Step 4 Select Organization and Video Server, enter User and Password.
User and Password are the username and password which are used to log in the
device; both are Admin by default.
Step 5 Click OK.
The system will add the devices into corresponding organization.

4.5.3 Importing Video Intercom Device

Fill in intercom device information in the template, you can batch add intercom devices via
importing template.

Step 1 Click and select Device on the interface of New Tab.

The device management interface is displayed.
Step 2 Click Import.
The interface of Import Intercom Device is displayed. See Figure 4-21.

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 Figure 4-21 Import intercom device

Step 3 Click Download Intercom Device Template and save the template to PC according to
interface tips.
Step 4 Fill in the template according to the actual networking situation and then save the
information.
Step 5 Click Import and select the completed template according to interface tips.
See Figure 4-22 for import progress and result. You can view the added device in the
device list.

If the device is already added to DSS platform in the template, then the system will
prompt if it is to cover the existed device. You can select according to the actual
situation.

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 Figure 4-22 Import intercom device result

Step 6 Click and close the prompt box.

Step 7 Click OK.

4.5.4 Editing Device

You need to edit device after adding devices, and set relevant channel info.

Step 1 Click and select Device on the New Tab interface.

Step 2 Click the corresponding of device list.

The system displays the interface of Edit Device. See Figure 4-23.

Click Get Info and the system will synchronize device info.

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 Figure 4-23 Edit device

Step 3 Modify device basic info on the Basic Info interface.

Step 4 Click Video Channel tab, set the device channel name, channel function, camera type,
SN, keyboard code and face function.
The interface is shown in Figure 4-24.

 Device channel capacity set currently includes smart alarm, fisheye dewarp, face
snapshot and target snapshot. You can select according to connected camera
performance and requirement. For example, if you need to use target detection
function of connected camera, then select channel capacity set as Target
Snapshot.
 Device channel capacity is not compatible with third party manufacturer.
Figure 4-24 Modify video channel

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Step 5 Click the tab of Alarm Input Channel, configure channel name and alarm type of alarm
input. See Figure 3-25.

Please skip the step only when added devices need to be configured during alarm
input.
 Alarm type includes external alarm, IR detect, zone disarm, PIR, gas sensor,
smoke sensor, glass sensor, emergency button, stolen alarm, perimeter and
preventer move.
 Alarm type supports custom. Select Customize Alarm Type in the Alarm Type
drop-down list. Click Add to add new alarm type. It supports max 30 custom
newly-added alarm types.

Custom alarm supports modification and deletion.

 If custom alarm type is used by alarm plan, then it is not allowed to deleted but
modified.
 It supports deletion if it is not used by alarm plan, after deletion, the alarm type
of the alarm input channel configured with this alarm type is restored to the
default value.
 When the name of the custom alarm type is modified, the history data remains
the original name, while the new data adopts the modified name.
Figure 4-25 Configure alarm input channel info

It is to set video channel function according to the actual face recognition plan.
 Encoder has no need to set face function if face detection and recognition are
realized by intelligent server.
 Face function shall be set as Face Detection if intelligent server realizes face
recognition and encoder realizes face detection.
 Face function of encoder channel is set as Face Recognition if encoder realizes
face detection and recognition.

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 Step 6 Click the Alarm Output Channel tab and then modify the name of alarm output
channel.
Figure 4-26 New alarm type

Step 7 Click OK to finish modification.

4.5.5 Binding Resource

The platform supports setting video channel, alarm input channel, ANPR channel, POS channel,
face channel, access control channel and video channel resource binding. It can check bound
video via resource bind for businesses such as map, alarm, commercial intelligence and face.
Adding Resource Bind
Step 1 Click Resource Bind.
The system displays the Resource Bind interface. See Figure 4-27.

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 Figure 4-27 Bind resource

Step 2 Click Add.

The interface of Add Resource Bind is displayed. See Figure 4-28.

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 Figure 4-28 Add resource bind

Step 3 Select source channel and video channel respectively, click OK.

4.6 Configuring Record Plan

The platform management supports configuring record plan for video channel, which is to make
front-end device record during the period which has been set.

4.6.1 Configuring Storage Disk

Add storage disk that can be used to store pictures and videos. The system supports adding
net disk and local disk.

4.6.1.1 Configuring Net Disk

 The storage server is required to be deployed.

 One user volume of the current net disk can only be used by one server at the same time.
 User volume is required to be formatted when adding net disk.

Step 1 Click and select Storage on the interface of New Tab.

The system displays the interface of Storage. See Figure 4-29.

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 Figure 4-29 Record storage

Step 2 Select “Storage Config > Net Disk”

The system displays the interface of Net Disk. See Figure 4-30.
Figure 4-30 Net disk

Step 3 Click Add.

The system displays the interface of Add Net Disk. See Figure 4-31.

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 Figure 4-31 Add net disk

Step 4 Select server name, fill in the IP address of net disk, and click OK.
The system will display information of all user volumes on the storage server.

Step 5 Select disk and click Format or click the next to the disk info, which is to format
the corresponding disk.
Step 6 Select format disk type according to actual situation, click OK to implement formatting.
Step 7 Click OK in the prompt box to confirm formatting.
You can check the results of disk formatting after formatting is completed; make sure
both disk size and available space are correct.

One user volume can only be used by one server at the same time. If the disk info of
the list shows red, then it is already added and used by other server. Click and take
the right to use, then the disk needs to be formatted. It will fail to take the right of use if
task manager is enabled.

4.6.1.2 Configuring Local Disk

Configure local disk to store different types of files, including videos, ANPR pictures and general
pictures. General pictures are used to store all the snapshot pictures except ANPR pictures.
Meanwhile, DSS platform supports external disk which can be used after formatting.

Step 1 Click and select Storage on the interface of New Tab.

The system displays the interface of Storage. See Figure 4-32.

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 Figure 4-32 Storage

Step 2 Select Storage Config > Local Disk.

The system displays the interface of Local Disk. See Figure 4-33.
Figure 4-33

Step 3 Configure local disk.

 Set disk type.

Click and configure disk type according to interface prompt. Different type of

disk stores different data.

 Format disk. Only external disk supports formatting.

All the data in the disk will be deleted after disk formatting. Please use the function
with care.

Select disk and click Format, or click next to disk info and format the disk
according to interface prompt and configure disk type. Only external disk supports
formatting.
 Hot spare
Set disk as backup disk of RAID group, replace the damaged disk of RAID group.

Click and set parameters, click OK. See Figure 4-34.

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 Figure 4-34 Set hot spare

Table 4-2 Hot spare parameter description

Parameter Description
Supported types include:
 Local
Set disk as backup disk of designated RAID group.
Recreate system immediately when disk error happens in
Hot Spare Type
the RAID group.
 Global
Set disk as backup disk of all RAID group. Recreate system
immediately when disk error happens in any RAID group.

Configuring RAID Group

The platform supports creating RAID group, and provides higher storage performance than
single disk and data redundancy technology.

Step 1 Click , and select Storage on the interface of New Tab.

The interface of Storage is displayed.
Step 2 Select Storage Config > Local Disk.
The interface of Local Disk is displayed. See Figure 4-35.
Figure 4-35 Local disk

Step 3 Click Create RAID.

The interface of Create RAID is displayed. See Figure 4-36.

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 Figure 4-36 Create RAID

Step 4 Select RAID Type, select disk and click OK.

The system displays the created RAID group info. See Figure 4-37.
Figure 4-37 RAID group info

Step 5 Configure RAID group.

 Set disk type.

Click and configure disk type according to interface prompt. Different type of

disk stores different data.

 Format disk. Only external disk supports formatting.

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 All the data in the disk will be deleted after disk formatting. Please use the function
with care.

Select disk and click Format, or click next to disk info and format the disk
according to interface prompt and configure disk type.
 Delete RAID group
Click next to disk info, and delete RAID group according to system prompt.

4.6.2 Setting Disk Group Quota

Operate on a single server, divide storage disks into several groups, and designate the storage
path of the video channel to a fixed packet disk. On the one hand, directional storage is realized
through the grouping and binding method; on the other hand, timed storage is realized through
the proportional relation between disk capacity and channel.
Step 1 Click the tab of Group Quota.
The system will display the online status of server. See Figure 4-38.
Figure 4-38 Group Quota

Step 2 Click next to the Online status server.

The system will pop out the interface of Edit Disk Group. See Figure 4-39.

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 Figure 4-39 Edit disk group

Step 3 Select the undistributed disks on the left, click and add it to the disk group list on
the right.
Step 4 Click Next to distribute channels for disk group.
The interface is shown in Figure 4-40.

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 Figure 4-40 Allocate channel

Step 5 Select channels in the device list on the left, click to add it to the disk group on
the right.
Step 6 Click OK.

4.6.3 Adding General Plan

Step 1 Click the tab of Record Plan, click Add.
It is to add record plan. See Figure 4-41.

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 Figure 4-41 Record plan

Step 2 Select the video channel which needs to configure record plan, set Plan Name,
Stream, select Time Template and Position.

 Stream type includes: Main stream, sub stream 1, sub stream 2.

 Time template can select the system default template or new template created by
users, refer to "4.6.5 Adding Time Template " for details of adding time template.
 Storage position can select server or recorder.
Step 3 Click OK.

Operations

 Enable/disable general plan

In the operation column, means that the plan has been enabled, click the icon

and it becomes , and it means that the plan has been disabled.
 Edit General Plan

Click of corresponding plan to edit the general plan.

 Delete General Plan

 Select general plan, click to delete plans in batches.

 Click of corresponding general plan to delete the individual general plan.

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4.6.4 Adding Backup Record Plan
The system supports backup recording over the devices 3 days ago, the implementation time of
backup plan can span the day, the condition of backup record is time/Wi-Fi optional.

 Backup video comes for the local record of the camera.

 Backup Condition can select time and Wi-Fi. If it selects time, sets backup plan time, it will
make backup record automatically after the time reaches; If it selects Wi-Fi, then it will
make backup record automatically after the device is connected to Wi-Fi mode.
Step 1 Click the tab of Backup Plan.
The interface is shown in Figure 4-42.
Figure 4-42 Backup record plan

Step 2 Click Add to add backup plan.

Step 3 Select corresponding devices on the left device tree, and enter plan name.
Step 4 Set backup conditions.
 Take time as condition.
Figure 4-43 Time

1) Select Time in the backup condition.

2) Drag time line and set the time period of backup record plan.
3) Enter backup record length, click OK.
The time range is 1-24 hours.

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  Take Wi-Fi as condition.
Figure 4-44 Wi-Fi

1) Select Wi-Fi in the backup record condition.

2) Click OK.
It will make backup record automatically when the network of backup device is
switched to Wi-Fi.

Operations

 Enable/Disable backup record plan.

In operation column, means that the plan has been enabled; click the icon and it
becomes , it means that the plan has been disabled.
 Edit backup record plan

Click the corresponding of the plan, and then you can edit the backup record plan.
 Delete backup record plan

 Select backup record plan, click to delete plan in batch.

 Click the corresponding of backup record plan, then you can delete the backup

plan individually.

4.6.5 Adding Time Template

Step 1 Select New Time Template in the drop-down box of Time Template.
The system displays the interface of New Time Template. See Figure 4-45.

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 Figure 4-45 New time template

Step 2 Sets template name and time period.

 Press the left button and drag it to draw time period on the time line. See Figure
4-46.
Figure 4-46 Draw period

 Click the of the corresponding day, set time period on the interface of Period
Setup. See Figure 4-47.

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 Figure 4-47 Set period

You can set max 6 periods in one day.

Step 3 Click OK to save time template.

Select Copy and select the time template in the drop-down box, then you can directly
copy the config of the time template.

4.7 Configuring Event

You can configure if the platform receives alarm messages reported by device, and display
reported events on client. If receiving reported events, linkage actions are shown as follows
when alarm happens to device.
 Link camera
Play video of designated channel on client, or record over designated channel, or take
snapshot over designated channel.

In order to realize playing video of designated channel on client, you need to select Enable
Alarm Associated Video on the interface of Local Config on client, besides, you need to
enable the function that “Open camera video on client when alarm is triggered” on
manager.
 Link PTZ
PTZ moves to designated preset.
 Alarm output
Output alarm signal over alarm output channel on designated device. Alarm is responsed
when alarm device is connected to alarm output port.

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 Link video wall
Video channel is displayed on video wall in sequence.
 Link email
Send email and inform designated personnel that alarm happened.
 Link user
Push alarm message to designated personnel. If designated personnel logs in to client,
then alarm prompt is received.
 Link access control
Use designated access control channel to unlock or lock.
Operation Steps
Step 1

Click on manager, select Event on the interface of New Tab.

The interface of Event is displayed. See Figure 4-48.

Figure 4-48 Event

Step 2 Click Add.

The interface of Add Alarm Scheme is displayed. See Figure 4-49.

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 Figure 4-49 Add alarm scheme

Step 3 Configure alarm source.

Please make sure the channel capacity set and alarm type are well matched before
config, otherwise, it cannot be alarm source. For more details about channel capacity
set, please refer to "4.5.4 Editing Device ".
1) Select alarm type and alarm source.
2) Click Alarm Link.
The system displays the interface of Add Alarm Scheme. See Figure 4-50.

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 Figure 4-50 Alarm link

Step 4 Configure alarm link.

1) Click , the system pops out the list of Link Actions. See Figure 4-51.

Figure 4-51 Link actions

2) Select link action, it supports several link actions.

 Click Link Cameras, set parameters. See Figure 4-52. Please refer to Table
4-3 for more details about parameters.

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 Figure 4-52 Link camera

Table 4-3 Link camera parameter

Parameter Description
 Link bind camera: Video channel has been bound with alarm
source. It is to quickly configure scheme via resource binding
of device management.
 Select link camera: It needs link camera to manually select the
alarm source.
Position It is to set whether store the video on server.
It is to set the stream type of recording video. Main stream and sub
Stream Type
stream are clear but resource intensive.
Record Time It is to set the length of video recording.
It is the recording time before setting link camera, the selected
Prerecord Time device is required to support record and it already exists in the
device recording.
Capture a picture of
camera when alarm is Confirm if it captures camera picture.
triggered.
Open camera video on
client when alarm is Confirm if it opens camera video window on the client during alarm.
triggered.
 Click Link PTZ, select the channels which need PTZ to link device, set
prerecord actions. See Figure 4-53.

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 Figure 4-53 Link PTZ

 Click Alarm Output, select alarm output channel, set duration. See Figure
4-54.
Figure 4-54 Alarm output

 Click Link Video Wall, select link camera on the left of the interface, select
video wall on the right of the interface. See Figure 4-55. When selecting Link
Bind Camera and Link Camera, the interfaces will display differently, please

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base on the actual display. Click Video Wall Alarm Window Setup to set
duration and select the video channel which needs to be displayed on wall.
See Figure 4-56.
Figure 4-55 Link video wall

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 Figure 4-56 Video wall alarm window setup

 Click Link Email, select email template and recipient. See Figure 4-57.
The mail template can be configured, click the next to Mail Template and
select New Mail Template, set new mail template. See Figure 4-58.
Click Alarm Time, Organization and other buttons to insert buttons into
Email Theme or Email Content.

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 Figure 4-57 Link email

Figure 4-58 Email template

 Click Link User, select the users who need to be informed. See Figure 4-59.

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 Figure 4-59 Link user

 Click Link Door, select the access control device, and set the link action. See
Figure 4-60.
Figure 4-60 Link door

Step 5 Click Alarm Attribute.

The system displays the interface of Alarm Attribute. See Figure 4-61.

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 Figure 4-61 Alarm attribute

Step 6 Configure alarm attribute.

1) Set alarm name.
2) Select alarm time template and priority.
3) Click OK.
The system displays the added alarm scheme.
Step 7 In the Operation column, click to enable scheme. When the icon changes

into , means that the scheme has been enabled.

Operations

 Edit

Click the of corresponding scheme, and then you can edit the alarm scheme.
 Delete

 Select alarm scheme, click to delete scheme in batches.

 Click the corresponding of alarm scheme, then you can delete the alarm scheme

individually.
 Disable scheme

In the Operation column, click . When the icon changes into , means that
the scheme has been disenabled.

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4.8 Configuring Map
Before using the electronic map function, you need to select the map category on the
administrative side, including rater map and GIS map, and then drag the video device, alarm
device and so on to the map on the DSS management side before you can use the map
function on the client side. E-map supports alarm prompts, video viewing and video playback.
 Raster Map
A displayed picture, it is more suitable for indoor scenario. Place the camera in the fixed
location indoors, such as parking lot (flat scene), access control, people counting, retail
and some other indoor scenarios. The server enables raster map by default.
 GIS map
GIS map supports Baidu map, A map and Google map. It takes Google map as an
example to make introduction.
 Google Online Map
Google online map, it needs network permission of accessing Google map to access
the map client, it is to display the map of whole city via network and using the map info
of Google online, it can zoom in and out, present the picture of magnificent city and it
can be accurate to some spot in the city as well.
 Google Offline Map
Google offline map, deploy the offline map on other servers. The offline map can be
accessed by accessing the client of the map and the server network of Google offline
service.

4.8.1 Adding Map

4.8.1.1 Adding GIS Map

Step 1 Click and select Map on the New Tab interface.

The system displays the map interface. See Figure 4-62.
Figure 4-62 Map interface

Step 2 Click in the GIS map area.

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 The system pops out the map config interface. See Figure 4-63.
Figure 4-63 Select map

Step 3 Select map type and configure map info.

 Online map
1) Select Map Status as Online.
2) Configure map info, click OK.
 Offline map
1) Select Map Status as Offline.
2) Click Import and import offline map.
3) Configure map info, click OK.
Step 4 Adding hot zone
You can add detailed map of the area on the map if you want to see the detailed scene
map of some area, such as flattened scene in parking lot.
1) Click the GIS map on the left, and the added hot zone module is displayed on the
right. See Figure 4-64.

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 Figure 4-64 Add hot zone(1)

2) Click Add Hot Zone.

The interface of Add Hot Zone is displayed. See Figure 4-65.
Figure 4-65 Add hot zone(2)

3) Enter hot zone name and upload picture, click Next.

4) Drag the icon and confirm hot zone location, and then click OK.

4.8.1.2 Adding Raster Map

Add raster map as hot zone, make it convenient to view detailed scene map, such as
flattened scene in parking lot.

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Step 1 Click Add Raster Map on the interface of Map.
The interface of Add Main Map is displayed. See Figure 4-66.
Figure 4-66 Add main map

Step 2 Enter Name, select upload picture, click OK.

You can continue to add several raster maps.
Step 3 Add hot zone.
1) Click the raster map on the left, and the added hot zone module is displayed on the
right. See Figure 4-67.

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 Figure 4-67 Add hot zone

2) Click Add Hot Zone.

The system displays the interface of Add Hot zone. See Figure 4-68.
Figure 4-68 Add hot zone

3) Enter hot zone name and upload picture, click Next.

4) Drag icon and confirm hot zone location, and then click OK.

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4.8.2 Marking Device
Drag the device to corresponding location of the map according to the device installation
location. Therefore, the device and map are linked on the system.
Step 1 Click the added main map on the navigation tree on the Map interface.
The system displays the map info. See Figure 4-69.
Figure 4-69 Map

Table 4-4 Map interface function

Parameter Description
 Raster map displays: video; access control; alarm input; intelligence
Display device
 GIS map displays: video; alarm input; ITC; intelligence device
Delete Device Click to move the device location on the map.
Select Select device via clicking on it.
Pane Select device via box selection.
Clear Clear the boxing trace on the screen.
Click Add Hot Zone, select location on the map and add hot zone map.
After entering hot zone, it can also continue to add lower-level hot zone
Add Hot Zone
map. Click hot zone on the client map, the system will automatically link
the map to the hot zone map.

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 Includes length, area, mark and reset.
 Length: it is to measure the actual distance between two spots on the
map.
Tool  Area: It is to measure the actual area of the previous area on the
map.
 Mark: It is to mark on the map.
 Reset: it is restored back the initial default location of the map.
 Click hot zone, and it can modify the info of hot zone map.
Others  Double click hot zone, the system will automatically skip to hot zone
map, and then it can drag it into the channel on the hot zone map.
Step 2 Drag the device channel from the left device tree to the corresponding location of the
map. The interface is shown in Figure 4-70.
Figure 4-70 Mark device

4.9 Adding Video Wall

You can refer to the content of the following chapter if you want to realize the business of
displaying on wall.

Step 1 Click and select Video Wall on the New Tab interface.
See Figure 4-71.

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 Figure 4-71 Video wall config

Step 2 Click Add Video Wall.

The system pops out the interface of Add New Video Wall. See Figure 4-72.
Figure 4-72 Add new video wall

Step 3 Enter Video Wall Name, select window distribution.

Step 4 Click Select Channel.
The system will display the interface of Select decode channel. See Figure 4-73.

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 Figure 4-73 Select decode channel

It can set if it displays ID in the screen, means that the screen

ID has been disabled; click the icon and it becomes , and

then it means that screen ID has been enabled.
Step 5 Select the encoder which needs to be bound in the Device Tree, and drag it to the
corresponding screen.
Step 6 Click Done.

4.10 Configuring Face Recognition

You can refer to the following chapter if it is to realize the function of face recognition.

4.10.1 Creating Face Database

Support creating face library, managing face info in the library, and add face images to the
library as references for comparison.

4.10.1.1 Adding Face Library

Face library is used to store staff info, which is convenient to deploy or search staff.

Step 1 Click and select Face Database on the New Tab interface.
The system displays the interface of Face Library. See Figure 4-74.

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 Figure 4-74 Face library(1)

Step 2 Click Add.

Figure 4-75 Add face library

Step 3 Enter library name, select library color, and then click OK.
The interface is shown in Figure 4-76.

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 Figure 4-76 Face library(2)

Operations

 Search library
Filter the library via face library type or keyword.
 Add face library

Click to add staff info. Please refer to "4.10.1.3 Adding Face Library Info."
 Modify Staff Library
Click to modify library name and library description.
 Delete Staff Library

Click to delete face library only when there is no face info under the library.

4.10.1.2 Configuring Person Type

Step 1 Click the face library which needs to be added with person on the interface of Face
Library Manage.
The interface is shown in Figure 4-77.

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 Figure 4-77 Face library

Step 2 Click Person Type Config. The interface is shown in Figure 4-78.
Figure 4-78 Persone type config

Step 3 Click Add and enter type name in the column of Person Type.

Step 4 Click to disable the window.

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4.10.1.3 Adding Face Library Info
It can add person info via adding individual person and importing in batches.

4.10.1.3.1 Adding Individually

Step 1 Enter the interface of adding person.

 Click the library which needs to be added with person on the interface of Face
Library Manage. See Figure 4-79. Click Add.
Figure 4-79 Library person info

 Click on the card of person library, the interface is shown in Figure 4-80.

Figure 4-80 Add person

Step 2 Enter person info.

Step 3 Click profile photo and upload the picture.
Step 4 Click OK.
Click Continue to add of it needs to add several persons, save person info and stay on
the interface of Add Person, and then you can continue to add person info.

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Operations

 Query person

Enter key words into the query text box, press Enter or click to query person.
 Delete person

 Click on person interface and then you can delete person individually.

 Select person, click ‘Delete to delete person in batches.

4.10.1.3.2 Batch Import

Need to prepare person picture in advance if you want to import in batches, and compress it
into zip RAR. RAR and excel style are shown in Figure 4-81 and Figure 4-82. Currently batch
import supports max 1000 pictures at one time.
Figure 4-81 Zip

Figure 4-82 Table format

Step 1 Click the library to add person on the interface of Face Library Manage.
Step 2 Click Import.
The system displays the interface of Import Person. See Figure 4-83.
Figure 4-83 Import person

Step 3 Click Import File and upload compressed package according to prompt.
The system displays import progress, import info is displayed after import is completed.
See Figure 4-84.

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 Figure 4-84 Import person

Operations

Relevant operation is the same as that in 4.10.1.3.1 Adding Individually.

4.10.2 Arm Config

Arm means real-time comparison between capture image and face database image; it will
trigger real-time alarm when the similarity reaches the value which has been set. It can make
arm upon the face database where the person exists if it needs to take real-time surveillance
over the designated person.

Step 1 Click and select Face Database on the New Tab interface.
Step 2 Click Face Device Config on the left of navigation bar.
The system displays the interface of Face Device Config. See Figure 4-85.

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 Figure 4-85 Face device config

Step 3 Click to start arm.

The interface is shown in Figure 4-86.

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 Figure 4-86 Arm

Step 4 Select arm channel and set similarity.

Step 5 Click OK to complete arm.

Operations

 Modify arm
Arm has been implemented; click and it can modify related device and similarity value
on the arm interface.
 Disarm

Click on the interface of Arm Manage to disarm.

4.11 Adding Vehicle Blacklist

Arm means monitoring vehicles, it will trigger alarm when it takes snapshot and recognizes the
vehicle with designated license plate. Arm management includes adding vehicle blacklist,
arming and disarming.
You can refer to the chapter when it needs to realize the business of road surveillance.

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Step 1 Click and select Vehicle Blacklist on the interface.
The system displays the interface of Vehicle Blacklist. See Figure 4-87.
Figure 4-87 Vehicle blacklist

Step 2 Click Add.

The system displays the interface of Add. See Figure 4-88.

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 Figure 4-88 Add

Step 3 Set armed vehicle info, including plate number, start time, vehicle type, plate color,
vehicle logo, vehicle color and arm type.
Step 4 Click OK.
The system prompts that it has added successfully. It is armed by default.

Operations

 Modify vehicle blacklist

Click of corresponding vehicle in the list, and then you can edit relevant info of vehicle

arm.
 Delete vehicle blacklist
Click of corresponding vehicle arm info in the list, or select vehicle arm info, click
Delete to delete vehicle arm info.
 Arm/Disarm

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 Select vehicle arm info, click ‘Arm to arm the vehicle; Click ‘Disarm to disarm the vehicle.
 Import
Click Import and it can import vehicle arm info according to template.

It can download import template in the Import interface after clicking Import.
 Export
Select vehicle arm info, click Export Selected to export the selected vehicle arm info; click
Export All to export all the vehicle arm info in the list.

4.12 Video Intercom Management

4.12.1 Configuring Building/Unit

You need to make sure the enable of building and unit is in accordance with the device if you
want to use the video talk module of the platform, otherwise, the device is offline after adding
device. The setting of building and unit affects the dialing rule. Take room 1001 unit 2 building 1
as an example, the dialing rule is shown as follows after it is enabled.
 If building is enabled, unit is not enabled, and then the number is “1#1001”.
 If building is enabled, unit is enabled as well, and then the number is “1#2#1001”.
 If building is not enabled, unit is not enabled either, and then the number is “1001”.

Step 1 Click and select Video Intercom Management on the interface. The system
displays the interface of Video Intercom Management.
Step 2 Click the tab of Residence Config.
The system displays the interface of Residence Config. See Figure 4-89
Figure 4-89 Residence config

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 Step 3 Enable or disable building and unit according to the actual situation, it is required to be
in accordance with that of the device, click Save and complete config.

4.12.2 Synchronizing Contacts

Synchronize contacts information to VTO and then you can view contacts on the VTO display
screen or WEB interface.

Step 1 Click and select Video Intercom Management on the interface.

The system displays the interface of Video Intercom Management.
Step 2 Click the tab of Release Contact.
The system displays the interface of Release Contact. See Figure 4-90.
Figure 4-90 Release contact

Step 3 Select organization node (VTO) and click Release Contact.

The system displays the information of all the VTH bound by VTO. See Figure 4-91.

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 Figure 4-91 Select VTH

Step 4 Select VTH and click Save.

You can view contact on the VTO display screen or WEB interface after releasing is
completed.

4.12.3 Setting Private Password

Set the unlock password of corresponding VTO bound by VTH.

Contacts is required to be released to VTO, otherwise it fails to set private password.

Step 1 Click and select Video Intercom Management on the interface.

The system displays the interface of Video Intercom Management.
Step 2 Click the tab of Private Password Setting.
The system displays the interface of Private Password Setting. See Figure 4-92。

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 Figure 4-92 Private password setting

Step 3 Select organization node (VTO).

The system displays the information of all VTH bound by VTO. See Figure 4-93.
Figure 4-93 Select VTH

Step 4 Select VTH, click or select several VTH, click Batch Modify Password.
The interface of Modify Password is displayed. See Figure 4-94.
Figure 4-94 Modify password

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 Step 5 Enter password, click OK.
You can use the new password to unlock on the VTO.

4.12.4 APP User

Support viewing information of APP users, freeze user, modify login password and delete user.

APP user can register by scanning QR code on the VTH; refer to APP user manual for more
details.

Step 1 Click and select Video Intercom Management on the interface.

The system displays the interface of Video Intercom Management.
Step 2 Click the tab of APP User.
The system displays the interface of APP User and information of all registered APP
users. See Figure 4-95. Refer to Table 4-5 for more operation details.
Figure 4-95 App user

Table 4-5 Operation description

Operation Description
After APP user is frozen, it fails to log in within 600s.
means normal status, means freezes status, both
Freeze APP statuses can be switched
user
The account will be frozen when invalid password attempts exceeds 5
by APP user.

Click and enter new password on the interface of Reset

Passoword. Click OK.
Modify APP
user login  The password shall be between 8 and 16 characters, including
passowrd number and letter.

 means password can be seen while means password is

protected. Click icon to switch.

Click or select APP user (several users can be selected); click
Delete APP
Delete and the selected users will be deleted according to the
user
interface tips.

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4.13 System Maintenance

4.13.1 Server Management

Server management supports managing server information, adjusting server or superior server
of the device.

4.13.1.1 Server Management

Server management supports a series of operations, such as switching master/spare mode of
server, modifying server name, enabling or disabling service.

Step 1 Click and select Server Management on the interface of New Tab.
Step 2 Click tab of Server Management.
The system displays the interface of Server Management. See Figure 4-96.
Figure 4-96 Service management

Step 3 The management server supports following operations:

 Click and edit the server information.

 means the server is not enabled; Click the icon and it becomes ,

means the server is already enabled.

 Click and allocate the server type.
 Click and delete the server information.

4.13.1.2 Resource Allocation

Adjust the device server during distributed deployment.

Step 1 Click and select Server Management on the interface of New Tab.
Step 2 Click the tab of Resource Allocation.
The system displays the interface of Resource Allocation. See Figure 4-97.

 Click Default and the servers will be sorted according to the time when they are
added.
 Click Sort by device quantity and the servers will be sorted according to quantity of
devices attached to them.

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 Figure 4-97 Resource allocation

Step 3 Adjust the attached server.

 Manual adjustment
Select the device on the left and drag it to the server on the right. The device quantity of
attached server will increase while the device quantity of original server will decrease.
 Auto distribution
Averagely distribute the same type of device to the server that is deployed by
distribution.
1) Click Auto Distribution.
The system displays the interface of Auto Distribution. See Figure 4-98.

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 Figure 4-98

2) Select Device Type, several types can be selected.

3) Select server where the device will be distributed to, several servers can be
selected.
4) Click OK and complete config.

4.13.2 Backup and Restore

DSS platform supports backup of configured information and save it to local PC, meanwhile it
supports restoring system via backup file, which is convenient for system maintenance and
guarantee system security.

Only system user supports backup and restore. It can implement system backup and restore
only when it logs in DSS management via system account.

4.13.2.1 System Backup

In order to guarantee the security of user data, DSS platform system provides data backup
function. The backup includes manual backup and automatic backup.

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Manual Backup

Step 1 Click and select Backup and Restore on the New Tab interface.
The system displays the interface of Backup. See Figure 4-99.
Figure 4-99 Backup

Step 2 Click Manual Backup.

The system displays the interface which is shown in Figure 4-100.
Figure 4-100 Backup file password setting

Step 3 Enter encrypted password, click OK.

The backup result is displayed in Figure 4-101.

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 Figure 4-101 Backup result

Automatic Backup

Step 1 Click and select Backup and Restore on the New Tab interface.
Step 2 Click Automatic Backup.
The system pops out the interface of Automatic Backup. See Figure 4-102.
Figure 4-102 Auto backup

Step 3 Select backup period, it includes: never, day, week, and month. See Figure 4-103.

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 Figure 4-103 Backup period

Step 4 Click OK to save config.

The system will automatically back up the file onto the server according to the period
and time which have been set.
Step 5 Check the auto-backup file on the server, the default backup path is -Servers-bak-
db_backup. See Figure 4-104.
Figure 4-104 View backup directory

4.13.2.2 System Restore

You can use system restore function to restore the data back the time point of the latest backup
when the user database becomes abnormal. You can quickly restore the user’s DSS system
and lower user loss.

You need to stop other users using DSS system when implementing system restore. Please be
cautious when using the function because it may change data info.

Local

In general, local file restoration means restoring manual backup fills onto the server.
Step 1 Select Restore tab.
The system enters the interface of Restore. See Figure 4-105.

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 Figure 4-105 System restore

Step 2 Click Local.

The interface is shown in Figure 4-106.
Figure 4-106 Select backup file path

Step 3 Click Browse, select file and then click OK.

Step 4 Enter administrator login Password and backup file Encrypted Password. See Figure
4-107.

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 Figure 4-107 Enter password

Step 5 Click OK.

The data is being restored; it will display the restoration percentage via progress bar.
The system will start again after it is completed.

Server

You can select to restore the data from the backup file on the server side. The precondition is
that you need to enable the auto backup function, the server end backs up the database
according to the set period and form backup file.
Step 1 Select Restore tab.
The system enters the interface of Restore. See Figure 4-108.

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 Figure 4-108 System restore

Step 2 Click Server and click from the list and select the file which needs to be restored.

Step 3 Enter admin password, click OK and restore.

The system will restart after the data is successfully restored.

4.13.3 Log
The system supports inquiring management configuring log, client setting config and system
log. It can filtrate type, select period and search via key word during query. It can inquire log
export as well (it is PDF by default).
Take Management Configuring Log for an example.

Step 1 Click and select Log on the New Tab interface.

Step 2 Select Log Type, Event Type or Query time.
The system displays query results; it will display the total records on the lower left
corner. See Figure 4-109.

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 Figure 4-109 Log

Step 3 Click Export and export log info.

Step 4 Log exports results to check, the currently exported log package is displayed in the
lower left corner of the browser, and you can also check it in the download section of
your browser.
Step 5 Check log final record results. See Figure 4-110.
Figure 4-110 Log record

4.13.4 Overview
DSS platform supports function of inquiring system operation and maintenance statistics, which
is to know the system running situation in time.

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4.13.4.1 Overview

Step 1 Click and select Overview on the New Tab interface.

The system displays the interface of Overview. See Figure 4-111.
Figure 4-111 Overview

4.13.4.2 Running Status

Check CPU, storage, bandwidth and so on; click Running Status or the icon below and jump
to the detail interface. See Figure 4-112.

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 Figure 4-112 System info

4.13.4.3 Status Information

Check server, device, user online/offline status statistics, click Status Information or the icon
below to jump to the detailed interface.

Service Status Information

Click on the Service Status interface, and then the interface displays service details. See

Figure 4-113.
Figure 4-113 Service status

Device Status Information

Step 1 Click the tab of Device Status.

The system will display device real-time status by default. See Figure 4-114.

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 Figure 4-114 Device realtime status

Step 2 Check device status.

 Click the Real Time tab on the device status information interface, check device
realtime status info.
 Click the History tab on the device status information interface, check device
history status info. See Figure 4-115.
Figure 4-115 History status

Step 3 Click Export.

Export device realtime status information (PDF format).
Step 4 Click User State and Device Health Report tabs to check corresponding details.

4.13.4.4 Event Information

Check total number of alarm events and processed events according to month. See Figure
4-116.

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 Figure 4-116 Event info

4.13.4.5 Source Information

Check the statistics of encoding channel and alarm channel, click Source Information or the
icon below to jump to the detailed interface.
 Check video channel details. See Figure 4-117.
Figure 4-117 Video channel

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  Click Alarm tab to check the details of alarm channel.

4.14 Configuring Cascade

The system supports cascading. After cascading, platform of higher level can view the live
video and video record of platforms of lower level. Configuring cascade refers to adding
lower-level platforms to higher-level ones. It supports up to 3 levels.

 Before configuring, make sure the platform is deployed.

 Currently, the systems supports cascading between Pro and Express platforms. Express
can only be lower-level platform.

Step 1 Click , and select Domain on the New Tab tab.

The Domain interface is displayed. See Figure 4-118.
Figure 4-118 Cascade

Step 2 Click Add, and the Add Cascading interface is displayed. See Figure 4-119.

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 Figure 4-119 Add cascading

Step 3 Configure the parameters, and click OK to save the configuration.

For detailed parameters, refer to Table 4-6

Table 4-6 Cascading parameter

Parameter Description
Set higher-level platform of added cascading platform, after that all
Organization the organizations and devices of the platform can be called for
monitoring by higher-level platform.
Port number HTTPS port number of added cascading platform.
Step 4 If there is more than one level of platform, repeat this process.

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 5 Client Functions
Configure various functions and rules by DSS client and then display results, such as
attendance management, support configuring attendance rules and searching attendance
report. DSS client includes PC client and mobile phone APP. In this chapter, it takes DSS client
(hereinafter referred to as client) as an example to introduce each function.

5.1 Client Installation and Login

5.1.1 PC Requirements
To install the DSS Client, the PC shall meet the following requirements shown in Table 5-1.

Table 5-1 Config requirement

Parameters Description
 CPU: i5-6500
 Main frequency:3.20GHz
 Memory:8GB
Recommended
 Graphics:Inter HD Graphics 530
Config
 Network adapter:1Gbps
 HDD Type:HDD 1T
 DSS client installation space:200GB
 CPU:i3-2120
 Memory:4GB
 Graphics:Inter(R) Sandbridge Desktop Gra
Min. Config
 Network adapter:1Gbps
 HDD Type:HDD 300GB
 DSS client installation space:100GB

5.1.2 Downloading and Installing Client

5.1.2.1 Installing PC Client

Step 1 Input IP address of DSS paltform into the browser and then press Enter.
The Login interface is displayed. See Figure 5-1.

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 Figure 5-1 Download Pc client

Step 2 Click to download the client.

System pops up the File Downloads dialogue box.
Step 3 Click Save to download and save the DSS client software on the PC.
Step 4 Double-click the client setup.exe and begin installation.
Figure 5-2 Install client

Step 5 Select language, and check the box of I have read and agree DSS agreement and
then click Next to continue.
Step 6 Select installation path. See Figure 5-3.

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 Figure 5-3 Select installation directory

Step 7 Click Install to install the client.

System displays installation process. It takes 3 to 5 minutes to complete. Please be
patient. The complete interface is shown as in Figure 5-4.
Figure 5-4 Run client

Step 8 Click Run to run the client.

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5.1.2.2 Mobilephone App
Step 1 Input IP address of DSS platform into the browser and then press Enter.

Step 2 Click to view QR code of mobilephone APP. Currently it supports iOS and Android.
See Figure 5-5.
Figure 5-5 Mobilephone app QR code

Step 3 Scan the QR code and then download the mobilephone App.

5.1.3 Logging in Client

Step 1 Double click icon on the desktop.

The client login interface is displayed. See Figure 5-6.

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 Figure 5-6 Client login interface

Step 2 Enter Username, Password, Server IP and Port. Server IP means the IP address to
install DSS server or PC, Port is 443 by default.
Step 3 Click Login.
The Live interface is displayed by default. See Figure 5-7.
Figure 5-7

Table 5-2
SN Name Function

1 Tab Display all valid tabs. Click and you can open the module you
want.

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 SN Name Function
Refer to the following contents for icon definition.

 : Open/close alarm audio.

 : It displays alarm amount. Click an alarm; you can go to

Event center interface.

 : User information: click the icon and then select the

corresponding function, you can login platform manager, modify

password, lock client, view help file, and logout user.
 Select platform IP address, system goes to platform manager
System login interface.
2 operation  Select Modify password, you can change user password.
pane  Select Lock Client, it is to lock the system, you cannot operate
on the client. Input the login password again to unlock.
 Select About, it is to view version information, released date.
 Select Logout, it is to logout the system. System goes back to
the client login interface.

 : Local config. It is to set general, video, playback, snapshot,

record, alarm shortcut settings. Refer to 5.2 Local Configuration

for detailed information.

 : It is to view system status. It includes network status, CPU

status, and memory status.
Operation
3 It is to operate the functions.
area

5.2 Local Configuration

After logging into the client for the first time, you need to configure the system parameters. It
includes General, Video, Playback, Snapshot, Record, Alarm and the Shortcut Key.
Step 1 Click at the top right corner on the homepage.
The Local Config interface is displayed. See Figure 5-8.

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 Figure 5-8 Local config

Step 2 Click Video Setting and set relevant parameters. Refer to Table 5-3 for more details.

Table 5-3
Parameters Description

Modify the language displayed on client; reboot the client to

Language
make it valid after setting.

Theme color includes dark and white. Reboot the client to make
Theme
it valid after setting.

Client size It is to set client display size.

If checked, the client starts to synchronize network time with the

Enable net time
server. It is to complete time synchronization.

Auto Login If checked, auto login is allowed when Client starts running.

If checked, auto reboot of the Client is allowed when the PC

Auto Reboot
power is on.

Display Previous live If checked, system displays the last Live video automatically
Image when it boots after rebooting the client.

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 Parameters Description

If checked, the system will adapt to Sampling Frequency,

Self-adaptive Audio Talk
Sampling Bit, and Audio Format to the device automatically
Parameter
during audio talk.

Show Device Node Check the box, system displays device node.
Step 3 Click Video Setting to set parameters.
The Video Setting interface is shown as in Figure 5-9. Refer to Table 5-4 to set
parameters.
Figure 5-9 Video setting

Table 5-4 Video setting parameter description

Parameters Description

Default Split Set split mode of the video window.

Defines bit stream type for video transmission. With main bit
Stream type stream as default, the auxiliary bit stream will be used when
number of window splits is greater than the value selected here.

Play mode to be selected as required, including Real Time

Play Mode Priority, Fluency Priority, Balance Priority, as well as user-defined
modes.

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 Parameters Description
Select instant playback time and then click Instant playback on
Instant playback time the Live view interface, you can view the record of current
period.
Enable hardware
Check the box to enable the function. It is to use hardware
acceleration (effective
module to enhance acceleration features.
after reopen the video)
Double click video to
maximize window and Check the box to enable the function.
exchange to main stream
After being enabled, if the time of no operation for the Live
Slient close video interface exceeds the set value, the system will close Live
automatically.
Step 4 Click Record Playback to set parameters.
The Record Playback interface is shown as Figure 5-10. Refer to Table 5-5 to set
parameters.
Figure 5-10 Record playback

Table 5-5 Record playback parameter description

Parameters Description
Default Split Set default split mode of the playback window.
Device record stream Select record playback bit stream.
Check the box to enable the function.
Enable high definition In high definition, big bit stream playback mode, system reserves
adjustment I frames only to guarantee video fluency and reduce high
decoding pressure.
Step 5 Click Snapshot Setup to set parameters.
The Snapshot Setup interface is shown as in Figure 5-11. Refer to Table 5-6 to set
parameters.

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 Figure 5-11 Snapshot setup

Table 5-6 Snapshot setup parameter description

Parameters Description
Format Set snapshot image format.
Set snapshot storage path. The default path: C:\DSS
Picture path
\Client\Picture\.
Picture name Select picture name rule.
Set snapshot interval. System snapshot once after the specified
Snapshot interval
period.
Continuous amount Snapshot amount at each time.
Step 6 Click Recording to set parameters.
The Recording interface is shown as in Figure 5-12. Refer to Table 5-7 to set
parameters.
Figure 5-12 Recording

Table 5-7 Recording parameter description

Parameters Description
Set record storage path. The default path: C:\DSS
Record path
\Client\Record\.
Record name Set record file name rule.
Max. record size Set record file size.
Step 7 Click Alarm to set parameters.
The Alarm interface is shown as in Figure 5-13. Refer to Table 5-8 to set parameters.

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 Figure 5-13 Alarm

Table 5-8 Alarm parameter description

Parameters Description
Check the box, system generates a sound when an alarm
Play alarm sound
occurs.
Check the box; system plays alarm sound repeatedly when an
alarm occurs.
Loop
This item is only valid when Play alarm sound function is
enabled.
Set alarm type. System can play sound when corresponding
alarm occurs.
Alarm Type
This item is only valid when Play alarm sound function is
enabled.
Sound Path Select alarm audio file path.
Map flashes when alarm Check the box and then select alarm type. When the
occurred corresponding alarm occurs, the device on the emap can flash.
Display alarm link video Check the box, system automatically opens linkage video when
when alarm occurred an alarm occurs.
System automatically opens linkage video when an alarm
Video opening type occurs. You can view on the pop-up window or on the preview
interface.
Step 8 Click Shortcut Key to set parameters.
The Shortcut Key interface is shown as in Figure 5-14.

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 Figure 5-14 Shortcut key

Step 9 Click Save.

5.3 Video Preview

5.3.1 Preparations
Before the operation, refer to "4.5 Adding Device " to add decode device on the manager.
Refer to Figure 5-15 for video preview flows information.

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 Figure 5-15 Live video flow

5.3.2 Live View

5.3.2.1 View Live Video

Step 1 Click and then on the New Tab interface, select Live View, system displays Live
view interface by default.
Step 2 View real-time video by:
 Select channel from the device list on the left side of the Live view interface.
 Double-click or drag it to the video window. If you double-click the device, then all
channels of the device will be opened.
 Select the preview window(s) on the right side of interface.
 On the device list, right-click to select Tour, and you can choose the time. The
system will play (in loops) videos of all channels for selected deivces within the
set time, which is the play time.
Real-time monitoring interface is displayed in the video window. See Figure 5-16. Refer to
Table 5-9 to set parameters.

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 Figure 5-16 Live

Table 5-9 Live interface function

No. Name Function
 From Local config > General, if you enable Show device
node, device tree displays all channels of current device.
If you cancel the box, system display all channels of all
device.
Favorites and  Search is supported by input device name or channel
1
Device Tree Search
name in here.

 : Add, Delete or Rename Favorite. Favorite Tour

supported.
It is to open POS and its corresponding video channel on the
2 POS
Live view interface.

Map can be opened in preview window, both GIS map and

3 Map Resource
Raster map.

 Live video window can be saved as View. Three-level

directory is adopted for view, with level one as root node,
level two for group and level three for view. Video Tour is
4 View
supported from root node and group node, with tour intervals
selected from 10s, 30s, 1min, 2min, 5min and 10min.
Maximum of 100 views can be created.

5 PTZ More info about PTZ of PTZ camera, refer to 5.3.4 PTZ.

6 Save view Click to save current video window as a view.

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 No. Name Function
Displays real-time video play. Put the mouse on the video play
7 Video play window, and you can scroll forward to zoom in and backward
to zoom out.

Aspect ratio of the video window, selected from two modes for
8 Display mode
video play: actual scale and fit in window.

Select from modes among 1 to 64 to set window split mode, or

click to define split mode.

9 Window Split Mode

If the real-time channel is more than the number of windows,
then you can turn page(s) at the bottom-middle side of the
interface.

Switch the video window to full screen mode. To exit full

10 Full Screen screen, press the Esc key, or right click to select exit full
screen.
Display encode format, bit stream information and quick start.
Bit Stream and
11 Refer to "5.3.2.3 Window Shortcut Menu " for detailed
Quick Start
information.

5.3.2.2 Right–Click Shortcut Menu

On the Live View video window, right click mouse, the interface is shown as in Figure 5-17.
Refer to Table 5-10 to set parameters.

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 Figure 5-17 Right click menu

Table 5-10 Right click menu description

Parameters Description
Close Video Close active video window.
Close All Videos Close all video windows.
Audio Enable Same as , to enable or disable camera audio.
Audio Talk Same as , to enable or disable audio talk of corresponding device.
Enable Check Self-adaptive Audio Talk Parameters from Local Config >
General; when audio talk is on, it will automatically adapt to various
parameters without showing a pop-up box.
Start Local Same as , to record audio/video of the active video window and save
Record them in local PC.
Click to start remote record. The item becomes Stop remote record.
Start remote Click Stop remote record, system stops record.
record If the platform has configured video storage HDD, the record file is saved
on the platform server.
Snapshot Same as , to save image of the active video window as picture (one
picture for each snapshot).
Continuous To save image of the active video window as picture (three snapshots
Snapshot each time by default).
Set Alarm Turn on/off alarm output.
Window

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Parameters Description
Switch Bit Switch among Main stream, Sub stream and Third stream.
Stream

If selecting Sub stream or Third stream, you need to check enable Sub
Stream and enable Third Stream in the Bit Stream dropdown list when
adding encoder from the Manager.
Play Mode Switch between the modes of Real Time Priority, Fluency Priority,
Balance Priority and custom defined mode.
Video Adjustment Perform video adjustment and video enhancement.
IVS Overlay Enable IVS rules and target box, after that IVS rule and target box will be
displayed during live view. The config is only valid to the configured
channel. The IVS rule and target box are not displayed by default.
Open crowd
density map
This function is only available for multisensor camera with flow analysis
function.
After selecting this function, the crowd density will be displayed on the
image of the video. Double-click the image to hide it, and people in the
video will be shown in blue dots.

For fisheye camera only.

The installation mode has three types:ceiling mount, wall mount and
Installation mode
ground mount. Select corresponding installation mode according to the
actual situation, the real-time video can automatically dewarp according
to the installation mode.

For fisheye camera only. When changing the video stream, the fisheye
view mode keeps the configuration before the stream is changed.
It refers to current video display mode (system supports original video
Fisheye view
mode by default.). System supports following display modes according
mode
to different installation mode.
 Ceiling mount: 1P+1, 2P, 1+2, 1+3, 1+4, 1P+6, 1+8.
 Wall mount: 1P, 1P+3, 1P+4, 1P+8.
 Ground mount: 1P+1, 2P, 1+3, 1+4, 1P+6, 1+8.
Split mode Support standard mode, 1+3 mode, 1+5 mode.
Alarm output
It control alarm input/output.
control
Add To Favorites You can add the active channel or all channels into Favorite.
Full Screen Switch the video window to full screen mode. To exit full screen, double
click video window, or right click to select exit full screen.
Switch to You can switch between live view interface and playback interface
Playback quickly, without going back to homepage first.
Map location After enabling map location, a map that centers on the device will be
displayed.

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5.3.2.3 Window Shortcut Menu
Move the mouse to the video window, you can see the shortcut menu at the top right. See
Figure 5-18. Refer to Table 5-11 for detailed information.
Figure 5-18 Window shortcut menu

Table 5-11 Window shortcut menu description

Icon Name Description
Open/close instant playback. Go to Local config>General to set
Instant
instant playback time. Make sure there is a record on the platform or
playback
the device.
Audio Open/close audio.
Audio talk Open/close bidirectional talk.
Click it, system begins record local file and you can view the record
Local record time at the top left. Click again, system stops record and save the file
on the PC.
Snapshot Click to snapshot once.
Zoom in, and it supports mouse wheel zooming after zooming in the
Zoom
image.
Close Click to close video.

5.3.3 Device Config

Configure the camera properties, video stream, snapshot, video overlay, and audio config for
the device channel on the platform. Only support configuring the channels added via IP in
Dahua protocols.

Device config differs by the capacities of the devices. Snapshots in this Manual are taken from
IPC-HDW7341X-E2 (Software version V2.622.0000000.4.T). The actual interfaces of other
models shall prevail.

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5.3.3.1 Configuring Camera Properties
Support configuring the property files in the modes of Daytime, Night, and Regular. The
system switches between different modes based on the preset time to ensure image quality
collected by the camera.

5.3.3.1.1 Configuring Property Files

Step 1 On the Preview interface, right-click the video device and select Device Config. See
Figure 5-19.
The Device Config interface interface is displayedis displayed. See Figure 5-20.

 For PTZ or speed dome only, the PTZ control interface displays.
 Click More configuration to open the web config interface for the device.
Figure 5-19 Enter device config

Figure 5-20 Device config

Step 2 Select Camera > Camera > Properties > Image.

The Properties interface is displayed. See Figure 5-20.
Step 3 Select Profile Management.

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Step 4 Click Image. See Figure 5-20. For details of the parameters, see Table 5-12.

Table 5-12 Image parameter description

Parameter Description
Style You can set the image style to be Standard, Gentle, or Flamboyant.
You can adjust the overall image brightness through linear tuning. The higher
Brightness the value, the brighter the image and vice versa. If this value is set too high,
images tend to look blurred.
Adjusts the contrast of the images. The higher the value, the bigger the
contrast between the bright and dark portions of an image and vice versa. If the
Contrast contrast value is set too high, the dark portions of an image might become too
dark, and the bright portions might be over-exposed. If the contrast value is set
too low, images tend to look blurred.
Adjusts color shade. The higher the value, the deeper the color and vice versa.
Saturation
The saturation value does not affect the overall brightness of the images.
Adjusts the edge sharpness of images. The higher the value, the sharper the
Sharpness
image edges. Setting this value too high might easily result in noises in images.
Changes image brightness by non-linear tuning to expand the dynamic display
Gamma
range of images. The higher the value, the brighter the image and vice versa.
Step 5 Click Exposure to set up relevant parameters. See Figure 5-21. For details of the
parameters, see Table 5-13.

If the device that supports real wide dynamic (WDR) has enabled WDR, long exposure
is not available.
Figure 5-21 Exposure

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 Table 5-13 Exposure parameter description
Parameter Description
You can select from these three modes: 50Hz, 60Hz, or Outdoor.
 50Hz: With the 50Hz household power supply, the mode can automatically
adjust exposure based on the brightness of the scene to ensure that the
image does not yield horizontal stripes.
Anti-flicker  60Hz: With the 60Hz household power supply, the mode can automatically
adjust exposure based on the brightness of the scene to ensure that the
image does not yield horizontal stripes.
 Outdoor: In an outdoor scenario, you can switch the exposure modes to
achieve your target effect.
The following options are available for the different exposure modes of the
camera:

 If the Anti-flicker is set to Outdoor, you can set the Mode to Gain
Priority or Shutter Priority.
 Different devices have different exposure modes. The actual interfaces
shall prevail.
 Auto: Auto tuning of the image brightness based on the actual
environment.
 Gain Priority: Within the normal exposure range, the device adjusts itself
automatically first in the preset range of gains as per the brightness of the
scenes. If the image has not achieved the target brightness when the
gains hit the upper limit or lower limit, the device adjusts the shutter
Mode
automatically to achieve the best brightness. The Gain Priority mode also
allows for adjusting the gains by setting up a gain range.
 Shutter Priority: Within the normal exposure range, the device adjusts
itself automatically first in the preset range of shutter values as per the
brightness of the scenes. If the image has not achieved the target
brightness when the shutter value hits the upper limit or lower limit, the
device adjusts the gains automatically to achieve the best brightness.
 Aperture Priority: The aperture is fixed at a preset value before the device
adjusts the shutter value automatically. If the image has not achieved the
target brightness when the shutter value hits the upper limit or lower limit,
the device adjusts the gains automatically to achieve the best brightness.
 Manual: You can set up the gains and shutter values manually to adjust
image brightness.
Reduces the noises of multiple-frame (at least two frames) images by using
3D NR
inter-frame information between two adjacent frames in a video.
When 3D NR is On, you can set up this parameter.
Grade
The higher the grade, the better the noise reduction effect.
Step 6 Click Backlight to set up relevant parameters. See Figure 5-22. For details of the
parameters, see Table 5-14.
The Backlight mode offers Backlight Correction, Wide Dynamic, and Glare Inhibition
features.
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 pictures taken in a backlight environment.
 Turning on Wide Dynamic inhibits too bright portions and makes too dark portions
brighter, presenting a clear picture overall.
 Turning on Glare Inhibition partially weakens strong light. This feature is useful in a
toll gate, and the exit and entrance of a parking lot. Under extreme lighting
conditions such as deep darkness, this feature can help capture the details of the
faces and license plates.
Figure 5-22 Backlight

Table 5-14 Backlight mode description

Backlight
Description
mode
The system adjusts image brightness automatically based on the
SSA
environmental lighting conditions to show image details clearly.
You can select Default mode or Custom mode.
 When selecting the Default mode, the system adjusts exposure
automatically to adapt to the environment and make the images taken in
Backlight
the darkest regions clear.
Correction
 When selecting the Custom mode and setting up a custom region, the
system exposes the selected custom region to give the images taken in
this region proper brightness.
To adapt to the environmental lighting conditions, the system reduces the
brightness in bright regions and increases the brightness in dark regions. This
Wide ensures clear display of objects in both bright and dark regions.
Dynamic
The camera might lose seconds of video recordings when switching from a
non-wide dynamic mode to Wide Dynamic.

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 Backlight
Description
mode
Glare The system inhibits the brightness in bright regions and reduces the size of
Inhibition the halo, to make the entire image less bright.
Step 7 Click WB to set up relevant parameters. See Figure 5-23. For details of the parameters,
see Table 5-15.
The WB feature makes the colors of the images more accurate. In WB mode, white
objects in the images appear white in various lighting conditions.
Figure 5-23 WB

Table 5-15 WB mode description

WB mode Description
The system automatically WB corrects different color temperatures to
Auto
ensure normal display of image colors.
The system automatically WB corrects the scenes without manmade
Natural Light
lighting to ensure normal display of image colors.
The system automatically WB corrects the outdoor scenes at night to
Street Lamp
ensure normal display of image colors.
The system automatically WB corrects most outdoor scenes with natural
Outdoor
lighting and manmade lighting to ensure normal display of image colors.
You can set up the red gains and blue gains manually for the system to
Manual
correct different color temperatures in the environment accordingly.
Regional You can set up custom regions and the system WB corrects different color
Custom temperatures to ensure normal display of image colors.
Step 8 Click Day & Night to set up relevant parameters. See Figure 5-24. For details of the
parameters, see Table 5-16.
You can set up the display mode of images. The system can switch between the
Colored mode and the Black&White mode to adapt to the environment.

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 Figure 5-24 Day/night

Table 5-16 Day/night parameter description

Parameter Description
You can set up the image display of the camera to the Colored mode or the
Black&White mode, including the following options:

The Day & Night settings are independent of the Config Files settings.
Mode
 Colored: The camera displays colored images.
 Auto: The camera automatically selects to display colored or black&white
images based on the environmental brightness.
 Black&White: The camera displays black&white images.
You can set up this parameter when the Day & Night mode is set to Auto.
Sensitivity Defines the sensitivity of the camera in switching between the Colored mode
and the Black&White mode.
You can set up this parameter when the Day & Night mode is set to Auto.
Delayed Defines the delay of the camera in switching between the Colored mode and
recording the Black&White mode. The lower the delay, the faster the switch between the
Colored mode and the Black&White mode.
Step 9 Click Defog to set up relevant parameters. See Figure 5-25. For details of the
parameters, see Table 5-17.
Image quality drops when the camera is placed in the foggy or hazy environment. You
can turn on Defog to make the images clearer.

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 Figure 5-25 Defog

Table 5-17 Defog description

Defog
Description
mode
You can set up the defog intensity and the atmospheric light intensity manually.
Manual The system adjusts the image quality as per such settings. The atmospheric
light intensity mode can be set to Auto or Manual for light intensity adjustment.
The system adjusts the image quality automatically to adapt to the surrounding
Auto
conditions.
Off Defog disabled.
Step 10 Click IR Light to set up relevant parameters. See Figure 5-26. For details of the
parameters, see Table 5-18.

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 Figure 5-26 IR light

Table 5-18 IR light description

IR Light
Description
mode
You can set up the IR Light brightness manually. The system fills light for
Manual
images as per the preset IR Light brightness.
The system adjusts the brightness of the light to adapt to the surrounding
SmartIR
conditions.
The system adjusts the IR Light automatically to adapt to the brightness
changes in the environment.
 When the scene darkens, the system opens the near light first. If the
required brightness still cannot be achieved when the near light runs at
full power, the system turns on the far light.
ZoomPrio  When the scene becomes brighter, the system reduces the brightness of
the far light all the way until it is turned off, before adjusting the
brightness of the near light.
 When the lens focus is adjusted to a certain wide end, the system keeps
the far light off to avoid over-exposure at the near end, You can also set
up lighting correction manually to fine tune the brightness of the IR Light.
Off IR Light disabled.
Step 11 Click OK.
If you want to set up the Config Files in a different mode, repeat the steps to complete
the configurations.

5.3.3.1.2 Applying Config Files

The system monitors the objects in different time periods based on the preset config files
modes.

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Step 1 Select Camera > Camera > Properties > Profile Management.
The Profile Management interface is displayed.
Step 2 Setting up config files.
 When Config Files is set to Regular, the system monitors the objects as per
regular configurations.
Figure 5-27 Regular

 When Config Files is set to Full Time, you can set Always Enable to Daytime or
Night. The system monitors the objects as per the Always Enable configurations.
Figure 5-28 Full time

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  When Config Files is set to Shift by time, you can drag the slider to set a period
of time as daytime or night. For example, you can set 8:00–18:00 as daytime,
0:00–8:00 and 18:00–24:00 as night. The system monitors the objects in different
time periods as per corresponding configurations.
Figure 5-29 Shift by time

Step 3 Click OK to save the configurations.

 PTZ control interface is available for PTZ or speed dome.

 Click More Configuration, and open WEB config interface of the device.

5.3.3.2 Video
You can set some video parameters, including video stream, snapshot stream, overlay, ROI,
save path, and video encryption.

5.3.3.2.1 Video Stream

You can set up some video stream parameters, including Stream Type, Encode Mode,
Resolution, FPS, Stream Ctrl, Bit Stream, I Interval, SVC, Watermark, and more.
Step 1 On the Device Config interface, select Camera > Video > Video Stream.
The Video Stream interface is displayed. See Figure 5-30.

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 Figure 5-30 Video stream

Step 2 To set up Video Stream, see Table 5-19 for the details of various parameters.

The default values of streams might vary in different devices. The actual interfaces
shall prevail.

Table 5-19 Video stram parameter description

Parameter Description
Video Setup Indicates whether to set up the Sub Stream parameters.
The following video encoding modes are available:
Encode  H.264: Main Profile.
Mode  H.264H: High Profile.
 H.265: Main Profile.
Turning on Smart Code helps compress the images more and reduce the
storage space.
Smart Code
When Smart Code is on, the device does not support sub stream 2, ROI, IVS
event detection. The actual screens shall prevail.
The resolution of the videos. Different devices might have different max
Resolution
resolutions. The actual interfaces shall prevail.
The number of frames per second in a video. The higher the FPS, the more
FPS
distinct and smooth the images.
The following video stream control modes are available:
 BRC_CBR: The bit stream changes slightly around the preset value.
 BRC_VBR: The bit stream changes according to the monitored scenes.
Stream Ctrl

When the Encode Mode is set to MJPEG, BRC_CBR remains the only
option for stream control.

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 Parameter Description
This parameter can be set only when Stream Ctrl is set to BRC_VBR.
Image
Video image quality is divided into six grades: Best, Better, Good, Bad, Worse
Quality
and Worst.
This parameter can be set only when Stream Ctrl is set to BRC_CBR.
Bit Stream You can select the proper stream value from the dropdown box based on
actual scenarios.
The system will recommend an optimal range of stream values to users
Ref Stream
based on the resolution and FPS set up by them.
Refers to the number of P frames between two I frames. The range of I
I Interval Interval changes with FPS.
It is recommended to set the I Interval to be two times as the FPS value.
FPS is subject to layered encoding. SVC is a scalable video encoding method
SVC
on time domain. The default value is 1, that is non-layered encoding.
Turn on Watermark to enable this feature.
Watermark You can verify the watermark characters to check whether the video has been
tempered or not.
Characters Characters for watermark verification. The default value is DigitalCCTV.

Step 3 Click OK to save the configurations.

5.3.3.2.2 Snapshot Stream

You can set up some stream parameters for snapshots, including Snap Mode, Size, Quality,
and Snap Interval.
Step 1 On the Device Config interface, select Camera > Video > Snapshot Stream.
The Snapshot Stream interface is displayed. See Figure 5-31.
Figure 5-31 Snapshot stream

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 Step 2 To set up Snapshot Stream, see Table 5-20 for the details of various parameters.

Table 5-20 Snapshot stream parameter description

Parameter Description
It includes Regular and Trigger.
 Regular refers to capturing pictures within the time range set up in a
time table.
Snap Mode  Trigger refers to capturing pictures when video detection, audio
detection, IVS events, or alarms are triggered, provided that video
detection, audio detection, and corresponding snapshot functions are
turned on.
Size Same as the resolution in Main Stream.
Sets up image quality. It is divided into six grades: Best, Better, Good, Bad,
Quality
Worse and Worst.
Sets up the frequency of snapshots.
Snap Interval
Select Custom to manually set up the frequency of snapshots.
Step 3 Click OK to save the configurations.

5.3.3.2.3 Overlay

You can set up video overlay, including Tampering/Privacy Mask, Channel Title, Period Title,
Geographic Position, OSD Overlay, Font, and Picture Overlay.
Step 1 On the Device Config interface, select Camera > Video > Overlay.
The Overlay interface is displayed.
Step 2 (Optional) Set up Privacy Mask.
Tampering is useful in case that privacy protection is needed for some parts of the
video images.
1) Click the Privacy Mask tab.
The Privacy Mask interface is displayed. See Figure 5-32.

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 Figure 5-32 Privacy mask

2) Select Enable and drag a box to the target area for privacy protection.

 You can draw up to four boxes.

 Click Clear to delete all boxes; to delete a box, select it and click Delete, or
right-click and delete the box you want.
Step 3 (Optional) Set up Channel Title.
You can set up the Channel Title if it must be displayed in video images.
1) Click the Channel Title tab.
The Channel Title interface is displayed. See Figure 5-33.

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 Figure 5-33 Channel title

2) Select Enable and set up the Channel Title, which is then displayed in the video
images.

In the video image, the channel title box can be moved to a proper position.
Step 4 (Optional) Set up Period Title.
You can set up the Period Title if it must be displayed in video images.
1) Click the Period Title tab.
The Period Title interface is displayed. See Figure 5-34.

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 Figure 5-34 Period title

2) Select Enable and the time information is displayed in the video images.
3) Select Week Display and the week information displays in video images.

In the video image, the period title box can be moved to a proper position.
Step 5 Click OK to save the configurations.

5.3.3.3 Audio
You can set some audio parameters such as Encode Mode, Sampling frequency, Audio input
type, Noise filtering.

Some devices do not support audio functions.

Step 1 On the Device Config interface, select Camera > Audio.
The Audio interface is displayed. See Figure 5-35.

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 Figure 5-35 Audio

Step 2 To set up audio parameters, see Table 5-21 for details.

Table 5-21 Audio parameter

Parameter Description
Audio cannot be enabled unless video has been enabled.
After choosing Enable in Main Stream or Sub Stream sections, the network
Enable
transmits a mixed flow of videos and audios. Otherwise, the transmitted flow
only contains video images.
Encode The encoding modes of audios include G.711A, G.711Mu, AAC, and G.726.
Mode The preset audio encode mode applies both to audio talks and voice talks.
Sampling
Available audio sampling frequencies include 8K, 16K, 32K, 48K, and 64K.
frequency
The following types of audios connected to devices are available:
Audio input
 LineIn: The device must connect to external audio devices.
type
 Mic: The device does not need external audio devices.
After enabling noise filtering, the system automatically filters out the noises
Noise filtering
in the environment.
Adjusts the microphone volume.
Microphone
volume
Only some devices support adjusting microphone volume.
Adjusts the speaker volume.
Speaker
volume
Only some devices support adjusting speaker volume.
Step 3 Click OK to save the configurations.

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5.3.4 PTZ

5.3.4.1 PTZ Operation Interface

Step 1 On Preview interface, open video from the PTZ camera, you can see PTZ operation
interface on the left. See Figure 5-36.
Figure 5-36 Preview

Step 2 Click at the bottom of the interface to operate. See Figure 5-37.

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 Figure 5-37 PTZ

Table 5-22 PTZ operation

Parameters Description

Click to lock the current PTZ. Locked status shows as .

Control over PTZ varies depending on user level.

 When user of low level locks PTZ, user of high level can unlock and

enable the PTZ by clicking .

 When user of high level locks PTZ, user of low level can’t unlock the
PTZ, unless PTZ automatically unlock itself.

 Users of the same level can unlock PTZ locked by each other.

Default time for automatically unlocking PTZ is 30s.

 Control speed dome with mouse.

 Set rotation direction of PTZ, eight directions are available in total: up,
Direction Key
down, left, right, upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right.

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 Parameters Description
 3D Location and Partially Zoom In (for Speed Dome PTZ), to zoom in or
zoom out the selected area.

This function can be controlled with mouse only.

From top to the bottom to adjust rotation speed of PTZ, to set the step size
chosen from 1 to 8.

 Zoom, to control zoom operation of speed dome.

 Focus, to adjust focus.

 Aperture, to adjust brightness.

, , , It is to set preset, tour, pattern, scan, rotation, wiper, light and IR light
function. Refer to 5.3.4.2 PTZ Settings for more information.

5.3.4.2 PTZ Settings

5.3.4.2.1 Configuring Preset

By adding preset, you can rotate the camera to the specified position.
Step 1 Click direction key of the PTZ to rotate the camera to the needed place.

Step 2 Click .

Step 3 Place mouse over 1 and click .

Step 4 Input preset point SN, and click .

Adding preset point completed.

To the right of , click , then camera will be rotated to the

related position.

5.3.4.2.2 Configuring Tour

Set Tour to enable camera to go back and forth among different presets.

To enable tour, at least 2 preset points are required.

Step 1 Click .

Step 2 Place mouse over 1 and click .

New tour dialogue box pops up.

Step 3 Input name, and click Operation bar .

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 Choose preset points from the dropdown list on the left. See Figure 5-38.
Figure 5-38 Add preset

Step 4 Click OK.

System prompts Tour Saved Successfully.
Step 5 Click OK.

To start tour, place mouse over 1 and click , then camera goes back and forth

among the presets of Tour 1.

5.3.4.2.3 Configuring Pattern

Pattern is equivalent to a record process.

Step 1 Click .

Step 2 Place mouse over 1 and click , then operate 8 buttons of PTZ to set pattern.

Step 3 Click to complete pattern setup.

Step 4 Click , and the camera will rotate following the pattern settings.

5.3.4.2.4 Configuring Scan

Step 1 Click .

Step 2 Click PTZ button, and rotate PTZ toward left to a position, then click to set left
boundary.

Step 3 Continue to rotate PTZ toward right to a position, and click to set right boundary.

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 Step 4 Click to start scan, then PTZ will rotate back and forth within the two boundaries.

5.3.4.2.5 Enable/Disable Pan

Click ，and then click , PTZ rotate at 360°by specified speed. Click to stop
camera rotation.

5.3.4.2.6 Enable/Disable wiper

It is to use RS485 command to control the connected peripheral device wiper on/off. Make sure
the connected peripheral device supports wiper function.

Click ，and then click , it is to enable wiper. After enabling wiper, click to disable.

5.3.4.2.7 Enable/Disable light

It is to use RS485 command to control the connected peripheral device light on/off. Make sure
the connected peripheral device supports light function.

Click ，and then click , it is to enable light. After enabling light, click to disable.

5.3.4.2.8 Enable/Disable IR light

Click ，and then click , it is to enable IR light. After enabling IR light, click to
disable.

5.3.4.2.9 Configuring custom commands

Different devices support different customized commands. Contact the manufacture for detailed
information.
Step 1 Click .
Step 2 Input command on the customized command interface. See Figure 5-39.
Figure 5-39 Command

Step 3 Click to display the function of the customized command.

5.3.4.2.10 PTZ Menu

Step 1 Click .
The PTZ menu is shown as in Figure 5-40.

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 Figure 5-40 Menu

Table 5-23
Parameters Description
/ Up/down button. Move the cursor to the corresponding item.
/ Left/right. Move the cursor to set parameters.

Click to enable PTZ menu function. System displays main menu on

the monitor window.

Click to close PTZ menu function.

It is the confirm button. It has the following functions.
 If the main menu has the sub-menu, click OK to enter the sub-menu.
OK  Move the cursor to Back and then click OK to go to go back to the
previous menu.
 Move the cursor to Exit and then click OK to exit the menu.
Step 2 Click OK.
The monitor window displays main menu. See Figure 5-41.
Figure 5-41 Main menu

Table 5-24 Main menu parameter

Parameters Description
Move the cursor to Camera and then click OK to enter camera settings
Camera sub-menu interface. It is to set camera parameters.It includes picture,
exposure, backlight, day/night mode, focus and zoom, defog and default.
Move the cursor to PTZ and then click OK to enter PTZ sub-menu interface.
PTZ It is to set PTZ functions. It includes preset, tour, scan, pattern, rotation and
PTZ restart.

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 Parameters Description
Move the cursor to System and then click OK to enter system sub-menu
System interface. It is to set PTZ simulator, restore camera default settings, video
camera software version and PTZ version.
Move the cursor to the Return and then click OK, it is to go back to the
Return
previous menu.
Exit Move the cursor to the Exit and then click OK, it is to exit PTZ menu.

5.3.5 Smart Track

DSS Client supports smart track which links fisheye speed dome to general speed dome to
better control each monitoring position.

5.3.5.1 Preparations
 Before operating smart track, go to Device manager to add fisheye device and PTZ
camera first. Refer to "4.5 Adding Device " for detailed information.

 After device is added, click , and select fisheye and general speed dome.
Figure 5-42 Fisheye

5.3.5.2 Adding Smart Track Config

Step 1 Select the fisheye device on the device tree and then right click to select Smart track.

If it is not the first time to use smart track function, select the fisheye device and then
right click to select Smart track config.
The Smart track interface is displayed. See Figure 5-43.

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 Figure 5-43 Fisheye dome config

Step 2 Click after the Select linkage PTZ camera and then select a PTZ camera.

Step 3 Click and then move the of the fisheye on the right to select a position.

Click on the general PTZ camera to find the position. Adjust the PTZ camera to
find the position and move the PTZ to the center position (The green cross on the
image). See Figure 5-44.
Figure 5-44 Configure calibration point

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  Select 3-8 mark points on fisheye camera.

 When you find mark point on the left side of general PTZ camera, click to
zoom out PTZ.

 Click to 3D position, and when you click a certain point on the left side of
PTZ camera, it will automatically move to the center.

Step 4 Click to save the calibration point.

Refer to above steps to add at least three calibration points. These three points shall
not be on the same straight line.
Step 5 Click Save.

5.3.5.3 Enable Smark Track Function

Step 1 Select the fisheye device on the device tree and then right click to select Smart track.
See Figure 5-45.
Figure 5-45 Smart track

Step 2 Click any point on the left of fisheye, general PTZ camera on the right will auto link to
corresponding position

Step 3 Click , system pops up Save View box. See Figure 5-46.
Figure 5-46 Save view

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 Step 4 Enter view name, select group, and click OK.

5.3.6 Smart Track

Support smart track which links bullet with PTZ camera, and it is good for panoramic monitoring
and details tracking. Currently smart track supports bullet PTZ all-in-one camera and
panoramic+PTZ camera. Besides, it also supports individual bullet and PTZ camera which
have been bound and calibrated.

5.3.6.1 Preparation before Operation

 Before implementing smart track (bullet + PTZ camera), it needs to add bullet and PTZ
camera from Device on Web interface. For detailed steps, refer to "4.5 Adding Device "

 Click after adding bullet, and select Master Slave Track. Tracking function can be
realized after configuring master slave track.
Figure 5-47 Master slave track

 It needs to calibrate bullet and PTZ camera by config tool in advance if you want to add
individual bullet and PTZ camera. For detailed operations, refer to config tool user manual.

5.3.6.2 Applying Smart Track

Smart track application includes manual positioning, 3D positioning, manual tracking, auto
tracking and preset return.

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5.3.6.2.1 Manual Positioning

Click any position on the bullet image, and the PTZ will position the image to the area
designated by bullet due to smart track. See Figure 5-48. Click the red spot on the bullet image,
and the PTZ central point will move to the corresponding location automatically.
Figure 5-48

5.3.6.2.2 3D Positioning

Select an area on the bullet image, and the PTZ camera will position the image to the
corresponding area, meanwhile zoom in or out.
Draw rectangular box from upper left to lower right, zoom in after being positioned by PTZ
camera. See Figure 5-49.
Draw rectangular box from lower right to upper left; zoom out after being positioned by PTZ
camera. See Figure 5-50.

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Figure 5-49 3D positioning (Zoom in after positioning)

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 Figure 5-50 3D positioning (Zoom out after positioning)

5.3.6.2.3 Manual Track

 Bullet PTZ all-in-one camera, panoramic+PTZ camera and individual bullet have been
configured with smart rules. For detailed operation, refer to device user manual.
 IVS Overlay is required to be selected on the bullet image, enable target box overlay.
Target box will be displayed only when there is moving target appears in the image.
 Manual track priority is higher than auto track.
Click moving target box (valid inside the box as well) in the bullet monitoring image, and the
color of target box changes, PTZ camera will track the selected target.

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 Figure 5-51 Manual track

5.3.6.2.4 Auto Track

After auto track is enabled, when there is target triggering IVS rule in the bullet image, then PTZ
camera will automatically track the target that triggers IVS rule. If there are more than two
tracking targets in the image, then it will select tracking target according to trigger time.

 Bullet PTZ all-in-one camera, panoramic+PTZ camera and individual bullet have been
configured with smart rules. For detailed operation, refer to device user manual.
 IVS Overlay is required to be selected on the bullet image, enable target box overlay.
Target box will be displayed only when there is moving target appears in the image.
 Manual track priority is higher than auto track.
In the device list on Live interface, select individual bullet, bullet PTZ all-in-one camera or
panoramic+PTZ camera, right click and select Auto Track > On and eenable auto track. When

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there is moving target in the image, then PTZ camera will track the target automatically. See
Figure 5-52 and Figure 5-53.
Figure 5-52 Auto track

Figure 5-53 Auto track

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5.3.6.2.5 Preset Return

Enable preset return when idle during calibration, in any status, when there is no target
triggering track within the specific period on the bullet image, then PTZ image will return to the
designated preset.

5.3.7 View Tour

Step 1 On the Live View interface, double click a channel on the left side to open the video.

Step 2 Click in the lower part, system pops up Save View dialogue box. See Figure 5-54.
Figure 5-54 Save view

Step 3 Input View Name, select View Group and click OK.
Check the added view under View tab on the left. See Figure 5-55.
Figure 5-55 View

Step 4 Select View and right click to select Create Folder.

Create folder dialogue box is displayed. See Figure 5-56.
Figure 5-56 Create folder

Step 5 Input Folder Title and click OK.

Step 6 Right click View to select Tour Interval, for example, 10s.

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 A View Tour will be initiated at intervals of 10s. See Figure 5-57.

Click to stop Tour.

Figure 5-57 View tour

5.3.8 Region of Interest (RoI)

Client Live view window supports Normal mode, 1+3 mode and 1+5 mode.
Right click to select Screen Mode in the live view window. See Figure 5-58.
Figure 5-58 Window mode

For example, select 1+3 mode. See Figure 5-59.

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 Figure 5-59 1+3 Mode

5.4 Record
System can search and playback records from the device or center storage media, which
enables you to search, playback and download records of different channels, different times
and different types from the Client. If there are records, system displays different colors in date
selection region.
 Device Storage: Record to be stored in front-end SD card, or disks like DVR or NVR.
Storage plan is configured on the device.
 Center Storage: Record to be stored in network storage server or DSS disks. For detailed
configuration, see Storage config in System Introduction. To play back the record, you
need to configure the record plan first, and then system will store the record of the
specified period in network storage server.

5.4.1 Preparations
Make sure you have set record schedule on the manager. Contact the admin or refer to "4.6
Configuring Record Plan" for detailed information.
Refer to Figure 5-60 for Playback flows information.

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 Figure 5-60 Record playback flow

5.4.2 Record Playback

5.4.2.1 Search Record

Search record of today, specified date or specified period.

Step 1 Click on the New Tab interface and select Record Playback.

Step 2 Click .

The Record Playback interface displayed. See Figure 5-61.

Figure 5-61 Record playback

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 Step 3 Select a channel on the device tree.
Step 4 Select date and record storage position. Click Search.

Step 5 Select a video window that has the record and then click .

Corresponding window begins playback the record of current channel. See Figure 5-62.
Figure 5-62 Playback

5.4.2.2 Record Control

Refer to Table 5-25 for buttons at the bottom of record playback interface and the description.

Table 5-25 Playback button

Icon Description
Lock the video stored on server within some period of
designated channel. Locked video will not be overwritten
when disk is full.
Cut video
Download video
Filter video according to record type.
Make dynamic detection analysis over some area of the
record image, it only replays the video with dynamic image
in the detection area.
Playback record files of the same period from different
channels on selected windows.
Stop/pause playback
/ Frame by frame playback/frame by frame backward.
Fast/slow playback. Max. supports 64X or 1/64X.
During playback, you can drag time progress bar to play
back record at the specific time.

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5.4.2.3 Record Type Filter
Filter video according to record type, record type includes schedule record; alarm record and
motion detect record.

Step 1 On Record Playback interface, click . See Figure 5-63.

The system displays the interface of Record Type Filter. See Figure 5-64.
Figure 5-63 Record type filter

Figure 5-64 Record filter

Step 2 Select a record type (or types) and then click OK.
The system only displays the video of selected type.

5.4.2.4 Smart Search

It makes dynamic detection analysis over some area and only replays the video with dynamic
image whith the detection area. The added front device is required to support smart search,
otherwise the search result will be null.
Step 1 Click on the interface of Record Playback. See Figure 5-65.
The system displays the interface of Smart Search. See Figure 5-66. 22×18 squares
are displayed in the window.

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 Figure 5-65 Enable smart search

Figure 5-66 Smart search

Step 2 Click the square and select detection area, you can select several areas.

 Select detection area; move the mouse to image, press mouse left button and drag
the mouse to select square.
 For selected area, click again or select square to cancel it.

Step 3 Click and start smart search analysis.

 If there is search result, the time progress bar will become purple and display
dynamic frame.
 If there is no search result, or selected playback device fails to support smart
search, then it will prompt that smart search result is null.

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 Click and you can reselect detection area.
Step 4 Click the play button on the image or control bar.
The system only replays search result, which is the purple display frame on the time
progress bar.

Step 5 Click and exit smart search.

5.4.2.5 Lock Record

Lock the video stored on the server within some period of specific channel. The locked video
will not be overwritten when disk is full.

You can only lock the central video stored on the server.

Step 1 Click at the bottom of the Record Playback interface (make sure the window has

the record).
Place the mouse to the time progress bar. See Figure 5-67.
Figure 5-67 Select lock time

Step 2 Click the time progress bar to select lock start time, then drag mouse, and then click to
select end time.
System pops up Save Lock dialogue box. See Figure 5-68.

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 Figure 5-68 Save lock

Step 3 Click OK.

5.4.2.6 Add Mark

You can mark records that interest you by Add Mark for a subsequent search and location.
Step 1 On Record Playback interface, move mouse to the window that is playing record. Click

at the top left corner.

Add Mark interface is displayed. See Figure 5-69.

Figure 5-69

Step 2 Input Name and Description, and then click Make Tag.
System prompts Tag Creation Successful. You can search record via mark in the
Download Center.

5.4.2.7 Clip Record

Step 1 Click at the bottom of the Record Playback interface (make sure there is record in
the window).

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 Step 2 During the timeline, click to start clip and then drag the mouse, click to stop clip.
The Save Download interface is displayed. See Figure 5-70.
Figure 5-70

Step 3 Set file format and then click OK.

5.4.2.8 Downloading Recording

The system supports downloading the record in the server or the device to the client.

Click at the bottom side of the Record Playback interface, and the Download Center
interface is displayed. For details, see 5.5 Record Download.

5.4.3 POS Search

Search POS receipt, check related video record. Search the video half an hour before and half
an hour after POS receipt is printed, play the video 30s before the receipt is printed.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Record Playback.

The system displays the interface of POS Search. See Figure 5-71.

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 Figure 5-71 POS search

Step 2 Select channel from the device tree.

Step 3 Enter Keyword, select Date and Time, click Search.
The system displays search result. See Figure 5-72.
Figure 5-72 POS search result

Step 4 Double click the POS information to replay related video.

The window will play the related video. See Figure 5-73.

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 Figure 5-73

Step 5 Download record.

1) Click on the bottom of the interface.

The system displays the interface of Record Download. See Figure 5-74.
Figure 5-74

2) Confirm start time and end time, click OK.

View download details in the Download Center; refer to "5.5 Record Download"
for more details.

5.4.4 Search Thumbnail

Divide the searched video into levels and display in the form of thumbnail, which is the select
ROI. You can view the searched video and image change of ROI at different time, and realize
fast search.

Step 1 On Record Playback interface, click .

The system displays the interface. See Figure 5-75.

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 Figure 5-75 Thumbnail

Step 2 In the organization tree, select a video channel and then set search period and record

position. Click .

There is a blue dot at the date top left corner if the channel has a record. See Figure
5-76.
Figure 5-76 Search period

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 Figure 5-77 Search result

Step 3 Drag the yellow frame on the right to set thumbnail range. Click .
System displays the video of current range. See Figure 5-78.
Figure 5-78 Thumbnail search

 System displays search results in suitable mode by default. Click Less, suitable,
more to see proper mode.
 Double click the thumbnail, system search again for the record between current
image and the next image.

Step 4 Click the at the bottom right corner of the thumbnail, you can view the
corresponding video related to the thumbnail. See Figure 5-79.

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 Figure 5-79 Playback record

Step 5 Download Record

If videos of different stream type exist in the download period, then it can only be saved
as .dav.

1) Click at the right corner of the thumbnail, system downloads the record

between current image and the next image. See Figure 5-80.
Figure 5-80 Record download

2) Select file format and then click OK.

Go to the Download center to view download detailed information. Refer to "5.5
Record Download" for detailed information.

5.5 Record Download

The system supports three download ways: Timeline, File List and Label.

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5.5.1 Preparation
Make sure the record has been saved in the server, or SD card or HDD of device.

5.5.2 Timeline
Download video within some period.

If videos of different stream type exist in the download period, then it can only be saved as .dav.
Step 1 Go to Download Center.
There are two ways to go to the download center.

 Click at the bottom of the Playback.

 Click , on the New Tab interface, select Download center.

The Download interface is displayed. See Figure 5-81.

Figure 5-81 Download

Step 2 Click Timeline.

Step 3 Select device channel, set search period and record storage position. Click Search.
Step 4 Select the period on the timeline, system pops up download dialogue box. See Figure
5-82.

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 Figure 5-82 Record download

Step 5 Set file format and then click OK.

You can view the download process at the bottom of the interface. See Figure 5-83.
Figure 5-83 Timeline

System pops up the following dialogue box once the download is complete. See Figure
5-84.
Figure 5-84 Download completed

5.5.3 File List

Step 1 On Download interface, click File tab.
System displays record files. See Figure 5-85.

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 Figure 5-85 File

Step 2 Directly click in the record file list, or check multiple files and click Download
Selected Files
System displays download process at the bottom of the interface. System pops up
dialogue box once the download is complete.

5.5.4 Label
Step 1 On Download interface click Label tab.
System displays marked record files. See Figure 5-86.

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 Figure 5-86 Label

Step 2 Directly click in the record file list, or check multiple files and click Download
Selected Files
System displays download process at the bottom of the interface. System pops up
dialogue box once the download is complete.

5.6 Event Center

5.6.1 Preparations
 Make sure you have added corresponding devices on the manager. Refer to 4.5 Adding
Device for detailed information.
 You have completed event management settings on the manager. Refer to 4.7 Configuring
Event for detailed information.
Refer to Figure 5-87 for event management flows.

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 Figure 5-87 Event center flow

5.6.2 Configuring Alarm Parameters

Set alarm mode on the client. It includes alarm audio, alarm flashing on the map or not.
Step 1 Click at the top right corner, from General > Alarm, the interface is shown as below.
See Figure 5-88.
Figure 5-88 Alarm

Step 2 Set alarm parameters and then click Save.

Refer to Table 5-26 for detailed information.

Table 5-26 Alarm parameter description

Parameters Description
Check the box, system generates a sound when an alarm
Play alarm sound
occurs.

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 Parameters Description
Check the box; system plays alarm sound repeatedly when an
alarm occurs.
Loop
This item is only valid when Play alarm sound function is
enabled.
Set alarm type. System can play sound when corresponding
alarm occurs.
Alarm type
This item is only valid when Play alarm sound function is
enabled.
Sound path Select alarm audio file path.
Map flashes when alarm Check the box and then select alarm type. When the
occurred corresponding alarm occurs, the device on the emap can flash.
Display alarm link video Check the box, system automatically opens linkage video when
when alarm occurred an alarm occurs.
System automatically opens linkage video when an alarm
Display type occurs. You can view on the pop-up window or on the preview
interface.

5.6.3 Searching and then Processing Real-Time Alarm

The customized alarm supports modification and deletion.

 If the alarm scheme has used the customized alarm type, you can only modify the alarm.
You cannot delete it.
 If the alarm scheme has not used the customized alarm type, the alarm input channel and
alarm type restores default value if you delete the alarm type.
 Once you modified the customized alarm type, the previous data still uses the original
name; the new data uses the modified name.

5.6.3.1 Processing Real-Time Alarm

Step 1 Click , on the New Tab interface select Event Center.

Enter Event center interface.

Step 2 Click on the left navigation bar.

System displays alarm processing interface. See Figure 5-89.

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 Figure 5-89 Real-time alarm

System refreshes to display real-time alarm by default. Click to pause

refresh, click to continue refresh.

Step 3 Click of an alarm item.

The logged in user can claim the alarm. After claimed, the system displays user name
on the user column.
Step 4 Click to view details and process the alarm. See Figure 5-90.
Figure 5-90 Process alarm

Step 5 Click Message, Snapshot, Record, and Map tag, view corresponding alarm
information.

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 Step 6 Select processing results such as processed, ignored, transferred and then input
comments.

When you are selecting Forward, you can select other user on the dialogue box. Send
current event to specified user to process.
Step 7 Click OK.

Operations

 Disarm temporarily: Click Disarm temporarily, and then set disarm time on the pop-up
window. Click OK.
 Send email: Click Send email, and then set email information on the pop-up window. Click
Send, the interface is shown as below. See Figure 5-91.
Figure 5-91 Send email

5.6.3.2 Searching Alarm Record

Step 1 Click , on the New Tab interface select Event center.

Enter Event center interface.

Step 2 Click on the left navigation bar.

System displays search interface. See Figure 5-92.

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 Figure 5-92 Search alarm record

Step 3 Select device channel, search time, alarm level, user or alarm status.
Step 4 Click Search.
System displays corresponding alarm information. See Figure 5-93.
Figure 5-93

Operations

 Select amount on per page, it is to set displayed alarm message amount each time.
 Click Statistics, it is to display the total alarm message amount of corresponding device.
 Click Export, it is to export device alarm message.

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  Click to claim alarm, click to process alarm. Refer to "5.6.3.1 Processing

Real-Time Alarm" for detailed information.

5.7 Video Wall

5.7.1 Preparations
View the video on the video wall on the client. You need to complete the following settings.
 Adding corresponding device: It includes decoder, encoder or matrix device. Refer to "4.5
Adding Device" for detailed information.
 Refer to "4.9 Adding Video Wall" to add the video wall first.
Refer to Figure 5-94 for video wall flows.
Figure 5-94 Video wall flow

5.7.2 Output to the Wall

Step 1 Click , on the New Tab interface select Video Wall, system displays Video Wall
interface. See Figure 5-95.

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Figure 5-95

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 Table 5-27 Video wall description
SN Name Function
From Local config> General, if you enable Show device node, device
tree displays all channels of current device. If you cancel the box,
system display all channels of all device.
Device
1 Click to view the channels on the favorites folder.
tree
Search is supported by input device name or channel name in

here.
2 Preview View channel video.
Click to view the screen, window, and channel bound information.
 Click to preview the video at the bottom left pane. It is to check
current channel is what you want or not.

 Click to adjust sequence.

Detailed
3  Click to delete the video channel that adds to current window.
information

 Click Stay time column or click , it is to modify signal interval on

current channel when tour.

 Click Stream column or , it is to modify video bit stream.

Window
4 Set window split mode.
split
5 Clear Clear information on all screens.
Start/stop
6 Start or stop all tours.
all tours
Lock
7 Click to lock the window. You cannot operate on the locked window.
window
8 Add box You can click to add a box, and click again to cancel box.
Back
9 View current layout
display
Screen In Screen On mode, the system will automatically display the video
10
On/Off after configuring the tasks.
If you enable the function, system automatically outputs the video to
9 Apply now
the wall after you set the task.
Decode to
10 Click to manually output the video to the wall.
wall
11 Eagle eye View current video wall layout.
12 Video wall Video wall area.
Video wall Schedule task and tour task. Refer to 5.7.3 Video Wall Plan for detailed
13
task information.
Task
14 managem Add, save delete task.
ent pane

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 SN Name Function
Video wall
15 Select a video wall to configure.
selection
Step 2 Select a video wall and then select a window.
Step 3 Double click the video channel or drag the video channel to the window.
The window displays Bound one video source

 Input device name or channel name to search.

 One window can bind several video channels at the same time.
 You can bind video source mode in local config, bind mode includes tour, tile and
query. Refer to "5.2 Local Configuration" for more details.

Step 4 Click to output the video to the wall.

Once one window has bound several video channels at the same time, the window
automatically begins tour operation after you output the video to the wall.
 Right click mouse or on the Detail pane, you can modify channel stay time and bit
stream.

 Click to change tour sequence.

Right click mouse and then select Stop all tour, or click to stop all tour.

 Stream type can be self-adaptive according to window splits when displaying video
on wall. Refer to "5.2 Local Configuration" for more details.
 Right click on video window and then you can operate the same way as live. Refer
to "5.3.2.2 Right–Click Shortcut Menu"

5.7.3 Video Wall Plan

5.7.3.1 Configuring Schedule plan

After set schedule plan, you can play video file on the video wall at the specified time.

Step 1 On the Video Wall interface, click at the top right corner.

Step 2 Select .
Enter Schedule plan interface. See Figure 5-96.

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 Figure 5-96 Schedule plan

Step 3 Input the plan name.

Step 4 Select a video task, and then set start time and end time, click .
The list displays detailed plan information. The specified period on the timeline is
highlighted as blue. See Figure 5-97.

Check the Enable remaining time schedule function and set the task. The video wall
displays corresponding video if it is not in the scheduled plan period.
Figure 5-97 Plan info and timeline

Step 5 Click Save

Enter Video wall interface.

Step 6 Click to start the plan.

Operations

 Modify plan: Click of the corresponding plan, and then modify plan.

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  Delete plan: Click of the corresponding plan and then delete the plan.

5.7.3.2 Configuring Tour Plan

After setting tour plan, you can output several plans to the TV wall.

Step 1 On the Video Wall interface, click at the top right corner.

Step 2 Click .
Enter Tour plan interface. See Figure 5-98.
Figure 5-98 Tour plan

Step 3 Input task name.

Step 4 Select a video task and then set stay time. Click .
The list displays tour information. See Figure 5-99.

Click to adjust task sequence, click to delete task.

Figure 5-99 Tour info

Step 5 Click Save.

Enter Video Wall Plan interface.

Step 6 Click to start the plan.

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Operations

 Modify plan: Click of the corresponding plan, modify plan.

 Delete plan: Click of the corresponding plan, delete the plan.

5.8 Emap
On the DSS client, you can view the configured e-map and corresponding device information.

5.8.1 Preparations
Refer to "4.8 Configuring Map" to add emap and hot zone on the platform manager and mark
the device on the map. Refer to Figure 5-100 for flows information.
Figure 5-100 Emap flow

5.8.2 Open Emap on the Real-Time Preview

Step 1 On the Live View interface, click the Map at the bottom of the device tree on the left.
System displays map and hotspot map on the manager. See Figure 5-101.

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 Figure 5-101 Map

Step 2 Double click the map; you can view the map and the added devices.
On the map, you can record real-time video, playback record file and cancel alarm. See
Figure 5-102.
Figure 5-102 Map display

Step 3 Click the marked channel.

System displays channel information. See Figure 5-103.

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 Figure 5-103 Channel info

Step 4 Click to playback real-time video on the window. See Figure 5-104.
Figure 5-104 View channel video

5.8.3 Viewing Map

Display the map setting on the manager. The e-map and the raster map are not the same. Here
we use Google map to continue.

Step 1 Click , on the New Tab interface select Emap.

Step 2 Select Google map or raster map.

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 Enter Emap interface. See Figure 5-105.
Figure 5-105 Emap

Table 5-28 Map function description

SN Name Description
1 Display device Filter to display video device, alarm input channel.
2 Use frame to select Use frame to select a device.
Clear data on the
3 Clear selection track on the screen.
screen
Include mark, reset, and video relay.
 Mark: It is to give a mark on the map.
4 Tools
 Reset: The map restores default position.
 Video relay: This function is null right now.
Step 3 Double click the channel on the device tree on the left; you can view the channel
position on the map.
Step 4 Click the channel on the map.
System displays device SN, channel name, manufacture and channel information. See
Figure 5-106.

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 Figure 5-106 Channel info

 Click to playback video of current channel.

 Click to playback record.

 Click to cancel alarm.

5.8.4 Alarm Flashing on the Map

5.8.4.1 Configuring Alarm Flashing on the Client

Step 1 Click at the top right corner, and then open General interface.
Step 2 Click Alarm tab, select Map flashes when an alarm occurs and then set alarm type
from the dropdown list. See Figure 5-107.

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 Figure 5-107 Select alarm flash

Step 3 Click Save.

5.8.4.2 Client Triggering Alarm

Step 1 Click , on the New Tab interface select Emap.

Enter Map interface.
Step 2 Click to go to Google map or Raster map.
Here we use raster map to continue.
Step 3 The channel is flashing when an alarm occurs. See Figure 5-108.
Figure 5-108 Alarm flash

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5.9 POS
If NVR with POS channel is added on Web, then you can view related video and playback of
POS channel on client.

5.9.1 Preparations
 NVR device with POS channel is already added on Web. On the interface of Bind
Resource, bind video channel for POS channel. See Figure 5-109.

At least one POS channel is bound to NVR which is required to be added.

Figure 5-109 Bind video channel for POS channel

 Record plan is already configured on Web. For more details, please contact administrator
or see Figure 5-110.
Figure 5-110 POS business flow

5.9.2 Live View

Preview realtime video and POS info of video channel linked to POS channel.

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In this chapter, it will introduce how to enable settings of video preview and POS format. For
more details, refer to "5.3 Video Preview".

Step 1 Click and select Live View on the interface of Homepage.

The interface of Live View is displayed. See Figure 5-111.
Figure 5-111 Open realtime live interface

Step 2 Click next to POS on the left of interface.

POS channel info is displayed.
Step 3 Preview realtime channel video linked by POS.
Support following methods to preview.
 Select channel in the POS channel list, double click or drag to window.
 Double click device in the POS channel list, open all the channels of the device.
Corresponding video and POS info of linked channel are displayed. See Figure 5-112.

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 Figure 5-112 Start realtime live

Step 4 Set POS format.

POS overlay info of all windows will be valid after setting POS style.
1) Right click and select Set POS Style on the live interface.
The interface of POS Style Setting is displayed. See Figure 5-113.
Figure 5-113 POS format setting

2) Set Overlap Pattern, Font Size, Background Transparency and Font Color.
3) Move the mouse to POS info overlay area, press mouse left button and move it to
adjust POS info overlay position.
4) Click OK and save config.

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5.9.3 Record Playback
Search POS receipt, view related video of receipt. You can search the video half an hour before
and half an hour after the time when POS receipt is printed, and you can start to play video 30s
before the time when POS receipt is printed.

In this chapter, it mainly introduces how to replay related video of POS receipt. For more
operation details, refer to "5.4 Record"

Step 1 Click and select Record Playback on the interface of Homepage.

Step 2 Click
The interface of POS Search is displayed. See Figure 5-114.
Figure 5-114 POS search

Step 3 Select channel from the device tree.

Step 4 Enter Keyword, select Date and Time, click Search.
The search result is displayed. See Figure 5-115

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 Figure 5-115 POS search result

Step 5 Double click the POS info of related video that needs to be replayed.
The window will play related video of POS. See Figure 5-116.
Figure 5-116 Record playback

5.10 Flow Analysis

System supports people counting and heatmap function.

5.10.1 Preparations
 IPC with people counting or area statistics function is added to the client. Refer to "4.5
Adding Device".

 After adding the IPC, click , and then select the Cross Line Statistics or Area Statistics
from the drop-down list according to the requirement. See Figure 5-117.

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 Figure 5-117 Modify channel capacity set

 Set smart rules of the camera; refer to corresponding user manual for details.
Refer to Figure 5-118 for flows information.
Figure 5-118 Flow analysis flow

5.10.2 Heatmap
Heatmap displays the distribution of moving objects in colors of different shades. It reflects the
temperature of regions by different colors, for example, red means the temperature is relatively
high, and blue means the temperature is relatively low.

Step 1 Click and select Flow Analysis on the interface of Homepage.

The interface of Flow Analysis is displayed. See Figure 5-119.

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 Figure 5-119 Flow analysis

Step 2 Click .
The Heatmap interface is displayed.
Step 3 Select a channel to show heat map, and select time, click Search
System displays heatmap interface. See Figure 5-120.

The device sends heat map data to platform on a real-time basis. Starting when device
is added to platform, you can search heat map data uploaded. Unit of search is week
(interval between start time and end time cannot exceed 1 week).
Figure 5-120 Heatmap

Step 4 Click Export at the top right corner, you can export heat map in bmp format.

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5.10.3 People Counting Report
Form data report by searching entry and exit people number within specific period. Strand
people number can be searched via day report.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Flow Analysis.

The interface of flow analysis is displayed. See Figure 5-121.
Figure 5-121 Flow analysis report

Step 2 Select device channel, search period and statistics time, and click Search.
The system generates report data. See Figure 5-122.

The report is displayed by bar chart, line chart and list. Click on
top of the interface to switch display format.

Stranded people number is not calculated if search period is week, month or year.

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 Figure 5-122 Search result

Step 3 Click Export on the right corner of the interface, and then save report locally in the form
of pdf according to interface prompt.

5.10.4 Dwell Time Report

Form data report by searching entry and exit people number within specific period. Strand
people number can be searched via day report.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Flow Analysis.

The Dwell Time report interface is displayed. See Figure 5-123.
Figure 5-123 Dwell time report

Step 2 Select device channel, search period, statistics time and dwell time, click Search.

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 The system generates report data, see Figure 5-124.
Figure 5-124 Search result

Step 3 Click Export on upper right corner of the interface and save report locally in the form of
pdf according to interface prompt.

5.11 Face Recognition

5.11.1 Preparations
 Refer to "4.10.1 Creating Face Database" to create human face database on the manager.
 Refer to "4.10.2 Arm Config" to arm human face database on the platform manager.
Refer to Figure 5-125 for flows information.

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 Figure 5-125 Face recognition flow

5.11.2 Real-Time Face Video

Human face recognition function is applied to real-time video and snapshot human face image.

Step 1 Click , on the New Tab interface, select Face Recognition.

Step 2 Click .
System displays real-time video. See Figure 5-126.
Figure 5-126 Realtime video

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 Table 5-29 Real-time video interface description
SN Name Description
1 Device tree Display device information.

 : When this icon is on the interface, the

snapshot display pane does not refresh human
face snapshot image. Click the icon, system
displays real-time face image.
2 Pause refresh/start refresh
 : When this icon is on the interface, the
snapshot display pane refresh human face
snapshot image. Click the icon, system refreshes
human face snapshot image.
3 Recognition history record Display the snapshot human face image of the video.
Display channel preview video. In multiple-window
display mode, double click the window to switch to
4 Monitor window
1-window display mode. Double click the window
again to restore original mode.
Image display There are two modes: full screen, original scale. The
rate full screen refers to one window at the full screen.
Window split Display switched window amount. System supports
5
switch customized settings.
Full screen
The system displays window at full screen.
display
Snapshot human face
6 Display snapshot human face image.
image display pane
Step 3 Enable video preview.
 Select a monitor window (white frame means it is the checked window). Double
click a channel or record file to enable real-time surveillance.
 Drag the channel or the video file to the monitor window.
Enable video preview interface. See Figure 5-127.

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 Figure 5-127 Video preview

Step 4 Double click snapshot human image.

System displays human detailed information interface.

5.11.3 Snapshot Search

The human face recognition function can search the specified person from the human face
database or the snapshot image database. Or you can use the image to search the
corresponding person.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Face Recognition.

The interface of Face Search is displayed. See Figure 5-128.
Figure 5-128 Face search

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 Step 2 Set search condition.
 You can search from Face Library or Record.
 Select a human face database already exists.
 The search condition can be Picture or Feature.
Step 3 Click Search.
The search interface is displayed. See Figure 5-129.
Figure 5-129 Snapshot search result

5.11.4 Snapshot Database Search

The human face recognition function can search images of specified period or search the
image on the image database.

Step 1 On Face Recognition interface, click .

The interface of Face Search is displayed. See Figure 5-130.

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 Figure 5-130 Snapshot database search

Step 2 Set search condition.

System supports search by channel, time, human face features, name, ID, age and
gender.
Step 3 Click Search.
Step 4 Double click the search result
System displays human information. See Figure 5-131. There is no image on the left if
you do not upload image when setting search criteria. Refer to Table 5-30 for detailed
operation information.
Figure 5-131 Snapshot detail

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 Table 5-30 Operation description
Operation Description

Download Click and save RAR file on the specified path. The .RAR file contains
Record
the human face snapshot image and snapshot panorama images.

Playback record Click to playback the 15-seconds video record before and after the
snapshot.
Add the snapshot person to the database.

Add person 1. Click , system displays View interface.

2. Set person information and then click OK.
You can use the snapshot image to search on the registration database.

Search record 1. Click , system goes to human face search interface with the
snapshot image.
2. Click Search, system displays search result.

5.11.5 Statistics Report

Step 1 On Face Recognition interface, click .

The interface of Report is displayed. See Figure 5-132.
Figure 5-132 Report

Step 2 Set search condition.

Set video channel, report type and time.
Step 3 Click Search.
The statistics search result is displayed. See Figure 5-133.

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 Figure 5-133 Statistics report

 System displays results by line chart.

 Click to display by pie chart.

 Click to display by list.

 Click Export, it is to export statistics result to .pdf file.

5.12 ANPR
The platform integrates vehicle module and receive vehicle recognition info reported by ANPR,
search passed vehicle record, vehicle track and arm record.

5.12.1 Preparations
 Refer to "4.5 Adding Device" to add ANPR device on the platform manager.
 Refer to "4.11 Adding Vehicle Blacklist" to add vehicle blacklist on the platform manager.
Refer to Figure 5-134 for road monitor flows.

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 Figure 5-134 ANPR flow

5.12.2 Number Plate Recognition

Receive vehicle recognition info reported by ANPR and display on client.

Step 1 Click and select ANPR on the Homepage.

Step 2 Click and the interface of ANPR is displayed. See Figure 5-135.
Emap is displayed by single window by default; you can switch number of windows
manually.
Figure 5-135 ANPR

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 Step 3 Click to select the ANPR channel. See Figure 5-136.
Figure 5-136 Select channel

Step 4 Select ANPR device and then click OK.

System displays the selected channel amount and the latest passing vehicle image on
the rolling pane. See Figure 5-137.
Figure 5-137 Recognition result

Step 5 Double-click the image to view image details. It includes plate number, snapshot time,
ANPR channel name, vehicle logo and vehicle color.

5.12.3 Vehicle Record

Search vehicle records captured and reported by ANPR.

Step 1 Click .
The interface of Vehicle Record is displayed. See Figure 5-138.

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 Figure 5-138 Vehicle record

Step 2 Select video channel and search criteria. It includes time, plate number, plate color,
plate type, vehicle logo, vehicle body color and lane.
Step 3 Click Search.
System displays search result. See Figure 5-139.
Figure 5-139 Search result

For the passed vehicle, you can view its detailed information, record and running track.
Refer to the operations listed below.

 Click View mode ( ) or list mode ( ), and select different display mode.

 Select a snapshot image and then click or double click the image,
system displays detailed information. See Figure 5-140. Move the cursor to the
middle and select the specified zone, then you can zoom in it. See Figure 5-141.

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 Figure 5-140 Vehicle detail

Figure 5-141 Zoom in

 Click to playback the 15-second video before and after the vehicle passed
time. See Figure 5-142. The video file is total 30 seconds. Display the 15-second
video before and after the vehicle passed.

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 Figure 5-142 Replay video

 Click to view the vehicle running track. Refer to 5.12.4 Vehicle Track for
detailed information.
 Export: Select the passed vehicle information and then click Export, and export
selected passed vehicle. Click Export All, and then export all searched passed
vehicle information.

5.12.4 Vehicle Track

Step 1 Click ，and system displays Road monitor interface.

Step 2 Select time and then input plate number. Click Search.
The system displays search result of vehicle track. See Figure 5-143.
Figure 5-143 Search result

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Refer to the operations listed below.

 Select the snapshot image and then click or double click the image,
you can view snapshot vehicle detailed information. See Figure 5-144. Move the
cursor to the middle to select the specified zone, you can zoom in it. See Figure
5-145.
Figure 5-144 Snapshot vehicle detail

Figure 5-145 Zoom in

 Click Edit, and you can edit vehicle basic information.

 Click Previous or Next to view the previous or the next search item.
 Click the timeline that has the records, you can view the vehicle information of the
specified time. See Figure 5-146.

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 Figure 5-146 Select specific time

 Select the snapshot image and then click the Generation path (track); you can
view the vehicle track on the map. See Figure 5-147.
Figure 5-147 Vehicle track

5.12.5 Arm Record

You can view and confirm the alarm information of vehicle arming.

Configure vehicle blacklist on manager, and then arming can be implemented by platform.

Step 1 Click .
The interface of Arm Record is displayed. See Figure 5-148.

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 Figure 5-148 Arm Record

Step 2 Select device channel, and then set time, plate number, speed. Click Search.
System displays search result. See Figure 5-149.
Figure 5-149 Search result of arm record

For the monitor record, you can view vehicle detailed information, corresponding video,
edit vehicle information. Refer to the operations listed below.

 Click View mode ( ) or List mode ( ), and select different display mode.

 Select the snapshot image and then click or double click the image,
you can view snapshot vehicle detailed information. See Figure 5-150. Move the
cursor to the middle to select the specified zone, you can zoom in it. See Figure
5-151

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 Figure 5-150 Vehicle detail

Figure 5-151 Zoom in

 Click to playback the 15-second video before and after the vehicle passed
time. See Figure 5-152. The video file is total 30 seconds. Display the 15-second
video before and after the vehicle passed.

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 Figure 5-152 Replay video

 Click to view the vehicle running track. Refer to 5.12.4 Vehicle Track for
detailed information.
 Export: Select the passed vehicle information and click Export, then you can
export selected monitor position information. Click Export All, and then you can
export all monitor position information.

5.13 Object Detection

5.13.1 Preparations
 Cameras with structuring functions have been added to the platform's administrator end.
See 4.5 Adding Device for specific steps.

 After devices are added, click , and select Target Detection from the drop-down box.
See Figure 5-153.

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 Figure 5-153 Modify channel

 The video structuring IVS rules of the camera have been enabled. See the user manuals of
cameras for detailed steps.
Target detection business flow is shown in Figure 5-154.
Figure 5-154 Business flow
Management Client

Add organization Real-time detection

Add organization Real-time detection

Add device (camera with

Add device (camera with Target search
target detection function) Target search
target detection function)

Add role Report statistics

Add role Report statistics

Add user
Add user

5.13.2 View Real-time Detection

View the real-time snapshots captured by the cameras, including information about human,
motorized vehicles, and non-motor vehicles:

Step 1 Click . On the Homepage interface, select Object Detection.

The Target Detection interface is displayed.

Step 2 Click .

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 The interface of Real-time Detection is displayed. See Figure 5-155 and Table 5-31.
Figure 5-155 Real-time video

Table 5-31 Real-time video interface description

No. Name Description
1 Device Tree Displays device information.

 If the interface displays this icon , the snapshot

display area does not refresh snapshots. Click
Pause Refresh/Start this icon to refresh face snapshots in real time.
2
Refresh
 If the interface displays this icon , the snapshot
display area refreshes face snapshots. Click this
icon to stop refreshing snapshots.
Displays the channel preview video. In the
multi-window display mode, double-clicking a window
3 Monitoring window switches to single window display. Another
double-clicking returns to the original multi-window
display mode.
Supports Full Screen and Original Scale modes. The
Picture display
Full Screen mode refers to the single window display
ratio
4 in full screen.
Number of Supports switching the number of display windows,
windows and you can customize the numbers.
The button that allows for
Click this icon to jump to the Report Statistics
5 jumping to the Report
interface.
Statistics interface.
6 Snapshot display area Displays the captured face snapshots.
Step 3 Enable video preview.
 Select the monitoring window (a white frame means the window has been

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 selected), and double-click any channel or video recording to enable real-time
monitoring.
 Drag the channel or video recording to the monitoring window.
Enable the video preview display. See Figure 5-156. The snapshot display area
displays snapshots in real time.
Figure 5-156 Video preview

Step 4 Double-click the snapshot.

The Snapshot Detail interface is displayed. See Figure 5-157 and Table 5-32.
 Human snapshots display body cutout, types of tops, colors of tops, types of
bottoms, colors of bottoms, carrying bags or not, wearing caps or not, and the
gender. If faces are recorded, the system displays face snapshots, age, and facial
expression, wearing glasses or face masks. You can zoom in any part of the
human body image, jump to the search interface, and view the recordings. You can
quickly jump to search by image for human faces.
 Motorized vehicle snapshots display the panoramic view of vehicles, vehicle type,
vehicle color, license plate color, and logo. You can view license plate snapshots,
play linked videos and zoom in specified parts of the vehicle image.
 Non-motor vehicle snapshots display the panoramic view, vehicle type, vehicle
color, and the number of persons involved.

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 Figure 5-157 Snapshot detail

Table 5-32 Operation description

Operation Description

Download Click and save .rar files in the specified path.

Playback Click to play back the video recordings timed before and after the
snapshot.

5.13.3 Object Search

Search needed snapshot target from database quickly by setting conditions.

Step 1 On the Object Detection interface, click .

The Object Search interface is displayed. See Figure 5-158.

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 Figure 5-158 Search object

Step 2 Set up search condition and click Search.

The system displays search results. See Figure 5-159.
Figure 5-159 Search result

Step 3 Double-click the snapshot.

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 The Snapshot Detail interface is displayed. See Figure 5-160.
Figure 5-160 Snapshot detail

5.13.4 Statistics Report

Step 1 On the Object Detection interface, click .

The Report Statistics interface is displayed. See Figure 5-161.
Figure 5-161 Report statistics

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 Step 2 Set statistics condition.
The system displays statistics results. See Figure 5-162.
Figure 5-162 Statistics report

5.14 Thermal
The system comes with a thermal device management module. With a connected thermal
camera, you can measure the in-video temperature, analyze local heatmap, and manage the
thermal device alarms in real time.

5.14.1 Preparations
 An encoding device with a Device Type of IPC has been added in Device Management
on the platform's administrator end. See 4.5 Adding Device for specific steps.

 After the device is added, click , and select IR Temperature Measurement from the
Features drop-down box. See Figure 5-163.

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 Figure 5-163 Modify channel capacity set

 To collect temperature values in real time, the added thermal device must be able to
measure temperatures.

The thermal config procedures are shown in Figure 5-164.

Figure 5-164 Thermal config flow

Management Client

Add organization Real-time detection

Add organization Heatmap analysis

Add device (camera with

Add device (thermal
target detection function)
camera)

Add role
Add role

Add user
Add user

5.14.2 Interfaces and Functions

On the Homepage, click . On the New Tab interface, select Thermal, and the Thermal
interface is displayed. See Figure 5-165. For interface descriptions, see Table 5-33.

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 Figure 5-165 Thermal

Table 5-33 IR temperature measurement

Module
No. Description
name
 If in Local Config > Basic Setting, you select Show device
node, the Device Tree shows the device and the channels under
it. If the selection is undone, channels of all devices are
1 Device Tree displayed.

 Supports searching and querying in

by organization name, device name, or channel name.
You can preview channel videos. Drag the channel to the window or
2 Preview select the window and double-click a channel to open videos of
corresponding channels.
The heatmap is formed by capturing the temperature value of each
3 Heatmap pixel point on the thermal image and can be analyzed on the client.
See 5.14.4 Heatmap Analysis for specific steps.
To control the PTZ or speed dome, rotate the device to zoom in/out,
4 PTZ Control
change focus and adjust aperture.

5.14.3 Preview
You can preview the images of each video channel, turning on/off audios, video recordings, or
capturing pictures.
You can drag the video channel in the Device Tree to the Preview section, and the system
displays videos of the channel. Click any point on the video to measure temperature in real time.
See Figure 5-166.

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 Figure 5-166 Open video channel

When you place the mouse on any of the preview interfaces, the window menu is displayed
above the interface. See Figure 5-167 and Table 5-34.
Figure 5-167 Video preview window menu

Table 5-34 Menu description

No. Icon name Description
 If in Local Config > Basic Setting, you select Silent Real-time
Tagging, the Tagging dialog box does not display at the time of
Real-time
1 real-time tagging.
Tagging
 If Silent Real-time Tagging is not selected, you can edit the tag
name.
2 Audio Turn on or off audio.
3 Intercom Turn on or off audio talks.
Click this icon and the system begins recording a local video.
4 Local Record Clicking this icon again stops recording and the recorded video file
is stored locally.

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 No. Icon name Description
5 Snapshot Click this icon and the system takes snapshots automatically.
6 Off Click this icon to turn off this video channel.

5.14.4 Heatmap Analysis

Heatmap of devices can be obtained on the client. The heatmap analysis tools available on the
client can generate temperature values and the ratio of each temperature value on the heatmap.
You can also select one or more monitored regions on the heatmap. The tools can calculate the
max temperature, min temperature, and average temperature within a region, and also
temperature differences.
The heatmap and analysis tool interface is shown in Figure 5-168. For interface descriptions,
see Table 5-35.
Figure 5-168 Heatmap

Table 5-35 Heatmap interface description

Module
No. Description
name
Query
1 You can obtain heatmap manually.
heatmap
You can draw a region on the heatmap to measure the temperature.
2 Draw a region The region can be a point, a rectangle, a circle, a line segment, or a
polygon. See 5.14.4.2Regional Temperature for specific steps.
3 Mode Not supported for now.
You can import heatmap processing files (.dtp) to the client for
File
4 analysis, or generate heatmap analysis reports. See 5.14.4.4 File
processing
processing for specific steps.

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 Module
No. Description
name
Generates a bar reflecting the color changes corresponding to
different temperature values, based on the rendering plan selected
in the heatmap. The data at the two ends defines the temperature
range in the heatmap.
 Temperature-color correlation: When the mouse is placed at a
color spot, the temperature of the color spot is displayed.
Temperature
5  Enhanced temperature comparison display: After inputting
display
temperature values in the boxes at the two ends of the bar, the
heatmap only displays the colors of the regions within this
temperature range. Regions with temperatures below the
preset min value are displayed in the leftmost color on the bar;
regions with temperatures above the preset max value are
displayed in the rightmost color on the bar.

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 Module
No. Description
name
Click to color the infrared image. 14 color plans are available.
 White-heat: In gray-scale images, the parts with higher
temperature are brighter.
 Black: In gray-scale images, the parts with lower temperature
are brighter.
 Purple-yellow: Colors mostly fall within the purple-red-yellow
range. The parts with lower temperatures are purpler, and
higher temperatures more yellow.
 Rainbow: Colors mostly fall within the blue-green-red-yellow
range. The parts with lower temperatures are bluer, and higher
temperatures more yellow.
 Red-yellow: Colors mostly fall within the red-yellow range. The
parts with lower temperatures are redder, and higher
temperatures more yellow.
 Blue-yellow: Colors mostly fall within the blue-purple-red-yellow
range. The parts with lower temperatures are bluer, and higher
temperatures more yellow.
 Iron red: Similar colorway to the Blue-yellow plan but less
Rendering bright.
6  Amber: Mainly dark brown. The parts with higher temperatures
Plan
are brighter.
 Jade: Colors mostly fall within the purple-red-yellow-green-blue
range. The parts with lower temperatures are purpler, and
higher temperatures bluer.
 Sunset: Colors mostly fall within the blue-red-yellow range. The
parts with lower temperatures are bluer, and higher
temperatures more yellow.
 Red and Blue: In colored images, objects with higher
temperatures are displayed in red, and those with lower
temperatures are displayed in blue. Usually used to give
warnings.
 Oil painting: Colors mostly fall within the
purple-blue-green-yellow-red range. The parts with lower
temperatures are purpler, and higher temperatures redder.
 Pomegranate: Mainly burgundy. The parts with higher
temperatures are brighter.
 Emerald: Mainly azure green. The parts with higher
temperatures are brighter.
The default setting is White-heat.
Filters the temperatures on the heatmap. You can set up a
Temperature temperature range. The heatmap within this temperature range is
7
Filter displayed in other colors. See 5.14.4.3 Temperature Filter for
specific steps.

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 Module
No. Description
name
The isothermal lines are mainly used to highlight some parts of the
Select image. The temperature range is around a median temperature,
8 isothermal between an upper limit and a lower limit. Those above the lower limit
region appear in bright colors, and those below the lower limit appear in
black & white. See 5.14.4.3 Temperature Filter for specific steps.
9 Auto Click to delete the isothermal regions already drawn.
On the heatmap, select a region (except for points). The table
Regional
displays the max temperature, min temperature, and average
10 Temperature
temperature of the selected region. See 5.14.4.2 Regional
Data
Temperature for specific steps.
Temperature It displays the ratios of various temperature values on the heatmap
11
ratio intuitively.
The differences of max temperature, min temperature, and average
Temperature temperature within the same region or across different regions can
12
Difference be calculated. See 5.14.4.2 Regional Temperature for specific
steps.

5.14.4.2 Regional Temperature

Draw a detection region on the heatmap and you can see the max temperature, min
temperature, and average temperature in this region on the client. After adding multiple regions
on the heatmap, you can compare the temperature differences across multiple regions.

Draw a Region and Measure the Temperature

Step 1 In the region drawing section, select a shape and draw on the heatmap. See Figure
5-169.
The Regional Temperature Data section is automatically updated with the max
temperature, min temperature, and average temperature of the region. See Figure
5-170.

 Place the mouse near the edge of the region. When the mouse changes into ,
moving the mouse changes the size of the regular region.

 Place the mouse within the region. When the mouse changes into , moving the
mouse changes the position of the regular region.
 Delete a single regular region: Select a region in Regional Temperature Data
section, or a regular region on the heatmap. Right-click and select Delete to delete
the corresponding regular region.
 Delete all regular regions: In Regional Temperature Data section, click , or select
any regular region, right-click and select Delete All to delete all regular regions.

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 Figure 5-169 Draw area

Figure 5-170 Regional temperature data

Step 2 Click any temperature data.

Temperature ratios of the region can be displayed in the gradient graph on the side.
Place the mouse on the graph and the temperature range and its ratio on the heatmap
can be displayed. See Figure 5-171.
Figure 5-171 Temperature ratio

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Temperature Difference

You can set max 100 rules of temperature difference calculation.

Step 1 Click in the Temperature Difference section to add rules for calculating the
temperature difference.
The system displays the added temperature difference calculation contents. See Figure
5-172.

 Click on the right side of to delete all temperature difference calculation

rules.

 Click on the right side of each difference to delete the corresponding

temperature difference calculation rule.
Figure 5-172 Add rule

Step 2 Click the dropdown box on the left side and select regions that have been set up,
such as Li1, El1.
Step 3 Click the dropdown box on the right side and select the temperature to be
compared with, such as the Max Temp., Min Temp., or Average Temp.
The system automatically calculates the temperature difference. See Figure 5-173.
Figure 5-173 Calculation

5.14.4.3 Temperature Filter

Temperature Filter
Set temperature limits, and select and highlight regions that fall within the limits on the
heatmap.

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 Step 1 Click to enable temperature filter.
The Temperature Filter interface is shown in Figure 5-174.
Figure 5-174 Temperature filter

Step 2 Select the temperature filtering criteria. Available options include Above, Below, or
Between.
Step 3 Input the temperature limits and set up colors.
The client displays the temperature filtering results. See Figure 5-175.

 When Above or Below is selected as the filtering criteria, just fill in one value as the
limit.
 When Between is selected, fill in both the upper limit and the lower limit.
Figure 5-175 Temperature filter result

Select isothermal region

The isothermal region is mainly used to highlight some objects in the image. With the drawn
isothermal region as the benchmark, regions with higher temperatures display in bright colors,
and those with lower temperatures display in dark colors.

Step 1 Click to enable the Select isothermal region.

Step 2 Draw regions on the heatmap.
The color bar below the heatmap only displays the temperatures within the region. See
Figure 5-176.

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  Place the mouse near the edge of the region. When the mouse changes into ,

dragging the mouse changes the region size.

 Only one isothermal region is allowed on the heatmap.

 Click to delete the isothermal regions already drawn.

Figure 5-176 Isothermal region

5.14.4.4 File processing

Import Local Heatmap

Step 1 Click .
The heatmap import interface is displayed.

The system supports .dtp heatmap file only.

Step 2 Select a heatmap file and follow the instructions on the interface to import it into the
system.
Import heatmap files to the client and analyze them.

Generate Heatmap Analysis Result

You can generate heatmap analysis reports in .pdf.

Step 1 Click .

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 The system displays the export interface for the analysis results. See Figure 5-177.
Figure 5-177 Export result

Step 2 Click Export as PDF and follow the instructions on the interface to save the exported
file.

Save Heatmap

Step 1 Click .
The client displays the export interface for the analysis results. See Figure 5-178.
Figure 5-178 Export result

Step 2 Save heatmap.

 Click Save to save the rules already set up on the heatmap.
 Click Save as…, select the save path in the popup interface, and click Save to
save the heatmap to a local disk.

5.15 Personnel Management

Personnel refer to the people responsible for access control management. They have the
authorization to unlock doors with password, fingerprint, card, or face recognition.

5.15.1 Add Department

Adding department is to manage personnel in the added departments.

Step 1 Click . On the Homepage interface, select Personnel Management.

The Personnel Management interface is displayed.
Step 2 Select a node from the department list on the left side, and click Add.
Step 3 The New Department interface is displayed. See Figure 5-179. The new department is
directly under the selected node.

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 Figure 5-179 New department

Step 4 Input the department name and click OK.

Step 5 The newly added department is displayed. See Figure 5-180.
Figure 5-180 New departement

You can delete or rename a newly added department.

 To delete a department, select it, click , and follow the instructions on the interface. You
cannot delete a department with personnel.
 To rename a department, right-click it and select Rename to modify the name.

5.15.2 Add Personnel

Add personnel and authorize them to unlock doors. When adding personnel, system uploads
the collected personnel information to the server for proper protection.

 The ID of both added person and attendance person should be in accordance; otherwise,
attendance data cannot be synchronized.
 Please make sure the fingerprint collector or reader is properly connected if you want to
read or import fingerprint or card information from fingerprint collector or reader.

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  IR face feature code can be read from IR face access control.

5.15.2.1 Add Person

Step 1 On the Personnel Management interface, click Add.
The Add Person interface is displayed. See Figure 5-181.
Figure 5-181 Add person

Step 2 Configure personnel details.

1) Move the mouse to the picture section and click Upload. Follow the instructions on
the interface to upload a picture. If the PC is connected to a camera, click
Snapshot to take a face snapshot and upload it.
2) Fill in personnel information as necessary. ID is required, and others are optional.
Step 3 Click the Authentication tab.
The Authentication interface is displayed. See Figure 5-182.

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 Figure 5-182 Authentication

Step 4 Set a password.

1) Click Change.
The password setting is displayed. See Figure 5-183.
Figure 5-183 Set password

2) Enter a password, and click OK to save the password settings.

Step 5 Issue cards to personnel.
Support manual input of card numbers or using a card reading device.
 Manual input
1) Click Add next to Card.
The Issue Card interface is displayed. See Figure 5-184.

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 Figure 5-184 Add card

2) Input card number and click OK to save the card added.

 Via a card reader.
1) Click Reader Manager.
The Reader Manager interface is displayed. See Figure 5-185.
Figure 5-185 Read manager

2) Select Card Reader or Device, and click OK.

3) Swipe the card on the card reader or device.
Complete issuing cards.
Step 6 Collect fingerprint.
1) Click Fingerprint Collector Manager.
The Fingerprint Collector Manager interface is displayed. See Figure 5-186.

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 Figure 5-186 Fingerprint collector manager

2) Select Fingerprint Collector and click OK.

3) Click Add.
The Collect Fingerprint interface is displayed. See Figure 5-187.
Figure 5-187 Add fingerprint

4) Click Add Fingerprints.

The Collect Fingerprint interface is displayed. See Figure 5-188.

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 Figure 5-188 Collect fingerprint

5) Record fingerprint on the reader by raising and then laying down the finger upon
hearing the beep sound. Repeat this for three times. See Figure 5-189.
Complete fingerprint registration and the fingerprint status changes on the client.

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 Figure 5-189 Collect fingerprint

Step 7 Upload pictures for face recognition.

Click Re-upload, and follow the instructions on the interface to select and upload face
pictures. See Figure 5-190.
Figure 5-190 Upload face picture

Step 8 Click Authorize and select the channels to which the authorized users can have
access. See Figure 5-191.

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 Figure 5-191 Authorize

Step 9 Click OK.

For the information of the added personnel, see Figure 5-192. If there are authorized
fingerprint and card, the corresponding icon displays in blue.

 Double-click personnel information, or select a person and click to go to the

interface for editing personnel information. The system supports modifying personnel
information.
 Select a person, click Delete, and follow the instructions on the interface to delete the
selected personnel. Click Select All to quickly delete all personnel on the current page.

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 Figure 5-192 Personnel list

5.15.2.2 Batch Add

If multiple persons are added in one time, you can authorize them by issuing cards only. You
cannot authorize password and fingerprint. If necessary, you can edit personnel authorization
separately.
Step 1 On the Personnel Management interface, click Batch Add User.
The Batch Add User interface is displayed. See Figure 5-193.
Figure 5-193 Batch add personnel

Step 2 Input the starting ID and user quantity, select their departments, and click Next Step.
The Batch issue card interfaceinterface is displayed. See Figure 5-194.

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 Figure 5-194 Batch add info

Step 3 Issue cards to personnel.

Step 4 Supports manual input of card numbers or using a card reader.
 Manual input
1) Select a person, input the card number, and set up the validity time and expiry
time.
2) Click Issue Card.
Complete issuing card to the selected personnel and the interface shows the
personnel card number.
3) Repeat the steps until all personnel get their cards.
4) Click Next Step.
The Batch authorize interface is displayed. See Figure 5-195.

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 Figure 5-195 Batch authorize

 Via a card reading device

1) Click Reader Manager.
The Reader Manager interface is displayed. See Figure 5-196.
Figure 5-196 Reader manager

2) Select Card Reader or Device, and click OK.

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 3) Swipe the card on the card reader or device.
4) Select a person, set up the validity time and expiry time, and then click Issue
Card.
5) Repeat the steps until all personnel get their cards.
6) Click Next Step.
The Batch authorize interface is displayed. See Figure 5-197.
Figure 5-197 Batch authorize

Step 5 Select the access control channels or door groups to which the personnel have access,
and click Finish.
Figure 5-198 Batch add personnel

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 Step 6 Edit personnel information, including modifying personnel information, setting up
password, and registering fingerprint or face pictures.
Step 7 Double-click a person, or select a person and click to go to the screen for
editing personnel information, where you can modify the personnel information. See
Figure 5-199. Edits take effect immediately.
Figure 5-199 Batch add personnel

5.15.3 Edit Personnel

You can modify information of added personnel, includingID, detail, authentication and
authorize.

 If the system adopts IR face attendance, you must extract face feature code of personnel
with same ID from IR face attendance device by editing personnel.
 Please make sure the device is connected if you want to read or import fingerprint, card or
face feature from fingerprint collector, reader and IR face access control.
Step 1 Double click the personnel or select the person and click on Personnel
Management interface. See Figure 5-200.

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 Figure 5-200 Edit person

Step 2 Modify person info and detail except ID.

The person property is required to be set as General if you use first card to unlock.
Step 3 Click Authentication.
The interface is displayed. See Figure 5-201.
Figure 5-201 Authentication

Step 4 Click Change and set new password according to interface prompt. Click OK. See
Figure 5-202.
You need to set password when using password to unlock.

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 Figure 5-202 Set password

Step 5 Manage card info.

Select added card and you can modify card status. See Table 5-36 for more details.
Figure 5-203 Add card

Table 5-36 Card operation

Icon Description
If the person has several cards, only the main card can be issued to access
control device. The firstly added card is main card by default.
Click the icon and it becomes , display on the upper right corner,
then the card is set as main card. Click and cancel master card setting.
Set card as duress card. Duress alarm is triggered when using the card to
unlock.

Click the icon and it becomes , display on the upper right corner,

then the card is set as duress card. Click and cancel duressc card
setting.

Change card if the card is damaged and cannot be used.

Delete card info. Unlock permisson does not exist after the card is deleted.

Step 6 Manage fingerprint.

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 Collect person fingerprint and you can modify fingerprint status and name. See Table
5-37 for more details.
Figure 5-204 Fingerprint collection

Table 5-37 Fingerprint operation

Icon Description
If more than 3 fingerprints are imported, then only the main fingerprint can
be issued to access control device. The recently imported three fingerprints
are considered as main fingerprint by default. One person can set up to 3

main fingerprints. Click the icon and it becomes , then the fingerprint is

set as main fingerprint. Click and cancel main fingerprint setting.

Set fingerprint as duress fingerprint. Duress alarm is triggered after using
the fingerprint to unlock.

Click the icon and it becomes , then the fingerprint is set as duress

fingerprint. Click and cancel setting of duress fingerprint.

Modify fingerprint name.

Delete fingerprint. Unlock permission does not exist after fingerprint is

deleted.
Step 7 Update face recognition picture.
Click Re-upload and upload new face picture according to system prompt.

Move the mouse to the uploaded picture and appears, click the icon and you can

delete the picture.

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 Figure 5-205 Upload face picture

Step 8 Extract IR face feature code.

1) Click Extract Manager.
The Please select the device to be extracted interface is displayed. See Figure
5-206.
Figure 5-206 Extract face feature code

2) Select IR face device and click OK.

3) Click Extract.
The system extracted IR face feature code from device successfully.

Click Reextract to update IR face feature code.

Step 9 Modify quantity of available spots and plate number.
Click Spots Available and Plate No., and then you can modify both respectively.

Click next to license plate or select license plate, click and you can delete it.
Figure 5-207 Add vehicle info

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 Step 10 Click Authorize and you can modify access control and entrance which are open to
personnel. See Figure 5-208.
Figure 5-208 Authorize

Step 11 Click OK and complete modification.

5.15.4 Import/Export Personnel

5.15.4.1 Export Personnel

Back up personnel data to restore damaged data or complete personnel configuration on the
platform when there is a need for quick import of the personnel information.
Step 1 On the left side of the Personnel Management interface, select an organization, click
Export, and follow the instructions on the interface to save the exported information to
a local disk.
The system displays the progress of the export. See Figure 5-209.
Figure 5-209 Export personnel

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 Step 2 Click Close.

5.15.4.2 Import Personnel

Edit the template or import information of existing personnel to quickly add them. You can
import a file in .xls no larger than 1 M.

 You can import the personnel info exported by SmartPSS.

 The person property is required to be set as General if the person is first card unlock.
Step 1 On the Personnel Management interface, click Import.
The Import interface is displayed. See Figure 5-210.
Figure 5-210 Import

Step 2 Import personnel information files.

1) Click Import, and follow the instructions on the interface to select the files.

If there is no personnel information file, click Template Download and follow the
instructions on the interface to create personnel information.
2) Click OK.
Complete the import of personnel information.
Step 3 The following might occur during an import:
 The system prompts that the imported personnel already exist on the platform.
 Personnel ID duplicate in the imported file. If the same ID does not exist, the
system accepts it as a new ID; if it already exists, the system gives a prompt.
 The system prompts that the imported personnel information is improperly filled,
such as field length exceeding the limit on the client, and timeout resulting in a
failure to upload to the database.

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  Abnormal default values. The rules are: Gender (male), property (common staff),
department (root node), ID type (Identification Card), marital status (null),
education (No education). The valid period starts from now and ends in 2028 by
default.
 A person does not exist. If the department does not exist, a new department is
created under the root node; if the department exists, the person is created under
the department; department information matches by name.
 Cannot read the contents with a parsing error reported directly.

5.15.5 Batch Issue Card

Supports batch issuing cards to personnel to complete access control authorization.
Step 1 On the Personnel Management interface, select the personnel to issue card to, and
click Batch Issue Card.
Step 2 The Batch issue card interface is displayed. See Figure 5-211.
Figure 5-211 Batch issue card

Step 3 Issue cards to personnel.

Step 4 Supports manual input of card numbers or using a card reading device.
 Manual input
1) Select a person, input the card number, and set up the validity time and expiry
time.
2) Click Issue Card.
Complete issuing card to the selected personnel and the interface shows the
personnel card number.
3) Repeat the steps until all personnel get their cards.
4) Click Next Step.
The Batch authorize interface is displayed. See Figure 5-212.

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 Figure 5-212 Batch authorize

 Via a card reading device

1) Click Reader Manager.
The Reader Manager interface is displayed. See Figure 5-213.
Figure 5-213 Reader manager

2) Select from Card Reader or Device, and click OK.

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 3) Swipe the card on the card reader or device.
4) Select a person, set up the validity time and expiry time, and click Issue Card.
5) Repeat the steps until all personnel get their cards.
6) Click Next Step.
The Batch authorize interface is displayed. See Figure 5-214.
Figure 5-214 Batch authorize

Step 5 Select the access control channels or door groups to which the personnel have access,
and click Finish.
Step 6 The interface displays the card issuing results. See Figure 5-215. The card icon

changes into blue, as and it means that you have issued a card to the person.

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 Figure 5-215 Issuing card result

5.15.6 Personnel Extraction

Extract personnel info from access control and synchronize it to the platform.

Step 1 Click and select Personnel Management on the homepage.

The interface of Personnel Management is displayed. See Figure 5-216.
Figure 5-216 Personnel management

Step 2 Click Personnel Extraction.

The interface is displayed. See Figure 5-217.

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 Figure 5-217 Personnel extraction

Step 3 Select access control device and click OK.

The extraction result is displayed. See Figure 5-218.
Figure 5-218 Personnel extraction result

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 Step 4 Double click the record.
The system displays the information of extracted personnel. See Figure 5-219.
Figure 5-219 Extracted personnel detail

Step 5 Select personnel, and click Sync to Platform.

Add the personnel to the list.

Select personnel, click Export and save personnel info to local PC.

5.15.7 Generate Path

You can check all door unlocking records by personnel and generate a path.

To view the generated path, you have to drag the access control device to the map for display
first. See Configure Maps for detailed steps.

Step 1 Click . On the Homepage interface, select Personnel Management.

The Personnel Management interface is displayed. See Figure 5-220.

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 Figure 5-220 Personel list

Step 2 Click or of the person.

Step 3 The History interface is displayed. See Figure 5-221.
Figure 5-221 History record

Step 4 Set up time for the search and click Search.

The system displays the search results.
Step 5 Click Generate Path.
The system displays the map interface to show the activity path of the person.

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 Step 6 Click Export, and drag the mouse on the interface to select a region. Follow the
instructions on the interface and save it in the form of picture to a local disk.

5.16 Access Control

After adding access control devices on platform, you can control the door locking/unlocking on
Pro, view videos and events related to the access control channel, and configure advanced
access control functions, such as First Card Unlock and Multi-card Unlock.

5.16.1 Preparations
 You have added ACS on the platform's administrator end and bound resources. See 4.5 for
specific steps.
 You have added personnel. See 5.15 Personnel Management for detailed steps.
For the access control procedures, see Figure 5-222.
Figure 5-222 Access control business flow

Management Client

Add Organization Personnel Management

Add Device (Access

Control Device) Time Plate Management

Add Role
Access Level

Advanced
Add User Function
First Card Unlock, Multi-Card
Unlock, Anti-Pass Back, Inter-
Lock, Remote Verification, AC
Log

5.16.2 Console
On the console, you can control unlocking and locking of the access control channel, view
linked videos and events, and enter the Door Config interface.

5.16.2.1 Configure Door Information

You can configure Door Status, NO/NC Period, Alarm Enable, Unlock Length and more.

Step 1 Click . On the Homepage interface, select Access Control.

The Access Control interface is displayed.

Step 2 Click .
The Console interface is displayed. See Figure 5-223.

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 Figure 5-223 Console

Step 3 On the left side of the interface, right-click an access control channel in the device tree.
In the popup menu, select Door Configuration.
Step 4 The Door Config interface is displayed. See Figure 5-224.

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 Figure 5-224 Door config

Step 5 Configure door information and click OK. For details of the parameters, see Table 5-38.

The screenshots might be different for different access control devices connected. The
actual interfaces shall prevail.

Table 5-38 Door config description

Parameter Description
Set reader direction Indicates the in/out reader based on the wiring of ACS.
Sets the access control status to Normal, Always Open, or Always
Door Status
Close.
If enabled, you can set up a period during which the door is always
NO Period
open.
If enabled, you can set up a period during which the door is always
NC Period
close.

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 Parameter Description
 If the door is opened not as intended, the door sensor is enabled
and triggers an intrusion alarm.
 Entry with the Duress Card, Duress Password, or Duress
Fingerprint triggers a duress alarm.
Alarm Enable
 Unlock duration exceeding the Unlock timeout triggers a timeout
alarm.
 Swiping an illegal card for more than five times triggers a
malicious alarm.
Door Sensor Enables the door sensor. The intrusion alarm and timeout alarm take
Enable effect only when door sensor is enabled.
Sets up the duration of door unlocking. The door is automatically
Unlock Length
locked when the duration is over.
Unlock duration exceeding the Unlock timeout triggers a timeout
Unlock timeout
alarm.
You can use any one of the methods, card, fingerprint, face, and
Unlock Method
password, or any of their combinations to unlock the door.
Inter-door Lock Indicates whether to enable Inter-door Lock.
Swiping an unauthorized card for five times continuously within 50s
Malicious Alarm triggers a malicious alarm. In the next 50s, every swipe of the card
triggers a same alarm.

5.16.2.2 View Videos Bound to Channels

When adding access control devices, if you have already bound a video channel to the channel,
you can preview the real-time videos of the bound video channels on the console. To bind video
channels, see 4.5.5 Binding Resource.

 On the right side of the console interface, click in the access control channel list. The
system displays videos in real time. See Figure 5-225.

 Click on the console interface. The system displays the video interface. Drag the
access control channel on the left side of the screen to the preview interface on the right
side. The system displays videos in real time. See Figure 5-225.

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 Figure 5-225 Link channel video

5.16.2.3 Manual Unlock

In addition to Always Open or linked unlock in specified periods, the console also supports
unlocking by manually controlling the access control channel. After unlock, the door
automatically locks up after a specified time period (5s by default, and 10s in this example) set
up in Door Config.
You can unlock the door in the following ways:
 On the left side of the interface, right-click an access control channel in the device list, and
select Remote Unlock in the popup menu. See Figure 5-226. After unlocking, the door
status in the access control channel list on the right side of the interface changes to open,

as .
Figure 5-226 Unlock(1)

 Click on the door channel interface to unlock the door. See Figure 5-227. After

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 unlocking, the door status in the access control channel list on the right side of the
interface changes to open, as
Figure 5-227 Unlock(2)

 When viewing videos bound to the channel, click on the video interface to unlock the
door. See Figure 5-228.
Figure 5-228 Unlock(3)

 Temporary Always Open of multiple doors

Select a door channel through global control and you can set the door to be Always Open.
Recovery to normal status after unlocking requires manual operations.

Step 1 Click on the bottom left of the console interface of the Access Control module.
Step 2 The Access control global control interface is displayed. See Figure 5-229.

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 Figure 5-229 Global control

Step 3 Select an access control channel to be set to Always Open via global control, and click
OK.
Step 4 Click Always Open on the bottom left of the interface.
The Password Verification interface is displayed.
Step 5 Input current user's password, and click OK.
Step 6 All the doors of the selected access control channels are set to Always Open. The
status of all the doors in the access control channel list on the right side of the interface

changes to open, as . The interface control changes from Always Open to

Recover.

Click Recover and the doors return to normal status.

5.16.2.4 Manual Lock

In addition to Always Close or linked lock in specified periods, the console also supports locking
by manually controlling the access control channel. You can lock the door in the following ways:
 On the left side of the interface, right-click an access control channel in the device list, and
select Remote Lock in the popup menu. See Figure 5-230. After locking, the door status in

the access control channel list on the right side of the interface changes to closed, as .

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 Figure 5-230 Lock(1)

 Click on the door channel interface to lock the door. See Figure 5-231. After locking,
the door status in the access control channel list on the right side of the interface changes

to closed, as .
Figure 5-231 Lock(2)

 When viewing videos bound to the channel, click on the video screen to lock the door.

See Figure 5-232.

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 Figure 5-232 Lock(3)

 Temporary Always Open of multiple doors

Select a door channel through global control and you can set the door to be Always Close.
Recovery to normal status after locking requires manual operations.

Step 1 Click on the bottom left of the console interface of the Access Control module.
Step 2 The Access control global control interface is displayed. See Figure 5-233.
Figure 5-233 Global control

Step 3 Select an access control channel to be set to Always Close via global control, and click
OK.
Step 4 Click Always Close on the bottom left of the interface.

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 The Password Verification interface is displayed.
Step 5 Input current user's password, and click OK.
Step 6 All the doors of the selected access control channels are set to Always Close. The
status of all the doors in the access control channel list on the right side of the interface

changes to closed, as . The interface control changes from Always Close to

Recover.

Click Recover and the doors return to normal status.

5.16.2.5 View Event Details

Supports viewing details of the events reported on door locking and unlocking, including: Event
Info, Live View, Snapshot, and Recording.

 Live View is only available when a video channel is bound to the access control channel.
To bind video channels, see Bind Resources.
 When snapshot and video recording require configuring event management, access
control-related alarm devices are linked with the camera.
 The console displays all event information except for locking related info, including unlock,
duress unlock, invalid swipe.
Step 1 In the event list below the console interface, click next to the event records.
Step 2 The ACS Event Info interface is displayed. See Figure 5-234. See Table 5-39 for more
descriptions on the controls.
Figure 5-234 Event info

Table 5-39 Operation description

No. Description
1 You can choose to view the events of certain event types. For instance, if you select
Normal, the list only displays normal events.

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 No. Description
2
 Click to stop displaying reported event information. In this case, the interface
no longer displays the reported new events. After clicking, the button changes to

 Click to start refreshing reported event information. The interface does not
display events during the stopping period. After clicking, the button changes to

3 Clearing the events from the current event list, does not delete them from the log.
4 Click to jump to the A&C Log interface.
Step 3 Click the corresponding tab to view the live view, snapshots, and video recordings of
the linked video channel.

5.16.3 Setting Time Template

You can apply various unlock strategies in the time template. For example, you can use First
Card Unlock in the selected time template.
Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .
Step 2 The Time Template interface is displayed. See Figure 5-235.
Figure 5-235 Time template

Step 3 Click Add Time Template.

The Time template details interface is displayed. See Figure 5-236.

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 Figure 5-236 Time template detail

Step 4 Set up Time Template Name and the required time period, and click OK.

Select Copy From and the copied template, and you can use the time periods of the
copied template. In this way, you can quickly configure the time periods by modifying
the ones of the copied template.
Methods to set up the time period:
 Method I: Press and hold the left button of the mouse. Over the time periods not
selected, the mouse displays as a pen, and you can drag the mouse on the setting
interface to select a time period. Over the selected time periods, the mouse
displays as an eraser, and you can erase selected time periods with it.

Click the icons in front of multiple week numbers one by one and the icons
change to . In this way, you can configure the time periods corresponding to the
week numbers. You can quickly select all the week numbers by clicking on
the top.

 Method II: Click and set up the time periods in the popup interface. You can
set up six time periods at most.
Step 5 After setting up, the time templates display in the list on the left side.

5.16.4 Setting Door Group Permissions

If you manage the doors by groups, you can quickly grant users with the authorizations to
unlock the doors in a specific group.

Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .

Step 2 The Access Level interface is displayed. See Figure 5-237.

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 Figure 5-237 Access level

Step 3 Create door groups.

1) Click the Door Group tab.
The Door Group interface is displayed.
2) Click Add.
The New/Edit Door Group interface is displayed. See Figure 5-238.

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 Figure 5-238 New/edit door group

3) Input Door Group Name, select Time Template and an access control channel,
and click OK.
After selecting the time template and access control channel, you can only use the
time periods of the selected time template and the selected access control channel
when granting authorizations to users. The interface displays the information of the
newly created door groups.
Step 4 Authorize users.
1) Click the Door Rule tab.
The Door Rule interface is displayed.
2) Click Add.
The Add door rule interface is displayed. See Figure 5-239.

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 Figure 5-239 Add door rule

3) Input Door Rule Name, select Person and Door Group, and click OK.
The interface displays the authorization information.

5.16.5 First Card Unlock

Only after the specified first-card user swipes the card every day can other users unlock the
door with their cards. You can set up multiple first cards. Only after any one of the users swipes
the first card can other users without first cards unlock the door with their cards.

Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .

Step 2 The Advanced Function interface is displayed. See Figure 5-240.

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 Figure 5-240 Advanced function

Step 3 Click the First Card Unlock tab.

The First Card Unlock interface is displayed.
Step 4 Click Add.
The First Card Unlock Configuration interface is displayed. See Figure 5-241.
Figure 5-241 First card unlock config

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 Step 5 Configure the First Card Unlock parameters and click OK. For details of the parameters,
see Table 5-40.
Step 6 The system displays the First Card Unlock information. See Figure 5-242. First Card
Unlock is enabled by default.

Table 5-40 First card unlock parameter description

Parameter Description
You can select the target access control channel to configure the first card
Door
unlock.
Time First Card Unlock is valid in the time period of the selected time template.
Template
After First Card Unlock is enabled, the door is in either the Normal mode or
Status
Always Open mode.
You can select the user to hold the first card. Supports selecting a number of
User users to hold first cards. Any one of them swiping the first card means first
card unlock is done.
Figure 5-242 First card info list

Step 7 Click .
Step 8 The icon changing into indicates First Card Unlock is enabled.

5.16.6 Multi-Card Unlock

In this mode, multiple groups of users have to swipe cards for an access control channel in an
established sequence to unlock the door.

 One group can have up to 64 users.

 With Multi-Card Unlock enabled for an access control channel, it supports up to four
groups of users being on site at the same time for verification. The total number of users
can be 64 at most, with up to five valid users.

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Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .

The Advanced Function interface is displayed.

Step 2 Click the Multi-Card Unlock tab.
The Multi-Card Unlock interface is displayed.
Step 3 Add user group.
1) Click Person Group.
The User Group Manager interface is displayed. See Figure 5-243.
Figure 5-243 User group manager

2) Click Add.
The User Group Manager interface is displayed. See Figure 5-244.

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 Figure 5-244 User group config

3) Set up User Group Name. Select users from User List and click OK. You can
select up to 64 users.
The system displays the user group information.
4) Click in the upper right corner of the User Group Manager interface.
Step 4 Config Multi-Card Unlock.
1) Click Add.
The Multi-card Unlock Config interface is displayed. See Figure 5-245.

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 Figure 5-245 Multi-card unlock config

2) Select the door to set up Multi-Card Unlock.

3) Select the user group. You can select up to four groups.
The system displays the user group information. See Figure 5-246.

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 Figure 5-246 Select person group

4) Fill in the Valid Quantity for each group to be on site and the Open Door Mode.

Click or to adjust the user sequence for each group to unlock the door.

The valid quantity refers to the number of users in each group that must be on site
to swipe their cards.
5) Click OK.
The system displays the Multi-Card Unlock information. See Figure 5-247.

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 Figure 5-247 Multi-card unlock

6) Click .
Step 5 The icon changing into indicates Multi-Card Unlock is enabled.

5.16.7 Anti-Pass Back

The Anti-Pass Back feature refers to that a user entering through a door group by verification
must exit from the same door group by verification. One entry swipe must have a matching exit
swipe. A non-verified user following a verified one to enter cannot pass the verification when
taking exit; a non-verified user following a verified one to exit cannot pass verification when
taking entry again. The door cannot be unlocked by swiping cards until the reset period on the
A&C Central Controller expires.

Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .

The Advanced Function interface is displayed.

Step 2 Click the Anti-Pass Back tab.
The Anti-Pass Back interface is displayed.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Anti-pass back config interface is displayed. See Figure 5-248.

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 Figure 5-248 Anti-pass back config

Step 4 Configure the anti-pass back parameters and click Next Step. For details of the
parameters, see Table 5-41.
Step 5 The system displays the user selection information. See Figure 5-249.

Table 5-41 Anti-pass back parameter description

Parameter Description
Device You can select the device to configure the anti-pass back rules.
Anti-pass
You can customize the name of an anti-pass back rule.
back name
The access card becomes invalid if an anti-pass
Reset
back rule is violated.
Time(min)
The reset time is the invalidity duration. When the
Time You can select the time periods to implement the selected
Template anti-pass back rules. device is a
Remark Note info. multi-door
The group sequence here is the sequence for controller,
Group X
swiping cards. You can add up to 16 readers for you must
each group. Each group can swipe cards on any of set up
X is a number.
the readers. these

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 Parameter Description
parameters.

Figure 5-249 Select user

Step 6 Select users and click OK.

Step 7 The system displays the anti-pass back information. See Figure 5-250.

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 Figure 5-250 Anti-pass back list

Step 8 Click .
Step 9 The icon changing into indicates Anti-Pass Back is enabled.

5.16.8 Inter-door Lock

A regular access controller employs inter-lock within the group. When one of the access control
channels is opened, other corresponding channels are closed. To open one of the access
control channels (under normal access control), other corresponding access control channels
must be closed; otherwise the door cannot be unlocked. The A&C Central Controller employs
inter-group inter-lock, where the access control channels are independent of the inter-lock and
can all be opened. However, whenever an access control channel in a group is opened, no
channels of other groups can be opened. The configuration steps in this chapter are for an A&C
Central Controller.

Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .

The Advanced Function interface is displayed.

Step 2 Click the Inter-Lock tab.
The Inter-Lock interface is displayed.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Inter-lock Config interface is displayed. See Figure 5-251.

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 Figure 5-251 Inter-lock config

Step 4 Configure inter-lock parameters and click OK. For details of the parameters, see Table
5-42.
Step 5 The system displays the inter-lock information. See Figure 5-252.

Table 5-42 Inter-lock parameter description

Parameter Description
Device You can select the device to set up inter-lock.
Inter-lock name You can customize the name of the inter-lock rule.
You can select the time period to implement
Time Template
inter-lock.
Remark Note info. When the selected
You can set up inter-lock across different door device is a multi-door
groups. If a door in Group 1 is opened, no controller, you must
Group X
doors can be opened in Group 2 until all doors set up these
in Group 1 are closed. parameters.
X is a number.
Supports up to 16 door groups, with up to 16
doors in each group.

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 Figure 5-252 Inter-lock list

Step 6 Click .
Step 7 The icon changing into indicates Inter-Lock is enabled.

5.16.9 Remote Verification

For devices with remote verification, when users unlock the doors with card, fingerprint, or
password in the specified time period, it must be confirmed on the platform client before the
access controller can be opened.

Step 1 On the Access Control interface, click .

The Advanced Function interface is displayed.

Step 2 Click the Remote Verification tab.
The Remote Verification interface is displayed.
Step 3 Click Add.
The Add remote verification interface is displayed. See Figure 5-253.

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 Figure 5-253 Add remote verification

Step 4 Select Time Template and access control channel, and click OK.
The system displays the remote verification information. See Figure 5-254.

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 Figure 5-254 Remote verification list

Step 5 Click .
The icon changing into indicates First Card Unlock is enabled.
Step 6 After the setup, door unlocking by card, fingerprint, or password that takes place in the
corresponding access control channel triggers a popup on the client. See Figure 5-255.
Step 7 You can choose to unlock the door or ignore it by clicking the corresponding button,
and the popup automatically disappears.
Figure 5-255 Remote open door

5.16.10 Searching A&C Log

You can search reported A&C log and device local log.

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5.16.10.1 Searching Log on Platform
You can view the access control log by the following two methods:

 Click on the console to jump to the access control logo search interface, and set up
search criteria to search for corresponding log info. See Figure 5-256 and Figure 5-257.
Click Export in the top right corner of the interface and save the exported log to a local disk.

 Go to the Access Control module from the Homepage on the client, and click to go to
the access control log search interface. See Figure 5-257. Click Export in the top right
corner of the interface and save the exported log to a local disk.

Figure 5-256 Search A&C log(1)

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 Figure 5-257 Search A&C log(2)

5.16.10.2 Extracting Log during Device Offline

You can extract offline A&C log to platform when the device is offline.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Access Control.

The system displays the interface of A&C Log.

Step 2 Click on the upper right corner of the interface.

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 Figure 5-258 Log extraction

Step 3 Click to set extraction time.

Step 4 Click to display access control device and select channel.

Step 5 Click OK.
The system displays the extracted A&C log.

5.17 Entrance
Integrate entrance module, realize entrance and exit recognition barrier unlock, remaining
parking space info display, blacklist vehicle alarm, message search and other functions. When
it fails to recognize vehicle by entrance, then it can unlock by VTO password, swipe card to
unlock, fingerprint unlock and unlock by face recognition to open barrier. The supported VTO
unlock mode is based on the performance of accessed VTO.

5.17.1 Preparation
The flow diagram of entrance is shown in Figure 5-259.

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 Figure 5-259 Business flow

5.17.2 Adding Device

To use a new device, select User Management > User on WEB, enter User interface, and edit
user to make him or her have access to device, otherwise the device cannot be used.

5.17.2.1 Adding ANPR Camera

ANPR camera is used to recognize license plate and vehicle info.

 Please make sure ANPR camera is fully configured before adding, such as initialization
config an IP modification.
 The device category is ANPR Device.
Step 1 Add encoder ANPR, for more details, refer to "4.5 Adding Device".
Modify device type.

1) On the Device interface of Web, click of added ANPR camera. See Figure

5-260. The device displays the interface of Edit Device. See Figure 5-261.

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 Figure 5-260 Device

Figure 5-261 Edit device

2) Set type as Access Snapshot Device.

3) Click OK and complete config.
Step 2 Bind Resource
If there is camera installed at the entrance to view entrance panoramic picture, support
binding ANPR and video camera. You can view realtime video image from license plate
recognition. You can view video of bound camera.
1) Click Bind Resource tab on the interface of Device.
The system displays the interface of Bind Resource. See Figure 5-262.

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 Figure 5-262 Bind resource

2) Click Add.
The system displays the interface of Add Resource Bind. See Figure 5-263.
Figure 5-263 Add resource bind

3) Select ANPR from the list of Source Channel Type, and select video camera from
the list of Video Channel.
4) Click OK and complete config.

5.17.2.2 Adding NVR

NVR is used to connect ANPR camera and DSS, and realize data transmission.

 Please make sure NVR is fully configured before adding. For example, modify IP address,
add remote device.
 NVR device category is Encoder.
Step 1 Add encoder NVR, for detailed operation; refer to "4.5 Adding Device".
Step 2 Modify device capacity set.

1) Click of added NVR on the Device interface on Web. See Figure 5-264.

The system displays the interface of Edit Device. See Figure 5-265.

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 Figure 5-264 Device

Figure 5-265 Edit device

2) Click the tab of Video Channel, set features as Access Snapshot. See Figure
5-266.
The feature of all the bound ANPR device channel is set as Access Snapshot.

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 Figure 5-266 Video channel

3) Click OK and complete config.

5.17.2.3 Adding Remaining Parking Screen

Collect the data of vehicle entrance and exit from ANPR camera; make statistics of parking
space quantity, then parking space quantity will be displayed on the screen. Currently the
supported brands of remaining parking screen include Dahua and Jiuzhou.

 Please make sure remaining parking space is completely configured before adding. For
example, modify IP address.
 The device category of remaining parking screen is LED Device.
Step 1 Add remaining parking screen, for detailed operation, refer to "4.5 Adding Device".
Step 2 Modify the information of remaining parking screen.

1) Click of added remaining parking screen on the Device interface. See Figure

5-267.
The system displays the interface of Edit LED Device. See Figure 5-268

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 Figure 5-267 Device

Figure 5-268 Edit device

2) Click the tab of Display Info, select Font Color and Zero Free Parking Display
Content. See Figure 5-269.
Font color is the color of the words displayed on the screen; Zero free parking
display content is the information displayed on the screen when there is no parking
space available.
3) Click OK to complete config.

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 Figure 5-269 Display info

5.17.3 Configuring Alarm Scheme

Related alarm schemes of entrance include:
 License plate recognition
When ANPR device recognizes license plate, it will be reported to DSS by NVR, alarm is
triggered on DSS, and extract video before and after license plate recognition happens
from NVR, save it on the server installed on DSS. Default record time is 20s, 10s before
and 10s after alarm is triggered.
 Blacklist Alarm
Mark some plate number as blacklist vehicle, compare the plate number reported by ANPR
device with the plate number of blacklist vehicle. It triggers alarm when plate number in the
vehicle blacklist is detected.

Refer to "5.17.5 Vehicle Management" for more details.

Add entrance alarm scheme on the Event interface of Web. See Figure 5-270. Refer to "4.7
Configuring Event" for more details.

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 Figure 5-270 Add alarm scheme

5.17.4 Configuring Parking Lot

Parking lot config includes setting parking space quantity, release situation and other
information. Bind ANPR device channel and use it to recognize vehicles, bound VTO is used to
recognize people.

Step 1 Click and select Entrance on the Homepage interface.

The system displays the interface of Entrance.

Step 2 Click .
The system displays the interface of Parking Lot Config.
Step 3 Configure parking lot information. See Figure 5-271. Refer to Table 5-43 for more
parameter details.

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 Figure 5-271 Parking lot info

Table 5-43 Parking lot

Parameter Description
Name Parking lot name, used to recognize different areas.
Parking Total parking
Total available parking space of the area.
lot info space
Available Available parking lot quantity when configuring parking lot.
Select the time template which conforms to entry release. If
default template fails to meet the requirement, you can select
Manage Time Template to set custom time template.
Time
Default templates include:
template
 All-period template: 00:00 to 24:00 daily.
 Weekday template: 00:00 to 24:00 Mon to Fri
 Weekend template: 00:00 to 24:00 Sat and Sun
Release option when remaining space is zero.
 No entry.
Any vehicle is not allowed to enter.
Entry
 All
Release
Any vehicle is allowed to enter.
 Whitelist
Zero residual Whitelist vehicles include several vehicle types, such as no
space group, general and VIP. Only three types of vehicle above are
allowed to enter when remaining space is zero.
 VIP
Only VIP vehicle is allowed to enter when remaining space is
zero.

Vehicle type should be set during vehicle management.

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Vehicles not registered on DSS are considered as visitor. Confirm
whether the barrier opens automatically when visitor enters the

Visitor auto parking lot. If yes, click , and the icon changes to .
release
Otherwise, it remains , and the barrier will not automatically
open when visitor wants to enter the parking lot.
Those which are not registered on DSS are considered as visitor
vehicles. Confirm if it unlocks barrier automatically when visitor
vehicle exits according scenario design. If it is required to release,
Exit Visitor auto
Release release and then click , the icon displays as . Otherwise, it

remains as , and it will not unlock barrier to release when

visitor wants to exit parking lot.
Step 4 Click Next.
The system displays the interface of Device Config. See Figure 5-272
Figure 5-272 Device config

Step 5 Add ANPR device.

1) Click Add ANPR Channel and you can select all the ANPR devices deployed at
entrance and exit of the parking lot on the interface. See Figure 5-273.

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 Figure 5-273 Add ANPR device

2) Click OK.
The system displays the information of added ANPR device. See Figure 5-274.
Figure 5-274 ANPR device info

3) Select ANPR device from device list in sequence, and set corresponding driving
direction. The default driving direction is In.
Step 6 Bind VTO device.
VTO device is used to recognize people, and open barrier. Please skip this step if there
is no VTO in the networking.
1) Click Add next to Bind VTO.
The system displays the interface of Bind VTO. See Figure 5-275.

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 Figure 5-275 Bind VTO

2) Select the VTO that is deployed next to barrier, and click OK.
The interface displays the VTO information.
Step 7 Click Next.
The system displays Bind LED.
Step 8 Add LED.
1) Click Add LED.
The system displays the interface of Bind LED. See Figure 5-276.
Figure 5-276 Bind LED

2) Select all the LED of the parking lot and click OK.

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 The system displays the information of LED.

5.17.5 Vehicle Management

Vehicle info management includes vehicle type, department, related personnel and release
ANPR, which are used as judgment basis to confirm if the vehicle can enter some area. Vehicle
management can synchronize added vehicle info from personnel management module.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Entrance.

The system displays the interface of Vehicle Management. See Figure 5-277.

You can set serach condition, click Search and the system displays vehicle info.
Including vehicle information added on personnel management module.
Figure 5-277 Vehicle management

Step 2 Click Add.

The system displays the interface of Add. See Figure 5-278.

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 Figure 5-278 Add vehicle

Step 3 Click the tab of Vehicle Info and add vehicle info, click Next and the system display the
interface of Personnel Info. Refer to Figure 5-279. Refer to Table 5-44 for parameter
details.
Figure 5-279 Personnel info

Table 5-44 Vehicle info

Parameter Description
Plate No. The plate number of added vehicle.
Include no group, general, VIP and blacklist. The first three types make
Vehicle Type up whitelist. If blacklist alarm scheme is set, then set vehicle type as
blacklist, it will trigger alarm when vehicle is recognized.

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 Parameter Description
Vehicle color of added vehicle. You can set Not Recognized if vehicle
Vehicle Color color cannot be recognized. If the color is beyond the selected range,
then you can set is as Other.
Vehicle Logo Main vehicle logos on the market.
Parking Lot Area where vehicle belongs (required)
Validity Time
Validity period of added vehicle.
Expiration
If there are several vehicles, then click the button to add continuously.
New Vehicle
One person can add up to 5 vehicles.
Step 4 Set vehicle related personnel info, click Next.
The system displays the Authorization interface. See Figure 5-280.
Figure 5-280 Authorization

Step 5 Select all the ANPR devices that allow entrance and exit of the parkling lot, click Save
and Exit. Synchronize vehicle info to corresponding ANPR device; make sure the
ANPR device can make judgment if it has to release the vehicle even if ANPR device is
disconnected to DSS platform.

5.17.6 Overview
View the free parking ratio of current parking area; make statistics over realtime quantiy and
on-site vehicle quantity, view quantity of entrance and exit vehicle within some period.

Click on the Entrance interface. The system displays the interface of Overview. See Figure
5-281. Refer to Table 5-45 for parameter details.

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 Figure 5-281 Overview

Table 5-45 Vehicle info overview

SN Description
Interface displays the information of selected area; refer to other items for
1
included content.
Display total parking spaces, occupied parking and free parking ratio of the
2
selected parking lot.
Select occupied parking space quantity of selected area, the result can be
3 displayed by line chart or bar chart. Move mouse on the image and displays
corresponding time and occupied parking lot quantity.
Select vehicle access quantity of some period, supports day, week, month and
year. Select time after period is selected; the system displays vehicle access
quantity of selected period within the area. Blue means entered vehicle while
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orange means exited vehicle. The result can be displays by line chart or bar
chart. Move the mouse on the image and display corresponding time and
occupied parking space quantity.

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 SN Description
Display following data.
1. Accumulated vehicle flow (hourly)
Vehicle flow within current hour (for example, it is 8:42, and then it will
make statistics about vehicle flow between 8:00 and 8:42).
2. Accumulated vehicle flow (Daily)
Vehicle flow of the day (Start statistics from 00:00)
5 3. Parking turnover
The bigger the parking turnover is, the shorter the vehicle stays in the
parking lot, and then parking space reuse ratio is higher. If it is a paid
parking lot, then it will make more money.
4. Parking Use Ratio
The bigger the parking use ratio is, the average time of vehicle parking is
longer.
Auto refresh overview info every 5 minutes. Click Refresh to sync realtime
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data.

5.17.7 License Plate Recognition

Click on the Entrance interface. The system displays the interface of License Plate
Recognition. See Figure 5-282. Refer to Table 5-46 for more parameter details.
Figure 5-282 License plate recognition

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 Table 5-46 LPR interface description
SN Description
Realtime image display area. Select window, and double click video channel
bound by ANPR in the device list, or drag the video channel bound by ANPR
1 to window, and the interface displays realtime image. Move the mouse on the

image, interface displays unlock button , click it to unlock barrier.

2 Device list. Display ANPR device and bound video channel.

Click the icon and it becomes and the interface will no longer ANPR

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recognition info. Click and the icon becomes , the interface will update

realtime ANPR recognition info.

1. , set height and width ratio of video window, it plays

video by two modes which are original scale and full screen.

2. , used to set image split mode, which includes 1 split, 4

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splits and 9 splits, or click and customize split mode.

3. , switch video window to Full Screen mode. If you want to exit Full
Screen, you can also press ESC button or right click to select Exit Full
Screen.
Display latest 4 snapshots of LPR. More details as follows.
1. Double click and display snapshot details, vehicle info, snapshot
5 panoramic picture and vehicle matting.

2. Click and view video of linked channel.

Display license plate snapshot and vehicle which need to be released
manually. More operation as follows.

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1. Click and unlock barrier to release vehicle.

2. Click and view video of linked channel.

5.17.8 Info Query

Search accessed vehicle, on-site vehicle and snapshot record.

Step 1 Click on the Entrance interface.

The system displays the interface of Info Query.
Step 2 Search vehicle in and out information.
1) Click the tab of Vehicle Access.
The system displays the interface of Vehicle Access. See Figure 5-283.

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 Figure 5-283 Vehicle access

2) Set search condition, click Search.

The system displays search results. See Figure 5-284.

Click More and you can search by vehicle owner, department and vehicle type.
Figure 5-284 Vehicle access info

3) The related operations of vehicle access are as follows.

 Move the mouse to the recorded entry picture or exit picture, and the system
will display a bigger picture. See Figure 5-285.

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 Figure 5-285 Vehicle bigger picture

 Double click the record, and detailed info is displayed on the right of interface.
See Figure 5-286. Double click the picture in the Info, display big picture, drag
green box and the big picture will be displayed in the lower right corner. See
Figure 5-287. Click Edit to modify vehicle info, click OK to save config. Click
Video to view linked video.
Figure 5-286 Vehicle detail(1)

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 Figure 5-287 Vehicle detail(2)

 Export info. Click Export to export all the searched vehicle access info.

 Set info display item. Click and select display item.

 Click Next and display next info detail. Click Previous and display previous
info detail.
Step 3 Search on-site vehicle.
1) Click the tab of Vehicle in parking lot.
The system displays the interface of Vehicle in Parking Lot. See Figure 5-288.
Figure 5-288 Vehicle in parking lot

2) Set search condition, Click Search.

The system displays the search results. See Figure 5-289.

Click More and you can search info via vehicle owner, department and vehicle
type.

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 Figure 5-289 Vehicle in parking lot

3) Related operations of vehicle in and out are as follows.

 If the vehicle is confirmed not to be in the area, then click to select information

(several items supported), click Force to Exit or , make sure the vehicle
exits by Pro.
 Export information. Click Export and export all the information of on-site
vehicles that can be searched.

 Set info display item. Click and select display item.

 Click view mode ( ) or list mode ( ) to select different display mode.

Step 4 Search Snapshot Record
1) Click the tab of Snapshot Record.
The system displays the interface of Snapshot Record. See Figure 5-290.

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 Figure 5-290 Vehicle snapshot

2) Set search condition, click Search.

The system displays search results. See Figure 5-291.

Click More and you can search info via vehicle owner, department and vehicle
type.
Figure 5-291 Vehicle snapshot

3) Related operations of vehicle snapshot are as follows.

 Export info. Click Export to export all the info of on-site vehicles that can be
searched.

 Click view mode ( ) or list mode ( ) and select different display modes.

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5.18 Video Intercom
After integrating video talk module and adding video intercom device, you can realize device
talk, realtime monitoring and issuing info.

5.18.1 Preparations
 The video intercom device is already configured before configuring video talk function in
DSS platform. For detailed config, refer to user manual.
 Complete video intercom management on Web; refer to "4.12 Video Intercom
Management" for more details.
 Add video talk devices such as unit VTO, VTH and fence VTO. Set Device Category as
Video Intercom. Refer to "4.5 Adding Device" for more details.

 Add VTH and it will create personnel automatically, extract room number and generate
fixed personnel according to VTH SIP; room number can be used as personnel ID. Go to
Personnel Management and you can view and edit.
 Device will not actively push info to Pro if device config is modified during operation. You
need to enter the device modification interface and manually acquire device info.
See Figure 5-292 for video intercom config diagram.
Figure 5-292 Business flow

5.18.2 Call Management

Create device group, management group and relation group respectively; realize mutual call in
the specific group. Only default system account supports the function.

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 Click on the interface of device group, management group or relation group, the system will
restore management group and relation group to original status.

5.18.2.1 Device Group Config

It can realize mutual call only when VTO and VTH are added into the same device group. Pro
will automatically generate corresponding device group when VTO, verifying VTO and fence
station are added to Pro.
 Add VTO and automatically generate a device group, add VTH of the unit into the group,
and realize mutual call between VTH and VTO within the group.
 Add verifying VTO and automatically generate a device group, add it to the group together
with the VTH of the same room, and realize mutual call between VTH and verifying VTO
within the group.
 Add fence station and automatically generate a device group, add all the VTH into the
group. Realize mutual call between fence station and all the VTH.
 Add VTH, if the VTH is automatically connected to unit VTO, verifying VTO, fence station,
and then it will be automatically added to the device group, and realize mutual call among
unit VTO, verifying VTO or fence station.

Call between VTH is not restricted by device group; mutual call can be realized among VTH in
different device groups.

5.18.2.2 Adding Management Group

Management group is to make groups for administrators, and realize relation binding of one to
one, one to many or many to many. Administrators include Pro administrator and VTS. If there
is default management group, VTS will be automatically added to management group when it is
added.

 Before configuring management group, it needs to create user, select video intercom menu
permission and device permission, and add new users into management group.
 Use system user to configure group relation, need to switch to new user for login. If system
logs onto many devices, then it cannot be used as administrator.

Step 1 Click and select Video Intercom on the interface of Homepage.

The system displays the interface of Video Intercom. See Figure 5-293.

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 Figure 5-293 Video intercom

Step 2 Click .
The system displays the interface of Call Management.
Step 3 Click Management Group Config.
The system displays the interface of Management Group Config. See Figure 5-294.
Figure 5-294 Call management

Step 4 Click Add Group.

The system displays the interface of Edit Manager Group. See Figure 5-295.

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 Figure 5-295 Edit management group

Step 5 Enter group name, select administrator account or VTS, and click OK.
The added management group is displayed in the list. See Figure 5-296.

The members in management group support following operation.

 Transfer members, click and move the member to the group.

 Manage group members, click to add or delete group member.

Figure 5-296 Management group

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5.18.2.3 Group Relation Config
Relation group config means adding both device group and management group to the same
relation group, making then related. Realize VTO or VTH only calling administration or VTS
within the relation group.
There are two situations for relation binding
 Device group only binds one management group
Any device in the group can call administration with one click, all the bound administrators
within the management group will generate ring bell. At this moment, all other ring bell will
stop as long as there is on administrator answers. The device call request can be rejected
as long as all the administrators reject to answer.
 Device group binds several management groups
There is priority among several management groups. When any device in the group calls
administrator with one click, and all the online administrators of management group with
highest priority will generate ring bell. If none of these administrators answer, then it will
call next management group. The interval between two calls is 30s; it can skip up to one
management group. If neither of two groups answer, then the device prompts call overtime,
no response.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Video Intercom.

The system displays the interface of Relation Group Config.
Step 2 Click the tab of Relation Group Config.
The system displays the interface of Relation Group Config. See Figure 5-297.
Figure 5-297 Group relation config

Step 3 Click Add.

The system displays the interface of Edit Relation Group. See Figure 5-298.

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 Figure 5-298

Step 4 Enter name, select device group and management group, Click OK.
Added relation group is displayed in the list. See Figure 5-299. If there are several

relation groups, you can click or to adjust priority level. When there is call, the
online administrators with high priority will generate ring bell first.

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 Figure 5-299 Edit relation group

5.18.3 Video Intercom Application

5.18.3.1 Call Center

Realize call among Pro, VTO and VTH.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Video Intercom.

The system displays the interface of Call Center. See Figure 5-300
Figure 5-300 Call center

Step 2 You can call VTO and VTH on the interface of Call Center.

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 Pro Call VTO

Select VTO in the device list; click corresponding of VTO and call VTO. The
system pops out call interface and realize video talk. See Figure 5-301. Following
operations are support during call.

 , if VTO is connected to lock, click the icon to unlock.

 , click the icon to capture picture, the snapshot is saved into the default
directory installed by client. If you need to modify the save path of snapshot,
refer to "5.2 Local Configuration" for more details.

 , click the icon to start record, click again to stop record. The video is
saved in default path installed by client. If you need to modify the save path,
refer to "5.2 Local Configuration" for more details.
 , click the icon to hang up.
Figure 5-301 Call VTO

 Pro Call VTH

Select VTH from the device list, click on the VTH or dial corresponding VTH
on the right (such as 1#1#101). The system pops up the dialog box of Calling now,
please wait …, see Figure 5-302. There are two modes for answering the call.

 Answer by VTH, bidirectional talk between client and VTH. Press to

hang up when you answer the call.

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  If VTH fails to answer over 30s, busy or hang up directly, then it means the
callee is busy.
Figure 5-302 Call VTH

 VTO Call Pro

VTO calls platform, client pops up the dialog box of VTO calling. See Figure 5-303.

◇ , if VTO is connected to lock, click the icon to unlock.

◇ , click the icon, answer VTO, realize mutual call after connected.
◇ , click the icon to hang up.

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 Figure 5-303 VTO calls platform

 If VTH is calling platform

The client pops out the dialog box of VTH calling. See Figure 5-304. Click
and realize talk with VTH.
◇ , click the icon and answer VTO, realize mutual talk after connected.
◇ , click the icon and hang up.

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 Figure 5-304 VTH calling platform

 Call via call record

All the call records are displayed in the Call Record in the lower right corner of the
interface of Video Intercom. See Figure 5-305. Move the mouse to the record,

click and call back.

Figure 5-305 Call record

5.18.3.2 Release Info

Send message to designated VTO.

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 Step 1 Click on the interface of Video Intercom.
The system displays the interface of Release Info. See Figure 5-306.
Figure 5-306 Release information(1)

Step 2 Click Add New Message, select VTH and add release info. See Figure 5-307.
Figure 5-307 Release information(2)

Step 3 Click Send.

The VTH will receive the message after it is sent successfully.

5.18.3.3 Search Video Intercom Log

View log records and you can trace recorded calls.
Step 1 Enter the interface of video intercom log.
The system supports following two ways to enter.

Click on the interface of Video Intercom.

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 Click and enter console on the interface of Video Intercom. See Figure 5-308
Figure 5-308 Video intercom log interface

Step 2 Set conditons, click Search.

The system displays the log info. See Figure 5-309
Figure 5-309 Search log

Step 3 Click Export and the logs will be saved locally according to system prompt.

5.19 Attendance Management

Integrate attendance module, add access control device, manage and configure attendance by
Pro, view attendance data.

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5.19.1 Preparations before Operation
 Access control is already added on Web, and bound with resource. For details, refer to "4.5
Adding Device".
 Personnel are already added. For details, refer to "5.15 Personnel Management".
See Figure 5-310 for attendance management flow.
Figure 5-310 Business flow

5.19.2 Setting Attendance Terminal

Make sure access control is used as attendance device, used to punch card, record attendance
info and upload attendance data.

Step 1 Click and select Attendance Mangement on the interface of Homepage.

The system displays the interface of Attendance Management. See Figure 5-311.

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 Figure 5-311 Attendance management

Step 2 Click on the lower left corner of the interface, select Attendance Terminal.
The system displays the interface of Attendance Terminal. See Figure 5-312.
Figure 5-312 Attendance terminal setting

Step 3 Select access control channel from the left list, click Save.

You can find needed device by search function, the system supports fast search.

5.19.3 Setting Statistics Rule

Minimun timing unit of swiping card is minute, the satistics rule of dealing with second is round
up and round down. For example, swipe card at 09:00:01, if the rule is set as round down, then

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 the time of swiping card is 09:00; if the rule is set as round up, then the time of swiping card is
09:01.

Click at the lower left corner on the interface of Attendance Management, select
Statistics Rule. The interface of Statistical Rule is displayed. See Figure 5-313
Figure 5-313 Setting statistics rule

Step 4 Select rule and click Save.

5.19.4 Setting Attendance Period

Set attendance period, which can be used as time evidence to judge if people attend, late or
leave early.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Attendance Management.

The interface of Attendance Management is displayed. See Figure 5-314.

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 Figure 5-314

Step 2 Click on top left corner of the interface.

The new attendance period interface is displayed.
Step 3 Set parameters of attendance period.

The priority of rules set by platform is higher than that of the device itself.
There are two types of attendance according to different attendance mode and different
config.
Fixed attendance requires you to sign in and sign out within the designated period. For
config details, see Figure 5-315 and Figure 5-316. For parameter details, see Table
5-47.
Figure 5-315 Attendance period(1)

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 Figure 5-316 Attendance period(2)

Table 5-47 Fixed attendance description

Parameter Description
Custom period name, used to recognize period, such as early shift
Period name
and night shift.
Set corresponding color of period, corresponding color will be
Color directly displayed on calendar when making shift for personnel,
and quickly recognize shift information.
Attendance mode Set as Fixed Attendance.
Set corresponding working hour of period. Attendance time
supports cross-day, but not exceeds 24 hours. One attendance
period supports max two types of attendance time.

 If attendance time needs to be split into twice, such as

Working time
morning and afternoon, then it needs to click , set second
working time and sign-in sign-out period.
 If you set two types of attendance time, then it needs to sign
in and sign out accoriding to the configured attendance time,
which can be considered as normal attendance.
Working hour Please fill in according to actual situation.
If working time is set from 09:00-18:00, then valid sign-in time can
be set as 08:00-10:00, valid sign-out time can be set as
16:00-18:00.
Valid sign-in time Config rules are as follows:
 The start time of valid sign-in time is earlier than or equal to
start working time (09:00), the end time of valid sign-in time
should be later than start working time (09:00), earlier than
Valid sign-out time start time of valid sign-out time. If there are several sign-in
records within valid sign-in time, then the earliest record is

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 Parameter Description
considered as sign-in time.
 The start time of valid sign-out time is later than the end time
of valid sign-in time, earlier than end working time (18:00), the
end sing-in time of valid sign-out time is later than or equal to
end working time (18:00). If there are several sign-out records
within valid sign-out time, then the earliest record is
considered as sign-out time.
If you set two working time, then the second working time can
cancel sign in, you don’t have to sign in when you work at the
Shall sign in
second working time, and the start time of working time can be
used as sign-in time.
If you set two working time, then the first working time can cancel
sign in, you don’t have to sign out when you finish work at the
Shall sign out
second working time, and the end time of working time can be
used as sign-out time.
Work sign-in over Define the rules of late, absence and early leave.
_minutes Suppose set Work sign-in over__minutes recorded as late as 5
recorded as late minutes; Late sign-in over _minutes recorded as absence is
set as 60 minutes; Off duty _ minutes in advance recorded as
Late sign-in over
early leave is set as 10 minutes; Early
_minutes
leave exceeds_ minutes recorded as absebce is set as 30
recorded as
minutes. Details are as follows.
absence
 Late
Off duty_ minutes
When work sign-in is later than start time of working time,
in advance
and 5 minutes< period ≤60 minutes, then it is recorded as
recorded as early
late.
leave
 Early leave
When off duty sign-out time is earlier than end time of working
time, and 10 minutes< period ≤30 minutes, then it is recorded
Early as early leave.
leave exceeds_  Absence
minutes recorded When work sign-in time is later than start time of working
as absebce time, and period > 60 minutes, then it is recorded as absence.
When off duty sign-out time is earlier than end time of working
time, and period> 30 minutes, then it is recorded as absence.
Define overtime rule.
Off duty sign-out
Suppose Off duty sign-out over__minutes recorded as
over_minutes
overtime is set as 120 minutes, off duty sign-out time is later than
recorded as
end time of working time, and period >120 minutes, then it is
overtime
recorded as overtime, overtime period is Period – 120 minutes.
Free Attendance, you are required to sign in and sign out within the specific period. See Figure
5-317. For parameter details, see Table 5-48.

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 Figure 5-317 Free attendance

Table 5-48 Free attendance parameter description

Parameter Description
Custom period name, used to recognize period, such as flexible
Period name
attendance.
Attendance mode Set as Free Attendance.
Set corresponding color of period, corresponding color will be
Color directly displayed on calendar when making shift for personnel,
and quickly recognize shift information.
Set how many hours you have to work a day. For example, if you
Hour system
set 8, then it means you are required to work 8 hours.
Final punch in Set if it restricts latest punch in time; sign in after restricted time is
time recorded as late.
Mark as_working
Fill in working hout according to actual situation.
hour
Final punch out You are required to sign out before the designated time, otherwise
time no sign out is recorded.
Overtime
Working over__ hours is recorded as overtime. For example,
Work over_hours
working hour is 8 hours a day, and if you work overtime for 2.5
recorded as
hours, then it is recorded as overtime, then you can set 10.5 here.
overtime
Odd in even out Swipe card at odd number is recorded as sign in. For example, the
first card swiping is sign in. Swipe card at even number is
Continuous twice
recorded as sign out. For example, the second card swiping is
card swiping
sign out. It is recorded as twice punch card when the interval of
interval≥_minutes
continuous twice card swiping is bigger than the threshold.
Step 4 Click Save and save period config.

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 If attendance period is already applied to attendance shift, then before deleting
attendance period, first enter the interface of Attendance Shift, modify attendance shift,
and delete attendance period before removing application of the attendance period.

5.19.5 Setting Holiday

Set holiday time, used to judge overtime type during attendance statistics.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Attendance Management.

The interface of Holiday Management is displayed. See Figure 5-318.
Figure 5-318 Holiday management

Step 2 Click on the upper left corner of the interface.

The add holiday interface is displayed. See Figure 5-319.
Figure 5-319 Add holiday

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 Step 3 Set holiday details, three modes available. See Table 5-49 for more parameter details.

Table 5-49 Holiday mode parameter description

Holiday mode Description
Set some specific date as holiday. For example, set June 7, 2019
Fixed Date (Dragon Boat Festival) as holiday, and lasts for 1 day, then set
Start Date as June 7, 2019 and Holiday Days as 1.
If the holiday is the fixed weekday of some week in some specific
month, and it cycles according to year, which can be configured as
Date Cycle data cycle. For example, if you want to set Mother’s Day as
holiday, and it lasts for 1 day, then you can set Start Date as the
second Sunday in May, and Holiday Days as 1.
If the holiday is fixed date and it cycles according to year, which
can be configured as year cycle. For example, set New Year’s Day
Year Cycle
as holiday, and it lasts for 1 day, then you can set Start Date as
January 1 and Holiday Days as 1.
Step 4 Click Save.

5.19.6 Setting Attendance Shift

Set attendance shift according to attendance period, used for department and personnel shift.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Attendance Management.

The interface of Attendance Shift is displayed. See Figure 5-320.
Figure 5-320 Attendance shift

Step 2 Click on the top left corner of the interface.

The add attendance shift interface is displayed. See Figure 5-321.

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 Figure 5-321 Attendance shift details(1)

Step 3 Set shift details, select date, click Apply and arrange attendance period for date. See
Figure 5-322. For parameter details, see Table 5-50.
Figure 5-322 Attendance shift detail(2)

Table 5-50 Attendance shift parameter description

Parameter Description
Shift name Custom period name, used to recognize shift.
Day: Start cycle from the first day, cycle period can be set as any
number from 1 to 31 according to day. For example, if you set 2,
Cycle mode
then the cycle period is 2 days.
Week: There are 7 days in a week by default, it starts cycle from

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 Parameter Description
Sunday, and so Sunday is required to be set as the first day. Cycle
period can be set as any number from 1 to 4. For example, if you
set 2, then 2 weeks can be a cycle period.
Month: There are 31 days in a month by default, it starts cycle
Cycle period
from the current day (If the date does not exist, then it will be
deleted during shift arrangement), cycle period can be set as any
number from 1 to 3 according to month. For example, if you set 2,
then 2 months can be a cycle period.
Step 4 Click Save to save shift config.

Delete in-use attendance shift: Enter the interface of Personnel Shift Arrangement,
check if there are shifts need to be deleted for all personnel shifts, please delete after
remove the relation.

5.19.7 Shift Management

Make shifts for personnel or department, meanwhile it makes temporary shift for personnel.
The shift priority is temporary shift > holiday > personnel shift > department shift.

5.19.7.1 Personnel/Department Shift Arrangement

The operations over both personnel shift and department shift are similar, in this chapter; it
takes personnel shift as an example to introduce config.

 If you configure department shift, then all the personnel of the department need to conform
to the shift.
 If both personnel and department are configured with shift, then the latest personnel shift
shall prevail. For example, after configuring the personnel shift, and the corresponding
department is configured as well, then personnel shift is based on the latest department
shift.
 If the department where new personnel belong is configured with shift, then the shift of new
personnel should conform to department shift.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Attendance Management.

The interface of Personnel Shift Arrangement is displayed. See Figure 5-323

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 Figure 5-323 Personnel shift management

Step 2 Click on the top left corner of the interface.

The interface of Personnel Shift Arrangement is displayed. See Figure 5-324.

 If you need to configure shift for department, click on the top left corner and
enter the interface of department shift arrangement. The following operation is the
same as personnel shift arrangement.
 On the interface of personnel shift arrangement, select personnel and view the
shift situation.

 Click next to the personnel and you can view the shift details.

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 Figure 5-324 Personnel shift

Step 3 Select shift personnel, click to add shift info. See Figure 5-325. For parameter
details, see Table 5-51
Figure 5-325 Select shift

Table 5-51 Shift parameter description

Parameter Description
Start time Set start date and end date of personnel shift. Click the

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 Parameter Description
End time column of Start Time and display calendar, select date
and time, and then click OK to complete date setting
Shift Select needed shifts. Shift range means all the attendance
shifts set in 5.19.6 Setting Attendance Shift
Step 4 Click Save to save personnel shift information.

5.19.7.2 Temporary Shift

Temporary shift is needed when work changes temporarily.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Attendance Management or select personnel on the right,
double click date on the left.
The interface of Temporary Shift is displayed. See Figure 5-326.
Figure 5-326 Temporary shift

Step 2 Select personnel and date, click and select temporary attendance period. See
Figure 5-327.You can add max. 2 attendance periods and 1 free attendance period.

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 Figure 5-327 Temporary shift

Step 3 Click OK and save shift information.

Temporary shift can be deleted, right click the date which is configured with temporary
shift, and delete temporary shift according to system prompt.

5.19.8 Viewing Attendance Report

View attendance data, displayed in the form of report, including card swiping record table,
attendance report, abnormity table, overtime table and away table.

Step 1 Click on the interface of Attendance Management.

The interface of Attendance Report is displayed. See Figure 5-328.

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 Figure 5-328 Attendance report

Step 2 Click corresponding tab, set serach condition, click Search.

The search result is displayed, exported by excel and saved locally, it can export up to
10,000 records.

 Card swiping record table is shown in Figure 5-329. Click and view more

details of the person who swipes card.

Figure 5-329 Card swiping record

 See Figure 5-330 for attendance report.

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 Figure 5-330 Attendance report

 See Figure 5-331 for abnormality table.

Figure 5-331 Abnormality table

 See Figure 5-332 for overtime table.

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 Figure 5-332 Overtime table

 See Figure 5-333 for away table.

Figure 5-333 Away table

5.20 Time Synchronization

5.20.1 Device Time Synchronization

Device time synchronization is to synchronize front-end device time with platform server. The
platform server time is the basic time. DSS platform supports devices of Dahua, and ONVIF
protocol to synchronize time. It supports auto time synchronization function and manual time
synchronization function. The auto time synchronization refers to synchronize time with the
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 synchronization manually, system responds immediately and then execute time
synchronization.

5.20.1.1 Auto Sync Time

Step 1 Click and then on the New Tab interface select System settings.
Step 2 Click Time Sync and then check the box to enable the function. Set time
synchronization parameters. See Figure 5-334.
Figure 5-334 Enable time sync

Step 3 Click Save to save configuration information.

5.20.1.2 Manual Sync Time

Step 1 Click and then on the New Tab interface select System settings.
Step 2 Click Immediately. See Figure 5-335.
Figure 5-335 Immediately

5.20.2 Time Synchronization on the Client

Time synchronization on the client is to synchronize client installed PC’s time with platform
server. The platform server time is the basic time. It supports auto time synchronization function
and manual time synchronization function. The auto time synchronization refers to server starts
time synchronization at the specified interval and time. Manual time synchronization is to start
time synchronization manually, system responds immediately and then execute time
synchronization.

5.20.2.1 Auto Sync Time

Step 1 Login DSS client.

Step 2 Click at the top right corner. Enter Local Config interface.

Step 3 Click General tab and then enable client time sync function. Click Save. See Figure
5-336.

After you enabled time sync function on the General interface, client begins the request
to the server immediately. It is to complete the time synchronization.

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 Figure 5-336 Enable net time

Step 4 Click Save.

Step 5 Login DSS manager, and then on the New Tab interface select System Settings.
Step 6 Click Time Sync and then check the box to enable the function. See time sync
parameters. See Figure 5-337.
Figure 5-337 Enable device time sync

Step 7 Click Save to save configuration information.

5.20.2.2 Manual Time Sync

Step 1 Login DSS client.

Step 2 Click at the top right corner. Enter Local Config interface.

Step 3 Click General tab and then enable client time sync function. Click Save. See Figure
5-338.

After you enabled time sync function on the General interface, client begins the request
to the server immediately. It is to complete the time synchronization.

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 Figure 5-338 Enable client time sync

Step 4 Click Save.

Step 5 Login DSS manager, and then on the New Tab interface select System Settings.
Step 6 Click Immediately. See Figure 5-339.
Figure 5-339 Immediately

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 6 Update
Platform software version updates continuously, and it can improve product performance and
extend more functions. You can update softerware accoding to requirement.
Please contact technical support for software package before update.
Step 1 Download and unzip config tool.
1) Enter Platform IP address/config into the browser and press Enter.
The system displays config system login interface. See Figure 6-1.
Figure 6-1 Log in config system

2) Click Download Config Tool and save it locally according to prompt.

3) Decompress ConfigTool.zip.
Step 2 Double click ConfigTool.exe.
The config tool login interface is displayed. See Figure 6-2.

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 Figure 6-2 Log in config system

Step 3 Click Login.

The ConfigTool login interface is displayed. See Figure 6-3.
Figure 6-3 Config system login

Step 4 Enter platform IP address, username, password and port, and then click Login.
The update interface is displayed. See Figure 6-4.

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 Figure 6-4 Update

Step 5 Click Open and select update file.

Step 6 Click Upgrade.
The system displays upgrade progress. The server reboots automatically after upgrade
is completed.

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 Appendix 1 Service Module Introduction

Service Protocol
Service Name Function Description Port
Name Type
Center Center management service is
HTTPS:
Management DSS_WEB to manage each service and TCP
443
Service provide accessing port.
Message queue service is to
Message Queue
DSS_MQ transfer messages between the 61616 TCP
Service
platforms.
Device management service is
DMS
to register front-end encoder,
(Device
DSS_DMS receive alarm, transfer alarm 9200 TCP
Management
and send out sync time
Service)
command.
Media transmission service is to
MTS
get the audio/video bit stream
(Media
DSS_MTS from the front-end device and 9100 TCP
Transmission
then transfer these data to the
Service )
SS, client and decoder.
SS
Storage service is to
(Storage DSS_SS 9320 TCP
storage/search/playback record.
Service)
Not fixed,
Video matrix service is to login
VMS do not need
the the decoder and send out
(Video Matrix DSS_VMS to be TCP
task to the decoder to output to
Service) mapped to
the TV wall.
the outside.
MGW Media gateway service is to
(Media Gateway DSS_MGW send out MTS service to the 9090 TCP
Service) decoder.
ARS Auto register service is to listen,
(Auto Register DSS_ARS login, or get bit streams to send 9500 TCP
Service) to MTS.
PCPS ProxyList control Proxy Service
(ProxyList is to login Hikvision device, Onvif 5060 UDP
DSS_PCPS
control Proxy device, and then get the stream 14509 TCP
Service) and transfer the data to MTS.
ADS Alarm dispatch service is to send
(Alarm Dispatch DSS_ADS out alarm information to different 9600 TCP
Service) objects according to the plans.

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 Appendix 2 RAID Introduction
RAID (Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks), is a type of technology that combines several
independent disks (physical disk) according to different way and form a HDD group (logical
disk), and then provides higher storage performance than single disk and provides the
technology of data redundancy.
The way that forms different RAID is called RAID Level. There are several different RAID levels;
each level owns different data protection, data availability and performance.
RAID Level
Min
RAID
Description number of
Level
disks
RAID0 consists of striping. Because striping distributes the
contents of each file among all HDDs, reads and writes can be
done concurrently. Its read and write speed is N times of single
RAID 0 2
HDD (N is the number of disk that consists of RAID0). RAID0
provides no redundancy, and if one HDD fails then all data in the
array is lost.
RAID1 is also called mirroring. Data is written identically to two
HDDs, thus improving the system reliability and performance. Its
read throughput approaches the sum of throughputs of every
RAID 1 2
HDD in the set, and the write throughput is limited by the slowest
HDD. At the same time, RAID has the lowest disk usage, only
50%.
It distributes data and parity information among the HDDs, and
parity information and corresponding data are respectively
RAID 5 backed up on different HDDs. Upon failure of a single HDD, 3
subsequent data and parity information can be used to
reconstruct the failed data to ensure data integrity.
A parity information HDD is added on the basis of RAID5. The
two independent parity systems use different algorithms for
RAID 6 enhanced reliability. No data will be lost when the two HDDs fail. 4
But compared with RAID5, it needs to distribute larger space for
parity information, so it performs worse in respect of write.
RAID10 is a combination of RAID1 and RAID0. It owns high read
and write capabilities of RAID0, as well as high data protection
RAID 10 4
and restorability of RAID1. But its HDD utilization is as low as
RAID1.

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 RAID Capacity Calculation

CapacityN refers to the HDD with the minimum capacity in the set. The capacity shall be
subject to the value on the web.
RAID Level Total capacity of N HDDs
RAID 0 Total capacity of the HDDs in the set.
RAID 1 Min (capacityN)
RAID 5 (N-1)×min(capacityN)
RAID 6 (N-2)×min(capacityN)
RAID 10 (N/2)×min(capacityN)
RAID 50 (N-2)×min(capacityN)
RAID 60 (N-4)×min(capacityN)

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Appendix 3 Cybersecurity Recommendations
Cybersecurity is more than just a buzzword: it’s something that pertains to every device that is
connected to the internet. IP video surveillance is not immune to cyber risks, but taking basic
steps toward protecting and strengthening networks and networked appliances will make them
less susceptible to attacks. Below are some tips and recommendations on how to create a
more secured security system.
Mandatory actions to be taken for basic equipment network security:
1. Use Strong Passwords
Please refer to the following suggestions to set passwords:
 The length should not be less than 8 characters;
 Include at least two types of characters; character types include upper and lower case
letters, numbers and symbols;
 Do not contain the account name or the account name in reverse order;
 Do not use continuous characters, such as 123 and abc;
 Do not use overlapped characters, such as 111 and aaa;
2. Update Firmware and Client Software in Time
 According to the standard procedure in Tech-industry, we recommend to keep your
equipment (such as NVR, DVR and IP camera.) firmware up-to-date to ensure the
system is equipped with the latest security patches and fixes. When the equipment is
connected to the public network, it is recommended to enable the “auto-check for
updates” function to obtain timely information of firmware updates released by the
manufacturer.
 We suggest that you download and use the latest version of client software.
“Nice to have” recommendations to improve your equipment network security:
1. Physical Protection
We suggest that you perform physical protection to equipment, especially storage devices.
For example, place the equipment in a special computer room and cabinet, and implement
well-done access control permission and key management to prevent unauthorized
personnel from carrying out physical contacts such as damaging hardware, unauthorized
connection of removable equipment (such as USB flash disk and serial port).
2. Change Passwords Regularly
We suggest that you change passwords regularly to reduce the risk of being guessed or
cracked.
3. Set and Update Passwords Reset Information Timely
The equipment supports password reset function. Please set up related information for
password reset in time, including the end user’s mailbox and password protection
questions. If the information changes, please modify it in time. When setting password
protection questions, it is suggested not to use those that can be easily guessed.
4. Enable Account Lock
The account lock feature is enabled by default, and we recommend you to keep it on to
guarantee the account security. If an attacker attempts to log in with the wrong password
several times, the corresponding account and the source IP address will be locked.

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5. Change Default HTTP and Other Service Ports
We suggest you to change default HTTP and other service ports into any set of numbers
between 1024~65535, reducing the risk of outsiders being able to guess which ports you
are using.
6. Enable HTTPS
We suggest you to enable HTTPS, so that you visit Web service through a secure
communication channel.
7. Enable Whitelist
We suggest you to enable whitelist function to prevent everyone, except those with
specified IP addresses, from accessing the system. Therefore, please be sure to add your
computer’s IP address and the accompanying equipment’s IP address to the whitelist.
8. MAC Address Binding
We recommend you to bind the IP and MAC address of the gateway to the equipment,
thus reducing the risk of ARP spoofing.
9. Assign Accounts and Privileges Reasonably
According to business and management requirements, reasonably add users and assign a
minimum set of permissions to them.
10. Disable Unnecessary Services and Choose Secure Modes
If not needed, it is recommended to turn off some services such as SNMP, SMTP and
UPnP to reduce risks.
If necessary, it is highly recommended that you use safe modes, including but not limited to
the following services:
 SNMP: Choose SNMP v3, and set up strong encryption passwords and authentication
passwords.
 SMTP: Choose TLS to access mailbox server.
 FTP: Choose SFTP, and set up strong passwords.
 AP hotspot: Choose WPA2-PSK encryption mode, and set up strong passwords.
11. Audio and Video Encrypted Transmission
If your audio and video data contents are very important or sensitive, we recommend that
you use encrypted transmission function, to reduce the risk of audio and video data being
stolen during transmission.
Reminder: encrypted transmission will cause some loss in transmission efficiency.
12. Secure Auditing
 Check online users: we suggest that you check online users regularly to see if the
device is logged in without authorization.
 Check equipment log: By viewing the logs, you can know the IP addresses that were
used to log in to your devices and their key operations.
13. Network Log
Due to the limited storage capacity of the equipment, the stored log is limited. If you need
to save the log for a long time, it is recommended that you enable the network log function
to ensure that the critical logs are synchronized to the network log server for tracing.
14. Construct a Safe Network Environment
In order to better ensure the safety of equipment and reduce potential cyber risks, we
recommend:
 Disable the port mapping function of the router to avoid direct access to the intranet
devices from external network.

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 The network should be partitioned and isolated according to the actual network needs.
If there are no communication requirements between two sub networks, it is
suggested to use VLAN, network GAP and other technologies to partition the network,
so as to achieve the network isolation effect.
 Establish the 802.1x access authentication system to reduce the risk of unauthorized
access to private networks.

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