Packard Bell EN TM80 – page 8
Manual for Packard Bell EN TM80
DI Board Records Creation
When you add a 20 DI board, twenty (20) digital input records are created.
Example: 0001-1-01 DI
This digital input is on micro 1, board 1, point 1. To change this description, enter text over the existing
text and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the mmmm-b-pp prefix in each digital input
displayed to aid in locating the alarm points on the physical hardware. This field accepts a maximum of
64 characters.
Micro/PX-2000 ONLY: When you create and save a Micro/PX-2000 record, Secure Perfect creates
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and supports 11 DI points; however, the 11
DI is a low-battery alarm from the micro.
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To configure the 11
DI to function as a low-battery alarm:
1. Open the Digital Input form from the Devices menu and click Search to display a list of digital
inputs.
2. Select the DI labeled XXXX-X-11
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where 11 is the 11
DI point of the Micro/PX-2000 micro board.
3. Select Alarm, from the drop-down list of available DI types.
4. Click Save.
5. Open the Alarm Form from the Devices menu and click Search to display a list of alarms belonging
to the micros.
6. Select the DI labeled XXXX-X-11
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where 11 is the 11
DI point of the Micro/PX-2000 micro board.
7. Extend the Description entry by entering text indicating low battery.
The entry may look similar to 0002-2-11 Low Battery.
8. On the Alarm tab of the Alarm Form, select Monitor from the Settings options.
9. Click Save.
Digital Input
Device Menu
The Digital Input option opens the Digital Input form that allows you to modify the records that are
automatically generated when you define a micro. Example: Configure physical sensing devices such as
door sensors or motion sensors.
Digital Input Status
Operations Menu
The Digital Input Status option opens the Digital Input Status form that provides the status of the
selected digital input according to the information in the micro’s database.
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Digital Input Tab
Reference Topic:
DI Board Records Creation
Digital Input Form
Use this tab to configure the selected digital input.
Element Description
Micro
Displays the micro description to which this digital input is associated. This is a read-
only field and unavailable for modification.
Board
Displays the micro board number where this digital input is located. This is a read-only
field and unavailable for modification.
Number
Displays the number of the digital input. This is a read-only field and unavailable for
modification.
Type Select the type of DI that you are configuring. If you select another Type, click Search to
update the list box display of associated triggers.
• Alarm means that this digital input is being used to trigger an alarm.
• Elevator means this digital input is being used for elevator control.
• Inactive means this digital input is not being used at this time.
• Digital Output means this digital input is being used to trigger a digital output and no
alarm is generated.
• Intrusion means this digital input will arm/disarm an intrusion zone.
• Guard Tour means this digital input is a point along a pre-determined inspection
tour of your premises by a security officer.
Digital input Type of Intrusion can only be made if the previous type was Inactive,
meaning no other access control digital input was active. (For example, you cannot
assign Intrusion type to a DI that was previously set as an Alarm; the DI type must first
be Inactive.) Be aware that selection of this type overrides any access control. You
cannot assign any access control digital outputs, digital output groups, schedules, or
events for this record.
Active State
The active state of a selected digital input can be either Closed or Open.
A third option, Both, displays as grayed out and unavailable for selection unless the
DI Type is Guard Tour. During a Guard Tour, a single-state trigger (one-time "hit") will
trigger a DO in both states (Closed OR Open).
Enabled
If you selected Digital Output as the Type (defined above), enable this field to fire DOs.
For all other type Digital Inputs, this is a read-only field, enabled, and unavailable for
modification.
Sense time
Select or enter a sense time. Enter a number between 0 and 64.
Digital Output
Device Menu
The Digital Output option opens the Digital Output Form that allows you to modify the records that are
automatically generated when you define a micro. You can configure, schedule, and control the state and
times of digital outputs.
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Digital Output Assignment
This dialog box allows you to select and assign digital outputs you want associated with the selected
record. Only digital outputs in the operators’ facilities are available for assignment by this operator.
• Select, and then click the right arrow to assign an available digital output.
• Select, and then click the left arrow to unassign a digital output.
Click OK to display results in the Digital Outputs windowpane.
Digital Output Group
Device Menu
The Digital Output Group option opens the Digital Output Group Form that allows you to assign digital
outputs into groups or sets for scheduling purposes. Example: To apply a schedule to a series of digital
outputs, apply the schedule to a group that contains the specific digital outputs.
Digital Output Group Assignment
This dialog box displays when you click Assign DO Groups, allowing you to select and assign DO groups
you want associated with the selected record. Only DO groups in the operators’ facilities are available for
assignment by this operator.
Select, and then click the right arrow to assign an available DO group.
Select, and then click the left arrow to unassign a DO group.
Click OK to display results in the Outputs Groups windowpane.
Digital Output Groups Tab
Access Right Form
This tab allows you to assign groups of digital outputs to access rights.
Assigned digital output groups: This windowpane displays a list of assigned output groups for the
current access right.
Assign Digital Output Groups: Click this button to display and assign digital output groups to the
selected access right. Only DO Groups that are related to the same micro as the readers selected in the
Access Right tab will be available for assignment. If no digital output groups display, verify that digital
output groups were set up on the Digital Output Group Form.
Digital Output Status
Operations Menu
The Digital Output Status option opens the Digital Output Status Form that displays the current status,
as found in the micro, for each DO (output) in the system.
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Digital Output Tab
Digital Input Form
This tab is available only if you have selected Digital Output in the Type field on the Digital Input Tab. Use
this tab to link digital outputs to a digital input. When this digital input is activated, the digital output is also
triggered.
Output A (Primary/Local: A primary input assignment is not required. The default is None. Click the
drop-down list to select an available DO to assign as the primary. If you select an output, this output must
belong to the local micro. If the micro is offline or unable to communicate with the host at the time of an
alarm, only the Primary/Local DO is triggered.
If the ON time on the Digital Output Form is set to 00, this DO will remain active until the digital input is
reset.
Output B:
Click the drop-down list to select an available DO. The digital outputs in this list can be on a local micro or
other micros. Output B will be activated only if the host is online and able to communicate with other
micros.
Digital Output Tab
Digital Output Form
Use this tab to schedule when the digital outputs in the group are in the active state and for the specified
length of time.
Micro
This is a read-only field. Displays the description of the micro on which this digital output is located.
Board
This is a read-only field. When the records are created, the default value is in the format: mmmm-b Board
Type where mmmm represents the micro number to which this reader is associated, b represents the
board number, and Board Type is the type of reader board, such as 16DO.
Example: 0001-1 16DO would be the digital output on micro one, 16DO board one.
Number
This is a read-only field. Displays the number of the digital output.
Active state
On/Off: Defines whether the digital output will be turned On or Off when the digital output is activated.
Contact your installer on how the digital output was wired. This determines the active state of the digital
output.
On time: Specifies the length of time the digital output will remain in the active state before going
inactive. This time may be overridden by the manual control buttons. If you enter 0 and this is:
• Output A, then the digital output will reset when the alarm resets.
• Output B, then the digital output will remain on until it is manually turned off or scheduled off.
When a micro is reset or the database is reloaded, all schedules from midnight to present time will run
EXCEPT for schedules that have a DO On time NOT equal to zero and were set to occur prior to the
current time. For example, you have created a schedule to occur at 8:00 am to turn a digital output into
the active state for 1 minute. At 10:00 am, the database for the micro is downloaded. During the
download process all schedules from Midnight to the current time (10:00 am) are re-run. Your schedule
for the DO will not run since it started and ended before the current time of 10:00 am.
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Digital Outputs Tab
Alarm Form
Use this tab to link digital outputs to an alarm. When this alarm is triggered, the linked digital output is
also triggered.
Output A (Primary/Local): A primary output assignment is not required. The default is None. Click the
drop-down list to select an available DO to assign as the primary. If you select an output, this output must
belong to the local micro. Because Output A is only on the local micro, it will communicate even when
offline. If the micro is offline or unable to communicate with the host at the time of an alarm, only the
Primary/Local DO is triggered.
If the ON time on the Digital Output Form is set to 00, this DO will remain active until the alarm is reset.
Example: A motion detector (digital input) senses movement in a restricted area and triggers a bell
(digital output). An alarm is generated.
Output B:
Click the drop-down list to select an available DO. The digital outputs in this list can be on a local micro or
other micros. Output B will be activated only if the host is online and able to communicate with other
micros. It will not communicate if offline.
Digital Video Recorder
Device Menu
The Digital Video Recorder option opens the Digital Video Recorder form that allows you to define,
configure, and request status of your DVR.
Digital Video Viewer
Operations Menu
The Digital Video Viewer menu item on the Operations menu opens a video command and control
application that allows you to monitor digital video multiplexers/recorders and their associated cameras,
control live video, as well as search and play back recorded video events.
The Digital Video Viewer application can also be accessed from the Secure Perfect toolbar by clicking
this icon:
Digital Video Viewer has its own Help system that details the features of the application.
DI History
Reports Menu
The DI History option opens the DI History Report Form that allows you to create a report based on the
history of digital input transactions in the system.
Disconnect Client
Select this icon to disconnect the selected client. This option also displays on the shortcut menu for this
form. The shortcut menu displays when you click the right mouse button.
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DO Board Records Creation
When you add a 16 DO board, sixteen (16) digital output records are created.
Example: 0001-1-01 DO
This digital output is on micro 1, board 1, point 1. To change this description, type over the existing text
and save the record. It is recommended that you keep the mmm-b-pp prefix in each digital output
description displayed to aid in locating the alarm points on the physical hardware. This field accepts a
maximum of 32 characters.
DO Groups Tab
Alarm Form
Use this tab to link digital output groups to an alarm. When this alarm is triggered, the linked digital output
groups are also triggered. The digital outputs will remain active until the alarm is reset, regardless of any
specified on-time setting for the DOs, unless it is the primary/local group.
• If it is the primary/local group, the DOs will follow their specified ON-time setting.
• If there is a reader in the primary/local group, the reader will follow the alarm state.
• If the DOs in the primary/local group are set to 0 for the ON time, that will force the DO to
follow the state of the alarm or input.
Be aware that Invalid Badge alarms and Lost Badge alarms do not reset. If you assign a DO Group to
either of these alarms, the alarm will go inactive or turn off when acknowledging or purging.
Output Groups: This windowpane displays assigned digital output groups. The digital output groups can
be on a local or other micro.
Assign DO Groups: Click to display a Digital Output Group Assignment dialog box, allowing you to
select and assign alarm DO groups that you want associated with this alarm record.
Primary/Local Output Group: The first local output group in the list of assigned output groups will
automatically display as the primary. You can select another output group as primary from the output
groups displayed in the windowpane. If the selection is not on a local micro, the assignment arrow button
is dimmed and unavailable for assignment as a primary output group. If the micro is offline or unable to
communicate with the host at the time of an alarm, only the Primary/Local DO group is triggered.
DO Groups Tab
Digital Input Form
Use this tab to link digital output groups to a Digital Input. When this Digital Input is triggered, the linked
digital output groups are also triggered. The digital outputs will remain active until the alarm is reset,
regardless of any specified on-time setting for the DOs, unless it is the primary/local group.
• If it is the primary/local group, the DOs will follow their specified ON-time setting.
• If there is a reader in the primary/local group, the reader will follow the Digital Input state.
• If the DOs in the primary/local group are set to 0 for the ON time, that will force the DO to
follow the state of the alarm or input.
Be aware that Invalid Badge alarms and Lost Badge alarms do not reset. If you assign a DO Group to
either of these alarms, the alarm will go inactive or turn off when acknowledging or purging.
Output Groups: This windowpane displays assigned digital output groups. The digital output groups can
be on a local or other micro.
Assign DO Groups: Click to display a Digital Output Group Assignment dialog box, allowing you to
select and assign alarm DO groups that you want associated with this DI record.
Primary/Local Output Group: The first local output group in the list of assigned output groups will
automatically display as the primary. You can select another output group as primary from the output
groups displayed in the windowpane. If the selection is not on a local micro, the assignment arrow button
is dimmed and unavailable for assignment as a primary output group. If the micro is offline or unable to
communicate with the host at the time of an alarm, only the Primary/Local DO group is triggered.
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Door Functions Tab
Reader Form
Use this tab to define the door settings associated with the selected reader.
Element Description
Time • Maximum unlock: The time interval in minutes and seconds that a door remains unlocked after
the reader reads a valid badge. This is the amount of time that a user has to open a door
based on a valid input.
1) Enter a number between 0 (minimum) and 60 (maximum) minutes.
2) Enter a number between 0 (minimum) and 59 (maximum) seconds.
Example: A facilities employee may be required to move equipment or furniture in and out of
rooms. The assignment requires a block of time beyond the normal unlock time as configured
and sufficient time to empty or fill rooms through which access is gained by a reader and valid
facility badge.
• Alarm sense: The time interval in minutes and seconds that a door can remain open (with a
valid badge read or an exit request). This time must always be greater than the maximum
unlock time.
1) Enter a number between 0 (minimum) and 62 minutes.
2) Enter a number between 0 (minimum) and 59 (maximum) seconds.
The Alarm sense time for the Reader and the DI Sense Time on the DI form are added
together to determine the total time that a door can remain open before the system triggers a
Door Held Open alarm.
• Extended unlock: The extended time interval in minutes and seconds that a door remains
unlocked after the reader reads a valid badge.
1) Enter a number between 0 (minimum) and 60 (maximum) minutes.
2) Enter a number between 0 (minimum) and 59 (maximum) seconds.
Example: If the door is used by handicapped persons or the reader is mounted at a distance
from the door, a longer unlock time may be required. If a 0 is entered in this field, the current
state of the reader is changed (or toggled) to its opposite state. The standard situation is the
first badge read causes the door to unlock and the next badge read toggles the door locked.
This time interval is also used if you selected Duration in the Lock On field below.
• Extended Alarm sense: This time interval is calcuated automatically and is a read-only entry.
The following illustrates time interval relationships:
The time intervals follow this formula:
extended alarm sense = alarm sense + extended unlock – maximum unlock
Door Lock
Once the door is unlocked, this field allows you to specify when the door should relock.
On
• Close: With this option, when the door is closed, the door lock will lock immediately regardless
of the Maximum Unlock Time (Maximum unlock field above) and the Alarm Sense Time
(Alarm sense field above) is reset to zero.
• Open: With this option, when the door is opened, the Maximum Unlock Time (Maximum
unlock field above) is set to zero and the door lock will lock. When the door is closed at any
time during this process, the Alarm Sense Time (Alarm sense field above) is reset to zero.
• Duration: With this option, after the Maximum Unlock Time (Maximum unlock field above)
expires, the door will lock when closed and the Alarm Sense Time is reset to zero. During the
Maximum Unlock Time, the state of the door does not affect the Maximum Unlock Time or the
Alarm Sense Time.
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• Open: Enable if the Exit Request button is wired as open for an exit request.
Request to
• Closed: Enable if the Exit Request button is wired as closed for an exit request.
exit (REX)
• Unlocks door: Select this checkbox if you want the door to unlock when an exit request button
is pushed.
• Follows extended unlock: Select this checkbox if you want this REX to follow the time limits as
configured for ‘Extended unlock.’
Extended
Select an output from the drop-down list of available Digital Output points. This output follows
Auxilary
the Extended unlock time configurations and must be on the same micro as this reader.
Digital
Output
Link to this
Use this field to link this reader to another reader on the same micro. Select a reader from the
reader
drop-down list.
Download Badges
Downloading includes the badge database records for that micro. This option forces a badge download
even if the micro is not configured for forced badge downloading. The badge download will not
automatically take place when the micro is placed online. You must initiate the download to send all
necessary badges to the selected micro.
Clicking this icon from the Micro Utility Form toolbar will access this option:
Download Database
You may select more than one micro for a database download. All downloads happen simultaneously
without affecting the micro’s ability to process badge and alarm transactions.
Downloading a database does not download badges. If a new micro database is required, you must
click the Download Database icon as well as the Download Badges icon for this micro.
Clicking this icon from the Micro Utility Form toolbar will access this option:
DVR
Reference Topic:
DVR Disk is Full
Digital Video Recorder (DVR): A generic reference to CCTV equipment that can provide digital video
multiplexing and/or recording.
The Digital Video Viewer system program, accessible from the Operations menu, allows you to monitor
and control video for multiple DVRs and their associated cameras. Digital Video Viewer can also be
accessed on the Secure Perfect toolbar by clicking this icon from the toolbar:
On the Digital Video Viewer window, click Help for additional information about the program.
Refer to the User Manual of your DVR for specific installation, configuration, and operation instructions.
DVR Disk is Full
This warning notification may display when the DVR internal disk for storing video is reaching its full
capacity. Refer to the DVR User Manual for specific information on configuring disk management options.
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DVR Help
Welcome to Digital Video Viewer Help!
The Digital Video Viewer program allows you to monitor digital video multiplexers/recorders and their
associated cameras; control live video; and search and playback recorded video events. Operators must
be assigned to the specific facility and have Digital Video Viewer full permission for all forms.
Related Topics:
Moving the Window
Digital Video Viewer
DVR Help - Boxes and Properties
60D File Extension
This is a Kalatel-specific file extension and is the default format.
Advantages:
1. The camera number and time labels are included with the images.
2. A 60D file is unalterable video and can be used for police work. If the file was recorded while
playing recorded video, chain of custody is preserved. Chain of custody is the process of tracking
and validating a video back to its source.
Admissible chain of custody files MUST be recorded by a Kalatel DVR, THEN saved as a
.60D file.
3. You can play back 60D video in Secure Perfect and Wavereader.
AVI File Extension
AVI (Audio Video Interleave) is the most common compression technique used to encode audiovisual
information for personal computers.
1. Video recorded in AVI format does not have a date and time label.
2. You cannot play back an AVI file through the Secure Perfect application. You must use an
external application such as Windows Media Player.
3. AVI files are not acceptable in a court of law.
Microsoft developed the AVI format. It is a common format on computers, and comes with the Windows
operating system as part of the "Video for Windows (VfW)" distribution. The format is interleaved such
that video and audio data are stored consecutively in an AVI file (that is, a segment of video data is
immediately followed by a segment of audio data). AVI is highly dependent on the type of hardware used
in the playback of images.
• A 386-based machine can only play back small, 160 by 120 pixel, 256 color images.
• A 486 machine can handle images up to 320 by 240 pixel (a quarter of a low-resolution
screen).
• Using a Pentium chip with an accelerator graphics cards it is now possible to provide full
screen (640 by 480 pixel) low resolution moving images.
DVR Help - Call Preset Button
Right-click a preset icon to display the Call Preset shortcut. Select Call Preset to call the camera to the
preset position and automatically open a live video window of the camera, if not already opened.
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DVR Help - Camera Shortcut Menu
Right-click on a selected camera icon to display the camera shortcut button.
• Select View Live to call up a live video window for that camera.
• Select Edit to display the Camera Form, and depending on your permissions, view or edit the
camera configuration.
DVR Help - Digital Video Search Icon
Digital Video Viewer Window
Click to launch the Digital Video Search window. Digital Video Search is used to search for recorded
video events triggered by reader and/or alarm transactions. Click this icon to close the Digital Video
Search window.
Digital Video Search has a separate Help system. Refer to Digital Video Search Help for specific details
on how to search for recorded video events. Activate the Help system by clicking Help on the Digital
Video Search window.
DVR Help - Digital Video Viewer Window
The main Digital Video Viewer program window consists of the following:
Digital Video Network List
The Digital Video Network List is an expanding hierarchical display of your digital video network devices
as defined in the system database. These devices include host computers, DVRs, cameras, and presets.
The Digital Video Network List also acts as a system monitor for its devices, providing graphical display
of device conditions and status changes.
Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.
Failed Host Computer
In case of a system failure on a client computer licensed for Client Redundancy, a backup client takes
over the functionality of DVRs and cameras. This scenario will be indicated by the backup computer
name in parentheses following the failed Hostname, such as: BCTBOCA <BCTROME>
where
• BCTBOCA is the failed host computer.
• <BCTROME> is the backup client. DVRs previously associated and displayed under BCTBOCA will
display under (BCTROME). No DVRs will display under the failed client.
Following recovery, devices again display under the default hostname. The backup client name may
display in the list with no device association.
Play Controls
Shortcut menus for operations of DVR and cameras can be accessed quickly using right-click mouse
button navigation.
The play controls allow you to control and adjust live and recorded video.
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Setup Record Video
The selections in this grouping are available only when a video window is open and a video is not
currently recording.
The setup allows you to save a permanent recording of a video segment from live or prerecorded
video, as displayed in the video window. You cannot assign a second setup until the current recording
is finished and a file name is assigned. However, you can open a second video window, configure
setup parameters, and begin recording on the new video window. When you close a video window,
the Setup Record Video options become unavailable and the recording stops.
File Format: Select the format you will use to save this video recording, from the drop-down list. You
can save this recording as 60D or AVI. The default is 60D.
Recorded File Name: This dialog box displays the default location and file name to which this video
will record.
Start Recording: This button becomes available when a video window is opened. Click
to begin
recording. While the recording is in progress, this button label changes to Stop Recording.
Play Recorded: This option is available for 60d files only. When you click
to play previously
recorded video, a window displays, allowing you to navigate to a video file and begin playing the selected
video. While a recording is playing, you can select and play additional recordings.
Create SP AutoPlay CD: This option is available for 60d files only. Click
to launch an SP AutoPlay
CD Creator window that allows you to create a CD from a video file.
Digital Video Search Icon
Click the Digital Video Search icon to display and enable the DVR Search window. Refer to the DVR
Search Help system for details and options of the Search Window.
Help: Click to activate the DVR Help system that provides details and options of fields and buttons
on the Digital Video Viewer window.
Status
The text dialog at the bottom of this Digital Video Viewer window displays the current status of the
currently selected device.
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DVR Help - DVR Shortcut Menu
Right-click on a selected DVR icon to display the shortcut menu options:
• Select Online to initiate a connection between the host computer and the DVR. The DVR will be
monitored; event triggers will be processed; and video can be accessed.
Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.
• Select Offline to disconnect the host computer from the DVR. The DVR will not be monitored;
event triggers will not be processed; and video cannot be accessed.
• Start Recording forces a DVR into record mode if it is presently out of record mode.
• Stop Recording forces the DVR out of record mode. Live video cannot be accessed and event
triggers cannot be processed if the DVR is not in record mode.
• Select Edit to display the Digital Video Recorder Form, and depending on your permissions,
view or edit the DVR configuration.
DVR Help - Moving the Window
Related Topic:
Video Windows - An Overview
The Digital Video Viewer program window can be independently moved anywhere on the desktop and
the position saved.
• Move a Window
Left-click the title bar of any window and drag to desired position of your desktop.
• Save Position
Point and right-click in data box or button panel background to display and select Save Position
shortcut.
When you exit and re-launch the Digital Video Viewer program, the window will display at the saved
position.
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DVR Help - Play Controls - Digital Video Viewer
The play controls allow you to control and adjust live video and playback of recorded video. The controls
affect all active video windows on the same DVR. The functions of the buttons are as follows:
Play Forward
Play Reverse
Fast Forward
Fast Rewind
Single Frame Advance
Single Frame Reverse
Stop
Pause
Play Speed adjusts the playback speed of recorded video. The DVR playback speed
can be adjusted by this slide option from minimum to maximum speed. This option is available only when
a search option is selected or playback of recorded video is activated.
Adjust playback of live video from a PTZ camera with the following controls:
Focus: Click to increase the sharpness of the image from the live camera display.
Focus: Click to decrease the sharpness of the image from the live camera display.
Iris: Click to allow more light to fall on the image-sensing device, appearing to increase the light of
the live camera display.
Iris: Click to close down or decrease the light falling on the image-sensing device. Sufficient light is
maintained and controlled for the live camera display.
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DVR Help - Recorded File Name
A 60D file name may display similar to the following:
c:\Program Files\GE Interlogix\Secure Perfect\Video\170-01 Camera
12_5_2003_4_04_30.60D
(If this is a custom installation and the file shares were separated from the Secure Perfect Application, the
default video folder resides on the File Server.) If you choose to store the video in another location, click
to browse and navigate to another location. You can assign additional alphanumeric characters to
the video file name to assist in identification. If the Location dialog box has a file name from a previous
recording, you will need to change this file name to avoid overwriting a previous recording. The following
characters are NOT permissible as part of a file name:
/ \ ? * < > | "
DVR Help - SP AutoPlay CD Creator
This window displays a list of previously recorded 60d files, recorded from a DVR. By default, the Video
folder of your Secure Perfect application displays. If video clips are stored in another folder, navigate to
that folder to display the video file names.
If you choose to record a video clip, performance will be compromised. If you have other surveillance
windows open, close them. You may want to continue surveillance at another computer while the video is
recording to CD.
If you have a recordable drive and Roxio
Direct CD software:
1. Double-click the file name of the video you are going to record.
2. Verify the path.
3. Verify the naming convention of the video.
4. Verify the recording drive and device.
5. Click
to begin recording. The button displays red while recording. If you want to stop the
recording in progress, click the red button.
6. Follow the directions and prompts as they display in the popup windows.
GE Security uses only Roxio Direct CD software. If you purchased your system from GE Security,
Roxio software was provided for you.
DVR Help - Video Window On-Screen PTZ Control
Camera(s) with pan, tilt, and zoom capability can be manually controlled on screen from within a live
video window by use of the mouse. When placing your mouse pointer within a live video window of a PTZ
camera, the mouse pointer changes to a four-point star.
• Center the mouse pointer, left-click, and hold for pan and tilt function (the pointer changes to
P/T).
• Drag left or right to pan; release the left mouse button to stop.
• Drag up or down to tilt; release the left mouse button to stop.
• Center the mouse pointer, right-click, and hold for zoom function (the pointer changes to Z).
• Drag up or down to zoom; release the right mouse button to stop.
• Left-click (the pointer changes to P/T) and drag to the right to pan right.
• When using on-screen PTZ control, it is helpful to start from the center position of the live video
window and initiate mouse control commands in short, smooth movements.
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DVR Search
Related Topics:
SP Events Tab
General Events Tab
General Playback Tab
Motion Tab
Video Windows - An Overview
Play Controls - Digital Video Viewer
Welcome to DVR Search!
The DVR Search window opens with the SP Events Tab displayed and can be independently moved
anywhere on the desktop. The window can be closed and reopened by clicking the Search icon on the
Digital Video Viewer window.
Move a Window
Left-click the title bar of any window and drag to desired position of your desktop.
Save Position
Point and right-click anywhere on the window and select Save Position shortcut. When you exit and
re-launch the DVR Search program, the window will display at the saved position. Each tab of this
form offers a unique type of search.
DVR Search - Alarms Button
Click Alarms to display an Edit Alarms List form. This form displays a list of available alarms that can be
selected and assigned as search criteria for recorded video event tags.
Select and then close the Edit Alarms List form. The assigned alarms will display in the Event Sources,
Alarm list window.
DVR Search - Cameras Button
Click Cameras to display an Edit Camera List assignment form. Only cameras belonging to DVMRs
associated with facilities available for assignment by this operator, will display. Select those cameras you
want to display in the camera list box.
DVR Search - Clear Button
Click Clear to clear the search criteria and results displayed. The window clears and the form returns to
default state.
While a search is in progress, this button label changes to Stop Search. The search can be terminated by
clicking Stop Search. When the search terminates, the button label again reads Clear.
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DVR Search - Event Tag
This dialog box allows you to enter Event Tag text, to contribute to the search of video in the Secure
Perfect database. This dialog box accepts up to 50 alphanumeric characters. A search by Event Tag
does not require a selection of Readers or Alarms.
DVR Search - General DVMR Events
Related Topic:
Video Windows - An Overview
General Events Tab
Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.
A General Events search allows you to search alarms and events on the hard drive of the DVR.
A database search of General Events is not available without entering a DVR Source.
DVR Source
Select a DVR from the drop-down list. Only DVRs associated with facilities available for assignment by
this operator will display.
Search Range Calendar Entries
Select the check box on the left to make available the calendar entries. The calendar displays with the
current date and time as defaults. Establish the parameters of a video search:
• Click a calendar day to start the search and a day to end the search.
• Enter a start time and end time in the list boxes or accept the defaults.
This instruction begins the recall of video recording from the closest point to the time and date selected.
Click Search to display the results of parameters in the search results windowpane or continue to set
additional parameters.
Search Criteria
Cameras: Select the checkbox to enable/disable search criteria by camera. Click Cameras to display an
Edit Camera List assignment form. Select those cameras available for assignment by this operator that
you want to display in the camera windowpane. When the camera assignment form closes, the selected
cameras display in the camera windowpane.
Text: This is the default search criteria type. When Text is selected, the text content box becomes
available and accommodates the entry of a maximum of 50 alphanumeric characters. The asterisk (*) can
be used as a wildcard entry.
Alarm or Event: Change the type to camera Alarm or Event to search for alarms or events.
Search: Click Search to begin the recall of video based on the date/time and/or search criteria.
A search cannot be performed if recorded video is currently playing on the selected DVR.
While the search is in progress:
• The Search button is unavailable.
• Click Stop Search to discontinue the search in progress. If you do not discontinue, the search
will progress until all records matching the search criteria have been found. When a search is
ended, the Stop Search button changes state and is now a Clear button.
• A statement displays indicating the number of records found. A flashlight icon indicates a
search is in progress.
• Results are displayed in the Search Results windowpane.
• Live video will play during a search.
• Recorded video on the same DVR cannot play during a search
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• A search will terminate if the DVR goes into error.
• If the search generates no records, a No Video Found dialog box will display.
Search results can be sorted by clicking the column header in the Search Results windowpane; however,
recorded video cannot be initiated during a sort. Select an entry, right-click, and select Play to begin the
playback of the associated recorded video. Playback of individual recorded video is limited to a single
recall instance per DVR. If you are unable to access a recorded video, a cautionary message will display.
It may be that the recorded video on the same DVR is presently being accessed or the recorded video
event has been overwritten and is no longer present in the DVR.
Click Clear to clear the search results displayed and return the form to default state. The search results
window clears.
Click Help to activate the Digital Video Search Help system.
DVR Search - General Playback
General Playback Tab
Related Topic:
Video Windows - An Overview
Parameters set on this form search and retrieve video from the hard drive of the DVR. Playback
parameters selected here continue indefinitely until you choose to discontinue the playback.
Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated demo.
Search on Date and Time
The calendar displays with the current date, and the current time displays in the time list box. Establish
the beginning parameter of a search by date and time. This instruction begins the recall of video
recording from the closest point to the time and date selected.
Search Source
Select a DVMR from the drop-down list. Only DVMRs associated with facilities available for assignment
by this operator will display.
Click Cameras to display an Edit Camera List assignment form. Select those cameras you want to
display in the camera windowpane. When the camera assignment form closes, the selected cameras
display in the camera windowpane.
Click Play to begin playing the associated recorded video. Playback of individual recorded video is limited
to a single recall instance per DVR. If you are unable to access a recorded video, a cautionary message
will display. It may be that the recorded video on the same DVR is presently being accessed, or the
recorded video event has been overwritten and is no longer present in the DVR.
Click Clear to clear the search criteria and results displayed. The search results window clears.
Click Help to open the Digital Video Search Help system.
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DVR Search - Grabbing Motion Video Clips
When grabbing a video image from a selected camera, keep in the mind the following:
1. If a camera is currently recording live video, the motion grid grabs a still image of what is
currently playing on that camera.
2. If a video window is displaying previously recorded video, the motion grid will be populated with
a clip from the recorded video that is presently displaying in the window.
3. If two video windows are in progress from the same camera, one is live video, and the other is
previously recorded video, the grid grabs a still image from the live video.
4. If no video window is currently open, the system starts the selected camera if it is online, opens
a live video window, grabs an image, and displays a frozen image in the grid.
5. If the camera is a PTZ type, the video window opens and the system grabs a still image of
whatever is in focus at that moment.
6. If you want to display video for a specific preset area of a PTZ type camera, it is recommended
that you conduct a preliminary search on the SP Events tab or General Events tab before setting
your parameters on the Motion tab.
DVR Search - Help Button
Click Help to open the Digital Video Search Help system.
DVR Search - Motion
Motion Tab
Reference Topic:
Grabbing Motion Video Clips
Parameters set on this tab allow you to select a specific area of the image displayed on the grid. The
image was grabbed from live or previously recorded video. A search of the DVR hard drive is generated
based on the selected criteria.
Click the Show me icon to view a step-by-step animated video.
DVR and Camera Source
You must select a DVR and a camera in order for the Search feature to become available.
• DVR: Select a DVR from the drop-down list of online DVRs. Only online triplex DVRs
associated with facilities available for assignment by this operator will display.
• Camera: Select an online camera from the drop-down list of cameras belonging to the
selected DVR. The grid immediately fills with an image grabbed from that camera. The image
may take a moment to freeze. If the camera is not online, the grid remains blank and no
image displays.
OPTIONAL: Search Range Calendar Entries
The calendar displays with the current date and time as defaults. The calendar is a way to establish the
parameters of a video search:
• Click a calendar day to start the search and a day to end the search.
• Enter a time in the start time and end time list box or accept the defaults.
This instruction begins the recall of video recording from the closest point to the date and time selected.
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Grid: When a camera is selected, a snapshot image is grabbed from the live video that is the focus of the
camera or from previously recorded video of that camera. The snapshot image is displayed in the grid.
Verify that the date/time caption at the top of the grid matches your request. By default, the grid displays
with rows of red cells. A portion of the image that is displayed in the grid window can be selected as a
way of narrowing the focus of the search.
Brush Size
The options below define a method of selecting a portion of the grid that will be the focus of the search
criteria. Left-click your mouse pointer within a cell; do not click between cells to select. The grid consists
of red cells that turn green when selected, or toggle from green to red, switching a mode on or off:
• Single Cell: Select Single Cell, then move your mouse pointer over the grid and left-click a
cell. The single cell turns from red to green and the area within the selected cell is the focus of
the search criteria.
• Row: Select Row, then move your mouse over the grid and left-click a cell. The entire row of
cells turns from red to green and the area within the selected cells is the focus of the search
criteria.
• Column: Select Column, then move your mouse pointer over the grid and left-click a cell. The
column of cells turns from red to green and the area within the selected cells is the focus of
the search criteria.
• 3 x 3: Select 3 x 3, then move your mouse pointer over the grid and left-click a cell. The cell,
as well as all cells surrounding the cell, turns from red to green. The selected area is a total of
nine cells that turn from red to green and the area within the selected cells is the focus of the
search criteria.
The selections are toggle selections. That is, one click selects and the second click clears the
selection. If a row of cells is selected followed by a column selection on the same window that
intersects the selected row, the cell at the point of intersection will clear.
: Click to select all cells in the grid. All selected cells display in green.
: Click to clear all selected cells in the grid. All cleared cells display in red.
• Click Search to begin the recall of video based on the date and time search criteria.
The Search Results windowpane returns a list of recorded video based on the parameters
and criteria specified. The Search Results windowpane is divided into columns labeled :
Sequence, Start Date/Time, End Date/Time, Camera, Type, and Text. Select the desired
Sequence and right-click to play the recorded video event. Playback of individual recorded
video is limited to one recall instance per DVR. If you are unable to access a recorded video
event, a cautionary message will display. It may be that the recorded video on the same DVR
is presently being accessed or the recorded video event has been overwritten and is no
longer present in the DVR.
• Click Clear to clear the selected search criteria and search results windowpanes.
• Click Help to activate the Digital Video Search Help system.
DVR Search - Play Button
Click Play Event to begin playing the associated recorded video for a selected entry on the search
results windowpane.
DVR Search - Readers Button
Click Readers to display an Edit Readers List form. This form displays a list of available readers that can
be selected and assigned as search criteria for recorded video event tags.
Select and then close the Edit Readers List form. The assigned readers will display in the Event Sources,
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Readers list window.
DVR Search - Search Button
Click Search to begin the search and recall of video on the DVR hard drive for the recorded video tags
that meet the selected and assigned search criteria. The results are displayed in the search results
window.
DVR Search - SP Events
Related Topic:
Video Windows - An Overview
SP Events Tab
DVR Search opens with the SP Events tab displayed.
Select the check box on the left to make available the Search button. In order to search the database
for existing records, enter an applicable date/time range and/or event source parameters.
Search Range Calendar Entries
The calendar displays with the current date and time as defaults. Establish the parameters of a video
search:
• Click a calendar day to start the search and a day to end the search.
• Enter a time in the start time and end time list box or accept the defaults.
This instruction begins the recall of video recording from the closest point to the time and date selected.
Click Search to display the results of parameters in the search results windowpane or continue to set
additional parameters.
Event Sources and Search Results
Narrow your search further by assigning additional parameters. This window displays options to search
for a recorded video sequence OR tagged event.
• Click Readers or Alarms and Intrusion DIs to display a selection of devices and Intrusion type
digital inputs from which to search and display recorded data. If the reader or alarm
description has changed, request a search based on the old description.
• You can also enter identifying text in the Event Tag dialog box to contribute to the search. A
search by Event Tag does not require a selection of Readers or Alarms.
Click Search. Only readers and alarms associated with facilities available for assignment by this operator,
and assigned to event triggers using the Event Trigger Form, will be displayed.
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